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Under Night In-GYM!
Somewhere in the dark shadows of a rundown part of Tokyo, a building that's all too well kept for the area sits. A sign above it reading "GYM" as a woman in a suit of insect-like armor wanders through the front door, face covered by a mask with lenses akin to the eyes of a bug as she flips on the lights and gazes around the empty room. "Huh, here I was hoping the place would be filled... Oh well, guess it is a bit earlier than usual. Kinda feels like it's been ignored for a bit though, could just be me." She'd shrug and keep on walking, it's clean surely... But something just feels like it's been empty for some reason, regardless, however, anyone walking by would notice the door opened, the lights on, and the sign outside flicking to life. Skitter herself on the other hand simply reaches down to her waist and pulls a baton off it, walking toward a training dummy and beginning to slam her weapon into it. Her movement's fairly practiced, yet one familiar with such things might note a bit of stiffness and perhaps a bit slower than she should be. As if she'd prefer not to rely on physical combat most times.
Soon a young boy entered the GYM, Wakui would look around the place notice the women but shruks and walks over to one of the chairs and sat down Soon his eyes turn yellow as he checks the women's status, hp, weakness, name ect
*A beam of light is fired from outside, destroying the GYM door. Soon after, Fayth enters, yawning.* Doors are such a hassle.
A young woman with long, silver hair would be stepping through the streets, looking all too out of place for somewhere as decrepit and dusty as the area she found herself in. She'd trot along the sidewalk, looking like a cartoon detective sneaking through the areas, despite the fact that her mannerisms attracted more attention than if she were just walking around normally. Occasionally she lifted a camera from around her neck, scanning around the area. "Nothing noteworthy here. Man, what the hell... here I was hoping I'd see something exciting but instead it's just trashy houses. Not even a bad cat burglar to get the blood pumping." Suddenly she took notice of the large, surprisingly cleanly and presentable building just sitting in the middle of an area that looked like a plague had just strolled on by. Well this looks out of place... was this even here before? Gym. Not even a name or anything? She steps through the doors, tilting her head at the surroundings before her. I guess it looks normal. Maybe I could get some work done here. Better time than any to work on those self defense skills!
A kid staring at her for some reason... His little scanning trick would give him some info. [HP, Unknown. Weakness, cessation of life. Name, Skitter/ Unknown. Skills, Queen Administrator Shard, Despairasite Termite.] Feels like he's reading her somehow... Doubt he got much, but you can never tell. The girl walking in though, she's of interest and after Sana came through the doors Skitter would turn around and wave at her. "Sup, you come here to train or something? You look... Oddly normal." She'd walk a bit closer, looking the girl over. A camera, no sign of any kinda weapons. Nor armor for that matter, maybe like one of those Riders or Magical Girls that are always transforming? Or she just doesn't have powers. "Anyways, as you may have guessed, or not given the odd name... This place is kinda a training ground for combat of all kinds, so if you're looking to train you're in the right place. And uh quick question, what kinda fighting do you do?" The girl can't help being curious, so many strange powers and yet oddly low numbers of normal people show up here. But if this one's normal, well she can just work on fighting up close for a change.
"If you wanted a place like this to be presentable, the least you could do is have a door installed. Hmph." A small puff of smoke makes its way inside of GYM, following it, a man in a white suit steps in, holding a cigarette in one hand, and in his other, he leans against a walking cane, one he clearly doesn't seem to need, that appears to be made of ice. "So, what sort of gathering do we have here at this time?"
Wakui looks at Fayth trying to remember if he had seen her before Wakui sighs as he scans Fayth, and the two newcomers statues, weakness, ect
They did have a door installed. I fixed that. Don't worry. *Fayth shrugs* As for the gathering, I just kind of showed up. I'm bored. I feel like punching something. Literally, if I have to. <Status: HF46SVFNS^%EBY> *It would seem Fayth is hiding his stats somehow. He chuckles, as if he knows what Wakui is trying to do*
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Feeling eyes on him, the man would glance to the side at Wakui, and give him a slight smirk. Unfortunately for Wakui, his scanning trick would only fill his head with such a large quantity of contradictory info that it would become completely indistinguishable from white noise.
Wakui sigh as his eyes turn back to normal and he looks at his hands as they glow
The girl raises her hands, as if taken aback by the insect person. I asked for exciting but I'm not sure this is what I was hoping for... beggars can't be choosers I guess. "I am in fact looking for training, yes! Ah, Sana Mori, reporter in training! Nice to meet you! To be honest though I thought this was a normal gym. You know... without the fighting. I can do Aikido though! Watch! HEE-YAH!" She struck a stance that was very obviously more related to Jiu Jitsu more than Aikido, only further signaling how unprepared and surprisingly normal she was. "Umm... feel free not to answer if you're not comfortable, but can I ask why you look like an insect? I know cosplay is kind of big but usually I don't see people in funny outfits outside of say, Harajuku. I suppose we're not that far but still! It's a little disconcerting actually, I didn't think I had entomophobia but suddenly I'm starting to question that." She briefly meets gaze with Wakui, raising a brow. Is he checking me out? Gross... HP: 10, Weakness: Most forms of physical and/or elemental damage, Name: Sana Mori, Skills: N/A
The woman would walk over to a fighting ring, somehow watching the girl without even turning around... One might not the bugs floating through the place, however. "Hmm, I'm no expert or anything. But isn't that Jiu-Jitsu? Oh well, I just brawl with a baton anyways." A baton, a whole lot of bugs, and a supernatural hammer that can melt steel when it's putting in the effort. Those other two things can stay under wraps for now, however. Upon reaching a ring properly, she'd chuckle after hearing Sana's question. "Cosplay? No, this is armor. Made from spider silk in fact... As for being disconcerting, kinda the idea I won't lie. Puts people off balance, makes em do stupid things they ought not, like say rushing me head-on with no cover in a blind panic." She'd turn towards Sana with a smirk under her mask and the baton held high, watching closely as the bugs that had been in the GYM suddenly rush out through the doors... Or what's left of the doors anyways. "And before you ask, yes I can control bugs. And no I'm not going to use them on you. Anyways, guess I'll let ya have the first move..."
From a door behind the juice counter came several loud thuds before a terribly loud crash. After a few moments of silence the door slowly opens to reveal a large, disheveled man. His eyes were tired, his face rough with stubble, and the rest of him was covered in spotty patches of dust. "Aaa...aaaa....ACHOOO!" Before he could even try to hold back the sneeze the pressure came out at full force. Wiping at his nose with a tissue, he turns his eyes towards the rest of the facility where several faces were present. "Glad to know people still come around. Gives me something to do outside of cleaning." With a small smile he silently watches the coming match.
At the questioning of her fighting stance, she'd widen her eyes, her face a bright red with embarrassment. Suddenly she started cycling through every scoffing sound she could think of. "Pbff. Tch. Kssh. Heh. Kah. Noooo! It's definitely not Jiu Jitsu. But if you're letting me have the first move, you'll see soon enough!" Accompanied by a pitiful squeak of fury, she threw out a fairly substantial kick towards the bug woman, though it was telegraphed so much one could go watch a whole uncut movie with director commentary and come back with enough time to react.
Wakui was ready to heal the two once the battle was over
Skitter would wave to the man with her off hand, a few bugs flying back in and watching Kalib curiously... That's the real one, or at least so says her good friend Termite anyways. "Kalib, haven't seen you around in a while. You're not looking so great though, did something happen to you since the last time we met? Ah well, I've got a fight to focus on for now." Yes indeed, granted Sana doesn't seem like much at first glance but what people seem to be can be quite misleading at times in a place such as this. Not having powers doesn't exactly stop someone from being dangerous either, Skitter herself doesn't have any relevant powers in melee combat after all. "Oh yeah, you can call me Skitter by the way." Upon seeing the move, Skitter would... Giggle a bit. She's not a master of anything, but she's been in enough fights to the death to know that you don't toss something like this around so carelessly. Giggles aside, she'd quickly duck under the other girl's kick, her foe's leg passing right above her head before Skitter stands up in a rush. Aiming to grab hold of said leg after that poorly thrown kick, assuming she grabbed on to it the costumed fighter would aim to twist it around and drag the other girl down to the ground by pulling it forward and slamming down. "Umm... How do I put this Sana, that was horribly slow? I'm... Maybe not the best teacher considering I rely on my bugs as much as anything, but uh yeah that was sloppy."
Mirei would walk in with her long black hair trailing behind her as well as her signature teddy bear back pack. She was originally supposed to come here with some friends from school as a test of courage but they bailed out at the last minute so as she was heading home she came across this building. It was suspiciously clean and caught her interest with its simplistic name. Once she walked in she saw the arena and the two about to fight atop it. "Well, at least I found something to occupy my time" She would look at Taylor and wince. "Is that...an insect?"
It wouldn't take much effort to throw the poor silver-headed girl right off her balance, toppling to the floor after having herself countered harder than she ever had in her life. She quickly picks herself off the floor rolling her shoulders and wincing a little. "It works against the convenience store thieves... I suppose that's not a very high bar to be setting though. Truth be told I haven't been in many fights, hahahah!" She rubs the back of her neck, trying to laugh off just how awkward the situation was for her. Quickly though, she was able to redirect her attention to a different subject. "Say, you said that your armor is made of spider silk right? How'd you do that? Where'd you get it from? Can I get a picture?" The sudden bombardment of questions could easily prove overwhelming, especially with how frantically Sana was moving to try and get a look at every inch of the armor.
Wakui sighs as his hands stop glowing and he looks at the newcomer, soon just waves to her just to say hello
Gas station robbers? How the fuck is she beating them like that, the thieves back home would shred this girl. "Huh... Guess the quality of petty criminals here is lower than it is back where I live. Of course, so's the quality of serious gangs come to think of it. Those Yakuza losers don't seem to have many if any superpowered fighters going for them." The sudden questions would toss Skitter off guard for a moment, only a moment however as her mind quickly begins picking it apart bit by bit... Just like multitasking, right? "Um, okay the how is pretty simple honestly. Like I said I can control bugs so just had to use spiders to make it... Where is well, whatever spiders I could round up walking around the city. As for pictures? I don't see any reason why not, it's not like I'm trying to keep the fact I exist hidden or anything." Did... Did the new kid just ask if she's an insect? That's slightly annoying she has to admit. She'd call out to the girl before turning back to Sana. "I'm a human under the armor actually, and call me Skitter, please. Anway, Sana uh who taught you to fight? Or is it entirely self-taught..." Granted, Taylor's no different save for that she learned fighting what seem to be far more dangerous foes.
A man clad in traditional Japanese garb, down to the wooden sandals, walks through the door frame. He takes but a second to assess the damage, frowning in displeasure. He begins to speak to those who bothered to listen. "Grandmother once said this, 'A man who keeps himself poorly has been treated poorly.' Let us mourn the owner's injustice." The odd man sighs in disappointment at the world. More curiously, he holds a wooden box aloft atop one hand. As he steps, the box remains perfectly balanced. No visible movement affects the box as he takes a seat at the bar. He acts oblivious to the fighting behind him.
Mirei would wave back to Wakui and bring her attention back to Skitter when she talks to her. She would nervously bow her head as she apologized. "S-sorry. I didn't mean anything by it. Just never saw anyone dressed like that before is all." She would then go sit down at a chair near Wakui.
Wakui puts a blanket over himself as he coughs for a while before stopping. Thankful he had a mouth mask
"Superpowered fighters? Just where are you from anyways? I'm self taught of course! If I create my own unique techniques, the opponent would never be able to find out what I'm up to, haha!" Sana seemed way too full of herself for the situation at hand, though something about the way she presented herself seemed pretty self aware in that regard. "Wait a second, you did say you control bugs... with a superpower? That's crazy cool! How'd you get 'em? Fell in toxic waste? Experimentation? A curse from the gods?!"
Hmm... How she got her powers huh? That's a touchy subject for most of her kind, and Skitter can't call herself any different. "Where I'm from is simple, Brockton Bay, doesn't seem to exist in this world but back home we happen to be the gang violence and superpowered gang violence capital of the USA. Fun times are had by almost none I can assure you." But now to get to the fun part... She'd stand still for a moment, raising a hand to her chin and humming a bit before sighing as she begins to explain the basics. "And no, that's not quite how people get powers where I'm from. First off it's all the same method, second off? It sucks. To be more exact though, at some point after enough horrible things happen to you and you snap in just the right way if you've got the right genes for it or whatever, you'll get superpowers as you go kind of frigging insane from whatever horrible thing is happening. And then well, fun times are had from there really." With that, she'd turn away and glance over toward Tendou. "Heh, your grandmother sounds pretty smart... What's that box for by the way, if you don't mind telling." Anything to change the subject away from how she got powers, this Sana girl seems... Nice enough, but very curious and there are skeletons she'd prefer to avoid coming out of the closet.
"I also have powers but it takes up more of a supportive role"
Powers. Relative term. Everyone has some sort of power. Though if you mean superhuman abilities, then yeah. I have those.
"So wait... if everyone here has some sort of superhuman power... does that make me the weird one?! I... I need a moment to process this." Sana puts a hand to her chin, her eyes darting around as if her mind was processing at a kilometer a minute, before finally a hair on her head darted upwards as if reacting to the sudden epiphany she had just concocted. "Then that just means I'll need to be smarter! Maybe I should start working with engineering to compensate. O-Or use some weird anti-super fighting style!"
"So what you defined is an esper from where I'm from. They get powers through the exact same method. My people refer to them as the children of tragedy." She'd say swinging her legs back and forth in the chair. She would then look directly at Skitter "As far as powers I'm not really anything special myself but my papa is really strong." she said with a bit of pride
"I would not say weird, I say your pretty normal" "I'm not for sure if I was born with these powers or it was thanks to a force experiments, Anyways my powers are healing and-" Coughs for 3 minutes "Scaning people to see what their states like their hp, name, powers but I can also check how they are currently feeling like happyness or sadness. I'm not for sure if they're are the only powers I have"
"Wow. That was a long cough."
Scanning. Pft. Figured. Pretty weak. *Fayth smirked before looking at Sana.* Your normal. It's probably boring, but normals are fun to mess with. Sometimes they even win with enough level grinding. Heh heh heh.
"Eh~. Your scanning power sounds a lot like Alice's power or that libra skill in the video games the boys from class always talk about. What was it called now...Final Finale...no that's not it.....final fanatics." she said with her hand to her chin in thought
"Yeah, me and Alice met each other and we did talk about my powers, how I got them and such" "and also a side effect of the experiments is my sickness... So i'm pretty much sick 24/7"
Tendou raises the box to acknowledge the question. "Put simply, this box is meant to contain what is inside it. Most boxes are." After this statement, he decides to acknowledge the physically (perhaps mentally) ill. "Grandmother once said this, 'The sickness is caused by the food.' This fellow eats poorly, an inexcusable crime."
... She'd just sigh for a moment, anti-super fighting style huh? "Personally I wouldn't suggest it, superhuman powers don't seem to be in short supply around here. Though I can't exactly speak on how people are getting them, but uh 'Personas' seem fairly common so you might look into those?" Come to think of it, Kalib has one, doesn't he... Or there's always her good friend and giver of strange horrors. But somehow pointing a girl this seemingly clueless to Despairasites seems a bad idea, Femt even worse by far considering what he deals in. She'd turn back to bear girl for a moment, slightly curious. "As for 'espers', can't say the name seems too off if they're really like Parahumans. Things seem to have a way of going wrong for us in the long run too. And your dad huh? Mine's as normal as they come, and not around at that." She'd then turn to Fayth, her voice going a bit icy as she speaks to the man. "Don't go messing with people too much yeah? I'd hate for anyone to get hurt or something..." And if they did, well he might find himself with a few bees in his ears or something. And oh, the guy with sandals is a jackass. Almost as bad as that guy... Destroyer of worlds he called himself, and a few other things. "I was more curious what was in it, but alright then."
"The boy needs milk."
*Fayth raises his arms in mock suprise, still smirking.* Easy now. It was a joke. Get a sense of humour. *Fayth mumbles something under his breath.* I'd hate to have to squash a bug, after all.
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"Your grandmother must've said a lot of stuff, mister. And yeah, kid you should probably go see a doctor or something, you'd be surprised the kind of stuff modern medicine can cure, take my word for it!" She does some sort of weird peace sign gesture and strikes what was probably a cool pose in her mind, but she really just looks like a moron. "Normals are not fun to mess with! Especially this normal, she happens to dislike the messing!" Sana puffs her cheeks out and crosses her arms, grumbling under her breath. "If powers are common enough for almost if not everyone in this room to have one then I should be able to get one too, right?" 'Persona.' It was a word she'd heard tossed around a couple times. But where? An upper classman may have mentioned it. But that's just a normal word right? Like the facets of someone's personality. That's not a power!
"First of all. I already tried that, and they could not cure me since my sickness is in the unknown area but it seems to only effect me but I just been wearing this mask the whole time so I don't know if it can or not. Also I also know a lot of things about the human body, sickness and all that stuff"
Squash a bug? Try it asshole, granted she was no doubt not meant to hear that... But that's what gnats are for right? "Just a joke, sure. Sorry, I've just got a... Bad history with bullying and stuff is all, so I can overreact to that kinda thing." Wonder how well he can smash Femt's bugs? Oh well, for now, it'd be best to explain a bit more of what the hell a Persona is if she's really pointing this girl down that road. "In case you didn't know, Persona in this context refers to the art of summoning forth a supernatural being based upon the user's mind and soul. The exact method of getting one isn't known to me, but I've heard they can in fact be gained..." She can't say that looking for more powers appeals to her however, between the bugs, Termite, Femt's "gifts". It's all a bit dangerous by itself, mixed into one the whole thing is far far too much of a mess. Adding on would be suicide from where she's standing. "If you find out how though, uh well I might be willing to help you but I'm good with the weirdness I have for myself."
"I'm sorry. It looks like I keep stepping on land mines today huh? Haha" she'd say with an awkward smile to Skitter. She would then look to Sana. "I wouldn't worry about it too much. Everyone has their own strengths and weaknesses. Its just about capitalizing on your strength. At least that's what Sensei always tells me." Afterwards a look of shock appeared on her face as she remembers she has homework to do. She would then take off her backpack and pull out a text book, laying it on her lap and opening it to a page with a bookmark between the pages. "Sorry, gotta figure this out by tomorrow or Sensei will be mad at me again." She started to focus on it as she showed that she really didn't understand it from the way her brows were furrowed.
Good. So, we're all playing nice again. *Fayth chuckles.* Ah yes. The might of Persona. It's overrated, but if you need something, I guess it works. Good luck getting one though. Heh heh heh.
Niko enters the GYM, he hadn't been around this area for a long time. he can't even remember much of the last time he was in GYM. "Well, here we are again." He just sits over in a random spot and looks at the other fighters. Maybe these people are too much for him to take, he hasn't had his Persona for long, after all.
Wakui takes out a bottle of water and removes his mask so that he can drink the water
"I should have a rule for no outside food and drink. Money runs this world. Seize the line of supply and demand."
"..." Wakui puts his drink away and says nothing, soon putting his mask on
"Ah yes, the might of mystery jackasses who blow up doors for fun, it's overrated but beggars can't be choosers." She'd chuckle herself, sounding fairly friendly if rather snarky at this point. A fry cry from the outright hostile manner of before, but laced with a bit of venom nonetheless. Besides that, however, she'd turn towards Niko and wave to him. "Oh hey, you come here to train too? I was fighting someone but uh... She decided that she needed a bit more practice before that. So I'm suddenly in search of a decent foe again, assuming you're up for it anyways. I'm Skitter, by the way."
Kalib, now acknowledged in his own domicile begins to glow with a bright light. "He's.... he's done it. I'm real now! I'm a real boy!" The light begins to fade as Kalib smiles. "Well that was fun."
Niko waves back at Skitter. Strange name, but he won't judge. "Ah, hello. You seem familiar." He scratches the back of his head. "A fight? I might be up for that, but just give me a little time to prepare first, okay?"
Was eating dinner sorry. Famillar? Has he met her out of costume... She thinks so, but she can't be sure so if so it'll been quite a while. "No problem, I'm not in a huge hurry at the moment or anything. Can't say people's lives depend on me fighting right now so it's hardly a big deal." As opposed to other times where it very well might. Those generally involve less talking and more shouting or bullets belong going at her.