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Post by Angel Aries on Dec 21, 2002 3:15:46 GMT -5
*A cathedral rises from below, seemingly sculpted out of sheer stone, immense and towering, reaching into the heavens. The great doors yawn open, to reveal a great raised stone altar, a silver chalice set atop it, a golden cross behind it. Before the altar kneels Aries, clad in his black Gothic plate armor, under the light of the intricate stained glass window above, an image of Christ spreading his hands to give forth the bread and the cup.*
*Aries makes the sign of the cross, one gauntlet on the pommel of his sheathed sword, the other on his raised knee. He looks up to take in the stained glass, then sighs and stands again, turning to face the doors.*
Aries does hope it's big enough.
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Post by GunnSlinger on Dec 21, 2002 14:16:31 GMT -5
A cool wind begins blowing, darkness falling all around, the church eerily lit by an unseen force, candles suddenly become lit, casting shaddows all about the cathederal, while footsteps can be heard outside
Shaddowed in the night, he steps through the doors, the flame's light glinging slightly off of the armor plates running down his left arm, and off of the round crest that sits upon his chest, held by a long leather strap running down connecting to two others that slip around his hips, under the kilt
So Aries, you decided you truly wanted a duel, eh?
At the end of this statement, he reached back, pulling his axe from his back, stepping further into the cathedral, a stoic air about his whole body
Well Aries... you have your duel.
Charging in quickly, he swings his axe over his head in a circle, and then makes a fast diagonal strike, bringing the head of the axe down toward Aries
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Post by Angel Aries on Dec 21, 2002 15:10:00 GMT -5
*steps back, leaning away from the axe. He feels it whistle past his face, barely taking off one of his bangs. His left gauntlet lashes out and grabs Gunn by his extended arm.*
*Aries snarls, then pulls Gunn by his forearm to the left, his right hand bringing his sword up and free.*
*Aries backs off after the throw, letting Gunn's arm go, then holds his sword up and before his face, the tip pointing skywards, not saying a word.*
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Post by GunnSlinger on Dec 21, 2002 16:13:45 GMT -5
While in the air, he took control of his descent, floating slowly downwards, reaching down into a small leather pouch on his side, and removing 3 throwing knives, throwing them immidiately, screaming through the air at Aries, still floating in the air, ready for anything
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Post by Angel Aries on Dec 22, 2002 0:33:24 GMT -5
*Aries twists his wrists, the sword moving to the left to ring as a knife impacts on it and drops. Another twist to the right produces another song, a second knife dropping.*
*Aries then reaches his left hand up by his ear, two fingers spread apart before they close on the last knife. Aries brings it to his lips and takes a drag on it as if it were a cigarette, then lets it fall and brings his hand back to his sword, stepping back into a ready position, his sword held before him.*
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Post by GunnSlinger on Dec 22, 2002 14:16:38 GMT -5
He slowly grins at Aries, reaching down to a large strip of fabric on the kilt, as he drops down to the ground, where he suddenly rips the fabric off, revealing his revolvers, sitting on either side of his body, grinning even wider than before
His hands moved quicker than lightning, drawing the left revolver, and then the right in succession, with both pistols bearing down on Aries, he fired of 1 round from each of them, before ducking around a large pillar
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Post by Angel Aries on Dec 22, 2002 15:08:49 GMT -5
*twists to the right on his ankle, throwing all his weight onto it, the bullets screaming past him to shatter a few candles on the small candle rack behind him. He gasps as he feels his center of gravity too far gone to recover and grunts as he falls onto his side with a thud and a clatter from his armor.*
*grabs the altar and quickly hauls himself to his feet, recovering his sword, then looks over at the pillar where Gunn retreated to. He rotates his shoulders to settle his armor, then quickly begins advancing on it.*
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Post by GunnSlinger on Dec 24, 2002 23:02:51 GMT -5
A grin slips onto his face as he hears Aries rise to his feet, the armor clinking slightly as Aries stepped closer and closer to the pillar
The grin slowly slid off of his face, as he shot from the pillar, to the wall, mashing his feet into it, and ricocheting off of it, at Aries, firing a single shot at him from 3 feet away as he passed by him, dropping down on his stomach on the other side of the church, and immidiately holstered the revolvers, and turned to Aries, pulling his dagger and chain off of his left side, the dagger in his right hand, the chain in his left, rolled into 5 circles hanging from his hand, the chain dissapearing into the edge of his "kilt", he stood and watched, waiting to see if his well armored, weighed down enemy had been struck by the bullet
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Post by Angel Aries on Dec 24, 2002 23:42:52 GMT -5
*Aries finds himself twitching as the bullet slammed hard into his left shoulder and shattered, burning a few hot pieces of shrapnel into his cheek, the wounds cauterizing instantly. He yells out in pain, bringing his cool right gauntlet up to his face to find some relief, his sword held in his left hand.*
*He finds that the wounds won't do much to hinder him, in fact, they've stopped stinging. He lowers his right gauntlet, then takes his sword in both hands and drops into a ready position again.*
Aries thought you would be more of a person for closer combat, Gunn...then again, if that's not your forte, Aries can keep up like this...
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Post by GunnSlinger on Dec 25, 2002 18:45:19 GMT -5
The grin slips back onto his face, as he steps out from behind the pillar, looking at Aries, knowing that he has allready drawn first blood
Aries, I am not exactly a one-tactic fighter. When I go into a duel, I test my enemies strengths, and weaknesses as fast as I can, so I can devise a strategy, and defeat them. I can tell, just from your armor and weaponry, that you are a close-combat fighter. So, the simplest way to defeat you, would be to devise a strategy for long range, would it not? But, because I do love a good battle, I'll go ahead and fight you face to face.
He steps forward, his eyes swirling like a torrent in the middle of a storm, his pupils focused, ready, as he drew closer to his enemy
Well Aries, you may take the next move.
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Post by Angel Aries on Dec 26, 2002 2:33:45 GMT -5
*Aries frowns, then takes one looks at Gunn and grins.*
Aries don' wanna!
*lowers his sword a little and looks skyward, thinking over the validity of that statement.*
Umm...well...actually...no, Aries must be strong...but, then again...ummmm...errrr...
Okay.
*keeps his frame and grips loose, but takes a step forward to bring Gunn into range, likely putting him off with his little conversation. However, his high overhand slash meant to take him from his clavicle to his toes remains hopeful at the same time to...well, put him off a lil' bit more...*
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Post by GunnSlinger on Dec 26, 2002 22:59:37 GMT -5
Grinning slightly as the blade swipes by his body as he rolls to the left, throwing the dagger to Aries' left, the blade digging into the floor behind him, his left hand suddenly shooting into action, the muscles pulling the chain taut immediately, and raking it in around Aries' feet, tripping him, and dropping him to the ground immidiately, as he rises to his full stature, he pulls the chain, and the dagger shoots into his left hand, he holds the dagger & chain in his left hand, his right removing one of the revolvers from it's holster again, spinning it 3 times by the triggerguard, before aiming at Aries' head, leaving Aries lying flat on the ground on his face, with a gun aimed down at the back of his head, leaving Gunn standing about 5 feet away on his right, looking down at him, grinning, and chuckling slightly
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Post by Angel Aries on Dec 26, 2002 23:19:06 GMT -5
*hits the deck hard with a grunt. As he lay there for about a second or two, half of him just wants to lie there and die, and the other to chew Gunn's severed head.*
*As his breath gathered in him, he realized how he could get the last one.*
*He shoved off the floor with his right hand, still carrying his sword. As he rolls off on his left side, he lifts the sword, holding it parallel to his shoulders, then swung even though Gunn was somewhat away.*
*But not far enough away to react quickly enough to the spinning arc of Aries's sword coming at his head and shoot him at the same time.*
*Aries pushes up with his left gauntlet as his sword leaves his hand to get a footing on the cathedral's stones again, knowing he has precious little time.*
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Post by GunnSlinger on Dec 27, 2002 2:08:47 GMT -5
He quickly ducks, the blade's wave of air passing over his head, as he ducked, he holstered the gun once again, knowing he would need to save ammo
As he dropped down, he pulled his axe off of his back, and brought up fast to his right as the blade passed by him, knocking it away quickly as he drove his left shoulder into Aries, knocking him away quickly, as he did, he leveled his axe horozontally, and then, swung it parallel to the ground, the blade screaming towards Aries Gut as he reels from the shoulder that had just mashed into his right side
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Post by Angel Aries on Dec 27, 2002 11:46:49 GMT -5
*gasps, then scoots his lower body as far away from the axe as he possibly can, the axe meeting stone with a shower of sparks. Realizing that his head was more of a target now than his stomach, he reaches up and grabs the shaft of the axe, pulling hard on it to wrest it from Gunn.*
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