It's Happening [X, NDE, Hard]

[Hebika Nara]

Hebika smiled, that slow grin slipping across her lips like a snake slithering. She grinned up at the soldiers as the crowd surged, and even as those weapons and opened fire, she crouched down, roaring out as she surged foreward with several of the others. When those bullets clipped her, she twitched, her body jerking to the side as she was shot in the left shoulder, spinning as she went down. Of course, then the crowd rushed in. SURGING. She got up, roaring at the top of her lungs. "For our loved ones! For. OUR. PEOPLE!" She bellowed, causing no doubt a reciprocative roar from the crowd as they rushed in, grinning softly as she herself rushed in, slipping past the guards as they were beset by the masses of bodies.


Not only her, but others as well slipping past them, Hebika herself glancing over her shoulder, noticing the tanks were pointing at the crowd, her eyes narrowing. A sacrifice for the revolution. So she broke her golden rule. She waved her hand. And suddenly, those tanks would twist away from the crowds, not changing their shape, but even so, those tanks would soon become her children. HERS. Those main guns pointing at the Soldiers instead, irregardless of what the humans inside did as they would open fire on the soldiers, inciting no doubt even more confusion as she looked ahead, those tanks ripping into the soldiers with machinegun fire. No doubt that would cause a lot of issues for them. 

She was begining to move on, into the city when she noticed a familiar flash of purple hair, her eyes widening for a moment as she turned, noticing that her cabby had managed to get in as well. "See if you can gather up some of the others that got in. You'll be safe with them alright? " But of course he was just staring. He had seen her wave her hand at the Tanks and she put her hand on his shoulder. Assuringly. "I'll explain later." She whispered, patting his back and sending him off to find more of those that slipped through. 

She looked around. She could already sense there was....others nearby. Her incredibly keen instincts letting her know that there was....something around them. She made her way over to Hotaru, her eyes narrowing for a moment as she cleared her throat. "You're welcome. Of course I figured the soldiers talking to invisible people would look a bit strange, so I decided to steal the spotlight." she explained, that warm smile on her face, that light aura washing over the shinigami as she reached up, brushing a lock of blonde hair over her shoulder as she smiled to the woman. 

"Of course One hardly needs to guess why a Shinigami is here. That being said, I think it would be best if you and I stuck together yes? If we meet any survivors they'll need to be calmed down. People do bad things when they panic. And well,.. I'm sure you've noticed I'm a very calming person." She noted with a bit of a flirtatious wink as that aura continued to fill the air.  "But I'm not the most....physical of types. And well... a little protection. You protect me, and I smooth things over with those we meet." she offered. She could more than defend herself if they were in a bind. 

But the fact was, she needed to recover her Heart's content. She couldn't just rage around with her entities indefinitely. she didn't know how long they'd be here, and well, the shinigami would definitely come in handy. But well, she smiled sweetly, even nervously, a contrast to the command she had held before over the crowd, reaching out to lightly wipe a bit of dirt from the woman's cheek, letting that motherly warmth roll off of her, matching the tone of her voice as she spoke softly. "Of course I understand if you decline. You probably have a very important mission. Regardless, I'm glad you made it through. And in exchange for helping me, I'd also be willing to help you on your mission." she noted with a warm grin, confidence showing in her expression, a look that made one feel safe around Hebika, as though she knew exactly what she was doing. She could be trusted. 

Goodness if Hebika ever got it in her mind to form a cult. Looking up, she let her attention shift to their surroundings, taking in the layout of the city. What WAS she here for? To help she supposed. She let her senses pour out, taking in everything around her. Where those presences were comming from. Any sounds of commotion, that sort of thing. Her instinct was her best asset, so she would let it lead her. She considered using an entity or tow for recon, but she couldn't go using those just yet. She would save them for now. Looking to Hotaru she couldn't help it. She hated shinigami, she really did. She wanted to murder the woman, but....none of that showed, she looked at the woman with interest, that warm aura of hers the only thing that could be felt really as she tried to hate the woman.


But she had.... a conditional hate. she needed the woman. And well, she decided, given the circumstances, to give the woman a chance. She expected the woman to fuck her over. She assumed that this woman would do something. Be it just telling her to fuck off, or stabbing her in the back later. She figured thats what would happen. So she relaxed. She wouldn't get her hopes up, but it was worth a try. If the woman could work with her maybe she could...well....be ok around the woman. The fact that she wasn't a man definitely helping her case, she wasn't going to lie. For now she simply waited, curious to see if the woman would decide to aid her in her exploration of the city and her endeavor.

Heart's Content: 100% -> 90% 2 Level 1 Entities Generated.

[Pavel Fedoseev]

[OOC] Zack and Yoko have gotten into the city and now it leaves Hebika and Hotaru to make it into the city. Excuse me for blah post, I have not really planned the enemies they're mostly just off the top of my head.

[IC]

As soon as the crater was created, the rumbling noise would echo into the alleyways and near empty streets. As soon as that sound was created a series of blood curdling screams would echo back towards her in response. But that is not what would get her attention, on the ledges of the surrounding buildings were three individuals. The street that Yoko had landed in was a decently sized street capable of two way traffice between a cafe and a bar. The buildings around her were of average size, no more than three stories and had different advertisements and windows, giving the hint that it was a mixture between a business and residential area. the areas past the immediate location was unknown and obstructed by even higher apartments and buisness buildings. When she looked directly at the cafe and to her left, the road streatched downards and branched off into other roads, the road to her right lead directly to a plaza and from there at the center was a grand church that was surrounded by men and women in tattered and bloodied clothing. At that moment the ones close to her were ignoring Yoko, wandering by and bumping into each others if not dead from her crushing them.

But back to the three individuals standing on the ledges of the surrounding buildings. All three of them were dressed in a black hoodie and blue jeans. Among their attire their hands were covered in leather gloves and the hood placed upwards with bandanas blocking the lower half of their face. One of them pointed at the woman and then at the crater "Oi! Ya did dat?! Man Ya mast be scary kind yeah? Most of the people hea if dey not lost deir mind due to the craziness are just utterly weak." The one closest to Yoko began to speak, by the way that his voice spoke it made him sound extremely young when compared to the mercenaries that she saw earlier, this was made even more clear when he spoke in an unrefined manner. The one across the one that spoke pointed at him then at the other ones "Maybe we can rob this one?" the other one spoke in a similar but more refined manner than the first. Finally the last one that had not spoke simply lept off of the ledge he stood on and walked towards the Cafe with his arms up.

As he grew near Yoko he finally spoke "These people are just following me around. We are just accosiates. Nothing more. Leave me out of this." as he walked towards the cafe he simply pulled a chair from the vacant seats and pushed it back away from the main situation. Leaving the other two to decide whether or not they should Rob this woman. "Well!? Do we rob da cunt or are we not going to do shit!?" "Shut up. Shut up! Asshole there doesn't want to help so that means we gotta go and do this." With that both of them looked at Yoko and jumped down. "Well? Were ready. Ow bout you?"

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{Stats and skills}

Both of these people are Perma Release, Rank 2 and Class 2. Their powers will be revealed when they are attacked. They both have the same stats.



Strength - [150] Points

Speed - [150] Points

Spiritual Pressure - [400 x 2 [800] Points

Reiatsu Strength - [300] Points

Light Aura - [0] Points

Dark Aura - [100]

Instinct - [200]

Senses - [200] Points

Energy sensory - [0] Points

Healing Expertise - [0] Points


Total SP: [1,400] Points

That's all for the template. There are a LOT of stats, but don't get choosy and just give some to all. The result could be quite negative.

• [Battle Analysis] {2}
• [Pain Tolerance] {2}
• [Damage Recovery] {2}
• [Street Fighting] {2}
• [Strength of Will] {2}
• [Lack of Fear] {2}
• [Learning] {2}

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Sometimes a half-assed plan was the best plan. Yoko had only really gotten as far as “there will probably be people down there” before she jumped. Yeah, if they had fired off a flare, then they were probably at least vaguely competent, or in trouble, but it had pretty much guaranteed someone was alive. That was better than nothing, especially since it had turned out that the Chief was right on the money. There had been a number of “innocent” bystanders nearby, but Yoko had been a bit wrong about what they were. She hadn’t looked before she leaped, but she had gotten their scent. Decaying flesh, blood, and grime. They were either corpses, or zombies.

Oddly enough, it looked like zombies was the right answer for a change. As the Chief landed, she sent out a sizable shockwave from the point of impact. A good handful of walking corpses were blasted away; without a doubt, they were killed instantly. They were nothing more than walkers, but it was a strange sight nonetheless. Yoko had somewhat expected this outcome when she had heard the word outbreak, so it didn’t come as that much of a surprise to her. There were plenty of weirder things in her life, so walkers weren’t really that concerning. She’d dealt with every other form of the afterlife already. What difference did adding one more outcome to the list make?

Either way, the zombies weren’t any concern now. The shockwave had dealt with any of them near enough to be noteworthy. Instead, the Chief’s attention was focused on the four people nearby who still drew breath. Of them, she only judged one to be an actual threat. There was one, hiding, in the alley behind her. She’d already caught his scent. It was a unique blend. A touch of rum, gunpowder, jet fuel, and deodorant. And apparently he’s gotten laid recently. He still stank of sex. Though Yoko couldn’t be exactly sure who it was from the scent alone, he smelled strong enough. It wasn’t an exact science or anything, but he smelled like a merc, and not a crappy one either.

Then there were the other three. They had made a big show out of showing up and yelling about whether or not to try and rob Yoko. That was a rather poor decision on their part. Yoko had just put a pretty noteworthy crater in the ground, and they were treating her like a target. Clearly, they weren’t very bright. Heck, one of them didn’t even want to get involved in this. Of course, Yoko didn’t completely write him off. It was definitely possible that he was just using an elaborate ploy to get in a strike from behind. She wasn’t about to get caught off guard by such a basic strategy.

However, the Chief wasn’t without her own tricks either. [smear:00ffff]”Ah, looks like I’m outnumbered two to one by vicious gangbanging muggers. Guess I’ve got no choice but to surrender.”[/smear:0000ff:1] Obviously there was no actual intention of surrendering either herself or her possessions. Her rucksack was firmly locked into her back. They’d have to undo at least eight clips to get it off her. More importantly, she had free movement of her arms. Slowly, at first, she began to raise her arms. Once they were about halfway up, she instantly switched to using all her speed and strength. That jolt of movement was enough for her to use Fist of Unbroken Air, and that was usually all she needed to take someone down.

While it was not certain that the opening salvo would down those two, it was a decent first strike. Yoko had the advantage of surprise on her side. She appeared to be surrendering. Beyond a little fast arm movement, there was no indication she had done anything at all until it was far too late. The line of sight between the Chief and her would-be muggers was clear of debris or smoke, so there was nothing visual to give away the vertical crescent of air that was headed for each of them. Likewise, there was no reiatsu usage to notice. The first sign that anything was amiss would be when the technique impacted the low wall of bricks around the edge of each rooftop.

When Fist of Unbroken Air hit both of those ledges, the force was far more than enough to blast them apart. Bricks would fly everywhere, but mostly right at the lower half of the two hooded men on the roofs. Each brick that moved had 800 strength behind it, since it had been hit by Yoko’s technique. That meant if a single brick hit, it would completely destroy whatever bone it impacted. The bricks were only part of the issue though. Both the bricks, and the remainder of Fist of Unbroken Air, only took hundredths of a second to clear the space between the edge of the roof and where the two men were. After all, they had been right at the edge looking down at Yoko.

Their position was what made life so hard for them. Had they stood in a place with a less clear view of Yoko, there might have been some smoke in the way to give away her attack, but there wasn’t any. Even if they managed to jump over the bricks, perhaps thinking it was merely soul command, the upper half of the attack would still hit them. If that made contact, the impact alone would cover wherever it landed it severe bruising due to the difference in raw strength. On top of that, it’d send both of them flying just as fast as the bricks. All of them would move at 800 speed, the same as Yoko’s strength. That also meant they probably couldn’t dodge the attack at all, since it was over five times as fast as they were, and they wouldn’t have even a tenth of a second to react in.

Sending them flying was an especially large problem because of the layout of the area. There were chimmneys and stairwells down to the lower levels on both of the rooftops, and there was a decent chance they’d slam into one of those. Even if they got a bit lucky and missed anything on the current roof, the attack had more than enough power to send them flying into the taller buildings behind them. If they were unfortunate enough to slam into any of that stuff, their bodies would be utterly broken. Their chances of noticing an invisible reiatsu-free attack coming were slim. Their chances of dodging an attack over five times as fast as them was slimmer. Their chances of surviving the damage from it was slimmer still.

Robbing Uzaki Enterprises’ Chief of Security was not a good plan.

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All it took was Kusanagi to say that line, that he realized she wasn't going to need any help. She had developed. She was stronger than the night that they last met. It seemed sticking around with Uzaki had been good for her, similar to him sticking with Xcution. His eyes narrowed slightly as he watched as she began to dispatch the inhabitants with some sort of ability. He watched as she simply seemed to swing her arm and cause the rooftop ledge that those men stood upon explode. Zacks eyes narrowed, wondering how just exactly Yoko had pulled that little trick off. Was it possible she had simply fired a shockwave? Considering how high her strength was it was entirely possible. But, still, Zack felt that there might have been more to her attack than what was actually shown.

Regardless, Kusanagi could handle this. Zack narrowed his eyes, deciding to simply leave her to deal with the thugs. Even if they had releases and abilities, Zack had every reason to believe that it wouldn't matter. Kusanagi didn't need help. So, he left. He headed back down the way he came, back towards the main street. He needed to find himself a map before he really began, and it seemed he was going to need to avoid the woman who no doubt wanted revenge against him taking her arm. Exiting the alleyway, Zack quickly pressed himself against the staircase once more. Poking his head out to inspect the area, he instantly noticed an increase in the number of infected.

Perhaps it was the sound of the helicopter, or the sound of Kusanagi's landing, but one way or another there were more of them now. Narrowing his eyes, Zack looked back over to the gas station he had landed on. There was the possibility of a map being located in there, so he decided to make that his first stop. Quickly fleeing across the street, while the Infected were preoccupied with heading towards Kusanagi's crash site, Zack made his way towards the station and hide himself down behind one of the pumps. It seemed like nobody had seen him yet, which was good.

He noted that there was an infected inside of the store, one that he had seen before. But now, he was going to need to deal with it, it seemed. So, Zack made sure to note that the infected was still pressing itself against the glass window and went inside. The infected in the building instantly saw Zack, shambling towards him as Zack made his way across the room towards the cashiers shelf.He drew one of his daggers from within his suit, and awaited the arrival of the infected. Once it had gotten close enough, Zack decided to just...give it a shot. He quickly stabbed the dagger forward and into the infected individual's eye, causing it drop dead as he yanked his dagger from its head. Shaking his head, he moved behind the counter and began to search for a map.

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{OOC} Bleh post is bleh

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[Hotaru Kuchiki-Masurao]

Hotaru was checking her breath after making her way through that barricade. It was then that she heard someone talk from behind her. She quickly turned around, on her guard and saw that it was the woman that had started the riot that had gotten her in in the first place. Thinking back, the woman had stood in front of her during the entire ordeal. Hotaru wondered if the woman had actually seen her or known that she was there. Now, she had her answer pretty clearly. She listened to the woman with a weary gaze as she spoke about taking the spotlight.

"Thanks for taking it. I'm not one to be put on the spot like that. Though, thank you for creating the distraction that got me and you through the barricade. Once I arrived, I figured that I would be stuck after they noticed me." It was then that she wondered what race this woman actually was. She wasn't going to be rude enough to actually ask her outright. She would just keep an eye on her, and see if she would be able to tell that way. It was then that Hotaru noticed that they were still in the desert and the city was far in the distance.

The woman continued to speak, suggesting that they should stick together. Hotaru raised her eyebrow at that. It was true that she didn't know that much about what she was walking into, but she had never ran into someone that immediately wanted to team up with her. But, this was also a more unusual mission, in the fact that she almost immediately ran into a spiritually aware person. She waited, to see what else she would say. She said that she could calm people down and she should've noticed that she was calming.

It was then that it hit her. She was looking at this woman and almost immediately felt that she could trust her with anything. Hotaru had to fight back actually talking to her about all the things that were on her mind at the moment, like how she was looking for the love of her life and that she had made the mistake that pushed him away. There were others things she thought of, but he was always in the forefront of her mind. She had to keep a rein in on what she was feeling while she continued to speak to her.

No offense to the woman, but she could tell that she wasn't really the most physical person. The main reason she thought this was because of the way she got them in, using her words. She didn't reach for any weapon or make any appear, she just talked and the way opened up. It was an interesting skill that Hotaru sadly lacked, but wished she had a fraction of it. The main reason she wanted them to team up was now becoming obvious, even before she said it. Hotaru was pretty much going to be her bodyguard and protect her while this woman was going to talk things over with the people they met, smoothing everything over.

While the woman was speaking, Hotaru noticed that her demeanor had changed. She wasn't exuding the confidence she had when creating the riot. She was now being nervous, which confused Hotaru slightly. She didn't understand how a woman so confident in front of a crowd could now be nervous talking to just one person. Then, when she felt the woman's hand wipe something off her face, Hotaru blushed. No female outside of her family and not even in the Kuchiki household, had touched her face like that. It was one of the weirdest things that she ever encountered.

She then said that if she did decide to help her, she would would help Hotaru on her mission. She smiled at her and she saw the confidence again. It was pretty obvious that she really wanted her to trust her, but Hotaru had trouble trusting people. After what happened with Takashi, someone in her own family, it made it hard to trust again. She had just met her and there was no way she was going to completely trust this woman, but she would take the help she offered, keeping an eye on her. "Thank you, I would like some help, since I have no idea what I'm getting myself into. I guess from here we run to the city." After that, Hotaru would start running towards the city in the distance.

[Hebika Nara]

Hebika couldn't help but smile softly at Hotaru's responses. Shinigami or not the girl was a little cute. Blushing at the cheek brush and everything. And of course, willing to work with her for the sake of her fucking mission. She wondered what a shinigami wouldn't do for their jobs. It was sickening. But she smiled, not a single shred of inner thoughts making it through, even her light aura didn't waver, continuing to pump pleasantry into the Shinigami and the others around them. 

However she did have to....shake her head. As hotaru, of all things, began to run. She planned on running all the way there? How ridiculous. She couldn't help but sigh softly as she snapped her fingers, the wing suddenly picking up around her as the sand at her feet began surging up into the air, as well as underneath Shizuka's feet as the ground beneath them suddenly came to life, the sand spiraling inward and began fusing together, grinding together in the process as that sand was melted together into solid, malleable glass that twisted into plates and long spikes that spilled out from it's body which was split in two, rejoining at the head. She decided to call it Harika(link). Harika herself was not very wide, wide enough to be straddled as it moved, but it was a good twenty feet in length, though woefully short. 

Once Harika's body had emerged from the ground, Hebika promptly settled her bum onto the back of her head, a soft sigh escaping her lips as immediately, that long serpent began surging forward, raging straight past Hotaru, almost completely rushing past her before it turned, Hebika riding on the back of the worm as Harika ground to a stop before the shinigami, the mod soul rolling her eyes a little as she reached up, brushing sand from her hair, a smirk on her lips as she spoke to the shinigami. "Let's not be all day about it Shinigami. I'll give you a ride." She noted softly. Need was a bit subjective. She didn't particularly need Hotaru to protect her. Not normally. She just didn't know how long they would be in the city. She would need to recover her heart's content at some point, so for the time being she had to work on the assumption that she would need someone to protect her when she was resting. Her entities relied heavily on her being awake and commanding them at their current level, she couldn't trust one to keep her safe on it's own.

Though Harika was not completely without use outside of brute force. For one, the wurm gave off the same positive aura that Hebika did, one stronger even than the Mod Soul's as it's aura would give off just as much a calming, pleasing aura as she would. Not that she expected to meet a lot more soldiers, but there were still the denizens of the city to think of. As much Hebika knew Humans, one thing had become very clear: They were even more dangerous than the monsters when the chips were down. Any citizens they met along the way could be just as dangerous, if not more so, than the soldiers. If possible she wanted to avoid having to kill any of them if such could be avoided. IT wasn't by much, but Harika's slightly stronger aura might help ensure that they met less resistance than they otherwise would.

In any case, assuming Hotaru's cooperation, the two of them would be able to start speeding towards t he city, no doubt they would reach the place in no time on that brute of a glass wurm as it tore it's way toward the city. They would be there in no time at all, a good ten minutes or so. She'd let the shinigami decide what they did once they actually got there, but for the time being she kept her wits about her. Her reflexes were far above Hotaru's most likely, so she would serve as lookout. she didn't entirely trust this desert they were in. As much as she would have liked to, she couldn't shake the feeling that something might...impede them. Of course, Harika also served to aid Hebika in calming whatever got in their way.

Heart's Content:90%->80% to Generate 1 Level 4 Entity "Harika"

Harika's Duration: 1st of 10 posts

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{Harika Entity's Stats}
Strength: 350
Speed: 300

Spiritual Pressure: 100
Reiatsu Strength: 50

Light Aura:100
Dark Aura:0

Instinct: 200
Senses: 150
Energy Senses: 0

Healing Expertise: 0