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destinystrings2014-03-30 09:58 pm
thirdarrow) wrote in destinystrings2014-03-30 09:58 pm
Entry tags:
> Lost.
Who: OPEN
Where: Anywhere in the streets during the 13th hour, basically. (Yes I'm uncreative, I know orz)
Summary: Someone please teach Takakage how to use an Evoker.
Warnings: None of the triggering variety. However there will be stuff that are 'lost in translation', due to his native language lacking many words for modern inventions.
This...
... this was definitely not a dream.
Darkened skies, eerie lights, angular buildings... and biting winds starkly different from that of Chugoku. What had happened? This defied all previous experience, whether firsthand or secondhand through his reading... was this a devious ambush? Or the work of something that transcended human limits? What happened to his home, then? The last thing he remembered was retiring to his room for the night. Was everyone at home alright? Had they been attacked too?
Question after question flared into existence, each one amalgamating with the others into a swirl of anxiety and worry. Takakage allowed them to rampage for a few moments more before his rational thoughts kicked in and forced them to the back of his mind.
Panicking won't do any good in such a situation. What would your father think, seeing you lose your control like this?
Taking a deep breath, he tried to still the tremors in his hands. He seemed to have passed out by the roadside - at least his book and sword were still with him. If he had lost them, it would be beyond a severe blow. After all, not only were they treasures to him, they were also his method of defending himself against... whoever set this whole ordeal up.
That is, if it was even set up in the first place. So many questions...
He picked himself up from the floor and retrieved his items, all the while keeping watch. There was no telling what may leap out at him at any moment -
- and something did leap out, as expected. There was a faint whoosh from behind him - the youth turned sharply, wincing mentally at the sudden movement - just in time to block a downward slash that would have severed him clean in half.
What was this... cat-headed creature? He had never seen anything like it.
Neverthless, it was definitely hostile - the creature quickly stepped back from their weapon lock, aiming for another opening. Takakage leapt backwards and out of range, raising his book and summoning a geyser that spouted from the floor beneath his target. The creature howled, momentarily disoriented - and he took the chance to press his advance, slashing right and left before ending with a tornado flurry of pages.
His target was down, but more of its kind had arrived. Two other cat-headed creatures appeared in place of their fallen comrade. This posed a significantly larger challenge, seeing that he knew nothing about their abilities...
... well, best foot forward.
The youth parried a strike from both creatures in succession, using the movement to fire bursts of water left and right. Their claws came very close once or twice - too close, in fact - but the rhythm of their combat swung him out of range just in time. It somehow reminded him of fighting in his father's campaigns at home -
- but these creatures weren't human. His intuition deemed it, so he need not hold back.
Carefully timing alternate strikes from his sword and book, he stunned the two creatures enough for him to position five water spheres directly behind them. They exploded a moment later with a resounding boom.
The creatures... they seemed to have... disintegrated? How strange...
Where: Anywhere in the streets during the 13th hour, basically. (Yes I'm uncreative, I know orz)
Summary: Someone please teach Takakage how to use an Evoker.
Warnings: None of the triggering variety. However there will be stuff that are 'lost in translation', due to his native language lacking many words for modern inventions.
This...
... this was definitely not a dream.
Darkened skies, eerie lights, angular buildings... and biting winds starkly different from that of Chugoku. What had happened? This defied all previous experience, whether firsthand or secondhand through his reading... was this a devious ambush? Or the work of something that transcended human limits? What happened to his home, then? The last thing he remembered was retiring to his room for the night. Was everyone at home alright? Had they been attacked too?
Question after question flared into existence, each one amalgamating with the others into a swirl of anxiety and worry. Takakage allowed them to rampage for a few moments more before his rational thoughts kicked in and forced them to the back of his mind.
Panicking won't do any good in such a situation. What would your father think, seeing you lose your control like this?
Taking a deep breath, he tried to still the tremors in his hands. He seemed to have passed out by the roadside - at least his book and sword were still with him. If he had lost them, it would be beyond a severe blow. After all, not only were they treasures to him, they were also his method of defending himself against... whoever set this whole ordeal up.
That is, if it was even set up in the first place. So many questions...
He picked himself up from the floor and retrieved his items, all the while keeping watch. There was no telling what may leap out at him at any moment -
- and something did leap out, as expected. There was a faint whoosh from behind him - the youth turned sharply, wincing mentally at the sudden movement - just in time to block a downward slash that would have severed him clean in half.
What was this... cat-headed creature? He had never seen anything like it.
Neverthless, it was definitely hostile - the creature quickly stepped back from their weapon lock, aiming for another opening. Takakage leapt backwards and out of range, raising his book and summoning a geyser that spouted from the floor beneath his target. The creature howled, momentarily disoriented - and he took the chance to press his advance, slashing right and left before ending with a tornado flurry of pages.
His target was down, but more of its kind had arrived. Two other cat-headed creatures appeared in place of their fallen comrade. This posed a significantly larger challenge, seeing that he knew nothing about their abilities...
... well, best foot forward.
The youth parried a strike from both creatures in succession, using the movement to fire bursts of water left and right. Their claws came very close once or twice - too close, in fact - but the rhythm of their combat swung him out of range just in time. It somehow reminded him of fighting in his father's campaigns at home -
- but these creatures weren't human. His intuition deemed it, so he need not hold back.
Carefully timing alternate strikes from his sword and book, he stunned the two creatures enough for him to position five water spheres directly behind them. They exploded a moment later with a resounding boom.
The creatures... they seemed to have... disintegrated? How strange...
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Takakage nodded, trusting Jonathan to deal with the first Nue. Quickly collecting the water pooled nearby, he focused all his attention into readying another spray -
- but the Nue was faster than he expected. While water responded almost instantaneously to his thoughts, forcing such a high pressure into so many water globules still took time - precious and scarce in an intense battle like this. A frown creased his brows as he desperately funneled all his focus into the water, willing them to take shape. Time seemed to slow as the beast raced towards him, fangs bared and going in for the kill -
- as the demon closed the last few feet of distance and readied a strike with its claws, a large three-legged avian burst into existence between them. With a piercing screech it forcefully flapped its wings forward, launching a barrage of feathers that pierced straight through the demon - in the exact same instant that Takakage released his arrow rain.
The Nue crumbled mid-roar, showering the owl-like creature with glitter.
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The Nues began to dissipate after that- those who didn't get the message was dealt with a lot more swiftly than before. Maybe Takakage getting his Persona calmed Jonathan's nerves a bit. Something to that extent.
"That was close." No shit, Sherlock. Throne begins collecting fire in its wheels more quickly- the demons are thick in the air tonight. Looking around at the carnage... Jonathan can forget about the macca, they need to get to safety first. As in, for real this time. He can't really ask Takakage if he's okay, because time is too tight, and they actually need to haul ass to get to safety without another attack.
(Why can't he have an Estoma Sword spell now...)
They are close enough to the train station to reach it in silence, though. That Persona... looks like an actual animal (gasp). "Your home should be in either the Libra and Pisces Ward... I could help you see. From now on, we shouldn't be attacked by any more demons."
THAT IS A VERY GOOD THING.
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Plus, his newly-awakened Persona... it felt like an extension of his own will, tied to him by a connection similar to what he naturally possessed with water. It responded to his every thought, raining feathers and devastation upon any demon which dared to come near and try a bite. After all the demons had been cleared, it flew back and hovered protectively in front of him. It was only then that he noticed the jade magatama strung around its neck.
I am thou... Thou art I... From the sea of thy soul, I come... I am Koppa Tengu, a spirit which watches over those blessed by Yatagarasu. You bear the mark of being my master's heir... I will lend my strength to you."
Takakage nodded, raising one hand to touch the avian's head briefly before following Jonathan to.. wherever safe place he decided to head for.
"I see." So housing was no longer an issue - that was very kind of them. However, he did need to check for traps and the like. The sanctuary it provided from demons was very much welcome. "Do you know of a way I can check its exact address?"
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In any case- yes, about the COMP. "That's a device that reaches you once you arrive in Hinoto-Ri. I think they're located in the ear. They can be activated on thought alone." Jonathan's used to it already- two twin glasses suddenly pop out in front of his eyes.
"It can be quite jarring at first," he says, retracting them. As for how they can read your minds... uh, let's leave that for the nonce now and on. "Now you can try."
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The object manifested suddenly, falling onto the bridge of his nose. Takakage jumped, but his self-control limited it to a very slight movement. The screens of the... COMP were quite versatile, displaying text that would have been very small...
"... Pisces 12-04, it seems." He read off the words which appeared upon the device. "I presume there is a way to get there from... this building?"
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Coming from a
half-medieval canon means you're much more open to the notion that people really might not know shit. It would've been really nice for someone to run all this through with Jonathan... so he's not going to leave Takakage in the dark. "We can take a train from here to the Pisces apartment. I'll show you the way, then?"no subject
This realm itself housed many types of magic that he was unfamiliar with. The logical path to take now would be to learn as much as he could about them. The only magic he knew of other than sorcery was energy derived from magatamas... and that was an obscure subject even in the vastness of the Mouri library.
"Please do." Takakage replied with a nod.
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Technology is two parts horrifying, and two parts great. Trains are great. They're so convenient! Takakage should meet Shura. They can argue over what magatamas means.
Jonathan ends up
draggingbringing Takakage to the train, leading straight to the Pisces apartment. "It may seem befuddling, but the maps of the trains and all their stops are relatively easy to understand."MY ICONS BROKE AGAIN
How curious...
"I understand now." He replied after a few moment's perusal, giving Jonathan a grateful smile. "Thank you for guiding me."
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Again, sympathetic to people not from modern-style worlds. That helps with his patience- though he already has a lot (and not any at all, at the same time). "It's best to get some rest now."
"...You are alright now, I hope?"
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"Yes. I will be fine. Your concern is appreciated."
A pause.
"Ah... if you do not mind - would you be partial to being contacted once in a while? Just in case..."
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He's still trying to get used to Hinoto-Ri, honestly.
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"Thank you."
Only around an hour had passed, but it seemed much longer than that.
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