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Post by Deleted on Jul 17, 2016 21:50:01 GMT
Thread PL 4k ← To Be Continued
A splash was heard as Tanis' thick legs crossed. Her feet cracked as she stretched them, pressuring at each individual toesy. A delighted sigh escaped the woman. The warm hotsprings she'd found had been a godsend. The steam rose against her supple skin; the water's heat satisfied the girl, relaxing her tender muscles. Could there be a better treatment after a long hour of Ki-training?
"I must've died and gone to heaven..." She hummed with her eyes closed and a delighted expression eased unto the warrior's features.
It wasn't just the hot water whose head danced against her lightly tanned skin that helped spice the divinity of the moment. The flavor of the strawberry gum, whose flavor she'd been working and sucking at for the past half an hour was still there. The occasional bubble being blown out. More importantly, however, was the symphony of insects and birds all around her in this long-forgotten part of the world, too, soothed her. This was something she couldn't have dreamt of in her wildest dreams. Not when she was born and bred on a desolate wasteland of sand, ruin, and raging warfare.
She continued to chew with her molars, only giving a soft illusion of her lips moving — most of the work was in her jaw.
Tanis leaned against where the hot water met ground. The cool mud against her upper back giving a delightful contrast to her sensations. Her arms rested against the grass that covered the forest's ground. Her loose, soaking black hair fell over her shoulders, cascading and covering her pillowy chest in just the necessary ways. She reached up, brushing some of the hair that fell down her face, pushing the strands that blocked her vision off to the contours of her face. Tanis glanced to the right, admiring her blades who lay just beyond the pile of her clothes. A small smile broke through her pink lips, her eye lids lulling low. She reached out to stroke them. They'd been with her though thick and thin.
Alison, however, likely didn't think of the attention she may or may have attracted with the flare of her Ki. Being ki-deaf she couldn't have. Bold. Italicized. Underlined.
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Post by Lord Retsu on Jul 17, 2016 22:38:48 GMT
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That training of hers indeed caught her unwanted attention. Lord Retsu had been nearby when she had started, and her flaring set off his scouter. In his curiosity he headed in her direction. He however seemed to of lost her trail by the end of it. He frowned as he flew high over head, icy blue aura surrounding him as he flew in her direction.
"Okay no. Where did that power level go?" He tapped his scouter again and again. " I swear if its another person who can suppress their power I'm going to be quite angry..." He stopped over the springs and looked around quickly, before his scouter blinked and made a warning sound. He looked down, as the scouter picked up Tanis' power level.
"There it is..." He muttered, before slowly lowering himself down from his flight. He'd land on the opposite side of the springs with an audible -Tap- before looking to see whom it was. When he realized it was the woman he had met in the city he frowned and crossed his arms. "Oi. What are you doing?" He asked. "Flaring your ki for a fight then disappearing like you chickened out..." He narrowed his eyes into a glare. "That's no way to act when you sense a stronger power coming your way."
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Post by Deleted on Jul 17, 2016 23:10:25 GMT
Tanis cocked her head over the the alien. She raised her hand and gave him a wave, "Hey! Lord Retsu, right?" The one Arcosian who didn't make her completely want to vomit.
"Sense? What? I don't have a scouter — you know that." She said dismissively, "No, I was just training for a bit. Then I stumbled on this hotspring and decided to enjoy myself for a bit! Care to join?" She offered. "We could chat and then train abit!" Her right leg rose, parting itself from her left as she kicked some water over to him. "Common, get in! The water is nice and warm!"
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Post by Lord Retsu on Jul 17, 2016 23:22:06 GMT
He glared down at her. "Don't lie to me." He said. " I know humans can sense energy. Hell most beings in the universe can nowadays." He shut his eyes and sighed before shaking his head.
"I didn't come here to relax. Nor would I enjoy being submerged in boiling water." He took a step back as she kicked water at him. He glared before firing a ki blast into the water, sending it cascading over her in a brilliant wave. "I don't enjoy being boiled alive thank you."
Why did he have such short patience with her? Normally he kept his cool, but something about this human fired him up for no reason. "Finish your stupid bath, so I can beat you down."
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Post by Deleted on Jul 17, 2016 23:28:39 GMT
Tanis let out a cry in delight as the roaring wave came crashing down on her. She'd take a pause in her laughter, take a deep breath, and move underwater. She'd then resource on the other side. She pulled herself up to his feet, looking up at the mighty Lord. Her arms folded over the ground, keeping her up.
"People can sense Ki? That's the first I've heard of it." She then rose a hand, "And the water isn't boiling. I'm in it, and I'm only human." She poked at his feet with the warm water still clinging to her flesh. "See? Just a little warm."
Tanis didn't at all notice his patience. To her all Arcosians were major assholes — he was the least, most amiable one she'd ever met. In fact, she'd out right call him a delight. Even if he had an uppity sense about him. A big bubble of pink gum formed in front of her, before it popped.
"Want some gum?"
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Post by Lord Retsu on Jul 17, 2016 23:44:06 GMT
He kept his glare as she spoke to him. He took a step back after she touched him and shook his head. "I am not going to get in, so don't ask me to do it again." He looked away from her and shut his eyes. "If you can't sense energy you must be a terrible fighter. I can't sense energy myself, but that's because I'm not from earth."
When she asked about Gum he looked down at her. " No. No I do not. Don't ask again." He turned, his aura flaring around him. "I'm going to go find someone worth my time." He muttered as he began to lift off the air. " Its clear there's no fun to be had from you."
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Post by Deleted on Jul 17, 2016 23:47:39 GMT
"Hey, I'm plenty of fun! And I'm very strong! I was an extremely successful mercenary where I'm from! Killed an entire platoon of Arcosian troops by myself once."
She boasted, a thumb being poked against her chest. Tanis loudly chewed while she spoke.
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Post by Lord Retsu on Jul 18, 2016 0:10:00 GMT
"Considering the fact that Arcosian troops are usually hired hands from different planets that isn't much of an Accomplishment." He turned towards her. "In fact I've killed quite a few myself." He narrowed his eyes. "Yet here you are... Boasting about it like its some trophy to put on a shelf." He chuckled."In reality it only proves how weak you are."
He rose a hand, a ki ball appearing in it. "You wouldn't be able to stand up to me in a fight, Let alone me in this form..."
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Post by Deleted on Jul 18, 2016 0:39:03 GMT
Tanis listened to what he said. She wasn't a big fan of him trying to belittle her accomplishments, but he sure didn't look that tough.
She mimicked him, raising a hand as ki poured into it. The water around her became agitated as a hit pink ball surging with electic sparks and compressed unstable Ki formed. She looked smug; pursed, smiling lips and an arched eyebrow.
His scouter may or may not liven up, giving him a hint of her power level. It seemed she could at least be used a training fodder, maybe.
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[ [N1] Full Power Energy Wave charging] [ KP 3/3 ]
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Post by Lord Retsu on Jul 18, 2016 0:51:25 GMT
He smiled at her as she rose her hand to counter his. He dispersed his ki ball and chuckled before his tail moved swiftly, attempting to strike her in the face. Hit or miss he'd follow it up with a powerful kick.
"You're hardly worth my time." He said narrowing his eyes. "But tell you what. If you win, I'll acknowledge you like some sort of hero for killing grunts..." He laughed. " But if you fall to my might.. You join my army no questions asked."
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Post by Deleted on Jul 18, 2016 1:00:33 GMT
Tanis wasn't planing on firing; she simply wanted to show him that she could be serious, should she need to. Once the attacks came she sunk back into the water, popping back out once she saw he was done. Tanis rose from the water completely at that point, now that she was issued a challenge; she was in her bare form. Tanis reached toe the sky, arching back as she stretched.
"Fine." she huffed as the stretching pressed her lungs.
"I'll play around for a bit, but I don't know about 'joining an army'..." She admitted. "That's too big of a commitment. Besides, if I'm a weakling why would you want any of those in your organization?"
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Post by Lord Retsu on Jul 18, 2016 1:03:32 GMT
He smiled wider as she accepted his challenge. At her question about why he would need weaklings he spoke honestly. "Cannon fodder." He turned and pointed away from himself. "Ten miles out that way there is an open field covered in snow. Dress yourself, and in one hour we will duel." He pulled his scouter off of his head before dropping it in front of her. "Here. Use my scouter to find me...."
With that he turned and flew off, heading towards his destination.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 18, 2016 1:16:04 GMT
"Heeey, that wasn't a 'yes' to your terms!" She cried as he gave her the scouter and flew off. She frowned. She tossed it up and down in her hands, eyes fixated on the thing. Kind of heavy for something you're supposed to have glued to your face...
Tanis dropped down onto the hot springs.
She could very well run away with his scouter...
Tanis took the thing off and placed it by her swords. Her hand wandered lower and cupped up against some of the steamy water, splashing it over her body. "An hour is more than enough time to finish my bath — hopefully uninterrupted this time." She mumbled.
She was going to be there — even if a minute or five late.
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Post by Lord Retsu on Jul 18, 2016 1:44:26 GMT
An hour came and Went as quickly as it could have. Lord Retsu stood in some snow covered plains, his foot tapping. His expression was one of irritation. She was going to be late. He knew she was. Humans were so discourteous, making people wait for them to arrive. Maybe she chickened out and ran off with his scouter? That would of made him angry, now doubt he would of killed her for it.
Lord Retsu sighed. "She is taking her sweet time getting here..." He muttered.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 18, 2016 2:50:52 GMT
Tanis came about flying in from a distance. She wasn't a big fan of it, but her massive dislike had been worked out a little over the last few days. She'd used the scouter to track her sparring partner's exact location. It seemed she hadn't stolen it after all. She did, however, take steal his time. She landed not far before sprinting over to him.
"That was a good soak! You missed out, Retsu!"
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