Julio
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Post by Julio on Mar 20, 2007 17:18:05 GMT -5
"Okay, now for an even better question. What kinda guy carries around a ton of cash, two sets of ID, a gun, and a fucking toy in the middle of nowhere?" After wandering in the woods for several hours, Jaden finally came aross a small town upriver. Fortunately, one of those buildings happened to be a diner. He took a seat at one of the booths overlooking the street outside, opened his jacket and produced the item in question to scrutinize it further. It was roughly a foot in length with a black tip and grip. The rest of its body was silver except for two red buttons on either side. One positioned for the thumb, the other for the index finger. At first, Jaden thought it was a toy energy sword, the kind where a tube of glow-in-the-dark plastic pops out with the press of a button. He pursed his lips together, thinking to hard, trying to make sense out of everything. "All of these items are connected. Everywhere I've been is connected. The thing I gotta figure out is 'how are they connected'." The waitress brought Jaden his food just as he absently depressed the triggers....
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Julio
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Post by Julio on Apr 9, 2007 15:07:42 GMT -5
The next thing Jaden knew he was gazing down at the streets from high above, with one giant foot resting in what was moments ago, a diner. "What the-?" He started, glancing around frantically. "How did I-?" He raised his foot from the wreckage and took a slow step back, only to crush a row of parked cars behind him. "Oh, Jeez!" He cried whirling around to see what that loud 'crunch' had been. "Sorry!" Jaden took another instinctive step backwards, right into the towns tallest building: the three story city hall. "No, wait!" He cried down at the fleeing citizens. "I didn't mean to, it was an accident! I don't know what's going on and-." He stopped in mid-frantic explanation when he caught sight of his hands; both covered in silver and red armor. He vision traced a path from his arms, up to his shoulders and down his chest to his feet to discover this strange armor covering him from head to toe! Tentatively, he reached up to touch his face and found that too was encased in what felt like a helmet. He traced fingers along his jawline, around to the back of his head, trying to find a break in the armor, a place where it could be removed. He found nothing. Back on the streets below, two police cruisers (admitedly the towns only active law enforcement) had pulled up and both hand guns trained on Jaden's towering form. "Don't shoot!" Jaden insinctively shouted, his voice like thunder. Terrified by the sudden outburst, both officers opened fire. "SHIT!" Jaden cried and turned to run when one and one finally added up to two. He stopped in mid-stride and turned back to the officers, still frantically firing their weapons. Glancing down, he saw that their fire was doing little more than sparking against his new outfit. Finally realizing what Jaden already knew, the officers exchanged worried glances, climbed back inside their cruisers and sped away, sirens waiting. Snickering to himself, Jaden turned and carefully stepped over the next block before starting to run. The towering metal form of a fourteen year old won't go unnoticed for long, he thought. Gotta find someplace to hide for now, then maybe someone who can fix this.
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Shadow
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Post by Shadow on Apr 17, 2007 22:33:18 GMT -5
Once Jaden was in open ground, a silver pool began forming on the land before him...
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Julio
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Post by Julio on Apr 18, 2007 2:32:55 GMT -5
Jaden skidded to a halt, almost lost his balance and nearly fell face first into the strange pool. "What in the-?" If it could, Jaden's face would have twisted into a confused stare. Carefully, he backed off and stalked around the silver substance, stroking his chin as he walked. "Facinating..."
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Shadow
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Post by Shadow on Apr 18, 2007 8:22:40 GMT -5
...And as Jaden watched, the pool's growth seemed to shudder to a halt. A humanoid creature, only slightly shorter then Jaden in his current form and made of the same metallic substance, began to rise up while absorbing the pool into it.
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Julio
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Post by Julio on Apr 18, 2007 22:17:34 GMT -5
"Whoa!" Jaden cried, backing up a few more steps. It's a kaiju! A real life giant monster! He thought, raising his hands to fight before he even realized that he was taking up a martial arts stance.
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Shadow
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Post by Shadow on Apr 19, 2007 7:48:03 GMT -5
The Shrike had fully formed itself by now. Did not move, but just seemed to stand there at the moment, as if waiting for something.
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Julio
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Post by Julio on Apr 20, 2007 0:51:37 GMT -5
Jaden waited for a long moment, expecting an attack that did not come. Or at least, not yet... Then Jaden thought of something he hadn't yet considered. What if this thing isn't hostile, like that giant croc my class took a field trip to see...great, now I remember something! "Uh...hi!" Jaden said, straightening out of his combat position and offered a timid, embarrassed, wave. "Umm, look if this is your turf or something I didn't know, so, like, I'm sorry, or whatever." Feeling more than a little foolish, Jaden waited for some sort of reply.
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Shadow
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Post by Shadow on Apr 21, 2007 10:37:02 GMT -5
Only a rumbling sound was a warning when a metal spike, which Shrike had tunnelled underground through his legs, burst up from behind Jaden and shot diagonally upwards at his back!
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Julio
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Post by Julio on Apr 22, 2007 20:24:35 GMT -5
"HOLY-!" Jaden staggered forward and whirled around to see the large spike that had nearly skewered him. Taking up his battle stance again, his mind made up, Jaden rushed Shrike with a fist raised to come down on its head.
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Shadow
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Post by Shadow on Apr 22, 2007 21:49:35 GMT -5
Once Shrike's attack missed, it quickly began retreating the metal back into it's body to reinforce it's metal hide again.
It stepped forward into Jaden's rush, suddenly moving too close for his overhead punch to work effectively. As it did, it brought it's left arm, the end sharpened as a point, thrusting towards Jaden's abdomen.
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Julio
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Post by Julio on Apr 23, 2007 21:51:31 GMT -5
"Whoa!" Jaden's oncoming fist missed it's mark, but he managed to narrowly avoid being impaled the sharp spike. Twisting his body as the last second, the point scratched along his side. The sound of metal on metal cracked like lightning and was even accompanied by a flash of sparks. Without thinking, Jaden thrust the heel of his palm into Shrike's face and, hoping the blow was disorienting, dropped to the ground and attempted a leg sweep.
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Shadow
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Post by Shadow on Apr 23, 2007 22:26:40 GMT -5
The palm strike worked as best it could, knocking Shrike's head back which ensured that any counterattacks it was about to perfom didn't happen. The leg sweep however failed dismally since Shrike's feet were rooted to the ground through many small tendrils keeping it from getting knocked over. Shrike brought it's head forward quickly for a headbutt.
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Julio
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Post by Julio on Apr 24, 2007 12:54:23 GMT -5
Jaden, who hadn't yet managed to stand up after his attack failed, was knocked onto his back by the headbutt, dazed. Quickly, he rolled out of the way, putting some distance between himself and Shrike.
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Shadow
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Post by Shadow on Apr 26, 2007 17:50:02 GMT -5
Shrike also moved back. However, Shrike placed his hands each on a building and began to absorb the metal structure, seemingly storing that extra material.
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