Jul 9, 2022 10:11:21 GMT -5
Post by Majin Liari on Jul 9, 2022 10:11:21 GMT -5
(SUPER HEAVY WEIGHTS ON)
PL: 14,309 (329,124)
Liari had arrived at the Crane-School dojo with nothing but her hands on her hips and a scowl upon her face. She could feel her blood (or was it Callion's and Kombu's bloods?) curdling in her veins at the thought of just BEING here, let alone for the reason. Her first impulse was to go to Roshi and complete his training regime. She owed it to Callion and Kombu and, frankly, so did the old man! He owed it to his students to pass on his knowledge... and he owed it to the woman who now cradled them in her head!
...She had went to Roshi... and he outright rejected her. Not a reason given or an explanation why... He just sent her away as if she were a nobody unworthy of his teaching! ...She had promised Callion that she didn't mean what she'd said about killing Roshi, about turning him into a snack and eating him... She HAD promised that... But in those few moments after her rejection... Liari would just be a liar if she didn't admit the temptation to throw Roshi through his stupid island-house didn't cross her mind.
...Which brought her to why she was here. Shen had already sent her a formal invitation beforehand, having heard of her exploits in West City. He offered her discipline... TRAINING, POWER, all the things he claimed Roshi could NOT... But Liari didn't buy it worth spit. No, she was here for only one thing: To take what the Crane Hermit had to offer... and KILL him after. From what memories she had from her two friends, Shen was well known for his cruelty, his greed and his viciousness, once training others to murder and kill.
...If there was any satisfaction to this, it was that Shen was going to see firsthand how well his training methods held up!
"WELL! ITS ABOUT TIME YOU GOT HERE!" A shrill, nasally voice barked out from within the dojo! A moment later, a VERY short, VERY OLD man stepped out from within, a bird-neck-like hat resting atop his head, his long grey-side-hair curled back as if to resemble to wings of a crane! "I DO NOT SUFFER TARDINESS OR FOOLS. YOU HAD BETTER NOT BE EITHER!" The majin towered over this man by a least a solid 3 feet, her sanguine eyes staring wordlessly, coldly down back at his reflective black glasses...
...But this expression seemed to only PLEASE the hermit!
"GOOD! You have the look! That means I don't have to spend my valuable time BREAKING you." He walked back inside, curling a bony finger towards the majin as if to gesture her to follow! Liari's brow furrowed, a low growl emanating from her throat.
"...Not if I break you first, idiot..."
Stepping inside, Liari beheld the interior of the dojo, a small smirk on her face. It was a wreck, barely holding itself together with ancient equipment scattered about from weapons to dummies. It was as if this place had been unused and wrecked for YEARS... which it likely was, given its owner's... interesting demeanor.
"QUIT STARING AT EVERYTHING AND LOOK HERE!" Shen commanded, Liari's glowing red eyes flicking to the old master... before a beam shot RIGHT THROUGH LIARI'S CHEST! The majin blinked, her lips curling back in a sharp-toothed snarl as her chest SEARED with pain, the blast SHOOTING back through the open-door from which she had come and off into the brush! Flicking her eyes back up, she spotted Shen pointing a long, gangly finger towards the majin, the tip of which radiating a trail of smoke, indicating he hat shot the blast! The biggest, ugliest grin shot across the old man's face, satisfaction wedged between every gnarled tooth sprouting from his ancient gums!
"HEEENH!" He laughed, lowering his hand! "I see what they say about you majin are true! You ARE more difficult to kill than these other aliens." Shen turned his back to the majin, folding his arms against his spine! "Consider that your first lesson, girl! NEVER let your guard down in my dojo! EVEN IF you're tougher to kill... that is what my school specializes in: ASSASSINATION!" Liari's flesh slowly knotted up within her wound, closing it up with both clothes and flesh... as she GLARED at the old man!
"NOW! THAT technique was known as the DODONPA! It takes MANY years to learn-" SUDDENLY a thin, yellow beam would SHOOT past Shen's face and over his shoulder, DRILLING into the wall in front of him before BLASTING through it entirely! The beam would slice through SEVERAL trees and bushes before disappearing into the surrounding woods... a VERY distant explosion audible even from here! Shen froze... then WHIRLED on his toes to see Liari pointing a finger in his direction, the very tip of it smoking... just as his had when he had shot her!
"...'Many years...' Right." Liari rumbled, lowering her hand. "...I'm sure it does."
"GRRRGH! YOU...." Shen snarled, his hands clenching into fists... before he relaxed, his ancient lips curling into a smirk! "You are quiet talented, I grant you that! Roshi was a FOOL to turn you down... even if he's an incompetent fool and couldn't bring out your true potential!"
Liari's eye twitched at that name, Roshi, the wound of rejection still throbbing in her chest! Shen noticed this reaction... his nefarious smile growing ever wider!
"You are quite impressive indeed, being able to mimic my technique like that! However, the Dodonpa is MORE than just an energy-beam! Its meant to pierce, to IMPALE! It is a blast concentrated to its finest point, unlike that FOOLISH Kamehameha!" As if to demonstrate his point, Shen would level his hand at a pair of dummies, BLASTING ONE with a full-on energy-blast, incinerating it in seconds! The next one, he leveled his finger at its chest, firing a thin yellow beam that SHREDDED straight through!
"I will teach you precision and discipline in your techniques, girl, and you will LEARN! ...Or you shall not walk away from my dojo."
WC: 1018!
EXIT
PL: 14,309 (329,124)
Liari had arrived at the Crane-School dojo with nothing but her hands on her hips and a scowl upon her face. She could feel her blood (or was it Callion's and Kombu's bloods?) curdling in her veins at the thought of just BEING here, let alone for the reason. Her first impulse was to go to Roshi and complete his training regime. She owed it to Callion and Kombu and, frankly, so did the old man! He owed it to his students to pass on his knowledge... and he owed it to the woman who now cradled them in her head!
...She had went to Roshi... and he outright rejected her. Not a reason given or an explanation why... He just sent her away as if she were a nobody unworthy of his teaching! ...She had promised Callion that she didn't mean what she'd said about killing Roshi, about turning him into a snack and eating him... She HAD promised that... But in those few moments after her rejection... Liari would just be a liar if she didn't admit the temptation to throw Roshi through his stupid island-house didn't cross her mind.
...Which brought her to why she was here. Shen had already sent her a formal invitation beforehand, having heard of her exploits in West City. He offered her discipline... TRAINING, POWER, all the things he claimed Roshi could NOT... But Liari didn't buy it worth spit. No, she was here for only one thing: To take what the Crane Hermit had to offer... and KILL him after. From what memories she had from her two friends, Shen was well known for his cruelty, his greed and his viciousness, once training others to murder and kill.
...If there was any satisfaction to this, it was that Shen was going to see firsthand how well his training methods held up!
"WELL! ITS ABOUT TIME YOU GOT HERE!" A shrill, nasally voice barked out from within the dojo! A moment later, a VERY short, VERY OLD man stepped out from within, a bird-neck-like hat resting atop his head, his long grey-side-hair curled back as if to resemble to wings of a crane! "I DO NOT SUFFER TARDINESS OR FOOLS. YOU HAD BETTER NOT BE EITHER!" The majin towered over this man by a least a solid 3 feet, her sanguine eyes staring wordlessly, coldly down back at his reflective black glasses...
...But this expression seemed to only PLEASE the hermit!
"GOOD! You have the look! That means I don't have to spend my valuable time BREAKING you." He walked back inside, curling a bony finger towards the majin as if to gesture her to follow! Liari's brow furrowed, a low growl emanating from her throat.
"...Not if I break you first, idiot..."
Stepping inside, Liari beheld the interior of the dojo, a small smirk on her face. It was a wreck, barely holding itself together with ancient equipment scattered about from weapons to dummies. It was as if this place had been unused and wrecked for YEARS... which it likely was, given its owner's... interesting demeanor.
"QUIT STARING AT EVERYTHING AND LOOK HERE!" Shen commanded, Liari's glowing red eyes flicking to the old master... before a beam shot RIGHT THROUGH LIARI'S CHEST! The majin blinked, her lips curling back in a sharp-toothed snarl as her chest SEARED with pain, the blast SHOOTING back through the open-door from which she had come and off into the brush! Flicking her eyes back up, she spotted Shen pointing a long, gangly finger towards the majin, the tip of which radiating a trail of smoke, indicating he hat shot the blast! The biggest, ugliest grin shot across the old man's face, satisfaction wedged between every gnarled tooth sprouting from his ancient gums!
"HEEENH!" He laughed, lowering his hand! "I see what they say about you majin are true! You ARE more difficult to kill than these other aliens." Shen turned his back to the majin, folding his arms against his spine! "Consider that your first lesson, girl! NEVER let your guard down in my dojo! EVEN IF you're tougher to kill... that is what my school specializes in: ASSASSINATION!" Liari's flesh slowly knotted up within her wound, closing it up with both clothes and flesh... as she GLARED at the old man!
"NOW! THAT technique was known as the DODONPA! It takes MANY years to learn-" SUDDENLY a thin, yellow beam would SHOOT past Shen's face and over his shoulder, DRILLING into the wall in front of him before BLASTING through it entirely! The beam would slice through SEVERAL trees and bushes before disappearing into the surrounding woods... a VERY distant explosion audible even from here! Shen froze... then WHIRLED on his toes to see Liari pointing a finger in his direction, the very tip of it smoking... just as his had when he had shot her!
"...'Many years...' Right." Liari rumbled, lowering her hand. "...I'm sure it does."
"GRRRGH! YOU...." Shen snarled, his hands clenching into fists... before he relaxed, his ancient lips curling into a smirk! "You are quiet talented, I grant you that! Roshi was a FOOL to turn you down... even if he's an incompetent fool and couldn't bring out your true potential!"
Liari's eye twitched at that name, Roshi, the wound of rejection still throbbing in her chest! Shen noticed this reaction... his nefarious smile growing ever wider!
"You are quite impressive indeed, being able to mimic my technique like that! However, the Dodonpa is MORE than just an energy-beam! Its meant to pierce, to IMPALE! It is a blast concentrated to its finest point, unlike that FOOLISH Kamehameha!" As if to demonstrate his point, Shen would level his hand at a pair of dummies, BLASTING ONE with a full-on energy-blast, incinerating it in seconds! The next one, he leveled his finger at its chest, firing a thin yellow beam that SHREDDED straight through!
"I will teach you precision and discipline in your techniques, girl, and you will LEARN! ...Or you shall not walk away from my dojo."
WC: 1018!
EXIT
