[F6-SP]The Gemini (Quest)

[Nikki Styx 0]

Nikki stood at the edge of the main settlement on floor 6. Off in the distance she could see a cloaked figure moving around. It appeared to be a player and it looked harmless enough. It simply seemed to wander up to other players, engage them in conversation and leave. Nothing abnormal here right? Of course anyone who would ask those players or any other who had interacted with this hooded figure would tell you that it simply wanted a friendly duel. Many by now were aware of the Gemini wandering around up here. It would challenge a player, and upon accepting that player was locked into a death battle with a copy of themselves. The rewards were wonderful for such a battle, but many had perished to there own skills. It was now a known fact that it was hazardous to accept any duel from anyone you don't know. This is why Nikki was here.

The blue haired tank of Aincrad had been searching for this particular monster, this Gemini. She believed her own power to be strong enough to take it, and with her current abilities she even boasted that she would win flawlessly. Next to her stood Miaki. He had accompanied her this far, but by the rules of the duel, and the quest that accompanied it she would need to fight on her own. Still in his concern he had opted to see her off, and at least make sure she got here in one piece. With that done She had looked at him and smiled. "Alright... Im ready to rock this thing." She boasted confidently as she gave him a quick kiss. "If you want you can watch, but stay far enough away that it doesn't break requirements." She said cooly. She knew other players often would watch these battles if they were ever accepted, and all of them knew to stay back.

She turned on her heal, and began to proceed towards the hooded figure. Before she got more than a few steps however Mikai reached out grabbing her arm. "Its dangerous to go alone... Take this." He said with a smile as he opened his inventory and produced a spear for Nikki to take. She stood a moment marveling at the weapon, before reaching out to take it. Instantly she felt the cold steel against her bare hand. It sent a shiver down her spine, and caused goose bumps to rise up over her skin. It was considerably longer than her previous spear, by almost a foot and a half. But it felt good, natural and sturdy. Cold air formed a gentle mist around the weapon, and around her, she could feel her body temperature dropping as she held it. It was wonderful. "Where did you? Just... Thank you" She gave him another kiss and then turned again. Now she was ready to go.

-ITEM AQUIRED - SHIVERSPINE-

((OOC: I have permission from Miaki to do this))

[Nikki Styx 0]

Nikki began jogging towards the figure, that had just left a small group of players. It took notice of her right away and began walking towards her. It appeared almost feeble. She smiled knowing its tricks. With her new spear she had an even greater level of confidence that she could do this. It took her only a moment to catch up to the figure, and she stopped in front of it still smiling. It took several moments looking up and down the bluenette, sizing her up it seemed. She couldn't help but grin as it started to shake, adding to the illusion of its feebleness.

Finally after a few moments of silence it spoke. "Excuse me my dear" Its voice was male, sounding like someone in there 80's. How did people fall for this in the beginning, no one that old played this game, or any for that matter. "Would you care to have a friendly duel?" Its shaking remained constant and for a moment Nikki even doubted what she was looking at. But with all the information she had gathered she knew this was a rouse, a very well done trick. "You see, I would like to get stronger by training with the best warriors in the land. It would be a friendly duel, as I am afraid I am no real match for you" Nikki almost giggled now, no one spoke like this, ever, there was no way anybody could have really fallen for it, right?

"Alright... Id be more than happy to duel with a feeble old man." She teased as she took a few steps back. Moments later a duel invitation appeared before. She took a moment looking it over. It hadn't hinted that there was anything janky here, in fact it looked completely normal. She sighed shaking her head as she clicked the icon to accept. moments later the old man began laughing, first softly, but it quickly grew into a wicked cackle. "You fool... This duel will be yer very last, as I will take your life." In a dramatic fashion it cast the cloak aside to reveal a copy of Nikki herself standing before it. Its long blue hair, and curvy figure stood out, casting an odd contrast to the shriveled hooded figure that had been standing there moments before.

Nikki smiled and laughed as well. "Congratulations..." She hissed darkly as she opened her own menu and equipped her armor, new spear, and blade shield. "...You've just instigated yer own mugging."

[Nikki Styx 0]

NIKKI STYX -VS- THE GEMINI


-STATS-
36 - HP- 49
7 - DPS - 4
8 - DST - 4

[Nikki Styx 0]

The Gemini frowned as it equipped its own gear. A basic set of armor, coupled with a simple spear and shield. It even held up the items inspecting them as to question everything that had happened. Nikki could only grin as she prepped herself taking an offensive posture. "Duel to the death eh? Ok Yer funeral." Nikki taunted. Suddenly in a blue flash she hurled herself foreword aiming the new spear at her opponent.

The Gemini hesitated a moment and then responded in turn, by lunging as well. Regardless of advantage or disadvantage it was forced to keep going, unable to stop, unable to flee. In fact as of right now its only purpose was to die. Moments later the two combatants clashed into each other.

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GEMINI HITS. SUPER CRITICAL.

The Gemini scored the first hit, It was a massive strike, a super critical shot that smashed into Nikki's torso with a loud *Clang*. The Gemini smiled as it turned sharply to inspect its target. With her back turned Nikki fell foreword leaning into her spear for support, a small barely audible noise escaping her. The Gemini laughed menacingly, feeling as though it had taught its blue haired opponent just what it meant to fight with its all encompassing power. However this feeling of reassurance was short lived as the noise from Nikki grew louder. It was not despair, it was laughter, cold, unforgiving laughter.

After a moment Nikki stood up, no longer using her spear as a crutch. She had done it, she had found a way to cheat death here in Aincrad. She had been planning her build for a long time, meticulously planning, and working to make it perfect, and now all her work had paid off. The Gemini who resembled the Tank, now suddenly went pale as Nikki pointed to her health bar. No damage had occurred at all. Nikki's smile was almost too much to handle and she continued to laugh.

Several other players had stopped now, coming over to see who had been fool enough to challenge the Gemini. One or two had even gasped at the first strike, only to stare in awe as Nikki shrugged off the damage. Nikki could almost here all the furious typing as players sent dozens of messages to their friends to come watch the slaughter.

[Nikki Styx 0]

In both fear and rage the Gemini attacked again, striking out at Nikki with as much fury as it could muster. This time it chose to swing the spear similar to a sword, aiming to knock the blue haired tank back. Nikki responded the same, leaping in with her own spear. The air had grown still, and for a moment it looked as though both players would collide with each other rather than land any substantial hit.

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NIKKI HITS

At the last Second Nikki pulled herself back, throwing all of her weight and a stretch from her hip into the swing of her spear. As she did she felt the impact of her opponents attack, still no damage, and what had meant to be a knock back blow did even less considering Nikki's immunity to the effect. Instead Nikki had landed her own hit, bringing the icy spear slamming like a hammer into the Gemini's midsection sending it staggering backwards. "How did you do that?" it hissed in disbelieve.

Nikki stopped for a moment frowning. "Is that really what I sound like when I'm angry?" She sounded almost disappointed. The Gemini spit in anger before speaking again. "You are no different from the rest.. I will break you... And you will be nothing but a memory."

-Nikki- 36/36

-Gemini- 46/49

[Nikki Styx 0]

Nikki frowned as the Gemini promised it would break her. It seemed that in this place, like this, nothing could break her just yet. And to leaved her as just a memory, well that in itself would prove to be quite a feat. The blue haired tank chose not to respond at this point, instead she threw herself at the copy, slamming her shield into its own. The pair stood locked shield to shield for several moments, pushing back and forth. One thing it did have going for it was that it mimicked her strength perfectly, so there was almost no way she could push it around. On the other hand, with her own strength and immunity to knock backs, it had no chance of gaining ground either. "I think by now you've learned that I'm not like every other player you've faced." She said coldly as she pressed off of the Gemini's shield taking a fast step to the side.

The Gemini opened its mouth, to respond but before any words could escape Nikki attacked again.

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NIKKI HITS

Nikki drove her spear into the Gemini's torso taking advantage of its momentary distraction. The spear pierced through its armor easily, leaving a red pierce wound where it had struck. she continued to smile as she leapt back preparing herself for a retaliation.

-Nikki- 36/36

-Gemini- 43/49

[Nikki Styx 0]

The Gemini hissed in pain again, or at least that's what Nikki thought it was doing. As of this point she was unsure if the NPC MoBs felt anything at all. Regardless of whether it could or not, it certainly made a good show of acting like it had been discomforted. More players had shown up now, some having received messages from their friends, others were in the area, but now a small crowd had started to form to watch the Gemini duel. Nikki could hear some of the loud chatter. People were arguing over who would win, some were even taking bets. Somewhere in the crowd Nikki heard someone say rather loudly that no one could cross the river. That left a smile on her face as that was the name she had been given by Miaki, Nikki "The River" Styx. It seemed to fit and hinted to the old mythologies.

The Gemini let out a cold shriek and attacked again, first slamming into Nikki with its shield and them attempting to drive its spear into her torso. Nikki responded the same, mirroring the monsters movements.

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GEMINI HITS

Nikki had not been fast enough, something she would blame on the length of her new spear. The Gemini had scored a hit again, driving the tip of its spear into Nikki's torso. Unfortunately for it, the loud clang that echoed out only told the world that it had managed to cause no damage again.

-Nikki- 36/36

-Gemini- 43/49

[Nikki Styx 0]

Nikki was unmoved by the strike. In fact she barely even noticed it, if not for the clang of weapon on armor. Several people clapped in the ever growing crowd, someone even cheered. This brought a wider smile to her lips. People would talk after this, they would whisper of her, of the tank that cant be hurt. People would speak of Nikki Styx and she would be a symbol of hope and accomplishment, or absolute Bossness. She had no time to dwell on this however as she wanted to fight back. She was still in close with the Gemini and she used her position to strike out again, attempting to drive her spear into the Gemini's ribs.

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GEMINI HITS

Perhaps it had been inspired by its previous strike, or maybe it was just lucky. Either way the Gemini landed another quick shot coming up under Nikki's guard and planting its own spear into her midsection. Again the strike caused no damage, and Nikki remained unharmed. "I almost thought that one was gonna do it." Nikki taunted playfully.

-Nikki- 36/36

-Gemini- 43/49-

[Nikki Styx 0]

Nikki smiled at the Gemini again, it was truly hopeless for the monster. There was no way for it to hurt her, even after 2 successful strikes. All she had to do was keep hitting it and it would die. The only inconvenience now was how much health it actually had left. She shook her head now before attacking again, swinging her spear at the monsters feet.

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GEMINI HITS. CRITCAL

The crowd let out a gasp as the Gemini responded faster than Nikki could strike, landing a shield bash into the Tanks face. It smiled and tried to push her back only to be forced back itself. "I Got you again.. come on tank... what are you doin?" it taunted cooly. This had been a programmed taunt for it, as it quickly frowned again seeing that it had caused no damage. "It must suck to fail that hard... I wouldn't know so I can just assume." she retorted with a grin.

-Nikki- 36/36

-Gemini- 43/49-

[Nikki Styx 0]

Nikki smiled again as she turned slowly to face her opponent. "How does it feel to know that inevitably no matter how hard you try, you will fail?" She snapped back sharply. A few more players had joined into the circle now, many of them had been asking what had happened so far, and how the Duel was going. All this attention was making Nikki all frisky and filling her with excitement. she raised her spear now pointing it at the Gemini, while taking a few steps towards it. Moments later she burst ahead in a flash again. As before the Gemini responded in kind mimicking the attack.

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GEMINI HITS.

The Monster landed another hit. No one could doubt its skill, or speed, it was only a shame that its power did not match up the same. Rather than pass through each other like before the pair remained standing close to each other face to face while the crowd looked on in wonder. "C'mon Nikki, stop screwin around" someone called out from the group of players. Nikki could only chuckle at the comment, this was far too much fun to end quickly, instead she wanted to savor it a little longer.

-Nikki- 36/36

-Gemini- 43/49-

[Nikki Styx 0]

Nikki continued to stare at her opponent. She also kept her smirk, allowing everyone to see how confident she really was in this. "Ya know, if imitation is the sincerest form of flattery... I'm kind of insulted." She snapped smartly as she pressed herself into the Gemini, pushing it back as hard as she could. It responded by attempting to push her, but instead hit that immovable wall that it had before. Nikki continued to smile as she pushed it again, and then before it could get its footing she attacked.

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GEMINI HITS.

Nikki found herself the recipient of another attack. She had started to lose count of how many times this creature had hit her. No wonder it managed to kill so many people, it was a decent fighter. as long as this went she needed to make sure other players didn't get the wrong idea from the fight, and thing the Gemini was a pushover. They needed to be aware that it had its own fight experience to match the skills that it copied. Still the idea she had been hit so many times with no damage was almost laughable. "Still not flattered" She shot coldly

-Nikki- 36/36

-Gemini- 43/49-

[Nikki Styx 0]

Again the pair began to circle each other, keeping to within the ring of players watching. The various players were shouting things now, words of encouragement, amongst cheers and whistles. There were even a few cat calls to be herd over the voices. Nikki couldn't help but smile at all the attention she was getting. Since coming to Aincrad she had developed a whole new personality, a new way of thinking, normally she would have hated the attention, but now, she fed off it. She made sure to not become distracted however as the Gemini was a formidable foe. However despite her vigilance she was overwhelmed by another surprising burst of speed.
 

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GEMINI HITS.

 

The Gemini landed another clean hit, this time striking Nikki in the chest hard with its spear. Before She could respond the creature had already slipped back out of range, preventing the tank from retaliating properly. "Stop screwing around and fight." Nikki shouted at the Monster as it dashed around trying to avoid her blows.

 

-Nikki- 36/36
-Gemini- 43/49-

[Nikki Styx 0]

The Gemini only laughed as it began to dart and weave. No doubt this was a trick it learned from another fighter. Too bad it wasn't fighting against a normal opponent. Despite her invulnerability Nikki was starting to get frustrated with the way the fight was moving along. While she hadn't been hurt, she had only just barely bean to scratch away at the Gemini's health. She needed to speed this along. Once again as before the creature lept forward, this time delivering a swinging slash with its spear at Nikki's shins.

 

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GEMINI HITS. CRITICAL.

 

Like before the attack slammed into her hard, but again like before Nikki's health didn't budge, her armor held, and the attack, despite being a critical, failed. The Gemini bounced back looking flustered again, it seemed the fight was not going the way it wanted either.

-Nikki- 36/36
-Gemini- 43/49-

[Nikki Styx 0]

Nikki continued to hold her ground as the Gemini prepared to launch another brutal strike. She knew it couldn't hurt her, but she still had to be careful, this was after all a player killing monster and her life was on the line. The Gemini of course knew what was at stake, or rather, was programmed to know, but unlike her it had the ability to respawn. In a sudden flash of speed and skill the creature launched another brutal attack, aiming at Nikki's shoulder.

 

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GEMINI HITS. CRITICAL.

 

The attack landed perfectly, striking the tank in the shoulder. This was in a place that she had no armor equipped, but luckily armor ratings affected the entire character. The tip of the spear made contact, piercing her easily, but still no damage occurred. The Gemini pulled back, freeing its weapon from Nikki's body before showing off a little flourish. This had been its first strike that had missed armor, a small victory, but not one that would help it at all.

 

-Nikki- 36/36
-Gemini- 43/49-

[Nikki Styx 0]

After that last strike Nikki could feel her blood begin to boil. Despite the lack of damage it was insulting to think she was getting handled like this. She needed to do something now to send a clear message to everyone watching, that the Gemini was not the only dangerous thing in this fight. Her doppelganger began to move again, and from what she could see it was preparing for another attack. This time it would be different, this time she would lure it in close, too close to escape, and then strike out. She began to step back, keeping her legs spread wide to help her keep her balance. She also bean to crouch down in anticipation of the oncoming attack. Then like before the Gemini flashed in aiming to jab at her shoulder again.
 

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NIKKI HITS. SUPER CRITICAL.

Nikki was ready this time, and as the Gemini closed in she made her move. Using her own spear she swung in to her opponents attack, pressing the offending weapon to the side, and as the Gemini's momentum brought it closer she swung up with her shield, catching the creature in the chin with a swift uppercut like swing. The crowd erupted in a roar of excitement as the Gemini was sent airborne several feet before slamming into the ground. 

 

-Nikki- 36/36
-Gemini- 38/49-

[Nikki Styx 0]

The roar of the crowd was deafening as more people emerged to fill its ranks. By this point one could not see through the mass of bodies surrounding the combatants on all sides. This was turning into quite the spectacle. Nikki took a second to wave to the crowd again, showboating and even taunting her opponent while it lay dazed from the previous impact. The crowd continued to cheer and jest, and Nikki distinctly heard some one yell. "RIP HER TOP OFF". Nikki blushed a bit at that last comment knowing that if this opponent "WAS" like her in every way, it would have been no different from ripping her own top off.

 

A moment later the Gemini began to move, struggling against its own dazed state. Nikki knew she couldn't afford to waste another moment, and so she attacked again.

 

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NIKKI HITS.

This time Nikki jumped towards the Gemini slamming her shield into its body. The resulting crack made many people in the crowd go quiet and even flinch. The tank could only smile now as she looked down on her opponent. "Yup still not impressed."

 

-Nikki- 36/36
-Gemini- 35/49-

[Nikki Styx 0]

The Gemini was enraged by the recent hits and began to struggle under Nikki's weight. Nikki couldn't help but feel empowered as she held tight over the creature pinning it down. If she kept this up she would win quickly. With that thought in her mind she raised her spear, preparing to attack from point blank range. The Gemini saw this as a perfect opportunity and launched a counter attack. It kicked upwards hard sending Nikki flying until she herself hit the ground. The impact was not so bad, but before she could respond the Gemini was on her.
 

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GEMINI HITS. SUPER CRITICAL.

It gave a loud shriek as it smashed into the tank with its own shield. Another sickening crack rang out silencing the crowd again. This time the impact had been severe, nearly winding her, but as always her armor held and she suffered no damage. A small laugh escaped her lips as she delivered a kick to the Geminis back sending it stumbling off of her. 

 

-Nikki- 36/36
-Gemini- 35/49-

[Nikki Styx 0]

Nikki rolled over onto her hands and knees, and spun around to face her opponent. She had expected that the Gemini would have stumbled further and maybe been staggered a little more, which is why she was not prepared when her first sight was not the Monster, but instead a shield coming right at her face.

 

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GEMINI HITS. SUPER CRITICAL.

 

Again Nikki found herself knocked onto her back. This time though she felt dazed, and confused. The impact must have shaken her up quite a bit as she could almost see stars. The crowd erupted in to boos and hisses as the Gemini did a victory lap, swinging its weapon and taunting back at Nikki. It seemed to be letting her have the chance to recover now. Maybe by this point it was used to the fight being almost over, and giving its opponent a chance to recover made its victories better. But in this case Nikki, the tank of Aincrad, was till uninjured. 

 

It did take her a few moments to get up onto her feet, as she was still feeling a bit disoriented. But once she gave her head a good shake she was ready to go again. She would be damned if she allowed it to get another shot like that.

 

-Nikki- 36/36
-Gemini- 35/49-

[Nikki Styx 0]

Once on her feet and clear headed again she raised her shield to face her opponent. This time she would do things differently. This time she would make it count, and get some momentum against her foe. The Gemini turned to face the tank, adopting the same stance as she. The pair now stood mirroring each other perfectly. In fact if not for the gear No one would have been able to tell them apart. For a few moments the pair held their positions until Nikki broke the stand still and attacked the creature. 

 

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GEMINI HITS.

The Gemini seemed to anticipate the attack, and acted accordingly as Nikki's spear was thrust at it. It turned to the side and jabbed at her with its own spear, dinging off her armor harmlessly again. Nikki smiled knowing that now she had it right where she wanted it.

 

-Nikki- 36/36
-Gemini- 35/49-

[Nikki Styx 0]

Nikki brought her arm down catching the Gemini's spear against her body. Her smile widened as it tried to pull the weapon free. Its face contorted with each pull, as it quickly discovered that her armors immune to knock back ability applied to pulls as well. Nikki was not moving anywhere, and so long as it held the spear, neither was the Gemini. She gave it a quick jerk trying to pull the weapon free, but it held on knowing it couldn't fight if it lost its weapon. Nikki smiled as she pulled it one more time swing her shield into it again. 
 

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NIKKI HITS. SUPER CRITICAL

The shield smashed into the Gemini, and without missing a beat Nikki smashed it again, and again and again until she released her grip on the spear allowing it to stagger off backwards.

 

-Nikki- 36/36
-Gemini- 30/49-