Jan 24, 2023 16:00:13 GMT -5
Post by Majin Liari on Jan 24, 2023 16:00:13 GMT -5
Liari hovered over the devastated city, the one that had met its end long before she had made her move. "Orange," she thought it was called, once considered a jewel of humanity, somewhere people were proud to live in... or something like that. Looking at it now, reduced to rubble with only fractions of skyscrapers resting among the dirt, the Majin could only wonder why. Attractions, food, the people, all long since crumbled to dust and blown away. All that remained were the heads of once towering buildings, those whose tips could touch the sky and allow their inhabitants to see farther and further than ever before.
"This is pathetic." Liari huffed, blasting the tip off of a triangular roof. "I heard this city had been laid to waste ages ago. How can it be the humans had left its remains to rot like this?" If there was one thing the majin could say for humans, it was that she'd never seen anything like their work ethic as a species. They much resembled the insectoids they tend to trample on, getting together and building things that no man, no matter how versed in the art of architecture, could have constructed alone. They were a hive of a kind... So why would they leave this rubble here to fester and rot? Even from here, the majin could see all sorts of bandits and looters, rummaging through the rock as if there were anything of value left. Was this supposed to be a memorial of some kind? Did Humanity consider these islands now tainted since their destruction? Is this what would happen to the city she had destroyed?
"Hm." she hummed, slowly lowering herself before one of the stronger goons. His energy lit up like a Christmas tree among the other looters and his physique matched his signature appropriately. He resembled those "strong men" human carnivals liked to tote out as freaks, giant muscle-men able to make even the most powerful human being shrink back in alarm. As Liari's shadow fell over him, the man turned... and smirked arrogantly. Clearly, he had no idea what he was faced with.
"What an ugly creature you are." The man grunted. "What are you supposed to be, some kind of alien freak?" The Majin said nothing, staring up at him wordlessly. There was something off about his ki, now that she was this close to it... Could that be... magic she was sensing...? Artificial energy...? There was something about it that felt different from the average human... The man took note of the majin's silence and snorted, leaning down so that his face hung over Liari's. "What, you deaf? Mute? Stupid? Tell ya what... I'll make it so simple even a slug like you could understand." He jabbed a finger in Liari's chest.
"You... give me... all of your Zeni." The man demanded, drawing out each word several times its length. "If... you... don't... You... will get... hur-"
The man FLEW back at break-neck speeds, slamming through one wall, then two, then into a third, the concrete embracing him in a deep, tightly-packed crater! Liari's fist steamed just inches from where the man's jaw had once been, striking him at speeds far beyond HIS perception! The majin watched in minor amazement as the man, still alive and LUCID, let out a snarl, RIPPING his body from his stony prison and shooting back towards her in flight!
"I knew there was something different about him..." Liari muttered, subduing her power a bit. "...Perhaps he could entertain me." The strong-man stopped a careful distance from the majin, wiping a long stream of red from the corner of his mouth from the back of his hand. His strong-jawed face was contorted into an enraged snarl, his muscles bulging as a dim glow of ki enveloped his physique!
"Alright... NOW YOU DONE DID IT!" He roared, his voice reverberating through the wasteland! "NOW I'M GONNA BOP YA! YOU SHOULDA JUST GIVEN ME YER ZENI!"
"Come and get it, big man." Liari smirked, dropping into a battle-stance. "...If you can."
"RAAAAAAAAH!" He screamed, LUNGING at the Majin! Liari couldn't help but giggle as she side-stepped his first punch, leaning in sharply to slam her forehead into his face! The man roared in pain as his nose bled red, sweeping at her legs with one of his as he recoiled a step! Liari leaped deftly over the kick, gently somersaulting over the giant and landing behind him, her back to his. Whirling around, the man SWUNG his arm wide in an effort to catch Liari in a clothesline, the majin ducking under his swing and spinning so that her tail SWEPT his ankles! Like a chopped tree, the man crashed to the ground, shattering the concrete to rocky shards beneath his intimidating weight.
"You're kinda strong..." The majin observed, raising her tail towards her face. She ran her hand along its surface, soothing the sting caused by its impact with his legs! "...But you're not all that smart."
"THAT'S IT!" The man SCREAMED, FLIPPING back to his feet! Liari blinked, caught off guard by this sudden burst in speed! He shot at her like a rocked, bringing his massive fist SHARPLY across her cheek with such strength, the ground beneath them EXPLODED in a cloud of dust! Liari's eyes shot wide, spittle flying from her lips at the force of impact! She... hadn't honestly expected him to touch her... and he wasn't done yet. Suddenly, a boot SMASHED into Liari's chest, sending her skidding back along the ground, her feet leaving twin trails along the ruined city floor where her feet dragged! Another blow SMASHED her in the back of the head, causing Liari to hunch over, another SMASHING into her stomach! Faster and faster, the blows came, Liari growing more... and more excited!
"RAAAAH!" The strongman screamed, swinging both of his arms down... Only for Liari to raise one of hers in defense! His fists SLAMMED into her arm... and stopped dead, his eyes shooting wide with shock!
"What in the... URK!" Twin finger-beams shot cleanly through his chest and out the back, spiraling off into the sky from the two fingers they were shot from.
"Dodonpa." Liari said sweetly. The man dropped to the ground in a heap, his fingers clutching at his chest... before falling limp. "Well. that was fun. Who's next?"
"I AM!" A voice proclaimed from above! In an instant, a new challenger appeared, one of a more... reasonable size for his species. He was a sayain, as far as Liari could tell, with the radically spiky hair, the intense expression and a tail to boot! ...He kind of reminded her of Kombu, in a way... maybe who he might've grown up into if he had stayed out of her way. "You're going to pay for that!" Liari stared at him blankly... then at the corpse lying at her feet.
"For what? You mean this guy?" She kicked at his head absently. "...You can't possibly care what happened to that blockhead!"
"You bastard..." The sayain rumbled, dropping into a crouch, his aura beginning to flare. "...He was my FRIEND!"
"...Somehow, I'm not surprised you and him got along." Liari commented dryly. "...You're both suicidal."
"SHUT UP!" The sayain roared, RUSHING the majin down! Immediately, Liari understood that this man was much stronger than his compatriot, throwing much stronger, faster, and more precise and measured blows! Even in his rage, he came at Liari like a warrior, not unlike the thuggish, brutish swings of the giant! The majin blocked, dodged, and clashed with the sayain as casually as one might walk down the street, smirking softly as she traded blows with the foolish monkey! The sayain let out a yell as he threw a POWERFUL straight towards Liari's jaw, the majin catching his fist and JERKING it to the side, causing him to scream out in pain!
"...Well, that didn't last long. What happened to your revenge, monkey?"
"SH....SHUT UP!" She roared first in defiance... then in pain as she twisted his arm further. He dropped to his knees.
"Oh, dear... someone doesn't know his place." Liari smirked, swinging her leg around, her knee DRILLING into his stomach! He gagged wetly, his body going limp in the majin's grip, his eyes wide in shock and agony. "...Come now. You're supposed to LOVE battle, aren't you? Fight me, sayain filth!" Liari would SWING the sayain up into the sky, firing two quick Dodonpa blasts right after him! The sayain regained his faculties right in the nick of time, righting himself in the air and SLAPPING away both blasts... though, they did seem to char his gloves.
"Oh...?" Liari noted, a sinister grin flashing across her lips. "...It looks like he has some fight in him..."
"Y...You..." The sayain snarled, clenching his fists so tightly, blood started to ebb from his palms. "YOU TRAAAAASH!" Suddenly, his aura EXPLODED all around him, growing larger and larger, the thundering pulsations of his power overtaking the ruined landscape! The majin's eyes widened with both surprise and amusement as signature exploded! Compared to these runts, this sayain clearly outclassed them! His energy rose and rose, screaming in rage as it grew! She understood this about sayains, that through anger and pain they tapped into greater strength. Perhaps that was how Athren managed to go super... Perhaps that wasn't a unique ability as far as monkeys went... after all, it looked like Maycair had managed it. Maybe she could get this one to go golden too.
The sayain snarled ferally as his power balanced out... It was HIGH, much higher than any of THESE jokers around here... but it had stopped too soon, capped out TOO SOON! Liari frowned and sighed in disappointment. They were so close... she could feel it in her blood, as if the sayains inside answered his scream! Oh, well... She could at least get some enjoyment beating the power out of him. With a roar, the sayain charged her, bringing his fist around in a massive straight! Liari caught his fist, then through her own punch, the man catching it in his hand! Their fists unfolded and their hands clasped tightly, the two struggling in a test of strength until Liari SWUNG her leg forward, slamming another knee into his stomach! The man groaned, but did not fall, instead pulling Liari in for a headbutt against her own skull! Liari winced as pain flared through her head, a fist soon connecting with her cheek jerking her face to the side! Another struck her jaw from the opposite angle and a pair of boots slammed into her chest, sending her flying back!
"Heh..." Liari smirked, kicking off a nearby roof and shooting into the air. She them pointed her finger down at the sayain, coaxing him towards her with a curl. He snarled, SHOOTING towards her, the Majin smirking arrogantly. Ah, Sayains... they never learned, did they? Suddenly, a wire-thin energy-beam shot from the Majin's finger, STABBING into the man's shoulder! He let out a roar of pain but continued to push... only for the beam to arch back around and STAB into his chest! His eyes shot wide as he saw the beam pass over again and plunge into his leg, following the motion of the Majin's finger! Again and again, Liari took her time punishing this sayain, stabbing and stabbing, careful to avoid vital areas... It was like threading a needle, or so she imagined it, carefully clipping important support structures with each pass. After the fifth go around, it seemed as if all the fight in the sayain had left, his body, riddled with holes collapsed to the ground... alive.
"...He is quite durable." Liari allowed, raising her finger over her head. "...A useful dummy for this new technique." With a downstroke of her arm, the beam fell upon the man's head, ending his life before he could feel it. Liari yawned, smacked her lips and stretched her arms over her head.
"...That was fun." She decided, looking across the land. Apparently many of the scavengers had come to watch her fight... and were now terrified of what they saw. She smiled at them softly... before firing a blast absently in their direction. "Hope you liked the show because I'll be back!" She warned them cheerfully! "Hope you bring stronger guys next time!" ...And like that, she was gone, whistling a tune she had long forgotten the name of.
EXIT
WC: 2084
Training:
[PT1OT2] Assassin's Dodonpa: Liari fires off not just one Dodonpa blast but TWO from her fingertips, each one targeting vital spots on the opponent! [ENERGY]
[PT2OT3] Guillotine Dodonpa: Liari fires off a single blade-thin Dodonpa PIERCING the target before guiding it with her finger like a blade, forcing it to cut and stab into the opponent from multiple angles like a needle sewing a thread! [ENERGY]
"This is pathetic." Liari huffed, blasting the tip off of a triangular roof. "I heard this city had been laid to waste ages ago. How can it be the humans had left its remains to rot like this?" If there was one thing the majin could say for humans, it was that she'd never seen anything like their work ethic as a species. They much resembled the insectoids they tend to trample on, getting together and building things that no man, no matter how versed in the art of architecture, could have constructed alone. They were a hive of a kind... So why would they leave this rubble here to fester and rot? Even from here, the majin could see all sorts of bandits and looters, rummaging through the rock as if there were anything of value left. Was this supposed to be a memorial of some kind? Did Humanity consider these islands now tainted since their destruction? Is this what would happen to the city she had destroyed?
"Hm." she hummed, slowly lowering herself before one of the stronger goons. His energy lit up like a Christmas tree among the other looters and his physique matched his signature appropriately. He resembled those "strong men" human carnivals liked to tote out as freaks, giant muscle-men able to make even the most powerful human being shrink back in alarm. As Liari's shadow fell over him, the man turned... and smirked arrogantly. Clearly, he had no idea what he was faced with.
"What an ugly creature you are." The man grunted. "What are you supposed to be, some kind of alien freak?" The Majin said nothing, staring up at him wordlessly. There was something off about his ki, now that she was this close to it... Could that be... magic she was sensing...? Artificial energy...? There was something about it that felt different from the average human... The man took note of the majin's silence and snorted, leaning down so that his face hung over Liari's. "What, you deaf? Mute? Stupid? Tell ya what... I'll make it so simple even a slug like you could understand." He jabbed a finger in Liari's chest.
"You... give me... all of your Zeni." The man demanded, drawing out each word several times its length. "If... you... don't... You... will get... hur-"
The man FLEW back at break-neck speeds, slamming through one wall, then two, then into a third, the concrete embracing him in a deep, tightly-packed crater! Liari's fist steamed just inches from where the man's jaw had once been, striking him at speeds far beyond HIS perception! The majin watched in minor amazement as the man, still alive and LUCID, let out a snarl, RIPPING his body from his stony prison and shooting back towards her in flight!
"I knew there was something different about him..." Liari muttered, subduing her power a bit. "...Perhaps he could entertain me." The strong-man stopped a careful distance from the majin, wiping a long stream of red from the corner of his mouth from the back of his hand. His strong-jawed face was contorted into an enraged snarl, his muscles bulging as a dim glow of ki enveloped his physique!
"Alright... NOW YOU DONE DID IT!" He roared, his voice reverberating through the wasteland! "NOW I'M GONNA BOP YA! YOU SHOULDA JUST GIVEN ME YER ZENI!"
"Come and get it, big man." Liari smirked, dropping into a battle-stance. "...If you can."
"RAAAAAAAAH!" He screamed, LUNGING at the Majin! Liari couldn't help but giggle as she side-stepped his first punch, leaning in sharply to slam her forehead into his face! The man roared in pain as his nose bled red, sweeping at her legs with one of his as he recoiled a step! Liari leaped deftly over the kick, gently somersaulting over the giant and landing behind him, her back to his. Whirling around, the man SWUNG his arm wide in an effort to catch Liari in a clothesline, the majin ducking under his swing and spinning so that her tail SWEPT his ankles! Like a chopped tree, the man crashed to the ground, shattering the concrete to rocky shards beneath his intimidating weight.
"You're kinda strong..." The majin observed, raising her tail towards her face. She ran her hand along its surface, soothing the sting caused by its impact with his legs! "...But you're not all that smart."
"THAT'S IT!" The man SCREAMED, FLIPPING back to his feet! Liari blinked, caught off guard by this sudden burst in speed! He shot at her like a rocked, bringing his massive fist SHARPLY across her cheek with such strength, the ground beneath them EXPLODED in a cloud of dust! Liari's eyes shot wide, spittle flying from her lips at the force of impact! She... hadn't honestly expected him to touch her... and he wasn't done yet. Suddenly, a boot SMASHED into Liari's chest, sending her skidding back along the ground, her feet leaving twin trails along the ruined city floor where her feet dragged! Another blow SMASHED her in the back of the head, causing Liari to hunch over, another SMASHING into her stomach! Faster and faster, the blows came, Liari growing more... and more excited!
"RAAAAH!" The strongman screamed, swinging both of his arms down... Only for Liari to raise one of hers in defense! His fists SLAMMED into her arm... and stopped dead, his eyes shooting wide with shock!
"What in the... URK!" Twin finger-beams shot cleanly through his chest and out the back, spiraling off into the sky from the two fingers they were shot from.
"Dodonpa." Liari said sweetly. The man dropped to the ground in a heap, his fingers clutching at his chest... before falling limp. "Well. that was fun. Who's next?"
"I AM!" A voice proclaimed from above! In an instant, a new challenger appeared, one of a more... reasonable size for his species. He was a sayain, as far as Liari could tell, with the radically spiky hair, the intense expression and a tail to boot! ...He kind of reminded her of Kombu, in a way... maybe who he might've grown up into if he had stayed out of her way. "You're going to pay for that!" Liari stared at him blankly... then at the corpse lying at her feet.
"For what? You mean this guy?" She kicked at his head absently. "...You can't possibly care what happened to that blockhead!"
"You bastard..." The sayain rumbled, dropping into a crouch, his aura beginning to flare. "...He was my FRIEND!"
"...Somehow, I'm not surprised you and him got along." Liari commented dryly. "...You're both suicidal."
"SHUT UP!" The sayain roared, RUSHING the majin down! Immediately, Liari understood that this man was much stronger than his compatriot, throwing much stronger, faster, and more precise and measured blows! Even in his rage, he came at Liari like a warrior, not unlike the thuggish, brutish swings of the giant! The majin blocked, dodged, and clashed with the sayain as casually as one might walk down the street, smirking softly as she traded blows with the foolish monkey! The sayain let out a yell as he threw a POWERFUL straight towards Liari's jaw, the majin catching his fist and JERKING it to the side, causing him to scream out in pain!
"...Well, that didn't last long. What happened to your revenge, monkey?"
"SH....SHUT UP!" She roared first in defiance... then in pain as she twisted his arm further. He dropped to his knees.
"Oh, dear... someone doesn't know his place." Liari smirked, swinging her leg around, her knee DRILLING into his stomach! He gagged wetly, his body going limp in the majin's grip, his eyes wide in shock and agony. "...Come now. You're supposed to LOVE battle, aren't you? Fight me, sayain filth!" Liari would SWING the sayain up into the sky, firing two quick Dodonpa blasts right after him! The sayain regained his faculties right in the nick of time, righting himself in the air and SLAPPING away both blasts... though, they did seem to char his gloves.
"Oh...?" Liari noted, a sinister grin flashing across her lips. "...It looks like he has some fight in him..."
"Y...You..." The sayain snarled, clenching his fists so tightly, blood started to ebb from his palms. "YOU TRAAAAASH!" Suddenly, his aura EXPLODED all around him, growing larger and larger, the thundering pulsations of his power overtaking the ruined landscape! The majin's eyes widened with both surprise and amusement as signature exploded! Compared to these runts, this sayain clearly outclassed them! His energy rose and rose, screaming in rage as it grew! She understood this about sayains, that through anger and pain they tapped into greater strength. Perhaps that was how Athren managed to go super... Perhaps that wasn't a unique ability as far as monkeys went... after all, it looked like Maycair had managed it. Maybe she could get this one to go golden too.
The sayain snarled ferally as his power balanced out... It was HIGH, much higher than any of THESE jokers around here... but it had stopped too soon, capped out TOO SOON! Liari frowned and sighed in disappointment. They were so close... she could feel it in her blood, as if the sayains inside answered his scream! Oh, well... She could at least get some enjoyment beating the power out of him. With a roar, the sayain charged her, bringing his fist around in a massive straight! Liari caught his fist, then through her own punch, the man catching it in his hand! Their fists unfolded and their hands clasped tightly, the two struggling in a test of strength until Liari SWUNG her leg forward, slamming another knee into his stomach! The man groaned, but did not fall, instead pulling Liari in for a headbutt against her own skull! Liari winced as pain flared through her head, a fist soon connecting with her cheek jerking her face to the side! Another struck her jaw from the opposite angle and a pair of boots slammed into her chest, sending her flying back!
"Heh..." Liari smirked, kicking off a nearby roof and shooting into the air. She them pointed her finger down at the sayain, coaxing him towards her with a curl. He snarled, SHOOTING towards her, the Majin smirking arrogantly. Ah, Sayains... they never learned, did they? Suddenly, a wire-thin energy-beam shot from the Majin's finger, STABBING into the man's shoulder! He let out a roar of pain but continued to push... only for the beam to arch back around and STAB into his chest! His eyes shot wide as he saw the beam pass over again and plunge into his leg, following the motion of the Majin's finger! Again and again, Liari took her time punishing this sayain, stabbing and stabbing, careful to avoid vital areas... It was like threading a needle, or so she imagined it, carefully clipping important support structures with each pass. After the fifth go around, it seemed as if all the fight in the sayain had left, his body, riddled with holes collapsed to the ground... alive.
"...He is quite durable." Liari allowed, raising her finger over her head. "...A useful dummy for this new technique." With a downstroke of her arm, the beam fell upon the man's head, ending his life before he could feel it. Liari yawned, smacked her lips and stretched her arms over her head.
"...That was fun." She decided, looking across the land. Apparently many of the scavengers had come to watch her fight... and were now terrified of what they saw. She smiled at them softly... before firing a blast absently in their direction. "Hope you liked the show because I'll be back!" She warned them cheerfully! "Hope you bring stronger guys next time!" ...And like that, she was gone, whistling a tune she had long forgotten the name of.
EXIT
WC: 2084
Training:
[PT1OT2] Assassin's Dodonpa: Liari fires off not just one Dodonpa blast but TWO from her fingertips, each one targeting vital spots on the opponent! [ENERGY]
[PT2OT3] Guillotine Dodonpa: Liari fires off a single blade-thin Dodonpa PIERCING the target before guiding it with her finger like a blade, forcing it to cut and stab into the opponent from multiple angles like a needle sewing a thread! [ENERGY]
