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Post by [red].Raven on Mar 23, 2008 19:04:38 GMT -5
"Tell me, what is it that you think you have accomplished that I have not?" The shards of energy ceased their onslaught as the Shinigami's tail stopped lashing back and forth. There was deep laughter emanating from the creature's throat while the intangible Damon leaped toward it; it didn't try to move, almost like it knew that he would simply pass through. Wings beating leisurely, the Shinigami's white eyes shot over its shoulder just in time to see the second Damon coming for it. A sinister grin broke out across its expression. Folding its wings, the Shinigami made a move to land while its tail made one, wide arc; almost a perfect half circle. On thing, long, beam of white energy shot out from behind it, aimed for just around Damon's upper chest. The demon landed with a hard thud, running on all fours before bing able to slow to a stop and turn around to face its opponent fully. "You aren't the most exciting piece of meat, I must say. Taking notes is much different than doing the job." Claws and talons digging into the earth, what looked to be more of the strange white vapor rose up from underneath the creature and seeped into its abdomen. There was a low, mocking growl from deep within the demon's throat, but it held its ground.
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Post by Creator on Mar 23, 2008 21:41:11 GMT -5
"Big talk for something so weak. You obviously can't read the writing on the wall, it seems." By the time the Shinigami had turned around to face where he had been, Damon was gently holding a kunai against its back once more, standing just behind him, even as a bit of smoke faded from his former position. He didn't send any shocks through the blade, nor did he press any harder than necessary to make the demon aware. A thick mist began to creep in around them, carrying with it the feeling of Damon's presence. As it filled the graveyard, it seemed Damon was everywhere, the mist acting as one with his essence. But he still stood behind the Shinigami, waiting for something interesting to happen. Damon smirked, taking half a step back. "I'm still testing you, to see if you're worth fighting. You've improved since last time, but I've come a lot farther." There was a puff of smoke, then an explosion that tore away at the upper layers of earth as a Damon-sized mass reverted to air, releasing enough air to fill a football field several feet high.
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Post by [red].Raven on Mar 23, 2008 22:08:33 GMT -5
The demon laughed. "Weak only because of the body I am trapped in. You will never see the true extent of my power until this girl is thoroughly disposed of."[/color] There was something like a sigh, the creature's white eyes narrowing into a sharp glare. "But, unfortunately, that is much more difficult to accomplish properly than one may think."[/color] There were so many conditions to obtain freedom these days; how very irritating. The Shinigami remained unmoving as the mist encased the area, shifting only enough to peer over its shoulder form the corner of one eye. It was grinning, despite the fact it seemed to know what was coming. Working in time with the explosion, the Shinigami lunged forward and spread its wings, riding the blast instead of drowning in it. The downsides to this, were that it carried it much farther away than it would have liked, and it was difficult to maintain an even glide on such forceful wind. Carefully, one wing was dipped while the other tilted, sending the creature in a sharp turn back toward Damon. Grin still in place, it captured a deep breath, held it, and then opened its jaws wide. A layered screech tore from its throat, making visible ripples in the air around it. Rings of pure energy- negative as always- shot from the Shinigami's vocal chords and were sent like a large vortex throughout the surrounding area. Aim wasn't a big focal point because the area these sound-waves covered grew in size with every few feet they traveled.
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Post by Creator on Mar 24, 2008 16:58:57 GMT -5
"Oh, are you going to run away again, then? Perhaps you should go hide until you can get free. But you can keep wasting your breath if you like. You and I both know you can't beat me like this." The area went dark as a dome formed around them, purple stone reaching up on all sides. The sound waves faded as the air inside was added to the dome itself, giving them nothing to travel through. With several puffs of smoke, a few extra Damons appeared throughout the dome and together they all flung kunai at random angles, leaving a couple dozen embedded in the walls. They then fiddled with something unseen and stuck several more kunai into the ground, then shifted part of the blades into plasma. Immediately, the inside of the dome was lit up with electricity, as it was revealed that a web of strings connected the kunai on the ground to the kunai on the walls. Lines of electricity crackled as all but one of the Damons vanished, and air returned to the dome. "I know you can easily escape this dome. It's not build to keep you inside. I'm just curious as to how brave you are. And if you're willing, how flexible you are as well." He crossed his arms, leaning back against the wall and watching the demon through the lines of electricity.
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Post by [red].Raven on Mar 28, 2008 16:21:32 GMT -5
As soon as the dome formed, the Shinigami dove downward and dugs its talons into the earth, skidding to an abrupt halt. It remained crouched, eyes narrowed and scrutinizing while they darted around, watching as Damon created the seeming impassible web of wire and electricity. Very carefully, wings now folded tightly against its back, the demon stood and swept its gaze all around the inside of the dome before landing on a sparkling wire right in front of it. Slowly, it touched the tip of one claw to the wire. The claw jerked backward simultaneously with a loud snapping noise from the wire. Examining its talon, the Shinigami grinned devilishly. "At least you keep things interesting."[/color] With almost serpentine movements, the creature began a series of slow dips and pivots, maneuvering very cautiously around the nets of charged wire. For a moment, it looked as though the Shinigami would have no problems bending and flexing anyway necessary to move throughout the dome. That was, until, it misjudged the spacing between two wires. With a gesture too sudden, a wire pressed firmly against the creature's exposed back. The shock sent it stumbling forward into a trap of more wire, where its balance was knocked off. It was ensnared there. The electricity surged through its body as a finger-nails-on-chalkboard-like screech ripped form its throat. The glowing white markings writhed and jerked about over its dark flesh and its eyes flashed rapidly from white to crimson like a strobe light. The scream, one may note, sounded very human. With a painful tug, the demon yanked itself free of the wire and stood hunched over, thin tendrils of smoke rising from its body.
It glared sharply at Damon while its eyes slowly faded back to white.The Shinigami's arms, tail, and wings, were allowed to simply hang limply wherever they chose, the creature not particularly caring at the moment. "You..."[/color] Alright, so... electricity was not the Shinigami's friend. In a fit of anger, the demon sliced downward through the empty air with one long swipe and sent a slash of negative, blade-like energy for Damon. If it didn't hit him, hopefully it would at least be enough to cut these irritating wires.
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Post by Creator on Mar 28, 2008 21:15:42 GMT -5
Damon grinned as the electricity made contact, having to draw more into the strings from the walls of the dome so they didn't run out. He watched as the demon swatted at the air, sending its razor-sharp evil energy toward him. Most of the strings were sliced neatly and fell against the walls as the energy passed through Damon, who waved and grinned as he faded away. It had been merely a clone, and illusion.
"Let me ask you something," Damon's voice said from behind. "How much do you know about air pressure? It can make confined spaces extremely uncomfortable, I'll tell you that." Slowly, the slashes where the energy had eaten through the done closed themselves, air rushing in to fill the gaps. Then the dome began to thicken, taking in air from the outside. Then, the inside began to transform back into air, effectively making the dome slowly grow outward, while increasing the air pressure inside far more rapidly. True, it wouldn't be too hard to get out of considering how the demon's energy just ate right through the stony walls, but until then he would see how his foe handled the pressure.
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Post by [red].Raven on Apr 5, 2008 15:04:56 GMT -5
The demon stood idly in the center of the dome, still somewhat hunched over but looking much better off than it had only moments after being electrocuted. Though the pressure was obviously increasing quite rapidly, the demon didn't seem to pay it any mind. Some small interval of time passed, and yet the creature still appeared unaffected. Its illuminated white eyes scanned the inner walls of the dome, expression very blank and disinterested. Air pressure? Honestly, what on earth could air do to a demon such as- a low growl rumbled deep within the Shinigami's chest, its eyes narrowing significantly. Something warm and dark could be seen trickling slowly out of its left ear. A bleeding ear really is quite uncomfortable. Deciding it was time to do something about this infernal dome, the Shinigami crouched low to the ground, muscles going through a series of twitches in random places on its body from the pressure. "No end to your tricks, I see."[/color] Whip-like tail lashing from side to side, the demon sprinted toward the closest wall and lunged for it, claws lashing out and glowing only slightly with negative energy in hopes of creating a big enough opening for it to escape. The Shinigami didn't seem to think very much about what might happen if all this condensed air were to be released at once.
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Post by Creator on Apr 5, 2008 15:13:28 GMT -5
The wall of the dome cracked away neatly, and quickly tore open into a larger hole as the air rushed outward. The demon was tough, he would admit. But he still had enough tricks up his sleeves to keep it busy for a while. The air shot out through the hole, and if the Shinigami wasn't ready for it, it just might take him with it. Damon was a short distance away directly in front of the hole, waiting with Soul Punisher pointed toward the gap. If the wind was enough to push the Shinigami through the opening, he would go ahead and release the stone, which would create another shock wave to hopefully push him right into the blade. But he was never quite that lucky. Too late, he realized he should have just turned the walls of the dome into plasma as the demon touched it. But the best ideas usually came just after they would have been most useful.
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Post by [red].Raven on Apr 5, 2008 15:39:11 GMT -5
As soon as the air rushed out, the Shinigami was sent with it, too disoriented to figure out why it was still moving so quickly after it had already jumped and slowed to hit the wall. Instinctively, it tried to unfold its wings, but the attempt was awkward with so much air rushing from behind and only succeeded in unsteadying it even more. After a moment of darting around, its eyes locked straight ahead and narrowed curiously onto the awaiting Damon. Why was he just standing there? Then realization washed over the Shinigami's expression and its eyes widened, jaws parting in an 'oh freaking crap'-like manner. It tried once again to redirect its course with its wings, but again, this made things worse by tilting its body at an even more vulnerable angle. There was a sickening slosh noise and a short grunt, the Shinigami frozen. Its talons were planted on the ground, wings, arms, and tail tensed and stuck in whatever position they had previously been in. The demon's eyes stared at Damon, still wide, before dropping downward to stare at his hands and the hilt of his blade.
The blade that was currently piercing the Shinigami's abdomen and protruding from its back.
The was a gurgling noise as blood dripped from the creature's jaws. Now, this injury would not have been so severe had Damon's blade hit the perfect mark; the Mark, to be more precise. The one Rei wore to signify what she was. The one that this creature seemed to be drawing its power from the last few weeks. The Shinigami was completely still for another moment, but then, all at once, the glowing marks lining its body ignited into a white light so hot to the eyes it was almost like staring at a star. A demonic howl of pain ripped from the beast's throat, the usual human-tone of its screams gone, as the designs writhed frantically all across its dark flesh. The marks spread to envelope the demon's entire body, lighting the being in a chilling display of white energy. The screeches continued, the Shinigami convulsing and trying in vain to pull at the blade before, all at once, the light became impossibly brighter before fading away in an instant.
The screams stopped, the Shinigami's jaw frozen in a cry of pain. All the white markings were gone, leaving behind only the dark flesh. Legs giving out, Damon (assuming he hadn't fled from the array of light) and his blade would be the only thing left keeping the creature upright, all of its limbs succumbing to gravity. Hopefully Rei would not return in that instant, for it was doubted she'd like to have a sword impaling her stomach.
((At one point, I was going to hint that you should try and stab it >:]))
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Post by Creator on Apr 5, 2008 17:30:19 GMT -5
((For the record, I would like to note how hard it was to resist replying to all of that with "Damon gasped." xD))
When the sword made contact, Damon was somewhat surprised. His plans rarely worked out just right. He stood there for a moment, expecting the demon to just pull the blade out and keep on going. But then things took a strange turn. As the Shinigami began to light up, a puff of smoke issued up around Damon, though nothing seemed to change. He held on tightly to the sword, fearing that letting go would stop whatever painful process the demon was experiencing. He thought about feeding electricity through the blade, but that was out of the question as he need to conserve his energy for what would come next. So he stood, hoping the demon wasn't about to explode.
Then it was all over, and the demon was limp on his sword. He let it fall and pulled the sword out, resisting the urge to decapitate the creature. As much as he wanted to, he didn't know what that would do to Rei. He cast the blade aside and clapped his hands together, then pressed them against the Shinigami's chest, in an attempt to detach any soul that was not Rei's. He didn't know which would be the Shinigami's, but he could recognize Rei's and thus knew the only one not to tear apart.
And if this didn't work, then yes, he would probably try decapitation.
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Post by [red].Raven on Apr 20, 2008 23:55:15 GMT -5
((LAWLIOSOX xD)) Upon Damon's contact, a thin white mist seeped out of the demon's steaming flesh and swirled upward into the air, creating a moistureless fog that hung over the area. The still cadaver seemed to be making a low hissing noise, like steam slowly escaping the nose of a kettle or radiator. The creature's flesh was fading from a dark charcoal color, to ash grey, and then to a color very similar to dust. Claws, talons, wings, legs, and a tail were all slowly reverting back into a humanoid figure while the white mist continued to rise. Dark blood slowly trickled from the corner of a now-more-Rei-than-monster-looking-being's mouth. Just as the girl's flesh lost all of its dark tint, the shift form Shinigami back into a human girl seemed to be completed. And what's more, there was no Mark on Rei's abdomen, just a large gash that traveled all the way through her body from Damon's blade. At least she was unconscious... for now. What seemed to be the last of the white mist slithered out of Rei's body. As if on cue, something began swirling on her abdomen around where the Mark had formerly been laid. This swirling pattern was hardly noticeable, as it was not black, but a light grey in color. It's true pattern was not visible yet to the naked eye, as it was still very light... and currently covered with blood. All at once, Rei's eyes snapped open and she gasped, which caused her to choke on her own blood and begin a painful fit of coughing. Her back arched as she continued gasping, choking and coughing, her conscious body now very aware of the vicious stab going through her stomach. Her fingers clawed into the earth, though hardly managed to do so because of the blood loss she had experienced already. Rei gurgled out what sounded like a cry of panic and utter disorientation. What was going on? What had happened to Damon? Was that him crouching over her? What was that pressure against her chest? Why was everything out of focus and why the hell did it feel like someone was sticking a red-hot-poker through her stomach? ((Sorry for the time it took to do this >> I hope the slightly-above-average length makes up for it ))
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Post by Creator on Apr 22, 2008 16:33:48 GMT -5
Damon would have celebrated, but there wasn't exactly much time for that at the moment. "It's alright. Listen, I'm going to turn you into smoke. That'll preserve your body as it is right now until we get to help, okay? It might hurt, but only for a second." He held out a hand, awaiting her okay to go on. He'd never been to the school's hospital room, and in fact was merely assuming that one even existed, but he hoped they could help. That wound didn't look like a field full of daisies. Blood is red, after all. It was a field full of roses.
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Post by [red].Raven on Apr 22, 2008 23:31:39 GMT -5
Unable to speak without choking on blood, Rei clenched her jaw tightly shut and forced her mind to focus and make sense of things. She was hurt, that much she knew, but that was about the extent of her knowledge so far. Damon's voice; something she could recognize. Her eyes were barely slits as she peered up at Damon, having some difficulty piecing together the meaning of his words. 'Smoke...' Well, that was easy enough. Rei's vision blurred slightly as the stinging, horrid pain caused her eyes to tear up. She stared at Damon for another desperate moment before her head nodded sharply once; the only distinct movement she could manage to give Damon her consent. He said it would hurt, but more pain didn't seem very relevant right now. Rei doubted it would add up to much worse than what she was already feeling.
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