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Post by Frozen on Sept 30, 2015 19:43:38 GMT
"What the- knives!" Marq exclaims, as he lifts his foot to prepare his Hard Road technique. However, the speed of the knives would mean that a couple would hit him. Marq moves his free arm to protect his vital areas, and gets two knives lodged into his left arm.
"Hard Road!" Marq smashes the earth with his foot, with increased strength given to him by his Stand. With the angle of his stomp, this allows a large chunk of rock to raise from the ground. However, this chunk of rock isn't as big as it could have been, seeing how the mud had cushioned his blow to the ground. It at least blocks the rest of the knives, but just barely. The technique also gives a large splash of water and mud in the general area. Marq pulls the knives from his arm, not even worrying about the blood, as he's got other things on his mind.
"D-damn... I knew this race was fishy... I have to hurry to Camille before anything happens..." If Marq is left alone, he would proceed to hurry to Camille's location. With the speed he's going, he's getting close.
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Post by BlacKnightZero on Sept 30, 2015 20:06:22 GMT
While Alex was still waking his bike through the hard rain, he looked around and saw a large shadow leading towards Camille, who was collapsed on the trail, and somebody unfamiliar standing over her. Alex immediately assumed there was trouble, and he set down his bike for a moment to hurry to where Camille and the stranger were.
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Post by Residisi on Sept 30, 2015 20:08:01 GMT
The shadowy figure slowly stopped cutting the wood after being noticed by Chris, as if he was satisfied with the result. After that, he lightly turned his head around and looked at him, like an owl in the night. Due to him being only a few meters away from the Chris's location, Chris was able to analyze the man with no problem thanks to the amount of time he spent gawking at him. He was wearing gray clothes which were drenched in rainwater and wore a strange, wooden mask which hid his face. The mask was decorated with what happened to be fine paint, strong enough to resist the rain. There were only two holes in the mask that allowed the person inside to see.
"Kout kouta a." The figure would say with a chilling, inhuman tone. A sound so deep and disturbing that it couldn't have come from a human's mouth. After that, he started juggling with the knife he used to cut the wood, before abruptly stopping and pointing it at Chris. "El corte begins..." He said, as he threw the knife towards Chris at an amazing speed and vanished in the shadows, leaving only some strange writings on the tree he was carving.
Meanwhile, as Marq started running wildly, searching for Camille, he would suddenly hear a strange noise beside him, as if the wind itself was riding right next to him. Soon after that, he would see three knives headed towards his knees. The attacker from before had targeted him once again!
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Post by deconyus on Sept 30, 2015 20:23:18 GMT
Richy had planned for this section of the race to be his chance to get ahead. For a while now he'd spent a while further back of the pack, biding his time to wait for an opportunity like Nigeria. During the ride over Richie took his time replacing the wheels on his Lamborghini for a more suitable off-roads approach to the race. He would stay close by the road and take the opportunity to pull into the lead, away from the others. It would be his chance, and it would be suitable for his...abilities.
The rain, however, wasn't part of his prediction, and as it begun Richy had to start thinking fast or his car would get stuck in the mud or worse. He whispered quietly to himself, knowing he couldn't hide it much longer.
"Mastodon..."
Suddenly a cloud of dust pooled around his car and hung over head like a shield against the rain. It also pulled any wet sands away from the car's path. This made him a pretty big target, but he had hoped most of the crowd wouldn't be following him this way. He started pulling up to the scene by the road, with the few head-liners of the race seeming to be in trouble. Richy was sure he wasn't going to pull over for them, but if they were going to get in his way at this point he would stop them for sure.
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Post by Jetsterjason on Sept 30, 2015 20:50:17 GMT
Chris was confused at the foreign language, and how odd the man appeared. "Um...I..." But before a word could be spoken, a knife was practically at his throat. Thankfully, his shadows, which he was very glad to have put up, kept him just safe by slowing it down enough for his reflexes to catch it. "Wow...jeez, that..." He took the knife and examined it. "Well, obviously, someone doesn't want me to finish the race." He pulls out his phone and calls for Paramedics. "Sorry, there's way too much going on. And I don't need you bleeding out." He sighed, before getting on his bike, and riding off after a quick color restock.
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Post by BlacKnightZero on Oct 1, 2015 0:47:39 GMT
Alex finally got to Camille when the stranger suddenly left and drove off. Who was he, Alex wondered, and what was he doing when he was next to Camille? He didn't have much time to think about these things though, since Camille was still bleeding and there was still a knife sticking out of her back. In a situation like this, he wasn't able to stay perfectly calm.
"What happened here? Who did this?" He asked Camille frantically, trying to find a way to stop the bleeding.
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Post by DeredereChan on Oct 1, 2015 1:15:36 GMT
"What..." Camille was amazed at how fast that guy had come and how fast he had left. What paramedics was he even talking about? Camille was shocked until she saw Alex show up. She frantically tried to explain the situation but failed somewhat. "The... the shadow man... and he uh... the knife..."
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Post by Frozen on Oct 1, 2015 2:05:23 GMT
Marq hears the very air being sliced by the flying knives, all headed for his legs! With some quick thinking, Marq would drop Shockwave down to protect himself. Thankfully, none of them hit anything important, and all the bike would need after was a paint job. This did not deter Marq from running as fast as he could to Camille, and as he blocked the knives he kept his pace, and in fact accelerated. However, he wasn't really prepared for what would lay ahead, especially when he would get a look at Camille's condition...
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Post by BlacKnightZero on Oct 1, 2015 2:11:30 GMT
Whether or not Camille knew who attacked her, it seemed like she wasn't able to explain exactly what happened.
"God dammit... Hang on Camille." Alex did his best to keep the bleeding down to a minimum, and taking the knife out would only cause her more pain than necessary. He saw that Marq was on his way quickly, so hopefully he could lend a hand with the situation they were in.
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Post by Residisi on Oct 1, 2015 11:57:33 GMT
While Marq was trying his best to reach Camille, he would suddenly hear numerous footsteps behind him, as if someone was running towards him. However, due to the ground being filled with puddles, Marq would notice the reflection on one and see a man wearing gray clothes and a wooden mask behind him. He quickly reached Marq's back and revealed a knife in his hand, before he attempted to stab him in the back! Meanwhile, Paul was still confused at the cut tires, but still dragged his car around the wet, African lands. It looked as if the rain wouldn't stop soon. It was even getting worse. Paul could also see what happened to be mist in the distance, presumably caused by the rain as well. "Damn. Not only I can't drive for shit now, but now I can't even see for shit." He thought as he kept walking before he noticed some knives on the ground, next to a tree with some strange markings on it. "Huh? What's this?" He thought as he grabbed one of the knives and analyzed it. "B-Blood....This knife was already used to cut something or someone..." He also noticed small pieces of wood glued to the knife, due to the blood's stickyness. "So the person who wrote this is the same one who stabbed someone....." Paul then walked towards the tree in order to see what the markings were about, only to realize that they spelt a name. "Marques MacGeorge died at the age of 18""W-What?!?" Paul instantly stepped away from the tree upon reading that disturbing sentence. "Marques", better known as Marq, was one of the racers in this race and he knew him all too well. "Y-You aren't telling me he's....dead?" Paul suddenly felt as if he had shrinked a bit, like he was nothing but an ant in the race. The noise of the distant thunder and rain didn't help either and he started seeing strange things in the mist. "I....I need to regain my composure....This is just a prank from a dumbass...." Paul thought, touching his forehead and sweating. "I better get going now." He said to himself as he dragged the car and started walking on the road. As he progressed, he noticed more knives on the road. These however weren't bloody at all. And as he marched on, he saw three shadows in the mist....No, wait. Four."Who the hell is.....A-A knife!" Paul stared in awe at a shadowy figure in the mist about to stab someone with a shiny knife! "You! Whoever you are! Someone's behind you!" He shouted, trying to warn the mysterious person of the attack. |
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Post by Frozen on Oct 1, 2015 19:31:17 GMT
Marq performs a spinning roundhouse kick to the strange person immediately behind him, with the same leg strength that allowed him to move so quickly! "YOOOOUUUUUU!!!!" The kick would land on the side of the stranger's head with enough strength to launch him!
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Post by Residisi on Oct 1, 2015 19:41:17 GMT
As Marq's kick was about to connect with the mysterious person's skull, the agile stranger quickly attempted to block the blow with his hand to no avail. However, he did soften the impact, causing him to be slightly pushed back from the strength of the blow as blood started dripping from a small part of his mask. He angrily snarled as he started jumping around like a frog, throwing more knives towards Marq before running in the mist, vanishing once again. "What the fuck was that?!" Paul shouted as he reluctantly walked forward and realized that the person he had warned was Marq, whom was now in danger of being stabbed by numerous knives!
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Post by Frozen on Oct 1, 2015 19:50:10 GMT
Marq quickly reacts, turning to the side and performing a series of swift kicks to knock each of the knives out of the air! "DRIDRIDRIDRIDRI..."
When he finished, the aura around him disappears, and his breathing becomes noticeably heavier. He turns to face Paul. "T-thanks, Paul... You're a life saver."
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Post by Residisi on Oct 1, 2015 20:35:33 GMT
"Y-Yeah....No problem..." Paul said, still unsure of what he had seen before. Someone had assaulted Marq in one second and in the very next he was already gone! Still, Paul marched forward, unsure of the other two shadows lurking in the mist. He got closer, only to be shocked at the sight of Camille bleeding on the ground, a knife in her back while Alex was attempting to help her out. "....Same knife..." Paul thought as he looked at the knife inside Camille's back. The same type of knife the attacker had used before. "B-Bastard! He already attacked one of us!"
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Post by DeredereChan on Oct 2, 2015 1:34:23 GMT
Camille feebly waved towards the others, trying to grab their attention. She felt that safety in numbers was something that was needed in that moment. She was afraid of the man in the shadows attacking her again, as she wouldn't be able to do much against him in her current state. She kept a firm grip on her pistol despite her weakness, however, preparing to fight back if she needed to.
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