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Post by Aloisia Hiltrude on Jan 4, 2010 19:36:59 GMT 1
The ringing of the class's bell loudly rang in my head, My thick rimmed glasses upon my eyes nearly rattled with the loud, earsplitting sound. Looking down upon the stack of papers I was grading with a neutral expression upon my face, my eyes trained upon the correct answers to the quiz I had given my history class the day prior. Mentally, I sighed as I realized I would obviously have to fail more than half the class' papers, as they were seemingly just not understanding the class... or was it because they slept through half the class? I could never understand. My black fountain pen struck a last X through the last question of the last paper and scribbled a "F" at the left corner of it. As I stood from my creaking wooden chair, I would look up at my class. I had noticed a few empty seats peppered around the room, but other than that, the students looked as usual... ready to be bored.
"Guten Morgen, class. I couldn't help but notice... that there are a few of you missing this morning." I said, my voice thick and rich with my German accent, giving it an exotic nature that some males found irresistible for one reason or another. "Is it that my class is boring, Meine Kinder?" I said, my left eyebrow raising as I reached to my face and removed my glasses, placing them upon my desk without folding them as I normally did. As they clunked to my desk, I mentally giggled as the most of the students replied with resounding 'No's' and frantic head shakes... along with a few annoyed looks upon the female student's faces. "So... Children. do you find me... how you say... Boring?" I said, tilting my head to the left slightly, I had them in my web, they were trapped in a move that she had hoped that would have one of the students fess up and tell her where her missing students were.
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Post by Jiro on Jan 14, 2010 3:46:35 GMT 1
((Still Here?))
Jiro treaded lightly upon the top of the somewhat large building. His yellow orbs darted all about, left and right, scanning for any prey. Anything but a normal Human. Petty Human souls were hardly satisfying anymore. Not after seeing the power of a Shinigami. It sounded delightful--a Shinigami to feast upon. A strong, bountiful soul. A filling meal.
As if anything could fill--could sate--this insatiable hunger.
Still, Jiro continued his search for the black robed, sword-wielding souls. Setting a strong claw down lightly on the roof, he made little noise, likely able to pass off to the students and staff as wind or simply a creaking building.
Something suddenly overtook the Hollow, however. A sort of anger at his lack of finding anything worth while to eat. An infuriation swept over his entire being. With frustration he set his claw down heavily upon the building, accidentally smashing in a massive hole. Dumbfounded, he simply gazed down into the hole--a classroom beneath him.
Perhaps a few normal souls couldn't hurt, for now. With that in mind, he smashed a larger hole into the roof and fell into the class room, swinging his head around in search of the most satisfying meal. The teenagers ran and swarmed like insects towards the door.
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Post by Aloisia Hiltrude on Jan 14, 2010 5:49:29 GMT 1
While overlooking over my class... I sensed something... something evil on it's way. Weaker than myself, only slowly. The black soul ribbon that appeared before me after slight concentration belonged to a common Hollow. Placing my face into my left hand, a small bit of my spartan makeup left my face to my palm. "Mien Kinder... you're all excused from mien class today. I have seemed to have fallen under the weather." I spoke, smoothly. The children vacated the room rather quickly, scattering like the slackers they were.
I sensed the Hollow's presence upon the roof, I released my right hand from beside me and called forth my Reiryoku Bow. Gunmetal in color and deadly in combat. Whispering to myself "Arise! Schwarze Phönix oben einer Spitze!"[/b] Suddenly, as it finished condensing into physical being, a massive hole was blown into the roof of my classroom, rage built within me, fueling the hatred I held for the monsters who devoured souls. "How DARE YOU Attack Mien class, You VILE CREATURE!" I said disgusted, while simultaneously aiming my bow and letting off a Reiryoku arrow aimed at the hollow's vile face. My students out of the room, I was able to fight at full capacity now with no one else to injure. Ready to move at a moment's notice, should the Hollow attempt an attack upon her.
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Post by Jiro on Jan 14, 2010 7:24:22 GMT 1
As Jiro fell to the upper floor of the building, he noticed that the room he had fallen into was empty . . . except for a single person. With all of his attention immediately diverted to the woman, the Hollow immediately noticed the strange blue light, and a certain excitement lit up his eyes, sending a chill down his spine. Perhaps this person was also someone with a strong soul--a delicious soul.
Something dangerous was coming, though, and Jiro knew that, immediately dodging to the left to avoid the arrow, sinking into a crouch-like position to make himself a smaller target. With a single shot, the Hollow deduced some of the abilities of the woman. Her ranged attacks would pose a problem for him . . .
Being sure to note the glowing blue weapon she had, he rushed in, ready to dodge left or right should another arrow be fired in his direction--and he assumed there would be more where it had come from. It was evident she could see and sense him, and even knew about what he was--even detested him. Something about the excitement of being sensed . . . being hated thrilled Jiro, fueled his fiery desire to devour the abnormally strong soul of the woman.
Should he reach a range suitable for his long, muscular, clawed arms to reach out to the woman, he would attempt a simple horizontal swipe with his left arm.
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Post by paradox on Jan 15, 2010 0:00:22 GMT 1
The boring regime of health class hypnotized Kostya into a sleepy state. He knew that his grades wouldn't even fall; and what should he care, anyway? He was a soul reaper, not a stupid student, he could abandon this lifestyle any time he wanted to. However, this was the only place which he could interact. If he wasn't a student, he would have to be living in secrecy.
An eerie presence came over him. He felt the spirit pressure of some malicious form, a hollow. He was used to these things invading the school of Karakura, and it was surprising how often they came now. He jumped out of his desk and shot out of the classroom, leaving the teacher to yell at him long after he is gone. He took out a pill from a soul candy dispenser and swallowed.
"Get to cover. There's a hollow." Kostya said in his Russian accent. He noticed that there were students flooding out of a classroom, and made the inference that the hollow had just penetrated the school's walls. He ran into the room and saw a hollow, a nasty, purple one, reaching for the history teacher.
The Quincy? She should of have killed that hollow by now...
"Hollow. Why would you waste your appetite on a Quincy. Don't you guys like soul reapers? Well, come get some."
He gathered reiatsu in his fingertips, and put both of his hands in front of him.
"Ten pillars, two spires, glow red in the white echoes of moonlight. Twist in shadow cut the heart of temperance free from the ocean floor! Ye lord, look upon us! Hado no Juunana: Akasenshi Hari!"
Twenty red needles manifested themselves on his fingertips, and flung towards the hollow. Kostya wasn't neccesarily good at Kido, but he felt like he was really cool when he said the incantation.
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Post by Aloisia Hiltrude on Jan 15, 2010 4:35:50 GMT 1
Sighing and rubbing my temples with her free hand, I shot a vicious look at the Shinigami posing as a student in my classroom. "I have Nein Problems with shinigami... but you are in Mien territory. I shouted, letting off another shot off on the Hollow before allowing the ambient Reiryoku to collect beneath my feet in what we Quincey called a Hirenkyaku. It carried me 10 feet away from the monster known as a hollow before I aimed my bow as the Shinigami chanted, He was obviously using a Kido. Aiming carefully, making sure I wasn't in the path of the Shinigami's Magic projectiles should the Hollow dodge them, I drew back the string from my bow, carefully aiming where ever the Hollow should dodge to.
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Post by Jiro on Jan 15, 2010 4:58:04 GMT 1
Jiro's attention was diverted again to the newcomer--a Shinigami. If his eyes could light up in excitement, they would have. Instead, his yellow optics switched between his two targets, gathering what they would do. With the arrival of the Shinigami, Jiro stopped in his tracks and awaited the movements of his adversaries.
The Shinigami began chanting--Jiro wasn't sure what this meant, as he was inexperienced in most everything spiritual. Still, it couldn't be anything friendly and the Shinigami raising his hands helped Jiro understand what was to come. A second arrow was fired by the Quincy, which he simply sidestepped once more. Suddenly, the Quincy disappeared and Jiro watched as twenty red needles appeared at the fingertips of the black-robed Shinigami. Immediately the Hollow leaped up, causing the needles to pass under him and landing upon the roof overhead once more. He ran forward a bit so that he was approximately over the Shinigami, and so that the Quincy could no longer see him.
What is that woman? She doesn't seem to be a Shinigami . . . Jiro pondered, before snapping back to the reality of the situation. He was being ganged up on, but that wouldn't stop him yet. He was dying simply to dine on one of their souls, to feast on the energy it possessed. It would be divine.
And it would be difficult, with both of them shooting things at him. Unsure of their plan, and figuring that the Shinigami should be directly beneath him, he ran forward a bit and turned, smashing hard into the building beneath him, causing a rain of debris to fall upon where the Shinigami should have been, but allowing for the roof to stay intact directly beneath himself, so that he wouldn't fall.
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Post by paradox on Jan 15, 2010 14:10:12 GMT 1
The Quincy shouted back a challenging remark, but Kostya really had no time to deal with the rivalry now. Upon his shooting of the twenty red needles, a good deal of energy was sapped up. However, the hollow dodged the kido and jumped up onto the roof. The bad part was, due to the reiatsu that the kido sucked up, he was having a hard time detecting it's presence. He looked up at the ceiling, waiting for the hollow to make it's move.
Suddenly, the hollow smashed the roof above him, causing a rain of debris to fall on top of him. Kostya quickly dodged out of the way using a Shunpo. The debris hit the ground, causing a large amount of dust to rise up into the air. Kostya knew the hollowwas still on the roof, but he awaited his next move before moving himself.
Edit: Changed it. You can delete the OOC post below me.
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Post by Aloisia Hiltrude on Jan 16, 2010 21:22:31 GMT 1
Narrowing my eyes, I once again drew the string of my bow while the Hollow was within my sights. "not... getting away this time." I spoke, grabbing upon the Hollow's Soul Ribbon, I identified exactly where it was upon the roof as it bashed in the ceiling, allowing chunks of the building to fall in, thankfully the Shinigami was out of range now as I pulled back my bow, aiming at the exact area where the Hollow now stood, the roof wouldn't hinder my projectile much as I fired.
The Hollow would have no clue that the arrow would come screaming from below it, piercing any one of it's body parts, From it's legs, it's lower body or even it's groin area, There was little to no chance of it knowing that death was coming from below due to it's rookie level amongst Hollows. Should I of immobilized it, the only prayer for the Hollow would be a painful escape.
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Post by Jiro on Jan 16, 2010 23:02:26 GMT 1
Immediately after crushing the building beneath him, Jiro took off in a sprint to his left and circled around. He knew that the Quincy would likely be able to see him should the hole open up, and knew that she would immediately take the chance to fire off one of her shots. Finding himself somewhere between where the Shinigami had previously stood and where the Quincy was, if she hadn't moved, Jiro contemplated what to do. Tilting his head, he wondered if there was anything flammable within the room, but dismissed the thought, as he felt there wasn't a very good chance that he could move down there, ignite something, and avoid an attack from both his opponents. This was an annoying situation--both opponents could utilize ranged attacks, keeping their distance from his melee strikes and attacking themselves. An idea came to the Hollow--one that might not work, but was rather safe and therefore he had no reason not to try it. Jiro moved over to the hole he had created above the Shinigami, staying out of the field of vision of both the woman and the man from both of the holes he had made--the one earlier to enter, and the one used to attack. With this security, he laid a claw against the inside of the hole, likely exposing his hand to his opponent's for a brief moment. But it was only ephemeral, as he immediately moved his hand against the inside of the hole, activating his abilities and causing his body to create a ridiculous amount of friction just after he began moving. This amount of friction created an intense amount of heat, sending a flame whipping and spiraling directly downwards and into the classroom, igniting anything near the hole in a fiery blaze. Immediately his powers were deactivated and he jumped back to avoid any projectile attacks the two would fire. |
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Post by paradox on Jan 18, 2010 23:52:02 GMT 1
After the hollow had punished the roof with a punishing blow, and after Kostya had dodged the rain of debris, another shot was fired from the Quincy, but the hollow didn't get hit. Kostya decided that waiting was not the answer, because next time, the hollow could utilize a faster move.
At that moment, he forced his hand down through the hole, and Kostya knew what to do. He jumped through one of the holes (the one used to enter) and landed on the roof. He used a shunpo to get close to the hollow while he was still had his hand through the roof, a blazing flame coming out of it.
After he used that rapid movement, he was about one meter away from the hollow. He started swinging his blade in a flurry of slices, hoping that he would kill the hollow.
2/4 Shunpo Remaining
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Post by Aloisia Hiltrude on Jan 20, 2010 4:18:24 GMT 1
Quickly the Hollow and Shinigami moved, my eyes flickered along with them. I found myself near a large window that seemed to be everywhere in the building, a construction idea by the designers no doubt. It was in very good fortune that exactly where my classroom laid, the school was one level high. As the flames began whipping from the hollow's body, I thought extraordinarily quickly. Knowing the layout of my classroom better than anyone in this fight, I immediately aimed an arrow at the sprinkler system/fire alarm switch, which consisted of a glass case with a large red button inside for easy access.
A smaller than usual arrow flew from my bow's string as it connected with the switch and immediately destroyed the entire mechanism, but not before activating it and sending a screaming, ear splitting ringing sound throughout the school along with powerful showers of water from the undestroyed portions of the roof and through the broken pipes. The fire inside at bay, if not putting it out completely. Thinking quickly, I grabbed a nearby globe and threw it through the window, smashing it and leaping from the window and sprinting at a distance away, holstering my bow upon my shoulder as I did. I now had a perfect shot at the Hollow from the ground, where he no doubt had no clue I was now located, for all the Hollow knew, I was inside still, burning alive.
Should the Hollow move in any way I saw as threatening, I would launch a projectile square in it's face from my position upon the ground. Should the Hollow move towards me, I would be ready to plant a projectile squarely within it's ivory mask as I remained silent and waited for my moment to pounce.
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Post by Jiro on Jan 20, 2010 4:54:38 GMT 1
The flames leaped down into the building, catching fire to something. Jiro didn't care what, it didn't matter. The fire blazed upwards, flashing its deadly tongues across the room and spreading. As he did so, he noticed the Shinigami leap up from the hole, and could easily predict what would come next. The Shinigami appeared next to the Hollow just as the flames died from his hands and spread across the room. Luckily, his friction powers were already activated, so Jiro immediately utilized a sonido, taking him about four meters backwards. Suddenly, a piercing alarm cried out from the building beneath him, and Jiro could hear the water pour out from the pipes beneath. Damn . . . Jiro thought, knowing the fires had been extinguished. With this thought, he assumed the Quincy was therefore down beneath him, and aimed to avoid either of the holes in the building while he fended off the Shinigami. Quickly he moved in, dashing on all fours towards the Shinigami. As he neared him, he lifted his arms up and skid, turning a bit. While he skid, he activated his friction manipulating powers once again, creating a wave of flames which leaped forth from beneath his skidding feet, moving directly toward the Shinigami. Name: [Original Hollow Trait]
Level: Average
Description: This is the base ability of all Jiro's abilities. It allows him to manipulate the friction his own body creates against other objects, but only generally. He can either increase it so much his body is forced to almost completely stop abruptly, or decrease it so that he almost never stops moving (causing him to slide/skate). Of course, he can also return it to normal. This ability to manipulate friction can provide a number of tactics for combat, if used creatively (such as causing his body to create an abnormal amount of friction during a high speed movement (not sonido), causing the incredible amount of fricton to create sparks/flames/heat).
Restrictions: Must be Kuroike Jiro.
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Post by paradox on Jan 22, 2010 1:32:40 GMT 1
Kostya thought that he got it down. After he used that quick movement, he had unleashed a good fury of attacks. However, it was all in vain. The hollow had used a sonido to get himself out of the way, and was able to dodge the attack. The hollow began to charge Kostya, and he held his sword up in a defensive position. His training kicked in and he waited for the hollow to charge him, and he planned on dodging and delivering a quick counter-attack.
However, the hollow had different plans. He stopped his charge and began to shoot more flames out of his hands...paws...whatever. Anyways, there were huge flames, and Kostya felt the heat begin to charge toward him. He took a few steps backwards, trying to escape his inevitable death. He took one step, and there was no roof. He fell through the hole that the hollow created, falling into the classroom. Pain exploded into his back, and he felt extremely tired. He had used two Shunpo, which is good enough to cause his legs to cramp. Plus, the hollow wasn't exactly an easy target. However, he felt that the hollow was having a tough time as well, because he felt that they were pretty equal in power.
He rose back on his feet, and noticed that the window was broken. He saw the Quincy, and quickly formulated a plan.
"Quincy! I will lure him down here, keep your sights trained on this hole, ready to shoot your arrow at him when he comes down."
He jumped up and grabbed the hole, hoisting himself up. His head poked out of the hole, and was visible to the hollow.
"What's wrong, hollow? Are you too weak to get your dinner? I've fought children more feircome than you. I guess Hueco Mundo is just as much as a fairy land as I thought it was."
Hoping that he had goaded the hollow, he dropped back down and got out of the way. Also, if he decided to stick his hand and try to flame Kostya down again, that wouldn't work. The sprinklers were on, and Kostya had a plan for if he still decided to try and engulf him in flames.
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Post by Aloisia Hiltrude on Jan 24, 2010 2:11:55 GMT 1
"I've used a good deal of energy." I thought to myself as the Soul Reaper shouted to me. He wanted me to watch the hole and wait for my chance. I decided simply not to respond, as it was exactly as I planned to do, should the Hollow go into the hole in the ceiling. I kept my sights upon the Hollow, just as I had before and waited for my shot to utterly destroy the Hollow's mask, thus destroying it's very being. My Sniper-like instincts in effect the entire battle kicked into overdrive as my eyes fixated upon the Hollow as it moved. I lost sight of it as it used a Sonido, but quickly caught sight once again as my eyes continued to keep my eyes upon him and my fingers upon my bow, ready to fire at a moment's notice.
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Post by Jiro on Jan 24, 2010 2:28:11 GMT 1
Jiro simply backed away from the hole as the Shinigami shouted. Since the Quincy was on the ground floor outside of the school, and the Shinigami was in the hole directly beside him, the Shinigami was in fact closer to Jiro than the Quincy. Therefore, his conversation with her was rather easy to hear for the Hollow. Then he tried to bait the Hollow into coming forth, and Jiro replied, "That was the most pathetic baiting I've ever heard. As if I'd care about your insults, Shinigami," He placed an emphasis on Shinigami as he backed away. Still, Jiro was a bit tired from fighting two opponents at once, both equal in strength to himself. As he backed away, he shouted once more, "I'm not stupid enough to continue with this--not against two of you." He turned and sonido'd off, using the last of his sonidos to escape into the distance. [ e x i t ? ] |
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Post by paradox on Jan 26, 2010 0:49:29 GMT 1
The hollow began backing off from the whole, aware of the trap. Good. That's what I want him to think. The hollow began yelling insults back, and Kostya waited for his chance. The other hole, which was actually behind the hollow, was Kostya's plan. He was planning for the hollow to actually overhear him, back off, and then Kostya, using his giant frame, smashed through the hole and sliced the shinigami unawares.
However, he felt dissapointed when the Hollow chickened out and ran. Finally feeling the effects of adrenaline wear off, Kostya collapsed into a non-broken chair. When he regained himself, he made his way to the teacher Quincy.
"Kind of a nasty hollow, eh, comrade? I guess I haven't formally introduced myself as a soul reaper. I am Kostya Takashi of the Seventh Division, in charge of Soul Burials in the town."
He awaited the history teacher's reply. He didn't expect much, which is just like a Quincy, but Kostya believed in greeting his comrades.
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Post by Aloisia Hiltrude on Jan 28, 2010 4:47:12 GMT 1
"Tch... My my... such an intelligent Hollow. Considering Mien experiences in fighting such creatures... I never expected one with such a brain." I spoke to myself in a normal voice shaking my head as I watched the Hollow speed off as I walked towards the window once again. By now the fire alarms had subsided and left a soggy interior to the now scorched interior. The image of the Hollow that had broken into my classroom and attempted an attack upon my students... was burnt into my mind for eternity. Such power wasn't normal amongst the Hollows I had destroyed before.
As I walked towards the classroom, I noticed the Shinigami as I climbed through the glass devoid window and dusted myself off and dispelled my bow as I had no other reason to have my weapon out, as the Shinigami and the Quincey were on even terms now apparently. "I suppose I owe you a thank you for your help... I know you Shinigami do not care for Mein kind, destroying Hollows and disrupting the order of everything... but irregardless. Thank you." I said, giving my gratitude to the soul reaper who had helped fend off the Hollow. "Emergency services should be here soon... when they do... I hope you understand, it wouldn't be in the best interest of mein job to have them see me seemingly talking to myself. Until then... I suppose I can converse you you." I spoke, looking warily in the direction of the Shinigami.
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Post by paradox on Jan 29, 2010 2:39:14 GMT 1
"The hollows are becoming stronger, comrade. I do not know what affects them, but I am finding it harder and harder to slay a hollow. Even the lowest grunts of the hollow horde are becoming devastating adversaries. I remember when it was much easier..."He looked off into the distance. "I have to go now. прощание. [Goodbye in Russian]."//Exit
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Post by Aloisia Hiltrude on Feb 1, 2010 5:11:05 GMT 1
As I looked at the Shinigami, I was silent. He told the truth, The Hollows were grown even more brazen daily, attacking more-so than any other time I remembered. As the Shinigami said his fairwells, which I understood, being well-versed in nearly every language currently spoken on earth... I looked towards the door until the fire patrol came in. They entered as I explained everything that I could muster in order to hide the fact that an evil, cannibal spirit crashed through the ceiling and attempted to eat myself and my students before leaving with the excuse that a meteor had crashed and was destroyed in the impact. -Exit- |
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