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Post by trishiabidaure on Oct 1, 2016 0:53:09 GMT -5
It's been a week ever since the attack of Zemo and his Doughboys minion caused havoc in Cirque Mystique. The people, including Kasturi, seemed to be suspicious of what the man in the mask had something to do with the group so called Team-X. Kasutri had overheard a conversation about them, which included the woman she saw to be part of the group. She did remembered what Aidan said about a 'fanatic organization' who wanted to somehow commit a genocide to the residents of the Cirque, especially for the ones were Supernaturals.
~ "We had an organization like that some time ago. They were crazy fanatics who thought all supernaturals should be destroyed. But, they were defeated, and a few of their members decided to stay with us and offer us protection." ~
She's a woman, a vulnerable creature who was always had the predator's eyes on her and waiting for their prey to come close before they would eat her. Kasutri already knows the world was too cruel for everyone who would handle, especially if she was also a vulnerable creature. Her own kingdom had numerous incidents of crimes that she mostly heard about the women being the ones who were victimised the most, the predators always wanted them. They wanted the women because on how "weak and timid" they were, as if they loved seeing their prey suffer before they get killed. Kasturi had enough of it and she wanted to do something to her kingdom, that's why she wanted to become stronger just so she could protect them, that includes young children who were also got preyed. That's why she had her eyes on the kid she saved ever since both of them entered the Cirque: Andrew.
The little child was a Master Alchemist, able to use both magic and science combined in transfiguring matter with his own hands. Even stepping up in summoning his Earth Golem, and he would soon finish creating his elemental weapons. However, she is aware of the risks in performing this Forbidden Magic. Alchemy was a dangerous magic, the Law of Equivalent Exchange was applied to the concoction. It was the reason why Andrew was always strained everyday, especially when he summoned Earth Golem during Zemo's attack that he vomit blood because of it.
Right now, Andrew was testing his weapons in the middle of the performance tent. Weapons include: A green hoverboard, a mini cannon that looked like it was made of ice, a pair of chakrams with flames, and a pair of gauntlets as if it was taken out of earth. So far, for him, it worked pretty well considering some 'damages' on the results that he was able to clean it up after he used them. Especially the tents were repaired after the wreckage of the large doughboy tore it apart. There were Scattered objects when he used the hoverboard that has the element of wind, ground froze into ice from his cannon, which it melted into soaking mud from his flaming chakrams, until the ground burst when he uses the gauntlets. All in all, they all worked. Kasturi was sitting on the benches while being able to keep an eye on him, being ready if he coughs up blood then she would drag him to the Infirmary Tent whether he likes it or not. Luckily, Andrew was still in good shape and the tent wasn't teared up. He even used the remaining time to clean the mess he made. The princess gave a sigh of relief that he didn't used Alchemy too much, or she'll have to clean him up again. However, she could see that Andrew wasn't done yet with his experiments. There was a can in the middle of the stage, being used as a target. Andrew pulled out something from his vest pocket revealing a gun who owned by someone familiar: Zemo's.
Andrew distanced himself from the target while raising the gun with his one hand, Kasturi didn't move believing that he's just showing off when he couldn't fire a gun. But she was wrong. Andrew seemed to be serious in shooting a legit gun, he had the gun centered to the target as he pulled the trigger. The bullet flew out of the gun as it went through to the target with a clean hole on the can, the child released a smile from the result but Kasturi could only stare at the kid from what he did.
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Post by inakamoto on Oct 2, 2016 7:56:25 GMT -5
Alpha-7 was just outside the main performance tent. The week had passed slowly for her, her mind still stuck on Zemo. She had hoped Team-X would have a chance to move on after Strato-Form's demise, but she also had her own suspicions that their past would come back for them. Zemo was part of their sordid past, a chapter in the team's history which should've been completed upon his capture. But, with him, as well as some of their other enemies now on the loose, there was no telling what dangers awaited the cirque. All because of Team-X's association. She couldn't help but let out a huff at the thought.
Just then, Alpha-7's thoughts were interrupted by a loud bang that came from inside the tent. Her head snapped up like a flash at the sound, her eyes wide open. Running inside, she hoped to find Gun-Max fooling around, her heart pounding at the fear of Zemo striking again. If one of the cirque members had gotten hurt, or worse, it would be on her team...it would be on her.
As soon as she entered the tent, her eyes locked on to the center of the performance area, and the sight of a smoking can. After a quick look around, Alpha-7 saw no sign of Zemo, just two children. Before relief could wash over her, she got a good look at the young boy. She recognized him from before, one of the children caught up in the attack. Then, she zeroed in on the weapon in his hand, and a spark of anger was lit within her.
"Hey!" Alpha-7 yelled at the boy, "where the hell did you get that?!"
Alpha-7's steps were quick and determined as she made her way towards the boy, her hands clenched into fists.
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Post by trishiabidaure on Oct 2, 2016 9:43:49 GMT -5
Finally. She's here, and not a moment too soon that she went outburst to Andrew in possessing a gun belonged to the enemy without the child even knowing that it's really Zemo's weapon nor does he even cared about the enemy's alignment of being in the evil side.
She stood up from her seat, it seemed that the gun that belonged to the Masked Bodoh triggered her fighting instincts. Kasturi wanted to make sure, good thing she remembered Zemo's taunt against her before getting tied up, crushed by a caravan, and got shot in the eye. To be honest, it actually made her laugh in thinking about it.
"You? Threatening me? How blissful it must be, for you to stand there in such ignorance, thinking yourself a titan when in fact you are nothing more than a tiny insect to be crushed under my boot." Kasturi tried to deepen her voice that would match Zemo's voice, "Oh, but she is. by challenging me, she has made herself my enemy. And I shall grant her the honor of knowing my name. Zemo, Merchant of Death and - Well, you know the rest." She finished as she step down to the benches and onto the ground giving the fellow woman a sincere smile.
The lady seemed very angry, Andrew thought that he 'killed' the can that must have belonged to her. It scares him to the point of silent panic as he took steps back away from her, he didn't know that shooting a can would made her angry. He didn't know what to do but to summon a shield with his free hand while tucking Zemo's gun to his chest. He looked at her shyly, feeling ashamed for shooting a can.
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Post by inakamoto on Oct 3, 2016 4:50:33 GMT -5
Alpha-7's eyes turned towards the young girl when she began to speak. Hearing Zemo's words coming out of her mouth did little to settle her anger. If anything, it made it worse. It didn't take her long to recognize the young one as another of the children she saw during the attack; the one who helped save them from the second doughboy. She couldn't believe the girl's audacity, quoting that murderer's lines, word for word, as if he was nothing more than a comic book villain.
"Kid, if you're trying to be funny, you won't find me in a laughing mood, especially about him!" Alpha-7 snapped at her, her scowl somehow darker than it was earlier.
She then turned to the young boy, half ready to 'tan his hide', when she saw the look on his face. He had summoned a shield, and was holding up in front of him, but she caught a glimpse of the terrified look he wore, just behind it. At that moment, she felt her anger subside, if only slightly. He was only a child, after all. How could he know of the implications of what he was doing? He likely never realized what he was playing around with. With that thought in mind, Alpha-7 closed her eyes, took a deep breath, and unclenched her fists. Her scowl was gone, but she still wore a serious look on her face as she refocused her gaze on the boy.
"I'm sorry if I scared you," Alpha-7 said in a moderately stern tone, "but I would prefer if you didn't use that weapon. For anything. If you could hand it over to me, please?" As she spoke, she knelt down to his level, and held out her metal hand.
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Post by trishiabidaure on Oct 4, 2016 2:28:06 GMT -5
Kasturi felt unamused, it's probably the lady didn't recognized her from what happened weeks ago. She could only respond with a shrug. "I guess I'll take it as a 'long time no see' then." She sighs until she saw Andrew's glimpse at her. For one thing, Andrew wasn't sure whether he would choose to surrender the gun or run away. The child was very indecisive, it was proven that he couldn't choose where to stay after being rescued. He couldn't even consider to take the third option. Kasturi was the one who guided him in choosing decisions. For better or worse though, the lady was telling him to give the gun that belonged from the Masked Bodoh to her and Andrew wants his older sister figure's opinion about it.
"Don't worry, Andrew. It's fine." Kasturi called him out from the distance. "Just give the gun to the lady. She's a friend." The word 'Friend' sparked to Andrew's head, if Kasturi meant that the lady is a friend then it would really mean that she's harmless.
"Oh....okay." Andrew disabled the shield as he went towards her with the gun on his hand. He didn't looked at her in the eye, still ashamed of what he did. The child placed the gun to her outstretched hand while he looked to the ground. "I'm sorry." He apologized to the lady.
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Post by inakamoto on Oct 4, 2016 4:45:39 GMT -5
Alpha-7 felt bad about yelling at the kid earlier. She could see he felt guilty about using the weapon, though it was likely he didn't know why. She gave an affirming nod when the boy placed the weapon in her hand, and gently placed her free hand atop his head, doing her best to comfort him.
"I'm not angry with you, just so you know," Alpha-7 explained as she stood upright, "but I'd prefer if you didn't use things belonging to that Zemo guy."
As she spoke, she gave her metal hand a good squeeze, and snapped the gun into two pieces. As far as she was concerned, it was better off broken.
"That man who used that gun," Alpha-7 continued, "he's a murderer. Someone who delights in killing people. That gun, there, was probably used to take many lives before now. Last thing I'd want is for someone like you using a weapon like that. You understand?"
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Post by trishiabidaure on Oct 4, 2016 23:24:05 GMT -5
He could still felt the warmth of her hand as he looked up to her. The gun was indeed belong to Zemo, the man that Andrew tried to talk to him when he attacked the cirque. He wasn't able to talk Zemo out of it and instead obtaining the murderer's gun that Kasturi threw to him. Andrew had kept Zemo's gun until today when he watched the gun broke from the lady's surprising strength. He already understood what she was saying, it's just the attack would have ended sooner they could just talk and get along. Was it too much to ask?
"Yes, I'm sorry." Andrew said with guilt, he could only think about the weapons he made. In which, it was inspired when he first held the gun.
Kasturi walked towards the two, her curiosity sparked when the lady mentioned the Masked Bodoh's name. She still couldn't believe it, because 'Masked Bodoh' was better than Zemo. "Zemo? That's the Masked Bodoh's name? The guy who wrecked the tent weeks ago?" Kasturi asked to the lady.
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Post by inakamoto on Oct 6, 2016 6:20:54 GMT -5
"That's right," Alpha-7 replied, turning towards the girl, "Zemo's a seasoned assassin. One of the most deadliest men on the planet, held the title of 'Public Enemy #1' for several years. The group I work with, Team-X, was responsible to taking him down. He was supposed to stay locked but..."
Alpha-7 clenched her fist as she thought back to the days Team-X spent hunting him down. Following a trail of dead bodies, him taunting them all the way. She recalled the relief she felt when they were finally able to put him in a holding cell. It felt like such a long time ago.
She walked over to the little girl, placing her hands on her shoulders, "Look, I want you to promise me something. There's a strong chance that masked sunuva-bitch is gonna return. If he does, I need you promise me that you won't fight him alone. He's too dangerous for any one person to face. Promise you won't try to take him on yourself."
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Post by trishiabidaure on Oct 6, 2016 9:21:31 GMT -5
To be honest, Kasturi felt that it's really against the code of being a warrior: Do things alone. No matter what. And besides, if she's going to fight with a partner, and the enemy was stronger than she was, Zemo's gonna kill her partner anyway. She doesn't like that people getting killed because they helped in fighting. That's why she attempted to fight Zemo alone, even if Andrew was there to stop her and Zemo from fighting.
"But...isn't that what warriors do? They walked alone, they eat alone, and they fought alone. Fighting with a partner was more dangerous, shouldn't that took a risk in getting one of us killed? If the Masked Bodoh really was dangerous, a sacrifice is needed then!" Kasturi uses her reasoning and philosophy to the lady, questioning about the norm of Zemo being deadly if being fought alone.
"Kas...turi...." Andrew looked at Kasturi in concern, a promise being proposed to his older sister figure would be complicated. He experienced that when she had take the responsibility of taking care of Andrew when they became the latest members of Cirque Mystique, she can argue as much as she like until she gave up and walked out. He was able to stop her from walking out, but he was worried if she might do the same this time around.
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Post by inakamoto on Oct 7, 2016 3:46:44 GMT -5
Alpha-7 gave a heavy sigh when she heard the girl speak. That was the same thinking Hulk had when Team-X was first formed. She remembered always having to chase after him as he jumped head-first into danger, and him saying afterwards, 'Better Hulk hurt than Supergirl.' But she didn't agree. The whole point of a team was so everyone could rely on each other. She learned that being there for her friends, and having them be there by her side, was one of the things that made Team-X the amazing group it was.
And besides that, it wasn't supposed to be this girl's job to fight the bad guys, least of all Zemo. Maybe someday, she'd become a decent fighter, but not if she gets herself killed doing something stupid.
"Listen, kid," Alpha-7 spoke, looking her right in the eyes, "I know you think its your job to fight the bad guys. But I'm telling you this for your own good. Don't fight Zemo. He's in a league beyond anything you've probably faced. He's not someone you can take on by yourself. Fighting him alone wouldn't be brave, it'd be stupid."
As she continued, she gestured towards the boy, who she noticed was wearing a worried look on his face, "You can't be putting yourself in danger all the time. If not for your own sake, then for the sake of those who care about you."
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Post by trishiabidaure on Oct 8, 2016 19:44:54 GMT -5
"What proof do have that I couldn't beat him? I trained myself LONG and HARD capable of fighting trespassers AND YOU SAID THAT I COULDN'T FIGHT AGAINST AN OPPONENT?!" Kasturi raised her voice, she felt like she was taunted indirectly but she knew that the lady wasn't taunting her. Her shouting made Andrew jumped in fear, it's just now he experienced his older sister figure being like that. It's not like her at all.
The lady was concerned about Kasturi's extreme selflessness, she must have been cared for her. Andrew also cared about her, he doesn't want to make Kasturi fight because it hurts him fighting people and take all the burden for her. He felt like he was a burden for her too.
"Who cares about me getting hurt?! All I have to is endure the pain, it'll go away RIGHT?! I can't just stand there and get tortured in watching people get murdered. The world's cruel, the innocents are gonna die, or worse, corrupted. You'd think that it wouldn't worth it if I could just try and fight?!" She desperately smirked as she questioned the lady's norm.
To be honest, the lady had a point. Kasturi may be a fighter, but she's selflessly reckless in everything she do. Her voice started to scaring him.
"And besides....who in the world would care about me if I get killed?"
"LIAR!" Andrew suddenly screeched out of nowhere.
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Post by inakamoto on Oct 10, 2016 21:21:44 GMT -5
"You just don't get it, do you?" Alpha-7 asked after a brief pause. She could tell this 'Kasturi' was going to need more than words to understand. Looking over at Andrew, she could only imagine the pain he'd feel if he ever lost his friend; his family. This may have been a bad choice, but for both their well being, she felt this was necessary.
Alpha-7 rose back up, and started walking towards the center of the tent. As she did so, she threw off her coat, letting it fall a small ways away from her onto the ground. She then jerked her head both left and right, cracking her neck, and cracked the knuckles in her human hand. Finally, in a sweeping motion, she assumed a fighting stance, with both hands clenched into fists, and up in front of her.
"You think you can take on Zemo?" Alpha-7 spoke, "Prove it. Show me what you can do."
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Post by trishiabidaure on Oct 13, 2016 11:46:29 GMT -5
Andrew's eyes widened at what the lady want, a fight against the princess. Which he doesn't want to happen.
The princess couldn't believe it, she was challenged by the lady to spar her. No, to fight her. The lady wanted to see how strong she was, and Kasturi will get the chance to prove that she's strong enough to beat up her opponents. She never felt excited before, that she could the extreme enthusiasm crawling up all over her body. But in Andrew's point of view, there's something wasn't right about her. His older sister figure's smile....it's different. It's not the contemplative smile that he knows of, her smile now crept into an ominous grin.
"Kas....turi?" He begun walking towards her because he doesn't want Kasturi and the lady to fight against each other, only to be stopped when he was faced with her dagger inches close to his chest. Andrew looked at her dagger and witnessed that the jewel piece of her dagger looked faintly tainted with red and black, he then "Don't ruin this for me...." Kasturi said without looking at him, which gives more proof that she's clearly not herself. Her voice was deeper than before, "I can finally fight someone, and even proving that I'm strong to defeat anyone who comes in my way....So don't ruin this for me.....I want to fight.....I HAVE TO."
Kasturi sprinted her feet into a run with her dagger raised up in the air as she started her attack with a stab on the lady, her face was etched with maniacal anger.
"KASTURI!" Andrew cried with his arms trying to reach her from afar. He couldn't believe that Kasturi was really willing to fight against the lady. It's not because that they're both girls, it's because one of them aren't feeling like themselves and they would ended up hurting someone.
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Post by inakamoto on Nov 1, 2016 17:45:05 GMT -5
Alpha-7's eyes narrowed as she focused on Kasturi's face. She was smiling, and not in the innocent way. It was hard to tell if she was just cocky, or something else. Then, as she drew her weapon, she could tell she wanted more than just a regular fist fight. That was fine with her, knowing the girl, she'd need every advantage she could get.
Her initial attack was quick, but sloppy. There was some form in her movements, perhaps self taught. But, it was clear she lacked the necessary training. She easily sidestepped the initial thrust, and stuck her foot out slightly, tripping Kasturi.
"Not very smart," Alpha-7 commented as she prepared for Kasturi's next move.
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Post by trishiabidaure on Nov 1, 2016 21:30:44 GMT -5
The robot seemed to be as smarter as Kasturi thought more, the lady doesn't seem to be human either. Evidence the lady's quite fast and the feeling of heavy metal when the lady tripped her suspected that she's nothing more but not a human. "That cheater." Kasturi whispered hoarsely as her sword begins to have a shade of red creeping through the red, she stood up as she began slashing the lady as fast as she can without stopping. Kasturi was pretty much skilled in hand to hand combat but something tells her to use the sword this time around.
Meanwhile, Andrew was watching them fight from afar, he was completely worried of what might happen to the two ladies. They could get seriously hurt if they won't stop! They were supposed to be friends! They saved each other from the attack weeks ago, how could in the world they came to this path? Not only that, his eyes gazed at the fading red light emitting from Kasturi's sword. "Kas....turi?" Andrew whispered, something's not right with her.
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