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GYM: Mach Tag Prattle
GYM. The same classic hangout is bizarrely changed into some sort of cliche American fairground. Spotlights illuminate the entryway, and fireworks burst off into the cool night sky. The key difference being the arena is now decorated throughout with pyrotechnics, and there's even a stage in the center. A loud brass section blares in a triumphant ensemble. The man in a white hoodie stands aboard the stage with the most confident grin adorning his visage.
"LADIES AND GENTLEMEN! IT'S TIME FOR... SUPERSTAR ACTION!"
His voice echoes across the various arenas, and reaches the entire city even. One may notice a small circus tent containing a glass case holding a solid door. The description reads 'Original Door! Broken 2017. Repaired 2018.' All of the traditional places accustomed to being in GYM are still there, but they now seem awfully American in decor.
Telelorts in
"Greetings, I wish to hone my combat skills in a trial among gladiators."
A short, hooded figure in baggy pants enters the GYM. Their face could not be seen, but to those in hearing range, it was a feminine voice. They stop and raise their hood slightly to look around. They heard about this place... This is where people spar. It would be useful to gather information. Hopefully their cover isn't blown...
They decide to simply lean against the wall and observe, for now. they probably stood out a lot in such a shady, concealing outfit though.
Luard was minding his own business when he suddenly hears a loud exclamation... It almost sounds like something he'd hear at a bloodball game. Hopefully the audience is safe this time. Regardless, the young man feels obligated to investigate, and so, Luard follows the sound to find the GYM in... Peculiar shape. Though he knows not what it is referencing, it is definitely something different.
That is... Somewhat of a relief. I suppose. Whatever this is.
Luard gestures to some of the decorations, as to demonstrate his point
A detective wanders the streets, he'd look around absently as he walks down the pathway to GYM. Cool night air brushing against his face and causing his coat to billow through the air. He'd twirl his staff around absently as he walks up to the door, for some reason he swears he can hear noises inside... Upon walking through, he'd look at Gou's setup and laugh for a moment.
"Wow, you went all out with this didn't you Gou? Well speaking as someone from the good ole US of A, I can say that this is surprisingly apt if that's what you were shooting for."
He'd then look around the room, decent little gathering here tonight... He was thinking about going against Gou, but a smirk spreads across Harry's face as he looks at the Rider.
"Hey now that I think about it, we have enough people here for a decent two on two, don't we? I've been itching to see how you handle yourself Gou, so wanna team up for a bit?"
Alto would, as usual, be staring at the destiny clock he always carried on him. The dial had once again shifted to blue signifying that he could relax for a while. He thought over what to do in his off-time but in the end, he decided to visit a familiar locale. He would walk straight into the GYM and look around. He was a bit confused by all the excitement here today.
"Uh, what's going on here? Is there a party or something today?"
Yumina walks in shortly after Dresden, holding a bladed Yo-yo in her hands as she looks around at the GYM
Wow.... this place changed since I was last here....
Are you gonna fight Harry-san?
Seeing Gou, she'd raise her hand and wave at him
Ah, Hi there Gou-san!
Gou's grin reaches critical mass and his sheer joy can hardly be contained. A burst of confetti blasts out from behind him, showering the arena in a vibrant rainbow.
"I know right!? This place is WAY too gray! Also, geez Gramps, 'US of A' I knew you were old but that's pushin' it!"
Several pillars of fire erupt about the perimeter, showering the area in light.
"Yeah, I'm down! Let's get shakin'... Wait a sec... Nah, forget it! Let's find some tough lookin' guys!"
Gou notices Yumina, and gives a small carefree salute.
"Yo!"
A gust of wind can be felt from inside the arena. A hooded figure now hovers above the arena, his long torn cape blowing in the wind as he stares down at the stage below. He looks around at some of the people in the building for a moment, before heading down towards the main room, continuing to hover with his feet off the ground.
He pays little attention to the people around now, simply giving them glances as they come into his view, which is currently fixated on the arena and its stage.
As he notices Dresden, he snickers a little to himself and floats over to him, making sure Dresden sees him before speaking.
"What a pleasant night... I'd hate to ruin it for anyone, but you understand what the natural reaction to Death is, do you not?"
The figure takes note of all of the new arrivals in GYM. They pull some sort of a scouter out of their hoodie pocket and open it. It begins examining everyone within the GYM, though to the average person, the numbers on the screen were absolute gibberish. This was crucial for information gathering, however.
Hilda walks by and notices Alto
"Oh, hey, Alto! Were you coming to GYM too? Hey, I have an idea, let's fight together."
Hilda lets out a wide grin of joy at seeing Alto.
Luard sighs and steps up to the plate, shaking his head, well, if nothing else its a decent opportunity for a few things. Joining himself gives a better indicator of what the combatants are capable of, as well as to what limits his new ability may go
Very well then, I suppose I shall take place as one of your opponents. I am eager to learn about the differences between our magics Dresden.
Luard goes ahead and draws a magic circle as he approaches the arena
Don't hold anything back now, otherwise the experiment will be incomplete. Now then
Commence Experiment
Researcher: Luard
subject: Dresden
Experiment type: Full spectrum analysis
With that, Luard thrusts his hand into the circle's center, entering the combat zone as he finishes announcing
and record
Another person enters the GYM after hearing a strange noise, Aston would be his name as he steps into the room, his hood still covering his hair as he looks around, there were allot of characters here, realizing this was a place of training he would approach Yumina and tilt his head in a bow before speaking
Hello there? My name is Aston, pleasure to meet you. I realize this is a place of fighting. Would you like to spar? I'm not the most experienced but I'll do my best.
Alto would see Hilda an almost show a little surprise. It would take him a moment to realize he had already seen Hilda before.
"Hey, Hilda. You and me fighting together, well certainly wouldn't be the first time. Who would we be fighting anyway? This place seems busy today."
Alto would look around for a moment as if trying to get a read on anyone in the area.
Oh!
Responding to Aston, Yumina bows back in respect
Yu.
Or Yu-chan.
Pleased to meet you.
And sure, I've never fought before either, it's so hard to find low level in this place.
I'd love to spar.
Yumina would then open a menu and begin tapping on it before a semi-transparent pink window with the words "Duel Request" and an X and O under them appears in front of Aston
Low.. Level? Hmm, well I suppose it's fine. We will be an even match.
Pondering over what she meant by level for a second, his concentration is broken by the window popping up, pulling out a blunderbuss and a strange weapon, a blade attached to a stick connected by a wheel, in a sort of strange saw, with his weapons ready he presses the O and jumps back, staring with at Yu
Ready when you are. May the good blood guide our way...
The man... Shrugs, he's not worried about "Death" anymore really. The man simply shrugs and waves at Death, not even paying him that much heed as he looks over at Luard.
"Ah, you too? I'm also curious about your magic Luard... Alright then, let's see who else wants to step up to the plate for this one."
Harry would hold his staff outward a bit and walk up to the same arena as Luard, standing across from the man and sizing him up curiously. Only turning away for a moment to look at Yumina.
"Oh hey Yu, good to see you around... Hopefully whatever fight you get into will work out pretty well."
At that, the man turns back to his first foe and twirls his staff around out of boredom. He's curious who else they'll be up against, but man is the wait a drag.
Right. Umm....
"May the good blood guide our way"
Yumina bows again and grabs the string of her Yo-yo beginning to spin it around quickly beside her like a lasso of sorts
Ok.... umm.... Combat interface..... hp... mp.... status.....
After a brief pause of staring into space, Yumina turns her attention to her opponent and steps forward as she spins her entire body, swinging her Yo-yo in a large horizontal arc surrounding herself
The figure follows the group casually to the battle area, staying off to the side and far out of their way. The screen begins to indicate new reads, detailing every movement in binary numbers as the battle begins. The figure under the hood smiles.
Okay, Tokyo... Let's see how strong your heroes are.
(edited by wasp_wasp)
Aston stares in confusion at Yu, was she another hunter or perhaps something else? With all this talk of blood and levels it was confusing, especially the odd stare
Are you quite alright?
The slight lapse in concentration however is enough to let Yu slice a cut over Aston's chest, letting blood fly and soak his shirt, the wound causing Aston to stagger for a second as fear eclipses him, shaking it off though he dashes in and uses the saw to strike horizontally as well from the right to the left before switching directions, the force of the snap causing the wheel to turn and extend the blade outward like a cleaver,
Yumina pales when she sees Aston bleed, causing her to panic when he closes in to attack
O-oh-wha!?
She tries to step back away from the slash, but takes it across her abdomen, the cut area turning blood red, but not actually bleeding.
The rest of Yumina’s momentum along with the dull discomfort of the damage causes her to fall down on her butt
She looks up at Aston, worry and panic on her face
I-It's just sparring, right!?
I didn't actually hurt you, r-right!?
Upon striking Yu the wounds close magically, healing himself for a bit as he breaths a sigh of relief, however when he sees Yu fall down he backs off for now
Eh? You don't have to worry. I can't die. Fight as hard as you can. I'm at no risk here. Now come on, I won't hold back, if you want to stop we can though.
Almost soundlessly, the door to GYM opens and a glasses wearing teen enter the facility. He scratches the back of his head sheepishly and looks around.
I think I'm still in Japan but.... I didn't think there'd be so many strange people out in the open here. This could be another TATARI. I really don't want to deal with another one of those...
Taking notice of the impending tag battle needing a final participant, he curiously ends up walking towards the three prepared for battle. Before he can ask what they plan on doing he ends up tripping into the arena and almost landing on his glasses.
Ow... That's not the impression I wanted to make...
Harry would look toward Luard for a moment... Before turning down to the boy who tripped into the ring, huh, well maybe he could join Luard?
"Oi, you look new here right? Harry Dresden, Wizard slash detective... Welcome to GYM pal, or rather a tent that Gou over here set up as GYM for today."
He'd gesture to the young man in a white coat at that.
"Anyway, we're rather in need of a final fighter for this little match... You in?"
He'd smirk at the boy who happens to be on Luard's side of the field, something about this kid says he's more than he'd first seem.
Luard glances aside at the newcomer.... In truth he was starting to think it would end up as a 2 v 1, undoubtedly a worse situation for him, but hopefully Luard would be able to get them to show everything even on his own.
Whoever you are, if you're planning on fighting here, then ready yourself, we were just about to begin. Do not hold back, otherwise the data would be incomplete, or even worthless.
That said, Luard silently backs towards the edge of the ring, drawing a pair of large, red magic circles in the air between Luard, Dresden, and Gou, cryptic runes glowing between the two, most notably one depicting a jagged streak, much like a thunderbolt, and another resembling a winding road going far into the distance
Phew.
Putting her hand on her chest, Yumina let's out a sigh of relief as she stands up
S-sorry, I wasn't expecting to actually injure you....
Ok...
She takes a deep breath and looks at Aston with a more determined gaze
Ready.
Come at me.
Huh? A fight? I'm more of a pacifist really but...
Shiki stands and glances at Luard as he draws his circles alone. Sighing, he continues.
I guess I can't just let him fight by himself. Try not to kill me though, ok? I don't usually enjoy fighting against mages.
Taking a deep breath, Shiki's eyes become serious in stark contrast to his previous more laid back demeanor. With a practiced motion, he draws a small knife from his pocket and jumps back towards Luard.
I'l try not to slow you down ok?
As a new entree enters the battle field, the readings for him are a bit... low. He seems normal enough. The figure narrows their eyes. This one was either suicidal or had something... strange.
Gou watches as the circles form in the middle of the ring.
"Dammit, of COURSE we got ourselves some hocus pocus nerd to deal with! Oi, nerd! The fight wasn't properly started yet!"
He clicks his tongue in an annoyed fashion, and gives a rallying signal with his hand. Several bright lights emerge from the spotlights, and begin to surround him. Several cannons fire off large bursts of flame illuminating him. Gou grabs the foremost light, and reveals it to be a tiny toy motorcycle.
"Let's... TRANSFORM!"
Gou holds a mysterious blue object to his waist and a large silver belt extends to hold it aloft. He clicks up a side to it and a loud horn plays several notes. While Gou is busy posing for flair, a distinct rumbling of an old motorcycle comes out of his belt. He slides the white toy motorcycle onto the platform raised on his belt and slams it down, a loud noise playing like in those old TV shows that sounded like a beam of light. The beam is then accompanied by an upbeat horn solo. Fire bursts out of Gou's belt and it begins to throw out several small circles in front of and behind his right pectoral. A ring surrounds him and a white glow begins to form parts of a suit of armor. The circles close in and his white suit is complete with its red stripe and blue visor.
"Searching... Annihilating... always done at... MACH SPEED! Kamen Rider MACH!"
His bombastic poses clearly emphasised how seriously he was taking this. He began to pound the button atop his belt four times sequentially. In a flash of light he drew a white gun with a wheel mounted on the front.
ZENRIN SHOOTER
"Yo gramps, let's show 'em a good time!"
Aston nods, taking his weapons and getting low, circling Yu for a second
Alright, I won't hold back. Here I come.
With that said Aston snaps his Saw Cleaver back to it's regular mode and lunging forward, striking upward diagonally her chest before firing the blunderbuss to push her back, contrary to regular guns however the bullets themselve don't do much damage, near nothing, mostly just for pushing and staggering
"Don't worry, I'm not the kinda guy to kill someone in a sparring match. Besides, killing with magic is banned anyways!"
The man reaches into his coat and pulls out a rune inscribed wooden rod, pointing it toward the runes as Gou shouts toward him.
"A good time eh!? Well, I think we can do that at least... I'll start off simple, FUEGO!"
As Harry twists the hand with his blasting rod a wave of flames would rush out from it, white hot fire bursting forth and moving toward the pair of runes at a high speed. As for Harry himself, he'd begin moving backward after firing off his spell and keeping his eye on both foes, though a bit more focused on Luard than Shiki.
Sig enters the building, his face still just blank.
"Maybe I might be able to see if anyone wants to have a Puyo battle with me"
(edited by Sig_616)
Yumina tries to sidestep the slash, getting nicked on the side before the bullets hit her, staggering her back a step or two
D-dangit!
As she stumbles back, Yumina swings her Yo-yo up and to the left diagonally in an arc, this time aiming to wrap it around Aston's arm.
Should it catch, she'll pull, using her backwards momentum as force, and try to kick the weapon out of his right hand
As the flame rushes towards him, Luard tilts his head, rapidly beginning to make an adjustment to his circle, the fire rushes towards the circle, spread to strike the two notable runes specifically The fire would strike not only the circles, but also the open space in the middle as though it were a tangible object. At first, the circle seems to flicker, only for Luard to finish his addition, overwriting the jagged lightning with an image of a blazing fire. With that, the previously harmful flames seem to get absorbed into his circle
Please don't insult me. I asked for your all, and I expect to receive it. If this is really all you wizards are capable of doing, I think its safe to say your.... Interesting methods are truly quite inferior.
naturally, Luard doesn't show a hint of annoyance or pride, rather he simply states these things as though it were an irrevokable fact. Seconds after these words leave his lips, Luard thrusts his palm into the middle of his circle
Flare lash.
The whole circuit, now glowing with not only Luard's energy but also Dresden's, seems to come to life, four tendrils of a shadowy flame emerging from what would be the corners, equidistant from each other. Luard briefly glances at Gou. Seems like a mechanist of sorts, machines have never been of much interest to him, so for now it is likely better to pressure his magical foe.
Luard's four tendrils rapidly expand, reaching out and around Dresden as though to trap him in a cage, before aiming to crush him in a sort of firey embrace
With neither of the two opponents directing their complete focus on him, Shiki crouches low before pushing off the ground with both feet. Moving faster than the average human eye can perceive for a brief instant, he goes to appear directly in front of Gou as if he teleported.
Hah!
With a shout, he attempts to kick Gou squarely in the chest with his right foot, attempting to push off the ground with his left and take them both to the air. If successful, he'd slam Gou down before landing himself.
(edited by Tohno_Shiki)
Aston takes the slash across the chest, leaving a nasty gash across his torso as the yo-yo catches on his arm, originally shaking it to fling it off, however, he didn't expect the attempt to disarm him and his saw cleaver flies out of his hand onto the floor, making a split second decision to dash backwards and watch carefully, finger on the trigger
Didn't expect that...
(edited by The_Dream)
Oh so he can absorb energy? Well, that's fine then... Harry would move, to be exact he'd begin spinning his staff around himself above his head as magical energy gathers up near him. If Luard were looking, he might even be able to see a slight breeze flowing as the staff moves.
"VENTAS CYCLIS!"
The winds would pick up, a large cyclone forming around Harry and rushing out to meet the flames. The whole thing would swirl around him and aim to gather up the flames inside of it. As for Harry himself, he's moving backward and aiming to get away from the fire. Assuming his little attempt worked, Harry would thrust his staff at Luard and send the flaming cyclone back toward his foe in a blur of speed.
"It's a good thing your package had a return address pal! Otherwise, I might just be in trouble dealing with this one."
Hello people of this odd and wonderful world.
Esme walks in with a smile and take a seat somewhere. Pulling out a huge book from her bag she proceeds to barely look at it as her eyes drift to the fighting going on. Lately her life has gotten weirder than normal so she decided to take it in stride. Just watching as people nearly kill each other half the time. It was good popcorn entertainment.
Ok....
This is so weird...
Yumina mumbles to herself as she runs, not at Aston, but to his weapon, base sliding as she approaches to kick it much further out of the arena and out of reach
Of course, given Gou’s flashy nature, he avoids it by hopping out of the way. He giggles gleefully when he begins to take potshots with the shooter. Several blue orbs of energy fly out of the gun at high speeds, each taking a different path.
“Sorry, pal, but speed’s kind of my whole thing! Don’t worry though, it don’t mean I’m a pushover either!â€
Now focuses on his opponent Gou makes a charge at even higher speeds.
Aston watches, confused as the mubling, however when he sees Yu go for the weapon he fires his weapon to stop her before rolling to grab the weapon, attempting to take the cleaver before backstepping again to create some distance
Dresden's cyclones batter the flames, causing them to flicker in the wind, enough to give a clear shape of a dark, cylandrical energy forming the main body of the tendrils, and soon extinguishing the fire entirely.
Or throwing the fire at Luard in which case his circle, still hanging in the air between them, would merely absorb the flames again. I don't think either of us particularly care for that one.
I'm sorry, do you think this is a joke? I'm just going to assume you're working with a much more primitive form that has virtually no flexibility. A formless inferno given shape and substance by malleable shadow. Really, its a lot more productive to channel more than once, if somewhat time consuming. I don't think you can argue with results.
With the circle finished, Luard would walk around it, opposite the side where Gou and Shiki are fighting slowly drawing a long, silver blade from beneath his cloak. It looks like he can barely even lift the thing.
As for the tendrils, the cyclone would hardly even slow them down, though at least they're not on fire anymore. With as much time as Harry's spell gave them, one tendril would likely latch onto his staff in an effort to wrench it away from his grasp while the other three aim to reach out behind him, effectively trapping Dresden between the shadows
Gah!
Knocked off balance by the shot, Yumina falls to the side and rolls to stay on her feet.
Seeing Aston run for his weapon again, Yumina lashes the Yo-yo out to his leg, pulling it out from under him as he tries to reach the cleaver
Dag gum!
Standing up, she'd then try to pull the string to drag him closer to her
(edited by Yu-M1N4)
Huh?
Shiki attempts to right himself in the air rather unsuccessfully given he's but a human and tries to cut through one of the energy bullets for little gain. Getting hit by all the shots that would strike him on his way back to the ground, Shiki is left even more surprised by Gou's speed.
Oh crap!
Fumbling a landing, Shiki brandishes his knife and begins to reach for his glasses before stopping suddenly. Opting instead to try and feign a retreat with a quick backstep. If he's lucky, Gou would fall for the basic strategy and not expect him to immediately dash forward and aim a strike with the back of his knife and the man's chest.
Gou’s charge halts immediately, probably just an intimidation tactic. He retrieved a green signal bike which he replaces his white bike with. He slaps the dock down and his wheel begins to flash a green color with a white arrow curving through it.
SIGNAL BIKE! SIGNAL KOUKAN! MAGARL!
A high pitched guitar riff screeches from his belt. He aims the gun into the air and shoots five shots sequentially.
“Didn’t mean ta scare ya pal, just got a thing for the dramatic!â€
Gunvolt walks in the GYM to find so many battles already happening.
"Well, this is pretty busy today..." He said to himself as he leans on the wall, waiting for someone to finish...
Aston gets grabbed by the yoyo and begins to panic, trying to reach for the cleaver but missing, changing up his strategy and going with the pull, getting in close and placing his gun right up at point blank and firing a shot to attempt to stun
More vicious than any beast I've come across...
So many readings. So many unique moves. So much information. The figures eyes gleamed under their hood... This was very useful information. And more was coming! so this is the abilities of the people of Japan...
They did not notice Esme or Gunvolt arrive, as they were took caught up in their readings.
The man sighs as he attempts to slide, he can't be sure that this will work. But after a running start and muttering Infriga, ice would cover the ground as Harry leaps down and attempts to slide along it in order to pass under the tendrils. Assuming it worked, he'd then keep rushing toward Luard.
"A joke? Nah... I just don't really feel the need to go all out for something like this, but okay if you really want to see some more I'll toss out a bit more of my power Luard. There's no sense just messing around, right? WIND AND ICE!"
There's a glowing light forming from Dresden, this time around his magic would seem a fair bit more powerful if Luard were scanning it and moreover a howling wind rushes the air, bladed chunks of ice flying about inside of it and aiming to slice into Luard's skin even as the wind also tries to sweep the man off his feet. Said attack on his feet would likely be aided by the thick sheets of ice now covering the ground for a good 15ft around Luard as well, finally, Luard might note Harry storming away from the tendrils and straight at him. The winds would die down for Dresden as he moves, yet still, there's a flow of wind and ice blades rushing at Luard, even as Harry runs across the ice without even slowing down and aims to slam his staff into Luard's center back.
(edited by Harry-Dresden)
Nngh!
Seeing Aston point his gun at her, Yumina yanks hard on the string to jostle his aim, making him completely miss his shot as she jumps over him, stepping on his face as she does so, reaching the cleaver and picking it up herself
This is so weird!
But really fun!
Pausing his counter attack, Shiki quickly responds to Gou with a smile.
Don't sweat it! I'm just a bit out of practice is all. Try this on for size.
Narrowing his eyes, the boy quickly turns his knife in his hands and vertically slashes at Gou, attempting to distract him with the attack to once again Flash Dash and get behind him.
I just hope I won't have to go all out just to put up a decent fight.
Shiki uses any time got with this maneuver to glance down at the ground around himself and Gou over his glasses. How strange.
Fun huh? Well I can agree it's strange.
Aston prepares to fire but the jostle makes him lose his mark, the surprise of the parry leaves him defenseless to be jumped on and he falls to the ground on his knees, stunned and reeling, open to a counter attack
Damn!
(edited by The_Dream)
.........
Yumina looks into the air again, and frowns
Oh..... the gun doesn't do much.....
Looking at the cleaver, she tosses it back to Aston's feet for him to grab before leaping forwards and swinging her Yo-yo in a large diagonal arc, slashing from left down to the right, hoping to catch him as he stands up
As one tendril would have left formation to reach for his staff, Harry is able to slide to his left fairly easily, bringing him opposite Luard's own attempt to keep away from Shiki and Gou's fight, leaving the shadowy tendrils between the pairs.
Luard simply grins, not entirely useless after all, at the very least its not insulting anymore. Luard swiftly sketches a single small circle, about half as large as his chest, with no notable designs as the gust approaches him.
now you're just throwing out two spells at the same time. Its not the same as interweaving them, Better, but still somewhat lacking.
in a flash, a scaly black arm emerges from the portal, its golden claws swiping aside the blades of ice before vanishing in an instant. Luard stabs his blade into the ground, giving somewhat of an anchor, not that he had much use for the heavy piece of metal anyways.
Assuming the flash of a dragon claw wasn't enough to make Dresden reconsider, no sooner than he approached Luard would a head emerge from the circle, eyes closed in an attempt to headbutt Dresden to push him back
Regardless of choice, the tendrils would remain in being, chasing Dresden down and attempting to grab him were he to fully stop
Aston soon recovers and notices the cleaver was given back to him, nodding and muttering a word of thanks as he sees the strike and reacts quickly, taking the cleaver and extending it out while cutting upwards, trying to catch the yo-yo by the string
Not done yet!
The shots are far from sight as Shiki makes his move. Gou lifts the gun to block the attack but he’s a tad too late. The knife strikes his chest and leaves a trail of sparks with it. Gou shrugs in disbelief when he sees Shiki peering at him.
“You keep zippin’ around pal and I might have to do somethin’ about it y’hear? Let’s get a bit flashy shall we?â€
Gou taps the button atop his belt so it lets out another guitar riff.
MAGARL
From the heavens with no distinct indication three shots come casing after Shiki, the other two to Luard’s back.
“This is a tag team so don’t go all free for all on me, ok?â€
The flash of a dragon claw is, in fact, enough to make Harry reconsider things, rather than rushing toward the man he'd veer off to the side. Aiming to run around Luard in order to keep in motion, but clearly staying clear of the claw and thus likely staying clear of the headbutt as well.
"Hmm, I think I have a clue what you mean... LAQUEUSFUEGO!"
Glow cords of force rush from the man's staff, flames glowing across them as well as the raw force and flame mix into one. To be exact, 4 of the constructs would form into large bladed cables that rush toward Luard's tendrils, aiming to slice into the things and hold them in place. Hopefully, the flames would do something to them as well, but he can't be sure.
"Oh and catch."
The man stows his blasting rod away, reaching down for a holster on his right waist and simply pointing the fifty caliber revolver toward Luard. He's not expecting them to do much, but the 2 bullets rushing toward Luard's front might just distract him a bit at least.
The weapons clash in the air and the string wraps around the jagged blade, getting stuck
Ack!....
Urrrgh!
Yumina pulls, but isn't able to loose it
Time to use that....
Taking one hand off the string, she raises it in the air as a ring of yellow rises around her, making her stronger, but leaving her completely open for a bit
GV observes one of the battles going on, Particularly the battle between Henry, Gou, Luard, and Shiki. It seems to pique his interest a bit, especially that Dresden guy...He seems rather...powerful...for a guy that uses magic...heck, he can probably match the Azure Striker's raw power on his own, which many people have a hard time dealing with him...maybe after, he can put his skills to the limit against him.
Now's the time.
Seeing an opportunity, Aston lunges forward, snapping back his cleaver into the short version and putting it away for a second on his back, getting up close and personal to Yu. Up this close he brings his arm back before attempting to plunge it directly into Yu's chest, if successful he would dig around before grasping an organ or a chunk of flesh and ripping it out violently
(edited by The_Dream)
With a slight smirk, Shiki's knife seems to flash in the light as he readies it.
I'll show you some flash if that's your game. Don't get too mad at the results though.
As the shots focus on the unaware Shiki, he stabs his knife in a seemingly random spot on the ground. Slicing through the ground like it were paper, he quickly cuts a chunk of the arena off and slams his foot on it to launch it up. Grabbing it with his free hand, he'd chuck it at Gou to buy some time as he sprints around his current opponent slicing the ground around him.
(A small rumble can be felt from the ground beneath the gym, then, right in the middle of the gym, a 7'3 snake centipede hybrid comes from the ground, leaving a hole)
...I heard action, and that means sssssomeonessss getting there ass kicked..
The GYM, this place fueled in Akechi the memory of his last fight, he decided to go in to see if anything was changed.
He saw other people fighting and that the place has been cleaned.
Hhhhm, i wonder...
He thought about the possibility of someone finding it, perhaps they even were on his trails, ready to take revenge. His last words did suggest he might have known others maybe way more powerful than him.
But still it can't be!
He went to gather all things that could link him to that, there is no way for anyone else to know, but from now on he would be more careful.
Having accertained those facts he leaves the GYM again.
The bladed cables not only sink into the tendrils, they find it extremely easy to go straight through them, ultimately doing little more than slowing them down as more flows from the still-hanging circle.
Naturally, as Dresden remains far from the circle, the dragon head doesn't bother appearing, no need to waste energy after all.
With his sword stuck in the ground, Luard isn't able to do much about the bullets, doing his best to block them with his cloak, one bullet simply goes through the fabric, striking Luard in the chest, while a *crack*ing sound can be heard when the other strikes, prompting Luard to reach into his cloak
Ok, are you even an actual wizard? These names are starting to sound really fake. That and the gun. Really such devices should be below you.
Luard begins to draw out his, now broken, tablet from within his cloak, only to be blindsided by Gou's blast, knocking him rather comically to the floor as the shattered remains of his device falls out of his grasp. Luard himself slowly works to his feet, clutching the bullet wound.
Oh, right. There are two of you after all. Very well, if you insist.
The tendrils split up into pairs, two and two, reaching the opposite side of the arena before beginning to sweep around towards their opponents. For now the tendrils wouldn't be close enough to try to grab either Gou or Dresden, but it does limit their ability to step back significantly
Aston would successfully plunge his hand into Yumina, but would find that she seemingly has no organs whatsoever, instead leaving a gaping red "wound" glowing where he grabbed
Ack!
Yumina would be thrown to the ground by the visceral attack before she kicks at Aston's groin from below
Aston would find the kick to be a bit stronger than the average humans kick
(The battle with the two people, motly the one with the person he only knows cuz taston just broke into his House, watches from afar)
WOOOOOO, GO KICK HIS ASS. OTHER GUY WHO DIDNT BREAK INTO MY HOUSE AND DID NOT INSULT ME INNA MILLISECOND!
(edited by Reperzel)
GV looks on, but notices Akechi, who just walked in...
"Wait...is that?"
He remembered one time that someone had died to him...but it probably wasn't supposed to be on purpose...but he does look suspicious. 'Maybe notify someone that I know about this about this' He thought to himself as he is seen texting someone...
Aston seems confused at the lack of organs but continues through with the attack, however, getting struck down below causes him to back off immediately, back stepping before gasps in pain
GAH! Low blow! Gah.... That hurts!
Gou winds up the wheel on his bike and punches straight through the boulder. He pulls out a reddish pink signal bike and holds it gloatingly.
“This one’s a little dangerous, so watch out, hah!â€
SIGNAL BIKE! SIGNAL KOUKAN! KIKERN!
He performs the switch with the new bike and the signal on his chest changes to a distinct warning sign. He shoots two shots in the air, this time hitting the button immediately. The sound of a stereotypical violin from a horror movie plays out. In the sky two yellow signs matching the signal appear and drop two oddly tiny objects from them. They seem to be petite bullets waddling about without a care in the world. Gou simply chooses to flip away from the ground beneath him.
Alright, I'm already confused..
Is he even... No need to rise to the guy's bait, but what's this about spell names sounding made up?
"Of course they're made up, all spell names are like that. Just associate a given effect to a word or set of words and there's your spell name, everyone has different stuff."
The man dashes... Those tendrils do seem to have a limited range, but he's not quite sure about them yet... Gou's bike seems like it has something more to it, but Harry isn't quite sure on that one.
"Gravitus."
Harry slams his staff down toward Luard, moving a bit further away to try and steer clear of the tendrils as the force of gravity slams down on his foe. To be exact, Luard would note that the weight on his body has gone up about five times over, Harry looking at the young man curiously as he continues channeling magic into his staff and aim to keep the pressue up so Luard can't move.
Yumina gets up, dropping the Yo-yo string and rushing at Aston as he's stunned, grabbing his right arm and trying to throw him over her back
You can't expect a high blow when I'm on the ground, can you?
I finally realized...
A look of comprehension briefly touches his mind.
You remind me of those live action super heroes I used to watch growing up! I didn't think those actually existed! This place is crazier than I thought.
Grabbing a handful of rocks in his free hand he throws them at the two bullets moving about without a care.
This is a team battle now isn't it... So that means...
Lifting his glasses up for a moment, Shiki Flash Dashes again, this time trying to end up in front of Harry as Gou is in the air. With a bit of luck on top of the element of surprise, he'd hopefully be able to slash at the ground beneath Harry and break that part of the arena into several pieces that fall into themselves as he jumps away.
Aston gets his arm grappled and thrown to the floor, groaning in pain as he gets up, his attire soaked in his own blood as he gets up slowly
Gah... Still, you could have hit anywhere and chose there?!?
Checking his own vitals he's sees that his health is falling and about to expire soon, almost reaching for a vial but stopping himself, with a final hail mary he decides to extend the weapon into cleaver mode again before running up, this time sliding at the end and trying for a slice at the back of her legs to try and trip before firing another shot
The purpose of a spell's name is to help give shape and focus into your work. If you just made it up as you went then it wouldn't aid the focus and really serves no purpose at all. But then again, I also work with far more complicated circuitry than you.
Luard himself would remain put, using his sword as a prop to keep him on one knee, better to look around, though its not like his tendrils require much in the way of specific focus, it is better to remain aware of your surroundings.
Speaking of the tendrils, the two that aimed to cut off gou's backing away earlier would now extend towards him, forcing him forward in the arena, closer to Luard, or to do some kinda ninja trick over them. I dunno.
As for the two following Dresdin, they would reach around the edge of the arena before closing in towards him, to where any attempt to leap backwards would merely put Dresdin within their grasp. Rather, they seem to be forcing Dresdin closer to Luard and Shiki.
I've never really worked in a group before, though I suppose partners is a fitting term for our current condition. Its strange though... You actually feel somewhat like my apprentice. Do you have any sisters?
Yumina visibly winces in discomfort and pales as she looks at Aston, backing away as he stands up and checks himself
S-sorry......
Seeing him extending his cleaver, Yumina assumes he's going to swing and decides to duck and lunge forward and grab his legs....
Unfortunately she was NOT expecting him to slide, and instead they end up both ramming into each other
ACK!
(The snakipede casaully slithers around)
...well...what to do...
Gou does indeed do a ninja trick over them which is too complex and awe inspiring to put to words. It was alright. Meanwhile, the two bullets get rather agitated after being pelted, and begin to shake rapidly.
“Don’t think y’shoulda done that pal! I told you they were dangerous!â€
The two bullets expand to the size of a double decker bus, each with a gaping mouth of pointed teeth. One chooses to antagonize Shiki, giving little moments to focus, and the other begins rampaging amongst the tendrils. Gou stands and watches his handiwork unfold.
Gah! You mad woman!
Hitting Yumina with his feet was not apart of his plan, looking awkwardly at Yu in the compromising position
Uh, well this is strange.
Taking a second to assess the situation he gets up by rolling to the right side before swinging the cleaver downwards to try and chop something, desperate to get a strike in
Luard would note the force of gravity letting up on himself for a moment, Harry having been forced to roll off to the right side by Shiki smashing bits of the floor he was standing on to bits. His next move would be to swing his staff up in front of the tendrils.
"Glacival-."
His words are cut short, however, by the sight of Gou's shots flying through the tendrils, he was about to blow. Instead, Harry would quickly shift gear. Rushing a bit close to Shiki and aiming to slam his right fist into the boy's gut, Shiki might also note the fairly high speed of the move, nothing compared to Gou but still better than one would think from a human. Assuming he struck true, he'd then aim to slam his staff into the hand holding the boy's knife and try to send it flying. Hopefully between the bullet and his attacks something hits. As for the tendrils, well if Gou didn't get them they'd be able to easily grab onto Harry.
Hehe..time to be douche..
(Were that, he drills underground, right under astoma or the dream, and grabs one of his feet, and bites it, sending neurotoxin in his body, and drills deep underground after that)
Ahaha......
Oww....
Yumina also rolls to her right, but gets a cleaver in her back for her troubles, along with the Yo-yo that's still wrapped around the weapon
Nnngh!
She buckles, then pushes herself and rolls towards Aston, swinging her leg to try to trip him before standing up.
If he is tripped, Yumina jumps back to distance herself from him and raises her arm to the sky as a gold ring glows around her
Battles are tough.....
I need to get stronger....
The tendrils would regenerate rapidly as the bullet shatters them over and over again, leaving them at a sort of stalemate, with the tendrils likely unable to restrain the large weapon, and merely recovering every time they are shattered. Leading to an ultimately fruitless effort on both parts. Luard sighs and steps away, though for now it is probably best to leave the tendrils so as to prevent Gou's tool from causing too much damage
I do believe that is enough. I have a decent understanding of all your abilities now. No need to exhaust ourselves further, no?
(edited by Luard)
Aston continues with his assault, preparing for a transforming strike, however what he didn't account for was a trip, however he was more prepared for this one, the trip only catching one of his legs and making him stumble backwards, rather then fully fall down, this doesn't allow him to counter strike just yet however, just hold his balence
Hmm... What to do, what to do...
Getting an idea he takes the Yo Yo off his blade and inspects it for a second, taking it in his hands and throwing it at Yumina's head to try and score a headshot of sorts!
Taking the gut punch as Luard says the fight should come to an end. Avoiding the staff aimed at his knife hand, he lightly jumps back and hopes Gou will call off the bullet before he has to remove his glasses.
That was pretty intense! You guys might be able to give Arc a run for her money at your best. If this had been a more serious kind of thing I don't know what I'd do. Akiha'd kill me for fighting regardless though... Oh crap, Akiha! She's going to kill me for not getting home! It was nice meeting you three. I might see you all again next time I'm in Tokyo.
Assuming he didn't have to deal with a bullet train sized... bullet, Shiki would adjust his glasses, give a short wave and run out of GYM.
Harry would shrug at that, he's pretty fine with letting the whole thing end... That kid with the glasses though, how strange. He'd wave to the boy and give him a few parting words.
"Hmm, nice meeting you as well. And if you ever need help dealing with something mystical, gimme a call, I'm in the book. Anyway, yeah no sense nearly killing ourselves Luard, I'd say we've both learned a good deal about each other's skills."
With that, Harry himself wanders out of the tent as well, wandering off to his car and driving away from the place with a curious look on his face. Shiki kid seems nice enough, but who knows. And Luard... Screams of "Warlock", but maybe Harry's just being paranoid?
Yumina would take advantage of Aston trying to untangle the Yo-yo string from his weapon and throw a punch at his face just as the gets it untangled and throws it, Hitting Yumina in the face as she hits him, her punch that of above average force
Ack!
She'd end up stumbling back from the hit and holding her face
The punch was enough force to end Aston, making him fall backwards as he loses consciousness, yelling out in pain as he hits the floor, stone cold and dead, after a second his body rapidly decomposes and gets wisped away into nothing, leaving behind a pile of blood with strange whispering coming from it
Gahh!!!
(He'd then appear right Aston from the ground, and picks up Aston, puts him on his back, and slither away)
...Jesus...that's quite a punch..
Ahh!
This freaks Yumina out, before she slowly approaches the pile of blood
..........
H-hello?
Aston?
Experiment concluded
Dresden's own form of magic seemed, in many respects, like an unrefined version of his own. Thus the other man compensates for it using current weaponry, as though they are fully aware of their place. Respectable in some senses, but overall nothing to get excited over.
His partner, Shiki, was much like his apprentice in some ways, at least as far as abilities were concerned. Even if his personality was similar, there are rules against having more than one, so for now he'll simply be a curiosity item.
As for Gou, while it might be interesting to learn how his own forms work, ultimately it is the work of a mechanist, not a wizard. And thus, means nothing to him.
With these thoughts in his head, Luard simply exits the tent, his magic circle fading away as Luard vanishes into the dark city streets, for what purpose anyone could guess
The whispering gets louder but Yu can't make out much, just screams of various beasts and people, giving out cries of death and anguish, Aston is nowhere to be seen.
(He'd turn around again, still with Aston on his back)
...I'm surprised ya where able to knock out...or kill someone that fast...then again, in th nexus...anything can happen...sssssooo..
.........................................
This is so creepy.......
She smiles, giggles and pokes at the pile
What the heck is this~
Hehehe~
As Yu pokes the pile she feels something come from the blood, the echos being played in her own head and going into her, slowly being drained from the pile as she remains close
NOPE NOPE NOPE!
Yumina immediately leaps away from the pile
Go back! Get back in the blood weird voices!
Get back in there now!
As she darts away the echos stop, silent without a holder, then Aston appears back at the entrance of the GYM and walks over to the blood, staring at Yu for a second before reaching and absorbing them with a slight glow, turning to his sparring partner
Eh? Did you try and do something with my Blood Echoes? It won't be very fun let me just tell you that, anyhow that was a good match, you did good.
I just poked it! I swear!
Then it got all creepy and stuff!
....................
You can have the voices back.
I don't want them.....
What are they anyway?
Yeah that'll do that. They are called Blood Echoes for a reason.
Aston then wipes away and cleans his weapons before placing them away into hammer space, thinking about her question before pulling out a small ball of congealed blood
Blood Echoes, they come from the enemies I kill as a Hunter, I would say they are akin to screams of death. This small ball here is coldblood, congealed echos, I use these echos to improve my abilities. Does that answer your question?
Oh!
So it's Exp!
Yeah, that makes sense~
That was a great fight.
You should probably invest in a gun that hurts more though.
Or some extra weapons, since you do so little damage without your axe.
Yumina leans against a counter, chatting casually with Aston
How old are you Aston-san?
The hooded figure examines their scanner after the battle and smiles. All of this data... With this, it can be used for research, or help out if these people ever become enemies.
They stepped away from the battlefield and turned, beginning to walk out of the GYM. They would leave with all of the combat data in tact, unless stopped.