Board Thread:Fun and Games/@comment-30076428-20200108170107/@comment-30076428-20200119010937

TheMasterKat wrote: TheMasterKat wrote: TheMasterKat wrote: TheMasterKat wrote: TheMasterKat wrote: TheMasterKat wrote: (Meanwhile...)

Sub-Zero: Interesting. You appear to have lost confidence.

(Kat remains silent.)

Sub-Zero: I can understand it well. You're still thinking about the fight with Sephiroth.

(Kat still remains silent.)

Sub-Zero: Sephiroth is among the more powerful Death Battle combatants, especially from Season 4. A man such as him is difficult to defeat, though a number of your friends already have the power to do so.

(Kat says nothing.)

Sub-Zero: You can as well, if you can learn to access your true power. Sephiroth is still out there, and to prove my point, I wish for the responsibility of defeating him to fall on you.

(Surprised, Kat looks up.) Kat: You're kidding, right?

Sub-Zero: No. When you and the other find him again, you must be the one to defeat him. You started it with him, and you must be the one to finish it, even if it costs you your life.

(Kat lowers her head and sighs.)

Kat: But how? He practically creamed me last time. He's stronger than I am, faster, smarter. Besides, how can I fight him when I couldn't fight Ace? You beat Scorpion in your games, and Glacius beat a fire monster in his games, so it should be possible for ice to win, but not with me.

Sub-Zero: You are too concerned over your ability to defend yourself, thus bringing you back to your weakness. This is not just about you. Your friends are counting on you. But only by unleashing your full power will you truly be of use to them.

Kat: Full power? Heh. Sub-Zero: Perhaps you still need convincing. Ratchet, can you come over here?

Ratchet: Yeah?

Sub-Zero: Do you have a flamethrower?

Ratchet: Why are you asking me?

Sub-Zero: You seemed the obvious choice to ask.

Ratchet: Fair enough.

Sub-Zero: All I need is a small fire. Make sure it's enclosed. We're in the book right now, after all.

(Ratchet pulls out a flamethrower and points it at a fireplace. A stream of flames jet out, and a small fire is started.)

Sub-Zero: Excellent. Now Kat, I want you to freeze the flame.

(Confused, Kat fires a small ice blast at the fire. It ends up extinguished.)

Sub-Zero: Not what I meant. Allow me to demonstrate.

(Another small fire is started, and Sub-Zero shoots some ice at it. Somehow, the fire becomes encased in the ice, still blazing inside despite the cold shell.

Sub-Zero: It takes a lot of focus to pull this off. But it will be a start. Now you try.

(The ice melts, leaving the fire unaffected. Sighing, Kat makes an attempt at it.) (Ethan, Jordan, please start using a different reply stack. The amount of scrolling I had to do to find my replies again was crazy.)

(Thirty attempts later, Kat hasn't even come close to encasing the flame in ice. Every attempt only extinguishes it, leaving Ratchet to start it again.)

Kat: Ugh, how the heck do you do this? How hard is it to freeze fire?

(The other recruited combatants were watching.)

Clank: I never thought I would hear the words "freeze" and "fire" together in a sentence.

Sub-Zero: I said focus, Kat. Your mind is still too clouded. Logic may be important in a fight, but this is one of those cases where a heavy mind will only make things difficult. Don't think, just do.

(Kat sighs. Naruto looks at Kirby.)

Naruto: Bet you she fails again on the next try. Loser has to call the other "sir" untill the rest of Season 4 is dealt with.

Kirby: You're on. Kat: I...I just don't know anymore if I can do this.

Sub-Zero: And I understand why you believe that. But remember. You and I are just like the powers we possess. Ice is one of the most fragile thingss in the world, but also one of the deadliest. You will find problems with that fragility, but ice is only as fragile as the person who uses it. Enemies won't kill you truly, but fear and doubt will. Once you let go of those, fragility will no longer matter. And only when letting go of those will your true power be unleashed.

(Kat nods.)

Sub-Zero: Now, you know what to do.)

(Kat looks at the fire.)

Kat: (muttering to herself) Let go of doubt, let go of fear. Focus. Ice is only as fragile as you are.

(She closes her eyes, then thinks.)

Kat: (in her head) Ice is cold and unforgiving. It is solid, yet can also be soft. Fragile, normally. And yet deadly. Dangerous, yet soft. Light, yet harsh. If the environment is too warm, you won't have it. But the most fascinating things is the forms it can take. From a solid block to a stinging blizzard. It can be molded. It can be shaped. It can be anything you wish.

(She opens her eyes and shoots an ice blast at the fire. She smiles to see that it has completely encased the fire.) (Sub-Zero nods.)

Sub-Zero: Perfect.

(Kat smiles as the combatants cheer.)

Kat: I did it! Oh, my God! I did it!

(Kirby smirks at Naruto.)

Kirby: Looks like someone lost the bet, didn't they?

Naruto: Guess someone did..."sir".

Kirby: Ha!

(Thirty more goes later, Kat has the technique mastered.)

Sub-Zero: Good work, Kat. Just this one technique has brought you a long way.

Kat: So do you think I can beat Sephiroth?

Sub-Zero: That all depends on you. I daresay you are now strong enough to hold your own, but here's what you need to know when that happens. When the time comes, you will fight him alone. Unlike last time, I will not interfere. And I will see that the other users don't as well. Therefore, do not hesitate or lose confidence, or you will die. Kat: I hope Ethan's okay. He went off to fight Vergil.

(Also, where the heck did everyone else go?)