[LoT] Captain Cold vs Inferno

[Negative Knight]

Cold returns to the bar he first met Crocodile for some leads regarding the notorious burning man that had recently appeared in the news. He approaches the barkeep and asks him if he's seen or heard anything about him.

I'm looking for a man that can be set on fire without burning. Know anything useful?

Technique Name: Absolute Zero

Spoiler

EXP: 20
Type: Energy
Rank: B
Description: This technique is always active as a byproduct of Captain's Cold's Crytokinetic abilities. Cold is always surrounded by circular waves of cold energy not unlike the rings of Saturn in appearance. These waves encompass 360 degrees around him and span two meters in diameter. They cool down the surrounding air temperature to below freezing temperatures. Any small projectiles (such as arrows, bullets, spears) that enter the field are drastically drained of their speed and momentum and harmlessly fall to the floor before they hit Cold. Anyone who gets caught in the field isn't as badly affected due to their size but as soon as they enter the field and as long as they remain inside of it, their speed stat is reduced by 20 points. Inside the field, all technology C-Rank and below becomes inoperable and regenerative abilities become ineffective (C-Rank and below), while B Rank Technology and Regenerative Abilities are halved in their efficiency

Note: This technique is always active but counts as one of the user's moves per turn for as long as the technique is active
Note: The user isn't affected by this technique

 

[Penguin]

Inferno sat at the bar, watching what he did on TV. It appeared he made big news stealing those diamonds.

I'm looking for a man that can be set on fire without burning. Know anything useful?

Inferno turned to the barkeep, watching the man begin to sweat. It was getting colder and colder by the minute, yet the barkeep was sweating out of fear that Inferno would kill him like he did the last girl.

Whose looking for this guy on fire, just out of curiosity?

Johnny, Inferno's undercover name, interrupted the man whose presence literally sent chills down everyone's spine before the barkeep could say another word.

 

[Negative Knight]

Cold turns to the man at the bar and decides to indulge him. He might have useful info about the "Burning Man".

Yours truly. I'm searching for others with abilities like me, specifically ones with criminal tendencies. I'm looking to form a team. Now tell me what you know about this "Burning Man".

 

[Penguin]

Cold turns to the man at the bar and decides to indulge him. He might have useful info about the "Burning Man".

Yours truly. I'm searching for others with abilities like me, specifically ones with criminal tendencies. I'm looking to form a team. Now tell me what you know about this "Burning Man".

Abilities like yourself? Criminal tendencies? Humor me for a second, mister....what was your name again?

Johnny got up from his seat and faced the man, sticking out his hand.

It's getting almost a little too cold, don't you think?

After he spoke, Inferno turned into a fiery-plasma like state, heating up the room a bit even though he was still affected by the man's cold. It was hellish, he knew how the Nords felt afterall.

EXP: 20
Type: Energy
Rank: B
Description: Inferno will channel energy throughout his whole body and change his
body's constitution into a fiery-plasma like state opposed to his regular, human form. Unlike his heavy human form, Inferno's fiery-plasma form is intangible to regular, solid objects as his body is made of fire. However, when attacks containing energy make contact with the fire (according to regular elemental interactions) or technology with sufficient enough methods (sucking away fire, etc.), the fire could in fact be put out and leave Inferno out of his powered up form. Due to Inferno's whole body being made out of the fiery-plasma which is considerably lighter and has less mass opposed to his human form, he has the ability to fly at considerable speeds. The fiery-plasma form also gives Inferno a huge boost to his speed (+15) and energy (+15) as his whole body would be made of the energy he uses to attack and that fire is naturally fast and powerful. However, in this form, Inferno loses a considerable amount of raw, physical strength (-10) as his muscles which generate power would be in a non-solid state. This technique is passive in activation (still costs a move slot) and lasts the whole match (unless Inferno runs out of energy). While Inferno is in this form, he is immune to any heat or fire based attacks C rank and bellow.

 

[Negative Knight]

His ability to be surprised was being strained. This was the fourth person with powers he encountered in the past two weeks. His ability however was definitely intriguing.

Cold didn't take the handshake. Warm climates didn't agree with him, fiery plasma wasn't going to be any better.

You can call me Cold. I came here to make you an offer. I've assembled a team of three so far and I want to make you the next addition. Every member has been given the chance to fight me for the chance to lead this team. What do you say?.

 

[Penguin]

His ability to be surprised was being strained. This was the fourth person with powers he encountered in the past two weeks. His ability however was definitely intriguing.

Cold didn't take the handshake. Warm climates didn't agree with him, fiery plasma wasn't going to be any better.

You can call me Cold. I came here to make you an offer. I've assembled a team of three so far and I want to make you the next addition. Every member has been given the chance to fight me for the chance to lead this team. What do you say?.

Cold? I guess I can see why you don't want to shake my hand.

Inferno pulled his hand back and stepped outside of the bar, waving his new-colleague to follow him. If Cold in fact did end up following Inferno to the back where there was some open space for fights, Inferno would begin to talk to Cold.

Fight for the leader position? I don't know about all that. I am not much of a leader myself, however, I do want to test your abilities. I will not be lead by a weakling, and I hope you understand that.

 

[Negative Knight]

Cold made a small smile, one of his rare displays of genuine emotion. It was a welcome change to encounter someone not interested in leading but with enough pride to only follow those stronger than them.

I never did catch your name.

He then begins to release his cold energy into the air to cool down the battlefield to very frigid temperatures. He does to create optimum conditions for himself and to decrease the opponent's speed as well as induce moderate hypothermia in him.

Technique Name: Judgement of the Tundra

Spoiler

EXP: 10
Type: Energy
Rank: C
Description: Captain Cold releases an omnidirectional wave of intangible cold energy through the air and uses it to cool down the battlefield to very frigid temperatures. This freezes all of the moisture in the air and prevents the use of water-related abilities (D-Rank and below) for this technique’s duration. The effects of the cold results in a very significant reduction in speed of anything on the battlefield if not complete cessation altogether. All tangible or semi-tangible techniques, weapons and tools/objects will be halved in speed. All people on the battlefield (excluding Captain Cold) will have their speed reduced by 10 points. The cold also has the added effect of inducing slight hypothermia. Anyone not acclimatized to the sheer cold (i.e. people without cold related powers) will begin shivering uncontrollably, throwing off their aim considerably if the person is a marksman or archer. Their intelligence will also fall 10 points due to the effects of the hypothermia. The effects of this technique on the body only last as long as one turn after the battlefield’s temperature returns to normal.

Lasts for three turns
Two turn cool down in between usages

 

[Penguin]

My name if Inferno, Cold.

Cold released an omnidirectional burst of energy and cooled down the whole battlefield. Inferno could already tell he was going to be slow and not as agile as he was used to due to the frigid temperatures currently, so it was time to heat things up.

Inferno began releasing burst of heat throughout the air that could not be physically reacted to by mutants or superhumans in general. The burst of heat energy latched onto Cold, doing no damage other than causing a slight warm feeling, but this was not the focus of the technique. Every pebble and object that was within five meters of Inferno was touched by this energy, letting him feel out the works of the land and keep track on things.

Do you have any attacks, or is your power giving people the common cold?

EXP: 10
Type: Energy
Rank: C
Description: Dreadful Desiccation is one of Inferno's most ingenious techniques. While Inferno has his "Flame On" technique activated, he could start releasing omnidirectional bursts of heat from his body that can be felt up to five meters away from himself (cannot be physically reacted to, but perceived by the naked eye). The two things these bursts of heat do is coat objects up to five meters away in a fiery-plasma type aura (doesn't do any damage). This in turn allows Inferno to feel the heat levels of basically any object within five meters of him due to Inferno being able to sense heat signatures close to him, increasing his intelligence stat by ten due to him being able to feel everything around him. The only other side affect of bursting such hot heat throughout the area around Inferno is water or ice constructs, D rank and bellow, not being able to be generated from within the air up to five meters away from Inferno. However, constructs of ice or water that are made from the user's body and travel towards Inferno will be only sensed, not weakened.

 

[Negative Knight]

Cold felt very slightly warmer than usual but it wasn't anything significant. Whether or not that was a technique, he didn't really care. He just focuses cold energy into his right hand and creates a sword one cubic meter in size. He proceeds to throw it at Inferno, all the while observing what he could do.

Did you just do something? I couldn't tell.

Technique Name: Frozen Forge

Spoiler

EXP: 5
Type: Energy
Rank: D
Description: Through this technique Captain Cold can generate a myriad of tools and weapons out of ice that can be used to attack, defend or for supplementary purposes. This technique is so varied that it can be used to create handheld weapons (swords, spears, tridents, etc), projectiles (arrows, bullets, etc) defensive constructs (shields, walls, etc) or tools which merely exist to aid movement such blunt pillars to launch the user or his allies into the air. This technique’s utility is only limited by Captain Cold’s own imagination and the fact that any created constructs must be created within one meter from his position. Anything not created directly from his body is made from freezing the surrounding air moisture and then sent outwards (if their intended use is to be used as projectiles). Any created projectiles move as fast as thrown projectiles and anything offensive created using this technique deals 20% of the user’s energy attribute. The maximum size of any single construct or total size of multiple constructs is 1 cubic meter.

 

[Penguin]

So his powers are just like mine...can he turn into ice as well?

This man was just like Inferno. He was capable of using the ice element to perfection, or so it seemed. The battle might tell a different tale, but for now, Cold would be as good as his imagination would let him be. The sword was thrown towards Inferno, who generated a fireball in his hand in response to this. Inferno made his way forward, flying just above the ground, winding his way around the attack as he released the fireball towards cold, aiming to heat things up.

EXP: 5
Type: Energy
Rank: D
Description: Inferno can generate tools, shapes, waves, and constructs of fire from his body to attack the opponent or defend himself if he needs to do so. The limit to this technique is only the user's imagination, and about the size of a pilates ball for the total volume of constructs.

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I want a rematch after I get my other stuff approved >->

 

[Negative Knight]

Inferno seemed to teleport or more likely move too fast for Cold's eyes to track him. So he was fast. Too bad for him Cold's specialty was slowing things down. The moment he reappeared a few paces away from his original position, Inferno launched a fireball at him. The man might have been fast but that speed didn't translate into his techniques as well. Cold could track it's movements comfortably and like his opponent, he easily dodged it while preparing his next attack. Gathering up cold energy in both of his hands, he releases a a massive wave of it towards Inferno, intending to cool him down and leave him frozen in a prison of ice. This would of course revert him to his previous state of being.

Technique Name: Winds of Winter

Spoiler

EXP: 20
Type: Energy
Rank: B
Description: Captain Cold releases waves of cold energy from either or both of his hands to freeze whatever he's targeting as long as it's within mid-range of his position. These blasts of cold energy slow down any movement at the atomic level to a complete halt and can be used to clash with other energy-based abilities (such as fire, lightning, hard light, etc). Anything solid or anyone caught in the blast will be encased in a prison of extremely cold ice. If the opponent has a strength stat greater than 40, he or she will be capable of breaking through the ice through sheer force alone but the exposure to the cold will leave them slower than usual for a short while (-20 to their speed stat for three turns). This technique does 60% of the user’s Energy stat in damage. The user can also use this technique in a supplementary manner to create a rideable wave of ice beneath them by directing the blasts of cold energy towards the ground (see image in spoiler). While using the slide, the user can move at speeds +10 their own.

HP: 50 - 42 = 8 HP left

 

[Penguin]

Inferno was flying towards his opponent, but was met with an untrackable wave of wind that was just too close to him to avoid. Inferno gritted his teeth and took the hit, freezing him in place and reverting his flame-lit self into a regular human that was frozen. Inside the prison of ice, Inferno could be seen smiling.

What a powerful person to follow. This may just be the man afterall.

 

[Negative Knight]

Cold casually strolled over to Inferno, breaking the ice once he got within one meter of his position. The sheer cold would leave him a lot slower for a while and that would only be compounded by the field of energy surrounding him.

An unfortunate match-up for you it seems. Still, I don't believe this is you at your full potential. You can get much stronger and I can show you how. Will you join me?

 

[Penguin]

Cold casually strolled over to Inferno, breaking the ice once he got within one meter of his position. The sheer cold would leave him a lot slower for a while and that would only be compounded by the field of energy surrounding him.

An unfortunate match-up for you it seems. Still, I don't believe this is you at your full potential. You can get much stronger and I can show you how. Will you join me?

Yes...an unfortunate match-up indeed.

Johnny never got embarrassed, but to get his ass handed to him like that? That easily? This was almost pathetic, but on the other hand, he would get to serve under one of the strongest people he has ever met.

Of course I will.

 

[Punk Hazard]

Was asked to confirm that NK is awarded 30 EXP and Penguin is awarded 15 EXP. Confirmed.