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 Posted: Mon Jul 19, 2010 3:03 am
Dolor
================================================  War kills the humans...
”Brilliant rebuttal, did you learn that in school, kiddo?” Dolor calmly replied as Tetsunosuke tried in vain to pull his sword out of his gut. Gazing at the blade as it refused to budge an inch, Dolor grinned arrogantly ”Psh, it’s my sword no--“ spoke Dolor before he was then interrupted by Hideki. Surprised by his sudden appearance, Hideki was able to get Tetsunosuke out of Dolor’s striking area before the Exaequere could react, pulling out the sword that had been embedded in his flesh, Hideki caused a bit of blood to spurt out from Dolor’s mouth before it soon dried and was reabsorbed. A bit curious as to why they were all suddenly cowering, Dolor paid attention to the area inside his sphere where Caelum and Yuki were fighting before.
Due to the fact that Yuki had launched the attack inside the confines of Dolor’s sphere, the Exaequere was able to immediately analyze its nature, power, trajectory path and its intended target. In truth, Dolor could simply dissipate the compressed air, even after it was unleashed, causing the attack to simply fade away. But unlike Aurelius and the others who showed either fear or respect for Caelum, Dolor felt only utter spite for his superior, and thus with a grin he allowed the attack to continue on, eventually impacting itself upon Caelum’s area unleashing a blast force that raced through the entire area. Not wanting to end up in the same state as Caelum, Dolor dissipated the slivers of compressed air that went towards him, and distorted the wind around him to create temporary currents that would be powerful enough to redirect the debris that came along with the blast.
After a few seconds, the winds died down and Dolor didn’t care that much to inquire as to Caelum’s fate. His leader would most likely survive the attack, but it pleased Dolor that they were able to launch such an attack on him, or rather, what pleased him that Caelum was careless enough to allow them to launch such an attack on him. Waiting for a bit, Dolor once again changed his appearance, making him look a bit more human once more. Turning half-way towards Caelum, Dolor bowed sarcastically as he spoke out ”Ah, sir, are you alright? I apologize for not being able to aid you; it’s just that the attack was far too quick for me to react to.” as he apologized he slowly stood back up and placed his hands behind his back, all in an effort to make himself look formal ”But, I’m confident that it wasn’t enough to bring you down, correct? What are your orders then, sir? Shall we crush them outright, or should we allow them to hold on to their hope a bit longer?”
Pride kills the gods... [Edited, man, this is embarrassing. sweatdrop ]
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Posted: Mon Jul 19, 2010 7:45 am
|573| Masashi, Lee, Gobantai Taicho"Telling me to go. But hands beg me to stay. Your lips say that you love. Your eyes say that you hate. There's truth in your lies. Doubt in your faith. What you build you lay to waste. There's truth in your lies. Doubt in your faith. All I've got's what you didn't take. So I, I won't be the one. Be the one to leave this. In pieces. And you, you will be alone. Alone with all your secrets. And regrets, don't lie. You promised me the sky. Then tossed me like a stone. You wrap me in your arms. And chill me to the bone. There's truth in your lies. Doubt in your faith. All I've got's what you didn't take." 
Lee watched as Caelum was not fooled in the slightest by his feint which brought up the question just exactly how he could? It was odd really but the Caelum was copying his ability and using to cancel out Lee's own attack with a slightly larger one causing Lee to just shake his head. Things were proving to be quite annoying or at least Caelum was though it was to be expected and therefore Lee let his annoyance melt away as Yuki countered the bakudo with Hanki. Hearing Caelum's caused Lee's eyes to narrow slightly letting Yuki answer first before he added his own answer to the question. "Telling us not to help them would be the same as telling us not breath or to deny our very existence and is just as ridiculous. It is one of the main reasons for our very existence. The other is for opposing beings such as you."
Then came Yuki's attack with air causing Lee's eyes to widen slightly as he prepared to move away. 's**t.' Turning to leave Lee stopped for a moment turning back towards Caelum making a split second decision he once again held his hand out to the man letting himself drop to the ground. "Hinami." Flicking his fingers outwards once again the ethereal white wave headed for Caelum widening as it did freezing everything it came into contact with. Given the wide nature of the wave and the fact that it was heading straight towards him from the front Lee figured simply dodging it would be out of the question. Especially considering Yuki's own attack should be holding his attention though once again Lee didn't know the man's full capabilities. Too bad he had been unable to get any information concerning him from Aurelius but alas it was to be expected. Lee hadn't really expected him to give up that kind of information about his leader and would have been slightly disappointed had he chose to do so.
It was painfully obvious given his decision to not move out of the way immediately that he would not be able to get out of the blast radius completely. Kicking off the ground backwards Lee cut through the air at blinding speeds as the thing exploded. "Tozanshō. Kyōmon" The effect was immediate as an inverted pyramid shaped barrier appeared around Lee followed by a layer of Kyōmon just on the inside. Whether that would stop the attack outright was very doubtful but it would stop most of the force and with luck Lee would just be sent backwards.
Watching as the attack hit the barriers and resulting force shattered them Lee used shunpo at the last second to put more distance between him and the attack though it still caught him sending him flying back into some of the ruins and through them. Flipping in the air and grasping at the air with his right hand the effect was an immediate slowing down until he came to a stop immediately dashing forwards again. The shunko was still present around him having absorbed some of the damage as well as he had focused entirely on the front of his body the second of the impact. Punching his right fist forward Lee fired off a blast of kido energy towards Caelum. Letting the Man get a rest seemed like a horrible idea so therefore pressing the attack seemed like the best idea.
"Sacrifice through Danger and Pure Love. That is what the Lily of the Valley symbolizes."
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Posted: Tue Jul 20, 2010 11:41 am
 ◄【 Caelum Terminus 】► When discussion fails...
Cealum watched Yuki carefully, ironically from her own eyes. He wanted to make sure to keep a close eye on her. She was extremely powerful, he could tell she was fit for her position. She had time to block his attack even when it all happened as she came back to solidarity. He watched her technique carefully. Reading how she was doing it. It was a pretty straight forward technique. He believed that copying it was in his ability, but doing so would be a waste, as Caelum would soon find out. Watching her vanish, Caelum was surprised to see her in front of him just as quickly. It was astonishing in a way. Caelums body tensed and pushed backwards with his left foot, but was caught by Yuki at the hand. Something froze him, he could barely move. Narrowing his eyes, Caelum watched Yuki break apart the large piece of ruin with ease. He had not depended on it working, but it was not used as a good distraction either.
"What did you...You are still trying to push your poin-" Caelum was cut off as she drew backwards and shove the compressed ball of air towards him. His eyes widened behind his deep black glasses. He was not one of the eldest beings in the universe for no reason. Caelum had a vast knowledge of things, and one thing he did know about this attack, was that it would be devastating. The compression only multiplies the damage capabilities, for keeping such energy down with no barrier will simply shout for it to release itself again. The amount of compression here was great, and the air itself would decompress to become a devastating implosion, far more powerful than any explosion. Caelum would have panicked if he knew it would not end him. Instead, he had to think on his toes. There was not much he could do with limited movement and a lack of speed, but there was one thing. Pushing his hands to move, Caelum put them in front of him and began to use Psychokinesis to form a barrier of sorts. It would not protect him from the entire thing, only shield him from the brunt and most of the damage. It looked as though heat waves were forming in front of him in a half sphere of sorts, albeit a rough one. Caelum focused on making it as powerful as he could, becoming a thick layered, via compressing the different layers, before the explosion occurred.
The blast was far more powerful than Caelum could have imagined. It threw him backwards instantaneously. Sending a wave of heat across his body. The wind smacked him like a wall, shreading off small pieces of his coat, making it look tattered. The Psycho-field too the most of it and held out until the end, however, the blast was so fast that some of it managed to wrap around the field and cause the damage to Caelum. He slammed into a wall, causing him to buckle and land on his knees upon the ground. As that happened, he saw Lee launch his attack, over hearing Dolor's spiteful words. Caelum was not daft. Caelum knew Dolor held an ill will towards him.He would deal with him later, and looked up from his resting position upon the ground. There was a large slice on the upper right cheek of Caelum that had let a stream of blood leak out. He looked towards the on coming surge of ice and smirked. Standing up, Caelum balled his right fist and flung out his fingers, using the same move that Lee did, countering its progression and halting it. Coughing from the damage done to his back, Caelum stood for a moment to gather himself before clearing his throat. "You see, the balance is above all things. Even your sworn duty to protect the humans. If the Hollow were not in such a dwindling state, perhaps I would not have to be rid of some of the overpopulate species. They bare no effect to you, but to me, however, they most certainly do." His blind eyes shifted towards Dolor, allowing him to feel the eyes on his body, even though it was simply a mental thing. "Could not help me? Dolor, do you think me daft? That I was born yesterday and have nothing in my head but instinct? I am not so blind as to know you rightfully ignored the danger I was in, but alas, I shall over look it. When your time comes, I will not be there." Batting his hand at the man, Caelum turned to the commotion in front of him. It was a huge desolate place, now, and he waited for Yuki to come forth again. Though he wondered, what had become of the man he revived and Yuki's daughter, Tsukiko.
[I feel this may be a bit of blabering, and run-on-ish. Forgive me if it is.]
A swift end to you shall be given.
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Posted: Tue Jul 20, 2010 3:52 pm
900  xxxxxxxxClimb the mountains and get their good tidings. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxNature's peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees. Hakase Yuki
博士雪
Ichibantai Taichō
Standing just outside the blast radius, Yuki watched as her Shikai attack exploded and struck Caelum. The Exaequare sustained less damage then he should have, as by all accounts he should have been rendered unconscious. After all, a blow to the head was the same for anyone, and Caelum didn't seem to have any exceptional endurance. This led her to believe he had used some sort of psychic force to lessen the impact, especially considering she didn't visibly seem him erect a wall or move something in front of him; not that that would have been wise considering the only thing here was stone and the blast would have just turned that into shrapnel. She waited a mere inch beyond the radius, and watched the air reach the end, then turn into a breeze that rushed past her feet. Unfolding her arms from behind her, Yuki took a step forward and closed the gap between herself and Caelum within a second, stopping just outside of his arm's reach, plus a few inches. She shut her eyes tight, rubbed her forehead with her extended index and middle fingers, and let out an agonizing sigh, as if this entire ordeal was frustrating her. Snapping her eyes open, she concentrated the brunt of her Reiatsu into her stare that she cast directly into Caelum's eyes, attempting to paralyze him for a moment.
Tugging her tanto from her sleeve, she flipped it over and wordlessly went into Bankai, which caused her hakama to melt away as it was replaced by her Bankai outfit's shrine maiden robe bottoms, and the red halter-top materialized over her black half-shirt. "Hadō no Gojuuyon: Haien. Shunkō Sentaibanyō: Keijō no Entei!" Bending at the waist by a few degrees, she extended her right hand, creating a ball of purple Reiryoku in her palm. The sphere quickly went from a solid form to ethereal as the Haien's energy began to fuse with the crackling energy of her already existent Shunkō. As the two energies fused, they gave birth to something entirely new; something never before seen done with a Shunkō in the history of the technique. Black flames began forming on her body, flickering and dancing across her skin, responding to her Reiryoku and not the air. At first they appeared sporadically, flaring up at random points across her body, but as a few seconds passed, her whole body was engulfed in black flames. "If he truly is blind with some other sense, then this is as good a time as any to test it out." She thought to herself as she bent at the knees, doubled over, and placed her flaming right hand on the ground while moving her left hand to her left thigh.
"Captains, if you value your lives, stand back... I cannot guarantee that you will not get caught up in this. Gōka Rekka!" From her hand, black flames began to spiral outwards across the ground, using her hand as a center point. Once they were a foot away from her hand, they began to travel upwards, keeping their original spiral path, quickly creating a sphere of fire that surrounded her body. It was stable for about a second before the flames multiplied and exploded outwards in a great blaze, covering a large area which obviously included where Caelum stood. This would not only reduce any matter that couldn't withstand temperatures of 4172°F to ashes, but also blanket the area in a field of low visibility to prevent Caleum from seeing her as she moved. It was a stretch, but she had the feeling he had some weird second sight that allowed him a greater field of vision, essentially leaving no blind spot. A sixth sense, she reasoned; luckily she had one too. "You're wrong! It is not above my personal feelings, it does not surpass my own duty or make it obsolete, and it does not change the fact that you are toying with innocent lives!" She shouted at him, just before finding him with her ability to sense the body, stepping forward and using a rapid Shunpo, to appear in front of him, her back towards him and in the air, but already in a backwards and downwards rotation, spinning her body so that he could drop her foot onto the left of his neck. She would strike, and then twist in the opposite direction to kick him in the right waist. Her strikes were augmented by both her Bankai and the black flames, and they would not only burn both with and without contact, but they would steal energy and literally burn it and disperse the waste into the air. She had only tested that effect on Rei's Reiryoku, but she reasoned that since Spīritus and Reiryoku could both be cast out and turned into physical pressure, that they were the same, just with different names. As she finished her double attack, the flames that covered the area began to quell and dissipate into the air, clearing the area so that she could be seen again. Pushing backwards, she landed a few feet away, watching carefully. Honestly, she had hoped he would try her own attack on her, though she somewhat doubted he could. The only reason for this was that she was the sole master of flow and could thus steal the flames from his body before he could use it. The winds will blow their own freshness into you, And the storms their energy, While cares will drop off like autumn leaves. 
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Posted: Tue Jul 20, 2010 11:54 pm
⋆⋆⋆∥ＥＬＩＳＩＡ xＲＩＹＵ
☇【ｓｑｕａｄxｆｏｕｒxＣＡＰＴＡＩＮ】 As Yuki’s attack unleashed a blast force, Hideki’s Danku was shattered, but luckily, it was enough to withstand most of the attack. Elisia herself was thrown onto the ground, as she winced slightly as her bones were painfully jolted at the impact. Slowly climbing to her legs, she rubbed them, trying to get the blood circulating through them once more. That was one of the nastiest attacks she had ever been through, and she had to admit that it was a good thing that Yuki was on their side, not the enemies’. Checking herself over, there was only a few bruises and cuts from what she could see, nothing too majorly serious. It seemed as if the Kido had been enough to protect them from the worst part of the blast. “I’d better thank Hideki abou that later,” she whispered to herself, making a mental reminder. At least, she had managed to survive that attack after all.
However, she could not say the same for Caelum, who most likely had been injured from that powerful attack, since he had been the closest. Her eyes narrowed on their target, Dolor. For a few seconds, she briefly wondered why he had not attempted to stop the attack or at least, gone to protect Caelum. While he had said something about the fact that the attack was too quick, she didn’t feel like believing him, for one reason or another. Maybe there was simply no sort of partnership or loyalty between the Exaequare. That was none of her concern anyway, since she was not here to study them or see what they were like. As Caelum appeared again, her attention diverted away from that. Damn it. While there was quite a bit of damage from what she could see, mainly on his upper-right cheek and most likely his back, since he was coughing, he must have protected himself or something like that, since his injuries were not as bad as she would have thought they would have been. Why had he not gotten away in time? Maybe their physical capabilities weren’t the best, so that might be a point they would have to work on.
When Yuki called out for them to get out of the way, Elisia cursed, “s**t.” Stretching her muscles, she leaned closer to Tetsunosuke, muttering into his ear, “We’d better get out of this area before Yuki tears the entire place down.” Moving as quickly as possible, she shunpo’ed out of range of Yuki’s attacks and far away, eventually landing on firm ground below. They were supposed to attack Dolor and take care of him, but they couldn’t do that in such conditions, especially since there was a chance that Yuki, Lee and Caelum’s attacks might hurt them accidentally. Maybe it might be best to deal with that regenerative ability of Dolor’s first, since that was a major problem they had to get past. While Tsukiko had managed to stop Dolor with a machine, they had nothing like that at all. At the thought of Tsukiko, Elisia’s heart ached a little and she brushed it away. She didn’t know what the girl was thinking and right now, she had to concentrate on the battle ahead. Focusing on her arms, she opened several pores in the skin of her palm, producing a very corrosive acid with the pH level of about 2. When she had gathered enough acid on her hands, she waited silently and patiently, for Dolor to approach so she could try out this new attack of hers. ▬▬▬▬▬ ▬▬▬▬▬ ▬▬▬▬▬ ▬▬▬▬▬ ▬▬▬▬▬ ▬▬▬▬▬
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Posted: Wed Jul 21, 2010 1:29 am
|491|Masashi, Lee, Gobantai Taicho"Telling me to go. But hands beg me to stay. Your lips say that you love. Your eyes say that you hate. There's truth in your lies. Doubt in your faith. What you build you lay to waste. There's truth in your lies. Doubt in your faith. All I've got's what you didn't take. So I, I won't be the one. Be the one to leave this. In pieces. And you, you will be alone. Alone with all your secrets. And regrets, don't lie. You promised me the sky. Then tossed me like a stone. You wrap me in your arms. And chill me to the bone. There's truth in your lies. Doubt in your faith. All I've got's what you didn't take."
Lee watched with slight frustration as his attack had been halted yet again by Caelum after having took Yuki's attack. It was quite obvious he had used either a barrier of some kind or had some telekinetic abilities like Aurelius though obviously not at the same level. Still his ability to copy attacks was even more annoying and made up for it. Still there was the curious statement about being blind that while perhaps just an expression was not to be over looked. Perhaps he had a sixth sense of sorts? Or yet another ability to allow him to 'see' since it was obvious he could on some scale. Still at the present time it was almost impossible to determine such a thing. Yuki appearing beside the man then going Bankai was quite a curious thing and Lee watched in slight amazement as she fused kido with her Shunko. Could he possibly do that? No he didn't have control enough to be able to maintain something like that and probably never would have that measure of control.
It took extreme control over flow to be able to do something like that which is obviously what her bankai granted her. Therefore it was something that would forever be out of Lee's grasp. Sighing mentally Lee took her words to heart and vacated the immediate premises to give her room to execute her attack. Watching yet again in slight amazement as Yuki unleashed her attack Lee stood there almost mesmerised by the destructive nature of the attack. Lee was suddenly reminded of something he had thought concerning Hei one time about him having too much power than one person should be able to handle. Could the same be said for Yuki? Rubbing his forehead for a minute he waited until the flames in the area had extinguished before yet again charging forward into the left over smoke. The smoke itself was clearing quite quickly so Lee thrust both fists forward firing off two large blasts of pure kido energy towards Caelum.
Even if Lee was unable to actually harm Caelum which was being called into question at the very least he could keep him moving and hopefully give Yuki more openings. Using shunpo to move to the other side of Caelum Lee finished up with a high level hado and a binding spell. "Hiryūgeki Zoku Shinten Raihō. Gochūtekkan." The gigantic electrical blast of Reiryoku left his hands towards Caelum searching to make an enormous explosion making it so it didn't actually have to hit him to hurt him. At the same time however five incredibly tall and thick pillars appeared above Caelum dropping down towards him with speed and extreme force to pin him to the ground. Now there was just the waiting to see the aftermath of Yuki's attacks and if his own managed to do anything even if it was only such a small thing as create an opening.
"Sacrifice through Danger and Pure Love. That is what the Lily of the Valley symbolizes."
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Posted: Wed Jul 21, 2010 11:16 am
Tetsunosuke Harasawa Sixth Division's Captain ◥ Tetsu never replied with an OK as he stood up and away from Elisia, he actually never even nodded in any sort of aspect. He simply turned his head to see how Yuki's attack went. Not as planed. He had not reaction when she healed his cut on his neck, he had actually forgotten about it till she did mend the wound. He would thank her later since now was not the time for such formalities. Yuki's voice combined with the pressure coming from where Caelum, made Tetsu on edge, he glared to see it was Yuki attacking with another round and not one of Caelum's abilities.
"Yeah... I agree." Tetsu shunpo'd right behind her, managing to keep up as he exited out of his step right in front of her to the left. "Sotaichio wants us to attack, but she keeps throwing around a bunch of strong attacks. We should lure Dolor away so we can dispose of him here." Tetsunosuke said to Elisia, trying to think of some sort of strategy, which wasn't his forte. Tetsu shook the thoughts of his inabilities and just focused on what he was good with. He drew his Zanpakuto and it immediately went into Shikai. Like other times, people around would have thought they'd be bombarded with a potent smell, but Tetsunosuke had gained control over who he wanted it to faze.
"C'mon Dolor~!" Tetsunosuke shouted to the top of his lungs. He dropped a strong Reiatsu in an attempt to get his attention. Tetsunosuke just wanted to fight with him in general, he was annoyed by his comments about being maggots and how he killed Hei. Tetsu was still standing in his same spot, and was holding his scythe like he normally would with two hands. He wasn't going to let Dolor get the jump on them. His feet were readied to Shunpo and cut him, which would end badly with Dolor if he got cut.
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Posted: Wed Jul 21, 2010 2:39 pm
377  KATO MEISHI Change is the constant,
the signal for rebirth,
the egg of the phoenix,
Angels are bright still ,
though the.BRIGHTEST fell. Kato quickly used a near perfect shunpo to appear high in the air, his wings protecting him in order to withstand Yuki's air-based "bomb" of sorts. Considering the medium was air, Kato was battered quite a bit, but remained in the air without sustaining any injuries, minus the disorientation. After Kato's wings unfolded to their fullest extent and flapped slowly allowing him to take a look at his newly assigned opponent, he drew out Kanpata and was about to cast a Kido from his current position. Before he could do that, Kato's ears perked up as he was vaguely aware of Yuki telling them to stand back. "Stand back..."Kato thought. "She is telling us to stand back...if we value our lives? She doesn't underestimate us, but....what kind of power does she have?" This last question was answered for him as Yuki surrounded herself in what looked like a ball of fire from where Kato was positioned in the sky.
Turning his attention back to Dolor, he saw that Tetsunosuke had already began to attack Dolor again. Remembering what happened the last time Tetsunosuke attacked Dolor, Kato plummeted from the sky, not unlike an eagle, wordlessly casted Kyokko to hide himself from sight, then created three clones. These clones seemed to be improved, telling them apart from Kato was near impossible, save for the unconscious light-based Reiatsu leaking from them. These three clones, independent of each other, also casted Shitotsu Sansen, Rikujōkōrō, and Hyapporankan, respectively. "These strings of Bakudo should surely immobilize Dolor long enough for Harasawa to land a serious blow on Dolor, if anything," Kato reasoned.
Pulling out of his dive 30 or so feet above the ground, Kato wiped his forehead, slick with sweat, as he gave a slight nod to Elisia, hovering a little to the right of her, Kanpata at the ready, as flames of light danced down his blade. Kanpata only muttered telepathically, "Don't overdo it. I want some action too, you know." Smiling somewhat, Kato twirled his blade once again, and watched as the clones formed back into a defensive position around both Elisia and Kato. He looked back quickly at Yuki and Lee, wanting to help them, but he knew that Yuki and Caelum were in a totally different league.
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Posted: Wed Jul 21, 2010 7:37 pm
⋆⋆⋆∥ＥＬＩＳＩＡ xＲＩＹＵ
☇【ｓｑｕａｄxｆｏｕｒxＣＡＰＴＡＩＮ】 Elisia flinched slightly as Tetsunosuke appeared beside her. She had been in deep thought and having people suddenly emerge next to her was never good for her nerves. Listening to him, she closed her eyes, attempting to think of a way to defeat Dolor. From what she knew, he seemed to be unaffected by attacks, mainly from his regenerative abilities, and his greatest weakness, as with all Exaequare it seemed, was the fact that he was not very fast or strong. Then again, who needed strength with all that other power? They couldn’t rely on Lee or Yuki’s powers, and Tsukiko and Hei, who were usually the ones to come up with some sort of plan, were not here. “We need something…anything at all to defeat Dolor,” she muttered, to both herself and Tetsunosuke. Her abilities consisted of healing, plants and acid, while Tetsunosuke, from what she remembered, had something to do with offensive attacks. They couldn’t take on Dolor with just the two of them. As she thought about how to solve this problem, a movement at her side caught her eye and she turned to see Kato, in his new winged form. For a brief second, she didn’t recognize him, but realization dawned on her again. Inclining her head slightly in Kato’s direction, she quietly said, “Kato-Taichō.” There was no time for formalities or proper greetings now.
Well, there were three of them now. Kato was based on light and he had new wings. His other abilities were unknown for now. What to do? Firstly, of course, Dolor had to appear, but she had a feeling he would not pass up this chance to show off his skills and show up these ‘Shinigami’. She gritted her teeth as she thought that even as he was resurrected, he was still making insults at them. Anger and fury entered her mind and suddenly, she managed to see everything with clear eyes. Perfect. Turning to Tetsunosuke and Kato, she laid out her plan, “We need to basically cover as many aspects of Dolor as we can. Someone needs to distract or bind Dolor so that we can get near enough, and hit him from far distances. I will accompany the other to attack Dolor closer as I can stop him from regenerating back immediately by using acid to burn away his skin or his flesh.” She looked up at the others with serious intent in her eyes. “We need to sort out all this before we start attacking. If we mindlessly enter the battle, we might end up attacking each other instead.” ▬▬▬▬▬ ▬▬▬▬▬ ▬▬▬▬▬ ▬▬▬▬▬ ▬▬▬▬▬ ▬▬▬▬▬
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Posted: Wed Jul 21, 2010 10:01 pm
◄【 Caelum Terminus 】► When discussion fails...
Shifting his feet, Caelum silently kept watch on everything around him. He noticed Yuki move and tensed up, exhaling as she appeared in front of him. He waited for something to happen, and when her eyes whipped open, striking him with her Reiatsu, as well as revealing him in her vision, Caelum widened his eyes. He was not sure how Reiatsu worked, as he felt it almost paralyze his body he forced his Spiritus to combat its effects, halting them. It took more in him to do such a thing than he had wanted, but it had to be and was done. When she flipped her Tanto out, Caelum quickly realized that the beforehand action was quite important. He pushed back with his right foot, pushing in the soil beneath his foot. Caelum hoped back as she moved to Bankai, and threw his right hand out towards her. He sent out a pulse of Psychokinesis towards her, aimed to set off her balance, as it was not a powerful push.
When Caelum saw her forming more things within her hand, he could only imagine the amount of power behind it. He had witnessed the one before, and he hoped that this would be different. Caelum would find, however, that it was the exact opposite. As she was enveloped within a fiery skin, Caelum was intrigued. It had to take a great deal of effort and ability to control fire and its behavior that well. Though Caelum praised her ability mentally, he moved back even more, sending out a pulse of psychokinesis out at the base of his foot to aid in a quicker back dash. He kept his front side faced towards her, and as she placed her hand on the ground, Caelum slid to a stop in the same position as she was in, with her hand on the ground. As her flames began to travel, Caelum tensed, grasping as the ground with the hand that was placed upon it. He felt the heat from the on coming wave far before it was within a few feet of him. It was intense and he knew it would be fatal if it hit his body. Concentrating his Spiritus into his hands, Caelum lifted himself from the ground, clapping his hands together before flipping both hands palm up, placing his right hand over his left. He held them out in front of him loosely before he flung them forward, looking like an arrow, and caused a Psycho-field to push outwards from his shoulders down to his hands. As a result, the flames that came for him we pushed up above him and around his body by about a foot.
Being that his body was in an odd position, and he now had to rely on his sonar-like sense of sight, Caelum was at a complete disadvantage as Yuki came from above. He saw her as she appeared, however had only enough time to lift his hands upwards in an 'X' fashion, this being the quickest form of defense with his current stance. He managed to escape a broken collar bone or any to most damage to his upper left, however he was flung to the left when her leg connected with his right hip. He was flung a good 10 feet before he pulled over to the left, causing his top half to go towards the ground. Caelum pushed his arm out which caused him to buckled downwards, his knees grinding into the ground and skidding him to a stop. His gloves now had holes were the fingertips were and his coats arms now had a small singed hole where Yuki's foot met his forearms.
A bead of sweat fell down Caelums face and he took a well needed breath. He heard something get fired and tensed his muscles, ready to move, however this was negated by the sudden appearance of 5 large pillars around his body. Caelum scowled and began to focus his Spiritus inwardly as he saw the oncoming Raihō, copying the Gochūtekkan. His brow furrowed and in the first time during the entire Shinigami being in Exequaris, he yelled out as he pushed his Psychokinesis powers past its limits, first shaking the pillars which lead to them flinging outwards, and the brunt of the Raihō being hit by a large wall of invisible power. It drained Caelum to more of an extent than most other attacks, as he had to push himself, but he was still able to stand tall. His mouth was drawn into a permanent scowl. Caelum was now frustrated by the unwillingness of the Shinigami. "You still do not understand the severity of the imbalance. It is completely necessary for us to erase humans or to increase Hollow. Which would you prefer? More Hollow to kill humans painfully, or us to erase them with no pain at all. You are ignorant of you duties if you do not see that erasing them is the best option! This point is moot and I can see that clearly. I suppose there is not a thing I can do now other than force you to leave." Caelium lifted his hand to his brow and squeezed lightly, letting out a sigh. This whole ordeal was blown out of proportion since the get go. Lifting his head up to look forward to Yuki, Caelum bolted forward. He uttered 'Gochūtekkan' as he ran towards her, at around 5 feet from her. Folding his hand to a fist as he utter the Bakudo, Caelum flung it forward at 3 feet, releasing the Hanami towards Yuki, in an attempt to freeze her and pin her with the Gochūtekkan. After releasing the attack, at around a foot away, Caelum changed direction and pushed away, gaining distance towards Lee. He threw a Hanami towards Lee, freezing the area towards him, and then just behind Lee, Caelum formed a small Psycho-field, pulling him towards the field. As Lee was pulled, Caelum kept gaining, with the Hanami, and aimed a force punch into Lee's gut as he came within range, this being a strong Psychokinesis enforced punch, using a Psychi-field to aid in the force behind the punch.
Upon the assault, Caelum moved away to gain distance away from the two. He waited from any response from either and watched Dolor closely. Caelum was frustrated with how long this was going on.
A swift end to you shall be given.
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II Palmtop Tiger II Vice Captain
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Posted: Wed Jul 21, 2010 11:45 pm
804  ╔ ______________________________╗ Jūnibantai Taichō - Ηakase Ηei  ╚ ______________________________╝
Imbibing the blade with Kuromijin, Hei dropped from the sky next to Lee and Caelum's, landing in a crouching position as he brought his blade down upon Caelum's arm that was headed towards Lee's gut, giving it the proper force to sever the limb in one clean strike, with the Kuromijin within the blade perfectly capable of cutting through any barrier Caelum could summon. As soon as he hit the ground, he was on the rebound, sheathing his katana just before performing a rapid sleight of hand to snag the brooch Caleum was wearing on his own jacket and crush it between his fingers. As soon as this was completed, he performed an incredibly acrobatic flip, a quick back-flip combined with a rapid twist to the side where he extended a rapidly moving, glowing white leg, snapping it towards Caelum's face, concentrating light into so that it exploded upon contact, yet still retained the strength to send such a physically weak person flying. The wall of light that Hei had structured in front of Lee to block the Hinami that was going after him, dissipated into the air shortly after.
Landing on his right foot, his body still descending and his eyes closed as if to express disatisfaction at the Exaequare, Hei's image quickly turned into his black katana, saya and all, that clattered to the ground, serving as the base for his Utsusemi. In the midst of the conversations going on near the other Captains, Hei was suddenly upon Dolor, his gauntlet-covered left hand extending towards his neck even as as he was still coming to a full stop in front of him. As soon as he was visibly apparent, he swiftly grabbed him by the neck and lifted him into the air, at least a foot and half off the ground, ignoring the Bakudō that had been cast on him as his Mōra flowed into Dolor's body, rendering his distortion on his own body useless. As he hoisted the Exaequare that had "ended his life" earlier, he began to slowly open his eyes, looking up at the man before he finally spoke in a tone that was so calm, that to anyone who knew Hei even a little, it was frightening because they would that it was the calm before the storm. "Hisashiburi, anta." He said as he began to close his fingers around the Exaequare's neck. In this case, he used 'anta' as a form of 'you', a shorter version of 'anata' which would have been polite. However, by using this term he was more or less saying "whoever you are, I don't care to remember your name, and I don't have time for that extra syllable either." Extending his right hand behind him, he caused his black katana to jumped towards his hand, where he caught it by the handle and swung it backwards. This motion did two things; the first was that it caused the saya to come flying off the blade, and the second was the blade sent out an unintentional blade of air courtesy of the rapid Iaidō, that proceeded to bisect the ruins behind him as far as the eye could see. Twirling the blade in his hand, he pointed it towards Dolor and proceeded to stab it into his gut, then twist it. The intent was not to cause him pain, but it was in fact, gratification for Hei himself.
[No, I'm not implying that he was slowing time. I'm trying to paint the picture of his light-speed actions and convey them properly, as that's how it looks to him when he moves that quickly. And the auto-hits were already agreed upon between all three parties. 3nodding Also; Hisashiburi (久しぶり, it's been a while) ]  LIGHT thinks it travels faster than anything, but it is wrong.
No matter how fast light travels, it finds the DARKNESS has always gotten there first and is waiting for it.
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Posted: Thu Jul 22, 2010 9:10 pm
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Ʌsami ϒamamoto
Jūichibantai Taichō
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With my fist in your face...
Asami appeared high in the air just as Hei had at the same time as him, however rather than plummeting down as he had she hung behind for a moment, standing in the air and observing for a moment. She didn't like this race and more than anything she wanted to attack in a way that would be insulting to the leader of these beings, or in the very least a way that would bother him. That was when Hei landed and sliced off the mans arm. 'Perfect.' she thought as she disappeared from her spot in the air. She used a shunpo to cover about half the distance to the ground and then used another to land on the ground standing next to the leader, though she had used shunpo she had still been falling and her appearance caused the ground to crater slightly beneath her. She was crouched slightly but in one lightning fast move she stood up straight as she outstretched her arm and caught his severed arm as far away from the hand as she could. Instantly her expression changed from a scowl to a smirk as she swung towards him with the arm that held his arm. Her aim was to b***h slap him in the face with his own severed arm. Something that would be fairly satisfying to her at this moment if it hit.
As soon as the arm was to where it should have hit the leader in the face she released it, a ball of red energy forming in her hand as the arm was flying through the air. "Hadō #31: Shakkahō" The red energy shot forward aimed to hit the arm and burn it. Though Asami wasn't a fan of Kidou she did know some and didn't have a problem using it to her advantage when she could. She didn't yet know what this man was capible of and that was a problem, hopefully Yuki or one of the others would be able to give them some information on what he could do soon. For now Asami needed to create a gap just incase. Without looking around she remained focused on the leader, whose name she still did not know, as she crouched down once more. As soon as her knees were bent at 45 degree angles she pushed off the ground, extending her right leg outwards aiming to go into a backflip while also kicking the man in the jaw. As her legs came to be direcly above her she did something very unorthodox, she threw her hands downwards and focused reshi under them and threw herself into a shunpo using her hands. She reappeared about 30 feet away as she finished her flip and landed on her feet. She was facing the man and waiting for whatever he had to throw her way. ... and your face on the floor.
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Posted: Fri Jul 23, 2010 9:54 am
Dolor
================================================ And he forsook his name and tore out his face...For gods are above identity and the flesh anchors sanity... Grinning widely as Caelum scolded him for outright ignoring Yuki’s attack, Dolor waved his hand flamboyantly and bowed once more ”Ah, forgive me for insulting your intelligence then, sir.” lifting his head, he continued ”And don’t worry about me, sir. Truth be told, it would be to my great frustration if you were to rescue me. I’m not some damsel in a tower to be treated in such a way.” noticing Yuki’s presence as she passed through his sphere, Dolor stood back at attention and refocused his gaze towards the others. Yuki’s previous attack had sent them cowering behind a Danku, and this elicited a giggle from Dolor as he started to approach them. As he did so, his sphere naturally accompanied him as the ever-moving lines of text started to move, still suspended in mid-air, and still non-existent to all of the sense save for vision.
As the Exaequere approached the other Captains, a myriad of thoughts started to swirl through his twisted mind. His leader was never the patient one, thus it pleased Dolor to no end that their fight was going on for far longer than what was planned. As the borders of his sphere slowly began to crawl towards them, Dolor jested to himself whether or not he just should outright distort their legs, shattering their bones so that they would stop running around like vermin. The idea was promising, but he dismissed it since it would be far too boring to simply end their playtime in such a crude and predictable manner. Finally deciding on the method by which he would engage him, the sudden burst of heat behind him, couple with the spike in energy outpour he felt within Caelum’s area merited Dolor’s interest enough for the Exaequere to halt his attack and look back at Yuki and his leader.
Just in time, Dolor bear witness to Yuki’s mastery of Kido while in her Bankai. As the flames from Haien began to mix with her Shunko, darkening it and transforming it, Dolor’s smile widened as he waited for her to attack, growing more and more ecstatic at the amount of power Yuki commanded. Indeed, the skill at which she manipulated her attacks could only be matched by their leader’s ability to flawlessly copy one’s ability. Noticing the eruption of flames that raced towards him, Dolor effortlessly snuffed the fires out by removing all of the air molecules in an area around him, while creating another area within the vacuum which would hold some of the air molecules, allowing him to survive the explosion. After the flames died out, a quick sliver of fire seemed to appear around Dolor, before quickly disappearing once more. To an outsider’s point of view it would seem that Yuki’s attack still prevailed in the area, however, the truth was far from it. Instead of simply allowing such an attack of immense magnitude to simply pass by, Dolor preserved a sliver of the flame and scrutinized its every aspect. This created a complete and exact copy of the ability to spark from the Exaequere’s hands as he tried out his new toy. Though he knew how to produce the same flames that reached a temperature well over 4,000°F, he didn’t have the skill to wield such power, but that did not concern him in the slightest.
Shooting a menacing glance at the other Captains as Tetsunosuke called him out, Dolor grinned from ear to ear as Tetsu provoked him to attack. It was like telling a dog to bark, Dolor would attack them whether they liked it or not ”Brave words for a dead man.” he yelled back, either commenting on the fact that as Shinigami they were already dead, or that in his eyes they were already dead. Taking another step forward, he found his body to be completely paralyzed as six familiar beams of light impaled him at his midsection, effectively holding him in place. Looking back up towards the other Captains, he saw a rain of energy rods hurdling towards him and a golden triangle with fangs at its corners. Spitting at the ground, he expressed his disgust towards his opponent’s lack of a lasting memory. He had done away with far more powerful Kido spells, and they were wholly mistaken if this time would be any different. However, he decided to completely crush their confidence by using their own attacks to his benefit, breaking apart the very reishi particles that composed the Rikujokoro, Dolor reduced it to nothing more but a miasma of spirit particles hovering in the air. Cocking his head upwards, he did the same to the Shitotsu Sansen and Hyapporankan as they entered his sphere. Then, with a wave of his hands, he once again created temporary air currents within his sphere to navigate the reishi particles towards his mouth, ingesting them into his system and absorbing them, effectively restoring his power.
Far from content, Dolor extending his palm towards them and created a swirling sphere of black flames, the very same flames that Yuki had conjured up earlier. The sheer intensity, coupled with Dolor’s lack of control, singed the flesh on Dolor’s palms as the Exaequere fired it off towards them, at speeds comparable to full-blown Soren Sokatsui. It lacked the true power the original possessed, but was still a powerful attack nonetheless. Having finished the assault, Dolor waited for them to counter-attack, however his bored and lazy eyes suddenly went wide-eyes with utter surprise as Hei appeared in front of him. For once, his face was completely void of any emotion, even fear, as he was hoisted up into the air by Hei’s sheer physical strength. As the Shinigami opened his eyes and spoke to Dolor, the Exaquere’s face finally broke into a look of sheer joy, like a child that had found a toy after he had thought it had been lost to him forever. Ignoring the pain that Hei’s sword inflicted upon him as it pierced his gut, Dolor replied back as he felt Hei’s grip tightening more and more into his neck, and his Mora causing his distortion ability to shut down in that area, causing the skin to turn pitch-black. ”Hisashiburi, it’s been a while.” he repeated as he started to chuckle amidst the pain radiating from his neck ”It certainly has been a while. It’s been a while since I felt such fear race through my spine. It’s been a while since I’ve seen such eyes as they threatened my very existence, such words degrade my pride.” he then smile as his false appearance began to wither away, revealing the Exaequere’s original form, a being looking like a human, but far from being human. Gripping the hilt of Hei’s sword with his right hand as it remained embedded in his gut, Dolor’s voice echoed from sealed lips ”And, it’s been a while since anyone has seen this form.” a bright spark of purple fire from Dolor’s right hand then heralded a hybridized Haien derived from what Dolor had memorized from studying Yuki’s attack. However, the attack was far from a simple Haien for what it lacked in sheer incinerating force, it more than made up with in its spread as the flames were imbued with the same multiplying ability as Hyapporankan, creating an ever-expanding cone of purple fire that would continue to towards Hei without falter.
This was the second time that Dolor had been forced to revert back to his original appearance; the first time was when Caelum demonstrated his absolute power to Dolor back when he first joined the Exaequere. [Edited]
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Posted: Fri Jul 23, 2010 6:20 pm
1219 xxxxxxxxClimb the mountains and get their good tidings. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxNature's peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees. Hakase Yuki
博士雪
Ichibantai Taichō
Pleased to see that her technique and attacks had had an effect on Caelum, even if her first kick was blocked, Yuki breathed a sigh as her mind started to be more at ease. As she listened to Caelum's retort, she couldn't help but twitch the corners of her mouth at his inability to look at the larger picture. "How do you know that's the best option?! Have you tried making the hollow copulate, or perhaps creating more of them?!" This is what she had wanted to say, it was on the forefront of her mind, but it was quickly wiped away when from above, she felt the faint signature of Hei's body. Surely her mind was playing tricks her; surely this was just a misreading because of her mind being distracted by Tsukiko. Convincing herself this was the case, she turned her attention back to the feeling of a Gochūtekkan forming and something cold coming her way. Tilting her head back, she was prepared to raise her left hand and use Shinka Shūchū to block the iron pillars, and subsequently use her powers of wind to blow the Hinami away, but something far more pressing made her forget everything.
Watching as the iron pillars were shredded, Yuki watched as someone suddenly appeared, holding a blade to the side, pointing the kissaki towards the pillars. Time, to her, seemed to stand still as she pieced it all together. That black skin, that feeling from before, that hair, that blade, that speed. There was no mistaking the image before her, and time righted itself as her widened and her mouth fell open in response to the resurrection of her formerly deceased brother. As Keijō no Entei's flames began to dissipate and return her body to normal, everything else to her went white, her attention focused solely on Hei as the chunks of the former pillars stopped the Hinami, reducing it to a cold wind that ruffled her hair as a gasp escaped her lips. Her chest rose, and ever so slowly, as the words she wished to say were trapped in her chest, trapped along with the conflicting emotions that were raging through her heart. She was happy that he was alive and well, she was angry at the fact that she had not been told that he had been brought back to life by her own daughter, she was desiring to touch him again, and then there was the most inescapable emotion of them all; fear. Fear that this was an illusion created by Caelum and that he was toying with her mind and that despite what she was seeing, it was all wrong.
Because of this she was frozen in place, her mouth agape and her eyes widened as her body trembled, fear overpowering her will to call out his name, or even look to the side as he moved away. Then someone spoke to her, and she felt the brush of fingernails on her cheek as a voice whispered words into her ear. They came so softly in such dulcet tones that they seemed so otherworldly. The power of suggestion, the words spoken by Rei herself, utterly wiped out any remaining traces of doubt she had in her heart and she was loose again, her pupils darted to the side and saw nothing; Rei was not there, but Hei was. Hei was standing there, staring Dolor down as he moved towards him. "Nii-sama..." As she watched, amazed at the cutting of the ruins behind him and the sheer speed in which he had grabbed Dolor, her right hand moved to her chest and gripped the haltertop, holding the fabric between her fingers. It was inherently obvious that he was somehow stronger as even with Bankai, his Iaidō wouldn't have normally created that effect. Even his Reiatsu felt a little different, and it didn't feel more hollow like she had been expecting, but instead he felt more down to earth. It was as though dying had allowed his old self to resurface, the one she had known before Shōhi's darkness had been unlocked. This was probably a feeling not many were going to notice, more than likely no one would unless they could read Hei like she could.
Even with the two words that poured from his mouth, Yuki suddenly felt uplifted, as though the weight on her was lifted by his voice. Knowing well enough what was coming after him speaking in such soft tones, Yuki finally turned towards Dolor and Hei, composing herself and putting all of her thoughts about Hei to the side. They would simply have to wait until this war was settled. Noticing now that Caelum's arm had been removed and that both Lee and Asami were engaging him, Yuki decided that now she could do what she had wanted to do to Dolor. It was something she could not achieve without Hei's abilities, and now that Hei was canceling out his abilities it was as good a time as any. Dropping her hand, she turned her whole body to face them and took a step forward, becoming visibly apparent roughly five feet behind Hei, but off to the left so that she could walk right past him without touching him. "Hold him still." As she had done to Tetsunosuke not too long ago, she directed her attention to the area behind both of them and took a step forward, walking as she seemingly ignored both of them. As she reached the point next to Dolor, one might hear the sound of a blade traveling through the air many times over they listened hard enough, that is if they knew what to listen for.
Four feet away, and her tanto, now with a blade length of 45 inches, was now in her right hand, being held at downward angle and pointing away from her body. At this point, as she continued to walk six feet away, she began to speak without casting Hei a look. "I won't ask how or why just yet, Hei. For now, I'll just content myself with the fact that you are in fact back from the dead." As she finished speaking, she finally stopped, coming at exactly ten feet away from Dolor. As she lifted it, the excess blade on her tanto turned back to its components and fell to the ground as she held up the tanto's sheath and slid the blade back into it's prison. "Yon no Tachi Rashōmon." With the soft click of the blade returning to the saya, the wounds she had given to Dolor would appear, showing off the extent of the damage she had done. In reality, while she had been right next to him and transitioning her feet into the next step, she had slashed at Dolor so many times at such incredible speeds while she was next to him, that to the casual onlooker, and to Dolor himself, she would have appeared to simply walk past him. "Go. I'll fight this b*****d with the others. It's a matter of pride. Fight Caelum, please. You're the only one who can get through to him." Turning, Yuki pressed her thumb into the edge of the saya and revealed her face, her narrowed eyes expressing exactly how serious she was.
[This turned out much longer than expected. sweatdrop ] The winds will blow their own freshness into you, And the storms their energy, While cares will drop off like autumn leaves.
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