Re: Vacation? What Vacation? [War for Australia: Toowoomba]

Wed Mar 26, 2014 1:44 am

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NOTICE: for this thread, if HOrus doesn't finish his post by Friday morning, then I will go ahead and have the next round of posting begin. Since Nickcca is MIA, it should be Tina's Character, Then Zane, then Koichi, then Shizuo's Character and then Blank. If there is a problem with this posting order, let me know, but we are going with that as it gives the antag a chance to react and a protag; if you haven't noticed.

Thu Mar 27, 2014 12:59 am

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When it rains it pours.. This idiom couldn't be more true when it comes to the situation that the Mad Hatter was currently in. Masakaki had already known by now that today just wasn't his day... But things were just getting outlandish.. Even before Yako Grim and Koichi Iramasha actually clashed the spiritual pressure released by the two was enough to make the pale skinned demon think twice about his decision to remain in Toowoomba. Even as Yako suggested that Masakaki focus upon his own fight the demon was considering leaving, just vanishing without a word. While he was most definitely greedy by nature the pasty skinned demon knew when he had bitten off more than he could chew.. Yet he hadn't left, though the demon was sure he could have by now if he had wanted. Masakaki knew he could still flee Toowoomba if he wished, though he doubted that his foe would allow such a thing to occur easily. Thus Masakaki made a decision, one which he would potentially regret in the near future. The Mad Hatter was going to stay, at least until things get further out of his control.

Golden-bronze eyes would flicker towards Shani as Koichi's laughter began to encompass the entirety of the city, and as Masakaki felt the emotions confined within the Iramasha's laughter the demon knew things were just truly beginning. Already the demon was wondering if his choice to stay had been the smartest. Bah who was he kidding.. He'd worry once he actually needed to, for now he'd do just as Yako wished and focus upon his own fight. Despite this Masakaki couldn't help but pay some attention to the clash between Yako and Koichi, though it was more trying to stay out of their way than anything else. Such a thing would become quickly evident as Masakaki felt Koichi's energy increasing, accompanied by a howl loud enough to be heard over said buildup of energy.. Then Koichi's hands met the ground, something that would be unseen by Masakaki... The result? Some sort of spell activating and causing the rapid spread of a large black sphere, or dome of sorts. Knowing that just a single being located in this city could do such a thing brought a nervous tingle to Masakaki's spine.. Or maybe it was the chill of his insanity slowly setting in. The previous use of his unique abilities had already been slightly taxing, coaxing his insanity forth from where Masakaki had buried it within himself. Yet it wouldn't be enough.. Centuries of practice allowed the golden eyed male to once again thrust his insanity into the depths of his persona before it could even take hold upon him.

With a shake of his head Masakaki's unruly dark pink hair would wave around briefly before settling again. Enough was enough.. He needed to focus upon the woman before him and not the battle occurring elsewhere in the city. Though as the demon's attention finally settled upon Shani once again he was able to pick up yet another presence within the city.. Another being more powerful than himself... The demon couldn't help but wonder how shitty his luck could possibly be.. Just as those thoughts raced through the pale demon's mind he received an answer in the form of an explosion of energy that would encompass all of Toowoomba. With the arrival of whomever caused such a large explosion of energy Masakaki felt the very pressure in the city change.. It was as if spiritual pressure was weighing down upon absolutely everything in view, including Masakaki himself. Given that the battle holding the beings to cause such a thing was across the city, one could only be glad not to be caught up in said battle. Though in the mind of Masakaki he knew even if he wished he'd never be able to near such a battle as the spiritual pressure alone would prevent that if what he already felt was anything to go by.

As Masakaki was distracted by this realization he felt the sudden increase in Shani's energy.. It was ridiculous.. The girl.. Woman.. whichever.. had just been nearly exhausted, her breaths coming at an obviously laboured pace... Yet now, after her energy restoring itself somehow, she was fine.. While somewhat worrying it also brought a malevolent smile to the face of the Mad Hatter. Even as the smile formed the Hatter could hear Shani question who he was, yet hadn't he just introduced himself to Yako? Had this woman not heard him? When she continued on anyways it would prove that she had infact heard him introduce himself, so what was the point of even asking? No matter, he'd listen to her speak what she wished. for now at least. Though as she did speak only one thought crossed the demon's mind before he burst laughter, the timing of which would make it seem as if he were mocking Shani and her question.. Though the truth was so much simpler.

"Katana Broadshield..." The demon's laughter would continue as he seemed to pause in thought after repeating the name spoken by Shani. "No can do Ms... Uh who are you again? Aside from that Katana woman's daughter?" The demon's reply would be cut short at the realization of his foes name still being unknown. Such rudeness, even after he had already introduced himself.. Something would need to be done about this.. But first to finish what he had been saying, "You see Ms.. Well whatever your name is.. It would be impossible for me to deliver your message as..."

Masakaki's words would be cut off as he vanished from where he had been standing. In an amazing display of his speed the demon would reappear behind Shani as she brought her blade into a defensive posture. Bringing his mouth to her ear the demon would whisper, "I don't even know who your talking about.. Maybe you want to find someone more in touch with the organization hmmm?" As the whispered words came to an end only a gentle breeze at her back would notify Shani that Masakaki was no longer behind her. Instead he now sat comfortably upon a low hanging branch in a nearby tree. Though if Shani were to react quick enough, just maybe she'd catch sight of the demon's natural speed almost at it's finest.

Jumping from his perch the demon began taking slow, deliberate steps towards Shani. With each step he was allowing his Za Koa Influence to effect the area further, strengthening the taint within the area, as well as strengthening Masakaki himself. If he was going to fight this woman after her energy was replenished then he was definitely going to do anything he could to make things fair... Or even push them in his own favor. As the influence spread the demon considered utilizing one of his more personal abilities before disregarding the thought.. He'd save such things for when the fight truly became intense. Thus the time to act was now, and act Masakaki would.

As slow steps suddenly sped up Masakaki would vanish completely from his location, leaving absolutely no trace behind as he utilized both his natural speed, and Shadow Movement in combination. This would allow the demon to reach speeds he otherwise would be unable to obtain with either aspect alone. In the moment the demon seemingly blurred from existence the chilling sound of his blade being drawn could barely be heard, more so due to the speed he was moving at than anything else. Blurring into existence a few feet to the right, and behind Shani the Mad Hatter would bring his blade down upon her unprotected back before once again relocating through the very same method he had just used. Ten times this would happen. Masakaki would utilize the combination of natural speed and shadow movement in order to keep Shani guessing at where his strikes would come from. Ten times he would come out of his movement in order to bring his blade down upon her in a, hopefully, unguarded area. These ten strikes, due not only to the prowess that Masakaki possesses with a blade, but also due to the speed he would be moving at, would all fall within a mere two seconds. Not the fastest he could strike, but definitely something that should test his foes capabilities.

Upon completing the series of strikes the demon would back off just slightly, his next attack already underway. "Behold, the putrid embers of Zoa Koa!" Once again the prayer was called out as Masakaki pointed his left index finger at Shani, whom in three seconds would feel the burn of the Necroflame Shot he had just used not long ago. From there Masakaki would wait, his golden gaze overflowing with hope that his foe would prove worthwhile and survive these attacks. Oh did he ever hope she would survive to fight back...

Original Coding By: [THEFROST]
Changes & Gfx By: Horus Sariel

Sun Mar 30, 2014 12:28 am

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Being that Tina has not yet posted, we are going to go ahead and skip her. That also means that all of Horus's attacks from that character went through on Tina's. So with that said, it is now Yako's turn and Zero has 48 hours to post as him before we end up skipping him as well. So let's try to make it quick, shall we?

Mon Mar 31, 2014 1:16 pm

ENTER POST

This battle and this town were only beginning to grow bigger and more challenging as he realized that he had little that he could do in terms of actually hurting Koichi directly. However as his allies still fought within this city, he would not flee without their safety secured, and if he could get anything else out of that, it was just a bonus. Yako would stand his ground and push forward if that was what was needed to be done, he could laugh back at Koichi as well if he expected Yako to match him in destructive power and strength. "If you expect me to match most in destructive power and brute strength then you are fool Koichi Iramasha to believe all will fight you straight forward. I am in charge of the Ruby Cross, my intentions here were to not fight if I could, however with those around me, and this own feeling within me, I shall. But I shall be doing it my way, as you shall do your own." He explained to the iramasha. Yako knew that alone he would most likely not be triumphant today, however he could not allow himself to lose to this Iramasha for he was after all a key part of the Ruby Cross and the Kokuryuteshi Realm. As things continued to unfold, Yako kept his attention upon the Iramasha, His energy seemed to spread across the city, something that didn't bother Yako really, he knew what was coming of it as the population within the city now chaos warped away to a place only Koichi was aware of at the moment.

From things seemed to only progress further for Koichi's plans but he didn't seem to really be taking any actions directly at him, which meant that he was merely preparing something for the Commander. He knew that if he continued to sit back , he would find himself harmed much worse than if he were in ding at this time and as such he flash stepped to be only about 20 meters away from the Iramasha, as he observed what was occurring. By the signs of what he could see, it didn't take an extreme amount of effort on his part to notice that Koichi was making a connection with something, this something was feeding him and enormous amount of power as he observed and he knew that along with his URE sphere, that if it were anything like what K-world has devised then it was nothing good to come of it. So with everything he had as Koichi was making his moves, he triggered an ability that would spread with his energy around him and his very presence, it was known as inter-dimensional shatter, and although normally this ability would be used to stop gargantas and chaos warps that were trying to enter the area or escape, this ability served a severing the connections that would held by Hell Harvester, but also the very URE within Yako as the URE sphere connected to the URE realm. At this point, he figured that he was better of without it rather than giving Koichi a better chance of gaining more power. As for the barrier of energy that Koichi may of produced whether or not the connection to hell harvester was severed, Yako had little trouble in allowing it to happen, but as thing continued, that energy that was being wielded began to make things click together with Yako's body, or more specific his soul. It was only a matter of time as he tried to figure out and discern what exactly was going on within himself and perhaps even put it to use, if not at this battle, then his next, if he ever makes it that far at least.

With losing what was in front of himself, Yako drove forward without intentions of Stopping himself unless he was facing something that could end with his death, but he very much doubted so as he continued. As he energy followed forward, he would not the light that Koichi was trying to unleash from his back, but there was one thing that this man would have to learn about Shadows, darkness and light. There is the logic of Yin and Yang, a balance, where their is always light, there will always exist darkness in some place of the world, no matter how small it might appear. It would also note that Yako's shadow scythe would shrink in size as the light shined, making it very weak upon it's own, but Yako began feeding his energy into, energy so that it could be a darkness that stands the light being held over it. So even if his shadow was weakened by the likes of the light, he would proceed forward and swing his scythe to slice into the likes of Koichi Iramasha, as for the likes of any DE force that he might have prepped for his scythe, it would find itself feeding away on the shadow that Yako was supplying with energy to power through it without any damage, as far as the defenses of Koichi Iramasha, he was unsure of what may come but he knew that this would be extremely easy. His scythe was coming in for a complete slicing of his torso area, if that proved not to work, he would attempt to move back from Koichi Iramasha and prepare for what could only come from there. In his backing away, Yako would focus his energy into his open hand as a foot long claw of energy would take form and be read to perhaps cut into Koichi and attacks that might come at him as such.

It would be then that Yako would take time to notice the new appearances upon the battlefield as they most likely were not neutral, but enemy or ally. The first of the two seemed to be taking action against Koichi and trying to assist him, so he would for now, identify him as an ally, So as this ally fought Yako moved to try and avoid Koichi's attacks, as for his ally, his energy would refuel his ally, and any energy that he seemed to lose during the time for now would be restored by Yako's. As the barrage came, Yako smirked as he restored his own Shadow to a capable stated and from there, turned it into a shadow elemental giving it life as the fists came, being that the shadow was himself and so close to him, maintaining it's state wasn't extremely difficult so long as it stuck near by and wasn't close to that extreme source of light. So even as his ally's efforts to assist him may of been foiled, Yako was still not out of this game by a long shot by any means. As the many fists approached the shadow elemental that gathered as a small circle below his feet sprung to life as may spikes ramming outward to strike and piece through every fist in place. With another motion the shadow would drop back down to conserve it's remaining strength as the arm came to rip the scythe from his hands, it would meet resistance in it's efforts to remove the scythe and eventually Yako follow in getting tugged along with the arm trying to yank it back, and with a open arm still with those claws would slash into the arm as best as he could in a frenzy to make it's energy become disrupted and die off.

With a final motion, he awaited for what was to come next, and checked upon the status of his ally, should they come to any injury spiritual or physically, they're shadow would extend outward from them once more and raise up to cling to their body, as it be in an attempt to restore what may of been broken or lost both spiritually and physically. All of this was taking tolls on Yako but his energy had not been tapped into since the probable lost of the URE sphere, meaning otherwise form what he has just done, his power was still at a peak state. So as the blasts of Reimu came, he would intend to take them head on, although they all inflicted damage upon him from their explosive capabilities, they were not enough to put his mind and soul at rest, so his very body would not cease either as that shadow elemental covered him offering to heal him to and take a good amount of damage as well to the point that it was dismissed from it's elemental state, but what was needed to be done was done as things only move forward. As he blasts of force Yako was launched back, but in his attempt to stay within this city he launched out his scythe and held for his life onto the chain as it connected to a building and from there he swung slightly to where the next blast literally launched him into another building's wall, once he hid the wall, the next blast of energy would just push him further into the wall or through the building. Still holding on knowing that the walls of the buildings would break before him, he still held the chain of his scythe within one hand. From there Yako would raise up from the ground and look out upon the battlefield, that demon seemed to be doing well within his fight, which seemed likely to be the only positive and he could only hope that together with his new ally that they could take down the two Iramasha before him. He could only wish that he could call upon those of the Kokuryuteshi. Even though he still had that of the one time calling card, he did not require an entire squadron nor did he really want it. If it was at all best, he wanted to get something, but his own inter-dimensional shatter has left little options of reinforcements unless they literally traveled here on Earth. Yako did however come upon one truth.

"This is battle will not be the last." He stated, and looked upon his chance to escape previously and in the present, as even if that barrier was up or not, it didn't stop those that wished to from running away. He knew that if he wanted to flee though that he would be taking his allies with him, so he would have to attempt to share his intentions with them one way or another.

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Mon Mar 31, 2014 10:18 pm

Vacation? What Vacation? [War for Australia: Toowoomba] - Page 3 Tumblr_mxx32b88jm1rr6v0ao2_500

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Hakai has issued a retreat order for every Monsuta member still remaining. Whether you abide by this order is completely up to you.

Tue Apr 01, 2014 8:54 am

Artist: Saitama Saisyu Heiki - Song: Silent Stratosphere - Word Count: 2112

Ah, the sounds of war were all but overwhelming for all those paying tribute to this brutal display of power taking place. Explosions rang out throughout the city, the sense of death became even more present and it seems the peaking point of the war for Australia inside the walls of Toowomba was coming to a pass. All throughout it's city square, there were immense powerhouses all doing battle to for the sake of control over this city and it was quite the sight to see. Though, in the eyes of The Iramasha's Military Leader? This was a sight that he wanted to come to a cease. And through any means necessary -- he'd achieve it.

Thus, as there were many new developments taking place on the field around him, he knew this would be the last of battles in the Australian War. Sensing that many of the other cities across the continent had a majority of their spiritual energy come to a halt, this was shaping up to finally bring to an end to this war. However, before he could take comfort in those thoughts, there was something becoming amiss in the distance. This sensation was the energy signature radiating from The Ziamichi known as Shani. The male could feel the powers of Shani beginning to take a heavy toll from her encounter with that accursed Demon.

Not wanting to take any chances on losing that life, he'd soon have a burst of chaos energy shoot out from his body and envelop the body of The Ziamichi. Providing that this plan of action was successful? The overall objective of this technique was to Chaos Warp her out of the city and to the Iramasha Medical center. And so no one mistaken Shani for an intruder upon her arrival, he'd even inscribe a message from himself to take good care of the girl. The reason being? Koichi assumed that this fighter was under the care of Cirno Iramashsa and perhaps she might be able to take care of the rest once the other forces on Iramasha Island alert The Ice Fairy of Shani's arrival. And being that he heard reports of Cirno heading to that same facility, it was more than enough to leave his mind at ease for the time being.

"BEGONE FROM OF THIS CITY OR FACE DEATH, DEMON!" Bellowing with a sense of hostility that made the very grounds of the city quiver in fear, there wasn't the slightest ounce of hesitation in his voice during that moment. If he continued to press his luck in Toowoomba, Koichi would very well kill him if he didn't back out of this fight now. And to prove a point? Masakaki would be surrounded in every direction by rows and rows of spheres comprised of red energy that spawned from Koichi's excessive Chaos Energy spreading throughout the metropolis. For the time being? They were not going to attack him. However, if he chose to stay? Their abilities would surely go into effect faster than he could even react given Koichi's nimble speed. "I wouldn't waste my life on a war that is more than dying down. You either take this pause to exit out of this city, or I'll leave you as a corpse so unrecognizable not even God could mend you back together."

Now turning his attention towards the likes of Yako Grim, nothing but a scoff could exit his mouth at the way in which he spoke. It proved to him that there was indeed a weakness swelling within The Kokuryuteshi Commander and it was just a matter of destroying the gap between the two to seal the deal with this fight. Despite this, given that The Commander was taking such a long pause during this stand-off between the two, there was something that made The Iramasha feel as if he needed to act swiftly. It left Koichi's inituition to trust his gut. As in that staredown? The Military Leader's internal instincts was screaming that he was planning something as there was a strange fluctuation in energy with how Yako's spiritual pressure was altering the waves of dimensions around them.

Noticing that there was a disturbance getting ready to take place in the space around them, this left him no other choice than to make quick use of Project Hell Harvester. Synchronizing himself with the mind of Yukuri Iramasha, The Devil Of Boundaries, there was no other option in his mind than to fight fire with fire. Being that this dealt with metaphysics, it took something equally on that plane to combat it. Therefore, he called upon her Boundary Manipulation through the power of Hell Harvester still active before Interdimensional Shatter could go into effect. Taking into account Koichi's response and speed, even if his actions failed to do anything, he would still be able to seal off the properties of this ability into himself to use for a prolonged period of time until it eventually would fizzle out of him like a dying flame.

So with that said, as Koichi was quite possibly taking in one of the final transmissions of Hell Harvester, Yako would appear to have been victorious in his endeavour. However, this would be a success that was short lived. In a matter of moments, Koichi would synchronize his Iramasha Sync with the Yuudeshi Network. By doing that, he would once again accelerate the growth of energy within the city and himself through an external source. How was this possible? All throughout the Australian Conflict, ever since Reimu Iramasha's arrival, she had been in close contact with the network following her battle in Golden Coast. And being that the two of their energies were fused at the moment? Koichi had access to the wealth of fuel and first-contact bases with Shadin himself. So with each of their energy frequencies taking top priority in The Network, he was given what was left of the Yuudeshi Network's energy that was left over from Shadin to use as he saw fit.

And whatsmore? The Boundary Reparial ability of Yukuri Iramasha would go into effect following the inter-dimensional shatter. Viewing the world in the eyes of The Devil of Boundaries lead him to see that there was a destruction of the gateway between The Hell Harvester Link and Koichi. Through means of closing out the connection that allowed spirits to enter the living realm from the Soul Society, it appeared to The Iramasha Leader that The Kokuryuteshi Commander's plan of action was to cut him off from this source of power. To this? Koichi could only let out an audible chuckle because it was utterly naive of the human to believe he'd be cut off so easily. There was no way that The Loyal Hound was going to allow that to take place under his watch.

Leaping into action without a moment to waste, he'd begin encompassing his energy throughout the twenty five thousand feet range in which inter-dimensional shatter had taken place. With the factors of his speed and excess energy playing a role in how swiftly it acted, Koichi was able to rapidly patch up the destroyed spacial pathway that this attack had inflicted. By restoring the boundary between The Soul Society and Living Realm, Boundary Reparial had lived up to it's very name and re-opened the floodgates between these two worlds; living very much up to it's self-proclaimed name. And what's more? Being that he saw a connection leading out of this dimension from that URE Sphere within Yako? Koichi did nothing to restore the boundaries between Yako's connection to the URE Realm. Making this a move that more than backfired on him as he would have to resort to using the last bit of energy from his body until he burned out.

Now beaming with a confident smirk across his lips, there was a great chance of keeping the edge in this battle between supernatural forces in Koichi's mind. Of course he wouldn't let it get to his head, but it allowed him to keep the dominance in this fight. Therefore, by the time Yako was able to even come close to Koichi, he would simply use a Chaos Warp to evade taking damage thanks to his heightened reflexes. Keeping track of The Ruby Cross Commander's movements was but child's play for him. From what Koichi could observe of him? He was being driven into a corner from the combined assaults of himself and Reimu and they knew they had this in bag damn nearly. For once he heard the announcement of The Monsuta's pulling out of this war? There had to have been a decent enough chance for The Monsuta's Secret Weapon to pull out based on Hakai's orders; lest he risk rebelling against his leader.

So with that said, Koichi would only focus on pushing Yako out of the city outright. Before he could speak, before he could move; The Iramasha Leader would have a three hundred sixty sphere of light materialize around Yako in his new hiding place. From there? He'd utilize Yukuri's Boundary Manipulation to cut his connection to the space within Toowoomba and hurl him off into the deepest pits of Demon World by warping the space within the orb to a new destination. In this way, Koichi would seek victory and the barrier around the city would more than likely prevent re-entry from the city limits.

Then, at the end of Reimu's assault against Azuma, Koichi would sever the ties between The Monsuta's Network and Sting by cutting off that boundary outright with Yukuri's Boundary Manipulation. From there, he'd repeat the same move he used to throw Yako out of the city and hope that it would be enough in order to send Azuma flying out of this city and put an end to this war. In spite of that, if he could even hear Koichi at the rate of near-instant speed this technique was unleashed in given the extreme conditions of The Iramasha's energy, he'd say these parting words to him.

"I'd recommend you fallback now. I highly doubt the higher-ups in your organizations would approve of such a disobedience of rules. As you can see, most parties involved in this war have realized it's been dragged on long enough and there no point in continuing this battle anymore. So let's put an end to this, shall we?" Echoed the voice of Koichi out on to the field and into the mind of Azuma as he let out an irritated sigh at all of this. He certainly felt a bit nauseous after using The Devil of Boundaries power. It caused him to briefly cough up a bit of blood, but he'd manage. There were risk involved in using other abilities associated with Project Hell Harvester, and Koichi considered himself lucky enough to get off with just a headache, a sense of dizziness beginning to overcome him and nausea echoing throughout his stomach.

So he knew that this next move was going to be a gamble, but he didn't care. The only thing that mattered in the mind of Koichi was putting an end to this drawn-out battle. Putting these thoughts on his mind, if he failed to capture both of them within the Boundary Warp? He'd just a massive boundary containment field meant to imprison both Yako and Azuma to throw them out of the city. This wasn't the time to conserve anything as he had more than enough energy to work with in order to make this happen. Even if the two of them had managed to avoid the first round, there is a limit to how useful speed is when dealing with something of this magnitude.

It would keep expanding for roughly ten miles until it stopped; moving at speeds comparable to Chaos Warp and more than being enough to outclass the speed Yako or Azuma possessed in their crippled states at the moment. And, in fact, this move would even work to remove all instances of the Monsuta and Kokuryuteshi forces in the city. So if Masakaki was still around? He too would find himself getting straight yanked out of the city by this attack unless something was done about it. In the meantime, Koichi would take refuge in the sky and await to see if any further developments would occur; sharing this connection of Hell Harvester with Reimu Iramasha if she needed to by forging a makeshift Seal of Akumaketsu in her energy.

"This battle will end one way or another; mark my words. Stay strong, Reimu Iramasha, and we'll preserve through this in order to see victory."

Tue Apr 01, 2014 4:17 pm

Azuma would have narrowed his eyes slowly as the attacks and explosions took place, a second enemy had come on the field of battle. Quickly the two with their combined forces proved to be more then what Azuma could currently handle. In hindsight, he would narrow his eyes as the girl had split off from the pack , and she had energy to spare. But that wasn’t what surprised him, no she came in ridiculously fast, fast enough he actually was marginally surprised; but then that network whirring inside him, the monsuta network, went into hyper-drive, calculating velocity- and more specifically the amount needed to dodge it. In that moment, he would have even though the girl was almost upon him, twisted upon his center of axis, back foot sliding out and around. This brought Azuma’s body out of the way of the girls intense attack , in fact he would have been about to jerk his fist up into her face when a undefiable order came across the network loud and clear. His fist stopped as he would have scratched his hair some, letting out a little breath.

After that, he watched as his ally was working to do something in regards to the barrier, and further he noticed the momentary victory that followed being overwhelmed as the leader.. the dog managed to get his energy back in spades; having hooked up to another source of power apparently. As to his own body, Azuma had felt the increase in energy that crackled along his veins like clean clear static. His whole body moving at speeds that made him vanish , one step was all it took for him to in mere nanoseconds to appear besides the raging dog, koichi iramasha, his hands slipping into his pockets. Then Azuma listened to what koichi had to say, the force exerted to throw him out was indeed great, to the point that even his friction capabilities at this point which where sadly limited thanks to the capabilities of reimu’s apparent locking of molecular manipulation. He’d have exhaled then and said slowly.

“Your right, I was just ordered clearly to withdraw; however if I no longer have to fight you, doesn’t mean I can leave just yet; you see the network was hijacked by a similar system; seeing as you are here and are the invaders, I first was wondering if you knew about it. Also though, despite my appearances, I have no personal . . vendetta’s against you.”

Azuma saying what he had raised his eyebrows up as koichi seemed to begin coughing up blood. He’d slowly shake his head now , as he’d have pulled through into the network the monsuta network now he’d have afterwards concentrated energy within his palm, fundamentally though he had fashioned this to function as a healing device, raising his other hand to caution the other one the girl, incase she was going to try to pursue what she had started he’d had looked into koichi’s eyes.

“Seems that your power comes at a price as well, I can’t say I enjoyed your display of anger much, but you don’t seem to have particularly ill intentions, so if you choose to accept it, this energy should help repair the damage done to your body during your power up. “

Azuma would quite bluntly say, exhaling now as he’d left the orb floating. Then he’d have turned away from the two of them, walking over to the rubble from the midst of the battle. Azuma had afterwards bent down, squatting as he’d have since his powers where being blocked , just gripped some of the bricks and rock that lay by a broken buildings base. Lifting it up before he’d have neatly set it to the side, beginning to clear up the mess. His eyes drifted to the girl with the red ribbon as he worked.

“Pardon me, but since I’ve been ordered to stand down; could you possibly stop blocking my powers? I don’t expect trust, but it would help me fix the mess I partially made . . Or, you could help me yourself, either way I’ll be here till I fix this mess, even if I have to move the rubble with my own hands. Since, well this town originally was part of the monsuta ; its kind of my job to take care of it. . . Right?”

He’d then blink slowly his intelligent gaze shifting to look back to koichi. A little grin on his face, he seemed to just instead of saying anymore, explained his sincerity with his eyes, he didn’t really have any wish to engage in battle, so he spoke while he worked, either to himself, or to them if they cared to pay any heed to anything he said.

“War is not something I find interesting, it wastes both lives, and soils the hearts of good people. If it makes sense, from what I gathered I thought that if I could take you down, it would potentially have a shock value great enough to stop a majority of the fighting for a period of time, time enough to possibly negotiate something peaceful.

Just as there is many people. There are many things I want to know about this world, Things I want to do, even though we are enemies; I don’t feel that I can hate you, even if you attack me, you both are sincere people. If it had been other circumstances, I would have loved to get to know both of you as equals, not as obstacles to my own dream . “

Azuma exhaled as he lifted up more rubble his smile wasn’t so cocky anymore, it was sincerely happy, that the fighting could stop, it was true he was a vindictive cold and calculating bastard, but even Azuma did feel some things, one of them was relief , relief that his comrades could be safe now.

“My dream is that this silly war can end, so I can respect those that died ; and look towards the future , to improve this organization; and. . . to honor those that I believe in. It’s funny, I look at the two of you, and I’m slightly jealous ; you have strength that I wish I could possess, so that I could be able to stop this silly bloodshed from happening.

It’s true, originally our mandate is evil . . . But I don’t feel that our leader . . Hakai’s heart reflects the organization, that we need to better ourselves and get our priorities straight. . . But, I am but one person, One person cannot change anything, no matter how strong. . . “

Azuma mused somewhat his voice soft, rather than harsh; while he would have done something to help end the war, essentially using his power over the monsuta network, any working technology in terms to the bases in towns already taken over by enemy forces, would completely shut down. Any functional weapons would completely shut off line. This would mean any resistance left in towns on the verge of being taken out, in terms of the networks help would be completely turned off. His own mouth would open as out of it would whistle a whir of commands which came at half static half comprehendible language.

“ Relaying Network Override. Pertaining to the wishes of Hakai, and to end this fighting; I am shutting down any and all Remaining defenses on the monsuta grid of Australia, In towns that have already been taken by enemy forces. “

Azuma’s back would then slump, like a man who had a heavy burden off his back, before he’d continue picking up more rubble from the ground. He’d have said curiously.

“ Hey, girl with the red ribbon. . Did you happen to go by Golden Coast? The network went dark over there awhile back, I wanted to know if the men over there, and more importantly if the city is okay . . “

Now, Azuma, would go back to clearing up the rubble, and stopped talking, giving them time to answer; the war at least was over.

Sat Apr 12, 2014 7:10 pm

Mon Apr 14, 2014 10:25 pm

Artist: Kajiura Yuki - Song: Decretum (Madoka OST) - Word Count: 1431

The Maiden was more than ready to deliver another punishing blow from her hands. As the male prepared to lay his punch against her body, Reimu would go on to match his fist before that eventual order was given for the Monsuta operative to stop. With Reimu's own reflexes she was able to stop herself on the same dime as Azuma and she listened to the same orders that Hakai Chikara gave out. Feeling many of the powers beginning to fizzle out over the country, the only spot of significant energy that Reimu could sense was a conflict in Hobart. There she sensed Captain Ibiki, a rouge human and multiple TCCU Clones doing battle in that city's capital.

Outside of that, There really wasn't much to say at this point. From all that Reimu could see around this battlefield the time for the conclusion of this fight was drawing near. Taking a glance over at the direction of Yako there was not a doubt within the maiden's mind that he was going to fallback after this. Without his partner Reimu assumed that Koichi and the Yuudeshi Network could more than handle the rest. So, with a sigh, she'd steady ease off her energy and stare Azuma down as he would begin making conversation with her and Koichi.

"It shall end indeed, Koichi. Fair be it from me to interfere in the pulling out of the Monsuta. However, I doubt I can share such Intel as to what attacked you to begin with. That would be considered classified information." Having said that Reimu would pay close attention to the device being forged in the male's hand. If he were to somehow use to attack Reimu would more than likely pounce on him faster than he could ever think to scream "help" with chaos warp at her disposal. And to signal this sort of cautionary warning, Reimu would have a spike of reddened and white energy flare across her body in the release of her chaos and spiritual energy.

"I doubt anyone here enjoyed this escapade. I've had quite the miserable day myself tending to the affairs of this war. I'd rather it just end." Glancing at the offering of the device to heal Koichi, a questionable eyebrow would raise from The Shrine Maiden. "It's a nice gesture, but I'm certain we have our own methods of healing at our disposal. Call me crazy, but I wouldn't exactly openly accept a random device from someone who was just ordered to kill me and whom I was prepared to kill myself if it came to it." Almost as if she were speaking for Koichi, Reimu would hope that the fellow Iramasha Leader would know better than to accept such a questionable substance from a former enemy. At least...it was too soon to do such a thing.

With yet another heavy sigh, Reimu would still keep her eyes on the likes of Azuma as he started to make his way to sit down in the rubble. However, she'd notice a rainstorm soon approaching the area and warmly accepted it. It was quite befitting to cleanse the filth, blood, destruction and agony caused by this war off of her body and those of both the living and dead within the city. At this point she was more than done with this conflict and certainly had words to exchange for all parties involved, but those would be saved for later. What was of more interest was the fact that the male was still shouting out words towards The Shrine Maiden. And to that she would greet him a reply.

"I'm afraid I cannot do that under the fact I am still not fully convinced. Until this war is over on both fronts, you'll just have to come back at a later date. I'll very much listen to your plea to keep this city in tact, if you so consider it your home, but I'm not letting up on the lock down just yet. If you want to be apart of the repair, rebuild and expansion of the city; then I'm not opposed to you doing it with your bare hands, as you said, under the correct supervision."

Feeling tense, stern and overall exhausted; Reimu certainly wasn't feeling her usual self. The sights she had people, the opponents fought against and the ugliness of this war was just disgusting for her. And at the point where they were now...Reimu was simply done with this battle. She had no energy to speak, no stamina to indulge him and no room to budge. Perhaps on another day she may be more relax and kind, but a battlefield like this certainly was not the place for such sentiments in her current mood.

"I suppose you have a point there, but it's a late one. The damage has been gone, strain placed and nothing is left but to move on. I can let what happened here stay here, but I can't honestly bring myself to get more chipper in light of everything." Taking a glance at the fiery amber in the distance of the city, the toll of this war was certainly great and Reimu was uncertain of just what sparks would flare up in the future as a result of this blaze. In the Maiden's mind Koichi was certainly right to bring in more Iramasha for what was on Earth's horizon now.

"And your dream has more than come true. The only fighting that I sense is whatever leftover is active in Hobart and your buddy over there. Besides, you have strength enough. It may not be ultimate power, but you have the potential within you to change things if you saw fit. Instead, you let yourself get lead by a man who's own goals weren't even full-hearted. I'm certain you are aware of how Zin and Hakai's bout ended."

Rubbing her temples, it was obvious that she was stressed at this point and just couldn't take further talking. Glancing at Koichi, she'd hope that the male would just finish things off. However, the male seemed to inquired about his subordinates after muttering some sentences about the Monsuta's Network; a battle that would more than likely be better suited for The Yuudeshi Network as a whole if something were up. After all, Reimu knew nothing much about Earthly technology and cybernetic warfare was beyond her pay grade. Nevertheless, she'd give him one final addressing.

"I'm not sure of the total death toll in Golden Coast, but I revived as many as I could there given the energy I had. I'm certain your forces were driven out by the Yuudeshi Network. Some may be alive, others may be dead; but I'm certain they've regrouped by now. The city itself, however, should be fine. I made sure of that myself due to the fighting of a bunch of berseking children." Images of Eric Zarathos and Moonie Iramasha could come into her mind; as she sucked her teeth out of disgust for these individuals. They served no purpose in this battle other than to grind the nerves of an already tension filled planet and had no idea of the gravity of their actions; specifically Moonie as Eric seemed to have a better grasp on the circumstance at hand.

However he'd be dealt with at a later time with the Iramasha Council. Reimu now felt it was time to partake in her exit from this war as even in this city things were beginning to die down. She'd take flight towards the skies; to watch the last of Hobart if Ibiki needed help and if something were to occur in Toomwomba still. Before this occurred, she would say these final words to Azuma: "I appreciate the kindness, and I do understand things may have been different if we met understand varying circumstances, but for now....it's time to just let this thing end. I wish you luck and hope you have sense enough to know when to leave a dying ship like the Monusta or have the strength enough to change it's cursed past."

And with that, she'd shoot off towards the skies. Leaving Koichi with the last bit of her energy to use as he sees fit as he would more than likely be enough to end this battle by himself. If nothing else, she had something planned in the city if worse should come to worse.

For now...The Maiden was done with this war and it was time to regroup, re-think....and cleanse herself of this bad blood.

Fri Apr 18, 2014 2:31 am

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Despite her reserves seemingly being replenished it would turn out that Masakaki's foe would be unable to keep up with the demon, and thus fall to the blows rained down upon her. The first would successfully slice into her back, from shoulder to hip, before the next strike would fall upon her upper left arm. Eight more consecutive strikes would fall at blurring speeds, and each would land successfully upon their target. Within a mere span of two seconds Masakaki had rendered his foe injured, and unable to fight, each of his ten strikes falling upon Shani's unguarded body. Yet it was not enough, as soon as the final strike had fallen the Mad Hatter had begun the incantation for Necroflame Shot. Upon doing so a green glowing light had appeared beneath Shani, before erupting into a blast of green haze-like energy before several smaller fire balls would spawn from the area causing smaller explosions of a similar manner.

Seeing his foe take each of the hits was thrilling to the demon, although he had hoped that Shani would last in combat much longer. Before being able to further act the Mad Hatter could feel a sudden spike in energy before Shani was suddenly enveloped in an energy that felt similar to that of Koichi Iramasha. The energy seemed to warp Shani to another location completely unknown to the demon, thus ending any chance of him possibly killing her, or simply inflicting more harm. As Masakaki was about to dart off in the direction the energy signature came from he felt the very ground beneath him begin to shake due to the intensity of Koichi's voice, which would reach him soon after. Listening to the roar of hostility it was obvious that the pale demon had little choice but to retreat, and live another day. A choice which would be further enforced in the next moment as red spheres began appearing in every direction around the demon.

Golden eyes gazed around, witnessing as row by row, he was surrounded and given absolutely no choice in the matter. With little choice left to him Masakaki did the one thing he could, the demon gathered his demonic energies in order to use Kage Chōkyō-shi, thus allowing him to transport himself wherever he desired. And so as Za Koa energy flooded the seals upon Masakaki's body he would seem to utilize shadow movement before vanishing into a hole that would open in the air before him, thus taking him from the battle, and Australia altogether.

[ooc: sorry for short post, overly tired after a long day. Can go over and rewrite if needed.]

Original Coding By: [THEFROST]
Changes & Gfx By: Horus Sariel