Blood Under Moonlight [Summer vs Baek]

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The babbling of running water was the only thing disturbing the silence of the night. Summer's steps were soft as she walked out from the woods to see the river, caressing the ground as it ran down the mountain. A long, wide bridge spanned it, cobbled and without railings. The Sannin smiled as she saw the bridge and she tugged up the gauntlets that she wore, both were quiet for some reason. Were they asleep or did they detect the sanctity of the silence that surrounded them? The young girl checked her cloak next, the long, almost triangular piece of fabric covering her body down to her knees, hiding the seven swords strapped to her back in an intricate harness array and marked with the deep blue insignia of Dipugakure on the back.

Her forehead protector held the same mark, glittering in the wan moonlight as she walked onto the bridge and headed for the middle. It was tilted down, hiding her right eye from sight and a deep blue scarf was pulled up over the lower half of her face, her nose, mouth and cheeks veiled behind it. Only a few things were left noticeable; a bright pink eye being the first, pupiless strangely, the iris glittering with flecks of white as she looked up to the moon. Her long pink hair fluttered around her as she sat down, the light shining down to show her shadow which was, strangely, blue rather than black and crystalline in appearance, facets glinting. The last noticeable thing would be the earring attached to her left ear, details only slightly visible in the light as it was in the shape of a scythe and intricately marked with tiny runes.

Once sitting, one leg hanging down towards the river she took out a flute and put it to her lips. Over her time, it wasn't just her combat capabilities that she had honed, she had learned a few other things; how to cook, how to clean, how to stitch small wounds and how to play the flute. The song whistled out across the surrounding bridge and into the wounds, dancing between the branches. Summer closed her eye and focused on the tune, letting it flow out of her as the water flowed beneath her; gentle, sweet.

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Ever since she entered this Forrest, he caught her scent. She was trespassing, someone new, someone that Baek has never met before. No, not Baek. In the times of being exposed to the moon, causing him to change uncontrollably, he was Lord Shadal, an alpha, a hungry wolf seeking stimulation of either combat or the pleasure of. "Huff..puff" With his night vision, seeing things as clearly as day, he stalked the area from 40 feet away, using nothing but his senses to slowly circle around as his steps were as as the atmosphere of blackest night.

At first she wanted to ignore her, stupid human should just go about her business as he prowled the lands. However, that infernal racket she was making with the flute. After about a good 15 seconds of playing, it increased the temptation of attack from Baek. No, not Baek, he wasn't baek right now. He was Lord Shadal, and he wasn't about to let this woman annoy him. Or man, or whatever the gender. This Medium (small) wolf was ready to do combat with this intruder, releasing the claws and preparing for the fight of his life. He was an alpha, he should not show weakness in this form.

Simulating A rank strength and moving at A rank speeds, Baek could very much travel at insane distances with each burst of speeds, in addition to his normal travelling, it was a bonus added. However, he only needed to travel as far as 20 feet. On top of that, the simulation of A rank strength with combination of the silent walking make it seem as if it was a silent quake of no sound, something that should have been the optimal result of Baek's strength with making contact to the floor, but didnt happen in that way. She wouldn't hear the quake, but it would still be powerful enough to experience it.

Such a weird combo, but the the wolf would soon be in its wake in order to swipe at the woman as soon as he was within a few inches (7 inches) with his claws, swing with the hardened anatomy claws for A rank damage and swipe the woman away, dealing C rank Pain and A rank damage with his 12 inch claws

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Sure enough, Summer couldn't hear Baek's movements but she didn't really need to. The moment he got within fourteen feet of Summer she knew he was there, regardless of how stealthy he was being. He couldn't hide his actual physical self after all, he wasn't intangible. She didn't bother doing anything though, she could tell that he was quite fast but he wasn't fast enough to really bother her. The quaking on the ground dislodged her from her perch, sending her out over the river and although she could have stood on the air itself, she didn't. Instead she allowed Baek to slam his claws into her, tearing through the clothing of her side and hitting her flesh, sending her flying away and into the water below, splashing it up and rolling along the bed.

The scent of blood filled the air and Summer rose from the water, head bowed and hat off against the shore. However her colours all seemed drained, as though she was in deeper shadow than she should have been. The blood scent emanated from her and as it spread, the colours of the area around her grew darker, more saturated. One hand came up, seeming clawed for a moment within the darkness and she unclasped her cloak, tossing it to the side with her hat, revealing the seven swords she had strapped to her back. Finally her head lifted, single eye dark within its socket. Her hair hung lank around her head due to the water and she started walking back towards the bridge, not even trying to move quickly. Instead she just stared at Baek, unfazed by the attack she had just suffered.

Once she was within fifteen feet, she grinned and snapped her hand out, fingers pointed, at A-Rank speeds. Unless Baek had some kind of danger sense he wouldn't really have a reason to dodge and a sudden set of holes would punch into his chest unless he possessed higher than A-Rank defense tiers. Summer retracted her hand afterwards and started to walk upwards, standing on the air itself as she moved back towards him, grinning all the while, the world dark around her, colours saturated and horrifying, the scent of blood still cloying the air. She had been looking for a reason to get into a fight alone, especially against one such as this; a beast, a monster, something that didn't deserve to live. "Come little pup... I'll show you who the Alpha truly is." She giggled out, approaching level with him.

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A-Rank piercing damage, Inui at 180 degrees for 3x range modifier, 5 feet at S-Rankx3 = 15 feet.

A-Rank damage comes from A-Rank arm speed/defense as a result of Geka Seido Tiers.

Intimidation Limit is 9 per round, 2 from Foreshadowed Wings, additional 5 due to single target, additional 2 due to no allies around, as Pact of Crows states.

Damage and pain from attack negated due to defense tiers, ability to walk on air as granted by Shinigami Contract.

Weapons:

Name: Facade (Signature)
Classification: Fighting Style
Rank: D-Rank
Class: Supplementary/Offensive
Range: Varies

Description: The way someone acts is a powerful factor in how others perceive them and indeed how others fight against them or ally with them. People generally find a way to show who they need to be rather than who they want to be or are at a specific time, showing fake emotional reactions in order to garner the response that they wish. Summer has found that she is able to express her mask, her facade, in one of two ways, resulting in two different lines of techniques. The first that she is able to perform is called the Glorious Presence and is partly to do with her philosophy, as she calls it her Will of Diamond. The other side follows her darker aspect, the intimidation of her crows and the bloodlust that exists within her, striving to be free; her Harrowing Visage, both technique lines powerful in their own way and are capable of combating or empowering intimidation type techniques and interrogation procedures.

Name: Harrowing Visage
Classification: Taijutsu
Rank: D-Rank
Class: Offensive
Range: AoE

Description: There are some that the solace of friends and love holds nothing for and there are some that revel in the hatred and despair and melancholy of others, generally these people are those that master in the arts of genjutsu and interrogation but this is not always true. As such, Glorious Presence does not apply to them, they cannot muster the rousing courage and determination that is required, although there are some that can control their emotions to the point where they can learn both... Or they are trained how to intimidate and incite fear. To learn both Glorious Presence and Harrowing Visage one must either be connected to the Crow Contract, trained alongside the Elder or Boss of that contract or succeed in a 1/10 chance (Success chance roll of 1) in order to be able to learn both of these technique lines. Harrowing Visage does very little on its own apart from generate a slight perceptual anomaly causing the user to appear darker in colour as though draped in shadow, causing a loss of 1 from intimidation limit every round that is spent staring at the user of this technique.

Name: Harrowing Visage: Foreshadowed Wings
Classification: Taijutsu
Rank: C-Rank
Class: Offensive
Range: AoE

Description: The user's hatred seeps into the ground around them and spreads out, soaking the air and causing the perceptual anomaly to spread out around them, causing all colours to seem darker and more saturated. The hatred almost causes a scent of blood to fill the air although this is another minor hallucination causing this technique to seem more like Genjutsu than Taijutsu but it doesn't affect the mental plane, the user's hatred and despair is simply so strong that it manifests as a physical force. This enhances the intimidation effect, causing opponents that are fighting or are forced to fight the user to lose 2 from their Intimidation limit each PT that they continue combat with the user. This is worse if the victim was already trapped or ends up trapped in one of the user's genjutsu as all of the shadows of the illusion are heightened and the fear is more pronounced, causing this drain to come from the Fear Limit instead of Intimidation Limit and upon either being drained fully, the victim will flee as quickly as possible from the user of this technique unless they possess barrier+defense tiers of B-Rank or higher, taking a B-Rank of mental damage instead.

Name: Harrowing Visage: Pact of Crows
Classification: Taijutsu
Rank: B-Rank
Class: Offensive/Supplementary/Passive
Range: Self

Description: Those that thrive on Despair and sadness find that usually they are unable to ally with others quite as well, their teams don't mesh, they don't make friends quite as easily, leading them to become isolated and lonely, falling to a darker tone. However there is a way to temper this and turn it into a usable force by limiting what can be done. Following such a strict code allows them to put their darker aspects to good use and also causes their fear, intimidation and sanity limits to double as they grip onto reality and onto themselves and their code. This makes them uniquely equipped to war against those that use such tactics, crushing them at their own game. It also allows them to apply additional intimidation effects to their mental techniques, although this effect is weakened when they are targeting multiple foes at once. The Pact of Crows, like the Will of Diamond, follows three principles.

*No Mercy for Evil - Darkness exists in all, those of the Pact know this more than any. However there are those that channel the darkness into evil acts, slaying innocents, attacking those that are true and just. Those of the Pact know that such a thing cannot be allowed. Those that perform such acts are no longer fit to live and must be slain, no mercy should be given to those who knowingly do evil and court darkness.

*Secrecy is the Sharpest Blade - Isolation breeds secrecy and distrust. Those among the pact know that such a thing can be dangerous but they are the ones that are best suited for it, they may not trust but they must accept trust and will hold secrets and dark truths for as long as they must, no matter the circumstances. A Pact member is a fantastic source of secrets but they will never betray the trust that has been put upon them, such is their burden.

*Gaze Not Into the Abyss - When one flirts with darkness they know that it lives within them, waiting for a weakness. To guard against one's self is the greatest task placed upon the Pact. They must understand their own evils and step aside when it grows too much, they must not let the darkness overtake their mind. This is a special task to each individual pact member, they need not worry about the mental state of others, only their own evils must be watched.

No of Targets - Additional Intimidation Loss Each Round
1 - 5
2 - 4
3 - 3
4 - 2
5 - 1
6+ - 0

No of Teammates In Topic - Effect
2 - The Pact member finds that they are weakened by the presence of others, they lose the additional intimidation loss from this technique and feel somewhat ashamed whenever they use a technique from the Harrowing Visage line unless the other team members are Pact members as well, in which case no effect.

1 - The Pact member is somewhat wary of their teammate, although this wariness causes them to become more paranoid as a result, more focused on their surroundings. Any sensory techniques the Pact member is using are increased by one rank due to their paranoia, however sanity limit draining effects are increased by 2 every tick.

0 - The member of the Pact of Crows is at peace when they are alone and they are free to work their darkness. All of their intimidation and fear limit draining effects are increased by 2 every tick and their concealment techniques are increased by a rank due to their focus on the darkness and guerrilla warfare.

Name: Geka Style: Shattering Defense Level 4
Classification: Taijutsu
Rank: A-rank
Class: Defensive/Offensive
Range: Self

Description: The Geki Style take on Defense tiers, having stemmed from the Shubi Style method of defense Shattering Defense is a more offensive version of it which sets itself apart from other defense tiers for that sole reason. When not in motion Geki Style functions just like normal defense tiers just nullifying physical damage A-rank and below, however when moving it sacrifices its nullification to deal A-rank defense piercing physical shattering damage to targets. This is based of course on the principle that the best defense is a good offense and it isn't triggered simply by the user moving, rather it can occur in two additional ways. If an incoming target/attack is faster than the user an incoming attack is no longer nullified but rather dealt impact damage while if an incoming target/attack is slower than the user then the nullification is kept in addition to the impact damage. Unfortunately the major drawback is the loss of the nullification in exchange for piercing, this results in a high risk high return where it is possible for an opponent to deal physical damage to the user during motion as well as the instance damage is dealt out.
Speed Tiers - Piercing Gained
D - D
C - C
B - B
A - A
S - S

Name: Geka Style: Quicker Draw
Classification: Taijutsu
Rank: A-rank
Class: Supplementary
Range: Self

Description: The Geka Style version of speed tiers extends up to the arms, which is gained through constant practice until the art of drawing and slicing become muscle memory a skilled user not even needing to think before slicing targets. As a result opponents with telepathy/brain wave sensory are unable to read the user's mind to predict incoming slashes moving at A-rank speed. This technique is better used however with no feet movement, as the solid base allows a faster draw with the user's stance anchoring them in place resulting in all the user's Kenjutsu techniques requiring reaction tiers equal to the speed of the slashes to detect.

Name:Shinigami Contract
Classification:Taijustu
Rank:C-Rank (Can only be used by Reapers)
Class:Passive
Range:N/A

Description:The reaper has seal permanently etched their feet which grants them the ability to levitate. Gravity becomes nothing to them as they can freely walk on air as they can walk on the ground. This technique is required to have access to Reaper Techniques.

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This woman was strange, why did she react like that? Didn't she want to run away? Wasn't she injured enough that she would leave the forrest? Baek wasn't even hungry, he just didn't like people in his territory. He couldn't tolerate, or better yet, the beast within, "It" couldn't tolerate it. The drawing of some kind of blood was odd enough, Baek not fully understanding the occurrence of drawing blood from the woman, something in the air was much different about her. It was ominous, it was clear to Baek's eyes that there was something wrong. Feeling out the air was the best thing he could do for now as he changed his stance into his primal stance at S rank speeds, more on guard as he stalked the woman.

Baek didn't attack yet, he just wanted to see what she was going to do but that answered his question as soon as a flick of her wrist caused some sot of inpact to baek, activating his curse mark for defense. It's A tier defense, and in primal stance, it does nullify B rank or lower physical assaults. However, Being in is bipeal form, Baek's checks were higher now, allowing him to take those hits. However he still took damage, only due to the fact that the attack had piercing."GRRRRRR!!!" Baek was outraged at such a sneak attack, being more careful of the woman for now on. in response to the attack, Baek fired off three nails at A rank speeds, which traveled as far as 40 feet. Each one did A rank damage, but only served as a distraction as Baek pounced at the woman in the sky at S rank speeds in order to bite down on her, easily reaching 40 feet by using 3 of his limbs.

Spoiler:

» Young Wolf and Young Blood (Baek Vs Armen)
» Armenezra's Summer Time Training Day: Armen vs Summer
» Moonlight Machinations [Open CD]
» Under Moonlight Sleepeth [Asura/Kisuke]
» Baek's Jutsu

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