Me and My Friends are Lonely [PvP DP]

[Alacrán]

Alacrán had returned to Hueco Mundo, wandering the bleached and dead Menos Forest, gliding past the many enormous, leafless trees and the occasional Gillian here and there. He wasn't sure what he was looking for. Any Hollows found here were likely too dumb and confrontational for the purpose of recruiting them and too weak to contain any spiritual energy that he could gain from consuming them. Of course perhaps this was a trip of retrospection, as who only knows he needs to reevaluate his priorities if he's ever going to want to do anything about Kouhai and Las Noches.

He was no fool to think he could take all of them on on his own but then again, he only had the barest smidgen of an idea of how he compared to their strongest in terms of power. Eventually he was going to have to challenge one of them to find out and that was a prospect that seemed rather unappealing to him in terms of what the potential consequences would be if he lost. Arrancar may look like the Shinigami, but they're still Hollows by nature and just as ruthless, if not more so, than their unevolved brethren.

He lands in the center of a basin-like formation, a rather rare occurrence considering there are no natural rivers or water sources of any type that could create such a feature. It was mostly like created in some kind of fight between Hollows or the movement of a large Hollow underneath the surface. Regardless of how it came to be, it didn't matter to Alacrán, as he just need a place of peace for a moment. Unfortunately, a moment would be all that he would have before his solitude would be intruded upon.

[Astrid Vess]

There it was before her, a few thousand feet beneath her was a basin. A special basin by Hueco Mundo standards. It held something that was such a rarity that human deserts would be jealous of. Liquid. Maybe water. Maybe liquid reiatsu. Maybe stomach acid. It didn't matter; however, it was a liquid. And a liquid meant that there could be plants present that Astrid had yet to find. Plants that were infinitely better suited to domain within the Las Noches if only, so it felt less like Las Noches and more like the Forest of Suicide. She's spied it once or twice upon her frequent outings to the sands but had yet to take the time to actually focus on it. Namely due to the fact she had been first and foremost searching for pack members before she'd been searching to collect more fauna. Both were important, but while her domain was filling with fauna, living beings were sparse. Occasionally one or two came from Hell. An occasional would be "servant" or some other waste of space like those "spies" tried to enter her domain.

They never survived long. Always dying to one of her lesser plants. The more deadly usually didn't bother with such lowly meals. Especially not Bubbles. Poor Bubbles hadn't had a real meal in ages. Not since that shambling tree decided that Bubbles needed to be uprooted. It'd found out that the only uprooting to be done was its life. But Bubbles was growing thin again and that meant that Astrid had to go find more creatures to wrangle into her domain or some other kind of fodder. Let alone try to scour the worlds for those who would be worth members of her pack. Currently she'd found none. But she was hopeful that she might yet find the few named hollows she'd met some time in the past. Namely Sonadora. Astrid was certain if she could find Sonadora that she'd love the forest. It was no city filled with humanoid snacks but surely she'd enjoy the violent and vibrant tendencies of her garden. Let alone the various fruit or otherwise edible growths on them. Alas she'd found none of them. Akando, Sonadora, the bug hollow. None at all. Surely they didn't die.

Sonadora was too clever. Akando too hungry. . . The bug on the other hand? She was uncertain. She had a distaste for bugs to begin with but something told her that the one she'd met in the Philippines was hardier than most. Perhaps it could have survived if it truly felt so inclined. Still there was a desire to find it, if only to sate her curiousity. But that was unlikely, she had three worlds that fucker could be in. And if it found itself in the fourth, it was beyond fucked. So she had all but given up on the notion of ever finding out. But none of that mattered at the moment, not when a liquid resevoir was before her. Astrid smiled maliciously, damn near radiating bloodlust in her excitement. She really hoped she found something akin to animate seaweed. She'd had ideas to make a river of blood or some other truly nauseous liquid and plant them there. She was certain they'd thrive almost immediately. She'd have to make her way down to the basin however, if she were to ever find out thus Astrid did the only "sensible" thing in her case.

She tilted the shard of obsidian she was currently riding upon to the ground. Nose first. It immediately began to fall and as the wind rushed by her face it only made her blood flow faster in her veins. God it was incredible the feeling of flying through the air. She really needed to do this more often given it was so easy! And so much more fun than simply walking or running around. As she continued down she only grew faster and faster and to anyone present she'd quickly become a noticeable dot that was steadily growing larger by the minute. Until about 600 feet away she finally brought the shard up and back to being horizontal to slow her fall just a bit. By 300 feet she grabbed the bottom of the shard and propeled herself off of it by jumping. To anyone looking it'd seem crazy as the shard should have shattered and yet, her arm bent and contorted in such a way as to allow only one foot to be steady on the shard and the other in the air. From there she simply held onto the shard to bring it with her as she propeled forward a bit more and ultimately fell feet first into the sands below.

She would end up eerily close to what she'd seen while still in the sky. A spec then but something that looked chitanous the closer she got. She wasn't certain if it was the bug she'd been curious about BUT it was a bug. One that she could rip apart and consume if she was given the opportunity. Her escapades did demand a snack from time to time. Especially when she was fighting the vegetation to bring it back to her realm. Upon impact with the sand she blew up a sizeable cloud of sand that went up to 30 feet in all directions, slowly settling or being blown away by a gentle breeze that was present. From outside the cloud it'd be hard to see Astrid but the sound of snapping, cracking, or popping body parts was quickly made apparent. Astrid was making sure she was as limber as she needed to be given this hollow would almost certainly fight back when she went after the kill. But she had to give it a chance first. If only to try and fulfill the first test of being pack worthy. Could it show signs of intelligence or otherwise speak? Thus she let the sands settle revealing herself with a wide smile, filled with nothing but gunmetal canines. Bloodlust radiating off of her in nothing short of tsunami waves. She spoke loudly, bluntly, and with as much gruff and roughness to it as someone who had barely used their voice. "Can you speak?"

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{Stats / Skills}
Current Stats:

Base - Sealed - Released


Str: 400 - 400 - 1400

Speed: 400 - 400 - 1400

RS: 100 - 25 - 100

SPPR: 500 - 100 - 500

Senses: 300 - 300 - 600

Instinct: 400 - 100 - 400

ES: 0 - 0 - 0

HE: 400 - 100 - 400


LA: 0

DA: 100



Current Skills: (18/18)

Focused Eye - 3

Poison Resist - 3

Pain Tolerance - 3

Strength of Will - 3

Martial Arts: Way of the Flesh Warper - 4

Bleeding Tolerance - 1

[Alacrán]

Alacrán felt the bloodthirsty malice before he even noticed her approaching although she would damn well right next to him before he'd have a chance to figure out what was produce such bloodlust. As soon as she'd arrive, his entire stance would become defensive and closed off as his tail uncurled and his mandibles pinched together every few seconds as he tried to figure out who and what this person was. A quick examination of her appearance and noticing the string of what appeared to be humanoid jaws hanging from her neck as that she was either some shinigami or human that wasn't right in the head or, worse, an Arrancar. He'd likely guess that latter option which meant that he wasn't quite happy.

Seeing one of them so far out here was a bit of a surprise to him. The fact that she didn't seem to be wearing your typical Espada or Las Noches attire as well as not being able to immediately spot a number denoting her rank, perhaps she had escaped the clutches of Kouhai or had never been with him to begin with. That seemed rather far fetched to him however and whether it was true or not, he had a feeling with the amount of bloodlust and malice that was radiating off of her that she wasn't really out here to make friends or anything like that.

Still, he wouldn't be rude as she'd asked him a question, her voice seeming much more rough than his own, even with his rather atrocious accent. He still took a step back from her as he nodded and answered her question, his own voice sounded rather raspy and itchy, almost irritating on one's ears and barely even bearable, "Yes, aye can speak. Da hell's it ta ya?" He watched her reaction, trying to read her intentions. As far as he knew, Arrancar didn't really need to eat like Hollows did but that didn't mean she wouldn't try and cut him down right there. So he'd stay on his guard as he observed her.

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{Stats & Skills}Strength - [400] (75% multiplier) 700
Speed - [200] (-40% multiplier) 120
Spiritual Pressure - [265] (25% multiplier) 331.25
Reiatsu Strength - 150
Instinct - 150
Senses - [135] (-25% multiplier) 101.25(101)
Energy Sensory - 0
Healing Expertise - 0

Light Aura - 10
Dark Aura - 90

Anti-Stealth 1
Battle Analysis 2
Battle Focus 2
Calm Mind 1
Damage Recovery 1
Focused Eye 1
Pain Tolerance 2
Stealth 1

[Astrid Vess]

Astrid's smile grew wider, physically unnaturally so as her jaw started to stretch further. Their answer pleased her because this meant that there was a very real chance that they could be that bug hollow from before. It actually excited her in a way because that meant there was a very real chance that she could find Sonadora and Akando if she'd found the bug. Oh, she was immensely excited for once, but she couldn't be certain just yet, so she'd need to talk to him further. Annoying but she'd speak this time if only because this was actually important. She needed a moment to decipher exactly what he said. Whether it was due to an accent or the fact it was a bug speaking to her, something about the way Alacran spoke made Astrid have to go over his question a couple times before it stuck out as understandable words. Once she understood it, she'd respond to it, placing her hands into her leather jacket's pockets.

"Good, I was hoping you could speak. Not many hollows, let alone bugs can do that. How you talk is familiar however. . . Do you know Akando? Or have you been in a human city that got overrun by hollows?" Astrid had stopped smiling and was looking for him over, clearly trying to remember just how the bug she'd seen in the Philippines looked. It was hard however given she'd had only just started to gain a degree of consciousness then. Making speech and many other "normal" things hard to do. Remembering things was one of those difficult things to do. Especially when most of her existence as a Hason was eating others because she felt an unholy hunger that couldn't be satiated for long. Truth be told she almost wanted to fight him on the spot to see if that would jog something in her mind. But the fact was they'd been attacked by something. . . An older woman in her case and some shinigami if she remembers correctly. The bug had disappeared after their arrival, leaving Astrid essentially to her own devices.

She mentally sighed as she started to frown. This was entirely too much thinking on her part. Not to mention this was a lot of effort for very little to gain. Assuming that this wasn't the same bug. If it was, then she could recruit him to her pack. Assuming he was strong enough to merit doing such. If not, then it wouldn't matter at all. She might let him live for Akando's sake. She wasn't exactly keen on pissing off the other given they were packmates. She'd take an arm then. Maybe a leg too if the arm didn't satisfy her. Something to chew on quite literally as she'd return to her search for fauna or noteworthy hollows. Though speaking of that she was curious about this basin. She'd gotten so excited with the speaking bug that she'd completely forgotten about it. She did take a moment to glance at the basin and found that there was in fact seaweed. She had to have it. This whole affair with this bug needed to end sooner than later so she could rip them out the sand, bring them to her domain, and start replanting them in a river of her own making. She'd need to find out if they could handle the boiling blood of wrath though. Meaning she'd have to get likely all the seaweed from here.

Not exactly a daunting task but definitely something important. Which also made her wonder if she'd need the liquid too? Maybe it was special. She was very clearly lost in her thoughts about the basin's seaweed and water as she'd turned her back completely to Alacran and was looking over the basin. She did keep an ear out for him however, sand wasn't exactly good about hiding movements given it always moved when something else moved. It didn't help that she could hear Alacran breathing as well. Let alone his mandibles clicking together. He was inherently making noise, so she wasn't in that much danger of him surprising her. Or at least that's how she felt whether he was a threat or not was to be determined. But given he hadn't immediately attacked; they probably weren't that dangerous. At best capable of tearing off a limb or two from Astrid. Nothing she couldn't handle.

[Alacrán]

Alacrán squinted at her, his mandibles picking up in pace now as he tilted his head at her, "A city over'un by 'ollows? S'not very specifi'. Akando does soun' familiar 'owe'er. Why?" He was very suspicious of this person now, if he wasn't already before. Her unsettling smile didn't help reassure him either. If anything, it set him more on guard as he inched away from her a bit at the sight of it.

The way she spoke to him however seemed interesting. She mentioned that the way he had spoken was familiar, indicating that they had possibly met before. There was also the fact that she knew of Akando. While it had been some time since Alacrán had seen the odd Hollow, he hadn't forgotten them. He recalls the times he ran into Akando that correlated with an abundant group of Hollows taking over a city. There was one incident that came to mind however, he didn't recall seeing anyone or anything that resembled this being before him. So how did they know about that incident and Akando?

[Astrid Vess]

Astrid torn from her thoughts let her eyes shift back to Alacran. Malevolence shining through as she was getting more excited by the prospect. He knew Akando. It had to be him. That one bug hollow she'd met, Akanodo's packmate. Her smile grew ever wider as she cracked her knuckles and started to walk over towards him. Her energy was flaring on accident from just how excited she was, given Akando wasn't a slouch. Which meant neither would this one be. "Akando is in my pack. Few survive being near him long enough to know his name. . . Which means you're the same bug from Manilla. You may have even found my portals like the other hollows. Hehehehe that means you're worth a damn!"

Astrid continued to give Alacran her entire focus as she continued getting ever closer to him. She made certain to take note of his body. his reactions and commit them to memory. If this was Akando's packmate then she needed to know how capable he was. She hoped for his sake that he could survive long enough to make an impression. "This form wasn't shown to you back then, but you'll remember my friends. Samson specifically. Arise, Uayt Koroleva!" Astrid's reiatsu exploded outward in a dark burnt orange color as her flesh swelled and then was engulfed and incinerated by the reiatsu. Her bones were all that remained charred and black as could be as the spaces began to rapidly fill and get coated by a white-blue fungal substance. Though this was also not likely to spark Alacran to recall who she was because even this form wasn't what he'd seen prior. Samson on the other hand would most certainly ring that long forgotten bell.

As Astrid's form settled her from her backside came a beast that should be eerily familiar to him. Three sets of rotten bark limbs exploded from her backside, finding the sand beneath the front of Astrid. Then came a series of spinal spikes, two similar trunks for legs, and finally a crown of horns all connected to a deer skull. The beast was by far much tall than Astrid standing at 10 feet tall and had an open torso and ribcage. It all but screamed as it was released and immediately zeroed in on Alacran. This was followed by another familiar face, a hollow but of bat origin whose wings exploded from Astrid's backside as it wriggled out its head followed by its torso, and then lower body. With her spiritual compatriots alongside her Astrid let her smile go unnaturally wide as stared down Alacran.

"Show me what you're made of bug!" Astrid and her cohorts would then frankly disappear from site of Alacran before reappearing directly in front of him. He'd then very likely find himself flying far away from Astrid as she would use her right leg to punt Alacran from below his torso into the air. Meanwhile the bat hollow would rapidly charge up a cero before blasting it off at Alacran as he was flying away. Should he have dodged, the cero would still be aimed at him as the bat needed a moment to charge up the attack in question. Samson on the other hand simply conjured up a blackened shard of pure reiatsu in his uppermost right hand and fired that off at Alacran as well. And like his hollow ally would need a moment to create and fire the shard thus still aiming for Alacran even if he dodged Astrid's kick.

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{Primera Etapa Overall}
As mentioned previously Astrid’s ability is to channel through her body a small number of souls to assist her while she combats her enemies. Similar to her previous powers however unlike her previous the spirits can only be up to a maximum distance of 5 feet from her. Typically, they will exist in the same space as Astrid given, they have an ethereal form and thus do not hinder her physical interactions with the world. However, that doesn’t mean that they cannot assist Astrid. In fact, they can interact with the physical world if they so desire or are otherwise commanded/willed by Astrid to do so. More so that they simply do not hinder her ability to interact with the world. It should also be noted that Astrid can interact with the spirits if she chooses.

The spirits also come with abilities that their forms had previously. Examples include if a hollow spirit is created, it can use cero or bala. Or if a quincy is manifested it can generate a bow and arrows. Or shinigami can have a zanpakuto sword. These are however at their most basic. At best this allows for Astrid to manifest beings that had breath weapons and the elements associated with them. I.E. a dragon that can breathe out fire. Effectively, if it’s something the basic spirit could do, those Astrid manifest can also perform the same abilities. As well as abilities that the spirits form would typically allow.

Each spirit is custom built upon being summoned. Astrid, upon releasing, can manifest two spirits for free. Each spirit so long as Primera is active can have a total of 1600 SP and this SP can bypass the 400 caps as the spirits have no types to boost their abilities. Stats are capped at 1000. They can manifest abilities/weakness of high and low stats. I.E. too high in senses makes them weak to sensory abilities. Meanwhile too low of senses means they cannot perceive the world around them. The size limits of the spirits are 20 feet Tall/Wide/Thick in Primera but do not require the minimum strength requirements. Each spirit also comes with its own durability stat. This stat is 2x Astrid’s OS. Upon this being reduced to 0 the spirit vanishes. In Primera Astrid can manifest up to 3 spirits at a time.


To manifest additional spirits costs 500 reiatsu and in addition for every spirit manifested Astrid loses an additional post in release past the first spirit manifest. I.E. Astrid alone while released uses one post from her total. Astrid with 3 spirits uses 3 posts for every post she remains released. Spirits can be dismissed but does not reduce the post counts until the following post as the post count lost is determined by the highest number of spirits Astrid has manifested during that post. It should also be noted that for the sake of clashing against attacks the spirits do not have class. They act as though they are classless. Finally, Astrid can channel spiritual techniques or use physical techniques through the spirits manifested. So long as they have the stats to utilize the techniques in question. Costs are still deducted from Astrid’s reiastu as the spirits have no reiatsu despite having a SPPR stat. Spirits cannot be affected by Cutback as they are released based.

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{Primera Etapa Info}
2/32 posts used

Class 1

2/3 spirits summoned

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{Spirit Stat Spread}
Samson:

Strength: 800
Speed: 400
RS: 0
SPPR: 0 (immune to Cutback)
Instinct: 200
Senses: 200
ES: 0
HE: 0
Durability: 2,800


Bat Hollow:

Strength: 600
Speed: 400
RS: 0
SPPR: 0 (immune to Cutback)
Instinct: 200
Senses: 150
ES: 150
HE: 0
Durability: 2,800

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{Reference pictures}
Astrid's Primera Form




Samson's Form



Bat Hollow Form:

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{Astrid Stats and Skills}
Str: 1400

Speed: 1400

RS: 25

SPPR: 100

Senses: 300

Instinct: 750

ES: 0

HE: 100


Skills

Focused Eye - 3

Poison Resist - 3

Pain Tolerance - 3

Strength of Will - 3

Martial Arts: Way of the Flesh Warper - 4

Bleeding Tolerance - 1

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{Reiatsu / Reiatsu Tab}
-300 for Primera Etapa

1,000 - 300 = 700 reiatsu remaining


-300 for Samson using Form: Obsidian

Previous Tab: 0

0 + 300 = 300

Reiatsu Tab Total: 300

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{Form: Obsidian}
Form: Obsidian*
Class: [3]

Technique Type: [None]

Usable By (Technique is available to which races?): [All Races]

Technique Element: [None]

Technique Description and Effects (Explain appearance, powers, and effect): [Insert Below]

This technique hardens the user's reiatsu into an obsidian-like crystal, and it can be molded and shaped into anything as long as it does not exceed the volume of the user's own body. The newly hardened reishi has a durability and piercing strength that depends on the cost of the technique. For every 100 reiatsu the user puts into it, the durability and piercing strength of the technique increases by 250 (ex. a cost of 200 reiatsu gives Form: Obsidian a durability and offensive stat of 500). The user can either hold Form: Obsidian or launch it as a projectile at the same speed as a cero.

Once Form: Obsidian is used, the user has the option to activate it once more. By doing so, he can cause the obsidian to crack into as many pieces as he’d like, anywhere between two uneven pieces to a million little grains. He can cause the obsidian to shatter with a speed of up to 600, spreading out to a maximum distance of 15 meters in every direction. The user can control the speed of the shattering and the distance that the shards travel.

How to use technique (How is it activated?):

Stated above.

Technique Drawbacks (Limitations, repercussions for use, etc) (Insert Below)

The cost of this technique increases greatly depending on the desired offensive stat. The minimum cost is 100 reiatsu and the maximum cost is 400 reiatsu (an offensive stat of 1000). In addition, the user must pay 100 reiatsu for the second activation that causes Form: Obsidian to splinter.

[Alacrán]

With each step she had taken towards him, Alacrán took one back away from her. However he ended up stopping in his tracks as Alacrán's eyes widened as Astrid's spiritual companions rose. He didn't know the bat hollow but the other creature was definitely familiar. Alacrán snarled as his wings opened up as he prepared himself to take off into the air. Yet he didn't even have the chance to do that as all three of them suddenly appeared next to him and he was sent flying from the basin as his carapace caved in at the point of impact from Astrid's kick.

This sent a shock and pain all throughout his body as he found himself suddenly weakened due to the breach in his chitinous armor. He knew he should have fled the moment she had arrived. Still he didn't have time to think as he heard the telltale sound of an impending Cero. He threw out his wings to catch himself in the air and spun around to face his assailants. He quickly aimed his tail at the group and began charging a red orb at the end of it as he injected it with his venom, causing its center to turn purple.

As soon as the hollow unleashed its Cero, so did he. As the two Cero clashed, it was obvious that his was much weaker, however by the time it had pushed through his own Cero, it had lost a considerable portion of its power as proved by the fact that Alacrán himself was hardly left with little more than a small dent in his armor from where it had hit him.

The same could not be said for when the Form Obsidian struck him, as he had not seen it until after the Cero had collided with his and by then it was already too late to try and counter it with another Cero Corrosivo. The pain was, again, very excruciating as it pierced straight into his underside. It pierced a good two feet inside him thanks to its' speed. Alacrán let out an ear shattering screech as he ripped it out of his underside with his tail, the wound immediately leaking out a pool of blood at a steady rate. He won't be lasting long with that kind of wound.

He stares down at the large piece of crystal and then glares down at the trio, if they were even still there. He let out another screech, however this time it was one full of rage. He darts straight down towards them as he begins charging another Cero, this one regular however as it formed between his mandibles.

However, he only got about a few feet down before an Ulcera formed in front of him. An exit Ulcera opened up several feet in front of Astrid, Samson, and the bat hollow for just a brief moment before Alacrán comes rushing out of the one that was before Astrid. Of course, he'd target her. The creatures appeared after she had entered her Resurrección and that meant that if he could take her out then they would likely disappear.

Still that didn't stop him from flicking the crystal back at Samson with his tail as he released the Cero onto Astrid, hoping it'd at least slow it down while he tackled its master. Which he did after he released the Cero, still charging straight for her, aiming to drive his scythe-like limbs into her gut and take off into the air with her.

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{Reiatsu Pool - 2,337/3,312}-600 x1 Cero Corosivo
-100 x2 Ulcera Falsa
-75 Ulcera
-200 Cero

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{Cero Corrosivo}Class: 4

Technique Type: [Hollow Technique]

Usable By (Technique is available to which races?): [Hollows]

Technique Element: [Acid]

Technique Description and Effects (Explain appearance, powers, and effect):
Alacrán has learned how to infuse his Veneno into his Ceros, causing them to become extremely more corrosive and acidic compared to your average Cero thanks to the toxicity of Veneno del Hombre Muerto. These Cero appear like a normal Cero but it instead has a purple core that can be seen through the red orb. While still bearing the same destructive power and speed of a normal Cero, due to the nature of Alacrán's Veneno, these new Ceros are extremely effective at breaking down or through Reiatsu. When this Cero collides with defensive or reiatsu based techniques of equal class or lower, it reduces the overall effectiveness of the opposing technique by 50%. If the opposing technique is of higher class, the overall effectiveness of the said technique is reduced by 25%.

How to use technique (How is it activated?):
In order to use this technique, Alacrán first aims his tail at the target and then begins forming a Cero at the tip. As the Cero is forming, he must also activate Veneno del Hombre Muerto, injecting the toxic reiatsu it into the core of the Cero for him to then fire at his target.

Technique Drawbacks (Limitations, repercussions for use, etc):
As previously stated, in order to complete this technique, Alacrán must activate Veneno del Hombre Muerto therefor paying the activation cost of that technique. On top of that he must also pay a reiatsu cost of 200 even though this technique is class 4.

Made By: Alacrán

Reserved?: Yes

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{Stat Changes}
Strength: 700 -> 660 (Quintina Drawback applied twice)

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{Quintina}Technique Class: 8+ (Equal to user's class)

Technique Type: Custom Hollow Tech

Usable By: Hollows & Arrancar

Description: A thick carapace-like armor made of reiatsu-based chitin surrounds Alacrán's body, giving him a defense equal to the technique's class that helps them withstand physical and reiatsu based attacks. If Alacrán has a 100+ Strength superiority to the OS of an attack, then only surface damage can be seen on the armor. A deep cut could be a scratch. If Alacrán only has a 50+ Strength superiority to the OS of an attack, then damage is being taken further past the the surface of the armor. A deep cut becomes a shallow slash. If none of those are the case then there is minimal resistance, damage being taken in to the base of armor, suffering a recurring drop to his Strength (after type) equal to 5% of his base Strength (before type). Final stage releases bypass and ignore this technique.

How to Use: This technique is always active, not requiring any reiatsu to remain active.

Drawbacks: If the enemy's technique has a 3+ class advantage (or is class 0 for the purposes of this technique being class 1) then Alacrán will immediately suffer a 50% drop to his Strength (after type). Additionally, due to the density of this chitinous armor, the number of stepping techs Alacrán is able to use in a post is reduced by one and using a stepping tech is twice as taxing on his stamina.

Made By: Alacrán

Reserved?: Yes, Alacrán

[Astrid Vess]

Astrid could see Alacran, saw how the attacks of her familiars kept landing true albeit their specific attacks had different results. One managing to merely knock back Alacran by comparison to the one that practically impaled him. Unfortunately for Alacran Astrid wasn't patient in her sealed form and she sure as hell wasn't now that her mind was eroded away. She could almost literally smell the weakness on him, and she knew that she'd have to capitalize on it. Thus, she wasted no time jumping up into the air where Alacran was and sonidoing towards him (18,200 speed). However, when she arrived next to him, she watches him slide into a garganta and let out an inhuman roar in anger. Meanwhile she grabbed her bat hollow and squeezed on its neck to emphasize what would happen if it didn't find Alacran. It managed to let out a screech of its own as it let its sixth sense reach out and determine where the reiatsu was being collected.

Astrid turned to find Alacran coming out of a portal and doing several things at once. Namely throwing back the obsidian spike towards Samson while she found herself engulfed in a cero at point blank. But it was nothing to Astrid. While it singed and burned away at her body, she was significantly more durable than it and was rapidly regenerating the flesh and mold that had been getting burned away. Using sonido garra (18,200 speed) she more or less suddenly grabbed onto Alacran's neck and started to squeeze down ono it as hard as possible. Meanwhile her bat hollow who hadn't been the target of either attack lunged onto Alacran's backside and started to claw at Alacran's backside to middling effect as it was producing scratches that bit into the exoskeleton but not much deeper.

Meanwhile Samson on the other hand would reach out to grab not only Alacran's tail but the shard in question. Given the distance it found itself lodged into Samson's central shoulder until an arm pulled it out. Samson in retaliation then let out a roar at Alacran and immediately used the shard to not only pierce into Alacran's armor but to continue pushing through until it damn near severed his tail completely about halfway through. Then using a set of hands slammed onto either side of the shard and caused it to explode, finishing the job of severing half of Alacran's tail. Meanwhile Astrid who'd been holding onto Alacran and was rapidly applying more pressure to his neck was reveling in the sounds of his exoskeleton breaking apart beneath her bony claws. She smiled wickedly at him with eyes glazed over as the spirits of the many beings she'd consumed were rampaging through her mind.

The next moment would find Alacran in likely immense pain as Astrid brought back her free hand and flooded it visibly with her dark orange reiatsu. Then slammed her fist into Alacran's body as his exoskeleton got yet another hole from the force of Astrid's attack. His backside would then explode into fragments of Astrid's burnt orange reiatsu that blew out like cherry blossoms on the wind but coated in flicks of Alacran's blood. Meanwhile her reiatsu would forcibly shift Alacran's entire body to vibrate in disjunction as it began to shred throughout the internals of Alacran's insides.Then with that punch done Astrid yelled at her companions to back off from Alacran.

In the meantime, she began shifting flesh around as her body itself wriggled and writhed in an abhorrent and unnatural manner all while going to her arm holding up Alacran. It grew to be five feet longer than it was previously and far more muscular so much so that it was practically brimming with flesh. Then Astrid tightened her grip on Alacran's neck before throwing him down onto the sands below. Even going so far as to accidentally cause a shockwave to form after he was thrown that was trailing right behind him and would hit him dead in his back if he didn't avoid it. Assuming Alacran could see Astrid after being thrown, he'd see Astrid's arm return to normal as the flesh returned to her right leg. Meanwhile Astrid and her spirits let out all equally inhuman roars at Alacran waiting to see what would happen next.

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{Primera Information}
4/32 posts used

Class 1

2/3 spirits summoned

Samson Durability: 2,050

Bat Hollow Durability: 2,800

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{Techniques used}
4. Roaring Cacophony

Astrid at the best of times has been explosively aggressive. Animalistic. And downright monstrous as a hason. This traveled with her when she became a hollow however as an Arrancar this shifted some. While sealed, Astrid is substantially calmer. Not peaceful per say but more “human” having lost much of her animalistic side and tendencies. This is not the case while released. This technique is passive and upon releasing doubles down on the nature of her release which at its core revolves around channeling and manipulating the unknowable number of souls she’s consumed. For the low cost of her sanity, she becomes not one individual but many. A lid on the container of too many souls squeezed into one place and given she is channeling the souls to her benefit it’s no surprise that a few squeezes past and take their place in her mind.


Mechanically speaking, this prevents Astrid from intelligent thought and the use of Battle Analysis as well as other Mental skills that require a controlled mind. This effectively devolves Astrid into a raving animal hell bent on destroying those around her. Friend and Foe. However, on the upside given its not one mind but many that are raging and running rampant at once Astrid becomes much harder to subdue with mental effects. Fear, Charm, Illusions, etc. If they seek to target her mental faculties Astrid can substitute any skill the effect requires with Battle Focus or Strength of Will in order to resist. And with regards to clashing via a sensory stat Astrid can instead use her OS at 50% of its original value.


Drawbacks:

Essentially Astrid has SSv2 mental drawbacks. She is a berserker and will attack those before her. Typically, those who are deemed the most threatening to her. Those who do not attack her unless they are alone or especially vulnerable will be forgotten about. Astrid cannot take or use Battle Analysis nor most Mental skills. (Memory, Analyzing, Learning, Calm Mind) If there are no enemies around, Astrid will attack allies until her release ends. Every clash Astrid has with a mental effect drains her reiatsu total. The cost is half the cost of the technique / ability used against her. This applies regardless of if the mental effect succeeds or fails.



Distorted Growth*
Technique Class: 3

Technique Type: Physical / Spiritual

Usable By: Astrid

Technique Element: Flesh

Description:

Distorted Growth is the first in the series of Way of the Flesh Warper. It should be noted that this is a not a martial series for everyone as the basis of this fighting style is because of one's natural or supernatural means to generate flesh/bone/blood/etc. Thus, to begin learning this style the user must gain or otherwise activate High Speed Regeneration. Once this is done Distorted Growth can finally be used. Distorted Growth is "simple" in what it does. This technique once learned, allows the user to warp their body by shifting flesh from one limb to another.


The first noticeable benefit it allows is the user to have hyper flexibility of their body. Shifting, contorting, and otherwise bending in ways that should not be physically possible. Such as bending their spine backwards and under their legs. Or pulling up their leg diagonally and wrapping it around themselves. Effectively if the user desires their body to move or contort in a direction, the body is capable of doing so with minimal if any consequences. This allows for one of the most important facets of this particular style of fighting. Otherwise seemingly erratic and "impossible" feats using just one's own body. The higher the skill points in Way of the Flesh Warper, the more eccentric the means an individual can move their body. Mastering this technique allows the user to act as though they have an additional point in Way of the Flesh Warper. This can bring a 3 to 4 so long as they know and have mastered at least 3 other Way of the Flesh Warper techniques. Until then it can only boost the user to a 3.


With regards to shifting one's flesh to another limb this is a bit more difficult and can only be done on a temporary basis until this technique is mastered. In essence the limb in question gains additional muscle mass and is able to grow in size up to an additional 5 feet in all directions for every limb's flesh used for this. Limbs with additional muscle to them are able to flex against attacks easier and gain a durability stat that actively reduces harm done to the user on that limb. The durability is equal to half the user's strength stat.

There is another benefit to reinforcing one's limbs this way. Damage imposed on an item, object, or being with a durability stat takes an additional 50% more damage upon impact. This occurs from the excessive force that can be exerted by the limb in question. This also extends to the user's shockwaves produced by this limb if the user can create them.


How to Use:

Activate one's HSR if it is not already. Then channel reiatsu throughout the body. From there essentially flex the body to shift in the manner you desire. The body will follow thereafter.

Drawbacks:

First and foremost a body cannot survive using this technique for long if HSR is not active or present. This is because naturally pushing flesh from one part to another or bending/contorting it in directions it's not inherently supposed to is painful and damaging. Thus no one without HSR in even a temporary fashion can learn this technique series.

The user also must have a pain tolerance to endure this in a fight. A 2 is required until Proficient. A 1 is required until Mastered. Additionally, the maximum speed the body can move while warped in an unnatural manner is 80% of its speed and with 80% of its power. This is reduced to 90% at Proficient and is removed at Mastered.

Limbs where flesh was taken from have 50% less durability. And thus, can be broken or harmed more easily. They also cannot flex or produce shockwaves. Hyper extended limbs so long as they are cut at the joints are 25% easier to cut specifically. But harm to them is 10% easier. I.E. attacks against them depending on the manner of attack are stronger against the user



Ten Kaika Ken*
Class: 3

Technique Type: Other

Usable By: Any Race

Technique Element: General Reiatsu

Technique Description and Effects: Considered a beautiful technique by those who witness it, those who experience it have a much different opinion. By making contact with an object or person, the user is able to vibrate their Reiatsu in sync with whatever they are touching, and forcibly expel the Reiatsu through the target. As the Reiatsu is expelled, it spirals outward and breaks away into shapes that are reminiscent of flower petals – hence the name. Though beautiful, the technique is destructive in nature, and is used to cause massive internal damage at the cost of damaging the hand of the user. After one use, there is internal bleeding inside the target on every organ, as well as a significant amount of pain; they will begin coughing up blood as well. A second use results in organs being ruptured and torn, which thus causes more bleeding. A third use results in complete internal destruction. If used on a physical or spiritual object, the object is completely destroyed from the inside out, leaving it hollow.

How to use technique: The user has to make contact with a target with their hands – through a fist or open palm gesture if they want – and vibrate their Reiatsu in sync with that of the opponent, then fire it outward.

Technique Drawbacks: A moderate Reiatsu cost is one drawback. The second is the damage caused by the Reiatsu that was vibrated in the hand used. The hand, after just one use, will be completely numb, and covered in deep cuts, which results in a significant amount of bleeding, and a loss in dexterity. Moreover, the bones in the hand become fractured, adding to the pain. After a second use, the hand is useless, and it is destroyed internally. Furthermore, if the Combat Stat of the target is superior to that of the user's Combat Stat, the damage is cut by fifty percent. At a fifty percent difference in superiority by the target, the damage of this technique is nullified.This technique does not ignore defense techniques like Hierro/Blut, and will result in a clash if used (technique vs technique). Finally, this technique can only be used once per post of the user.



Sonido Garra*
Class: [4]

Technique Type: [Arrancar Technique]

Technique Element: [None]

Technique Description and Effects:

The Shinigami have a technique called Shunpo Karin, which increases the speed of one of their limbs for one movement with an enhanced Shunpo. In other words, they get a 10x speed boost for one arm or leg movement. Oftentimes, Arrancar took unnecessary damage against sword strikes from that technique. To counter it, they created something new.

Sonido Garra is a partial Sonido technique which enhances a single limb's movement for one single movement with a Sonido. In other words, for one movement, either a leg or arm can use Sonido to speed up. 13x is the speed boost associated with Sonido Garra.

How to use technique:

Activate the technique. Unlike Sonido, which costs 100 reiatsu to activate, Sonido Garra costs 150 reiatsu every time one wishes to use it. It can only be used once per post.

Technique Drawbacks

Reiatsu cost. Continued uses also cause strain to the user's arm. Usable by Arrancar only.



Sonido*
Class: [4] - 7-1.

Technique Type: [Hollow Technique] - Kidou, Quincy Technique, Bount Technique, Human Technique, Hollow Technique, Other

Technique Element: [None] - If any

Technique Description and Effects: [What does your technique do? How strong is it? What is it's range of abilities? List these things below.]

A powerful technique, Sonido is a step that increases movement speed for a single step. Essentially, it magnifies the speed of just that one step, by 13 times. Each step for Sonido costs 100 Reiatsu. Additionally, this technique does not take up a technique slot.

How to use technique: [How do you use this technique? List below.]

Just use it and drain the Reiatsu.

Drawback: [What are the disadvantages and drawbacks of your technique? Don't forget that the drawback must be equal in strength to the technique. List everything related to the drawback below.]

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{Reiatsu}
No reiatsu lost from her personal bank as no release techniques were used.


Reiatsu Tab

-100 reiatsu for Sonido
-150 reiatsu for Sonido Garra
-400 reiatsu for Ten Kaika Ken
-100 reiatsu for using Form: Obsidian

750 reiatsu used

750 + 300 = 1,050 reiatus used in tab

[Alacrán]

Pain seared through every fiber of Alacrán's being, a cacophony of agony that roared louder than any beast in Hueco Mundo. Astrid's assault was relentless, a whirlwind of claws and fury that seemed to tear through his exoskeleton as if it were parchment. Her bat familiar clawed at his back, its feeble scratches adding to the stinging barrage, while Samson's obsidian shard embedded in his tail sent jolts of unbearable pain through his body. The moment Samson severed his tail, the agony reached a crescendo, a strangled howl ripping from his mandibles that echoed across the desolate sands.

Alacrán's vision blurred, the world around him a hazy smear of blood and darkness. In the depths of his anguish, fear flared, cold and paralyzing. The beast within him trembled, overwhelmed by the relentless onslaught. His mind struggled to focus, to push through the agony and the haze, but his body was failing him. He could not let this rabid creature and her pets claim victory over him. He was Alacrán, a Hollow of Hueco Mundo, he'd been close to death many times before but now he was terrified of truly falling so easily.

Astrid's grip around his neck tightened, her claws digging deeper, and he could feel the pressure building, bones beginning to crack. Her manic grin, a grotesque mask of insanity, filled his vision. She reveled in his pain, the spirits she consumed driving her into a frenzy. He could see her focus wavering, her control slipping. It was a small crack, but it was enough.

As her reiatsu-infused fist slammed into him, sending shockwaves through his insides, he knew he had to act. His body was betraying him, the strength draining away with every drop of blood that spilled onto the sands. The moment her companions retreated, he summoned the last reserves of his strength. His eyes locked onto hers, and for a brief second, he allowed his fear to show, the terror within him clear. She may have believed she had won, but he could not let her see him fall apart.

With a guttural roar, Alacrán opened an Ulcerá beneath him and summoning every ounce of his remaining strength, he pushed against Astrid with his legs, the force ripping her claws from his body and tearing out a chunk of his own flesh in the process. The pain was excruciating, but it gave him the momentum he needed. The dark void swallowed him whole just as her enhanced arm tried to reach him again. The portal spat him out a short distance away, the sands of Hueco Mundo cushioning his fall as he crashed down, bloodied but not broken.

Astrid's inhuman roars echoed, a symphony of madness and triumph. She believed she had won, that her brutality had bested him. But the fight was far from over. He forced himself to his feet, every movement a testament to his willpower. His tail was severed, his exoskeleton cracked and bleeding, and his nerves were shot but his spirit remained unbroken.

However, as he tried to summon the strength to stand, a wave of dizziness washed over him. His vision darkened at the edges, the pain becoming too much to bear. His legs buckled, and he fell to the ground, his body finally giving in to the relentless assault. The last thing he saw was Astrid's grotesque form, still writhing with the remnants of her attack, before darkness claimed him.

Alacrán lay there, unconscious, his body broken and battered but his spirit defiant. The sands of Hueco Mundo bore witness to his suffering, and the promise of retribution lingered in the air. The battle was far from over, but for now, Alacrán was forced into a temporary respite by the overwhelming pain and fear. Fear for whether he'd wake up alive as himself or not.

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{Reiatsu Pool - 2,262/3,312}-75 x1 Ulcera

[Astrid Vess]

Astrid watched as every blow landed true. This hollow, bug, thing wasn't capable of doing anything. Nothing. Nothing that mattered anyway. Deep inside her ravaged mind there was disappointment and rage over how Akando could find this whelp worthwhile. That he could see something inside them that made them worthy of of being pack mates. She let loose another angry inhuman roar only to find that while her prey had shown fear, they had also managed to escape her grasp. To significant injury if the mass of flesh in her hand was something to go by. Her head tilted as she watched him begin to fall and open another garganta. She rolled her eyes and yelled at her bat hollow again, who simply pointed off towards the distance the now battered, bleeding, and broken body of Alacran.

Astrid found herself angrier than ever and found herself subsequently finding more power within herself. Any energy she'd expended was regained and it was like a breath of fresh air. The same could be said of her senses that allowed her to pinpoint Alacran even at a glance and nearly categorize every wound on his body. However the fight was beyond done, something Astrid grew more furious about. Furious enough that she actually managed to regain a semblance of control and began to force the rampaging mass of spirits back within herself. Grinding them into particulate matter so she could feed her internal source of power, the tree within. Even if said tree was significantly warped beyond comparison given her new form. Regardless, the haze from her eyes slowly became clear and she found herself steadily becoming in control again. This came with the sight of seeing Samson and her bat begin to fade off, something she'd never admit to being displeased about.

After a couple minutes she'd finished regaining her control and enjoying the "high" she'd have from releasing. Feeling the slow loss of her power the longer she remained without her release active. A quick sonido found her right next to the bug. She then picked him up and looked him over. Unconscious. Likely from blood loss. She rolled her eyes quite literally to the back of her skull and then back. She couldn't fix him even if she wanted to and as it stood, he didn't have any redeeming qualities that spoke to her to even attempt it. Thus, she decided to take what she felt was owed for her even beginning to test him. She ripped off his wings, one by one until their joints were torn asunder. Then finished off by taking the remainder of his tail.

One foot on the connection portion of his lower back and then she simply pulled it off. Yet more blood loss and if she wasn't careful, he'd be dead. Something he likely should be all things considered. Hueco Mundo was nicer than hell, but he only had one time to live. She growled and kicked him away. She then sat on the sand and stared at his body uncertain what to do now that she had her food claimed. She started with the exoskeleton and flesh from his throat that she'd still had a hold of. Fucking what now? Akando and him are pack mates. Meaning I can't actually kill him even if I haven't seen the other. Akando could even get pissed off at me for that. Hmmm rrrrrrahhh! Fucking annoying! Why can't he be stronger!? He's supposed to be something fucking special!

She continued to eat at the flesh until only the exoskeleton remained. And then she just tore through it also. At least it had a bit of crunch that she could enjoy. She continued to glare at him until an idea finally spawned. "I could send him to Marik. He's been collecting hollows for a while anyway. Most of them weak. Maybe he can do something with em. Tch. Fuck it. If Marik kills em, it's not my fault. And if he doesn't good on him. Might find the whelp worthwhile. You best hope Marik gives a damn enough to make use of you. Otherwise, you'll wish I'd eaten you." Astrid using some of Alacran's blood created the form of the sigil for Hueco Mundo, namely a circle with several trees. It glowed dark grey before shifting its form to be a shitty castle, then shifting again to a bird. Functionally a stick figure and glowing green.

The sigil twisted in upon itself and began to warp space as a connection was made. From there Astrid picked up Alacran by the backside and unceremoniously threw him into the portal and to Marik. Where she had no idea, but all things considered equal, he'd likely find himself at his doorstep of his miniature city. What followed after was a Form: Obsidian that had fractured and simply created a message for Marik. It created the number "13" and radiated Astrid's reiatsu. Something Marik would undoubtably catch onto and realize that he was expected to do something with him. Use him, kill him, heal him, whatever it was that he wanted. It was on him as Astrid wasn't willing to kill him for Akando's sake. With the message and Alacran transported Astrid sighed to herself as she began to collect the flesh, she'd taken from Alacran. "Least now I can go collect those plants from the lake. They should be nice for my garden. Maybe I can even breed them with hell plants. I also want the water. Hmm . . . maybe I should have taken an organ from him. . . shit! Fuck it, I'll just do something else." Grumbling to herself as she started her trek back to the pond.

[Shizuka Sanamizu ✮]

Astrid: 5 posts x 75 TP per post = 375 TP
1 extra paragraph = 10 TP
375 + 10 + 100 (for winning) = 485 TP total

Alacrán: 5 posts x 75 TP per post = 375 TP
2+3 = 5 extra paragraphs = 50 TP
375 + 50 = 425 TP total