“Okay. Whoever decided the Arctic Circle was a good tournament location should be shot,” she grumbled to herself. She appeared to be wearing no less than five individual blankets, the entire mass appearing to be shaking slightly as she shivered.
Lucia’s teeth clattered loudly, as another cold wave overcame her. First Round she got her lungs ripped apart. Second round she ended up in the coldest place on planet earth and told to fight. She sniffed in, a runny nose blocking her breath. This tournament was going spectacularly for her.
“Long live, Country...*Hic* We are proud of you...”
A burning chill crept steadily into the Founder’s limbs, barely staved off by the sweet nectar of the Motherland. Well, not his motherland. But hey, it was someone’s.
“Plenty of room for dreams an’ for life...”
His muttered lyrics were quickly swept from chapped lips, largely devoured by howling, arctic winds. The effect would be decidedly eerie, a black-clad shape making his way over to the vague outline of what appeared to be his opponent.
“God’s balls, colder than a witch’s tit out here it is!” The drunk called, waving a partially filled clear bottle at the now visible shape.
Would be eerie. But this is Raury. So, nope.
It seemed he had happened upon a woman.Though he really could only tell by the face, what with all of those blankets.
Poor lass ‘s gonna catch a chill out here. Then again, mebbe that’ll change when fists fly, hey? Still...
The redhead plodded forward, hand diving into his tattered kosode (It was really barely that by now, what with all the lasers and holes) to brandish a fresh earthenware cup. Pouring a healthy measure of the clear liquid, he held out the cup, nodding affably.
“Here ya be, eh. Take a swig, holds off the chill.” Raury smiled, trying his best to be encouraging. “Kinda.” He added.
“I don’t take things straight,” she muttered, though her voice was mumbled by the sheer number of blankets covering her. Forcing herself to her feet, the noblewoman discarded all but one, wrapping it tightly around her neck. She surveyed her upcoming opponent, a look of surprise appearing on your face.
He’s completely smashed!
“Note to self. Ask Haresuno what the hell goes on in his division,” she whispered under her breath. She placed her hand on the sword sheathed to her side, as it shattered instantly. Intricate ruins appeared on her left hand, tracing up the entirety of her arm before shining brightly with lavender light. Reiatsu pooled out of her body, though the intricate limiter she had volunteered for constrained the flow.
She shifted to an offensive stance, still trying to figure out her footing on the slick snow below her. “Nothing against you, but I want to finish this quickly, it’s freezing!” she said with a laugh, as she began as she flipped backwards. “ The frozen hand breaks, melting away the sun. The frosty breath blows, relentlessly assaulting the wind. The binding ice collapses, nurturing the earth's plants. Aisu!”
She extended her hand forward, as snow collected in the palm of her hand. The water solidified instantly, an immense spear of ice forming in her hand. With devastating force she launched the weapon forward, as it traveled with deadly precision.
With an irritated “Tch”, Raury had begun to backpedal a step or two as his well-chilled opponent shed the majority of her blankets, dropping the offered cup and swapping it out for his signature blue gourd and bringing it to his lips just as a massive icicle closed the gap.
“Let’s rock, Zhang Xu.” He muttered. Felt odd, calling that name when he now knew better. Damned thing.
Knocking back a shot, the rich reiastu-laden liquid raced through his body, loosening muscle and unveiling power. Back arching, he began to slide out of the direct line of fire, arcing back at the chilly missle as it came to him. With a closed fist, he came back and bashed the chilly missle from the side, finishing the motion with a flourish twist that brough him back to facing his assailant.
He wasted little more time, the hard-packed snow whipping behind him as the drunk shot into a blurring motion that brought him to her in a moment. A solid wall of ice erupted from behind her as he brought a fist now whirring with releasing power around, aiming at her midsection.
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YES
Raury released and used [Staggering Steps] to avoid the missile and follow up with a SD Punch ARM empowered attack. He also used [Godhand] to construct a wall directly behind Lucia, hoping to smash her into it and avoid retreat.
When utilizing Staggering Steps, dodging or blocking an opponent becomes considerably easier and more natural. In addition, during the duration of Staggering Steps the user can make a single brutal attack on an opponent. This attack is blurred to the opponent, and the suiken fighter moves roughly in the same fashion as a shunpo, however regardless of hohou stat, the user can travel no further than 10 meters and still connect a hit. The effect lasts a single round.
[SD Punch ARM]
The stored reiatsu is utilized as an augmentation of a natural strike’s destructive force, and effectively deals a high amount of damage in the form of a small burst of reiatsu at the point of contact, effecting a pressurized blast. If this strike fails to hit its target, a small blast occurs as the targetless reiatsu explodes outward from Raury’s palm. The blast travels no further than 3m. (Cost: 500 rei)
[Godhand]
For the price of 500 reiatsu a Founder is able to twist a 5 m area to their control and shape it. This may only be used once per turn and only a maximum of 10 m may be altered at one time.
Kai Stuff
Release form:
When called to, Zhang Xu takes the form of metallic arm and shin guards, enveloping Raury's forearm and leg, yet leaving foot and hand untouched(save for fist augmentations in the form of knuckle caps), so as to not interfere with the complex joint movements and dexterity that is requred of Raury when using his Martial Art. The guards appear relatively simple, aside from a poem scrawled rather sloppliy on each of the bracers, and are a dull silver in color.
In a world dominated by swords and magic, Raury has elected to let his fists do the talking. Zhang Xu, reflecting Raury’s feelings on this, has molded into a power that complements this style.
Wine-Stained Body, Self-Empowerment-
When released, Zhang Xu immediately begins to drain 3% of Raury’s reiatsu per turn. The energy used enriches the drunkard’s martial prowess, effectively combining his hakuda and hohou skills into a unified ability for the purposes of attacking or defending. This ability does not have an effect on Raury’s speed.
Swaying Motions, Impossible Dodge-
Born from a suiken user’s unpredictable style, Raury has the ability to move and contort in some surprisingly effective, if not ridiculous looking ways. Once every three rounds, Raury can put all he has into an extremely effective act of defense, making him capable of dodging attacks that would otherwise certainly connect. This technique costs 8% of Raury’s total reiatsu pool.
Raury cannot dodge an attack that exceeds double the cost of Impossible Dodge, and similarly cannot dodge attacks that exceed the sum of his combined hakuda and hohou.
As her opponent appeared to gyrate... weirdly, a look of annoyance appeared on her face. The number of hakuda practitioners in the Gotei was low enough, but now she had to face one who appeared to make a mockery of the school!
She blinked rapidly as the man’s form began to blur in front of her. It was too unrefined to be a shunpo. The sheer disorder made it impossible to trace the move. However, she had seen speed before. After all, she was the sister of the Goddess of Flash.
As he appeared in front of her, Lucia reacted in an instant. Calm radiated through her body, the strike broken down to an instant. The speed was too fast for her to make a complete reaction, and the limiter stymied her strength. However, there was still the possibility to lessen the blow.
She shifted her body slightly, the brief window allowing her to prepare for the blow. Raising her hand she tapped her fingers on the Founder’s chest moments before the assault. The strike rang true and the force blasted her back, clean through the construct created earlier. As she flew, a golden chain erupted from his chest, elongating rapidly until it latched onto her right arm. Landing in the snow, she gasped as pain overtook her body, her back cracking from the force. The muscles stiffened in an attempt to force her body to move.
However through all this, her mind was honed, as she returned to her feet. She felt energy course through the chain, the very life force of the drunkard being drained in an instant. Digging in, the healer brought forth a monumental bout of strength, as she grabbed the chain connecting the two combatants. She pulled violently, reeling in the man with her colossal strength before starting to rotate her body. Lucia began to spin him violently in a circle before slamming him violently on the densely packed snow. As Raury flew towards the ground, the limiter began to shine, a lecherous energy that drained the power of the chain binding him as it shattered in an instant.
[664]
THINGS
Used Go no Sen to allow Lucia to make a quick reaction before tanking the hit.
As the hit connected, she activated Renku to create a chain which works as an exhaust and damage.
Finally, using Fruit of Labor, Raury's now goin' AROUND AND AROUND before being slammed violently into the snow.
The Fruit of Labor
Spiritual beings generally have a greater inherent physical strength and durability than those who inhabit human form. For those dedicated to the pursuit of this type of strength, one can learn how to apply that strength in other arenas than direct combat.
Shinigami who raise their hakuda stat are often able augment their physical strength to superhuman levels. Similar to the strength of the humans, a Shinigami may manifest their physical strength in different ways, some may only apply this strength when emotional or enraged, while others are just a general example of the limits to which one can train their bodies.
Capable of exerting their strength over large, bulky objects and lifting them with relative ease - a user of The Fruit of Labor is capable of wreaking destruction with ease. At 5000 Hakuda, a practitioner is even capable of lifting and throwing objects up to a mid-sized car. The Fruit of Labor can also be applied directly to combat, allowing the user to throw or violently blow back their opponents.
+ Renku - "Linked Verse" +
Fusei is capable of tapping directly into the soul. By paying 5% of her reiatsu, she can form a tether between herself and an ally or enemy. Upon tethering to an ally they are instantly rejuvenated, fatigue cleansed from them instantly. Likewise, if tethered to an enemy they are exhausted and dealt damage equal to the cost paid in. She can tether herself to a target within a 10 meter radius, and the tether range is equal to 30 meters.
Go no Sen - “To Respond to an Attack”
Go no Sen causes the user to enter a state of immense inner calm. It is in this state, where all distractions have been removed, that they are given the purest ability to react. They are granted an immense spatial awareness in a 10 m radius around them, capable of parsing attacks with unwavering accuracy. They no longer dwell on what is occurring immediately, instead they focus on what will occur next. As the opponent begins to strike, for the briefest moment, it appears to slow creating the briefest window of reaction, one that can only truly be taken advantage of by a practitioner.
One moment a satisfying connection, another moment hurdling at the ground at breakneck speed. Awesome start. Raury had been more than a little confused by the turn of events. A glint of chain, and a lot of twirling, and the sickening feeling of his own energy being sapped with the accompaniment of brutal pain.
Squinting through physical torment and high speed winds, Raury had swapped out his gourds once more while mid flight, slurping down a bit before he impacted into what had been frozen earth, but was now a massive mound of fresh, powdery snow. Spoilers. It still hurt like a motherfucker.
Choking against a mouthful of unwanted slush, the drunk burst out of the mound, rounding on the woman and pushing a reiatsu infused gush of fire from his gut, spewing multi-hued flame violently in her direction.
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floop
Raury used Godhand to soften the earth pre-impact and popped back out firing [Cordial] At Lucia.
-Infusing 800 reiatsu, Raury burps up a colorful and intense blast of fire, mimicking Sanjukageki (Triple Fire Attack) - Hadou #53
All things considered, Lucia seemed rather pleased with herself. Even though she temporarily forgot about the terrain manipulating power of God-hand, the mere fact that she managed to successfully whip someone into the ground was satisfaction enough. However, the feeling of glee was quickly extinguished as enormous conflagration bore down upon her.
Part of her wanted to walk straight towards the flames, the heat being a welcome relief from the bitter Arctic wind. However, another part, the sane part remembered the medical concept for third-degree burns.
“The coldest memory of childhood emerges from a sparkling rift. Sting, rattle, shatter. Divide the land with a bitter mountain,” she began to chant with starting efficiency. She drew her hand back as if she were to begin a punch, a monumental collection of ice and snow being drawn forth. “Hyouheki!”
Launching her arm forward the assault was loosed. Empowered from the snow and ice that remained dormant on the ground, the cascade of ice and snow expanded forward with startling speed. The two opposing forces impacted, the heat melting and weakening the frozen assault. However, she urged the kidou forward, as the heat was smothered by the impending wall of ice. Jagged spires burst from the ground, as the wall expanded forward, seeking to encapsulate Raury entirely.
[878]
Really it's not empowered reiatsu-wise because of the environment. I'm just playing up the fact that the battlefield is filled with snow and ice. If anything, I guess just treat it as being more imposing with more residual snow and ice it picked up along the way. It nullified the fire ball but was weakened respectively to 350 reiatsu. So a bunch of spikes melted but there's still quite a few launching forward.
Hyouheki (Ice Wall) - Hadou #55, 1150 Kidou
Description: The user reels back one arm then shoots it forward. The gather energy lashes out, splitting the earth apart as it charges towards the target. Large chunks of ice (about 2m on average with a total distance of about 10m and a width of 1m) shoot out, freezing and shredding anything that gets in their way. If something is directly caught in the path of the attack it can even before trapped in the ice itself.
“Well, ain’t she well suited for the occasion?” Raury muttered.
Quickly readjusting his position, Raury shifted diagonally, into the path of the walls outer edge. With a mad-bull roar, the Founder reeled back and hammered a fist into the encroaching construct. The left side of the wall crumbled, shattering against his fist, errant shards scoring the drunkard’s forearm and shoulder. With an annoyed grunt, he replanted his stance.
A quick glance down told him the cuts were superficial, but it was clear that a ranged-game wasn’t to his advantage. Then again, when was it? And further again, she seemed decent enough in-close as well. Meh. Hand-to-hand had a simple enough weakness.
Stepping in once more, Raury charged forward, taking a swig from his blue gourd as he focused a portion of his energy into the ground beneath the woman’s feet. Just shy of his target, the drunk leapt, the ground beneath the two combatants becoming unstable as ice and snow rapidly melted, forming highly unstable ground.
See how ya do without footin’, love!
Rocketing toward her in mid-air, Raury began to blur once more, accelerating rapidly pre-contact to bring down a brutal two-handed hammer fist at her clavicle, a now signature whir of energy permeating the area.
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Wathapn
Raury batted aside a portion of the barrage, earning a series of shallow cuts in the process. Afterward, he launched into another attack, using Godhand to alter the ground beneath Lucia into a roughly 1/4m deep pool of slush and ice floe. using the opportunity, he's now jumping toward her, using Staggering Steps and Punch ARM to double-hammer her in the chesticle.
The sudden muck began to drag her down, as she gritted her teeth in frustration. As Raury began to approach, the calm radiated through her body once more. The strike was broken down in an instant, the fundamentals of the movement revealed at the last moment. She extended her right arm, pointing it at the ground directly in front of her.
As the monumental strike was about to be loosed, Lucia reacted. “Big Bang!” shouted the girl, as the orb of kidou was instantly created. She dropped it at the ground in front of her, the destructive kidou becoming unstable in an instant. The orb detonated, throwing her back violently.
Even though she braced for the explosion, the point blank detonation reverberated through her body, as she rolled back in a slump onto the snow. Her body was shaking, bruised and in pain from the chaotic attempt to dodge. Her back cried out once more, stiff and yearning for relief. Forcing herself to her feet, the healer began to react once more. Using the momentary explosion as a distraction, she flickered out of view. The snow kicking up around her, she launched forward towards the drunkard, launching two strikes in an instant. The first was to his chest, the second to his right side, monumental strength packed into both blows.
Lucia aimed a big bang directly at the ground in front of her. She used her reaction ability to time it so she could detonate it as Raury arrived. She ended up tanking the brunt of the thing and got sent flying back away from the strike and her body isn't happy about the shockwave damage she's taking.
Getting up she used a senka through the plume of snow from big bang to hit Raury twice with Fruit of Labor strengthened attacks.
The combined spent power of both a Big Bang and his punching gizmo had thrown the drunk clear, the opposing forces beating a few bruises into his torso for good measure. He shifted to his feet, wide eyed.
What kinda crazy...
Was all he could get out before the sudden flight of snow alerted him to an oncoming attack. Too fast to get a good guard up, his body immediately responded, jerking seemingly of its own volition to the right of his assailant’s path as she blurred past. Raury spun quickly, pursuing with his own flash step that brought him to her back as they stopped, walls of ice erupting around the two.
Planting his feet hard into the ground, Raury put his entire body behind his fist, sending it rocketing at the space between her shoulderblades.
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^^VV<><>ba
Raury used his second shikai ability, Impossible Dodge to avoid the senka and immediately followed Lucia, erecting 4m walls around them and firing off Tenonai at her back.
Swaying Motions, Impossible Dodge-
Born from a suiken user’s unpredictable style, Raury has the ability to move and contort in some surprisingly effective, if not ridiculous looking ways. Once every three rounds, Raury can put all he has into an extremely effective act of defense, making him capable of dodging attacks that would otherwise certainly connect. This technique costs 8% of Raury’s total reiatsu pool.
Raury cannot dodge an attack that exceeds double the cost of Impossible Dodge, and similarly cannot dodge attacks that exceed the sum of his combined hakuda and hohou.
[ Tenonai ] - "One's Intent"
Every fighter enters combat for a reason, whether that reason is to prove themselves, to win, or to defend. Opponents who get too close to those who have turned their body into an arsenal will find out all too clearly what intent guides their fists.
Executed from extremely close range, often following a dodge or a counter, Tenonai is a punishing blow infused with reiatsu and the user's fighting spirit. The slightest contact with this short-range attack delivers all the force of a solid attack and blows the opponent backward.
This technique costs 1,000 reiatsu and must be executed while directly adjacent to the opponent. The target will be thrown 5m backward from the point of contact.
“You know, medical books frankly lie about the dangers of alcohol,” an annoyed sound exited Lucia’s mouth through gritted teeth as the man flickered away from view. As the walls erupted around her, her body began to react almost by instinct. To the front. To the sides. Her eyes darted first to the side, as her body continued the motion, rotating in an instant.
She reached out, connecting her soul to Raury’s once more. A chain burst out as his attack commenced. The golden construct appeared from his chest, this time wrapping around the man’s right arm before connecting to hers. Her body moved in a moment of pure focus, as she lashed out and grabbed the oncoming strike.
She pulled down violently on the chain, at the same moment hyper-extended the other arm upwards towards the sky. “Break the sword,” she spat through gritted teeth. The force behind the attack was amazing, a testament to the man’s will alone. Her body was pushed back, smashing through the wall, as she dug into the packed snow with her sheer force of will. Her back contracted painfully once more, the bones struggling to handle the abuse it was being dealt.
“Spare the life,” she forced the momentum downwards, hesitating for a moment, as her back cried out once again. The Founder was forced towards the ground, his own speed being turned against him. Lucia continued with the motion, as she quickly grappled on top of him as he fell. Exerting an almost titanic force, she pinned the man down, sitting on top of his chest. Raising her hands, an almost pleased look appeared on her face.
“Happy hour’s over kid,” she placed both hands on the man’s stomach, kidou energy already building, “White honor, red blood, black corruption. Open your heart and show us the purity. Black Gut!” A bubble of chiyudou appeared in the man’s abdomen, as the alcohol slowly began to be drained out.
[1423]
Go no Sen followed up by Katsujinken: Tenchinage was used to deal with Tenoai. Since Raury's attack came in at a weird angle, she kind of improvised by creating a chain and pulling on it to mess up the trajectory of his attack. Of course, that means that she couldn't safely divert all the momentum so her back met that wall and they both had a wonderful time. She followed through on the technique to push him towards the ground and then followed up by pinning him down with Fruit of Labor strength. And then... yeah... you know what it does...
Katsujinken: Tenchinage - “Life-Giving Sword: Heaven and Earth Throw”
“You block the attack when an opponent approaches; at his second attack you break his sword and spare his life. This is katsujinken.”
Upon recognizing an oncoming strike with Go no Sen, there are two judgments a practitioner of Aikijujutsu can deal. The first is forgiveness, symbolized through Katsujinken. The user grabs the opponent's wrists mid strike. One arm extends upwards, the other downwards, defusing the enemy strength in opposite directions. By stepping forward and pulling towards the lower half, they pull the enemy off-balance. By continuing the momentum, the opponent is thrown downwards, the practitioner remaining standing and directly above them unharmed. Katsujinken: Tenchinage is only capable of responding to physical attacks valued less than 15% of the user’s hakuda and requires a one turn cooldown between uses. The damage dealt by the throw is comparable to a standard physical strike.
Like diving into a frozen lake, the horrid feeling of sobriety flooded into the Founder’s body, bringing with it all the pain both physical and mental that he usually could avoid. Almost in an instant, he was racked with shakes, his entire body screaming with indignant want.
Fuck, fuck fuck!
Struggling to fight down his panic, Raury fought for control of himself. He had to get away. He had to get her off. He had to drink. Through all of the sudden misery, he was railing. And he was angry. Also, not pinning his arms had been a mistake.
“That’s just uncalled for, woman.” He intoned, his voice shakier than he would have liked as the dregs of his buzz bled into her hands.
With a sudden buck of his hips, the redhead popped his rider forward, creating a bit of space between their bodies. He quickly used this freedom to slide to the side, bringing his right hand up to the woman’s head. As his hand smacked into her temple, a jolting rush of power fired point-blank from his gloved hand as he continued to slide, turning the motion into a roll that brought him freedom from the mount.
Palsied hands rifled through his shredded kosode as he came to a stop, ripping what few threads still clung to him. The blue gourd. He had it. Quickly. Quickly. Quickly. Unable to work his legs into motion, the drunk let out a frustrated growl as he pulled the stopper with his teeth and brought the vessel to his lips, drinking deep. Drinking, in fact, it all.
A sigh of relief would pale in comparison, as the reiatsu-laden drink charged through his body. Regaining his feet, Raury began to tremble a bit. The trembling then quickly escalated into a jerk, erratic, and seemingly unintended, as his now bared chest visibly filled out, muscle bulging in response to taking in the stored strength.
“Now, love. Les’ see yer punished fer that, eh!?” He crowed, a massive pillar of frozen earth, easily twice the man’s size and the same for width springing from the earth and into his hands. Less than a blink and he was moving, advancing on where he had left off, he brought the pillar down with full-force.
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He Had To Get Her Off
raury took a leaf from some BJJ and bucked his hips to jostle Lucia forward, unsettling her balance. Using this, he pulled out from under her, the motion supplemented by discharging Punch ARM into her face. Once free, he activated Bacchanal to rehab himself.
Punch ARM
The stored reiatsu is utilized as an augmentation of a natural strike’s destructive force, and effectively deals a high amount of damage in the form of a small burst of reiatsu at the point of contact, effecting a pressurized blast. If this strike fails to hit its target, a small blast occurs as the targetless reiatsu explodes outward from Raury’s palm. The blast travels no further than 3m. (Cost: 500 rei)
[Bacchanal] Cost- All Charges
In a singular act of desperation, or simply a desire for outright carnage, a Suiken Master can surrender all control over themselves, allowing the power of alcohol and volatile reiatsu to course freely and unfettered throughout their body. The effects of this are often catastrophic, both for the user and his opponent both. Under the effects of Bacchanal the fighter feels no pain and enjoys a massive boost in raw strength, making them easily capable of tossing around structures such as moderate sized vehicles, stone pillars, etc. Or caving in a few faces.
This has two major drawbacks. During the duration of Bacchanal, the Master can in no way differentiate between friend or foe, and will attack anything on sight without exception. Also, one round after the effects subside, the user will lose consciousness, taxed beyond capability.
The duration of Bacchanal is tied directly to how many charges remain in the vessel, ranging anywhere from one round to ten, but the amount cannot be chosen. When this technique is used, all charges are consumed.
Raury had 8 charges available, thus 8 Rounds--->7 remain
Lucia’s eyes widened as the man downed down the entirety of his drink. She quickly regained her focus Raury began to approach again. She reacted, her body calming once more. A smirk appeared on her face, adrenaline pumping through. Had the fight decomposed to a battle of brains versus brawn?
She entered Go no Sen once again, carefully tracking the oncoming strike. Raising her hands, her immense strength matched the others evenly. She grabbed onto the pillar with both hands, heaving with the entirety of her strength. The two forces met in an immense clash, force being loosed in both directions.
Heaving with effort, the noblewoman gritted her teeth as she focused on supporting the immense pillar of ice. The sheer force of the attack overwhelmed her restrained strength, as she made a last ditch attempt to divert the crushing force. Her arms buckled under the stress, as she rolled at the last minute, the pillar slamming poewrfully into her side. With a painful thud she rolled on the icy ground before staggering up once more.
“Spectrum!” light formed an orb in her hands, as she released it in its entirety. The spell reflected outwards, a blinding white light being bounced in all directions from the pure snow. In the momentary diversion, she quickly launched back in a burst of shunpo, increasing the gap in an instant.
Fruit of Labor to have a temporary grapple fest with the pillar.
Then she ducked out of the way and launched a spectrum to increase his sensitivity to ambient light and in this case, the snow.
Tossing aside the massive pillar, Raury put his arms up in a futile attempt to blank out the insane flash of light building in his head. Spurred by his berserked state, the drunk thrashed about for a moment, wildly swinging and taking steps back and forward.
“S’all the ladder’s fault! I’mma kill me some ladders! Geearah!”
The flash subsiding, Raury caught a vaguely female shaped silhouette a short distance off, his vision still too blurred to make out much more. But a shape is a shape, and at this moment, a shape was all the drunk needed.
“Fucking ladder!”
He bellowed, grabbing up the pillar once more. With herculean effort, he sent the construct rocketing in her direction.
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Raaaaage!
Also, nothing used this turn. 6 More berserk rounds left.
Lucia’s eyes darted up as another pillar of ice was flung her way. You’ve got to be kidding me, she thought with almost bemused shock at the sheer ridiculousness the fight had descended to. She quickly ducked out, moving as far and as fast as she could from the rather randomly thrown projectile. Her medical training was called back to her. There had to be a limit, a drawback other than being completely smashed, to overwhelming the body with so much alcohol.
The attack slammed into the ground, as an enormous plume of snow was propelled up into the air in an instant, a loud crash reverberated on impact. In the midst of the chaos she began to chant once more, The coldest memory of childhood emerges from a sparkling rift. Sting, rattle, shatter. Divide the land with a bitter mountain,” she pulled back her arm again, ice swirling around her limb.
“Hyouheki!”
Ice spiked out of the ground once more, expanding rapidly forward. It continued to cascade forward, growing in intensity as it travelled threatening to overwhelm Raury. The icy attack reached its climax as it crystallized into an immense construct of kidou energy. She slipped from view once more, flickering back in another use of shunpo to observe his actions as long as possible.
Yelling his indignation at his avoided missile, the drunkard had started forward with intent to follow up. However, something was coming. He heard her yell. The words made no sense. His vision had begun to clear, making plain the wild wall of ice flying pell-mell in his direction, and he spotted the blurred motion of his attacker as she stepped into the distance once more.
Another bellow and the drunk flung his body into chaotic motion, smashing his arms and then body into the icy spell, busting his way through violently. Sharp shards scored his arms, a few of the cuts fairly deep, but this would be noticed another time. The redhead currently had no mind for pain.
“Byaaah!” He screamed, launching himself in a pursuing flash step, bringing his freely-bleeding arms up, his cordial coming to his lips as he vanished into the shunpo.
Still sort of the woman, the drunk stomped hard, his reiatsu crushing roughly into the earth, creating short, thick earthen spires that quickly flowed up to the woman’s flanks and back, seeking to assault on all sides.
“Can’t stop the drankin’!”
Exhaling forcefully, Raury fired off a salvo of high-powered flames, the balls of fire issued careening at his target.
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Fiiiiyah!
Raury bulled through the attack, earning wounds his current state can ignore and followed Lucia. Upon getting close enough, he used Godhand to send pillars of stone up at her from all directions, and finally fired off an attack with his cordial, Mimicking Dragon's Sneeze.
Description: Upon gathering kidou into the lungs, the user will expel dozens of small fireballs from their mouth. The orbs will scatter out in a fifteen-foot cone. The flames are sticky, and will burn where they land for two rounds.
She began to duck and weave, as the barrage of flames began to approach her. Weaving back and forth, Lucia attempted to avoid the attack. She stepped from side to side, initially managing to make a good attempt. However, as the attack continued, they began to overwhelm her. They slammed into her, flinging her back causing her to careen and roll on the icy landscape.
The burns spread, as she got up once again. Her skin sizzled pain, the still burning flames overwhelming her nerve endings. Lucia cursed the limiter that had been placed on her. Her skill was in the art of chiyudou, one that had been eliminated in an instant by the destabilizing reiatsu. A chain burst forward from her hand, weaving and winding forward with deadly path. It slammed into the man’s chest, linking the two souls together once more. However, she reached forward, crushing the connection in an instant, a painful backlash being sent towards the man.
She began to run once again, though every step seemed harder and harder due to the injuries creeping up on her. All the while she began to move further and further away.
Used a tether again to Raury, doing the whole exhaustion damage bit. Immediately shattered it using Yousou.
+ Yousou - "Soul Stirring" +
Tethering herself to an enemy has a much more dangerous consequences. By striking the tether, she can break it, literally damaging the soul directly. Doing so deals direct damage to their soul, as well as excruciating pain, and hampers their ability to use reiatsu. The following turn, any attempt to use reiatsu will be penalized, dealing a backlash damage equal to 25% of the reiatsu that they use up to the tether cost.
Through his maniac haze, the drunk had immediately grappled for the chain, confused that it had winked into existence and back out just as quickly. A powerful slam, both internal and external would have told him something had harmed him, but those senses were currently dead. There were only things. And those things needed to be hit. Hit until they stopped being a nuisance.
Looking up from the vanishing chain, he spotted his target moving slowly away from him.
“Oi, oi! Where ya goin’!? We’re jus’ gettin’ ta have fun!” He called, approaching swiftly once more.
Powerful momentum sent his full weight into a titanic punch, seeking to obliterate.
“Booyah!” Raury roared, unleashing stored power from is ARM once more.
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Due to Bacchanal, Raury is taking the damage, but is immune to pain at this time. He followed Lucia, using Tanonai/Punch ARM combo.
The punch slammed into her back with deadly force, as she was launched violently forward. A sickening crack echoed, the fist breaking the already fragile bones in her back. She collapsed on the ground, pain seeming to vanish from her. She gasped out, realizing the cause of the change.
Struggling to move her limbs, pain radiated outwards spiking out as they responded sluggishly. She relaxed once more, attempting to keep her back still and prevent the crippling injury from acting up once more. Exhaustion came over her, as she lay on the ground, panting through strained breaths.
Anger boiled up, not towards Raury but to herself. Her vision began to blur as the pain began to creep up once more. The amalgamation of wounds that she had accrued began to be dulled by her body’s pain response. As she attempted to get up once again, her back cried out in pain, punishing her from allowing so many assaults to strike true there.
She fell down once more, the arctic wind blowing strongly once again. Her eyes began to close, exhausted from the mere physical exertion of trying to stand. This would be the second time her body made it impossible to stand, impossible to get up once again after a fight. She drew in another coarse breath, as her consciousness flickered away
Elation roared through his body as his strike hit home. Rolling madly around in the snow, the drunk made a show of his insane state, hooting and blathering madness as he careened, cartwheeled and tumbled about. His excitement was short lived, the powerful amalgam of his own reiatsu and liquor fading. It was much like watching a train run off the rails and into a massive pool of thick tar. His movement slowed, his babbling ceased. And soon, the redhead found himself stretching out near his fallen opponent. Blearily, he glanced over.
“God’s blood!” He breathed, noting the severity of the damage dealt to the woman. Quickly regaining his feet, the Founder crouched down and carefully lifted the woman into a fireman’s carry. “Gotta get ya ta the healers, lass!”
He made it a fair distance, bounding through the hard-packed landscape at full tilt, making his way back to where the gate had let him out onto this cold scape. Unfortunately, his body was taxed beyond the simple feat of short-term travel.
“Whoop, naptime!”
He quickly fell to the earth, passing out long before his face hit the snow, sending the woman tumbling back onto the earth.
