Kazuki
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You Can't Take Me
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Player Name: Himura Atsushi
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Post by Kazuki on May 22, 2023 17:35:05 GMT 9
āYou make it sound as if Iām getting rid of him permanently.ā Kazukiās getting impatient. āHeāll still be around for every break. Heās still going to end up cooking every magikarp we get.ā
<Youāre lying! Youāre going to replace him with that stupid Scorbunny or that dratini and weāll never see him again!> Buizel stomps her foot.
Kazukiās going to lose his mind. He throws his hands up. āWhat! The fuck! Youāre giving me this shit because you think Iām benching him for his rarity, donāt you? Then explain the fucking horse!ā Kazuki growls. āExplain why she got evolved!ā
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Kazuki
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You Can't Take Me
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Posts: 883
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Player Name: Himura Atsushi
OOC Username: Sleepy
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Post by Kazuki on May 22, 2023 12:30:55 GMT 9
It takes a while before the two stop brawling. Kazuki has abandoned the fishing line entirely, his pants shredded, and claw marks littering his skin. Buizel stands opposite of him, still baring her fangs in ready stance.
āAt least one of you can do their job,ā Kazuki grumbles, a pokeball containing the newly-caught magikarp in hand. āSo, whatās the deal? Why canāt I give the monkey a break?ā
<Because heācares. About you! About the team.> Buizel pushes, unable to accept that this is anything close to a break. Her friend is about to meet the box for life. <Heās always taken care of us, and he has way more experience than those newbies.>
Kazuki glares. Without taking his eyes off her, he waves his hand in Gyaradosā direction, ushering him to continue hunting while they settle the score.
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Kazuki
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You Can't Take Me
The Creed
Posts: 883
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Player Name: Himura Atsushi
OOC Username: Sleepy
Arena Points: 113
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Post by Kazuki on May 22, 2023 12:24:06 GMT 9
Gyarados watches as his trainer and Buizel tussle. Kazuki is too tall for her to tackle down, but sheās using her height to her advantage by scaling him, making it impossible to rip her off while multitasking. Plus, sheās biting him as she goes.
āYouā fuckingā weasel! Cut that shit out or Iāll bench you too!ā Kazuki hisses, struggling to peel her off while using one hand to hold the fishing rod. Itās like trying to squash a mosquito, except the mosquito has fangs, spiderman reflexes, and a grudge.
<Have some consideration for what heās done for you!> Buizel screeches.
<ERMā¦ TEAM?> Gyarados says, only to be ignored. He sighs, looking down at the Magikarp that has spawned, and prepares to attack.
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Kazuki
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You Can't Take Me
The Creed
Posts: 883
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Player Name: Himura Atsushi
OOC Username: Sleepy
Arena Points: 113
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Post by Kazuki on May 22, 2023 9:51:55 GMT 9
Frantic hands claw at the collar of fingers he has around the other manās throat. His name said in choked syllables, sawed in half by his own grip.
Kazukiās eyes are wide, wide as if trying to swallow the fear he sees in his opponent. His mouth is set in a line, finding no satisfaction, no catharsis in this struggle.
This isnāt a fight.
This is a fight.
His hand twitches, nails scraping against clammy skin as he attempts to let go. His hand remains where it is. Under his thumb is Veraiās pulse, like the beats of hummingbird wings.
His hand squeezes. A burst of electricity sears through his veins to emerge from his palms, invoking THUNDER PUNCH. The sparks rebound, feasting off the plentiful conductors, setting the water and both bodies alight.
{Prompts} KAZUKI (BLACK BELT)
- attempt to conceal yourself
- engage in distracting banter
- try to blind your opponent
- fake an injury
- lay a trap
- create a distraction
- bide your time
- wait until you're in position
- try to strangle your opponent
TOTAL: 18 points
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Kazuki
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You Can't Take Me
The Creed
Posts: 883
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Player Name: Himura Atsushi
OOC Username: Sleepy
Arena Points: 113
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Post by Kazuki on May 22, 2023 7:37:18 GMT 9
<You canāt do that!> Buizel cries, having made Gyarados put her down on the shore. Sheās now by Kazukiās side, pulling his pant leg insistently.
āAnd why the hell not?ā Kazuki hisses, trying to ignore her and focus on hooking bait on his line for the next catch.
<Because heās been with you from the start! Sprigatito said so!> Buizel smacks him over and over, but at this rate, sheāll have to blast him with water to get through that thick skull of his.
Kazuki doesnāt look at her. āAnd heās done his job. Now weāve got new members who can take over as healers.ā He doesnāt mention how Pansear will be one of the lucky ones, nor does he notice how Buizelās eyes widen, her distress doubling at the answer.
Sheās seeing her first trainer now, the lifeguard she had idolized. The one who had sent her away because she was moving on to better things.
Buizel bares her fangs, letting go of the fabric in her paws, and lunges.
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Kazuki
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You Can't Take Me
The Creed
Posts: 883
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Player Name: Himura Atsushi
OOC Username: Sleepy
Arena Points: 113
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Post by Kazuki on May 22, 2023 7:27:29 GMT 9
A whistle sounds. A wolf whistle.
āDamn.ā The sound of familiar steps come to stride across the grass, trampling the lavender blooms underneath. Kazukiās eyes rake up the view, following the slope of Veraiās back clad in the thin kimono. The fabric is by no means revealing (unfortunately), but it drapes over him well, accentuates his broad shoulders. And his ass.
<Damn!> Sprigatito squeaks, thinking itās the appropriate expression. He doesnāt run up, but he does a little scamper, trying to reach Kitten as fast as his tired legs can take him. His collar jingles as he does. <Purrai, did you make that too? Both of you look so pretty!>
Kazuki grins, stopping close. āYeah, whatās the occasion?ā He hadnāt heard Verai earlier, but seeing him in the kimono reminds him of something Ren mentioned that morning. But that shouldnāt have any relevance here; heās seen people run around the game in everything from onesies to buckass naked with only a loincloth and a foam Torchic head. A kimono is a pretty normal pick, just not one he expected to see the armorer in.
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Kazuki
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You Can't Take Me
The Creed
Posts: 883
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Player Name: Himura Atsushi
OOC Username: Sleepy
Arena Points: 113
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Post by Kazuki on May 22, 2023 4:42:39 GMT 9
āYou ever wanted to go down there?ā
Pignite freezes, glancing over his shoulder to where his trainer stands. The man is looking over the edge of the abyss without a care, his hands shoved in his pockets as he leans, but heās still too close.
Scrunching up his face, Pignite steps away from the edge.
Kazuki laughs. Itās not quite right, and while he does consider his trainer a menace, Pignite has never felt such a violent shiver down his back. Itās been like this ever since the man began frequenting the arena. āRelax. Why the fuck would I push you in? Youāre part of the team.ā
This does not comfort Pignite the way it should. He watches as his trainer steps a little closer, the black belt procuring a Pokeball.
āBut letās test it out. For science.ā
Itās just a Magikarp. Pignite watches it thrash around in Kazukiās arms, some poor fish that wouldāve been turned into fillets by Pansear if not this. Its fate was sealed. It matters about as much as a corn chip to Pignite, yet he still canāt help feeling unnerved as Kazuki chucks it into the massive abyss, as if shooting a wad of paper into a rubbish bin.
āHm.ā Kazuki tilts his head. The magikarp disappears with a little jingle and a notification. His box is cleared by one. āNow isnāt that anticlimactic.ā
Pignite remains a safe distance away until Kazuki whistles for him, and then he walks after his trainer, offering only one last glance at the pit before they continue training at the steppe.
Kazuki SACRIFICED COMMON BLACK CALICO MAGIKARP TO THE SHRINE
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Kazuki
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You Can't Take Me
The Creed
Posts: 883
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Player Name: Himura Atsushi
OOC Username: Sleepy
Arena Points: 113
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Post by Kazuki on May 21, 2023 22:31:28 GMT 9
āWhat?ā
<I AM STAGING A FORMAL PROTEST,> Gyarados declares, while cowering behind a rock sticking out of the surf.
Buizel snickers, sitting on his head with her arms crossed. <Heās just scared youāll replace him on the team for that dratini you caught.>
Kazuki scoffs. āIām not.ā He's tossing in his next line.
<See?> Buizel says, slapping Gyaradosā head.
āIām taking the monkey off the team.ā
Buizel freezes, raising her eyes to her trainer. <What.>
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Kazuki
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You Can't Take Me
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Player Name: Himura Atsushi
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Post by Kazuki on May 21, 2023 22:19:42 GMT 9
What comes thrashing out of the water isānot what Kazuki expected.
<Is that a dratini?!> Buizel squeaks.
Gyarados stops struggling, but he looks even paler than before. <HE REELED ONE IN? BUTāOH. OH NO. THIS IS IT. THIS IS MY DIVINE RETRIBUTION!> He wails. <I AM TO BE REPLACED BY ANOTHER!>
<Will you stop whining and THROW!> Buizel slaps him, causing Gyarados to yelp and impulsively fling his tail.
Buizel is sent cannonballing towards her trainer, once again aiming herself at the catch heās holding at the end of his line.
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Kazuki
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You Can't Take Me
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Player Name: Himura Atsushi
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Post by Kazuki on May 21, 2023 22:15:23 GMT 9
Buizel has managed to climb onto Gyaradosā back, making a valiant if completely fruitless effort to try pulling him into a vice grip. Gyarados nevertheless continues to thrash, terrified, but heās been conditioned to be gentle with his teammates, so it really just looks like heās dancing from a distance.
Kazuki wonders if this will work. Itās just aāa security measure. He looks at the water and is reminded of the arena, of the battle in the underwater cave, and finds himself grimacing. A bite snags the end of his line and he immediately gets to reeling it in.
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Kazuki
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You Can't Take Me
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Posts: 883
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Player Name: Himura Atsushi
OOC Username: Sleepy
Arena Points: 113
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Post by Kazuki on May 21, 2023 22:05:04 GMT 9
Heās shoved back up on land. Kazuki makes no sign of being aware, slumping in the shallow water. On one hand, he is actually in pain. That hadnāt been an easy stunt to pull. He estimates he wonāt last much longer with his wounds and remaining energyāwhich is why itās important he bides his time, acts on the verge of unconsciousness, and see what Verai will do.
He hears the splash of Verai following after him, collapsing next to him. He turns his head to face him, sees Verai on his side, laughing. The other man hadnāt accrued nearly as much damage as he had, but he still looks drained; soaked to the skin and lacking most of his armor. The muscles in Kazukiās body that had tensed in preparation unwound, realizing that this wouldnāt be much of a worthy fight to continue anyways.
The hand brushing against Veraiās fingers tenses, fingers curling inward.
Kazuki doesnāt say anything as he picks himself up, rising to his knees. The sound of their breaths echo in the empty cave. The waterfall sounds farther away than it should be.
A hand shoots out to grab Verai by the throat, the skin of it freezing as nails make to dig into his pulse. āVer,ā the name without its usual purr. Bloodshot eyes in the caveās dim light look no less sinister than if they were seen looming in the depths. āYou shouldnāt have done that.ā
This isnāt ENOUGH.
The fight hasnāt ENDED.
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The veins of his arm are glowing. An energy begins to hum in the air, a scent like ozone mixing with the iron of Kazukiās blood. Kazuki looms over Verai, adrenaline coursing through his body. He hadnāt intended to use this move ā itās a cheap fucking trick ā but all he can think about now is how he needs to see this fight to the end.
{Prompts} KAZUKI (BLACK BELT) - SNEAKY/CAREFUL - use a teammate to cover your attack
- attempt to conceal yourself
- engage in distracting banter - attack from behind your opponent
- try to blind your opponent
- fake an injury
- lay a trap
- create a distraction - observe your environment carefully
- bide your time
- wait until you're in position - carefully line up a precision shot - anticipate a move before it hits - take a hit on a non-essential part of your body - find cover
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Kazuki
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You Can't Take Me
The Creed
Posts: 883
Trainer Class:
Player Name: Himura Atsushi
OOC Username: Sleepy
Arena Points: 113
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Post by Kazuki on May 21, 2023 21:19:45 GMT 9
Somethingās still off. Kazuki sneers at Veraiās answer. Nothing has improved, even knowing what they know now.
Actually, maybe itās worse.
āGreat,ā he grits, only to pause when he feels the shot of pain up his arm. Blood drips down on the grass below them. Verai canāt see it, maybe wonāt be able to see it for a long time, or ever.
āI need to get this bite healed. Youā fucking stay put. Call the cats back or something.ā Thereās the scuff of Kazukiās shoes on the grass, the manās steps fading out of Veraiās range as he leaves to return to the Precipice, his mind running with thoughts and half-formed plans. This is a game. There will be ways to make this work, and he will brute force them if he has to.
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Kazuki
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You Can't Take Me
The Creed
Posts: 883
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Player Name: Himura Atsushi
OOC Username: Sleepy
Arena Points: 113
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Post by Kazuki on May 21, 2023 15:37:39 GMT 9
Despite the very imminent threat of a grand theft auto-related death by horse, Kazuki seems to be having quite a lot of fun. Heās holding onto the reins with white knuckles, his ass nearly toppling over the edge of its seat with every bump they hit, and through it all he continues cackling.
āAre you questioning my driving skills?ā he says, somehow offended, as Verai snaps at him for his reckless driving. āSit your ass down, weāre making good time.ā
This good time is of course in exchange for countless damages to wildlife and the unfortunate properties left in their path. The Mudsdale are basically high-powered bulldozers, turning everything in their path, forests included, into nothing more than pixel art.
They smash through the tree line. āHmm,ā Kazuki says, pulling up his fucking UI as Verai pleads for his life by his ear, āthe mansionās close. Right overā¦ there.ā
There is a hill. At the top of said hill is a quaint-looking estate where, in front, is a luxurious garden full of hedges and fluttering Beautifly.
And even further in front of that, lies a cliff.
āGird your loins, ladies,ā Kazuki grins, snapping away his UI and grabbing the reins with both hands. He flings the reins, doing the horse-drawn carriage equivalent of slamming the fucking gas.
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Kazuki
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You Can't Take Me
The Creed
Posts: 883
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Player Name: Himura Atsushi
OOC Username: Sleepy
Arena Points: 113
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Post by Kazuki on May 21, 2023 2:52:21 GMT 9
They nab the first catch pretty quickly. The magikarpās ball is thrown into a cooler, Kazuki preparing his next line. Thereās still quite a number of fish he needs to nab for what he wants to do.
Buizel swims back to Gyarados, who gives her a peculiar look.
<Oh, come on! Youāre not even a Magikarp anymore!> Buizel huffs, swimming closer.
Gyarados nudges back further to the reefs. <NEVERTHELESS!>
The two of them keep this up, goofing off in the sidelines as Kazuki watches. Usually, heād scold them, but the sight of his pokemon acting like themselves is. He doesnāt feel like interrupting it.
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Kazuki
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You Can't Take Me
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Posts: 883
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Player Name: Himura Atsushi
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Arena Points: 113
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Post by Kazuki on May 21, 2023 2:46:43 GMT 9
The magikarp nibbles on the end of the fishing line, oblivious to the oncoming storm.
Behind him, a massive shadow looms, weaving in the water with watchful eyes. The first to startle the poor fish, however, is the weasel that comes propelling through the gloom with her mouth wide. Surely, her trainer wouldnāt mind if she gave the fish a little taste test?
All too late, the magikarp lets go of the hook, wiggling its little fins as fast as possible, the tips of them practically brushing the Buizelās nose.
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