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Post by Señor Sunday Friday on Feb 29, 2008 19:07:11 GMT -5
Suzume opened her eyes wide, the roar was really frightening in all honesty and she decided that even if there was poison gas (which she promptly discovered was gone). She looked up at the creature, "Wow... you summoned THAT?" she asked, her eyes wide with wonder, she wasn't completely sure what she'd do with that thing other than try to scorch it or something, almost immediately losing interest in Damon in favor for the massive creature.
Quickly enough, though- she gained an idea. She moved her hands in a circular motion, flames forming and following the motion, growing in size as she backed away from the creature and she set it so instead of spinning like a wheel at a right angle to the ground, it was parallel to the ground and she released it in a solid wave to make it harder to dodge, even moreso she pulled it towards herself as she pushed it away at the same time, making a sheet of flame, in case Damon decided to jump out of the way, he'd have nowhere to land. She sent the fire up the walls towards the ceiling and soon enough she let it start to collapse down over the feild, all the while she was still trying to keep well away from the amphiptere that Damon had created.
At the sight of the amphiptere, it wasn't Ouwashi who was thinking prominently, it was Tsubame, the one of dragon blood who resided in Suzume. Suzume was the granddaughter of Makashi, the former king of dragons and shinto god of water. What did this lowly mongrel believe to be it's right to attack Suzume? Even if it was energy in the form of a draconic creature, it was still unacceptable by Tsubame's standards. The fight was nearly given to Suzume and the child was in no danger, but she almost completely fealt the need to step in. Then again, she was aware that Damon was gathering information, so perhaps it was best and herself and Ouwashi stay hidden, it was always good to have a few suprises up your sleeves.
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Post by Creator on Mar 1, 2008 1:40:45 GMT -5
The smoke-formed amphiptere turned sharply, seeming to actually fly through itself as it changed course to go after Suzume. But Damon, deciding that he could be of little more use here, let the smoke fade away into open air. The flames washed over him and he leapt up into the sky, already burning alive. There was a large burst of smoke and he was good as new, forming a half-shield of stone as he landed to divert the flames. Apparently fully revitalized, he grinned wildly at her, keeping the fire at bay all the while. Eventually, he simply completed the shield, making a dome of purple rock over himself. His voice spoke from just in front of Suzume, somewhat giddily. "Thanks to you, I'm back and feeling as good as new. This is my ninja art, the Nine Lives Jutsu. So far, you've gotten rid of one, and every time I'll come back with more power than the last. Let's see how you do." Without warning, the dome began to melt into a thick sludge, as did more and more of the ground within the arena. It wouldn't take long before the entire battle square to be made of a quicksand-like goop. A Damon-shaped mass of liquid rose up, most likely facing Suzume. "Be grateful you aren't getting the full Swamp Imitation."
Of course, a technique of this span would quickly drain him, but he wasn't too worried. He had plenty of tricks up his sleeves to use, and had backup plan after backup plan. The liquid faded slowly into a lighter shade of purple, and began to creep up the walls. It was more difficult to do, but he had pushed it into a state known as superfluid, which was essentially just a fluid with zero viscosity. Should Suzume touch the ground, it would begin to creep up her as well.
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Post by Señor Sunday Friday on Mar 1, 2008 19:34:26 GMT -5
Suzume wasn't one who posessed the ability of flight, so this 'cover everything with nasty goop' method would work very well, because it was already determined that Tsubame wouldn't be interfering, so she was going to be in direct contact with the 'superfluid' when it got to her. She didn't know what it would do, but she really didn't want to find out. She formed a wall of dark water from the River Styx and it formed in a dome over her, protecting her from the fluid outside, well, as long as she didn't use up all her air... which would be bad.
"What are you doing?" she asked through the wall of darkness, not knowing if anything she said would make it through, she'd just have to wait till Damon was done, or something, she was sure she could do that, atleast.
(okay, I paused a bit during my post, so it might be a bit... bad. I might have a sentance or two that are written all wonky, if so, please forgive me...)
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Post by Creator on Mar 1, 2008 20:00:28 GMT -5
Damon grinned mentally, watching as she formed a shield around herself. That was exactly what he had counted on. The superfluid creeped up, washing over her dome, and though it couldn't touch her, it could block her sight. The fluid that had encased the dome suddenly hardened into rock, and another layer of superfluid began to wash over. Of course, Suzume wouldn't be able to tell what was happening once the first layer of stone had formed, but that would be good. He hardened the floor beneath her as well, continuing to thicken the dome above her. "I'm just testing you, Suzume. Don't worry." Once the dome had reached as satisfying thickness, he rest of the floor returned to normal, and he began to work the other way. As in, he changed the remaining air inside the dome into stone, adding just a bit onto the inside while leaving nothing for her to breathe. He was sure she could get out by force, but leave no stone unturned after all. Hopefully she would panic, and he would get to see some kind of blind fury.
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Post by Señor Sunday Friday on Mar 1, 2008 22:51:18 GMT -5
Suzume fealt the air in the dome begin to fade and her eyes grew wider and wider, not knowing what to do, because as far as she knew, she was still in danger of becoming engulfed in the liquid if she lowered the darkness, eventually, though, the wall of dark magic began fluxuating and expanding, the force behind the expanding feild rather immence, though it didn't give Suzume any more air. Suzume was completely unaware what this would be doing to the rock outside the forcefeildish thing, she didn't even know there was rock outside the dome of darkwater. Next came another level of the darkness, forming around Suzume and pulsating outwards, pushing the stone away from herself. She didn't want to be enclosed, her claustrophobia wasn't as bad when she was a child, though certain events made it many times worse when she was older, perhaps it was something Damon would learn when Suzume was returned to her proper age, perhaps not...
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Post by Creator on Mar 1, 2008 23:20:48 GMT -5
The stone began to crack, though this was no longer something that Damon was holding in form himself. It was simply the floor, moved into a new position and allowed to return to normal. Consequently, the stone that was in the dome had come from below her, meaning that she was about halfway underground. Damon watched, now solid once more, as the stone broke and flew away from the magic. He dodged a few chunks of the rock and grinned, energy surging up through him. A pop of electricity shot from his shoulder to the ground, leaving a dark singe. "Alright. I'm getting bored of that. Let's take a break from the bells and whistles, shall we?" Soul Punisher formed in his hand, the blade currently free from flames and shadows, making it look more like a normal sword that just happened to have ancient runes etched into the blade.
Of course, being largely unskilled with swords, as he had no formal training, Damon usually kept to sending attacks from a distance. He slashed broadly toward Suzume, sending a razor of wind through the air toward her. 'I really should learn how to use this thing,' he thought to himself. 'Ah, but who has the time?' He swung the sword one or twice more, though he sent no more attacks Suzume's way. Instead, he seemed to be judging the blade's weight. It was a bit lighter than it looked, he knew, because it had been enchanted for greater speed. '...I may not be skilled in swordsmanship...'
He looked up at Suzume, a blank stare on his face. '...but like any ninja, I've had a lot of training in shurikenjutsu. And what is a sword but an oversized shuriken?' He chose not to go through with his idea for the moment, as he wanted to see how Suzume would react to his slice. If he had had more energy, he would continue slashing and make it harder to dodge, but every time he spent some of the energy in the sword, he had to replace it with his own, otherwise it wouldn't be able to fulfill its duties later on. Too many swings would drain what little chakra this life had left.
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Post by Señor Sunday Friday on Mar 2, 2008 1:29:28 GMT -5
Suzume dropped the feilds of darkness, and just in time for Damon's barrage from the blade. Flames sprouted around her in reaction to the suprise, it was something not so visible as it was sound, she heard it before it hit her, her hand moving up though, a tad of Tsubame's power coming present. Air. The only element Suzume couldn't truly tap into would be earth. She managed to slow the first one down and stop the others, though that's not saying she wasn't knocked off her feet. She hit the ground rather hard, her eyes looking towards Damon now. She had honestly expected to be hit more times than just this once, she was suprising herself here. The upside to using her wind magic was that it wasn't as visible and it was completely hidden with a blend of illusions, it seemed more like that she had simply managed to withstand the attacks, certainly more impressive than diffusing them. But Tsubame orchestrated that one moment of illusions to cover up Suzume's instinct to tap into deeper magics. Tsubame didn't want this stranger to quite yet understand everything. Ouwashi wasn't quite so patient anymore, "So then, Smith... are you quite enjoying your fight? Or might I have to put something at stake for you. You really shouldn't hold back, coward." the words were in no way Suzume's, they were completely, wholly Ouwashi. She was tired of these games and was well prepared for something more serious, she was willing to only allow her magic to be passively used through Suzume, but she wanted to put her one or two words in. For what it was worth. She wanted this fool, Damon to know what he was going to get himself into before this battle was over. He was getting himself into Hell.
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Post by Creator on Mar 2, 2008 1:54:25 GMT -5
Damon began to grin wildly, his hungry eyes seeming to look through Suzume. His blurry red pupils expanded further, now leaving his eyes mostly red, with a thin but wide white ring in each. He was using the third level of Tamashigan, offering a clearer vision of bodiless spirits and more attention to detail of those in bodies. Electricity crackled and popped between his fingertips, though he didn't seem to notice. "Finally... come on, I want to have some fun!" He held up a quivering hand, turned it palm-down, and swung his arm downward. In that moment, dozens of round purple balls of stone, roughly six inches in diameter, launched at Suzume from just about every direction. "Ninja Art - Thousand Cannons' Barrage!" As each "cannonball" neared, it exploded, kicking up dust and chunks of the floor. Luckily, this attack didn't take his own energy, but a small portion of energy from each of his remaining lives.
Soul Punisher faded back into mist, as Damon found himself too wound up to wield it. Mist billowed up around him, though it didn't get very far before dying away into the air. It was as if his smoky aura was having a sugar rush, and his face told the same tale. His eyes widened slightly as an idea struck him, a modification to the Thousand Cannons' Barrage, which he made a mental note to use later on.
Though Damon was free of the evil influence he had recieved when he'd bonded with negative energy, he still had the intense and overwhelming rush that came with plasma. Involuntarily, the tension in his body converted bits of himself into plasma and back, overwhelming him with a buzzing sensation that threatened to push him into a blind release of magic. Similar effects had happened before he had come to TMA, before he had learned to control his abilities and release magic healthily. He would build up and build up and build up, then release it all, then have no power for a while.
Right now, it was all Damon could do not to charge in and go into a melee fury. The small voice of reason he had was telling him that he'd end up slipping up, and lose life #2 in record time. So he waited and watched the cloud of smoke.
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Post by Señor Sunday Friday on Mar 2, 2008 2:40:18 GMT -5
Suzume brought herself back down to her fox form now, a smaller target yet again and much better to handle with exploding objects. She brought fox fire around herself as ghusts of wind blew debris and harmful objects away. At the same moment black water began seeping up through the floor, all of it pulling towards Damon, sliding accross the floor with purpose, and to be honest, that purpose was to wrap around Damon, constrict him and eventually crush him. This magic was working independantly of what Suzume wanted, it was working solely on Ouwashi's will, to be honest, Ouwashi was bored and wanted to see some blood... okay, so she wanted to see enough blood for herself to bathe in it if she truly wanted to. Damon was lucky subject numero uno, then. The most disturbing thing was probably the previous stated fact, though it was quickly followed by the fact that the water was continuing to pool from the ground. Ouwashi was willing to flood the arena if need be.
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Post by Creator on Mar 2, 2008 3:00:11 GMT -5
Damon grinned, not bothering to move out of the way as the water wrapped up around him. He had gotten more than he'd hoped for, and now it was time to let the next life come in. He only wished she was old and experience enough to realize that she was getting nowhere so far. The liquid wrapped around him and something shifted within, and it caved in on itself. There was a puff of smoke and Damon was standing lazily on a stone pillar, examining his fingernails. He grinned, once again revitalized and ready to test her more. He leapt into the air, fizzling away into a black cloud, and stretched himself too thin to see. A moment later his voice spoke from within her head, a bit bored. "Alright, let's see how you fare against this. Uchikorosu, what many people consider to be my strongest move. I know it isn't, but it is possibly the most annoying. Right now I'm infecting your air. Every breath you take, you take in some of me. Or do you? You won't know until you die, or perhaps, don't die. Or maybe you'll just go unconscious, you know, I'm not sure what kind of mood I'm in right now. All it would take is a tiny bit of matter clogging your heart."
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Post by Señor Sunday Friday on Mar 2, 2008 3:30:18 GMT -5
"Oh no, you wouldn't kill the child, and even when she's unconscious... I'm still able to kill you." Ouwashi spoke through Suzume with a laugh, not even caring about the issue with Damon in the air. Now was going to come the difference here. Suzume could use the powers of Tsubame and Ouwashi as well as her own, while Ouwashi was normally tied to her own powers... but a simple change in the shift of who was in controll could change that. Finally, Ouwashi was many times more ruthless that Suzume, having no reguard for injuries and having the appearance of not minding if she died or if her opponent died.
Suzume was brought back to her human form, Tsubame wouldn't be assisting anymore. The normally bright eyes were a glossy obsidian black, breathing in the air, not caring the slightest bit. This wasn't truly Suzume anymore, this was Ouwashi. So untill Suzume regained controll, if you wish to be correct about things, you'd refer to the being fighting Damon as Ouwashi. So I shall.
Ouwashi, almost mockingly drew in a nice, deep breath, "Besides, Damon... you wish to see what this child is truly capable of, you wouldn't immobilize her so quickly in the battle... how many lives do you have left, again?" she asked, she was really enjoying herself right now, every moment waiting for Damon to fold his cards, he had nothing to gain from bringing Suzume into a state near to death, nor did he have anything to gain from killing her. He had moreso things to lose if anything. "You're wasting your energy with mind games, boy." She laughed, "Besides, don't think that you're the only one able to manipulate matter in such a way." Ouwashi needed only to take more and more controll over Suzume before she'd be able to take her own form instead of the natural form of the weak child that Suzume was. Ouwashi would be able to take on her own human form, and even more impressive yet, the beast form. She'd love to see Damon deal with that. Damon was already admitting the power and strength of his own attacks, it was almost as if he didn't think that he, himself was under scrutiny as well. She hadn't let Suzume get to her own full potential, and she herself wouldn't reveal the whole of her strengths either.
She doubted Damon was showing anything yet, actually.
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Post by Creator on Mar 2, 2008 12:49:26 GMT -5
Life #3 If Damon had had a solid form at the moment, he would have most certainly grinned. Of course it had been a bluff; he was hovering in the air somewhere in the basement, but it wasn't inside Suzume. He had simply planned to watch an gauge her reaction to determine how vulnerable she was, but here this demon had just come right out and said it. He could have killed Suzume, not that it would do any good now that he was fighting a demon. With a rush of air, he took form about ten yards in front of her, as did Soul Punisher. He was squatting like an animal with his feet on the hand guard. Wind was swirling around the blade, suspending him in the air above the rising water. "So do you have a name? It would feel strange to call you Suzume, since I know that isn't your name anymore." He stood, still balanced on the sword, and crossed his arms. A blank stare came across his face, and the white rings disappeared from his eyes, leaving them in the purely red final stage of Tamashigan. He could see spirits as clear as day at this point, though the drain on his energy was now more rapid than ever. "And I have six lives after this one. You know, nobody has ever lasted through all nine. The longer each life prolongs its death, the tougher the next life will be. Luckily for you, I'm not trying to win."Damon reached into the pocket of his trench coat and began fiddling with something, then dropped a fish into the water. He watched as it swam around a bit, then began to slow, as if it's fragile life was being sucked away. He simply stared as the fish eventually stopped and floated up to the surface of the water. "Right. Guess I'll stay on the sword, then." If he'd gone back in time and told his past self that his shoes would have served some sort of use, he'd've been laughed at. "Alright, then. I've killed demons before, and just because you're a bit stronger doesn't mean a thing!" He leapt up into the air, Soul Punisher poofing back into the air below him. He began to spin quite rapidly, and blurred into a purple dust devil. Small metal blades formed and faded constantly within the twister as it rushed down toward Ouwashi, with obvious intentions.
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Post by Señor Sunday Friday on Mar 2, 2008 13:28:52 GMT -5
"Unless of course, I'm not a demon." Ouwashi responded, a wall of dark water rising up in a wall to protect her. She laughed as the water began to rise up, planning again to engulf Damon, but this time intending to completely surround him before constriction. Ouwashi didn't flinch the slightest bit, "And you may call me Ouwashi, it seems to be what people prefer to call me here." In all honesty, Ouwashi wasn't even her real name, though what her real name was didn't matter really, it would only stir up more trouble in the long run and the rediculous name the child had assigned was good enough for now, and soon enough she'd be able to either have either full control of this body, or a body all to herself, then she'd be able to kill these annoyances and get on with her existance.
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Post by Creator on Mar 2, 2008 15:01:07 GMT -5
Life #3 The twister kept going, straight through the water, straight through Ouwashi, and vanished into the ground, merely a clone. Though there wasn't much reason to be seen for using a clone at this point, Damon was obviously planning something. Or was it just more observation of Ouwashi? Damon appeared overhead, solid and flipping around as he hurled a ball of electricity down toward the water. He didn't know if it would conduct, but this would tell him. After hurling the sparking ball, his ring lit up and he blew backwards just slightly, enough to push him away. A pillar of stone rose up from the liquid for him to land on, and he squatted carefully, not wanting to spend more energy than necessary for the time being.
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Post by Señor Sunday Friday on Mar 3, 2008 18:40:32 GMT -5
Ouwashi laughed as the water parted from the sparking orb of energy that Damon had created, not revealing the conductive properties of the liquid, though it would be assumed that the water was just as conductive as normal water. She rose up a whip of water and it lashed at Damon, Ouwashi intended to tear the flesh from Damons bones before the fight was over and let his body sink to the bottom of the River Styx, it would be a wonderful addition to her power which grew more and more with every soul that crossed into hell.
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