neonleon: (❤ ninpo ❤ but I could not be found)
Leo(nardo) ([personal profile] neonleon) wrote2021-12-03 09:24 pm

SERPENTINE HORIZON - LEOXORCISM

We're exorcising! That! Turtle!

Day 50
othellovonryan: (Imminent means soon)

Re: THE PIT

[personal profile] othellovonryan 2022-12-15 03:29 am (UTC)(link)
[Oh, chainsaw may be too slow. An adjustment and the saw turns into a laser to cut through several chunks at once.]

[Calm, calm, just get him out, he expect-]

Hunter?!
pyrighteous: (vlcsnap-2022-05-22-17h27m28s143)

Re: THE PIT

[personal profile] pyrighteous 2022-12-15 04:20 am (UTC)(link)
[ Oh. Oh thank Titan for that. Hunter huddles over Leo's prone body, then, clinging to him. ]

I've got him! Down here!
othellovonryan: (Imminent doom)

Re: THE PIT

[personal profile] othellovonryan 2022-12-15 04:24 am (UTC)(link)
[uh oh]

Hunter, give him space!

[There is panic because he isn't sure it's that easy.]

[He's almost certain it's not.]

Flapjack, bring down Raph! [He's dropping down quickly.]
supersmashbro: (HOW FAR DID YOU GET)

Re: THE PIT

[personal profile] supersmashbro 2022-12-15 10:51 am (UTC)(link)
[ Inside of Raph are two wolves. One is going "the fact that there's not a bad guy in here right now giving a bad guy speech despite all you've heard about him is extremely suspicious." One is chanting "HELP LITTLE BROTHER" very loudly and urgently bc it's a full horror movie in here.

Neither of them understands the situational reference. Both of them agree that closer to brothers is better than in the air. It's the easiest self-argument he's had all week.

So after being lowered to a certain point, he'll toss Flapjack a lil salute and straight up let himself drop the rest of the way. HERE HE COME. ]
pyrighteous: (possession: purple and blue)

Re: THE PIT

[personal profile] pyrighteous 2022-12-15 11:17 am (UTC)(link)
[ RAPH. PLEASE. Flapjack would have brought you down!!

But here's Hunter doing a swan dive so actually the cardinal is not impressed with anyone right now. He converts back to a bird and flutters back down to perch on Hunter's shoulder. Just in time too: the tentacles shoot down around Hunter, forcing him down to the ground and binding him there. He struggles against it. One blink with the ninpo was hard enough; he flickers gold as he tries to do it again without Flapjack in staff form. ]


Let go -- !
othellovonryan: (Construction and fabrication)

Re: THE PIT

[personal profile] othellovonryan 2022-12-15 11:31 am (UTC)(link)
[Oh]

[He's still in a cocoon state?]

[Okay, that might actually be in their favor right now.]

Hunter!

[He drops down the last few feet, the laser cutting away the tentacles that go for him, and as he lands beside Hunter and Leo, he brings it up to cut through the ones on Hunter.]

Start embracing that trust, Hunter, there's a lot of power there!

[A barrage is dangerous. A barrage can start wearing them out when they need to deal with Belos.]

[But he knows those eyes-]

[
The eye found them, the tentacles he couldn't stop came, the white hot pain through his back-
]

[He holds out his staff to the side, the parts coming together to form a MLRS, the square, boxy shape with multiple missiles.]

[And he's going to put that Extra Something into the fabrication before he fires off the missiles.]
pyrighteous: (belos: simplicity!)

Re: THE PIT

[personal profile] pyrighteous 2022-12-15 01:43 pm (UTC)(link)
[ the tentacles fall away from Hunter in droves; he kicks away what few linger, squashing them with the soles of his boots. It’s okay. It’s okay! He’s not infected , Leo is here, they might have won?

And then someone laughs from above them. A slender web of green-black strands begins to lower from the ceiling, with one all too familiar figure at its center. Belos, going full on cliche supervillain, gives the three of them a slow clap. The metal gold of his gauntlets clink in the relative silence following the explosion. ]

“Well. Aren’t you causing a mess.”

[ Below Belos, Hunter freezes, immediately having a panic attack. ]
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othellovonryan: (All those theories)

Re: THE PIT

[personal profile] othellovonryan 2022-12-15 01:49 pm (UTC)(link)
[...and this is why you save your special buffs for the boss battle, children.]

Ha! Leave it to Nardo to have a sense of style. [Listen, he can appreciate his twin for enabling his love for destruction. He has a manic grin at the sight because its always so satisfying to cause widespread damage to something that super deserved it.]

[But of course, the grin fades when Belos appears.]

[He looks to Leo, then to Belos. He puts a hand to Hunter's shoulder, squeezing it.] Raph, getting Leo out will take precision tools and we're likely going to need him to fully get this demon out.

Remember what we talked about? Got about ninety-five now.

[And as much as he wants to Hurt Belos-]

[Leo is the priority and he thinks he knows what to do.]
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supersmashbro: (finally a good excuse 2 punch)

Re: THE PIT

[personal profile] supersmashbro 2022-12-15 02:37 pm (UTC)(link)
Classic Leo. Gotta love that.

[ Big flashy explosion? Excellent. Top tier.

Raph personally does not lose his grin when Belos makes his spooky grand entrance. He's been wondering how target-shaped Belos is this whole time. The answer is: very.

What he's hearing is "precision tools" and "we'll need Leo after the precision tools get him out" so the math on that is obviously "so stay between us and this gross-ass old dude because you're not precision tools or a convoluted plan." Obviously. ]


It's your show, little brother. [ He'll trust that. He does trust that. ] Raph'll be the opener.

[ YEET off he goes again. Head empty no thoughts wanna try to punch Belos very hard with a giant mystic fist.

Also he is bringing Hunter with him. Welcome to baby possum mode inside the big red family gundam. He will defend you with his life. ]
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pyrighteous: (belos: smirk)

Re: THE PIT

[personal profile] pyrighteous 2022-12-15 02:55 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Hunter is now? A baby possum?? Complete with confused scrabbling and hissing when the protection snaps him out of his initial panic. ]

—- I’m okay! I can handle this! He’s my uncle, so -

[ Belos is getting punched SQUARE in the face. It’s a satisfying noise! So much squish! The fist goes through him in fact? He splatters ALL over the place.

And then he reforms on top of Raph’s energy construct, seemingly unharmed. He paces on top of it, feet sticking via goop. He clicks his tongue. ]

“How boorish of you. I thought you would be more flexible in a setting like this.”

[ The entire pit seems to rock back and forth, as if being rattled by giant footsteps. ]

“No wonder it took you this long to even attempt a rescue.”
othellovonryan: (How do I hack this...)

Re: THE PIT

[personal profile] othellovonryan 2022-12-15 03:28 pm (UTC)(link)
You go, Raph, show him what a healthy big brother relationship looks like. [Offers him a thumbs up and let's Hunter be taken away. He trusts Raph to keep Hunter safe.]

[He turns to Leo and kneeks beside him, looking over the cocoin. He tunes out Belos' guilt trip. That doesn't matter right now. His focus is on Leo.]

Really would be nice if you woke up now, Nardo. [He pulls up the laser, and starts cutting away chunks, careful to not get too closer to where his body probably is, just until he can see better hints if it.] You know, I've been thinking a lot about trust lately.

[Breathe in. Slice. Breathe out. Slice. Focus, focus, FOCUS]
supersmashbro: (in ENGLISH dangit)

Re: THE PIT

[personal profile] supersmashbro 2022-12-16 01:23 am (UTC)(link)
[ Hunter back online. ]

I know, bud. You're with me either way.

[ Belos be out here saying stuff, Raph is busy thinking ugh, of course he's a dude who you make go splat and then he just reforms to say evil stuff.

Must have been the little brother. Before he did that one specific murder.

Raph tries to flick him. ]
pyrighteous: (belos: elementary)

Re: THE PIT

[personal profile] pyrighteous 2022-12-16 01:52 am (UTC)(link)
[ As before, the flick scatters him into goop ... and as before he reforms again, this time up in his strands. There's an unnerving movement behind him - the walls of this chamber pulsing dimly as eyes begin to open all through the scenery. One opens right next to Donnie and stares at him.

Hunter cowers close to Raph, still debating wtf to do here. ]


"Is this what my grimwalker's replaced me with this time? A trio of pets?"

[ Hunter grits his teeth, fingers digging into Raph's shell. ]

They've all been kinder in one day of knowing me than you were to me my entire life.
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othellovonryan: (Leo is too obsessed-)

Re: THE PIT

[personal profile] othellovonryan 2022-12-16 04:04 am (UTC)(link)
[Donnie trusts Raph. He trusts Raph to keep Hunter safe. He trusts Raph to keep Belos relatively occupied. He trusts Raph to do his best to keep his word and he knows that's gonna be key.]

[The urge is strong to fire the laser into that eye, but it's just staring and right now, his focus on Leo.]

[He does pause, seeing all that damage.] Oh Leo.... [He sniffs because the emotions are running high, his brother is hurt, and of course the tears are starting.]

[But he can see and that is Enough.]

[The laser in his hand gets smaller. A precise tool. Purple energy wrapping around his hand as a mechanical glove as he starts grabbing strands, and tugging them to get the laser close to cut them away without hitting Leo.]

I know you can hear me. Even like this, you can't abandon us.

Trust isn't blind faith. Trust allows for questions, criticisms. Because trust is about intentions, benefits of a doubt, and yes, knowing the disagreements are not make or breaking the relationship.

I'm sorry we made you feel like you had to be perfect. You didn't. You just needed to listen, let us help you find the answer. We want to help you.

[Focus. Focus. He is reaching deep into his own mystic power, focusing on his next move. The next completely stupid move.]

But...there is more to trust.
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supersmashbro: (the audacity....)

Re: THE PIT

[personal profile] supersmashbro 2022-12-16 11:14 am (UTC)(link)
[ Heck fighting a goop man, Raph and his homies hate goop.

He swats at him again, mostly on principle. ]


Yeah, thanks for the apples to oysters stuff, actual supervillain.

[ Which is all he can really call that, by his reckoning. It's like saying a banana replaced a lobster. ]

Hunter, we got anything that can freeze him up some, or do we gotta get creative?
pyrighteous: (determination (s3))

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[personal profile] pyrighteous 2022-12-16 11:16 am (UTC)(link)
[ Hunter instantly brightens at that. A gloved hand reaches out from behind Raph, waving a whole stack of post-it notes with weird circles drawn on them. He doesn't want to try using them THROUGH Raph's shield or he would. ]

Here! Try these - they're ice glyphs. Just smack them down wherever you can.
pyrighteous: (monster: :D)

Re: THE PIT

[personal profile] pyrighteous 2022-12-16 11:19 am (UTC)(link)
[ And in the same moment ...

The room tilts. More and more of those eyes open, great corded limbs of goop beginning to take form as it becomes clear what this room REALLY is. Belos's humanoid form dangles like a little light on an angler fish as the much larger monster begins to finally move. A face looms in the darkness, made up of that green-black goop and lit by an eerie blue light.

One enormous hand reaches for Donnie and Leo, trying to close fingers around the both of them and c r u s h. The other hand reaches out to pry at Raph and Hunter, this time seeking any weakness in the red energy armor to try and separate the two of them. ]
othellovonryan: (Construction and fabrication)

Re: THE PIT

[personal profile] othellovonryan 2022-12-16 11:33 am (UTC)(link)
[There is a sharp breath at some of those strands. It doesn't slow his determination to cut them away. It does speed up his tears, but fuck, he is determined to see this through and as the feelings and doubts and everything seep into his mind, into his bones-]

[It crystalizes his plan to ninety-nine percent.]

[His ninpo is wrapped around what he needs it to be.]

We are gonna have such a talk later. I could just say you're wrong in interpretations, how I love you, but its all words, and that isn't going to be enough, not now.

[He sees the movement out of the corner of his eye, and he's quick to change the laser, into a giant scooper as the hoverpack activates and shoots them off to the side, out of the way of the hand.]

Trust isn't blind faith.

[There's a giant Belos. The situation is definitely a lot more dangerous. One hundred percent.]

But sometimes a leap of faith is necessary.

[Leo is too quick to sacrifice himself, to lose value in himself, and getting him to respond to that alone may not be enough.]

[But he knows what is going to get Leo's attention.]

[He knows where Leo isn't going to let him down.]

I'm trusting you big brother.

[And then in the mindscape and real world both, purple energy encases his back.]

[And shatters his battleshell to pieces.]
supersmashbro: (angery 2 grr)

Re: THE PIT

[personal profile] supersmashbro 2022-12-16 02:14 pm (UTC)(link)
[ RAPH DID NOT GIVE EVERYTHING PERMISSION TO HAPPEN SO MUCH AND YET? HERE IT ALL IS??? The events pipeline is real. ]

Guys!

[ Part of the plan, trust Donnie and Leo, part of the plan, he's gonna hate it, it's gonna be maddening, it's gonna go against his nature, he was specifically told this. He has to trust them and he does, and they have it, Raph is giving it, has given it, not gonna jump in not gonna jump in not gonna jump in.

(Trust does not keep him from sounding abjectly terrified in that moment.)

So in some ways, it's maybe for the best that Belos is acting up.

Gross goop man try to separate Raph from Hunter, now of all times? Try to do even more harm to Raph's little brother collective than he has already? ]


Did your bro bail before he could teach you to keep your hands to yourself or what!? Step off!

[ Big villains don't get nice manners Raph, they get mean Raph.

When will the madness end.

Maybe after Raph is done trying to simply rip this giant goop hand off for its audacity. His mystic form now comes with +2 extra arms, the rare-sighted PVP special.

He's still uhhhhhh. Still working on his long term plan game. ]
pyrighteous: (monster: horror)

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[personal profile] pyrighteous 2022-12-16 02:22 pm (UTC)(link)
[ PVP SPECIAAAALL

There’s a moment before Raph’s energy hands make impact where the giant face seems to stutter for a moment. All of the open glowing monster eyes focus DIRECTLY on Raph. Also a few more open up and then also stare at Raph just for emphasis. It’s a whole cataract circus up in here, and Raph has their full attention.

And then the arms start doing work, and all hell breaks loose.

First - the first goop hand gets torn into by Raph’s giant hands. This time, the ooze sizzles and sparks, and when it hits the “floor” of the chamber, it does not immediately reassemble itself. Oh sure, it tries, but there’s a delay now. This is a far more integral piece of Belos’s body vs. the angler fish decoy garbage man (say that three times fast).

Second - Hunter lets out a yell of sheer terror just for having that hand get this close to begin with, and apparently seem intent on snagging him, and also the shell exploding, and ALSO the sheer level of sass happening in the Raph dimension. He winds up FLINGING several ice glyphs at the goop trying to reform on the floor and yelling to Raph or Donnie to please stomp on them or something.

Third - ]

“You know NOTHING about my brother!”

[ So, direct hit in the malignant prune that serves as Belos’s heart. The goop hand that Raph did NOT eviscerate reaches for Donnie instead, moving to scoop him and his soft shell up. There will be SQUEEZING if this is not stopped. ]

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