Re: I'd Like to Avoid Plan B[Ulv]

Wed Jul 03, 2019 7:43 am

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Artist: Mogeko Castle - Song: MaouDamashii Town 10 - Word Count:

There was the core juxtaposition between the two of them and was steadily making Kamui less interested in the whole thing. Educational purposes were ultimately the reason he was going to give in to her request, but it was also boring. That was work. He already did his work for the day in even tracking down the relic and claiming it and his gut reaction was not to be excited about having to do even more work. Her entire argument hinged on Kamui believing that fighting her would be especially enlightening for him in so far as personal growth...and he simply didn't. The line that did land however was about making a plan and having one in the event he needed to kill her or someone like her was useful to have...that just didn't stop it from being boring.

"Fine, you win. I am somewhat out of practice though."

Kamui said with an exaggerated sigh, his confrontational pose softening to a more submissive one, as if he resigned to her argument. He had not "sparred" with someone for for close to six years now so it wasn't actually a lie and even longer since he had truly fought, solely, hand to hand. Even if it was not what she expected it was going to be his plan though. He didn't really want to reveal the functionality of his weapons for something like this. He did stay standing though, he had already stretched the bounds of what could be considered appropriate etiquette in someone else's home as it was and was in no rush whatsoever to dishonor his mother's lessons further, he'd wait for Ulv to actually invite him to sit down, assuming she did not wish to get started right away.

"I am your servant, miss. Would you like to begin after your tea or now?"

Wed Jul 03, 2019 7:55 am

I'd Like to Avoid Plan B[Ulv] - Page 2 6EdIfMt

The Flame Of Hope

Artist: Carrotwine - Song: Dark Side Of The Road

"Perfect chance to get back into practice then. I doubt everyone is just going to handle over the relics like I did" Ulv replied, waving her hand and making the walls and furniture turn a sudden, bright amber. Heat exploded from the room, and it became a most comforting level. Not to hot, and no level of humidity, but still just warm enough to snuggle in with a cup of chocolate and read a book. There was a slightly eerie feeling of a thousand eyes suddenly opening and looking at Kamui, but there was nothing around to support the idea that he was being looked at.

"We can have tea afterwards. Until then, I am happy for your acceptance. Learning from others is a good pursuit of life" Ulv would cup her hand over a closed fist and give a light bow, then take out a pair of manacles. No chains, just the metal wrist-cuff with two links dangling from them. They were beyond useless for actually being used to restrain someone. "Though the choice is yours if you want to use these. They are special equipment that feeds off your resolve and passion and exertion, and manifests it as real, actual progression down were you want. They do mental strength the best since they feed of mental emotions, but anything you want to get better in, these will help you. Do restrict your power a lot as well, which really helps in a sparring situation"

Ulv put on her own pair, and the restriction on her power was immediate, her spiritual output dropping some seventy-five percent.
"You don't have to wear them, they just help get that rust off. And I don't have to focus so much on restraint with them on"

Wed Jul 03, 2019 8:05 am

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Artist: Mogeko Castle - Song: MaouDamashii Town 10 - Word Count:

It was a strange sensation, the room becoming so very comfortable and so very inhospitable at the same time. Sparing a glance around him, both at the intensity of the red that had encompassed the room and to look for whatever was making his skin crawl, did not supply much in the way of useful information. Her displays thus far indicated an affinity for fire so the heat that encircled them was pretty consistent, this odd sensation of being watched however, was not. After reciprocating the bow in a surprisingly accurate Chinese style, perhaps she assumed given his state of dress, Kamui caught the wrist cuffs as they were bestowed to him. This...this was less useful for him than he thought it was going to be. Limiting their powers did little for him in terms of finding hidden strengths he might be able to exploit later, but he couldn't really back away now.

"Intriguing"

Whether it was planned by Ulv to rob him of his purpose in doing this or she just genuinely thought Kamui had no chance against her without this handicap, it did not matter. The man clasped them on and immediately felt them "catch" the energy radiating from him. This too was a surreal feeling. He might need to look in to investing in these.

"You want to do this here? In your home? I'm ready if you do but even with these limits we're likely to break something."

Wed Jul 03, 2019 8:17 am

The Flame Of Hope

Artist: Carrotwine - Song: Dark Side Of The Road

Ulv let out a laugh at the idea of breaking something in her home, and gestured to the walls.
"Without my limits, I'd need to exert true effort to break the walls with this power running. While limited to only 25% of my power, most things are either easily replaced, or pretty indestructible outside of my Ressurecion. And trust me, I am not popping that for a spar" Ulv shook her head at the idea, and then slid down into a style. She held out to hands, and martial intent blossomed in both of them before she brought them together and cycled the desire through her whole body, dropping into the stance of Dragon Tiger Gate.

Waiting for Kamui to do the same, Ulv stepped up, a step smoother than should have been possible. As if Ulv had stolen all the friction from the ground and was as much sliding as she was stepping, the lack of friction giving an incredible fluidity and connected perfection to her steps. Assuming Kamui was not enthralled by the elegance that could be matched only by the most apical of dancers, he would see Ulv starting this whole thing simple, a leg lifting from the ground to strike a kick into his side. A strong, and swift kick despite the restraints.

Wed Jul 03, 2019 9:35 pm

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Artist: Mogeko Castle - Song: MaouDamashii Town 10 - Word Count:

Kamui mirrored her movements as she dropped into a stance, he too dropped into the horse stance of Wing Chun, the basic ready stance. It was his most comfortable form, despite knowing many others and utilizing many others, they all invariably came back to the Wing Chun comfort stance. The part that bothered him though was that he did not recognize the stance Ulv dropped in to. It held many similarities to others he was familiar with, where the feet were positioned, where the head was angled, where the hands were...but he had never seen them all combined in the way they had been. It was strange, to say the least.

Unfortunately for her, Kamui was one of the last people on the planet to be mesmerized by the fluidity of her movements. He was impressed, yes, he only really knew one other person who he'd seen move like that, but he had also spent the majority of his life on the receiving end of that person's punishment. Feeling like his was fighting his old man again definitely left a pit in his stomach though.

Ulv was like his father though, she didn't come out of the gate with any intention to actually hit him. She wanted to savor the fight like it was a wine and, much to said father's frequent chagrin, that simply wasn't Kamui. Kamui went for the win as early and as often as he possibly could and now was not going to be any different. As the kick came in, Kamui sucked his stomach in and for the briefest of moments, pushed his arms forward and up, his body forming a sort of "C" shape. The small by of separation gained caused the kick to sail harmlessly past his abdomen. As this happened though, Kamui stepped forward, putting his same sided foot behind where his opponent's leg had stood before and where it would logically come down, with his two feet pointing towards each other, he would follow up with his left foot, circling around Ulv's retreating leg and using the circular momentum to throw a punch cocked from his shoulder, aiming for Ulv's left cheek.

Thu Jul 04, 2019 8:51 am

The Flame Of Hope

Artist: Carrotwine - Song: Dark Side Of The Road

Ulv's kick sailed past him, which was good. If he couldn't dodge an attack that was thrown with the intent of him dodging it, then he would certainly be more of a braggart than Ulv took him for on the skill front. Then he went and showed himself the opposite end of the spectrum by immediately following up on the attack without much in the way of warming up to it. She did get to see some excellent, confident footwork out of him as he moved around the kick and then took circular momentum from the move and smacked Ulv across the cheek with his fist.

Radically reduced power with the same level of durability did not lend itself well to decisive strikes however, and so Ulv stopped the blow dead with her cheek and just sort of looked at Kamui for a moment before swinging the leg she had kicked him with backwards, less of an attack meant to wound and more of a dumpster truck aiming to knock him on his ass so she could have a moment to talk to him about where he wanted to go with all this. She was fine with having the match a serious brawl rather than swapping pointers, but needed to know it was that.

Thu Jul 04, 2019 9:18 am

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Artist: Mogeko Castle - Song: MaouDamashii Town 10 - Word Count:

Again, not a proper retaliation, Kamui was getting angry. It was the same way his father tried to "toy" with him to because it was more of a fun stupid game to him than it was actual training. He was beginning to hate this woman. Personal respect wasn't as important to Earthlings as it was to the Sugiura, Kamui knew that, but even when shown that Kamui was not playing around, her intent was to push him away instead of actually strike back? Infuriating. He wasn't going to put up with it.

As her foot came back around toward his backside, with the intent of just shoving him away, Kamui's free hand, seemingly with no proper brace to it, reached back and intercepted the incoming leg, visibly only seeming to catch it out of midair and hold it. What Ulv would feel however was that before her leg even made contact with Kamui's palm, she'd feel as if her leg was pushing against an invisible pressure, forcibly dampening any force her kick had before it connected with the man's hand. Kamui had shown his Ichisotenshu, to further prove his point as his fist stayed connected to her cheek, outrage in his eyes.

"I don't know who taught you or if the customs in this part of the world are just so cavalier and arrogant that this is expected, but you only soften the strength of your attacks when you spar someone, not the skill. If you continue to insult me with more half measures we have nothing more to exchange. You're being horribly disrespectful. There is nothing to learn from someone who does not respect you. Start taking this seriously or I'm leaving."

Kamui bounced back away from her, disengaging from her face and leg to allow her to reset. It was a strange juxtaposition from Kamui's disposition so much as five years ago. It was a trait he inherited from his father and one he continued to hate more and more...and it was one he was seeing in this woman. She had one more chance, this was her idea.

Thu Jul 04, 2019 9:42 am

The Flame Of Hope

Artist: Carrotwine - Song: Dark Side Of The Road

The force explosion technique-y thing he used to blow her away was pretty interesting. Maybe she could make preset pockets of air that did the same for last-gasp defence moves. Still, the whole thing went relative as she had wanted it to, with Kamui coming out and talking to Ulv about how he was most displeased with her actions and not starting a showing-of-skill by immediately going for the throat.
"There seems to be a misunderstanding. I wasn't intending a spar but rather something in which skill is exhibited. There is no victory or defeat, putting your partner down just ends the sharing, so it is to be avoided and slowly built up to until you get to the point where you are showing off your big stuff"

He let her reset her pose, and she did so, returning to her style before voicing further.
"A person learns a lot more by something coming towards them than they do watching it from a distance. But, if you would prefer that we fight properly, I can do that" Ulv nodded, and waited for Kmaui to be ready before darting towards him, leaping up and twisting so she seemed to be in position for a dropping axe-kick, but then she thrust off a reiatsu platform and landed on her hands, crumpling down a little to drive a heel into his chest. Giving such a wide variety of movement to track, and with the speed and martial excellence it was executed with, maybe he wouldn't be so sad that she wasn't trying to break his everything.

Thu Jul 04, 2019 10:19 am

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Artist: Mogeko Castle - Song: MaouDamashii Town 10 - Word Count:

That was more like it. What use was just an exhibition of techniques? Especially if her only exhibition was the riveting advancement of the art that was a side kick. Those weird dancing performances humans did with their martial arts always greatly confused Kamui. They were demonstrations that they knew choreographed movements, not that they were actually applicable in anything that mattered. No, if that's what she had wanted he should have just walked out the door awhile ago...but now this was looking more promising. This finally looked like she was taking him and the interaction a little more seriously and the first thing Kamui noticed was that she was fast. Likely faster than he was in his diminished state, which was likely a problem given that based off her frame alone she was probably better at taking hits than he was. Trading blows with her probably wasn't the best tactic, but Kamui didn't have many options.

Especially if she wasn't going to continue to be so telegraphed. Of everything his father taught him, Kamui thanked him most of the Seikuken. As he returned to his ready stance which was quickly followed by Ulv dashing at him, his immediate prepared response to the descending axe kick was his Rising Jaguar and as soon as Ulv telegraphed that movement, Kamui's knees were already bending in response...unfortunately Ulv was a little less predictable than that. If Kamui's Seikuken was not so adept at reacting to and adapting to changes within his sphere, this was going to be so much worse than it already was.

She kicked off of nothing, another of those Reishi tricks Kamui assumed, and darted straight down to the ground just as Kamui was starting to leave his feet into the air, the man catching the movement at the last possible second. As Ulv caught the ground and cocked herself to drive her heel into his chest, Kamui changed his take off by a mere fraction of an inch. Not enough to avoid, but enough to soften. As the heel crashed into the right side of his chest, Kamui was already rotating with the Go no Sen. It didn't fully negate the blow, Kamui still felt the impact and subsequent pain coursing through his chest, but the rotational force softened it just enough that it didn't send him flying. It did however send him spinning faster. Using the force of her kick, Kamui sent it right back at her as his legs rotated, the hop kick aimed to slam into her thigh as it recoiled from the kick and his second leg fraction of a second later, moved to try and stomp on her abdomen before his body finished careening past her.

Kamui tucked his arms into his chest as he hit the ground, catching himself in a perfect Ukemi as he rolled across the ground and slowed to a stop. He wasn't done though, catching himself on the balls of his feet, Kamui launched up and, catching where Ulv's position was, violently sliced his hands through the air, one over top of the other while focusing Chi at the crossing point. Kamui's chi was forced forward when the hands pushed through it and rocketing the energy in the air toward Ulv. With the dampeners, the Sonic Boom wasn't going to have anywhere near the concussive or lacerating power it normally would, but it would still feel as if Kamui managed to land a haymaker from across the room if Ulv did not dodge or impede it in some way.

Thu Jul 04, 2019 11:12 am

The Flame Of Hope

Artist: Carrotwine - Song: Dark Side Of The Road

There was a lot more force behind the kick that there should have been, as if the woman had an abnormal skeletal system. For her part, Ulv shifted back a little as his reprisal kick came in and caught the blow on her shin. She would then twist her leg and crack the second kick with her knee, not enough to stop it but throw it off just a little, and have it hit her hipbone rather than her abdomen. All these blows to sheer bone would reinforce the idea that her skeleton was strange and different from how hard it was when impacted. The combination of the many watching eyes and Ulv's own incredible kinetic sense allowed her to make moves that should not have been possible in quarters as close as this.

Kipping up after the exchange, Kamui decided now was the time to showcase what ranged styles they had to offer, and so Ulv gathered The Wind around her palm and that palm was then thrust outwards, creating a focused gale that upended everything in the room that wasn't nailed down.
"I've not really got an arsenal of ranged attacks for my martial arts, so if you want to stay over there, I'll have to dip into something less friendly to stay competitive" Ulv commented, smiling to Kamui. There was a different feel to her now, one that bubbled with zealous delight, and was growing stronger with every Stack the woman got.