Double-Edged Sword [M]

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Nikita Sokolov

Double-Edged Sword [M]

POSTED ON Apr 9, 2024 0:58:02 GMT

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Nikita shifted his mask on his face for what felt like the hundredth time. It was a gruesome thing—resembling a snarling Houndoom’s skull. It was donned in memory of his dearest friend, the one whose disembodied soul now walked behind him. It served multiple purposes. It provided limited night vision and disguised him from his would-be targets.

The last thing he needed was for his HBIC life to blur into his actual one. Things were difficult enough when every gangster with a complex tried to draw you into their web. As this was a confrontation, his typical disguises were not needed. There would be no further information gathering or playing a thousand different parts.

Not a man given to anxiety, Nikita found himself uncharacteristically on edge. Almost as if he was a hunting dog whose master’s hand was sliding toward the leash’s latch. After hearing a Rocket Underboss was in the area, Nikita had orchestrated this meeting. It’d required collapsing a few tunnels to try and streamline possible escapes. If my intelligence is correct, there is no other way to go. He licked his lips as a shadow fell on the rocks below.

He slides out from behind the outcropping he hid behind. Behind him, an invisible Intelleon frowns. She does not understand why he wishes to make the shot. It is simple, masculine pride. Which is no doubt to be his downfall. The belief that being the smartest in the room meant he was the victor.

Wait. As the blonde came into view, Nikita lifted his weapon. It was a high-end dart gun. In its vial was a pearlescent, shifting fluid: Nihelego venom. A deep breath follows as he aims for the bare skin around Quinn’s neck. An almost mad hunger dances behind his eyes as he pushes on the trigger. Fire.

And he does.

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RAMSES | ♂︎ | SHEER FORCE | Stealth Rock, X-Scissor, Stone Axe, Trail Blaze, Close Combat, Acrobatics

DORIAN | ♂︎ | POISON POINT | PECK, DOUBLE KICK, FLATTER, FURY ATTACK, MEGA HORN, POISON STING

♁ | IGNATIUS | INNER FOCUS | SHEER COLD, PROTECT, CRUNCH, ICE SHARD, SNOW SCAPE, BLIZZARD

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Cillian Quinn

Double-Edged Sword [M]

POSTED ON Apr 11, 2024 16:57:45 GMT

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Cillian is not a stupid man.[break][break]

When he makes to return to the surface only to find the route he'd taken to get down here has mysteriously collapsed, it was easy enough to blame a Pokémon. These things happened, after all.[break][break]

But when he finds the next tunnel in a similar state, he knows he's walking into a trap. Yet what choice does he have?[break][break]

SHADOW MIASMA swells around him, a clear signal to those who remain out of sight that he is aware and alert. These tunnels are too narrow to call upon SHADOW LUGIA'S aid, so Cillian instead keeps his SHADOW DHELMISE close at hand. It cannot risk PHANTOM FORCE in uncharted territory such as this, lest it phase them into a wall to suffocate, and so it merely keeps to the shadows of its ethereal plane and drifts in Cillian's own shadow.[break][break]

Neither of them are prepared for the dart.[break][break]

If he had been, perhaps Cillian's miasma-given speed would've let him dodge it. Instead, he staggers in pained surprise and clamps a hand to the side of his neck as a sharp pain pierces it.[break][break]

He's experimented enough with NIHILEGO TOXIN to know how it feels as it surges through his system. His veins burn purple in its path, the corruption sweeping through his bloodstream with alarming speed. It takes effect faster than it should. He doubles over, and perhaps Nikita Sokolov will believe he has won.[break][break]

But Cillian has experimented enough that this dose is too low to bring him down.[break][break]

With fingers that tremble beneath the building adrenaline and rage, Cillian rips the dart from his neck. Blood spurts from the small wound as the underboss casts the empty vessel aside. When he turns his gaze toward the direction from whence it had been fired, his eyes are not gold, but a deep, corrupted purple.[break][break]

He snarls, and he looks utterly inhuman.[break][break]

His Dhelmise appears behind Nikita with its PHANTOM FORCE, attempting a ghastly strike toward the one who'd attacked its master.

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Nikki

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Ecruteak City

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Healing Hands

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Nikita Sokolov

Double-Edged Sword [M]

POSTED ON Apr 21, 2024 13:59:49 GMT

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Nikita often chooses subtlety over pomp and attention. He truly believed the pen was mightier than the sword. But, there were times were brute force (or obvious traps) was the only way to get what you wanted. This was one such situation. A single missed tunnel would allow the rat to wiggle out of the trap. Perhaps he could have even approached from behind. So, he trimmed choices until the path forward was simple.

The sight of that miasma did not scare him. If his plan went as intended, Cillian would be in no position to use his abilities. They would be as useful as a sword taped to the hand of a quadriplegic. As the dart hits home, Nikita spares his Intelleon a haughty glance. Almost as if reminding her that his aim was not too much worse than hers. For a moment, he holds his breath.

Unlike a moron in a horror movie, he does not immediately show his hand. Only after Cillian doubles over does he stand. Then, the man looks up. The eyes that meet his are best described as monstrous. “Lovely,” Nikita murmurs in a tone that drips exasperation. Perhaps he should have aimed for a higher dose—since Donphan was apparently too low.

The hairs on the back of his neck stand on end. Years with Detective Winters have given him the ability to perceive the spectral chill that predates such an attack. An instant before the anchor struck, a blur of white flickered into existence. Grabbing his master’s sleeve in his jaw, the Houndstone disapparates onto the path below.

The Intelleon, meanwhile, aims a Snipe Shot at the ghastly red beast. Her golden eyes are almost devilishly manic.

“It seems you have a tolerance.” From his pocket, he withdraws a ball. From it, the owner of the venom emerges. Its tentacles away in a non-existent breeze, an Ophelia shuffling toward its final death. Cillian is the river. With almost lazy movements, it unleashes a Venoshock.

“Let’s see how high it goes, shall we?” Through his mask, it’s impossible to see his smirk, but it’s audible.

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Cillian Quinn

Double-Edged Sword [M]

POSTED ON Apr 29, 2024 17:23:23 GMT

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Under the effects of the toxin, thoughts are boiled down to their base elements.[break][break]

Danger. Survive. Kill.[break][break]

Interruption comes in the form of the VENOSHOCK that finds a system full of venom and momentarily paralyzes it with pain. The shot that Cillian fires goes wide, and he staggers as he attempts to remain on his feet.[break][break]

The Harbinger shudders, then straightens himself.[break][break]

"EURYDICE."[break][break]

His deep voice hums corruption, and the Dhelmise responds to its name.[break][break]

Though it had taken the SNIPE SHOT, its GRASS-TYPING offers resistance. It whirls toward the Nihilego with a whisper of scarlet seaweed, firing an ANCHOR SHOT toward the Ultra Beast.[break][break]

Finding his gun to be unreliable, Cillian holsters it and draws a blade, instead.

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Nikita Sokolov

Double-Edged Sword [M]

POSTED ON May 9, 2024 3:07:45 GMT

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Again, a wave of toxin washes over Cillian. And, unfortunately, it seems as ineffective as the last. The only sign of it—aside from the rabid beast’s expression—is the shot that goes wide. An almost resigned sigh spills from Nikita’s mouth as he narrows his eyes. That is unfortunate. Fortunately, he is not a man who approaches life without a Plan B. In truth, there were about five different tactics he has considered. But, unfortunately, many of those counted on the initial attack being a success.

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Still, he was not crippled when theories fell through. “I do not suppose you plan to come quietly?”
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The detective’s gun leaps into his almost skeletal fingertips. Garnered in black gloves, it seems as if half his being is shadow. As the anchor’s name is revealed, Nikita cannot resist a laugh. That sound of mirth is disturbing, hollow, and spiked like a tiger pit. “A rather ill-fated name, Mister Quinn.” There is a pause as he clicks the safety off. His handlers would prefer he bring the man in alive, but Nikita was not picky. “If a bit on the nose.” What else was this but the underworld? And what other color would fit a man so stained in blood?
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With a series of clangs, the chain whips across the empty space. “!?” He dances backward as metal gleams in front of him. The chains whistle through the air, missing his hips by a hair. Before Nikita can’t shout an order, the Nihelego drops in a flurry of tangled tentacles. Its bulbous head jerks up irritably as it wriggles and writhes like a mating ball of garters. “Tch.”
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In its struggles, the Nihelego fired off a series of Power Gems. These ricocheted off the stones around them, causing more harm to the environment than assisting in escape. Is it nihilistic of me to not be surprised?
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As Cillian grabs for a blade, the detective’s brow rises behind his mask. His kevlar vest protected him from that gun, but it did little to stop him from being turned into a sieve. Letting the madman anywhere near him was silly. “Now, let’s not be so hasty.” A sharp motion ends in a pop as the Intelleon fires off a deadly, almost undetectable bullet of water.
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The missing Houndstone materialized behind Cillian. Its unearthly, fiery eyes locked onto the anchor as it threw itself at Eurydice with a Crunch.
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Four on two? Certainly not the behavior expected of a hero. It was a good thing Nikita wasn’t one.

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This was about revenge.

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