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Re: Within the Ruins of the Aztec [Team ASTC][CLOSED - Initiation]
« Reply #60 on: April 05, 2017, 08:19:50 AM »
Sheathing his weapons Calen reaches into the rapidly evaporating Grimm to retrieve Anna's second dagger. Calen then throws the knives to her in a gentle upward arc before tucking his shirt back in, which had come loose during the fight, and otherwise tidying himself up.

'Much to my amazement Master Taro, we might live through this yet.' Calen grinned as he kept both eyes scanning the nearby shrubbery for new threats. 'What about injuries? Bruises or the like. I'd like to keep moving but I doubt we need to head off right away.'

We did OK I suppose. Calen thought to himself. We were very out of sync though I suppose that is to be expected and it'll just make it more fun whipping them into shape.

'While we are here does anyone know anything about where these ruins we are looking are? Or is it a we will know them when we see them thing? Calen finishes still keeping watch around his team.
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Re: Within the Ruins of the Aztec [Team ASTC][CLOSED - Initiation]
« Reply #61 on: April 05, 2017, 08:38:14 AM »
Anna enjoyed the feeling of satisfaction from a job well done and waited for her knives - courtesy of Calen - to land between her fingers before turning off her semblance altogether and letting her eyelids fall back to their usual spot. She then sighed in relief and crouched down, lowering her head. Thankfully, the fight had ended rather quickly and she had plenty of room left. ...She still wouldn't push it, though.

She answered Calen's inquiry with a small "I'm fine."
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Re: Within the Ruins of the Aztec [Team ASTC][CLOSED - Initiation]
« Reply #62 on: April 05, 2017, 09:14:56 AM »
"Seems third time was the charm after all," Setsuna chuckled, returning to his original shade of color, leaning on his sword. Truth be told, he hadn't expected the Grimm to fall to that strike, as hard as he had hit it. Not after the amount of punishment it had taken before, but whatever, they'd gotten out of it relatively unscathed.

"Bit battered but nothing serious." he replied to answer Calen. "I doubt that's the last we're going to be seeing of the Grimm in this area, however, so moving on swiftly may be wise. In this forest of red, I'm certain that ruins will be fairly obvious, unless they are the same color as everything around us, which really wouldn't surprise me."

Questions answered, he turned to the almost completely dissipated corpse. Taking a steady stance and planting his sword in the ground, he closed his eyes and murmured: "Requiescat in pace," showing his respect for a foe that fought well.
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Re: Within the Ruins of the Aztec [Team ASTC][CLOSED - Initiation]
« Reply #63 on: May 10, 2017, 07:48:46 AM »
Taro somewhat disconnected himself from the rest of his team, for the first time being truly lost in thought. Taro was never a particularly battle hungry guy and if possible liked to actually avoid combat. However, at this current point he was clawing away at himself on the inside. He himself said that he was most proficient in a straight up brawl, but yet he had to worry his newfound teammates, friends he had just met, in the battle. He hated himself for troubling his friends while wishing to be the one that they could rely on. To add to that, during the fight he had to relinquish his weapon not once, but twice. A question from Calen snapped him out of his thoughts, leaving only one remaining. He had to get stronger.
"While we are here does anyone know anything about where these ruins we are looking are? Or is it a we will know them when we see them thing?"
"Hm? Sorry, regrettably I haven't had the chance to explore much of this area since coming to Vale. I think I remember something I read from a book once, but i'm not too sure."

"Requiescat in pace,"
Faintly hearing this, Taro turned his head to see Setsuna, sword stuck in the ground in front of him, whispering. Requiescat in pace? Yet another thing Taro had remembered reading about, though he wasn't quite sure of the origin of the phrase. 'Guess I'll ask him about it later.' Taro thought, returning his attention to his friends.

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Re: Within the Ruins of the Aztec [Team ASTC][CLOSED - Initiation]
« Reply #64 on: May 10, 2017, 03:48:59 PM »
Unlike Taro, Calen lived for the rigours of combat and even this small skirmish caused his bad mood from before to vanish. 'Well that's good to hear' Calen remarked cheerfully as no one brought up any injuries. He was a little disappointed that no one know what they were looking for though but continued his glib remarks none the less. 'I'm sure you are right Master Setsuna, I mean what are the chances someone could get lost in a forest' Calen broke into full laughter at the last line before quickly waving his hand in front of his face and apologising. 'Sorry, private joke.

Setting off in the direction their scrolls had indicated before Calen was quite for a long while simply taking in the beauty of the forest but he had grown quite curious of his team mates and was unable to fully relax without knowing a bit more about them. 'So..... how about a game of three truths and a lie to pass the time.'
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Re: Within the Ruins of the Aztec [Team ASTC][CLOSED - Initiation]
« Reply #65 on: May 10, 2017, 04:22:20 PM »
Anna listened to her teammates, pulsing her semblance every now and then to see where she was going. Until, that is, Calen spoke about 'three truths and a lie' and although she didn't know exactly what that was, it didn't sound very good. Therefore, all Anna did was blush, lowering her head in order to use her hair to hide it.
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Re: Within the Ruins of the Aztec [Team ASTC][CLOSED - Initiation]
« Reply #66 on: May 11, 2017, 02:02:19 AM »
Setsuna was still baffled by what Calen called a "private joke", and spent considerable time turning it over in his head, before putting it aside and, now that they were moving again, started analysing his battle performance from just now. His sword swings didn't do enough to actually cripple, but it was his only option to strike quickly, while the buster sword was just too slow against several types of Grimm, though it did pack a punch. His shield...well, he'd always considered himself a balanced fighter, but all his shield did was mostly stay on his shoulder and not really block much. All this would need to be rectified, and fast.

Hearing Calen say something about "three truths and a lie" snapped Setsuna out of his trance. "Huh? Sure, give me some time to think." He pondered about it for a while, before giving up and saying: "Sorry, not too sure what I should say. Someone else go first?"
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Re: Within the Ruins of the Aztec [Team ASTC][CLOSED - Initiation]
« Reply #67 on: May 14, 2017, 07:46:54 AM »
"Three truths and a lie, huh?" Taro asked, rubbing his chin in thought.
"Sorry, not too sure what I should say. Someone else go first?"
"Hm, yeah sure. Guess I'l go first then." Taro answered, taking a moment to ponder his four statements. Three truths and a lie. Truth be told Taro was stumped, but he figured he'd just go for something simple.
"Alright, here goes.
One, I can only control the size of inorganic matter.
Two, my favourite colour is blue.
Three, There is actually nothing special about my sword
and Four, I'm a faunus."

He listed off smiling, hoping at least one of them would guess wrong.
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Re: Within the Ruins of the Aztec [Team ASTC][CLOSED - Initiation]
« Reply #68 on: May 14, 2017, 08:28:14 AM »
'Well you are wearing mostly blue so it being your favourite colour is probably true, you didn't do anything special with your sword against the Beringel except for your semblance and most people would have shown most of their tricks to impress their team mates so that's also probably true.' Calen shot back quickly before taking a fair pause before answering the last two. 'Well just to keep my joke from before alive you have to be able to control organic matter with means you have to be a filthy filthy faunus'

Calen gives another slight pause before adding. 'Kidding..... Anyway how did I'll throw mine in; 1). I'm Mistali, 2). I'm an only child, 3). I didn't attend one of the preliminary combat schools, 4). I ran into a giant Nevermore on my way to Vale.'

Calen had noticed that Anna didn't seem to be really engaging with the rest of the team. Assuming it was because of an injury that she was too proud to admit to, like he himself would be, Calen started to study the quite girl carefully. His dancing around in the undergrowth as they made their way to the ruins gave him plenty of opportunities to look back on the rest of his team.
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Re: Within the Ruins of the Aztec [Team ASTC][CLOSED - Initiation]
« Reply #69 on: May 14, 2017, 01:49:13 PM »
Anna relaxed a bit as Taro took the potential heat to himself. Oh, so that's what it was. She should've guessed, honestly. But hey, she wasn't the one under the spotlight, so yay for that. She listened to Calen's reasoning after Taro pronounced his 3 truths and his lie. It was mostly sound.

Then Calen took his turn and, as she thought about it, she couldn't really come to a definite conclusion. They were all definite possibilities, although the Nevermore one seemed a bit far-fetched.
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Re: Within the Ruins of the Aztec [Team ASTC][CLOSED - Initiation]
« Reply #70 on: May 14, 2017, 02:21:46 PM »
Oh, so it's that kind of question. That clears it up. Setsuna realised. He took his time collecting his thoughts before speaking up, his eyes still scanning the forest for potential threats. "Well, you haven't shown us your semblance enough for us to conclude that matter, and you are wearing a lot of blue." Setsuna examined Taro in a bit more detail, eventually letting his gaze fall upon his sword. "And as far as I can tell from both sight and usage of your sword, that has to be true. I'm calling your bluff on being a faunus."

Setsuna then paused for a short while, considering Calen's options. He really didn't know much about the boy, apart from being a glib speaker, excellent observer and a good fighter. Both his first and second claims held water, but those were only mere conjectures. The other two, however, showed less promise. Sure, Calen could have run into a giant nevermore, but unless he had help, Setsuna doubted he could have fought and lived to tell the tale. Or maybe he was just that good. On the other hand, Calen would have had to train via an outside source if he didn't go to a prelim combat school. Unlikely...but eliminate the impossible, and whatever remained, no matter how improbable, had to be the truth. "For Calen, I'm saying you didn't run into a Nevermore. Either that, or show me your battle scars."

For him, well... "My turn. 1). My weapons were reforged twice over, 2). I got impaled by my own sword once, 3). My semblance's afterimages are just for show, and 4). One of my hobbies is to do with anything mechanical." He couldn't wait to see what his team thought of him.
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Re: Within the Ruins of the Aztec [Team ASTC][CLOSED - Initiation]
« Reply #71 on: June 05, 2017, 09:31:01 AM »
'I actually got away from it in pretty good shape actually, someone else was hunting it and I barely got any hits in....' Calen began, pausing as he noticed Taro staring off into the distance. Following his eye line Calen saw a ....golden bell seemingly floating in the forest. Taking a step forward for a better look Calen was caught completely unaware by the bell striking forward revealing itself to be the tip of a Death stalker's tail. Taro on the other hand did react fast enough knocking Calen out of the way and taking the blow himself.

With it's ambush sprung the large Death stalker charged the rest of team ASTC grabbing the still dazed Calen in it's claws and throwing him further into the woods. Roaring almost happily at the prospect of another meal advanced slowly on the last two members of team ASTC standing, using it's tail to upset their balance before trying to them grab with it's claws.

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Light Tail strikes 4x5%, two at each Setsuna and Anna
Claw 2x8% Again evenly split

Calen's Battle data
Fatigue: 70%
Aura: 70%(Claw+Being thrown)

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Re: Within the Ruins of the Aztec [Team ASTC][CLOSED - Initiation]
« Reply #72 on: June 11, 2017, 08:35:30 AM »
(Sorry for the stupid delay. My mind was telling me no, but my body was also telling me no.)

Anna was in the process of thinking over Setsuna's four statements when Calen started responding to the former's disbelief of an encounter with a Nevermore. She was listening when an... abnormal light? showed itself during one of her regular semblance pulses. Partly curious and partly worried, she boosted her semblance into the third phase.

She instantly recognized the chaotic jumble of movement that characterized the inside of a very specific kind of body. A Grimm's body. She almost instantly reacted, her chains dropping from her forearms to the ground as Taro tackled Calen to allow him to avoid the beast's stinger - although it wouldn't have actually done any damage because Aura.

The Grimm seemingly toyed with Calen, flinging him away like a random stuffed animal. Anna dodged the tail swing by dodging to the side while simultaneously singing her arms forward, right to within thirty centimeters of the Death Stalker's tail. The chains followed suit, quickly beginning to wrap around it. Her goal was to either get carried by the tail when it would be brought back from the deployed position it was currently in, or slice the top portion right off when it would do so.
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Re: Within the Ruins of the Aztec [Team ASTC][CLOSED - Initiation]
« Reply #73 on: June 11, 2017, 10:54:53 AM »
Setsuna might have been too late to block the initial sneak attack, but he moved as quickly as he could, putting his shoulder against his shield and blocking the two tail stabs, then shield-bashing the claw away, before standing protectively to the side of Anna as she threw her chains forward. He could see what she was trying to do, but if she unfortunately failed, he could quickly slice the stinger off.

Remaining in his defensive stance, he looked back over his shoulder. Taro fortunately didn't seem to have suffered any visible harm, but was unconscious on the floor. Calen, more worryingly, was nowhere to be seen. For now, he would simply have to buy time, get the Death Stalker's attention, take the hits until the remainder of his team showed up to assist him. To that extent, he spread the sword bits on his shield wide for more coverage, and dug his heels in,
bracing for any impact. It will not get to Taro or Calen, he vowed.
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Re: Within the Ruins of the Aztec [Team ASTC][CLOSED - Initiation]
« Reply #74 on: June 11, 2017, 09:06:19 PM »
With it's initial attacks being battered reasonably easily the Death Stalker slowed down it's assault, eyes twitching between the two students as it watched them, studied them, played with them. This pause allowed Anna's chains to take hold on the Grimm's tail as in retracted. Instead however, of bring it's tail back to it's resting position the Death Stalker dangled Anna in front of it's open maw. It's two claws then moved in to pin the huntress-in-training's shoulders making the coming bite attack almost impossible to escape from. If the chains sharped edges were doing any damage to the Grimm's tail it wasn't showing nor was Anna noticing any increased give.

Calen stood up groggily, shaking pieces of masonry out of his hair. and stumbled forward a few steps towards the new Grimm before he managed to regain himself. Not a bell. Calen thought giving a quick glance at the wall he had just been thrown into. A tail but at least I may have found the ruins His mind mostly clear Calen noticed the Death Stalkers attentions were completely focused on the other two members of his team, mostly Anna who was dangling in front of it. Using the distraction Calen launched himself forward with an application of his semblance for a long strike with his sword along the beast's underside. Sparks flared as Calen's blade was unable to find purchase although the strike did still divert the creatures attention some as it tried to stop Calen beneath it's many legs. Calen managed to dodge these, finding his rhythm once again.

Ending up on the blade side of Setsuna Calen reported. 'There are some ruins through the undergrowth behind this thing. Maybe whatever we are after is in there.' Calen coughed up a bit of dust but otherwise made himself ready to leap towards Anna  if she was unable to get herself out.

Death Stalker's Battle Data
All attacks seemed to cause minimal damage
Two claws at Anna for 8% each, if they hit grab is initiated

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Fatigue: 65%(One Semblance use)
Aura: 70%(No changes)
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