Chojin Patriarch
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Again with the lack of concern for allies, Angel girl! Seriously, just because your flames presumably don't burn the righteous or something like that, don't assume your friends won't get singed.13th September 2012
09:47 GMT -5
My helmet goes back on as Noriel's flames wash over Kara-
Okay, hopefully those were empty, or at least had nothing valuable in them. At least they aren't exploding."Guess what?"
-who completely ignores them as she punches Noriel right in the sternum, sending her flying backwards. Storage crates crumple and splinter, the far wall cracking as it breaks her fall.
'Magic is bullshit' 101. I bet that comes in handy for Dana's squishy human physiology..."With these coins I'm not vulnerable to magic any more." She glances back at me as I set the environmental shield to feed her carbon monoxide. "And don't think I haven't noticed this environmental shield you've stuck around me. I can go without breathing for hours."
Ah.
Ugh, that would be a pain. It's a pity Kryptonite's emissions don't grow weaker the smaller the piece.I extend a filament from the environmental shield and try attaching it to the crystal, but she spots it and waves her hand through it to break it.
"Do you want me to swallow it? Or crush it and breathe in the dust?"
A pity it's not about the 'wanting your body', OL. She wants to hurt the spirit more, it seems.No. No, I don't. Getting it out of her stomach is perfectly possible; humans aren't any different from kryptonians with regard to how their bodies flush out the upper portion of their digestive system. But getting it out of her lungs would be difficult, and I still don't know if there's a point at which it becomes permanent.
"There are hundreds of different parallel universe versions of me. I'm sure that you could be happy with one of the single ones."
Well, nice to have that more or less confirmed. Sort of a game balance thing, I suppose. more magic equals less physical power."Not how this works!" Noriel stumbles slightly as she pulls herself out of the wall, her flames billowing. Kara's eyes narrow. "And don't think I haven't noticed that you're nothing like as tough as a real kryptonian. Paul, do you like this one?"
"She's an acquired taste, but I respect that she's trying to better herself."
Okay, that's honestly impressive. Weaponising a miniature sonic boom as an air bullet... Wonder if she'll remember how to do that after she detoxes."Because I don't. I remember all the things she said about having life handed to me on a plate just after I found out that nearly every member of my species-"
There's a boom and-. Noriel drops, blood running from her forehead. Kara's right hand is in a post-flicking position.
And depending on the continuity and your personal canon, the god Rao wanted to destroy Krypton for the Drama of it..."-was dead, and I don't remember God, or the Source, stepping in to help them."
"The Lord giveth and-" Noriel raises her right hand to her forehead, sees the blood on her fingers and then wipes it away. "-the Lord taketh away."
...Does that mean you actually thought about it? Argh, and people think Batman is crazy paranoid at times..."Paul, do you have a plan for killing God?"
"Not a reliable one. It turns out that preparing for a being with poorly defined limitations is extremely difficult."
Well, I'm sure Evil-Kara would be happy to experiment. Pity you can't get good results from a single run, though..."Working on it. Hmm." She looks directly at Noriel. "Hey Linda-bitch, can you die? I mean, if I kill you do you just go right back to Heaven?"
"I do not know."
Let's see if the coins let you tank that, honey!"Let's f-."
Armour on construct power armour on lunge forwards chainsaw chains wrapping around Kara and ripping at-.
Oh, good grief, now she's going to take you stripping her as a come-on! And now we get a full-frontal assault... If this was animated, can you imagine the framing they'd need to avoid anything being visible.She spins, smashing my construct apart as her uniform falls apart. Kryptonians project a force field a few millimetres from their bodies but it looks like the coins don't. Now where are-?
"Find."
Goddamn, that would honestly be terrifying. I'm seriously surprised OL didn't get a hint of Yellow there.Fingers! Fingers through my faceplate, pulling it apart with a horrifying tearing noise!
"Out." She smiles patiently at me. "Naughty boy."
Ow. Goddamn superspeed.
...Is his leg still attached, or is she beating Noriel with the wet end...I see Noriel spin as Kara hits her around the head with my armour's left leg. Which is now not on the armour I'm… Only wearing parts of.
"You know, this is kinda fun. I should beat people to death more often."
Oh gods, there's an image for you... Nature's pocket, Kryptonian style.Noriel increases the intensity of her flaming aura, setting the loose material in the room on fire and incinerating the scraps that were left of Kara's costume. No change. Where the heck are the coins? Did she swallow them or are they… 'Secret compartmented'.
"Huh. Tickles."
Well, at least she's not going for the quick kill. Can't have fun with them if they're dead, after all.Kara darts forward, wrapping her hands around Noriel's throat and steadily applying pressure.
"Come on, Paul. You know what I want. Give it to me, or we see if angels can get brain damage from oxygen deprivation."
Oh, shit. That's really bad. Leeching every bit of Avarice from her and she's not collapsing into a listless puddle of 'can't be bothered'? Or are the coins protecting her from that too?The heat is now so intense that Kara's hair is blowing straight back, not that it's bothering her at all. Noriel grabs at her head and tries gouging her eyes, and Kara responds by biting into the fingers of Noriel's right hand.
We remove our power
from her, but there doesn't appear to be any change in her behaviour. Nothing for it.
Not even pretending to work within human limits at all. Talk about broken powers... Dana must be one of the biggest powerhouses of the legion.Ultra-heavy duty machinery constructs appear around Kara, culled from my records of the efforts of a dozen mad scientists to beat Kal-El with brute force and combined with the latest in alien technology. She loses her grip on Noriel as her arms are jerked apart, and Noriel uses the opportunity to dart away from her and pant to get her breath back. I doubt that I'll hold her for long-
The machinery is already straining as she pulls against it.
Well, it's just a matter of outlasting the exposure now. Easier said than done, though...-but I use the opportunity to send the kryptonite into subspace.
"Good effort, lover. But you won't-"
Oof, dropping the bass on her. Along with the treble and the infra- and ultrasonics. Let's hope that got Kara-1's attention, they could use the help down here.Sonic cannons.
"-stop me-"
Two cannons appear, one either side of her head. I don't know exactly how tough she is, but intense sonic energy should be able to render her unconscious.
And now I'm reminded of the 'Incredible Hulk' movie's scene with the humvee-mounted sonic cannons, and picturing her flesh rippling across her skull... Let's hope it doesn't turn out the same way as that fight did.
Still super-tough, Noriel. Bloody magic."Hit her!"
Noriel rallies, abandoning her fire generation in favour of empowering her body as she punches Kara in the left side of her temple.
Please don't mean in bed...And then pulls back again, massaging her hand as Kara smiles.
"I think I might like this. Hope you like receiving-"
...Okay, phew. Still bad, though.She vibrates in place, my construct starting to come apart almost at once. I didn't design it with that in-! I add in a kinetic barrier element and that slows her down a little but she powers through!
"-as much as giving!"
Ooh, last-second save! Cue the 'Big Damn Heroes' music!"H."
Dana limps in, clothing torn where Kara stole her coins but H-dial in hand.
Welp, she's out of the fight until she can finish sucking some air back into her lungs..."E."
Kara rips our w ay free of my construct and punches Noriel in the diaphragm.
Thank goodness she's cocky enough to let Dana try. We can but hope that the dial gives her something omnipotent, or at least soundly anti-magical."I studied the H-Dial. Let's see what lame power it gives you."
"R. O!"
...Goddammit. Still, it all comes down to how she uses it...There's a.. puff of smoke, and then-.
Kara tilts her head to the side.
"Looks like… Hoover Girl? I think I can take you."
Not an impossible fight. If she has the ability to suck things at the conceptual level... Boy, did that sound wrong... Maybe she could drain the Black Kryptonite radiation out of Kara before we get to see what she looks like spread across the walls... We can but hope that Evil Kara's too busy laughing at her to get violent. I guess we'll see tomorrow!