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Firmly grasp it
Thu Mar 15, 2018 3:57 pm
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"Ah~ That was delicious" the young shinigami said as she finished the bowl of mushroom soup with bitter greens and tomatoes that were the size of peas, combimed with rare roast beef slices as thin as paper, and noodles in a green sauce. It was a relatively tasty meal as she bowed in thanks of the shopekeeper and his wife for making such a delicacy.
Life has been going absolutely well for the young shinigami she's been recieving training left and right and her mind was literally screaming "Come on lets do more!" and she was going to fufill her duty. a smile crept on her face as she stepped outside to look at the beautiful clouds up above the white shapes of water making various pictures such as butterflies, weird lines and other stuff. This is absolutely wonderful, first i've got my first taste of combat with the likes of Beetle and now my stomach is filled could this get any better?
Without hesitation Yoriko immediately shunpo'ed around the sereitei at a relatively slow speed searching for anyone or anything of interest who'll help improve her skills.
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Thu Mar 15, 2018 6:25 pm
The azure sky was reflected in the softly rippling pond below--Fleeting clouds, dotting it’s vast expanse. The tranquil breeze blew faintly from the east, and the soft warble of birds in the boughs of trees weaved a symphony only found within nature, overhead. The emotions that could be felt within this place was: Tranquility, harmony, peace and serenity. Nature was at a state of balance, and upon this pon, a girl sat. Her body gently bobbing in it’s meditative state with the faint ripples of the lake. Her breath non existant, or atleast so faint it could not be grasped. The oddest thing would be, as this girl breathed in, the wind would pass, and as she exhaled the wind would cease. There was a sense of “Oneness” of unity between this girl, and the environment around them. As if she was a fairy, a personification of the picturesque scene around her.
With each breath, the cycle of Qi within magnolia revolved. Slowly refining, perfecting and maintaining the balance within herself. Staying at harmony with the realm around her, as well as keeping harmony within herself. She was here, but not here, present but far away. In a sense to the trained eye,they’d find a feeling of detachedness, as if this lone girl was a part of this world-- yet removed from it’s grasp. A tapestry that had been untouched by the onslaught of time, or like the reflection of the distant moon upon a pond on a muggy july night, the incandescence of the fireflies softly flickering against the backdrop of the stars. It was this kind of distant beauty that would be presented here.
Beauty, and equilibrium: with oneself, and the realm around them. To Magnolia the outside world was there, but was inconsequential. There was only the flow to qi within her, and the natural energies that surrounded her; both in a dance of coexistence--beautifly intermingling with one another. There was a faint fog in the midst of the mile that surrounded magnolia, static ladened heavily within the air.
”Does this bring back memories, Magpie?”
The placid expression on Magnolia’s face did not betray the bemusement that lingered from her zanpakuto spirit’s choice of words. All that the zanpakuto spirit would glean would be the faintest of nods, before she resumed her meditation, her weapons: The demon slaying naginata, big bear sword, and raijin himself--lay faintly across the water in front of her, bobbing with every ripple, softly to the melody of the pond water. This tranquility reminded her of the years she spent in meditation, far removed from the world. Yet, also it was a new sensation, for the world around her consisted of bustling streets and this tiny grove. Not the lofty peaks that she once traversed.
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Re: Firmly grasp it
Thu Mar 15, 2018 7:02 pm
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Yoriko was getting rather bored of searching around everywhere finding a potential sparring partner and or friend she almost was about to give up and head on back to the stealth division to hone her ninjutsu skills a bit more with master Henrex. However she stopped and saw something rather parculiar a white haired woman or child meditating next to a small pool of water surrounded by the beautiful oak tress and animals that linger around here. What made Yoriko curious was her beautiful white hair, not only that but the size of her was difficult to judge based off the relative distance between the two maybe she'll be able to assist in her times of need?
Naturally she introduced herself in a very special way and thats by giving the stranger a good o'l hello and a reasoning for confronting her in the first place.
"Hiya there! I couldnt help notice that your all by your lonesome meditating. How about we change that with a nice sparring match via our bare hands? she said with both of her hands behind her back eagerly waiting for the womans response.
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Mon Mar 26, 2018 11:00 pm
Just like that, the pristine tranquility, fleeting like the clouds on a windy day--was broken. A lass who was garbed fairly similar to a shinobi invaded her space asking for a spar. For a moment, it would seem like Magnolia was not going to respond after all, until the soft sound of air whistling forth from her lips in exhalation became audible in the meager distance between them. Just like that, glowing rays of glistening gold could be seen as the sun reflected itself from Magnolia’s eyes for but a moment as they opened. Magnolia’s penetrating gaze lingered as it studied the girl who appeared before her, the intensity and power of her will suffocating in this small space around them.
After an a few seconds that probably would seem to span an eternity, Magnolia stood from where she was sitting, sending small ripples through the pond as she raised her hand up. She didn’t need to say much, because where she was from at least, a warrior didn’t let the words that slipped forth from their lips dictate their actions. Rather, they used the simplistic medium of their fists to convey the thoughts, needs, and conduct of a spar. Thus, the only real indication that this fledgling shinobi would get would be the faint beckoning of an extended hand, and the motion of magnolia’s body as she redistributed the center of her gravity faintly.
Magnolia did not say much, however the aura of a warrior was easily projected from her. It was clear that she was ready to fight if the girl who had interrupted her meditation was ready. However, even now it’d be noteworthy that all of magnolia’s energy was being suppressed. She did not let an iota of it slip out, and was planning to fight purely using her physical technique, because that was what she deemed necessary for this fight.
With all that said and done, all that was left for magnolia was to focus, to filter out the unnecessary thoughts, emotions, and condition herself until she was at her optimal state. At that point the only things that concerned her was the environment, and the being before her. Nothing else mattered, and nothing else was registered for the time being.
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Tue Mar 27, 2018 2:49 am
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Just as the women stood up and raised a arm Yoriko felt that something was admist and that's when she felt it her reiatsu as if the very air was replaced with carbon monoxide she clenched onto her chest.
All she got was silence and a simple node before smiling and getting combat ready. "Alright Yoriko...this is your chance to prove yourself to the world. I better start on the offensive quickly, who knows what she may be planning." she said to herself as she examined her opponent from head to toe as if she was wanting her to attack so with a deep inhale and exhale she got into the Bājíquán fighting stance which in this case was the horse stance with thighs parallel to the ground and toes pointing forward or angled slightly out.
Then with a flash of shunpo she immediately went on the offensive and did a low kick hoping to knock her off her feet then if that worked she'd immediately step in with her left foot and strike with her left fist from above. If Mag tried to retaliate she would grab her arm as if she was coiling and the opponents arm as if coiling called Guo by neutralizing her opponents attack, she can also shift their center of gravity, and therefore cause her body to lose balance.
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Mon Apr 02, 2018 6:52 pm
Magnolia was in motion from the moment her opponent re-appeared from their shunpo. Her front-facing foot would lift from the ground for but a moment, the bottom of her toes coming into contact with the top of yoriko’s foot. Due to the immense force that would be generated in a downwards-motion this would serve to shift the balance of her opponent more forward than backwards. This action would disrupt the flow of her opponent. Magnolia’s expression shifting as she deftly took that front foot and then slid it to the right, her body a whirr of motion in the midst of combat.
It would be this motion that led to the next, her backwards-facing foot having now caught the very back of her opponents heel as her opponent sought to entrap her arm. The subsequent forward motion accompanied with the backward sweep of her foot would highly likely knock her opponent off her feet with the aforementioned factors.From there the world would be blurred and the wind would be howling in magnolia’s ears as she used this superior force to plunge yoriko face first into the lake, her free arm shifting as it would seek to hit the shoulder joint of her opponent. The result? If yoriko hadn’t let go by this point she’d be stuck with a tough choice:let go without pain, or have her shoulder joint forcibly knocked out of socket. Beyond this, the secondary attack that was timed simultaneously with this shoulder blow would be a knee to the upper abdominal region, timed right after the previous endeavor. Chained together, the result would be potentially yoriko being thrown from the center of the pond to the periphery, after which magnolia’s foot would straight out and tap the rippling pond beneath her.
Afterwards magnolia’s body stepped back several paces, the water rippling beneath her feet after their split-second engage had concluded. The faintest sigh had left the girls lips as she glanced at yoriko mori. Her expression was not chiding, and there was not the normal blood-thirsty aura that would have permeated each and every one of her actions. Why? Because throughout their engage one thing that magnolia had failed to pick up was killing intent, or animosity. Therefor she had extrapolated after some period of thought in the midst of their bout that, this “challenge” was not for the sake of harm, but some other ulterior motive. Which was why blows that normally would have been rock-shattering and earth-rending were rather light, and attacks that normally would be geared for breaking bone would only cause purpled bruises. Even moreso magnolia let her lips part as she said in a serene tone.
”Don’t be hasty, rushing in can glean an element of surprise--however it can also give your opponent time for a ruinous counter. “
Now magnolia was certainly not teacher material, however right now even though her tone was not amiciable in the least, nor indicating that she thought anything of the girl before her--still her words could have meaning gleaned from them if her opponent so chose to say so. Afterwards she simply readjusted her stance once more--feet only but a shoulder width apart, with a marginally shifted center of gravity which could shift quickly betwix the back and front feet-- and then said in a calm, placid manner.
”Now come at me again.”
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Tue Apr 10, 2018 8:14 pm
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The fight had begun as Yoriko began to hopefully utilize her strategy she planned to combat magnolia, however it was clear that the girl was more faster and stronger then she anticipated. Firstly her gut and let go of magnolia's but as a result she got a face full of beautiful yet chilling spring water everywhere around her clothing making her body shiver and quake. But this wouldnt be over as she felt a gut wrenching punch to the stomach and her arm being locked in place, naturally she had to let go otherwise it'd result in a broken arm and being left to fight with only one arm.
Once she rubbed the water off and stood up to look at magnolia she was given some useful advice on not rushing in all of a sudden without no cohesive thought or reasoning behind it all, while it was smart to not let your opponent get the first blow it also left her pretty wide open for retaliation, as shown through the small bruises around her body. Luckily she was given another chance to shine as her advice was pretty detrimental in any combat scenario especially close quarters such as this.
"Okay Yoriko....what to do now
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Sat Apr 14, 2018 5:06 am
Magnolia’s heated breath was timed as she shifted hands positioning one horizontally across her chest, the other directly out in front of her face, elbow slightly bent. As her breathing steadied, it would seem as if she was entering a state of calm--like a placid lake. However, this would be deceptive of her true intetion, given the moment her breath became still, her body exploded in a violent ripple of force and speed; this force and speed caused the very pond she stood on to almost implode, a split second was all that was needed for Magnolia’s palm to come howling to a stop beside Yoriko’s ear. The pond magnolia had stood on was sucked inwards from the kinetic force that displaced the water in a downwards bullet from the focal point of her explosive force--her back foot. This in turn caused the rushing waves to collide together, shooting up like a raging geiser into the air some twenty odd feet. As for the palm that would pass yoriko’s ear? The kinetic force released from this blow would billow outwards as a raging torrent of wind, a gust that would reach category 5 wind speeds, before dissipating some several odd yards from the beginning focal point.
Dissipating as magnolia’s body moved deftly, sliding her front foot back and using the force borrowed from that motion to almost glide several feet back until her feet rested just before the waters edge: her stance composed, tight, with very few exploitable openings to be gleaned even by an experienced fighter. Her clothes seemed to be without a drop of water on them, even as the water that had been shot into the heavens, once more returned to the balmy embrace of the earth below--as rain. Her golden eyes flickered like open flames, her tangible will gleaming from them like floodlights into the soul. Magnolia’s lips parted as she spoke once more, her words sparse, but profound in meaning.
”And if you must go first, explode, Don’t be fancy. Give your opponent as little warning as you possibly can, and go for the quickest, most efficient moves you can. Combat is not about disabling, or even the myriad of skills you can master, the most effective fist, the move effective sword, is the one that kills in one breadth, destroys in one palm-thrust. “
Magnolia’s bloodlust was apparent as she said those words. It rose quickly, like a veil of catastrophe that garbed her in a haze of death. It was for that moment that she spoke an aura of power that was projected outwards, as if she was an iron-blooded warrior that had just slain their way from a massive battle. Yet, as quick as it had come it was gone; Magnolia’s serenity once more masked the wildness that lay lurking beneath the surface of that lovely face.
Lovely, but at the moment that lovely “face” scrunched slightly, having been mocked by her zanpakuto spirit for being a “smartass” as they less that kindly had put it. You see, raijin found magnolia’s notion of teaching to be brutish, and boorish. Unencouraging and rather detrimental. Despite that though, Magnolia managed to keep her ire, or rather irritation for her zanpakuto spirit--Raijin, in check. Instead of worrying about the notions of her time-weathered companion in arms, she awaited Yoriko’s next strike so that she would be able to further help reforge this girl into a mighty warrior.
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Thu May 10, 2018 11:19 pm
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The sheer amount of force put into that punch created a torrent of water that shot straight into the air causing Yoriko gasp in amazement what was even more strange was that once the water rained back down into the pond Magnolia was completely dry. She continued to remain silent until magolia's lips opened once more giving wonderous ideologies about combat in its entirety so much so that she had a revalation considering Magnolia's way of thinking was right on point and it was similar to how a shinobi views combat as a whole, its best to end a fight with a single blow rather then have it drag on for several minutes considering all the noise can attract some unwanted company therefore forcing the assassian to regrudingly retreat.
This wasn't some talent show in which the contestants were graded on style or how sophisticated they used a certain technique and applied to their movement.
No..its a fight and whoever can kill their enemy in quick sucession first without would be the victor and it wasn't time think she just had to do.
With that in mind, Yoriko immediately shunpo'ed towards Magnolia with her fist clenched tight and began her series of punches on the female, what she would notice is how...bizzare it is she decided to fight like this since it wasn't focused on a particular style of combat such as Kung Fu or Jujitsu and considering her strikes were going to strike randomly it was also very unpredictable.
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Fri May 18, 2018 4:00 pm
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Sometimes life would past by in a blink of an eye--and sometimes an instant could span an eternity. The light glistened above, and the sound of birds slowed to a dissonant crawl, the ripples of the pont glistening mellowly in the sunlight’s embrace. Magnolia’s body shifted as her hands tensed slightly--and then yoriko mori was upon her. Her fists moved in an unorthodox path, there seemed to be no real rythme, no set path for them to take. Yet as magnolia slowly shifted her weight the back of her front-facing hand would hit the side of Yoriko’s wrist, guiding it to the side before returning on the back-stroke to knock her other fist off trajectory before she slid in, one of yoriko’s fists caressing past her face, another barely missing the side of her narrow sideways facing body, to leave faint pink lines as Magnolia’s elbow sought the sanctity of her throat, her body moving explosively forward as one unit.
This movement sought to rend and break, to crush the delicate cartilage of yoriko’s throat to bring it back into her throat and kill her--if magnolia intended to kill her that is. As it was magnolia had utilized her superb control of reishi to cause minute disruptions in the air to cause displacement--displacement which would manifest as a wall of wind that would act as a buffer, allowing yoriko to feel the force behind the blow without feeling the sting of her cool-hard elbow.
”You move too much, sometimes less is more. . . quality is often the superior when pitted against quantity. A well placed blow is often more beneficial than a thousand flailing punches. You are looking to dissect your opponent, their movements, actions, stances and their intentions. You must find the path through these obstacles, the path of least resistance. “
Magnolia withdrew once more as she tapped the pond below them for a moment, and then after she paused, looking for a proper analogy once more--she spoke.
”Water does not initially look to climb a mountain. It instead looks for the cracks, the fissures in which it can initially begin to flow. Only then does water reveal it’s immense power--carving through the mountain, ripping a path for itself from the cool-hard time worn rock. Martial Arts is the same--You are the water. You are looking for those cracks to break through and then explode, surging forth with every fiber of your being. “
As magnolia spoke she reached down and let her hand pick up a handful of water from the pond and spread her fingers, letting the cool water slip through her fingers as she spoke once more.
”Water is elusive, and it is able to slip through even the tiniest of cracks, and yet. . . -- Magnolia took the water and tossed the remaining bit into the air, using her reaction time to flick one of the droplets with her pointer finger and thumb, the resounding sound being akin to a gun-shot as the droplet shot forth, exploding as it came into contact with a boulder, leaving a fist sized, two foot deep indentation in the rock. -- “It’s powerful, monstrously so. This is one of the goals for martial artists, being able to move, and fight like water.”
Magnolia raised her stance then, her eyes glacing forward as she let her fighting spirit billow out like an unstoppable tide from a broken dam, it’s might and splendor a tangible, oceanic presence on the realm around them as she barked out towards yoriko as if she was a drill sergeant barking at a boot-camp trainee.
”Again, Come at me once more!”
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