Yurei Mizuhime [FINISHED]

Vested Front (passive): The weather ghost and Yurei share a link that goes beyond just energy and its creator. The girl keeps the blob out at all times, mainly for company but also because it has a very peculiar skill. If the woman were to be cut, struck, or hurt in any way that would induce a form of physical or psychological pain, she would see its effects reduced roughly by ½. She’s still capable of feeling the pain caused by an excruciating circumstance, but it would feel half as much as it should’ve been. The way this works is not by destroying the pain however. Instead, the other half is shared and directed towards the weather ghost. The latter does not possess pain receptors and thus is not affected in the same way the Yurei would. But, nonetheless, any damage caused (only to the solid form) to the blob, like being cut in half or momentarily destroyed, would project the same level of pain to Yurei; ½ of what she should have felt of course.

Malleability: Depending on its state, or what Yurei wishes for it, the blob can take on a number of forms to fit her needs. It can be made a little fatter and rounder to become a form of cushion-like bean bag. She can made it a little softer and larger, and even colder to form a sort of water bed. On the other hand, she can certainly make him small enough to ride neatly atop her head, floating around her, or on her shoulders. Likewise, when needed, Yurei can influence the blob to grow up to 100 meters in length in any of its states for the effect she desires. However, as further detailed in the individual states, this technique will share a similar cooldown as it can only be used once per the three states’. Essentially, it cannot be used again until Yurei has used every state once, essentially refreshing the ability to expand to such a degree.

Liquid State: In its liquid state, the inside of the blob is largely made of water. On command, its able to fire out blasts of pressurized water at their opponents. The blasts can be controlled and manipulated to be extremely thin, increasing their pressure exponentially and allowing it to pierce through solid objects of great resistance. On the contrary, larger and more powerful water blasts can be made to destroy powerful and large rocky surfaces or even fight back against certain attacks. Every time the liquid state is accessed in battle, the blob gains one “weather boon” to be used by Yurei. If at any time the blob is made to switch out from its liquid state, it cannot be accessed again until the other states have seen their use at least once thereafter.

Solid State: In its solid state, the blob is largely made of ice. It doesn’t hinder the creature’s movement, as it still relies solely on Yurei’s energy for anything it does. In this form however, the creature is capable of taking on very powerful hits, often times stopping them or at least weakening them if they’re far too strong and end up destroying in the process. That being said, the blob can indeed be destroyed if the gap in power between Yurei and her opponent and the magnitude of the attack makes it simply impossible to avoid. However, much like water, the blob will sooner or later return to its solid state. Granted, if its ever broken, the blob will require an additional post before it can reform into its solid state again. Unlike the other stages where reforming is relatively simple due to their states, this one isn’t. Despite being energy and not science based, there are some aspects that do resemble the latter. By creating several smaller nanostructures within the blob, the ice form of its solid state can safely maintain its icy look despite facing temperatures that should have easily made it melt.

Beyond its defensive functionalities, in this state, the weather ghost is able to fire out ice and snow-based attacks at their opponents. However, its limited to the amount of variety it has with it. It can fire dense and sharp icicles no more than a foot in length, capable of piercing through incredible tough steel doors. Likewise, its able to blow powerful blizzards on the direction of Yurei’s choosing as it seeks to blow away and potentially freeze still anything caught in its wake. Unfortunately, the blob cannot create endless supply of ice or snow like dedicated ice users can. It can however take control of naturally existing forms of ice and snow not created and under the control of someone else. Like on its previous state, using the solid state would grant Yurei one “weather boon.” And just as before, if the woman has the blob switch out of this form, its unable to use it again until the other two states have seen use at least once.

Gas State: In the final state of the weather ghost, its gas state, the construct is largely made out of gas, specially water vapor. The functions of this form are very different from those of the other two, but it doesn’t mean its any less efficient in battle. The blob is able to move through objects it otherwise couldn’t. For instance, it can phase through solid inanimate or living objects, including those made from spiritual energy. This in turn allows it to remain largely unhindered and pass through forms of attack or defense without concern. Bare in mind the effects are only awarded to the blob, Yurei cannot replicate these effects on her person. Given the peculiarity of it however, this form possesses a separate cooldown on addition to the one shared with its other states. The weather ghost cannot phase through the intended target for an additional post after it successfully has. On top of that, the same sort of cooldown is also present in this form, just as is on the others. If Yurei switches the blob out of its gas state, it cannot return to it until she has made use of its other states at least once thereafter. Switching into the gas state, grants Yurei one additional “weather boon.”

Weather Girl: A pretty weird technique connected to her weather ghost ability, Yurei is essentially able to fuse with her blob temporarily. Typically this fusion makes itself notable due to the fact that once it’s used, her body from her waist down looks exactly like that of her blob. However that’s only at the very start, as she’s able to manipulate the white bubbly look of her lower body into that of legs and back again. The same can be done to any of her limbs in an effort to make her body a bit more useful in battle. Also, any and every technique usable by the blob becomes usable and displayed on Yurei’s body. Unlike when her blob is on her own however, she’s able to revisit a form without having to go into the other two. Rather than switching just once between states, she’s able to switch up to a maximum of two times per turn, securing an extra boon in the process. Unfortunately that means that by uniting the blob and Yurei, she’s then capable of feeling the full extent of a painful sensation as an ordinary person would. The effects of this technique can last up to four posts, and they incur a four post cool down before it can be used once more.


La Niña: This is one of the two ways in which she’s able to use up her water boons. By waving her hand over an affected or injured area, Yurei creates a smaller or larger temporary version of her weather ghost in order to heal herself. The extents and speed of the healing is entirely dependent on how serious the injury is, and how many boons she’s willing to use up. For instance, minor bruises and scratches can be made to heal up almost instantly by using up one boon. Large cuts or deeper stabs that bleed profusely can be closed up and healed during that post by giving up three booms. Alternatively, poisons that actively threaten major organs, or even greater injuries that if left unattended could leave to potentially fatal consequences deserve much more. Using up five boons would see those circumstances clear up after an additional post and using seven would make the effects happen much faster. As for damage the likes of a severed arm or leg, Yurei requires at least 10 boons for one limb, and 15 for two. The use of this technique creates one “weather boon.”

El Niño: Her last means of using up her water boons, this technique is meant as form of defense. Essentially, Yurei consumes the boons internalized within the blob through a form of energy transfer. In doing so, she’s able to stand up to and fight back against the onslaught of an attack she otherwise could not. However, the durability and defense she acquires with this technique is entirely dependent on how many boons she consumes in relation to the power of her opponent. For instance, consuming ten boons would allow her to internalize enough power to effectively block or swat away, either with her blade or her hands, an attack from an opponent whose tier does not exceed hers. If she were to consume 15 boons, she would be able to effectively do the same against someone a tier above hers. And finally, by using 20 boons, she’d see its effects available against opponent’s two tiers above hers. Due to the means through which she attains a single boon, the limitations on how often she can gather them, and the fact that different circumstances would force her to use it up on other techniques, this technique’s limited simply by the number of boons she possesses. The use of this technique creates a “weather boon.”

Final Front: A sort of last resort and rather dangerous technique. By manipulating the blob to become either as large as Yurei or bigger, she commands it to swallow her whole. The reason for this is that during the time in which the woman is within the weather ghost, she’s able to heal up just about any injury or ailment despite their severity, extraordinarily fast amount of time. There are however very serious downsides to such a technique. For starters, by being inside the blob, she essentially creates a target at which, if hit, would cause her extreme physical pain. Seeing as her pain sensitivity is shared between the two beings, and the fact that they’re connected in a strange fashion in the technique, it would mean she would feel the pain as anyone otherwise would, and twice as strong as she’s used to. The technique is also quite taxing as it pushes the limits of what the blob can realistically handle. Therefore, the technique is limited to two uses per thread. The use of this technique creates a weather boon.

Wind Blade I: A somewhat self-explanatory technique, Yurei is able to manifest an extremely sharp and power blade of wind. The mechanisms through which this happens tend to vary. Since she’s unable to simply create the blade of wind where there isn’t any available of the latter, she has to rely on other methods. Instead, she makes use of the either the available wind, or simply whips up a gust through the swing of one of her swords. The actual wind blade is roughly 2 inches in width and with an overall length that can range from 2 feet to 20. The blade can be fired out straight down, in an arc, or horizontally just as a normal blade would. Upon impact, it’s usually capable of destroying medium size houses, leaving nothing but rubble at its wake. The use of this technique creates a weather boon.

The Vortex: By just whipping up a small gust of wind with her weapons or using one already available, Yurei is able to increase its size and make it spin at very fast speeds. The vortex is relatively small in comparison to true storms, but they’re very dangerous nonetheless. With two presents upon creation, each is roughly about 10 feet in height. Both of them spin at extremely fast speeds, forcing trees to uproot and houses to cave down in its vicinity. Due to their rapid, chainsaw-like spinning, they’re very efficient at dealing with physical combatants since it tends to shake them off balance and deal well with their advances. At the same time, they work as pretty efficient means of defense. For instance, the power of each vortex is such that Yurei can sacrifice one of them to stop attacks from opponents whose tier matches hers. And if she sacrifices both vortex at once, then she’s potentially able to face up to attacks from opponents a tier above hers. Unfortunately, once both vortexes have been destroyed, the technique incurs a four-post cool down. The use of this technique creates a weather boon.

Hot Load: By using her temperature manipulation when the blob is on its liquid state, it causes the liquid within to become superheated and way past its natural boiling point. Because of the skyrocketing temperature and the fact of it being a sealed container, the water temperature increases to a maximum of 374 degrees C (705 degrees F). At her command (or on her weather girl technique), powerful streams of scalding water are fired at her opponents and their attacks. The water is much hotter than most stoves and ovens can reach, and even nears the heat of most powerful fires. The fact that water behaves so erratically once it hits an object as it disperses around it, makes it an even more difficult attack to defend from. On contact, the hot load typically causes third degree burns the affected area. If enough water hits the opponent and for more than a few moments, then it’s certainly possible to see their flesh begins to melt off from some areas and deform. And when taking into account the sheer pressure of the blasts, typically able to hammer through steel doors and pierce through several dozen meters of concrete, it’s safe to assume that most of the flesh melting off would be thrown off their body at a moment’s notice.

Alternatively, rather than be fired off as a single water blast, Yurei can make sure to fire it as a number of water bubbles that travel at equally as extreme speeds. The reason for their speed is simple. Not only is the blob capable of projecting an attack of such a magnitude, but the sheer pressure buildup as the water heats up within brings it further. The bubbles however don’t behave exactly the same way as the water blast. Once they’re fired at their intended target, she’s able to will them into finally destabilizing and exploding. The superheated water when released in such a manner is just a bomb waiting to go off, and she simply takes control of when. Like with the blast, the burns created by such an attack easily fall within those of the third degree. Beyond that, the force of the explosions is powerful enough to destroy several houses, and crater in the ground for several dozen meters in radius. The size of the bubbles is entirely dependent on how many she creates per attack. A maximum of five can be created at once, at which point they possess a diameter of about one foot each, and an explosive range of about 10 feet each. For each less bubble she creates, the remaining increase by one foot in diameter, and by 10 feet in explosive range. In the end, if firing only one bubble, it maxes out at a diameter of 10 feet, and 100 feet in explosive range. The use of this technique creates a weather boon.

The Mist: If the blob or Yurei (in weather girl technique) are in their gaseous form, heating it with her temperature manipulation before expelling it results in tiny droplets of water that suspend in the air. Right away she reverses the process by rapidly cooling the air in her vicinity (to a maximum range of 100 meters from the source). In doing so, it creates a really dense mist that surrounds her and the area in some of the thickest fog imaginable. In just a second, Yurei is completely obscured from sight. In fact, the visibility is so poor in such a thick fog, that even standing a mere 10 feet from the person would show no signs of anyone being there, even with perfect visibility. Even individuals who specialize in energy sensing would have difficulties in finding her. And no, by no means is the technique superior to any devoted practitioner of such a skill. The reason why it works so well against them is simple. Just like with the blob, the mist is made entirely of essentially the same kind, feel, and vibe of spiritual signal as Yurei’s. Therefore, if anyone was trying to peer into it through those means to locate her, they would instead see her energy just about everywhere. Naturally there's always diminishing returns specially when up against people that are simply out of the norm. If the opponent's focus mastery is either Master or two masteries above hers, they should be able to sense her after a post has elapsed. Any higher mastery or differential would make the technique lacking in its effects.

There are however ways in which the enemy can see Yurei, though it takes someone with great skill and speed to be able to capitalize on the opportunities. Whenever an object or a person is within three feet of each other, they should be able to see the other. More importantly, the mist acts not just as a veil in which Yurei hides but as an extra form of sense. Being essentially her energy and connected to it, she can feel any movement that occurs within the area her mist occupies, and she’s able to see through it as well. Unfortunately, not even allies can see through the mist. The only way to allow some of her peers to navigate through it is by placing a rather peculiar seal on their person, giving them access for the technique’s duration. The technique is nonetheless limited by a number of factors. Typically, the mist can last for a maximum of five posts and can only be used once a thread. Trying to blow the mist away is not advice. Yurei continuously creates more mist on her surroundings, attributing the effort to the limited time it remains active, and the single use. The use of this technique creates a weather boon.

Hail: When in the solid form, Yurei can command either the blob or herself (in weather girl technique) to fire up a large amount of ice in a variety of shape and sizes. By using her wind ability in tandem with her temperature control, she’s able to create a large number of dangerous looking hails. Like during the blob’s solid state, each hailstone is created with carefully and with plenty of energy nanotubes within each. It’s the means through which they connect to Yurei and her spiritual commands. Because of this however, just like the blob, each hail is capable of remaining in a solid frozen state even when in the presence of temperatures that should have threatened their structures. Each hailstone is larger than usual, with an average diameter of about 1 foot. During each attack wave, roughly about 100 hailstones are fired down on the location of her choosing and spread out as desired. Given the unnatural speed at which they travel and their rugged composition, each hailstone is capable of breaking through solid rock and even several layers of concrete, making it likely to deliver powerful blows and even create wounds. If desired, Yurei can condense every hailstone into one massive, 100-foot hailstone to turn it into either a massive attack, or a very sturdy defensive maneuver. Regardless, only one wave of hailstones may be done per post, and if done consecutively for three posts, then a cool down of the three turns incurs as well. The use of this technique creates a weather boon.

Blade Boom: By swing either one or more blades at her opponent, a peculiar slash of wind is created. The wind slash is simply created by the speed and the force behind her swing. Altering the wing surge on the spot with her wind ability gives rather useful properties. If the wind slash attack connects, then the opponent is likely to be stunned due to nature of the sudden impact, though just momentarily. The remainder of the attacks from the technique come within a fraction of a second, in the form of a sword slash to the upper thigh and the opposite shoulder, and a powerful kick that sends them several meters away as they come back to themselves. The use of this technique grants Yurei one “blade boon.”

Whirlwind Barrage: By turning her body and spinning almost like a top, Yurei drives her swords in that same spinning fashion at extremely fast speeds. In doing so, she’s able to exert control over the change in wind her movement creates, making her go even faster. The momentum she possesses plus the potential force of impact given her strength is typically enough to destroy most solid objects and push back or unbalance some of the most formidable and durable of foes. Otherwise the attack is likely to completely push back and sent flying most opponents for several dozen meters if they had the time to block. Otherwise, the strength of the chainsaw-like movement, along with the speed and the enhancement from her wind can certainly take off a limb from opponents without a physical mean to stop it (i.e. blut or hierro). For those that do, if they’re hit, they would simply see a somewhat deep cut that likely bleeds profusely. The potential damage however is only in the chance the opponent is hit/cut. Alternatively, for the few moments the technique is displayed, the rapid movements in such a spinning fashion are able to stop and parry physical attacks so long as their pertinent attack’s mastery (zanjutsu or Hakuda) isn’t higher than Yurei’s own zanjutsu mastery. As for energy attacks, she’s only able to do the same against blasts from opponent’s whose tier do not exceed hers. However, she can consume three or five “blade boons” to make it effective against energy blasts from opponents one or two tiers higher than hers respectively. The use of this technique grants Yurei one “blade boon.”

Blinding Strike: The woman uses her temperature manipulation to skyrocket the surface temperature of her blades. They become hot enough to even show a certain degree of red throughout the body of the blade. Of course, this is done carefully as to not make it hot enough to be a detriment to it. At the same time, her own temperature manipulation maintains the surface of her skin and her clothes unhindered by its effects. Regardless, the technique starts off with a solid swing from one or more of her blades. The blades will try and hit either the opponent’s weapons. However, Yurei may also simply choose to hit two of her swords together. However, for the latter, seeing as it doesn’t require the opponent, the girl has to make sure she’s within four feet of them. In either case, a successful clash against the opponent’s weapons, or if she makes her own clash within that certain proximity, would trigger the rest of the technique. The clash would expel a lot of that heat, which is then forced into the opponent’s eyes through the use of her wind ability and the force of the attack. If either clash is successfully done as stated prior, then the opponent would be blinded for an additional post, and with extremely blurry vision for the second one. By the third post their vision should return to normal. A great healing ability may be able to halve the effects, creating blindness only for the current post, and simply having an extremely blurry and impaired eyesight for the following turn. The use of this technique grants Yurei one “blade boon.”

Surprise Hurricane: By jumping lightly and swinging her body in a spiral, Yurei comes down with one ore more blades to try and deliver an extremely powerful swing. If it connects on its downward onslaught against an opponent’s weapon, it can create a crater of approximately a dozen meters. If it however manages to connect with their body, its evident that unless they possess the means to try and take such a blow, the injury, potential blood loss and danger of such a technique is rather significant. The technique has a secondary function however in how it deals with energy attacks. By using her sheer strength and the power and skill behind her blades, Yurei is essentially able to slice through and disperse some energy-based attacks or defenses in her wake. However, that aspect is rather limited through a number of factors as it checks the opponent’s tier against her own zanjutsu mastery. At a mastery of elite, she’s able to affect the energy attacks of opponents four tiers lower than her, three tiers lower at master, and two tiers lower at grandmaster. The use of this technique grants Yurei one “blade boon.”

Searing Strike: Yurei initiates the movement by swinging one or more blades towards the opponent. Her weapon is infused with her temperature manipulation to make it far hotter than an oven, a fire, or some even the temperatures at which some common sturdy metals melt at. It is of course safe enough to prevent the damage or melting of truly durable weapons such as those like a Shinigami or an Arrancar’s zanpakuto. The attack aims to hit either the weapon of the opponent or the hands and wrists of the later. If successful, either by traveling through the weapon or by striking the hands, the extremely high temperatures would have one of a number of effects. Typically, the temperature increase is so high and the rate at which it happens so exceedingly fast, that most would drop their weapons on the spot. However, those with a pain tolerance that either matches or exceeds her zanjutsu mastery are able to hold onto their weapon throughout the technique. Still, a resistance to pain has no effect on the outcome of persisting in holding something so exceedingly hot. As such, regardless of whether it’s the weapon or the hand that’s struck, if the opponent doesn’t drop their weapon and move away, it would result in painful blisters that cover the hand/s that held the weapon or in its absence, that which was struck.

The detailed effects that occur from being able to and choosing to keep a hold of the weapon relies on the comparison between the opponent’s durability mastery and Yurei’s zanjutsu mastery. Beginner: using the searing strike at a beginner’s level of zanjutsu is just as one would imagine, clumsy and inefficient. Its blow is certainly powerful be it in the temperature or it’s speed, department but it lacks a finesse to it. However, because it’s clumsy the depth of the burns is not as great as it could be. Adept: as one might expect, an adept zanjutsu user of searing strike is capable on controlling the soaring temperatures of this sword much better than they had been capable of doing before. Those that are hit by this are not assailed by blisters, but rather if they are beneath an adept durability, their skin will be burnt up to second degree burns, due to the user’s effectiveness of channeling the temperature downward. Advance: separating the novices from the practitioners of this art, the advanced level is a qualitative change that allows the temperatures to soar several hundred degrees beyond what they already could. Capable of causing adept durability users to experience third degree burns within moments. Elite: like advance separated the weak from the average, elite is the dividing line between the average and the experts. A user of this caliber has supreme control of the flux of heat on their blade. Those of advanced durability will feel intense heat and sustain severe burns from the flare of heat that this blade brings. Master: the top, those that have mastered the way of utilizing this technique for their sword-arts. Controlling their temperature range is second nature. They are capable of causing their sweltering inferno of a blade to scorch the air. Naturally as such, it makes it hard to deal with a blade like this. Opponents with an advanced durability will be dealt a heavy hand. Sustaining bone deep injuries from the blade while elite only will endure dangerous and blistering injuries from it. For those who match her zanjutsu mastery with their durability mastery, the results instead reflect those of a reddish looking burn, seemingly raw to the naked eye, and with a number of blisters present. The use of this technique grants Yurei one “blade boon.”

Bladed Onslaught: The girl starts swinging wildly but with some level of control, either with one though most often with at least two blades. When using only one, Yurei makes sure to alternate the powerful and quick strikes, with just as powerful and quick defensive stances. When using two, though both of them are placed on the attack, one of the two will try to assume a more recurrent defensive role while the other attempts to hammer down on the opponent. The use of this technique grants Yurei one “blade boon.”

Chaotic Slash: From a distance or up close, Yurei slashes with one or more of her blades in either a downward or upward motion. The slash is done quickly but with great finesse as it creates a massively powerful effect on the air itself from its force. Typically, the technique its used either to slash defenses and attacks in half, be it those made of energy or more naturally occurring objects. However, slashing and breaking through large and dense objects or powerful energy defenses or attacks isn’t quite that simple. In order to do so, Yurei’s zanjutsu mastery checks against the opponent’s reishi/kido/zakoa/release/etc [whatever mastery governs the technique being used] for the likeliness of the effect. At a zanjutsu mastery of advanced, she’s able to slice through effortlessly through natural constructs or energy-based attacks or defenses from opponents whose specific mastery [as shown above] is two masteries below Yurei's zanjutsu. At a mastery of elite, she’s only able to effect opponents one mastery below her zanjutsu, equivalent at master, and one higher at grandmaster. However, by consuming five blade boons, Yurei’s able to effect with her slash the attacks of opponents one mastery higher than she otherwise could at her current mastery. Cannot stack, so consuming 10 boons on this technique would have no added effect. The use of this technique grants Yurei one “blade boon.”

Empowered Swordsman: In one of the few ways she can consume her blade boons, Yurei uses it to further facilitate her combat abilities with her weapons. By consuming 15 blade boons, the girl is able to experience a sudden increase to her speed and her physical strength that’s roughly two times her amounts. Naturally, this reflects in Yurei being able to move and attack much faster, while delivering noticeably more powerful swings with her blades. As such, its not uncommon to see the level of destructiveness behind each of her swings to skyrocket during the technique, making it easier for her to deal with tough opponents and defenses, to try and come on top. Regardless the technique has a rather short duration of only four posts. And even then, the sheer number of boons needed to consume in order to activate it, and the limitations placed on how many kinds of boons can be acquired per turn, makes it an even more difficult technique to access once; let alone repeatedly in any recurrent fashion. The use of this technique grants Yurei one “blade boon.”

Mind of the Swordsman: Due to Yurei and her devotion to the blade, she has trained an extremely fortified mind. Sword arts, and mental control are typically synonymous with one another, and thus she boasts a high resistance against mind-altering states due to the training she has undergone throughout the years. This means that she has a high chance of resisting most kinds of mental abilities that are used to assail her. However, because her mental fortitude is so polished she is able to return to a state of “calm” which is as thanks to the years of training to sync the power and skill behind her blade swings, while tempering it with a still and focused calmness in her mind. Essentially, having trained with both handily has allowed her to temporarily improve the power and skill of her blade swings after focusing enough. Its no different from staying still and getting ready to deliver one strong blow to a dummy or a surface.

Call it being in the zone, or a state of hyper focus but, in this state, at beginner focus, her zanjutsu is bolstered by 20% for a post, at adept its 30% for two posts, advanced 40% for three, elite 50% for four posts, master 70% for five posts, and grandmaster 90% for five posts. Granted the secondary thing to consider is this is highly based off her focus mastery in order to raise her awareness and ability to perform better with her blade as opposed to rushing about. The tradeoff to this is that she can't simply access it at will. Yurei has to remain still, without moving an inch for a full post before being able to take advantage of this. Regardless of her mastery, a successful use would incur a three post cooldown. Creates one "blade boon".

Power Strike: A rather simple but dangerous technique that has Yurei raised either one or more of her blades, and swing them down with unyielding might. Unlike some of her other techniques, this one doesn’t rely on speed or agility but rather the sheer magnitude of the power behind her swings. The situational awareness before the strike, coupled with the control force behind the slash make this extremely powerful attack possess roughly three times the force to her swings than she otherwise would. But more importantly, the use of this technique earns her two blade boons, an incurs a two turn cooldown as well.

Hadō #33. Sōkatsui (蒼火墜, Blue Fire)
Incantation: "Ye lord! Mask of flesh and bone, flutter of wings, ye who bears the name of Man! Truth and temperance, upon this sinless wall of dreams unleash but slightly the wrath of your claws."
Description: Blue flames discharge from the palm. The practitioner aims the palm of their hand at their target and generates a torrent of blue energy before firing it at their target. The energy moves like a direct blast or a large wave of energy, depending on the amount of power which is placed into it.

Hadō #63. Raikōhō (雷吼炮, Thunder Roar Sear)
Incantation: "Sprinkled on the bones of the beast! Sharp tower, red crystal, steel ring. Move and become the wind, stop and become the calm. The sound of warring spears fills the empty castle!"
Description: Generating an orb of yellow lighting above the palm of his/her hand, the practitioner fires the built-up energy at his/her target as a massive concentration of energy which resembles a lightning strike. The effect has devastatingly destructive results.


Millón Escudo (ミジョン・エスクド, Mijon Esukudo)
Incantation: N/A
Description: A light green hexagonal barrier which is normally fixed to one central area and, when inactive, remains highly difficult to see. Upon contact with an outside force, the barrier enlarges to fully protect whatever it is affixed to. The barrier keeps the attack away from the target, gathers the energy in one area, and momentarily absorbs the energy from the attack before forcing the attack outward and away from the shield, dispersing the attack altogether.

Kokan (交換 Exchange)
Incantation: Rain down from the heavens. Infuse my blade and become my might, infuse my soul and become my will.
Description: Upon use, Yurei will exhibit a light green energy glow that surrounds her person for just a moment before the glow stops. Through this technique, she’s able to exchange, convert, rearrange, or organize her weather, blade, and power boons. For instance, if she had one weather boon and three blade boons, using this technique would allow her to have either four weather or blade boons and none of the other, or simply have two boons of each. Essentially, she’s able to convert certain boon types into the other and organize them as she sees fit. Kokan can only be used once every five turns.

Waki Agaruchi (湧き上がる血 Boiling Blood)
Incantation: Feast on your sins and accept the punishment.
Description: The technique is a three-part kido that’s very specific in how it needs to begin, but with flexibility in its final rendition. If at any time or through any means blood from the opponent touches or smears one of her blades, reciting the incantation kicks off its effects. First the blood would boil and evaporate. If the blood didn’t stay on the blade, the area that was touched by it would simply give off a faint red hue and a soft smoke that vanishes quickly. More importantly, by using the incantation on the blood that is or was once present on the blade to form a temporary connection to the opponent. In essence, when Yurei willed it, it would be as though the open cut in the opponent’s body was being cut or stab into again. The wound doesn’t get larger though since there’s no real visible cut being made. But the pain is very real. It’s a psychological cut, not a real cut, but again, the pain is real. If there’s no wound, the pain would be present regardless. It feels as though the wound is being made all over again, dug deeper and trashed in and about. The threshold of pain induced simply keeps going up as she’s able to induce it further. Regardless, Yurei can only induce the painful sensations once a turn for maximum duration of three turns.

There are however means to negate the pain either for the most part or outright. Typically, opponents whose pain tolerance mastery is higher than Yurei’s kido mastery will be able to ignore its effects, whereas those who mastery match hers would simply have rather noticeably, painful, but tolerable pain. On the flipside those whose mastery is below hers would experience excruciating pain that stuns them for the remainder of the technique (which can be escaped from by having either a Kido/Strength mastery that's above her Kido mastery). The stun could also be compared to passing out, like sensory overload, where a high enough level of pain can cause an individual to pass out momentarily. However, the opponent is only passed for the short moment until the technique finishes. The remainder of the technique is delivered in a single motion made almost within a fraction of a second, though certainly not automatically. The blade glows and Yurei swings it at the opponent. The power of the blade combines with the massive strength she delivers in each of her swings. A deep red hued kido slash made to look like blood is then swung at the opponent. The power behind the crescent slash is evident as it pushes up against the foe, attempting to slam into the and cut across their body with great force. As expected, as soon as the technique ends, those affected by the temporary stun are no longer are. Although the ones affected are only those whose pain tolerance mastery is below her kido mastery, spending 8 boons of any kind would enable her to affect those whose mastery match hers. But to be able to affect those whose mastery exceeds hers, she would need to spend a whopping 12 boons.


Ha No Arashi (刃の嵐 Blade Storm)
Incantation: Look once and be stricken with fear, look twice and petrify.
Description: On command, something rather unnatural begins to manifest from Yurei’s body. Half a foot below her arms, to each side, a new pair of arms extends forth. Each of its hands holds on its grip a katana similar to hers. The kido doesn’t create an illusion, they are real limbs that extend from her person. Not only do they add more power to her combined swings, but it allows for different and unique opportunities to approach combat. The technique has a duration of about four posts, with a cool down of about three.

Sajingu-ha (サージング波 Surging Wave)
Incantation: Flow and grow.
Description: By running her fingers down one of her blades, a trail of wave like scratches are left on its wake. The energy then resonates and glows on the very same weapon before the light vanishes. In practice, the kido enables Yurei to earn double the amount of boons on her next technique which grants it. This technique, if used three times consecutively will incur a three post cooldown. But even the technique which benefits from this one will incur a two post cooldown as well.

Taninguburedo (ターニングブレード Turning Blade)
Incantation: N/A
Description: If using only one sword Yurei runs her fingers over the blade, whereas with more, she simply runs the blades over each other. Regardless, the sword is then thrown at the opponent, where it begins spinning dozen thousand times per second. Needless to say, getting hit by such a fast spinning zanpakuto would cause quite a lot of damage, and perhaps even take off a limb as well. Regardless, whether the opponent tries to dodge or block, the blade seems to have something else planned for itself. If the opponent tries to block the blade will vanish from where it was. And if they dodge, it would simply vanish from where its trajectory led it to. The point of the technique is to, in case connecting initially is not possible, then the sword would be made to materialize on the opposite direction on which it was thrown, typically right behind the opponent since its usually thrown right at them. The sword would then begin spinning just as fast as it travels in the same path, this time towards Yurei trying to slash apart what it could or couldn’t. The use of this post incurs a three post cooldown and it grants one blade boon upon use.

Droplet step: Yurei has a special variant of flash-step which is compromised off of the water that she uses. When she utilizes this flash-step she is capable of moving at high speeds like the name-sake of this ability suggests. However, that is where the similarity ends. The utilization of this skill grants a weather boon as well as at the point that she appears she conjures up high-speed droplets. These droplets shoot out like a scatter shot in the surrounding radius. Given it takes roughly a cero's worth of energy this water can either A) Be used scatter shot, or B) Can be used with the express purpose of augmenting a high velocity water art by 15% after it's being used for that lone attack only.

Misutobērudansu (Mist Veil Dance) A secondary variant of Flash-Step which has to do with the intrinsic ability to manipulate water into a gaseous state as well as influence temperature. Within a set distance of 500 meters, the realm becomes enshrouded in mist. Within this radius which is super-saturated with Yurei's own spirit-energy it becomes very similar to that of a domain. Granted because this superlative space is saturated with both her technique and her energy she is capable of moving inside of it at extremely high speeds when utilizing flash-step. This movement becomes 25% faster in this set region, as well as the reason for the namesake mist-veil dance. As she moves her speed coupled with the mirage like affect which can generate from the temperature interplaying with the steam will cause after-images to form. These images are hard to discern from the original due to the entirety of the region being covered evenly with her spirit energy. But alas, those whose focus mastery is equivalent to hers should be able to discern who she is after a post has elapsed, while those whose mastery exceeds her can likely make her out rather quickly.

Ike sukippusuteppu (Pond Skip Step) A third variant of flash-step which intrinsically is based off her ability to manipulate water into variant streams. Unlike what the name suggests the concept of this flash step is between compression of water as seen with her high velocity water arts, and her ability to use flash-step to cover large distances at once. Before utilization of this technique it is preferred to be near a large body of water, or to be in a raining environment. However, once used, the user will condense a massive volume of water onto the surface of their legs before vanishing into the flash-step. Upon exiting flash-step the user becomes capable of "Skipping" meaning instantly using a second 20% faster flash-step by using the water that was stored as a jet. This movement as well causes a flash-step which looks like it is skipping over a pond as the large volume of water typically expelled will exceed 100 meters in circumference, making a small pond under the after image which fades as soon as the user appears once more.

Reijingu ribā dansu (Raging River Dance) By far the most devastating flash-step that yurei has in her arsenal, this works off the compounding force that is present when the user is leaving and entering flash-step and the faint amount of water that cloaks them at all times. Like a sponge after entering and exiting flash-step the amount of force compounded increases by a moderate amount each time. For example if after the first flash-step the discharge force was equal to what was needed to shatter a boulder, the second could shatter a small house. In this manner the amount of force will compound until it reaches the 5th flash-step. At that point all the energy is released as the water surges forth like a raging river into the environment around her, causing massive amounts of damage, capable of removing medium to somewhat larger rocks from the ground, destroying small to medium sized homes, and cars that might be in its path.