Osano got up the next morning to smoke and explosions. Not that strange in Feudal Spira, but the screams that accompanied them were. He rushed outside, his katana drawn, to see a grisly sight of gingerbread folk attacking people with candy canes. It was absurd, it was crazy, and it needed to be dealt with. He charged a group of them, making rapid hand seals. Behind him, a small purple orb surrounded by purple lightning bolts appears, floating in the air. Once he makes it to the grouping, he sheathes his sword and, with a series of hand seals, unleashes a blast of lightning into the group. As the blast of lightning shoots forth, the energy flows from the summoned spirit into it, increasing the power and speed of the bolts. Afterwards, noting the speed of the gingerbread folk, he forgoes the use of his blade and unleashes another blast of lightning, the lightning crackling along his hand. He faces down against the group after the second burst is unleashed, ready to continue the fight against them.
Daichi fiddled with the firearm, feeling himself just about to get the weapon fully understood and where he could make full, proper use of it. He practiced with it for another day before he felt he had it fully understood. The fine black and silver weapon was a beauty to behold, and soon he would have the skill needed to make it deliver death to his enemies. A fine complement to his psychic abilities that were his birthright by his clan. He worked on his weapon skills until he felt he had completed it. Then, he said goodbye to Feudal Spira, having obtained what he had come here for.
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風Osano Ren風
Feudal Spira - Summoner Al Bhed Chaotic Good Genin
Osano dropped the plain old katana he had and held out his hand. Lightning shoots down from the sky, collecting in his hand. It finally formed into a sword in an ornate sheath. The hilt and sheath are both white, with small gold detailing on both. Where the sheath is meant to be tied to the belt is a golden cloth material forming something like a thick ribbon. The tsuba is also gold. At the end of the hilt dangles a small white tassel style plume. He draws the sword and with a quick simple strike, severely wounds one of the gingerbread creatures. He then dashes backwards. Osano builds a burst of lightning around his hand, the crackling energy being infused with extra power by the lightning spirit hovering around him. He then unleashes it towards the nearest gingerbread creature, the spirit granting it a bit more speed allowing it to land. As it is launched as well, lightning zips from the sword infusing the bolt with greater power. This bolt, unlike the ones before, obliterates the gingerbread creature it strikes.
Osano strikes with his blade again, the same gingerbread he had struck before, separating its head from its body. He then leaps back, gathering lightning around his hand. The spirit floating behind him also contributes to the lightning gathering around his hand, streams of lightning flowing from it into the ball. When the ball is large enough, he fires it down the blade of the sword, which contributes more power to it, and lightning continues to come off of the spirit over his shoulder contributing to the speed of the ball of lightning. It again vaporizes the gingerbread creature struck. Osano then dashes away from the group to get some distance. He looks around as he dashes along, the gingerbread creatures ignoring their old targets to come after the one that had killed several of them. He sees the many battles going on around the city. Luckily there had been many trained folks in town at the time, so the hordes were being held off well and casualties were low. But the absurdity of this, of strange gingerbread abominations attacking the city was almost overwhelming. Where did they come from, how were they created? They were clearly made of actual gingerbread and frosting. As he ran, he gathers lightning around his hand, pulling from the spirit floating along behind him. He then turns back, unleashing a bolt of lightning at the closest gingerbread man. It grows in size as it races down the blade of his sword, and then the lightning spirit zaps it with an extra boost of lightning that causes it to go faster. The gingerbread hit is again vaporized.
Osano gathers lightning around his hand once again, with the lightning spirit behind him adding lightning to it. He then slashes his sword, unleashing a wave of lightning at the gingerbread creatures. As it traveled down the blade of the sword, it grew larger and more powerful, and as it left the blade, the spirit shot it with lightning and sped it up. It strikes a gingerbread man and vaporizes it, while the rest in its way avoided it. He dashes along the streets, the horde following him. He leads them down narrow alleys to help slow them down, and keep them contained behind him. He turns as he runs, and unleashes another bolt of lightning. He gathers it around his hand, the lightning spirit behind him contributing its power to it, making it stronger. He then fires it down his blade, the blade making it stronger while it drew power from the lightning spirit that made the attack faster. It hit a gingerbread man and obliterated it. He continues dashing down alleys, leading the gingerbread creatures further and further down the streets, stringing them out more and more. As he ran, he gathers lightning around his hand, pulling from the spirit floating along behind him. He then turns back, unleashing a bolt of lightning at the closest gingerbread man. It grows in size as it races down the blade of his sword, and then the lightning spirit zaps it with an extra boost of lightning that causes it to go faster. The gingerbread hit is again vaporized.
Osano dashes through the streets. He turns and slashes a gingerbread that had almost caught up to him. He then slashes it again, slicing it in two. He then dashes through the streets, leading the gingerbread behind him. The pack was thinning a lot, it was clear that this strange ordeal was drawing to a close. The strange creatures were being eliminated; the attack was being repelled. He turned and saw only one gingerbread behind him, the other had been destroyed. He gathers it around his hand, the lightning spirit behind him contributing its power to it, making it stronger. He then fires it down his blade, the blade making it stronger while it drew power from the lightning spirit that made the attack faster. He unleashes the bolt of lightning against the last gingerbread man and obliterated it. He then stopped and looked around. The village had taken quite a bit of damage, and there were bodies in the streets from those that had been unable to escape or fight off the gingerbread creatures. Osano takes a solemn moment of silence.
A bright sun over the desert was normally not a very easy thing to handle, but luckily, Eliza knew her way around, and where to go for shade and water. Bikanel Island was the home of the Al Bhed, her people. And they were all too welcoming to her, and understanding of her need of a traveling companion, so they were allowed in with her. Eliza had come back home for one reason, and one reason only. To reclaim some items that used to be her mother's. However, she had to go to her "uncle" to do so, and he would likely want something in return from the young woman.
"Yuuki, I'm sorry in advance if my uncle says anything. If I didn't have to talk to this man, I wouldn't, but he has something of mom's that I need. I also won't be surprised if it's still in disrepair. The b*****d never did like to do work for anyone he couldn't make a buck off of." Eliza was, understandably, frustrated and annoyed with the situation in which she had found herself, and drug her slime friend into. "How are you holding up, by the way? Do you have an issue with all this heat?"
Eliza wouldn't get a chance to wait for the answer, as she heard the man she was looking for call out to her. "Famm, ev dra meddma pnyd ech'd pylg. Mad sa kiacc, haat fryd icat du pamuhk du ouin sudran?"
This caused Eliza to roll her eyes, placing her hands on her hips as she stared down the man, whom was just "uncle" because that's what he liked to be called. "Oui sayh fryd pamuhkc du sa. E cikkacd oui ryht ed ujan." She just knew he was going to throw her for one of his errands before telling her where it was.
The slime would bounce across the scorching sands of his new friend's home island just off of Spira's mainland. He kept his eyes ahead as the pair of young ninja travelled. The desert was unrelenting as the heat beatdown from the sun, while simultaneously raising up from the ground as well. Yuuki did not know if he had a face of anguish or not, but after a moment or two the slime bounced from the ground to land softly and gracefully on Eliza's shoulder, "Aaahh~ Sorry, but the heat is a lot on me." It was hard to believe that people worked all the way out here, and with this heat. Though it might be due to the fact that his body was mostly liquid after all.
When his friend apologizes early on about her uncle, in the off chance that he says anything. A soft smile forming on his face as it legitimately seemed that his friend cared about his feelings as well, "Yea, not a problem at all. I am kind of use to it. Being non-humanoid and all." A laugh leaves him a bit before hearing an unknown voice calling out in an unknown language, interrupting Eliza as she was just asking him about the heat. Almost as if in an instinctive nature, Yuuki flipped off the shoulder he had perched on and shifts his body into his human form as he lands gracefully on his feet. Listening into the conversation, even if he did not know the words being said, Yuuki was getting the idea that there was tension between the two of them.
Eliza had no qualms with carrying around Yuuki, especially knowing what he was, and in this climate. His physiology just didn't mix with the hot sun and sand. She was thankful that he agreed to accompany her back to Spira, though. It made her feel more at ease having someone she considered a friend along for the journey. However, right now, she was happy to have Yuuki there, because just his presence was stopping her from strangling her 'uncle.'
"Oui meddma pnyd, oui drehg E ramt uh du drec zihg uid uv dra kuuthacc uv so raynd? Oui'na kuehk du tu cusadrehk vun sa, yht uhmo drah femm E mad oui ryja ed." (You little brat, you think I held on to this junk out of the goodness of my heart? You're going to do something for me, and only then will I let you have it.) This made Eliza begin to fume, but a deep breath took that anger and buried it. Nono, Liz, best to save that for later. She'd look to him, a scowl on her face to oppose his annoyed smirk.
"Tch, veha, fryd ec ed dryd'c buccepmo cu esbundyhd dryd oui haat yh unbryh du tu ed vun oui?" (Tch, fine, what is it that's possibly so important that you need an orphan to do it for you?) She wanted to play at the fact that he can't even follow the last wishes of a deceased woman, knowing that even though she'd still be doing his task, that he wouldn't be the one to get the last laugh in the situation.
"Cyht funsc. Fa'ja vuiht y hacd hayn dra tek ceda uh dra cuidranh netka. Lmayn ed uid. Cruimt pa ayco fung vun dra tyikrdan uv cilr y cgemmat sylrehecd. Bmic, oui'mm ryja ramb vnus ouin vneaht." (Sand worms. We've found a nest near the dig site on the southern ridge. Clear it out. Should be easy work for the daughter of such a skilled machinist. Plus, you'll have help from your friend.) Eliza could tell from his tone that 'Uncle' was looking down on Yuuki, and it wasn't because of her friend's height. She'd spit to the side to show her displeasure of his assessment, showing that she thought of him what he thought of the Slime. Without another word to the man, she turned about and waved for Yuuki to follow. "C'mon."
The young Al Bhed would make sure they were out of earshot before speaking again. "The b*****d's making me clear out a Sand Worm nest to get the stuff my mother left for me. The ******** p***k." Eliza had always had an issue with her anger, and it was clear she was under the emotion's influence at the moment. She wasn't one for cursing when she was calm, and her quickened pace was also a good indicator, along with her directed and deliberate steps forward.
Yuuki felt like he could do nothing but stand there and be quiet as his friend argued with her ‘Uncle’ over something. Honestly the language barrier made it rather hard to keep up with from the outside. One thing was clear despite that barrier, Eliza’s ‘Uncle’ did not like him… which was honestly a typical reaction. As they walk away with the new mission in hand from the woman’s older male relative. “Sand Worms? Are those dangerous?” The slime had not heard of such a creature before, but he took a hint from Eliza’s annoyed voice that it was not something that was going to be much fun to deal with, or was that more due to the person that she had talked to? Honestly, lacking knowledge of the language meant that he lacked the context of the situation outside of what he was told was going on, “Hey… Eliza? Would you happen to have a primer for that language you were speaking? I am a fast learner, but I would need a primer to at least start the process. Could be tactically advantageous later on to us. Who knows.”
[ Perception: 5 | Reaction: 7.5 ]
Word Count: 402 + 190 [x1.5 Interaction: 285] = 687
Eliza's stride had slowed to a normal walk after getting away from her 'Uncle', although her mood hadn't completely recovered yet. She would remain silent until Yuuki had asked about the Sand Worms. "Nah, these things aren't necessarily dangerous. They're more like pests than anything. They're large, about the size of a full grown human. But, they're soft, squishy, and cut easily. They just become a problem in swarms. Luckily, we just toss in a few grenades to thin the herd, and then take the remainder of 'em out. Once we do that, and kill whatever mother worm shows, we'll be good to come back. And I can get you that primer as well. There's a compendium book of them now. There used to be twenty six different primers, but people found that absurd." She chuckled, the explanations having increased her mood back to a positive nature.
"And yeah, I agree with you. Going back, not a lot of people would even know how to speak Al Bhed, so it'd be a great way to throw any potential enemies off. I like the way you think, Yuuki!"Eliza gave her Slime compatriot a smile and a thumbs up as they started heading out of the settlement. Eliza knew where they were going, and wanted to make sure to get this done before sundown. If they took too long, they would have things much worse than just sand worms to take care of.
Upon hearing about the creatures that they would be fighting, Yuuki smiled as he shifts back into his slime form and lands on Eliza's shoulder once more, "Hope you do not mind me catching a ride, Eliza." He was happy to make a quick trip through the desert and would enjoy a light bit of a fight to test his abilities. Though he was not one to count too much on his ability against an opponent he did not know. One other thing confused him, these grenades, that his friend spoke on. It was clear that they were weapons, but Academy nor any village in Federation had something like that. He was going to remain quiet though as he wanted to see what it was and what it would do.
"Are you joking? Twenty Six primers to your language?!" A look of shock washed over his face thinking about the complexity he was about to dive directly into. Not on to be taunted by a challenge though, Yuuki grins widely, "I am glad you like my idea... and do not worry. I will not let you down. Count on it~!" He bounced softly in excitement, still sitting on his friend's shoulder as his eyes gaze over to her. As a team, the slime knew there was nothing that the two of them could not overcome.
[ Perception: 5 | Reaction: 7.5 ]
Word Count: 687 + 225 [x1.5 Interaction: 338] = 1,025
Eliza couldn't help but smirk when Yuuki reverted back and hopped up. She liked having her friend close. It helped her feel not alone. That was always nice to have, especially when traveling through foreign lands. The young Al Bhed woman wasn't quite sure how she ended up at that academy, but she was glad it happened. "I don't mind at all, squirt!" Squirt, that was a nickname that she liked to call Yuuki while he was in his natural Slime form. He was blue, and used water spells. Or rather, used water jutsu, since that's what the name was where he came from. It was strange at how different, yet how similar their worlds were. Almost as if it were a different part of Spira, if Spira was not already a completely mapped world.
"Hey, twenty six primers is nothing compared to some other languages. At least ours just boils down to letter replacement. Seriously, just the same twenty six letters of the Spiran alphabet. Our pronunciation is a little weird because of it, though. But hey, I'm more than willing to help you out!" She'd raise her hand, bumping the side of Yuuki with her pointer finger knuckle. It was a kind of 'fist bump' gesture. However, with him being in his Slime form, that's what she could manage. "Anyway, don't let me forget before we leave! The Al Bhed are far more open to others learning the language than they used to be."
A wiggle and playful smile as he is called 'Squirt' by his tall, lovely friend. The slime knew it was a nickname from her, so it did not bother him to be called it... after all his natural body is rather small compared to humans, Al Bhed, and nearly everyone else. It was still best to not judge him by his size, but he also would not correct those that wished to. Form the outside looking in the pair had to look like a pet and its owner, and it did not help that he regularly perched on her shoulder as they talked and joked.
"Wow... still such a large number of primers makes it difficult to learn, so I am glad that there is a compendium now." Yuuki joked and laughed as his small body snugged up against her cheek before he gets that little 'fist bump', "Of course. Once my mind is made up, I get it done so we are going to knock this out and show everyone that we make a killer team." It was not long till the pair were on the thresh hold of a cave, and Yuuki could swear he could hear the squirming of these sand worms just outside the dark, damp caverns. A tiny chill running through his body before he looks to his friend, "All right! Seems like this is the place. Lets go, and wrap this up so we can collect your things, and get that compendium." With that Yuuki hops off Eliza's shoulder and shifts into his human form once more. A short sword materializing in his right hand, before he turns back to her with a smile.
[ Perception: 5 | Reaction: 7.5 ]
Word Count: 1,025 + 280 [x1.5 Interaction: 420] = 1,445
Eliza would shrug the shoulder that Yuuki wasn't currently perched on, as she didn't want to jostle her friend too much during their trek through the desert and salvage site. Cutting through the machinery and mounds of moved earth was the quickest route. Luckily, there was nobody around to tell her that she couldn't just waltz on through the excavation site. Plus, she might see some cool machina parts just lying around. The excavation crew did leave in a hurry, after all. "Don't worry about amount of primers. Trust me, we went through way more stuff at the academy. We're gonna be the best duo out there! The world won't be able to know what hit 'em!"
As the pair neared the cave entrance, Eliza could already hear sounds of wriggling and squirming echoing from within the cavernous depths. Yuuki had hopped off and transformed once more into his human form, allowing Eliza to reach back under her jacket and pull out a somewhat spherical device that had a metal rod and ring sticking out of it. She'd look over to her Slime compatriot and give him a devious smile and wink. "Watch this. And stand off to the side of the cave. The shockwave bouncing around will hurt your ears if you're directly in front of it." Pulling the pin, the young Al Bhed woman tossed the metal orbish item in and held up five fingers, lowering one each passing second until she hit zero, and an explosion rocked out from inside, coupled with beastial screams of pain and rage.
Eliza put up one finger to tell Yuuki to wait, and pulled out yet a second grenade, before tossing it in in the same fashion as the first. The sand worms were coming fast, and she knew that they would have to clean up whatever this grenade missed, so they'd be ready for them. After the second grenade was tossed, Eliza pulled a Kunai from the top of her thigh boot, readying it like a dagger. She didn't care for fighting like this, but until she got her mother's belongings, it's what she had to fight with. "Get ready!"
