Eyes on the Prize [Natasha, Edelo]

Whew.
What a few months it had been. Edelo had to admit, he knew that he'd be training a lot now that he had a purpose behind his fighting. It was only natural. Sure he'd trained before, but that was mostly a reclusive practice, sometimes with one of the other village guard, but never regularly. And well, it was very different. The Vandenreich had it';s own methods, and well... mostly those alligned with Quincy. So he did feel at times a bit out of place. Not to mention a little outmatched. The ability for quincy to pull in reishi was something rather amazing, even with his own unique skills it was a bit insane how they could just pull weapons out of thin air.

He was already peeling a few bandages off. Having taken a little trip to the medical bay afer a particularly rough spar. But now he felt practically brand new! IT was amazing what kind of medical tech and abilities some of them had. With his shirt tucked under his arm at the edge of the training area, he couldn't help but look off in the distance. There was nobody in the room with him, but well..he couldn't really resist peering into the adjacent training areas, and seeing the other Vandenreich members training. Some in groups, others alone. Everyone was working really hard after the Kurosaki incident. IT was a little impressive. He could only hope that e could keep up.

He was so lost in his thoughts, that he didn't even notice the slight shift in spiritual pressure that came with someone walking into the training area he'd been in.

Edelo almost JUMPED when that voice caught him off guard and his head snapped in NAtasha's direction only to- ah, so thats what her lungs look like. GAH! HE blinked rapidly and cleared his throat as he promptly got up to his feet. "Coordinator Miller. It's good to see you again!" He promptly rattled off. Offering a salute. Certainly it had been a bit strange finding out that the playful woman he'd met in the park was a Sternritter Coordinator. Strange indeed. But for the time being it worked out, and he offered a sheepish smile to the woman.

"Y-yes. I remember. I was actually about to get warmed up for a few exercises. Uhm... did you need something?" He asked with a tilt of his head, still blinking a few times as he kept his attention squarely on her face. It had been..... hard adjusting being around so many people with his particular abilities. But he had sortof gotten a strategy down, mainly trying to focus on the face and the eyes specifically. It definitely wasn't how he was raised, staring someone in the eyes was a little...intense. But it kept his focus from wandering and accidentally checking someone out. Which he definitely wanted to avoid now that he realized Miss Miller was a superior. Even if she WAS only one in another branch. She still was a powerful member of the Vandenreich, and certainly a woman to respect.

"Natasha it is." He noted promptly, his voice firming a little. Frankly, his first thought was that he wasn't going to just say Nat, that felt disrespectful and his tongue hardly needed any rest to go abbreviating anything. Which he ALMOST said out loud, but thankfully he wasn't THAT stupid. As she went on to ask about what he was going to be practicing he paused and looked to the nearby console.

"Oh! Well uh... I was going to check the catalogue. I'm still getting used to all this ... technology. Some of the practice dummies can be fitted with AI and I was going to try them out. Not exactly the same as fighting a real hollow, but uh, well I figured it wouldn't hurt." He pointed out. Certainly Steingruft had been at work since the Kurosaki incident to help the Vandenreich train up, especially now that they worked so close to Soul Reapers these days. Supposedly there was even going to be AI calibrated to fight like shinigami after having seen so many shinigami fighters at the arena. But well, that was just a rumor for the time being.

Edelo blinked, surprise crossing his features as the woman made such an offer and immediately he did feel a bit of tension up his spine. He had been nervous enough fighting in the arena, but training beside a Coordinator seemed a bit much! "Oh, of course! The more the merrier! I uh, hope you don't mind that they won't be very strong. I still need to finish warming up." He pointed out as he rose up to his feet and took a moment to glance at his phone. Scrolling through the options through he app that had been provided. He frowned, making ... a bit of a face as he took a few tries to remember the password before finally a little hum sounded and the tech lit up.

"There we go! Alright. A warmup. Uhm.... let's see...." HE murmureda s the area round them slowly shimmered. Reishi being being vented from storage containers and slowly solidifying into a large maze of walls, cover, and hovering platforms all around them. All the while, clouds of reishi congealed in the four corners of the room. Spawning areas for the enemies themselves.

Edelo took a moment to lightly roll his shoulders and let out a little whew, flexing his fingers, and trying his best to keep his focus as his reiryoku flared briefly, sending a little pulse of energy through his body, reinforcing himself as he hopped from foot to foot.

It was then that the hollows began to take form. Twisted monsters slithering into existence. These simple enemies took the form of some sort of lizards. Simple, sleek creatures with glowing masks, they promptly hissed into existence and began scattering into the mess of walls, taking cover. These ones were one of the weaker variants. Simple cowardly little things that would mostly run, but would take little pot shots around corners or when flanking. They weren't particularly srong, just meant to warm up with by having to chase them down and be mindful of one's surroundings.

For just a moment Edelo blinked.... then looked at his phone. A little...surprised that they didn't all just riush the pair. "Ah...ahah... uh, hope you don't mind a little hide and seek, Miss." HE noted, smiling sheepishly toward Natasha. Already a bit embarassed before promptly he bolted after the nearest one. Using a sudden burst of speed to zip around a corner and lunch a kick at the thing! Putting his full body into the attack, the hollows was promptly SLAMMED into the reishi wall, screeching as it's body collapsed into reishi and died. Huh.... flimsy little things. Even so, at least there were a lot of them! Cmon Edelo, don't look like an idiot infront of one of your superiors.

The crackle of gunfire drew Edelo's gaze, a brief dart in Natasha's direction.

As the woman leapt up onto the platforms, his eyes peeled away the layers, spotting her even through several walls. But he also could see the hollows reacting. As she began to pepper the walls, she'd only get a handful of hollows at a time. The POWPOWPOW of the Desert Eagle echoing through the whole area. Though as Natasha leapt up into the air, she caught the attention of a LOT of the Lizards. Their bodies jerking and twitching about eerily before they turned their attention to her.

The air suddenly filling with loud hissing before the sound of a soft KSST sounded as their mouths opened up. Compressing air before letting out little KRAKs as little pellets of reishi and compressed air fired from their mouths like spit. A spray like a shotgun firing toward Natasha. Hardly with lethal force, but with a force equivalent to a spray of paintballs, definitely enough to sting and leave welts, would lash all across the platform she was on. Forcing her to stay on the move as spray after spray of those shots would start to pop at her from all directions.


Edelo raced down the hallway, eyes narrowing as he noticed this new trend. Tch. Even worse, the fake hollows were all spread out. No real way to kill a bunch of them at once. All the same, the air around his body began twisting around his limbs as he ran. Sllowly picking up speed around his body before he launched himself. A sharp FWIP as he shot across the room, suddenly crouching against a wall, sticking t the wall by sheer momentum as his eyes shined, crouched on one of the high up panels that was sideways, offering aerial cover. A quick sqeep of the area let him see through those walls. Spotting the dozens of lizards hiding behind cover, but focused on one particular hallway that was firing at Natasha.

Full Tae: Hill Cutter

The name coursed through his mind as he leapt. Pushing off of the cover to shoot up and into the air, his body twisting as he sighted the hallway. The air twisting around his left foot before it billowed in a roar. A sharp slicing kick launched, and that blade of wind tore its way down, cleaving through several walls before plowing down the length of that hallway, vausing a series of startled cries as it tore through several of the hollows. Earning a sharp CRACK as a spray of shots from a couple lizards shot his way. Causing him to flinch before pushing off the air, using his fullbring to drop down below, landing with both feet slamming into a lizard beneath him, it's body crumbling into reishi before he began to race down the hallway, his eyes darting about, spotting hollows and moving to keep behind cover as he looked for the next best spot to attack.