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juxvi3t rolled 4 20-sided dice:
11, 19, 1, 18
Total: 49 (4-80)
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 Posted: Thu Aug 13, 2009 4:23 pm
:Slowly, the count of hollows rushing at them diminished, but glancing about, Suri could tell that those who were left were probably some of the strongest. There was not much time for fancy attacks - she would have to make do with using her shikai abilities only, and restraining the hollows however she could.
Quickly bringing up her left hand and aiming the open palm at the hollows who filled the space left by the ones she had just killed, Suri called out, "Bakudo number nine, Geki!"
She spread out the area of the kido, and kept her left palm up, knowing that more reiatsu than normal would be needed to hold so many hollows with such a simple spell. While maintaining the kido with a constant flow of spiritual energy, Suri swept her broadsword in one large, horizontal arc, spraying ice needles out directly in a line, unlike the random bursts she had done before.:
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Mirouni rolled 4 10-sided dice:
1, 2, 3, 10
Total: 16 (4-40)
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Posted: Thu Aug 13, 2009 6:12 pm
((Let's rock this out guys!! More than halfway there!!))
Kiisho released the reiatsu rope and gripped the hilt of his zanpakutou with his right hand, preparing for the next assault.
An idea suddenly came to him, and Kiisho dropped his left foot back half a step into a T stance. His left hand snapped upwards, the tip of his index finger touching the tsuba at a slight angle. He dropped the tip of the blade down, pointing it slightly to the left of his front foot.
A group of sixteen hollow dropped from the sky a few feet from Kiisho, and he burst into action with one fluid motion.
"Byakurai!" He shouted, allowing the reiatsu from the attack to fly into his blade.
Using the blade as a conduit, he swept it across twice within the duration of the spell, cutting a searing X through all sixteen hollow.
(437)
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Mirouni rolled 4 10-sided dice:
10, 4, 6, 4
Total: 24 (4-40)
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Posted: Thu Aug 13, 2009 6:55 pm
Seeing how well the previous attack worked, Kiisho prepared a nearly identical second attack, this time opting to hold the zanpakutou facing his right. As the first half of the next wave of hollow approached, he whipped his blade across at a slight angle, felling half of them with a shout of "Byakurai!"
A second lightning slash felled the next half, and a third cut out a fourth of the remaining numbers. Eight hollow remained after the three slashes, and they had come far to close for the attacks to remain effective. Instead, he dropped down low and spun, slicing the legs of all the hollow he could reach. After the down-slice, he whirled to his feet, executing quick downward stabs to finish off the hollow that had been grounded. Two hollow remained, both of which rushed at him, lashing out with long arms. Kiisho dropped into a roll, his right hand cutting through one hollow, and his left connecting with the other for a brief moment.
That moment was all he needed.
"Byakurai!"
The bolt of white lightning shattered the brutes head with a shower of blood and white mask.
(413)
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Mirouni rolled 4 10-sided dice:
6, 7, 10, 4
Total: 27 (4-40)
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Posted: Thu Aug 13, 2009 7:15 pm
As Kiisho rolled to his feet, the next group of hollow had already begun to approach him, this time having twenty-seven rather than twenty-four.
He was unimpressed however, as these hollow were still rather weak, and no where near strong enough to cause any sort of real problem.
The seal on his arm began to bother him a little, but he did not notice anymore, the near constant presence of pain had caused his body to go numb.
As the group drew nearer, Kiisho reached into a small pouch at his waist, withdrawing exactly twenty-eight shiatsu needles. He took the first needle and stuck it into the tip of his right hand, then placed the remaining twenty seven on his left palm.
"Sho!"
The needles flew from his hand in perfect formation, each striking a hollow in the center of it's mask. The needles themselves did not do much, but they were not intended to, not at first anyway.
He withdrew a small handful of additional needles from the pouch, drawing his finger along the length of them and saying "Geki"
A deep crimson light surrounded each needle, forcing it to remain in place while allowing each end to still have exposure.
"Hainawa!"
A thin rope of reiatsu melded with the red light, forming a whip of interlinked red spikes, each with a metal core.
Kiisho placed the end of that whip on the tip of his finger where the first needle was, taking care to move quickly so the hollow would not reach him before he had time to act.
"Geki!"
The red light surrounded his entire finger, binding him to the whip.
Giving it an experimental crack, Kiisho grinned and spun it around his head once, this was going to work splendidly.
"Byakurai!" He shouted, cracking the whip with violent force.
The white lightning exploded from his fingertip, arcing between each link of the chain before bursting out of the end, ripping through the hollow and jumping from needle to needle, breaking each mask and electrocuting the bearer as it went.
(386)
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Mirouni rolled 2 20-sided dice:
12, 6
Total: 18 (2-40)
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Posted: Thu Aug 13, 2009 7:34 pm
((Sigh.. Well, pointless dice upgrade for me, lol. We need seated members in here ASAP))
Kiisho grinned as the group of hollow fell. His whip idea was working quite nicely. Another idea came to mind, and he cracked the whip downwards, scoring a slight furrow in the ground.
"Hainawa!"
Five ropes sprung from the tip of whip, writhing and awaiting a target. Using his reiatsu, Kiisho guided the ropes to five of the needles used in the previous attack, attaching them to the end of each rope.
As the next group of hollow came, Kiisho leaped forward, spinning in the air and launching a air-splitting crack with his whip, shouting "Byakurai!" as he did.
Five bolts of lightning split the night, each lashing down on the unsuspecting hollow, cleaving them into many pieces.
(36 cool
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juxvi3t rolled 2 100-sided dice:
22, 57
Total: 79 (2-200)
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Posted: Thu Aug 13, 2009 9:55 pm
:With less cluster of hollows crowding the training ground, Suri decided it was time to practice a vital skill - shunpo. Although Captain Mock had taught her, she still needed more practice. In the beginning, because of the fluidity of her clothes, Suri had tried to avoid getting into the fray, but now that there were less hollows to attempt to trip her up, she felt fairly confident on rushing it.
Raising one foot into the air, Suri suddenly disappeared, appearing again behind a hollow with a flat, almost rectangular shaped head. Calmly, she flipped her blade down, slicing away one of its arms and flicking the arm away in such a direction that the claws ended up spearing a nearby hollow. Doing the same with the second arm, Suri noted a sick satisfaction when the hollow finally glanced down and saw its missing limbs. Since the ice from her broadsword had instantly coated the open wounds after she sliced each arm away, there had been no nerve signals for the hollow to sense the true pain it was in. Before the hollow had a chance to turn around and see her, Suri neatly lopped off its head, allowing the blast of ice that followed the swing to bullet through other hollows in the area.:
(( 289 ))
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Mirouni rolled 2 20-sided dice:
9, 13
Total: 22 (2-40)
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Posted: Thu Aug 13, 2009 9:55 pm
((Yaay! Help has arrived!!))
Kiisho moved through the group, twirling his new flail with a more comfortable grip than he had before. Now he had connected the rope to his wrist, and the finger was attached by a small strand of reiatsu.
A group of hollow rose up before him, these slightly stronger than the others. Kiisho could see that the number of hollow had been greatly diminished though, and soon they would all be defeated.
He grinned devilishly and rushed at the group, spinning the reiatsu-flail like a giant mace.
"Byakurai!"
The five blasts of lightning seared through the group, spreading devastation, but not as much as Kiisho would have liked.
"Shakkaho! Shakkaho! Shakkaho! Shakkaho! Shakkaho! Byakurai!"
Kiisho nearly screamed out his kidou, lashing the whip with each yell. Tiny balls of red fire flung from each tip, five at a time, and exploded into the hollow with great force. When the lightning came again, it mostly hit air, neatly slicing the only remaining hollow into pieces.
(267)
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Mirouni rolled 2 20-sided dice:
17, 14
Total: 31 (2-40)
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Posted: Thu Aug 13, 2009 10:01 pm
Kiisho could see the next group coming, and he readied himself for the action.
The group that now approached him was the largest he had ever fought while on this battle field, fully thirty-one in number. He did not hesitate however, knowing full well the consequences if he failed here. A hollow did not care how much pain you were in, nor did they show mercy to a wounded combatant. Neither would he show mercy.
The flail lashed out, wrapping around the necks of five of the hollow.
"Byakurai!"
Kiisho snapped the whip back, breaking the necks of the five and slicing through the rest, spreading blood in all directions.
(236)
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Mirouni rolled 2 20-sided dice:
14, 9
Total: 23 (2-40)
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Posted: Thu Aug 13, 2009 10:06 pm
((Home stretch!! With a little luck we can take the rest down with just a few more posts!!))
Kiisho pulled his whip back quickly from the bodies of the hollow, already another group was advancing, this time a little smaller than the last.
He gripped his zanpakutou in his left hand, then began to spin the whip in his right, advancing on the group with his intent clear in his eyes.
The first hollow lunged at him. Kiisho snapped his arm up and under the attack, driving the beast to the ground with a blade to the face. He spun as he did so, flicking the whip outwards and shouting "Byakurai!" sending yet another flashing five-bladed slice into the group.
He quickly leaped to his feet, turning into a roll that came up under the survivors of his first strike. His whip lashed up, pulling two to the ground and slicing the face of a third. Kiisho rolled again, stabbing down twice then slashing upwards, cleaving the last hollow in half.
(213)
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Mirouni rolled 2 20-sided dice:
11, 4
Total: 15 (2-40)
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Posted: Thu Aug 13, 2009 10:11 pm
Kiisho stood slowly following his upwards slash. A group of fifteen hollow approached from in front, clearly angry at the deaths of their comrades.
Kiisho did not care much for the feelings of hollow though, and quickly lashed up with his whip with a shout of "Byakurai!" Sending an arcing five-pronged slice into the left side of the group, instantly killing a third of them.
He twisted on his heel, the whip curling around him like a serpent. Again the whip cracked, and again a cry of "byakurai!" rent the sky, followed by a burst of lightning. Twice more Kiisho slashed, and twice more the bolts found their marks, leaving the hollow broken and bleeding.
(19 cool
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Mirouni rolled 2 20-sided dice:
13, 17
Total: 30 (2-40)
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Posted: Thu Aug 13, 2009 10:19 pm
Kiisho returned the whip to his arm, wrapping it around in a spiral pattern. A new group of hollow appeared, this time the number standing at thirty.
He stood completely still as they approached, waiting for the exact moment to strike. The shrieks of the hollow grew louder as they came nearer, some even licking toothy mouths in anticipation of the meal to come.
But it was not to be. They had come close enough.
With a yell, Kiisho burst into action, snapping his arm back and then forward.
"Byakurai!"
The whip spiraled outwards in a tunnel of searing white heat, piercing the group through the center and obliterating all in it's path.
(16 cool
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Mirouni rolled 2 20-sided dice:
5, 13
Total: 18 (2-40)
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Posted: Thu Aug 13, 2009 10:26 pm
A group of fifteen hollow followed the larger group, these going so far as to even run through gore of their fellows as they came at Kiisho.
They were two close for the whip to be put into action, so instead, Kiisho chose to use it as a tripping wire. Out the whip flashed, and down came a hollow, followed by a quick stab from Kiisho's blade.
Five times he did this, but by then the hollow had begun to catch on and dodge the whip. Sometimes he really hated that they could think.
"Byakurai!"
The whip lashed out quickly, slicing eight of the remaining hollow in half. As the whip moved, so did Kiisho's zanpakutou, cutting up and down through the last two hollow.
(150)
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Mirouni rolled 2 20-sided dice:
18, 3
Total: 21 (2-40)
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Posted: Thu Aug 13, 2009 10:31 pm
A third group appeared several yards away. Not to close, but close enough that Kiisho had to act fast.
The number of hollow remaining on the field was less than a hundred and fifty now, and victory was clear in sight.
Kiisho thrust his heels downwards, throwing himself backwards, away from the hollow. As he did so, he snapped his whip forwards.
"Byakurai!"
The lightning flashed again, ripping into the group from the side. The attack was simple, but highly effective, cleaving all but one of the twenty-one hollow in half.
Kiisho brought his left hand forward, pointing a single finger at the lone hollow.
"Byakurai"
The lightning split the brute's mask clean in half.
(129)
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Mirouni rolled 2 20-sided dice:
4, 3
Total: 7 (2-40)
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Posted: Thu Aug 13, 2009 10:36 pm
Seven hollow, presumably stragglers from the last group, came rushing past the body of the newly-slain hollow. These were slightly larger than the rest, probably more powerful to Kiisho mused. But it would make little difference.
He brought the whip back to his hand, waiting for the moment to strike. Even if the groups were getting smaller, the battle was drawing to a close, and that thought spurred him forwards.
As they approached, his lashed out with his whip, twisting all five strands into one powerful strike.
"Byakurai!"
The seven hollow fell as one.
(Dammit.. 122)
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Mirouni rolled 2 20-sided dice:
2, 19
Total: 21 (2-40)
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Posted: Thu Aug 13, 2009 10:39 pm
As the seven fell, Kiisho moved forwards. He could see a group of around twenty-one moving towards the barracks. They would not get there.
He broke into a slight run, his whip flowing behind him like a great wind serpent. As he neared the hollow, he pulled to a stop, twisting his body into a side-flip and lashing out with the flail.
The five strands wrapped around half the group and pulled them down. Kiisho immediately retracted the lash and struck again, this time with more power.
"Byakurai!"
The five bolts of lightning did their jobs well, leaving twenty-one more bodies lying bloodied on the ground.
(101)
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