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Post by Bio Plus on Dec 14, 2014 11:20:26 GMT -5
"It has." Craft said turning back to Bon Bon. "It's something I've never really understood. You have all these abilities that I don't have. Feelings, warmth, life. Something I can only get with a terrible price. Yet you want to give that up to be like me. I never understand why you'd do that, that is why I try to help without changing you first. But if I have such a great desire to be like you, then who am I to stop you from being like me if I can do that for you?" "Ah! These ponies are sick!" Berry thought to herself as she hid low behind one of the cages. ooc: The cage has a 'foot' like the one here: < fc03.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2010/069/a/c/Cloning_Vat_by_The_Iron_Enemy.jpg > So berry can hide behind it and not be seen.
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Post by Broly Ultimatrix on Dec 15, 2014 1:36:36 GMT -5
"Get everything you want and lose what you had." Bon Bon said with a downcast look plastered to her face, "Seems I don't require your assistance after all. I may be a monster, but I refuse to be evil." she said and looked up to Miss Craft with a determination she hadn't shown in a long time, let alone to Miss Craft, "I will stop you here and now. Or you could turn from this path and accept your lot in life. Either way, the child lives. The question is... will you." Bon Bon said as clear threat, but made no sudden moves, her two body guards still nearby.
OOC: I can wake Lyra up now, right?
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Post by Bio Plus on Dec 15, 2014 5:21:00 GMT -5
ooc: Yes, you can wake her up.
"I thought you would understand Bon Bon." Craft said with some regret. "I am glad you don't need my help anymore, I truly am. But this is the only way for me to become real. I don't have anything to loose. I was created to be a monster and it will only take one more monstrous act for me to change all that. Hate me for it if you must. I won't hold it against you or think less of you for it. But you should go Bon Bon, there is nothing you can do here."
Lyra was being dragged by the spiders and was almost halfway to the exit.
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Post by Broly Ultimatrix on Dec 15, 2014 15:22:53 GMT -5
Lyra, who'd actually fully fallen asleep by now, woke with a start. She felt the spider on her arm and rolled over quickly, smashing it against the floor. She'd gotten all her strength back by now and the webs were cake to tear to shreds. For a moment she simple smashed all the spiders in her field of vision, now hating them more intently then anything else.
OOC: You could think of Lyra as a berserker at the moment. He's a ball of rage looking for a target and anything she see's that upsets her is now a target.
Lyra asserted her stance towards the glass cage, "I don't think you understand. Noone get's what they want today except the family who want to see their daughter and the daughter who likely wants to get home." Bon Bon said and reached into her bag.
OOC: I'm not sure what the griffon is going to allow before stepping in but the super pony (unless he's really got that speed) will likely not be fast enough to bum rush Bon Bon. She's cautiously watching both of them at the moment. Miss Craft only has her passive attention.
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Post by Bio Plus on Dec 15, 2014 15:43:26 GMT -5
ooc: The two puppets are extremely powerful and I'm going to make them more powerful than Bon Bon and Lyra so they really have to work on beating them. They're also really the only obstacle to overcome. Before they beat them however Wiz and his friends will join the fight and after the two puppets are beaten I'd like Lyra, in her rage, try to take out Wiz, preferably with her sword. Just post before the strike.
"I thought you were smarter than this Bon Bon." Craft said with a sigh. "But you only see what's in front of you. You figured out so much, but you still haven't realized what I can do. And it's sad, because you only had to ask and I would have told you." Super Pony walked in between Craft and Bon Bon and stood his ground. "I don't want to hurt you Bon Bon, please don't make me hurt you."
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Post by Broly Ultimatrix on Dec 15, 2014 16:39:04 GMT -5
OOC: Didn't even have to tell me. If you'd not played them difficult I would have played Lyra and Bon Bon worse such that it would be a difficult fight. And I figured the three would join in at which point the Wiz would have been Lyra's only target, and really the only pony she'd see in the room.
BIC: "You asked what kind of monster Secretary was? I won't say since she didn't, but My friend and I killed all the rest of her species except her. Don't be offended when I say you don't scare me." Bon Bon pulled out a handful of what looked like little marbles. Seven in total. She ate all of them at once and there was an almost immediate hum in the air.
Lyra, done killing spiders, Looked around and took a big smell of the air. She followed her nose back the way she was dragged. Her speed was only matched by the aura of hate that almost gave off a tangible aura.
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Post by Bio Plus on Dec 15, 2014 17:10:32 GMT -5
ooc: Sounds good then. You're going to have to tell me what Bon Bon and Lyra's powers are doing so I can counter them appropriately.
"I'm not trying to scare you." Craft said. "And neither are you scaring me. Ever since I stepped into this world I have been hunted by monster and man alike. And every one served as practice that I may one day build the perfect bodies for my friends. Do you see a frail puppet in front of you Bon Bon?" She lifted up her front hoof. "Does this look like the hoof of a frail puppet to you?" Their was a sudden realization that the red and brown paint on her front hooves wasn't paint at all, but dried up blood. "You already showed me your power, there's nothing you can do."
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Post by Broly Ultimatrix on Dec 16, 2014 0:45:36 GMT -5
"So you have been hunted your whole life and survived. And I've hunted my whole life and killed. Guess it is meant to be that we should come to conflict."Bon Bon said as she eyed the bloody hooves and Super Pony. "And I have seen your puppets, so there's little keeping me from saying the same to you." Bon Bon said and this time looked over to the Griffon, "Now that we're done comparing guns, let the game of predator vs Prey commence. I assume only one of us will make it out of here victorious, though I'll try and keep you alive for Natasha's sake." She added with a clear confidence in her own ability to overcome Miss Craft. Her eyes flashed but nothing seemed to happen. She then drifted her gaze back to Super Pony.
OOC: Lyra will burst in right as the fight really get's going so she's not doing anything yet. Bon Bon just tagged the Griffons back paws, front claws, Both her wings, and her beak. That's one point for each of the seven candies. She'll then link those seven points with seven more she'll mark on Super Pony in an attempt to literally tie them together. The gravitational pull will probably effect the Griffon more then Super Pony, if he's got the strength to hold his ground, but the intent is to hamper their assault and most of all make it a two on one fight instead of three on one.
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Post by Bio Plus on Dec 16, 2014 5:25:06 GMT -5
ooc: Craft knows that Lyra is on the way so the griffon is waiting to get her as soon as she comes through the door.
"If you must Bon Bon." Craft said. "But I shall not start this fight it's up to you to make the first attack. And I wont allow you to be killed either. You were never like those other 'hunters', you talked to me."
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Post by Broly Ultimatrix on Dec 16, 2014 13:38:15 GMT -5
OOC: Let the odd be ever in our favor BIC: "Thanks for the courtesy." Bon Bon said and was about to cast the second link on Super Pony. There was a loud sound of Lyra blasting through the door and running straight at Bon Bon. She put all her weight behind the punch to her face that held enough force to make Bon Bon disappear until she blasted into the wall on the far side of the room after rolling and bouncing off the floor. In that instant, Bon Bon did cast the second link, but it hit Lyra instead, sending herself and the Griffon pulling towards each other. Lyra could hold her ground well enough, but looked at the griffon that was linked to her, feeling the pull in that direction. "DO YOU WANT A PIECE OF ME TOO!!" Lyra yelled at the top of her lungs and stared menacingly at the Griffon as she reached to her flank and drew what appeared to be a metal bat with a small sliver up one side that was sharp like a blade. Wires were wrapped around the hilt of the bat and attached themselves to Lyra's shoulder. OOC: So Bon Bon can take a hit like that but she'll need a second to really compose herself. I don't know if you've seen Noragami, but this is the scene that matches what happened best. It'll start at the correct time stamp and you only need to watch 20 seconds of clip to see what I was talking about. As for Lyra, it's a bat attached to her arm but free for her to flow and control in the air by the chains. Nothing special about it since she can't augment her powers while in a blind rage.
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Post by Bio Plus on Dec 16, 2014 13:54:38 GMT -5
The griffon gave a loud screech and there was a tingling feeling that went up Lyra's back before the bat disappeared just like it had appeared. Zenny rushed towards her, the gravity pulling them towards each other making her even faster, and in a blink of an eye the griffon had Lyra pinned to the wall with her claw around her neck. ooc: So all part of Crafts ability to neutralize their talents. They're going to have to win without them. "Are you alright Bon Bon?" Craft called out to her. "Do you want to talk to your friend first or doesn't it matter?"
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Post by Broly Ultimatrix on Dec 16, 2014 14:18:38 GMT -5
OOC: Interesting. I'm guessing you haven't removed Lyra's strength or Bon Bon's reflexes and that their powers can still be brought out but wont be staying for long, or can they simply not activate them?
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Post by Bio Plus on Dec 16, 2014 15:34:14 GMT -5
ooc: Lyra can still pull out her weapons, but Zenny will nullify it every time and she's faster then Lyra. Bon Bon's powers haven't been stopped yet, but once it's stopped she wont be able to activate it.
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Post by Broly Ultimatrix on Dec 17, 2014 0:51:21 GMT -5
OOC: I just need some means of them working together with what they've got left once they've had their tails thoroughly handed to them. So long as Lyra can still hit hard and Bon Bon has her intelligence, minor reflexes and semi-minor endurance, I'm good. The Griffon can be faster the her, moreso since she's slower while she's a mindless berserker, and I'm not sure how tough these puppets are, but I'm assuming their strength can't break them like the wooden boards I expect their made of.
BIC: Lyra grabbed at the claw around her neck and pulled down where her elbow would be, kicking up at her jaw with her leg at the same time. The force behind this attack would break the neck of a normal pony (but the griffon, should this attack even land, should be fine. Bon Bon only grumbled. She looked up, one of her eyes closed as blood ran down her forehead and across her eye. She wiped away most of the blood so she could use both eyes and looked at the scene before her. She wasn't mad at Lyra, though she had every right to be. Instead, she looked to her friend and heaved a sigh. In spite of her many MANY shortcomings, she was her friend and she was glad she was here. In the meantime, she had to figure out how to beat Miss Craft without her help as she was a mindless ball of rage at this point born and breed for combat and nothing else, "I'll just ignore her for now." She said, though possibly not loud enough for Miss Craft to hear, more saying it to herself as a mental note.
OOC: Not sure how the pacing is going to work but Bon Bon only needs to overcome her own Pride at this point. Lyra needs to calm down and accept Bon Bon's help as well. Then the two need to relive a bit of the glory days and fight full on. Pacing will be hard as the combat progresses since Bon Bon won't be able to set a trap or anything once her powers have been nullified, but she'll still work to avoid damage as much as she can, even if she can't fight offensively like Lyra can. I'll be playing based on your que so pacing will also be based on how you play. Also, what's the plan with Berry? Will she make a swift and quiet exit or just try and avoid being seen?
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Post by Bio Plus on Dec 17, 2014 1:56:04 GMT -5
ooc: Berry will make a swift and quiet exit once the fighting starts. And yes, these puppets are going to need a bit more then brute strength to break. And yes they'll still have their smarts and grunt, just not their special abilities. Don't worry too much if you can't finish Lyra's character development right now either, we haven't concentrated on her much and more on Bon Bon, we'll take care of her after this. And right now Bon Bon's power is still working so Zenny and Lyra is still fused together, not much they can do right now. (And why don't you want to call my griffon Zenny? ) Zenny took Lyra's kick with no effect. "You're bleeding." Craft told Bon Bon with genuine concern. "Let me get you something to wipe that off." It didn't take long for one of the spiders to walk over to Bon Bon with a clean, wet cloth.
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Post by Broly Ultimatrix on Dec 17, 2014 14:00:10 GMT -5
OOC: I keep forgetting. It's not like I've got personality traits to aid in burning his name into my head like the other characters. I don't know their backstories like you do either. All I've got is repetition to help me remember his... her?... name... I can't even remember if it was a guy or a girl griffon. Also, she can't just release the bonds holding the two, they're on timers and this one's going to be long. It was meant to hold Zenny and Superpony together afterall. BIC: Bon Bon took the wet towelette and wiped her forehead without a second thought. It was definitely one of the strangest encounters they'd had, but Bon Bon was preoccupied with Lyra and didn't know how to handle her and still save the girl. Lyra was repeatedly kicking the same spot over and over again, not seeing how ineffective it was being. Bon Bon's eyes glowed again as she looked to the ceiling and a point between Zenny and Lyra. OOC: She's going to try and pull down a section of the ceiling to create a wall between Zenny and Lyra. Once a link is made it can't be broken. Bon Bon is a catalyst not a controller
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Post by Bio Plus on Dec 17, 2014 14:28:06 GMT -5
ooc: It's a she and Super is a he. And like how Bon Bon made a gravitational field when they were fighting Taurus Bulba I'll create a like wise field that will neutralize the gravitational effects. Kinda like and EMP on her powers. As Lyra did another kick Zenny bit into her leg with her beak, cutting into her and holding her leg tight. Craft was curiously observing Bon Bon's actions, wondering what she was planning on doing and not interfering with her as Bon Bon hadn't made any attack towards her yet.
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Post by Broly Ultimatrix on Dec 17, 2014 23:33:25 GMT -5
Bon Bon cast the second link and a pillar cut itself from the ceiling and went down on both Zenny's arm and Lyra's leg. Lyra kicked with her other leg, but only hit rock when it came down between them.
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Post by Bio Plus on Dec 18, 2014 5:10:13 GMT -5
Zenny pulled her arm from under the rock, which showed little damage. Her eyes started to glow red as she used them to see through the rock and keep track of what Lyra was doing. "Please be careful Bon Bon." Craft told her. "There are ponies living above us and we don't want to weaken the foundations of their homes too much."
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Post by Broly Ultimatrix on Dec 18, 2014 14:02:18 GMT -5
"Fair enough." Bon Bon said and turned to Miss Craft, "Guess that's one down and one Super Pony to go. And I take it you're not defenseless on your own either." Bon Bon said and looked to Super Pony, "Best I take him out in one attack." She whispered to herself and took out a normal piece of candy from her flank. This one could output the juice of her normal attacks and she looked to the walls. Four places on the walls to be exact. Once she'd marked the four places she looked at Super pony again.
OOC: You're going to want to stop this one before it goes. She's going to link each of his hooves to one of the four walls effectively pulling him apart or pulling the walls in to him. Neither of which are happy endings. I'm assuming he's too strong to be pulled apart, but Bon Bon's willing to risk the structural integrity a bit more to take this one out.
Lyra's whole body was pinned between a rock and a hard place. Her face was forced in such a way that she couldn't see anything but Lyra and the cages behind her. She noticed the foal sleeping quietly and remembered why she was here as she began struggling against the holds preventing her from moving.
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Post by Bio Plus on Dec 18, 2014 14:29:53 GMT -5
Parts of Super Pony's hooves opened up and revealed glowing rings that started spinning around like turbines. There was a sudden heaviness in the air and the bonds holding Lyra and Zenny disappeared. As soon as it did Zenny lifted up her claw and brought the tips together. It started spinning around like a drill and she use it to drill through the pillar and out the other side. Her claw snapped open again and once again grabbed Lyra around the neck.
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Post by Broly Ultimatrix on Dec 22, 2014 0:11:29 GMT -5
Bon Bon stared blankly at her hoof once the weight in the air shifted from something other then her. She looked to Super Pony's hooves and was at least able to summarize that her powers were useless at the moment. She'd have to reassess, and she assumed she was running out of time to do it. Somehow she felt slow in all this. Like she wasn't trying to figure out how to win, but why she was fighting. She'd wished she could save the girl without resorting to it and so long as she held that hidden, even to herself, doubt, she wouldn't be very effective at more then staying alive... Lyra, on the other hoof, was beyond rationalization. Her back hoof was bleeding badly, her neck sore, and her body worn out. Her rage was beginning to subside, and once the gravity link died it almost did. Being grabbed by the neck again sent her into yet another Frenzy as she grabbed the claw, not as one trying to break free, but as one holding strong to an object without letting go. She pushed against the wall behind her, which only made her bleed more, and pressed her forehead and arms against the pillar in front of her, still holding onto Zenny's claw all the while. Cracks could be heard until the pillar snapped above them and started to timber down, falling on top of both Zenny, and Bon Bon who had to dive to get out of the way.
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Post by Bio Plus on Dec 22, 2014 2:00:08 GMT -5
Super Pony stepped up to the pillar, lifted it off Zenny and threw it to the side. Zenny stood up. Accept for looking dirty and scratched from the pillar it doesn't seem to have done match damage. She turned back to Lyra to face her. "What's the matter Bon Bon?" Craft asked her sounding worried. "What's holding you back? I know that this is something you want to do?"
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Post by Broly Ultimatrix on Dec 22, 2014 2:12:57 GMT -5
Bon Bon looked to Super Pony and the Griffon, "Guess it's more something I have to do then something I want to do. Hard to get motivated when you work with a simpleton and your enemies are well prepared." She said, not looking to Miss Craft and trying to scan the puppets for some weakness. Lyra rolled off the pillar and laid on the ground catching her breath. she was too tired to fight and being forced to take a break allowed her to calm down a bit as well.
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Post by Bio Plus on Dec 22, 2014 2:18:52 GMT -5
"Oh I don't believe that at all." Craft said with a huff. "I think you've got it all backwards Bon Bon."
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Post by Broly Ultimatrix on Dec 22, 2014 2:30:51 GMT -5
"Hmm? Care to elaborate?" Bon Bon said actually curious for where Miss Craft might go with it. She was also creating time for Lyra to recover, however unintentionally.
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Post by Bio Plus on Dec 22, 2014 4:54:09 GMT -5
"The thing you believe you have to do is get rid of your past." Craft explained to Bon Bon. "Unlike Natasha who has a dream of living without her past that is not your dream as you claimed before. No Bon Bon. As much as you want to not admit it, this is your dream. To help ponies. I saw the same glint of hope in your eyes when you declared that you'll save this child as the glint I see in Natasha's when she thinks of a new life. The question you're struggling with is not whether you have to or want to, but rather weather you are allowed to help others. You don't know if you're worthy to help others. And that makes me sad, because it thrilled me to see you going after your dream and now look at you. If giving up the child would have made you realize your dream I would have done that. I already know the spell after all and I can have another child brought down here before you reach the surface with this one. But it doesn't work that way, you'll only chase after your dream when you have no other choice. In fact, once you loose it may even make your determination stronger. Besides, the idea of somepony willing to fight for this child pleases me, it will make her sacrifice not so bad. The idea that there was nopony around to help her would be just terrible. And if you don't do it Bon Bon, who will? Who is going to show that she was important enough to fight for? Or is your past more important than her Bon Bon?"
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Post by Broly Ultimatrix on Dec 22, 2014 23:19:05 GMT -5
Bon Bon actually smiled and shook her head, "It's funny, you know too much. But not everything. I remember my dream now... It's to BE worthy of my calling to save ponies. Through every transition in my life I've done evil things. I just want to know I'm capable of good. I can only do that by fighting evil wherever it is. In the end this isn't a battle of one survivor against the other. It's a battle of one dream against the other and whomever wins get's their dream." Bon Bon said as a fire sparked in her eye. She might not have a plan to win or even faith that she could, but she believed that what would happen would happen and did have faith in the ancient thinking that good always triumphs over evil. She looked to Lyra who was looking at her with a wonder in her eyes. Like a friend looking upon one she'd not seen in forever. Lyra stood up, still looking to Bon Bon. "Guess I did knock some sense into you." She said holding up her bloody hoof, and indeed it was Bon Bon's blood. Bon Bon reached for her forehead and felt the bump there. At least it wasn't bleeding now. She might not be as hardy as Lyra or as quick a healer, but she could heal quick enough for that. Lyra's leg had stopped bleeding by now as well, though there was still an open cut, "I guess we can fight side by side once more." She said and turned to Miss Craft, "Common enemy, common mission." "Those words got us through genocide... and now it should save little foals everywhere." Bon Bon said and turned to Miss Craft, "Now the battle really starts." She said with the same gusto she had earlier, and somehow it still felt more genuine. She wasn't going to hold back or fight defensively anymore.
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Post by Bio Plus on Dec 23, 2014 3:14:11 GMT -5
"Well I never claimed to know everything." Craft said. "Like how I thought you were a lot like Natasha, when in reality you're most like me. But I'm glad you're finally following your dream Bon Bon. Just know that, well, let us say 'if' you loose that it doesn't have to mean the end of your dream. Always keep a hold of it."
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Post by Broly Ultimatrix on Dec 23, 2014 22:52:29 GMT -5
"If I lose then it will be because I rendered myself incapable of doing anything else. That's how serious I've decided to make this bout. I still will refrain from killing you if I don't need to for Natasha and her friends sake, but since you said you'd just try this again I might have no choice." Bon Bon said, the gears in her head turning as she tried to think of a plan. Lyra waited, knowing full well she couldn't fight Zenny alone let alone all three of them. She kept a particularly strong eye out for Spiders, not wanting to be knocked out again.
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