The Master and his faithful servant (Harkness)

[Azerik]

Azerik had been sitting in the courtyard, mindlessly rubbing his thumb across the edge of his sword, just lightly enough so that it wouldn't cut him. Outside the palace, he could hear the sounds of people walking around, but of course he knew they were all Homunculi, he had brought them here after all. At the moment, the only Homunculus he cared about (not emotionally of course) was his most recent find, which he had designated the rank of Greed. His name had been Jack Harkness, the childhood friend of a soldier in the Amestris military by the name of Alexa Rose, currently holding the rank of Colonel. Being the first of his "Seven" to be recruited, Azerik was being extra careful with Greed, and had decided to train the Homunculus personally on his free time. And such was his purpose for sitting in the courtyard, waiting for Greed.

"Greed is late," the boy said as he increased his thumbs pressure on the blade, causing it to cut into his skin, "if he wants this second chance at life to last long he'd better learn to be on time."

Suddenly, there was a flash of red light, and a crackle of red energy, and the cut on his thumb quickly healed itself. Azerik smiled, as the flash went away, ending with a small ring of red light glowing from behind his eye patch.

[Capt. Jack Harkness]

"Sorry I'm late boss I was practicing my combat skills and lost track of time so why don't we get started right away ." Jack says to Azerik while walking into the courtyard. As soon as he gets close enough he unsheathes his claws on his left arm and lunges at Azerik.

[Azerik]

((No emoticons while in character please. You say he smiled, or frowned or whatever.))

Azerik's sword was up before Jack could get close, and as the blade passed between two of Greed's claws, he twisted it-and sent a flash of red light along the blade-pushing back Greed's wrist. The transmutation he had performed had weakened the iron coating of Greed's bones around his wrist, causing the wrist to crack as it was pushed back.

"You'll address me as 'Lord' if you wanna make it somewhere Jack," Azerik said slipping his blade out from between Greed's claws and jumping back, "boss is too generic a term for what I am to you and your fellows. I have helped to give back a life you lost, without the red stones I provided, you'd still be a hideous monster."

[Capt. Jack Harkness]

"Well I guess I could try but I have certain issues with calling people 'Lord'. In my opinion, it gives the person being called that an undeserved inflation to there ego. So I guess at the most I'll call you 'Master' or maybe 'King' or something." Jack says to Azerik.

Jack then uses his claws in a 6-strike combo and finishes off with a downwards axe kick.

[Azerik]

"All 3 terms exist to inflate one's ego," Azerik said blocking the slashing claws with his sword, "deserved or not, one usually requests they be addressed by those terms because of their ego, so your argument is invalid."

Azerik blocked the axe kick with the forearm of his left arm, repairing the small amount of damage done to his bones with alchemy, then shoved Greed backwards, before jumping back and preparing to attack.

"And like I said," Azerik said pointing his sword at Greed, "I've given you all a proper second chance at life, something your would be reviver failed to do, that if anything entitles me to an inflated ego."

Azerik dashed forward, and slashed at Greed's throat, knowing that even if he failed to block, he wouldn't die. Not permanently anyway.

[Capt. Jack Harkness]

Jack ducks under the swing from Azerik's sword then retracts the claws. Jack then Uses the iron in Jack's arms he slips the blades out from under his wrists for use in close combat or assassination he then jumps at Azerik's chest with his wrist blades out hoping to stab him.

[Azerik]

Using the metal in his sword to direct the flow of energy, Azerik starts a transmutation as he blocks the double stab from Greed. As the wrist blades connect with the flat of Azerik's sword blade, there was a flash of red light going along the sword and into Greed. As suddenly as the flash had appeared, it was gone, and the blades on Greed's wrist were now rusty, and threatening to snap if they hit something too hard. Greed could simply increase the amount of iron in the blades after scraping off the rust, but that would take a few seconds.

"Oxygen reacting with iron creates rust," Azerik said twirling his sword, "when facing an Alchemist, you must be sure to avoid any transmutation circles they have, in case they can cause that very reaction. If the Alchemist has helped to create one of your brethren, then they have seen the Gate, and you should take care to avoid their hands. Keep these things in mind, and victory against those less skilled than I, is easy to gain."

((To avoid short posts like the one you just made, you should go into more details when attacking or using your powers. When writing about an attack or power, assume that the reader hasn't read your character profile, and explain exactly how the special attack works.))

[Capt. Jack Harkness]

Jack makes the blades from his wrists grow longer then he snaps them off and drops the rusted pieces of iron on the ground.

"I'm well aware of my weakness when fighting against alchemists. Your weakness would be if someone destroyed your precious stone if they did that they could easily kill you." Jack says to Azerik.

Jack runs at Azerik and jumps into the air to start an attack. "Take this Blade Dance." Jack says to him in a cold monotone. As he comes down from the jump Jack makes 6 inch Iron blades come out of his elbows and knees and attacks in a really fluid combo hoping to cut Azerik rather deeply.

[Azerik]

Jumping back, Azerik stabbed his sword into the ground, and started another transmutation, and suddenly there was a wall of solid iron blocking Greed's attack.

"Even without the Philosopher's Stone I have, I could win," Azerik said from behind the wall as Greed's blades made a ringing sound from hitting the great mass of metal, "this one is incomplete, and does not have as much power as a complete one would. Without the stone I can always just use my body as the circle as well. Don't assume that because I use the stone, I'm incapable of functioning without it. I had to create it after all."

Placing his left hand on the wall, Azerik changed the thickness of one portion, then stabbed through it, and using the sword to perform a second transmutation, turning the mass of metal into a duplicate sword, which he grabbed with his left hand, and stabbed at Greed with both of them.

[Capt. Jack Harkness]

Both swords go into Jack's chest one stabbing his right lung just missing his heart while the other blade stabs through the left lung. Jack then reworks some of the iron in his body to keep the swords stuck. Jack then reaches into his coat and pulls out his desert eagle then fires off a few shots at Azerik. He then makes the claws in his left hand shoot out aiming them at Azerik's one good eye.

[Azerik]

Using the philosopher's stone, Azerik absorbed the iron holding his sword in place into the swords, and yanked them out in time to block the gun shots. Turning the replica sword into a spear, he hurled it at Greed, and jumped back, while sending a bolt of electricity at him from the tip of his sword.

[Capt. Jack Harkness]

Jack's charred body slumps over slightly as red sparks of lightning come from Jack's body as he fully recovers "You killed me you bitch I can't believe you actually did that now it's only fair that I get to kill you don't you think so." Jack says to Azerik.

Jack then picks up his handgun with his right hand and aims it at him he then brings his left across his chest and makes the elbow blade come as well as his claws.

[Azerik]

"Except my death would be more permanent than yours."

Brandishing his sword, Azerik dropped the copy, and sends a bolt of red energy from the tip of his sword into the ground. The bolt hit the ground, and two walls of iron appeared out of the ground. Sending another spark of red at the walls, line of thin spikes shot out towards Greed.

[Capt. Jack Harkness]

Easily dodging the spikes Jack counters by shooting the remaining clip at Azerik then reloading. "Oh please your death is as permanent as mine thanks to that rock of yours." Jack says with a hint of sarcasm.

Jack then runs as fast as possible towards Azerik trying to impale him on his claws.

[Azerik]

Placing the tip of his sword on the ground, Azerik channels the flash of red energy coming from behind his eye patch, and causes the ground beneath him to rise as a stone pillar, avoiding Greed's attack and causing his claws to instead embed themselves in the stone.

"I'd need someone to use the stone on me to come back Greed," Azerik said jumping down to land behind the homunculus, "the dead can't bring themselves back with Alchemy."

Using the flat of the blade, Azerik sweeps it under Greed's feet, tripping him, and stabbed into the ground next to his head, and placing his hand on the homunculus' arm. There was a flash of red light, and the iron coating Greed's bones shot out of the man's skin as thick iron spikes that ripped the skin instead of the usual parting reaction he got when doing such things voluntarily. Then, pulling his sword out of the ground, Azerik jumped back and stood still as he waited for Greed's reaction.

[Capt. Jack Harkness]

"Really I thought the stone had it's own consciousness considering it's made of humans." Jack says to Azerik. He takes a look at the spiked arm then at Azerik as he starts running towards him swinging the spiked appendage at Azerik in an attempt to hurt him with it while having the claws come out of the other one in an attempt to cut him.

[Azerik]

Azerik blocked the flailing arm, and sent a flash of red energy towards it though his sword, which caused the iron spikes to fall off of Greed's arm.

"Even if the stone has its own consciousness, that makes no difference," Azerik said blocking the slashing claws with his sword, "the stone doesn't just activate, it needs to be used by an Alchemist. And as a point, it has several consciousnesses, all of the souls used are still aware of what's going on."

[keven]

Thanks for your fantastic story.

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