[IC] A Hero Tale {Complete}

[Brucenorris007]

Bruce noted, out of the corner of his eye, even as his chains of ki were broken by Prisma's extensive energy, the bright flash and the roar Jenso gave even after taking such a potentially fatal attack. He chuckled, and though his own laugh was modest and rarely echoed, the resonance he was experiencing with the planet gave it a tumbling, gravelly quality that made it boom almost volcanically, ringing against the giant's metallic body. He flashed a grin that was equal parts mad thrill and unshakeable confidence as he allowed his chains to vanish, his ki sparking wildly again without a concentrated form to contain it.
"Terraformation."
A new platform of earth shot up to meet Bruce's feet, and huge flaps came up all around him toward Prisma's outstretched hand, six in total, each the size of a small island and aiming to clasp about the giant's hand and fingers to contain the blast of his energy. At the same time, spreading out his presence below, he re-solidified the cement around the giant's feet, even working to extend it up his leg.

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The rock above Prisma began to super head, bubbling from the top down. Drips of magma began to fall towards Prisma's head, but he wasn't completely unaware. He looked up and rose his right hand towards the giant patch of earth, gathering energy once again. At the same time, his left hand's lasers continued to follow after Bruce, until his hand was briefly held in place by the oncoming earth that Bruce summoned. He ceased the lasers for a moment, and clenched his fist, creating a shock wave that blasted the earth off of it, before opening his palm again, and aiming towards Bruce. Prisma turned his titanic body slightly, cracking the cement around his feet to the point of breaking, but not quite moving yet. He jerked in place, with both of his hands charging, and narrowed his eyes.

"Arcano Ultima... Duo"

[Brucenorris007]

Bruce erected a new, spiraling pillar immediately to Prisma's left, culminating in a chute that Bruce dropped down into, deconstructing the platform he'd been standing on and layering the outside of the pillar with that material, adding in various types of rock, dirt and sand into the mix, expanding it more and more as a type of shield between his body and Prisma's hand that was gathering energy. The chute had numerous paths to the outside observer, but the inside only led as far the side of the giant opposite his lowered hand as possible. As he moved, Bruce made use of some of the excessive ki, the leak of which he'd managed to learn to stem at least marginally, to reinforce what acted as a shield between him and the oncoming blast.
As a means of being proactive, he also made one of the outer paths of the chute wrap around one of Prisma's legs- ideally it would aid in, if not restricting, at least slowing the giant down if he got it into his head to move somewhere.

[Jensoman]

Jenso narrowed his eyes at Prisma's right hand as it charged energy. He was unsure if Prisma was aware of his presence or simply wanted to get rid of the rocks, but he wasn't simply going to stand there. He launched a torrent of flames at the rocks, in order to heat them up even more as he coated the rocks with flames. A burst of flames erupted from his feet, in order to launch himself upwards, above Prisma's hand. He launched a white flame whip at one of his fingers. As he did, he made a quick movement with his left hand, focusing on the whip. It seemed to move like a snake, aiming to wrap around Prisma's fingers. He yanked it twice quickly to reel his whip in towards him, and pulled with all his might while aided by his flame bursting, in an attempt to yank Prisma's hand and change the direction of where he intended to fire his attack to avoid him from destroying the rocks or hitting Jenso.

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Prisma caught sight of Jenso, and looked momentarily surprised as his smile vanished. It returned a moment later, and his eyes narrowed. He tried to clench his right hand shut, but Jenso's whip wouldn't let it slam closed. His arm buckled slightly, and moved over his left shoulder. As the Arcano Ultima was about to launch though, there was a sudden pulse of magic that went from his right hand to his left hand. Then, as it had before, his left hand flashed, and a brilliant, blinding beam of energy fired into the earth, spreading wide, and exterminating a gigantic portion of the ground. The beam channelled itself, aimed to destroy anything in front of Prisma at his feet. He smiled and looked back towards Jenso. Prisma's fingers melted through his flame whip, went dark for a moment, and then reformed into a perfectly undamaged hand, which he turned towards Jenso. From his palm, thousands of tiny arcane orbs were launched in his direction, covering a large expanse of air. More magma began to fall from above, covering Prisma's shoulders and melting into his skull. He looked up, and jerked his body aside, cracking the cement at his feet even further. A moment of panic crossed his mind as he looked down, and then back up at the melting rocks. More and more magma was falling. Where it struck, Prisma could not reform, as the rock clogged his injuries.

[Brucenorris007]

Bruce's body shook violently despite being out of the blast's direct path, and he felt the effect of the destruction on the earth surrounding them through his extended presence. He grit his teeth, opening up the chute he was in and breaking down that material into new platforms to jump and ascend to, creating a new network of spiked branching columns in various directions that he leapt around on to avoid being an easy target.
"What is his tell?" he thought, running through possibilities in his mind. The only things that stood out were the electricity, and his ability to redirect energy more quickly from one hand to the other.
Bruce narrowed his eyes, daring to approach a bit closer to the giants body, near his torso and under his arm. He began focusing his ki back into a weapon in a rush, hefting his shoulders behind him as if to attack, though he kept his feet tensed and ready to jump backward.

[Jensoman]

Jenso glared at the tiny arcane orbs that came at him, and slammed his fists together. A shockwave of Ki erupted from them, in order to launch the orbs away from him. He launched a flame whip at one of the magma rocks afterwards with his left hand in order for it's end to wrap around it, and yanked his whip twice. The rock was reeled in towards Jenso as he coated his right fist and his upper arm in Ki, in order to shield him from the magma. He rocket punched at it with his right fist, aiming to launch it straight at Prisma's right knee. He made sure to keep the white flames on the rocks burning.

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Several of the small orbs, quit a few actually, struck Jenso, smashing him further into the sky on impact. Prisma's Arcane abilities continued to prove completely superior to Jenso`s exterior Ki control, especially weaker techniques like his shock wave. Due to the slight hiccup, when launching the magma rock, it missed Prisma's leg entirely, and struck the cement around his feet, freeing one of his legs, which he promptly rose up and slammed against the rest of the concrete, freeing the other. In the following moments, Prisma didn't take notice of Bruce, instead focusing on Jenso. He spun around, aimed one of his hands up at the magma rock above him, and created a shockwave of Ki that dispersed, and scattered the magma across the battlefield in a rain of meteors. The magma dripping down his shoulders quickly dried up, leaving two indents on either side of his neck that didn't recover immediately.

With the magma rock taken care of, Prisma's left hand aimed at Jenso, making a finger gun motion in his direction. Prisma closed one of his eyes as he turned around 90 degrees for a better vantage, and aimed carefully. Energy gathered around the tips of his fingers, and he smiled.

"Bang!"

He cried out, launching an electrical sphere of energy towards Jenso that lashed out in all directions as it sped through the air.

[Jensoman]

As Jenso sped through the air, Pij flew over to him. He rose his hands, and the two fused together again. He soared downwards, aided by the gravity to move even faster in order to move way from the center of the blast, in an attempt to avoid the blast entirely. He prepared to use both wings to shield himself if any of the lashing electricity would reach him.

If he were able to avoid the blast, he'd fly over to some of the magma meteors that were falling down and were closest to him, using his top speeds to his advantage. He launched a flame whip from his left hand, which was intended to wrap around about three rocks. He headed for Prisma, and swung the rocks before himself with his whip while keeping at a safe distance from the magma, smashing his fists together. Another shockwave of Ki erupted from them, launching the rocks at Prisma's neck.

After doing so, he flew further to the right in case Prisma would blast the rocks to get some distance between them, and then flew around Prisma rapidly in circles to make himself harder to target. He quickly launched a torrent of white flames downwards at the ground as he moved behind his back, hoping Prisma wouldn't see what he did as he intended to super-heat the rocks near his feet. He gave Bruce a quick nod, to show that he wanted to turn the ground at Prisma's feet to magma. He hoped Prisma would be more preoccupied trying to hit Jenso rather than noticing what he and Bruce intended to do. "I'm right here, jackass!" He shouted, moving closer to his back as he launched a flame dragon punch at his back. He kept a close eye on Prisma, waiting to see how his body would respond.

[Brucenorris007]

Bruce took notice of Jenso's efforts with the ground, pausing in his forward charge with his weapon of ki. Instead, he changed it back into his chain, looping one end of it around the platform he'd been on and swinging downward in an arc that would bring him across Prisma's lower leg. At the same time, he focused, much more intently than at any other point, to try manipulating the now molten magma that burbled below. The melted rock rippled and rose up, shifting and viscous. He brought it up near where he would cross Prisma's leg, manifesting his blade of ki again. He made the magma careen toward the point where he intended to cut into Prisma with his blade, aiming to time everything so that he'd swing by and cut into the metal just before the ball of magma struck.

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Prisma's smiled widened as he followed Jenso with his eyes, but in a few moments, it became impossible to keep up with him. Prisma ceased his efforts and began to rub the dried rocks off of his titanic shoulders, sending shards of dried magma to the ground, and reshaping his collar once more. His foot then slid across, the ground. He pulled it up immediately, noticing that his foot was completely gone, melted away, leaving a super-heated stump in its place. He slammed it back into the ground, allowing his leg to sink slowly, rather than falling over, and shifted his other foot forwards, out of the danger zone. Both of his legs were now embedded into the ground, one melting further down with each passing second.

With a quick twist of his waist, Prisma retained his balance and pointed his fingers above him. But before he could do anything, his body buckled forward as Jenso struck his back, forcing him to stop his fall with one arm, pressing it against the remains of the temple, and keeping himself from falling into the super-massive pit he'd created earlier. His body loomed over the darkness, bent forwards. Jenso's rocks flew overhead, hitting nothing, but Prisma's knees fell forwards, out of the magma below him, leaving the bottom halves of his legs to melt away. His constantly shifting body upset Bruce's attempt to slice immensely, but he ha no windows to counter attack, instead using both of his hands to cling to the opposite side of the massive pit, pushing himself back upright, and consciously allowing his body to melt into the earth, down to his waist. He was now a giant bust, with a full range of motion, waiting for the moment when he could regrow his legs. Bruce and Jenso was behind him as he re-oriented himself, charging energy in both of his hands again. This time he did not announced any kind of attack, but the massive surge of arcane energy made it quite obvious what he was planning.

Another round of Arcano Ultima.

[Brucenorris007]

Bruce allowed the platform he was swinging from crumble, entering free-fall for several moments before rolling onto a new one, which he leapt off of immediately, dissipating the chain that was lagging behind him and shooting out a new one with a wide spearhead at the end, using it to catch onto another protruding boulder that he formed nearer Prisma and low to the ground. He retracted it, catapulting himself through what underbrush hadn't been destroyed and weaving around the massive debris that had been raining down as a consequence of the fight. He slingshot past the rock the spearhead embedded into, dissipating that chain and shooting out another, using that method to streak through the air behind Prisma and escape his gaze.

"Terran" he said, touching down on the ground behind another boulder, expending his ki again in the form a barrier in case any blowback still reached him.

"Colossi."

A massive form, in the shape of a creature with a huge gaping jaw and fangs, shook the earth as it rose out up behind Prisma, essentially an elongated neck the size of a small landmass. The creature seemed to roar, though in reality it was the rumbling of the extensive material needed to move it. It rose up higher and fell, jaw open, toward Prisma's head, intent on, if not causing some degree of damage, blinding the giant by closing its mouth of teeth around his head.

[Jensoman]

Jenso smiled as they managed to damage Prisma. But it would all be pointless if they didn't manage to destroy the core. Jenso took this oppertunity to fly downwards and fly low, right above ground. He created another razor yo-yo within his hands, soaring further to Prisma's right. He made sure to stick close to Prisma's back as he moved, in hopes that Prisma wouldn't fire at his own body, or at least not spot him.

He dipped the omega saw on the end of his yo-yo into the puddle of molten rock, coating it with magma. He launched it at Prisma's right shoulder from behind. He flew further to the left afterwards, and yanked his whip twice. The whip would reel in the omega saw, and cut straight through the back of Prisma's neck for a second cut, if it had been able to pierce Prisma's right shoulder with it's first strike, to pull it back towards Jenso. He hoped Bruce's creature would keep Prisma distracted long enough to do so.

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Prisma's neck was severed in an instant as the giant beast head clamped down. His entire body went dark, but his arms immediately aimed upwards, towards his own face. In that moment, Jenso's Yo-Yo cut through his right arm, causing it to tip to the right, and fire a round of Arcano Ultima into the Sky, parting the very clouds as the energy zoomed into space. His other hand fired immediately, blasting his own head, and the earth around it, to oblivion. As the energy cleared, there was a clear view of Prisma's core falling down from the resulting attack, and landing onto the flat area where his neck had been severed, lighting his body up again in an instant. Prisma's form began to shrink down quick, to about 1/4th its original titanic mass, about the same size as the temple had been, if not a little smaller. It took seconds for the giant blob of metal to reform back into a tangible body, which darted across the rocky battlefield, scanning the skies with a slowly-forming face.

"D-D-D%$@!%AMN FOOLS!!#@!" He garbled loudly, "F!#@#NE! NO MO0#!4RE G$$^FNMES!" His body's energy began to spike, rising tremendously. It wasn't focused anywhere in particular, but his silvery skin began to glow. If they didn't find the core soon, Prisma was prepared to unleash his true power, without a shred of jovial play. It was the final countdown against the metal giant.

[Jensoman]

Jenso glared at Prisma. "I agree.." Jenso responded to him, soaring towards him. He feigned as if he was going to claw at his chest, but instead turned sharply to the left, moving behind his head. He unfused with Pij as he used his Overheat form again. 'Don't have much energy left...gotta make this count..' He thought. Pij soared overhead immediately, clawing directly at Prisma's eyes with her talons while trying to use her body to take Prisma's vision off of Bruce. Jenso launched a rocket punch with his left fist at the same time, aimed for the back of Prisma's head. He hoped Pij would distract Prisma long enough for either himself or Bruce to land a hit.

[Brucenorris007]

Bruce breathed deeply, then charged out from behind his cover, sprinting up a slanted pillar he erected near Primsa. He brought out his blade of ki, momentarily sheathing it. He erected another pillar in front of Prisma, using his chain to propel himself forward and then leaping back off toward the front of Prisma's neck.
"Iai."
In a flash, Bruce unsheathed his sword, aiming to slash at the metal giant in the same instant that Jenso's attack struck. He kept his chain of ki attached to the pillar behind him should the need for retreat arise, but gave it enough length so that it wouldn't slow him down.

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Pij was far too small to be anything more than obnoxious. Prisma immediately rose a hand and swatter the phoenix away in an instant, before she could be even remotely helpful, and continued forward in his sprint. Prisma was also paying minimal attention to Jenso, making his feign worthless, and something that merely delayed his attack, causing his second attack to outright miss as the giant continued running forwards. A similar exchanged occured between Prisma and Bruce, but Prisma noted the swordsman immediately, and lowered his body, sliding under his sword swing, before spinning around 180 degrees on the forest floor, crashing trees to the ground, and standing up, starting into a backwards jog. He aimed both his hands at Bruce and Jenso, making as much distance between himself and the two heroes as he could, whilst charging a single round of Arcano Ultima with both of his hands.

[Brucenorris007]

Bruce smirked, noting the giant's backward motion- he counted it as good fortune that Prisma had his attention on himself and Jenso. He dove back downward, never staying still as he continued using his chains to slingshot, zigzagging near the ground where he'd have marginally better chances to avoid being caught in Prisma's attack and have more options for avoiding it.
"Terraformation."
Bruce reached out with the shared presence he felt with the earth, turning the forest behind Prisma and in his backwards-moving path into a landscape of sand, with tendrils of ancient stone shooting up out of it and crossing over one another like enormous snakes and tendrils, intent on making the giant lose his footing and provide an opportunity to attack.

[Jensoman]

Jenso glared at Prisma as he moved backwards, and took note of Bruce's technique to stop him in his tracks. Pij flew over to him as they fused into one again. He soared to the right in a semi-circle quickly, aiming to cut off the giant's path in order to make himself harder to target, while constantly building up more speed as he formed a white whip within his hands.

He aimed to move behind Prisma, and threw the end of his flame whip at one of Prisma's hands, while trying to knot the beginning around his other. He soared further away from Prisma immediately, flying low over the ground as he prepared to maneuver in case Prisma fired his attack. He focused on the white flame whip, as it aimed to wrap around the fingers of Prisma's hands like a snake. 'He needs to close his palms before firing his Arcano Ultima, but what if he can't..?' He thought, as the whip began to pull the fingers tightly towards eachothers with extreme force, capable of breaking every bone in a normal human's body while he continued to build up speed.

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Prisma's giant feet crashed and slid across the sandy terrain, but that merely served to slow him in his retreat. Suddenly, his balance was impeccable. Rocks were smashed like paper, and the sand was kicked up in clouds of hazardous dust. Prisma aimed in Bruce's general direction, assured that he would score a direct hit with ease. The metalix's advanced targeting calculated for every fault, now that his concentration was far from playful. A light flashed, but moments before Arcano Ultima was fired, Jenso took hold of one of Prisma's hands. He ignored the whip, and fired anyways, albeit at a slight deviation, giving Bruce a small window of opportunity to avoid the massive-scaled attack. A few of Prisma's fingers went dark and fell off as Jenso's super-heated whip burned through them, and he stopped in the middle of the sandy terrain created by Bruce. His hand morphed forwards, into an array of silver tendrils, wrapping around Jenso's whip whilst turning into a diamond-like material, and pulling on the whip with a massive yank. Prisma's other hand extended like a snake, into the ground below him, and began to resonate with the earth itself, combating Bruce's control over the element.

"I've had just about enough of you!"