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"Towers of a strange Ice have been rising out of the ground all around Ephriam causing mass destruction and casualties. those who aren't destroyed by the ice itself have been killed by Hypothermia or have been suffocated by the cold fumes released by said Ice. not only that, My scouts told me there are strange devices in the Towers that resemble K.o.E.T. Technology. K.o.E.T. is hell bent on preventing anyone from seeing what's inside these towers, even going so far as to kill those who intrude. the scouts have reported one has recently popped up at the far west end of Ephriam in my kingdom. it will take a while for K.o.E.T. to get there and I want you to Infiltrate these pillars, find out why K.o.E.T. is so interested in covering them up."
"Right, be on your way then." Samuel Says. "OH and before I forget some people who survived have said they saw a strange white beast running toward these towers. find out if this is just a rumor or not."
The scene fades to black then comes back to Null Riding Atarah over the area of suspect. suddenly Atarah suddenly shrieks and refuses to fly further into the wintry territory. Null looks at her confused before he shivers a bit. "Don't like the cold huh?" he lands Atarah nearby before trekking into the arctic grounds.
Null stands at the entryway into the tower. the doors are already cast open in a Threadbare manner with deep claw marks in the steel. He walks past the threshold with caution in his steps as the inside of the tower reveals itself. The white and silver technology is almost nigh impossible to make out from the blinding white ice and snow. overgrown mounds of ice hand down from the high walls like stalactites. more claw and gash marks are seen in the walls and torn up machines encased in an arctic prison. Null notices the mounds of ice above him spiral upward into the tower and ascends the white foot holds. he makes his way and sits down for a moment after leaping from ice to ice. looking down bellow, he sees he's ascended at least halfway up.
as he gets up to continue his ascent, a bestial roar cries out and the tower tremors. Giant masses of ice begin to plummet down as Null's eyes widen in dread. He leaps off the platform he was resting on just before a massive ice stalactite crashes through, obliterating the foot hold. Null has no time to rest as more falling ice threatens to send him plummeting to the cold ground bellow. towards the top of the tower, he see's a metal bridge still in tact and seemingly the source of the bestial roars. Just as he starts to jump, the ice he was standing on gives way and cuts his jumping power. distraught, Null manifests a black fire claw and just barely grabs on to the edge of the bridge. he strains and struggles but manages to pull himself up to safety. his breath is heavy for a moment before he hears noise in the next room over.
After stepping down a hall into new area, he notices huge machine with a cracked window displaying information at the center of the room. a white creature stands in front of the machine taping it's fingers viciously on the board below the screen. He hides himself behind the nearby wall and observes this odd creature.
"Damn Machine can't take a little cold!" it shouts in a scratchy but feminine voice. "I KNOW there's information on that bastard in here. GIVE. IT. TO. ME. ALREADY!" she shouts while slamming her fists on the board bellow the screen.
The machine appears to be cracked and malfunctioning based on the strange visuals interrupting the information displayed. suddenly the window goes into black and white dots dance across the window. "BLASTED MACHINE!" it Roars as it slams it's hands into the board breaking into it.
Null inches further to get a better look at the creature but it triggers the lights where he is, turning on with a lout "Ctch." "Hmmm?" the creature turns around "WHO'S THERE!?" She shouts "Tch" Null whispers irritated and rounds the corner revealing himself. "You're no K.o.E.T. Grunt. WHO ARE YOU?" The Creature is Human shaped with White spiky hair going down to it's upper thighs. and a wolf shaped helmet almost entirely obscuring her face. "My Name is Null, what are you doing in these towers?" she growls irritated before responding "I will exposes the horrible things K.o.E.T. has done and I WILL Kill that bastard -Kovak- for making me this way! He will tremble in fear at the name Tristina!! and no K.o.E.T. Goons or random enemy will stand in my way!"
Tristina Roars at Null releasing a freezing mist from her body. Null throws a blade wave at her but she tucks into a ball, rolls under the wave and jumps out at Null. she Grabs him by the shoulders, sinking her claws in, and breaks through the tower with him. Plummeting down from the top of the tower Tristina refuses to let go. she falls to the ground with him below her planning to kill him with the impact. right before they hit the ground, Null turns into a shadow. Both collide onto a Balcony halfway down the tower. Giant Ice crystals burst up where they landed as Tristina back flips away from the landing zone. Tristina Roars in victory before she see's Null reform out of a Dark portal in the ground. "URRRAAAAAAHHHHHH!!!!!" she yells in livid fury.
Tristina gives no pause as she short hops to Null and slashes at him with her frozen claws. they barely graze him, cutting shallow into his chin. She jumps away and starts running around Null in a circle. She stops and raises her arm before slashing it into the ground and sending chunks of ice recklessly careening at Null. He blocks them with only minor inconvinience but is taken aback as he notices Tristina has appeared right in front of him as he was blocking. With one slash she breaks his guard causing him to stumble before slashing again, clawing into his chest. Null gets shot backwards in a sprawl by the force of the arctic claw. As he tries to get back up onto his feet, he hears Tristina running toward him again. a look of irritation crosses his face. Right as she is upon him, he manifests a black fire claw. slashing from the bottom of her chest to her face, he returns the blow with interest. Tristina stumbles backwards and manages to stay on her feet.
An orb of what appears to be like liquid ice forms in front of her face. it grows in size until it's just larger than her head before it fires off in a beam at Null. He dodge rolls out of the way but quickly gets on his feet as the beam starts following him. everywhere it hits, mounds of ice rise up in a matter of seconds. after Tristina runs out of steam for maintaining the ice beam, she lets off a roar and pours out a massive blanket of icy fog. Null can barely see three feet in front of him as he hears the sounds of claws running around him. He listens quietly hearing the steps echo around him before stopping and push off the ground. "THERE!" he shouts as he charges forward with his sword ablaze in front of him. The blade intercepts Tristina mid-jump cutting through the side of her chest, making her fall and tumble onto the ground.
As she picks herself up, her skin starts turning red and her whole body seemed to be quivering. Tristina suddenly lets out a blood curdling roar more inhuman than her previous shouts. She twists her body and begins to spin like a drill, tearing through the air toward Null. He dashes toward her and transforms into a shadow once again and slips past her unharmed. He almost trips from the momentum but regains his footing quickly. Tristina snaps out of the spin and leaps high into the air. She crashes down before Null and Giant mounds of ice burst forth. Null takes a shot to the chest and gets slammed into a wall.
as he regains his composure Tristina is writhing as more icy fog is released around her. She starts thrashing around indiscriminately causing more icy spikes to erupt from the ground. While she flails about, Null observes and charges in when he notices a large recoil from the energy expenditure. after manifesting a black fire claw, he slashes at Tristina. She, however, notices his assault and tries to counterattack. Their claws clash but Tristina's quickly falter. "AUUUGH!" she shouts as a snap is heard from her arm. she steps backward and brings her injured limb into her sight. it was bleeding but she could still barely move it.
she started breathing heavily and somehow became even more furious than before. "GGUUURRRRRAAAAAAAGGGGGHHHH!!!!!" she roars into the heavens. suddenly a crack is heard from her and she stars glowing like dense snow.
"Fervent Arctic Winds,
Mercilessly Shreds My Foes,
In Winter Death Rows!"
"DEAD ZONE MALESTRUM!"
Tristina jumps to the center of the arena a lets an overwhelming blast of cold onto the battlefield. Null can barely keep his footing as the air rushed past him. Ice rapidly forms over his body and encases him. Tristina, now finished releasing the arctic malestrum, leaps backward and raises her claw. Power pulses into it, making it dense with arctic energy. after a moment of charging, she rushes recklessly forward and puts all her remaining might into slashing the encasement in half. her eyes widen in shock as the ice has no body within it and Null appears behind her turning from a shadow silhouette to normal. With one Mighty slash, he carves into her back, sending her sprawling away.
"ABSURD!" Tristina shouts as she makes herself get up from the ground "NOTHING WILL STOP ME FROM GETTING MY VENGAN-URk..."
She twists in pain and weakness before Disappearing in a cloud of cold leaving only faint tracks and a trail of blood leading down the tower. Null takes a deep breath and gathers himself. "she won't be causing trouble for a while with those wounds. But who is this person called "Kovak" and what did he do?"
--Mission COMPLETE--
Null returns to Samuel. "Did you find anything out?" He says. "A woman made of some kind of strange Ice has been causing all those towers trying to find someone named "Kovak."" He responds "he apparently works for K.o.E.T. she got away, but she won't be making any moves until her deep wounds are healed."
Samuel puts his hand on his chin "hmmm, I see. and did you find any information in those computers?" he questions. "she destroyed them before I could look into their knowledge." Null answers "Oh well, nothing to worry about." Samuel reassures "at least we can assume she won't cause trouble for a while. I'm glad you came back alive."
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