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Post by Sakabatou on Apr 12, 2020 18:03:27 GMT -5
More and more images of Trunks appeared at a dizzying speed, Blu's eyes darting wildly in a hopeless attempt to keep track of the saiyan. He had just enough time to think, with annoyance, that's not even how light works! when Trunks let loose the final extended syllabic "HAAAAAAA."
Thank Naryu he announces when he'll be attacking.
Blu's "fade" kanji was already alight, and he disappeared from sight as his body shifted into that shadowy demireality, the Immaterial Realm. Though physical attacks were largely ineffective against him here, Blu knew from experience that he wasn't protected from ki blasts--energy, magic, and the like had the tendency to take up space in all kinds of dimensions beyond the third. Still, if he couldn't be seen, he couldn't be tracked. Even as he disappeared, Blu was already shooting straight up into the air as fast as his wings could take him. He had no idea where Trunks was firing from, so he was acting on pure instinct, with a prayer that he wasn't jumping right into the attack.
The kanji shield in front of Dota still held, but excepting that, she was on her own.
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Post by Dota on Apr 14, 2020 15:18:13 GMT -5
Images of Trunks flickered around the battlefield. Dota kept her attention on his energy signature. It didn't allow her to pin-point him - his speedy movement was no illusion - but it did at least help her to stay focused and not become disoriented by the flashy display. When he came too close she tensed, ready to strike, but he was gone just as quickly.
"...meeeeeee...."
His voice echoed all around, and he was coming to what in theory should be the end of the laborious attack.
"...haaaaaaaaaa!"
This was the moment to act. She spun away from Blu and towards where her senses said the ball of energy should be originating from. In a split second of weighing options, Dota decided to brace for a block rather than to risk a miscalculated jump back into its path. She hoped Blu wouldn't capitalize on this moment. She flung out her hands, but the blast never reached them. The kanji created a mostly-unexpected buffer in front of her, which in turn created the sensation similar to missing an intended step on a staircase. The shield did save her the brunt of the attack. When the energy exploded against the wall, which shattered, she was thrown back rather than engulfed. Dota smacked against the ground, rolled a brief distance, then managed to upright herself into a low-crouching slide along the ground. If Trunks had given her any breathing room, she'd use the moment to regain her bearings and defense.
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Post by Trunks on Apr 19, 2020 14:41:07 GMT -5
He could tell that he had made impact with something. If there was anything left he pulled it up to arc into the atmosphere. He didn't need to destroy another landmark and have his sister yell at him. After releasing the energy Trunks grabbed at his side. It still hurt, but the bleeding had managed to stop. Thank you Saiyan genetics.
Again, he did a quick evaluation of the battlefield. Blu was gone, again. Dota was pretty close.
Trunks pushed off the ground with his wings spread wide. They kept him just barely touching the ground until he landed in front of Dota. The white feathers then hugged his back as he unleashed a series of spin kicks at the Ice Goddess.
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Post by Sakabatou on Apr 23, 2020 17:42:55 GMT -5
The threat of Trunks's attack now over, Blu considered just staying gone, and going home. But he went through all the effort of coming out here for the sake of annoying these two...
Abandoning thoughts of leaving, he instead thrust with his overabundant wings to dash right behind Trunks, fading back into normal existence as he reached the saiyan's back. As Trunks unleashed his spin kicks at Dota, the copycat kanji mage was right behind him, unleashing his own spin kicks at the back of a saiyan skull.
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Post by Dota on Apr 25, 2020 8:59:33 GMT -5
Before she could stand up fully, Trunks was pressuring her with a flurry of kicks. Dota threw her arms up in an alternating fashion, deflecting the damage from her head and body as best she could with each successive strike. She couldn't keep this up forever though, and was just beginning to worry she'd be out of luck when the mage appeared behind Trunks. Could she count on him attacking Trunks? She'd have to. Dota chose Trunks's next kick to apply actual resistance in her block, shoving back into the saiyan with what she hoped would unbalance him enough to get caught up in Blu's attack. With that, Dota would spring back, first on her hands and then up to her feet to regain her footing. Hopefully she'd have the opening for that.
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Post by Trunks on May 1, 2020 17:23:08 GMT -5
Despite moving quickly, Dota was quick to block his assault. Trunks felt that Blu had appeared behind him, but it was too late when he realized what was happening. The Saiyan's last kick was repelled just as she planned and he was pushed back, right into the oncoming kick from the kanji mage. The kick landed on his shoulder. The impact was enough to send Trunks off his feet and sliding into the dirt.
The Saiyan prince leapt up to his feet and into a defensive stance. He didn't want to show it, but pain was shooting throughout his body. Although Blu was smaller than the Saiyan, he packed a punch.
"That's it?"
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Post by Sakabatou on May 2, 2020 19:55:01 GMT -5
As Trunks landed in a defensive stance, Blu was already taking a defensive stance of his own--turned halfway between Trunks and Dota. He knew better than to trust her not to take an opening offered to her. Pain was shooting up his leg from his foot, but he didn't want to show it. What kind of a person hurts to kick, anyways?!
And then Trunks's question: "That's it?"
Blu's exasperation got the better of him, and he dropped his defensive stance completely, jabbing a finger toward the saiyan instead. "Yes! Yes that's it! That's what sparring is! SPAR. RING. You fight to stay in shape, practice your form, keep on your toes. And you don't try to kill each other! This isn't complicated!
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Post by Trunks on May 3, 2020 15:24:18 GMT -5
"Yes! Yes that's it! That's what sparring is! SPAR. RING. You fight to stay in shape, practice your form, keep on your toes. And you don't try to kill each other! This isn't complicated!"
Blu was getting a little feisty even though he knew the kanji mage was right. Time to egg him on some more.
"Oh I'm sorry. Some of us need to take things to a higher level to stay in shape and keep us on our toes."
Trunks got down on his knees and pretended to fight with a child, boxing softly into the air.
"Is this better? Come on. I'll go easy on ya."
Trunks couldn't help but smirk knowing full well that the very ground he knelt on could explode into any manner of terrible things.
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Post by Dota on May 3, 2020 17:42:44 GMT -5
Dota was up on her feet again, lightly bouncing back a few steps to gain herself some reaction time. Trunks went tumbling off to the side as expected. He stood with a taunt aimed at the mage. A standard move. The words barely registered with her. She glanced over at Blu, gauging who would be the best to descend upon, when he abandoned the momentum to lecture Trunks.
"Yes! Yes that's it! That's what sparring is! SPAR. RING. You fight to stay in shape, practice your form, keep on your toes. And you don't try to kill each other! This isn't complicated!"
She was just about to make her move when Trunks responded.
"Oh I'm sorry. Some of us need to take things to a higher level to stay in shape and keep us on our toes. Is this better? Come on. I'll go easy on ya."
The two might have heard a quiet snort over from Dota's direction, though she did her best to keep her expression serious. How could she interfere with this? And honestly, Blu yelling about going too far...hadn't she been the one to puncture her friend's lung? But here was Trunks, taking the verbal attack head-on instead of her. This was just as good as any physical strategy, so for the moment Dota held back. She'd let the two boys and their over-sized wings (and egos) go at it.
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Post by Sakabatou on May 9, 2020 10:18:57 GMT -5
Blu looked at Trunks down on his knees, and felt the corner of his eye twitching in irritation. You know what, I think I'm in the wrong here. I should just kill him. Dota's quiet snort also did not go unnoticed, an admonishment to Blu for letting Trunks distract his attention. He was lucky that she hadn't taken the opportunity to end his complaining for good. Back in battle mode, Blu glared at his saiyan opponent.
"Yes, that's much better. Stay just like that."
With these words, his enchanted lashknife, which had been wrapped around his waist like a belt, burst apart into its component parts. Each link in the chain like a small dagger, they flew away from Blu in a circle, each of the dagger links disappearing with a kanji flash as they were about a meter away from Blu. Then all at once they reappeared, now encircling Trunks, and rapidly closing the circle on him, right at chest-level.
Though, if anyone had time to count, they would realize that one dagger seemed to be missing. That one had appeared directly above the head of the so-very-entertained ice goddess, plummeting toward her cranium.
Maybe Blu wasn't very good at sparring, after all.
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