Climbing Up The Latter {Training:Asmoskon/Nonna/Tsubaki,R}

[✠Asmoskon Masurao✠]

Asmoskon leaned against the side of a very large steel building with the black folio in his right hand while he awaited the arrival of the two members he had been assigned to train. Asmoskon had only joined Xcution himself about a week ago after meeting with Zack Jensen yet it seemed that the leader of the human organization had wished for him to train those lower in power then himself. Asmoskon wasn't sure if it was to keep him from actually going about his normal assignments or if that Xcution didn' trust him yet. Nevertheless he had sent out messages to the two members telling them to meet him here.

It was still merely three minutes before the time he had told them both to come and meet him so there was no reason to be angry yet. Asmoskon had arrived in truth only about ten minutes ago and instead of going inside decided to wait next to the large door and read from his novel. He just hoped that the two members didn't share the same lack of timing as Zack and made him wait all that long or else he knew he wouldn't be able to train them. In truth this secret city of Byrpesia made Tokyo pale in comparison.

The only thing that Asmoskon hated about this assignment other then it taking up his time and basically forcing him to train people he knew nothing about was the fact that both were female. After the purple haired betrayer Asmoskon had grown to hate females and only see them as tools to use against others or for his own needs. For right now though he knew it'd be best to keep his own views out of the equation and just see how things went along. Hopefully Nonna Urban and Tsubaki Shiba arrived swiftly.

[Nonna Urban ☭]

Nonna would yawn as a mysterious ring from her phone is heard... She gets up and walks slowly over, flipping the phone open. Her eyes would widen as the Xcution requests her at training at so and so location within a few minutes. Shit! Nonna quickly falls backwards from the sudden message and reads the name. A... Asmokon Masurao, huh? Well, hopefully he'll be a great teacher. She fiddles around for a few seconds in her dresser and gets on her casual clothes, hurrying as possibly as she can. She pulls up her stockings and pulls on her shoes, getting herself ready for this moment. She'd quickly grab her key and slide it in her jacket, locking the handle behind her then closing it shut. She begins to keep up with herself, running for the location.

Nonna would pass by several buildings, thinking about what this training will be for her today. It's probably going to be way different from Kimiko's training but this may be more serious in a way. She wonders who will be there with her to train. Will it just be herself? Will she even be with anyone? This was all weird feelings to her as she'd continue to pace herself through the city, obviously ready to make herself stronger for this. She was eager and ready to perform and start forcing that fullbring to release itself again but maybe this wasn't the time yet. Even if so, she'd be ready to perform. She was closing in on the building, she finds that one person there that she can estimate that'll train her.

She slowly slows herself down, panting just a little bit as she hits her place. She looks up with her navy colored eyes, peering the man. Oh goodness, he certainly didn't look fun to mess with. Nonna kept herself high and just smiles warmly, "Hello, you must be Mr. Masurao? I'm Nonna Urban, a recruit for the Xcution. It's a pleasure, yes?" she would say, her Russian accent was very heavy but her voice was soft. She'd fold her hands behind her back, smiling at him as she was ready to be trained ASAP! She was strong, committed, and eager for this moment to probably be the best moment in her life. After all, she's serving the Xcution to avenge her mother's accidental death from a filthy hollow. She's clearly high in hopes.

[Tsubaki Shiba]

(OOC: All training in this thread will give me SP, unless I cap out, in which case I'll take CTP)

If one did not know Tsubaki, they might have assumed that she was joining the other two for training purposes, in order for the strongest of the trio, a Quincy by the name of Asmokon Masuarao (Who, according to his files, was an assassin of no little renown), to teach her a few things about combat. Such a belief was idiotic, and utterly false. Tsubaki needed no training, she was a former Captain of the Gotei 13. Given that this Quincy knew nothing about Kido, he couldn't help her unlock the secrets of her mind, and thus he was of no use to her training wise.

However, what he was useful for was research. At this moment, Tsubaki had little interaction with the higher members of Xcution after her breakout. She had last spoken to Pavel when filling out the paperwork in order to gain amnesty with Xcution, and hadn't spoken to Satsujun since the first phone call, once they'd arrived in the human world, wherein she didn't do very much speaking. Her experience with Katekarin, her boss in the Research Department, was minimal.

The only member of Xcution that Tsubaki had extended interactions with was Zackary Jensen, who she had on retainer. In fact, rarely did Tsubaki wander into danger without informing Mr. Jensen, giving him a time in which if she hadn't responded, he would check in on her and likely bail her out. It wasn't cheap. Not in any sense of the world. It was, in fact, absurdly expensive and cost her her entire salary. But she didn't need a salary anyways, she was provided with essentials already.

So, the reason why she was giving up lab time and associating with Asmoskon was not because of his training capabilities, but rather because she wanted to make an acquaintance with a new member of Xcution, one who could easily possess a position as Seven Guns in the near future. Having an in with him would be important, especially if he was cheaper than Zackary. That, and she wanted to see more of a Quincy's powers. The memories she had of analyzing them in the past were currently locked away.

Tsubaki arrived punctually, technically speaking only 15 seconds late. 15 seconds had been lost due to a car running a red light a few blocks back, which had ruined the calculations she had made regarding arrival timing, which was unfortunate. She saw Asmoskon, a folder of some kind in hand, leaning against a building, and a girl who she assumed would act as a training partner of sorts. How quaint. The girl wasn't anyone that Tsubaki recognized, so she paid her no heed. Wordlessly, Tsubaki walked up, and joined the other two, giving a small, polite nod to each of them.

[✠Asmoskon Masurao✠]

Simply reading for the last few minutes had grabbed his attention that much was for sure it had kept the Quincy calm enough that even though the people he had been assigned to were female he wouldn't much care without there being another reason. It was just about time for them to arrive and that was when his left eye immediately picked up the senses of a girl about fifty meters away with black hair rushed towards the building. Asmoskon only took a moment to glance over and study whatever he could about her in order to figure out if she was human or not.

Asmoskon knew that Xcution was a human based organization yet had learned that rouge Shinigami also fill its ranks. While he had minimum problem with more people to help defeat the Vandenreich Empire he didn't think allowing rouge's into a group was the wisest of decisions at first. He had thought this over the night prior and came to the conclusion that he couldn't judge simply based off of that or else he would be no better then the Vandenreich. It just seemed that he had grown wary not only of females, but of Shinigami as well.

"Hello, you must be Mr. Masurao? I'm Nonna Urban, a recruit for the Xcution. It's a pleasure, yes?"

Asmoskon closed the folio after the girl spoke in a manner he could only example as overly joyful. He immediately could tell that her voice and clothing was linked to Russia. Asmoskon had been there a fair deal of times in the past few months and knew how cold the climate of the nation was. Why the girl still chose to wear that type of attire though he had no clue. Asmoskon simply lifted up his left hand to the girl for a moment in a signal that she had to keep quiet for a moment.

In the following few moments another girl came up to the both o them. This one Asmoskon had also perceived from a distance and figured that she must be the other one assigned to him. The way that she moved though was filled with pride and it seemed this girl was one to prefer spell work or science. Asmoskon in truth had no clue as to what she would yet was going off of her appearance and body expression. As the girl gave them both a nod Asmoskon wrapped the black cloth around the folio and placed it on the inside of his coat.

Asmoskon then moved his back from the side of the building and began walking towards the door. Holding up his right hand over his shoulder with his right side to both of the girls he waved his index and middle fingers forwards twice to signal it was time to enter the building. As they would enter the building Asmoskon would lead them down hallways throughout it that would seem to take longer then one would imagine. He had began to speak as the doors opened however and would allow them to speak while they walked to the location.

"Alright. You're both here right now because I was given an order to train you or at least look closely at the skills you already have. Don't get the wrong idea. I'm not here because I like training others. I'm not here because I care. I'm here because I was given an order and the faster this gets over the faster I get to go on with my plans. So first thing I need to know is what type of combatant are the both of you?" Asmoskon spoke to both girls who at this point would be following behind him.

[Nonna Urban ☭]

Nonna was indeed excited for this moment. Zachary Jensen got her this far and now it's time for her to prove herself worthy of being apart of Xcution. She's ready to take on everything in the world, even this very moment! Nonna would mentally prepare herself for this moment as she arrived. She does her greeting, smiling warmly but this just changes very fast. She was given the hand to be silent which surprised Nonna quickly. Her smile slowly vanishes as her smile turns to an emotional pair of lips. She would slowly nod, obviously knowing this was no time to be happy. Nonna would then cross her arms and wait with the man, obviously the next person to arrive will take a moment. However, it wasn't long before this happens.

Nonna would blankly stare at the other female, actually surprised it was a female too. She observed her carefully, understanding her features that she seems to be the smart time. She must like books or something Nonna thought. Though, Nonna kinda had a funny feeling about the other girl. She seems too smart it appears to Nonna but Nonna blocks that out in her head. Why would someone like her need training? Wouldn't she be better off in the Research area or something? However, Nonna will not underestimate her comrade. She'd look back at the man, ready to proceed.

Strangely, this was a rare seen for someone who could observe this carefully. A human Quincy, a Shinigami (rogue), and a human Fullbringer. This was indeed a rare occurrence to happen with all three working together under the same name, Xcution. Unfortunatly, the three may not know each other's powers quite well yet. Throughout many years, these three races have had conflicts with each other and threw punches left and right at each other. The result? It's just a battle that kept going on and on. However, this time these three would come together and this would begin something interesting. Soon these three may know each other's might in training.

She didn't know what they both had in their powers but that didn't matter yet. Her powers were quite simple and powerful but she's just an advanced human as of right now. After training herself with Kimiko, she's felt a lot stronger and better in combat. She knows how to jump higher, gained slight stamina, become more agile, even has become more tough in her flesh. However, this wasn't enough to bring her fullbring out just yet. She continues with effort to improve herself and this may be the time to actually allow herself to become much more stronger. She'd be motioned to follow the man inside the building and so Nonna would nod and follows right in.

This was such a large place, Nonna looked around as they walked down the halls. She was a bit confused on where these doors would lead them but they actually wouldn't go through them... They'd just walk by them, haha. Finally, they did go to a door that'd lead them somewhere but it was unusually done. They walk through and continue to travel to their location, how boring is this? We're just going on and on and on. This place is like a maze for those who's new here. However, Nonna kept thinking about what the training ahead will be. Will this be combat, mental, body, or skill based training? Who knows until the time comes, Nonna would finally hear the man say something which would make this interesting finally.

"Alright. You're both here right now because I was given an order to train you or at least look closely at the skills you already have. Don't get the wrong idea. I'm not here because I like training others. I'm not here because I care. I'm here because I was given an order and the faster this gets over the faster I get to go on with my plans. So first thing I need to know is what type of combatant are the both of you?"

She would then wait a moment to see if her comrade, the female would say anything but after a few seconds, Nonna would just go ahead and speak. "I am much more like a warrior. I don't like using weapons that cut crap and all though. Those things to me aren't that effective in my opinion but I love using a blunt type of weapon. I also know a thing or two about using a shield while I combat something. I hit with a strong blunt attack, block the incoming damage. I'm honestly, not the fastest when it comes to dodging to an attack so I just block my attacks. I also wouldn't mind taking a few hits here in there," Nonna would conclude, pointing everything out that was just basic. She'd then look to her partner, seeing what her special combat style was.

[Tsubaki Shiba]

Well, the Russian appeared to be somewhat talkative, but Tsubaki didn't care much about her. She was likely just a lowranking Fullbringer, judging by her outfit. Perhaps Military Branch? Didn't seem quite like Assassination material. Which meant that all three of them were from different branches of Xcution. Amusing. Didn't seem like it was intentional, however, just a random occurrence. At least it would give her a chance to learn slightly more about other aspects of the organization.

Asmoskon entered the building, and indicated that the other two should follow him, which Tsubaki did. After all, she did want to hear what he had to say, so she was willing to currently ignore the obnoxious, self righteous nature that he had about him. Of course, he was a higher ranking individual than she was, so he had somewhat of a right to act superior, but she was a former captain of the Gotei 13. On the other hand, they wouldn't know that.

Very few people knew Tsubaki's true identity, it made it easier to hide from Soul Society. As far as she was aware of, only three people did presently: Satsujun, Pavel, and Zackary. Beyond those three, everyone would know her simply as a member of the research division. She'd give out her first name, obviously, but Tsubaki wasn't that unique a name. She knew of at least two other Tsubakis that went Rogue during Soul Society history. Besides, she was presumed dead back in Soul Society.

She brought her thoughts back to reality as Asmoskon began to talk as they walked. He of course continued to present himself as utterly apathetic, and disliking the job that he'd been assigned to. He likely was both of those, but that didn't excuse his arrogance. Tsubaki did not like arrogant people, which was why she was so bothered when other people accused her of being arrogant: after all, she just knew her powers, and did not hide them, or suppress her ability to beat the everloving shit out of anyone she chose to.

But he was demanding information, and the information he was demanding was information she was unwilling to give out, at least in the way that he was asking. He wanted to know how she fought, and him having that information would give him an advantage if they ever fought. So, she lied. The lie came smoothly, and her monotone voice left very little room for error. "I dabble in Kido primarily, but I'm also a hand to hand fighter. However, due to my current state, and my unfamiliarity with such an unstable body, I'll admit I'm far from what I used to be." Concealing her Bakkoto was priority number one, and giving out that she used Kido would likely be enough to cause the Quincy to move on.

[✠Asmoskon Masurao✠]

Asmoskon continued to lead the two girls down the serious of hallways. In truth Asmoskon had only walked down to the room he was taking them earlier this morning. He had to be careful he was actually making all the right turns and leading himself as much as them back to the correct location. He listened wile he thought back on which turns he had to take earlier and what exactly the number of the room had been. He then remembered the number and realized that he was going the right way but it'd be about another minute before they got there.

"I am much more like a warrior. I don't like using weapons that cut crap and all though. Those things to me aren't that effective in my opinion but I love using a blunt type of weapon. I also know a thing or two about using a shield while I combat something. I hit with a strong blunt attack, block the incoming damage. I'm honestly, not the fastest when it comes to dodging to an attack so I just block my attacks. I also wouldn't mind taking a few hits here in there."

Asmoskon thought over what the small Russian known as Nonna had informed him of. He had made sure to survey her appearance and body language when she arrived and it seemed likely that she was telling him the truth. It simply seemed strange to him though that such a small female who was over joyous would wield a hammer and act like a tank in combat. As that past through his head through an image shifted in his mind of the purple haired Shinigami ad how she acted very similar.

Asmoskon sneered slightly at the image of that woman in his mind and pushed it away as he normally would in order to simply go about as was normal now. So one of the girls was a close range warrior type of human who wielded blunt weapons and a shield. Asmoskon thought that perhaps he'd be able to strength her a great deal if he actually wished too. At the moment though he couldn't determine if she would be worth the money he could make in he same amount of time. Alas though strengthening another human could aid him in bringing the Vandenreich to it's knees.

"I dabble in Kido primarily, but I'm also a hand to hand fighter. However, due to my current state, and my unfamiliarity with such an unstable body, I'll admit I'm far from what I used to be." Asmoskon was thrown back into focus on what was going on by the tone that this one spoke in. It seemed so much like that Shinigami with the white hair known as Takashi that Asmoskon hadn't seen for nearly a year. It didn't matter the most that one did was talk big and act shallow.

Asmoskon felt as if this second girl, Tsubaki was in fact hiding something. She hadn't spoken very thoroughly on what she was capable of doing like the other girl. Nevertheless Asmoskon could tell that she wasn't lying about knowing some type of kido. That would be obvious based on her tone and appearance. Right now though he knew that she was hiding some type of weapon. He had fought a rogue over a year ago when everything started to change by the name of Iwa.

That fight was still in his mind due to how thoroughly he had been beaten by that Shinigami. He recalled that she too had used kido against him that rivaled his own arrows at the time. The one thing that he hadn't seen since then though was the weapon she had used to finish him off back then. It was some type of insect and Asmoskon assumed they were linked to rouge's yet this was the first time he had met another one. He just kept the possibility in the back of his mind right now it didn't matter if she was truthful or not.

Asmoskon stopped at the door when they finally reached it after about thirty seconds of silence. Placing his Xcution card under a scanner the lock turned green and the door opened. Asmoskon walked through the door and one again motioned for the two girls to follow him inside. When they entered they would see that the room was huge and they were what looked like an armory. That though was just the first section that had nearly any type of weapon over about thirty feet in distance with the walls covered and ranks of weaponry on the ground.

Asmoskon began to walk through the room right towards an open area which would immediately be recognized at the sparring ground. It was a grey mate flooring that would help to prevent incredible pain unlike stone but was not soft. Asmoskon walked to the middle of the sparring platform before turning around at both girls who hopefully would still be looking at the weaponry. "Alright now choose what you wish to use you should be able to find anything. When you have what you want come here so we may begin." Asmoskon stood with his arms crossed over his chest as his left eye closed shut awaiting the girls to finish.

[Nonna Urban ☭]

Nonna thought very hard for the other girl, she was completely new when it comes to these techniques and didn't quite understand what a 'Kido' was. Her brain would shrug this word and continue to listen to the rest of her words. She doesn't seem quite right in Nonna's opinion but she doesn't care for this person was her comrade and she didn't want to feel different for her. She's smile warmly after she explains her abilities and continues to walk with the man her down the halls. Though, it does make Nonna think about one thing. What did this higher ranked man think about Nonna's style? Did he think of her as a weakling, a worthy one, or just nothing.... Nonna didn't think about it too much.

After a few seconds of finally walking down the halls, they arrive to their destination and he'd begin the process of opening this door. That black card... Nonna has one at her apartment for herself but it was a limited access card that only opens a few military doors. She'd await patiently with a blank face as the door opens quickly to her. He'd then motion the two to follow and she'd slowly nod, proceeding right in and the door closing behind. The lights would quickly bloom as her dark blue eyes would adjust to this. Wow! Look at all these freakin' weapons! Nonna was simply amazed mainly at the hammers but there were only a few that were usable. She frowned a bit but looked at the shields which were too in limited variety. Nonna would quietly sigh as she knew there wasn't many for her.

 "Alright now choose what you wish to use you should be able to find anything. When you have what you want come here so we may begin."

That was the okay message to go grab her weapons and so she goes. She'd calmly walk over to observe the war hammers first. There was only about five to select which would suck because all of these hammers looked like garbage compared to her lovely fullbring but it's sealed away for now... She'd pick this hammer, this ugly and boring hammer that had no name on it. She'd at least put it to use for once in its pathetic object lifespan. She'd look at this hammer with a glazing neutrality, bringing the hammer to her side she moves over to the shields.

This time there was more to pick but they were all so bland and boring. Her other fullbring had electricity! These were just medieval looking shitty shields that too have no purpose but training. She scanned down the isle, finding her worthy protection and finds one that seems fair. She'd walk over, picking this shield up and giving it a good glare for a moment. She looked at it with a picky look and slowly sighed. She'd clap her war hammer against the shield, feeling it's lifeless clings and clangs come off. She shivered just to hear it's dull and boring clings. Usually her hammer and shield gave a better effect but she'd simply accept these two as her tokens of practice. She'd look over at Asmoskon and walks over to the location he's at, carrying her practice gear over.

She'd let her dull war hammer hang down with her shield held tightly as she makes her way over and finally stepping a close distance from Asmoskon. She'd then turn towards her partner's side, watching what she was doing and what her weapons of choice were, ready to proceed on when she was ready. This was going to be interesting to use these lifeless weapons in a practice round. Will they help her with practice or will they just fail her? She'd sigh slowly, giving a blank expression as she's ready to continue on.

[Tsubaki Shiba]

As they continued on, Tsubaki contemplated the best way to approach this training. She was uncomfortable with the prospect of tipping too much of her hand, but quite honestly, if she relied on her physical prowess and her Kido alone, she would be decimated if her opponent possessed proficiency beyond, let's say, an entry level Shinigami. She would be absolutely destroyed, and her pride would not allow her to suffer that. So, there was the risk that she would have to utilize her Bakkoto.

Regardless, Asmoskon unlocked a room using his Xcution card, and reminded Tsubaki of her own card that she carried with her. There was a lot of the city that Tsubaki hadn't explored yet, and she was vaguely intrigued about what lay beyond this door. Furthermore, she wondered if she also could access it, given her position in the Research Department. She wasn't quite aware yet of the limits of her influence, and eagerly awaited the ability to go wherever she pleased.

Upon entering the room, however, she was slightly disappointed. It was a training room, with walls of equipment, clearly intended for sparring purposes. Quite honestly, Tsubaki wasn't the type of fighter who'd use weapons, she never quite had the mastery over Zanjutsu that her fellow Shinigami had. As Asmoskon instructed them to select weapons, her companion seemed to instantly gravitate towards a hammer and shield, while Tsubaki paused for a moment, considering her choices.

Finally, after no little deliberation, she began to walk along the wall, tracing her hand in between weapons. She passed several swords, axes, hammers, and a flail, before getting into the more odd weapons. Chains, a rope dart, Kyoketsu Shoges. After one full circuit, she rested a finger on her chin, contemplating her options once more. Then, she strode directly to the end section, and grabbed a crossbow. Yes, ranged weapons had the connotation of 'dishonorable', but to be perfectly honest, Tsubaki didn't care.

She liked the safety of range, and her aim was potent from spending time aiming Kido. With the crossbow in hand, she walked back to the Quincy, and gave a small shrug, as if inviting him to move on with the training. The benefit of her selecting such a weapon was that he, as a Quincy, would likely have some profiency with it, and be capable of actually teaching her something. It'd be the first time that another sentient creature had taught her something in quite a while, given that she had been self taught since Callus.

[✠Asmoskon Masurao✠]

Asmoskon watched as both of the girls looked over the weapons in the armory. It was obvious that Nonna had decided quite easily just that she wasn't happy with the selected that had been there. Asmoskon had no knowledge of hammers or shields however just assumed that the specific feeling of wielding a weapon meant for someone was the same feeling he got when holding a bow. However, it seemed that Nonna was more specific and needed a specific set most likely what she would get when she awaken her Fullbring if she hadn't done so already.

The other girl Tsubaki selected a weapon that Asmoskon wouldn't have though possible for a Shinigami. She had picked up a crossbow and began to walk over to him. Asmoskon was slightly surprised by the weapon choice and felt that she was trying to hide something though. He had to actually rethink what he was going to do in order to see what the two girls could do with their skills now that these weapons had ben selected. It only took a moment for the idea to pop into his mind.

"Alright then remember I'm only here to assess your skills." Asmoskon held out his right hand and all of a sudden a crimson arrow fired off from the palm. That arrow would fly across the room hitting the wall. Asmoskon had been careful to not overload his arrow with his actual Reiatsu strength. What he had done was simply cause a black mark on the wall from the heat of his arrow. Looking at Tsubaki Asmoskon nudge his head towards the mark. "That's your target Tsubaki you're not allowed to move from that spot."

He then looked over at Nonna and took about ten steps away from Tsubaki to get on the other side of Nonna. "Nonna attempt to hit me to the best of your abilities." Asmoskon just spoke as if he had said pass the sugar across the table. It didn't even seem like he was asking her to attack him with the hammer and shield, but instead was asking her to do something so simple and easy that an infant would be able to do it. He knew that the tests would give him a certain gauge of these girls prowess.

[Nonna Urban ☭]

Nonna looked dumbfounded at him as he just simply asks to strike him with the best of her abilities. Nonna would smile and grip her hammer with a tight squeeze. Ew, this hammer had no excitement in its' grip and it felt just too bland. She would calmly step forward with herself and slam the hammer quickly (52 Speed) against his ribs with all her might (75 strength) which could normally break a human's rib cage. She'd deliver just a simple swing, nothing much. Her face would grin as the hammer would reach the target. This could be dodged or blocked with anything but Nonna was accurate to where she wanted to swing it. She was sure this attack would connect and impact against him but she didn't want to get anymore hopeful for it.

After her first attack was struck, she'd then ram her shield in pure instinct towards him. This would deliver a powerful blow too but this was full shield going towards him. It wasn't something easy to dodge do to the size but it could be possible. She'd grin as this attack would come towards him. She was clearly getting excited as she was making these swings, her adrenaline was pumping in her blood and it was a great feeling to her. She was ready to show him that she was no ordinary human. She was stronger, unique, and even powerful to most humans. She'd somehow deliver the second blow but even if she misses or not she continues to throw more punches in.

Her final execution, she'd grip her weapon and slam the shield close to her side, swinging her body around with the hammer loose and attempting to make a come around with a shot towards the shoulder. She'd show this off to simply show how long she can handle herself in combat. She seems to go in sync with three blows. This would be noted by Asmoskon as she makes her connection to her target. This was probably the easiest ability to dodge or block. She was simply to slow to hit something but when comes to her swinging, she was left open for any strikes. Strikes that were possible to make expect her shield's side. She seemed to not care that her side was open but continued as plan to make a hit.

Nonna relies mainly on several things but mainly her body and strength to her advantage. Her body would be tough and strong but her strength to deliver the powerful blows she needed to hurt her enemies. She did this against Asmoskon to show she's strong. Not to show she's tough however. She'd grin as she makes these attacks but they may be failure shots to be honest. She'd quickly stop and push herself backwards to get to safety, observing her results. If he so happens to strike her before hand, then this wouldn't happen. However, she'd do this if this was simply the case. Her blue eyes glare over to Asmoskon, observing what happened.

[Tsubaki Shiba]

Really? This was his idea of training? Tsubaki would have been furious if she hadn't expected something this idiotic to occur. The Quincy literally wanted her to train just by firing arrows at an arbitrary mark he scorched on the wall? This was a waste of both of their time. And on the other hand, her companion, the Fullbringer, was getting full service. If Tsubaki was a vengeful and petty person, she would've shot the Quincy in the back with one of the tranquilizer bolts when he wasn't expecting it.

But no, that wasn't the point of this. And as interesting as it would be to see his reaction, she doubted she would be able to keep up with him if she failed to take him out with the first shot. So, it wasn't worth it. Instead, she would do the stupid task he assigned her, and see what she could personally gain from it. Without moving from her spot, she relaxed slightly, raising the crossbow up to chest level, butting the butt of it against her shoulder, aiming down it as if she was aiming a gun.

With a breath, she stilled her heartbeat, and focused on the crossbow, the bolt, the target. Everything else faded away. Asmoskon and the Fullbringer vanished, and only three things remained: the crossbow, the bolt, the target. There was no wind, nothing that would alter her shot. Her fingers were steady, and although she lacked practice in the weapon, she possessed focus, which was crucial. And her inexperience didn't matter, only three things did:

The crossbow.
The bolt.
The target.

Thunk. The bolt sunk into the wall, stabbing into the edge of the scorch mark, so that the tip of the bolt was right on the line, and the arrow part was divided in half, part on the mark, part off it. A good enough shot. Not great, but she didn't care much. She didn't need to be proud of it, it just had to be accurate. Relaxing once again, she let the crossbow drop down to her side, turning to Asmoskon. "My apologies, but if this is your idea of training, I might be better suited going back to my lab."

[✠Asmoskon Masurao✠]

Asmoskon looked at Nonna as she prepared herself to strike him. Asmoskon had moved into this spot though for a specific purpose. The fact was that he only had one eye and that meant that he could only perceive things from that one side. At the moment he could perceive both Nonna right in front of him and Tsubaki who stood a few feet behind Nonna. Asmoskon was sent to review and survey both of these girls and the styles that they fought with. Asmoskon knew he'd be able to tell if either of them had lied and how skilled they were with what they were doing.

It was then that Nonna rushed at him and swung the hammer she held out in an arc aimed for the weapon to strike his ribs. Asmoskon would see right away that unless this girl was holding back which she should be that she had the speed of a fully grown individual yet that was all. He in truth didn't wish to see the force behind the hammer and so in an instant his body was off the ground. Nonna would watch as all of a sudden Asmoskon was in mid air with his legs tucked up and his feet right above the swing of her hammer.

While he was in mind air Asmoskon's eye was working simultaneously perceiving the actions of both Nonna's body language and judging what her next movement would be and the actions of Tsubaki as she carefully aimed the crossbow. As Nonna would move her shield forward in order to slam it brutally against Asmoskon she would find that his feet were extending and now all she was doing was sending him further away from her. Asmoskon would be sent higher into the air and a few feet further away yet as he was he watched the bolt of the crossbow strike the scorch mark.

Asmoskon watched as Nonna executed a sequence maneuver with her weapons and knew from the way that she wielded them that while she wasn't a master that the weapons were in fact ones that she possessed some skill in. Asmoskon would land on his feet and then hold up his right hand signally to Nonna that the time to display her talents was over. "My apologies, but if this is your idea of training, I might be better suited going back to my lab." Asmoskon glared over at the small black haired female.

He then proceeded to walk over to her and simply stand in fron of her with a look that would reveal he knew she wasn't even attempting to push herself. "I am not here to train you I'm here to see what your capable of. If you wish to return to the Research lab then you may . . once you have shown me what your insect can do baka." Asmoskon starred at Tsubaki making sure that she knew that her endeavors to hide her weapon had failed. Asmoskon still couldn't recall the name for the things, but he felt simply calling out the one specific thing would work out well enough.

[Nonna Urban ☭]

Nonna's eyes would seem in shock as this man was just too fast for her. She lowered these crappy weapons and slowly nods as he motions her to stop. He was amazing and extremely well more trained then she was. She would let her weapon hang and hug her shield close as she listened to this conversation happen. It was interesting to see the other woman just not care much. She just glared at the two in a confusion and even sighs as they just make up nonsense. She'd slowly move herself backwards towards the wall and place her weapons down.

The intensity was going to clearly rise in here. She'd sit down and become lazy with herself, just watching the fight slowly begin. She didn't know the two very well but she can tell the two were a lot stronger and more experienced then her. She was kinda happy at the time to just do nothing because during this session. She lays back and kicks the legs out as she watches them. Yuuuuup, this is certainly the life. She honestly doesn't know what the fuck is going on now...

[Tsubaki Shiba]

Her comment had apparently struck a nerve as her instructor walked up towards him, fury in his eye. Perhaps he had believed that he was worth her time and effort, and was now offended that she clearly didn't care. Honestly, Tsubaki was rather apathetic regarding Asmoskon, her interest in him had rapidly deteriorated with the way that he had treated them. And then he started to try and lecture her, tell her that he wasn't here to train her. Blah, blah, wait, did he insult her Bakkoto? That got her attention back, just in time for that one word.

Baka.

Tsubaki blinked once. She opened her mouth, as if to speak, then stopped, as if thinking better of it. She closed her mouth once again. Concern flitted across her face. Perhaps a bit of worry. To the other to people in the room, it might appear as if she was trying to think of a good comeback, but was lost. Perhaps it might seem as if she was trying to muster a counter argument, a way of asserting her control over the situation. To them, she looked like a confused girl.

Internally, that wasn't what was occurring. Realistically, it was a cost-benefit analysis of murder. On the one hand, there was a risk that she'd lose her spot in Xcution, but on the other hand, did she even give a shit at this point? Fuck no, this piece of walking roadkill just called her an idiot. The only reason she was considering speaking was to confirm that he did, in fact, just insult her intelligence, that he did just sign his own death warrant. But then she realized that she didn't care, that he'd been acting obnoxious enough to justify killing him anyways.

Her face appeared resign, and she held up her hands, as if surrendering, or acknowledging his point. And then, without a moment of pause, a wall appeared between their faces, shunting her back slightly. A split second later, another three appeared, surrounding Asmoskon, one in each of the cardinal directions. These walls were decorated with Kings and Queens, with ornate gowns and palaces. They were the epitome of luxury. These were the Pride Walls that made up the first layer of Tsubaki's Bakkoto.

Releasing the Bakkoto was instantaneous, that was the good thing about it. There was no incantation that needed to be spoke, no name to be called out. Hell, there was hardly a significant amount of reiatsu that had to be committed. In Tsubaki's opinion, there was honestly no way to compare a Bakkoto to a Zanpakutou, the Rogue weapon was far superior in every way. Versatility, power, speed. Perhaps she was biased. Afterall, her Bakkoto was the greatest to be produced by the Kasumi'Oji family.

Her skin had started to take on a translucent color, and her veins were beginning to appear grey. She momentarily shot the Fullbringer a look that said 'Stay out of this', then returned to her primary concern. No more than a second or so had passed since creating the walls, which would have a durability of 800, since her foe was surrounded by 4 of them, and the four would support each other, creating a castle effect. He'd be forced to break through them, his will wasn't strong enough to do otherwise, and Tsubaki figured that the walls would hold him for a fair bit of time.

With a slight wince, Tsubaki willed her Bakkoto to advance in stage, and the strange color pumping through her veins grew darker, the grey more obvious now. Nonna would perhaps notice an eye located on Tsubaki's palm, although Asmoskon wouldn't, given he was surrounded in all directions. Then, with another slight amount of effort, Tsubaki created another wall, laying flat on the floor in the middle of the box. Five of Asmoskon's directions would be now blocked by walls, but the wall on the bottom was special.

The wall on the bottom had a different set of properties. It was a Gluttony wall, and it ate reiatsu ravenously. Just being near it would mean that Asmoskon couldn't collect reiatsu using a Quincy Cross. Standing on it meant that with every heartbeat that would pass by (mechanically, every post), he would lose 200 reiatsu. If he didn't break out of his Prison of Pride soon, the Gluttony Prison would drain him dry. This death would be a slow one, and Tsubaki was more than willing to administer it.

Bakkoto Level 2: 1/3 Posts
Reiatsu: 1800/2600 (-200 Bakkoto Level 1, -300 Pride Wall x4, -200 Bakkoto Level 2, -100 Gluttony Wall)


(OOC: I'm using the stats from when Tsubaki started this thread. If it is allowed otherwise, I'd rather use her updated stats now, of course)

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[Street Fighting] 1
[Kido] 1
[Mental Incantation] 1
[Strength of Will] 1
[Focused Eye] 1

Strength -50 (30)
Speed -50 (75)
Reiatsu Strength - 75
Spiritual Pressure - 130 (260)
Instinct - 60 (45)
Senses -60 (45)
Energy Sensory -0
Healing Expertise -0
Dark Aura -100
Light Aura - 0