He stops for a moment, the foreign word confusing him. Still, he does not stop for long, going through the right door.
Aerocide finds himself in a stone valley where many statues of varying stages of completion stood, each surrounded by abandoned protodermis tools. Not too far away, a strange lizard with diseased scales and mad red eyes sat, consuming a great many tools. If Aerocide had any knowledge of the fauna in the GSR, he would likely recognize this as a diseased Tunneler. This however seems to not be the case, much to his misfortune.
He narrows his eyes, rushing directly for it, completely invisible. High above the creature, he floats for half a second, both blades out to his sides before a powerful gust of wind sent him plummetting down towards the creature's neck, turning visible just in time to slice both blades through the armored tendons.
Upon seeing this, he tests firing lightning from his fingertips at these areas to see if they expand.
The lightning cast by him seems to have no affect, hitting the wall and being dully absorbed. The preexisting lightning seems to be the only thing that the walls fear, and what’s left of it seems to currently be centered around the door and Bahkrionix.
In an Occam's razor, he simply heads towards the opposing door, keeping an eye out to deflect any incoming bolts.
Aerocide finds himself in a stone valley where many statues of varying stages of completion stood, each surrounded by abandoned protodermis tools. Not too far away, a strange lizard with diseased scales and mad red eyes sat, consuming a great many tools. If Aerocide had any knowledge of the fauna in the GSR, he would likely recognize this as a diseased Tunneler. This however seems to not be the case, much to his misfortune.
He narrows his eyes, rushing directly for it, completely invisible. High above the creature, he floats for half a second, both blades out to his sides before a powerful gust of wind sent him plummetting down towards the creature's neck, turning visible just in time to slice both blades through the armored tendons.
The Tunneler is appropriately surprised, the blades leaving a deep gash. The Tunneler then flails out instinctively to swipe at Aerocide, turning into a material identical to the blade’s, be that protosteel, iron, or bone. Probably protosteel.
The lightning cast by him seems to have no affect, hitting the wall and being dully absorbed. The preexisting lightning seems to be the only thing that the walls fear, and what’s left of it seems to currently be centered around the door and Bahkrionix.
In an Occam's razor, he simply heads towards the opposing door, keeping an eye out to deflect any incoming bolts.
He finds that door is locked, as it’s the same door he entered through. However, in deflecting a stray lightning bolt, it moved the wall back further, briefly revealing the gleam of something metallic. It appeared that the test would actually require some control over the lightning, rather than mindlessly deflecting it away.
He narrows his eyes, rushing directly for it, completely invisible. High above the creature, he floats for half a second, both blades out to his sides before a powerful gust of wind sent him plummetting down towards the creature's neck, turning visible just in time to slice both blades through the armored tendons.
The Tunneler is appropriately surprised, the blades leaving a deep gash. The Tunneler then flails out instinctively to swipe at Aerocide, turning into a material identical to the blade’s, be that protosteel, iron, or bone. Probably protosteel.
Aerocide launches up and over the claw, landing a few feet before the beast as he slid to a halt. His eyes narrowed as he noticed the transformation. In response, he splays his hands outwards towards the beast, focusing on his elemental abilities. The next breath the beast takes sends a gust of extremely high-pressured gust of air inside and through him, rupturing his insides from the sheer pressure of it.
In an Occam's razor, he simply heads towards the opposing door, keeping an eye out to deflect any incoming bolts.
He finds that door is locked, as it’s the same door he entered through. However, in deflecting a stray lightning bolt, it moved the wall back further, briefly revealing the gleam of something metallic. It appeared that the test would actually require some control over the lightning, rather than mindlessly deflecting it away.
If he had a mouth, he would've smiled. Instead, he actively searches out the remaining lightning bolts and deflects them with large fields of ZE. Acting like a row of mirrors, it bounces the bolts into the walls again and again at the site of the metallic object in an effort to uncover it.
The Tunneler is appropriately surprised, the blades leaving a deep gash. The Tunneler then flails out instinctively to swipe at Aerocide, turning into a material identical to the blade’s, be that protosteel, iron, or bone. Probably protosteel.
Aerocide launches up and over the claw, landing a few feet before the beast as he slid to a halt. His eyes narrowed as he noticed the transformation. In response, he splays his hands outwards towards the beast, focusing on his elemental abilities. The next breath the beast takes sends a gust of extremely high-pressured gust of air inside and through him, rupturing his insides from the sheer pressure of it.
The Tunneler’s insides ended up relatively unharmed, as it was made up of protosteel, and now of powerful gusts of wind. It rushes towards Aerocide, picking up dirt and debris into a miniature storm
He finds that door is locked, as it’s the same door he entered through. However, in deflecting a stray lightning bolt, it moved the wall back further, briefly revealing the gleam of something metallic. It appeared that the test would actually require some control over the lightning, rather than mindlessly deflecting it away.
If he had a mouth, he would've smiled. Instead, he actively searches out the remaining lightning bolts and deflects them with large fields of ZE. Acting like a row of mirrors, it bounces the bolts into the walls again and again at the site of the metallic object in an effort to uncover it.
The wall moves away rather easily, and a dead toa of lightning falls out. It would seem that she had met this unfortunate fate after either she or something else had absorbed the lightning, entrapping her in the walls until she starved to death.
Aerocide launches up and over the claw, landing a few feet before the beast as he slid to a halt. His eyes narrowed as he noticed the transformation. In response, he splays his hands outwards towards the beast, focusing on his elemental abilities. The next breath the beast takes sends a gust of extremely high-pressured gust of air inside and through him, rupturing his insides from the sheer pressure of it.
The Tunneler’s insides ended up relatively unharmed, as it was made up of protosteel, and now of powerful gusts of wind. It rushes towards Aerocide, picking up dirt and debris into a miniature storm
Aerocide launches itself to the side, coming back around in a small loop- with a gargantuan amount of force behind him. An armored foot slams squarely into the side of its head, knocking it into one of the many statues scattered beside them.
If he had a mouth, he would've smiled. Instead, he actively searches out the remaining lightning bolts and deflects them with large fields of ZE. Acting like a row of mirrors, it bounces the bolts into the walls again and again at the site of the metallic object in an effort to uncover it.
The wall moves away rather easily, and a dead toa of lightning falls out. It would seem that she had met this unfortunate fate after either she or something else had absorbed the lightning, entrapping her in the walls until she starved to death.
He grimaced at the sight, taking a moment out of his trial out of respect for the dead. However, once he finishes, he again begins reflecting the bolts around to hit all around the room, excavating it bit by bit.
The Tunneler’s insides ended up relatively unharmed, as it was made up of protosteel, and now of powerful gusts of wind. It rushes towards Aerocide, picking up dirt and debris into a miniature storm
Aerocide launches itself to the side, coming back around in a small loop- with a gargantuan amount of force behind him. An armored foot slams squarely into the side of its head, knocking it into one of the many statues scattered beside them.
The kick flies into the head of the Tunneler, but passes through a storm of high speed particles first, which left a myraid of scratches and gouges on the armed boot. Luckily, the winds ceased as the Tunneler turned back into protosteel, then stone, reacting to the damaging attacks. It flops down onto the ground, and scurries back towards Aerocide.
The wall moves away rather easily, and a dead toa of lightning falls out. It would seem that she had met this unfortunate fate after either she or something else had absorbed the lightning, entrapping her in the walls until she starved to death.
He grimaced at the sight, taking a moment out of his trial out of respect for the dead. However, once he finishes, he again begins reflecting the bolts around to hit all around the room, excavating it bit by bit.
The room expands, until in an area nearby the dead Toa a strange lightning rod appears. It seems to work very well, much to the misfortune of Bahkrionix, as the lightning bolts in the immeadiate area were absorbed and the walls closed back up around it. Meanwhile, the floor and ceiling in the area devoid of lightning in the middle of the room started to come together, creating an isolated pillar.
Aerocide launches itself to the side, coming back around in a small loop- with a gargantuan amount of force behind him. An armored foot slams squarely into the side of its head, knocking it into one of the many statues scattered beside them.
The kick flies into the head of the Tunneler, but passes through a storm of high speed particles first, which left a myraid of scratches and gouges on the armed boot. Luckily, the winds ceased as the Tunneler turned back into protosteel, then stone, reacting to the damaging attacks. It flops down onto the ground, and scurries back towards Aerocide.
He ignores the pain for the moment, landing on his feet and stoically watching the beast rush towards him. At the last moment, he too leaps forward, sliding on his back underneath the beast before popping back up, slicing with ease through the already partially-torn, now-stone neck to fully lop off the beast's head.
