O'er the Flood [DP PvP]

[Koshka Volkov]

Thread Title: O'er the Flood
Participants: Koshka Volkov vs. Arantima Kawada
World: Hueco Mundo
Death Setting: Permanent Injuries Enabled
Rating: R
Location: South Dakota, not far from the Badlands National Park.
Special Conditions: N/A.
Circumstances: A Vandenreich Quincy appears within the human world, taking out a contract she'd picked up. A Shinigami comes in to deal with the aftermath.

[Koshka Volkov]

Sighing to herself, Koshka took the opportunity to swiftly clean her blade from the blood that resided on it. It wasn't often that she'd been put through the ringer like that; especially against someone she hadn't expected to be spiritually aware. This particular Bount had been giving her quite the run for her money over the last year; so much so, that she often found herself losing track of time.

It had been what, nearly nine months since she'd last been home? Since she'd last visited Zinnia? Just the thought of it made her skin crawl. She absolutely hated being away from her lover for such an extended period of time. "Soon enough, my dear," she spoke to herself, a soft smile permeating across her lips. She'd missed Zinnia quite a bit in the interim. More than anything, she needed to get back home, and see what she'd missed over the last few months.

Though, to say she was exhausted was an understatement. As she found herself running low on her own spiritual prowess, her body aching for her to take a rest, Koshka found herself with minimal choice on the matter. She'd have to take a rest sometime soon; especially if she wanted to make it home with the energy to greet her love. She didn't like the idea of not having energy around her; reminded her too much of her father in that regard.

So, the girl took a seat in the dirt. As the body of her deceased target sunk into the depths she'd created through her abilities, the girl simply took the time to wait, and rest while she could. She ran through some numbers in her head, doing what she could to keep track of her finances without her desk in front of her. Running through potential expenses coming up, as well as the money this contract was hopefully going to bring in for her. Anything to try to get herself to decompress from the hunt that had just happened.

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{Reiatsu Pool: 1,000/2,400}
-1,300 for cinematic thread set-up expenses.

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{Koshka's Stats & Skills}
Type: Shadow

Koshka's Stats:

Strength: 400 [640]
Speed: 400 [1,000]
Reiatsu Strength: 100 [50]
Spiritual Pressure: 400 [240]
Senses: 100 [75]
Instinct: 250 [375]
Energy Sensory: 50 [37]
Healing Expertise: 0 [0]

Light Aura: 0
Dark Aura: 100
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Stealth: 4
Bu Gei - Whispering Mononoke School: 3
Weapons - Serrated Daggers: 2
Strength of Will: 3
Toxicology: 2

[Arantima Kawada]

Arantima was alerted to the butterfly's presence only once it landed on his shoulder. He stops and closes his eyes, catching the fist of the Shinigami he was training, having known where it was going the moment it had been thrown. He makes a single finger gesture and the room filled with Stealth squad members comes to attention. "Onmitsukido! Alerts have been passed on. Bount Target has been engaged by Unknown Entity. Continue Training.. You are not yet ready for the field in an unknown situation I will return Until then, Train as hard as you would were I here."

He padded out softly before using shunpo once he was clear of the training pagoda. He sighed softly as he landed and walked with the butterfly on his shoulder to the gates to the human world. He was cleared through the security swiftly and set his destination to the last recorded reading of the Bount. He stepped out into the human world and when both feet were planted and the black butterfly fluttered back through the passage he started suppressing himself immediately. He took a soft breath and looked around the area that he stepped out into. He Took in the smells and sights and sounds and noticed the utter and complete silence that surrounded it all.

The silence would indicate some sort of scuffle between two powerful creatures or even just the presence of a single very potent being. Tima himself would never set that off unless he was released and Tenryu was in control. He saw the signs after a few more moments, Small craters in the ground, nothing that would be noticed for anyone who wasn't looking, but he knew what that was.. Someone strong moving very.. Very fast.. He Looked about to his left and his right and set off, not using shunpo as he would be using his skills in stealth to keep himself Hidden for the time being.

It was not terribly long until he came across the outskirts of a true battlefield.. He was still keeping to himself as he watched a woman sink down and take a seat, obviously the victor of the battle but someone that was pushed farther than they had expected. He took the moment of reprieve and let out a soft breath before using shunpo, he would barely be a blip on the power scale but he would be sensed by ES at this point. He landed at the end of his step 6 inches above the ground she was seated on. His wrist laid relaxed and resting on the pommel of his blade as he started down at the girl with a stern expression. "Who are you.. and why are you here?"

Reatsu pool - 2580/2680

Total points

Class: 2
CTP: 13,930 [13930/14000 to Class 1]
TTP: 750 [1880 used] [15/23 Tech slots used}
SP: 1400 [700/700 Training SP]
SkP: 19 / 19 Spent / Total
Ryo: 18,000

Stats

Strength - [250] Points - 62 Sealed - 750 Unsealed
Speed - [300] Points - 201 sealed - 300 Unsealed
Spiritual Pressure - (400) Points - 268 Sealed - 1200 Unsealed
Reiatsu Strength - (150) Points - 100 Sealed - 150 Unsealed
Dark Aura - (50) Points
Light Aura - (50) Points
Instinct - (150) Points - 100 Sealed - 150 Unsealed
Senses - (150) Points - 100 Sealed - 150 Unsealed
Energy sensory - (0) Points
Healing Expertise - (0) Points

Skills (19/19 SKP)

[Calm Mind] {2}
[Damage Recovery] {1}
[Stealth] {2}
[Pain tolerance] {2}
[Battle Focus] {3}
[Martial Arts (Dragon Claw)] {3}
[Gravitational Pressure Blades] {3}
[Crafting] {3}

Owner of a Class 2 Shidai Spiritual Torc
Owner of a pair of S.O.U.L. Gloves

[Koshka Volkov]

Gods, why did this have to happen now of all times? Why on earth was she in a position where dealing with a Shinigami was the next of her issues? Could she not just have a moment to rest? "Tch, fuckin' hell," she started, standing up and immediately taking an aggressive stance, "can't go one day without some sorta' BS from Soul Society, can I?" Adjusting her cap, adorned with the Vandenreich emblem, Koshka glared daggers toward Arantima.

Figuratively speaking, of course. If she could do so literally and just be done with it, she very much would. Alas, that was not how this played out. Summoning and simultaneously pointing her blade to the Captain, Koshka sighed. "If you're lookin' to fight, then you've already got one." She did what she could to keep up the aggression given the situation. She tried to mask her own tiredness, though likely to no avail. Her breathing was ragged, her eyes looked almost heavy, and for the most part she was relatively out of it.

Still though, the girl held through, gripping her blade ever tighter. She wasn't going to allow herself to fall victim to this Shinigami. Not now, not ever! Taking a short breath, before blasting into the air through Hirenkyaku, Koshka took the opportunity to throw her blade down toward the Shinigami's skull. If nothing else she'd desired to end this confrontation as quickly as she could; she grew ever tired, and hadn't held out hope that she'd be able to fight for very long in her current state.

Though, she did have another trick up her sleeve; one that she'd learned somewhat recently. Perhaps that was something she could use? Assuming her opponent proved strong enough, she'd have to all things considered. She wasn't keen on letting herself be put into a situation where she'd crumble. She couldn't bare the thought of something like that happening; not now, not ever. She'd need to play it safe for now, but unleash hell if the opportunity presented itself.

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{Reiatsu Pool: 830/2,400}
-100 for the Depth Collector.
-50 for Hirenkyaku.
-20 for thrown dagger.

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{Class 6 - Bow Form - The Depth Collector}
Through her Class 6 Form Property, Volkov transforms her bow into her signature serrated dagger. This dagger is quite large, and a rather thick rope remains tied around the handle attached to her wrist. As one can expect, her ability to use this weapon scales off of the woman's Strength. Instead of firing arrows, however, this dagger can be charged with reiatsu and thrown, flying at the speed of an arrow and being treated as a Class equal to the price of the arrow that had been paid for. Once this dagger finds itself embedded in a surface - be it biological or otherwise - the only individual that can remove the dagger without problem is Volkov. As one can expect, this makes the dagger exceptionally strong when it comes to pulling people back toward the Quincy, or pulling the Quincy to a new location.

Attacks dealt by Volkov's Bow will Mark For Death, putting this Mark on the target that was hit specifically. Trying to remove the dagger with less than 3 Ranks in Bleeding Tolerance and without help from Koshka will also Mark For Death. These Marks interact with the rest of Volkov's abilities, do not expire, and remain specific to each individual Marked. Being a weapon designed to quickly and efficiently kill those marked on Koshka's list, the OS of defensive properties, abilities, or items used by someone with at least one Mark For Death on them will be reduced by 150 for each individual Mark. Wounds left that Mark For Death will leave a black, necrotic mark on individuals based on the location struck.

[Arantima Kawada]

Arantima smirked at the immediate aggression.. He cocked his head slightly amused at the woman in front of himself before suddenly as she disappeared an eruption of spiritual energy came from Arantima as his entire posture changed. The moment that this eruption came out of him The Air was suddenly filled with a golden light as A Large Shield was now covering the entire back of Arantima as if he wore an oversized tortoise shell. His Body was nestled into the curve of the shield such that there was no easy gap to assault any part of him from behind. Likewise there was another shield that formed under him, he allowed himself to fall down into the shield like a boat.

The ping of Metal on his shield from behind releases a scoff from his lips as a Shimmering golden body appears infront of the shield, appearing to stare up at Koshka with its arms folded. The voice of Arantima Rings from behind the Shield barrier. "Always so quick to violence.. We could have talked but now you will be crushed like the rest.." The Projection moves forward before flickering from its position and appears directly infront of Koshka and thrusts both of its palms forward, however the movement is only several incheas the powerful release of pressure infront of the Projection is immense as two shockwaves are sent forward to rip at Koshka at point blank range.

Reatsu pool - 11550/12000

[Koshka Volkov]

As she found herself being blast back from the raw force, Koshka scoffed. Rebalancing herself through a Hirenkyaku platform, the girl grunted. Seemed her foe was going to prove frustratingly difficult. Especially after getting what minimal energy reading on him she did. "Tch," she scoffed, "Looks like we're getting into this, yeah? I'll be 'crushed like the rest', huh?"

She nodded to herself. Seemed that it really was time to do something about this whole situation. She couldn't realistically deal with her opponent in her current state. Not after having dealt with the Bount foe that previously existed. She was going to need to employ a new strategy; one that bled overzealous desperation, but given the opponent she was fighting? She felt it to be appropriate. Smirking, the girl took to the ground, and held her blade to the sky.

"Well," she started, "pleasure to meet you, Mr. Captain, but g'bye!" Following her words with a laugh, the girl's spiritual signature exploded outward, before quickly collapsing in on itself like a black hole. For a short, distinct moment, the girl had felt like she'd reached an unimaginable height of power, before absolutely nothing. It was as though she'd existed in a void; a distinct lack of spiritual presence radiated from her.

Through a shroud of her own spiritual prowess, a black cloak quickly emerged over her neck, before draping over the remainder of her body in a heartbeat. The roped knife quickly spiraled around the woman's arm, changing shape into a larger flail-like weapon. Something very reminiscent to an underwater explosive. Taking a deep breath, before releasing it, the girl smiled beneath her hooded cloak. "Well, Shinigami? Perhaps you're still looking to fight, mm?"

Saigo Duration: 1/6

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{Reiatsu: 0/0}
Saigo.

[Arantima Kawada]

Arantima was home but not the one behind the steering wheel anymore as it were. Tenryu flexed his shoulders idly as if to release tension as he replied "Fighting isn't what I would call this little one.. If i flexed my spiritual pressure wrong right here.. Right now Your whole body would be squeezed out like orange."[//b] Not that Tenryu had any way of knowing whether or not this was indeed the truth of the matter, he just always believed that to be the case until someone or something proved otherwise. The Projection that had released the shockwave was not quite finished as Tenryu responded it Re-engaged

Tenryu's projection was not insanely fast by any means but it was capable of using techniques that Arantima himself knew and that made it capable of not only step techniques but it was an extension of his Zanpakuto which made it a Conduit for most Seiwan! The Glow Came To the body of the Projection, but the actual incantation was spoken by the mouth of Arantima "Awaken inner fire and wreathe thyself! Burn the strength from those in my path and sear their soul!" The Shields the projection and Arantima's Crossed arms began to glow in a Golden fire edged in grey silver.

The only indication that Koshka would have is her energy sensory picking up two more projections of spiritual pressure that were behind her about 5 feet to her left and to her right, The three of them were suddenly moving for her at their maximum speed aiming blows for her throat at an angle that sends the shockwave up and away from the shoulders which would be an immense amount of pressure upward if even just one of the shockwaves landed let alone one of the blows land full on.

Reatsu pool - 10550/12000

3 of 18 Release duration

1 / 10 Suikan duration

[Koshka Volkov]

Furrowing her brow and sensing full-well the attacks coming her way from the clones, Koshka blast forth on a reishi platform, travelling at multiple magnitudes of her own speed; precisely, ten times that of what she'd normally be able to pick up on. She wasn't going to let herself be caught off-guard by such a maneuver if she could help it. Not against someone like this.

Instead, she took the opportunity to appear behind her foe, looking to slam her mace into the makeshift cocoon as hard as she physically could. Whether or not such a maneuver was going to be successful remained to be seen, but she wasn't going to hold anything back against him. Not after having made such a cut-and-dry choice about her current state, and what it meant for the two of them at hand. Slamming into him twice, thrice more in the process, Koshka once again repositioned herself with another step, assuming these spiritual clones were going to follow after her, to instead stand above the Shinigami.

"Oh, yeah?" She asked, mockingly, "then let's see that happen! Let's see JUST WHAT YOU CAN DO HERE!" As her words finished, a quick cloak of reiryoku enveloped the girl once more. Within an instant, her once black cloak had turned pure white, the hood atop her head falling and revealing her face once more. As though she'd just gone through some sort of spiritual ascension, the girl fully prepared to smash into her foe with everything she could potentially muster.

bringing her arm down with a noteworthy hammer, the chainmace swung straight down toward the Shinigami, colliding with whatever it was likely to hit with a satisfying "tink". The moment it did, an explosive release of reiryoku blast forth. White-hot spiritual energy quickly expanded outward with a violent roar, eclipsing the afternoon sky in a light far brighter than anything else even remotely nearby.

Within seconds, the blast expanded outward fifty feet. A hundred feet. Two-fifty. Five-hundred. Two-thousand. Until eventually, the blast-zone had well eclipsed a mile. Searing into the ground, eradicating absolutely everything within the area. Like a black hole that had formed alongside the crust of the earth, erupting in an almost holy radiance for a few short moments. Any and all non-spiritual life - and even lesser spiritual life - simply ceased to exist. And, truthfully? She'd hoped that her foe had as well.

Saigo no Houmen: Stage 2 activated and attacked.

[Arantima Kawada]

Arantima was only able to sense that the girl had moved becuase of the air pressure changes.. And even then he was only just starting to react as she slammed her first strike into the Shield behind him. He brought his hand up swiftly and began to close the sheild as the second strike hammered on and then The soft gong of his sheilds sealing together and sending his body to a seperate space entirely.

The clones were still present however and each rushing back towards the girl but one.. where there was an empty face, now had eyes and ears. It blinked and looked up at the girl as her cloak changed once more and the clones eyes got wide.. Arantima while in the other place suddenly Exploded with Energy as he activate the Hide of the Dragon in anticipation for what was about to come. This in turn increased the overall power of the Projections but that was an after thought.

He had assumed incorrectly and yet correctly that this was somehow a s second stage release butt his mind went to something like bankai.. not for what was about to happen. The Three Projections Each used a Step te4chnique o get eye level with the girl in the sky above the Shielded Cocoon. Once they were there all about 25 feet away from her they each Throw out a single Punch that sends out a shockwave of force.. But only to hear the soft and yet distinct.. "Tink" as the mace hits the shield cocoon.

The effect is devestation incarnate and the shield cocoon only holds up for mere moments before starting to crack and violently shake and crumble. The three Shockwaves sent by tthe clones are evaporated away and Tima, watching through the projections eyes can not stop what is about to happen. The Force of the Blastt rips across the barrier as he was partially inhabiting the clone as it got hit full bore. The effect is like walking out from behind a barrier into the full force of a sun as it burns in glory before you.. His Hide of the dragon Shatters and the top layers of his flesh are burned away nearly instantly from his clavicles downward.

The cocoon pops as the blast finishes, crumbling and depositing a Soft Boiled Shinigami into real space.. He stops himself from falling only by grabbing a Sword he creates from his own gravitational pressure with a soft clang of banging metal.. He gazes downward to see the crater of devestation beneath and all around himself. Hoping that whatever kind of attack that was... It was only able to be done once.

Reatsu pool - 10250/12000

4 of 18 Release duration

2 / 10 Suikan duration

[Koshka Volkov]

As the dust settled and the blast had resolved itself shortly thereafter, Koshka stared in amazement toward the surrounding area. Even she had no idea that she was capable of such power; she knew that she was quite strong, no doubt thanks to what she'd received from the Emperor, but she hadn't considered it to be nearly this much! She couldn't-

Wait, she thought to herself, His Majesty's power!

Immediately realizing what had happened, and how everything was going to quickly be taking a turn for the worst, the girl entered a state of panic. Realizing quickly that her foe was still standing, she exhaled, rather exasperated. "Y-You're still not fuckin' dead!?" She exclaimed, before looking down toward herself. She'd already begun to feel her spiritual prowess fading.

She needed to act fast. "Tch," she scoffed, "don't have time for this!" As the shadow beneath her feet began to expand outward at an incredible pace, Koshka glared down the Shinigami. "You n' I will finish this at a later date! Don't think for a second I won't be back for your head at some point, Shinigami dog!"

As she finished speaking, the girl faded into the shadow, disappearing from this particular reality. She'd needed to do quite a number of things before her spiritual presence faded; namely, quickly grab her lover so the two of them could make haste out of the Silbern without setting off any alarm. She'd been running on borrowed time at this point, and was incredibly weary that a certain someone was soon to collect.

[Kitai Yoru]

Arantima Kawada: Four posts, 300 TP awarded, plus another 100 for victory
Koshka Volkov: Five posts, 375 TP awarded, followed by negative 50,000 CTP and TTP. We're also revoking your Quincy card.