[IC] A Hero Tale {Complete}

[Jensoman]

Jenso stared up at the giant rock in confusion. Was this more goldenrod ore? If it was, it certainly was a lot of it. Either way, it wouldn't be good if Bobba got his hands on it. He took note of one of the platforms near the workers that didn't seem very well supported, and threw another rock at it, hoping it would fall on top of one of the workers. He hoped that it would look like one of them had slipped up and hit the platform. He hid behind the wooden fence again.

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Jenso's aim proved rather efficient. With a cling of rock against steel, one of the scaffolding platforms came unhinged and three of the workers fell from above, landing near the opposite side of the room. All three were knocked unconscious, and the remaining 7, 3 of which were now walking towards the platforms above Jenso, stared at the occurrence in confusion. Bobba spun towards them and growled aloud. "Idiots! This is the second time this week! Why can't you secure the scaffolding properly??" Bobba walked towards the knocked out workers with 4 others walking behind him. "This puts us at least an hour behind schedule now!"

Jenso heard footsteps above him moving slowly towards the entrance, where two ladders swung down.

"I'll do this on my own, get them out of here!" Bobba ordered. With that, the worked retreated, one after another, carrying their allies with them. "Feh.."

[Jensoman]

Jenso smiled as the workers left the area. 'Alright...just one more..' He thought, glaring up at Bobba. He began to climb a ladder to get onto a platform. He turned towards Bobba after doing so. "Bobba! I'm gonna kick your ass!" He shouted.

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Bobba spun around towards Jenso and looked up at him, very confused. "Golden-boy? What are you doing here?.. And where's your shirt?" Bobba asked, backing away slowly.

[Jensoman]

"Save it. I know you stole my shirt. And even if you didn't, I've seen that small room of yours with all the blood on the ground. One of your workers told me that the stuff with this giant rock was all your idea. I'm not sure what you plan to do with it, but I wouldn't be surprised if you'd sell it." Jenso responded, and got in a combat stance. "Even if you end up not being the one who took my shirt, you're still a killer. And I won't let you get away!"

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Bobba cringed at Jenso's revelations. "I think you're a little in over your head you little brat. Who do you think you are, getting in my way? You don't even know what this rock is!" Bobba stepped back even further and waited for Jenso to approach him. "I'm not going to sell it, you ignorant fool! What I AM going to do with it is none of your business!"

[Jensoman]

Jenso shrugged. It didn't look like Bobba regretted his actions one bit. "Come on, let's do this!" He shouted, and dashed at Bobba. He attempted to punch him in the stomach with his left fist.

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As Jenso dropped down from the second floor platform, Bobba hopped back and flourished his right arm, which was covered in three bracelets. A wall of stone appeared in front of him and blocked Jenso's fist, before crumbling into dust. "Foolish runt! Did you think I was defenseless? I keep the good stuff for myself!" As he shifted and lowered his arm, Jenso cluld see his shirt being worn by Bobba under his wide open top. "You'll be crushed by my earthly magic! I'll turn you into a mummy!!"

~ End Of Chapter 12 ~

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Chapter 13

_{Song Of Stone And Sulfur}

Bobba tossed his arms into the air and rose two floating spikes from the ground that began to float around him like a two part shield. While this happened, one of his bracelets glowed. The. A second bracelet glowed, and he covered his entire body in a thin layer of grey stone, despite the earth around them being brown in color. He looked like he was in stone armor, and in a moment, he rose his hand again, rising a pillar of stone below Jenso to life him up. At the same time, a pillar dropped from abve. The two would crush him if he didn't move

[Jensoman]

Jenso quickly leaped off of the platform to avoid being crushed, falling down at Bobba. He aimed a kick with his left foot at Bobba's right arm from above.

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Jenso's foot met the stone armor to no avail, leaving barely a crack in Bobba's armor. Jenso could hear Bobba's muffled laugh before one of the surrounding spike rocks spun around Bobba and knocked Jenso right out of the air. The floating sentry rocks wete like spear heads, but only the flat side hit Jenso. Bobba stepped forward sluggishly and thrusted his arm forward, and a spike shot up from the ground at Jenso's head, like a harpoon made of stone.

[Jensoman]

Jenso jumped back to avoid the rock from piercing his head. He thrusted his left arm forward, aiming to bash the stone harpoon's top off by hitting it at the flat side, followed by a kick in order to launch the harpoon at Bobba with it's tip aimed at his stomach.

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Jenso's series of physical moves successfully launched the rock harpoon back at Bobba, but with a flick of his wrist, it was truned to dust in midair. His mask of stone opened for a split moment, and he took a deep series of breaths. "Ha.. Haha! You can't use my element against me!" His mask shut again, crawling over his face like magic and only allowing a tiny slit for his eyes to see through. He then rose his hand again, and another spike shot up towards Jenso with a harpoon like tip from his right side.

[Jensoman]

Jenso listened closely if he could hear the ground shift nearby, and noticed the harpoon incoming. He dashed forward in an attempt to avoid the spear and moved to Bobba. He aimed a punch with his right fist at the flat side of one of the two sharp rocks that were spinning around him.

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Jenso's punch didn't do much, send the rock only a few inches back before it slung itself back toward Jenso, this time with its sharp side pointing towards him. Bobba himself didn't move much, but he rose another hand, created a small grey stone in it, and launched it towards Jenso's gut.

[Jensoman]

Jenso attempted to jump out of the way of the tip of the rock as the grey stone moved at him. He tried to lean out of the way of the grey stone, and aimed a quick kick at it, aiming to launch it right at the pointy rock.

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Jenso's reflexes proved to be rather formidable, but Bobba was ready. After Jenso dodged the stone and kicked the second projectile at it, the spike was shattered, but Bobba's second spike was already headed for Jenso, and knocked him away from Bobba. He then rose another spike from the ground so that there were still two rotating around him. His mask opened up again, and he took a series of deep breaths. "You are no normal human!" He shouted, his mask closing once again and forming into a helmet. Bobba hesitated for a moment, a little shaken by just how fast Jenso was. But he regained his conposure quickly after.

[Jensoman]

Jenso took note of Bobba's deep breaths despite his failure to even harm him. He dashed at Bobba and aimed a punch at his stomach.

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Bobba's armor was too hard for Jenso to break through, and he was too heavy to move. It seemed like Jenso was boxing with a statue, but Bobba lifted his right knee towards Jenso's stomach in and attempt to strike him in the same moment that he aimed to attack. His floating spikes also rose up into the air above Jenso.

[Jensoman]

Jenso glared at Bobba's incoming knee and leaned out of the way, dashing behind him. He attempted to grab ahold of his helmet and hold Bobba in place, looking up at the spikes above. He kicked at the dirt right below Bobba's feet, hoping to tilt the stone man upwards so Bobba would be in between the floating spikes and Jenso.