02-21-2017, 05:59 AM
Hiro coughed, spitting a tooth as he was manhandled by the furious Bitch Queen of the Zerg. His face was scored with deep gashes, jagged chips of stone embedded in his bleeding flesh. He screamed in pain and anger as the ripping sound echoed in his ears, louder than the ringing clash and yells of the battlefield. She'd cut off his dreads! God fucking damnit! Every. Fucking. Time. He couldn't ever just completely triumph over an opponent, could he? He still wasn't strong enough! No, he had to take grievous injuries to his body and hard hits to his pride. He was not quick to anger, no more than any normal man. Certainly not to the level of Strazio, but then again, it gave him power. Power that he'd just been saved by.
The hacker-ronin took the momentary reprieve to edge backwards, each step making his muscles quiver with strain, his energy reserves chugging at the bottom of the tank. He felt a cold, hard feeling on his back, but it was swiftly followed by multiple gauntleted hands on his shoulders that propped him up and squeezed his injured shoulders. "Don't give up, sir! We are holding the gap, and we will die holding it if you fall!" He turned to see a seamless line of militia troops, armor splattered with mud and gore as they gripped their sword. Demons and zombies bit at the sides, but the phanlanx was empowered by the presence of Strazio Rockwell, the Defender of Darkshire himself. They fought ferociously, and with each felled foe, their swords clashed against their shields and a chant went up as the soldiers supporting him pushed him back towards Kerrigan as she dueled with Strazio. "Dark! Shire! Dark! Shire! Dark! Shire!"
There we go. That's what he needed to get his head back in the game. He wiped the broken stone and blood from his face, his lenses still miraculously unbroken if scratched to all hell. He reached up to his shoulder holsters and drew his tanto, unblooded. Kerrigan seemed to have trouble keeping up with his speed, did she? He was drained, incapable of going at overclock speeds again, but he could still run circles around her. He'd sashimi that bitch.
He ran slowly towards her back, Strazio fighting off her assault, the woman reduced to relying on her claws and summoned zerg with her wing severed. Hiro hopped over another jagged chunk of ruined stone, watching the muddy ground churn and erupt into skittering, clicking forms. He hit the brakes, parrying jagged claws and scything mandibles. Burying one tanto into the zergling's "head", he twisted, slicing it's brain in half but not before a claw dug into his thigh, drawing blood and jagged strips of flesh. He bit his lip and turned on his uninjured heel, pirouetting and severing another zerg's abdomen in half. Focus. Focus. Let the pain from the wound clear your mind.
He avoided another swipe as the bug died, and looked up just in time to catch a rusty sword to the torso. Reacting instinctually, he twisted and let the blade cut a shallow groove across his side. Riposting with an almost beautiful scissorcut, he severed the neck of a red eyed, raging black orc and was spattered in hot, gushing blood. He spat the iron-tasting rancid fluid from his lips and zeroed in on Kerrigan, the zerg queen having bested Strazio once more like an expert bullfighter. Hiro would wipe that smirk from her face.
As he flipped his grip on his tanto, Kerrigan suddenly twisted her neck one-hundred eighty degrees, her body swiveling after her to catch his dual blades in her chitinous claws. Hiro grunted, straining against her strength as she smirked like a predatory feeling. "Back for more, clown? Didn't losing your fantastic hairstyle completely strip you of your will to fight?" Hiro glared at her from behind scratched lenses, the blue glow muted from the accrued damage. "You're going to have to do more than that, lady. And you're out of time."
He broke the clash, bending backwards to avoid a swipe from Kerrigan's remaining wing as his muscles screamed at him with the extended effort. He was going to have to take another damn week to rest after this, but he wasn't feeling as ruined as he had during the fight with the Sage. Skipping backwards, he dashed away from Kerrigan and put some distance between them. "Running already, Hiro? I knew you were craven." He turned back towards her and sheathed his katana, raising his wristcomp and typing in a quick shortcut. He extended his palms towards Kerrigan, and moved them in a circle as five spiky orb coalesced into being in front of him. Kerrigan looked highly amused as they started to movs towards her. "Tired? Those look quite slow, hacker." She stepped aside as Hiro punched more commands into his computer, the zerg queen momentarily nonplussed as the orbs tracked her movement at they closed in on her.
Hiro allowed himself one final cocky grin as the commands activated, his anti grav enhancers lightening his frame as he ran forward. Crouching, he made a mighty leap into the air, Kerrigan highlighted in his HUD as she tried to avoid the slowly advancing orbs, grimacing as her zerglings fired pointy spines at them. Two orbs were caught in midair and activated, exploding, but the other three made it to their target. The zerg queen covered her body with a wing but took the full blast head on.
-thwip- -thwip-
The metal tanto sailed through the air at Kerrigan as she looked up, catching one to the midsection and avoiding the other by inches. The descending form of Hiro Protagonist, brandishing his sword in a recklessly powerful slash that carried him right through her, was not avoided so easily.
The hacker-ronin took the momentary reprieve to edge backwards, each step making his muscles quiver with strain, his energy reserves chugging at the bottom of the tank. He felt a cold, hard feeling on his back, but it was swiftly followed by multiple gauntleted hands on his shoulders that propped him up and squeezed his injured shoulders. "Don't give up, sir! We are holding the gap, and we will die holding it if you fall!" He turned to see a seamless line of militia troops, armor splattered with mud and gore as they gripped their sword. Demons and zombies bit at the sides, but the phanlanx was empowered by the presence of Strazio Rockwell, the Defender of Darkshire himself. They fought ferociously, and with each felled foe, their swords clashed against their shields and a chant went up as the soldiers supporting him pushed him back towards Kerrigan as she dueled with Strazio. "Dark! Shire! Dark! Shire! Dark! Shire!"
There we go. That's what he needed to get his head back in the game. He wiped the broken stone and blood from his face, his lenses still miraculously unbroken if scratched to all hell. He reached up to his shoulder holsters and drew his tanto, unblooded. Kerrigan seemed to have trouble keeping up with his speed, did she? He was drained, incapable of going at overclock speeds again, but he could still run circles around her. He'd sashimi that bitch.
He ran slowly towards her back, Strazio fighting off her assault, the woman reduced to relying on her claws and summoned zerg with her wing severed. Hiro hopped over another jagged chunk of ruined stone, watching the muddy ground churn and erupt into skittering, clicking forms. He hit the brakes, parrying jagged claws and scything mandibles. Burying one tanto into the zergling's "head", he twisted, slicing it's brain in half but not before a claw dug into his thigh, drawing blood and jagged strips of flesh. He bit his lip and turned on his uninjured heel, pirouetting and severing another zerg's abdomen in half. Focus. Focus. Let the pain from the wound clear your mind.
He avoided another swipe as the bug died, and looked up just in time to catch a rusty sword to the torso. Reacting instinctually, he twisted and let the blade cut a shallow groove across his side. Riposting with an almost beautiful scissorcut, he severed the neck of a red eyed, raging black orc and was spattered in hot, gushing blood. He spat the iron-tasting rancid fluid from his lips and zeroed in on Kerrigan, the zerg queen having bested Strazio once more like an expert bullfighter. Hiro would wipe that smirk from her face.
As he flipped his grip on his tanto, Kerrigan suddenly twisted her neck one-hundred eighty degrees, her body swiveling after her to catch his dual blades in her chitinous claws. Hiro grunted, straining against her strength as she smirked like a predatory feeling. "Back for more, clown? Didn't losing your fantastic hairstyle completely strip you of your will to fight?" Hiro glared at her from behind scratched lenses, the blue glow muted from the accrued damage. "You're going to have to do more than that, lady. And you're out of time."
He broke the clash, bending backwards to avoid a swipe from Kerrigan's remaining wing as his muscles screamed at him with the extended effort. He was going to have to take another damn week to rest after this, but he wasn't feeling as ruined as he had during the fight with the Sage. Skipping backwards, he dashed away from Kerrigan and put some distance between them. "Running already, Hiro? I knew you were craven." He turned back towards her and sheathed his katana, raising his wristcomp and typing in a quick shortcut. He extended his palms towards Kerrigan, and moved them in a circle as five spiky orb coalesced into being in front of him. Kerrigan looked highly amused as they started to movs towards her. "Tired? Those look quite slow, hacker." She stepped aside as Hiro punched more commands into his computer, the zerg queen momentarily nonplussed as the orbs tracked her movement at they closed in on her.
Hiro allowed himself one final cocky grin as the commands activated, his anti grav enhancers lightening his frame as he ran forward. Crouching, he made a mighty leap into the air, Kerrigan highlighted in his HUD as she tried to avoid the slowly advancing orbs, grimacing as her zerglings fired pointy spines at them. Two orbs were caught in midair and activated, exploding, but the other three made it to their target. The zerg queen covered her body with a wing but took the full blast head on.
-thwip- -thwip-
The metal tanto sailed through the air at Kerrigan as she looked up, catching one to the midsection and avoiding the other by inches. The descending form of Hiro Protagonist, brandishing his sword in a recklessly powerful slash that carried him right through her, was not avoided so easily.
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Hiro Protagonisg used Chernobyl Packet, Enkidu Rising
Sarah Kerrigan used her Assists
Woo, final round! Good luck to everyone else!
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