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Aoi looked over her shoulder with her signature look of dullness as she was addressed. "Yes, why?" the girl asked, her voice as calm as her face.

Aoi and Umbra glanced at each other.
{You shouldn't,} the cautious summon warned, {You know how you get.}
Aoi tilted her head to one side in thought, {Well, it's been a while since I sparred. Make sure to stop me.}
Umbra sighed, knowing that it would be impossible to try and change his summoner's mind. Instead, he readied himself to drag Raimu out of danger when it was needed.

"Alright," Aoi replied, "why not? I'm here to train, too. Although," her eyes glinted violently in anticipation of the fight even as the rest of her face retained their calm demeanor, "I'm dead serious, especially in spars." The girl then abruptly turned around and walked away to get some distance between herself and the challenger, pulling her lute out as she did so. As she walked, she put out the rules of the spar, "Alright, anything goes. You seem to be a lower rank than I am so I'll let you use your summon if you have one. As for me, I'll only bring mine out if I feel that I really need to. Are you okay with those terms?". She finally turned back around as she asked the last question. Between her and blondie, there was now a distance of about 10 meters. Appearance-wise, it was fairly obvious thanks to her scaly wings and tail that she was a Draconian. However, other than that, there was nothing in how she looked to give away her abilities other than those that Raimu already knew. The only visible weapons were her lute and what seemed to be the sheath of some sort of blade. Even the scales on her body were hidden by her clothes.

(550/550)

"If you say so," Aoi replied, finally revealing a smile. However, far from seeming friendly, the expression looked just as dangerous and violent as the gleam in her eyes not too long ago. She struck a soft chord on her lute and let the sound vibrate through the air, only hitting another note just as it was about to fade. Slowly and steadily, Aoi continued playing the intricate yet peaceful song. The subtle complexities would hypnotize and calm any listener. Both Raimu and Dagonite would both begin to feel very drowsy as soon as the first chord had been hit.

Lullaby
Rank: B
Requires: Adept Rank
Description: A hypnotizing and calming tune is played from the instrument. This will slowly take the enemy into a deep slumber if they are not careful. It would only take effect once the song is finished but the drowsiness and the calming melody takes effect almost instantly. Takes two undisturbed posts of playing the song to take full effect.

(475/550)

(OOC: Okay, Raimu, since one of the strengths of a siren is that they're not as affected by minstrel/bard techniques you have one of two choices. Either not be affected by the drowsiness but still notice it or require four posts of playing the song instead of two for it to take effect.)

Aoi smirked at the thought that the other bard had really thought that something as small as an annoying buzz would distract her from playing her song. It was no worse than the medley of noises that came from an orchestra as they all warmed up individually. Not to mention, the buzzing sound now also gave Aoi some protection against any of Raimu's bard attacks. Besides, playing music didn't only involve hearing it. Muscle memory was involved as well. Lullaby continued unhindered.

However, as much as Aoi could ignore the buzzing in terms of playing her song, it did distract her. To continue playing, she did need to concentrate more on her music than she usually would. As a result, she didn't notice the Fireball that Raimu had used until it was practically on top of her. However, the danger was mostly averted with a simple sweep of the hand between two notes and a step to the side. Aoi had used Air Shield to push the fireballs to the side, allowing her to dodge just barely despite only just noticing them. Yes, the arm holding onto the neck of the lute received quite a bit of damage but her draconian scales kept the damage to a minimum. Aoi's scales and clothes were singed, but nothing more.

Air Shield
Rank biggrin (Energy usage is equivalent to the rank of your enemy's attack)
Description:
The most common defensive tactic involves circling enemies, suddenly changing direction when attacked and evading by physical movement rather than bending. However, an Elementalist can still deflect as needed by throwing up gusts of air close to their bodies as a shield. This is rarely to stop attacks directly and more often pushes the attack aside and away, conserving energy and allowing them to turn the movement into an attack at the same moment. Since air can affect almost all physical objects, it can also be used to enforce the momentum of thrown objects or manipulate other objects.

(465/550)

(OOC: Come on, Raimu. One more post to do what you need to do. At least... I think? Should another post be added to make up for the distraction confused ?...)

The distracting buzz remained in Aoi's head and so, not wanting to repeat the last episode of just barely dodging the attack, the girl started another wind move to protect herself from any further physical attacks. With a sweep of her hands during a rest, she was surrounded by a wide vortex of air and, to make up for the sound that was being blocked off, raised the volume of her playing so Raimu and Dagonite could still hear the music, which remained peaceful despite the raised volume. The vortex would catch Dagonite and knocked him away unless his charge had somehow managed to have more weight than an elephant.

The wind also had a second effect of redirecting Raimu's fire attacks ever so slightly. Thanks to its wide area, the slight redirection gradually grew into a larger miss and Aoi was fully able to dodge the attack. Although, she still remained oblivious to Dagonite.

Air Vortex
Rank: B
Requires: Air funnel
Description: A spinning funnel of air of various sizes. This can be used to trap and disorient opponents or as a potent defense since it will deflect and repel any objects and can even throw them back at an opponent. If it does not weigh more than an elephant you may toss it back.

(390/550)

In response to Raimu's attack, Aoi suddenly jumped up into the air, using the wind to increase her speed and the height of her jump. The dodge up into the air allowed her dodge both Raimu's initial attack and, to her mild surprise, Dagonite's attack all while continuing to play her song. Despite being somewhat slowed down and having to repeat parts of Lullaby to compensate for the buzzing in her ears, the girl felt that by now, at least, Raimu and her summon should start to fall asleep if they didn't just suddenly drop to sleep.

As she thought this, the girl just realized the stream of fire coming at her and, with several Air Kicks, managed to maneuver away from the fire by using the compressed air to move to the side in bursts. As with before, the maneuver was pulled off in just in time and her position in the air, where it was harder for her to maneuver, forced more of her body to come into contact with the attack than before. This time, though, it was her lower body to leave the scene last and so her left leg gained what would have been a nasty burn to it. Thanks to her scales, though, the burn wasn't as bad as it could have been. Sure, it was going to hurt like hell once Aoi landed heavily on the ground, but she would still be able to use it.

(300/550)
(3/5 posts of Sonic Annoyance)
(1/2 posts of Enhanced Speed and Jump... I think)
(Lullaby should be taking full effect now for Dagonite and be either really close to taking effect on Raimu or already taking effect on her)

Enhanced Speed and Jump
Rank: C
Description: This is a passive skill that may only be taught to you at Adept Rank. Once you learn this skill you are 2 ranks faster. You can also jump as high as 2 stories.

(OOC: No, this is not a passive skill. I just noticed right now that I still have the old version and am currently too lazy to replace it sweatdrop .)

Air Punch/Kick
Rank: E
Description: air punches or air kicks are small, compressed formations of air that can be fired off the fists or feet of an Elementalist. Commonly used in rapid succession.

(OOC: Wait... why did Raimu store the notes into the ground instead of just playing them directly? Did she fall asleep after releasing them or something?)