Re: War in Australlia- Canberra–Queanbeyan

Mon Mar 17, 2014 1:14 pm

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What had begun as a simple excursion to Australia in order to partake in the war had evolved from being such. The path that Horus had taken has been one that has tested the male in various ways, some of which he is completely unaware of. Between the choices of continue life as he was, or risking the unknown to walk a new path, a path of hope, the male had chosen the latter. This had then led to the current confrontation in Canberra, as well as a test of his mental fortitude and strength. While things had seemed to be going in the Vizard's favor soon they would begin to stack against him, each time probing at his mental fortitude, testing him, pushing him further and further. That is until Arashi, the inner hollow, decided to intervene and input his own desires into things. Thus as the battle for Canberra continued on the inner hollow constantly prodded at his hosts emotions, slowly building a raging inferno of anger within the crimson haired man. Then finally the moment was right and the inner hollow pushed just hard enough resulting in the Vizard snapping and losing himself to the rage within him, all the while Arashi sat in satisfaction within the inner world of the male. For the inner hollow it seemed as if things would keep going well, some more poking and prodding and just maybe he'd get the chance to consume Horus's soul and take over.

Yet just as Horus had unleashed his unrestrained fury upon Elisha in the form of his Vajra things would once again change. Veras, through a telepathic link, spoke to him, calming the fury that continued to rampage within him for a brief moment of time. In this moment rationality returned to Horus, allowing him to once again enter a battle of wills with his inner hollow. Now the only question for the male was whether or not he could keep himself in check, whilst combating his foes, and his own demons. As his mind held the moment of clarity Horus gazed intently at his technique as it closed in upon his target, the energies within it screeching through the sky before finally meeting something just before impact with Elisha. In the moments that the technique had traversed the distance between himself and his target several things had occurred that would lead to the disruption, and destruction of his attack. Weapons would clash as Eira brought herself between Elisha and Veras before pushing herself and Elisha away as the technique grew closer. Wind clashed with large amounts of reiatsu and electrical energies for a few brief moments before the Vajra began to divert, yet before the blast could continue on the electricity within it was brought under the control of another, essentially causing the technique to attack itself before erupting into a brilliant explosion of violent energy. And so Horus's technique met its end before even meeting the target, such a thing caused the blood in the Vizard's veins to stir in fury once again as the male fought to keep control over himself whilst his inner hollow continued its attempts to trample over the mental defenses of its host.

As his technique was dealt with it quickly became apparent to Horus that this battle needed to end. Even as he fought against his own rage and inner hollow the male could tell that if the battle continued on much longer they may do much more damage to the city, causing more harm than good in the end. Aside from his worries about the city the male was also worried about himself, and his mentality. He knew he was struggling to hold off the influence of his inner hollow, as he could feel the unrestrained fury boiling in his veins.. It was just a matter of time before he would lose the struggle between he and Arashi, at which point the combined rage of the two would consume him once again. Even as Veras spoke of his rage doing such a thing the crimson haired male fought to hold it off, fought to keep in control, and fought to be of use rather than a hinderance in these last moments of battle. The male could feel the blondes gaze upon him as she spoke, her words of understanding him reaching him quicker than any other she may have spoken that day. How could she understand his position? The struggle that he endured? The rage and insanity always boiling beneath the surface? How could she understand him? These questions rang through the golden eyed males mind, said eyes showing his internal confusion as he gazed upon the battlefield, his eyes seeing all before him yet seeing nothing as his focus was stripped away by his allies words. The words that would follow would be words that would change the rest of the confrontation for the male. They would give him the strength and means to continue fighting, to continue resisting, and most of all to triumph over the rage that crawled beneath his skin in this very moment. And so as Veras relayed the information behind the URE sphere she had gifted him with in the previous city the male had already begun tapping into said devices power. Already, even as the URE link implanted itself within his being, Horus could feel the power that the URE sphere granted him flowing through his body as it strengthened him.

“Storm… front!”

Golden eyes gleamed with unbridled determination as the name of the assault was called out by the target of his earlier attack. Yet the apparent assault lacked just that, an assault.. Rather it seemed to be some sort of barrier constructed by vicious winds controlled by his foe. Though the barrier did give off its own powerful gales, causing Horus to utilize trace amounts of his reiatsu in order to create a barrier between himself and the winds through use of his Telekinetic Barrier technique. Over the torrent of wind clashing with his barrier Horus could barely make out the sounds of Elisha speaking before she decided to unleash her rage in yet another attack, this time focusing upon Horus himself in addition to Veras. The attack, which took the form of two powerful lightning bolts, split the sky as it roared towards its targets, all the while Horus's golden gaze watched with signs of amusement. Was this girl a fool? He would think as the bolts blazed through the air towards their mark. It was painfully obvious this foe knew next to nothing about those she entered into battle with, as if she did have any knowledge on Horus she would know that he had a resistance to electrically based abilities. Thus while she did not know it her technique would lose out on 20% of its effectiveness if it did manage to strike its target. Yet the passive ability would not be needed, for as Veras went about her own plans, which would result in a white glow spreading throughout their forces. Before the glow could overtake Horus he would focus large amounts of reiatsu into his body, strengthening his muscles before vanishing in an unnatural burst of speed, his path taking him away from the path of Elisha's attack before reappearing atop a building a couple hundred meters away. The Vizard knew that without the energy supplied by the URE Sphere he wouldn't have been able to move as fast as he had, and thus may have been struck by Elisha's attack. As it were the male now stood atop a small building, his masked gaze locked upon the Nature Iramasha before he simply raised a single finger, muttering a ruthless, "Cero". Black, white, and crimson energy converged upon a single point before being unleashed in a moderately powerful beam directed in Elisha's direction. No matter what it would impact with the resulting explosion would be quite sizable, doing moderate damage to his target if caught, as well as devastating the effected area.

With his cero launched Horus's gaze would remain upon Elisha whilst the white glow that resulted from Veras's actions finally overtook him. If plans went well then Horus, like Canberra, would be in an intangible state as The Kuro Sosu was used in ways that the crimson haired Vizard completely failed to understand. Though he did know one thing, if Veras's plan had worked out then any potential counter attack that would follow his cero would be useless. As Veras spoke her last words to Dayalu it became apparent to Horus that the battle was indeed over, and continuing it any longer would be pointless. Despite this the male knew that his own struggle had yet to end, and that even now he would be unable to let up on his mental struggle with Arashi. With the war ending Horus could only begin thinking about what his future may hold.

[Attempting Exit]

[ooc: I apologize for the immense delay. Also sorry if this post doesn't quite cut it, just couldn't get into the right mindset.]

Thu Mar 20, 2014 4:32 pm

Destruction, a concept which usually cannot be seen, let alone felt. Power, something substantial reached by few, but craved by many. Arabella could feel it, the large boost in power which now coursed through her veins, the strain was lessened, this however gave her an idea while she slowly closed her eyes, the shadows pulling inwards as the energy began to build. Honestly she didn’t know if this would work or if it would ultimately cause horrible side effects but, to her it was worth a try. Which was why now she would have slowly pulled the 3 clones in, the combined force of the Ure Sphere’s slowly being pushed inwards. The combined force of not one but three of these massive unlimited sources of power being put back into the main body; however, only one would have been in direct use. the effects would become nearly instantaneous as her power seemed to slowly rise like high tide at a bay. It would coat her body with a fine concentrated mist which blew outwards saturating the very air as she slowly concentrated on a certain feeling, her eyes still shut.

Groping in the dark, she tried to remember that feeling that she felt fighting Veras. The feeling she felt when she had first taken up her blade to protect herself, she almost drowned in the vast sea of power as blood began to run from her body and her blade slowly began to crack. However she found it, a red string in the vast darkness which stretched out for a perpetual eternity. Arabella then grabbed that thread, grabbed it and didn’t even dare let go. Instead she embraced its electric greeting, which numbed and rocked the core of her very soul. All the information, all the power; instead of trying to conform it with brute will, she gave and guided it. All the while outside her body energy was building and crackling striking the ground, lashing out at the air like a wild beast. The sound akin to a million chirping birds in the middle of a forest, singing out in song.

She thought back, to the words that Veras had said; she focused on those words and the character of the individual who said them. Then she focused on how those words would apply to herself, to who she was. To how she wanted to live her life, a question she had long since stopped asking. She opened up that long shoved to the corner door, and once more asked herself mentally. . “What do I want to do with my life?” The question had such an easy answer such a simple answer that was painfully clear, an answer she had never even acknowledged. Even Dayalu and his words, they had seeped into her mind, and made the cogs in her old iron clad heart begin to turn, to heat and move to a better tomorrow. “He is right after all, I know nothing; I just had my head in my ass” Arabella thought as slowly her lips parted as the energy which was pulsing white , turned as black as the shadows, she focused on that feeling which began to roll off her in waves.

Arabella then began to slowly laugh, this laugh though held genuine amusement, happiness and could it be. . .Joy? Her eyes slowly opened as she regarded Veras, and even Dayalu slightly differently no longer was she that monotone robotic being who’s personality was as versatile as a card-board box. Gleam had slowly returned while she slowly had exhaled her hair blowing erratically from the uncontrollable gale of raw energy which slowly she was beginning to get a feel for as she stood there. Her surroundings, and her knowledge, nothing could help her to overcome this perpetual sea of raw energy other than her own mind, and grit. So slowly as the energy flowed it blossomed and crackled, zapping the ground creating craters and even small holes she slowly was smiling; showing white teeth. Her sword slowly raised up as she seemed to have exhaled slowly bending her elbow 90 degree’s so that her blade rest above her head her wrist parallel to her opposite shoulder.

Then slowly, Arabella raised her other arm, fingers curling around the wrist. Then the energy began to visibly shift from an uncontrollable explosive whirlwind to a slow controlled pulse, one that focused inwards as the edge of the sword began to slowly glow a deep pitch black. Energy pooled along its edge which began to vibrate due to the concentration of the energy. As slowly but surely the immense level of energy was brought under control enough that she could at least use it for this purpose, so she had slowly said with a gentle and just honest voice.

“Dayalu, I am sorry. . . I honestly don’t have a good handle over this much energy . . . Nor do I know as much as you about the inner workings of life and death . . . But I presume with as much power that is coursing through my veins, it would be rather bothersome to be pegged by this right? I mean. . I can’t even control how much energy I release, It’s kind of like a bazooka, there is no middle ground. . So . . if I must this might get ugly. . “

Then her eyes slowly shifted looking back at Veras who was ready to go , at least Arabella could discern that much from her decisive words and everything else. From there she would say in a voice that wasn’t arrogant, but also sounded no longer like a soggy wet paper bag, full of excuses, full of unneeded words and wasted actions.

“Thanks Veras . . . I don’t know what you put in me, but I guess you could say . . . How do humans say it?. . You made me pull my head out of my ass? “

That was when she slowly had shifted her blade her stance shifting into a crouching start, like a sprinter. Blade running parallel with the ground the dark aura shimmering around it. Looking up her eyes slowly meeting Dayalu’s was when , Arabella said.

“Here I come man. . . “

Afterwards even though she had been tired, she seemed to be fully healed no , she was far stronger then before. Upon kickoff dust shot everywhere and she had vanished at brisk speeds that whipped of a fierce tail-wind which cracked building walls, and shattered what little glass remained. She came in fast hard, and low at speeds that would make what he had been doing previous, well seem as slow as a turtle moving in quicksand. Sound would lag behind as her sword sliding forward in one decisive chop came around at speeds which would be barely visible even for a high speed camera. The slice then angled up in a shallow rising arc, mere nano seconds passing as if it hit , the blow would be able to cause a extremely deep gash literally having force enough to cut the block into ribbons. Then her blade reversed fluidly so the movements just blurred together. The katana slashed down then, moving across the chest in the opposite direction hopefully to generate a fairly deep cut.

If this attack hit though, what Arabella did was using this new found boost in power, instead of merely using external blows , she would implant a small concentrated ball of shadows this if it worked, would do nothing yet, merely hanging about while her foot slid across the ground in a quick jerk which made her leg look in all regards like it kind of hopped from stationary to striking point. This kick would blur as it just became one quick continuum of hundreds if not 2000 straight kicks to the chest within the span of maybe 10 seconds. Yet all the time her smile didn’t leave her face, she was enjoying it the new feeling in her heart.

Why hadn’t she realized sooner, the real trick was finding people that could be treasured, not fighting alone, holding on to the bitter past and the endless darkness? Sure the past was harsh, and it was something that wouldn’t be ever forgotten. But, in that light, she had forgotten how fun the present could actually be. Which was why after that quick continuous blow of kicks, her body seemed to spin in the air, jerking into a 360 twirl which made her look like a single blurred circle. Her opposite leg coming around in a viscous straightened spinning side swipe to the gut; all the while her lips parted and she let out a giddy laugh, a crooked fanged smile expanding to threaten to split her face apart. If that kick actually made its mark, it would have enough power to launch the man, depending on if he turned to dust again or not, into a building which would have its walls crumble from the blunt force of impact.

She would have landed on her trailing foot, the leading foot moving down to skim across the rubble covered ground, picking up a stray chunk of brick with the tip of her toe, kicking it at high speed into the direction of the wall that Dayalu might have hit if he had actually been pegged by such an assault. However another thing would be noticed, Arabella had hardened energy around her body, boosting her durability protecting the energy within. Then she’d have once more spoke directly to Veras a giddy giggle half baked into her words.

“..Man this is hard to control, What.. did you do by the way; I feel better then I have for awhile . . And also is it time to go?"

Wed Mar 26, 2014 1:42 am

「NOTICE FOR THIS THREAD」

☓	NOTICE: Zero, you have one more day to finish your post. If it is not complete, I am going to skip to Tina. If Tina fails to post in the next three days? Then I'm just concluding the thread and locking it out. We need to speed things up, as you said Zero.

Thu Mar 27, 2014 11:22 pm

「NOTICE FOR THIS THREAD」

☓	NOTICE: I'm re-posting again to say that as of this morning, at 1AM, Zero was skipped and we are still waiting on Tina to make her post. She has until Friday night to finish the post. If not, we will conclude the thread and assume that Veras got away.

Fri Mar 28, 2014 12:17 am

Elisha’s eyes widened slightly as she noticed the first two bolts of lightning had done nothing to their targets, something she had not been expecting. An emotion started to bubble within her, fear climbing as she began to realize something, these people were many times stronger then her. This fact was cemented in her mind as a beam of energy shot towards her, the cero slamming in to her and a painful cry escaping her lips. Her body floated downward, one forearm had been lost in the attack. Still, she tried to keep herself going, tried to find her will to fight onwards. A soft growl escaped her mouth as she felt the storm she had called, the one she had brought forth with her stormfront ability, demand that she let it strike again. Looking downward for a target, she realized that white light had surrounded her enemies, and more importantly she was no longer able to direct her stormfront to attack them. Fear crawled to the surface as her eyes scanned over her surroundings, realizing painfully that the only people her stormfront could hurt were those she had fought with and her self. A cry of despair escaped her lips, the cry of a trapped animal as it realized it could not free itself. Tears fell down her face as she realized that what was about to happen was her fault and hers alone. Taking a deep breath, she spoke softly to the one inside her, the ziamichi spirit she carried.

‘Sorry about this Skiel, I won’t hurt my allies though. Maybe we’ll be able to meet up in another life, but this is my choice.’

Then, her eyes swiftly shifted over to the other Iramasha, the one she had attempted to save before. Quickly, she attempted to connect to him through Iramasha sync as the sky thundered above her. She left him with one message through there connection, only one.

‘Say thanks to James for me, will you?’

The message sent, she closed her eyes as she terminated the link and prepared for what would likely be her demise as Lightning crackled downwards from the sky, twin bolts slamming in to the nature iramasha as a scream of pain roared across the landscape. Her body fell from the sky, the young nature iramasha falling unconscious, barely alive. It was clear in how her body looked that she would not live if left like this for long. However, the loss of consciousness had produced the effect that she had desired. The storm left, the barrier of wind dissipating as her loss of consciousness caused the ability to end early.

Fri Mar 28, 2014 12:23 am

「LOCKING THIS THREAD」

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Alright, ending the thread here. It's up to Tina rather or not she wants that character to die, but the thread should be over with since the spatial lock w as successful and the city is pretty much docked in K-World's Realm to be dropped back into Australia after the war is over. Since Zero did not post, it is assumed that Dayalu got blown back by the wind and dissipated away from the area. As for Elisha? She can either die or be retrieve by a squadron of Iramasha Guard soldiers that came to the field.