Revamping Mura's Stuff

» Character Name: Ekashiba Mura
» Character Application: Link

» Upgrade Details: Not an upgrade - just wanna revamp how his High-Spec abilities are written in his app, por favor.


My pp c: (spare me)

Actually, it's to prepare for the direction I'd like to take his whole martial arts development, and to solidify exactly what his 'High-Spec' ability actually is, or at least what the main component of it is. He's been in five fights up until now (and a bet over candy with Stella), and each fight has put him on odds both against Kyūken, the ghost who taught him the Niten Muryū, and against his fighting style in general. While Kyūken is satisfied with him just relying on Niten Muryū completely, Mura's slowly drawing towards a broader usage of his spiritual power. He also experimented with just how much control he has over the wind blades he can manifest in Spirit... A Subject.

Having fought against both a Human, Shinigami, Arrancar, Hollow, and a Quincy has also allowed his body to learn how to adapt to different hostile spiritual energies (hence the addition of the High-Spec 'Spiritual Adaptation' ability, which expresses his current Adept-level Spiritual Adaptation. It's not an upgrade of his Skill).

» Summary:
Revamping his High-Spec powers description and, hopefully, making things easier to read. Not changing what he's capable of.

» Threads:
Pilot Episode (vs Akira the Shinigami)
Between Theft & Envy (vs Veralia the Arrancar)
Heart Of The Dōjō (vs Meninas the Quincy)
Death & Taxes (vs Medeia the Human)
Where There's A Hole... (vs Hollowfied Kyūken the Hollow)


Well, here's the actual update I'd like to add to his app:


» Spiritual Awareness: From the age of 10, Mura's had access to manipulation of his Reiryoku. With that followed Spiritual Awareness, and because of this, he's able to see and sense the Spiritual Pressures of Shinigami, Hollows, Arrancars and other spiritual beings. However, currently, he's not skilled at distinguishing between Shinigami and Humans for some reason.

» Physical Augmentation: While Mura has underwent physical training for most of his life, his ability to augment his physical strength with his Reiryoku can bring him beyond the peak of human strength. This common ability is known by many names in the World of the Living, but Mura calls it...

• Reitaidō (霊体道, Spirit-Body Way): By channeling his spiritual energy through his physical body, he'll be capable of smashing boulders and walls with simple punches and kicks, and if push comes to shove, he can level small hut with his thrashing body alone. His physical endurance is no laughing matter, too, as he's survived having his arm severed, being badly injured by a Hollow, and exhausting his body's energy resources over and over again without collapsing. This physical power-up does greatly limit his ability to exert Niten Muryū techniques, which also rely on his Reiryoku, and he often swaps between the two in combat.

» Spiritual Adaptation: Since he's battled against both Humans, Shinigami, Quincies, Hollows, and Arrancars, Mura's been exposed to various spiritual energies from the Three Worlds, and his body's constantly learning from the experiences he goes through. He's able to reduce dangerous spiritual energies aimed at him to a notable degree if exposed to it for an extended period of time, even though he's had few opportunities to notice and capitalize on this ability.


» Niten Muryū (二天無流, Two Heavens Void Style):
Kyūken’s lethal sword style. This sword art works by channeling his Reiryoku through his sword and swinging it fast enough to generate Kamaitachi (鎌鼬) - cutting wind waves that are sharp like razors; these are multiplied and magnified by Niten Muryū techniques for a multitude of purposes. These wind blades can be strong enough to cut through solid walls, debris and flesh - despite that, Mura has met opponents, mostly Hollows, who were durable and/or fast enough to endure or evade this martial art for prolonged periods of time, forcing him to either flee or leave the battle injured, which has been a huge factor in Mura's constant search for strength to overcome such walls. This journey of his, as well as Kyūken's, has resulted in a list of developed Niten techniques only performable by this sword style:

• Niten Shinkūgiri (二天真空切, Two Heavens Vacuum Blade) - A single, horizontal or vertical slash that releases a rapid, crescent-shaped cutting wave up to max 30 meters. These waves are thin and easy to evade, but they pack a lot of force upon impact.
  
  
• Niten Batsugiri (二天ｘ切, Two Heavens X-Blade) - A repeated version of Niten Shinkūgiri. Mura releases two crescent waves, each cutting into the other in an X-shape to cover a wider area on impact - still easily evadable as the first, but deals double the damage if hit.
  
  
• Niten Tatsugiri (二天竜切, Two Heavens Dragon Blade) - Swinging once in front of him, Mura's Reiryoku released from the sword creates a small tornado that reaches a radius of 10 meters. Less cutting power in this technique, but it easily launches heavy objects up in the air.
  
  
• Niten Iaigiri (二天居合い切, Two Heavens Quickdrawing Blade) - A very special technique. Mura flicks his sword guard with a thumb when sheathed, making use of Fa Jin to perform a blindingly fast quickdraw before sheathing the sword again, making it look like he barely unsheathed it in the first place. At a range of max 1 meter around him, a crescent wave emerges from his sheath and upwards to cut an approaching enemy.
  
  
• Niten Ryūseigungiri (二天流星群切, Two Heavens Meteor Shower Blade) - Mura points the tip of his sword forward and releases a multitude of thrusts, each releasing a linear, beam-shaped shockwave. He releases max 10 of these in one go, and they can only move in one. linear direction in front of him.
  
  
• Niten Karuragiri (二天迦楼羅切, Two Heavens Dragon-Eating Blade) - By running around an opponent at high speed, Mura slashes towards them in order to create a sphere of waves that close in on the enemy to crush them. Mura has to keep moving around them to maintain it, incapable of doing other actions in that time lest he undoes this technique, and the sphere can be popped open with great counter-force.
  
  
• Niten Tessōgiri (二天鉄窓切, Two Heavens Iron-Barred Window Blade) - Mura swings his sword rapidly in front of him, manifesting horizontal and vertical beams with his Reiryoku to form a net. This net doesn't cut, but it's sturdy and is used defensively for as long as Mura keeps slashing ahead. It only protects his front, however.
  
  
• Niten Gokōgiri (二天後光切, Two Heavens Nimbus Blade) - Similar to the Tatsugiri, Mura releases a tornado-like beam in front of him - however, the tornado spins forward horizontally as a large vortex wave, which can carve a 10-meter diameter hole through a wall. Less severing than a Shinkūgiri, this technique can leave a multitude of painful cuts on the enemy, as well as dizziness from being spun forward.

» Yoruhiru no Kokyū (夜昼の呼吸, Breath of Day and Night):
The Breath of Day and Night was invented by Kyūken to extend one's human capabilities - it allows the practitioner to manipulate the flow of their Reiryoku inside their bodies to reinforce their stamina reserves, thus maximizing the amount of energy that can be burned out at all times. The result is a swordsman who can fight, fight and fight for a long period of time, and who can make good use of minimal access or reserves of oxygen - however, it doesn't increase his max amount of Reiryoku, and external injuries can still wear him down as quickly as any other fighter of his caliber.

» Hakkei (発勁, Fa Jin):
The ability to charge energy inside of your body in a still state, and then release it in an explosive fashion and high acceleration – such as with a super-powered punch, kick, or linear advance with your entire body – is the foundation of Fa Jin. Many sword techniques, even in basic schools (such as Iaidō), make use of Fa Jin already – despite it being based on hand-to-hand martial arts – and Mura was unaware of his competences with the concept before being taught by Tibetan monks. It's basically a very focused usage of Physical Augmentation.

Mura has transformed this concept into his own, personalized fighting style boosted by his Reiryoku - with this ability, Mura has basically mastered the art of accelerating a moment of actions as high as possible with as little movement as possible, allowing a huge amount of force to be released in a single action. He uses the principles of Fa Jin to utilize quickdrawing techniques, capable of drawing and sheathing his sword in less than the blink of an eye, but he can also use it to leap with his powerful legs from point A to B at such high speeds that he could likely keep up with speed-augmenting techniques such as Shunpo etc. over short distances.