Karakura Site C: Begone Ye Evil [JT, R]

["Taka" Sar]

It had been a bit of a journey to get her in here. To keep her sealed up while they moved to Site C. The place was actually one of the original prospects for a location for the club. Much more secluded, a rift in the mountains that led into some sort of old mineshaft. But the place was a bit too evil-lairy to be made into a proper club. But for the purposes that were needed here, it did fine after all. It may as well have been a prison. The structures had been left mostly intact, but once they got to the lower reaches of the mine was where all the new additions were.

Taka watched Aura was escorted into the structure. It was the crack of morning, when the girl had finally calmed down and didn't need to be all sealed up and everything. They had the whole day to relax. Her wounds had been healed up as best they could be, her arms were still missing and chunks of her legs. But well, that's what the help was for. Taka had sent them a message and they had agreed to come out here and do all of this. She couldn't help but be a bit apprehensive. The woman could be a bit...unpredictable at times. But they were both mod souls, and not only that, but they actually got along a little bit, so it wasn't too hard to convince the woman to come down here.

Once Aura was in the room, Taka followed inside, the heavy blast doors shutting behind them as the others outside would be monitoring, keeping an eye on what was going on inside for the time being. The woman would be here soon and be able to get to work. But in the meantime, with Aura sitting pitifully on a small bench, Taka made her way over and couldn't help but feel a little bad. She sat across from the girl and shook her head, a soft sigh escaping her as she watched the girl closely. It had been a rough day or so since the...incident. Many of the club members had been incredibly upset, a number of thepatrons had been badly injured, one or two of them had even died at the hands of the girl. Some others were......well they still weren't sure if they were going to pull through.

She wanted to berrate the girl. To tell her that all she'd needed to do was tell taka that she was getting desperate. But that wasn't what Aura needed right now. Not now. Maybe later, when this was all better. But for now, Taka gave a bit of a rueful smile to the girl. "You're gonna be fine. This woman is more or less the miracle worker of Karakura for our little community. Never actually had to call on her before but... Well. If anyone can get that evil out of you. It's her." She assured the girl softly, being ooptimistic. Because she knew that no matter how good Hebika was, Aura had to be strong for this. You could lead a horse to water, but you couldn't make it drink. They could remove Aura's curse. But she was still a bount. And if she ever got ill, or weak, or old. The temptation would always be there. That magical way out. Taka hoped she was strong enough to overcome that.

"Just a bit longer. She should be here within an hour."

[Aura Kyuketsuki]

She could feel herself floating away. Deeper and deeper into the abyss which she couldn't really tell where it was. Just the darkness surrounding her without giving her the least bit sense of gravity or direction. Everything around her was just simply dark. She tried to move her arms and legs. They felt heavy. So very heavy she couldn't move them at all. "Where am I? she questioned. There was no response. There was nothing. The silence that fell all around her was another thing that the darkness brought. Or rather, what the darkness ate. The Bount couldn't see anything, which was very much the same as having her eyes shut in the real world. She couldn't open her eyes. Did she want to? That was the question that she thought to herself as the last moments she could recall was veiled in red. Everything was red.

Aura couldn't tell what was going on beyond the shadows. Her eyes refused to open up for her. Just like everything else, her eyes were heavy. Nothing made sense to her at all as she remained adrift in the sea of nothingness. "You can no longer keep us back any more," one echoed from the shadows. Feminine from what she can tell. "Now it is our time," the voice declared. "Our time begins now. And we shall do as we please." Another announced from beyond her sights. It couldn't be. The voices were coming again. Familiar but uninviting. She was scared. Very much like the times spent trapped in the white room where she can see beyond the room itself, but knowing that there were others watching her. The Bount girl didn't like it.

Then it struck...

Her body being shoved as though being rammed by a vehicle. From her left shoulder, being forcibly pushed towards the opposite side, and then being attacked from where she pushed towards. She felt more like a ping-pom ball during a match. Each time she was forced to go towards a direction she felt her spirit being attacked. It caused her body to grow numb as her eyes were shut tighter. Aura cried out, but nothing came out. All sound that the girl made was immediately swallowed by the darkness. "Just give in to us. You can not win," one of the voices called out again from the distance. Another series of blows connected with her body resulting in further pain to spread across the Bount's figure.

It hurt. Her small form was being squeezed by the utter darkness that was around her. Compressed by a force that she couldn't see, Aura screamed. Yet, nothing came out from her mouth as she did the best she could to pierce through the dark world. She wanted out. Aura had to escape this place that she felt herself drowning in. At least until she felt her skin being pierced into. A slithering sensation was coursing up her body. Her veins were burning, but not like for when the curse took over. This was different. This was something that ran its course with a form of intelligence. Were her Dolls attempting to take control?

[Hebika Nara]

It wasn't often that she was asked directly for some sort of interference or action. Most times, Hebika's associates, especially those she garnered while out enjoying herself on the town, tended to be associates solely isolated to her little social forays. So when Taka went and called her in on a favor, she was rather intrigued at the very prospect. Once she arrived, she was escorted to the holding area, humming lightly to herself as she eventually found herself staring Taka right in the face. Those big blast doors closing behind them as her attention shifted to the unconscious ...semiconscious? Form of the girl right there. How very interesting indeed. It didn't take her long to lift a hand, a little wristband suddenly unfurling from her wrist and slithering into her palm. She took just a moment to focus before that little energy mite began to delve into Aura's mind. It didn't take long for Hebika to cringe a little.

"Rather full in there. Poor little Mite is getting a headache" She mused to herself before catching a frown from Taka. She couldn't help but grin softly at that. "She seems to be a little...unconscious. Shouldn't we wake her up for this?" she asked as she made her way over to aura and crouched down, patting the girl on the cheek as she attempted to rouse the girl. All while SpiritMite would go and begin delving into the girl's psyche, seeking out that particular bit of the girl that was the cause of all this turmoil.

Hebika already knew what she intended on doing. She had messed with enough souls to know how to manipulate them well enough. But admittedly this would certainly be a new challenge. Once Aura was....hopefully awake, she would idtneify whatever curse or malignancy was inside her. Sighing a bit, she turned her attention to taka and lifted a brow. "I hope these walls are thick. Hopefully we won't need them. If we're lucky, then this whole curse thing is hopefully just a bunch of supressed urges balled up in the girl's subconscious. In that case I can just heal her of her little mental vice and she can confront them directly. But if it turns out that this girl is cursed....well I'll have to extract it a bit more directly."

Specifically. She would have to lit erally bring it to life and make it a body outside of Aura's own form. she could make the body itself weak, and easy to stomp out. But things this complicated always had...odd effects. Even if the body was weak, it might come out with it's own brand of horrific powers, things outside of her own control. She would be able to subjugate it to an extent, but for all intents and purposes, if she just allowed it to expire, they may be back to square one. At worst, they would have to physically kill it. Not to mention have to mend Aura's own damage to her soul from having such a thing taken out of her.

But well. It was a better plan than nothing, right?

[Aura Kyuketsuki]

"We have a Gnat in our presence, and it stinks." Saiken spoke in a distasteful tone. The anger was there of course as someone who wasn't given permission came barging into the realm in which they dwell. Despite being covered in bandages, the tightened layers of cloth around her lips and brows made it clear enough that she didn't like it one bit. More so, she wasn't alone in this little thought process either as the others that lingered around her were of the same mind too. Viral's form came into view as it whisked around in its own respective corner of their little meeting. The Serpent remained in its sour mood as it too could feel what the little humanoid Doll had felt. "It doesn't matter. What can a little thing like this Gnat do anyways? Nothing I tell you. Soon, it will know that nothing it does will make a difference." Growling from the darkness, the white blur approached the small internal meeting area. It spoke no words as the utter sounds that it made shared the same displeasure about the intruder. It gurgled from deep with its unshaped throat to commune with that of the other two Dolls. Viral replied to it, "Yes, we will deal with the intruder. Prepare yourself."

The three nods, agreeing to the silent dismissal as they went their separate ways as the mental realm began to form. It will be here that the Bount's own inner world, manifested by her experiences, would take place. The only place that remained a constant nightmare to her. Aura's eyes opened slowly with the calm shade of brown being devoured by the red pulsating energy of the curse. She couldn't feel what had been hitting, but she knew something was tapping her. It was dark. She didn't know where she was. Split between two realities, an eye in each one. In one reality, her body was immobilized due to her limbs being gone and all. Another reality, she was shackled. Her arms and legs tied against her body in a single white room. She was back, but not alone as a large white figure crept around her stilled body.

Nuru growled, almost mockingly. She couldn't move. Her body was heavy. She couldn't speak. Not while the Dolls have seized control as to what transpired in her own inner world. They kept her silent with Nuru at the helm. The others remained close as the shadows took on a silhouette form, manifesting themselves into corridors and living quarters. Glass window frames that topple an average Human body with lab equipment seen on the other side. Non-operable of course since what these silhouettes shaped themselves after the images taken from the Bount's mind. The 12-foot serpent came slithering through the air in the roofless world. Whether or not that the intruder took on a physical form here wasn't important as their presence within the world that the Dolls controlled made it insulting.

An uninvited guest made their way into the depths of an unguarded mind, at least from what the Bount girl could not muster. But here, the Dolls reigned supreme. Aura howled in both worlds as Nuru roared through her within her. "We do not know why you are here, but you are wasting your time, and unwelcomed. Here, we are in control. And soon, we will be out there. No longer will we be waiting for our Master to feed, but will be feeding each and every moment." "We don't know who you are, or how you got in here, but it is like what he said, 'You are not welcomed here.' So do not waste our time or yours, because it is only a matter of time before the girl cracks completely." another called out from within the mind made structure.

["Taka" Sar]

Taka frowned at that, narrowing her eyes just a little as she looked from the other mod soul down t the girl. She had to admit that she wasn't sure how to feel about Hebika. The woman was always so very much a loner, despite the ammount of good that she could do with her powers, the woman seemed content just sticking to her own devices. A selfish woman if ever there was one. Truth be told she hadn't fully expected the woman to even answer her call. So she was, begrudgingly, forced to consider the woman wasn't entirely selfish. But all the same....

"Whatever it takes. If we have to kill that thing inside her then all the better. Not going to lie, I wouldn't like getting some sort of revenge on the thing that's been responsible for Aura being like this..." Her eyes narrowed as she looked down at the poor girl. She shoudln't have to suffer like this....not when it wasn't her fault. The fac that the girl had to suffer so much tore at Taka just a little. Zane hadn't been anything like this, but all the same, she couldn't help but wonder. Could he have been saved like this? She decided not to think on it too much, and simply remained on standby.

She was useless for the time being. She had to put her faith in this witch....

[Hebika Nara]

Hebika couldn't help but smile just a little, her eyes briefly opening to turn her gaze on Taka herself. " My dearest Sar. To think you would grow to be so human. Don't worry. I'll put everything I can into this." She noted before those eyes drifted closed again and she delved into that psyche with her entity. Honestly the little snake's foray into the psyche was very remote, not even directly tied to Hebika herself. It was more like....a microscope with which she could operate on the girl. It looked with unfeeling eyes toward the Dolls hemselves.

Hebika honestly was a little surprised to see so many of them. Three dolls? Quite a lot to say the least. She had always imagined that she herself would be constrained to one. Maaaaybe Two. But Three? No that was far too much in her opinion. But that serpent paid minimal attention to them. No no no. There was something else it focused in on. Something separate entirely from those dolls, and yet in some way influencing them. Not entwined, but more...radiating. With how strong it was it wasn't easy to miss, and she was not one to do so. The snake fixated on that THING. It wasn't alive. But all the same it seemed monsterous. So horrid and evil that it corrupted the bits of Aura's soul that were around it. The landscape twisted and made horrid around that malignancy.

Ahhhh, there you are. I guess you must be nocturnal, sleeping away the morning like this Hebika hummed, and her snake echoed her words into Aura's inner world. As in the outter world, Hebika gently placed her hand over the portion of Aura's body where that horrid curse was centered. And her soul poured in. A tiny bit of her heart, inserted, tactically. IT wasn't hard or even dangerous. After all. The dolls? Aura? They were all alive. The only thing that her power could work on was something that wasn't. And the Curse was the only thing in the path of that sliver of her soul.

At first it would be like opening the eyes. Suddenly, that thing was fused with Aura. For one pure moment, Aura would have a living, breathing thing inside of her. Something in her soul. Something now given shape and form. However, unlike her snake, it didn't have a harmony. A spiritual sensitivity to keep it harmonious with Aura's soul. reviously, it was simply a curse. Unthinking. Un vying. It simply was, it did what it did, and that waas it, it fed coldly off of it's host. But with this new life, came a dissonance, and with the help of that serpent inside of Aura's inner world, it was promptly ejected, FORCED out of her body in the form of spiritual energy, where no doubt it would take spirirtual form.

ONCE that happened, Hebika went right to work. Placing her hands on the girl's clothing, she promptly brought it to life. A temporary kind of life, but one with a STRONG healing ability, one that would in seconds, begin to regrow those lost limbs, and restore Aura's body to it's full form, completely without blemishes, and devoid of any psychological scars that the curse may have left behind. Of course, her dolls were another story. She would still have to deal with them. But at least, that would only be as hard as any other bount. And in any other bount? Dolls were subjugated easily unless weakened.

What was important, was that that curse was externalized. And thankfully, it was only as powerful as Aura was. And as Hebika herself rose to her feet, smiling as she prepared to greet it, she couldn't help but grin calmly at the new being she had brought to life. This wasn't the normal sort of thing. Under normal circumstances, only an entity with instincts higher than her own could disobey her. But well, this was an experimental proceedure. She had never done something like this before. It may wind up completely subservient. Or she may have to put it out of Aura's misery. Either way? It honestly only had a little while (Five posts) to live anyway before it's tiny life force faded and it dissipated into nothingness. And outside of the girl's body? The curse would be useless.

[Aura Kyuketsuki]

All she could feel..... was pain. As if her skin was being torn from her very body. Like nerves being ripped from their placement inch by inch at a time rather than a quick succession. She wanted to scream. The Bount's mouth tore open, widen enough for the fangs to be completely exposed. Water flowing steadily from out of the ducts of her eyes as they rolled back up into the depths of her skull. Despite it all, she still couldn't let out a single shred of noise from her mouth. Just simple wheezes of air that would occasionally come out from the effort. What made it worse was the fact that she still couldn't move. Aura had nothing to grip onto. Nothing but the thrashing about to keep some of the tension off of her, or at least an attempt of relieving herself of some pain with the help of another.

But inside was a different story. She couldn't describe it at all. Something that lined with her inside. Something that was a part of her just as much as her reiatsu and Dolls were was being torn away, subjugated into a single entity. Aura was scared. Something like this never happened before. Never did such an occurrence happen to her. Not with the awakening of her Dolls. Or when her power began to grow. Something was wrong, and her Dolls knew it. This was something entirely different than anything else that she experienced before hand. The chains suddenly went rampant. Just as the inner world was shakened by the intrusion of their guest, cracks began to form. Parts of her world were splintering away from their resting place, slowly melting onto the scene that was created. It drooped down onto the chains that bound Aura to her internal prison.

As it was before, just essence, a part of the woman that had no form of itself. A formless entity that only knew but one thing; the need to feed. This essence fell and formulated into that of a gooey substance, taking with it the chains that were tied to the Bount woman. That same blob followed but a single need that fueled its entire purpose. The purpose that the Shinigami had instilled into the Bount's very own being that made her into a weapon at night. It required to feed to grow and develop, and now, without a suitable host to feed on, it had to find another. And what better source than the power that allowed the Bount to fight against their foes. Nuru roared at the strange substance as it lashed out. It was gnawing on the Doll, taking it into itself as it dragged the raging creature with it. The remaining two turned to face the newest entity in the internal world. Yet, unlike the first victim, they would not be as troulbed at the entity. Yet, still, it gained from them what it desired.

What it took wasn't their bodies, but their essence; what made their their own beings. Before Aura knew it, the entity was removed, more or less being slurped from out of the confides of the prison that kept it locked away. Away from the Bount's body was the entity torn from. Almost being that of a second skin, suchered to Aura's body and being ripped from her until it was tossed aside. Tossed aside to the empty space that resided across the small group was nothing but a large five foot pile of formless essence. However, just as it came from a living entity, it pulsated. Beating to life as a heart would, it erupted to take on a form in which matched those that it took from. Arms and legs sprouted from its sides. Six in total that spammed from the sides with the two in front giving birth to 5 inch talons. Talons that resembled Human digits as much as the four legs that came to be that of a wild hound. The torso puffed itself as a stomach and lower abdomen shrunk towards the tail bone.

Whipping from out of the mass that it came from was the tail. Six feet in length with razored spines that shot out from the tip to mimic that of a crane claw with three edged blades. Scales formed around the torso and spine. Armor? A concept taken from the Serpent, Viral. Its Humanoid shape blurred together with that of a beast came from the other two Dolls, Saiken and Nuru. However, unlike the other two Dolls, only one was swallowed by the curse. That Doll held heavy influence on what form that this creature took on, and stood nearly ten feet tall. Its head uncurled from the small gap in its torso plating, bursting with a deep crimson reiatsu that became gowned by a white helm. A snout, a horn, a mouth torn open, and eyes that flared with the shade of the reiatsu, it was complete. This was the form in which it took on after feeding on the influence that the Bount's power held over it. A power that it took from the girl that allowed it to survive for a short period of time, at least until it stuck itself onto another host. It cried out, shrieking at the small group of spiritual beings with a high pitched tone. Its refusal to obey, or to seize, it only had but one notion, and that was to devour.

For Aura, she was torn spiritually. Inside, her Dolls were torn apart as another was possessed, taken over by the desire to feed. A Doll forcibly removed from the Master and now lingered out in the World of the Living. It had taken from her what comprised her spiritual nature, what she was born with. She could feel again. Her body reconstituting itself with what the woman was doing to her. Nerves and ligaments being brought back together as new limbs were pieced back to her main structure. And that was what made the feeling worse. Although they were spiritual entities, they were still apart of her, and its willingness to survive made it stick itself to what it could to make it possible. The only other beings besides Aura herself it latched onto, and brought it out with it. So, now here it stood in front of them. Taking from the Bount a large portion of her own existence, her strength, her spiritual limbs, she remained still as she recooperated. She had to for the time being until she could heal.


Osen Nuru: 1/5

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{OSEN NURU}

Strength: 200
Speed: 200
Spiritual Pressure: 170 [/30] = 119
Reiatsu Strength: 205 [50] = 307
Light Aura: 50
Dark Aura: 50
Instinct: 150
Senses: 100
Energy Sensory: 50
Healing Expertise: 0

SP= 1095

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{Body Reference}

**Osen Nuru will be taking the stats of Nuru for this fight and will last for only 5 posts until it dissipates hue**

["Taka" Sar]

Taka was a little shocked when she saw the thing actually emerge out of Aura, a Look of alarm clear on her face as that monstr-....well....huh. Actually it just looked like some sort of hollow. She had almost expected some sort of parasitic-looking entity, but the curse from Aura looked almost.....Mundane. As she watched it spill out into the air, seeing it suddenly showing aggression towards them, she furrowed her brows and placed herself between Aura and the monster that had plagued the girl for so very very long.

She flexed her hand as suddenly her reiatsu ROARED from her body, it's intensity completely drowning out the Curse's as it was immediately SLAMMED with the force of her own spiritual power, the impact aiming to try and knock the wind out of it as she flexed her spiritual prowess. The first blade burst from her left palm, extending two meters in length, practically nine feet long and a foot wide, looking like some buster blade made of fire as she pointed it at the enemy, the sheer heat coming from the blade was....nothing. All of the heat was kept inside of it's blade itself.

With that blade produced, she began closing in on the Osen with her chosen weapon, intent on killing it. Of course she knew Hebika was just as capable, if not moreso than her. She had originally thought about letting Hebika handle it, but the other mod soul had much better reflexes. It would make sense for her to play defensive while Zaluu simply focused on obliterating this blight. She was going to turn it into hnothing, and be glad that it was finally gone.

"I don't know if you can understand speech. I hope you can, because you've made this girl suffer more than any girl should have to. She's been trying so hard. To be normal. To live her life how SHE wants...?" That spiritual energy crackled again, making the walls of this shelter creak as she adopted a HATEFUL look at the curse itself, her entire body shaking with rage. "You're going to pay for everything you've taken from her!"

-150 Reiatsu for Burning Blade

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{Taka's Stats}
Strength: 100 (70)
Speed: 250 (175)
Spiritual Pressure: 180 (126)
Reiatsu Strength: 300 (900)

Light Aura: 98
Dark Aura: 2

Instinct: 180 (126)
Senses: 70 (49)
Energy Senses: 20 (14)
Healing Energy: 0

Street Fighting: 1
Stealth: 2
Anti-Stealth: 2
Poison Resist: 1
Damage Recovery: 2
Battle Focus: 2

1110/1260 Reiatsu remaining

[Hebika Nara]

Hmmm, how unfortunate. It seemed that this thing wasn't going to be easily subjugated by her abilities. But all the same, she could see how intent that Taka was. This was a battle not only of Aura's demons, but also Taka's. The woman was someone who had struggled with Bounts for quite some time. So she was very sure that this would be improtant for Taka as uch as it was for Aura. Looking down at the girl in question, she couldn't help but smile softly, pleased to see them coming through.

Not only were the girl's arms and legs healed, but the spiritual energy, the girl's soul were also healed. The entity's ability to heal was incredibly high, so much so that it even had the ability to heal psychological damage in an instant, so spiritual damage, which honestly was something thRat was much more common to heal, was a cinch, and those ravines left by the curse leaving her body were sealed up within seconds. Alas, the only thing that was left without healing was Aura's psyche. Even if the psychological damage was reversed, it was still up to Aura's will to actually allow herself to come together properly.

"Come on girl. Get up, This is your fight as well." She murmured softly, trying to rouse Aura. She had every intention of supporting Taka and protecting Auraa, but she also wanted to make sure that Aura didn't collapse in on herself. The girl had shown incredible strength fighting her curse as long as she did. When someone was relieved of something like that, one of two things happened. They came out stronger for it, or they came out weaker. With Hebika's powers fully restoring her mind, body, and Soul, the only thing that was left was Aura herself. Would she come out of this stronger than ever? A master of her hunger? Or would she cave in? Would she become a weak, pathetic living corpse depending on others?

In all honesty, she was tired of seeing the girl like this. Taka had gone out on a limb for her help. And honestly that spoke volumes on the situation. She disliked Bounts enough as it were, especially with the smell of one she had to deal with on Shizuka. Already, she was planning ahead. If the girl didn't seem fit to survive, then Hebika intended on snuffing her out. The curse had a hand, certainly. Butit was also possible that Aura's soul was simply predisposed to being a monster. If that were the case, then Hebika would destroy her. She had already seen those two dolls.

And they had worried her. Hebika knew that a person's powers reflected their soul. No matter how some individuals liked to deny, or somehow play it off that their zan spirits or their dolls or their powers somehow had nothing to do with them, it was a lie. Auras soul was vicious. And she sincerely hoped that that voraciousness was merely surface level, or the result of the curse itself. Otherwise, well....she would probably have to destroy the girl.

[Aura Kyuketsuki]

The sudden burst of reiatsu showed the level of effectiveness against such a monstrosity as it gave group, backing up towards the open space that at its rear. The blotted silhouette of white reeled itself away as its gaze still fell onto the Mod Soul. Already, from what it could tell from Zaluu's own strength that it surpassed that of the Osen. In terms of spiritual strength, it couldn't win. Narrowing its eyes, the manifested curse gazed upon the newly constructed weapon that the Mod Soul summoned from the palm of her hand. Fierce and bright, it hued in the darkened cage that was the building. And yet, it refused to give into the commands of an invader of its home; Aura. All that it knew was aggression, rage, and hunger. It refused to listen to what influences that were beyond itself. Perhaps being selfish, but revealed to those that gave upon it that it was relentless, and unforgiving. It only had a single focus.

The beast charged forward. Slamming into the ground as the hound that it was shaped as, the three pairs of arms and legs galloped as the beast stampeded to the Mod Soul. The Osen's talons had dug into the ground to force it into a crawling stop for its 5 foot right arm rounding to come swinging towards the woman's left side. It was going to snatch her and lift her up into the air? With its posture shifting upwards, it would be almost as if it were standing at an upright position, almost Human stance. Very much like Nuru, it could adjust itself accordingly should it require it as its own body was made up of both flesh and reiatsu. Its cry of rage filled the chamber. It wouldn't allow itself to fall prey to someone that would come to help a weak Bount, a weak Master. As more time went on, both Doll and Curse became inseparable as the two shared a common thought. A weak being should be devoured, and should not be allowed to wield power. Well, at least its power.

When it came to the two beings opposing each other, the Osen had both reach and speed on its side. While it did not know this fact, it would become more apparent as Zaluu's own eyes would analyze it. Their speed was only different by a few numbers, a close call, but if not careful then could lead to disaster. Especially with the left arm coming around shortly after the right arm should make contact or miss its target entirely. Very straightforward as the Osen was still primitive. This was obvious. Being what it was the Osen didn't have a detail oriented mindset, but rather destroy and eat, destroy and eat. That was all it ever thought about, so what use was there for thinking of clever plans or strategies. All that really mattered was finding the best way to feed, even it cost itself moments of pain and agony, just as Aura did in her moments of berserker rage. Speaking of which, Aura's gaze fell onto the scene in front of her.

Her mind was still fogged up from separation from the Osen. Physically and spiritually she was making a quick recovery, but it still took the time to regain her bearings. Never has a Bount been forcibly separated from their Doll, let alone fragmenting the other two before doing so. Then again, none had to deal with an Osen. She felt deprived. Weak.... And hungry. Much of her spiritual energy had been stolen from her and was wandering about outside of her in the form that the Osen took on. She panted heavily. The Bount never felt this hungry before, even whilst the Osen had been active. As if starved from a natural need that the body required to function, she was keen on the confrontation in front of her. "Come on girl. Get up, This is your fight as well." She heard a voice call out to her. Aura didn't know who it was, but it sounded so distant as she sat up from her seating. People were all around her with only one looking to her with an awkward stare. At least she thought so. Who ever it was spoke to her. Lots of the words lost in the haze that clouded a lot of Aura's mind, but looking forward she could make up some parts of what was going on. Some parts at least though not entirely sure. All she knew was that she had to move.......... and feed.

A single step forward from her seat only to collapse onto her knees. Her weak knees caved into the weight of her own body. Physically, she was fine. Aura had to readjust again as if she was just newly born. But really, she was just tired. The Dolls inside her fueled much of her strength, and now that they were torn to pieces inside, she had to work with a limited energy supple, like a car about to run on fumes. She had to kick herself into working motion again before the Osen finished itself off with its limited life span. She had to hurry.

OSEN NURU: 2/5

["Taka" Sar]

Taka narrowed her eyes as those arms swung in. This was fine. This was doable. She saw those arms swinging in, seeking to slam down and swipe at her, her own blade still heading for the Osen's body, intent on stabbing it clean through the middle. And she didn't care. Once those Arms were swinging in, once it was almost upon her, and there was no chance of the osen to take back the action, Taka sneakily activated her ability. It was one of the benefits of being a mod soul. Especiall with her ability. As she activated it, there would be no reiatsu signature as she could suppress it well enough. That invisible veil would slither over her body. And rather than hiding herself, she only hid the layer of her ability.

When the Osen's arms slammed into her, they dissolved, were destroyed, Taka's power was so incredibly higher than the Osen's that the arms didn't even reach her skin and were simply obliterated the instant they came into contact with that invisible blades on Taka's body, and that blade of fire, which was also part of her body, thanks to how mod root worked, also suddenly became invisible as she sought to drive it into the hollow. In actuality, the arms didn't even come in contact with her. Burning blade allowed her to make several blades, but she had only made one, and once the osen attacked her, she used her mod soul ability to turn the blades invisibel, and then shunt two of them into those incoming arms, destroying them and sparing herself the impact of the hit.

If all went well, then she would be able to land not only an obliteration of the osen's arms, but also a clean stab into the center of it's body. Of course she had no idea how this thing worked. If it had a core. Or if it was possible to destroy this thing's ehart. But she figured at the very least putting such a hole in the monster would be enough to severely cripple it in this little shindig. This extermination. Of course she was being a lot more reckless than usual. She SHOULD have jsut covered her entire body. Prepared to go full stealth and cut this thing apart. But she was too angry for that.

-200 Reiatsu for Shine Sar level 4 Post 1/5
910/1260 Reiatsu remaining
Instinct required to sense cloaked parts:
200 + 200(From stealth skill) - 0(From Anti-stealth skill)= 400 For her general location
250 + 200(From Stealth Skill) - 0(From Anti-stealth skill) = 450 For exact location

[Hebika Nara]

Hebika paused, turning her attention to Aura herself. It was a bit of a strain for her. She had closed off her mental connection to the osen, but she still had to focus on using her abilities to heal up Aura. When the girl came to her feet, Hebika was there, easily catching the girl before they fell to the floor and frowning a little as she looked them over. "Easy there, try to take it slow. You have to try and relax. You're going to need some time to recover." she insisted on the girl, attempting to firmly put the girl back into a seated or reclined position, to look her over and get a sense for any new budding problems that might arise.

The girl was healed, but there was still an ammount of recovery. Her body and soul were fine, but it was still a trauma, and the girl would probably have to take a bit to acclimate to the rollercoaster of suddenly having limbs again. She looked briefly over to what Zaluu was doing with the Osen. She honestly saw no reason to interfere so far. But all the same, she still was ready, ready to generate a living weapon in order to stamp out the osen if it became too much of an issue. But even more than that, she was prepared to restrain Aura. Because truth be told. It was hard to tell how much of things were Aura and how much was the curse. It might evcen be possible that the girl still couldn't be saved. She hoped not, because otherwise the girl would have to be killed. But she understood it as a possibility.

[Aura Kyuketsuki]

Aura grasped her chest. She couldn't breath properly, as if a large blade was driven into her chest. The Bount clamped down on her school uniform, dragging the dress shirt towards the center of where the pain surged from. She couldn't breath. And for each breath that managed to seep into her lungs burned as it tightened to keep it from spreading. Her gaze drifted from the sight of the fighting going on towards Hebika who spoke words of concern, at least what she thought they would be. Both arms and legs were still adjusting to the whole sprouting effect, but she will have to do with what she had now. "..hungry.." Aura muttered softly. She was hungry, and in pain. Wandering about in her own head, her eyes gazed up at the scene in front of them to see the reason as to why her chest was hurting, and for the growing numbness in her right arm.

The Osen was struck in an unexpected way. Vanishing from its sights and dealing a painful blow to the right arm and chest. What the beast didn't know was what the woman was capable of utilizing until it was too late. Its arm shattered into bits and pieces as they fell to the ground like glass. A puncture wound was made when the burning blade pierced through into its chest as it made contact. Both injuries grave....... to any ordinary being that was. Didn't mean that the pain wasn't real. The creature howled as its body was being destroyed. In pain that it suffered injuries that it hadn't felt in any way before this day. At the same time, it was still connected to the Bount girl through the Doll that it too devoured. What pain it suffered so did she.

Its existence wasn't as any other being that the woman faced before, certainly not like a Hollow. Its entire being remained shrouded in mystery as it is the first of its kind to ever walk the realm of the living. The chest caved in as the blade slid into what would be its chest cavity. The blade's power was too strong to keep out of the body. However, that wasn't an issue for the beast to concern itself with. An arm missing? No issue again as the Osen can continue fighting even without it. The only issue that the beast saw was being unable in finding the girl as her presence fell off its radar. It couldn't feel her anymore. Although, it could still feel the blade that was driven into its body, and that was what it went on. Instead of pulling away from the woman it pushed inwards as the tail swept in from behind her. It had no sense as to where the girl would be at, but considering that the blade was stuck inside its chest, the tail came in sweeping the entire area in front of itself, hoping to knock the girl on her ass.

It growled, just as Aura did in the back of her throat. She wanted it.... The reiatsu. She wanted spiritual energy. She wanted what was stolen from her. Draped over her head, the Bount's hair grew moist as the sweat beads were gathering along her scalp. Her steps were forced as each one was just as sluggish than the last. Aura bared her fangs that grew out. She approached to pair, drawn by the conflict that was ensuing. She was hungry. She didn't want to wait anymore.

["Taka" Sar]

The sight of that tail sweeping in knocked Taka out of her little daze. Her eyes wide as she suddenly unleashed her full power, letting it cover her entire body as that tail SWUNG in at her. The tail itself melted, obliterated just as quickly as it came into contact with her. But of course, thankfully her power was so incredibly above that of the Osen's that It couldn't even slam into her before it was obliterated by her ability, as aka began to sweat, realizxing that if Aura had been stronger, then she may very well have taken a hefty hit.

She looked up at the chest pushing down onto that blade and she TORE the invisible weapon upward, aiming to slice clean upward toward the beast as she dropped out and away from it, her breathing coming hard now as she attempted to escape. A physical blow? Certainly. But her ability wasn't high enough that she could consume reiatsu yet, and since she had no idea what powers it had, this put her at risk. She decided to disengage, leaping back, now between Aura and the Osen themselves as she took several moments to try and collect herself.

However she was a little surprised that the creature wasnt' dead. Then again, it probably didn't have any vital organs. She had never actually fought Hebika's entities before. Were they all like this? She began to sweat. Thankfully it seemed fairly weak, but that was still concerning, especially it's ability to keep on trucking. Her cowl of shroud peeled back just a little and Taka narrowed her eyes as she came into view, making it seem as if her ability were no longer active. But those blades were still out and hidden, and she could make more if need be.

"You disgust me. I had always wondered what sort of illness could make Aura suffer so much...." Her brows knitted together, angry making her twitch. "She was so sweet when she came to me. And frightened. I had no idea what to do about her. I thought that she was just a particularly hungry bount.... I admit. I never even thought something like you was inside her. My prejudice against bounts blinded me." She frowned....her eyes still focused on them, but tears began running down her cheeks.

".....I didn't know. I thought she was hopeless.... So instead of trying to help save her. I told her how she could learn to just live with it. When she cried out for help I didn't hold out my hand, I told her to help herself, to stay strong and deal with it.... I thought she was a monster...." she hunched her shoulders, and she felt a pit in her chest as she felt the emotions buried inside her begin to well up as she spoke. Even just saying it to this monsteocity. It bared wounds she had kept hidden for a while.

And then her reiatsu SKYROCKETED! Her spiritual prowess SURGED out so tremendously that it would shove everything back and blast towards the Osen. It didn't do damage but it was a tremendous display of how strong she was as her face twisted into a mask of absolute fury. "BUT SHE WASN'T! THE MONSTER WAS ME!" she shouted, suddenly charging at the beast and extending both arms to the sides, ready to engage those extra blades as she closed in! "I'VE WANTED MY WHOLE LIFE TO BE A HERO! And when I finally had the chance I Failed! But I'm NOT gonna fail this time!" She roared as she aimed to SHOVE both palms toward the Osen's chest, intent on hitting high so that she could sweep to either side, slashing both of it's arms off. If she couldn't kill it, surely she could disable it!

"I'm going to kill you. So that Aura can lead a normal life!"

[Hebika Nara]

Hebika was keeping an eye on the fight itself when she noticed that Aura was getting up. Before the girl could go charging into the fight, Hebika frowned and placed herself between Aura and the fight. "I understand the temptation to get involved, but do you think you're really in a proper state to be doing that?" She asked calmly, prepping herself to use her abilities. It was a bit of a spot, to keep her attention both on the fight going on behind her and Aura on the same time, but thankfully nothing too hard for her.

The entity that she had turned her clothes into was too weak to actually restrain Aura, though she could definitely feel it resisting her moving around for the tme being as it continued to fill her with healing energy. Naturally Hebika decided not to dismiss it, especially since doing so would leave Aura up to potentially being mortally wounded. Especially with Taka's own vicious ability active and swinging around. It really was just a bad idea in general for the girl.

"You need to sit back and relax, try to move your limbs, but don't do anything silly. You're going to feel weak for quite a bit." She glanced over her shoulder, pausing as she considered attacking the beast as well, or at least helping Taka just a little. She was already healing up Aura, but that didn't actually tire her out, so she was considering giving another olive branch. But of course Aura trying to move in did complicate things. It would be a bit counterproductive if the girl they were doing all this for suddenly got herself killed.