Let's Fight Like Gentlemen [PG-13, NDE, Battle]

[Amagai Kuchiki]

(OOC: This thread is a battle test between Whitehairman and myself in order to give him a feel for the system, and see if his Zanpakutou is one he actually wants to use. Both players will be using Class 3, 1000 SP Characters, and both will be using Shinigami without Bankai. I'll take first post to show how stats and such work)

[Amagai Kuchiki]

(OOC: For the purpose of this fight, I will not be using Takehiko *gasp* but instead a throwaway character)

Akira Shiba stood at one side of the training ground, bobbing his head back and forth in thought. He'd promised his opponent a practice fight, but his foe appeared to be tardy. A pity, Akira liked it when they were on time. He cracked his knuckles quickly, then dropped into a stance, quickly warming up by punching the air a few times. He chuckled, shadow boxing wasn't gonna help him, not against an opponent of similar strength. However, he still figured getting some warmth into his muscles wouldn't be a bad idea. Absentmindedly, he touched his Zanpakutou in his waist. Unlike most Shinigami, Akira wasn't a weapon fighter, but instead loved hand to hand combat in close quarters. Of course, sometimes it was difficult to do so against opponents with bladed weapons, but he got around that by being fast and capable of darting in and out of guards.

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Fighter V1 (Boost to physicals, penalty to RS), 1000 SP

Strength: 250 (375)
Speed: 300 (450)
Reiatsu Strength: 50 (38)
Spiritual Pressure: 150
Energy Sensory: 0
Instinct: 100
Senses: 150
Healing Expertise: 0

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{Skills}15 SKP, Max 2 In a Skill

Street Fighting: 2
Battle Analysis: 2
Hoho (Shunpo Techniques): 2
Pain Tolerance: 2
Strength of Will: 2
Acrobatics: 2
Learning: 2
Analyzing: 1

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{Shikai Overview}"Lash Out, Jūryoku Gantoretto"
Appearance: A metal gauntlet that forms around each of his hands
Central Power Idea: Localized gravity wells that spawn from the gauntlet for various purposes. As a default amplifies damage from physical attacks through gravitational weight increase.

Buki no Torihazushi - 150 Reaitsu, a disarming technique. The gauntlet's gravity well snags onto his foes weapon, and yanks it away with a flat 450 strength. The weapon, if yanked, will fly straight up for a post before coming down at the same speed.

Fezāu Eito - 200 Reaitsu. Decreases Akira's weight for 3 posts, reducing his strength by 20% but increasing his speed by 10%. Also halves the cost of Shunpo.

Ishi no Omo-Sa - 200 Reaitsu. Increases Akira's weight for 3 posts, reducing his speed by 20% and doubling the cost of Shunpo, but increasing his strength by 30%.

[Takashi Kuchiki]

Takashi steadily paced towards the enterance of the training hall. He pushed open the sliding door before stepping in towards the luscious green grass. His crystal blue eyes scanned the area for any signs of his opponent. In his line of sight, he mainly saw different training utensils and weaponry. It wasn't until he saw the brawler that he made his way over towards him. Closing the gale behind him, he slowly walked over to the man; avoiding the obstacles in his path. As he arrived nearly 15 feet away, he gave the man a short bow.

"Please excuse my tardiness"

He spoke as he looked towards the man. He places his right hand on the katana that was on his left hip. With a bored expression, he looked towards the man. Standing at nearly 5'10, Takashi staggered back with his left foot; his right in front of the left only by a good few inches. As he looked on, he placed his left hand on the middle of the sheath.

"Shall we begin?"

He inquired.

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{Statistical Information (please let me know if I'm wrong man)}Weapon Master [LV 3] (Boost to physicals, penalty to RS), 1000 SP
Strength: 200 (600)
Speed: 250 (750)
Reiatsu Strength: 250 (166)
Spiritual Pressure: 150
Energy Sensory: 0
Instinct: 150
Senses: 150
Healing Expertise: 0

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{Skills}15 SKP

Battle Analysis 2
Battle Focus: 2
Focused Eye: 2
Weapon [Knife]: 2
Analysis: 2
Calm mind: 2
Pain Tolerance: 2
Bleeding Tolerance: 1

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{Shikai}

Shikai Overall Ability: In shikai ability, Takashi is able to grow or shrink his Gladius or knife as tall or short as he wishes; the weapons remain completely weightless even when large in stature. Even when throwing his knives, he can have them become extremely huge at will. In addition, Takashi gains the ability to produce as many of his weapons as he wills, by simply duplicating them [Duplication limt: 10/Post in Shikai and 50/post in Bankai]. Lastly, the maximum size for the elongation is nearly 25 meters and the shrinking size is the size of a needle.

Abilities

切れ軀命 Hitokire Kumyou [Slice of Life]

In this Bankai or Shikai technique, Takashi remotely pulls in his sword or knife towards him that he has already previously thrown. This technique causes the knives to come back towards him. The drawback of this technique is that has to motion beforehand, using his hand or body motion to signal a 'come back' motion.

凶具 乱麻 Kyougu Ranma [Chaos of Dangerous Weaponry]

Using his knives in either shikai or bankai, Takashi throws them in a circular way and they circle around him and generate a shield of knives. These knives protects Takashi in a 360 degree radius from attack. The drawback of this technique is he cannot attack while he is surrounded by the wind.

大人 地動 Taijin Chidou [Giant Earth Tremor]

[Shikai or Bankai] Using his Gladius, Takashi creates a huge zwielwielder sword (stretching his Gladius) nearly 25-50 meters in length. The sword striking to others becomes incredibly heavy, while to him is as light as a feather. The attack is devastating due to the shear size of this sword as it comes crashing down with its immense weight due to its warped dimensions. The drawback of this weapon is maneuvering around closed areas or very object dense areas.

[Amagai Kuchiki]

(OOC: Few issues to address, nothing big but just some stuff to get used to. Since both of us only have Shikai and are not Class 1, we are only Level 1 in our Types, meaning you only get double physicals. Both Spiritual Pressure AND Reiatsu Strength are reduced for Weapons Masters, so adjust that. Also, you've spent 1150 SP instead of 1000, so dock some points in various places. Finally, Weapons Masters can only have melee techniques, which is a bit of an issue for your Shikai. Maybe Fighter v1 would be better suited for your character? Your call. Skill allocation if fine, but currently you have no ranks in Swords which would make your fighting style slightly more awkward (given you'd only be really good at the knives). That said, let's get on with it. Feel free to tweak things along the way.)

Akira sized his opponent up, cocking his head back and forth. He wasn't sure if his opponent was physically more powerful than him, although he was almost certainly spiritually, given that Akira had very little talent for anything but beating people's faces in. His opponent appeared to be deferring to him, so he figured he'd start off slow. Well, slow for his standards. He charged his foe at 300 speed, moving just fast enough that he wouldn't wind himself unduly. When he was in arms reach of his foe, however, he decided it was time to test the other's analytical capabilities. He feinted towards the right, as if he was going to attack at an unexpected angle, but instead just went for a head on attack. One fist rushed forward to collide with his opponent's jaw, while his other hand lashed out, seeking to grab the man's sword hand in order to keep him from drawing. He'd play the start slow, and force his opponent to react, and exploit the openings that resulted.

[Takashi Kuchiki]

(OOC: Oh sure thing man! Nice catch . Question for WM: Does that mean that I can only attack with my shikai using melee attacks? I can still use its ability but I'm restricted to 4 abilities right or is this wrong all together? Kyo helped me make this shikai/bankai and its an ongoing technicality so i'll have to figure it out XD. Let me correct my statistics my friend . I really appreciate this

Question 2: Is it necessary I say how fast i'm going numerically or can I say like nearly at top speeds, half of his speed, etc? I'm doing it for this post to mirror you man

PS: assuming your grabbing my right hand with your left hand since it wasn't specified and punching with your right : ) )

Takashi nodded towards the man, sizing him up in his mind as well. He had the same bored expression on his face being calm in nature. He watched as his opponent charged him at a rather generous speed. Upon getting closer, Takashi lowered his stance, keeping his knees bent. As the man feinted right, Takashi prepared to draw. However, the man's left hand would reach out to catch his drawing hand. Noticing him recoiling his right hand for a punch, Takashi simply took his left hand off his sheath and raised it up at 350 speeds. As it rose, he used it as a mitt, thrusting it up and forward to catch the man's right hand in his left; gripping it. He would feel the pain surge through his hand subtly but easy enough to ignore. Quickly after, he would twist his hips clockwise, lifting his left foot from the ground. With that, he sent his knee flying at 400 speed towards the man's right rib, driving it in if it connected. Lastly, his intent was to step down upon the man's right foot, slamming it down and holding it there to limit his movement after the attack; this last motion, however, only was intended if the previous hit connected smoothly. If not, Takashi would simply be just lowering his foot down.

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{Edited Stat Info(please let me know if I'm wrong man)}Weapon Master [LV 1] (Boost to physicals, penalty to RS), 1000 SP
Strength: 200 (400)
Speed: 250 (500)
Reiatsu Strength: 250 (166)
Spiritual Pressure: 100 (67) [Do we round up here?]
Energy Sensory: 0
Instinct: 100
Senses: 100
Healing Expertise: 0

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{Skills}15 SKP

Battle Analysis 2
Battle Focus: 2
Focused Eye: 2
Weapon [Knife]: 2
Analysis: 2
Calm mind: 2
Pain Tolerance: 2
Bleeding Tolerance: 1

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{shikai}Shikai Overall Ability: In shikai ability, Takashi is able to grow or shrink his Gladius or knife as tall or short as he wishes; the weapons remain completely weightless even when large in stature. Even when throwing his knives, he can have them become extremely huge at will. In addition, Takashi gains the ability to produce as many of his weapons as he wills, by simply duplicating them [Duplication limt: 10/Post in Shikai and 50/post in Bankai]. Lastly, the maximum size for the elongation is nearly 25 meters and the shrinking size is the size of a needle.

Zanpakuto Techniques:

切れ軀命 Hitokire Kumyou [Slice of Life]

In this Bankai or Shikai technique, Takashi remotely pulls in his sword or knife towards him that he has already previously thrown. This technique causes the knives to come back towards him. The drawback of this technique is that has to motion beforehand, using his hand or body motion to signal a 'come back' motion.

凶具 乱麻 Kyougu Ranma [Chaos of Dangerous Weaponry]

Using his knives in either shikai or bankai, Takashi throws them in a circular way and they circle around him and generate a shield of knives. These knives protects Takashi in a 360 degree radius from attack. The drawback of this technique is he cannot attack while he is surrounded by the wind.

大人 地動 Taijin Chidou [Giant Earth Tremor]

[Shikai or Bankai] Using his Gladius, Takashi creates a huge zwielwielder sword (stretching his Gladius) nearly 25-50 meters in length. The sword striking to others becomes incredibly heavy, while to him is as light as a feather. The attack is devastating due to the shear size of this sword as it comes crashing down with its immense weight due to its warped dimensions. The drawback of this weapon is maneuvering around closed areas or very object dense areas.

[Amagai Kuchiki]

(OOC: New Stats look fine, not sure if we round up or down here (I think up?). Typically, I don't post speeds for actions other than traveling distance, because that's the one that tires you out significantly. You can usually just say full speed, half speed, close to full speed, and be fine. Sorry for forgetting to specify which hand! The drawback with WM is that basically all four of your techs have to be based on physical contact with enemy, or augment your ability to hit the enemy. Your third technique, for instance, would be totally fine, but the other two need workshopping. Again, check Takehiko's for reference on how to skirt that drawback)


A smile may have flicked across Akira's face as his left hand clearly prevented Takashi from drawing his sword, but the actions that followed were less according to plan. The man changed his motions and grabbed Akira's right hand, the one that was punching, in his left. Possibilities flickered through Akira's mind, and none of them were good. So instead of giving the man the opportunity to do so, he chose to fight dirty. Takashi was stronger than Akira, although not by a significant margin. With enough time, or enough sudden effort, he'd be able to wrench his hand from the man's grasp, but that wasn't the current focus. A basic tenant of Street Fighting was to never do what your opponent expected, and it was clear that Takashi was expecting a slight struggle, in order to chain the attack. Even now, Akira noticed him beginning to twist his hips, and knew that if he didn't act fast, this was gonna hurt.

So instead, Akira went for the straight headbut, smashing his forehead into Takashi's nose. Sure it would hurt Akira, but truth be told, it would hurt Takashi far more. And Akira was plenty capable of feeling some pain. Although Takashi could continue the motion and drag Akira into his oncoming knee, now Akira had the momentum. He wrenched his hand out of Takashi's vice-like grab, and used the jerking motion to flip himself forward, over Takashi's knee, using his acrobatics proficiency. He skidded along the ground a few feet away, but quickly caught his balance, and returned to a neutral state, both hands facing Takashi in a guard. "And now your turn. Show me what you got."