Re: Spiritual Training 1: Siphoning Feast!

Thu Feb 15, 2018 9:30 am

It was harder for the man to hide it than he realized, but the distaste for Liacaru's 'hunger was showing subtly from a quick grimace. All he could think was that such a power was far too potent and dangerous for such a being not to have complete control over it. It was one thing if the fox was a glutton for food, but spiritual energy was an entirely different thing. He crossed his arms as he kept his gaze on the spiritual being, not saying anything right away as he thought about this carefully. 'Hoping' that he just magically changed into a more conserved being after he gave him enough spiritual energy sounded dumb, and who was to say that once he reached that new level that his consumption rate just to keep it wasn't going to be much more taxing than it was at his current form? There were just too many things that seemed like it could spell trouble more so than the benefits of it all, but Lex tried to keep in mind that looking at just the bad side of things wouldn't get him anywhere in particular.

"If Minerva is cool with it, I don't see why not. Though at this point we're going to have to speed up this process. You're going to need to definitely find a way to actively turn off that energy absorption on command." he mentioned. Maybe it was just that Lex was realizing he was more of a prude than he would care to admit, but seeing him act in such an animalistic way did not fair with him. Perhaps Nina had a different opinion, which for the most part seemed to coincide with Lex's thoughts, but not all the time. Still, he would find out eventually. "If Minerva's attack isn't enough, I'll let you also take my wind hands." he chimed in, making sure he understood that he was willing to help too, albeit cautiously.

Nina on the hand was not keen on Liacaru's standoffish behavior either, or so, how she perceived it. She couldn't remember the last time she was THAT hungry to where she acted in such a way. But she knew better than anyone that people had a bad habit of trying to be curt and composed in every situation, despite how desperately they may have needed something. She was starting to think that she may have picked up such a habit from the humans after thousands of years of sticking with them. She could only hum at the sight of the 'hungry' fox in front of them before she turned to face Minerva. "Perhaps it's a good idea if you do test to see if you have imbued enough spiritual energy into the attack this time by testing it on him." she coaxed, curious as to what would happen once the woman gave him such energy as well.

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Fri Feb 16, 2018 5:01 pm

Minerva was able to stabilize her magic to where a fusion of spiritual energy and her mana magic would be viable...she guessed. She didn't know and hadn’t tried to use it to find out. It was quite suspicious that Liacaru requested to be attacked. It seems obvious nothing would happen. Perhaps he just wanted to see her attack be ineffectual to make fun of her. However, if it was actually successful he would certainly die so she didn’t think he was that dumb to suggest such a dangerous proposition. She didn’t really care either way.

Nina had also suggested to perform the test. “Don’t you think it was too early for this...whatever” she turned and faced the creature this time raising the giant fireball above her about 50 feet. She made some last minute adjustments with her spiritual energy trying to get both types of energy on the same wavelengths. Here comes the moment of truth. She keep the temperature of the fire as low as possible and tossed the fireball at him at 100 mph. If the test was successful the fire should injure him and be immensely painful and not fatal...maybe. As for the ground and trees in the area, they shouldn't burn much or at all given how the cold the flames were.

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Fri Feb 16, 2018 6:45 pm

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Suddenly, he began to wonder if he managed to bite off more than he could chew. As the ball of flaming death hovered above, he was forced to sit just to crane his neck high enough to see it floating above. 'Is she trying to actually kill me?' He couldn't help but think to himself as he gazed upon the hovering sphere. Just like that, any thoughts of greed or hunger where soon replaced with doubt and fear. "You know what...on seco-" The fox spoke only to be silenced by his own gasp. It was coming, and it moved fast. 'I should just dodge...but then...if it hits the floor, any damage to this place would be my fault. Damn it, stupid hunger. Always managing to get myself in trouble.' Shaking his head, he braced for impact of what was to come.

Standing on all fours, he shifted into a balanced stance. Jaw open wide, he allowed the orb to draw close, so much so that he could nearly taste it. Just like before, bit by bit the flames were broken down into spiritual bits, Rashi that was but a mere meal for him to consume. If only the orb was smaller, then it wouldn't of been a problem, but it was far to much even for him to handle. Closer and closer the sphere advanced as it shrunk smaller and smaller. It was a race to see if he could hold it in place long enough to absorb all of the power that was before him. Thankfully he had his barrier in place less his entire face become scorched by the spiritual fire. "Nng...Urgh!" Feral grunts and gags emanated from the back of his throat from the struggle of taking so much. Bit by bit his film of protective aura became chipped away just from being near the raging attack.

It was only a mere 10 seconds, but to him it felt as it it had been far to long. Finally the shape of the circular sphere began to contort into that of a gourd or pear as the fox seemed to get his bearings. From the central point of the attack, more and more flame began to break away only to instantly vanish into the Adjucha's awaiting maw. 'Ok, just focus on maintaining my barrier, use some of the flames as fuel.' Less and less, the fox seemed to panic as he gained control over the situation. He managed to brave the storm, and now came the reward. Drastically the flames vanished into nothing, only to soon reignite as a massive raging aura that clung to the fox's form. 'Damn...if this was a real battle...I would of been done for...' Even after recieving what he wanted, he couldn't help but feel a little upset from the shier struggle the entire ordeal was.

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Fri Feb 16, 2018 7:11 pm

The man couldn't help but snort at the fox's reaction of having second thoughts before the whole ordeal finally transpired. It would seem that even with such a low-level fireball that Minerva just threw, it proved to be quite a match for the spirit to absorb. Still, Liacaru had managed to do it and that peaked Lex's interest if the fox had obtained what he was looking for. Clearly, his 'hunger' didn't stem from just survival alone, nor actual hunger; Lex was sure that it was some inner desire to gain more power in some way, or perhaps even consciously if he was trying to trick them in any way.

"So Liacaru, did that sate your hunger yet? Or are you looking for more?" he asked, his arms unfolding as he perked an eyebrow at the spirit, wondering just how much he was going to absorb before he was satisfied. Who was to say if he even would be satisfied, as much of a problem as that seemed to be within itself. The wind technique of his hands still had his own spritiual energy being infused into it all the while, those large hands of wind swirling and wooshing around his body while he waited for Liacaru's answer. Nina simply remained silent through the whole thing, having watched the other fox absorb the entire fireball before finally glancing over to Minerva. "Well it's a good thing you didn't kill him at least, but maybe he should be finally done wanting to eat every piece of energy on the planet now. Then again, I might be speaking too soon, he might get hungry in the next few minutes." she teased, though it was hard to tell considering how serious she sounded while saying it.

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Fri Feb 16, 2018 8:20 pm

Minerva could see how Liacaru struggled with the attack even though it was a pretty weak attack. Either way, she gave a weak smile seeing that there was some success before collapsing, barely conscious. She dropped to her knees and then fell forward, her torso and head hitting the soft grass. Her smooth pale, skin glistened in the sun as it was covered in sweat and short breaths coming from her mouth. Her mind was swirling with many thoughts and memories.

Losing her powers made her much more vulnerable than she anticipated and would take some getting used to. For some reason this new reality took some time to sink in. At least she knew that she could improve what type of abilities she already have, but still it was quite vexing having to work for it. It reminded her of how she used to be thousands of years ago.

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Sat Feb 17, 2018 3:23 am

"Phew..." The fox let out a light huff as he shifted his effort towards being composed once more. Finally, he had what he wanted. Now was the time to focus. Like a radiant flame, spiritual power raged throughout his form. Brighter and bolder, the fox's flame engulfed every inch of its body from head to toe. Shifting, changing, the bright silhouette transformed. The figure that once appeared on all fours raised upwards as it's spine contorted into a bipedal posture. Having imbued a great portion of his spiritual flame into his physical form, the light began to give way revealing Adjucha that resided deep within.

Gray and blue, the fox bared his previous features in his now lithe shape. Ears perked, he looked to his body in shock. Slowly, Liacaru began to move his fingers, one after another as he began to grow acquainted with his limbs. "It's been so long...Im...a lot more fluffy than I remember..." He spoke aloud as he stood upright onto his feet. "I still have a ways to go, but thanks to you all I feel like a void has been filled deep within the pit of my gut." The fox spoke with a warm smile as he gripped a paw against his gut. Visually, he looked weaker, borderline cute,but there was no mistaking that his spiritual pressure was much stronger. "Feels good to stand on two legs again!"

Sat Feb 17, 2018 1:17 pm

Lex and Nina watched as Minerva hit the ground in such an awkward position before the young man started making his way towards her with a dash, but the small vixen put her hand up for him to hold his position before she began speaking swiftly. "She's alright she's alright, she's just fatigued and needs a bit more rest. We've kind of been at this for hours now and this training isn't really anything to bat an eye at." she remarked. In all honesty, for Minerva to be able to do as much as she did in such a short amount of time was nothing less than amazing. Still, a helping companion was never a bad thing. The vixen began giving the woman more life energy now, trying to make sure that she didn't pass out while Lex straightened himself up while Nina more or less had things covered.

Still, it didn't sit right with him that she seemed so vulnerable and decided to send four of the seven wind limbs at her location, making the ten meter arms of rushing and swishing air hover directly in front to the sides, and beside her in a defensive like fashion while the other three hovered to the sides and in front of him as well. Liacaru's transformation was all the more reason to make him cautious, sensing a bit of more power from him innately, but not being able to tell much difference since he was horrible at spiritual detection without his scouter's original functions working anymore. He just stood there with a hum as he listened to the spirit's awe and satisfaction of his new form, not in a rush for anything in particular as he waited to see what the fox might say this time.

In all honesty, he was wondering if his hunger had been sated yet and if he'd be able to suppress his passive absorption now. "You're not still hungry, are you?" he asked, just looking over the fox as he kept his arms crossed, however the palms of his wind hands were wide and ready for any defensive or offensive measures they needed to take. He had more or less mastered the ability to siphon his own spiritual energy into an already created spell, but he was still having some difficulty with pouring spiritual energy into a spell during the actual casting of it, which was an entirely different ball game altogether. He just hoped he could pull it off before the spirit fox possibly grew bored of them.

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Sat Feb 17, 2018 5:46 pm

After a few moments she came to, her vision blurry and hearing muffled. It took her a second to remember what happened and then it hit her, along with a throbbing headache. She weakly sat up and try to fight off the dizziness and while collecting her thoughts, Nina’s energy was busy revitalizing her. She brandished a vial from a pocket in her dress and drank the liquid contained in it which helped her overcome her headache and other fatigue induced symptons. She rather not use her healing magic right now, letting herself recover through other means was just a precaution.

Once she felt well enough not to collapse again she turned toward Nina and hugged her and kissed her on her nose. “You’re such a great friend looking out for my health!” she said cheerfully. Then she noticed that Liacaru has changed his form. Seeing that her fire wasn’t to be seen it was obvious that it was absorbed by him, a few memories flashed back to her of right before she collapsed. She wondered exactly what the absorbed energy did to Liacaru and if this would be a recurring theme. She also noticed that she and Nina was surrounded by some kind of wind spell. Given Lex’s posture and the way he looked at Liacaru, the was tension in the air again. “Did I miss something?” she asked no one in particular.

Sat Feb 17, 2018 6:27 pm

"Yeah...I feel content, the hunger is gone for now. Though, don't worry about me. Is she gonna be ok?" Lia spoke in a concerned tone. Back arching, the fox splayed his fingers between one another as he stretched his arms. Under normal conditions, he would approach the fallen ally to get a better take on the situation, but given the fact that he didn't exactly feel trusted, common sense told him to keep a moderate distance away. As much as he would like to test out his new body and get a grasp for his limits, he figured now wasn't a good time.

Sat Feb 17, 2018 6:44 pm

It seemed that the fox had finally regained his composure, showing even some concern for the fatigued woman a few meters away as she tried to recover. Nina was more or less helping her with that still, but Liacaru's question did at least keep Lex aware that he wasn't planning on attacking her or anything. It was Minerva's state though that Lex concerned for a different reason, making him put a hand to his chin as he hummed in thought. "I think Minerva will be fine, but it would probably be best if we do take a break for the day, give her some time to rest and give you some more time to both absorb some more of the energy here to maintain your current form and continue working on how to stop absorbing everything around you automatically." he remarked, now patting the fox on the top of the head gently with one of his wind hands.

He could still sense some of his spiritual energy being absorbed out of his technique which alerted Lex that Liacaru still wasn't quite there yet. "We can leave in the morning and then finally go to some other places once everyone has recovered fully." he finished. In truth, Lex had other plans than sleeping, but he knew Minerva needed some time to rest and by the time she was done with that, it would be night time, which was not a good time to be flying the plane out in the open with practically the entire planet still being uncharted to him. Still, it was ultimately up to them to say what they wanted to do, but he figured they at least would agree for now.

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