Sixth Icicle Falls [I AM SO SORRY FOR HOW LATE THIS IS]

[baka_jyanai]

-Did it suddenly get colder?

Boy it sure did.-

Power... strength... This is it! THIS IS IT! I REALLY HAVE IT!

-What does she have? Well the giant palace of ice forming in the western lake might have something to do with it...-

[[ Let's get this shit started! I may be slow in replying, though. All replies will come from frozen_strength ]]

Comments

[zehahaha]

[Blackbeard isn't affected by this experiment yet, so he decides to go and investigate this ice palace on the lake wearing one of his few non-mutilated coats. Standing outside it, he looks up in amazement.]

Huh. Somebody must've put a lotta work inta buildin' this thing!

[A thick plume of black smoke shoots out of the man's back, as an inky black substance spreads from his feet to surround the palace's base. This strange substance appears to be slowly pulling the castle downwards, into the substance itself.]

Kinda an eyesore, though. Might as well get rid of it! Zehahahaha!

[frozen_strength]

-More ice forms where ice is lost, instantaneously.-

[zehahaha]

Damn... If I'd been taken ta this shithole a few minutes earlier, this sorta thing would be easy! [Inhaling deeply, he yells at the castle.] HEY!!! Who's in there? [He figures somebody must be behind this; castles don't tend to regenerate.]

[frozen_strength]

-... Well that got her attention. Congratulations, you old pirate, you get to meet with the ice queen herself.

Which involves a pillar of ice shooting out beneath your feet, taking you right to the top of the tower.

... Of course that means you might hit your head on several bits of jagged ice on the way up, but she's not exactly a good host.-

[zehahaha]

What the hell? [Blackbeard barely manages to avoid falling off the ice pillar as it rises into the air. He hits his head a lot on the way up, but he's tanked much worse before, so he's all right (relatively speaking).]

[frozen_strength]

-Welcome to the top floor, Blackbeard. Upon a frozen throne, you are being regarded with complete contempt by this palace's master.-

Hmph...

[zehahaha]

Huh? Yer just a little brat! [Blackbeard was expecting something a bit more imposing, to be honest.]

[frozen_strength]

A little brat, he says. -Cirno chuckles, hopping off of her seat with a new found, though disturbing grin.-

You know what they say about big things in small packages. If you think I am "just" anything, you're free to try and prove that point.

But I don't think you'll enjoy the results.

[zehahaha]

[Blackbeard spreads his arms wide, laughing maniacally.] Zehahahaha! Ya sound pretty confident, brat! But I'm afraid ya ain't gonna stand much of a chance! I am darkness! An' darkness... [black vortexes appear on his open palms, pulling Cirno towards him with an absurd gravitational force.] IS ETERNAL!!!

[frozen_strength]

You know something else about darkness? -She says as she forms a giant blade of ice.-

It's very... very cold.

-And suddenly, Blackbeard may feel his hands freezing.-

[zehahaha]

What? No it ain't! It's - [Suddenly, everything gets colder. He looks down at his hands, where large blocks of ice are forming.] GAH!

[The black substance spreads from his feet again as his hits his hands on the ground. The ice that stubbornly refuses to break off is pulled into the darkness, and he stands up straight, rubbing his hands to try to get them warm (and to deal with the pain as much as he can).] Zehahahaha! Nice try, but that sorta crap ain't gonna work on me!

[frozen_strength]

You really... have an annoying laugh.

-Cirno casually raises her hand... before a gigantic and forceful blast of frozen energy blasts our of it, as if it were some sort of rail gun.-

[zehahaha]

Zehahahahahahaha! [Blackbeard dives out of the way of the blast, narrowly avoiding it, though he hits the ground face-first.]

No matter how powerful ya are, ya can't hope ta compete... [the black substance (for the lack of a better word) spreads along the ground, attempting to pull any ice stalagmites or Cirno's throne into itself.] ...with the power o' the Devil!

[frozen_strength]

Devil, God, it doesn't matter!

-She forms several hundred swords, tossing all of them at the man.-

I am the Strongest! Not a one of them can hold a candle to me!

[zehahaha]

Yer pretty audacious of ya, sayin' yer stronger than God!

[The substance on the ground "pulls" harder, dragging some of the flying swords into itself as the gravity takes effect. The higher ones don't sink far enough and hit Blackbeard in his torso, but given how thick his skin is (both due to a lifetime of training and all of the fat), they don't pierce through to the other side. He's bleeding, but his idiotic grin remains on his face as he yanks them out and throws them to the ground.]

Ya are pretty strong, though! Wanna join my crew?

[frozen_strength]

And submit to your authority? How ridiculous. I'm the Strongest. You will submit to ME.

-She readies another barrage of frozen swords, casting them forward all at once.-