Scythe mod

“Ruby,” the Doctor called out, catching the girl’s attention. She turned to look at him with a look of curiosity on her face. “Do you mind if I see Crescent Rose?”

Ruby clutched the scythe to her body protectively. “You’re not going to take it apart again are you?”

“No, no,” the Doctor replied, “In fact… I plan to improve it.”

Ruby raised an eyebrow. “…How?” she asked.

“Well…” the Doctor put on his glasses, “let’s just say it’s something that would be helpful if you run into other applicants. Trust me on this one, you’ll want to have it.” His face shifted from a smile to deathly serious expression, enough so that Ruby was taken aback a bit.

“Uh…” Ruby started, trying to come to a decision. “All right. But if you hurt my sweathurt, I’m punching you.”

“Fantastic,” the Doctor replied.

(...)

He looked down at the scythe. It’s appearance was mostly unchanged, except it had grey wires running across its body like veins. On the shaft, near the trigger, was what appeared to be a small box with a light on top. The light was currently off. “That should do it,” the Doctor said as he tossed the weapon back to Ruby. “Good luck out there.”

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“Shame…” the man replied. “Well if you don’t mind satisfyin’ my curiosity. Can I see that scythe of yours for a sec. Just wanna take a look.”

“Uh…” Ruby replied for a third time. Every instinct screamed at her to not hand over her weapon. Yet at the same time there was something about the man that made her feel she could trust him. “All right, just don’t hurt it.” She handed over the weapon.

“Hm…” the man spoke as he turned it over and over in his hands. As he did Ruby noticed something. She wasn’t sure how, but her scythe seemed to be glowing a faint purple, and that purple was getting brighter. Suddenly a look of concern spread over the man’s face. The purple light seemed be concentrating around the device the Doctor had installed.

The man frantically shook his hand, but for some reason it remained attached to the scythe. Finally it detached and went flying through the air. Ruby leapt up and caught it. A voice rang out from the scythe. “Kinetic energy successfully absorbed,” spoke a robotic voice. “Releasing in 3… 2… 1…”

A purple pulse of energy shot out from the scythe quickly enveloping everything around them. It spread out like a translucent purple dome into it was almost twenty feet in diameter. Gambit’s and Recca’s eyes rolled back into their heads, and the two collapsed to the ground.

It took Ruby a second to get over her shock. She rushed up to the man, frantically pushing on him. “Hey! Hey! Are you all right!? Are-“

“Don’t worry,” a familiar voice spoke out to her. “They’re just unconscious. Should be out for about three days.” Ruby turned up to see the Doctor approaching her, a smile on his face.

“Uh…” Ruby stammered as she looked up at him. “What just happened?”

The Doctor pointed towards the man in the trench coat. “That man has the ability to convert the latent energy of anything he touches into kinetic energy. This energy is then quickly released, causing the item to explode. He would have destroyed Crescent Rose if I hadn’t modified it.” The Doctor walked up and put a hand on the scythe.

“But!” he continued a bit more excitedly. “This device collects that built up kinetic energy, and then releases it in a pulse that knocks out anyone nearby. And thanks to some special targeting mechanics taken from a mister Conagher ensures that the pulse won’t affect anyone you consider an ally.”

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Round 3, doctorgecko