Starman

The city was a magnificent thing. As soon as Iori entered it's limits, she could feel an uplifting emotional feel in the very air, something strong and powerful that resonated with the flame in her heart that had ignited when Ulv raised her from that coma. A barely perceivable amber haze covered the place, and the buildings were more obviously amber coloured. Stare into their walls long enough, and you could even see a fire crackling from within the stone. This place was definitely more than just normal buildings. And any energy sensitive being could see even further than that, as the power signature of nearly every race imaginable was evident inside the Harbour. Clearly, this was a melding pot of every refugee that could make it here. The buildings rose taller into the sky than they should, the city was more vast than the landmass it covered, and it throbbed with a life as if it was going to uproot from the island and rush into the horizon in pursuit of some deeply held dream. But even then, to the person who felt such outside feelings to be cheating, for one who wished to rely on himself, and to know everything he did in life was his own, the great power of the city would be distant. Visible, notable, but effecting one as much as the gentle lapping waves of the Harbour effected The Sun.

As for Ulv, she was less than spectacular, as she was found in her house on the hill, door open and talking to a mad-scientist type guy. And a truly massive cow was in front of them, twice the size of a normal cow.
"Mayor Auber! I bring you my new invention. The mutant Super-Cow! It can run like a bolt of lightning, strike it's enemies with steel-hard horns, and it's muscles are bigger than a man is wide! It is truly a marvel to face on the battlefield! And with it's special Hetrodyne Gut, it needs half the fuel of a normal cow!" The man spoke with emphatic enthusiasm.
"Lovely. The problem is, I asked you to make this for the sake of food, not a Bovine WMD. So I am going to need you to remove the running, the steel horns, the massive muscles, and just have me a large cow we can eat" Ulv replied, her tone soft and somewhat amused.
"I....but...Mayor Auber.....can I at least show you the Cow's capabilities on this trespasser?" The scientist asked, pointing to Iori.
"Ohh, Hhy Iori. Do you want to fight a cow?" Ulv asked, giving her a coy grin.

Ulv looked Iori up and down for a few seconds before nodding her ascent.
"Yea, you do. Like some Super-Vintage Hooligan here to steal our cows" Ulv spoke, looking to the Scientist, who looked to Ulv. They both nodded and then stepped out of the way to let Iori fight the cow. The scientist wasn't exaggerating, as the cow took off with a shot, rapid Bovine Missile Attack charging towards Iori with such unexpected speed that one could easily be caught off guard. And were it to hit, the creature's immense bulk and great strength would ensure it was not an easy hit to talk.

"You know, there might be something to this Bovine Defence Force. Uma would certainly be interested if nothing else. Can you teach them to walk on their hind legs and wield halberds?" Ulv asked the scientist. Probably the wrong thing to ask because his eyes were aglow with passion and zeal for this new test and scurried off to start SCIENCE! in his lab.

"Cannan does find the strangest people...."

It was a fast cow, and a strong cow. Wouldn't do much for high tier opponents, but that was why Ulv had Demonica, Mifune, and herself. Getting these cows out, maybe some Mil-Tac armour from Vastime or another source, and she'd have a good baseline defence force against human and near-human level invaders. Plus, they were cows, and who expected their assault force to get blitzed by a herd of cows? Still, Ulv kicked off after it blasted Iori some meters backwards, and landed on the Cow's back, channeling her Menacing Devil Arms to soothe it's temper and calm it down.

"Excellent! Your contribution to the Bovine Defence Force shall not be forgotten, Iori!" Ulv smiled and led the cow out of the door, it was smart enough to make it's own way back to the pastures. "So, you have come here for a reason other than testing the combat capabilities of a Super-Cow, yes?" Ulv asked, heading over to make the cups of tea while she waited for Iori to speak. It was not every day you got to fight with a giant super-cow capable of catching you off guard and knocking you on your ass. So it was a day for tea.

"As a woman who has a goal like mine, foolish and impossible though that goal may be, I am not one to ask for reparations for my deeds. They are done because they need to be done, and no other reason. Midori needed help, not punishment, and you were the best one to do it. Though I am sure Shadin is well capable of giving you the best housing Karakura has to offer, you are always welcome to come here if you want some time away from anything" Ulv told Iori, handing over the cup of tea and necking her own with a long swing. She then tossed it over her shoulder, but rather than the thing clatter to the floor and break, it seemed to catch an updraft of wind and gently float to the sink.

Ulv then clicked on a pair of amber manacles and the oppressive might she had was dropped radically, becoming little more than a normal human being's output.
"Midori tells me you are quite skilled at the art of fighting. I'm going to go out on some roadwork myself, there is something I am chasing that requires a lot of work put into it. And Ursa Takkeyeon is hell on legs that aren't kept up to spec"

"Ahh, Bājíquán. Never looked to Wing Chun, it didn't have what fit my style. But Bājíquán, Changquan, and Muay Thai and a few others I cant remember off of my head all got put into Wolf-Fu, Mirja's unique fighting style. She took bits that she wanted out of a lot of combat styles and then compressed it into something that fit her. And from that style I took what suited me and added it to Ssamsu Takkeyeon, which ultimately leads to my style. Ursa Takkeyeon. Reinforced by the Dragon Tiger Gate stance from old Wulin, and I do pretty well on the fighting front" Ulv explained, the lengthy history of her current state of combat being told before heading to the door.

"I've got a nice beach front if you feel you can go for a good jog. Not sure about Wing Chun, but Bājíquán requires a good lower body strength to be able to put all the step-in force into the shoulders and elbows. Bo-Bup would probably also be good for a blow, if you can make sure they won't move or take advantage of your moving" Ulv told Iori, pulling open the massively heavy door and gesturing with her head.