Parsley coughed up a gob of blood when the fist was suddenly buried deep in her gut. And again, her ribs were broken. This was becoming an unfortunate theme, but not one she could do anything about. Nor could she even dwell on it, as its tail smacked her in the face and sent her careening into someone. Even though she was caught, the collision slid them both back across the ground.
"Ugh," she groaned. Not the best start to a fight. But, now I know it's faster and stronger than it was before. That was definitely because of its Saiyan DNA. Not only that, but it also had been bolstered by cybernetics.
"Thanks," she mumbled as she rose and stood. A hand gingerly touched her torso, coaxing a wince. Definitely broken.
"That was your one shot," she snarled. "My turn!" Energy vines tore out of the ground, looking to wrap themselves around Koolard. As they did, she flew upward into the air to keep its attention away from the Lookout.
Oof! Totoma had no time to react as Koolard was there, easily dispatching both Parsley and him. Sent tumbling through the air, his jaw... aching--broken, he figured--Totoma fell quite a ways before he caught himself.
Totoma grabbed his jaw and... set it back in its place with a wince. In retrospect, he probably deserved that, given what he'd said. Though, did Koolard even have any... personhood left at this point? Hm, well, didn't matter... he was a villain, and as a hero, he had a duty to subdue him!
His aura flaring, he began the ascent back to the lookout.
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On the lookout, Tasure, who had been watching--and overhearing--the entire spectacle, turned to Koolard, smirking. Spreading her feet, she dropped into a defensive stance until... ah, there it was! When Parsley struck and took to the air, so did Tasure. No doubt the younger Saiyaness wanted to keep the thing's attention away from the others.
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Koolard broke the vines, held both hands out, and blasted at Parsley and Tasure.
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They do but shatter and dissipate against the Diamon zeal.
Koolard tilts his head, then disappears.
He reappears under both, grabbing their ankles and spinning the two women in a rapid circle before throwing them both straight into Totoma. He follows this up by encasing the three in a telekinetic bubble and slamming them at high speeds towards the Earth.
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Just as Totoma cleared the edge of the lookout, ready to resume the battle... his mother and Parsley slammed into him. And then he found himself encased, along with the two women, in a telekinetic bubble and sent careening towards the Earth. This... just wasn't his day, was it?
Concentrating, he began flaring his aura in an attempt to break out of the bubble. Totoma was sure he wouldn't be able to manage it alone, but with the others' help... perhaps it was doable.
Tasure, once she recovered from the disorientation Koolard's attack inflicted, realized what her son was attempting to do and joined in, though she figured that they'd need Parsley's power added to the effort to overwhelm the technique, given Koolard's apparent power.
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"Lets....Dying is no fun and nobody told me there would be monsters...." Erosa managed a smile, but the look in her eye triggered by the memory was one of unease."Enseiji Fruit, and my energy." Ishtar commented with sigh, as she skid to a stop before Erosa.
"This is no time for dawdling, however. The Sheriff is dead, or dying ... and the shooter is hidden from sight and sense." For the moment, that meant all that could be done was wait for the unseen assailant to reveal itself before it fired upon another target; and wait for Ochazuke -- or another, though Ishtar was uncertain who else could, possibly -- to run it to ground, and make known its location.
Though despite the current predicament, the golden-eyed Oni's tone was softer when next she spoke.
"That said ... I am glad you are alive. Let us make sure you stay that way."
But all thoughts of that unsettling revelation had to wait, there were new threats afoot.
"....Gao.....I am so over uninvited people getting in the way of my dinner party. I almost died and my food is GETTING COLD!" Erosa slams her fists together, newfound power surging through her. "No more mess ups....I'm gonna make this one quick. Make sure Sis is out of harms way..." Erosa spares a glance over to the unconscious Etrina. "..........Eh.....Maybe wash some of that pink stuff off her....can't be healthy..."
With one last enthusiastic nod, Erosa snapped into Hunter/Killer mode....her body fading away, followed by a slight breeze to mark her exit.
Today had just taken a turn for the worst. Once she had recovered from the disorientation from Koolard's initial attack, she quickly found herself trapped inside a telekinetic bubble with the hybrid and... his mother.
Wonderful.
She noticed them flaring their power to break free, and joined in.
The beam punctured through his arm. As it hung limply, the fearful lance lay embedded for a moment upon on its exit course before finally dissipating.
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Having arrested its motion, Ochazuke felt the inner matter of his attacker's energy signature. Even as his left arm dangled useless, numb - had the clean pierce severed the nerves? - he had the firmest grasp on this attacker's inner nature as it flickered behind him like a sputtering flame. Arcosian. Saiyan. And something else, fleeting, but at once familiar. Cyborg...
Perhaps this one was fueled by a similar sort of artifice he now carried within his capsule. If that were the case, the Doctor's craft was a twisted crime against nature to suit weapons of his vision.
Unlimited energy to drive uncapped potential. The conceit that the imperfections of one could be mitigated by bonding it with another into a perfect synthesis. If it would be anyone to alter the course of the world, the Universe, it would be Jinzi Pantaloon.
Again the Princess put him on the mend before making herself sparse once more. That's twice now. More, even with her usual, distant air, she now sought to save the life of that brazen Sheriff. Uncharacteristically kind, for preference. How pragmatic. Whether his thoughts reached her, he could not tell; this conveyance was dependent those who permitted Ishtar to do so.
Still, she had healed him. There was nothing he detested more than a wasted effort. The gulf between them and their new adversary was clear, the way Koolard had so swiftly deposed Parsley, Tasure and Totoma's attack. To meet him on even ground, they needed to nullify his advantage. Across the psychic link came a telegraphed warning for those yet unsnared.
The sun hung over the mid-day sky.
More than that, in the moment the residual energies of his Karura no Kaen and Nevanlinna's Aura of Fire met in the same space, he gathered them into his person. Same with a portion of Koolard's Death Beam.
Peering down at the Lookout, a burning, piercing flash fell upon the Hybrid as Ochazuke fell the collective energy through Taikyokuken upon him in a bid to break his psionic focus and stop his movement.
Distracted by the solar flare, the combined effort of the Saiyans break his to bubble before they slam into the ground.
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Free! Good, her silly son's plan, crude as it was, worked, though the flash far above them probably had something to do with that. With haste, she took off towards the lookout, with Totoma following after her.
'Distract him.' she said through the mental link. 'Boy, follow my lead.'
Totoma knew that 'boy' referred to him, but he didn't reply. When the two of them cleared the edge of the lookout, Tasure kept going, flying high into the sky. There, she drew back her hands, into the position she charged the Galick G--Cannon in. Her aura flared, changing to a bright violet and its character becoming wild, almost electric as she began charging her attack.
Totoma followed suit, cupping his hands and drawing them back. His aura flared blue, and energy began to pool between his hands, like a gently flowing stream.
"Kame..."
His mother, he figured, likely wanted to unleash a dual Galick Cannon-Kamehameha onto Koolard when he was distracted by the others, but... from up here, it'd hit the lookout... and the Earth. So why?
Next to him, Tasure unfurled her tail as she charged, the appendage snaking over to his tail--still wrapped around his waist--and wrapping around it firmly. Totoma noticed it, of course, and... oh... oh!
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Parsley noticed the other two preparing their attacks. Why here? Why now? At this point, from this angle, they'd hit the Lookout and kill all the others. A fighter of Tasure's caliber knew that.
Unless...
Yes, that was the only way.
I see. Then, I'll do the same.
Just like she had a little while ago, she spread her arms wide and started to channel two different energies in each of them.
Tasure sensed Parsley charging her own attack. No doubt the young prodigy had ascertained her plan and was following suit with her own attack. Good... Tasure knew that Parsley wouldn't do so without the means to ensure that the lookout--and more importantly, the people on it--would be spared damage, so this would, hopefully, ensure that Koolard fell. All that was left was to finish charging and then wait for an opportune moment.
Beside her, Totoma focused on channeling his energy, the ball between his cupped hands growing rapidly in size and brightness. "Hame....."
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