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PostSubject: DiZ's Tier challenge.    DiZ's Tier challenge.  EmptySun Apr 15, 2012 12:08 am



Diz, had looked up slowly while the moon in the sky was bright and had the full consistancy of a roll of cheese. This was one of the full mooned nights. Which happened once a month usually. It was considered even in old times a place for magic. A time of change if you will, You could say it was supernatural. But then again what is supernatural called then?.. Its something different to ponder.. but it his how the world works. While a particularly breezy draft blew diz's hair forward. The flat circular drained lake bed was below him. His sillouette looking oddly contrastic in this landscape. His blade at his side, making him seem like a avenging soul. This was false though, since he was not dead but he was.. Something but as to what? That is a question of ideals and faith.


Squinting he could be seen looking up. while the night moved on. Changing but he had seen the change in the clouds. Symbolizing someone new was about to happen. But portaining to what.. This was the question.. But we would find this out soon.

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(Using a 1-5 bount.)

Night sky, full moon and seclusion. These were three of the pink haired bounts favorite things. The girl was of average height, with blue eyes. She wore a black dress with a white hem, black slipper like shoes, and black gloves. She carried a leather case by a strap over one shoulder. Meisalu loved being along at night. Actually, she loved being along all the time, but nightime when the moon was full, that was the best. Of course she could never truly be alone, and she was glad for that. Zenke ment the world to her, and nothing could change that.

Meisalu made her way along the path, towards a dried up lake bed. She stopped at the edge, wondering what it had looked like when the lake was full, on a full moon. She enjoyed nature, it was calm and soothing and helped her forget about her past. Sleeping outdoors kept away the night terrors that haunted her. But not always. Meisalu was about to settle down, wonderig if she should rouse Zenke to light a fire, or just go right to sleep, when she felt the pressense of someone nearby. She was on her feet in seconds, ready for an attack that might not come.
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PostSubject: ..   DiZ's Tier challenge.  EmptySun Apr 15, 2012 1:57 am

Diz's form had began to makes its way up the barren lake bed. Seeing someone in the distance through lidded and rather squinted eye's. But for now what would be needed . Was the fact of a good old spar. This is why if he was not mistaken. He was to be here in the first place. But then again the person up there looked.. oddly feminim.. and he did'nt want to harm some random civilian being that would be very bad. Given his position in the colt. So.. for now the male, had in a light almost soundless tone, made his way up to the woman in question.

Each step he made was like a unneededly amazing ballet. Moving like a dancer, he seemingly glided accrost the lake bed. Before having made his way up, and out to the female. Smiling kindly but at the same time. Having a demenor of understanding and last but not least curiosity. Which could be said to be one of the sins of man kind. As to that though it really wasn't proven so it was speculation to Him, clearing his throat hwe now spoke in a deep but rich smooth baratone voice.

" i'm sorry miss if i freightened you. Since im just passing through looking for someone to fight. If you know what i mean. So if you could give me a friendly spar it would be much appriciated. so what do you say miss?.. And by the way, my name is DiZ.. and you are?..
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PostSubject: Re: DiZ's Tier challenge.    DiZ's Tier challenge.  EmptySun Apr 15, 2012 2:44 am

The pressense was getting closer. Miesalu dropped the case and opened it, pulling out a cross bow and case of bolts. She clipped the bolts to her belt, loaded the repeating crossbow with three bolts and cocked it. Then she pulled a small key chain like pair of swords and clipped it to her belt too. By the time the human, a male, arrived before her she was standing a good distance from the lake bed. He started to speak but she tuned it out, no way in hell would she willingly trust a stranger, especially a man.

She pulled the trigger and fired a bolt at him. These were no ordinary bolts, they could pierce hierro. "Back the hell off, I don't know you and I don't want to know you." She said coldly. Meisalu was not known for her kindness or freindly attitude. Only a select few had managed to get to know her, and she was still a little frosty to them. So a complete stranger asking to spar in the middle of the night would be met with this level of hostility.
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PostSubject: Re: DiZ's Tier challenge.    DiZ's Tier challenge.  EmptySun Apr 15, 2012 7:04 pm

Diz stared as the person had clearly pulled up a odd crossbow weapon. Suprising him even more by just firing the bolt at him without a second thought. It was so .. rude a vile, something that even pissed him off. But for now he could not dodge this strike without harming himself ...if he was going to counter attack. He would have to .. do with a perfect precision. So .. Now.. He had quickly almost causingg a image from a quick transpher of weight to his other foot, while pitching forward pressing off, as his arm on the side of the bolt being had drug bag, had now splattered blood, as he ran by, the bolt ripping off the surface layers of his skin. And ripping his shirt as it passed him . He had having brought his blade up now within the area of a few inches away from the female.

He had now, brought the blade up with a almost insane speed. But he did'nt want to kill .. just maim. Since he did not want to kill someone who might be useful. So the blade shimmered lightly. While it gained energy exploding as the slash got mere inches from the skin. Wind exploding forward in a slice attack.

While this took place within half a minute, blood was running down his free arm. which had ran acrost the bolt. Even his wind armor had not lessened it. So the pain was as you expect pretty extreme. While this made him look up at her. his freindly guise no longer being able to be seen.

"Why did you have to go and attack me?.. even if your stronger which you may verywell be. You just... lost major respect points.. in my eyes. so. i hope it was worth it to you.
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PostSubject: Re: DiZ's Tier challenge.    DiZ's Tier challenge.  EmptySun Apr 15, 2012 8:32 pm

Meisalu seen him coming, the sword swing out. She dodged back and was pushed away by a gust of wind. well it was more than a gust but still. She relfexively flipped and landed a distance from her enemy. The first shot she fired had been a warning, not ment to do more than maybe pierce his arm. but He kept coming, and even attacked. That was a declaration of war.

"I already warned you to back off. Take the hint before its to late, and just get out of here. And what makes you think I would care about you respecting me anyway?" she said, still in her cold unfreindly tone. She wanted nothing to do with him or any man. Anyone.

It didn't seem likely he would leave her be though. Meisalu fired a bolt and ran left, dodging around trees to give her cover. She fired the last bolt from within the forest and then circled around, coming at her enemy with great speed. She slammed her fist into the ground at his feet, sending out a shockwave of lightning. Springing up she kicked off a tree and vanished back into the forest. She was closeby though, moving around him.
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PostSubject: Re: DiZ's Tier challenge.    DiZ's Tier challenge.  EmptySun Apr 15, 2012 9:18 pm

.. The male. Now had brought his blade Down Into a slash into the ground. While he had simply Moved upwards. Having reversed the minor concentration of wind into a tenique which was moving into a its Reverse Swing. This had caused him to momentairly blurr from the insane speed. Which propelled him high enough into the air that he looked like a speck. The attacks done by the opponent slamming into eachother and the stream of Wind. Causing the bolts to slide past each other. Now becoming statically charged as they Slammed outwards in random direction.
Though he only barely avoided it.. a second later he'd have just been skewered

though the lightning as suprising as it was. Had reached him before he could do anything. Arcing up hsi blade. It gave him a set of 3rd degree burns going up his good arm. Ouch ? Yeah but better then being.. turned into a orderve.


DiZ by now had been high in the air. The second his foe had jumped back. Given the weapon she was using. and Apparent speed she could move back. Had starteled him .But by now. He had been high into the air. Now looking down as he began to decelarate. While Having Been propelled atleast by now afew hundred feet into the air. Everything under him looking like a speck. While by now He had grinning. Watched the wind around him rustle more and more. Having now Began to pitch forward. He had began to fall. The momentum carrying him faster and faster. While his blade was rising up.

He had done this for a reason. But for what . That was yet to be determined. But As he Fell He grinned. At the last second Of impact. He had Now caused His blade to slam into the ground While The ground seemed to explode. As he used a full power movement. The ground exploding from the force of his fall. Plus The Affects of His actuall Slice. Which caused the wind to explode outwards Ripping up ground and tree's within the close range.

Tree's by now would have been ripped up and thrown from the combined force of the blast. As the area he landed had cratered from the Components of counter wind. Though it hurt like hell and Caused bruises on his feet. Now. The massive wind storm that ensued was very interesting.

Being the force of the swing itself. Had accelerated to the max of fall rate. This was transphered into the swing itself. Bringing the normal 230 mile and hour winds up to 320. Making it a doozy of a storm. This caused tree's to explode outwards. the ground since it was focused down. To split And the force of the wind now jetting outwards from the point of impact. Caused even more damage. The short space the air was being jetted through. Making the wind seem up to 350 miles an hour. Why the ground exploded. Causing diz himself to as the technique was released. to skid back. as his shoes where smoking from the speed he was thrown back.

His blade slammed into the groudn as it stopped him after 20 ft of dragging. As the whole area Exploded. Deadly Spike like shrapnel Having shot everywhere from the chunks of rock in the ground. The tree's had now been ripped from the roots. and flung everywhere. It looked like a micro burst in affect. Now. this lastly caused a huge dust cloud to form as a biproduct.. But what happened we will see.


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PostSubject: Re: DiZ's Tier challenge.    DiZ's Tier challenge.  EmptyMon Apr 16, 2012 4:36 am

Meisalu watched as the human launched himself up high in the air. She Casually unclipped the keychain and tossed it into the air. Zeige dich: Light up, Zenke." She said unleashing her doll, which was a six foot man with black hair, orange eye's that flickered in the dim light, and a black coat, grey pants and brown boots. He carried two swords at his hip, a simitar and shord sword.

At this point the human was falling pretty fast. They moved back out of his range. Meisalu knew he used wind, so they were expecting something gusty. When he hit, he unleashed a massive wave of wind. Meisalu couldn't speak, but she told zenke what to do through their mental link. He nodded as he slid slowly towards her in the wind, then he burst into flames so intense it created a powerful up draft around him. After all hot air rises.

Meisalu was running now, reloading her crossbow. Zenke crouched and she used him as jump pad to launch herself into the updraft. It carred her up about 20 feet befor she left its influence and started to fall. She got off two shots at diz during her rise and fall, then Zenke was below, catching her with strong arms, and tossing her to the side as he drew his weapons and charged Diz. He was no longer on fire at this point.

Meisalu landed on her feet gracefully, and Zenke dashed towards the human. He swung his scimitar unleashing a wave of fire at him. Moving to the right he block Mei from the human's veiw long enough for her to charge and fire a powerful bolt of lightning at the human, then casually stepped out of its path with a smile.
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PostSubject: Re: DiZ's Tier challenge.    DiZ's Tier challenge.  EmptyMon Apr 16, 2012 10:21 pm

tch.. this was going to be one anoying move set.. So. First off. When diz, landed the dust which expanded upwards seemed to have been blown up by a huge updraft. Though this was used to an advantage. As he had Looked around quickly. First he noticed something rather anoying in the movements that where caught in his side vision. While he also noted, the blaze which was coming towards him. Pretty ingenious trick if you would have asked him. . But.. sadly Not quick enough. For there was several things which where noticable at this point.


One thing was the slight grin of his lips, Which was accompanied by a whoosh of air from his foe's bolt firing. Which caused him to slide back bringing his sword up. This would have contacted the tip of the bolt itself. causing from the quick draw back then to send it spinning towards the oncoming doll. Second off. Now, As he did this the second bolt which was unaccounted for, Slid into his vision. Cussing he brought his useless arm up, with a jerk. Sending the bolt through the wind and into the muscle. Which he contracted in a split second timeframe which caused the bolt to lock and become stuck. Though now as he noticed from its speed it slid through thudding in the ground besides him.p While it had missed the bone. It had ripped a chunk out of the side of his arm. Now As to the first bolt. It would be flying towards the foe now. But something else would change, as the bolt generated a cloud of wind he had Now quickly seemed to look up. A change in the air temprature becoming visible.

Now, As this happened The air had cooled off to nearly -40 degree's Causing from the breif but dangerous flaming up draft. And this cold front which briefly both now passed his sword which he slung down. this would plus a slight help from the fact he was wind oriented. Had now caused the fire to seem to shift in the newly forming vortex.

Now a once subble area, had become a slight vortex of flame around him. Though this caused further burns to his arm. He had now Thanks to the breif but Vast Incline of temprature in the air around him. Had caused the flames to become reduced (But not gone) . While there was another fact to this. while the lightning itself was Very potent there was one heightened thing to consider now. Air as you know it is a insulator. Very effective against lightning. So as the wind had become a weak tornado which now raging out of control in the landscape. (Maybe 50mph) tops

The lightning itself now though, would have after being greatly weakened smashed into the flat of his blade. Causing the bolt to arc causing further burns to his now Unusable arm. While this was true. The lightning itself had now seared the bleeding and wounds closed on his arm. But now back to the bolt that had been off centered.

This bolt roughly now would have been a flying circle in appearance, as it had been super cooled because of the frigid tempratures around diz, Which had as well caused well what happens when heat hits Cold?.. It hissed the cold molicules and air jet that had been carried no matter how small with the spike. Had now caused it and the flames to explode into steam. though some of it would get though. making him need to jump back. Though he was still caught in a pretty decent explosion

While this took place. DiZ clenched his teeth in obvious pain to his now fucked up arm. But he kept his calm and cool. Waiting for the foes next strike.
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PostSubject: Re: DiZ's Tier challenge.    DiZ's Tier challenge.  EmptyWed Apr 18, 2012 5:37 pm

Zenke's updraft turned the strong wind into a wirlwind, and a small tornado started building up around their enemy. After their attacks, the tornado winds kicked in and started throwning shrapnel around. the bolt Meisalu had fired in there got chaught and shot back at Zenke, imbeding in his chest. The fire demon grimaced and pulled it out, And fire rippled up his body and sealed it. It still hurt and damaged, but he wouldn't bleed to death.

He seen the danger to Meisalu though, who was busy trying to deflect shrapnel with the reiatus shields of her gloves. Zenke threw up a barrier of fire infront of her, and it held. Meisalu directed him to get to the heart of the tornado and rip the human a new one, so he burst into flames and started walking forward. The wind rose rapidly when it hit him, creating a violent updraft that trew the tornado into madness. Zenke drew his swords as he reached the centre and drove the shortsword towards diz's chest, the scimitar coming in from the right to attack his good arm.
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While this chaos was going on, DiZ's Forwarning or.. gut instinct kicked in. While this also had severly increased the power of diz's slip stream. Due to the fact the calm winds now raged at a even higher level. Making them even stronger then normal which while this was a secret he felt like it was time to use. While in the corner of diz's vision he caught the scimitar bursting from the wall of the tornado. This is where slip stream kicked in, causing the blade's flat side, to be pushed around 4 inches to the side. Not much but enough as diz brought his blade up in a strange thrust which would have smashed into the scimitars side, as it was caught in the wind.


Next the blade would have drove down in a parry, causing sparks as the tip would have thrust the mans blade out into the Wind wall, causing him to spin it it catched in the wind. But there was another trick, which he now utalized within the wind of the tornado. Bringing his blade around quickly he drug it acrost the wall of wind after parrying which would have hopefully left his foe wide open. Next as he then skimmed the wind wall gaining momentum, he would have brought the blade at the foes chest, though if they where paying attention the male had now slightly shifted his grip at the slash. Slight it may have been but this too had a purpose. next The males foot would have thrust forward while moving forward but this two was off set, as it had quickly pulled back and if the foe noticed was a feint. While it slid back the whole manner of the style seeming to have changed.

Now though his bad arm hung to his side but he grimaced while. A momentairy spark of steel on steel would have been seen to someone outside the rapidly increasing in power tornado.
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Zenke's blades were parried by the human who was now spinning and as he came around a his blade cut across Zenke's chest. Fire closed the wound a couple of seconds later but it staggered the doll, so the kick that followed sent him flying back out of the wind. He landed on his back and rolled away towards Meisalu. She looked to see if he was ok and he nodded. The cut wasn't too deep although it did scrape off his ribs. It would be worse if it didn't close up almost instantly from the fire.

The human was obviously enjoying his tornado, but when zenke was close enough, Meisalu relayed a plan to him in french, so diz would not understand, if he could even hear. Then she blurred, speeding through the trees. Zenke smiled and burst into flames. He shot at diz with incredible speed, using his signature attack. A direct hit from this would be as damaging as a gran rey cero, and it would send him flying out of the tornado. If diz dodged but was within five foot of zenke, he would be thrown to the side and be hit with the force of a cero.

Or he could dodge out of the tornado completely, but what ever he did, meisalu would be waiting. As soon as zenke's attack was finished she let off a string of small lightning bolts at diz. The had about the same power of as a bala, but would cut her foe to bits if he got hit with to many. She fired eight, then blurred towards him to follow up with a punch aimed for his gut.
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DiZ grinned at the oncoming male. which had Been moving at high speeds. Which would be severely fatal. But little did he know, that just this turn he'd have been able to use his Skills once more. While this was true what he did next would have been a useful trick. His blade having smashed down into the ground sinking in as he used the ability. Wind now exploding from the ground sending everything straight up within 200feet of him. This would have caught the rushing foe if he did'nt jump sending him up. But another affect was the explosion would have smashed into the bala's on the outside from the ground alone. As this took place though. Diz Spun grinning While the second component was the second he brought his blade down he used thin air. So not only was the air cool but it was going up at high speeds. Which slammed into zenke's flame. Sucking the rocks /ext inwards. Which would have if the foe had been hit, trapped him in a torrent of rocks.. while this was true Now diz looked enjoying the storm.

DiZ had now laughed watching this take place while then spinning around on the ground his blade once more digging in, he used the reverse slash then .Causing it to explode outwards like a wind wall. throwing the rocks out in debri. which got caught in the tornado making it worse as he had enjoyed the storm-

Now as he noticed a punch , he seemed to be disarmed for a second, before he'd grunt quickly moving his arm to block the puch. his bad one with a sickening thud while at the same time his foot slammed into her face. with a quick spin kick. sending her hopefully within a span of a second into the wall of wind which was spinning redisued from his reverse slash-
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