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Post by Creator on Nov 27, 2007 17:22:19 GMT -5
Damon let out a laugh, watching her scramble as he slowly approached. "You are scared. How cute." With a poof he returned to normal, continuing his advance. "Any other fears you'd like to let me know? What do you think the boogeyman looks like?" he wondered aloud, stopping. "No, I want you to learn who you should really be afraid of." His gloves morphed as he raised his arms to cross his chest, three knives in each hand, between his fingers. With identical swings, all six went in her general direction toward the ground.
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Post by [red].Raven on Nov 27, 2007 17:31:42 GMT -5
Behind the shield of wings, Rei's crimson eyes narrowed onto Damon just as he poofed back. She guessed she had about thirty seconds before all her horror of him returned and she lost more focus. 'Come on....come o- there!' When the knives came speeding toward her, Rei's wings refolded quickly and she did a side-roll to avoid the blades, feeling the rush of one as it streaked past her neck. Before re-entering the crouch, her tail grabbed one of the kunai by its handle, which she quickly threw back toward Damon. Hopefully surprise would be enough to distract him, though she couldn't really imagine Damon surprised. She re-positioned herself out of the roll and immediately locked her eyes onto Damon. Okay, fear was back now. 'Well... he certainly doesn't have to try too hard...' Rei already knew what to be afraid of.
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Post by Creator on Nov 27, 2007 17:38:55 GMT -5
Damon's eyes widened and he raised a hand, a small section of purple stone forming in the air before him at the last second. The knife went mostly through, stopping just as it neared the handle, just enough to poke him on the finger. Then both the knife and the stone fell, clanging as the solid air rushed back into gas form. Damon scowled, glancing down at the cut on his finger. Of course, it wouldn't burn like it did for others. It was his own magic, after all. "Why do the tiny ones always hurt the worst?" he asked himself, holding out his hands. The knives swirled into mist once again, reconstructing his claws. "So, you're fighting back now?" he asked, though it was more of a statement than a question. "Then I won't feel bad." He took off toward her, the claws igniting as he ran. He swiped, aiming for her wings. 'If I can get one, it would render them even less useful than they are now.' But she was quick on her feet, and the attack wasn't too fierce. He was still being his old, reserved self for the time being.
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Post by [red].Raven on Nov 27, 2007 19:59:05 GMT -5
Rei's eyes narrowed onto the small wound on Damon's finger. Ah, so he wasn't indestructible after all; horribly, horribly terrifying, yes, but not indestructible. Suppressing a small, fearful groan, Rei's back legs propelled her backward. She could feel the rush of air at the edge of her wing as Damon's claws just barely missed her. 'He's trying to make flying impossible...' Rei threw a glance at her injured wing. 'If I try to fly now, and something goes wrong again, I could tear the webbing even more...' Still crouching- it was just more comfortable than standing in this form- Rei stared up at Damon with wide eyes, now making swifter backward retreat; her injured wing dragged slightly across the ground. "I-I don't want to fight you, Damon..." She nearly choked before finishing his name; saying it herself just seemed to make things worse and more real.
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Post by Creator on Nov 27, 2007 20:07:11 GMT -5
"Obviously," he said, laughing. "And it's a good thing, too. If you did, I'd have to kill you faster." He glanced around and whistled, as if calling a dog. "Rei, I'd like you to have the honor of meeting my new friend. His name is Berstunic." In Rei's own shadow, a small creature began to form from the darkness, like a snake-sized dragon with no limbs and one-clawed bat wings. It approached on the ground, using the tiny hooks on the wing joints as hands and looking up almost innocently. He glanced back at Damon. "Is this the one?" "Indeed," he replied, communicating telepathically.
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Post by [red].Raven on Nov 27, 2007 20:47:17 GMT -5
Rei nearly jumped out of her skin when she saw the movement in her shadow. She scrambled away from the young creature out of mere instinct, but this brought her closer to Damon. Utterly disoriented, Rei scrambled back the other way again, but more to the side so she could avoid the amphiptere. Her crimson eyes darted nervously from Damon, to Berstunic, and then back again. 'Kill me faster? What happened to 'oh, I don't want to hurt you, just the demon'...he won't kill me... I won't let him...' Rei wanted to focus her attention on the amphiptere, a creature she had never seen before, but couldn't bring herself to look away from Damon for more than a few moments. Why do things always seem to get worse when they were already bad enough?
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Post by Creator on Nov 27, 2007 21:03:29 GMT -5
Berstunic hissed, flapping into the air and flying over to Damon's shoulder, where he came to rest. Damon laughed at her reaction, realizing she was more afraid of him than she was of the demon. "Not bad. You gave her quite a fright." "I did good?" "You did very well." Damon blinked, noticing something. "You know... he somewhat resembles the marking on your stomach," he commented, a slow grin playing across his face. "That's irony for you." He started walking forward, sighing. "If you like, I can make it less painful." The claws faded away, leaving his hands bare. "No fire, no weapons. Sound good?"
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Post by [red].Raven on Nov 27, 2007 22:27:32 GMT -5
((It's a little long, but I craved some minor epic-ness )) There it was, that awful laughter again. Rei's clawed fingers dug into the ground to keep herself from shuddering. At the 'Mark remark', her eyes focused on the Amphiptere for another moment before one of her hands freed itself from the earth and placed itself over her stomach. Her jaw clenched tightly as if to steady herself. But she wasn't steady enough, apparently, because she visibly cringed when she noticed the smile. How could he smile in this situation? Aside from trembling, Rei didn't move when Damon advanced. She remained there as though defeated, eyes taking on a distant look as she watched him. 'There's no point in fighting... even if I managed to get away this time, he'd just find me again... he could be anywhere... how can I live with a fear of myself and an even greater fear of a simple breeze ?...' Both wings became limp at her sides, along with her tail. A look of utter surrender. Damon was very close now, as close as she had let him get since he first arrived. 'Maybe I should just...stop trying...' Closing her eyes and hanging her head, Rei almost looked as though she were bowing. Letting her hand drop, her crimson eyes cracked open when they caught something. The Mark on her stomach wasn't black anymore... it was gold. 'But apparently... I can't' For a moment, Rei looked normal again; all extra appendages returned into her and her skin lightened. When she spoke, her voice was quiet, but smooth. "Damon..." Without moving, Rei changed again. The golden haze and feathery wings of light from their first encounter returned, and when she looked up to lock eyes with Damon again, they were glowing a bright yellow. "... no, that doesn't sound too good at all." Rei threw her hand out in front of her until the palm was just inches away from Damon. Whispering something incoherent, a blast of the golden light was expelled from her hand. ((Oh noes! Supah Saiyans! D:....not really, but I felt like saying it...))
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Post by Creator on Nov 27, 2007 23:42:36 GMT -5
Damon had just enough time to lean backwards, watching her blast fire just above him. It seemed to move in slow motion as he reached the peak of his balance, then went a bit over, finally pushing himself into a backflip and landing on all fours, crouched low to the ground. He made quick eye contact with Berstunic, who flew back into his shadow and vanished as if by command. He stood when her attack had finished and dusted himself off calmly, then looked up at her, laughing again. This time, however, it grew beyond the sophisticated chuckle he'd had so far during this little meeting of theirs. He picked up volume, letting out a bellow of a laugh that reached his vocal chord's limits. He finished, grinning at her with an almost inhuman grin. "You want to play that way?" he asked, his voice a bit scratchy from laughing so hard, "alright then, show me what this form of yours can DO." With an emphasis on the last word, a shudder of electricity shot up his body, frizzing out his hair as it crackled into the air and giving him a more wild appearance. The claws returned, quickly lighting on fire as he poised himself to strike. But instead of attacking head-on like he had so far, he held out a hand, converting a large amount of air into a solid half-ton weight that appeared in the air above her, immediately coming down.
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Post by [red].Raven on Nov 28, 2007 17:36:45 GMT -5
((Can somebody say... Matrix? >3))
Rei did her best to remain still when Damon laughed- after all, cringing at laughter was rather pathetic- but only managed to suppress the flinch, not stop it. 'I'm not even sure what this form can do...'She eyed his hand carefully, but it almost took her a moment too long to realized that she wouldn't notice anything until she looked up. Her gasp was cut off when the weight fell and landed right where she had been. The vibrations were certainly nothing to scoff at. It looked as though the solidified air had hit its mark, but of course, that would have just been too easy. Rei stood panting from shock on the opposite side of the weight. 'I have to stop focusing on my fear if I have any sort of chance in this...' Eying the half-ton mass curiously, she placed one hand on its surface. 'I wonder how solid it really is...' One way to see. Eyes narrowing on her own hand as it began to glow slightly, Rei whispered the same uncatchable word from before. The beam of light was mimicked, but with slightly more energy behind it to help- hopefully- carry it through the weight to Damon.
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Post by Creator on Nov 28, 2007 17:50:45 GMT -5
Damon lowered his hand, knowing immediately that it hadn't hit its mark. It was heavy, but a half ton wouldn't flatten a person instantly like that. He realized a second later that she wasn't going to move around the purple material. "No!" When the energy hit, it shot the weight right out of its solid form, the massive influx of energy proving too much for Damon to resist, at least without warning like that. After all, energy induced change, and it took a good amount of magical energy to hold air in a solid form. Her attack was like a sudden, unexpected counterforce, and the weight blasted outward with a release of air, snapping some of the closest trees. Damon skidded back, gripping a rock to steady himself until the air passed, which didn't take long. He peeked over the top of the rock, wondering what had happened to Rei. He picked a few splinters from his exposed skin, luckily having not been too close to a tree at the time. "Way to go, fucktard!"
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Post by [red].Raven on Nov 28, 2007 18:02:36 GMT -5
Unfortunately, Rei had been a noticeable distance closer to the mass when it exploded than Damon had been, so she did more than just skid. She crossed her arms protectively in front of her face, and, like a mirror, the transparent wings crossed in front of her as well. They seemed to filter most of the small debris, like splinters, but they couldn't deflect the powerful air and tree that was coming up behind her. Rei hit the thick trunk dead on about halfway up before falling to the ground. Completely winded ((hah! pun >3)), Rei coughed and wheezed painfully until she could see straight again. 'Okay... bad... bad idea...' Standing and using the tree- or what was left of it- for support, Rei's golden eyes narrowed onto the figure of Damon some ways off. Not being able to stand all the way (felt like a broken rib, curse all trees to hell) Rei's mind searched and searched for another word, another spell. The word she had been using, when alone, was an attack, and when placed with others, it was the sealing incantation. But of course, she could think of nothing. 'At least he's way over there... maybe I'll have time to think...'
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Post by Creator on Nov 28, 2007 18:08:55 GMT -5
After the dust cleared and Damon could see again, he stood and began walking out into the area once more. Soon after, he was able to see Rei again, and frowned. He evaporated, leaving behind the rest of the splinters and solidifying a foot or two forward, scratching his arms. "You really know how to get under my skin." ((Splinter pun. >D)) "But at least it's almost over." He moved his hands in memorized sequence and let out a cloud of poisonous gas toward her. It wasn't as big as most people could make, but it didn't need to be a whole lot. At least, he didn't think so. Nobody had ever actually inhaled it before, mainly because he only recently started using the technique.
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Post by [red].Raven on Nov 28, 2007 18:37:29 GMT -5
When the gas came at her, Rei was still too jumbled to focus very well and could only think to cross the light-based wings in front of herself again. What happened was interesting to watch. The poisoned air seemed to mold like a deflated kickball onto the wings, and for a moment, Rei thought it was okay. But then she noticed that very slowly the gas was seeping into the golden feathers and trickling out the other side. She immediately held her breathe. The wings unfolded quickly and blew most of the gas cloud away, but she still had to worry about what was already coming through the wings. Moaning, she pushed from the ground and flew fairly high and swift before landing on the other side of Damon; she already knew trying to really flee was pointless. It worked; the wind carried the gas away form her. And she remembered another word. Damon might catch this one. "Vantiche." Crouching down, Rei's wings spread out at an angle, flexing to their full wingspan. They glowed brightly, the golden hue almost reaching white, and every single 'feather' streaked extraordinarily fast toward Damon.
((Spells you can hear will be gold. Vantiche means 'vanquish'))
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Post by Creator on Nov 28, 2007 18:48:51 GMT -5
Damon erupted into smoke, allowing the light to pass through him. But as it went through, the gas rippled and shot away, hastily reforming. Damon was growling with pain, as his own body was full of such negative energy that the white energy she had sent through his misty form had burned horribly, and though he was good at dealing with pain, it had caught him off-guard once more. He growled, pointing a finger at her. "You... you're tricky... but you have a lot to learn." He leapt up, fading into the air, and vanished. A moment later, thick mist crept into the area, creating a veil that prevented vision from stretching more than a few feet. A gust of wind damaged the wall of mist, but only long enough to expose Damon, as it quickly filled the gaps back in. Then the ground began to change, many places fading into a thick quicksand-like substance. "Meet the Swamp Imitation Jutsu, of my own creation," his voice said from nearby. "I'm rather fond of it, though I don't often get the chance to use it."
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