Meeting the Doctor: (closed training )

[Edward]

Edward could feel his heartbeat race as he ran on the treadmill, with each step that he took he could feel the plastic tread of the treadmill under his feet slowly start to give way from his steps. Edward had been running for the last hour with several hundred pounds of weights on his body and legs, all to push his body past the limits that he currently had. He wanted to get stronger and for that reason he was here in the early morning of this day before the sun had even risen to run, he was trying to finish off the last bit of his workout for the day before the light shined into the world of Silburn.

His breaths were labored and he could feel the tiredness of a good workout, his muscles were a bit sore however he knew that this was all to make progress, for him to get stronger, he needed to get stronger. There were plenty of foes that dared to go against the mighty emperor and Edward would make sure that they would all suffer under his boot. As the timer went off he looked down and saw that he had finished the run, it had been beeping for the last few moments as he had been lost in his own thoughts of getting stronger. Slowly the treadmill stopped and he got off of it pulling the weights off of his body and looking over at the mirror.

His body was covered in sweat and he felt great about the way he looked, however he knew the truth. No matter how much more he was trained, how much more he pushed his body he wasn’t getting any stronger than he had been. It was slightly disheartening that he wasn’t able to push past his own limits, yet there wasn’t a reason he could find for that. He had pushed himself past beyond what was possible for human beings and even what was possible for most quincy. He had to have special equipment made to handle his strength and speed when using to train, but even then nothing was helping him get stronger.

He took the white towel he had and started to wipe the sweat off of his body as he made his way back to his home in the Silburn. It wasn’t that far of a walk to the gym taking him only about five minutes to get there, this was one of the main reasons why he had selected that home in particular. Close to a gym and easy access to the main building where he did his work. It made sense, even if there were some more fancy and better looking homes he preferred how close this place was to everything. After a shower and him getting dressed he looked over at his calendar to see what was on his agenda for the day.

Looking over it he saw something that might give insight into the issues he was having. There was a note stating that he had a yearly checkup this very morning in an hour or so. Knowing that he didn’t want to be late for this appointment he made his way towards the doctor’s office with a series of questions in mind. It didn’t take him long to get there, being early he sat down and waited for his name to be called. He hoped that at the very least he would be able to get some answers, he knew he was in good health, just not being able to get stronger was an issue that he wanted fixed.

So there he sat down in the waiting room dressed fully in his captain supervisor uniform on, a strange blade fixed to one side of his waist. A bright cyan blue undershirt was clearly seen as he read some magazines that were laying around. His bright blonde hair fell down his head, in a bit of a messy way. He didn’t bother to style it today as he didn’t need to. He wasn’t meeting anyone higher ranked than him and there were few individuals that he wanted to impress as there were very few quincies that actually proved to be worth trying to impress.

[Alexius Fuchs]

<sub>The transition from the front lines to where she was reassigned to carried with it an entirely different atmosphere. Only a few years apart seemed to be that of days for the Quincy to truly adjust herself entirely to the new position as a Physician of the Vandenreich. The months spent during the woman's transfer were committed to studying the Human body. Strange as it was considering that many spent a near life time dedicating themselves to such studies before being able to fill in the position. Honestly, she felt more like a Nurse than that of a full fledged Physician. The months she was provided to recover some knowledge that she may have forgotten, including new material to assist with treatments. Alexius had to shift her mental paradigm from fighting to treating those that required aid with medicine, which forced her hand in dealing with the practicality in the later years of her studying.

The Vandenreich provided a wealth of knowledge when it came to educating an individual in a particular field. Mathematics, Engineering, History, Literature, Medicine, it isn't uncommon for the Quincy such as themselves to be taught in a various of fields. Medicine and Human biology were what Alexius had a particularly interest in when she was still undergoing training to serve as a Captain. Her father made the idea of having to learn from many different sources to help nurture her mind, forging it into a weapon that she could use before that of her own body. Alexius sighed. Looking back on the lessons that she absorbed into her person the honest truth she learned such things was to use them in combat. All such knowledge and information that was meant to help people Alexius turned it into a means how to torture her enemies, and how to easily dispatch them.

Varies arteries, the jugular, tendons, pressure points, many details that Alexius could utilize to diminish the strength of her enemies to better suit her desires. If someone happened to be surpass her own ability to move quickly, then she would easily figure which muscles she could target to better slow them. Not only muscles she would analyze, but the entirety of the effects such movements had on the body itself. Spirit beings often possessed a stronger resistance than that of regular flesh made figures. Due to the strength and amount of reiatsu that flowed through the body, all such organs were naturally re-enforced as the figure gradually strengthened itself. This became a natural occurrence that would enable the bodies to become more resistant to illnesses that regular Human beings would easily contract.

Alexius happened to note each paper that skimmed through to ensure that didn't miss details. The amount of effort in cross referencing that was needed to check each hypothesis, every theory, was immense. Not simply one source of material was what made it to be proven fact, but many other examples had to be referenced to truly make the theory more sound, and concrete with no questions raised. It served the Quincy to see how the bodies of spiritual beings, such as the Hollows and Shinigami differed from those organic bodies of the Quincy and other Humans. While Quincies were capable of surpassing the regular Human normalities, they were still bound by restrictions due to the living bodies that they have. They were still fragile compared to that of a Shinigami's body, which is comprised of reiatsu produced by their spirit. Such strength in a spirit is what allowed the Shinigami's body to retain its form, and gradually grow based on the experiences that it undergoes.

Truly fascinating studies that only had more details that were needed to be discovered if given time, but that wasn't the reason why the woman was in the position she was in now. Not quite the basis as to why she was there now, than serving on the front lines. Alexius' fingers peeled back the corners of each document, wanting to double check her own work before filing. Despite being where she was for the past few years, Alexius remained as the odd case of a Captain, someone who fought primarily as a Soldier, being someone in the Medical Corps. Among those Staffed in this department there are only a few that were capable of fighting. Though, to her knowledge that she was the only one among the other Physician's who knows how to fight given her reputation. Thus, when coming to see the surprised expressions of the patients seeing the Valkyrie there, she can not help but chuckle.

A War Monger in her own right to take such a position as this was odd. The birds were chirping just outside the window as Alexius fidget with her reading glasses. The Sun was out and about with a serene shine that basked through the window sill with its rays. The strangeness of how different her environment was compared to the battlefield still somewhat made her anxious. She was calm of course. Alexius did not have a reputation of being restless, or expressing such worries to others. She was a Captain who experienced war, bloodshed... loss. The Quincy was kept herself calm in many situations, but, perhaps this feeling of anxiousness was her really being restless. There was business that always needed her attention, whether it be for the present time or to ready herself for the following days.

Medications had to be filed under patient names. Paper work had to be filed and delivered to the correction stations. Her phone was hardly ever back in its resting place given the amount of calls she needed to make each day. Her own office was somewhat a battlefield in it of itself. Surely the only shouting or screams that she had to hear where from the patients that did not favor needles, or those that required a bit of force to better assess their body's condition. Alexius was by no means a Surgeon. She did not train for such a position, and quite frankly she wouldn't be able to handle the blood if she could help it.

As per this day, check ups and assessments were what filled her schedule. Her teal eyes wandered from segment to segment with each lines to catch mentionables of what she would be conducting with her patients. A sort of recollection to help put into mind as to what she would need to do, making sure she herself is caught up with the ideas of her past self on the previous days. Once she tidied herself for the moment, she went ahead to waiting area of her area of operations. A simple egg-white sleeveless tunic, joint by the knee high skirt, she came out to address the next individual. "Sir Edward Konig. A Sir Edward Konig." she announced into the room. Some members of the Vandenreich had arrived in the room, numbering about five individuals altogether. She read the profile description as to who was her next patient, viewing from her risen clipboard before looking beyond it towards the blonde haired man.



The profile came with a provided photo, so she knew who to peer at when reviewing the room. Her eyes would come to meet his. A member of the Elites within the Vandenreich Empire. "Please, step this way." Alexius commented turning on her heel back to her office. The clipboard was nestled in her arm, along side the woman's lab coat. Her locks of brown hair trailed her every motion closely, stepping to the side of her room to allow the man to enter first. A pair of beds located to the right, curtains withdrawn. Her own personal desk located to the opposite end of the room with two windows oversaw the courtyard, and the side of the gymnasium. Only after he entered the room did she follow to close the door behind her, and to seat herself at her rolling chair. The man was certainly taller than herself. A good foot more or so. But, a bit messy despite his uniform. Elites such as himself certainly had free reign as how to care for themselves. A bit unflattering to be honest she thought considering his station and appearing as so.

However, she did not voice her opinion. "So, Sir Edward Konig, what may I do for you today?" she began.</sub>

[Edward]

While he had been reading the magazine in the office he was rather distracted, he knew that after this he would have some free time to spend how he saw fit. He wondered if he should go over to the privates and see how they were doing with their training or should he work on some more of the paperwork that had piled up while he had been binge watching all of Inyuasha. For a week he had locked himself in his home for that week, so his mind wasn’t exactly focused. As such he didn’t hear his name being called the first time. However when his name was called for the second time Edward put down the magazine he had been reading and looked over to see who had been calling for him.

His eyes went over to see who was calling for him, the voice told him that it was a woman. He saw that she was fairly shorter than him, with shocking long chestnut brown hair that complemented her teal eyes and pale skin extremely well . From the brief glance that he gave her he could tell that she carried herself very well and had a sense of pride in her appearance, one that she should have. Edward wasn’t about to state it now, but she was an extremely attractive woman.

Standing upwards he followed her through the doorway and into the office, each step his boots clacked against the floor. One strange thing that he noticed was that she allowed him to enter first and waited to close the door till he was inside. While that was common practice to do for a higher ranked officer, he was here as a patient not as a superior officer. He hoped that this wouldn’t cause any issues with her job as a doctor. Still he wasn’t going to comment about this unless someone would cause an issue.

He sat down on one of the beds facing the doctor, he waited for her to speak before saying something. “Ah yes thank you doctor….” He stopped for a moment to allow her to introduce herself as he didn’t know her name. This was the first time he had been in her care, before this he had been going to the previous doctor that had been assigned here. He hadn’t known what had happened, but Edward had an idea or two. It was safe to say that those who weren’t loyal or strong enough didn’t last long in the Vandenreich.

After she answered him he would continue. “Thank you, looking over my calendar this morning it was time for my yearly check up and aside from that I do have some other questions I hope you could answer for me.” Edward said straight forward looking right into her eyes, as he did he noticed something on her face right under her left eye there was a small beauty mark. It was interesting as he knew that given the level of work that could be done with spiritual healing a mark like that could be easily removed without any issue so it was left on purpose.

“Now then I shall be in your care doctor Fuchs.” He would wait to see what she would ask of him. He had a general idea of what would be asked of him to do, as he was no stranger to yearly checkups. What ever was required he would do without question. She was a doctor and he was here to do a physical checkup, he trusted that she would preform her duties as a medical professional.

[Alexius Fuchs]

<sub>Reading over the man's profile, the Quincy knew what condition he was previously in. A stern figure. No signs of favoritism among his limbs. The color of his skin was natural, with no blemishes from what she could see on the surface. Appearance wise, Edward was healthy, yet there were procedures that were routine when it came for a visit. The usual standards for any visit as she needed to ensure the paper work was updated. She removed the pen that resided in her lab chest pocket to scribe the information according to the date and time of the visit. Reasoning for his visit was included in her notes as per what he mentioned, but beyond that she had to conduct the formalities. Removing a Sphygmomanometer, Alexius proceeded on to check the man's blood pressure, adding the questions that were fairly usual for visits. "I am going to be taking your blood pressure right now, Mr. Konig." she mentioned first. "Have you been feeling fatigue? Lightness in the head? Feverish? Have you been drinking or smoking as of recently?"

She began with the questions to grab a better understanding of the situation before digging into the man's case. As of the previous data before her shown the man did little next to nothing pertaining to narcotics or alcohol, at least from what the records show. Edwards has had no troubles in the past despite the amount of work he is required to fulfill on a daily basis. Perhaps some prescribed medication to help sleep or eat when forgetting to do so. Some medication to help trigger the sensations to help the body to ease itself before suffering from the side effects of exhaustion. Overworking was an issue for many Vandenreich members, including those among the Sternritters. This was only natural.

The pump finally reached the optimal pressure needed to take an accurate reading, which she went ahead to input into the new file. Any other details that the man would say Alexius jotted in terms of condition. Despite his rank, Alexius treated him like any other individual that came into her office. In there she did not view rank as something of importance. Rank did not save lives, nor did it assist with fixing wounds. To her rank was merely a marker to indicate how well an individual was in their field of profession. The only ranks that held a higher regard in her eyes were those that specialized in her field of study, or in relation to it. Those that served in the military, who had little to no knowledge of treating people, did not have much say in her office. All that the Quincy could do was offer her professional opinion as to what is needed, and allowed the patient to make the decision. Beyond her own opinion, Alexius did not do much to help people.

Individuals in her position can not force others to listen. She may provide her opinion to better assist a person in need, but if they refuse to accept the aid that is offered, then nothing more can be done. It was very much the saying in the World of the Living, "You may escort a horse to water, but you can not force it to drink." That sense of pride and stubbornness was what resulted in the deaths of quite a few Quincy. Such cases, such ignorance, was why Alexius viewed everyone the same, despite rank. She removed the Sphygomanometer from Edward's arm, returning it to its proper station on a sanitized hook. Her latex hands motioning to write further details before moving forward. "So, Mr Konig, what can I assist you with this day for your check up? Anything in particular you wish to concentrate?"

Alexius spoke softly from her chair. Finishing with the last word she turned her gaze, and posture, towards that of the Supervisor. Her glasses fell forward slightly, forcing the woman to adjust them away from the curved base of her nose. Legs crossed over each other within the black stockings to show little skin despite what she wore beneath her lab coat. The Physician required further information to go on before proceeding. She could run a variety of tests as a general check up, ordering a few MRI examinations to check the man's internal workings to see if there perhaps concerns he may be feeling. Possible joint pains, immunization requirements, the list continues on to various different fields. It was here with the details that the Quincy provided is how Alexius was able to operate. This was necessary to direct the man to the right course that he needed to be cared for properly. "I know I am not your Primary Physician, however, due to the requirements in their specialty, I am afraid that they had to be transferred due to the fighting. As such, I will be filling in for them, so I will need further information as we go along." she announced to the man flipping through his profile.

Quite frankly, it was a lot of running around. Alexius served as a Primary Physician, a jack of all trades in a sense to knowledge and information. Here she would be able to decipher as to what the man needed to do better. Not really a sense of working her body, but more as to working her mind. What Alexius realized was different between her service on the front lines to that in the office was the form of fighting that she had to do. While on the front lines primarily utilized the body. The strain was there of having to be mobile running from place to place with an intended mindset. In the office, it was more psychological. She had to formulate solutions based on what she learned, finding an resolution to an issue that she can not see. Certainly there were similarities between the usage of the mind on and off the battlefield, but here, she had to do so with limited data until the examinations were done to help fill in the blank spots. Alexius had to fight while in the dark, or rather with pieces to a puzzle missing. There was much to consider.</sub>

[Edward]

Upon her saying that she was going to take his blood pressure Edward responded. “That’s more than fine Doctor Fuchs.” Edward raised his right arm making it easier for her to wrap the Sphygmomanometer around his arm to measure his blood pressure. He wasn’t going to try and fight basic medical practices when it came to check ups. He wasn’t a child in the office crying over getting a prick from a needle. Still it didn’t hurt that the new doctor was such an attractive woman, he was sure that his own heart rate had more than likely gone up a bit as he sat with her so close to him.

He tried to keep himself stern as she took the measurements and asked him questions. “No nothing of the sort. The only fatigue is from my morning workouts, nothing has made me lightheaded that I can recall in the past few months, I don’t smoke and as far as drinking goes I only occasionally go out with some friends for a drink here and there. Nothing more than what would equate to roughly a beer maybe once a week.” Edward didn’t partake that often in drinking, the extra calories from doing so wasn’t worth it and it made workouts the next morning horrid.

While he tried to keep his focus ahead he couldn’t help but have his eyes trailing towards her face. After she removed the sphygmomanometer from his arm his eyes trailed to follow her rear end as she walked back to the desk and sat down. He couldn’t help it, she was an attractive woman and he was a healthy young man. His eyes trailing to her black stockings and up her legs, when she started up with questions his attention went back to her and her face. He cleared his throat for a moment before starting with the main issue that brought him here.

“Yes, the primary reason that I have come here today is that I have come across a wall in my training. From since a young age I’ve trained my body to be at peak strength and physical form, yet now I’ve reached a wall that I can no longer pass. A normal healthy body when worked will grow in strength and that’s what I have been doing, yet I no longer see any growth in my physical strength. I’m hoping that you might be able to shed some light into this.” He said all of this in a serious tone as he looked at her.

While it was a long shot that a general practitioner would be able to actually help him with this he hoped that she, being a vandenreich doctor would have some ideas as to why this is happening. He was more than willing in telling or showing her anything she needed to try and help his situation. He wasn’t shy about his past or any possible medical questions about him. “Please feel free to ask me anything that will help with you. I’m not shy about my medical history or my personal past doctor Fuchs.”

He sat there crossing his fingers across his lap as he waited for her to respond back to him. While he didn’t know exactly what she would ask about his past he figured that most of it would be common questions, possibly sexual history, how much he worked out, and the like. There was one thing that did cross his mind that he did want to test out eventually, a silly rumor that possibly having to fight someone at his level or stronger would be enough to make him grow stronger. That was a silly notion to him as, there was no way that that could be the only way to become stronger.

[Alexius Fuchs]

<sub>Her eyes skimmed along the paragraphs, the descriptions and details that revolved around the man's history. Details concerning product usage, daily routines, injuries, relations in regards as to what may possibly hinder physical growth. Eyes peering down through the lower half of her glasses, peering through the bifocals added into her lenses to take away the strain needed for her eyes to read the text. An expansion of each examination done with tiny footnotes in regards to what occurred in further detail. Alexius was gradually learning more and more there was about the man. If the Captain were to fight him, then such information would be useful. The trained eyes of a soldier were still there with Alexius, always watching, always looking, a force of habit that wasn't easily escapable. But such information remained confidential. This wasn't the reason why she was looking further into his history.

From what he had explained just now was the fact he was living a casual, yet active lifestyle. Constant straining on the muscles with some time to ease them. “Yes, the primary reason that I have come here today is that I have come across a wall in my training. From since a young age I’ve trained my body to be at peak strength and physical form, yet now I’ve reached a wall that I can no longer pass. A normal healthy body when worked will grow in strength and that’s what I have been doing, yet I no longer see any growth in my physical strength. I’m hoping that you might be able to shed some light into this.” There were a number of factors that could hinder one's progress. Some are quite common.

"Do you take any medication, vitamins, substances from Pharmacies?" she began to poke into the matter further. It is common for athletes in training to take tablets and extra vitamins that promote muscular growth. Often times utilizing vitamins E, fish oils tablets, etc to assist with building up skeletal structure to support larger muscles. That was one aspect. Others included what their diets persist of. It was a fact that athletes consumed more carbs than any other individual, committing to intense muscular training with less repetitions, and more weight. Their pace slow, taking the time to sculpt and focus on each individual muscle. This was a habit of body builders. "What is your diet persist of now? Are you eating enough? And what is your routine when working out?" she wrote down the details to keep them on file.

Those were just a few factors, with another being that the body has grown familiar with the routine. The body itself is a learning computer, knowing when to utilize what muscles are needed to complete a task. Of course, over time when repeating the same routine, the same action, using the same weight, the same tension, the body learns when to apply the needed strength to complete the task, and within the same time frame. Essentially, the repetition that is being done resulted in the body to relax, to ease itself with something that it has grown familiar with, causing it to be lazy. For this reason it is best to change, alternate using different methods in working particular muscles to create a sense of confusion, while still operating the muscle. A different movement to train the body to force the body to put forth the effort. This was the theory.

This is what Alexius went in to explain to Edward, that the cause could be one of these factors. "This 'wall' that you've struck could be the result of your body becoming familiar with what you are doing. The same routine, the same actions repeated, is what causes the body to halt in it's progress. At the same time, your body lacks the essential nutrients that it requires to provide further growth." Still, there could be the other factors being put into play. The body requires a change in environment, to be challenged to promote this growth. Muscles needed to be torn, then allowed to heal to build new layers in a healthy in environment. This is what occurs when the body undergoes rigorous training, hence the soreness in the ligaments. Alexius required more information before she could offer more ideas as to how Edward could proceed forward, and to see what sounded better for his situation.</sub>

[Edward]

"Do you take any medication, vitamins, substances from Pharmacies?" With a calm and collected voice Edward responded to her question. “I’m currently am not taking any medicines for any illness, as far as vitamins go I take a multivitamin that the pervious doctor had recommended to me. The one he recommended to me should take care of anything I would lack in my diet, even being a quincy, or so he claimed. I also take some omega three pills as well. As far as substances go, I do have a particular brand of wheat protein powder that I use after workouts.”

The next question was something that he was a bit more embarrassed about. He knew more than anyone that food was an important factor in promoting growth. “My usual diet consists of fish, greens, poultry, eggs. I tend to avoid sweets and soda as well as junk food when I can, however I do have some times when I do tend to slip up. Never more than once or twice a week however.” Those times usually where when he had been watching hours and hours of anime without a thought or care. That or if he went to a cosplay event and the only thing there was junk food.

“If you’re asking about my workout I hope we have enough time to cover it all.” He chuckled as he knew for a fact that his workout was extreme and honestly ridiculous. “It will vary depending on the day given I will work out different areas, however every morning I start off with a twenty mile run, three hundred pushups and three hundred sit ups, four hundred squats. Then I will hit the free weights usually doing around ten sets of thirty reps with the weights. The weights being around several hundred pounds each, depending on what area I am working out I will shift focus on weights for there and spend around an hour or two working that particular area. Finishing off my workout I do a thirty minute run at full speed.”

"This 'wall' that you've struck could be the result of your body becoming familiar with what you are doing. The same routine, the same actions repeated, is what causes the body to halt in it's progress. At the same time, your body lacks the essential nutrients that it requires to provide further growth.” Edward looked at her puzzled for a moment before speaking. “If I maybe frank, I really do doubt it’s the fact that my body is familiar with the routine I have, as I continue to add more weight and different exercises once what I am doing becomes too easy. Yet even pushing past that I seem to have hit a wall that I can’t go past, I do agree that I could possibly be lacking the proper nutrients so any recommendations would be appreciated.”

It was as he was waiting for her to give him the names and possible brands of the nutrients she was talking about that, that particular idea came to mind. “Oddly enough the rumor I heard was that fighting others at your level or stronger was a good way to gain strength, sadly for me, there aren’t many here that could actually challenge me. Shame as I would love to test that idea.” Edward said without thinking too much about it. He didn’t think too much about the idea, however he knew that it would be a good way to vent stress.

[Alexius Fuchs]

<sub>The pen flew from side to opposing side of a new document sheet. Her hand guiding the writing utensil to jot down the newly receiving information that Edward was providing, to best catalog for the next appointment made with him. This was essential as it detailed what they were discussing, possibilities based on his lifestyle, and to what has been attempted thus far. Fairly average when it came to her line of work as they did not wish to repeat the session if it did not offer any merit, or a means to better the individual in question. This was the reason why Alexius posed the questions, investigating Edward as she was now. Based on what he had to share with Alexius, he was doing a fine job in his routine, though there were some misconceptions in terms of how he was carrying himself. "Based on what you have told me Mr. Edward, it is best that you allow your body to recover between training day sessions as forcing your body to undergo extreme regiments can cause the opposite effect to occur." she advised.

The body was not provided sufficient time to recover the tears that the muscles undergo through straining itself. Such a time was needed to do so in order to provide the structure the time required to enforce itself, disperse the needed nutrients that was the body took in when consuming food. This was the reason why most athletes, bodybuilders especially, were required to take in three thousand to four thousand calories each day with their work out. The amount of fat, carbohydrates, vitamins, all in which needed to be processed in recovery time. When the body is forced to undergo intense strain again and again without the needed nutrition, the body will take it upon itself to feed on its own nutrients to compensate. This degree of compensate will take hold of the fats and sugars needed to produce the energy needed to continue daily function. Such fats and sugars immediately taken that are stored within the muscles themselves, breaking down the work that was done to cultivate the physic that was trained for. Essentially, Edward was working against himself.

"Based on what you have explained to me, you are lacking in the total calorie count that is required to keep up with your regiment." Alexius first pointed out. "Not only you are not taking in the proper amount of nutrients, but your own regiment is actually working against your results as overstraining yourself will cause your body to feed upon itself to make up for what you are not providing it. Thus, I will advise in alternating your routine, and frequency of when you train." she offered her perspective, even going as far as to writing down the explanation of her thought process. On the side, Alexius scribed notes regarding what vitamins she recommended in terms of maintaining bone health, and other essentials that did were blend of organic foods that would help. She continued to write, copying the information and recommendations to the day's records for future reviews.

"Oddly enough the rumor I heard was that fighting others at your level or stronger was a good way to gain strength, sadly for me, there aren’t many here that could actually challenge me. Shame as I would love to test that idea.” This was indeed true. "Sparring is another well routed means of training as it does force the body to alternate its muscle uses." she explained. "Muscular development is more prone to occur with this method due to the level of strain that it must undertake, causing each one in use to expand, and contract naturally. In addition, the brain is also placed under this strain as separate the unnecessary information to that of what is needed at the moment, or in others words, requiring you to focus, to think and filter out what your senses require to win." she continued on. There were many pros in terms of development. As Alexius explained, the body trains not only the muscles located in the arms and legs, but that of the brain too.

The need of processing incoming data that will be useful in the situation, filtering out the nonsense that will only result in the individual's demise. Problem solving, training the senses to hone their focus, to focus the mind on achieving a single goal, sparring does so much for the Human body as it comes to experience what books can not provide. It provides a means to put into practice what is learned through systematic training, and cultivates the mind at a quicker pace than continuous repetition. That was the good part of it. However, the consequences were just as heavy too. "Sparring does have its merits, however, the consequences themselves are just as heavy, which is the reason why it must be done carefully as the damage done to the body can not be undone." Bruising of the muscles was one of the cons that came with this particular training method. Broken bones, a result in which will take the individual away from training for weeks if not months, undoing the effort that was put forth. Head trauma. Damage to the brain. Death. There were many cases that she Alexius could make that could easily dissuade any individual from going this route if it was not careful.

It was her job to ensure that the individual was kept safe, and not placed into a scenario that could potentially put them out of commission. This is what Alexius explained to Edward, speaking further into the matter, both the benefits and the consequences. Regardless of the ranking, the danger was too high, and as a Physician, Alexius could not make that call. "This is the reason why I do not recommend physical sparring, Mr Edward. The results may be what you are looking for, but at the same time, can also compromise yourself, another individual, or that of the Empire." she advised. She remained stern to her opinion, yet when she had read over his documents, and history, she already knew that what she said will fall onto deaf ears. Something that placed many Soldats, and other members of the Vandenreich, in danger. "However, I believe that stubbornness will not accept such an answer." Both papers and folders were wrestled together, issuing them into a single pile to be easily collected in a single arm. "Come with me." she said.

She had to lock her office door, informing her subordinates as she would be away from the office for some time. This was a part of her job to protect the Empire, and those that would come in droves to her office needing treatment. If left unchecked, Edward would surely haul several Quincies to sate his curiosity. Poor unfortunate Quincies that will not be of service to the Empire if they were forced to remain bed ridden for weeks. This was her reasoning when the two crossed courtyard to the private training grounds of the Medical Wing. A building that was separated into two vast arenas providing an indoor training dome for physical rehabilitations, ranging from an Olympic graded pool to weights, to the outside which yielded a small forest to a full sized track field that had an internal court to fight. This was where the two would face each other. "Please meet me at the center of the field, Mr. Edward. We will begin shortly." she said sternly, yet calm.

She did not wish to waste time. The grass rustled beneath the pointed heel of her shoes before being cast off to the side of the rubber matted arena. Her earrings and lab coat removed, piled neatly onto the trimmed grass line that made itself to be the edge of the court. She sighed, rolling her shoulders, her neck, then onward to fixing the balance of her glasses. "Let me know when you are ready to begin." she stated resting her bosom over the conjoined bridge of her two forearms.</sub>

[Edward]

"Based on what you have told me Mr. Edward, it is best that you allow your body to recover between training day sessions as forcing your body to undergo extreme regiments can cause the opposite effect to occur." Upon hearing this he could only assume that she had no idea what he considered extreme, he had forgotten to mention the fact that he would tow ships as part of his workouts or juggle steel beams. While he did agree that what he did would have been a bit much for those of weaker constitutions for him what he had told her was pretty much a warm up to get his blood pumping.

He did neglect to mention that he did take some time off every two days to allow his body to rest, that was his own fault and he wasn’t going to argue with her on that. He had made that mistake, he wasn’t about to get into an argument or try and save face on his own error. He didn’t believe that, still his eyes wandered at her dress and features as she kept talking about what he was doing wrong with his workout routine. His eyes had glanced down towards her chest when he heard her mention that he was greatly underdoing his caloric intake when training.

He frowned at that and allowed her to finish her recommendation before speaking up. “I don’t mean to insult you Doctor Fuchs, especially given how intelligent and beautiful you are, however I have to say that the amount of calories I do eat per day is more than enough to promote muscle growth. I’ve stuck to a plan that was made by both the former doctor and a dietitian who knows about our unique bodies. Both of them have reassured me that the plan that I’ve been sticking to is more than sufficient to allow for muscle growth. More specifically, to allow for muscle growth without becoming horrendously massive.”

"Sparring does have its merits, however, the consequences themselves are just as heavy, which is the reason why it must be done carefully as the damage done to the body can not be undone." That was obvious to him, he knew more than anyone else how easily other people broke when he applied a bit of force to them. It wasn’t as if he really needed to try to utterly break someone. That was the main reason that he didn’t bother with the idea of sparing, it wasn’t that he didn’t enjoy fighting with someone, it was just that if he did he would break them without a second thought.

"Come with me." He raised an eyebrow as she started to collect her things and got up off of her chair and was heading towards the door. Was she really doing what he was thinking she would be? Did she really want to spar with him? Was she crazy or just didn’t know that he was the main person in charge of training the recruits to get them to survive an attack from a shingami. Still he smiled watching her walk towards the door getting another good look at her rear end. He followed her not exactly thinking that this was really going to happen, still it was doctors orders so he went along.

He followed her past the pool and the gym they had for rehabilitation purposes. He knew that nothing here would really work well for him, looking at the track he figured that possibly running in fresh air would be better than just on the treadmill. He made a note to ask her later on if he could use the tracks in the morning to run. All the while he assumed that she had been kidding about this and had something else that she would ask of him to do instead of a sparing match. "Please meet me at the center of the field, Mr. Edward. We will begin shortly." It wasn’t untill those words came out of her mouth that he knew she was serious about this.

He watched her strip out of her high heels and lab coat, he had to admit watching her was enjoyable. He grinned and folded his officer’s jacket and placed it on the grass. He pondered about if he should get rid of his gloves for a moment before placing them on top of the jacket. Slowly he unbuttoned his teal dress shirt placing it neatly folded ontop of everything, he didn’t’ want to mess up his shirt, not worried about her damaging it, more that he didn’t want to destroy it with his own strength. As he placed the shirt down he felt the hilt of his sword tapping against his leg, looking down he saw his sword next to his hip, if this was just a spar then he wouldn’t need it. Placing the strange black and white blade upon his clothing he was just about ready.

He smiled as he walked towards her shirtless she could see all the muscle he had built over a lifetime of working out and exercise, he was a few feet away from her before he spoke. “You know if you were going to agree to something so crazy maybe I should have asked about a more intimate physical activity.” He wasn’t being shy about what he meant as he stood there looking at her. Cupping his right hand in his left he cracked his knuckles before swapping to do the same with the left. He wanted to see what her expression was before he would start.

He knew that he would have to hold back, so he wasn’t going to strike her with his full strength or attempt to right away. “You might want to use blute as soon as we start, if you don’t well…. I’d really hate to hurt someone as pretty as you.” With that said Edward threw a single strike into the air. He wasn’t anywhere close to hitting her with the punch, no he was still several feet away from her, however he wasn’t trying to hit her with his fist, no it was the shockwave from the strike that he wanted to hit her with. A force of air expanded outwards towards her with speed and force equal to half of his own strength, if she wasn’t able to deal with at least this then he would need to call this off.

[Alexius Fuchs]

<sub>The man was certainly assertive in his advances, at least in terms of talking. He was not the first to talk to her in such a manner, nor would he be the last to do so. Edward held no reservations in what he intended when speaking to her about an activity that was more physically "intimate." She was not impressed, with his statement being borderline offensive, and lacking in taste. Something that she will have to correct soon enough seeing as this could be an issue in the near future with potential Soldats, and other ranks. Alexius was not foreign to being hit on by the opposite sex, often hearing such phrases, words of choice that pertained to her physical characteristics smothered against the bodies of those among the men. Courting was fair so long as the rituals were done so in agreement of both parties, yet it did not suit her agenda when it came to particular candidates. If Edward were to be one of them, then she would turn the option down without hesitation.

It left a foul taste in her mouth when hearing him speak of such things brazenly. “You know if you were going to agree to something so crazy maybe I should have asked about a more intimate physical activity.” Of course, if he was a lower rank, then she would surely taken her time to correct such a mistake. However, this time the roles were in reverse. Words did little to sway those of higher authority. Action was the only remedy for such an issue. “You might want to use blute as soon as we start, if you don’t well…. I’d really hate to hurt someone as pretty as you.” A warning? The Physician had already taken his ranking into consideration, a position that wasn't regularly given but earned. This rank often was filled in by those whose talents matched the criteria, meaning that the man before, known as Letter "E" the Execution, was someone not to take lightly despite the circumstances being that of training. Alexius was no fool to take the man at his word entirely, as this was something more than just a simple sparring session.

She watched him, carefully. In no hurry to rush herself, or to act, she was merely studying at this point in time at what the records indicated about him; a sense of strong physical prowess. Little was known as to how far could he really take such strength, and more so to that of his spiritual abilities. For this reason she required a bit more data, which went against her old style of fighting when serving on the frontlines. Soon, a blurred motion flashed before her eyes. A subtle motion, but quick enough to evade the perception of her eyes. A subtle motion that made the small hairs on the back of her neck order her to create distance. The ground was not safe, seemingly to be within a radius that he can affect with what he had processing in his head. Something that she couldn't see at the angle she stood at. Her body blurred. Hair meeting with the unhindered flow of wind, a body feeling utterly weightless as it hovered over the air about fifteen feet off the ground, ten feet away from where she once stood.

Glass like panels suspending her body in the air, looking down at the gust of air that was forced away from Edward's position. A single wave of air that shot out in circular motion several feet away. A ring formation that shot out from where the man stood, pummeling the ground that it traveled over. Even from where she stood the woman could still feel the rush of wind that was forced away. All that came from a single thrusting motion from his arm, even creating a single column, a wind tunnel, out into the air as well. Alexius began looking further into the matter. No reiatsu was utilized. And with the distance between them now, Alexius would not be able to ascertain whether or not he was contracting his muscles at the moment of his arm motioning. Some form of mental incantation? That was the thought, but the theory immediately fell apart considering there was no influx of spiritual energy. Alexius had to rule the case being rapid movement, immense brute force, or the combination of the two.

A cross reference of what she had witnessed to what his records suggested, and to his testimony, it would be more than possible. If that was the case, judging from the distance and destructive force it may mean he was not utilizing his full strength. The woman pondered in the air, wanting to see a closer observation if there was a notion of his muscles contracting, tensing to provide her a step on completing her theory in his case. There was only one way to find out. Her fingers pinched together as if to pull on the thread that bound the rear of her bow. Reishi particles gathered at her beckoned call, flashing the azure form of her Quincy bow with a single arrow locked into place with the man down her sight. A single arrow that was concentrated as its form was given, pulled back against the quiver, then released piercing through the air down upon the man. Her eyes watching as another arrow was being prepared. It remained tugged back against the thread of light.

Alexius watched, then released the arrow making subtle changes to her position upon seeing whether or not her first arrow made contact. The soles of her heels bouncing from one invisible panel to another, releasing an arrow as she went along toward her right. For the time being she held a height advantage, towering over the man who remained on the ground. This move set would assist in her observations, putting together a conclusion. From there, based on the results, she would make an adequate plan to follow through on. From here, no words were needed. Solely action.</sub>

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{Stats}

Sealed State:


Strength: 200/75% [50]

Speed: 300/75% [75]

Reiatsu Strength: [300]

Spiritual Pressure: [200]

Light Aura: [50]

Dark Aura: [50]

Instincts: [200]

Senses: 300/75% [75]

Energy Sensory: 200/75% [50]

Healing Exertise: [0]


SP: [1700]

Reiatsu Storage: 1735/2000 : -25 Movement, -50 Advanced Air Platform x2, -70 Class 1 Arrow x2. (Used Techniques)

[Edward]

Edward watched as she used a stepping technique to get away from the shockwave, from what he saw it wasn’t the stepping tech that the quincy had, no it was another one. Slower, weaker and most importantly not as refined. He frowned at the use of a lesser tech when they had a superior one in their arsenal. Still she was fast enough to evade an attack that he launched at half speed. The glass panels that she stood on gave him a clear line of sight towards her and he shook his head. Her thinking that just having the high ground would be an advantage was a bad idea.

Edward kept his distance as he saw her slowly notch an arrow, he knew exactly how he was going to deal with this arrow that she was going to throw at him. He raised up his right hand connecting his middle finger and his thumb together, the moment that the arrow was fired and him he used all of his strength to snap his fingers and created a shockwave from the snapping of his fingers together. This feat was only possible because of the skill and the special technique he had spent years preparing and getting just right.

The shockwave from him snapping his fingers rocketed out and upwards towards the direction of her and her arrow. This particular shockwave acted somewhat like a sound wave breaking and crushing anything that it would come into contact with. The shockwave hit the arrow shattering it without any issue and continued towards Fuchs. To say the least he was disappointed in her offer, if this was all she had to offer him then this would end rather quickly and dissatisfactory. He came here with her out of curiosity, however now he was having to hold back because if he didn’t he would end up with a dead doctor.

Edward’s eyes narrowed and he looked angrily at Fuchs. This was proving to just be a waste of time, he was holding back so that he wouldn’t hurt her, but if she wasn’t even able to put up a decent fight then he would either end it or cause her to actually try something else. He waited to see what she would do responding to the shockwave coming towards her, if she used another stepping tech to avoid it or if she would be sacrificing those panels to try and block it, either way he waited till she had responded, at the very least so that he could give her a chance.

Once she had moved or acted he did his own action, using the quincy step technique he rode the reiatsu under his feet gliding faster than she could even see, much less even react to, to end up right behind her. His right hand would go out quickly and without warning to grab at the back of her neck holding it tight. He wasn’t crushing it, just keeping a firm grip on the back of her neck so that she couldn’t run away from him. He wanted this action to clearly show that at any time he could have done this or something worse.

After his grip on her neck happened, he would speak. “You brought me out here for a spar, however all that’s happened so far is just time being wasted, and I hate wasting time doctor Fuchs. While you’re a doctor and I respect your medical opinion, you’ve made a mistake in thinking that I was merely boasting or bragging about my strength. If this is all you have to offer, then I’m disappointed.” Edward’s tone was cold and harsh, he hated his time being wasted and he hated when others thought that he was messing around when it came to his physical strength.

Reiatsu 3250/3300 - 50 for Hirenkyaku

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{Stats}

Strength - [400]x3= 1320 Points

Speed - [273 ] 300 Points

Spiritual Pressure – [300] 330 Points

Reiatsu Strength – [138]x.3= 50Points

Light Aura - [90] Points

Dark Aura - [10] Points

Instinct - [275].33=100 Points

Senses - [91]=100 Points

Energy sensory - [23]X3= 75 Points

Healing Expertise - [0] Points

[Alexius Fuchs]

<sub>The arrows were released, but met with immediate conflict. It did not matter if the arrows could travel faster than his motions so long as he acted first. The difference in their base speeds became apparent when using the first arrow. Before the bolt of light could even leave the structure of its origins, Edward acted. The distance between them was still sufficient to avoid a full blow, even after releasing the second arrow. Both arrows shattering from the full force of concentrated pressure from whatever the man had done to make it so. His movements outpaced her own by a grand margin, and seeing that there was no mean of reiatsu in this nature Alexius' deductions came to be realized the given potential of the man. Armed with this knowledge, Alexius had to ensure that she would be a set ahead of him. The second panel of transparent light was formed as the man came to blur from out of sight. There was only one conclusion that she could deduce.

In terms of physical action, she was too slow to react despite the keen level of her instincts. They instructed her on what to do, going on the defensive knowing that a man with such strength and speed would possibly want to close such a distance. Indeed he was stronger, faster, yet seeing what he had done ultimately described how he fought, what he specialized in. His lack of display was that of physical prowess, not spiritual. Yet, she did not rule this out completely until she could measure it. His records described him as not being too intimate with such abilities, yet they could have been served more as a reference rather than up to date specifics. It meant he could have possibly grew in the lapse of time that he was not observed. This was why Alexius preferred to remain cautious, to witness first hand given she was still dealing with a Sternritter.

Hirenkyaku was the first to be triggered by the woman. A concentrated form of the Quincies form of movement, rather than placing emphasis to that of the feet, she had done so to encompass her own body with such vigor blessed by her reiatsu. The flow of reiatsu coursed throughout her body, succumbing to the relishing new sensation that began flooding her system. Although it did occur, the grapple around her neck came to fruition. Naturally, her fingers shot up, grasping the locked hold the man had on her. “You brought me out here for a spar, however all that’s happened so far is just time being wasted, and I hate wasting time doctor Fuchs. While you’re a doctor and I respect your medical opinion,- he spoke in a rather unfriendly tone. Seemingly to be upset. But, it came to past as the soft blue hue emitted from her skin, caressing the fingertips that coiled around the woman's neck, as her fingers touched his. - you’ve made a mistake in thinking that I was merely boasting or bragging about my strength. If this is all you have to offer, then I’m disappointed.”

"As disappointed as you may be, Mr Edward, I am afraid that you have much to learn when it comes to your strength." Blut Vermächtnis (Blood Legacy) would come into effect. The physical touch that they shared causes an immediate reaction that started from the man's fingertips. The sensation of his slender fingers being drilled into from each angle, targeting the sensitive touch receptors within the tips of each digit as this new bound sensation would slowly, gradually take effect, branching out throughout the body. A single moment was all that was needed for the technique to take hold, only allowing its effects to usher in a foreign substance that the man had little resistance against; one's own nature that was spirit based, rather than a physical substance. Secondly, the palm of his hand would undergo the same effects immediately, spreading to the wrists. As quick as wildfire, muscles and skin would suffer the same intense pain that will be spreading across the body in the similar fashion.

Only a moment was what Alexius required. A pain receptors lining the entire Human body, especially those along the wrists and sensitive tissues were more prone to the foreign entity. It targeted every inch as a poison would. A moment of ease to release herself, even going as far as using the flow of pain flowing up the arm to target the man's joints. By the dissipation of the panel beneath her feet, her weight would drop only slightly, only by a few centimeters. A shift in weight within a pain surging grip was all that it would take for Alexius to apply some pressure into the sensitive joint of his wrist. Without the panel, the two were to come to a free fall from the fifteen foot height, with their combined weight placing some tension onto the burning arm. A momentary free fall that had no strong base to stand on despite having superior physical strength. Nothing to stand on, nor anything to kick off of. Only two bodies falling to the ground with Alexius twisting herself around the man's clenching arm.

Legs kicking forward to bring her body into a full swing as her own height was much smaller than of the man's. Her own height placing her body to fall first with Edward's own body over hers. Legs blurring at a faster pace than before, a continuous motion that went from one action to the next. Legs swinging up utilizing the man's own body to swing her pair of legs to meet the sides of his head. A single fluid motion to pry herself, using the single moment of weakness in his grip, to remove herself, and push off before he can wrangle the woman into his grips again. The pair of shins resting set on his shoulders were to push off, to jettison the Physician forward, outwards across the horizon three feet away, pushing the man further to ground level. Only another few moments before the two would hit the ground, leaving few options for the man to receive the blow when impacting with the ground to target the woman with another shockwave, to soften the impact to the ground by cushioning it with his own physical strength.

Either way, Alexius would call upon a platform of light to help keep herself seven feet off the ground, utilizing this panel momentarily to jump to a higher elevation, but no longer to observe. Another panel was formed, one to help her gather her thoughts and push her body to the next stage after coming to a conclusion; she needed to bring out a bit of her past self. Now at ten feet above the ground, she had to call upon the weapon that she fought alongside with. A form that many claimed her to be a sort of "Valkyrie" upon seeing its form. The moment that she climbed to her new elevation the bow strung to life once more, however, this time in a different form that she was familiar with. The form of light expended itself in a slender length before curving into a smooth coned tip as the head. A spear to some, a lance to her. Despite its smooth coiled surface, the tip was sharp, cutting into those before puncturing. The light faded away to give birth to her old friend, and with it the jumpstart to who Alexius was in the past. The woman that was still buried beneath the surface, waiting to familiarize herself with the air of combat.

The lure of her brunette shade glossed over with a new, brighter color. A flare of azure sheen rolled down the woman's scalp to the tips that nearly kissed the panel she stood on. Only then did she managed to turn to look with the rush of reiatsu leaving her body, as Hirenkyaku dissipated.


Reiatsu Storage: 735/2000 : -400 Hirenkyaku, -400 Blut Vermächtnis (Blood Legacy), -50 Advanced Air Platform x2, -100 Bow Form Release.</sub>

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{Stats}


Strength: 200/75% [50]

Speed: [300]

Reiatsu Strength: [300]

Spiritual Pressure: [200]

Light Aura: [50]

Dark Aura: [50]

Instincts: 200*75% [350]

Senses: [300]

Energy Sensory: 200/75% [50]

Healing Exertise: [0]


SP: [1700]

Note: Speed and Senses returned to original stats, Soul Specialist V. 1, this post.

[Edward]

Edward saw a blue hue from her veins start to glow across her skin, from what he could see it was her using Blute, or at the very least a form of blute. In the moments of her speaking her he felt something digging into his flesh and a pain starting to spread from his hands as her soft touch pulled away. His fingers tensed as he felt the pain start to try and go through his body. Edward wasn’t a fool, he knew exactly what technique this was and how it worked. While he would never use it as it was based off of one’s spiritual strength, he still took care to know about all of the techniques in the Vandenreich. Blut Vermächtnis.

That particular technique was a nasty one as it forced the user’s blood into one’s body and then used it to destroy them internally. Edward knew exactly how to deal with this technique, part of his own release was more than enough to deal with the attack that she did. There wasn’t a noticeable change in Edward however he was no longer in pain. He had released part of his power, for now everything that tried to damage him would have to break past his own defense. The blood inside of him would find it impossible to break past his release, as the blood tried to push against the veins of his body it would find it’s self unable to burst and break them.

While he had been quick to keep the technique that she had used on him from doing major damage it had allowed for his grip on loosen on her neck. That was all that appearntly she needed to try and do her next movement. He felt the drop of her body and his as the air ground that she had used as footing vanished. He fell, only for a moment however. There was a use of Hirenkyaku that many didn’t often use, however it was extremely useful in this moment. Edward gathered the reatsiu around his feet and allowed it to solidify under him allowing him to hover in place. While most would simply use the stepping tech to move away after getting back their footing ,he didn’t. He wanted to face whatever else she had to throw at him. Her using that technique was unexpected, however it excited him knowing that she had some bit of fight in her.

Her movements were fast, much faster than she had been before. He watched as she quickly wrapped her legs around his neck. He had seen this sort of attack before, not in person, but in anime and more specifically in the marvel movies. Is she really going to try and black widow spin me? He thought as she started to spin and attempt to push off of him with the move. Edward caught a glance of something that he assumed she rather not of shown as she did this. It wasn’t all around unpleasant sight, however he wasn’t going to allow that to distract him from what was going on at this moment.

The pain subsiding his hands quickly reached out and grabbed her sides as she moved mid spin stopping her from successfully pushing off of him. He had the footing due to Hirenkyaku and with it he would be able to hold her upside down for a brief moment. He laughed for a bit before throwing her head first downwards to the ground with his strength. He didn’t do it at his full strength as if he did he would have killed her. His grip around her sides would cause her sides to slowly be cut, the top being sliced and his fingers softly sliced her flesh. While he didn’t want to cut her like this it was a result of the way he stopped the technique she had used on him. His release made his entire body into a blade and any physical interaction would result in being cut.

She would have time to react from him throwing her down to the ground, he had only used a quarter of his strength in the act of tossing her down. As he threw her downwards to the ground he tensed his fingers in his hands feeling a bit of pain from the attack she had done. It wasn’t gone, only being held at bay for now. He drew in reiatsu from his cross and mask fragment. He never liked getting low on reiatsu, even if he was a physical fighter, he knew that the simple act of activating his release would cost him precious reiatsu and he wasn’t ok with that.

Reiatsu 3400/3300 - 50 for Hirenkyaku - 400 for heart property +600 for reiatsu regain 

[Alexius Fuchs]

The light of her Bow form radiated in the palm of her hand, emitting a fragment of the strength she wielded in the past. Being caught then thrown down to the ground below did not stop her strength to surface, regaining a portion of her "self" back. Being thrown was no concern to the Captain as her mental reflexes chimed in, already having a thought in mind to alter her descent. A moment before striking the ground her body would come to a screeching halt with her body suspended over the surface beneath her. A form of artificial gravity created by the Hirenyaku Schwerkraft (Hirenyaku Gravity). A technique, when mastering the Hirenyaku, the user could manipulate their immediate area by utilizing the use of reishi to push herself off the ground to cling to a surface. A surface that was created at the woman's heels. The two working in conjunction with each other made it so Alexius was actually hanging upside down, with her face looking at the floor beneath her.

A few more moments and Alexius would have certainly face planted into the ground, yet the restoration to her speed and instincts allowed for her mind to return to its proper state once more. A small change that made for entirely grand effects that made Alexius smile beneath the veil of shadow made by the eclipsing figure that was her body. She was beginning to feel the sensation that she had felt long ago. A bit of herself was returning. Bit by bit. Fragment by fragment. The Captain was filled with utter joy. Her empty hand aided with placing her feet back onto solid ground only to be raised once more to gather more of her strength back in the form of reishi. Her cross shining against the surface of her bosom whilst her earrings radiated with light to call upon further spirit particles, to merge them into herself.

A light gasp of air from her, Alexius relished the new flow of reiatsu coursing through her veins as she turned her attention upwards. The new heightened level of reiatsu that Edward was producing now was clear as the day was now. Her expression hidden behind her bangs the woman turned to the next motion of what she intended to do. Her arm reeled back with the newly formed weapon in hand. The newly acquired was going to be put to use as she began pouring it into what was becoming an arrow. The mass property in Alexius' arsenal was triggered at the moment, having it to serve its purpose with the woman released the pole of her lance from her fingers. This maneuver would not require strength to the effect as the lance soured into the air, cracking with the pressurized reiatsu that it held within it. Here, the reiatsu could be easily read that resided within it as it carried with it the amount of fifteen class three arrows.

A single shot produced from the Captain, knowing full well of what was to come from it. It was one of the very properties she was known for when it came to her war days. A single arrow that carried with it what some would refer to a strike from Heaven itself. Once it had reached its peak the pressure would finally cave into itself, dispersing onto the area an amount that blanketed the sky with light. An amount of fifteen hundred arrows that came plummeting down upon their position, each one the size of a senbon needle. To the man's analysis, the radius would immediately pick up the crucial detail of its expansion. This mass of rain would fill an area of forty-five feet in radius from where Alexius stood.

It was meek, but an opening move for what was to come next. But, only for a moment due to the amount of reiatsu the woman utilized her body had gone limp. Only for the moment. The reiatsu that was required to use her Mass Property took much from her, even with what she had gathered from Silbern. Much of her strength was used, casting the brewing flame within her to dwindle away to that of an ignition flare. She was surprised a bit. Her transition into the Medical Corps had caused her strength to waiver to some degree, taking time for much of her former strength to return to her. There were only rare occasions that members of Staff in this division were forced to fight along with the Supervisors and other ranks. Primarily due to their specialty regarding to caring for the injured, than that of fighting. More or less, it was equivalent to sending Blue Collared Office officials to fight a war without training.

Despite her earlier transition, Alexius felt the heavy toll of reiatsu disbursement, setting the woman down onto her knees. She panted heavily. She felt tired as much as she was vexed. She needed some time. An amount of time given should the man make an error in his own actions.


Reiatsu Storage: 35/2000 : +225 Reiatsu Fragment, +225 Cross, -250 Mass Property,- 50 Advanced Air Platform, -100 Hirenyaku Gravity, -150 Heaven's Blade


Properties in Use: 2/3 (At the end of the post)


Note: Post Count for Blood Legacy: 2/8 ; should effects be felt at this point in time.

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{Effect}

2. The skin will have become so sensitive to the blut infection that it is hyper-sensitive to touch, which includes clothing, armor, and even holding a weapon. Even the gentlest of materials or lightest of touches will feel like severe burns. A three in pain tolerance is able mitigate this side-effect, though they will still experience this pain intermittently.

Note: Heaven's Blade at 80% from 300 Reiatsu Strength Stat: 60 Reiatsu Strength

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{Stats}

Strength: 200/75% [50]

Speed: [300]

Reiatsu Strength: 300

Spiritual Pressure: 200

Light Aura: [50]

Dark Aura: [50]

Instincts: 200*75% [350]

Senses: [300]

Energy Sensory: 200/75% [50]

Healing Exertise: [0]


SP: [1700]

[Edward]

Edward watched as the tossed captain was able to just barely able to manage to not be slammed into the ground. He was surprised to see the usage of techniques that she had used to save herself from being harmed. This was supposed to be sparing and a way for him to get stronger, it didn’t make sense for him to try and capitalize on the position that she had been in, if he had he knew that this would have been over without a real workout and that wasn’t something that he was looking for. He was curious as how someone like her had been able to become a captain with her power being so weak, while he did sense the explosion of energy come from her body as she released her bow, her overall power seemed weak still.

As he wondered he watched her toss the spear into the air causing it to become thousands and thousands of needle like arrows that would rain down upon the area around her and where he was in the air. He slowly descended from the air watching as the needles feel luckily he had just been at the edge of the rainfall of arrows. The moment his feet touched the ground he took a step into the rainfall of arrows and made his way right towards Alexius without a look of fear in his eyes. Each needle that came into contact with his body had to deal with his body property, sadly for her the strength of his property vastly outclassed that of her arrows. Each one that came into contact would shatter into nothingness as they couldn’t penetrate his form.

His disappointment in this so called training continued as he saw Alexius on her knees breathing heavily over the attack she had just done. “Is this the best you can do?” He said as he continued the walk towards her. There were so many things he could have done to end this at this moment, however he didn’t want to end this fight, but at the same time looking at how she was he figured that she wouldn’t be able to continue this fight for much longer, at least not without taking a heavy toll on her body. Something that he didn’t wish for as medics were rare enough in the Vandenreich, especially one as high ranked as her.

Standing ten feet away from her he spoke again “If you can dodge this, then we will continue, if you can’t we’re ending this now.” Edward raised his pointer finger into the air extending out his arm so that the tip of his finger was raised above his head. With one fluid motion he lowered his arm in a straight arc so that it would rest at his side. This action would cause a shockwave to come out from the tip of finger in an arc similar to a blade slash. The shockwave would rip and cut through the arrows that pelted downwards and if made contact with her would cut right through her arm.

This wasn’t a normal shockwave, no it was one that Edward had practiced to be used with swords, and given his body was now a blade he could use it freely. By giving up penetrating power Edward had created a shockwave that instead would cut. While not as powerful as a normal shockwave it still had it’s uses to cut through things, and most importantly it was one he was able to use with any blade that he picked up. Allowing him to make a butter knife into a deadly launching point of shockwaves, or in this case his own body.


Reiatsu 3400/3300