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Extending the Olive Branch [Closed]
« on: February 02, 2019, 01:16:27 AM »
Focus.

Close your eyes. Listen for your heartbeat. Feel it’s tangible pulse, the steady ba-dum ba-dum ba-dum that brings you life. Feel blood in your veins, pulsing through you, steady and unending - feel the depth of your soul.

Focus on that life inside you. The soul you’ve carried since you’ve been brought into this world, the weight that it carries and the power it brings you - to create winds, summon storms, to fly well beyond what any human can accomplish.

Your weapon is only another limb. Allow your aura to creep up the length of your glaive, bringing a new, ivory shimmer to the already-shining blade. Take a breath, wait one-two-three beats-

Swipe.

The massive shining crescent that flies across the training arena is accompanied by a heavy dose of wind, slicing cleanly through all three Ursa targets at the other side. The distinct clink of her blade against the floor is enough to bring Prism Skylark out of her trance-like state, blinking as the white mist curling away from her body slowly begins to dissipate. It takes her another moment to focus, but the sight of the clean-cut targets is enough to bring a small smirk to her face - it’s good to know she can create crescents of that size, in case she needs to hit multiple enemies at once. Other than overextending the reach of her weapon and making it bounce off against the floor, she was fine - she just needs to be a bit more aware of the length of her glaive and its interaction with the world around her.

Nodding to herself in quite self-approval of the next steps to take, Prism stands back up to her full height, and turns to the nearby console in order to set up the next round of targets. Practice makes perfect, after all.
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Re: Extending the Olive Branch [Closed]
« Reply #1 on: February 02, 2019, 02:33:15 AM »
Relax.

Your body is a powerful tool, crafted by years of work and training, built to overcome any obstacle, to slay any foe.

Yet you are rigid. Your resolve and tenacity are admirable, but your refusal to adapt in the face of adversity has already cost you so much. You have much to learn…


“And you aren’t here anymore to teach me.”

Though the Vytal Festival tournament continued to be an exciting venture, the experience was quickly soured with Caja and Budonoki’s farewell. Their departure made sense, yes, Juno’s endeavours had made it difficult for the recovering girl to lead anything resembling a peaceful life, something his recent trip to Mistral could attest to. While he was sad to see them go, their departure left him feeling… lost. Without Budonoki, refining his aura was a near monumental task.

Malina was right. His reliance on his tech had stunted his growth, and sooner or later, he would have to play catch-up.

Where to start, however, was another story.

Refining the physical manifestation of one’s soul was no easy task, as it turned out. After all, it wasn’t like there were any guides or tried and true methods for soul searching. There were too many souls in the world, and there was too much variety between them. Supposedly clearing one’s mind helped, but it was always easier with Budonoki around. One could only meditate for so long on one’s own before becoming frustrated with a lack of inner peace.

So there Juno sat in the training hall, simply observing other students as they fine tuned their craft, his eyes narrowing as he lamented his current situation. However, his attention was quickly diverted by a familiar looking student not too far from where he sat, his interest piqued as she displayed the very same technique he had seen Coconut use in their fight. So it wasn’t his semblance… Was it possible he could replicate that attack as well? It seemed rather advanced, but, quite frankly, it was cool as all hell. Taking a moment to mull over the pros and cons of approaching the student, Juno eventually stood up, his hand resting on Type: J’s hilt as he strode toward her, pausing a moment as he recognized the girl. Prism… Prim... Prisma? The hummingbird faunus another one of the semi finalists in the tournament, and happened to be one of Coconut’s teammates.

Hopefully she wasn’t peeved about him punching her teammate through a tree.

”Hey,” he called out as he approached, only to stop at the entrance to the stall she occupied. ”It’s... Prism, right?”
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Re: Extending the Olive Branch [Closed]
« Reply #2 on: February 02, 2019, 12:57:52 PM »
“One and only Prism Skylark!” Prism calls out briefly, prompting a quick glance over her shoulder at the heavy footsteps approaching her. She quickly finishes her latest series of inputs on the console to bring up the next round of holographic targets: a series of hipogriffin targets spaced out evenly in the air on the far side of the arena - before finally turning around to face Juno.

There’s a quick moment where her head cocks to the side at the sight of him, before recognition shines in her eyes.. “...Juno Vert, right? You’re the guy who threw one of my teammates through a tree.” She says, raising an eyebrow and crossing her arms, glaive resting in the crook of one elbow. “What can I do for you?”
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Re: Extending the Olive Branch [Closed]
« Reply #3 on: February 02, 2019, 02:21:55 PM »
A light smile graced his lips as the girl introduced herself, her seemingly natural pep offering a welcoming presence. Well… At the very least until she recognized him. The young man froze in place a bit as she spoke, an awkward cough leaving his lips as he thought of a way to explain himself.

Man, for someone as short as she was, she really had a commanding presence about her.

”Yeah… Coconut was strong, it took a lot to take him down. Whoever trained him, trained him well.” The raven-haired student remarked, releasing his blade as he stepped forward, stopping beside her. ”That thing you just did, casting a projectile from your weapon. He was able to do that too.”

Juno paused again, as though he were mulling over his words, working out what he was about to request. Eventually, however, he simply decided to cut to the chase, looking to the girl, then the targets, then back to the girl again. ”So… How are you two able to do that?”
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Re: Extending the Olive Branch [Closed]
« Reply #4 on: February 03, 2019, 04:35:54 PM »
Prism snorts internally as her blatant statement makes the man faff about for a moment, trying to find a decent explanation. He manages to recover well at least. “I’m glad to hear he’s a worthy opponent on the battlefield.” She replies, giving him a small smile.

She tilts her head a bit at his remark regarding projectiles through, following his eyes as they dart from her, to the targeting range, to her again. “You mean the aura projectile technique? That’s one of mine, though Coco managed to pick it up in time for the tournament thankfully.” She answers, switching her glaive from the crook of her elbow to her left hand as she takes a step away from Juno. There’s a brief second as her glaive lights up, before she performs a harsh downswing - and another bright-white crescent goes screaming across the arena to shatter one of the holograms at the far end. “It’s a combination of enhancing damage and aura channeling essentially, though there’s a bit more to it than that.”
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Re: Extending the Olive Branch [Closed]
« Reply #5 on: February 04, 2019, 01:32:49 AM »
Enhanced damage and aura channeling? Well… it wasn’t far from what he was already familiar with. Just a different application for tools he already possessed, it seemed. Granted, he wouldn’t know until he tried it himself, but he could already tell it was going to be a bit harder than she made it look.

”Go on? What else is there?” he inquired, pulling a sheathed Type J off of his lower back, leaning on the weapon a bit as he waited for a response.
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Re: Extending the Olive Branch [Closed]
« Reply #6 on: February 15, 2019, 11:50:43 AM »
“...you channel your aura into your weapon and simultaneously swing it to create and arc, while putting enough focus and thrust into it it has the power to fly off your blade, and not dissipate midair.” She finishes, tucking her glaive back into the corner of her elbow and leaning her weight on the staff. “There’s a bit more to it in the execution, but that’s the theory behind it essentially.”

She waits a moment, watching him lean on his sword and watch her expectantly. “...are you going to casually monopolize my practice time, or are you gonna ask me to teach you already dude?” She asks, the humor evident in her voice.
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Re: Extending the Olive Branch [Closed]
« Reply #7 on: March 05, 2019, 03:53:26 PM »
The young man froze in response to Prism’s comment, letting out an awkward cough as he straightened up. Again, her explanations and actions made things sound so simple. Maybe it was? Maybe.

”Well… If you’re offering.” he replied, striding beside her with his blade drawn. Steeling himself, the young man called his aura forth, a violet inferno enveloping the young man as he focused on his sword. Damage and channeling, he had at least one of those…

The young man threw out an experimental slash, the blade coated in his violet aura, only to face disappointment as he felt nothing past the blade. The lack of success was expected, but still, the idea of projecting his aura off of himself was… New.
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Re: Extending the Olive Branch [Closed]
« Reply #8 on: March 06, 2019, 07:04:10 PM »
Prism takes a step back as Juno ignites himself in a deep purple aura, raising an eyebrow at the impressive display. All she usually got was an glimmer and a concentration of white on her blade - his aura almost seemed like something else. Unfortunately for him though, his results are exactly what she anticipated - all he’d done is manage to cleave the air in half.

“If it makes you feel better, you’re one step ahead of where Coconut was before he could throw swordbeams.” she offers, stepping back into range, shifting her glaive into her offhand. “He could barely concentrate his aura into his weapon before I taught him.”

She shifts her glaive so it’s held parallel to her body, gesturing to it with her free hand as the tip starts to shimmer again. “The way I think about it is that just like your semblance is the manifestation of your aura and soul, your weapon is an extension of your body and it’s capacity to allow you to become an effective hunter. Concentrate your aura into that part of your body, visualize the manifestation of your will, and then send it flying from your sword to rend whatever’s in front of you. Capiche?” She confirms, the blade of her glaive glimmering a familiar white. “We can launch on three, my count.”
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Re: Extending the Olive Branch [Closed]
« Reply #9 on: March 13, 2019, 12:43:02 AM »
An extension of the body… His aura already encompassed the sword itself, but to extend it beyond?

Well, she and several others had already proved that such a task was possible. Who was to say he couldn’t do the same? Offering a small nod as he called forth his aura again. Closing his eyes, the young man attempted to focus on the blade, an extension of his being, of his own creation and design. It was by this tool that he was able to do some of the amazing feats he is capable of, how he made it through the Vytal Festival as successfully as he had.

His aura pooling around Type-J, Juno opened his eyes, looking to the Faunus beside him for confirmation.
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Re: Extending the Olive Branch [Closed]
« Reply #10 on: March 13, 2019, 12:58:00 AM »
“One.” Her left foot shifts forwards, her right foot perpendicular to stabilize her stance.

“Two.” Her left hand drifts to the neck of the weapon, her right sliding back as the staff is tucked in close to her body. There’s thin haze in the air around Prism, drifting from the tip of the blade and and curling up and away from her eyes. She doesn’t seem to notice.

“Three!”

The blade of Hawk’s Eye leaves momentary wound of iridescence in as it cuts through the air, the now-familiar white beam streaking down the arena to decimate another hologram. She watches for the split second it takes to confirm her success before her eyes dart to Juno, seeing if the man besides her manages to succeed.
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Re: Extending the Olive Branch [Closed]
« Reply #11 on: March 24, 2019, 04:30:21 PM »
As the girl prepared to release her own burst of energy, Juno followed suit, taking into account what she had spoken about. Visualize your will… Display the strength and power you wield as your soul rips through the air around you and toward your target. You are strong, Juno. This is within your reach.

As his blade cut through the air, a deep, violet, unstable burst of energy was released in the direction of one of the targets, tearing through it completely before slamming into the wall behind it, dispersing after leaving a spiderweb of cracks in the wall. The young man flinched as he looked over the damage he had caused, stepping back a bit as his own aura subsided. ”That, uh… Wasn’t supposed to happen.”
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Re: Extending the Olive Branch [Closed]
« Reply #12 on: March 28, 2019, 11:42:26 AM »
This technique had taken nearly three weeks for Prism to learn. She’d spent hours reading about aura theory in preparation. It’d taken another week just to learn how to summon her aura and keep it concentrated for extended periods of time. After two weeks of uselessly slashing her blade through the air, the first crescent she’d ever managed to throw had literally made her jump in surprise, it was weak and small and stuttered out halfway through her throw - but it was still enough to make a deep cut into the bark of the tree she was using as a target, and her resulting celebration was loud enough she got scolded by Madame Bernard when she’d returned to the sewing shop for dinner.

So when Juno manages to throw a crescent off his blade on his second try, it’s actually enough to make Prism start as it crashed through one of the holographic, leaving the back wall a spiderwebs of cracks. She’s quiet for a moment, glancing rapidly from Juno to the impact site and back again, before-

“Yoooooooo!”

Prism slaps the man on the back, bouncing on the her toes excitedly as she rewards Juno with a massive grin. Dude! It took me like- nearly a month to figure out how to do this, you managed it in fuckin’- two tries! Congrats man!”

“...we just need to work on precision and control now, plus I’m not sure uh, how much of that was a cutting edge.” she adds on, gesturing with her glaive to the impact site again.
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Re: Extending the Olive Branch [Closed]
« Reply #13 on: June 22, 2019, 03:16:10 AM »
The girl's joyful exclamation was quite a surprise, but the initial shock quickly subsided into a grin that mirrored her own. His second try, and he had managed to create an unstable and crude, if powerful mimicry of her own technique. It felt... strange, but good. He'd have to refine it, of course, but for now, as he stared at the miniature crater he had left in the wall, he couldn't stop the self satisfied giggle from rising to his throat.

"Probably wasn't, but... Yeah, that was sick." he replied, sheathing his Type-J as he cautiously strode toward the point of impact. "It's... Messy, but it can be refined. Shouldn't take too long with you as my teacher."
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Re: Extending the Olive Branch [Closed]
« Reply #14 on: November 05, 2019, 05:42:58 PM »
"Hell yeah, you'll get this down!" She chirps, grinning up at him. "The advantage of being a sniper is that precision is a necessary specialty, so you'll have that down to a cutting edge in no time. Smashing through shit is effective, but when you can do both- well, why not? That type of broadbank attack could be good for even just knocking enemies off-kilter if you like, put a bit less aura into it too. Regardless- if I could teach Coco, I can teach you!"

She shifts again, hopping a few feet back and holding her glaive out to demonstrate again. "Getting it down to a cutting edge is... well, in my mind, is the manifestation of intent. You want to be sharp, fast, and brutal- so with your weapon as part of your body and an extension of your will, that gets... concentrated down even more. Does that make sense?" She rocks a bit on her heels, rubbing the back of her head. "This is just how I figured it out, mentally and then physically, so it may not apply, or if you've got a different take, go ahead."
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