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Whoever wants a ride on Adam, feel free!

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As the gigantic blade inched closer, Adam regretted his feline Optimus would have no more cookies of the girl scout variety. Well, unless Adam’s head knitted itself back together. The golem had never had his head cloven in two, so he could not say what the expectation of survival was for such a case. Fortunately, he did not have to learn.

The golem blinked in expressionless golem amazement as a giant … canine … devilish thing came to the rescue. The hissing and smoking devil-canine flesh was somewhat alarming, and the beast did not seem overly thrilled to be sharing the brunt of the oversized khopesh, but the assistance was sorely needed. And Adam found himself sorely grateful.

“Thank you,” he breathed out heavily, almost like a rumbling sigh.

The strain from above lessened somewhat, and the tremors that wracked the golem’s strength gradually subsided to something more manageable. With the help of the monstrous canine, the golem slowly stood, regaining his feet, lifting the khopesh inexorably away.

Then Adam heard the pink-haired woman child hollar something. See Three Pee Oh? Puzzled, Adam glanced around, but he could not see what the girl addressed. He saw no one urinating, let alone three. Not even the dark-skinned man that wandered by, spoke a kind word, and went about his business. Huh.

Adam didn’t get much longer to mull it. The Anubi’s weight shifted as it was assaulted on other fronts, particularly the leg. The weight of the khopesh suddenly vanished, and Adam glanced to the monstrous hellhound that had helped him, offering a small-giant shrug. Then much seemed to happen at once. Flashing of light, boiling Anubi flesh like lava, Bain & Hoyle members arcing through the air. Crumbling statues, a spinning water … thing. A sprinkler? Adam cocked his head, but he appreciated the way it extinguished the flames. Even if the flames did scorch the tips of his dress shoes slightly.

The golem lost his footing as the shockwave rocked through the library, and he barely avoided a splash of lava. Rubble was falling by the time the golem ponderously rose to his feet again. Rubble was falling … and more guardians were awakening. Adam heard Isis’ warning loud and clear, and even he knew that staying would be against anyone’s best interests. He glanced towards the doorway to the vaults, then back to the battlegrounds.

Starting forward at a lumbering but tireless jog, Adam collected whoever he could and whoever needed a lift in his large, powerful arms, and made his way for the entrance to the vaults.

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Back from a weekend away. (Almost like I never left!) Here to remind everyone to wear green tomorrow.

Marvel Comics: Sentinel Initiative

Back from a weekend away. Will be a day or two before I get caught up with things. Anything I need to know before I soon dive into posts and whatnot?

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I totally want to see Anselm smash.

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Dude, you killed Kenny.

But really, solo insta-kill kind of ruins the point, not to mention rendering some prior posts more or less invalid. I personally don't mind a few occasions of that, if, say... one character is overwhelmingly overqualified to handle a particular obstacle, which might be the case here. Just expressing I will find little enjoyment in the joint adventure if the solution to every problem becomes an insta-fix by the same character.

My two cents anyway.

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Igraine said
HA! XD Yes, yes it was Unlit! Scooby snacks... I don't even know where this stuff comes from in that head of yours.

You probably don't want to know.

Hah, Dot. Artie definitely deserves a Scooby snack. And Aluminum Asshole is my favorite so far.

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All I can say is I amuse myself far too easily. And I am amused far too easily by some of these posts.

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Adam moved to catch the failing Anubi, but events were happening so swiftly. The Bain & Hoyle members were erupting into action all around. The icy drama and rescue attempt of Nestor went on above the golem’s head, and Adam skidded to a halt as the Anubi caught his balance just in time. Well. No need for Adam to catch the monstrous guardian, then. While the second Anubi charged off for other quarry, the golem faced the conundrum of what to do with the guardian that had survived Nestor’s icy kiss.

The golem was still puzzling it out when said guardian’s khopesh came whistling down.

DONG! (Not quite the right sound effect, but I couldn’t resist typing dong. No, I’m not childish at all.)

The monstrous sword had stopped in mid-air… but only because Adam had caught it, clutching the massive blade in between two large dark hands ninja-style above his head. The golem was shockingly, supernaturally strong, but even he had limits, and the guardian of Alexandria had the definite advantage in size. Adam’s arms began to tremble, then the golem thudded heavily to a knee. The ground beneath him shuddered and began to buckle in a concentric series of cracks while the Anubi began to bear its full weight down upon the blade… A blade that inched closer and closer to Adam’s face.

The golem searched his mind, searched all that he had learned and seen since living among humans. Surely there must be something to leverage against the dark canine Anubi, something to defeat them. Adam could only think of one thing.

“Will you,” the golem grated hopefully, casting his rumbling voice up at the enraged Anubi, “let us go free… for a Scooby snack?” It always worked on the television… but seemed to have little effect here. Adam frowned, wondering where the flaw in his logic was. If anything, the golem’s query seemed to make the guardian madder. The edge of the sword was cutting into Adam’s fedora by then.

“I … require some assistance,” Adam called to whoever was near enough and focused enough to hear. Might’ve been hard to hear with all the gunshots and whatnot going on elsewhere in the area.

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Brainfreeze motherfucker! Hah. These are some awesome posts!