[PM] [10th/8th] Week 230: On the White Sands of Hueco Mundo

Kago · Jun 20, 2012

Lucas Morrison, ????

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A harsh, dry breeze rolled across the colorless sands. The eerie, waning crescent moon hung stationary in the sky; never moving, never changing. The barren lands produced no signs of life; the only living creatures that dared to trod across the sands were the two warriors standing face-to-face.

Appearing to be blocking the path of the tenth division officer, the tall individual withdrew his dual shoto blades from within his forest green cloak and pointed one directly at his opponent. "Are you the best the Gotei has to offer?" he called out in a calm, even tone.

Despite his calm demeanor, something about him caused the air surrounding his body to become faintly distorted, threatening to crackle and spark at any moment. Even the swordsman's golden irises appeared to faintly glow before darkening into a rough and dull golden brown. Maybe it was his reiatsu level, or perhaps his personality; either way, one thing was clear: Lucas was not getting past this man without a fight.

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Tenchra · Jun 20, 2012

Lucas just stood there staring the man down as the waves of energy billowed forth from his body flooding the area. His first victim was here, the first step on his path and he was going to have to fight him. He was going to have to fight in one of the places he disliked the most, Hueco Mundo. It was not that he was afraid of this place, it was more of the fact he just did not like it, simple as that.

As he stared at the man he began to wonder just how strong he was, and if he should unleash everything he had right at the start and try and finish the fight. Grinning widely his energy flared up instantly as his body quickly changed.

'Bankai" Every inch was devoured by darkness as the energy continued to swirl around his body. Two green orbs flared up as they stared into the man in front of him. He lifted his arm as a blade unsheathed itself from within his body extending out as it slid across his opponents. In an instant the blade erupted in a green flame.

"Are you afraid?" He asked calmly, his voice distorted as if there were more than one voice speaking.

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Kago · Jun 21, 2012

The auburn haired warrior stood unfazed as he stared at the shinigami’s release. His stoic expression and calm demeanor did not stem from a lack of fear; its strength rose from the knowledge that Lucas’ reiatsu, despite him having initiated what appeared to be his shikai, was not even one-third of his current, unreleased reiatsu level. Instead, the only change to his expression was the edges of his lips curling upward slightly.

In an instant, the captain-class fighter was gone. The attack that followed happened so quickly that he appeared to merely be standing thirty meters past Lucas as blood sprayed upward from the newly-formed, thick cut in his left shoulder. He did not bother turn to face the injured shinigami.

“There is nothing about you that brings about fear. You were supposed to prove to me that you are worthy, but all I see is a man not worth me dulling the edge of my blades on,” he explained as he wiped the blood from his swords and returned them to their respective sheathes. 

Finally turning to focus his attention on Lucas, the golden eyed warrior glared at him. “This is your last chance; prove yourself to me or I will end your pitiful existence on these sands.”

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Attack

Tenchra · Jun 22, 2012

He was faster and strong than he expected, and while it proved to be a problem and any thought other than retaliation was lost to him. There was no way he was going to escape if such a thing was even considered. Blood ran down his body as he rose to his feet. He was not afraid he said. This man did not know fear and that was going to cost him. He was going to be introduced, overwhelmed and defeated by fear in a single day.

As he turned to face his opponent his body changed. His frame twisted and contorted into a hideous deformed and roaring ghoul. Next to him a second ghoul erupted from the ground and snarling and glaring at the man.

"Welcome to my nightmare." The pair of ghouls held their hands out to the side as they both called out in unison, "Control Doll, Control Doll."

Two more ghouls phased into existence mirroring the behavior of the other two. At the start there was one wounded man standing before the mysterious attacker. Now he was faced with four seemingly unwounded, snarling, hideous beasts, which were out for blood.

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Rei spent: 4428
Fear Level: 1

Stats

Kidou

BK Attacks

Ability: "Growing Terror” Being the Harbringer of Fear, Shoul is capable of instilling fear into the most stalwart and stout people around.Weakening their resolve and desire to fight as the onslaught continues. Each and every attack used by Lucas is capable of creating fear within his target. While the fear is pretty basic in terms of intensity at the start, it can quickly grow to a crippling fear causing the attacks and defense of those afflicted to become weakened and broken.

Every time an attack lands on an opponent Lucas can pay 2% reiatsu to cause the target to afflicted with one level of fear. These levels can grow up to a maximum of five, while having a single stack of fear a person might find themselves feeling a bit uneasy and nervous at what is to come. Each subsequent stack intensifies the fear causing a person to begin to tremble and shake and become a bit more hesitant to take action. Upon reaching its fifth stack, a person begins to suffer from full blown terror.

While fear is effected by the force of will of the afflicted, it is possible to overcome their fears. By paying 4% of Lucas’ reiatsu, an afflicted person is able to reduce the number of stacks upon them by one, no more than two stacks per turn can be overcome in this fashion. After two turns since the last application of fear, the stacks will begin to naturally decay by one stack per turn.

Attack: "Army of the Damned” The ghouls which roam the shadowed world in which Shoul resides are terrifying creatures who are always at his beck and call. By paying 5% reiatsu Lucas is able to cause an afflicted opponent to perceive him as one of the hideous monsters. As a side effect, for each stack of fear on the target at the moment this attack takes effect, an additional ghoul image is summoned nearby. Additionally, once the ghouls are summoned Lucas can immediately switch places with one of the ghouls to shuffle his position causing more confusion, he can only do this once and it must be done when the ghouls are summoned. These ghouls act, sound and move just as Lucas can, but however they are not real. Any attempt to perceive which ghoul is the real Lucas is rendered useless, and any attack hitting a ghoul image causes it to dissipate harmlessly.

Kago · Jun 24, 2012

As the four beasts roared to life, the mystery warrior stared headlong into the eyes of the ghouls. Their grotesque, hideous forms did not induce fear into him directly; they only served to remind him of the days that forced him into exile. The ghouls were as black and evil as the hearts of men that now filled the Gotei Thirteen.

“You seek to hide behind the beasts you’ve sworn to destroy. You cling to the power of the hollows. It doesn’t matter how many you create, I will obliterate you from this world,” the auburn haired man announced.

Unfurling the full weight of his power, he lifted his open palms in front of his chest, crossing his right behind his left. “Heavens weep, gods tremble. Chaos usurps control over the skies and strikes down the guilty. Hadou Number Eighty-eight, Hiryugekizokushintenraihou!”

A quick spark of electricity flickered into life at the center of his left palm, electrifying the air around his hand. Suddenly, a massive wave of pure, cerulean energy mixed together with vast amounts of electricity and engulfed the space in front of his hand. As the kidou spell barreled toward the cluster of ghouls, a smirk etched across the creator’s face.

There was no escaping his blast.

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Shun · Jun 24, 2012

Like phantoms, in the intensity of the scuffle, two newcomers went unnoticed.

He had gone back the way he had come from, but this was unexpected. In fact, this was not how he had pictured the room back when he had encountered Raifuku. Did this mean that the realms changed and shifted constantly when one left and entered another room?

Taking a look around, the Blood Templar’s auburn eyes glowed with recognition. How many times would this dreadful and accursed plane call him back in as if he was some sort of distinguished guest? Setting foot with his companion on the white sands of Hueco Mundo, the door that they had passed through seemed to vanish with no traces at all. If they wanted to escape, they couldn’t; such a thought never occurred to him though. He was more focused on what was ahead.

As the spiritual signatures clashed, Ryoujin watched with mild interest at the battle that had already initiated between what seemed like two shinigami. One possessed reaitsu that could have rivaled the likes of Tsubaki, perhaps even greater than the Templar Queen’s. Strange... he had never met the man before. In fact, with that sort of devastating spiritual pressure, one would think of appointing him as Captain if not a lieutenant. There was absolutely no way that he would have not heard of him by now.

What is this guy? A rogue or something? he thought. The other man that was trying to fight against him was a shinigami who he knew had accompanied the Gotei’s forces to the First Senkaimon Gate. His body was now contorted into what appeared to be a behemoth, and the way that the Mystic valiantly fought against someone stronger than him was commendable; however, his tactics weren’t exactly working.

Infusing reiatsu within the necklace that was around his neck, Ryoujin suddenly seemed to have donned a finely crafted suit of armor. With a red aura coating his entire frame, the pink-haired youth tilted his head and looked towards Setsuna.

“I didn’t think we’d have to get into this mess so soon, but it looks like we have no choice,” Ryoujin said, before disappearing in a blur. Although there may have not been a logical and rational way to defend against the incoming kidou that barreled towards the Mystic, he did have something in mind. Whilst the mysterious auburn-haired warrior’s line of sight was focused on ending Lucas Morrison's existence, the Templar passed right by his flank with his zanpakutou, tinged with a scorching aura from Tsukanoma No Kishi’s ability, already drawn and moving forward to slash at the swordsman to somehow disrupt the hadou or at the very least paint the sands a fresh coat of crimson.

“Looks like your cavalry has arrived,” Ryoujin said, bearing a full-brown grin.

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Senka + Tsukanoma no Kishi (division armor)

tminus31 · Jun 24, 2012

“And if I can be quite honest...” Setsuna began, before Ryoujin vanished and began attacking the mystery man, “fine, I’ll talk to myself.” The redhead rolled his eyes and looked up at the black sky.

“Jeez, of all the places we could have been sent, this was probably second last on my list.”

“What was last?”

Hell, of course. This was met by silence. Setsuna’s eyes fixed back on the scene before him. First of all was the guy who had been at the Soukyoku with everyone else.

Hmm, now that’s a scary sight indeed, memo to self: never to get on his bad side. Then he took note of the three doll things. Hmm, maybe that’s his zanpakutou’s abilities. Also quite scary. Lowering himself into a seated position, he looked at the other man.

High reiatsu, powerful Kidou, wow this dude’s certainly a toughie. He looked around. All he saw was a desert, full of nothing but sand. Blergh, there’s nothing here of use to anyone. I guess we could resort to childishly lobbing sand in his eyes. Drawing his weapon, he tapped the blade with his fingers as he watched events unfold.

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Kago · Jun 25, 2012

The caster was caught completely off-guard by the attack of the new arrival. Having never truly been one for tactics, he focused all his energy into following through with his kidou spell and braced his body for the painful impact. He winced in pain as the full brunt of the attack landed, the blade cleaving several inches into his right shoulder before coming to a halt. Blood rushed from the wound, staining his navy shirt a more purplish hue.

With the last crackle of energy charging down the path to exterminate the ghouls, the rogue shinigami turned all his attention to the armor-clad warrior. He quickly grabbed his opponent’s wrist and forced the arm upward, removing the zanpakutou from his shoulder. A painful sigh escaped his lips as he released the man’s arm and gathered a massive amount of reiatsu in his three middle fingers.

“Raiden Tougyou!” he shouted, the blast of electricity shooting forth from his fingers at an alarming rate.

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Tenchra · Jun 25, 2012

He was severely out matched here and he needed every advantage he could get. There were no holding back tricks or tactics hoping he could keep an aura of mystery about what he could do. If he held back for even a moment, it would be all over for him. Tapping into the strength of the spirits, Lucas looked upon a vision of the future getting a better idea of what was to happen, he could only do this once and was saddened he had to use this ability to soon, but it was this or death.

Before the spell even left the man's hand Lucas was already positioning himself. Two of the ghouls immediately bolted to the left and right to begin flanking while a third ghoul ran directly towards the spell. It was good luck that reinforcements showed up otherwise this plan might not work as well if his opponent could focus all his attention on him. With a sly grin Lucas called up another ghoul as close to the man as he could as he immediately switched places with it as the powerful spell ripped through two ghouls causing them to dissipate.

With his new flanking position Lucas quickly flash-stepped right next to the man as he aimed his palm at the man's midsection. Bracing himself for the recoil of the spell, the energies gathered quickly into his hand and as the swordsman let off his second spell, the mimicked spelled erupted from his hand determined to give him a taste of his own medicine.

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Fear Level: 2
Rei Used: 9351
Rei left: 7707

Div Techs used

Mimicked

Kago · Jun 25, 2012

The reappearance of the ghoul surprised him greatly. As the massive energies began to swirl and coalesce in front of the beast, the injured combatant barely had time to call forth all the reiatsu he needed to defend himself. “Dankuu!”

Just as the first spark of Hiryugekizokushintenraihou began to form, a translucent barrier materialized directly between the pair, shielding the auburn haired man from the imminent damage. Due to the enormous amount of reiatsu he utilized in the last few seconds, he dropped to a single knee behind the barrier and panted heavily. This battle was taking a heavy toll on his body.

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Shun · Jun 25, 2012

As he felt a brunt of the spell, Ryoujin instinctively cartwheeled to the right as electricity now coursed through his body from Daisharin Uzu Kaminari. The trail of electricity behind his movement seemed to linger in the air as it surged forward towards the rogue, reminding him that he was not the only one who was able to wield and manipulate lightning.

"Guess that makes us even, Mystic. Scatter Kazeoni!" he exclaimed, before his eyes shot open in alarm. His movements seemed to be muddled up.

In that instant, while the enemy was at what appeared to be his most vulnerable, the pink-haired youth's zanpakutou that lay right next to where the man had unarmed him disappeared. Extending his right hand out, he caught the blood-red blade as if he knew where it was going to flash into existence. If the grip that this rogue shinigami had on him earlier was evidence of anything, then it was the fact that he had to be weary about just what exactly this man was capable of.

Gripping the released form of his soul slayer, he wasted no time as he summoned four scythes, attempting to control them with the utmost precision.

"You seem to hold a grudge against the Gotei. I heard that little bit that ya said about shinigami clinging to the power of hollows," Ryoujin began, as each of his summoned weapons went hurtling forwards, threatening to get past the barrier and pierce the rogue right through while he was at his most vulnerable.

"You couldn't have been more wrong," he said, feigning as if he had complete control of his movements.

That spell, he thought.

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oh right, probably should put this

tminus31 · Jun 26, 2012

Runs more parallel with Shun's last turn

He’s starting to tire, Setsuna thought as he watched the mystery man fall to one knee, did that guy force him to use up too much energy before we got here? The Ninth Seat’s eyes flicked over to the third shinigami there. Standing up he rotated his head about his neck and drew his weapon.

Guess I should make ready in case he has something else up his sleeves, though Ryoujin seems to have things covered, even if that’s a pretty strong barrier. In an instant he has flash-stepped to a position between Ryoujin and Lucas’ golems, then sidestepped to the left so he could see the mystery man.

“Frankly mate, you seem to be confusing us with those um... Vizards, that’s the word. We’re not really the type to rely on anyone but ourselves in our little gang.” He grinned as he watched Ryoujin’s scythes reach the barrier.

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Kago · Jun 28, 2012

The man with the golden irises shoved off his hands and knees and leapt backwards as the scythes raced towards him. Even before they reached the temporary barrier, the weapons missed his previous position by a great distance. It appeared his spell had saved his life for the time being.

Staring at the trio of shinigami standing several meters away from him, the rogue’s face hardened. Using that much energy in such a short period of time had taken a toll on his body and he knew that he would have to end the battle immediately or else the abominations in front of him would continue to poison the lineage of the Gotei. 

“You no longer deserve to live,” he declared in a calm, even tone.

Drawing his dual shoto blades from within his cloak, the auburn haired warrior rested his arms at his sides. Without a second’s hesitation, he muttered in a low growl: “Bankai.”

Immediately, dark black clouds began to swirl overhead before descending upon the entire battlefield. An eerie, breathless silence encompassed the dense clouds. Almost on cue, a brilliant cobalt light shot upwards from the man’s position, piercing the thick jet that converged on the field. Slowly, the black clouds rose back into the sky and multiplied in size, creating a maelstrom of lightning contained within it.

On the battlefield, the rogue shinigami’s reiatsu level radiated outward as his dual shoto blades morphed into two wakizashi with their hilts connected by a seven foot golden chain. An azure aura of compressed electrical energy enveloped the swords, effectively doubling the reach of the blades. The same energy extended up his arms, culminating in ten, two-inch spikes of reiatsu protruding from his back. 

Suddenly, a lightning bolt fell directly behind him, blinding the entire area in a flash of light. By the time the brightness had faded, the auburn haired warrior appeared directly behind his armor-clad opponent and swung his blades towards him from two different angles. His golden irises radiated with his intent to kill.

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Shun · Jun 28, 2012

There was no mistake in those irises; he was intent on eradicating them.

It only took an instant for the tides of battle to change.

Left, right, up, and down. His directions were all muddled up. Regardless of how much he tried, he couldn’t carry out a flash step - least not while he was bound by the duration of the enchantment that the auburn-haired warrior had used. As if to makes things worse, the spiritual pressure that resonated from the enemy seemed to have skyrocketed to the point where its sheer weight threatened to pummel him. Apparently, the rogue had reached his tipping point.

However, it was a funny thing how inspiration can sprout from anything at any given moment... especially when one's life was in peril.

I love all of you. Please be careful.

As Tsubaki broke the connection, Ryoujin's eyes finally glowed with a flare that had been missing for a long time since reaching this maze. It only took an instant for the tides of battle to change after all, and he smirked as he was reminded of just what exactly his purpose was in this twisted game that Raifuku wanted to play.

As he was momentarily blinded by the flash of lightning, the pink-haired youth sensed the enemy appear near him with his twin wakizashis drawn.

"...Hadou kyu-ju, Kurohitsugi!!!" he exclaimed, managing to jump back but not without getting a portion of his armor dented from the force behind one of the swings.

“What are you? Some Harbringer of Justice or something? Can’t let you kill me just yet, bud. I’ve got someone I need to find, and people that I need to protect. Unlike you, I haven’t lost sight of what makes the Gotei strong.”

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kidou threshold

Kago · Jul 2, 2012

As the black box surrounded the mystery man, five bolts of cerulean energy shot downward from the sky at the edges of the ominous clouds. Before reaching the ground, the snake-like beams curved towards the combatants, attacking from five different angles. One of the bolts tore through the kidou spell, completely annihilating it before it could do damage to the rogue as it continued on its path.

“This is the end,” the auburn haired warrior announced as the controlled energy barreled toward his opponents, threatening to converge on the very ground they were standing on. 

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tminus31 · Jul 2, 2012

Great, Setsuna thought, this guy’s attacks are getting wilder by the second. He’d leapt aside when Ryoujin had cast Kurohitsugi, a level of Kidou Setsuna had never seen, much less tried. Now he was watching as the madman easily destroyed the huge black box and sent his fancy beams hurtling towards the three of them.

Argh, this is getting out of hand alright. It’s high time to get some focus back onto this fight... which I have done nothing to change in my few minutes here. He grinned as he raised Senshin in his traditional reverse-grip. Unseen by anyone else a pair of kanji slowly inscribed themselves onto each side of the blade. Setsuna smiled at this sight and stared at the madman.

Kanshin no Teki. “Mr Crazy, if you’d be so kind as to look this way!” With that he looked at the others and nodded, giving them the go ahead to go all out.

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Read Me

Shun · Jul 3, 2012

Ryoujin gave the spellswordsman a thumbs up.

While the rogue's attention was fixed on Setsuna, the pink-haired youth summoned a broadsword, channeing forth reiatsu along both its surface and that of his blood-red zanpakutou.

"Gotei Thirteen, do you intend to cringe away? Will you cower from danger or flee from your duty to protect the balance of the worlds? Will you get down on your knees and beg for your life?" Sayis shook his head. "No! And that is his mistake!"

The Captain Commander's words rang true during that time before they crossed the portal. Unlike what this man was convinced of, the Gotei wasn't tainted; in fact, it was stronger and more purpose-driven than it had ever been.

Even if this man was Zeus himself, there was no way that he was about to be outclassed by a stranger, let alone a misconceived man who presumed to fight for the line of justice. The third-seater was the Storm Hunter by birth right.

As crimson reaitsu swirled around both blades, he brought his soul slayer back.

"Batter up!" he exclaimed, jumping into the air as he swung Kazeoni around at nothing but thin air. The other blade that floated beside him made the same motion simultaneously as if the two were working together to supercharge something.

Soon enough, his target was made clear as a gargantuan shockwave was unleashed at the incoming voltaic snake-like summons that slithered their way towards him in an attempt to deflect them back at the captain-classed enemy. In moments, a mini sandstorm was produced, buffeting anything that obstructed its path.

あらしりょうじん

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zan ability used

Tenchra · Jul 3, 2012

His comrades were going all out and he needed to do so as well. However, the tank was already running a bit dry after trying to hold him off alone. He knew the others were far better off than he was at unleashing more powerful attacks and he knew he could make sure that they landed pretty effectively. Lucas was highly skilled at hand to hand combat and he was determined to use his skills fully.

Jumping to action he flash stepped right behind the enemy as he attempted to lock his down into a grapple to make sure he could not move. This man was going to die here and now, Lucas had only hoped that he was not also in the line of fire.

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tminus31 · Jul 4, 2012

Short bridge turn

Setsuna quickly watched as the others launched their attacks.

Right, that should be enough. The character vanished from Senshin’s blade and the mad man was free to focus on what he liked. Setsuna meanwhile flash-stepped aside and waited.

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Kago · Jul 5, 2012

As the sandstorm swirled outward toward his approaching attack, the edges of the rogue’s lips curled upward. Before he could enact his plan, however, his hollow-like opponent grabbed him from behind and locked his body down, preventing him from launching into the fray. His confidence waivered slightly as the swirling sands collided with his electrical beams and stopped them cold. 

I refuse to allow this to happen, he announced firmly in his mind. The undeserving shall not destroy the Gotei.

Suddenly, the ten spikes of reiatsu extending from his back shot outward a few more inches and punctured the shinigami wrapped around his body, holding him in place. Tilting the tips of his dual-bankai zanpakutou in opposite directions, four of his snake-like energy compressions flowed with the swirling sands and surrounded the attack in its entirety. Slowly, the beams began to push back against the expanding wall, forcing it back toward its originator. The remaining energy compression, having been deflected back by the sand, barreled back toward the auburn haired warrior. 

Unafraid, he turned his back to the approaching attack. The pure energy collided with his opponent’s body, shielding the mystery fighter from the damage. Meanwhile, the electricity from the attack passed through his body without harming him and shot forth from the edges of his blades in a massive bolt, dispersing in the air.

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