Re: Greed Becomes Him (Andrew/Open)

Wed Apr 16, 2014 8:36 am

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It seemed that the world was beginning to become a little more homely to the Demon, the area around him was being tainted by his natural aura. He looked around in a jaunty manner not truly noting the Iramasha who was now acting more and more aggressive as time went on, though he would note that she was starting to enjoy herself more now that was good he shouldn't be the only one to have the fun, its ungentlemanly to do so. Her psyche seemed to brim outwards with the sense of madness that seemed like a fine wine to him, it was more controlled than he'd prefer but it was more fun to see someone lose themselves in the revels rather than try their hand at keeping a straight face and being oh so boring to him. A screech reached the heavens as the energy around the ice queen seemed to blow away the miasma he had released upon letting some of his own inhibitions go. As the scream pierced through the rising area he could see a beaming smile as he stretched out his legs a bit having them feel stiff while his new form was out. Looking up to her he held out his hand towards his ear as to comment on the noise. "I'm sorry you're going to have to speak up I'm not hard of hearing just hard of caring...." The girl's body was aging quickly it seemed she wasn't showing much of her hand but it was clear to him that she probably need a more mature mindset to make it a bit easier for her to avoid more darkened thoughts from the Demon. She seemed to next act out on a way to deal with the Demon's powers as she rose up lights in the sky much greater than the light that was through the sky now to seemingly act as a beacon against the demon of greed before her. Covering his eyes as she summoned up the light above he looked towards her as he seemed almost disappointed in the woman. "Haaaaa... Bright lights like this could not help this city's light pollution honestly you'd think the Iramasha would have more sense than this..."

As he said these words the chain of greed would slither below him and then strike up above forming into a parasol like form to cover him from above, what was more confusing however was that upon striking up an ornate chair would have appeared from seemingly nowhere for the demon to sit upon which he did. Though the lights should have pierced through the protection of the chain seemingly the area around Reigen only proceeded to get darker as the lights shone through seemingly the dome of chain around him seemed to prevent the light from gathering in the area. "Not a fan of such light, I burn easy, never could get a tan~ But I feel that this is a bit more natural when it comes to the world around us... By the time he finished his speech the area around the chair was pitch black, no light could move through the spectrum surrounding the chain of greed's influence, though Reigen made a slight chuckle as he felt something else coming through the barrier. "AH! Chaos energy always has that tingling feeling~ Like pins and needles all over the body, but the problem with this is that this body and that tend to get jumbled when I'm in this state, though you can't see me of course your little light-show did do some good though, it kept me entertained while I lounge about for a while..." Reigen proceeded to make a noise akin to a surprise as noises could be heard as he seemed to maneuver in his chair. "Ohhhhh! Angelic energy? You are going for quite the few attacks, but I think that it would be better to have my outer half deal with this...." An explosion of angelic energy seemed to cut through the darkness allowing some light to be seen however what would be seen perhaps to Cirno would be the cloak of the Demon wrapping around the exploded energy of the chest of the demon before a toothy grin and piercing yellow eyes went back into the shadows they came from. "Ahhhhhhh..... I don't know if that feels good or bad.... Wait, wait.......Wait...... There we go, Huh felt some pain but my new garments are good at acting on their own..."

The girl chose to hover in the air as she looked down on the Demon's position she seemed to begin laugh with the same triumphant feeling that someone who was assured some victory would have, but Reigen didn't hold such a laugh against her, she was clearly one now who had not met much competition in her days. As such he felt it was needed to make a bit more of a impact for the sake of her own sanity, or at least to show her it was never nice to laugh before the game was over... Seemingly she had decided to aim a lot of spires and bladed spikes towards the shadowy area, a good idea she was following information from what she had previously found about the Demon any normal person would simply follow suit and continue but as the thousands of spikes flew downwards the chain whipped rapidly in defense. It had broken the parasol shape around its master yet the darkness covering him still remained, but that was only half the story. The chain of greed's speed was unnatural, many of the spikes as they came, it was much faster than previously seen at least double the speed or perhaps triple. Its pace was enough that it was keeping most of the spikes at bay yet for all its worth it seemed to miss quite a few that were in its direction yet it let them pass into the shadowy abyss with a scream akin to Reigen coming out with each going through its protection should have been supplied to its master but suddenly it stopped.

It wasn't as if it had not the speed to keep up it simply stood in place as the spikes moved through and began to pierce the shadows. The sounds of muffled screams could be hear then silenced by the attack's volume, seemingly the chain of greed dissipated as it surrendered to the attack, this also granted the light back into the area surrounding the Demon. All that remained was pieces of a broken chair and a mound of flesh that seemed to no longer have any sort of mannerisms or even notable features under its bloody surface. Her surrounding area soon began to change due to her focus on dismissing the Demon's influence, It seemed to be a joint effort by the Iramasha as they raised a shield to prevent escape for the Demon even if he was a gibbering mess on the floor that he seemed to be.

The girl would aim at what was the mound of flesh on the floor releasing energy towards the signature that was Reigen's. The monster below could not move nor could it truly have any sort of defense now that the chain had left it. Without resistance the thing was removed from the playing field as ash in the wind Cirno's attack had removed whatever it was from existence practically she had seemingly hoped that the monster would absorb it but with the damage done to it by the spikes it couldn't hold out among the grand damage that was performed on it... The chuckling of the girl must have been a bit unsettling for her comrades, though their minds were given some clarity due to her own protection she herself was clearly not in the right mindset to be called a leader of sorts. Though the victorious chuckles she had given out earlier seemed to be well won as nothing left of what the Demon had brought out was left. Then a hand seemed to touch the back of the girl where the many spikes had once protruded as his hand moved abruptly a chain would spike out of it seemingly looking to pierce into and through Cirno's chest... "Haaaaaa... That was my 4th favorite chair you just destroyed...." A sudden chill would most likely shoot up Cirno's back as she heard an all to familiar voice.

"The wires were a nice touch, I didn't notice them until my cloak gave me some protection, as such I was extra careful when I moved through them...." He seemed to speak with little interest in things, he was all too happy to note that she had released a lot of energy for the sake of blowing him away. Suddenly the feeling of dread and despair would bellow from behind her as Reigen stood in the air quite comfortably looking down to her...

"You're attack was quite splendid but you've been showing me that attack and that style for quite a while now, and I never have shown mine, its all come from this sense of order you've been given off.... You planned on using logic and detail to beat me in a battle, but such things can only work when you are fighting someone who abides by the logic of the world..." Looking down at the crater that most likely held the dust of the creature below Reigen chuckled slightly at Cirno's attack. "See you expected my chain to not be able to keep up with your spikes but I may have been a bit naughty and slowed it down intentionally to let you get a few hits in, you know for good sportsmanship...." Noting the other things in the crater he thought it'd be best to explain. "Sorry about that mound of flesh, I had hoped to bring in a more convincing demon substitute but getting one hooked onto that chair and gagged was hard enough as it is, still it played its part..... Can't tell if its a he or a she from this angle.... Or any angle really..." Reigen thought that the last thing that the girl should know is how he seemingly got behind her without alerting her, it was only good sport. "See the thing is, my spiritual signature is quite wide in this area, you looking to rid my influence helped me out immensely because after you destroyed the chair and the.... Thing? Well I was able to release the darkness around it for a little misdirection.... See I don't like nor much can take things from myself but that tends to be on the physical spectrum while my power is so widespread I thought that taking my presence away would work wonders, and low and behold didn't take much for me to do it in this form. See you focused on my power and your sight too catch me out, even these wires could have helped but a creature without any sense of a presence is like trying to look at something in the corner of your eyes something that doesn't truly belong their..."

Holding up his other hand Reigen would smile as his eyes seemed to glisten in the light above his energy crackling as it did. "Ahh this light is awful, its just like me to burn this quickly, if I knew weather like this was expected then I'd have worn sunscreen or some sort of protection you know?" A sly smirk slid onto the face of the Demon. "You see I may have misdirected you in what my strength truly was... It may not have been intentionally but it worked out nonetheless the darkness isn't my forte its just something that I can use to my advantage I could use the light as well but I feel that if I take that away from you what left honestly? You shouldn't fight with logic and order when there is none to be had though, in other words try to be a little more flexible~" His last words to her seemed to ring out with more potency as a second chain whipped from his other hand, this one was different however while the first seemed more physical the other had a ethereal taint around it but it was still as dangerous, and with the close quarters of the attack the Iramasha would have little time to make a defense though Reigen was more happy to see that she was so willing to make such victorious cries even when game was never quite apparent to her in the first place...

Thu Apr 17, 2014 12:19 am

Artist: UI-70 - Song: 少女さとり (3rd Eye Arrange) - Word Count: 2278

From the way her assaults played out, Cirno had sense enough to understand that even if her attacks did not have the full effect she intended, some of them managed to make an impact on the male. This was made apparent enough to her because The Iramasha still had a mental connection to these burst of chaos energy to sense they inflicted some sort of damage to the male if they were able to make contact with him. However, for some reason or another, he just wasn't going down. This lead Cirno to believe that The Immoral Dealers body was either working with no nerves or he had one hell of a masochistic tolerance for pain. With the way the demon body worked? The Angel wouldn't put it pass him to have either or both of those elements playing into factor for this feat. It's apart of the reason she considers him rather dangerous -- and the primary motive as to why her blood is jumping for pure joy.

Beyond everything else, the persona within The Angel of The Ice was still a combative one. And coming all the way to the human world, enduring all of these changes, making great strides to morph her mind and seeing the ugly nature of this planet head first -- was invigorating now. Letting go of all her past troubles, doubts and sense of guilt; all Cirno could focus on now was the opponent before her and the delicious fight he put up. Sure, she wanted his face cemented in the concrete sooner rather than later, but it just made her savor this demon hunt that much more to have a runner like him.

So to that extent, she'd merely let out a jovial laugh as he seemed filled with so many unnecessary words now. A man that was once filled to the brim with madness, chaos and frenzy was now nothing more to a talking windbag. It's quite the ironic scene change to the likes of The Angel because that's the same thing she was doing up until this point -- yakking off at the mouth instead of getting straight to the bloody thrills of combat.

Therefore, she'd take advantage of the male beginning to echo his voice once more from behind. It was quite the foolish mistake on his end to announce his own victory so early while she was still in a state of mind to react, attack and move like a speeding bat straight out of hell. It didn't take much of tactician to realize that he was coming in from her flank, an approach she was more than anticipating up until this point. In accordance to this knowledge, The Iramasha would utilize Chaos Warp in order to cover a good bit of ground, roughly twenty meters in straight length, to avoid getting pierced from behind by the likes of The Chain of Geed. That thing was meant to be avoided at all cost as it's effects seemed to produce some sort of otherworldly change to the environment and all that it comes into contact with.

With all of these variables spread across the metaphorical table, by the time the second swing of the Chain would come into effect, Cirno would be long gone and out of it's range of effect for the time being. Licking her lips, she'd simply brush off more of the snappy talk of the individual and focus solely on the important bits. Guarding her mind with a key and vault, Cirno was far too gone mentally to fall prey to some of the taunts echoed out of the male. Earlier? She would of been sobbing that she slaughtered some poor Joe like that when The Emerald Haired Demon swapped places.

However, with her mind being freed from those restrictive and imprisoning thoughts, Cirno was free to serve and deliver justice as she saw fit. And in her perception of the world? This place was a cruel one and incidents like that were simply apart of this reality. Of course she wouldn't seek to butcher further innocents like that, but it comes with the line of duty. After all, The Angel Of The Ice was apart of The Elite and Royal Iramasha Guard. There is simply no time to get caught up in a single, a couple or even a handful of deaths if it benefits the greater good in her mind. Not to mention the poor son of a gun was nothing more than demon scum. A degenerate of muddied and vile blood that made Cirno spit out of disgust as she began to smell the rotting flesh of his corpse in that smoldering carter below her feet.

At any rate, she couldn't sit here and pick the roses of the scenery all day. She had a task to do, a bastard to slay and the desire to suck as much pleasure as she could have out of this endeavor as possible before it all came to a bloody end. So with a cackle, a shine of crimson red highs and a release of her spiritual energy; it was easy to tell that Cirno wasn't disturbed by her victory not coming as swiftly as she once imagined. It made the chase that much better when it came to end to face such a commendable threat.

And in the halls of The Angels mind? The girl's brain was moving once again at such a profound rate. If the man was going through such lengths to avoid getting hit by the worse of her attacks, it proved to Cirno that he more than likely had a reason to dodge them. You don't avoid something that can't harm him, and going through these corpses seemed to prove that much to The Iramasha. Therefore, she'd siphon off more energy from within herself and chuckle a bit. If it came to a battle of stamina, as The Angel of The Ice was beginning to assume, Cirno had more than enough juice within her to keep this facade up for quite some time before she needed to rest.

Uttering the phrase "ekekekekekekek" over and over in a series of seemly endless cackles, Cirno took off like a speeding bullet towards Reigen's location. Being that adhering to logic in a world filled with illogical fallacies, people and laws was outright foolish; The Iramasha would allow herself to descend further into this world of contorted sights and dangers. In this acceptance? She willed her body to become one with the universe around it and The Angel of The Ice would begin to tap into the metaphysical wonders of her ice.

In that moment, Cirno would appear to charge right at Reigen, but instead? A shallow clone comprised of ice would seek to strike the air around the Immoral Dealer. Soon, more after-images of that very clone started to appear until the world around The Demon started to become-- frigid. Expanding for roughly two hundred meters in all directions, this duplicate of The Iramasha would attempt to produce an invisible barrier to contain The Demon. By freezing all of the reishi around him? The Angel of The Ice injected her influence and control over them to lock out Reigen's attacks.

And with the Anti-Teleporation and intangibility cloak in effect for a duration of time equivalent to rookie Vizard's masked release? She had enough time to work with before he could slither away into the shadow's. All of the light within the area would more than be ready to reduce him to ash if he were to utilize that method of transportation. Taking a soft sigh to prepare herself for the next phase of this assault quickly, The Iramasha would then utilize this chance

Playing her element of Ice to a mischievous level on the metaphysical spectrum, Cirno was able to turn it into an art of magic. And being that she had full control over that wonderful power? It wasn't quite difficult to inscribe it's effects into the reality around The Immoral Dealer. And what's more? Judging from the faint glow of the second Chain of Greed, it didn't take a genius deduce that he may attempt to alter the world around him. So, while it may be true that an absolute effect may be difficult to achieve if not impossible, The Angel decided for a bit more insurance.

In all of her attacks up until this point? Cirno was able to infuse her willpower into them. What does this exactly have to do with the equation? Judging from her ability to influence the world with her will and the spirits within them from her clash in Australia, The Iramasha decided to bank on a mental battle versus strength or energy. Therefore, these would be extra potency she needed to morph in their nature as the world around Reigen was one now meant to be fought with their determination at matched against one another.

If The Chain of Greed attempted to once again morph the world or different power set of The Sinister Demon's arsenal tried to? It would swiftly be blocked and he'd need to encounter the might of Cirno's willpower. Leading for a probability of seventy to eighty percent of this assault effecting the cackling ghoul. And it's effects -- were overwhelming. The intent of this ethereal assault was to freeze every fiber of his being. However -- it wouldn't be physical.

The focus was to seal off his energy, lock down his abilities and reduce him to the state of a crippled demon until the duration of this battle was over with. In this scenario, Cirno was aiming to outright disarm Reigen and force him back to a more physical being. From there? This world of will would focus to shatter and crush his remaining limbs into ash in the wind and outright shut down The Chain of Greed for the remainder of this battle and finally damage Reigen's Inner Core.

For at the end of the day? The Demon was right -- this world was not a logical one. So adhering to her own set of rules inscribed within the battlefield around them that was giving way to her influence, Cirno would seek to inscribe an ability meant to lock-out the usage of exchanging bodies from The Chain of Geed inside a five hundred meter radius. Lasting for roughly the same amount of time as The Iramasha and Yuudeshi Network's negation field against teleporation, The Angel estimated she had enough time to work with to get her job done.

Therefore, with all the cards on the table, Cirno was once again hoping that she'd seal the deal in with this crook. It wasn't smugness, overconfidence or arrogance coursing through he veins at this point. Nay; it was the thrill of overcoming a complex obstacle or finding the pieces of the puzzle to finish the challenge. That line of logic is what was coursing through her head as she attempted different styles of combat to see which one would be the nail in the coffin to finish this battle.

Now, for the piece de resistance? The Angel of The Ice had the remaining spires infuse themselves with the holy light scattered around the area. Sensing that it would not last forever, Cirno sought to take advantage of this angelic aura while the iron was hot. Therefore, she'd infuse some of their attributes into the leftover spikes and reinforce them to the point where it would take someone with at least master strength to outright destroy them; yet alone dealing with roughly four dozen of them.

And the kicker? These were infused with the purging effects meant to be highly dangerous and poisons to demon's from her previous assault, together with the freezing and sealing attributes of her mystic ice and the added edge of her willpower going into play across the field. So by utilizing Chaos Warp to these wonderful tools of death and destruction emerge all around the radius of where she sensed Reigen's conscious, The Iramasha aimed to end this in a hell fire of bullets and inflict critical injury to him.

To this end? She'd await to see the results of her attacks and exhale a satisfied sigh. Not one of defeat, nor one of victory; simply living in the moment and hoping for the best. She was well prepared if this went south, but something had to give in this battle soon enough. If nothing else, with the size of these attacks, she was at least saving energy and didn't feel herself burning out anytime soon. Judging from the extent of potential damage from her previous attacks, Cirno understood that even if he did have another ace up his sleeve, he wasn't superman.

At some point -- these injuries will prove too much even for someone with inhumane rejection to pain to bare. For if you cannot feel the sting of injury, then you leave yourself open to a subtle and gradual death. After all, pain is an evolutionary gift to all creatures to alert them to focus their sights, heighten their guard and do what they can to prevent it. Beings that refuse to endure this sensation are nothing more than walking time bombs waiting to be killed at any moment from their own negligence to accept this tool.

Nevertheless, the game of wait and see would be played and Cirno was on guard at any moment to see if this new reality had any effect.

(Notice: Cirno's Will Sheet has her set to Master, so bare that in mind in your next post.)

Fri Apr 18, 2014 1:16 pm

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The Demon watched the Angel in front of him seems almost too giddy with the joys of combat it was funny, he had never had much joy from such things as fighting and combating those who made it their mission to prevent his work being done. But at the same time he never begrudged such people who could find the pleasure of combating another with intent to kill, he just felt that maybe a hobby of taxidermy would work into such things a little better... The lights above tingled across his skin, in this form he had taken his cloak protected from a portion of the energy and his own natural disposition made up for the rest of the holy light going down on him, it wasn't a fun feeling like having small pins falling on you with their points sharply downwards. But the aim of this wasn't to complain to himself about the holier-than-thou powers at work, it was now enjoying more of the mental Iramasha making herself such a scene in the middle of the city. He could sense she was making more of an effort to steel her mind rather than let him get into her head, it was this he was slightly confused about. He never did much for others the only time he wanted to get into her head was when he was trying to make her lighten up a bit, now? He couldn't care less if she was paying attention he was barely paying attention to her he simply acted as anyone would in terms of something occurring to them.

When she attacked he moved to outmaneuver when he stood behind her he did not make himself known for his own hubris, as large as it was it was for her benefit. He told her things that would be better heard from a ally or someone trying to teach better planning to the Iramasha however Reigen simply spoke with the sense that she was their and making a scene that was funny to him he simply wanted to point that out and aid Cirno in creating a bigger one. She looked to take advantage of his mistake, or at least what she would see as one, anyone with a modicum of sense would see that someone as conniving as Reigen would not remove his presence and then begin to comment on his victory, for a start he wasn't even that fond of winning with such an opponent. To him a fine wine is best savored or spat away, for now the unleashed gentleman was unsure of which Cirno would be for the moment. As Cirno warped to away from the chains she would note that Reigen did not stop their release as they landed into the ground that had previously held the chair he had summoned. As they pierced the dust that was left in the crater suddenly a chair would once again appear in the place of the hole. There would be no doubt that the chair was in fact the same that had been destroyed but Reigen merely looked on it as he was still above in the air. "Hmmmmm No wonder it was my 4th favorite.... Very bad luck indeed...." As the chains retreated the chair would once again become dust at the seams, the strange reappearance of it would have Reigen look up to Cirno and wave his hand at her to carry on her attack, if she was pierced by the chains that would have been a shame, but she was in such a good angle that it was easier to distinguish demon from chair.....

Reigen looked on the angel as she steeled her mind once again, her aim to keep him out of her head could work... For him it didn't much matter he was simply wondering if she would try and lighten up a bit. As she looked down at the creature he had summoned in his place she made to spit out of some sort of disgust for the creature. Reigen tutted to himself as she looked down and almost gave out a genuine sigh of disappointment, ALMOST genuine... Still as he looked at her he shrugged for a moment as she seemed to take her time with the next attack, he sighed and rubbed his eyes for a moment as he then proceeded to take his arms out, and clap them while beckoning towards her, as a human would do to an animal... It was mocking but for Reigen he was simply wondering if she hoped that he would die of old age or some sort of burning disease while in the light, neither of which would probably happen within the space of the time he had allotted her. Though he had hoped that she would begin to understand the reasoning behind his still being here soon, her bloodlust was a side effect of his taunting he'd expected but he had wished for her to see his purpose before he would actually have to start any offensive.

He heard a noise come from the female in front of him, it was a strange type of laugh that he felt would come from a strange mutant or perhaps a villain. It was then that he thought he might have to practice some sort of laugh for the sake of it, he had time to do so later though.... But now wasn't the time to deal with such a thing, as Cirno looked to rush him, wait no... It wasn't Cirno, the shallow imitation was notable as more and more of the images began to appear around the Demon's location He suddenly noted that the area was beginning to get colder.... Ah her plan in motion did seem quite the excellent move freezing him up would cause quite the pain for him to act, such a use of freezing the air and space around him, more that than that the reishi in the air! Oh boy what was he going to do?! Space was running out and with nothing left would this be the end of the handsome devil?! Though the area around him was being frozen Cirno would note that the breath of the Demon would not begin to be visible, unlike what warm breath would usually do in such a frigid environment this being greatly notable at the fact of when the Demon yawned openly and loudly yet no visible breath could be seen. Then he began to walk.... It wasn't any sort of escape in fact Reigen looked to move towards Cirno with his movement seemingly not being hindered by the freezing land around him the aim to prevent an attack from him.

She continued to have a bit more of thrashing attack as he sensed within the air something that was more akin to the Iramasha girl being all around him at once, however what she would feel from him would be nothing... Even the energy he had been releasing before was brought back to the shell he was within, all that could be seen was a cheshire grin that was familiarly plastered on his face. The Demon of Greed looked as the Angel made her next move with the same sort of interest he had in the others. He could tell she was trying to make this a fight of wills, that would be her trump card, she had been steeling herself but for him will had nothing to do with willpower he wasn't someone to be dealt with by being more taciturn than him... As he reached the clone of the girl he didn't stop even as he felt that a barrier was in the way of him and the Iramasha. Yet as he reached it his form moved through, it wasn't some sort of trick or spell he pulled the only thing that was notable was that he was holding the ethereal chain of greed around his hand yet the thing that was meant to block him was no longer keeping him there, even as it grew outwards Reigen still moved forwards towards Cirno.

He could feel that she was trying to enforce a sense of the world at large that he wouldn't get much from changing from his inner self to his outer form, it was clever and honestly it would be quite detrimental to him but yet the Demon still walked as if the area around him was as natural to him as the world at large. He made this a game, it was quite clear that she was being somewhat clever or at least trying to play at his level when it came to bending the rules of the world but for him it was more enjoyable to see all the moves and plans that other had for him... It was a game that had no winner because the rules would never be quite the same from one second to the next.... Her last move was with her spikes once more, she was a fan of skewering for sure but right now the most important part was that as much fun as he was having he wouldn't enjoy having something like the spikes come out and annoy him plus he was sure that holy energy was bad for the skin... She made an effort to make the ice surge from more than one direction and act to end the Demon yet as they flew quickly and with great strength the chain that the Demon was not holding onto still had some idea to protect its owner even while the world around it was looking to hinder it the chain held a defensive shell around its wielder, as the spikes flew inwards they would assuredly make an impact that would make them hard to destroy and stop with only a defense.

Yet as the chain moved to guard the first spike a sound would be heard not of ice clashing against the unnatural sense of what metal the chain mimicked, no instead the sound of water splashing to the floor would be heard as the ice met the chain. "A weapon that can act as fast as I think is always a bonus..." Speaking to himself as more water rained downwards Reigen checked his nails on his hands as if he had just got a manicure the spikes is Cirno was to check would be the same temperature and natural sense of ice, but its solid shape was no longer applicable, Reigen had hoped she would have understood, he showed her previously when she had frozen the landscape as he slaughtered an innocent that he could defrost the ice, but to him removing the cold from the ice was not enough to take its being a solid was more important than the freezing effect. Ice was ice even by the nature of metaphysical powers, even if it was brought from freezing the air and making it ice once you removed a spikes natural position as a solid then it could only turn into the next form of ice, water...... The Demon wanted to show her that his dodging her attacks was not for inability to deal with them, with her willpower being exerted his natural wish to change the position of the spikes could not occur so he had to be more blunt with her...

The speed of the spikes was hard to catch even with the chain however and seemingly the back of the Demon's legs were not guarded as well which left two or three of the spikes forming the last leg of the attack to stab into his right leg. Stopping for a moment the Demon looked down as if he had found a new limb on his right leg. However he did not show any pain on his face, instead simply putting on a smile that would be more akin on a healer's face than the Dealer's. This face was then met with the sound of ripping and tearing with the aid of the chain that had been defending him up till that point. Soon the leg that had been infected would be removed with some force... However the demon did not have any sense of terror or pain, he was simply getting rid of something that he felt held no use. Though the spikes were removed the holy energy was still surging. "Ah I had thought that was your plan, take my inability to stop your barrage and then use my disadvantageous position while I could not change form." Though the stump was bleeding it was not natural, it was black and it held a shadowy form that did not make up a natural body. Suddenly Reigen shifted his leg and only shadowy form appeared from the stump of the injured leg. "There, lost a pant leg but it lets me differ between my inner and outer self...."The holy energy exploded outwards from the leg's end soon the demon would shake it out like it was natural before sighing. "Huh that will take at least an hour to get back to normal." With that open thought Reigen still moved towards the angel, she had thrown quite a bit at him and seemingly the damage inflicted was intentional on the part of the sufferer to give him some leg room....

Still moving with the make-shift leg Reigen looked down as he moved towards Cirno. "You are a belligerent client I must say, but your style and idea was a smart one but you made this a battle where your will was key to the most effective positioning....But you should have been thinking more along the lines of "Why has he made no effort to attack or escape?" Well that's less important now that you've steeled yourself its definitely more fun though I haven't had to do something so unnatural in many years but if you can guess why your little freezing shield did little to me but your attacks did then who knows maybe I'll just surrender to your obviously greater intellect..." He was being more mocking now, he had no intention of trying to attack her at this point he barely had to he was not playing by any rules now and if she did not understand his point then he would finally have to do something about this holier than thou demon hunter because though he did not care if people searched for him he did find those who take vigor in trying to outplay him in the same way a human looks at a dumb animal, its cute but it will most likely become tedious after too much play, and probably pee everywhere.....

Mon May 05, 2014 12:16 pm

Artist: Kyu Sawamura - Song: Hill Act 1 - Word Count: 2461

Well, things were certainly becoming quite the convoluted mess within The Square of Karakura City. Once all of the dust had settled from the back and forth between The Angel and The Demon, there was a sense of tiredness seeping into the mind of Cirno. Physically? She could more then keep this fight going for as long as possible. With the additional reserves of her spiritual and chaos energies working together, that was more than enough to keep this battle prolonged if it required the persistence and tenacity of that sort of durability. However, there was more to it than that. Glancing back at the growing scene around them, it was becoming glaring obvious that The Angel of The Ice did manage to drag in quite a few hostiles into the range of her fire. Indeed, it was quite the scene to behold. Iramasha guards were scattered throughout the range ready to kill, ice filled the landscape and the skies themselves had darkened from the cluster of energy meshing together as a result of Cirno and Reigen's power becoming further unhinged.

So to all of this chaos going on around them? The Iramasha could only seek to have a calm exhale of breath exit forth from her mouth and then get a better grip on the circumstance at hand. Noticing that he was attempting to melt her ice once again, Cirno could only shake her head at the futility of that. Sure, ice was bound to melt given a hot enough temperature, but when dealing with the type of frozen element generated from Cirno's body? It was going to take more fearsome heat than that to melt it. Thus, as the chunks of spikes hurled towards Reigen, they'd all but retain the solidarity of their structure as the methods used were ineffective due to how reinforced it's strength and durability were bolstered to along with the fact she had ultimately decreased the shards of ice to near sub-zero temperatures.

Meanwhile, she wouldn't even pay much mind to the chair that was within the hole in the ground. All that mattered at this point was that her hits were making contact and this thing was nearing the conclusion. Even if the male could make jokes, put forth jovial gestures and ultimately try to play off the damage done to him by taunting The Iramasha; Cirno understood that whatever managed to hit him was indeed taking it's toll. This wasn't some complex extra-sensory ability; it was simply the decreasing of The Demon's overall aura that caused The Iramasha to come to this conclusion as she watched the stump of his leg become increasingly difficult to reforge. Subtle details like those were the tell-tell scenes he was beginning to sustain injuries; rather or not his pride or arrogance would allow to was another story entirely.

However, she did indeed begin to wonder why he wasn't fleeing at this point. Judging by his demeanor, she'd have to assume that man was either just plain insane or he was just one of those folk who plain didn't care. Flashing back to memories of Iramasha Island, she'd remember even in her faction there were people whom simply acted for their own will. Imagery of Yukuri Iramasha would come to mind as she'd remember her playful banter and yearning to do as she pleased. Based on the time these two spent together during meetings between her former caretaker, Izayoi Iramasha, a fellow Iramasha Councilmen, it was easy to see how this may be the case for The Demon. This, in turn, caused The Iramasha to ponder if she acted too rashly.

"Tch..." That was the only sound that emitted from Cirno's mouth when she started to imagine a plausible scenario within her head. There was something quite strange that occurred within the time span of those assaulted launched on a metaphysical level against Reigen. Instead of having the intended effect Cirno yearned for, they went right through them: and that, in turn, is where things started to shed a bit of light. The harder her mind was steeled, the more desire flowed through her. And being that this world was already one filled with such fatal flaws in logic, it wouldn't be too implausible if this male had the prowess to tap into that thirst for more.

Recollections of a sub-race of demons known as "Davana" soon came into mind, as the wealth of knowledge that the Iramasha Clan taught the girl came into play. Perhaps the male was one of those creatures and somehow, through a conceptual ability, tapped into her sensation for more to feed him. It would make sense given his title as a dealer of sorts, the many souls he contracted to do his bidding and how her physical assaults lacked any sort of "will" or "determination"; they were simply instruments and tools and nothing more. So with all of this summaries coming to the forefront of her mind, Cirno addressed the issue at hand with her eyes closed at first before gradually opening them in her dialogue:

"...so I take it it has something to do with my last attack, right? The primary difference I noticed between them is the fact that one was based in the physical realm and the other in the material." Eyes fully intent on Reigen's being, Cirno sooned folded her arms and had a somewhat stern expression across her face in this time. "If that's the case, I'm willing to bet your power zaps, feasts or becomes stronger in the presence of desire. That is the primary factor that I noticed which was different in the attacks I used." And as for the whole ordeal with him not fleeing or attacking? Cirno went out on a limb with this one: "I'm still not entirely too sure as to why you haven't taken the opportunity to assault or escape, but I can imagine it has something to do with a sense of uncaring."

Never once moving from Reigen's sight, Cirno's eyes horned in on his face. There was something off about this and she was going to get to the bottom of it soon enough. "And that can run along the lines of just being the type of person to treat everything that comes across their path as a game. It's not the way I'd like to live, far from it, but it seems like that's the case for you if what my head is whispering is true." Sighing, not out of sadness or irritation, but of self-realization; The Iramashsa even flashed back to when the pulsations of liberation came through her actions. Sensing the interactions between the Angel and The Demon at that point caused her to go on further with what her reason for his actions were. "So I think most of all: you just wanted me to have fun." In that sentence, a strong gust overcame the area and another heartbeat could be felt coming into play across the range. Something coming within Cirno that was rushing towards the surface.

Along this line of thought, that same pulsation peaked and had waves of energy begin to bounce off the area. Understanding what was occurring within herself, the reflection of Cirno's soul was unveiling itself and awakening to the chaos at hand. Indeed, The Former Spirit of The Angel of Ice, Shiro Iramasha, was coming to the forefront. Ingesting all of the rancid memories that had occurred up until this point, The Iramasha Spirit was more than brought up to speed as she could only become disappointed with both Cirno's actions and how she herself could not foresee it. Hazy visuals played within Shiro's own head, as she'd remember the ruthless and unforgiving demon slayer she had turned out to be in her past life -- at least -- before those bold actions got her killed in the snowy battlefields of the antarctic in one kamikaze assault.

So it was with those sentiments that The Former Angel Of The Ice decided to withhold any further action from Cirno. Many sorts of grunts could be heard emitting out of The Fairies mouth; groans that seemed to indicate some kind of struggle as she grabbed her skull and gritted her teeth out of response from Shiro attempting to take control. After a brief internal struggle for what seemed to last a few seconds, the color within The Angel's eyes seem to fade and nothing but a bright luminous glow remained. In this way? The Iramasha seemed to have undergone a change. One could sense it in the way that her aura felt overall when it came to the spiritual pressure being output by the girl's body. Instead of being rigid, angered, flared and untamed; there was a sense of calmness, still nature and balance overflowing within.

Staring into the eyes of Reigen yielded a blank expression from Shiro, whom was now in control of Cirno's entire body at this point in time. To her? It honestly seemed like things were pointlessly exaggerated; to the point where the whole duration of this fight effectively seemed -- pointless. Of course the death's of humans weren't to be ignored, but their spirits were soon taken care of by the Shinigami in the area and their new life began in the Soul Society. So -- why bother getting flared up, riled up and overall agitated over a petty thing like that? In her lifetime she had more than seen enough bloodshed to paint the picture of a dangerous situation and Shiro was beginning to feel as if she had just taken this with a more rational approaches things would not have accelerated to the point where they were now. So, to take responsibility for this, she was going to set things straight as best as she could as this whole circumstance was becoming too unsteady for her to put to the wayside any longer.

"You have quite the way with words, but I believe enough sport has been made today." Holding her hand towards the vicinity of Reigen, she'd activate the energy pulsating within the stump of Reigen's leg and the chaos energy flowing around him in order to begin attempting to send off into Demon World. Being that Iramashsa yielded the capacity to teleport various things in the environment, or they themselves, it was all about having the knowledge to piece together the destination in which The Iramasha in question were intending to warp. In the scenario with Reigen? Shiro understood the layout of Demon World enough to leave him towards the far outer edges of it. In this way, she'd at least place him back where she believed he belong and separate both him and Cirno from each other as that corrupt mindstate started to seep further into her mind.

At least, that her own moral compass guiding The Spirit. In the grand scheme of things? There really wasn't a right, just, corrupt or un-corrupt set of ideals in the world to Cirno's mind at this point. The thing that stuck with her the most is that anyone could go through great mental hoops and barriers to make what they desire to do sound right, holy or the correct method to follow. When, in reality, all that mattered is how much fun you were going to have or just being entirely honest with yourself. Which is, at the end of all this, what Cirno started to let herself do. There was n o point behind hiding behind a crusade anymore so she felt right to invoke what she desired in the world with the utmost unrestrained. That was the original intent of her barrage on Reigen after having those shackles moved, but perhaps it was all but perceived in the wrong fashion.

Nevertheless, nothing could be helped for the journey it took to reach this utmost point. The light within and around Reigen were all but attempting to hurl him back to Demon World. If that plan of action failed? Then the very space for many meters around would close up physically and attempt to hurl that rock out of Karakura Central and into the wasteland. At this point? Shiro felt, with the deduction from Cirno, that it would be best just to put an end to this chariade. It was rather pointless for both parties to continue moving forward in this way and she'd hope the conclusion of this would come to light; as she wasn't entirely sure what to do about the profound change in Cirno's persona as a result of their interactions.

There was going to have to be some sort of rehabilitation for the girl, but would she even take it? With her mind so far gone from how it was since the beginning of Australia, Shiro doubted there was much she could do at this point unless Cirno herself wanted to seek out the help. And, when pieced together with all the ugly truths of the world she had ingested into her psyche, The Young Girl's mind felt like an unsteady place. The naive and careless heart that she once heard flattering without a care in the world had all but crumbled and in the wake of the new world. What was left in it's place was a new person and The Original Angel Of The Ice was not sure if this shell was going to be a path that would lead to the betterment of Cirno's well being or if it was the first of many events to lead to a fine grave.

Thus, regardless of what would occur, Shiro had hoped this would result in the end of this conflict as neither party stood anything to gain at this point. Rubbing her temples ever so slightly, The Angel of The Ice was prepared to make the needed calculations in order to warp Cirno to Iramasha Island. There weren't many people that the spirit knew in the living realm, but perhaps there were those back on their native world that may assist Cirno in having a steady shoulder to lean on. So to end, perhaps a trip back to the Soul Society is what they both needed to clear their heads and make sense of this. Henceforth, provided that Reigen had warped away, Shiro was more than likely going to step forth back to the same place she belong. She'd return back to the island in the sky, and The Demon Back to the pits of Demon World. That was the overall purpose of her actions, and she would hope that this battle would not need to escalate any further than it had. The entire city need not be sucked into something as aimless as this.

Mon May 05, 2014 4:08 pm

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Reigen had just noticed, he had started the day simply looking to get some work done and yet it was now more of a busy afternoon from taking care of some trash street thugs to now dealing with the angel of ice that stood before him. Honestly when he goes looking for trouble this never honestly happens yet now when he wanted to be productive the world almost ends around him with little to no aid, the joys of irony... Reigen could see that Cirno was still quite ready to battle, he supposed if he had to that he would simply weave through her moves and keep her occupied for a while longer he wasn't going to be quick with this if he didn't have to be though his body was injured the more time he had to enjoy himself the more it would come back and that was as simple as watching the Iramasha make move after move to try and end him, it was endearing in a homicidal way... Cirno seemed to note the damage on Reigen as being serious enough to warrant perhaps a quick finish to all of this, however the Demon's energy seemed subdued but it should have probably been from taking damage, however he still held his other chain in his hand and with it it seemed that the area around the creature was slowly keeping all things out even the Demon's own aura that could spill forth and would be notable.

Her eyes shone a bit as she looked at the Demon seemingly wondering if she had made a mistake of sorts but for Reigen it was simply fun to see someone getting close to what he was thinking and doing with each of his moves. It seemed she was searching through a list of ideas in her head that would help her get to the correct conclusion, he wasn't going to confirm or deny anything that she was surmising though he wasn't one to give away his secrets unless the person he was dealing with needed to be told truly what was the reasoning behind the weakness or what, why and who the Demon truly was without them giving Reigen ample reason for showing them. Cirno closed her eyes for a moment to collect her thoughts it seemed, he was ready to see what she had made of the scene and the actual Demon in the short time that she had but as she began to speak Reigen simply stared and took in her hypothesis it was only good manners that he did so no one could say that he was some sort of monster who interrupted people as they tried to work their brains... Her first idea was that his power was not only based on stopping things in the physical realm but also connected to the aims of those that used them, for a moment the demon smiled as if in conformation then suddenly fell with a sigh as he looked at the girl. "Your understanding is partially correct and I'll give you an A for effort but without thinking you thought that the reason I could slip past was because of your powers being in play... You see my second chain is quite... Liberal with its gift..." Looking at the chain whipped around his arm the Demon continued on. "I can't take things from myself most times, at least not in a physical way but with this chain I can make the rules of the world slightly bent... Taking something that could freeze me was my first choice for the seal but when choosing to 'freeze' something that can extend to beyond the sense of ice and cold such as 'stopping' a person can be just as accountable for freezing...."

The power was quite new even for Reigen it was a difficult one to control, he had to make due with dealing the spikes in a different way as their purpose was not to 'freeze' him but to assault and possibly kill meaning the chain could only do so much. She then made comment on his reasons for staying, first saying that he was uncaring then claiming that his purpose was to treat all things like a game. "Hey hey that's not true, some things are games other can be more entertaining I like to have some be dealt with more kind acts then others I will end up gutting and regutting for quite some time, really it depends on how much I can get done and who they are for my average day with them." Stretching out once again as he did when he first used his released form the Demon seemed to expect the little ice fairy to be getting to a conclusion soon or at least he hoped she would because his time was still so precious and it would be a shame to waste more on quizzes from someone that was more than willing to ask question as she was to decapitate the Demon. Then she hit him with a conclusion the one thing and only reason he would still be around for as she claimed that he wanted her to have fun he clapped his hand together and simply cried out once. "Bingo!" Seemingly acting as if she had just won in some sort of game show Reigen point out to her. "Well close you asked me to show you the world and in this way I have practically showed you what was needed. If I had tried to kill you then the deal would be null and void..."

Suddenly however the Demon noted a change in the Iramasha as wind began to kick up and cause a fuss, he noted that the look of the ice fairy was more refined than it had been before, for him it was simply more interesting observations for such a race to see. The blank look on the face of the girl was different than before so for the Demon he was waiting for her to make some sort of show whether to end her constant tirade of attacks or to continue to play with him some more. The blank persona seemed to want to make the Demon disappear as such she looked to manipulate the energy within the missing leg of the Demon and all around to move him away. "Excuse me, its rude to push out a guest to the world of humans when he can easily make his way out on his own, I agree that perhaps the festivities had gone on quite a bit but without some fun how was the other you going to ever learn the ways of the human world..." As the Demon moved he touched the ground and seemingly the energy flowing around him was not quite shifting through his form, a side effect of letting his inner and outer forms collide. However the Iramasha had another way to deal with the situation she began to break apart the land he was standing on and had it flung high in the air.

The Demon did not move to prevent it he simply stood as the rock flew above and found itself getting closer to the wastelands around the city. Once the rock had found its way out however the Demon would stab into it with the chain, suddenly the damage that had been caused to it by removing it from the ground was cleared, though now a message could be read from the asphalt. "I sincerely hope that all the wonders enjoyed today will keep the one on the outside as demented and happy as can be, though I do hope we don't meet again in the city because it would be a shame to ruin the first sessions great results with death in the second session..." With that all that could be seen of the Demon was above the protective layer, now wearing his suit and tie along with his signature hat once more floating in the sky the Demon looked down on the city and sighed as he tilted his hat forward. "With this the devouring of this city might just be a bit more entertaining...." Ripping a hole in the fabric of the worlds with the chain Reigen simply chose his own way out so as to not hinder or disadvantage the new Cirno that appeared before his exit though hoping she's show the other self the message before leaving making it even more hard to avoid as now the blood left along the walls and floor connecting to the previously broken land would now read similar messages out to the girl that was below...

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