Hunter Arts
(On the other hand, Joss finishes eating and takes his armor and dual blades. He cleans his bedroom and before he exits, he smiles.)
Joss: Today will be the day. You too Ms. Lacie.
Lacie: Affirmative.
(Says in a lower voice.)
(He walks towards the Hall. In the Hall, Arya meets Isabella, and the GM. Arya hugs tightly Isabella.)
Isabella: Is everything ok?
Arya: Kinda.
GM: We will talk after the exams. What do we have Isabella?
Isabella: Two entries and a petition for weapons mastery.
GM: Weapons Mastery? Who?
(Isabella smiles.)
(Bulwark hears the man and gets ready. The house had repaired the window, and all is as ordered. He puts on the small backpack armor and opens his Hud.)
Bulwark: Hey Kid... Uum.. Now .. How the hell do I contact this kid... Uum Suit .. Or..
The suit: T25 sir, at your service.
Bulwark: Ooh.. Well .. Shit great. Uum send out my last actions with the suit to the Kid.. Uum what.. Uum his name
T25: Beckett, sir. Father is named Beckett.
Bulwark: Oh god please don't say " Father" .. That just feels ... Inappropriate
T25: Understood, sir. Processing. And... Done. Good day, sir.
Bulwark: Alright, excellent. Let's head out then.
(He heads for the Hall. Once there, he meets up with others.)
Bulwark: Jaeger, what's up!?! Isabella!! Long time, no see.
(In monster island, they all greeted Bulwark. After a moment the GM comes to them.)
GM: (sighs) 2 failures. Now, I'm quite interested: why in Oamni would you like to take such test?
Joss: Somebody motivated me.
(He looks at Isabella and she blushes.)
GM: Ok...I know what's happening here. Well, let me tell you professionally. The test that you will take will let us see if you can handle all weapons that we use in this island. There are 3 levels: Bronze, Silver and Gold, the last being the hardest, must difficult level. All start at Bronze and with years of experience people retake the exam until they pass the Gold exam. Isabella is a silver rank, while Arya is a gold rank, but they took some time to get there.
Isabella: Hey!
(Arya laughs in a small tone.)
Joss: It seems ok to me.
GM: This test is difficult so be in your best shape.
Joss: Ok.
GM: Then let us go to the test area.
(Joss walked to where they pointed out and began stretching. Meanwhile, the GM, Arya, Isabella, and Bulwark were in the control room. There were the tech persons handling different buttons and codes.)
Tech guy #1: All codes are green Ma'am.
GM: Excellent.
(She takes a speaker.)
GM: Can you hear me Jaeger?
Joss: Loud and clear!
GM: Your first task is to hunt 20 velociprey. This is your bronze exam for all weapons.
Joss: Gotcha!
(Joss secures his armor and is handed a baton.)
GM: Each time I say change, that baton will change weapon.
Joss: Ok
GM: Without further ado, let the exam begin! First weapon: Greatsword!
(The baton in Joss' hand changed to a Greatsword and tiny robots changed to that of a velociprey. He went full on, trying to evade some of the attacks and slaying his target. He finishes after some time. In the control room, the Cathe chief arrives alongside 4 other figures. One of then, a boy comes closer to inspect the exam.)
GM: How was his time?
Tech guy #2: 5 minutes, 12 seconds.
Cathe guy: Pathetic! That long for such easy creatures?
Roy: This is the best that Ardmery, that the GM can produce?
(After a momentarily silence Joss talks.)
Joss: Gold.
GM: What?
Joss: I would like to take the Gold exam.
GM: But that will be suicide!
Roy: Let the boy take the exam.
GM: Ok... I approve.
(The Tech guy begins to reset the exam when Roy pushes him and set the robots in maximum threat. GM looks at him with a horrendous look.)
GM: What have you done?!
Roy: I want to see...if what I sensed is true.
GM: But he could die!
Isabella: Just look.
(Arya just watched carefully. On the arena, two monsters appear. Bearos and Cruastrus.)
Arya: Deviant Monsters!!!
Joss: Let's do this.
(He tries to rush but the Cruastrus went underground while the Bearos just let out a horrendous roar then body slams near Joss. He was sent flying after the shock. Once up, the Cruastrus surfaces near Joss and hits him. He crashes in a wall.)
Roy: I knew he hadn't it.
(Roy turns. Joss stands again and began taking his armor.)
Joss: Ms. Lacie, I need motivation.
(Says almost mumbling.)
Lacie: Searching...searching found requesting music.
(Two earphones appeared on and he begins to walk towards the monsters.)
GM: They are both Deviant Monsters!!!
Roy: We'll see what he is capable of doing.
(Joss rushes, hearing his music, at the Bearos first. His weapon change to a Longsword. He tries cutting part of the arm, but it's parried away by the thick hide of the monster. He falls back and notices that the Cruastrus went underground again and rushed to where the Bearos was. He then began making noises with the blade and jumped to the right. The Cruastrus comes out, impacting the incoming Bearos with its pincers. The weapon of Joss changes to a hammer and he begins to swing it with force until he comes closer to the Bearos and knocks it back with force. The robot Arzuro fades, leaving the Cruastrus. The creature once again go underground. The weapon changes to a Hunting Horn, which he used a strong sound that made the Cruastrus come out of the ground. Joss rushed and with a strong force, breaks one of the pincers but evades a strong water pulse ejected by the Cruastrus. The weapon changes to a Sword and Shield. He begins to move from right to left, like a boxer and dashed. He uses the same water to slide underneath the creature and stabs its heart. After a moment, it didn't move. All in the control room were speechless. Roy and Isabella smiled. Joss' body had begun changing in small parts like his teeth; they were sharp. 2 new bots came to the arena.)
GM: We need to stop this. He has proven himself.
Roy: THIS will be the true test.
GM: Cathe chief!
Cathe Chief: I will take the blame if something goes wrong.
(The 2 robots change to a Nargos and a Thunderwulf.)
Bulwark in his mind: C'mon boy, shut them up. From that first day... I knew you were just like Striker. Fierce... But very dangerous.
(He tries to scan Joss's power levels, but every detail appears as an error and after several alerts the suit shutdowns)
Bulwark: What the F--
(He decides to take his business away from the others and just steps right outside the door of the control room.)
Bulwark: C'mon ... Turn on, T25?... T25!!?
Lacie: Alert report, alert report. Scanning of this system and its owner initiating hacking protocols...done. System will restart in 2 minutes. Continuing the scanning will end in termination of enemy AI.
Joss: What are you even talking about?
(The Nargos turns invisible and disappears. The Thunderwulf leaps to where Joss is. He turns his weapon to a lance, protecting his entire body. He rolls to his left but meets a barrage of pointy scales that were threw by the Nargos. He changed again to a Gunlance for more protection.)
Joss: Ok fuck it. Lacie, we are going on a rampage.
Lacie: Accessing music...Music found. Good luck.
(A new music starts and Joss changes to a bow, leaving him wide open. He takes 3 arrows and makes a line. The Nargos is still invisible and the Thunderwulf begins to charge electricity on his back.)
(After two minutes Bulwark comes back in the room)
Bulwark in his mind: T25, contact Beckett. Seems like there's someone with tech here.
(There is a connection.)
Beckett: Hello there pal? What's the matter?
(Joss waits for a moment the sides step and shot the 3 arrows, the last hitting the Nargos on its foreleg. He then changes to a Heavybowgun and finishes it with a barrage of Craig and Cluster Shots. The Thunderwulf finishes charging up and leaps to where Joss is. He jumps back away and the Thunderwulf crashes, making a crater alongside a field of electricity. He changes to his dual blades.)
Joss: I need power and speed.
Lacie: You are currently at 3%. Your maximum is 5%. Going beyond that point may trigger a shock to the neural system.
Joss: Do it.
(He dashes forward, avoiding any near jolts but the Thunderwulf is faster and deadly. The hunter evades just in the nick of time the monster's tail.)
Joss: More!
Lacie: Top percent acquired.
Joss: I need a little more. I know I can do it.
Lacie: Going beyond.
(Joss complex began to change little by little. The Thunderwulf dive bombs, raising dust. Joss dashes in. His eyes began to change to that of a crimson red. His speed raised drastically. Both began to run inside the arena, each waiting to end the battle in one attack. Joss takes the initiative and runs straight forward. The Thunderwulf makes the field electrical.)
Joss: MORE!
(In that moment, everything seemed like time had stopped. Joss could see every move made by the monster. He evades gracefully and jumps. With a menacing crimson eyes, he spins and crash with both dual blades in the head of the Thunderwulf, destroying completely the drone. In the control room, nobody said a word. Joss raises his fist as a signal of triumph.)
Bulwark: Seems like someone can hack your suit. But recovered after a few minutes. Did you get my status report?
(He sees Joss do his work)
Bulwark: HELL YEA!!! THAT'S IT KID!!
(Goes back to Beckett)
Bulwark: Sorry about that
(Beckett stays silent for a moment.)
Beckett: Although my suit is quite formidable it lacks one important thing: it cannot learn. That is why I have you giving me reports, to update it. As for the one hacking you...it must be a new model but....it is quite impossible. My dream is to make something similar to a robot named A1, who is a myth by some people, but I know it exists...Anyway, it seems they just sent you a warning and the one who did it, it didn't wanted to kill you or anything. I will try to gather more data. Be careful out there and keep sending it.
Bulwark: Alright Kid, Keep in touch. Bulwark out.
(He closes transmission and focuses on the competition.)
(Joss falls to his knees and all in the control room go to see him. He falls and begins to laugh. Isabella stands in front of him and kneels besides him.)
Isabella: Good work champ.
Joss: That training, gave fruits.
(She extends her hand and helps raise him. After a moment all the group assemble.)
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