RL with Rei Suzumura

[hugmyscythe]

[Upon arriving in modern day Tokyo during the day, Dead Master cannot help but be surprised at his world. The crowds and noise found in Shinjuku are in stark contrast to the morbid silence of her world. The greatest difference she notices is not the tall buildings, flashy advertisements, or the fact that there is a sun in the sky. Instead, it is the carefree, smiling people. How strange to find a place with the population not in fear of their lives from either the world or her kind.

She quite likes it.

Oh yes, she receives many stares--but they all assume that she is cosplaying. A few of them even sneak in pictures of her on their cell phone cameras. Dead Master ignores them, idly walking the streets. She does not know where to find Rei Suzumura. They did not arrange a particular meeting point--not that she would know where to look in such a metropolis. In the meantime she follows business men and women, students, and bums around the city.]

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[At the moment, Rei's taking care of a couple of Yin Gates, making sure they don't end up allowing any Horrors to spawn for the time being. Things were starting to pick up slightly, and he hadn't heard anything from Kouga about returning. Then again, the guy was notorious for not telling anyone anything.

Anyway, it's not until he sees a familiar pair of glowing green eyes that he stops to turn around, giving a smirk.]

Enjoying yourself?

[hugmyscythe]

[Being in Shin-freaking'-juku has her completely captivated, so when she hears his voice she doesn't bother to hide her smile.] He he he. I am,

truly.

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[Rei lets out a small huff of a laugh, only to look around a bit at the people staring and taking pictures.]

I suppose this isn't a normal thing for most people to be seeing - anyway, did you want to get going or look around a bit more?

[hugmyscythe]

[Oh hell yes she wants to look around. But that can be done later, if time permits. She is under the impression that Rei is a busy guy.] Take me to where

we may fight.

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Alright, then, follow me.

[And with a grin, he sets off at a reasonable pace toward their intended venue for the night - an abandoned warehouse that he had actually cornered a Horror at a couple weeks earlier. It's in an area where people usually don't come to for the most part, and they have plenty of time before nightfall.]

[hugmyscythe]

[The warehouse is smaller than she would have liked. She is much more used to open land or chambers with ceilings as high as the lowest clouds. This simply means this fight with be a new opportunity--a chance, for once, to be careful. This is not her world, so she has no right to damage it.] Rei Suzumura.
[Small demonstration time! If you didn't know, her hands are inhumanly bony and black, almost appearing as if she wears gauntlets. This 'armor' is a part of her, and it blends right into her flesh. In fact, it is her flesh, for her whole being a construct of shadow and blood. She extends a clawed hand. The black 'glove' peels off in whips of shadow, revealing thin, white fingers. She makes a fist, and the shadows instantly reform.] That ismy power.
[How useful her power is depends mostly on creativity in battle.] I fight with my weapon:

a scythe.

[At its base, it is simply an ethereal piercing weapon. Through her power it becomes Stygian, cutting through the material and magical and into the very existence of a person. She already knows she would not activate the 'essence of death' the scythe contains and use it against him. For already, she considers him as someone she will see as a friend. Still, she wants him to be safe--and in the midst of battle her abilities tend to have a mind of their own. His armor that she saw in the video--that would do, even if it meant putting herself at a greater disatdantage in terms of size and weight.] May I suggest

you wear that
armor?

[fangedvengeance.livejournal.com]

There's one drawback to me using that power - I can't use it for longer than 99.9 seconds, but I suppose that would make this fight all the more interesting.

[He lets out a small chuckle before drawing twin swords from behind his back, at first holding them in a backhanded grip, only to switch to a normal forward-grip and raise them into the air, drawing two circles in the air. Light trails from above where he cuts, merging into one and filling with that same light, shining down on him.

In that same motion, when he lowers his swords, the same silver armor he was first wearing in the video comes down in pieces, every last component settling in its place before the light subsided, and even the swords he had initially held had transformed, turning slightly longer, wider, and curved.]

Showtime.

[hugmyscythe]

[Dead Master watches the transformation silently. His power and the unique armor is magnificent to behold in person, but she refrains from asking many questions about how it came to be.

She wastes no time when he finishes. She leaps forward, her scythe appearing out of nowhere in the moment it took to be in front of Rei. There's a milisecond's delay as she decides not to target his neck. The blade swings downward for his shoulder.]

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[And it's met with one of the blades reaching cross-wise, the other moving in to try and pin the scythe blade between the swords and divert it away. This was definitely going to be an interesting fight for sure, and Rei couldn't help but smirk under his helmet.]

[hugmyscythe]

[It would be useless to put pressure on her blade against him, so she withdraws. The scythe momentarily disappears from between the blades and reappears in her hands, ready to swing down again.]

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[And for the supposed weight of the armor, Rei's moving along pretty quickly to sidestep the next swing, this time lashing out to the side in a wide horizontal strike. It's easy to divert and turn into a non-fatal blow, after all, this is a friendly spar, nothing more.]

[hugmyscythe]

[Dead Master blocks and counters with her scythe, spinning and hooking his swords within its grand arch so that the fulcrum of power favors her. As the tension builds, she licks her lips. Ah, how fun this is~]

[fangedvengeance.livejournal.com]

[And with the twist, he's forced to push forward with a thrust kick - little over a minute left, but this fight was getting to be more fun than he ever thought it would be.]

[hugmyscythe]

[She's pushed back, secretly applauding him for using such a clever trick to do so, and has to picket her scythe into the ground to use as leverage to stop her fall. Not a moment is lost as she unpins the scythe, reappears before him, and swings the blade upwards and obliquely.]

NOW WITH MORE ARMOR ICONS. \o\

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[Rei slams both blades downward, pushing forward again to make up for the awkward angle at which he's trying to push away the scythe. She's good, he'll definitely grant her that.]

BUT I WANT SHIRTLESS ONES

[hugmyscythe]

[Sparks fly as the blades cross, but she holds her ground for a few seconds, heels digging into the floor. Dead Master slides the scythe along his swords, breaking off the contact, but then immediately re-arcing the blade back for a horizontal follow up attack.]

I HAVEN'T SEEN ANY SHIRTLESS PICS - I THINK. OTHERWISE I'D GET SOME.

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[The follow-up causes him to stagger slightly, and thankfully with the armor on, even though the strike does connect, it only causes him to fly back a little before righting himself, slamming the handles of both swords together to fasten them into one large dual-bladed weapon once he's back on his feet proper.

With an amused huff of air, though, he charges forward, twirling the weapon before going in with a quick twist and diagonal slash.]

[hugmyscythe]

[The attack connects just enough to leave a long gash across her torso. It's only a centimeter deep, cutting through her dress and spraying little shadow and blood. (Yes, there is fanservice here.) But the wound was planned, for it makes him close enough for her swiftly counter. As she attacks, the cut and cloth reform.]

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[Whoops. He's way too used to not holding back - and he takes the blow, letting out a grunt before digging the combined Ginga Ginrouken into the ground to steady himself.

Less than 30 seconds left.

Once steadied, he throws the weapon at her, arcing like a boomerang after the initial throw - and he's charging forward while it's in mid-flight, aiming a kick at her torso.]

[hugmyscythe]

[She jumps back from kick and recognizes the boomerang effect, flipping over the weapon as it flies back. In midair she strikes it with her scythe to deflect it from its return path, and then a second later she turns her blade on Rei.]

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[Rei's dodging the blade, moving to take back his sword in the same movement -

10 ... 9 ... 8 ...

And he breaks his swords apart again, frowning underneath his helmet as he brings one up to catch the scythe while the other is moving in for another blow -

3 ... 2 ...]

[hugmyscythe]

[She continues to hold up against him, lifting up a shadow-covered hand to catch the blade before it hits her. It cuts her deeply, but she holds it. Her scythe is ringing with excitement, and it starts to take a more ethereal viscosity; like a phantom it begins to pass through his sword.]

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[And he backs off the blow as he sees the scythe going through his own sword, the armor disappearing in a flash to have Rei in a ready position, taking deep breaths and his swords now reverting back to their original twin shortsword state.]

Not bad at all.

[hugmyscythe]

[She backs away as well, dropping the tip of the scythe to the ground. Where the blade hits, the ground ages, crumbling to dust. It was hungry. She looks at it and then looks at the armorless Rei.] We must stop now.

[fangedvengeance.livejournal.com]

Just when it was getting good.

[He lets out an amused huff, though noticing what the scythe blade did to the ground, he does realize the significance of her saying that.]

[hugmyscythe]

He he he. For the time being,

it is enough.

[She lets the scythe have its fill of the ground before letting it disappear.]

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[He does end up putting away his twin swords, letting them disappear behind his back.]

Alright, then. Did you still want that tour of the city or were you going to head back right away?

[hugmyscythe]

A tour would benice. [She's betraying a little more excitement at this offer.]

[fangedvengeance.livejournal.com]

Alright, follow me, then.

[And he waves her over to follow him back out into the street. Though where to start would be a damn good question.]

[hugmyscythe]

[She follows him a few paces behind.] What do you do in this city,besides fight the Horros?

[fangedvengeance.livejournal.com]

People-watch, enjoy the sights ... maybe get some sweets or enjoy some music. It all really depends on my mood, really.

[hugmyscythe]

[...]

There is much to do here.

I can tell that the people are happy.

[fangedvengeance.livejournal.com]

They try to be, anyway. Sometimes it's not that simple.

[hugmyscythe]

But you protect them. They should be happyfor that.

[fangedvengeance.livejournal.com]

Most people don't even realize what's going on with that. For the best, I suppose. Makai Knights usually don't try to make their presence known in the community for a reason.

[hugmyscythe]

Would they be able to help you
if you told them?

[...]

Perhaps not 'help', but support?

[fangedvengeance.livejournal.com]

Probably not. More than likely people would think we're insane than anything else, try to lock us up and keep us from our duties. [Snort.]

Those of us in the profession don't try branching out to civilians often, there have been too many instances of them getting killed or twisted and turned against both us and those they love.

[Though he does look pensive for a second - if he remembered correctly, though - Kaoru's father was saved by Kouga's father, and survived ... Plus her own ordeal with being marked with Horror blood.]

Though there have been exceptions. It's just ... not something we normally think of.

[hugmyscythe]

I trust either having others in your
duty

or enjoying the fight

is enough, if not better, for the secrecy.

[fangedvengeance.livejournal.com]

Depends on who it is, really. Though it seems that my coworkers are unbelievably stiff sometimes.

[Most of the time, but meh. Kouga's at least learning to loosen up.]