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Beat Each Other Up In The GYM! Guaranteed Bruises!
Stretching out, a raven-haired teenager wearing a red jacket walks up to the GYM, unlocking it's door, entering and changing the sign from 'Closed' to 'Open'.
"Been too long since I actually did some goddamn work in this place."
He walks behind the bar and crouches, grabbing a small flower vase with one white rose and one black rose in it and placing it on the counter, slightly adjusting it's position before smiling and nodding. He also grabs a wooden cane with a diamond topping and starts examining it as he sits down.
"This ought to be good..."
Instead of breaking the door, Jiyu casually opens the door and enters GYM with his headphones on his ears. He takes off his headphones and puts them around his neck as he sees Eito.
"Hey Eito, it's been a while."
Eito waves at Jiyu, sighing.
"Certainly has been, pal. How's it been?"
He smiles and looks down at his cane, continuing his examination while waiting for a response.
Jiyu scratches the back of his head, looking up at the ceiling.
"Well, my life's been the same as always. Only god knows when it'll change... How about you?"
Jiyu stops scratching the back of his head and makes his way over to the bar, sitting on a stool when he gets there.
"Same shit, different day. Now i've started wondering if i'll ever get back to my world..."
Eito sighs he frowns angerly, at nothing in particular.
"Or whether I actually want to."
The teenager stops his examination of the cane and looks up at Jiyu, his eyes looking rather dark.
"You ever thought about that, Ji?"
"Well now that you mentioned it..."
Jiyu looks down for a moment before looking back up to Eito.
"Honestly, I don't think that we're ever going to get out of this place, but that's only my opinion. Hell, who would even want to leave the Nexus? There's a lot of great people here and so much things to do. I think that going back to our own worlds would just not be as exciting."
*Shade walks into the GYM. He looks at Jiyu and Eito and raises an eyebrow.*
Did I come at a bad time? You two look like you were about to start making out. Nothing against that, of course.
"Sure, but...Can't you think of all the people you left behind? Of what happened to them and your world?"
Eito rests his hands on the counter and puts his head on them, sighing once again.
"Emotions fucking suck. Puberty fucking sucks. Everything fucking sucks."
He rolls his eyes as they rapidly change through colors, glowing faintly.
"Yet everything is so great at the same time. I don't get it, Ji. I just don't."
He also stares at Shade, flipping him off but not responding.
(edited by Eito)
Jiyu flips off Shade as well while still looking at Eito. He then sighs.
"The people I left behind are my old friends and a few family members that I hated. The only one that I didn't leave behind was my mom, who's the only person from my world that I care about, and she somehow got transported to the Nexus with me. Did you not get transported here with anyone you care about?"
Hmph. Such anger.
*Shade sits down, summoning his scythe from the Shadows.*
I'm sure people respect you two being together. No need to so angry at me pointing out the obvious.
"No one. I came here alone. I remember it fucking well."
Eito shrugs as the colors start alternating faster and glow brighter, apparently not realizing this is happening. He picks up the cane and starts twirling it in his fingers.
"I went to sleep one day, like any other. I woke up in an alley all alone, cold as fuck and with nothing but my clothes and knife on me."
He stares towards the ground, avoiding eye contact as his eyes turn pure black.
"Didn't have many people I cared about anyways, just my direct family, no friends either. This place might just be the single best thing that has ever happened to me but I still don't know why i'm here or what i'm supposed to do."
Eito twists the diamond top of the cane, releasing it from the wooden cane and revealing a handle and sword. He stares at his reflection on the shiny metal blade, sending a quick glare at Shade before returning to his staring.
(edited by Eito)
Soon enough, another, dark cloaked figure enters the GYM, the figure briefly glances at Eito, before shrugging and walking to the GYM’s back wall. Once there, he leans casually against the structure and takes a long tablet out of his cloak, briefly looking over it
"I don't know why I'm here either. I often think that some god or something like that brought me here for no reason. That may sound a bit far fetched, but it may be true."
Jiyu's persona, Washington, manifests behind him and shoots a glare at Shade with his uncovered eye.
*Shade shakes his head.*
Learn to take a joke. It'll help you as you get older.
"It's a possibility for sure. There's some real bullshit going on here, the only question is...Why us?"
Eito's eyes turn white, glowing intensely as his Persona, Odysseus, manifests next to him to glare at Shade, despite his head being just an empty helmet.
"I don't even know how to answer that question, man. But, it could be because we're the special ones among the rest of our societies."
Washington closes his uncovered eye and looks down, shaking his head. He opens his eye and looks over to Odysseus for a moment before disappearing.
How terrifying.
*Shade leans backwards.*
Threats only work if you are capable to back them up with actions. Is that something you can manage or will you let a stupid joke go? Or is are you so fragile a joke wil hurt your feelings so much you would try to kill me?
*Shade glances at the two expectantly.*
The cloaked figure grins and begins typing on his tablet, glancing between the two Personas as he does so. Finally, without looking up, the figure speaks
Isn’t it obvious? Impossible people in an impossible place at an impossible time? We’re here to do the impossible, it’s a fantastic opportunity, is it not?
"Maybe. I don't know what the hell is special about me, but I guess i'm glad I have it."
Eito's eyes turn back to their regular color as he waves his sword around a bit before placing it back in it's cane. Meanwhile, Odysseus tilts hia head at Washington before disappearing as well. Eito turns to look at Luard.
"Sounds cool, but what the hell even is "The impossible"?"
Trying to Ignore Shade, Jiyu silently glances over to Luard as well.
"..."
Simply put, the impossible is what you want it to be.
Luard continues typing for a moment until, apparently satisfied with his notes, the man steps off the back wall
There are all sorts of definitions for it, we used to think it impossible to fly. Yet that has been done with ease.
Even now, most think it impossible to summon a manifestation of your will.
Luard gestures to where Odysseus was, before sighing
Yet that has been done. It is my job to push and repeatedly break the boundaries of possibility
*Shade closes his eye and sighs.*
So, you're looking for an answer that no-one can give you? You won't find it here, that I can tell you. If you think you were brought here for a reason, then go look for that reason. Do not expect a god to throw the answer at your feet just because you keep asking it. The impossible you speak of is just an unanswered question. An unrealized possibility. You can't answer it by sitting around here.
*Shade shakes his head and mumbles to himself*
I'm turning into HIM.
Eito flips off Shade again and raises one eyebrow at Luard.
"Rad. Care to give any specifics?"
The teenager starts tapping on the counter, creating a simple beat.
"So, you're saying that we're here because we're all "impossible" people?"
Jiyu crosses his arms and legs, now facing Luard.
"Possibilities? I know a thing or two about that."
Entering through the GYM door is another man with brown hair and a blue uniform. On his shoulder is a badge labled SEALED with a cape over his over arm. To complete the outfit is a pistol strapped to his leg. The man then looks around before entering the group and speaking
"I think that's an accurate assumption. To quote another person everything is a possibility. But we choose to turn those possibilities into reality. Like picking a certain brand of cereal over the other."
Luard grins and wags his finger at Shade, almost excitedly. His voice becomes louder, more outspoken as he continues
I have already found my question, and believe I know the answer. Execution is the issue in some cases
next, Luard looks over to Sho, seeming uninterested in Jiyu’s inquiry, instead he addresses the newcomer
That’s one way to look at it, in which case we must define “impossibility†as “an incredible unlikelyhood, difficult to reach, yet possibleâ€
Finally, Luard nods to Eito, spreading his arms for a moment before taking a deep breath
You seek an example? Allow me to give one that occurred in my lifetime, the tale of a genius.
Of course, I can’t get into the fine details, a primitive civilization such as your own would never understand it. So I shall cut to the basics.
Luard lowers his arms and clears his throat before he begins
Once upon a time, my homeland took part in a Great War, one where our very existence was at stake. The man I speak of and his followers suggested to our ruler a method, one that would only cost a few hundred lives, but of course, he refused. No one wanted to be responsible for the decision, so the war raged on costing thousands, maybe more.
Frustrated, the man decided it was time for a change, if our current ruler could protect no one, he must be replaced. And so, he locked himself in his lab and, weeks later emerged. But he did not emerge alone.
He brought with him a... Thing. A being that did not exist. At least, not through our standard definition of it. The being breathed, yet had no pulse. It moved, yet had no energy. It fought, yet had no thought.
Of course, he lost. His little rebellion was put down, his creation destroyed, yet, to some. It was inspiring. He proved our current definitions to be wrong, outdated. What was once impossible suddenly became within our grasp
Eito frowns at Luard calling his civilisation 'primitive' but nods anyways.
"Sounds like a certain former angel..."
"Anyways, i'm sure that whole experience did wonders for your world."
It is difficult to discern whether or not Eito is sarcastic.
Sho listens to the story and what Luard said as he stews over it. Thinking about it and analyzing each sentence.
"Well that does sound right. To be fair I believe that everything is possible. No. I know that anything is possible."
Sho then opens his mouth to continue but bites his tounge, telling everyone about his ability now would make him seem crazy. So instead he takes a breath and responds to the story.
You may call us primitive but I think your wrong. Anyhow your story is quite interesting. But what I wanna know is what you are doing through all of this. This creature is interesting but how does this concern us and you?
*Shade glances over to Luard as he tells his story, listening silently. He then closes his eye and goes into thought.*
*Fayth fires a laser through the Gym door, blasting it across the Gym floor. From outside, a voice can be heard.*
Keeping the tradition alive. You're welcome, nerds.
Luard glances at Eito out the corner of his eye, in truth he hadn’t expected much, yet somehow it’s still disappointing.
Oh no doubt the world Is worse for wear for it. They say he murdered his second in command to strengthen the creature when all turned against him. His philosophy was madness, yet I must admit for all his faults he did one good thing.
Next, Luard regards Sho, they had hardly arrived yet he’s asking far better questions than any other. Luard shrugs as he speaks
Our companion here asked for an example, and I gave it. As far as I know it has no relevance to you, yet to me it was inspiration. He broke one of the few laws my field of research, that of life, had. That all moving beings have some form of energy to drive them. If such basic assumptions can be wrong, who’s to say we know anything at all? There may be no limits whatsoever
Luard glances over where the door once stood.... Weird tradition, but there are all sorts of civilizations in the world
(edited by Luard)
Jiyu looks away from Luard to take his time to look at the empty fighting arenas. He almost falls off his stool in surprise just as the door flew across GYM.
"Oh wow, someone finally broke the door."
Eito stares at the remains of the door, sighing and quickly writing something on a notebook.
"One of these days, the door will live."
He shakes his head and turns to face Luard, his frown even bigger.
"Look pal, i'm sure that he and his eldritch abomination did a lot of bad shit, but I fail to realize why I should care."
"But please, feel free to enlighten this peasant with your meaning."
*Shade gets up and walks over to an empty fighting arena.*
Hmm. Hate to sound rude, but are you all done being serious? I came to train my techniques against someone, but it would seem you all wish to talk about something I care unfortunately little about. If you wish for aid, I shall grant you with it. But for now, I wish to challenge someone.
So this place's door broke again? What's going on this ti-
A red-haired girl, with an outfit similar to Sho's, walks through what had once been a fully functional doorway with an actual door. She seemed ready to continue her slightly-annoyed sentence, but that train of thought is broken by a certain person.
...Sho? You're here?
She sighs and puts a hand to her forehead, although she can't hide a small smile.
Finally, someone familiar in this place...
Luard takes a deep breath, before glaring at Eito. With a huff, Luard responds
You’re the one who asked for some example, idiot. I gave you one I was familiar with. If you do not wish to hear a story, I would advise not asking for one.
Luard briefly scans the room, one, two known Persona users, three with abilities unknown to him. Apparently unconcerned with Shade’s request, Luard rapidly draws a pair of small, red circles in the air in front of his left hand, before thrusting his palm into the center. Assuming no one decides to stop him, this would send a faint pulse, aiming to read the energy of those present, giving a basic idea of their strength and possible supernatural abilities
Hmm. So your inspired by him because he did the impossible? That's certainly impressive, but I'm not sure I can say the same. He toke a life in the process and I can't condone that. Limits on the other hand... Only you can hold yourself back. That's what I've seen.
Sho then jumps back when the door explodes, shaking his head before noticing Himeo, that can't be right... He smiles back as moves his hand near his pistol. Ready to fire. He had no reason to suspect her but something was nagging him...
Oh. Himeno. How are you? It's good to see you again. But I have to ask. What is this place? It doesn't seem destroyed at all.
sorry for being slow. My post got deleted while I tried to copy it.
*Shade looks over at Luard, an eyebrow raised.*
What's that supposed to do?
Well, this specifically is called "GYM," according to the sign, but where we are in general... that's a long story. But it seems to be Tokyo.
She didn't exactly feel like giving a huge "Nexus speech" at the moment. Plus, someone would probably tell Sho sooner or later. Sho's hand's movement, which was subtle but one she was familiar with, both confused and worried her for a moment before she put two and two together.
And for the record, the door wasn't my fault. I would have probably taken a large chunk of the surrounding wall down as well if it were me.
She gestures towards the broken door with one of her gloved hands as she says this.
For Luard's scan that I almost forgot about, Himeno has the ability of thermal manipulation, to speak in general terms. Fire and ice creation, as well as the potential to generate explosive objects. This is mental-based (psychic, if you prefer that term) in how it is used, and originates from a certain source within her body.
(edited by Himeno_Akatsuki)
"Problem with your logic is that I never asked for a story. I asked for specifics on what your job was."
Eito seems vaguely amused as he extends his hand and curls it around the blue card that appears on it, Odysseus appearing and thrusting his spear at the circles.
"If you want to go all willy-nilly on the bullsit, either explain what you're doing or do it in the combar arenas. I know from experience not to allow people I don't trust to use their powers freely in the middle of the place."
(edited by Eito)
Luard glances curiously at Shade, most people here haven’t been able to detect his more subtle actions, Luard shrugs
It was a basic pulse meant to resonate with life energy and report its findings. Fairly easy to do
Luard next looks back at Sho. The cloaked man pauses for a moment, taking a deep breath before he responds
The first step to studying life is to understand it as a resource, no doubt several lives were given to create the thing in the first place. The sorrow is not in the loss of life, but rather the wastefulness of its use
luard watches Odysseus for a moment, this is Eito’s Persona after all, the power of identity. A fascinating prospect, Luard briefly bows his head as he responds
My name is Luard, You would call me a researcher, of sorts. My job is to study the life energy of various creatures, and as with any scientist, find a use for it
Tokyo.. Well that answers one question. But I still have a few more. Like why are you still here.
Sho then draws his gun and enters a familiar pose. Watching Himeno intently with his weapon pointed to the air with two hands on the handle. He then closes his eyes and uses his gift to peer into the future. Seeing the possibility of getting hit and readying himself
Im not concerned about the door. I just want to know how you are still here. Judgement should have sent you to the Old World. Traitor...
Sho then looks away for a second. A hurt expression breaking through before gulping and staring back at Himeno. He didn't want to fight but he couldn't predict what would happen. Responding to Luard as he stares her down
Even so. Everyone deserves life. Killing is needless as you can employ other strategies. Even if they are slower, killing is a last resort.
(edited by Sho_Kasugi)
Jiyu was just silently watching all of the events unfolding in GYM for the past few minutes, folding his hands on his lap. He takes a look over to Odysseus, staring at the Persona.
*Shade shakes his head.*
If you wished to know something, you could simply ask. I wouldn't be against telling you anything I know within reason. You do not need to resort to being covert.
(edited by Sho_Kasugi)
(edited by -Shade-)
A cold dread chills Himeno down to her core. Traitor...? What did she-
She takes a deep breath and stares back at Sho. No, no sense in worrying over this. She'd heard people of many worlds came here, so... did this mean Sho was from a timeline where she... Himeno keeps her expression as neutral as she can. One hand is put on the handle of one of her knives. Just in case.
I probably should have mentioned this earlier, but this isn't exactly either of those worlds, nor was I a traitor where I come, so to speak. After all, I don't recall this building, strange monsters, a cursed mansion... those are all stories in and of themselves, but they're not from where we are.
She pauses, realizing she went off on a bit of a tangent.
Basically, as crazy as this sounds, we're in a place where people from many "worlds" are pulled.
Naoya walks into GYM, a place he had been itching to come in to for SO long. Though he had not been in the nexus for a long time, he had heard of GYM itself some moments after he came in. Usually, he'd go to Karaoke, but this time, he will try out GYM.
"Huh, here I am right now...standing inside GYM..." he said to himself once he entered GYM
(edited by Eito)
The new information brought to life strikes Sho heavily. A world where worlds were pulled in... No amount of vision would ever have Sho see this future. Ending up in a whole new world. Holstering his weapon with a frown on his face before looking back up and responding.
Oh... I see... So this is a different place entirely, and your a different Himeno. Not the one that I know. Even though you are identical in every way. I suppose I should apologize for jumping the gun.
Sho then offers Himeno a slight smile as an apology before responding back to Luard. Looks like this was the end of this discussion for now.
I suppose that will have to do. I hope to talk to you again Luard. Oh. I forgot to introduce myself. The name is Sho. Sho Kasugai. Nice to meet you.
*Shade sticks the pole of his Scythe in the ground and stretches.*
I'm still waiting for a challenge. Seems I shall have to wait, doesn't it?
*Somewhere, someone is laughing. Knowing this, Shade sighs and shakes his head.*
It's fine. We got it all cleared up, and I didn't get shot, so no harm done.
Himeno relaxes and lets her knife hand drop to her side. Crisis averted. Well, if Sho's introducing himself, she probably should, too. She nods towards Luard.
And I'm Himeno Akatsuki. Luard, right? I'll keep that in mind.
He seems like an interesting guy. Not someone she'd stay around long, but still interesting.
(edited by Himeno_Akatsuki)
Luard briefly glances back to both Sho and Himeno, they most certainly had some drama, but nothing of import to Luard
It was pleasant to meet you two as well. Our conversation was... Interesting Sho. I would not mind another at some point.
Finally, Luard glances over Odysseus, almost greedily, He briefly reaches out with his left hand, only to shake his head and pull back
I have already discerned all I can in this state. I already know your answer, so I believe I am allowed to keep some of my secrets. Good luck with your job.
Without further word, Luard takes a deep breath, before turning to walk out of the GYM
Hehe. I wasn't really going to shoot you. Not unless you attacked. I should probably ask if there are any more SEALED members so that this doesn't happen in the future. Wouldn't be good to be attacked on sight.
Sho then looks towards Luard and nods. Responding in kind
It certainly was. I wouldn't mind another some other time. Hopefully we meet again soon Luard. Goodbye for now.
"See ya, rude dude. Speaking of leaving, I happen to need to do that right now. I have some extra business to attend to."
And with that, Odysseus disappears and Eito waves to Jiyu as he walks through the door to the GYM too, leaving.
When sleep beckons, I obey.
It's been a few months, and you're the only one I've seen so far. Can't rule out the possibility there's more, though.
She glances up at the clock. Getting a bit late.
I gotta get going, but I'll probably be able to find you later if I need to. See ya.
With a small smile and a wave, she heads out through the broken doorway.
"See ya!"
Jiyu waves back to Eito as he leaves the GYM. Seeing that no one has challenged Shade to a battle yet, he lets out a small sigh and walks over to the combat arena, facing Shade.
"Hey, you said that you wanted to fight someone, am I right?"
*Shade looks over to Jiyu.*
That's correct. After all, what else is there to do at a Gym but train. Are you taking on my challenge?
Its just us hm? Well I'm sure thats fine. If there are anymore we should be able to run into them easily. I'll see you around then.
Sho then returns the wave and takes a few moments to take in the atmosphere before leaving the GYM himself. Thinking about what he should do now...
"Well yeah, why else would I come over here?"
Upon inspecting Shade for longer than a few seconds, Jiyu recognizes him a bit.
"Hey wait a minute, aren't you one of the other guys from the tournament?"
*Shade spins his scythe around before resting it on his shoulders.*
Tournament? Oh, the cat thing. Is that still going?
"Yup, it's been a damn while since the last fight happened, and I don't know how long it'll be until my finals match comes up."
Jiyu reaches inside his black blazer, pulling out his flintlock revolver with a twirl of the gun.
Well, all the more reason to train, yes?
*Shade points his Scythe at Jiyu. A shadow raises up from behind him, resembling a black cloaked figure with a skeletal face, wrapped in chains.*
When you're ready.
With a confident grin on his face, Jiyu spins his gun, throws it behind him, going over his shoulder, and catches the gun, aiming it directly at Shade. As he catches his gun, his persona, Washington, manifests behind him with his orange sword raised high.
"Heheh, I've been ready all along, now let's go!"
Ooc: https://www.fightersgeneration.com/characters/holhorse-a.html If you're wondering, Jiyu's doing the thing with his gun on the far left.
*Shade nods before rushing forwards towards Jiyu. Before he reaches him, he jumps in the air and comes down on Jiyu spinning vertically with his scythe. Behind him, Hades rises into the air.*
Before the attack could hit Jiyu, he and Washington swiftly jumps to the left, dodging the attack. As they both dodge dodge, he aims his revolver at Shade once more, firing three musket balls at him.
"Too slow!"
*Shade spins his scythe around, deflecting them. He smiles at Jiyu, wagging a finger at him. From the side, Hades suddenly launches a barrage of chains, trying to grab Jiyu or Washington and wrap either of them up.*
Washington gets in front of Jiyu, spinning his sword like an airplane's propeller, cutting the chains that try to reach him and Jiyu. While their both distracted by Washington, Jiyu runs over to the opposite side of the arena, firing another musket ball at Shade.
*Shade simply smirks before sinking into the shadows in the ground. He rises from the ground behind Jiyu before swinging his scythe wood end first at Jiyu's right temple. Meanwhile, in order to keep Washington busy, Hades retracts his chains back into his right sleeve before raising his left skeletal hand into the air, summoning multiple orbs of blue fire around him before pointing forward, sending a barrage of the orbs of flame at Washington.*
Jiyu stumbles to the side just as he gets hit by Shade's attack. He grabs his right side of his head while doing so.
"Damn, that really hurt!"
Jiyu does a backflip away from Shade. While he does so, he pulls out a green soda can and shakes a strange smelling liquid on the ground from the it. Meanwhile, Washington readies his blade then slashes at all of the fire orbs with his sword. After he blocked all of the attacks, his sword would appear to have a deep red glow to it.
*As the orbs connect with Washington's blade, they explode. After Washington is finished, Hades appears to have vanished. Shade points his scythe at Jiyu and mutters something.*
Shadow Camelot.
*A wall of darkness rises in front of Shade before a skeletal hand of pure darkness launches at Jiyu*
Washington vanishes from the arena as well just to regain some of his health. Jiyu does a side roll to avoid the skeletal hand from attacking him. He looks around him, clutching both of his fists.
"And now, we wait..."
*Using the shadow hand, Hades appears from the darkness behind Jiyu and fires his chains once again, trying to wrap them around Jiyu. Meanwhile, Shade drops the wall back into the ground and runs at Jiyu, attempting to distract him.*
Hearing the sound of the chains behind him, Jiyu summons Washington once more to take care of them. As they get close, Washington grabs the chains with a tight grip, preventing them from reaching his user.
"Hmph.."
Jiyu puts his gun back in his blazer and his hands in his pockets, waiting for Shade to get closer.
Hades: A valiant effort. But that will only hasten your demise.
*Hades pulls his hand back. The chains wrap around Washington's hand and up part of his arm. Meanwhile, Shade leaps into the air before throwing his scythe at Jiyu and flipping away from Jiyu.*
Seems the time has come.
Washington closes his uncovered eye and looks down, shaking his head just like earlier. He looks back up at Hades and starts to spin in a circle, swinging Hades around in a circle. Jiyu jumps towards the scythe and takes hold of it while in midair. While he's still in midair with the scythe in his hands, he would throw it back towards Shade with the blade facing him.
"Hey, you almost dropped this!"
(edited by Jiyu-Hatanaka)
Hades: Your sins shall be judged in the fire.
*Hades floats in the air, uncaring about Washington trying spin itself free, and sends a single ember along the chains towards Washington. As it touches Washington, it begins to spread. Meanwhile, Shade dodges to the side as his Scythe flies past him. Seeing the flames, he smirks.*
I should explain this. The flames that cover your Persona now will judge you. The evil in your heart will judge how much the flames burn. If you are innocent, then the ember will burn out. However, if have you ever in your lifetime lied, cheated, stole or killed, among other sins, the flames wil increase and burn hotter. And since a Persona is but an extension of you, I imagine, if you are quite the sinner, you will start to feel VERY hot. I do hope you're not evil, Jiyu, or you may feed the fires hell. This is Hades true power. Judgement Flame!
(edited by -Shade-)
As Jiyu lands back on the ground, he looks down and thinks. He remembers that he has lied to some people about very minor things, for example, he lied about his name to random strangers that asked for his real name. Jiyu knows that he has never cheated at anything, because he thinks that doing something without cheating gets him the best results. The only things that he stole were the money and treasure from the shadows in the "Other World." And lastly, Jiyu has never killed a human being and doesn't have intentions on doing so.
"Hmm..."
*The flame wraps itself around Washington, burning harshly. Jiyu would feel an unrelenting burning feeling all around him. Shade respawns his scythe in his hand, pulling it from his shadow. Hades retracts his chains from Washington and floats behind Shade.*
Hades: He has been judged. He is guilty of crimes, but nothing serious. The flames shouldn't kill that one. But it will likely feel like burned all over his body by a great flame. For a human, it'll hurt quite a lot.
I wonder how he will handle it.
Jiyu and Washington both fall on one knee as they're both hit by the attack, they both don't move for a few seconds. A moment later, the duo slowly gets back up and looks back at Shade once more.
"H-Heh... That was a p-pretty strong attack.. But are y-you ready for my strong attack?"
Washington floats next to Jiyu, holding his deep red glowing sword in his hand. Shade can feel the sword's heat by just looking at it. He points it directly at Shade and Hades with an orange aura surrounding the sword.
"Now g-get ready for INFERNO OVERDRIVE!!"
Just as Jiyu says the same of the attack, a giant deep red colored beam that almost looks unavoidable flies from Washington's sword and towards Shade and Hades.
(Suddenly, a 7'3 snake centipede hybrid, with dry, and cracked like skin on shell/exoskeleton, slithers in)
.......well. Its better then sssseeing a fuck wad of purple everywhere...
(edited by Reperzel)
Lord Hades.
Hades: Of course.
*Hades floats in front of him before spreading his chains as a Thick cocoon around Shade. Hades and his chains take the giant beam. The chains crack but hold until the beam stopped before Hades drops them, panting.*
Hades: This form is at its limit. I will leave this to you.
Of course, my lord. Don't worry about it.
*The chains around the cloak vanish, causing the mask and mask fall to the ground along with a lot of dust. The mask shatters against the ground. Shade points his Scythe at Jiyu.*
When you're ready. Unless, of course, you wish to stop this here.
(His eyes widen in shock when he see's hades again)
...oh god damm-wait, never mind, he's gone.....phew
Sorry if I'm a tad late, did someone call upon me?
While he can't be seen, the booming presence of Hades can certainly be felt over the entire GYM.
Oh, I see. It's just another coincidence isn't it? Pity, what I would've given to feel wanted around here...
He sighs, and his presence fades away.
"Yeah, we should stop. This fight has been going on for a long time. Speaking of time..."
Jiyu takes out his phone and looks at the time, with his eyes widening.
"Aw shit, my mom's gonna kill me! I gotta go, so see ya later, um, I didn't catch your name."
(He simply sighs and stares at shade and jiyu)
...well that was sssssshort lived...eh
Shade. It's a stupid code name I use when I'm in unfamiliar places. Not my real name, of course. Regardless, I'll see you around. That red guy, Eito I think you said. He said your name was Jiyu, right?
Jiyu nods his head just as Washington disappears.
"Mm hm, that's my name. It was nice meeting you, Shade. Hopefully we can finish this fight soon. So yeah, see ya!"
Jiyu waves to Shade as he puts his headphones on and runs out the doorless GYM.
May we meet again.
*With a nod, Shade sinks into his own shadow, vanishing from the GYM.*
(edited by -Shade-)
Kokichi was outside the GYM, the pain of that day was finally beginning to fade but he still had something to do.
He knew there could be a great danger waiting for him there so, he decided to be extra careful. This time he wouldn't have any collacteral effects.
The only thing he decided to do was destroying the GYM, so he took a bomb and thrown it inside.
He then got as far as possible and began to wait before blowing the place up with his detonator.
[Kokichi can feel a small tap on his shoulder followed by the voice of a man with a British accent asking him a question.]
"Excuse me, kid. But do you know where the GYM is?"
"Alright, time for cleanup so-What the fuck is that?"
As the bomb entered the GYM, Eito stopped to stare at it before throwing the broom he was holding to the wayside.
"OH SHIT!"
In a hurried pace, Eito then proceeded to kick the bomb out of the building with as much power as possible.
"Looks like it's time for an ass beating."
Running behind the counter, he grabs his guns and runs outside, looking around for anyone being suspicious.
Kokichi gets a little startled by the sudden touch but after he look's over Diego's direction and says.
Nee-heehee it's right that way.
He points at the GYM's direction.
I don't really suggest going inside, i heard something bad is going to happen.
As soon as he noticed the bomb getting kicked out he calls over one of his subordinates to retrieve it and plant it inside again without Eito noticing.
(edited by Kokichi)
bombs everyone (i win) (mod lock the thread i win)
[Diego grins after hearing that something bad will happen in the GYM.]
"Well if something bad is going to happen, then why don't we both go together?"
[A moment later, both Kokichi and Diego are suddenly standing at the doorway to the GYM.]
Eito turns around to see Diego and Kokichi standing at the GYM's doorway. Grumbling, he retrieves a capsule from his pocket and throws it to the ground, before shooting it with Ice Dust enhanced bullets, freezing it. Soon enough, the ice shatters as the capsule grows and grows, eventually becoming a 10 foot grey monstrosity. It's got more of a maw than a head, with wild yellow and red eyes who stare ahead. It's got one collosal arm on it's right side and 2 smaller ones on it's left.
"Well Fluffy, let's walk over, yes?"
Fluffy snorts and follows Eito as he approaches.
Wait wha...?
Kokichi was very confused as how he ended up infront of the GYM from his safe location, but as soon as got there he tried his best to leave.
You don't understand, i can't stay here.
I'm gonna go i can do this an another day.
Don't try to stop me!
He made an another call and 7 differet people with his same clothes all armed with weapons began to sorround him as he got away.
[Kokichi and his gang of hooligans suddenly find themselves running through the doorway to GYM.]
"Hey, you're going the wrong way!"
"Fluffy. Fetch."
With a finger pointing towards Kokichi by Eito, the monster roars and thunders towards the group, attempting to grab Kokichi, no matter what as it's master casually strolls towards them, occasionally taking pot shots at their kneecaps.
"Not this time, pal."
(edited by Eito)
[A young woman stands at the door to the GYM... Yet is having a rather tough time with the lock on the place, she'd simply sigh and look at it for a moment.]
"Great, closed. Just what I needed tonight, well I hope they don't mind some slight damages."
[Shiki's eyes light up with a blue glow, and through them, she'd see lines all across the world, various weak points that when traced would leave a cut into whatever part they run along. Her hand darts down to grab a knife concealed in her jacket, and with a quick swish of the blade GYM's door would crumble down to the ground as she walks through and returns her eyes to their normal state. Looking around the empty building for a while with a bored expression on her face, she'd quickly decide to warm up a bit. Walking toward an empty ring and stretching herself out, eyes darting toward where the door once stood now and then as she waits for someone to arrive, hopefully, there's a decent fight to be had here.]
Before long, a dark-cloaked man enters as well. He briefly looks over the remains of the GYM door, interesting, after a brief scan of the remains, Luard grins before heading to a side wall of the GYM, taking out his tablet to make some brief notes as he does so. He doesn't seem to be paying attention to anyone, yet of course, with only one other person present its obvious who he refers to
So, that's how those eyes of yours work. Interesting. I hope you don't mind me asking a few questions at some point, its rather atypical, but I've taken... Somewhat of an interest in you, not in a bad way of course
About a block away, Naru walks along the street, unfamiliar with her surroundings. She sees Ryougi, first trying to enter the building normally, then dramatically slashing down the door to GYM.
Naru grinds her teeth as the stranger walks inside the now doorless GYM, before rushing in after her. She quickly turns into the building, pushing past Luard, raising her fists and shouting upon sight of the woman.
"Hey, the hell d'you think you're doin', breakin' into someone's place like this?! Have you got no sha-"
She stops speaking and finally fully notices the presence of another stranger, Luard. Her angered gaze now shifts to him, no doubt caused by his casual comment to the situation.
[Shiki would look toward the girl who was about to begin ranting at her, oh lord not a do-gooder type or something. She can only take so much of that after all...]
"Meh, the door here is broken all the time from what I've heard around town, it's some kinda supernatural fighting club or something, can't expect the building to go without damage when ya have a ton of people with powers running around getting into battles."
[She'd then look to Luard and smirk, someone with an intrest in her eyes huh? Even Touko wasn't this curious about her. But why the heck not, Magi like him may not always be the most likable people, but they are the kind of people that she can be with regardless of anything else. So long as he doesn't pull anything, she'll indulge the man for now.]
"And yeah no problem, even I don't know everything about them. But I'd answer whatever I can for ya, not as if I've got anything to hide about these eyes after all."
Naru stands there with her mouth open for a few seconds, trying to process this information, before she starts to look around the room. The gym equipment in the room over and the large arena out back seemingly gave Ryougi's explanation a basis. She sighs, before relaxing and walking over towards, extending her hand out.
"Er, that... kinda adds up. So... sorry for puttin' you through a hard time like that. My bad. Kinda thought you mighta been tryin' to steal something, although seems to me there ain't much to steal here anyways.
And, uh, I kinda got a little overzealous there. I've... kinda always wanted to do something like that..."
(edited by Kyou-Naru)
[Hmm, fair enough then... Breaking down doors is pretty fun, and yeah she kinda does look like a thief if one doesn't know what the place is for. With that in mind, she'd take the girl's hand for a moment and shrug it off.]
"No big deal, not exactly the most legit looking thing to do when I give it some thought. And yeah, there's a drink bar and uh... That's about it? Unless someone is dumb enough to try and haul off gym gear for some unknown reason."
[She's curious now though, what exactly brought this girl here... Perhaps the call of battle? Not that it'd be a reason to put her eyes into action, but a good knife fight is fun in its own right regardless.]
"So, were you just passing by then? I came looking for someone to train with myself, and while I could bother Luard, he's more of a researcher than a fighter so that seems like a poor idea from where I'm standing."
Luard mutters something under his breath as he's pushed aside, not a good first impression, some impudent brat, yet he wouldn't react to her gaze, aside from sending a glare of his own in Naru's direction. Instead he clears his throat to return to his conversation
Actually, I believe I already know everything about them. Rather, I might have... An offer for you, depending how you answer. You're... Quite a bit older than is tradition, yet you seem to have all the qualifications.
Luard glances about nervously, as though he might have said too much. Fortunately there's really few people here, yet he can't help but rest his suspicious gaze on Naru for the moment
She raises an eyebrow at Luard's gaze, retreating a little from him, before responding to Ryougi.
"Er, yeah, I was just walkin' by. I... just kinda popped up here outta nowhere. It's kinda like a dream almost...
Training..."
She thinks for a moment, before looking to the sword at her hip and lance to her back.
"Huh, I guess I look rearin' for a fight a little, eh? I... do believe I may have a tad of combat training...
Tell you what, how about I take ya up on that, if he won't, that is. I'm not sure how competent I may be, but somethin' in me's telling me to do it, so why not?"
[A bit older... Hmm, she's curious about this offer of his. And if she's not interested in the end, saying no is always an option. So there's no sense in doing anything but hearing the man out, besides, she doesn't have a detective agency to worry with working for here anyway so time is suddenly easy to come by.]
"Sure, I'm not exactly short on spare time right now or anything. And if it's a chance to use my skills... Well, I'm curious, if nothing else."
[She'd then turn back to Naru with a smirk on her face, no sense going all in with the eyes or anything... Not sure she'd be able to stop herself from trying to kill for too long with those either. Though, a knife against a sword puts her at a likely disadvantage. She'll make it work somehow.]
"Alright then, it's been a while since I've been in any sword fights... And I mostly use my knife now, don't even have a sword on me, but I'm pretty good with them myself so I'm curious how your training compares to mine."
[She'd spin the knife around in her hand for a moment, walking over to the fighting ring out back with a smirk on her face as she waits for Naru to emerge. The other woman would spot Shiki standing across the field, blade held up near her face with a dead serious look in her eyes.]
Naru puts up a smile back, trying her best to keeping from looking too nervous. She steels herself, then follows Ryougi onto the ring, and takes up the opposing side. She lifts up her weapons, the lance in front of her at a vertical angle, and the sword resting at her side.
"So, how're we gonna do this? Coin flip? Roll a' the dice? Rock, paper, scissors? Who goes first?
I mean, should I wanna be a gentle-lady, I SUPPOSE I could let'cha make the first move..."
She looks intently over to Shiki, then raises an eyebrow at her.
[Hmm... She'll see about this Naru's movements first. She's not too picky, and there's something to be said for taking a defensive point.]
"I'll let you go first, no point in waiting around too much. But I'm not really feeling like rushing in as of now."
[Those larger weapons are a point in Naru's favor, and while she could aim to simply tear them to bits with her eyes. Such a tactic is best saved for more important battles than this. She'll test her knife skills, not her powers.]
Apparently satisfied, Luard nods before returning to his place by the wall and bringing a tablet out from beneath his cloak, carefully watching the fight... Or rather, what is soon to be a fight, tablet leaning against his right arm as Luard prepares his left to take notes on anything that might interest him
"A'ight, I guess I'll do whatever it is I do."
Naru begins walking towards Shiki, her stance shifting sides as the sword in her right hand now comes up in front, and the lance now dragging behind, the tip scratching against the floor. She begins to pick up the pace, before going into an all out dash. As she reaches Shiki, she quickly takes a step back right before she gets into range with her sword, and brings her lance around for a large sweeping slash in front of her from right to left, raising her sword afterwards to try and cover her now open front.
[Shiki simply watches as the girl's rush begins, for a moment she'd lean forward with her knife a bit more... As Naru speeds up, however, Shiki would rush down in a blur of motion and send herself into a forward slide. The girl's spear would fly over her unless it was quickly shifted down, and Shiki would aim to rush by Naru's left leg and slash at the knee with her knife. From there, she'd try to quickly spring up to her feet again.]
"Not bad, that's meant to confuse somebody right? I thought you were going for the sword at first, but then it changed... Something to look out for."
Naru watches as Shiki easily slides beneath her swipe, reeling in pain as her left leg gets slashed.
"Ah, sheesh, almost forgot we're usin' real steel here. That hurts...
A-anyways, I was, er, kinda movin' by instinct there. And you're very... slippery."
The woman pulls herself together and raises her sword again, rushing at Shiki once more. She puts up her sword for a rightwards slash, but before that she thrusts her lance down towards the ground, aiming to catch Shiki should she dodge beneath the slash as she had before.
[Pain, yes there's something Shiki knows all too well. Seems this girl isn't as used to it as herself.]
"I am pretty fast when I want to be, I can't rely on raw force to carry me through battles after all. I'd say I'm... More of an assassin than anything else."
[The woman's knife sails through the air, clashing against Naru's sword as sparks fly off both weapons, the lance, however, takes Shiki by surprise, and despite not having moved down, it'd still slam into her right leg. As that happens, she'd mover her left leg and try to slam into the same spot she'd cut Naru on before, hoping to deal more wounds to the same point in quick succession.]
Naru's sword arm is slightly stunned by the clash with the knife, and she then gets kicked in the still-open wound on her leg from before.
"Erg, that's some nice pain there... But yer a bit open!"
Naru quickly pulls her lance back, and tries to ram the butt end of it into Shiki's stomach, then follow up with a blow with the blunt of her sword to the side of her head.
[Shiki can't do much to defend herself at this point, the lance would slam into the woman's stomach and cause her... To be slightly annoyed. The blunt end of a sword crashing into her head, however, does a fair bit more than that. For a moment her eyes would flicker with a blue glow as Shiki glares at Naru, an overwhelming amount of killing intent would surge from the woman's gaze as sh- blinks and suddenly returns her eyes to normal. She's clearly reeling from the blow a bit, but would still continue to press her attack. This time appearing as if she's about to leap up into the air... Only to duck down and try to slam her knife into the girl's sword hand, if she hit Shiki would quickly pull it back out with a vicious smirk on her face. Before aiming to return to a standing pose and hold her blade out in front of her.]
"So I was, but I won't make the same mistake again."
(Casually, a 7-3 man, in a behemoth of a armor. And a giant lance-ish, and a shield that oddly look's look a giant stove, with fire inside and all, walks in, with his armor clanking)
.....so....this is gonna place Milo keeps talkin' 'bout?.... Not AS good as our arena, but, ay, gotta train somehow..
Naru is easily faked out by the attack, and feels the blade slash her right hand, causing her to drop her sword. She grits her teeth at the pain.
"D-damn, I shoulda just gone for something a little more than a slap on the side of the head, shouldn't I of? Oh well, I suppose I'm lucky to be left handed."
Naru now grabs the lance with both hands, although weakly with her right, and points it at Shiki. She then slowly walks towards her, before beginning to circle her at what's about her lance's range. She quickly thrusts with the lance at the arm holding Shiki's knife, trying to be sure she doesn't over-extend herself.
(Immediately, when he see's the fight, he grabs his giant shield indeont of him, him, just in case)
WHOA!, NOW THIS IS INTERESTING!
[This girl is pretty fast, fast enough to keep up with Shiki when she's fighting like this at least... There's no moving her blade into the path, so instead the woman would shift her arm up a bit and allow the lance to crash into her wrist, rather than simply tearing through or hitting bone however, Shiki's right arm would have bits of skin flying off for a moment, showing a doll-like one below it. She sighs upon hearing the sound of a weapon hitting her prosthetic arm, and nobody to fix it here that she knows of either...]
"Damn, and here I was hoping I'd go without that one getting hit, flesh heals, this thing is a pain to get fixed though. Oh well, I think it still works fine beyond the paint job."
[She'd flex the thing around for a moment, just as the woman said it seems to be tough enough to work fine. Still, she is hurting a bit from the impact to the shoulder it's attached to. Regardless, Shiki would try to dash in quickly, preparing her blade to try swat away any attacks that fly at her, while moving at Naru's front with incredible speed and hoping to take hold of the girl's left arm, she'd then try to toss her down to the ground and if successful, would aim a quick stomp at Naru's back or stomach, whichever is easier.]
Naru can't do much to resist being brought to the ground, then stomped in the stomach by Shiki. She grabs at the ground, her eyes darting around, looking for a plan of escape.
"Damn it, damn it! Why can't I think straight! And why is the word Chrysós stuck in my damn head!"
The moment she says that word, a golden ball forms in her hand.
"Chrysós... oh, Chrysós! How the hell did I forget something that vital!"
Naru's face turns to a pained smirk, as she squeezes her hand down on the golden ball. It stretches out into a large pole, which she then whacks Shiki's side with, then trying to push her foot off of her and pull herself back up, using the pole for balance.
Luard yawns and makes a brief note on his tablet, before glaring at the hunter that entered in,
what a loudmouth.
I would appreciate it if you would avoid opening your mouth for the duration, I'm having a hard time trying to watch without excess noise flying around.
With that, Luard returns his attention to the fight, making a brief note after the appearance of Naru's orb, some type of ability, though he knows little about it, it may be of no consequence to him
[That pole is... Odd, can she make more of them easily? If so it'd be a fine target for the eyes, but if not... Best not to risk it for now, Shiki's not looking to cause any permanent harm here after all. Be- a sudden pain in Shiki's side would snap her out of her thoughts... Gah, how foolish to lose her focus like that.]
"What a strange technique you have there, and here I was starting to wonder if I'd stumbled onto a normal person for a change. Oh well, this suits me just fine!"
[There's nothing to be done beyond fighting like a normal for now, Shiki would switch the hand holding her blade to the left, she can handle it fine in either after all. From there, the woman would aim to clash her knife into Naru's new weapon, trying to hold it in place for a moment before sending a powerful palm strike into the girl's chest with her right hand. If it hit, Naru would feel the inhuman force of the prosthetic arm slamming into her.]
Naru flies back as she gets smacked by Shiki's prosthetic arm. She managed to land on her feet,
skidding across the ground before finally using the pole to stop herself.
Hah, isn't that enough? All right, how about we finish this with one final attack!
The gold pole grows to a massive size, gaining a large pointed tip on one end. Naru pulls it back, before launching it directly at Shiki.
Hyaaa!
[The spear would fly toward Shiki with incredible speed, perhaps if the woman were using her self-hypnosis with a katana she'd be able to evade it. As is, it flies into her chest as Shiki attempts to evade, but would instead simply be struck in a less central area. She gasps in pain and glares at the girl, a blinding rage filling her eyes as they once again flare to life with that blue glow. She's not stopping it now though and would see a series of lines covering everything around her.]
"GAH, OKAY WE'RE DONE! NOW FACE THIS DEATH!"
[The girl's speed picks up beyond anything she's shown up to now, and as she traces the lines along Naru's spear the weapon would quickly fall to bits before her blade. The very concept of death ripping apart that which she slices into. From there, she'd quickly dart toward the girl and slice along some lines of death there. Arms, legs, chest, even going into the heart, all of them would suddenly fall to pieces as Shiki's blade carves through like she's cutting into tissue paper. Finally, as the girl likely falls to the ground dead, Shiki would wipe the blood from her knife onto her jacket and quickly stow the blade away in its sheath once more.]
"Well, that was fun... Ahh, I love the smell of blood after a good kill."
"Oh now THAT, little miss Sunshine, is something we have in common."
The figure of Hades can be made out on the horizon, his blood red gaze easily seen even through the mounds of clouds surrounding him. He reaches his hand down towards the ground, the tip of his outstretched pointer finger easily able to crush almost all of the surrounding area. But instead, it simply stays there, it and his palm focused towards GYM's battlefield.
A small blue wisp floats out from Naru's dead body, and into the palm of Hades, which he then lifts up and inspects.
"How... disappointing, such a mediocre soul... It's got no real flavor too it, and it's even a bit TOO malleable for my tastes. It's like eating rubber, and nobody likes rubbery meat. It's no wonder you made such quick work of her.
Now, my dear, I suppose I owe you about as much as the value of a human soul, which to be frank isn't exactly much. So... give me a buzz should you need my presence, how say you to that?"
A small box with a purple button appears in front of Shiki, with the insignia of the Underworld on it.
Luard briefly glances up, oh, looks like someone died, how unfortunate. Worse this... Whoever that guy is, probably some kinda deity got to the soul first. Oh well. With a sigh, Luard steps off the wall, towards the arena
Well then.... I suppose that takes care of most of the few questions I had left. Somewhat of a relief, as it gives me the chance to be far more direct about things.
Luard hardly seems to be paying Hades any attention, whether he's simply too preoccupied, or simply unimpressed, Luard simply adddresses Shiki again
That merely leaves me with one question. How much do you know about magic? What it is, how it works, all that sort of thing. It is important to understand our baseline.
[Shiki would look toward the box... That was a god of the dead, and Underworld implies... Hades she believes? Such a being isn't something one should take lightly, but she isn't too worked up over his taking of the soul either.]
"I see, so you take the souls of the dead then? In that case, I might well send a good number of souls your way... You could call dealing death a hobby for me, so I guess I might see you around then... Lord of the Underworld."
[With that, she'd grab the button that appeared before her and walk out the doors... Or she would if she hadn't heard Luard speaking, how much she knows about magic...]
"I don't have any talent for such things, at least not by my world's standards anyway. My... Employer, Touko Aozaki, she's a pretty powerful user of things back home. Tested me for it and didn't find anything, but somehow I think your world's magic might be different from the way Magi back home do things, does the word "Magic Circuits" mean anything to you?"
Hades gives a good long laugh after Shiki grabs the button.
"Well, I suppose this hobby of yours just earned you a profit. Isn't life just dandy when you can do things you enjoy for a living?
You know, recently I picked up collecting shells as a hobby actually. Do you think I could make a profit off that? Oh, I'm sure collectors would absolutely LOVE a freshly picked turtle shell or three, don't you?"
(edited by Hades)
Magic Circuits are highly invaluable for us wizards
Having said that, Luard draws a smaller one of his magic circles, the kind he normally used for scanning, and leaves it hanging at his finger tips for the moment
but they're by far one of the easiest parts to do. Really its the training to get there that causes more of an issue. You see, a lot of people... Well, even if they have potential, they lack a certain.... Vision. Not in the literal sense. Its more like....
Luard sighs and taps his finger against his head, letting his circle dissolve while he thinks for a moment
They can't really bring themselves to see the world in such a way as to make manipulation possible. This problem is usually solved by adopting someone with potential in order to teach them from a very young age, while their view is still highly malleable
[Easy parts to do... Geez, this guy did say he's from a more advanced world and all.]
"Easy eh? those who use magic in my home have no clue how to make such things... Magic is considered something utterly impossible to learn if one isn't born with them, though I have no clue if such things are true as my knowledge is second hand anyway."
[Vision huh? She's not so sure if she'd have such a thing... Or if she'd even want to learn magic? If that's what he's getting at anyway, on the other hand, such things might well be useful to her in the future.]
"As for the second part, that's very much true in my world as well, a vast majority of Magi are raised into it from a young age, if not from the start of their life, such things tend to run in families where I come from."
[She'd raise a hand to her chin in thought, might as well give her best guess on what the chase here is after all.]
"So, you already know how my eyes work, and you clearly aren't too squeamish about blood or anything since we're chatting like this after that fight. I'm guessing you either are looking for an assistant of some kind, or a student."
Luard sighs and glances over to where Naru's body is, in hindsight someone should probably clean that up at some point. Oh well.
If anything, I'm more disappointed it was used so wastefully, but since you really don't know much about magic.. Aside from what Dynasts have told you apparently. But enough about politics, it is as you said.
Luard grins and claps his hands together, swiftly drawing another one of his magic circles as a demonstration
My magic is the manipulation of life itself, my circuits, used primarily as conduits and catalysts for the sake of this. As to where you fit in... Admittedly your potential isn't particularly impressive. Above average mind you, but far cry from prodigal. In addition, you already possess, or at least are capable of understanding, that life is little more than another tool at our disposal, negating the need for, and I quote, "Adoption".
Finally, Luard gestures towards Shiki herself, in particular, her eyes
Finally, those eyes of yours give you a deeper understanding of the nature of life itself, though you may not know what exactly you're seeing. Even basic lessons may be able to deepen your understanding of this ability, and I believe that, given years of study, you may even find yourself able to directly tap into these "lines" of yours from afar. Of course, I have never heard of someone with such an ability, so what exactly this means is mere guesswork. Regardless, yes, I would like to attempt to teach you. Of course, there would be no need to call me anything other than Luard, "teacher" or "master" might get awkward. Especially since you're older than me.
[Older than him? How young... Wait, how the hell old do people think she is!? Is it the frigging kimono? Or does she just give off that kinda aura, ah well, Shiki's not one to worry over such things anyway... Training in magic huh? What the hell, she's always been curious about the eyes if nothing else, she'll give it a shot.]
"Alright, I guess that I'm up for a bit of learning... Never been one for pouring over books or anything, but I am curious about my eyes. And god knows nobody I've ever met understood the Mystic Eyes of Death Perception very well, so why not try and figure it out myself?"
[And lives as tools... Hmm, she's got a few she truly cares for to be sure, but that pales before the numbers she'd consider not important in any way. Once she might have thought otherwise, but now those words ring all too true.]
"And yeah, lives are... Not overly important to me, I enjoy the things that I do if that was somehow unclear, but I'm not stupid. No sense in being overly obvious about it all the time right? I won't lie. I was curious how'd you react as much as anything else, and seems I guessed right."
[She'd then look at the man curiously, she's never bothered to try learning about magic of any kind herself after all, but she knows that such things aren't nearly as impressive and dramatic as some might think. Such is the nature of training, be it with blades or spells... Still, she can't help wanting to see how it goes in some ways... She'd then sigh, might as well ask about that last point though.]
"And how old do you think I am anyway Luard? I'm nineteen, though I guess if I come off as more mature than that, it's not too shocking all things considered. Either way, I guess I'll take that offer... How weird to think of, me studying magic."
Luard raises an eyebrow, only nineteen? Oh dear, this might be even more awkward than he thought. The young man clears his throat, glancing off to the side
I was under the impression you were in your early to mid twenties, rather than a mere year over me. Not that its particularly important. As far as books are concerned, they really don't help much beyond memorizing basic runes, will be ignored during our first few lessons.
Finally, Luard grins, clasping his hands once again
Very well then, I will expect to see you at my lab tomorrow.... You know the location. Our first few sessions will be little more than meditation, as lame as it might sound, but as I'm sure you know, the basics are incredibly important. Still, any more questions, or are we good to begin?
OOC: And a simple one for you, would you rather I made a thread and went through the motions, giving a bit more insight for all into how exactly Luard functions in the meantime, or we simply treat it as a slow process where I give some idea as to the lessons she'd have likely learned over time?
OOC: I can do pretty much any time tomorrow, one of my days off. So hopefully we'll be able to start sooner rather than later, but if not I can wait until a day you're available earlier
Luard briefly looks away from the body, even for someone like him, its really best not to watch such things, no purpose to it after all. Without waiting further, Luard heads out the door, making one passing comment as he goes
Very well then, best of luck in your.... Endeavors. I shall see you soon then
Naoya comes back in, wondering if there's anyone he could test his skills against, after all...the nexus IS a pretty big place after all.
Jiyu enters the GYM again with a loud yawn, spinning a butchers knife in his right hand. He slowly walks over to one of the stools at the bar and takes a seat, leaning on the counter.
"Damn, today was a rough day..."
A man in a red coat would wander through the doors, a blade rests on his back along with a light machine gun by its side. He looks around the building for a moment before smirking over at Naoya, so then he's here eh? Might as well see what the guy can do.
"Naoya! So then I take it you've come here to train? I'm curious... Can you handle facing me? You might have gotten a Persona before me, but I've been doing this kinda crap longer than pretty much anybody else in the city as far as I know."
Tatsu walks over to a ring and stares the man down from the far side of it, there's a cheerful sort of energy about him as he reaches up to draw the blade from his back. Flames would light up along its surface as he points it at Naoya for a moment, he's feeling pretty good about this one!
Naoya looks at Jiyu, looking like an interesting fellow, kind of interested him as he was rather bored at the moment...but he's not the one he plans on fighting right now...there's another person he called over to fight with here...
He then looks over to see Tatsuya and Waves back, "Good to see you again, Tatsuya-san!" He said as he walks over to him, "Don't worry...I've done this crap along with having to travel to a parallel world!" he said as he walks up to the ring and takes out his blade, a sword that was sheathed at his side, along with a Sub Machine gun. He gets into his battle stance and a mixture of blue and red flames light up on its surface before he prepares for battle ,"Hope you're ready!" he said, before he took a swing at Tatsuya
(edited by Naoya_Toudou)
Something simple then, no need to get Apollo out quite yet. He'd push his right foot forward and slam Gram toward Naoya's own blade, flames clashing against each other as the man pushes into the sword with incredible strength.
"Yare yare, no need to be so formal! God knows I'm never one to use honorifics or anything, and that's a good sword arm ya got there... Now, How about this?"
The flames along Tatsuya's weapon would burst up, even leaping off the blade and rushing toward Naoya's chest as a quick jet of fire. With that, Tatsuya would leap backward from the man to break their little bladelock, a smirk showing on his face as he does so.
Jiyu turns around in his stool to watch the two other people fight, but he mainly focuses on Tatsuya.
"Hm, so that's Tatsuya... I do remember seeing him working in that armory a while back."
"Heh, as if I'd be overtaken that easily!" He said as he proceeds to go on the offensive again and clash blades once more, "You're pretty good with that sword there too, I admit..." he said, though for one moment, right in the heat of it, he thought of summoning Amen Ra, but that would be too hasty for him to summon him immediately,
Hmm... Not quite, need to see a bit more before bringing out his power. Instead, the man would continue pushing his sword against Naoya's for a moment, right up until he suddenly ducks and aims quick slice at the other man's legs, there'd be a blur of motion as he does so with inhuman speed before trying to roll off to Naoya's left.
"Heh, I'd be disappointed if you were... Pretty soon here, I'm gonna have to get serious ya know?"
Naoya quickly parries the strike at his leg, going on the defensive, "Well, how about we get serious now?" he said as he pushes back Tatsuya's blade and jumping a few feet away before his left hand, his only hand that isn't holding his sword, touches his face a little before he said, "Persona."
As he said that, the egyptian sun god and king of all gods, Amen Ra, materializes behind Naoya as blue flames encircle them, "Agilao!" Naoya cries out as the god points his cane at Tatsuya and unleashes a medium fire attack
The sounds of a gun cocking and a rifle being loaded is heard as the doors are kicked open and a brown Armored figure walks in holding a rifle
"Es hora de patear el culo y masticar chicle ... pero me quedé sin goma"
Tatsu just laughs as the flames rush toward him, they wouldn't even do a thing to the man. Instead passing over him harmlessly as he stares Naoya down.
"Didn't you know? Apollo is immune to fire... Can't burn a Sun God!"
A masked man in red appears, almost looking like an old Japanese superhero show. He'd rush toward Naoya and conjure up bright white Nuclear energy, the magic rushes across his hands before bursting off the Persona in a huge beam that comes from both hands and covers about 20 feet in front of it. Tatsu would stow his blade as a silver revolver takes shape in his hands, the magical weapon glowing with yellow energy for a moment as a pair of electrical rounds rushes from it toward Naoya's right arm.
"Anyway, I guess that I'll get serious too yeah?"
(A 7'3 behemoth of a man, in a red and blue armor, with a giant Lance on his back, and a giant shield that has actual fire in it, walks in, with his armor clanking)
....so, this is the "gym", Milo keeps onna talkin' bout?, well, its not AS good as our's....but eh, better then nothin' I guess
*Someone else enters after the strange Spanish man a maturely dressed girl who looked out of place at a fighting arena like this. Despite how mature she looks, she seems rather grumpy about, well, everything.*
I can't believe this place. It's too big. There's too many people.
So everyone fights here? Hope I've been studying up well enough...
(Rep stares at Mariko, and sighs)
Well what do ya bloody expect!?, its called a "gym"!
(edited by Rep-the-hunter)
Despite being awfully tired, Jiyu still manages to silently watch the fight between Naoya and Tatsuya. He glances over to the new arrivals as they entered then quickly looked back to the fight.
What? I didn't mean a gym you stupid....
Grr.... I was told this place was Tok-e-yo or whatever. It's too big, I wanna go back home now.
Oh my fuckin' god.....
Also, I have no fuckin' know where I am either...so, you and me both
Jiyu looked back over to the two new arrivals, seeing that they know nothing about the Nexus. If he wasn't tired, he would politely educate them about what the Nexus is and how it works. He lets out a small sigh before continuing to watch the fight.
"Hmph...too bad he drains nuclear energy..." Naoya said as the attack did little damage to him, though it didn't really affected him at all. but the electric bullets do deal damage to him, as he kneels down in pain, "Gh...not bad, I have to admit." he said, as he slowly smiles before unleashing another attack from Amen Ra. "Shibaboo!" he called as the falcon headed god inflicts an attack that blinds Tatsuya temporarily, perhaps for a few minutes...
(Immidantly, when he turns around, ye jumps back in shock)
SWEET JAGGI!, THE FUCK KIND OF MONSTER IS THAT?!?!, AND HE'S CONTROLING IT?!?!, HAT THE FUCK?!
How do you not know where you are!? I just told you where.
Ugh! Stupidcityignorantjerk!
*She practically stomps over to where Jiyu was watching the fight, noticing for the first time the two Persona users fighting.*
Woah, these two feel... familiar.
Blinded... No shooting like this, but the elec rounds seemed to work fairly well.
"Yare yare daze, I guess Elec works on this Persona then? I may not be able to see you... But who needs that, right Odin?"
Apollo blurs into the one-eyed god, Odin would smirk and raise his spear up into the sky as a series of storm clouds somehow forms at the top of the roof, water pours down from them but that's not the main effect. Bolts of Lightning begin crashing down onto the field, 5 of them in all and they'd be drawn to the metal of Naoya's sword. Despite Tatsu not being able to see, the storm still seeks out that which it can strike easily, and for some reason would evade Tatsuya regardless of the metal he holds.
"TAKE THIS, THUNDER REIGN!"
Jiyu glances over to Mariko as she approaches him. Familiar? What could she possibly mean by that? It's either she's a persona user too or she somehow knows both Tatsuya and Naoya. Just thinking about it made Jiyu's head hurt a bit, so he shrugged it off and continued watching the fight... again.
(He grabs his giant Lance, and looking closer, it has a small pipe like part in the middle, looking like a barrel part of a tank/gun, and his giant, fire like shield)
WH...WHAT...THE FUCK?!!!
*Mariko watches the persona swap and the powerful lightning rain, a slight smile forming on her face.*
Oh, I see now. They're Wild Cards.
Upon hearing Mariko mention the word "Wild Card," Jiyu sighs. Yep, she knows something about personas. He decides to speak to her without looking at her because he didn't want to miss a second of this fight.
"So, you know about personas and all that stuff?"
*She looks to JIyu first, then to the other man.*
There, uh, those things. Manifestations of your unconsciousness and stuff. I don't know that much about them, that was always the Nose's job to know about them. Though I guess I have one.
(He simply nods his head)
...this world just keeps on getting werdier
(He keeps his position)
Jiyu smirks while sitting up a bit in his stool, crossing his legs and his arms, now looking at Mariko.
"I see, so you're a persona user too. That's cool, because we actually need more persona users in this crappy city."
"Tch, THOR!" Naoya calls out as he switches Persona mid combat to counter the sudden lighting attacks that come towards him. Thor looks fiercely at Odin before being retracted back. "Well...That was close..." he said, having his left hand touch his face a little once more...a rather odd habit to some, but it's usual for him. "All right then..." he said as he summons another Persona, Narukami, a god of thunder...but lightining isn't why he summoned him, "Mamudo." he said, as the persona sends in dark damage to Tatsuya himself, unsure that if it will affect his opponent.
*A certain Warframe that Rep may or not remember walks while holding a unique shotgun*
Yes! A conclave training hall. I wonder where Teshin is...
*he realize seeing Naoya and Tatsuya duking it out*
Oh... am I interrupting?
(edited by Nidus)
(He turns around, still in his postion. And immideintly, when he see's nidus...h gts mad, almost pulling the trigger on his lance on him)
....you...
There are a surprising lack of you in this place for this place is, isn't there.
*Shade steps out of the shadows behind Jiyu before making his way to the nearest open seat.*
Curious, isn't it? I suppose not enough people are strong enough for it.
*he loads five explosive buckshots and aims at Rep and parts of his body sprung open showing strands of infested flesh pokes out*
SELF-DEFENSE!
(Thanks to his super definsive stance, he only gets knocked back a small bitx and attack back with a giant side swing, and right in the middle of the swing, he pulls the trigger, sending a giant, tank like bullet to his chest)
EAT LEAD MOTHERFUCKER!!!
Jiyu looks over to Shade, not even surprised by his sudden arrival.
"Oh, hey Shade. How's life?"
*Nidus' lower half is missing and infested flesh was all over the floor*
Owwww... my heart... my soul...
I wouldn't call myself that. I just kept one. He's still way better than me.
*And apparently while she was talking, chaos had started around her.*
D-does this normally happen here!?
*Shade shrugs*
It exists. Can't really complain. Though Lord Hades has yet to return after you destroyed his physical form a few days ago. Not that some people will mind that.
*Shade glances at Rep.*
(He then walks straight up to him, and trust his lance into the lower part of his body, and a purple like flame appears around the lance)
HAVE A WYVERNS BLAST!
(With that. A humongous explosion blows up inside of nidus, making all of his parts flying onto rep)
...don't fuck with me
*mutliple infested maggots rushes in and drags the remaining bits of Nidus but he is alive... somewhat*
What did I even do to you?! I simply scare you off. Glad thing Oberon wasn't there. He would use Reckoning on you ten times over. And if you excuse me, my maggots and Ancient Healers are going to patch me up... big time...
The cursed magic would rush at Tatsu, lucky for him Odin is able to send it flying right back at the caster. Tatsu isn't wasting time however, he'd surge forward as the gun vanishes and he draws his blade once more. Flames roaring to life upon the weapon as he aims to slam it into Naoya's lower chest with a stab. Odin would vanish, being quickly replaced by the towering form of Lucifer. The Persona glares at Noaya for a moment as powerful almighty magic begins gathering up in its hands, the energy takes on the form of a spear as Lucifer flies above Naoya and then quickly crashes down, aiming to stab the magical attack right into the shoulder of its foe's sword arm.
"Tch, I see that you saw my last move coming, but try and nullify Almighty magic eh?"
Jiyu shrugs a bit while closing his eyes.
"Well, I didn't really mean to do that to him, but I was kind of going all out with that move though.."
Jiyu then looks back over to Mariko.
"More like almost everywhere. Fight's like that one can break out in cafes for all I know."
(He just simply laughs to himself)
....go ahead, run along, I had enough of ya
(He says as he wipes off some of the guts off of him)
That's still disgusting with human flesh to...
This place is crazy.
At least there's no creepy fog here. I've had enough of that.
*After hearing some explosions, the Vanguard mind and Stormcaller Warlock Renox walks in to check up*
Heard some explosions. Hey Eito, hosting a Crucible match or something?
"We'll see about that..." Naoya said as he blocked the incoming attack and jumps to the side to dodge Tatsuya's stab. Unfortunatley, he wasn't faring too well when he saw Lucifer attack. He tried to change Personas before it happened, but ultimatley, he got damaged. "Gh..." he grunted as he stumbles to his knees for a few moments, before getting back up, and summoned Vishnu. "Diarahan!" he calls as he gets healed by his Persona before shooting some rounds of his SMG at Tatsuya, seeing if they could make some effect on him
It's fine. When Lord Hades is finished with his business in the Underworld, he never fails to make sure I know he's back.
*From Rep's shadow, a figure rises up behind him. Hades taps Rep on the shoulder. Shade looks over with a smirk.*
Speak of the devil.
"That's the same thing I said when I first came here."
Jiyu looks back over to Shade yet again.
"Speak of the devil? What do you me-"
Jiyu then glances over to where Shade is looking over to, seeing Hades.
"Oh..."
*he walks up to Shade and Jiyu while waving hello to Mariko, exoposing his metalic copper arm*
So... what did this Titan do?
*he points to Rep thinking he's a Titan because of the bulky armor*
Tatsuya would begin to reach down for a gun on his left hip, but he suddenly stops as Lucifer darts in front of the SMG fire... No need to get that serious, he's seen enough to know Naoya is pretty good. And that's enough for now, so as the demon lord blocks gunshots with its wings, it would vanish after the attack ends and Tatsu is seen stowing away his blade.
"Alright, I'd say that's enough for tonight... I wouldn't quite call it a conclusive match, but I will say that you're pretty good. Need to work on doing some more crazy stuff with your spells though "Senpai"! Ah well, it was a fun fight if nothing else. Anyway, I'll call it a draw for now if that's alright with you Naoya."
He'd look over to the man with a grin on his face, it's clear that he could keep going if needed,
but for now, Tatsuya isn't really feeling like going to near death.
*Hades looks over to Shade and nods. He then looks at Jiyu and seems to glare at him through his Cattle Skull mask before sinking into the shadows.*
Looks like he's changed his mask again. As to be expected, really.
If I knew, I'd tell you, weirdo. Hey, it looks like those two are done fighting now.