Post by Deleted on Nov 11, 2012 19:45:43 GMT -5
A little dark nugget of history within the Ashford program, a small isolated island that, in the exact center contained a circular platform bare of everything but a two lines each ten feet from the center of the circle. By itself it didn't mean much, didn't show the dark history that was present in such an area, but every so often, two people would stand on one of those lines each, staring at the opposition. It was one of the most difficult exams that Ashford could throw at a person, but yet they did it quite often, testing the capabilities of powers, and seeing just how far they'd be able to push it.
As of right now, Seth stood on one of those lines, frowning slightly as he viewed the person opposing him. "So, it's come down to this I see. A fight for power and survival."
The person opposing him, stood at a full six feet in height, with a rather muscular build. While the first inclination would be massive strength, probably even supernatural, Seth wasn't so sure that it was the only trick up his sleeve, after all the guy was holding onto an orb of fire in one hand, and a cord of electricity in another. Then again, he could just be a mutant, a sick twisting of nature in order to create something more supernatural. He snorted slightly, Ashford was probably twisting the world as much as its test subjects in order to obtain more power.
He noticed as the other person's eyebrows furrowed as the man across glared. It was a bit late for intimidation though, so Seth merely smirked as the other man charged forward, releasing bursts of fire from the soles of his shoes, using the minor explosions to rocket him further along and increase his speed exponentially. Seth just let out a small sigh, and sidestepped the obvious charge, only for his eyes to widen as a split second occurrence happened.
It was amazing to see really, a moment before that hulking mass passed by from the motion of the blind charge, the entirety of his body was covered with electricity, nearly humming from the energy, and he managed to shift his weight so that he turned a full ninety degrees, and ended up facing Seth. Before he rocketed past Seth, a miniature explosion occurred along the man's side, instantly counteracting the man's momentum, and stopping him in his tracks, all the while his other fist came rocketing forward, another explosions along the back of his elbow shooting the limb forward and slamming it into Seth's gut.
One thing became heavily apparent as the limb smashed into Seth's gut. This guy defiantly had no super strength, apparent by the fact that he didn't have a new hole to eat from, but still, with the added energy from the explosion, Seth was literally lifted off his feet from the blow, and thrown back onto the ground. The young man couldn't help it and started laughing, feeling the strain on his ribs as they protested the movement. "Oh God, Tactics! Finally, I was wondering when one of you idiots would be capable of something like that!"
The hulking mass didn't bother with a verbal response, instead, he created a giant fireball, and launched it at Seth's form a few feet away. It traveled the small distance almost effortlessly, unleashing an explosions that was highly contained for so much energy, and a massive wave of heat that forced the man to close his eyes for a few moments as the flames dissipated.
Seth let out a few pained coughs, his throat quite raw from breathing the heated air for the few seconds that the explosion happened. It wasn't quite the most eloquent fix that he was capable of, but the fastest he could create in the seconds he had to work. A shoddy fix really, creating a core of hydrogen within the center of the fire, causing it to implode prematurely, then oxygen along the sides and the back of the fire, in order to try and control the expansion away from his own body. Combine that with a sudden increase in the air density around Seth's body, in order to dissipate some of heat that traveled from the explosion to Seth's body. It wasn't entirely effective, having singed a bit of his hair, and damaged his throat a little from breathing in the air a little. Still, one pleasant side effect was the sudden new tan that the pale boy was sporting, as he stood up.
He smirked slightly, and started taking off his coat and shirt. If there would be more chances to get an instant tan, then it would be prudent to at least get the full effect of it. Although silly in though, it was still amusing to see the goliath's eyes widen from seeing Seth largely unharmed. Besides, the buttons were uncomfortably hot. "So, I guess that's your nitch huh? Fast, powerful, and a bit on the smart side. Definitely new, I can see why you had your uses."
"Still though," Seth muttered, as he patted his hands down in order to remove the dust the explosion caused, "You're not quite good enough to deal with me." At that, Seth lifted up his hand, smirking all the while, before snapping his fingers.
It was a funny thing really, how some chemicals could be so reactive just by existing in normal circumstances. It wasn't something people normally thing about, but human ingenuity had created such things that couldn't survive peacefully in almost any environment except for one of exclusion. Pyrophoric gasses were one such thing. They were so destructive that they instantaneously combusted when in interaction with oxygen, or just at room temperatures. That served Seth's purposes just fine, at this moment though.
That snap of the finger, that one crisp sound unleashed a controlled explosion around the other person. a mini-bubble of fire and heat in an iridescent white color denoting the amount of heat that was created due to the super-compact chemical that literally sprang from nowhere, and in the second that it occurred, managing to flash boil the concrete underneath the other person. Such a heat would be strong enough to literally turn the man into ash. Seth could only laugh at the result, as he viewed the tall form of the other man, still standing there, though with very little clothing now. It was amusing to see a face furrowed into a glare without eyebrows to denote the expression, only the lines on the face giving away the anger.
He smiled and stepped back a few paces, before pulling out a pair of daggers from behind him, and spinning them around his wrists. "So, that's round one, obviously instant wins won't work. Now let's see how your form is!" Seth stated before falling into a basic horse stance, hands extended forward and back, with both daggers held in a reverse grip.
The hulking mass moved quickly, using the same technique as before in order to increase his momentum faster than would be physically possible. Seth was more than prepared for it this time, rolling out of the way, and avoiding the quick kick that came with a sudden change in direction from the opposition as the man's body covered with electrical energy.
As Seth came out of the roll, he quickly fell into stance again, before kicking off with his left foot, and slashing diagonally from the right to the left, only to watch with annoyance as the man seemed to shift out of the way, not moving any actual muscles but to lean as miniature explosions occurred along the front of his body to push him out of the way from the attack. His hand quickly lashed forward, in a parody of the punch he did previously, copying the same tactics that had worked so well the first time.
Seth employed the same tactic as last time, committing himself to the swipe and going into another roll to avoid the heavy punch. Rather than rolling away though, Seth stopped while his back was still to the ground, and kicked with both of his feet at the man's chest, only to watch as the man blocked with his forearm, managing to move it in time to stop the full brunt of the action.
Seth used this to his advantage though, pushing off the man's arm, and using the man's strength against him as he moved backwards into a handstand before quickly flipping onto his feet and launching forward. This time performing a backhand swipe with his left hand, aiming the knife to the man's throat, while his other hand pulled back and threw the knife at the man's leg.
Unaware of the danger, the man raised his arm to block the obviously lethal strike only for pain to blossom in his face seconds later as the second knife entered his leg. The behemoth gritted his teeth as he tried to push Seth away from him, only to find Seth moving with the action and ending up a few feet away from the man.
Seth quickly sheathed his remaining knife and smiled at the other guy. "Ah, I see. You have no real form unfortunately, and your reaction time is simply thanks to your manipulation of electricity. But! You still need to see everything, and cheap diversion tactics would be your downfall. Unfortunately, despite all your capabilities, you still suck."
Seth started walking in a circle around the other man, always maintaining at least three meters of distance between the two. "Shame really, I was hoping for something better with how you reacted before."
Seconds later the man grabbed onto the dagger, tearing it out of his flesh before letting it drop to the ground. A flicker of flame quickly cauterized the wound, before the man smashed his fist into the ground, and flames quickly covered the entire field. Seth though, unwilling to deal with this, was outrunning the flames, yelling about stupid tactics.
Now this here is just something my muse was demanding I do. You can post and comment all you like, but I'll be posting updates onto the main post as I finish it all. Sorta like mini-chapters I guess. Feel free to say what you'd like, and this is somewhat AU as well. Even though Seth is in it. After all I don't think fights to the death would be entirely allowed.
