Sinister Shadow Games [Katzuya]

Ah... Firefly Forest. A beautiful, and tranquil place... Alex had always liked this place. It gave him a good sense of peace he desperately needed between his hunts. And besides, he rather enjoyed the fact that very little sunlight made it's way down to the ground around here, due to the leaves and branches of the trees covering up most of the sun's rays, preventing them from reaching the ground rather efficiently... The sun itself was hanging at a 45 degree angle from it's peak, moving slowly down it's set path... In a couple of hours, it would set completely... but until then, Alex would just remain in the woods, leaning against a tree near the west-most edge of the arena, about 2 meters away from the barrier. If one was paying attention, he wasn't all that hard to find. Right now, he was just waiting for someone to prey on... someone to hunt down... Make them fear for their lives. That was something he truly enjoyed. He wanted to see them suffer... There was nothing like watching the spark of hope in their eyes vanish as the realization that they would die sunk in. "Hrm..." Hopefully, someone would be foolish enough to enter his domain. Alex was getting rather bored.

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Firefly forest, what a advantageful place for a sniper like Minerva. The trees and bushes are thick to do camouflage. The trees are also tall enough to stalk someone. With her climbing abilities as well as her agility, she managed to climbed the trees. As she reached enough altitude, Minerva saw Alex. How lucky, it looks like he is not friendly. Minerva is currently 10 feet high and is a meter away from the Nyar Child. If Alex has good eyes, Minerva can be easily seen, holding her shadow weapon as she sat on the tree. The big branch she was sitting on has no thick leaves covering her, so she can be seen if Alex just looked above behind him. Now, Minerva would then get Alex's attention by doing a loud chuckle. "Hee-hee" the chuckle was loud enough to echo around the forest. It should be loud enough for her opponent to hear. The pinkhead would now then wait for the stranger to notice her up in this tree. Surprise attacks are not fair.

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The sudden loud laugh made Alex's eyebrow twitch lightly, before he looked up at the branch from where the noise was coming from... "Heh... You're brave, little girl." the man said with a sinister grin on his face, as he called upon his soulbound weapon. The Carnivore, a black, heavy nodachi, almost as long as he himself was manifested itself in his hand. "Hastur... let's have some fun, shall we?" With one swift motion, he threw the blade at the base of the tree Minerva stood on. The blade cut through the wood like it was made out of tissue paper, causing the tree to fall over. While he did this, a large, yellow colored squid appeared behind Alex. It's numerous eyes glinted in unison as a large number of sharp spikes covered every inch around the tree within a 10 meter radius. These spikes would then start growing rapidly, curving in the air towards Minerva like living roots, in an attempt to stop her from moving. What the true purpose of these spikes was remained unknown. Alex himself wouldn't stand still either. While these spikes were converging towards Minerva, he would take the opportunity to recall his soulbound again, running about 3 meters to the left, ducking and weaving around, making sure to keep within the shadows while she was preoccupied with Hastur's attack. He made sure to find a paticularly shaded area where he would playfully await her arrival... Surely that attack wouldn't have been enough to stop her. But he needed to keep his distance. Close combat in these conditions wasn't all that great for him... The sword had its uses yes, as he had clearly shown, but he wasn't all that competent with it yet. Besides, it was rather heavy compared to his opponents weapon. Close combat was not adivsed...

Alex Falk:

Smart move but with Minerva's agility and also for the fact that this is a forest so there are a lot of trees in here. She did crossed on an another tree but she waited for the tree to fall first and as the tree fell it connected her to the other and the other tree which is just in the left side of her can now be jumped. As that moment comes, she jumped before the spikes were able to reach her. The marksman is now 8 meters high from the ground. Not knowing that Alex hid in a shaded area. She positioned her shadow weapon and surveyed around the surroundings for any signs of the enemy but unfortunately, she can't find it but he is somewhere. It is not good to go down to the ground now especially when she is an open target in close combat when she is in gun mode. One shot should probably be enough to kill the guy. So she needs to aim carefully and be alerted, that is what makes a true marksman.

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Just as Alex had expected, his opponent dodged the attack fairly well, and she seemed to start looking for him... Now was the perfect time to go for it... his one trump card. It was going to be costy, but worth it, if it had the desired effect on her. A sinister grin made it's way onto his lips, as he gathered enough power within him to do what most people thought impossible for a regular man to do... But Hastur, the king in yellow, was always with him.


The man whispered, inaudible to Minerva, yet she would know the power those words held the moment they were uttered. The very sun itself seemed to darken behind a veil of darkness, shutting out all light it provided, making it impossible to see. These living conditions weren't foreign to the swedish hunter, as he had lived most of his life relying on his sense of hearing rather than his sight, so navigating a forest like this in complete darkness, especially with the earth-powers Hastur himself held made it easy for him to move around. His opponent on the other hand might not be so lucky. Taking this opportunity to gain as much leverage from her confusion as possible, he listened carefully to the sound of her footsteps and the rustling of the leaves to find her. He would sneak up by the tree she was standing on, making sure to avoid making any loud noises, before Hastur let loose a large number of dark tendrils around both Alex and the tree. These tendrils would silently coil their way around the tree, up it's various branches, and eventually latch onto Minerva's legs, sapping her of her strength and spirit alike... Oh, this was going to be fun.

Alex Falk:

Oh no. This is not good. Everything went dark, this is a really bad news and disadvantage for Minerva. "Shit..." she whispered, as she knew the reason why everything went dark because it is an enemy advantage(Well, the sun can't go dark all of a sudden). She knew that if made a sound, she will be detected. Minerve doesn't know whether the enemy can see in the dark or not. She stated on her position and felt the tendrils on her legs. "Shit!" the feeling of the tendrils sapping her strength made her shout that. Mineva then concluded the enemy must be down below, so she shot a bullet directly down below her, hoping that it would hit. After that, the shadow weapon healed her completely after those tendrils completely sapped her strength.

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Well, that made it abundantly clear that he had accomplished his goal... But the girl fired a shot at him. Sure, he was rather quick, but outspeeding a gun wasn't anything he could really do, now could he? it was precisely for these kinds of situations... where he needed a little boost. So rather than moving, his persona empowered him to endure the hits way better, if the attack wasn't outright repelled... He would then activate his other power... The Arms of the Abyss. After taking the shot, he would then toss his blade in the direction of the gunfire and her voice, cutting off the branch she was standing on at the very least, if it didn't hit her in the process... The wood creaked as the branch fell, and two shadowy tentacles would lash out wildly at it, regardless if she was there or not. They would follow any noise she made, voiced or not if she didn't jump off the tree... But that was a risk... was it worth taking? Making a blind leap of faith? He was only toying with her at the moment. Hearing her desparate tone of voice was indeed music to his ears.

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