Message 2

[wherethereislight]

Type: Text
Sender ID: wherethereislight (Shadow)
To: Public
Subject: Rifts
Warnings: Nothing? Just a grumpy hedgehog yelling at people to get off his lawn boat.

Stop going into the rifts. They don't take you wherever they show.

[Sincerely, a hedgehog that's getting tired of people landing on his damn boat.]

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[wherethereislight]

[Understanding his opponent is part of better assessing how to tackle a situation. It's how he sees it, so he will push Freminet if he feels it necessary. He grabs an ice shard, deflecting the others with a well aimed kick and sends the shard back at him.

With an ice shard coming before Freminet, he skates around him and aims to swing another punch to their side. He may have picked up the pace, but his hits are still non-lethal.]

[scooba]

[With the shards coming back at him, Freminet immediately ran toward the side in hopes of avoiding them. During that time, as Shadow attempts to keep on attacking, Freminet swung his sword in hopes to just get the punches to stop. At the same time, he was attempting to put an ice wall around himself.

Just to give him a moment to pause and rethink a new plan of action.]

[wherethereislight]

[The swing of the sword manages to keep Shadow back. Jets come on as he picks up speed, trying to outpace the ice wall forming and should he succeed, dive in to swing a kick down onto Freminet.]

[scooba]

[And in that moment, Freminet realized that he trapped himself. Quickly, he had no choice but to pick up the speed. As fast as he could, he tried to push Shadow away with his sword before he panicked.

And yet, as he did so, his swing was stronger than usual.]

[wherethereislight]

[He could feel the pushback. They're at a stalemate. He relieves a bit of the tension. Rather than back off though, he orientates his body so that it descends away from the direction of the sword's swing. He comes landing back onto the ground besides Freminet, a fist coming towards him, but stops short from actually hitting.

If there's no retaliation, that fist opens to grab them by their clothes instead, to toss them out of their ice prison.]

[scooba]

[This wasn't going anywhere. No matter what Freminet did, Shadow didn't want to stop. Well, if that was the case, Freminet wouldn't stop either. Immediately, he tried to kick Shadow before stopping him from tossing him out of the ice wall.

As he did so, he had to glare at him before smashing the floor with ice as shards shoot up.]

[wherethereislight]

[The kick hits it's mark. Energy crackles in Shadow's left hand. In a flash, the newly formed ice shards are sliced through, along with a part of the wall behind him. A spear made of energy had formed in his hand. He didn't stop them all though. A few manage to make contact with his leg and the side of his stomach area, leaving cuts before he jetted himself away and above the shards. They are minor injuries, nothing he can't handle.]

Hm. [The child continues to show more of what they're hiding. He will step up along with them. Like a dragoon, he dives towards Freminet once more, chaos spear before him.]

[scooba]

[With that opening on the wall, Freminet took a step back before throwing Pers up in the air. He really didn't want to hurt his penguin but he had no choice. Suddenly, a timer was heard before he continued to make a floor of ice on the ground. In doing so, he hoped it would make him slip with his speed.

At the same time, he was getting ready for a powerful attack as prepared himself.]

[wherethereislight]

[His eyes follow the strange penguin object Freminet tosses into the air. Heading towards him, his ears picking up a timer sound. As the penguin approaches, Shadow will suddenly disappear in a flash. He reappears again behind it, ignoring the penguin as he continues his descent towards Freminet.

He is within striking range, if there's no response, he will change tactics at the last minute and kick Freminet instead into the section of the wall he had sliced through. If there is a counter response, his chaos spear will swing at him instead.]

[scooba]

[Freminet really wished the ticking would go faster but he had no choice but to wait. As he let Shadow kick him against the wall, he charged forward with throw ice shards his way. He didn't mean to give off a growl. But for a moment, all Freminet could think about was killing the hedgehog before him.]

[wherethereislight]

[Those shards will be met by spears made of energy. They form around Shadow and being fired back as he navigates through the projectiles. The look in Freminet's eyes, it's different from the child he was fighting a moment ago. Something dark.

Shadow raises his chaos spear to meet Freminet as they advance towards him.]

[scooba]

[He didn't want to fight like this but Father has taught him to always be strong. If your opponent doesn't back down, then he won't either. As he blocks the spear with his sword, the timer started to get louder.

Taking a step back, he rushed toward him before the timer was going on. As he did so, the he slammed his claymore to the ground as the ice spikes got larger to attack Shadow.]

[wherethereislight]

[Shadow lands onto the ice floor. Jets from his shoes coming on as he "skates" slightly above the surface to avoid the incoming ice spikes. The timer is still ticking. There's a number of things that could happen soon, but preparing for one possibility could prove fatal. He has to work with what's present.

As he skates around to Fremi's left, he throws his spear like a javelin in their direction. In the next, he waves his hands, forming more smaller spears around him. Their target is the penguin that was left unattended this whole time.]

[scooba]

[The timer was going to go off soon. Quickly grabbing Pers, he had to do something. In that moment, he decided to hit his penguin and aim it straight at Shadow. He didn't know how much longer this fight will be but he's going to give it everything he's got.

Even now, as Pers is going toward Shadow, he intends to run toward the right to avoid the javelin. He'll attack from there.]

[wherethereislight]

[Shadow is avoiding any contact with the strange penguin. So the spears are being redirected toward it as he blips out of it's way, eyes on Freminet instead. He curls up into a ball as he gains more speed along the ice. He bounces up into the air and will attempt to dive down towards Freminet if there are no other interruptions and counter.]

[scooba]

[This hedgehog was fast. It was enough to knock Freminet with its speed. So much so, he fell to the ground before grabbing his Claymore. He might not be as strong as Shadow but he couldn't give up.

He'll just have to hit Shadow and hope he'll stop him.]

[wherethereislight]

[He uncurls as he bounces off of Freminet. As he falls towards him, he'll suddenly disappears, the claymore swipping into his afterimage instead. Energy crackles as there's a light from Fremnet's left. A spear of energy is pointed at his neck.]

Enough. [He's seen enough. Whether they hear him or not is another thing.]

[scooba]

[With the spear pointing to his neck, Freminet couldn't help but glare at him. Although, it was only for a moment before he panicked and looked down at the spear. Immediately, he took a step back.]

O-Okay then. Um...sorry, I think you must have expected a little more out of me.

[wherethereislight]

... [The energy starts to fizzle from his spear, disappearing from his hand with a wave.]

You're more capable than you appear.

[scooba]

[There was a long pause on his end before looking downward.]

...Yes, I suppose so.

[wherethereislight]

You don't think so?

[scooba]

[....]

No, not really. But I do try.

[wherethereislight]

...hm. [They have skill, but only when driven to use them.]

If given the choice, you rather not have to fight at all?

[scooba]

What? Of course, I would. If I have to, then I will.

[He said with a mumble or two.]

I just....usually don't want to.

[wherethereislight]

If you have to, not because you want to. [He huffs.] You didn't have to agree to this.