An Eye for Talent [Curry, Khaana]

The Netherlands.
Not exactly the most Hopping of places, but it was still somewhere that got her a bit of cash for showing up. These days, events and the like had gotten a little sparse. Something about some.... hollow issues in the area. There was a convention that was supposed to take place, but due to a rise in Hollow activity, the coordinators were considering postponing the whole thing. And with Khaana herself having a Booth riding on that, she decided to take things into her own hands.

The place itself was nice enough. North Holland? Trith be told, this little Nook of the globe was something she had almost never even thought of looking into in the past. The 'Netherlands' was just what she'd internalized the region as. She never was great with Geography to be honest. All the same, it was a seemingly peaceful place most of the time. But she could sense them. And almost immediately she could see WHY they had considered postponing the event. There was a whole PACK of them.

The far-off Harbor was almost abandoned and she sensed at least more than a dozen of the things lurking around the shipping yard, a place filled with containers that were, for the time being, abandoned and sectioned off until the local enforcement could try and deal with them. It'd be a whole process that Frankly she could handle herself. Though as she opened up her own spiritual sense, she was ...startled. Wait...there was ALREADY fighting going on? Up North Past the Harbor.... there was a number of Residential areas that were already under attack. Well, that explained why the Shipyard didn't have anyone already on the scene. She focused and narrowed her eyes.

She could sense.....four hollows. They were moving around pretty quickly, sneaky little things that were giving the local enforcement a hard time. But she could already tell that once they started causing a ruckus....the ones hanging out in the Shipyard would probably move over there and overwhelm the local militia. At the very least, she could try and do something about these.

A slow grin spread across her face as she gave a slow lick to her teeth. She herself was dressed in her usual casual clothes. A hat, zip-up red hoodie, and sme slacks to cover up the material of her combat bodysuit she always wore underneath. Though as she approached the Shipyard, she could feel the change in the hollows. They could smell her soul, and she put on a grin. Letting her own spiritual pressure RIPPLE out in a sudden burst! It wasn't big, but it was enough to draw the attention of hollows. Reacting to her own hollow reiatsu.

"You hungry boys?" She called out with a smile, watching as those monstrocities slowly began to creep out from cover, glowing eyes leering at her through the darkness. Yes......GOOOD.

She felt that familiar thrill. The KNOWLEDGE, at least in her mind, that she was the protagonist rippling through her. She was no simple human, she could take ALL of these freaks!
There was a sudden VRRRRRRRR sounding as the fan on her spine began to power up, peeling her hoodie off and tying it around her waist, showing off the upper portion of her bodysuit as the thing began sucking in Reishi. The vents along her wrists glowing as the absorbed reishi was concentrated, licking her teeth as she lowered herself into a crouch.... The excitement before a fight already running through her veins.

These monsters wanted to hunt? She'd give them a meal worth working for!

The sound of Howling in the distance mixed perfectly with the carnage of combat. As the first pair of hollows began charging toward Khaana, she could feel it in her bones. The sudden rattle in her soul. Her heart's themesong snapping into her ears through the pounding of her vessel's heart.

The very first hollow was a flyer, streaking up and into the air before flaring it's batlike wings as it charged in, blade-like tail scraping the ground before cleaving along the cement, Khaana's body dipping to the side in a burst of speed to avoid that ripping blade, the ground at her feet blackened into a dark shadow, a singulat red shaft spiraling up out of the ground and forming a two-pronged spear as she took a hold of the beast's tail and YANKED downwards! The sudden lurche jarring the beast out of it's flight path. The hollow let out a scream as it was slammed down and impaled on the just-formed spear jutting out of the ground, wings bursting from the sides, slicing through it's sides as the spear itself writhed inside of it, tearing up it's insides.

The second hollow charged in next. Khaana turning just in time to half-block a swipe of claws. Long nails raking along her bodysuit, scraping against the thicker material and sparing her flesh being rent. Her teeth gritted, her smile only widening as she tightened her grip on the offending palm, digging her wrist into it's palm before that Reishi vent fired. A bright streak of energy shearing through it's chest as Khaana swept downward, slicing through it's thigh and leg, almost severing them entirely with the burst of energy. The entire combination causing the hollow to stagger onto it's knees, shrieking as it held onto it's side.

As a Coup De grace, Khaana twisted to the side, grasping her spear and then ripping sideways, the blade of the spear slicing through the flying Hollow's neck and skull on it's way out, in a clean crescent shash straight into the mask of the second hollow, hitting with a solid THUNK. The second hollow proving much more durable than the first, the weapon stuck rather than cutting clean through. But the cleaving into it's face and mask was more than enough to cause t to slump and crumple, both monsters slain in that sudden fit of violence.

Already Three more of the hollows were beginning to circle. Troubling. That meant they were smarter than just the normal chaff. And probably wouldn't go down as easy as the first two. She also had managed the first exchange with only minor clawing along her body. Slight Injuries, but mostly mitigated by her suit. She readied her spear and took up a more defensive stance. "You understand speech? Take a hint and fuck off, losers." She snarled, that grin never leaving. Hollows never really responded to her jeers, it was just the protagonist thing to do after all.

Khaana's eyes ...WIDENED when she spotted a blur. She wasn't fast enough to track it completely, but her eyes did light up as she saw a man roll in and SLAM into one of the hollows, pummeling it into the ground and deftly avoiding one of it's attacks! Briefly, her heart skipped a beat! But then...wait a minute, that hair. DAMMIT! This wasn't a main character, this was just a supporting cast! "ACK!" She gacked, leaping back as a set of claws narrowly avoided her face, whiffing through open air as the beast that attacked her attempted to snag her while she was distracted!

Already the hollows were rushing to surround them! No sooner had she dodged than did she feel a fist slam into the ground beneath her, brfeaking apart the cement as a larger muscled hollow leapt in to join gthe attack on her! She raised her hand, that vent at her wrist powering up before HISS! A streaking burn ripped across it's chest as she fired a beam across it's shoulders, and then another streaked out, slicing through the claws of the other hollow before she planted her other hand into the ground. Blackness GUSHED into the space beneath her, filling the space below as a massive maw grew out of the ground, a beast a solid ten meters in height pulling itself from the ground before lunging down and CHOMPING on the larger hollow.


The sheer size of the beast making it quite an obstacle, and a number of the hollows promptly backed up as the beast drew itself up and out of the darkened ground, Khaana standing beneath it's hukling shadow as she promptly whistled toward the man. "Hey there Specs! Nice of ya to join the party!" She grinned from ear to ear before twisting, using the spear as a counterweight to spin around twice before LAUNCHING the weapon! Wings peeling from the length of the shaft to BEAT, adding a bit of force to the throw as the lance then promptly shot out and sliced through the air, slamming into one of the spectating hollows' chest with a resounding CHUNK! The startled beast screeching out as it fell off the storage container it had been standing on, clawing at the spear, though having a hard time as spikes erupted from the shaft in response.

All the while, the muscle bound hollow struggled in the maw of the larger beast, prying it's jaws open as it struggled! Unfortunately, the big beast had a lot of weight behind it, but was not all that powerful, were it not for the searing burn across it's chest it would already be free!. And almost instantly, Khaana hissed a bit at herself. Dammit, every time she summoned one of these things it felt only useful as a meat shield! but it would still be very useful for now. Almost none of the hollows could seem to pick out a good easy target, as they seemed to hesitate to tango with something so large.

Khaana perked up, intrigue coursing through her as she watched the man suddenly power up. Now THAT was definitely some supporting cast stuff. The kinda booster shit that you taught the MC later on to add to their nonsense numbers of abilities. She may just ask him about that later! However... seeing the lurking crawl of darkness in the distance, she couldn't help but narrow her eyes slightly.

A menagerie of dark shapes suddenly erupted from the darkness! No less than seven more hollows charging in from the darkness. As if they had been ordered to collapse in on the pair! No sooner had Curry executed one of the hollows than did two more suddenly move in. Most of them chaff. But one in particular waas a long, serpentine thing, streaking in at a speed that even he would have to take note of. Incredibly long, even moving in from behind the shipping containers the beast still didn't show it's entire body as it rolled in!

Two other hollows moved in, much slower, but still threatening as they sought to pincer the human as that long whispy thing bared a pair of long fangs, veering to the side, waiting for an opportunity to lunge in and sink into Curry if he left himself open while dealing with the other two.

Khaana of course didn't have much more slack on her end either! Three flying type hollows were flying all over her summoned beast, streaking around and cutting chunks out of it's large slow frame. She narrowed her eyes and stomped the ground, another dark swell forming which spat up a MUCH larger spear this time around, one that grew up, just as tall as her summoned beast. Seizing the opportunity, the beast promptly grabbed the spear and swung! Catching one of the hollows off guard and clipping it's wings, sending it spiralling into one of the shipping containers as the others promptly flew further away.

The beast let out a dull roar and pointed the spear up at them. A loud BOOM sounding as it fired off a blast of energy, which slammed into one of the flyers and promptly sending it crashing into one of the nearby buildings.

Khaana herself had a trio of Monsters rushing her as well. Two large Jaguar-like hollows racing around her, keeping her on her toes as the third stalked at a further distance, shaped like a spider. It was wiggling it's many legs, seemingly preparing something.

"Fuck. OI! How good are you at keeping secrets?" She shouted to the man in the distance, pausing when she saw him just shrug. UGH. She rolled her good eye and then twisted, batting the swiping claws of one of the Jaguars away, only for another set to SINK into her from behind! Her eyes wide as she felt enormous claws DIG into her back! Blood bloomed out from her suit and she hissed. HER SUIT!

She grunted and twisted around and SLAMMED her fist into the beast's face! It wasn't the same explosive power that Curry had, but the shot promptly CRACKED it's mask, making it's head JAR to the side as it was dropped! Another spear grew out of the ground, one of the smaller ones this side. Normally she wouldn't create so many so quickly, but there were FAR too many to take the time to go get the other one. Snagging it's shaft, she deflected another pounce by the second Jaguar! The reishi vents on her wrists lighting up and FLARING to burn into it's chest, causing it to scream and thrash away from her!

She spun the spear around, now with a good amount of space, and promptly knitted the flesh of her body closed. What LOOKED like healing, but frankly, she was just moving flesh around. Not like her REAL body was damaged any, she just didn't want this guy seeing her injured and calling an ambulance or some shit. Her weapon flashed, spinning around as she flourished the weapon, keeping them from closing in, giving her a bit of breathing room as the vent along her spine sucked in more Reishi. She was stalling just for the moment. She could take them down, but they were being fuckers and moving in tandem, and she didn't want to lose function in her suit. The fan was already making sounds she didn't like. She'd charge up enough to get some good powerful beams. She had a plan to take them out, and she would keep the blasts from her spear ready for the spider. These hollows were far too competent to properly just style on such a large group without getting fucked up, and with Curry here, she definitely didn't want any stories about her getting fucked up out on the net.

Khaana huffed, taking the space she'd made for herself to take note of the fight on Curry's side of things, raising a brow slightly as she noticed his furious and precise attacks! Interesting! She let her spear SNAP to a forward position and she thrust! A sudden brief burst of thre piercing strikes! Catching the nearest panther hollow off guard by striking it in the shoulder, and then twice more in the flank! It HISSED and then rolled away as it's partner rushed in! She twisted and then promptly fired the laster at her wrist! A hot stream of Reishi slicing across the panther's face and shoulders! But a surprisingly durable mask seemed to only get singed as it hissed and backed off! Her eyes darted between the two rapidly, gauging her distances as she backed off! It would be then that she felt something....weird? A gleam around her. And then ...TWANG!

"GUH!" She gasped out! As something sliced clean across her chest! Another slashing her bicep as she suddenly froze! Wires? WEB! Not only around her, but she also noticed from the corner of her eye that her summon was now almost completely immobile?! Large spines were lashing out around the spear, ripping it's way through some of the threads, but still taking its time! The massive spider having executed it's tactic on the area! Not only that, but she saw the other hollows passing through the threads completely unhindered, as if they weren't even present. No sooner had this been set up than did she see the spider begin to back off, as if intent on disengaging! But before Khaana could turn and try to go after it, the Jaguars rushed in! A flurry of slashes forcing her back, only to HISS as she felt more web slicing into her back as she backed into several more almost-invisible strands!

She growled out and SWUNG, slashing deep into one of those slashing paws, getting stuck in it's flesh with a dull THUNK before that spear lit up, a brilliant energy igniting before it FIRED! A burst of energy plowing into it's body and causing a chuink to be block out of it's chest! The Jaguar hissing as it's form crumpled! But before she could sink the spear into it's mask, it's mate rushed in, roaring and clawing mercilessly so she had to back to the side. DAMMIT! Already she could see the other jaguar's body trying to pull itself back together. But she was patient. She just had to cripple the second one....

Her Monster was faring about as well. Now wincing as it's body was sliced at many places. But it was so massive that it wasn't that obstructed! Waiting until those flyers rushed in, it simply swung its head to the side and CHOMPED on the nearest one, causing it to scream loudly as it began chewing it with sharp gristled teeth, bashing it into the ground by ramming it's own face into the concrete again and again, as it's body slowly began to stop moving as the beast consumed the hollow.

Curry would notice his attacks did a GREAT deal of damage to the two that had been flanking him, their bodies bending and twitching slightly as a result of his attacks, though still managing to remain on their feet! Doing their best to protect their masks with their strangely durable bodies. The serpent was indeed forced to peel back, getting slashed up by one of the other hollows, but a dull RUMBLE would be felt beneath his feet, and that tail would suddenly SINK into the ground, that long length rapidly vanishing under the concrete before a fist would erupt from down below! A HEFTY lion's head erupting from the ground to break up the cement beneath Curry's feet, attempting to ram itself into him from below! And what a hollow it was!

This big beefy thing was strange to be certain, with a lion's head and large birdlike claws for fists, its tail seemed to be the serpent that Curry had been engaging with before. Having used it as a distraction while it's main body attacked from under ground, attempting to throw Curry off his fancy footwork by eliminating any ground for him to execute that footwork on! All the more alarming was the brilliant bright blue energy collecting at it's maw, a cero! One that would explode in a LOUD concussive roar! IT wasn't as damaging or explosive as a normal cero, but it would be alarmingly disorienting, seemingly shaking Curry's very bones and jar his senses if he were hit with it!