Aurrorian

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Kris clenched his teeth and tried not to scream, as he felt the individual particles of his body be tossed around by the burning, radioactive waves. His Avatar maybe unique in disassembling and reassembling his molecular structure, but he knew it was its weakness; transforming in the midst of battle was always risky, especially against Yellow Avatars. Fortunately, the ice attacks passed through him harmlessly, as his right half had just decomposed before jamming it.

It also didn't affect his left half as much, being that is was already in a gaseous form. With extreme concentration & effort, Kris gathered enough particles together to form "Nightfall," his dubbed Hazy Clone of Daybreak. He aimed at the Yellow Avatar, sacrificed 15% of his HP for one shot, and pulled the trigger, hoping to land a head or torso shot to stun or knock him out.

Burst link! welcome to the accel world (accel world role play-reboot!)

@Jangel13 Is the jamming ability a one-time use or duration? And am I stuck in my mist form, regular form, or somehow in between?

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The first reaction of an ordinary Burst Linker, when faced with a Duel at the wrong place & time, is to turn their Neuro Linker offline. However, Kris had trained himself in another reflexive action - he snapped his fingers. Along with his backdoor & recorder programs, he had one last trick in his repertoire: a voice changer. These three programs, the third of which he'd set a shortcut beforehand, made up his Brain Burst strategy: seek, scout, and secure the kill. Whether it had any use on the defense, or was even preferable over attempting to shut off his connection became moot, when he found himself surrounded by ice and driving snow the next second. He shivered and sneezed; as a child he'd never liked the cold as it meant catching one.

Kris turned his attention to the two Duel Avatars facing him, a yellow Avatar & a strange crystalline one. He glanced to his left & right, and to his surprise, he found Green Deer facing off against 2 of its own opponents. Well, her, opponents, he corrected himself...oh crap. It wasn't that Kris knew he was fighting with Lily, or even vice-versa, he had the voice changer to thank for that. It was whatever happened after the Duel he was worried about; whether win or lose, they would emerge out of Augemented Reality feeling like shit (especially after a Duel this scale), and being dazed or even collapsing on the floor could give away each other's identities (not to mention unnecessary for onlookers). Besides, Kris couldn't afford to lose, calculating the number of opponents vs. Kris/Lily meant more than 25 BP was at stake!

FIGHT! I need more time!, Kris thought furiously, "Like Wind." Kris grimaced at his modified voice; he'd forgotten to lower the pitch last time he was messing with it, resulting in something you'd hear from a Chipmunk/Nightcore version of online videos. His right half-body melted away into the snow, and he attempted to ride the swirling wind with difficulty; it was going to be painful if he was stopped or got stuck.

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@Jangel13 lolwut How'd you lose so badly? XD That sounds like playing a game on Easy mode. Except on 3x speed. I'd still take that challenge.

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I call BS. T_T And how many hackers are you going to throw at us!?!?! o_0

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Kris glimpsed a familiar face through the lines of code running across his screen, as he put his backdoor program through a routine (emergency) diagnosis to determine any faults that a hacker could exploit. With a few more frenzied taps with his right hand, and a clean swipe with his left, he put the program on standby in order to receive his (un)expected guest. Kris got to his feet and strode to the entrance, waving off the head tutor also rising from his seat to greet Lily.

"Good afternoon, Ms. King. And as to what service may our humble tutor service bestow upon you?" spoke Kris, as he matched a mocking half-bow with a relaxed grin this time around. "If memory serves me correctly, I do believe you came in last for help with - math?"

His voice cracked on the last word; the tension from the Duel he'd just witnessed still hadn't worn off, plus he'd forgotten to draw a breath before continuing with his second sentence, a self-conscious desire to impress Lily...

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You'd think this hacker would eventually be able to steal BP right off someone without a fight. So far, none of us has the capability to deal with him (my character simply downloads his programs), so...nothing too Deus-Ex Machina, okay?

Oh yeah, I added a WIP picture to Appearance, check it out, MS Paint yo.

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So it happened as Kris was waiting in the tutor program after school. No students were coming in, so Kris on a whim browsed through different local networks to look for Duel Avatars to fight. He instead found an ongoing Duel: Magenta Reaper vs. 3 ???. Interesting, Kris thought, it appears plenty of people share the same mindset as I do when it comes to Brain Burst. Along with his backdoor, Kris had prepared another program when it came to spying on Duels: a modified sound recorder that would pick up and isolate voices. With a tap of the "Spectate" button, and a whispered "Burst Link", he dived in.

Kris immediately activated his Like Wind Limited Activation ability, and hid among the layer of sand as he watched. The battle was...one sided. Kris couldn't understand why a single Duel Avatar would dare challenge 3 others, overconfidence being an obvious factor. So the 3 are probably lower lev - wait, why can't I see their stats? Kris was perplexed; even with measures in place to hide your identity from being listed in Brain Burst, all Duel Avatars would be revealed the instant they join a match, even a spectator like Kris could be identified if the combatants had time to pull up the list of spectators for that match and find his Avatar, Gun-Metal Fog, among them.

...So either blackmail, or some very serious hackers. Kris crept as close as the boundary lines permitted to the battle, and spotted a purple, spiky Avatar retreating while swinging a scythe from a red lion Avatar, while in the distance he could make out 2 more red Avatars firing away at Magenta Reaper. Not even going to attack, Kris wondered, something's definitely wrong with this picture. Normally, a Battle Royal/Tag Team style Duel involves all Avatars agreeing beforehand to the conditions, and seeing Magenta Reaper by itself on the defense doesn't suggest the conditions were favorable in the first place. Kris left the Duel as soon as it came to a close, and the instant he emerged, hastily reset his countermeasures.

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Just going to nitpick and say a Battle Royale can only be fought if either both sides are equally numbered or all sides agree to uneven numbers, but anyways...ouch. Of course I'm going to take advantage of this, but at least it makes my side of the story easier(ish).

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Well, I believe I have my confirmation, Kris thought, as he took a careful bite out of the chocolate. He left the cafeteria, and started walking towards the school garden, his usual lunch spot; most of the cliches hung out in the cafeteria or rooftop, so he had a quiet place to himself behind the school, except for the gardener herself who came around on Wednesdays.

Or I maybe butting in on someone's relationship, Kris mused, unlikely yet possible. Either way, he had more cards to play, and it would all depend on the order and when to pull his ace. For now, he was going to take a step back from Angelo, better to have him approach instead. As for Lily...a number of ideas and plans were in store for her, but he had only tonight to think of the best course of action. Kris sighed as he came up empty on the Duel Avatars listing; he may have been hasty in stalking Angelo, and now the pair must be spooked enough not to use the school network for Duels anymore.

Kris finished his lunch just as the bell rang. Heading back to the classroom, he realized something: a girl sitting behind him and a rude boy two seats to his left maybe the closest he'd ever have to someone more than an "acquaintance". Acquaintances, that for now shared one thing in common.