Re: Roaring Seas [The Depths Stir - CITY ATTACK THREAD]

Sat Feb 13, 2021 3:09 pm

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Guard Against the Rain

The Shinigami nodded once to himself as the holy flames slammed into his watery attacker, causing most of its trunk to evaporate in a loud explosion of steam. Laskt allowed the fierce rush of adrenaline to flow through his veins, even as he rapidly attempted to withdraw from the area. The situation was still confusing and alien, but at least he could hurt his unusual attackers.

Unfortunately, he seemed to have tempted fate a little too arrogantly. With the lightning reflexes of a trained soldier, Laskt threw together a rough platform of Reiatsu in midair, launching himself to the side with a heavy kick. Despite his instinctive dodge, the watery tentacle still nearly clipped him, dissolving only moments before it would have sent him crashing to the ground. The Vizard swore again, using a Shunpo to reposition himself on to of a nearby skyscraper already half-drowned by the rising waters. The situation only grew more dire by the moment, especially since he couldn't even be sure that any of his attacks would even put down the strange appendages. He would need to intensify his next attack: see if complete disintegration prevented regneration.

The knight's compatriots seemed to be faring little better, as neither of the girl's attacks seemed to be much more successful than his own. He did, however, note the blue-hued arrows the blonde fired, filing the information away to be processed at a later date. These monsters did not appear to be Hollows, so the Quincy's misguided methods mattered little.

The activity of the whale-like creature seemed to have redoubled the activity of whatever entity controlled the strange rain, causing the ambient energy in the newly formed sea to spike dramatically. Newly formed tendrils erupted from the waters, most of them seemingly targeting themselves at him as they sliced through the air. Laskt settled himself into the opening stance of Shigure Shinrin Ryu, his eyes determined. If he could just keep the sea's attention on him while the others provided fire support, perhaps this situation could be salvaged after all.

A dodge left, and a heavy two-handed cut to the side incapacitated the first tentacle, while a devastating backhand cut a second in twain. The Shinigami's body was a blur of motion, the blade in his hand a barely visible flicker upon the air as he fought for his life against his unorthodox attackers. However, similarly to the original tentacle, whatever damage he inflicted upon them healed in short order, leaving them as good as new as they came in for another attack.

It was a small miscalculation: a misjudgment of mere inches. A tenacle snaked through the swordsman's defenses, slamming into his chest and sending his Zanpaktou spinning out of his hand, lodging it in a nearby building. A second tenable erupted from below the concrete rooftop, sending an injured Laskt spinning uncontrollably into the air.

With the athleticism of a trained warrior, Laskt reoriented himself in the air, slamming his hand onto the thin air as he formed footholds with which to brake himself. The building below him collapsed as the tendrils shot after the airborne warrior, seeking to crush him like a bug in their grip. Lacking access to his Zanpaktou, there was only one thing Laskt could think to do. He had a whole library's worth of doubts, but he had promised Yoshitsune he would at least try. It was time to see if those doubts....were truly justified

You have been living in my mind for ten centuries Tozat. I zink it is time you start earning your keep.

He inhaled deeply, stilling his mind and raising a trembling hand. Laskt could feel the currents of Hollow energy flowing through him like scum in a stream, their very existence pounding at his sanity. The Vizard, however, did not retreat this time, instead seizing upon the corruption, subduing it, bending it to his will. It was HIS energy, and it would follow HIS direction.

Laskt eyes snapped open as the power of a Hollow erupted from his finger tips, a harsh thrumming sound piercing through the pounding rain. The purplish-black Cero exploded forward, slamming into the two tentacles and the building beneath them before detonating in the waters below. If there was no interference, the building would be leveled in its entirety, the water around it vaporizing under the torrent of energy....

Mon Feb 15, 2021 6:42 pm

Roaring Seas [The Depths Stir - CITY ATTACK THREAD] - Page 3 6EdIfMt

ENTER THE PRINCESS OF FEAR

Artist: Persona 5 Royal - Song: Take Over

Well, she was expecting some reaction, just, not this one. As she corrected her position and launched herself further into the air after the initial strike, she prepared her weapon for another attack, only for her to tilt her head in confusion as the tendril dissipated. Was she out of range? No, that couldn't have been it, everything had gone weirdly quiet.

But, as the Earth began to shake and tremble, Jenny felt a shiver run down her spine. She wasted no time -- she called out to the pink creatures and Akumu, reaching out to them mentally in order to order them to stop forming walls and to split up into smaller forms, wrapping up as many people as they could and forming spheres to protect them from the waves, while also giving them a supply of air. As the creatures returned to their natural forms and started moving to carry out their new assignment, Jenny saw the waters growing even more turbulent than before.

'Oh, SHIT...'

More tendrils shot from the waves, with them being even more violent than before as Jenny tried to stop herself from being pushed back from the sudden pressure of the water and energy spiking in the area. Jenny slowly brought her arms back to her sides as she stared at the torrent and tendrils, seeing them rage through the city. She looked toward where the source of it all seemed to be, summoning a spear to her hand, before lifting off the building and flying back over to where Adam was, hopping onto his back.

"Daddy, we need to try and take out Hubert the Space Whale! If we do that, then we can at least be able to stop the tentacles from forming. After that, we can work on the flooding and infrastructure damage! I...don't really have anything that can help with the flooding and property damage anyways, so, I could really use your help."

Thu Feb 18, 2021 7:32 pm

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Adam just pat Jenny's head once she told him everything that was going on. It was pointless to go over where the huge monster was. After all, a bunch of dense energy signatures was more than likely dealing with the threat. No. They needed to stay here and make sure that the other citizens have a clear shot at living through this.

"Ah. Why do you think I've been standing here, Princess? I know I look pretty, but I'm gonna shoot my shot. Do not fear"

Those calming words were spoken by Adam as his cheery voice seemed as content as ever. The rains were hellish, the world was being destroyed and all he could feel -- was peace. His focus was sharp and he couldn't afford to let anything get in his head. After all: he had a dangerous amount of Chi boiling in his body as he radiated like a sun at this moment.

In that instant, he'd let out a rip of destructive golden energy as numerous rays of energy extended from his body and started slamming against the tendrils that were attacking everyone around him at the moment. In this way, he sought to vaporize them with his chi and bury them under the weight of his power at the moment. If nothing else, they could serve to hold them down so that the others could then begin to focus their efforts on evacuating people out of this hellhole.

"Oi, oi. What the hell are you so pissed off, beast? I know you wanna get your hands on me, but this is a bit too much."

Still as jovial as ever, the male cracked a laugh; but he was intending on ending this little beef. As his own back-up was still on the horizon, he figured he just needed to buy some time before they could otherwise handle the evacuation. So, he'd look up to the heavens, yell and release another vortex of energy into the sky so that the next few city blocks were burning with his aura. In this way, he sought to repel anymore of the dangerous and rapid rains; as even his body had some scratches here and there from how hellishly it was raining. Thankfully for him, his durability could handle, but he knew ordinary folks wouldn't be able to.

"Come out and play~ Why don't you fight people your own size, punk?"

Thu Feb 25, 2021 6:11 pm

Jules’ attack proved to be somewhat effective towards stopping the tendrils from tearing any more buildings; Though they would merely repair themselves, it was enough to interrupt their integrity that they couldn’t continue inflicting massive damage to the city. Some smaller collections of tendrils would move to attack Jules, either to pull her down or otherwise tear into her.

The two massive tendrils heading to Laskt would be badly damaged by the Cero shot at them, rapidly losing shape and form as whatever was left of them had to take time to regain water to form once more, though smaller tendrils would arc out in an to grab him. From what it looked, the water’s effectiveness seemed to deteriorate by the second, even the brilliant glow was beginning to ebb as minutes marched on.

With Adam’s attack, the lessening of the sky’s wrath came to a head as his energy would move to vaporize many of the much smaller tendrils, the larger ones being crippled by previous attacks now struggling to reform. Slowly and gradually, the water level began to sink as both control and the amount of water waned, especially with the manner of how the water flooded, being focused on the city itself. The threat to the city deteriorated by the minute as the efforts of all who fought culminated to this outcome, however the integrity of many buildings may have been compromised during the water’s rage.

Sun Feb 28, 2021 9:32 am

The Runaway

Jules Ash

With some satisfaction Jules noticed that her Funkenregen actually had the effect she had hoped for. It didn't destroy any tentacles, but it did weaken the watery things enough to prevent them from damaging the buildings, or the others that fought them, any further.
The downside was that now some of the small ones had made her out to be an interesting target.

Suddenly several collections of them moved in against Julia, trying to come at her from various directions. Just as suddenly, maybe even half a second faster, years of training kicked in and hardwired connections clicked.
The bow vanished and suddenly Julia had her two Schneider in her hands. Bright blue reishi blades sprang forward, the girl whirled around. A hole opened up between the tendrils, cut in by two energy blades. Before other tendrils could close the hole or grab the blonde girl that had cut it, she was gone in a spray of water and a rush of air.

She reappeared several meters above and to the side. That was close. Much too close for her comfort. She was an archer, close combat was not her cup of tea. And as much as she might have hated her childhood, without the rigorous training she had to endure, without her parents insistence that she'd have to learn how to defend in close-quarters, this situation right there would have been her end.

She changed her Seele Schneider for her bow again and charged another Funkenregen arrow. Now she knew what she could do, how to help, and what she should avoid doing.

She aimed directly at the collection of tendrils that had picked her as target and released the arrow. It came down like a small comet, burst into the smaller sparkes and each one impacted into one tendril.
Julia immediately relocated, charged another one and fired and relocated.
And one more time.
And another one.
Her sparks were almost everywhere, seeking out the tendrils and disturbing them, weakening the water and thus minimizing damage to structures and people.

Meanwhile two of the others struck at the water with impressive force. One fired an energy beam, but she couldn't see who it was. And then there was Adam, releasing so much energy many of the smaller tendrils simply vaporised. It seemed that even the rain lessened.

With so many smaller tentacles gone, even the bigger ones seemed to struggle. Julia decided it was time to change her tactic again. She searched out the tallest building in the vicinity and took it as her vantage point. She could overlook much of the scenery from here but it would be hard to sneak up on her again.

The rain from the sky might have lessened, but now there was a rain of light coming from the roof. Julia began concentrating more reishi and fired quick shots, one after another. Her arrows were weaker this way, but it didn't really look like that was a problem.
Her targets were all those tentacles that were still formed and in the backs of the others. She went hither and thither on her roof, firing bright arrows through the streets and into the watery appendages.

The strength of the water, the attacks and even the flooding and the eerie glow waned more and more. Julia stopped firing. She breathed hard and not alle the moisture on her face was rainwater. The three fingers on her right hand that she used to pull the boe string, were ever so slightly charred and red, but not yet open and bleeding.
Was it over?

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Thu Mar 04, 2021 5:06 pm

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Guard Against the Rain

The energy crackled and popped as it poured from the knight's outstretched hand, slamming into the two primarythe tentacles with almost divine wrath. Large portions of the constructs were simply annihilated in the truest sense of the word, causing vast pillars of steam to explode outwards from their wounds. The white clouds quickly enveloped the Vizard, obscuring his view of the surrounding city.

Laskt flexed his fingers, idly noticing that the Cero had destroyed his favorite gloves to the point of near-uselessness. He could still feel the dark filth of Hollow energy flowing through him, pulling his mind towards utter insanity. Even as little as a year ago, it would have likely dragged him under, but it seemed that his training and resolve was enough for him to hold his ground, if only just.

You dare draw upon my power like I am some rank Zanpaktou Spirit? You presume too much of yourself! Tozat roared in his subconscious, the Hollow' energy roiling. As petulant and childish as you were, you always understood ze basic fact of my superiority. My dominion went unchallenged, as it rightfully should be. Your arrogance seems to have passed it's final zreshold! The Hollow snarled, his tone poisonously lofty.

"Yes."

Laskt's voice was quiet, yet uncharacteristically sure. "Yes, I do dare. You may have been born due to ze actions of anozer, but you are ultimately part of my soul, ze part zat I lock in a hidden chamber and pretend doesn't exist. Your power is my apazy, your arrogance: my doubt." A clench of a fist, a sharp intake of breath. ]"I hate you more zan anyzing, I loathe your very existence. However.....you are ultimately my responsibility, and mine alone."

Laskt dropped from the cloud, landing heavily on the roof of a teetering building where his sword laid, sunk a few inches into the concrete. His bare hand wrapped around the hilt, dragging it free with a flex of his shoulders.

"I will run from you no longer."

Even as Adam's power echoed out across the city, it would be answered by another: an ancient Reiatsu that was that of both Hollow and Shinigami. A enormous fountain of white flame erupted forth from the Vizard , slamming into the glow of the watery tentacles with an incandescent glow of its own. Any civilian survivors in the area would be spared from the fury of the flames due to the nature of the ability: allowing Laskt to truly cut loose for the first time. Block after block lit up under Laskt's power, forming another area where the strange rain would find it difficult to penetrate.

However, it was simply not in Laskt's nature to stay on the defensive for long The Flame of Tar Valon would directly clash with the receding floodwaters as Laskt attempted to erase them from the city: not only physically, but spiritually too. The Vizard Knight's eyes narrowed to slits as he summoned forth even more of his power, attempting to directly purge whatever influence drove the malignant liquid forth. He would not give in, no matter his exhaustion or the tattered state of his body.

It was his duty.