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Post by othus on Jul 4, 2021 2:27:25 GMT
SARA
Sarah landed and looked for Caroline, her enhanced senses barely made it in time for her to parry the knife aimed at her back using her gun, she glided back making some distance while still aiming at Caroline when she pulled the trigger. A click on the gun was heard, but no bullet came out.
"Empty already? I can't believe I didn't hit you once..."-Sara said as she looked right at Caroline. The succubus unsheathed her blade. A standard issue katana, forged by the smiths at the Yoshihara branch. It was no named blade, but it could still easily cleave a monster twice their size with ease.
Gliding right at ground level, Sara dashed towards Caroline, her being actually floating allowed her to gain far more momentum than someone fighting just on land. She spun multiple times and swung at Caroline, packing enough force to send her flying at least a couple meters should she block the attack.
NARA
"Your actions don't match your words, Haruko-san"-Nara noted as she saw the gauntlet aimed right at her.
The second Arthur had made some distance, he would notice a thin thread attached to his arm, it was directly connected to the ring Haruko had struck him with just a moment ago. Nara twitched her finger and Arthur's hand extended, creating a block of ice that intercepted Haruko's gauntlet.
"Don't try to fight this...Haruko. I already hooked your friend. see?"-Nara twitched her finger again and Arthur's own arm aimed to punch him in the face a couple times
"Besides...Musashi doesn't intend to stay on Akane's body, there is already one made for him"
AINU
"I wasn't taught the ABC's of magic like the rest of you, no....the world of magic is a never ending well of darkness, Allow me to show you!"
Right as Amelia teleported, Ainu began snapping her fingers, using her left hand, almost like marking a tempo.
"Ras,Tel,Fortis,Eloria,Atomos! Delay Teleportation!"- A magic field of a few meters wide enveloped Ainu just as Amelia's blade tore through her virtual machine right into her mid section.
The mage coughed blood, she caught the blade right at the pommel and smiled.
"Let's see if you can take as much as you can dish!"-Ainu told her as she threw a wild hook with her right gauntlet aimed straight at Amelia's face just before both crashed onto the ground
Z
"...What?!"-Ann replied at Shi's statement, She nodded at Katsuo, thanking him for the assist.
Both went again on the offense, Katsuo's attack made Z lose the footing it had, forcing the creature on one knee. Shi then proceeded to smash him further on the ground with a fog attack.
Not letting up, Ann blasted the creature with the strongest weapon in her kit, the phazon beam.
Ann's energy attack seeped into the collectors armor, making it squirm.
"It's working! let's-"
Parker's speech was interrupted, yes, the collector was starting to overheat, but that also meant his body was at max power, with its current energy level, the creature was fast enough to speeblitz Ann. decking her right in the face through her helmet, Ann flippled seven times in the air as Z kicked her into the distance, when it turned to Katsuo, the beast also dashed for him, first aiming to punch the Samurai to the ground and pummel him there until there was nothing left of his armor.
MUSASHI
Musashi dodged the attack but still, one of the needles managed to graze her cheek
"I see...at this range your spikes are pretty much impossible to predict, no wonder Akane wasn't able to dodge your attacks back then"
Musashi wiped the blood off her cheek and smiled.
"Still, that won't work twice on me. You think you can defeat me with some half assed resolution?"
"We didn't come all the way here on whim, Musashi"
Musashi turned around to see Akabane get back on her feet.
"You want resolution? I'll give it to you!"
"Virtual Machine Release-Perfect warrior"-Akabane was engulfed in light as the chrono module on her virtual machine activated, when she was back, her look was entirely different. same white hair but, the look was exactly like Akane's.
"Hoo? I see what's going on...a drifter huh?"
Akabane's pistols turned into dual blades as she dashed for Musashi
"Niten Ichi Ryu: Raijin no ha!"-Akabane's blade strike was parried by Musashi, but somehow he was being pushed back, just as the combo was finished, Akabane followed with another, and yet another.
"Jun! Let's put this asshole to sleep!"
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Post by TimePuppy on Jul 5, 2021 22:04:41 GMT
Arthur wasn't worried when his arm went limp, even having it be controlled wasn't quite that worrying, but when a wall of ice appeared without his control... Now that was worrying. But Haruko wanted to be diplomatic. He would give her a bit more time before he had to go on the offensive.
He first formed an icy armor around him so nothing else would get hooked. By controlling the ice around his arm, he was able to move it even if he couldn't control it directly. It was enough to stop himself from smashing his own face in. Nara's ability to manipulate his own ice magic meant that wouldn't be as useful, but the protection remained. He also used an ice sword in the other hand and swung it over his wound and around his arm. If she was controlling his arm with a thread, perhaps he could cut it regardless of its magical properties. --- "Apologies. I did not want to risk chipping you by hammering at his knees." Katsuo apologized to Shi. It seemed to be working though. The distraction and blasts worked. However... Z's sudden burst of speed provoked a rapid reaction from Katsuo. He unleashed perfect warrior, his armor growing to better suit his taller, buffer form. Ten seconds. He only had ten seconds where he believed he could stall Z.
-Smoke and mirror activated-
At the cost of 40 points, Katsuo gave Shi the ability to control his armor. To protect him. "Shi, I'm relying on you." With Shi worrying about defense, Katsuo initiated a counterattack at the charging Z. He raised Shi into a higher stance, spreading his ki around his body. "Man!" He swung down at his head. "Kote!" He swung his sword at Z's wrists. "Do!" A powerful stab at the torso. "Tsuki!" He attempted to slash Z's throat. "The four winds blow vigorously yet I stand firm. The wind of death is at my back./Yottsu no kaze ga ikioi yoku fuite imasuga, shikkari tatte imasu. Shi no kaze ga watashi no ushironi arimasu." An upwards slash to bisect Z. And a horizontal one as Katsuo spun around to get behind him. "Scatter./Sanran."
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Post by Vapovile on Jul 5, 2021 23:39:13 GMT
Haruko’s eyes widened when her fist construct was frozen, Nara showing that she was able to control not just Arthur’s arm, but his powers. She dispelled the fist and looked at Nara directly, taking a breath.
“I do still need to defend my friends, Nara. And that’s why I can’t let Musashi come back. What do you think he plans to do after he comes back? Did you know he already assaulted Mai’s wife?” Haruko asked, narrowing her eyes.
“Besides, Musashi himself doesn’t control this clan, Tomoe does. And I don’t think she’ll want people helping someone who hurt her daughter and daughter-in-law.” Haruko explained. “So please, Nara. Let us help the others and we can start over. I can put your membership into the seamstress guild, help you connect with the others. Can we do that, please?” Haruko asked, trying to keep the situation calm.
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Amelia’s blade stabbed straight into Ainu, searing anything it touched. Her eyes then widened when Ainu grabbed the pommel. “How are you-” She couldn’t finish her sentence when the gauntlet smashed into Amelia’s right cheek and sent her sprawling, letting go of her blade and tumbling across the ground.
When she finally came to, Amelia could feel her entire right side was swollen, and the entire side of her scalp was bleeding. Amelia shakily stood back up and glared at Ainu.
“Cheap shot...but let’s see how good that machine of yours actually is!” Amelia held out her arm and pulled the other back, engulfing her limb in flames and concentrating it toward her finger tips. She then released the long fire arrow at Ainu, which would explode outward and engulf the surrounding 7 meters in flame.
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Caroline looked at Sara unsheathe her katana, looking at her own knife with disappointment. “Aw...you sure we can’t trade? Even if you look stunning with a sword.” Caroline complemented, seeing Sara dash toward her and smash her katana into her knife, sending the doll flying backward as she felt one of her wrists dislocate.
Tumbling across the forest floor, Caroline grabbed her wrist and pulled it out, then placed it back into place with a yelp. “Oooooow...ok, you’re beautiful and strong.” Caroline said, standing back up and looking at her now-cracked knife. “Well...number two.”
Caroline placed the cracked knife in her pocket, and pulled out a similar one that she immediately ran along her tongue, dripping a vile purple-looking venom onto it. She then dashed forward and attempted to dive under Sara, attempting to slash her legs if she swung for her midsection and roll away if she got through.
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Post by HungryHunter on Jul 6, 2021 5:40:35 GMT
“Promise to sharpen me and you can chip me all you want.” Shi said, but she could no longer purr like she wanted. Things were far too intense and her voice peaked in a fearful chirp. She inhabited the pauldrons now, and she had one job. Z had tremendous power. No armor of theirs could possibly block it. All she could do was parry. Both pauldrons flashed out at the same time, pushing from the same direction. They crunched when they struck Z’s fist from the side, both pushing to deflect it. Metal crumpled and the hydraulics groaned at the force she was putting into them. She didn’t let it stop her from pushing away that one singular blow, leaving only Z’s momentum. The pauldrons lowered in preparation, and when Katsuo sidestepped, they dug into the ground to add their traction, helping to push him behind the giant. Even when he was in such danger, he swung with perfect precision. It made her heart sing to be used so masterfully. Katsuo was the greatest!
Jun had drawn blood from the world’s greatest swordsman. That now stained her own dress when the spines withdrew, pulling back as she pulled forwards. “My resolve is not some weak thing, broken like glass. I have honed it through pain and introspection for this day. Fall, Musashi.” She couldn’t afford to be distracted by Akabane; she had no idea why she looked like Akane now and she couldn’t dedicate the brainpower to figure it out. Her sword flashed out, two strikes at Akane’s open back. The first was a quick slice, a shallow cut aimed to barely slice into her back for the sole purpose of doing damage as she closed and put her curse on the body. Her second was a full-force chop coming in on the side of Akane’s shoulder. She did not have the strength to cut all the way through, and nor did she want to. She simply wanted to completely destroy her ability to use her main arm. It was the best way to make Musashi submit and figure out how to save Akane. Terror pounded at her chest at this close range, but she kept it, needing every inch she could get with her shorter arms and blade.
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Post by othus on Jul 6, 2021 22:49:26 GMT
SARAThe succubus swung at the doll, who promptly dove under her blade, managing to make a small cut onto Sara's thigh. Her entire body squirmed and her body began to have spasms, but they ceased eventually. "We play with venom quite often, you are gonna need a lot more than just a few drops if you want that to work."-Sara replied defiantly. She looked at her blade and sheathed it instead. "I can't afford much more time with you. sorry but i'm knocking you out!"-Sara's body shapeshifted into a very bottom heavy form, her legs were vastly more muscular than her upper body, her hands revealed claws that upon touch would drain the life energy of the doll. "Here I go."-Sara said as she dashed, destroying the ground below her, immediately looking to thrust her hand into the doll's mid section. ZKatsuo's Blade work and Shi's defense proved more than a match for the untamed strentgh of Z, the wild attacks of the creature were skillfully deflected as Katsuo connected every single strike with brilliant martial prowess and power behind it, the final blow pushing the alien back as it steamed completely overheated. There was no time for Z to recover, as Ann punched him back further -Doomslayer Armor, Berserker Mode! "Rest for a few seconds, Kat, we have no choice but to keep using perfect warrior"
Ann ragdolled Z as she grabbed him by the leg and smashed him against the ground, then uppercutted the creature into the air and materialized her crucible blade and slashed at the monster wildly. "It's all or nothing! Buy me 20 seconds!"-Ann told him as she positioned herself behind the samurai. -Bio Force Gun protocol activated-
-Musashi Agent Code: Ann Parker, S-1 Accepted.
-Argent Energy core loading...
-Materializing...
Parker's ultimate weapon slowly teleported in, She held the trigger and her weapon began to glow ominously as the air around was sucked into the weapon's Argent Energy Core. AINU"ARGHHHHHHH!"- Ainu screamed as the flame blast englufed her. The pillar of fire however began acting strangely "Juuuust kidding."- A black mass which had clearly replaced Ainu's arm began to consume the fire. "I suppose it is time we got serious about this..."Ainu placed her palms together and summoned her creature, a massive black serpent with metallic scales that rippled against the moonlight. "The Dark Empress Lamia...powerful, but I think we can do better"- Ainu took out a golden vial and inserted it into a syringe. "Kukuku...now, enjoy 10 times the regular dose of perfect warrior!!!"-She said as she injected the entire vial onto the creature, which developed an even more aggressive scale pattern with a dark green undertone to them. at this point, the summon was so big it was visible from almost every point in the island. "AHAHAHAHA! HOW'S THIS! THE ULTIMATE SUMMON IS MINE TO COMMAND! However...this isn't nearly enough, no, it won't do! Iris Onee-sama! Watch closely!"
Ainu took out yet another vial, this time it was a much smaller one. instead of having the gold color, it was a vanta black like substance. "You all made a mistake coming to our home turf. Perfect warrior is made out of synthesized lower shinto blood...but what If I used the blood of a major shinto? This is my life's work. Izanami's blood synthesized through the perfect warrior formula!" "Perfect Warrior...Noir!"Ainu's body twisted incomprehensively, her entire body dried up and was swallowed in darkness. A dark figure with long hair emerged, The Avatar of Death. There was now a tangible presence of Izanami on Earth, the total power output of it: 1%Kagura and Yoru stopped on their tracks as they felt the presence. The Fire Shinto trembled "...Mother?" NaraThe second Arthur tried hacking into the thread, he would feel immesurable pain all over his body, Nara moved Arthur's arm out of harm's way almost immediately after "Be careful with that...I could pull every fiber inside your body from this one string..."
She considered her options, and looked at the battlefield. That new form of Ainu...even she was feeling chills. "Your friend with the red hair is gonna die...I don't want to be a part of that"-She said as she undid the thread that was binding Arthur. "Go. I may be a killer, but this is not under my contract" MusashiMusashi spun and deflected both Jun and Akabane's attack, He looked at the battlefield and laughed, he could feel it, the presence of a myriad of strong warriors, and this was just one island! "HAHAHAH! This is what I live for! But now, It's time for the climax!"
The Machine set up on top of the pyramid glowed green. Musashi took out a soul stone and before either could react he crushed it. Akane's body colapsed right in that moment. Akabane quickly made her way to Akane "Akane! are you alright?!"
Akane was breathing, but she was not responding. "So...I guess that's what happens when you leave the body with her still sealed inside. I feel bad for Akane, but I had to get my body"
A young figure stepped out of the capsule "Tch, even with accelerated aging, we barely got to this stage? And white hair? must be a side effect of the cloning process... Well no matter, this is more than enough for now"Musashi extended his hands and both Kaneshige and the Kusanagi no Tsurugi flew to his hands. "Alright ladies, shall we continue where we left?! I won't feel satisfied until both Akanes are down"-He replied with a psychotic grin
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Post by Vapovile on Jul 7, 2021 1:25:25 GMT
Watching Sara shift her body into a more bottom-heavy one, Caroline twirled her knife between her fingertips. "Aw, are you sure? You're a lovely person to play with." She winked, but knew all her flirting was futile. When Sara came dashing forward, Caroline whipped her own body like a snake strike to the right, grazing past the stab and aiming to slash her knife across Sara's arm. Her eyes then widened when Sara's arm whipped back and grabbed her leg.
Sara twisted back forward and stabbed her hand forward, impaling Caroline's entire torso on her arm. Surprisingly though...no blood came out. Only a clear, fluffy material. Caroline let out a yelp of pain...then smiled.
"I guess you didn't know I was a doll, did you?" Caroline grinned and aimed to stab her knife deep into Sara's chest, and diving forward to sink her fangs into Sara's neck. She knew it was a matter of time before the succubus aura would make her totally passive. She aimed to release as much venom as possible before slumping backwards, the energy drain now taking its toll on her body. "All up to you now...assistant." She muttered, body going limp.
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Amelia’s jaw dropped when Ainu summoned the dark serpent, then managing to make it somehow more terrifying. The towering serpent god loomed over them...while Ainu herself transformed into something resembling Death itself. Amelia stared on in disbelief at what she faced down.
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Haruko smiled when Nara released Arthur, briefly looking him over to make sure he was fine before floating next to the assassin.
“Thank you, Nara. I look forward to talking with you tonight about your membership.” She then turned to Arthur. “Diplomacy is a good option sometimes, ya know?” She winked at Arthur and skated over to meet up with Amelia.
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Siding up to the fire mage, Haruko stared at the approaching Ainu. “What did she do…?” Haruko asked in horror. Amelia shook her head. “She...injected something and became...THAT!” She pointed at the figure before her. A chill ran down Amelia’s spine. They were all going to die.
Haruko looked at Ainu, then the snake. She then turned Amelia around to look her in the eyes.
“Look, we can do this, ok? We all came this far, and are about to save the world from these monsters. What do you think Caroline would say right now?” Haruko asked, giving a warm smile. Amelia stared for several seconds, then gave a small chuckle.
“She...would say to keep going no matter what. And then probably hug m-” At that moment, Amelia was pulled into a hug by Haruko.
“Sorry if I’m a bad substitute, but it’s the best we can do right now. So how about we take these guys down, and you can relax with her the rest of the evening?” Haruko broke the hug, giving a smile once more.
Amelia broke away and held her right arm in the air, looking back at Haruko. “Thank you...that meant a lot. I’ll deal with the snake...you two try to deal with her. I don’t know how long I can last, but I’m going to give it my all!” Amelia flashed a thumbs up at Haruko, who returned the gesture.
“O beast of greed and justice, hear my call. Come forth and bring light with your sacred flame! It is in this dire hour I call for your assistance...Slifer!”
A thunderclap shook the area, and a dark scaly black serpent-like dragon descended from the sky, its underbelly lined with dark maroon scales that reflected the light coming off the fires that had erupted from the nearby trees. It was held in the air by 2 pairs of thin black wings, its head housing two large mouths stacked on top of each other. Above the mouths were 2 sets of dark red eyes, looking across at the monster Ainu summoned. The beast let out a tremendous roar that shook the nearby area, staring it down.
Amelia waved to the others and teleported on top of Slifer’s scaly head, patting the beast’s back. “I’m sorry for doing this...but we have no choice.” Amelia said softly. The dragon growled and began to circle the gigantic serpent that was larger than itself.
“Now, stay out of its range and hit it with your Eruption!” Amelia commanded, Slifer raising its head up and blasting a wide beam of fire directly at the serpent, flames far hotter than Amelia’s ever could be. Amelia breathed heavily, Slifer’s mere presence draining a considerable amount of mana with each second the beast was out.
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Waving back to the teleporting Amelia, Haruko put her hands on her hips and looked at Arthur. “Imagine that, we’re the ones dealing with something this terrifying. Be careful out there, ok? And try to keep up.” Haruko stuck out her tongue, and turned her full attention to Ainu.
She skated backwards, holding up her arms and summoning 10 neon pink saw blades that began to spin. She commanded them to converge upon Ainu, rebounding across the scenery to try and make it as difficult as possible for them to predict, while still keeping them out of Arthur’s path.
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"Oooooooooooo..." Iris said with interest, floating forward to get a better look of Ainu's transformation. She took out her phone covered in a pink rabbit case, and snapped a few pictures. "I'm watching! I'm so glad this was a success." She said, returning to her laid-back position. This project had been Ainu's focus for as long as Iris cared to remember, so seeing it worked lit a small spark of joy in herself. She stared in a position that would allow her to watch both the serpent fight and Ainu's without turning her head, curious to see how strong this form is.
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Post by TimePuppy on Jul 9, 2021 21:42:45 GMT
20 seconds... Katsuo was almost out of Perfect warrior as is. He had to use the last few seconds wisely, buy as much time with that as he could. He kicked at the creature's stomach to knock him over. If successful, he'd stomp on it and stab down with Shi, just before perfect warrior ran out and soreness spread through his body. But even if he succeeded, he knew pinning Z down wouldn't work for 20 whole seconds. Especially when he was distracted by the sudden terrifying presence he felt nearby. He turned to watch the monstrosity entering the world with a terrified expression, hoping, screaming inside, wishing with all his might that she doesn't notice him. --- Arthur wasn't sure how he felt about Nara's concern for Amelia after the pain he just felt and her threat of ripping out his nervous system... But he wasn't stupid enough to complain. Instead he just said "Thanks" when she gave him back his arm. Through the tradeoff was going to a different fight... Ainu... She was suddenly far more powerful than she was basically just hours ago. And as if that wasn't enough, glancing at the fight against Musashi showed it too was getting more complicated.
"Oh, it's great. Luckily at least she was willing to listen to you," he told Haruko in response to her diplomacy comment.
Haruko helped Amelia up, both physically and in terms of moral. "Oh, you sure you want to imitate the snek? She's probably not the best role model for your kids, you know. Might corrupt them into being all... Fun." He playfully punched Haruko before turning to face the snake and Ainu. He was grateful for Amelia's offer to take care of the snake. Especially when she summoned a giant monster of her own. Jenifer had shown him her summons, but he had to admit Amelia's was far more impressive. He wasn't sure how long they would last, but he was happy to leave the snake and the fire dragon duke it. Instead, he focused on Ainu. No, Izanami.
"Heh, we've seen worse. At least this chick isn't breathing fire. Yet." Arthur grinned at Haruko. He added to Haruko's saw blades with ice shards flying at Izanami from random directions. Using them as a distraction, he ran toward Izanami. At the last second he jumped to the side, onto an ice wall, and kicked off of that behind Izanami. Usually he would have another wall to hit the enemy straight in the back, but he wasn't crazy. He wasn't gonna stick close to something this scary willingly! Instead he attacked as he flew past her, swinging a sword in each hand like scissor blades, one aimed at her waist and the other at her neck, then hopefully just keeping his momentum until he landed at a safe distance.
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Post by HungryHunter on Jul 11, 2021 4:11:21 GMT
“No no no!” Shi yelled when Ann asked them to guard her. “Katsuo, we can’t!” She was absolutely certain of this, but Katsuo was giving her no options. She concentrated, pulling her fog in to make structures as strong as she could. She tried to wrap around Z in dozens of bands, piercing each deep into the earth to root him in place. “Run if he breaks free.” She begged Katsuo.
“Akane!” Jun was already on her front foot, and she sprang easily to catch her before she hit the hard floor. She felt a heartbeat, but shaking her did nothing to wake her. “Sealed?” She didn’t quite understand what Musashi meant, but she did know one thing now. “You should have stayed where you were.” She growled, hooking her empty hand into bladed claws. “Because now I can tear you apart without hurting her any further.” She couldn’t let him keep his distance and attack from outside of her range. She rushed him at top speed, fully-scaled hand out to deflect his first attack, letting her close and hack into his body at close range.
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Post by othus on Jul 12, 2021 3:57:52 GMT
Sara's eyes widened, she was still concious?! Just as the knife went towards her, she focused her orgone energy at the center of her chest, fully repelling the blade attack. However, she wasn't anticipating that Caroline would bite into her. Her whole body tensed as venom flowed into her system, she pulled away as Caroline went limp, but she knew the doll had done more than enough to incapacitate her.
"I...guess we'll call it a draw"-She said as she walked for long enough to faint behind a nearby tree.
Caroline VS Sara: Draw
Katsuo pinned down Z and Shi assisted by binding the creature, but they would both notice the Raian was now on a completely different tier. The collector tore through Shi's bindings and reached for Katsuo, completely ignoring the attacks, the creature went for a headbutt and then would proceed to try and smash the Samurai against the ground with enough force to shatter it. In the meantime, Ann's weapon was already charged halfway through, She knew what she had asked was unreasonable, but only unreasonable would overcome these odds.
"Tear me apart? Do you have any idea how many times I've heard that? Allow me to teach you why they call me The Unrivaled"-Musashi replied with a smile.
As Jun moved forward to close the distance, Musashi hopped backwards, slicing with the totsuka blade as the weapon materialized in front of her time and time again, looking to repel the assault. Heavy waves of blades that would split a boulder with utter ease came crashing onto her.
Akabane did not waste any time and, while he was busy with Jun, circled Musashi to his back, ambushing him while Jun took the brunt of Musashi’s assault.
"You are mine! Niten Ichi Ryu: Blade of the raging demon!"-She exclaimed as she swung at the Unrivaled.
Akabane's strike somehow hit metal, not only that, she had been parried and her eyes couldn't follow the event. A diagonal pattern formed all the way from her mid section up to the shoulder, bypassing her iron skin and drawing an alarming ammount of blood.
"Shin Niten Ichi Ryu: Ten o Saku"-Musashi replied as he sheathed the totsuka blade.
“For an opponent like you, I don’t even need both blades”-He replied as Akabane went down on her knees. What was that skill?! Furthermore, despite the perfect warrior being active, she was not healing?
“Surprised? Not even Mai can heal properly from my attacks. the way I see it, you are already dead”
Musashi looked at Jun and readied his blade yet again.
“You are next”
The Unrivaled gathered Ki around his body and rushed against Jun, aiming to strike her with an open palm right onto her midsection, he would then throw a kick aimed at her temple and end by thrusting his blade right at Jun's solar plexus.
The Emperor Snake twisted its body in pain as Slifer blasted it with heat, but the creature was ready to retaliate, going for a bite at the Sky dragon's body while it violently trashed the landscape, the Lamia looked to drag her enemy and smash it against one of the pyramids in the process.
Ainu was struck by every single attack, just as the entire set of blades dug into her body, she charged an attack aimed at the Gem girl. Black energy concentrated at the tip of her finger and just as she released the blast, Arthur came down with his blades, altering the trajectory, sending the energy towards one of the pyramids which was instantly vaporized. Everyone on the island would feel the shockwave of the attack.
Ainu’s body absorbed the energy blades and slowly regenerated. Eyes began to appear all over her body, all focusing directly on the duo. Ominous light signaled the advent of an attack. A myriad of lasers that looked to slice both The Gem girl and the Ice mage into pieces.
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Post by Vapovile on Jul 12, 2021 8:59:32 GMT
Despite feeling pain from Slifer's fire, it still lunged at them with surprising speed, biting into the dragon's body and thrashing it around, Amelia barely able to hang on. Slifer was violently slammed into one of the pyramids, throwing Amelia off and sending her crashing into the trees, slamming against a trunk and feeling the world go black for several seconds.
"Nnngh..." She slowly stirred. Slifer was slowly flying back up into the air, showing how strong of a beast it was. But Amelia was nearly out of mana at this point. Her eyes then widened when she saw a dreaded message appear in her vision, written in alternating black and yellow font.
Danger: Signal Lost
Caroline had linked a spell with Amelia; if she ever felt in danger, Caroline could subtly activate the spell and Amelia would know. But it also was linked to her body. If Caroline lost consciousness, it would also trigger the spell.
"No..." Amelia gazed out at the war going on before her. The countless agents fighting the Ono-ha in the distance. Katsuo and Ann fighting the titan nearby. Jun and Akabane fighting the legendary warrior himself. A nearby pyramid exploding from a single attack the devil that was Ainu produced...and Caroline maybe dead to the hands of that succubus. Amelia could feel tears descending down her face as the hopelessness set in.
But then Haruko's words came to her. “Look, we can do this, ok? We all came this far, and are about to save the world from these monsters. What do you think Caroline would say right now?”
"...To not give up...my lovely assistant..." Amelia answered, picturing Caroline's reassuring face. Her mind then drifted to her boyfriend Armand, no doubt worried about her on this mission. The image of Ainu's satanic form destroying his bistro flashed before Amelia's mind, destroying the man whom finally accept who she was. She then saw a vision of Alexis standing next to her, summoning her giant summon Birdzilla and flying straight into danger...even at the cost of her own life.
Letting out a sigh, Amelia stood back on her feet and wiped away her tears. Looking down, she summoned a large snail-like creature that held a flaming cauldron on its back. Amelia kneeled down to face it.
"Hey...this may be the last time we ever talk. So I just wanted to say I love you...and thank you for helping me in all these battles." Amelia leaned over and kissed the front of the snail in a dry stony spot, the creature looking at her with a concerned expression before Amelia desummoned it. She then looked toward the sky...and teleported back onto Slifer's head.
"Slifer...I'm sorry to put you through all this. I...don't know if I can survive this battle, so I wanted to let you know that I love you, and thanks for helping me in all of these titanic fights." She reached down and hugged the top of Slifer's scaly head, planting a kiss on top of him too. She then glared at the snake.
"I'm going to put everything I have left into this last strike...so I hope you will too." Slifer let out a seething roar in response, clearly also motivated. Smiling, Amelia held her hand up and sent both of them flying high into the sky. Amelia relished the cool air sailing past her hair. She didn't get to summon Slifer often, but the occasional times she was able to fly through the sky with him were magical. Once the island below was but a rock, Amelia leveled the beast off.
"Let's go, Slifer! Our ultimate finisher!" Amelia yelled, holding on tight as the dragon broke into a rapid dive back toward Earth, twisting into a corkscrew as it descended. Its scales glowed white hot, making even Amelia hold her breath when all the oxygen was being burned away before she could breathe. She pumped all the mana she had left into Slifer, storing a tremendous amount of energy in his body and making the creature look more akin to a meteor approaching than a dragon.
This is for my father, sister, Aiden, Ashlea, Alexis, Caroline, and Armand! Return to the Hell from where you crawled out of! FINAL GAMBIT!!!
The terrifying meteor dragon would attempt to crash into the snake, using its drill-like momentum to pierce some of its hide on the way down, before exploding into an inferno that exploded outwards like a bomb. Nearby trees were ripped out of the ground, or vaporized entirely. The resulting column of smoke could be seen all the way around the island.
Slifer was nowhere to be seen though, having disappeared after releasing all that energy at once. Amelia herself was thrown far from the area, her body now ghostly pale and most of the leotard destroyed. She crashed against the mountain that they had previously liberated from the ice dragon, landing in a pile of snow on the ground. She could only stare up at the sky, motionless.
...I'm so sorry for being selfish...Armand... Amelia thought, before drifting off into darkness.
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“Oh no, she absorbs energy too!” Haruko called out in fear. So her gem girl form was going to be useless here? Her thoughts went blank when the seamstress saw the attack meant for them exploded against a pyramid, vaporizing it.
Haruko stared in awe at the destruction. “Arty...please be careful.” Haruko said in an uncharacteristically afraid tone. When she saw the laser attack being charged, Haruko exploded in a flash of light, aiming to throw Ainu’s aim off by reducing herself back to her smaller stature. She would then transform back and skate away as fast as she could.
“How do we hurt this girl?!” Haruko asked, attempting to use a cone-shaped construct to dig up a large boulder near Ainu and smash it down onto the mage, seeing that her constructs themselves provide little help. Her attention was briefly taken by a nearby gigantic explosion, with a figure flying off into the distance.
“Amelia!!!” Haruko yelled out. She couldn’t see what became of the snake, but she couldn’t keep her attention away from this dark god for even a few seconds if she wanted to survive.
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Post by TimePuppy on Jul 16, 2021 13:48:29 GMT
Katsuo's perfect warrior expired just as Z grabbed the swordsman. The headbutt rattled him and he couldn't defend against being picked up and smashed into the ground. Katsuo felt blood filling his mouth. Just the armor wasn't enough to protect from the force and the aftershock of perfect warrior was hitting him hard too. Shi wanted Katsuo to run. He wanted to as well. But he was too weak to do even that right now. And... he couldn't abandon his post.
-Perfect warrior activated-
Round 2. This was a dangerous gambit. he wouldn't be walking away from this fight, but at least he might stay alive. He would stay alive.
Recovering rapidly from his injuries, Katsuo grabbed hold of the arm holding him and twisted his body to wrap his legs around Z's neck and underarm. He used his weight to try and pull Z to the ground with him and control his wrist, trying to pin Z into a juji-gatame, the classic armbar.
--- Arthur whistled at the devastation Ainu's attack produced. She definitely lived up to the power promised by the grandeur of the transformation. Arthur was glad he diverted it from Haruko. But how long could they last if this was the kind of power she could produce? No, it doesn't matter how long they can last. They just need to beat her down faster. But...
Arthur hopped back when the multitude eyes started glowing, and used the distance to dodge around the lasers more easily. He jumped, weaved and twisted around them, returning fire with some shards aimed at the eyes. Distract her. Stun her. Let Haruko try her attack and Arthur would follow up by jumping above Ainu Noir and forming a thick, heavy guillotine to try and push into her.
"Ruko, think your spotlights could weaken her? We need to try everything we've got!"
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Post by HungryHunter on Jul 16, 2021 23:58:42 GMT
“Kat, no…” When Katsuo activated perfect warrior once more, she could feel his body screaming. If he just used it to run away, maybe it would be fine, but he insisted on continuing. All she could do was make sure he didn’t die trying. Her fog was in tatters from Z breaking free, so her abilities were limited. Instead of focusing on anything grand, she placed all of her fog in one line, linking Z’s hand and chest. It would act like a stick used to straighten a broken limb, hopefully keeping Z from bending his limb free.
Jun’s scales prevented her from immediately losing her arm, but the force of the blows battered her scales to pieces, and more than one finger was outright shattered, falling in glassy chunks to the ground. She felt nothing, she realized dimly. Either the Shattered One or her adrenaline was keeping pain far away. The force still kept her at bay, preventing her from closing in on her opponent. Then he decided to turn his full attention to her. It was a revelation when he threw a hand to strike her. She realized what she had to do. There was no time to move, but the Shattered One caused spikes to erupt from her body right where his fist was landing, hopefully scoring retaliation, even as they shattered away and the wind was driven from her.
She wasn’t sure how she dodged the kick to her head, whether she just slumped from the impact of the first attack or if her spiritual guide moved her, but she felt her hair ruffle as Musashi’s foot sailed overhead. Then she was stabbed. Her off-kilter alignment with Musashi prevented it from striking her spine, but that was little comfort when she was still impaled. Her broken scales did nothing to impede the blade’s path through her, and even without pain, there was a terrible feeling of wrongness, a void through her. Her primary sword clattered to the ground, and her greatsword emerged from its pocket dimension, only to sheathe itself on her back as soon as the sword withdrew.
She had realized the way. She couldn’t beat him in swordplay, so it was time to switch over. The greatsword changed into its true form, feeding on her own blood, and Jun slid into a new stance. Glass Devil. What had let her evenly match Akane before, now with the added bonus of the greatsword’s power. Her first strike was a chop, her hand sharpened into an axe-like weapon. That was just to give Musashi pause, make him move away or block. Her true attack came when she sprang from the ground, launching a spinning kick. Her toes were warhammer like claws, her shin sharpened along its front edge. She wanted to take the top of his head clean off.
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Post by othus on Jul 17, 2021 4:22:35 GMT
Katsuo's perfect warrior along with Shi's leverage managed to keep the collector's arm straight and in place, even causing small fissures on its armor. the creature however slowly began to stand up even with the samurai attached to his arm. It was at this point that Ann rushed the creature and tackled it with the BFG, lifting the creature upwards with the muzzle of the weapon. She nodded at Katsuo, signaling him to let go of the Raian.
"Say your prayers, motherfucker"
Ann pulled the trigger and a stream of Argent Energy burst out of the weapon, had it been shot horizontally, it would have vaporized everything in its wake, alas, Ann had pointed upwards, sending the collector flying off into the distance. Being already at its limit, the odds of the creature surviving such an attack were slim to none.
Ann's weapon disappeared and she herself began to fade into nothing.
"Well, shit...looks like this is as far as I go...my respawn point was at Mai's house. I'll try to get back here ASAP but, the rest is up to you guys..."-She said as she looked at the pyramid, the virtual warrior disappeared off the island.
ANN AND KATSUO VS Z: VICTORY
Amelia and Slifer shattered the earth with a mighty roar as the Lamia was consumed in flames, not even perfect warrior's regen was a match for the ultimate flame magic. The Island shook and, in an instant, the fight was over. Pieces of the creature flew in the air and turned to ash as they landed on the ground. Amelia had done the impossible, she surpassed the odds on determination and willpower alone. As the fire mage fell to the ground, Nara broke her fall, catching her mid air.
She set her next to Sara and Caroline, who, althought unconcious, had been patched up. She closed her eyes and felt the presence of the other groups in the battlefield.
"Looks like that battle is over as well...The samurai is next"-She said as she dashed towards Katsuo's location.
AMELIA VS AINU: DEFEAT
Arthur managed to damage one of the eyes and the creature squirmed, Haruko followed right away with a boulder, crushing the mage against the ground. For a moment, there was silence, but the boulder shattered in a million pieces.
Ainu, or what was left of her in that moment, reacted to her summon getting killed. The insane ammount of mana that maintained such a creature went back to its owner making her regain control over the perfect warrior Noir. Darkness took form and Ainu smiled.
"kukuku...So this is the power of a God"- She said as the mantle of darkness took the form of an Armor, eyes still moving around it
"Oh,Arthur I am so glad you are here...now that I have reached this level, not only you, the Ono-Ha, Musashi and everyone in this island will die!"
The mage pointed upwards at Haruko and Arthur, pulling both of her hands together as a dangerous ammount of energy gathered in front of her
"Behold! The ultimate level of the arcane! TRUE MAGIC: BRAHMASTRA!"
Magic circles of unknown incantations piled on top of each other as Ainu's magic fired. A ray of entropy that deleted anything it touched was fired at them. Regardless of outcome, the beam would fly past the planet's atmosphere and into space in a matter of seconds. Ainu was full of herself, but she had a reason to be.
"JUN!!"-Akabane's eyes widened when she got stabbed, the shattered one activated her ultimate skill and Musashi tried to pull back to no avail, he blocked the first strike and bent backwards in an attempt to dodge Jun's kick, and for a second, he seemingly did so.
"You bitch..."-Blood filled Musashi's mouth as Jun managed to slit his throat. As the Unrivaled dropped Kaneshige, Akabane rushed at him with all the strenght she had left.
"This is the end for you!"-She lounged at him and paid him back, slashing the man in the mid section. The warrior however, was not ready to fall, and as Akabane readied the next strike, he stabbed trought her heart
Smoke began to ooze out of Musashi's wounds as they slowly began to close. the unrivaled laughed with Akabane still impaled on his weapon.
"HahAhaHahA!! Regeneration?! this body is invincible! Too bad, Akane,Jun! This is over for the two of you."
Akabane held the blade with one hand and spat blood at Musashi, her body returning to her normal form.
"This...wont be the end of our story..."-She replied as she reached for her pocket.
Musashi's eyes widened. A soul stone?! Before he could do anything about it, Akabane crushed it with her hand and her body went limp. The soul in her body had escaped, but it had one clear destination:
-Virtual Machine no.2 online-
Musashi turned around and frowned, he knew exactly what Akabane had done.
"To think you came all the way here for me...Jun!" Akane extended her hands and both versions of Kaneshige flew to her hand. she wiped tears of her face and fierce eyes stared down at the unrivaled.
"MUSASHI! You wont walk away alive from this. For all you did to the ones I love...you will die here!"
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Post by Vapovile on Jul 17, 2021 19:41:43 GMT
When Arthur’s attack struck one of Ainu’s eyes, Haruko immediately took note of its writhing. Was there actually a way to hurt this demonic being? Before she could say anything, Arthur began to speak.
“Everyone? And here I thought you were only anti-deity,” Arthur said. “Are you sure you’re really the one in control of all that power?” Not that it mattered if she was. She wanted him gone regardless, and she was preparing a very big attack. Not liking the sound of something called Brahmastra, the ultimate nuke from Indian myth, Arthur grabbed Haruko while Ainu charged up her attack and flew as fast to the side as he could to get them out of the blast zone.
The attack ripped through the air like a railgun, incinerating anything in its path and creating a zone of low pressure that was quickly filled in, swirling the air violently around them. Haruko was fortunately pulled away by Arthur, feeling the heat coming from the blast against her skin was painful itself. Haruko turned to Arthur and began to whisper.
“Thanks for the assist, Frosty. Tell me, do you pay attention to those games Cosmina and Loveline play all the time? The one with the guy in the green tunic?” Haruko asked.
“Uh, yeah?” Arthur asked, confused why she was bringing it up now.
Haruko smirked. “Then you know what I think her weakness is. Did you notice she writhed a little when you hit that eye? I think it’s about time I started this dance party. Mind giving me some frosted tips?” Haruko asked, digging into her pocket.
Arthur looked at her again with more confusion. Then she pulled out a knife. Arthur grinned. “I like the way you think, Ruko.”
Looking at Ainu, Haruko began to slide toward the mage like an ice skater. “I don’t know why you want to destroy everything, but I do know that channeling evil gods is generally a sign someone’s not a good person. So how about we stop letting you dictate this dance party?” Haruko waved her arm in a sideways motion, forming an array of neon pink knives in a circular pattern.
“I know I may be a little out of my depth with you godly beings, but Arty and I have beaten seemingly impossible stuff in the past.” Haruko continued to form her knives, skating along the air to not stay in one place and make Ainu pay attention to her.
While she did that, a frosty fog passed over the knives she left in her wake, leaving some ice on their tips. A special surprise for anything struck by the knives. Haruko clenched her hand and sent the storm of knives toward Ainu. They seemed random at first, the knives flying around the area like deadly insects, but most soon routed to their targets; the eyes on Ainu’s body.
Haruko danced as the knives sailed past her and looped around, kicking her leg up and letting two pass to the sides of her leg. She then jumped up and did a ballerina twirl, sending several knives careening toward Ainu from her body, holding the last one between her fingers.
“Annnnnnnd, finale!” Haruko sent the remaining knives toward Ainu’s eyes, tossing the knife in her hands and waving to Arthur.
“Soooo...I might have used up all my power there. See you at the bottom, Frosty!” She gave the frost mage a wink and used the last of her power to get close enough to the ground that she could roll across without injury, now in normal form.
The knives would sink into whatever they struck, letting Arthur take over for part 2. The ice on the tips would suddenly expand inside Ainu, cutting deeper and wider like swords growing inside of her. If the god can be hurt, they can be felled. Even if it’s a death by a thousand cuts.
Arthur landed next to Haruko, watching for the result of that attack. “I sure hope that’s enough then. If we can’t beat her together…” He glanced at the crater Amelia’s attack against just the snake made. ”...I think we’re gonna need to turn tail and run.”
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Floating next to the row of bodies, Iris briefly looked them over to study their injuries. "My my, that was impressive Amelia. And that power didn't even come from hatred this time." She said softly. Her eyes then fell upon Sara and Caroline, Iris nodding her head. "I was sure the demon would have won this fight, but perhaps I didn't give her enough credit. This one was based on my favorite doll." She giggled a few times at the thought.
Glancing out toward the battlefield, Iris teleported herself next to Nara and began to float alongside the assassin.
"So...what'cha doin? I know you're more than capable...have you decided to change professions, hm? No judgements here, I don't work for the Musashi. If you ask some people, I don't work at all." Iris asked, interlocking her hands and resting the back of her head on top, crossing her legs as she floated along.
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Post by TimePuppy on Jul 18, 2021 18:51:21 GMT
Katsuo strained all his muscles to try and keep the alien beast down, but even in his empowered state Z was able to resist. Ann's signal couldn't have come sooner. He let go of the Raian and stumbled back in pain. He crumpled to his knees, not even seeing the alien being blown away. He turned off perfect warrior and the pain was unbearable. His whole body felt like it was on fire.
He wanted to go assist Akane directly. But he couldn't. His muscles throbbed and refused to move. But there was another reason. A pleasant wind, holding him down. "It's... Okay... Shi... I won't... Move..." He relaxed. Tried to. The pain wasn't leaving. But his consciousness at least started slipping. The last thing he was aware of was someone approaching him. But was it a friend or a foe?
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Post by HungryHunter on Jul 20, 2021 2:15:25 GMT
“Oh, Kat…” Shi’s remnants came down as a comforting blanket, wrapping under and around him to guard his body from the hard ground. “We won. He’s gone now. We just need to lay low until this is all over.” She gave him a pillow and manifested the very faintest of bodies to look over him. “Sleep, Kat. We’ll be safe soon.”
Blood dripped down Jun’s leg. Not her own. Her own was flowing freely into her bloodthirsty blade, slowly draining her. Only fair that she open up Musashi’s veins as well. Then Musashi began to heal. Jun felt her heart fall into her stomach and begin to dissolve. Her blood loss would take her down in a few minutes, there was no way around that. If Musashi could heal himself, then she was making this race of attrition on a treadmill. Hope dangled on a thread when Akabane kept up the pressure, but her will faltered when her companion on the battlefield was lost. Her knees buckled. “Akane… I’m sorry.” Jun could barely keep herself standing. Until Akane stood up. “What? How…” She worried that blood loss and heat was causing her to hallucinate. Maybe it didn’t matter. “Fight alongside me… Akane.” She flew into close quarters once more, kicking low to slice at Musashi’s legs with her sharp shins before flicking out her arm in a series of flicker chops at his chest and neck.
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Post by othus on Jul 20, 2021 3:36:30 GMT
When Iris teleported Nara immediately flipped in the air and took a feral position, much akin to that of a wild cat threatened by a larger creature. Her fight or flight response kicked in to the highest degree as she doned black gauntlets with red strings hovering around her, it took her more than a moment to notice Iris held no hostile intent and the asassin held her breath in an attempt to control it.
"What are you..."
Nara had stopped for a moment, but she quickly resumed her pace. sseeing she was most likely not gonna get rid of Iris she finally answered.
"I was born an asassin, and will always be one. one day, I will have a killer's death. That being said, I choose to be selfish this time...I want also to be a seamstress, and I will become one"
Nara reached Katsuo, and noticed the mist around him. She pulled silk white strings and immobilized the warrior from a distance, then skillfully pulled him towards her, catching the man gently on her back.
"Good. He is still alive. I will stabilize him once I get him with the others...later."- She told Iris while she moved back to her safe zone.
Dozens of knives flew in Ainu's direction, the ones that landed right on target made the mage squirm wildly in pain, slowly but surely, all of the eyes began to close while Arthur's ice expanded inside the wounds, skewering her from the inside, the armor began to lose form and moved more like a separate organic being now.
Ainu removed the knives off her eyes and panted.
"You...have no idea what you have done..."
The black mass that once acted as armor for Ainu dettached from her, leaving the mage naked and blind on the floor. More and more eyes began to appear as the creature multiplied, making copies of itself and growing in size. Ominous clouds gathered on the island, blocking the morning light. The dark creature began to grow more and more, threatening to swallow the entire island...
Musashi looked at the sky, the eyes of a monster with fangs as big as mountains that threatened to devour the entire island were above them.
"Do you not get it?! This is exactly why I must be back. If you had it your way, things like this would run amok. Akane!"
Akane looked above, but her eyes were set on the Unrivaled.
"The world doesn't need a psychopath who cannot tell friend from foe. we will deal with that the same way we always have. Together!! Let's go, Jun!"-Akane followed after her friend, the strikes of the shattered one fired, the first one making the unrivaled jump, movement that was quickly intercepted by Akane in the air who swung down on him, putting him back on Jun's range.
A flash of blood came out of the unrivaled's chest as Jun slashed his chest and pierced his shoulder, he jumped back but Akane was already onto him.
"I won't let you regenerate, fall!"- Akane's pair of Kaneshige blades slahed the unrivaled's chest further again.
"Even Kaneshige has abandoned you. The moment you betrayed the dokkodo, you became unworthy of her!"
"Whore...you dare lecture me?!"-Musashi said enraged, he pushed back Akane and sheathed his blade.
"Do your worst!"-Akane defiantly replied, sheathing her blades as well, both dashing towards the other.
-Perfect warrior -Super perfect warrior!
"Niten Ichi Ryu No Ougi: Go Rin No Ha!"
"Niten Ichi Ryu No Ougi: Go Rin No Ha!"
Akane and Musashi swung at each other at speeds only the gods could track. wounds began to open on both ends, however Musashi's kept closing at far greater speed.
"JUN!!"
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Post by Vapovile on Jul 20, 2021 4:52:13 GMT
Nara’s reaction made Iris tilt her head with curiosity, but soon realized what this emotion was. It was one she was too accustomed to receiving; fear. Iris gave a light giggle when Nara asked what she was.
“Just a girl who seeks purpose through knowledge. Hope you don’t mind me tagging along, miss.” Iris said in a childlike tone, but with a strange monotone that betrayed the innocence being attempted. Her eyes were almost lifeless with their expression, akin to staring into an abyss.
She floated alongside Nara and nodded when she began to explain. “I see, I see...suppose we should all follow our passions, whatever they may be. Even Ainu took that to heart…” Iris commented, looking at the black mass seeping off Ainu’s body and leaving her without an arm entirely.
“I guess this is where we part ways. Please give my regards to Akane or Musashi, whomever survives. Ciao~” With a wave, Iris teleported next to Ainu and looked down at the mage, giving a small smile.
“I think we can call your experiment a success, buuuuuut might need some further study.” Iris poked a finger to Ainu’s cheek.
"Yes...I suppose I am not back to square one. You think I could come with you? I feel the Musashi won't be too happy with my experiment."
Seeing how Ainu was blinded, Iris’s right hand glowed with light blue magical energy as she projected an image directly into Ainu’s brain. It showed herself reaching down and lifting her student’s body off the ground, giving another small toothless smile down.
“Why do you think I came over here? Nope, you have some potential to reach, my star student.” Levitating Ainu so she was held up with her left hand, Iris snapped her right fingers and teleported both of them far away.
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“...whoa.” Was all Haruko could say when the strange blob began to multiply at a rapid rate, growing more eyes than ever. She glanced over to the side and saw a row of bodies laying on the ground, Nara adding Katsuo’s to the line. A feeling of relief spread across Haruko’s body.
“Thank you, Nara…” She muttered, then turned her attention back to the encroaching mass. She let out a sigh and patted Arthur on the shoulder.
“Well...I don’t know what to do, Arthur. The scale of this problem just seems...out of our league. Ready to fight until the bitter end?” She asked, trying to give a reassuring grin. Deep down though, Haruko began to dread her life choices. Could they even escape this if they ran? What would become of her kids if she died here?
Closing her eyes briefly, Haruko took a deep breath, and opened them back up. She reached into her jacket pocket and pulled out as many explosive knives as she could carry in both hands.
“This is all I have left, so let’s make it count!” Haruko called out, leaping high into the air and tossing the mass of explosive knives at the densest cluster of eyes she could see. She then tossed a knife attached to a wire in her coat and lodged it in a tree, the spool retracting and launching Haruko into the air, allowing the seamstress access to throw the rest of the knives more individually at the eyes. It was all she could do at this point.
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Post by TimePuppy on Jul 22, 2021 20:58:49 GMT
"What we've done?!" Arthur snapped back at Ainu's remark. "You're the one meddling with forces you clearly have no control over. A fact I'm pretty sure I warned you of before." He watched the dark blob rise into the air menacingly. He was filled partially with anger, at Ainu and the forces she stupidly sought to exploit, and partially with worry at what they could do against... Whatever this dark cloud was. He didn't even notice Ainu being carried off in his concetration.
"No, Ruko. We have too much we care about to face a bitter end. We're gonna use everything we've got left and drive this thing back where Ainu found it."
He raised one hand and pointed at the creature's center. A blue ring as wide as he was tall appeared before him, mystical symbols carving themselves inside it alongside various geometric shapes. "Freeze blaster!" A beam of concentrated frost blasted out of the magical circles, a beam cold enough to freeze the very air around it. The tunnel of ice approached its target and the frost burst forth on contact, fishing back and forming a glacier the size of a building around whatever it struck. It was Arthur's strongest move. His most intensive move. Three blasts were his max. And after the fight they just went through, he wasn't sure he could muster a second.
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Post by HungryHunter on Jul 23, 2021 22:45:22 GMT
“You caused this… fool.” Jun choked out when Musashi proclaimed the darkness above to be why he needed to exist. Her brain was buzzing, heat and blood loss equal compatriots in slaying her thoughts. Akane and Musashi were at their top level, far beyond her. Anything she did could so easily be batted away. She hung on the edge of combat, seeing wounds appear and disappear, but barely able to catch the swords that caused them. But Musashi was on the back foot, closer to the edge now. Jun set her feet. She couldn’t get through his defenses properly, but maybe she didn’t have to. “Meet me below.” She said to Akane, and she lunged, scales defending the front half of her body as she attempted to throw her full weight at Musashi. Her feet dug into the ground, her fingers hooked into claws to grab on, and she tried to shove him down the stairs with her. Let the fall break them.
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