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Nai felt Marcos's pulse quicken and experienced that he made no attempt to harm her. Sloth saw the medley of emotions that ran through his eyes, none of them dangerous. As one, they decided that they could just leave him be, let him follow Nai as much as he pleased. Task finished, Nai's hands slipped off of Marcos as she stepped away and to the side then walked right past him. His words raised nothing in Nai. She had no wish, much less a wish to command anyone or anything. It would certainly be an advantage and probably worth what little trouble such power brought, but she simply did not care.

Once she had plenty of room to move, Nai stopped and half-turned so that she could speak in Marcos's direction. Sloth didn't care, but Nai deemed it worth the few short seconds it took to answer Marcos's questions, "'What' expresses an inability to comprehend, specifically the inability to comprehend dedication for no reason. Feelings exist but merely interfere. Blind devotion leads to easily to death." Answer given, Nai turned away from Marcos. She needed to catch up to Qaar, make sure he hadn't died for a second time.

Clearly enjoying ruining the woman's tempo, X whispered tauntingly in her mind, {Nah, don't worry about Zombie boy. I just saw him and he's fine. Why don't you just stay and relax here? I'll keep an eye on him and tell you when you're needed,} without a shred of care in his voice. If anyone else told Nai, she would have thought of them as a help, but since it was X, she knew it was only because he enjoyed toying with her and slowly creeping onto her nerves.

Remaining rather unperturbed for the moment, the woman smoothly switched gears. She halted after her first step and looked around the training center for anyone in need of training. Not a single person in the area was available for Nai to assist. That meant she could go and eat.

-Exit-
Female ✖ 20 years ✖ 5' 8" ✖ 120 lb. ✖ Black Hair ✖ Black Eyes
X XMaster ✖ Gunslinger ✖ Sub-Ninja ✖ Chaos ✖ Tempus Inexstinctus ✖ Sloth
X X X Xstrength: 5 ✖ speed: 8 ✖ dodge: 10 ✖ energy: 1300/1300 ✖ ammo: 350/350

Refreshed and raring to go, Katarina skipped into the CAZ, her tail waving from side to side and a devious glint in her eyes. Then she saw Kal glaring at her with a look that clearly meant she should be doing business. The succubus gave him a peppy wave and then made a beeline for the area most popular for berserkers, where most of the training dummies were concentrated. She sensed that it would be best for her to listen to Kal for this time.

Besides, she could have her fun with those of her class. Most were male, after all, and easy prey for Katarina. Even if they did know of her prowess in the hand-to-hand arts, most still somehow managed to be caught off guard and be thoroughly punished much to the sadist's delight. Katarina's eyes swept the possible toys, . The succubus always felt particularly accomplished after messing with an incubus. It probably had to do something with how her kind did not really like others of their race.

Decision made, Katarina hopped over in front of Marcos and, half-bent in her usual attempt to look smaller and cuter, greeted, "Hi hi! Ready for some training?!".

"Okay!" Katarina cheered, happy to have such a willing target but also somewhat suspicious of it, "Let's get started then. First, defense because I'll be in biiiig trouble if I hurt you too much," insert flirtatious wink, "Now, show me if you know the Knight's Shield." After giving her directions, Katarina backed away as if to give Marcos room to demonstrate properly.

In reality, she was backing away to give herself room to attack properly. If Marcos hadn't listened to Katarina's directions the moment she gave him them, he would be left open to the abuse that followed. Katarina charged forward in a flash after casually putting a few feet of distance between herself and Marcos then kicked off her feet to slam into her victim with both knees (Double Takedown). If she had wanted to, she could have knocked Marcos down with just that move. She controlled her strength, though, using it to merely cause him to stagger backwards and create an opening for her to land a second strike after falling to the ground following her first. Once again, this second strike involved an aerial attack with knees. Leaping up so that her knees were level with Marcos's head, Katarina struck at Marcos with the sharp tip of her knee (Hanuman visits Lanka). As with the last move, this one was toned down from its original intent. While it was meant to be aimed for the head, Katarina gave Marcos the benefit of the doubt and settled with aiming for his arms instead, assuming he had gone into the Knight's Shield position in time. From her second attack, she flowed smoothly into the third. Using the momentum of her most previous knee-attack, she took hold of Marcos's shoulder and used it as traction to flip her body and slam into Marcos with her knees once more (Tombstone Slam). This last move, Katarina used to its full extent, meaning for it to break Marcos's defense completely and smash him to the ground.

"Now," Katarina commented in a casual voice after picking herself up and dusting herself off, "I suppose I should say something like a teacher? I used Double Takedown to break you and then Hanuman visits Lanka to cover my approach. The climax was Tombstone Slam, I think you would agree? Ah, but the first two are really fun toys to play with. Hanuman is a sexy opener at full power when it can knock over or stun the partner, leaving them absolutely helpless. If you didn't protect yourself, I would have penetrated your head even while using a weaker version of the move. Double Takedown is more reserved for unfavorable odds. When you're up against a big baddie or want to have fun with more than one person, you should use it. At full power, I probably would have broken your bones," insert giggle, "As for Tombstone Slam... well... I really enjoyed using it on you. Ah, of course, just because I like doing stuff like that doesn't mean I like receiving it, so you'll need to go find someone willing or just use a practice dummy." Having said everything she needed, Katarina flirtatiously batted her eyelashes at Marcos, knowing full well that she was the only one that enjoyed what had just happened and hoping her enjoyment irritated Marcos as much as it pleased her.

Hanuman visits Lanka
Rank: C
Description: A powerful and fast attack where the user takes a high jump forward and strikes an opponent's head with the sharp tip of their knee. The crushing damage is tremendous and even if blocked the power can still send their opponent to the ground or stun them. This attack can also be used to attack opponents in mid-air, in which case the strike hits them in the solarplex.

Double Takedown
Rank: C
Description: The user charges forward at an enemy and then kicks off their feet to slam into an opponent with both of their knees. This can either send two opponents to the ground (one for each knee), or it can take out one large opponent, dealing massive damage along the way.

Tombstone Slam
Rank: C
Description: Once airborn over an enemy the user can flip and pull their legs back tightly against their lower back. They then take a swift dive down on an enemy, using their two knees to slam down on an enemy like a tombstone. The strength can break through defenses and solid rock.

The look of Marcos as he said Nai's name had Katarina rolling on the ground in laughter. Oh, of course she understood the pull, the desire for a master. However, that didn't mean she couldn't find it funny when someone else pined for their master, particularly her kind didn't really think kindly of their brethren. Seeing Marcos stuck with such an impossible master, his unlucky fate, filled Katarina with glee.

At the same time, crazy as it may sound, she also wanted to help her fellow seducer. To incubi and succubi, masters were their life. Deserting him would be like walking away as her hung for his dear life over a cliff. Katarina may have liked tormenting him but she didn't want him to die. "I suppose she both isn't and is the worst master you could have," Katarina teased as she fell down on her butt to sit on the ground, "I haven't heard anything bad about her but then again I haven't heard much about her at all. There are files on her activities but files are booooooring, so I can't remember if I even read them, I probably haven't. I do remember her, though. Let's see, she's a human gunslinger of master rank. Before her disappearance from Nocturne, she was an expert rank captain of Nocturne and that's when people really started to pay attention to her. At least, I remember that's when I started thinking of how weird it was for someone to be dressed so stiflingly in the CAZ. I mean, Nocturne is a shady place so being covered head-to-toe isn't unusual on the streets but most people ditch the secrecy when training since, well, training isn't illegal. Then Osiris replaced Nocturne and Captain Nai faded into obscurity until the last ruler of Osiris took the throne. She returned, defended the king when people tried to oust him and stayed on as a royal guard. A lot of rumours went around at the time about how she was the actual ruler and the king just a puppet, but most people who knew Nai as a captain had to disagree. It might have been a lower position than her last one, but she never showed any kind of ambition... or any other emotion. Really, she was kind of creeeeeeeeeepy. When Osiris lost its light and Nocturne rose again, Nai disappeared again, went missing for a few years until she returned not more than a week ago. Most people probably don't know her anymore." Katarina ended with a shrug to show Marcos that she knew the information was lacking for his purposes but it was all she had. She leaned back on her hands as she crossed her legs, just waiting for him to ask any more questions. If he had none, then she would take up one of her hands and gesture him closer to her with her index finger."

Katarina could see his tense body, and merely took his readiness as a challenge. She waited patiently until Marcos was really close, less than a foot away from her feet before pushing off with her hands to slide under Marcos's legs, "Phase Shift!". As she passed through Marcos's legs, she grabbed one in each hand and tripped him by twisting her body over mid-slide, crossing her arms together and, as a result, bringing the legs closer together, "Scissor Strike!". It didn't matter whether or not Marcos tripped because Katarina was going to do the same thing regardless of the result. Letting go of the legs, she used her hands to push herself off the ground while sweeping her own legs around her body, undoubtedly smacking Marcos a few times, "V-Spin!". Controlling herself, Katarina only held the move for a few swings before pushing off of her hands and into the air where she curved gracefully into a ground-shattering, feet-first dive that landed Katarina right on top of Marcos, "Rocket Recover!". Lucky for him, she refrained from actually hitting him with the technique. She also refrained from hitting him with her finisher, an elbow to the face fueled by the force of her drop, "Falling Dagger!". Her demonstration finished, Katarina, stepped off of Marcos while explaining, "The first three came from stage 2 of the Capoeira style and the fourth move came from stage 3 of the Muay Thai style." Despite her impish smile, she definitely seemed more well-behaved--she had noticed Kal staring daggers at her.

Blake would read the book that Srin gave him before he left, his eyes quickly scanning the information that was one each page. Before long Blake had read all that he needed to and would close the book and put it in his pouch. He would stand up and take out a bottle of water. Luckily the book was detailed enough to walk even the most pathetic minds. Blake would empty the bottle of water and pour the liquid on the ground. He would raise his hand and the water would form a in front of him. The skill itself was simple enough but the detailed helped simplify it. 1/1 (bonus from Srin's master skill book) Water shield learned

Blake would close his eyes and recall the next skill in his mind, Water Jets. Blake would deactivate the shield and let the water fall half way before whipping up his hand catching a handful of water, stopping his hand to face directly in front of him he would open it facing his palm forward. Suddenly a long stream of high pressure water would soar out of his palm. He would let his hand fall to his side and groan. The rest of the skills required a larger body of water to be around. That being known Blake would take his leave and head to the nearest river or lake. 1/1 water jet learned

After looking Marcos up and down and up again, Katarina commented on his hair, "Good, you've got your priorities straight. The hair always comes first. Come let's rest. Sit sit. Tired people aren't fun to play with." To the berserker succubus, exhaustion made people boring. Their reactions always grew more lackluster and she couldn't pound on them as much.

Although, that wouldn't stop her from lightly grating on Marcos's nerves while he rested. If she did it right, she might be able to juice some more fun out of him while he rested himself for the next round of her entertainment. Once Marcos had settled himself, the first thing out of Katarina's mouth was, "So, about Nai. You really are unlucky to have her as your master." She didn't mean anything bad by saying that, either now or the first time she said it. However, she had noticed Marcos's anger at her words and that had made her realize that she might have just offended him by phrasing Marcos's dilemma in such a way.