The Lumberjack- A Short Fanfiction by Artistbma

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Lily didn't do the normal practicing procedures most Spiral Knights did. Lily didn't even consider herself a Spiral Knight at all. She was known to herself, and some others, as a hunter. But not a normal hunter. The "Lumberjack".

Lily was practicing driving her Avenger through hard metal. She had been practicing this and exercises like it ever since the accident. Two years before, she had been on a rescue mission with her squad. They were to save several technicians trapped in cages by gremlins.

"C'mon Aaron!" Lily called. "You're slowing us all down!"

Aaron had his hands on his knees. He was breathing deeply. "I- I'm just a little tired... Can we just take a break for a few minutes?" he asked.

Lily turned to the two other squad members. They nodded their heads and walked with Lily over to Aaron. They all sat there for a few minutes, until they heard lumbers approaching. The faint moan and creaking as they moved their gears was unmistakeable. The group of knights got up and started jogging in the direction of the noises. Lily was the rear guard. She kept looking behind them to make sure no other enemies were coming to ambush them.

She turned backward once more and immediately saw a completely black lumber with a huge axe in place of one of its arms. It looked at her with a deathly scarlet eye, peering into her soul. Then while Lily stood in shock, it lifted its non-axe arm and smashed it right into the side of her head. She fell to the grassy ground, then went unconscious.

She woke up in a hospital bed, two weeks later. She didn't remember her family, her squad, or even that she was a Spiral Knight. All she remembered was the gleaming scarlet eye and the body it had belonged to. Ever since then, Lily had been determined to find the black lumber with the red eye. Once she did, she would destroy it, and finally achieve her revenge.

Now, two years later, Lily was still trying to find the lumber, which she no longer referred to as just a "lumber", but rather as the "Lumber". Today, Lily finally thought she would be able to destroy the "Lumber" once and for all. She had tracked it to Depth 21, Jigsaw Valley, Emerald Axis II. She grabbed her gear and went to the Arcade to go into the Clockworks. She took the elevator down to Depth 21 and stepped out into Jigsaw Valley.

She immediately saw the "Lumber". It was almost as if it had sensed her presence. The creature stepped forward. It moaned extremely loudly, shaking the ground itself. Lily ran towards it, Avenger in hand. She swung her sword, and it met the "Lumber's" axe arm. She pushed as hard as he could against the strength of the mechanized tree, but to no avail. She dropped the face off and dashed around the back of the robot to swing at it from behind. Her sword made contact with its abdomen, but did little damage. She would have to do the exercise she had been practicing all morning.

Lily narrowly jumped out of the way of the "Lumber's" arm coming down to smash her. She jumped on the arm and hopped onto the creature's shoulder. She drove her Avenger through the top of its head, drilling it down through its abdomen. She retrieved her sword from the robot's remains. It seemed her sword had cut tons of wires inside of the "Lumber", causing it to power down.

Lily had finally destroyed the demonic construct that had ruined her life, and she felt good about it. Even though her main goal was finished, she wasn't going to lose her "Lumberjack" title.

She went on to kill all the lumbers in the Emerald Axis II. But she had bigger thoughts in mind. Her new goal was to get rid of every lumber in the entire Clockworks. And the odds weren't very against her.

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This idea popped into my

This idea popped into my head, and now its on your computer screen. Enjoy!

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:D

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Hexlash

;3

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Isekuube

:>

Danpixed
:')

:')

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:D

^^

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So...

You liked it?

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XD

;)

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Hexlash

:/
:o
:D
:)
:T
xD

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Playerman
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>:3

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^ lol

:P
._. -----> ^_^ -------> ^.^

:)))))))))))))D


LAWLS

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aplaws

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Isekuube
Derp. :3

In case you still can't tell, Art.

We thought it was

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Hexlash
Derp x 2 E:3

Yeah Art, just like Ise said!

It was

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Artistbma
Nuuuuuuu! Did you like it or

Nuuuuuuu!

Did you like it or not? D:

Critiques?

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Isekuube
Derp. :3

I thought the writing was very

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Sandwich-Hero
Yes, it's so _____ that I

Yes, it's so _____ that I

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Hexlash

Art, what's wrong? Don't you get it, we

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Isekuube
Derp. :3

It's absolutely

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Shotjeer

It was so _____ that I went to (Redacted).

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/emote facepalms.

/emote facepalms.

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Isekuube

/emote ...

Danpixed
wow artistbma this is so ____

wow artistbma this is so ____ but I think it should be expanded so (redacted)

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Hexlash

What's with the facepalm? We did all say that it

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Sandwich-Hero
We ___ it, but things don't

So we decided to _____ and _____ it so we can _______ again at

Danpixed
XD

seriousley artist whats wrong? Maybe you should

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Sandwich-Hero
Time to butcher up this post and my next post after

Yea, I ____ with Dan, you really should _____ just like we're all _____ now, so you ____ ______ back to your ______ _____ again. Also, ______ on this _____ please, it's ________ and I ____ to ____ more about _____

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Hexlash
If we're going to make words disappear...
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daniel radcliff?

he's a republican?

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Nechrome

C'mon Art, it's pretty _____, isn't it? IMO, it's the most _____ thing I ever ____.We all _____ and think it's absolutely ____. We said it was ____ very clearly. Is it that ____ to understand? :o

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Isekuube
Derp. :3

It's not that hard to understand, Arty. ;D

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Artistbma
So... you guys like it. Cause

So... you guys like it.

Cause otherwise you wouldn't still be posting on this thread.

Yay.

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Isekuube
Derp. :3

What would make you assume that?

We could be

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Sandwich-Hero
Eh, _____ ___ Art, you ______ it out.

Yeah, we really ____ it, it's ____ ____ we _____ ______ some _____ for ___ and ______ ON YOUR ______ FOR _________ _____ ______, I ____ to ____ some _____ about ____ and ___ _____________. ____ should be ______ _____, and I ____ you ___ __________ ____ ____ we ____ like ________ _____ for ______ to __ ________ ______ (if ___ at ___). (__;__ ____ ______ on ___ _____)

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@Sandwich Eh, good job Art,

@Sandwich

Eh, good job Art, you figured it out.

:)

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Isekuube
Derp. :3

Dang...

Oh well, at least we can

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...

One of the fanfictions I have ever read.

Danpixed
:D

guys, we should stop torturing art. I think he's getting (>-.-)>

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Isekuube
Derp. :3

I think he knows we all him.

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Sandwich-Hero
I _____ ___ can't ______ this ___

Yeah, we ____ your __________ and ___, ___ ___ ____ too _____, ______ make ____ so __ ___ ____ more, _____ ____ ____, the __________ is _____ and I ____ you ___ ______ it __ the

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Shotjeer

Party's over, guys.

Danpixed
yea

this is enough guys, artist don't take us seriously, we just

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Sandwich-Hero
Ok ok fine

I this an fanfiction, but in my opinion it's

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Xears
I expected that to be longer.

Is that pretty much it. Just go onto "The Lumber" like a zombie and strike your sword into it. I expected the fight to be a bit longer.

P.S. I'm pretty sure thousands of new lumbers are being made everyday, I'd imagine it'd be pretty tough to destroy all of them. You'd have to awake, working, laboring, killing around the clock. Also, knights aren't paying special attention to lumbers like gremlins with the elusive Darkfang Shield drop.

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One, it's a short story, not

One, it's a short story, not a book. As such, there are short scenes.

Two, I added that ending just to give the epicness factor a tune up.

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Swag IS a virtue

I LOVE IT!!! OM NOM NOM I DEVOURED THAT STORY