Terumi - Love Is Pain
[Toggle Names]Description: Throughout the war with the Gears, souls have been drawn into a hidden Cauldron beneath Southtown to smelt Nu-13. Sadly, the only one present when it finally finishes is Hazama. However, a certain malevolent entity knows very much the flaws inherent in the final Murakumo unit, and when her eyes have barely gotten used to the light of the world, whispers one name: Ragna the Bloodedge...
[TERUMI]
Southtown is currently home to more than meets the eye. Deep beneath the ground, a nascent Cauldron exists. It has yet to be fully excavated and converted to the region's primary one; Japan has been lax in allowing the Librarium sufficient presence within the city for such a thing. Although that is about to change... and it hardly changes the fact that Relius and Terumi have already fully opened it, although powerful barriers and wards prevent the Boundary's energy and seithr from seeping out into the city proper. Within the barren hole beneath Southtown, presently only one person stands. A sleek black figure, hands within his pocket and hat atop his head, peering over the edge of the angelic wing-ringed hole into the spirals of energy. Deep within, barely in sight, is a strange looking coffin of metal. Countless cables and machines are attached to it, set up around the room as it monitors the smelting process of the final Murakumo unit.
"Hmm, hmm. This is hardly something I should be doing..." Hazama mulls in quiet annoyance. "I'm not particularly good at being a father... You'd think Relius wouldn't miss this for the world, but he would rather monitor the flow of souls..." Indeed, countless wisps of energy are flying down and into the cauldron, each impacting the coffin one by one. The war with the Gears; the death of those unique souls, and humans alike, has been stolen throughout the entire conflict to finish smelting Nu-13 and activate her soul.
Normally, a Murakumo unit is brought online in a single surge of souls. Perhaps her designation indicates how unlucky she is. For within that blackness, Nu-13 has known only pain, agony, and loneliness, possessing only a few distant memories echoed from Saya. A strong-willed young boy, always protecting her, always with her. All else is a blur. How long has she been like that? For the hapless girl, it might seem an eternity. In the Boundary, time and perception do not work quite right, even for one of the Prime Field units...
And abruptly, the alarms begin to go off, causing Hazama to jump. Energy whirls around the coffin in the Cauldron, and the Intelligence agent quickly rushes to the control. "Now?! Oh... oh, bother. I really... would rather NOT be the one doing this..." He taps the machines, initiating the excavation process. Powerful forces bore into the fabric of the Boundary, as the coffin is slowly drawn out. The roughly person-sized metal coffin is engraved with an ancient sigil, and a single name:
Nu-13.
"Relius told me... not to... overcook!!" Hazama hisses, before suddenly steam boils out from Nu-13's coffin. For the first time in her life she will see light as the lid slowly falls open and collapses on the ground, a rush of liquid pooling in the aftermath. Her soul is complete, now. Although what effect on her psyche the extended experience will have remains to be seen.
A few moments after, and Hazama tilts into view, hand resting atop his head. "Hello! My name is Hazama Honoka. It's nice to meet your acquaintence."
Slowly, memories and knowledge will surface in Nu-13, as Relius' careful programming of her modified body takes effect. She would know general things, how to speak, how to understand, and that the man before her is indeed designated 'Hazama', one of the four people with complete access to command and modify her as desired...
[NU-13]
Darkness...that was her world and her existance save for the emphereal memories that floated before her the boy...the one she cared for and cared for her in return. A horrific flash screams across her mind's eye as her body remains locked to her unable to move, the smelting unfinished the pain unending as raw seithr is pumped into form. Then a vision from the boundary another room confined space like that she was bound in now but then suddenly the pain stops but too soon she knows instinctively then horrible light assaults her eyes it is painful in an entirely new way from the seithr infusions, then a form...the boy he's her to save her? To take her away?!!! To make the pain end?!!!!
He turns and pulls his blade swinging it towards her and all she can do is watch frozen...
No 13 isn't lucky at all, The vision fades and darkness and pain await her return. Outside and above her she senses a presence but that's all she knows nothing more. She tries to reach out and her body starts to respond muscles flair to life for the first time, eyes flutter, fingers flex, she is close and she can feel it...just keep pushing through the nightmarish paint.
Another flash from the Boundary and again she's in a identical box but somewhere else sometime else she just knows but confused as to how perhaps instinct. The scenario plays out again the boy seems to save her and she can feel the excitement and joy in her very bones but then she is denied as the boy turns on her and breaks her like so much fragile clay...
Her whole body wrenches in her bindings, the coffin shakes, and alarms begin going off above her. The presence above becomes distressed for a moment as she comes to her senses inside her cage the last vision fading as the pain overtakes her again but now she is rising. Ascending to her new life, systems spring to life she's close, her eyes are exposed to her HUD, data scrolls across it, programs check status and confirm all is well, thoughts, feelings, knowledge flow her her like a rushing stream as the pain finally abates...
The coffin rises, locks into place, and begins open, a flash of crimson burns from inside the darkness as it whips back and forth in it's cage looking this way and that, a burning eye hatefully staring at the the world it is born into. After a few moments it focuses on Hazama confirming his identity as her own is finally given to her, "Unit Nu-13, activation confirmed." She says in a voice devoid of warmth or joy, clear and mechanical is how others would describe it, "Hazama Honoka, identity confirmed kill status rescinded...Greetings Hazama. How may this unit serve?" Again the ghastly dead voice rings out awaiting its first orders.
[TERUMI]
Immediately, Hazama's hand shoots up over his eyes. "Well, this isn't very appropriate... what's wrong with your eye?" Hazama marches over towards a nearby locker, digging around inside it and coming out with a somewhat simplistic outfit. Like all Murakumo units, when not engaging in battle mode, Nu-13 seems much like any other human; although her white hair has grown incredibly long from the extended period in the coffin, and it seems some mild defects are in her body. That also means she's not wearing anything, something Hazama tries to quickly rectify by tossing a cerulean half-bodysuit and white cloak with many trailing crimson ribbons atop her. He continues shielding his vision, in a grand show of prudeness. "Get dressed, first of all."
Adjusting his tie, Hazama sighs as he fishes out a grey eyepatch with a crimson lense next. "Relius feared this might be a problem. No doubt he'll blame it on my several seconds delay." He dangles it from a finger and presents it to Nu-13, weight shifting to one foot as his beaming smile returns. "First thing's first. Was there any issues initializing? Are all expected programs accounted for? Any memory defects?" The latter might almost trigger something. There's certainly a vague disturbance, but within tolerable levels... for now. "I'm afraid you'll be the last Murakumo unit we can smelt, unless we're willing to wipe out some small cities. ...maybe later. So. Nu-13. Tell me about yourself! I can't say I've ever had a chance to speak with a Prime Field device before!"
[NU-13]
At Hazama's question Nu checks her diagnostics, "No anomalies detected, restate your question." Again the souless voice calls from the cradle of her coffin. As Hazama makes a show of his modesty Nu is unphased by her lack of attire. While he's gathering her something to wear the last few restraints of the coffin release her as her systems check completes with a all green everything operating in parameters. Muscles never used before scream to life as she starts to move for the first time in her existance. As she stands she clenches a hand while staring at it before a ball clothing smacks her dead center in the chest. A moment later the relevant information of how to dress herself presents itself to her consciousness, "Acknowledged."
As she begins to dress, starting with the bodysuit still unaffected by her state of undress it takes no time at all before she is wearing it then the cloak is put over the bodysuit. Turning to face Hazama now clothed though her bare feet smack gently against the floor she regards the eyepatch sightly for a moment before putting it on. The lens glows an unearthly red as she looks to Hazama and his question. "No initialization issues were detected, all programs operating within parameters..." She pauses for a long moment before she shakes her head, "No, no memory defects detected." If it triggered anything her body and face didn't seem to react at all to it. She tilts her head at Hazama's more flippant 'questioning' before she replies, "This unit is all that is necessary." Was that pride...no the voice was dead as usual, "Please restate query, which of Nu-13's parameters would Hazama like to know about?"
[TERUMI]
Hazama doesn't look back until Nu-13's gotten the bodysuit on, letting out a small sigh. "Look at you, look at you. Such a mess." He scratches his chin, somewhat curious. She is supposed to be blonde, as well. A meaningless flaw, but like all of them he is unlikely to hear the end of it. That's the main reason that the hapless vessel wanted Relius here. What a lecturing he'll get about all of this! If the pause is any cause for concern, Hazama makes no show of it. He roots around in the locker for a few moments, coming out with a brush. "Initiate learning protocal. A lady must know how to groom herself. Grooming is of the UTMOST importance." With that command given, Hazama begins to hum lightly as he brushes out Nu-13's hair, carefully causing it to fill out quite voluminously. Perhaps the strange fluids of the coffin offer some conditioning benefits. "So are you really a blank slate...? That's boring. Well, between Izanami's obtuse proclaimations and Relius' distracted perverted science-banter, I wasn't expecting anything different. Really, maybe it's for the best I'm the first one you saw..." Nimble fingers draw out Nu-13's hair and then masterfully braid it in an intricate manner, settling in a loose knot that goes past her knees. "Learning protocol finished. There. Isn't that better?" Of course, having a long braid would be felt as a battle hazard. It has no tactical use. Maybe if she had a blade or something at the end... "Do you feel more feminine now?"
[NU-13]
Nu's only response is to look down at herself as Hazama calls her a mess. She's not really sure what to make of that comment, she was operating within parameters, she was clothed, was there more to it than that? Apparently so as her learning protocols are engaged and focuses on the exact motions and tool that Hazama uses to put her hair into some sort of order. It would seem that loose hair isn't properly groomed...she would ensure her hair was in a pristine state from this moment forward. While Hazama grooms her she is absolutely and unnaturally still, her breathing is so slight and controlled she doesn't even seem to breathe.
"Definite blank slate?" Nu's response to the question almost would seem sassy if it wasn't delivered with an absolute monotone. The braiding is commited to memory as the learning protocol is finished. "Nu-13 doesn't understand the query, please restate?" The follow up question she at least understands, "Nu-13 is a Prime Field and Murakumo unit, femininity is frivolity."
[TERUMI]
"Don't be like that. You still have a gender. You still have a biological body. If that one girl can write vapid poetry about true love, then you're certainly capable of the same." Hazama admires his handiwork before stepping back around, whirling the comb about his fingers in a dextrous manner. "A blank slate means someone with no memories. No personalities. Why, you're little more than a tool. That's hardly useful, in my opinion..." A slow look around follows, as wry amusement flows across his features. "And that's the only opinion that matters." Suddenly Hazama winces, getting an expression of pain. His eyes, until now slit closed, snap open. Energy levels begin to spike, dangerous and corrupt, as Hazama places a hand atop his head and removes his hat. A moment later power roars around, causing his hair to spike straight upwards and a wild grin to appear on his face.
Identification: Yuuki Terumi. #2 of the 4 people who can command her. Currently hosted by Hazama's body.
"If we go by the script, you're just a little yandere girl who only has passion for one word...! Hahahaha! But we've got a clean slate here. No reason we can't have some FUN with you here..." Terumi leans forward, peering right into Nu-13's good eye. "Given the manner of Event Interference, much of the things on 'this side' are disturbingly similar. Unless maybe that wasn't the case... and you're a perfect, emotionless tool... Are you?"
After giving Nu-13 time to respond properly, Terumi's grin spreads devilishly far. "...Ragna the Bloodedge." he intones, abruptly giving her a catalyst for all those strange, detached memories lurking like programming bugs in her body, mind and soul.
[NU-13]
"Nu-13 is a weapon, gender is meaningless." There is a pause as She turns to look at Hazama with her uncovered eye, "That one girl?" She queries her face as neutral as it has been since she came out of the coffin. As Hazama explains a blank slate she rechecks her diagnostics, "Correct, Nu-13 is a blank slate...this makes Nu-13...inferior?" The murakumo isn't sure how best to process that she begins to ask for clarification when something happens...
Yuuki Terumi...identity confirmed...
As Terumi questions her, "Statement correct, Nu-13 is a blank slate. Is Nu-13 malfunctioning?" The repeated questioning of her blank status causes her to recheck her diagnostics once more, but they return status nominal yet again.
"Statement correc..." Terumi says a name and suddenly she's getting massive interference in her systems, something is definitely wrong and she begins to report it, "Step back unit Terumi, systems...mal..fu...." She just stops dead like a puppet with its strings cut.
Dead silence rules for a very long moment then, "ha...ha....haha....HAHAha...AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!" A wicked grin spreads across Nu's face, "Ragna, Ragna, Ragna!~ Where are you? Where are you?~" She sing songs for a moment before she looks to Terumi, "WHERE IS MY RAGNA?!!" She roars at the man though she doesn't yet threaten or even move to invade the man's personal space to 'convince' him to tell her anything...safety protocols might be holding?
[TERUMI]
Terumi does not step back. Instead the sudden rush of energy causes his eyes to widen, a look of raw sadism rushing across the destroyer's face. "There we go...! That's the spirit! What you're feeling now... is what it feels like to be ALIVE!! Do you know what this is? Nu-13? LOVE. Love is pain!! Love is suffering!! Love is DESPAIR!!" Ah, what a great person for her to meet first indeed. Arms spread out wide, holding the brim of his hat between two fingers. Then a slow exhale follows. "Nu-13...! Let's test your combat training. If you play with me properly..."
"I'll tell you where Ragna is."
And then he plants his hat back atop his head. There's a startle, as Hazama's mind surges back to the forefront. He's quite confused initially; while Terumi can see everything the vessel does and experiences, that is not the other way around when the traitorous Hero doesn't wish it. "Ah...?" He's mildly confused at the moment. That could be a bad thing, given the circumstances...
COMBATSYS: Nu-13 has started a fight here.
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COMBATSYS: Terumi has joined the fight here.
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[NU-13]
Nu-13 frowns distinctly at Terumi but then nods in understand at what he says about love, "Love is pain, love is bloody!!!, Love is cutting each other to pieces and then lovingly carressing each piece!!!!" She gets more and more ecstatic as she speaks about it, "LOVE IS DEATH!!!!!" Her voice is somewhere between a orgasmic sigh and a snarling roar. "The Terumi wants to play does it?" She says disdainfully...
The she's offered what she wants most and coos, "Not if I cut it from you worthless neck first~!"
Hazama is most likely the one that heard that as Nu summons her armor as though it were second nature, the sadistic smile spreads across her lips as she readies herself for battle, "Too bad you're between me and Ragna~, let's make you breathe a lot less and bleed a lot more shall we, hehe!" With that she launches forward ready to spit Hazama on her arm blades...
COMBATSYS: Terumi blocks Nu-13's Excel Edge.
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[TERUMI]
"Ohhh! You really understand... what a shame your heart already belongs to another. I think we'd really get along~" Terumi coos as the hat settles down, cutting off the rush of power, once more settling himself into the spectator seat. She'd recognize that Terumi is gone now, but that hardly changes her battle requirements. If she wants the information, she needs to prove herself to the black-suited man. She has no data himself on how strong her opponent might be, however. As a living, breathing Azure Grimoire, Hazama is hardly a mundane opponent. Even then, he's caught rather by surprise. "...!!" In a flash he's discarded the comb and drawn out both butterfly knifes, flicking the blades out and crossing them. The blades impact in a series of sparks that drive Hazama backwards, as he makes a face. "What did you do to her...? How cruel." he chides his observer. Energy boils within his left hand, before he flicks it out -- a whirling blast of serpentine green-black fire rockets in Nu-13's direction, intent on slamming into her and driving her backwards, if just enough to get some breathing room...
COMBATSYS: Nu-13 parries Terumi's Venom Sword!
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[NU-13]
As the whirling blast of serpentine fire races towards her, Nu-13 pirouettes towards the attack for a moment it seems as though there is absolutely no way it can miss and then she litterally back flips over it the flames gently licking across her back like a weird reverse limbo game as her blade wings flare out utterly avoiding the attack. She lands and still moving with that unusual grace that her ability to hover grants her completing the earlier pirouette her blades reaching out behind her to slash at Hazama from eight different directions!!!
COMBATSYS: Terumi dodges Nu-13's Supra Rage EX.
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[TERUMI]
Incredible instincts, combined with myriad calculations and a perfectly honed body. Indeed, unlike Noel or Lambda, Nu-13 has been fully completed, a perfect blade to be used for the interests of the Library. Hazama is seeing that for himself; not many people can challenge him, one of the reasons he often plays around. He's seeing no such opportunity here. The minimalist evasion puts the girl upon him in a heartbeat, and only a flare of an opening sigil behind him grants him escape. An Ouroboros chain lashes out to sink into the roughly carved wall behind above the expensive machinery, drawing him backwards fluidly just as the countless blades rip into where he had been a split second ago. A few strands of green hair are left behind. "Don't you know how to hold back...?" he complains, clinging to the wall a moment before leaping forward. Holding his hat down with one hand, Hazama then whirls around, lashing down with his heel in an attempt to slam it firmly down upon Nu-13's head, and try to drive the woman to her knees!
COMBATSYS: Nu-13 dodges Terumi's Strong Kick.
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[NU-13]
Hazama is hauled out of the way of her attack by a chain and counters by trying to step on her head as she jumps down at her. She chuckles with mad glee, "In games of love...you...never...hold back!!!!~" With that she leaps up and spinning just so that she can feel the force of his kick pass by her as it slams into the floor sending spiderwebs spiraling out from where his foot lands. Now that she's airborn in turn She grins wickedly at the man below her as her visor glows brightly for a moment and a portal opens parallel to Hazama's eyeline and a black blade suddenly launches out at him quickly followed by another coming from directly behind him.
COMBATSYS: Terumi full-parries Nu-13's Sword Summoner!!
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[TERUMI]
Such a clumsy attack, that was. All analysis would have shown it to be fairly harmless, and put Hazama into a vulnerable position. Perhaps this is an example of the 'experience' he mentioned. Within the immense battle data accrued in Nu-13's brain, etched in her nerves, she has very little on people as deceptive as the acting Intelligence colonel. "Oh no... You caught me~" he coos, as he rears back his right hand and gathers green energy within it. Then the blade roars out and flashes past his face, running a black line across his cheek that bleeds a single drop of blood. The one behind is shifted away from in a blur of his silhouette, before Hazama suddenly strikes out, aiming to hit Nu-13 in her chest. The sealing powers of the Ouroboros would then be incanted, aiming to capture her in a whirling field of energy orbitted by those strange chains. And then he would lunge upwards, savagely kicking to dispel the seal, twisting into a downwards slam to send her into the ground of the Cauldron's room before him. With a maniacal laugh, he'd then aim to curbstomp Nu-13's face and upper body in a machinegun manner, before a brutal green-infused kick aims to send her flying away like a rocket towards the opposite wall!
COMBATSYS: Nu-13 blocks Terumi's The Serpent's Unholy Wrath EX.
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[NU-13]
The trap is laid and sprung all in one go, Nu-13 is not expecting anything as devious as that and her grin broadens into a slasher smile as she thinks she has him. And then he turns it around on her. As he completely avoids her attacks her visor is already calculating the best coarse of action but he's moving too fast. Just as the fist is about to hit her in the chest her systems scream 'Block' Her blades come in and she erects a small barrier field that barely manages to hold as the impact of the blow drives her back and her bladed feet send sparks flying as the floor wails at its mistreatment. She is bound by the chains but continues to hold her blades and barrier against the onslaught that continues to come her way as her upper body is rocked back again and again from the machinegun blows. Finally the kick frees her from the chain as she sails backward again her foot blades cut into the floor sending a shower of sparks out before she re-establishes her hover.
She grits her teeth but continues to smile, "So you're going to get in my way then? I'll cut you to tiny pieces for that!"
She springs forwards with massive speed with every intent to lay her hands on his neck and squeeze like there was no tomorrow while her blades would encircle him and stab him for his insolence as to make getting the info on Ragna actually a challenge.
COMBATSYS: Terumi blocks Nu-13's Razor Nova.
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[TERUMI]
Hazama rips into Nu-13 regardless of her manifested defense, the energy crackling heavily and scarcely holding up to the sudden savageness of the Grimoire's blows. A brief flash of sadism, like a hidden knife brought to bear. Rapid calculations are showing more and more that this man is incredibly dangerous. She's yet to actually land a blow upon him, thus far... and based on her battle knowledge, she should be a very dangerous opponent compared to most of the world. "Please don't. Relius likes puzzles, but I'd be pretty uncomfortable until he put me back together." But then Nu-13 moves quick, and Hazama manages a ! before a hand grasps his throat and hefts him up. Only quick thinking let him survive; three portals whirl out, and ouroboros chains flicker around him in an orbit. Each chain strikes one, preventing the blows from impacting him dead-on. "You... shouldn't get this close to me..." he wheezes, before out of nowhere there's a great eruption of power. His foot lances upwards, the heel attempting to slam right into Nu-13's jaw; hard enough to send her flying into the ceiling a good thirty feet up, as a whirling plume of scorching green energy flies about. "Or you might get hurt~"
COMBATSYS: Terumi successfully hits Nu-13 with Serpent's Infernal Rapture.
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[NU-13]
Rage rage rage!!!!! She tries squeezing harder and harder and harder now that she's finally got her hand on him sadistic glee shines on her features, "He won't find them all!~" She enthuses as things finally seem to be going her way then as he warns her a shiver goes up her spine and if the single glowing eye on her visor could correctly display something like shock it'd be spread wide now.
Attempting to spring back and away from the man whose neck she'd just been trying to make concave, Nu-13 is far far far too slow a condition she is not used to being even in simulations against the worlds best fighters she should have more of a chance than what she is....that is the last thought in her head as the foot connects with her chin and she sees stars...
Rocketing through the air she slams into the ceiling as a horrendous cacophony of metal against concreate rips the room as Nu-13 goes end over end slamming into the ceiling over and over again. To say that she was in pain...would be an understatement one of the armor braces beneath her bust was now stabbing into her ribs, blood streamed in a steady trickle from the right side of her lips and the nostril above it...thus she hovers there in the air as her wings find enough purchase in the roof to right her...and she begins a gliding decent back to the floor, "Too bad you're not my beloved Ragna~, that would've been a hit to fall in love with him all over again!" Pain screams through her body as her visor glows brightly, data begins to flood her on the combat data of Hazama from the entire fight calculations whirl and spin...it was time to truly study her opponent...
COMBATSYS: Nu-13 focuses on her next action.
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[TERUMI]
Green energy surges through Hazama now, reinforced by the power of his Azure Grimoire. "Love should flow like water, dear Nu-13. Although your soul might belong to Ragna... nobody can HURT you like I can. And I'm more than willing to prove it...!" She's certainly durable. Every nuance of that feint lead up to that moment, and he hit Nu-13 hard enough to take most people's heads clean off. But he's not one to begin shifting the inertia just yet. Without a gesture a sudden sigil blooms before him, and then a roaring green chain rockets out, the serpentine head at the end aiming to sink teeth into Nu-13's throat -- although regardless, it launches Hazama forward, flying like a missile in her direction as both of his butterfly knives whirl out and begin spiraling madly at his side...!
COMBATSYS: Terumi successfully hits Nu-13 with Ouroboros.
- Power hit! -
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[NU-13]
Nu-13 launchers herself straight at Hazama there is no guile no seeming plan her face is a wonderland of pleasure as pain washes through her, this was a stubbed toe to the pain of her birth, to the repeated agony of Ragna destroying her prior bodies before they were ready. As He launches the green energy snake at her she shakes her head, grits her teeth and flies right into, the snake bites into her neck as planned rage, pain, and unholy focus combine as blood erupts from the snake bite as the knives spin towards her as she attempts to alter her trajetory, grab Hazama and add her momentum to his so he is hurled into the twisted wreck of a ceiling she'd just pulled herself free of!
COMBATSYS: Nu-13 successfully hits Terumi with Medium Throw.
! VENGEANCE !
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[TERUMI]
Well, this is awkward. But Hazama is hurtling right towards Nu-13 as well, meaning there's little chance of him avoiding the sudden grasp, sending him careeening upwards to crash upon the ceiling and send stones crashing down from it. The barriers and seals begin to hiss and crackle from the assault, but there's no time to worry about that. Alas, the Ouroboros remains in Nu-13's throat, and once more Hazama violently retracts it. "Time to show you MY brand of love, Nu-13~" Green energy sheathes across his butterfly knife as he slashes it down, intent to rake it across the Murakumo unit's torso, then twist into a backhand to launch her skywards. Only then to twist the still-biting Ouroboros and use it to whirl her overhead and slam down at his feet, where a green wickedly empowered kick would try to send her battered body rolling away as he laughs in sheer sadism. "Ah! Passion, passion! So far, you are meeting my expectations...!!"
COMBATSYS: Nu-13 blocks Terumi's Glimmering Fang of the Basilisk.
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[NU-13]
As Hazama streaks towards her, Nu-13 lowers her head slightly so that her expression is hidden by her visor, blood trickles to the floor from her neck and lip as the man comes with the blades to show her his brand of 'love' and she sits there as the butterfly knife comes down and slams into the barrier projected from her wing blades, "hehehehehe...." It begins low almost imperceptable over the din of the fight...
Her torso is untouched but the barrier rips to pieces from the blow as the backhand connects with her and sends her rocketing back, "HeheheheheheHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!" The mad laughter gains in power as his attack continues and then the barrier is reformed and stops the worst of his kick, as she reaches out to grab the offending leg her head snaps up and there is a grin of complete and utter madness upon her lips.
"You'd lecture me on love and passion...no, no...let me show you TRUE LOVE!!!!EHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!" if her attempt to grab his leg succeeds the maddened maiden begans an incantation that starts, "Releasing Murakumo Unit..."
COMBATSYS: Terumi narrowly escapes Nu-13's Sword of Destruction!
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[TERUMI]
The blows rain down with partial effect upon Nu-13, before suddenly Hazama looks legitimately alarmed. "Wh--You can't use that attack in the cauldron!!" He sounds quite earnest, and fingers momentarily close down on his leg. But then Hazama thrusts forward, planting his foot upon Nu-13's face and kicking her backwards, disrupting the attempted assault and managing to stagger free, although his balance is off. "You've clearly lost now... fighting further is pointless. Unless you'd like me to show /my/ love a little more?" He flicks up both of his butterfly knives and begins to spin them around, smiling widely. "Still, if you ever get particular ITCHES... I can assure you, there's proper outlets for it~" He remains in a combat ready position, but is leaving the choice to Nu-13. Her assessments indicate a criminally low chance of victory if he presses forward... doing such discards rationality for something entirely different.
COMBATSYS: Terumi takes no action.
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Nu-13 0/-------/------=|=====--\-------\0 Terumi
[NU-13]
"Awwww, why not?~" Nu-13 coos back at Hazama, "Now you see the depths of my /love/!" For just a moment in the there might've been a floating pink heart as she expressed the word love but that'd just be crazy and not a biproduct of trying to use such a powerful ability in a space nearly adjacent to the boundary and reason getting a little fuzzy in this space. "Non, non nasty little dagger man...I was promised something if I won~ not if I stopped hehe! Let's make the blood flow some more!!!!" She roars as she teleports a short way forward so that she is right in front of Hazama as she brings her sword wings around in almost a fan like waves to slice up the slippery target in front of her, "Don't die~...!" She enthuses, "Too much hahaha." Her voice goes completely sinister on the second part of her statement.
COMBATSYS: Nu-13 successfully hits Terumi with Eclipse Frenzy.
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Nu-13 0/-------/----===|=======\-------\0 Terumi
[TERUMI]
Well, this is troublesome. Hazama wasn't sure if Nu-13 would actually back down. To him, this is a test of how viable she is as a fighter when incited to such a state. If she disregards allies and surroundings with little ability to be controlled, that might cause some significant issues. Ones that he could fix... if he truly felt inclined... but such purity of destruction. Such violence. Such sadism. Hazama can't help but LIKE the Murakumo girl, born to this world less than fifteen minutes and already embracing a world of despair to the point of sharing it with others. How fun, indeed! Mind Eater would be a waste... it's Relius' fault she turned out like this. It'll be up to HIM to do something about it, if he cares. Most likely, the puppetmaster would rather observe the effects, rather than remove them first. Yet he shouldn't drop his guard so much to ponder the girl opposite. Her teleport takes him off guard, an attempt to protect himself failing. The blades tear into him, ripping through black cloth... but the blood. There's far too little. Miniscule splashes; but the wounds she tears into him are black. There's no flesh, no organs. No nothing. Now that she's finally hit Hazama, it's like the ultimate tease. Carving into his body is... empty. Unsatisfying. After all, he's little more than a Grimoire given human shape. "Ah...!" With a hiss, he then twists forward, aiming to drive his knee right into the damaged front of Nu-13's armor a moment later, black-green essence trailing out of the wounds she etched in his body that should be grevious to any other. "You DO play far too rough...!"
COMBATSYS: Nu-13 interrupts Light Kick from Terumi with Gravity Seed.
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COMBATSYS: Nu-13 has suffered catastrophic damage and fallen offline.
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[NU-13]
The Murakumo grins with manic glee as she cuts into Hazama and then frowns in disappointment at the lack of blood, guts, and other lovely things inside him, "Hollow boy, hollow boy~...you're no fun." She giggles in the throws of utter maddness she's completely unconcerned with the consequences of anything she does at this point she is going to try and bring Hazama down so she gets what she wants or be damned in the attempt. As he launches his attack Nu-13 roars with maddened laughter as she summons a Gravity Seed directly in his path hoping to bind him utterly such that he can't reach her....but he manages to pull through the gravitational forces...and strike her clean in the jaw yet again...the sustained damage to the massively impacted portion of her face causes her to quite literally pass out on her 'feet'...
Thus she hovers in the air unconscious as her visor goes dark and her body goes limp the armor of her battle mode keeping her 'standing' as she slowly but quietly drops to the floor...finally fully expended.
[TERUMI]
The grasp from Nu-13's interception is more than a little surprising. Had Hazama not managed to land the final blow upon the girl, it's very likely he would have been in much more dire straights. With a rush of energy he breaks free, staggering sideways and adjusting his hat with a frown. "Well. I suppose we know her trigger word, now." Four Ouroboros chains lash out from newly formed portals, catching Nu-13 at the shoulders and hips, drawing her back upright like some kind of a doll. His hand presses to her heart, before he sends in a sudden burst of energy to shock her soul, and force the compensating systems to reactivate. She'd be in a very minimal combative state, but should mentally return to how she was prior. "Nu-13. Report your status."
[NU-13]
Blackness again as mystical force slams into her soul, systems come back online as and her consciousness returns to her, the mad girl from before is replaced with the emotionless machine. "Nu-13 a-active...systems highly damaged...experincing gap in memory, data unrecoverable, battle suit has sustained major damage detecting a breach in lower s-self repairs initiated..." Nu rattles off all the relavent and important system issues, "R-requesting ac...acc....accessssssssss to unit Reliusss f-for quicker and m-more efficient repairsssss. Detecting moderate head trauma and impaired sssspeach, correcting..."
After a moment Nu-13 looks at Hazama, "Detecting damage to unit Hazama...requesting situational inquiry, during my activation wasss there an explossion?"
[TERUMI]
"Oh? What a shame." Hazama states, adjusting his clothing to better hide his own wounds. Nu-13 isn't overtly aware that he's a Grimoire, but she should assess the fact his insides are not yet falling out is quite unusual. "I'm sure Colonel Relius will have time to see to you shortly. Once you fully recover, you are to meet me again. I have important operations for you to begin now... and worry not. Even a blank slate will find the rewards compelling." He reaches out to pat-pat Nu-13 gently on the head, before striding towards the reinforced door leading through a winding network of stairs to the hidden engineering floor based on maintaining the Cauldron and smelting Nu-13, where she should have plenty of time to rest and recover...
Log created on 19:59:54 12/27/2017 by Terumi, and last modified on 11:12:19 12/28/2017.