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 Posted: Sun Jul 20, 2008 7:33 pm
Shrugging his shoulders he found two boulders and walked towards the bigger one commenting. "If you say so" at her statement and then continuing on with the explanation of the technique. "Now then. Pay attention. The focus of the attack has to be more than your arm. If you use just the arm you get this." he said punching the rock only tensing and utilizing the muscles in his arm. He dented the rock in actually further than the other dents had made before the rocks exploded. "A punch is just a straight shot. As an old martial arts master said, to aim through your opponent not for them so your punches would hold more power. Now, normally this is acceptable. In this scenario. This is incorrect. If you aim through your opponent you'll simply punch them very hard. You won't cause the force to roll through them and distribute evenly on the points outside of the impact zone. The goal of this technique is not entirely the punch itself. But the after effects. While the impact zone will obviously cause the most damage being able to cause damage to their entire body, even if only minor, with one punch is still much, much more valuable than strong single area hits. Following us so far?"
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Posted: Sun Jul 20, 2008 7:42 pm
She nodded and paid attention as requested. As he explained, her lips moved a bit. "So far, same that Ali has taught me." she said softly, not meaning he should stop, just that there was no knowledge that she had not already known being shared. "Please, continue."
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Posted: Sun Jul 20, 2008 7:46 pm
A pillar of flame erupted high into the clouds several miles down the beach...
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Posted: Sun Jul 20, 2008 7:47 pm
"Right. We have to go over the basics again before we move onto the tricks. Didn't you ever go to school?" he asked mockingly again. "Now then, gathering all the force in your body is step two. Gathering it into a single focal point. For all intents and purposes this will usually be a fist. Though when you further gain advancement of the technique you can do it with legs too. However, that still doesn't get you there. Observe. Using everything we have, we get this." he said taking a breath once more. All the muscles that were visible on his back, shoulders, even the arm he wasn't using tensed and gained strength. He seemed to be focusing it though all to his right hand. Slamming his right fist against the rock it actually plowed through the rock and buried his arm in the earthen material. Still though, it did not produce the same effect. "And we're guessing this is what Ali taught you. To utilize more than just a fist. When you have enough power even if you don't try to aim past them, you still end up punching past the other person only because their bodies won't be able to withstand the force of the blow. And this, this is where the third part comes in. Control." he said pulling his arm out of the rock he stepped to a different side of it one that was undamaged. "Still, this is not the complete effect. Controlling it by forcing yourself NOT to go THROUGH them but still using all of the force produces the delay. Like so." he said punching the rock again. This time the shotgun sound boomed and the rock stood for a moment before cracking over. Though it did not explode into rubble as it had previously. "If not the first thing we said, then THIS is likely what Ali has taught you, yes?"
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Posted: Sun Jul 20, 2008 8:04 pm
She observed and bobbed her head, trying to figure out what he was doing. It was very, very similar to what Ali had taught her. Tilting her head, she smiled a bit. "Very similar .. the reaction and the positioning of the hand is quite different. Please, continue." she said softly, watching with curiosity still.
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Posted: Sun Jul 20, 2008 8:10 pm
"So, we have step one, basics. step two, power, step three control and step four, last one. Equilibrium. Balancing the force out so that it spreads evenly instead causing a delay in only the impact and so the damage done is not limited to the impact. Observe. We'll do this slowly, even make it visual using some other tricks we know." he said moving again to find another side of the rock. His right arm started to crackle with a bright purple lightning. Suddenly his whole arm set ablaze with a violet fire like his usual aura. This must be the visual part. Step one, he took the basic form, step two once more he gathered the might of his entire body, not just his arm, throwing his fist the fire followed and all of it gathered onto one point upon impact. Step three, control. A violet ring spread outward from the point of impact and slid over the rock like the violet ring was coating it over. It spread evenly and over the entire rock. Finally a few moments later after the ring had vanished. The rock exploded into rubble. Step four, equilibrium. "That ring was merely some basic dark magic but rest assured that's what the force of the blow would look like if one could see it rippling through. It expands outward from the point of impact going throughout the entire object on an equal scale and causing damage to everything, not just the point of impact. Think you have the basics down?"
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Posted: Sun Jul 20, 2008 8:18 pm
"Magic or the chi or something else?" she asked, completely serious in the question, tilting her head as she examined his actions over and again in her mind.
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Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2008 6:53 am
"Oh that? Just some basic shadow magic." he said explaining the ring. Pointing to the boulder next to the one he'd just destroyed he then pointed to her and demanded. "Your turn, get going. Start small. Cracking the rock is easy. Destroying the whole rock with even force takes a whole nother level of control."
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Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2008 11:25 am
She bobbed her head, considering what to do, how to focus, taking a crack at it, she hit with all her might, leaving a small mark but feeling it also.
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Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2008 11:33 am
Azuris silently walked up along the cliff face, staring out to the ocean below as the wind caught and whipped up his hair. He watched the two, punching rocks, for a brief moment, before simply turning and staring out to the sea, the leather belts of his outfit and the cloth blowing in the wind, making soft clinking noises as metal bits hit together. He sighed, staring at the waves lapping softly at the shore.
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Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2008 11:37 am
Yawgmoth's senses ticked for a moment and he turned around to spy the other individual. The Dark Titan didn't recognize him but did not see him as any kind of threat either and therefore, ignored him. He had a student to teach for now. Returning his gaze back to Ziven he watched her leave a mark in the rock. "Oh come on. You're stronger than this. We figured you could at LEAST cause a slight delay effect to begin with and just work your way to controlling the force enough to even it out." he said finding another rock near them but instead of crushing this one he instead hopped up on it and sat down Indian style crossing his arms over his chest just watching her. "When you think you have it, come back here and try to break the rock we're sitting on. Wake us by causing us to collapse to the ground with the rock. Wake us up another way and we'll be very grumpy. You don't want that." he said closing his eyes. Just because he was teaching her doesn't mean he still couldn't meditate and train his mind at the same time. After all, what good was a strong body if one didn't have the brains to plan and think ahead of their opponent.
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Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2008 12:03 pm
She too looked to the stranger, feeling a bit shy to practice with an audience. Though, she continued onward. With a second try, she was much better able to control what she was doing and instead of the rock crumbling in to rubble, it cracked in to multiple pieces. "I have cracked the large rocks with open palm before, the crumbling is different." she said softly, using magic to repair the rock she had just broken before trying again and again until it was right. Minutes passed before she got it right, nearly a half hour would pass before her efforts were consistent enough to confidently wander over to the one Yawg was sleeping and crushed the rock with ease.
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Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2008 12:07 pm
He sank to his knees, resting his hands upon them a moment as he seemed to just take in the sights and sounds around him, smelling the breeze, moist, whipped up from the lake below. He smirked after that silently, before reaching to the earth in front of him. On his right pointer finger, a metal ring stretched the entire length of the finger, ending in a metal claw shape, not sharp however. He pushed the claw into the ground and started to draw, a large practiced circle, about a foot across, before slowly starting to fill it in with the alien runes, the symbols and straight lines that make up a sigil.
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Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2008 12:39 pm
Though she was still focusing on Yawgmoth, she tilted her head to look at the stranger, observing what he was doing.
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Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2008 12:50 pm
It took him a couple of minutes, the man as he knelt seemed very intent on getting...whatever it was he was drawing, his full attention. He almost seemed overly picky about detail, until finally, he stood, the full circle drawn out in detail... "Verithix the Tyrant, enter this domain."He spoke with a cool demeanor, his voice deep and hypnotic. The lines and scrawlings in the circle flared with white light, as suddenly the air near him grew still. The space in front of him (but only in the circle, beyond it anything inside the circle just vanishes at the edge, the border of the sigil) suddenly cleaved open with a large black sword, as if someone cut through a peice of paper, the hole in reality showing nothing but blackness as a massive muscled draconian man stepped through. His black scaled head shifted down to look at Azuris, staring at him intently for a bit. After what seems to be an eternity, Azuris's forhead stretches in two places, horns growing from his head as his skin darkens in color, his hands growing claws, and his muscles growing more in tone. The figure in the circle vanishes, as the earth seems to smooth itself back out slowly, the circle he drew vanishing as he stands with closed eyes, the changes slowly finishing...a small spittle of acid leaking between his lips and hitting the ground with a resounding hiss.((sample picture of a binder drawing a vestige circle:  ))
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