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Post by Vortex/Valerie Wei-Li-Zhao on May 24, 2012 13:43:58 GMT -5
“Oof!” Her arm jerks, grin faltering when the plank just comes to a dead stop a hair’s width away from Wednesday’s very lucky nose. Valerie scowls down at him for a long moment before grumbling, “Ruin all my fun.”
She then drops the plank in favor of trying to punch him.
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Post by Whirligig/Wednesday Gilgamesh on May 24, 2012 14:16:04 GMT -5
Wednesday simply grins as Valerie attempts to punch him, and begins to laugh. He can focus and laugh at the same time.
Hitting Wednesday while the absorbing aspect of his power isn't quite like hitting a solid, unyielding object. That would imply that actually enacting a force on the object. It's more like... pulling a punch without intending to pull a punch. As soon as Valerie's knuckles brush Wednesday's skin, all the kinetic force behind her fist just sort of evaporates into thin air.
It does set off burst of fizzy happy feeling in Wednesday's head though, and seriously, he laughs.
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Post by Vortex/Valerie Wei-Li-Zhao on May 26, 2012 10:59:06 GMT -5
“....” Valerie looks vaguely like she’s about to explode, her face turning a bright angry red and teeth bared in an infuriated snarl. After a moment however, she sits back and takes in a nice, deep breath before exhaling. How did you deal with a smug stupid hero you couldn’t punch?
“You are incredibly annoying,” she says, a calculating look in her eyes. “But I guess that means I just gotta get creative.” A decidedly predatory expression crossing her face, she tries to placing her hand over his nostrils and mouth. She can’t exert force but maybe she could suffocate him. If that turns out to be true, then there’s still the threat of being exploded to worry about but it does have some interesting implications.
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Post by Whirligig/Wednesday Gilgamesh on May 26, 2012 12:05:29 GMT -5
"I always try my best!" Wednesday says with a grin. Which is quickly wiped off when Valerie's hand closes over his mouth and nose. She'll find she can exert force, because frankly that's really distracting!
Giving a muffled 'Hey!', he begins squirming and shoving at her arm, because being suffocated is so not on his schedule tonight!
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Post by Vortex/Valerie Wei-Li-Zhao on May 26, 2012 16:17:42 GMT -5
Well, Wednesday is just going to have to reschedule because suffocating is exactly what is going to be in his schedule tonight. Valerie has a way of ruining people’s timetables like that.
“I think this works,” she murmurs gently, locking her knees around Wednesday’s waist to try and keep herself in place. “Yes, I think it does.” And oh, it seems her opponent isn’t concentrating enough to make his powers work? She pushes down hard.
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Post by Whirligig/Wednesday Gilgamesh on May 26, 2012 16:34:39 GMT -5
Stupid human body needing stupid air to live! Okay, Wednesday has a couple of options here. One is to charge up his gum, and blow up Valerie's hands. Also his head. Better way to go than suffocation, but he'll keep that option for last.
Whoo, starting to get a little lightheaded here.
He tries several things that aren't blowing himself up. He pinches at her hands and wrists. He attempts to make use of his disturbingly flexible hip joints to hook a leg around her and jab a heel in her ribs. And he does his best to pull back his lips under Valerie's hands and bite.
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Post by Vortex/Valerie Wei-Li-Zhao on May 26, 2012 17:01:36 GMT -5
“Yesss.” Keep struggling. Valerie likes it when you struggle. The biting and the wrist and hand pinching doesn’t really do much to deter her from trying to choke him. In fact, she utters a giddy laugh at the sensation and presses down for more.
The rib-kick does makes her yelp and loosen her grip though- more out of surprise than anything. Normally her opponents weren’t that flexible!
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Post by Whirligig/Wednesday Gilgamesh on May 26, 2012 17:17:33 GMT -5
Wednesday takes advantage of Valerie's momentary distraction to use the remainder of his dwindling strength to shove her hand away - at least enough to suck in a breath of air, his gum tucked safely away in his cheek. His heart is pounding, his head is spinning, and his adrenaline is surging, and he feels pretty good for being on the brink of death.
He knew being a superhero would be fun!
"You're some kind of crazy, you know that, chuckle-bucket!" Letting go of Valerie's wrists, he attempts to grab the front of her clothes and yank her down closer.
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Post by Vortex/Valerie Wei-Li-Zhao on May 26, 2012 17:34:18 GMT -5
Not the most ideal position to be in with someone with a potential explosive in their mouth. She is beginning to suspect though, going by the lack of glowing exploding death of her own body, that Wednesday is either unwilling to make her into a bomb or unable to. That was also pretty interesting!
“It’s a job requirement, dealing with you lot,” Val answers, beaming, grabbing his wrists and trying to pull away.
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Post by Whirligig/Wednesday Gilgamesh on May 26, 2012 17:44:07 GMT -5
"Oooh, so charming!" Wednesday says, letting her grab his wrists.
"Come on, baby, give us a kiss!" Clenching his abs, he tries to surge up towards Valerie while blowing a large bubble with his gum, intent on popping said bubble against her faceplate.
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Post by Vortex/Valerie Wei-Li-Zhao on May 26, 2012 18:08:08 GMT -5
“No,” Valerie grunts, struggling against his hold. “I don’t think-” another grunt as she tries to jam her elbow into his chest and slam him back into the ground. “I want to!”
Well. Gum has taken on a whole new light tonight!
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Post by Whirligig/Wednesday Gilgamesh on May 26, 2012 18:13:50 GMT -5
Wednesday sucks back in his bubble, applauding his good sense of not charging the gum until he was ready to get rid of it, while letting out a little 'gawk!' at the elbow in his chest.
"Sure you do, jelly bean!" he taunts with a bit of a wheeze, before trying to topple them over and reverse their positions. "You're all over me!"
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Post by Vortex/Valerie Wei-Li-Zhao on May 26, 2012 18:19:53 GMT -5
“Well, if you get rid of that gum, I might reconsid- er- augh!” Unfortunately, Wednesday succeeds in the role reversal. Valerie doggedly continues chatting, trying to push her arm up and keep his face as far away from her as she could. “Otherwise, it’s just a travesty! A abomination unto all kisses!”
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Post by Whirligig/Wednesday Gilgamesh on May 26, 2012 18:24:12 GMT -5
"Yeah, well," he struggles against Valerie's pushing without a great deal of success. "It ain't much of a kiss with a helmet, either!"
With that, Wednesday forces a little bit of tingle into the gum and then spits the glowing wad at Valerie's faceplate.
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Post by Vortex/Valerie Wei-Li-Zhao on May 26, 2012 18:31:55 GMT -5
The slightly glowy wad of gum splats against her visor with a very disgusting squelch and Val has just enough time to make a face. “Oh that is so gross-”
She doesn’t really have time to say anymore than that because the gum wad promptly goes off with a loud explosive POP of a firecracker exploding.
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