Mori's heart

[idolpro]

All at once a rainbow of bright lights feels as if it is bursting through you. It is an intense experience, but not an unpleasant one. As the colours burn through your skin, and lighting begins to spark through your veins, you feel stronger, you could take on the world right now.

Faintly in the distance, beyond the iridescent light show that overwhelms your vision, you can just about make out some silhouettes, but they’re too blurred, too indistinct and too far to tell anything about them. You can’t see them, but you know they’re welcoming you. You’re wanted here, you’re needed here, and the light is guiding you where you’re meant to go.

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[idolpro]

With his arm raised for another attack, the hook fires directly into his shoulder, blood splattering across the forest floor. It injures him, but you're going to have to hit a lot harder if you want to properly stun him. He grabs the wire of the grappling gun and tries to haul Talon in closer.

"Not good enough, not good enough, can't you do any better kid? Don't come running into the big leagues if you can't put up."

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[iamverybadass]

[ He needs to get away. This is too close range and he can't even make use of the line like this and—

His free hand drops to his belt, fumbling wildly in what looks like panic for anything he can use, eyes wide and frantic as he can manage to appear behind his mask. ]

Don't— Don't underestimate me!

[iamverybadass]

[ And then he yanks the knife from Silver out of his belt, lashing out to cut as deeply into the crook of the man's elbow as he can in move meant to cripple. ]

[idolpro]

The man howls, that DEFINITELY hurt, slicing through the exposed muscles and splashing Talon with more blood.

"Ghk- little brat, you've got some bite, huh!"

Unfortunately he still has one hand, and though he doesn't have a knife, is going to try and cripple Talon's arm right back, slamming a strength enhanced fist into it hard enough to shatter bone.

[crossmyheartandhope]

[Airborne and incoming, really damn fast. Both of his hands are wrapped around one of these splintered tree branches, and he uses his momentum to put some force behind the hit.]

[Just straight up clocking this guy in the back of the head, here, hoping to make him let go of Talon.]

[iamverybadass]

[ With back-up coming from behind, Talon is more than happy to change to fully defensive tactics. The second he catches sight of Hurricane's approach he draws his legs up, kicking straight at Muscle McGee's stomach to try to throw himself back.

It may not move him out of range fast enough to avoid that fist, but the change in position changes it from a direct hit to a glancing (and still quite painful) blow. ]

[idolpro]

Getting struck in the head like that does knock him down, and the hit to his stomach winds him, you have a brief chance while he reels from the blows and picks himself back up.

[crossmyheartandhope]

[You know what? Just going to land on his back while he's down, maybe it'll pin him.]

Dude. What the hell? Did you do all this?

[iamverybadass]

[ Talon isn't so sure just standing on him will keep this guy down, so he hurries to get his feet under himself and snaps another kick at the big guy's temple. ]

If you're asking about all the downed trees, yeah. I got a good look at the path of destruction he left.

[idolpro]

Hurricane lands on him, and the kick connects, you'd think that would daze him.

But he just keeps laughing.

His exposed muscles flare up, it seems like they don't just enhance his strength but also provide him with some protection, so while the kick to the temple hurts like hell it doesn't take him down, and he's able to reach back and drag Hurricane off of him to stand. He's going to throw Hurricane at Talon.

"Hahaha! I did more than just that brats, but it's not enough. I wanna rage more! I want to see more blood! I'm not letting you take me down like that, I'm nowhere near satisfied."

[crossmyheartandhope]

[He yelps when he gets dragged off and thrown, but - well. The good thing about being able to fly right now is, as soon as he's airborne, he can slow himself down and recalibrate, and not hit Talon.]

[He twists around mid-air, until he's just hovering.]

Uh huh. Laugh it up, dude, cause you only got like five more seconds thinking it's funny.

Newsflash: you can't always have what you want.

[iamverybadass]

[ Oh thank fuck. He'd been prepared to catch Hurricane if needed, but he's pretty sure his arm wouldn't handle that well after the blow he took. ]

[ He settles into a fighting crouch, tensed to dodge in whatever direction he needs and switching his knife to his good hand. ]

Target his joints. Crippling will be more successful than trying to take him down through force.

[idolpro]

Muscular is going to target Talon, treating Hurricane as basically a non-threat as he dashes forwards, aiming another devastating punch at him.

"Ha! That's expecting a lot from another kid who's not even a hero. Do you really think he can manage it?"

[crossmyheartandhope]

[Cool. Cool. It's probably actually better this big dude's not paying attention right now. It will give Hurricane a second to Henshin into his armor and then stick his hand into his chest to pull out his heart weapon.]

[It's still a set of blades similar to katars, but slightly longer - sharp and sci-fi sleek. They aren't quite the same as they used to be, though; the color seems odd, a muted matte grey. They look like someone printed a picture of a carbon steel weapon on newspaper, then ran it through the wash a few times. The blades are riddled with hairline fractures.]

[Target the joints, Talon said. Well, that he can do. And by target the joints, he sure is darting forward in the air, trying to ram a couple of blades through the back of this guy's knees while he's busy gloating.]

[iamverybadass]

[ This is fine. (It is not fine.) But Talon is feeling a surge of confidence anyway now that there's support here, and especially seeing Hurricane using one of his unit abilities. That means there's an ace up Talon's sleeve if the situation gets dire enough, but for now... ]

[ He springs straight up several feet in the air, easily over the head of an average adult, tucking his legs tightly beneath him to try to leap over the swing of Muscular's punch. Or, rather, trying to land directly ON his arm, lashing out at Muscular's eyes with his good fist (with the blade carefully held away since he's not really looking to do permanent damage there). ]

Should've told you sooner: I'm already a hero!

[ferociousfuckingnerd]

Talon may dodge the punch, but the impact of it still crashes against the forest floor, leaving a huge crater and blasting down some of the nearby trees. It is very good that he dodged that, and before Muscular can react to stop him, the heart weapon strikes.

Despite how much force, and how much hatred Hurricane puts behind it, he can't slice through the protective muscles. Hurricane can't do physical damage to him, but somehow the villain feels the pain anyway and yelps, stumbling, which may make Talon's position on his arm unstable but he still manages to land a good clean blow. He may not be aiming for permanent damage, but it still hurts, and it knocks the prosthetic eye already there right out of Muscular. Gross.

Talon had better move fast though, because at this close range, it's going to be very hard to dodge Muscular grabbing for his throat.

[crossmyheartandhope]

[Crap. Why the hell isn't it cutting this guy??]

[That's - probably nothing good. Hurricane even thinks he knows why it's nothing good. He can - he can worry about that later he is definitely going to worry about that later, but for now at least it seems to be hurting him, and that's not nothing.]

[Since the blade isn't cutting, he changes the angle - comes in with the flat of the weapon instead, and slams it down hard on the elbow of the arm rushing toward Talon, trying to break the bone.]

[iamverybadass]

[ Here's hoping that works, because at this close range there's no way Talon can dodge that on his own. Certainly not that attack is coming from behind, and Talon is still focused on trying to take this guy down. ]

[ He's in the middle of trying to drive an elbow into Muscular's throat when the big guy grabs for him. In light of that, it's not very likely that Talon's attack was particularly effective whether or not Hurricane manages to break that arm. ]

[idolpro]

Muscular's throat is indeed safe, safer than Talon's at least, he squeezes hard - but doesn't get to do much harm before Hurricane comes in. The muscles bulk up, doubling in size to guard against the blade, protecting the bone. His attention switches back to Hurricane as he tries to kick him away.

"Oi, kid, sit quietly, I'll kill you in a minute!"

[crossmyheartandhope]

Sorry, dude, kinda bad at waiting my turn.

[He throws himself backward to try and avoid the blow - hits the ground, briefly, touching down one-handed to flip to what would usually be his feet, but in this particular instance is back up into the air.]

[When he's hovering again, he slashes out with the blade, toward the tendons in the wrist that's holding Talon.]

[iamverybadass]

[ Unfortunately Talon can't appreciate how awesome that move is seeing as he's a little preoccupied at the moment. Can't get a grip on the big guy's hand with one arm too injured to be of use, and the other busy keeping a death grip on his knife. He could try kicking again, but there's no way to get enough leverage for it to do any good. He can't even see Muscular's fist to target it clearly, but of all of his bad options that seems to be the best he can think of now. ]

[ He slashes blindly across Muscular's knuckles, probably cutting himself in the process, but it'll be worth it if it means he can get free. ]

[idolpro]

"Gah-!"

Muscular can't bring up his other hand to block Hurricane, Talon already took it out, and he can't stop Talon from slashing his hand, there's no way he's keeping his hold, but what he can do is drop him and try to stamp on him while sweeping his injured arm out at Hurricane like he's swatting a fly.

These actions would be more effective if Talon had not also blinded him, you two have advantage on dodging.

[crossmyheartandhope]

[Yeah, he's pretty hard to pin down even when his opponents can see; if the attempt to hit is clumsy, he skirts around that swipe handily.

[A second later, he's taking a swing with both blades at once - one at the wrist, aiming to break the bone, and the other at the temple, going for a concussion.]

[iamverybadass]

[ Talon's only goal once he's dropped is to get clear of these stomping attempts and catch his breath. He scrambles out of immediate danger and crouches off to one side where he can watch Hurricane's attempt for a few seconds. Long enough for the biting panic that had flared up to begin to fade.

He sheathes the knife again and reaches for the 2nd of his grappling guns, waiting for a moment when Hurricane's out of the line of fire to shoot it at the nearest of Muscular's legs. He doesn't even wait to recall the line this time, hoping to get a two-for-one hit in when it retracts. ]

[idolpro]

When Muscular senses the blades aiming for him, he dodges, bringing up his already broken arm as a guard. When he raises his fist for another attack it's too late, Talon spears him through the legs and he crashes to the ground with a scream.