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Who: Hubert Ozwell (

last_lombax )
When: Backdate: August 30th
Where: The Island
Style: Action
Status: Closed

[Hubert wasn't entirely convinced sparring was going to help him take his mind off everything, but it couldn't hurt really. He wasn't sure what would come of it either, but he wasn't about to turn down a perfectly good chance to keep his skills in peak condition.

So he waited on the island, wearily eying the mess that still remained from the Yami battle and the strange underground lab it had uncovered. It made him strangely uncomfortable, but damned if he couldn't figure out why.]

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As do I. I may look in to it more, now that things have calmed down from it...

I'll help out if you want me to. Anyway, that's enough sad talk. Let's get sparring.

I will, thank you.

[Hubert moves his jacket back, pulling out the two unique looking dual blades. He snaps the handles together, giving a twist so they lock in place.]

I am ready to begin whenever you are.

I came ready.

[Ratchet flips backwards and holds up his wrench. He pulls it back and throws it at Hubert.]

[Hubert easily deflects the wrench and jumps back, snapping the staff apart just as quickly as he had put it together. Already he can tell this is going to be a lot of ranged fighting. He charges up an attack and fires rapidly.]

Aerial Barrage!

[Ratchet runs to the side then this wrench is deflected. It spins in the air and comes back to him. He dives when Hubert unleashes his attack, just barely dodging the energy bullets. He rolls and moves to standing. His Constructo Pistol is suddenly in hand and he starts to fire laser blasts at Hubert.]

[Hubert dodges in kind, jumping back at an angle rather than attempting to roll out of the way. The blasts narrowly miss his feet, kicking up sand in their wake.

He fires back, this time with a wide arcing set of shots.]

Radial Arc!

[Ratchet dives and lands in the sand for this next attack. He feels the energy run over him and singe his armor. He holds down the trigger, charging the beam of his pistol until the attack ends and aims for Hubert's legs and unleashes a much bigger laser than any of the others.]

[Seeing the blast coming, Hubert snaps the staff back together and gives it a spin before crouching down and holding it out. A brief glow swirls and shines around him before vanishing in a flash, leaving behind a thin barrier.

It acts not only as a charge for his next attack, but a shield. It's not particularly strong and he still grunts from the impact, but he doesn't move, simply waiting it out to see what Ratchet does next.]

[Ratchet sees the pistol isn't going to work. He jumps up to his feet and moves the gun to his belt. It vanishes and the Constructo Shotgun appears. His laser might not have been able to pierce the shield but this might. He fires, this one launching a duel blast of focused energy at Hubert.]

Nn--!

[Hubert lets out a grunt as the first shot breaks through the shield hard, forcing him to move sooner than he wanted to. He jumps back first, then charges forward once the second shot has missed.

Maybe a closer attack would work better?

As soon as he's relatively close enough, he starts spinning the staff with every intention of hitting Ratchet with the blades.]

Tiger Blade!

Uh oh.

[Ratchet tries to flip back and out of the way of the attack, only to be smacked by the blade in mid-air. He flies to the side and bounces in the sand. He rolls over quick enough and is on his feet. He raises his shotgun and fires another blast at Hubert.]

[The hit is enough to make Hubert hold back for just a moment. He constantly worries about overdoing it on opponents that aren't the monsters back home that can take that kind of abuse, and while he didn't want to underestimate Ratchet he didn't want to accidentally wound him either.

But the Lombax lands on his feet, just in time to shoot at Hubert during his momentary distraction. It hits him harder than he expected, and he goes flying back, hitting the sand hard enough to kick up a cloud of it and create a bit of a ditch as he slides.]

Oh crap!

[Ratchet activates his hoverboots and flies after Hubert. He raises his arm to shield his eyes from the cloud of sand and looks around.]

Hubert?! You okay?!

[Hubert sits up, coughing and sputtering a bit, a trickle of blood going down his chin. There's a few abrasions here and there, but thankfully his uniform took most of the damage.]

You... certainly know how to pack a punch...

Sorry. I forget how powerful my guns are sometimes.

[He holds out a hand to Hubert to help him up.]

You okay? Do we need to get you to the healers?

[Hubert lets out a quiet chuckle at that and shakes his head.]

Give me a moment. I can take care of it myself.

[He takes a second to sit up, then focuses and casts.]

Rays of light shine upon us! Healing Wind!

What the?! [Ratchet steps back and blinks.] What was that?

A simple healing spell.

[True to his word, the injuries have all but vanished.]

I take it magic isn't a common thing in your world.

Try nonexistent. No such thing as magic where I'm from.

I see.

Well, for whatever it may be worth, "magic" is oversimplifying it. Everything I was doing, from my shots to my healing, everything I have been doing is what's better known as "Artes" in my world. Much like magic, though, it's the manipulation of energies.

Now that I understand. Kinda. Keep it simple though. If Clank were here, I'm sure he'd want to know all the fine little points. Little guy is such a nerd.

Clank? A friend of yours, I'm assuming?

My best friend. He isn't here in the city though. He's a robot.

Robots seem common in worlds that aren't my own. The closest we've ever come have been some battle tanks, and beings known as Humanoids.

Though Humanoids are from a different planet entirely.