School House Rumbles 3: Act 3. Warriors and Liberators.

[Cthulhu_of_R'yleh]

She falls, startled, her arms flailing as she falls forward to her hands and knees.

As she flails and falls forward he manipulates the shadows the smoke from the explosion created, into dark tendrils that he then tries to wrap around her arms, legs and neck. Exerting only enough pressure to cause her pain, and trouble her breathing should he manage to snag her.

[FarBeyondC]

"Not really. To be honest, I don't want to kill you. You stay over there, I stay here and enjoy my cigerette. No muss no fuss. Bale will be done soon anyways, and then you and I won't matter. Hell, he'll probably forget about us then. Too busy changing the world."

"If that's the case, why not just let us pass?," she asked, even as she stopped moving. "It'll cost you just as much effort as your spending now."

[Rhyvurg]

Suddenly, swirling green portals appeared and swallowed Cammy, Casimir, Eisen, Takeshi, Maxana, Ramillia, Rosemary, and Selma find themselves portaled into a blank looking white room, about a hundred feet by 100 feet in each direction.

"You seem pleased to be here."

Carmen Altero appeared before them on the other side of the room, still dressed in her buisness suit. Her glasses reflected the light in the room as she smiled at them.

"Welcome to my humble workplace."

Carmen... That bitch who started all this. Tried to kill me. Kill all of us. Made me think Vi was dead, left me exposed and half naked around girls... Failed to kill that asshole Gulliver. As Takeshi fumes to himself, he takes long, slow, shuddering breaths. On each exhalation, the lines on his body glow brighter, hotter, until they flicker with flame, burning most of his clothing away, growing larger. The fire around him flashes through winged, clawed shapes as the Dragon rips in and out of being. His hands close into fists, and blades of plasma spring out to burn twin holes in the floor. He walks forward, leaving burning footprints in his wake. "Carmen. We have unfinished business."

[Cleric of Hell's Brigade]

As she flails and falls forward he manipulates the shadows the smoke from the explosion created, into dark tendrils that he then tries to wrap around her arms, legs and neck. Exerting only enough pressure to cause her pain, and trouble her breathing should he manage to snag her.

Only for the Tendrils to miss as she seems to fall right through the floor, appearing about twenty feet away, unharmed.

[Cleric of Hell's Brigade]

Carmen... That bitch who started all this. Tried to kill me. Kill all of us. Made me think Vi was dead, left me exposed and half naked around girls... Failed to kill that asshole Gulliver. As Takeshi fumes to himself, he takes long, slow, shuddering breaths. On each exhalation, the lines on his body glow brighter, hotter, until they flicker with flame, burning most of his clothing away, growing larger. The fire around him flashes through winged, clawed shapes as the Dragon rips in and out of being. His hands close into fists, and blades of plasma spring out to burn twin holes in the floor. He walks forward, leaving burning footprints in his wake. "Carmen. We have unfinished business."

"Not now, waste of space. Handsome and I are engaged. Take a number."

[Cleric of Hell's Brigade]

"If that's the case, why not just let us pass?," she asked, even as she stopped moving. "It'll cost you just as much effort as your spending now."

He shrugs.

"I owe Bale my life. I can't very well go back on that now."

[Cthulhu_of_R'yleh]

Only for the Tendrils to miss as she seems to fall right through the floor, appearing about twenty feet away, unharmed.

He makes a note of it, before acknowledging her. "Huh.. Not bad." Without waiting for a response he drops to one knee, to place a hand on the floor, a split second later the ground around her explodes up in sharp diamond spires.

[Tami]

He shrugs.

"I owe Bale my life. I can't very well go back on that now."

"You could have turned us in, but you didn't. Now your saying that your debt to him is worth thousands, maybe millions of lives?" Rivia shook her head, "very well, then how do you plan on keeping us here? You alone against all of us?"

[Cleric of Hell's Brigade]

He makes a note of it, before acknowledging her. "Huh.. Not bad." Without waiting for a response he drops to one knee, to place a hand on the floor, a split second later the ground around her explodes up in sharp diamond spires.

Each tip dissappears inches from touching her.

They instead appear around Cas and impale him multiple times, Carmen having portaled the tips around Casimir.

[Rhyvurg]

"Not now, waste of space. Handsome and I are engaged. Take a number."

He's not in the mood to talk, exhaling a blast of fire that probably fills the room.

[Cleric of Hell's Brigade]

"You could have turned us in, but you didn't. Now your saying that your debt to him is worth thousands, maybe millions of lives?" Rivia shook her head, "very well, then how do you plan on keeping us here? You alone against all of us?"

He pauses, then takes the cig out and looks at it.

"Huh, not sure how you found out about that. Yeah, I didn't report you to Bale when you tore through the Gulag. Didn't seem right, icing you all after you fought so hard to get back. I figured maybe you'ld just come back and lay low, find your families. Seems I was wrong."


"As for thousands, yeah. You have to stand for something, or you'll fall for anything little lady. I swore on that day so many years ago that I would pay my debt to Bale for saving our lives. I gave my word, and I have never broken my word. If I did, I would be nothing and have nothing. And besides, you lot vs me? You don't stand a chance. Walk away while you still can, miss. I don't want to unsheathe my sword, but when I do, you will lose. You and yours can still run, hide, and live your lives."

[Cleric of Hell's Brigade]

He's not in the mood to talk, exhaling a blast of fire that probably fills the room.

The fire is swallowed by a portal and appears above the other cadets, bathing them in Takeshi's fire.

[Rhyvurg]

The fire is swallowed by a portal and appears above the other cadets, bathing them in Takeshi's fire.

He still doesn't care, still stalking her through the room.

[Cleric of Hell's Brigade]

He still doesn't care, still stalking her through the room.

Selma, swearing, throws a barrier up around them of blue energy as the fire washes across them.

"Damnit 'shi, take it easy!"

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Carmen smiles.

"My, how bold. Come at me then, machstick. I can two step with the two of you if I must."

[Tami]

He pauses, then takes the cig out and looks at it.

"Huh, not sure how you found out about that. Yeah, I didn't report you to Bale when you tore through the Gulag. Didn't seem right, icing you all after you fought so hard to get back. I figured maybe you'ld just come back and lay low, find your families. Seems I was wrong."


"As for thousands, yeah. You have to stand for something, or you'll fall for anything little lady. I swore on that day so many years ago that I would pay my debt to Bale for saving our lives. I gave my word, and I have never broken my word. If I did, I would be nothing and have nothing. And besides, you lot vs me? You don't stand a chance. Walk away while you still can, miss. I don't want to unsheathe my sword, but when I do, you will lose. You and yours can still run, hide, and live your lives."

Pausing in thought, Rivia gave him a curious look, "I don't feel very safe. Just turning and running would only prolong the inevitable, unless you want to tell me what Bale has planned? I might reconsider if I knew more about it."