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 Posted: Fri Oct 03, 2025 5:42 pm
[Psychic|Precognition] The Precog saw Ivy go for one of her guns before she actually did. "Thanks," he replied to her. Then, to Sin, "I have no idea what in the heck you're talking about, ha, ha. That's quite the mask, though. I keep a similar one of a kitsune!"
Even as he spoke, he began to draw his katana from its scabbard. He made a tight fist with his right hand, the one he used to draw, pronating the appendage as if getting ready to throw a punch, the thin but sturdy katana held horizontally in front of his person with the hilt at level with his right shoulder. He took notice of Sin's stance, the level change, leading with the left side, kodachi placed upon the opposite deltoid. Just then, the door to the Tavern swung open a second time as a blonde girl let herself in and merely sat at the bar, which currently still occupied the space between Sin and Clash.
This sure could get interesting, he thought to himself, the voice in his own skull sounding somewhat bored, tired, almost. In case the girl with the gun in her hand decided to shoot, he let up his tau shield, a cylindrical sheath of blue energy flowing upward from a circle on the ground about his person. He took off his sunglasses with his left hand, sliding them into an inside breast pocket on the right side of his robe. After that, he let his hood down, revealing a long, flowing black mane and two small horns jutting out of the top of his head. He began to conjure a silvery vibrancy into his free left hand, the palm of which he aimed at the interloper, Sin's, chest.*
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*Psionics: ??? (1 prep)
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Posted: Fri Oct 03, 2025 10:20 pm
She glanced back towards the men who were already engaged in the altercation and wondered what the motives for their stance amongst each other in this way were. She heard one of the men say "Didn't they agree to meet here off of tinder?"
"Odd couple.." she thought to herself.
Just then a girl entered the bar, she had her hand on her forehead as if she was trying to hide something about her self. Ivy watched her curiously as she sat not far away from where she had sat at the end of the bar. Just as the girl sat down she seen the man who had answered her request for a drink previously pull a katana out and a blue field of energy surrounded him. Ivy sat her notebook on the bar and looked down towards her gun it was almost fully illuminated.
She sits half way on the barstool and holds the gun at her side. She has a bullet of sound in the chamber.
She has no protection at this so she decides to wait to engage them any further.
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Posted: Sun Oct 05, 2025 5:48 pm
He noticed the weapon in her hand as well, however, because her body language showed no hostile intentions(for the moment) he would somewhat ignore her. But, he would know the moment she did decide to take action; including the newcomer. When Clash began his transformation from his base form to this one, he crouched even lower to the ground and whispered, “ Reduced Earth,” before falling forward. The ancient technique allowed near-instantaneous movement across distances by reducing the space. And because he was an expert with decades of experience, his modified Shukuchi was unexpectedly quicker. He was now 6’ away and had both arms crossed, hands level with their opposite shoulder as he continued to approach in his falling forward stance. Clash, would no doubt be surprised, however, being the battle hardened veteran he was he still fired off his attack. He responded in earnest, swing his sword to intercept the attack as his left foot stepped forward and pushed off the earth and lifted him upright. The blade sparked with intense showers of energy colliding with metal as Clash’s attack was sweeper aside like raindrops and then transformed into something entirely different. His blade traversed from the left shoulder to the right, angled to cut his opponent from right hip to the left shoulder and although the physical blade was stopped short, another continued onward. It was the recycled attack from earlier repurposed with resonance and building speed to become even more deadly.
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Posted: Sun Oct 05, 2025 8:33 pm
Oh! Ying Zi thought, watching the weapon be pulled as if time had been slowed down, Things sure are about to get interesting here!
The attacks being used seemed similar to advanced arts she'd watched be taught, but a little different in execution. On top of that, she wasn't entirely sure on what the problem between these people were. Who was the good guy? Who was the bad guy? Were they only going after each other, or would Ying Zi become a target, too? Along with everyone else here? She frowned. Maybe that truly was the purpose of places like these, like the teachers had tried to warn her. In that case...
She stood on top of her chair, walking onto the bar, before walking clean into the air. She floated in place, climbing another invisible stair until she had a vantage point over the action. Her hand tossed a small pebble back and forth, a soft pink glow illuminating from it that matched the same visual energy around her hands. These two seemed as though they're really going after each other, so in that brisk moment where she was in the air, she reached into her baggy pocket. She took out a small velvet pouch and opened it, scattering the remains across the small battle ground the men have made for each other.
Small pebbles, so round and perfectly polished that they all almost seemed like marbles, slide across the floor and under the heels of anyone or anything that had lifted them. She decided from there to park herself next to the woman with a gun, taking her stay in wait.
"Excuse me," She asked, her voice almost trying to whisper but not being very good at it, "You look smart-- can you tell me what's going on here?"
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Posted: Sun Oct 05, 2025 10:31 pm
Ivy watched as the man crouched to the floor then was suddenly closer then before, he started to fall forward which surprised her then focused his attack on the man opposing him.
Suddenly the girl that was sitting not far from her stepped onto the bar and spread what seemed to be little spheres of some sort all over the floor. She then came and sat in the chair beside her.
She loudly whispered in Ivy's direction. "Uhh, at this point in time the only sense I could make of this altercation is they may have arranged to meet here off of Tinder.. So maybe it was a bad match?? But to be honest I am unsure.."
She turned her attention back just in time to see the second hit strike the man. " The name is Ivy," she said without looking in the girl's direction." You may want to cover your ears."
She quickly turned around and pointed her gun at the man who had just landed the strike. With her gun now fully illuminated, she fired a bullet of sound in his direction. If the bullet hit the man or was deflected it would blast the 10 ft area around it with a tremendous cacophony and everyone would take on sonic damage that stuns them for one round.
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Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2025 10:59 pm
She tilted her head, obviously confused. The little clips and bobs that hung on her hair jingled with her every move; she dressed like it, but she didn't sound like a sneaky creature. "Tinder and matches? Are they trying to start a fire, or something? Ooohh, bad break up, huh?" Even though any sense Ivy had tried to make flew over her head, Ying Zi still just tsk, tsk, tsked along and shook her head, as if she had understood everything so far, always, without a flaw. Then, the girl introduced herself! Without being asked to, either! It was almost as if she was making her first friend! She was also about to shoot a gun! "I'm Ying Zi!" She beamed, "And okay!" She stuck her fingers in her ears and felt the reverberation of the energy wash over her body. She tried to shake it off, looking between the target and this Ivy. Why was she getting involved? "Did you take their tinder or their matches? They need those to live, you know. At least some people do."
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Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2025 1:28 pm
Punk Clash [Clash] emerged from the darkness of the legendary Tavern… taking up roost behind the bar…Though Sin fell forward, moving impossibly fast, he would merely run into the bar Clash stood behind and therefore—probably—bump his head, if not be rendered unconscious from the force of the sudden collision, unless he turned out to be tougher than that. If not, after he lifted his body up, Sin would go for a swipe with the kodachi, a shorter blade than Clash’s ancient katana, and, being only two feet long, one which failed to split Clash from hip to shoulder due to the distance of six feet between them or the bar’s interference. To cut Clash, who simply arched his battle-strengthened spine backwards to avoid, Sin would have to jump over the bar, which he did not do…yet. Nonetheless, another blade of some fashion came into play, which Clash evaded by coming back up and ducking down on the other side of the counter, which he spun to his right and placed his back to, out of sight of the gunslinger woman. The second blade—whatever its constitution—would continue on, hopefully colliding with the wall in the back of the room and not making a mess of any of the patrons in the room, Clash included. Heh, heh… From behind the bar, Clash glanced up at the lady spreading what appeared to be pink stones on the floor, though, due to his current vantage point, this did not concern him…yet, it would seem. Then Ivy fired a special bullet at Clash, who hid behind the bar, which would mean it would hit Sin in the back…and then explode, apparently, violently…
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Posted: Wed Oct 08, 2025 9:58 pm
As Clash ducked behind the bar counter, he shielded himself from the blunt of the force of the blast but was affected moderately due to the immense sound from the bullet' that reverberated in his direction. Ivy immediately fired a spark shot one after the other, the first shot left the gun only half way illuminated so the shots were only powered fifty and twenty five percent. One of the bullets lodged closely to the man's spine sending a voltage charge running down his back with the added bonus of continuously sending a steady stream of electricity the longer it makes contact, shocking him the remainder of the fight due to it's metallic response of his movements. The other bullet made contact with the surrounding area of where Clash was hiding. Ineffective due to its low powered range and making contact with the wood.
She turned to the girl, and helped brace her against the sound that was released from the bullet, " You should take cover!" She turned back to where Clash had taken cover and braced herself. She did not know how he had been affected by the attack. She opened the cylinder of the gun to check which ammo she had left and loaded three more rounds from the pocket of her coat. Once she had inserted the rounds and closed it with a spin she grabbed her other gun from its holster on her chest before she stood up. She readied herself, walking slowly towards his direction one gun aimed at the man who was currently being electrified and the other in his potential direction.
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Posted: Wed Oct 08, 2025 11:28 pm
Well, that was a bit intense, but okay. Ying Zi could feel every jolt of electricity as it traveled on the air like a sensitive nose with pollen. What was the need for all the hostility? She kept reminding herself that this is how things went here; she was very, very far from home. When Ivy helped brace her against the sound, she felt compelled to do the same by her. she gave her a curt nod before throwing a hand forward, tossing that particular pebble she had in her hands towards a chair just for it to fly into her open palm. She used it to block all of those ducking near her away from the collision.
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Posted: Sat Oct 11, 2025 2:33 pm
A very annoying sound reached Clash’s ears, causing him to drop his sword and cup them with his hands despite his being stunned for a moment. “Eek!” Given some respite, he changed his ensemble, donning upper body armor and steel boots from his demiplane. He also now held a curious whip in his left hand which coiled on the floor like a snake ready to strike. Suddenly, the second half of the whip became pure condensed fire, which he snapped over the counter, attempting to ensnare the two ladies in the room with him. His tau shield remained active, revolving clockwise around his body in the form of cycling blue waves. He picked up the katana, feeling its weight in his hand… “…”
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Posted: Sat Oct 11, 2025 4:13 pm
Punk Clash A very annoying sound reached Clash’s ears, causing him to drop his sword and cup them with his hands despite his being stunned for a moment. “Eek!” Given some respite, he changed his ensemble, donning upper body armor and steel boots from his demiplane. He also now held a curious whip in his left hand which coiled on the floor like a snake ready to strike. Suddenly, the second half of the whip became pure condensed fire, which he snapped over the counter, attempting to ensnare the two ladies in the room with him. His tau shield remained active, revolving clockwise around his body in the form of cycling blue waves. He picked up the katana, feeling its weight in his hand… “…”
She ran and rolled over the top of the counter right next to where the whip had appeared from and landed on her feet in a crouching position, both guns pointed in the man's direction. "Cute, Now what are you going to do?" she said as a flash of light passed through her eyes leaving a gold ring of energy around her irises.
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Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2025 8:51 pm
Ying Zi finally opened her eyes, expecting the building to be nothing but ash and rubble by what she had heard. But when she opened them, she was still suspending a chair over her, and not too far from her was a familiar face. Yeah, that was him! That's Clash! They had a match earlier, she was sure of it, but how much earlier... she lost track. She hadn't been in a town like this before, she wanted time to look around, after all. Like, where else is she going to find people with fire-whips and katanas and s**t? Probably no where! She stood up and dusted herself off, not being able to help the smile on her face. But when she saw Ivy, though, her eyes dropped a little. What were they all even fighting about? If they were all on edge, she assumed she should be, too. So, Ying Zi took a step backwards and up into the air, stepping back until she was floating not far outside of the one-on-one the fire-wielding man and Ivy had made for herself. Fought before or not fought before, she wasn't going to be caught unaware. Her third eye was already taking notes of the scene around her from under her bangs. "I think someone, and I mean literally anyone, should say something first instead of doing anything else," Ying Zi introjected despite no one asking her to, because that was kind of her thing, "So I can know who and why I'm taking down what! Or... or what and why I'm taking down who- no, that's not it either... uhh- explain yourselves!"
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Posted: Tue Oct 14, 2025 11:37 am
(( This battle is officially over. The both of you have passed your tests. Ivy and Clash will be at the bar in Barton Town. farcille may join us provided she posts a character sheet in Dramatis Personae. Good luck in the guild at large. heart Godspeed. ))
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