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He had never played video games, really, save for a bit of Super Mario back in the day... but it all kind of made some sort of twisted sense. Or at least was more comforting a concept to have some sort of protection than just running at the enemy and hoping for the best... and besides, his weapon was built for keeping him at a distance. The concepts of barriers gave him some confidence at least.

Jerry had taken a moment to catch his breath, watching the others all take their own targets. It was fascinating, the array of weaponry that was summoned around him, especially at the sight of that purple glow at Candace's feet. Oh- wow. He had never seen weapons like THAT before... and her legs were powerful.

Enough staring! Do it again! Again, go! Roar snarled excitedly in the back of his head, there'll be plenty of time to watch them short-shorts later! I'm HUNGRY!

"Ah! Sorry, yes!" He blinked out of his moment of gawking, swallowing hard as he crouched down, hefting the cannon back onto his shoulder and took aim.

He was better repaired for the kick-back this time, merely falling into a sitting position once the bazooka barked a bit louder this time, his ears ringing as the cardboard target shuddered from the blow. He beamed. He was getting better! Practice really did make perfect!

T1: 2
T2: 3

As expected, Gale improved his second shot. The other hunter always seemed really together and Bix didn't expect anything less from his buddy. His own bow still felt awkward in his hands but there was a familiarity there that he couldn't escape.

After his first ball busting arrow he took a step back to watch everyone else. "Cass you have like.. a Final Fantasy weapon. That's awesome!" She played horror games from what he could tell. Did she ever play FF? He cursed her young age cause she was rocking those jeans pretty hard.....

How come my fun always gets interrupted by your philandering mind?
Philandering?
You are cheating on me! Your brain is mine!

His mental argument was interrupted when Before busted out this crazy looking metal wheel. Bix positively gaped. It looked way too heavy for his blabbering bro but he seemed to carry it like it was nothing. That didn't stop Before from flailing though! In his classic fashion the hunter spun and spun and never let go of the wheel. Instead he bobbled in place.

"Nice Before!" Bix couldn't help his snickering. "Your weapon is .. really awesome looking!" Perhaps the other hunter would do better using it as a sheild?

Bixxxxyyy...
Alright!

Bix once more lined up a shot, placing his marble to the bow and drawing back another arrow. It soared, buzzing in the air once more, and thunked into the target at the shoulder. Once again it was a rather solid strike.

Bix was a liiiiittle impressed with himself.

[[ T1 Damage: 5
T2 Damage: 6 ]]

Do not be late.

"Crapcrapcrapcrapcrap-" Madison's door banged open as the Hunter darted out of her room, not bothering to look behind her to see if the door closed again. Instead, she tore down the hall, slammed through the door that led outside, and ran as fast as she possibly could over the green grass towards the training area. She hadn't meant to be late, honest! She hadn't even put on her makeup or anything!

But she was late, regardless, and she could feel Kouki radiating a chill disapproval. Not like he'd helped wake her up, though, she thought back at him, grumpily. Jerk. Scaley bladey jerk.

Madison skidded into the training area and tried to come to attention, though the fact that she was very obviously gasping for breath somewhat mitigated her attempt. And when she looked up, Aria was... stabbing Gale in the neck.

WHAT.

She stared at the goings-on in abject horror, only dimly registering Aria's explanation - at least, until Kouki delivered a surprisingly sharp mental jolt. Oh my god WHAT you are SO ANNOYING, she hissed at him, gritting her teeth.

This is important. Pay attention, Kouki snapped back in four-part harmony; right afterwards, she thought she 'heard' a faint whispering. As if Kouki was talking to itself. Probably talking stupid crap about her.

Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuugh.

But if she didn't shape up, Aria would be on her, and fast, and it would be entirely justified. Madison squared her shoulders and focused, staring straight ahead. Fear, weapons, shielding, training... ugh, she didn't understand half of it, and she felt that was only partially due to her late arrival. The understanding expressions that surrounded her only made her feel worse. Stupid... stupid smart people.

Fortunately, the fact that their assignment was evidently hitting things actually sounded appealing right now. Hitting something would be a great way to work out her frustration. Madison flipped her hair behind her shoulders and stalked over to an unclaimed cutout, then closed her eyes and focused on summoning Kouki's true form. After a moment, she felt the sudden weight of the sword-belt settle around her hips.

Opening her eyes, she drew one of Kouki's blades in what she'd intended to be a dramatic gesture; the katana rattled awkwardly free of the scabbard, and she nearly dropped it. Madison scowled.

Now is not the time for petty frustrations. Now is the time for action. Use only one blade for now, Kouki instructed. No, don't hold it with both hands. Making bad habits now won't help you later.

Oooh, she was not in the mood to be lectured... but she'd rather take it from her weapon than from Aria. Kouki couldn't give her punishment detail, after all. She took a deep breath, then swung wildly at the target.

And missed entirely. Wonderful, now she looked even more like an idiot.


[First try: 0 damage]

Even though many things have happened to the all, many horrific and mind boggling things, seeing someone get stabbed in the chest, let alone the heart, was still alarming. "Holy-" "Hes not harmed beefhead, see?" Nid hissed at him with urgency before his owner could do his classic "act like an idiot before thinking" routine and smack Aria.

"Oh, well .... damn." was all the boxer could say in response at the boy that just stood there looking around with his wide eyes. "So you can protect me Pig dragon?" he asked after Aira gave her non violent explanation of what just occurred. "You're my meal ticket afterall, just don't do anything..... foolish." the earth dragon growled back as Aria continued her lesson. "Since when have I done anything foolish?" he grumbled back before taking his spot in front of a cutout and charging in for a punch.

It was a rather odd form of a punch, being two handed and it didn't have the flair of a martial artists movement and discipline. through it quickly changed as he got closer and the dragon tooth necklace on his wrist shattered from an unforeseen blow into pieces, and the fragments took form into something much more sinister.

Leon was already used to it, but the sound of rumbling machinery filled the air as his newly gloved hands wrapped around the handle of a chainsaw etched with the scenery of branches and leaves floating along in the invisible wind as it roared its way toward the cutout.

It was a hefty swing from the boxer's trained arms, but no amount of training could prepare him for the sudden shield that blocked the saw's path and deflected its jagged edges away from its intended target and nearly kicked back into his face. "Whoa Nid, calm yourself here!" Leon yelled at the device over its revving, glad to not be split in twain.

"I'm hungry and your not helping me, now wise up and out on the jacking goggles that goes with it before I kick back on you for the fun of it!" Nidhogg scolded in return and put Leon in his place. The boxer sheepishly did so once he stabilized himself and the weapon in one hand and looked back at the weapon that almost sounded like it was sighing at him.

"I told you, foolish."

((Attempt 1: 0 )

Bix gave Before a thumbs up when he finally seemed to whack the target with his wheel... thing. Asthetically speaking, it was awesome looking. He'd hang it on the wall for decoration if it wasn't a living weapon who thirsted for FEAR.

His eyes dragged across the crowd. Mostly he was seeing if anyone was better than him, anyone he disliked, but mostly he was admiring all the awesome weapons. The one girl had arrived late. He remembered her always being super made-up but he couldn't remember her name. She was definitely cute but he could tell that, siiiiigh, she was another one who was younger than him. With the makeup she looked much older!!

Either way she seemed to have a SHITLOAD (a real unit of measure in Bix-world) of swords but then seemed to not be able to wield them very well. It was good she only tried one at a time. He gave Gale and Before one of those 'guy' looks, his eyes darting to the frustrated looking girl. He then wiggled his eyebrows at his bros before strolling over with his bow. He tried to look cool.. cool as a cucumber.. PROFESSIONAL. But he hit a divot in the lawn as he got close and stumbled a bit.

"Ahh hey!" He recovered poorly, leaning on another cut out next to hers. "Your swords are awesome. I'm Bix by the way."

Oh Jack below... You are not doing this are you?

The mockery from his weapon made him sag even though no one could hear her but himself. He tried a less sleazy approach and instead just went to asking questions. "Four of them? Do they all have different voices? Thats gotta be nuts? Or is it just one..? Maybe they are a little distracting.. huh?"

His multitude of questions was mostly a way to help.. kind of. "Try to focus a little more. Don't think about it too much?" She didn't even ASK for help but he was dishing it out. "I barely shot a bow 5 times in my life but it seems like these weapons are meant for us so we are meant to master them." He popped an awkward smile, backed up a ways and let another arrow fly towards this new target.

Apparently trying to demonstrate was working in his benefit. His arrow flew true and hit the target in the throat, leaving a gash before dissipating. "Yah!" he was cheering himself on this time, surprised at how well he was doing! Mina also seemed to be excited. In his mind his weapons was making some of the most.... well he would be uncomfortable discussing the sort of rousing noises she was making. He even blushed a bit. He could feel the bow humming in his hand and the red orbs embedded in it seemed to pulse with energy.

[[ T1: 5
T2: 6
T3: 10 ]]

Ah, so now everyone was joining in as well. This would be difficult..oh well! As long as she avoided the other weapons. She'd just keep attacking this particular cardboard figure until it couldn't be attacked anymore. Atropos was screaming in her head for her to continue. Come on, Candace! Hurry up! I want moooooore~! Atropos pleaded, whining and whimpering. She wished she could move Candace's feet herself! But Candace was ignoring her for the moment to watch the others, the two missing in particular. Awww, poor...Madison, right? She tried not to laugh as she failed miserably at looking dramatic and cool with her own weapon, tapping her foot a moment.

"You alright over there, princess?" She called out to Madison, suddenly sighing heavily and looking down at her feet. "Alright already! Jesus Christ!" Candace hopped from foot to foot for a moment to work up some momentum, following the beat of the song currently playing before she folded her arms by her chest, put all of her weight into one foot and lifted the other, swinging it around to hit the cardboard figure.

Yes! Yesyesyes! This is how it's DONE--AHHHH! WHAT ARE YOU DOING?! Candace lost her balance and fell to the ground before the blade could make contact with the figure. Atropos shrieked, and Candace winced.

"Sorry! Sorry." ********. She messed up. That was unacceptable.

((Turn 1: 5 Damage
Turn 2: 0))

Honestly, she had called her princess because she couldn't...remember her name. She had called Ariane a princess at some point, if she remembered correctly! Candace laid on the ground and pouted for a minute, glaring at the sky. Stupid balance. Stupid gravity. Get up! Get up! Get up!

"You know, you're really getting on my nerves right now. It's like giving an addict a drug they've been unable to get for years...ugh." That was probably exactly what it was, too. Great. But Candace complied and pushed back up to her feet, trying not to cut her own shins with the tips of her blades. It was odd, though maybe she shouldn't be so worried about it.

Madison was the closest person to talk to, being one of the few here with a close-ranged weapon like her at the moment. "How's your weapon taking this? Mine is screaming in my head for more." Candace sighed, attempting what she had done moments before. But this time she tried standing on the other foot and not standing flat-footed, turning on her toe now to keep herself moving.

This time the blade connected with the cardboard and grazed it, leaving a small cut in its side. Atropos squealed with delight as Candace settled on two feet again. There we go, much better! But it wasn't good enough. Candace wanted to lop off one of this figure's limbs. Then it would be good enough.

((Turn 1: 5 damage
Turn 2: 0
Turn 3: 2 damage))