Fast Track to Making Money | NDE - R | Joint Training

["Taka" Sar]

Zaluu rolled her eyes and shrugged her shoulders. "I don't care either way. The point is, I need a body." She stated firmly, folding her arms as she watched him. Of course at the mention of him and his... moves, she did roll her eyes a little. she sighed and rubbed the side of her neck, looking left and right before she glanced back at the young man. Her eyes followed him, up until he suddenly vanished, blinking for a moment as she looked between where he had been and where he was just then. She frowned. "I'm not gonna try anything in this girl's body. If I fuck up then I'm gonna break it. It's why I wanted us to go get me a new body first." she stated, rolling her eyes.

Turning, she began to walk toward the door, heading out of the warehouse. Of course she did pause, at the door, a little.... unused to leaving without a bodyguard. But surely Luke would protect her yes? She needed to go out on her own, and this was probably the only time she was going to get this sortof chance. She rolled her shoulders, taking a deep breath before she strode outside, hopefully with Luke in tow as she began to walk. and of course as she did she would... be a bit clingy.

She had horrible eyesight, and her hearing was pretty crap as well. And in the dark she could barely see anything, so it only made sense that she would want to cling to the man as they went, peering about as she did her best to see her surroundings. She lightly flexed her reiatsu now and then, creating little sparks of light around her shoulders to briefly check her surroundings, focusing her soul to try and make sure that she wasn't snuck up on. And as they walked she would cling just a bit tighter to luke as they went.

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Her explanation as to why she wasn’t going to be practicing anything he showed her was because she didn’t want to break the body she was holding onto, prompting Luke to scratch his cheek a little sheepishly. She certainly seemed a little more…agitated…now then she was a few moments ago. Did Luke do something to piss her off? ”Maybe it’s her time of the month?” Jager decided to ask. But that’s not her real body.. Luke replied back. ”Doesn’t mean it’s not the girls time of the month. Stand back Luke her ovarian dams about to burst!” Sometimes Luke entertained the idea of summoning Jager…if only to strangle the fucker with his own two hands for the amount of stupid shit that flew out of his mouth. Regardless, Luke decided to be the mature one and chose not to respond to Jagers stupid crap as he walked Taka out of the nightclud, noting how she seemed…uncomfortable with leaving.

”You alright?” Luke asked as he came up beside her, but got his answer by Taka taking a deep breath and stepping out of the club. Well, looks like they were on their way. They were…actually…on their way to go steal a dinosaur skeleton. Luke was…not really sure what to make of all this. On one hand he half way believed that Taka was just messing around. She wasn’t actually planning on breaking into a museum to steal a skeleton. The idea just seemed so crazy and ludicrous. But on the other hand Luke felt she was serious, and had to keep asking him why the fuck am I going along with this? ”For creative rewards dummy, huehue.” Jager decided to chime in, getting a mental growl from Luke.

Walking through the night time streets of Karakura, though, did result in Luke raising his guard a little bit and extended his sixth sense out around them. Didn’t want to get snuck up on by a Hollow. Walking, though, Luke couldn’t lie to himself. Taka was being rather…clingy…and Luke would be lying if he said he wasn’t enjoying. Sensation of having a woman close to him, physically, was something that Luke didn’t get to experience very often. He didn’t date, not having asked a woman out since he left the States, and honestly just didn’t get to hang around people too often. All his time got wasted on work and paying bills. So, even though Taka was clinging to him tightly because she had issues seeing, Luke was enjoying it.

Taka would suddenly find Lukes arm wrapped around her shoulders, and the young man offering a soft smile towards her. It wasn’t done as a “make a move” move, but instead was just him trying to help Taka feel a bit more comfortable. ”Now bend your arm and stroke her chest.” No. ”Tell her everything will be alright. That you’ll protect her smile. That you love her.” Shut up. ”Tell her that you’re never gonna give her up, never gonna let her down-“ Is that…

”So…we’re really going to go rob a museum.” Luke commented, still not entirely believing this was happening, his voice lower than before now that he didn’t need to talk over the clubs music. ”Definitely wasn’t how I was planning my night to go..” Luke sighed, shaking his head a little before turning his attention back to Taka. ”So… you said that some Shinigami stuffed you into a pill, right? Does that mean you’re still, at your core, a pill? And you can just…possess anything that can be described as a body? What, do you need some to swallow you or…something?” Luke asked, genuinely curious about Takas nature as, though he didn’t know it, Mod Soul. ”Sorry if I’m being nosey and rude and all..” Luke commented right after, not entirely sure if he was asking questions that crossed the line or not. ”Ask what happens if a pregnant lady swallows her! Or ask what happens if you stuffed her in a soda can that you put googly eyes on!”

["Taka" Sar]

Taka couldn't help but be a little.... comforted by the feel of the young man's arm around her shoulders, her attention shifting in his direction for just a moment before going back to looking straight ahead. She could almost sense the wheels in Luke's head turning as they walked, and when he eventually did speak out to ask, she glanced at him. "Normally yes. We mod souls are designed to eject the spiritual body out of anything we are placed into. Of course some of us, like myself, also devised ways of forcing ourselves into nonliving body-like objects and making slight modifications in order to make up for a lack of a body, or a lack of a combat effective one." She explained, rolling her shoulders and staring off to the side.

"If you're not up to it you can wait outside. I need a body tht isn't this one if we're going to be training." She stated flatly, folding her arms and continuing to walk on as she saw the museum off in the distance. She wouldn't normally be able to tell, but she was familiar with the area and recognized that dark outline on the horizon. It wasn't long before they were at the gates. Of course, this time of night the night guard was usually snoozing or looking up porn on the internet. Not to mention she actually knew the guy.

"We go in, adjust some of the figures to look like theyre having sex so that they think it was just a bunch of kids, then we get out. If you wanna be a pussy you go ahead." She noted calmly. Of course his idea of a repica had been cool, but she was still going to go with the skeleton if he decided to stay outside. With him or not, she was soon making her way inside, looking around as she did her best to find the directory, immediately heading to the prehistoric section without any delay. she knew exactly where she was going after all, she had been eyeing one skeleton in particular after all.

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Educational little chat. Luke learned a few things from that small chat he had with Taka, namely learning that her kind was called Mod Souls. So…we had Fullbringers, Humans with powers, Shinigami, Hollows, and now Mod Souls. Luke was learning more every day. The museum was in site and Luke was now realizing that he wasn’t going to be getting the opportunity to walk out or talk himself out of it. ”So, what happens if you end up getting arrested for this?” Jager asked, prompting a raised eyebrow from Luke. Easy. I plead insanity on account of the gutter minded shadow monster living inside of my head telling me about tacos and tits, talked me into breaking into the museum to touch everything’s butt. Luke responded back. ”That might actually work! But have you prepared for prison showers?” Mmmmgh.

Luke blinked at Takas plan. Rearrange everything to look like they were having sex to fool security into thinking it was kids? Could work. Luke knew Jager liked the plan. ”I’m already here, don’t see myself backing out now.” Luke commented, rubbing the back of his head as Taka went ahead of him and he followed her inside. As they walked, and since he had better eyesight than his brain slug buddy, Luke couldn’t help but fall behind a little as he looked at the passing exhibits. He hadn’t ever been to Karakuras museum before, and unfortunately couldn’t keep himself from being curious. He never found himself too far behind though, keeping pace with Taka as he followed her.

”So…what’re we looking for? You’ve got a particular skeleton in mind or what?” He asked, pausing as he looked at the pair of loincloth wearing cavemen pointing fake pointy sticks as a saber toothed tiger.

["Taka" Sar]

She smiled lightly at that, glancing over her shoulder and eyeing him for just a moment, then turning her attention to the exhibit infront of her. Huaxiagnathus It wasn't an enormous thing compared to most dinosaurs, but it WAS big for a being. One of the biggest lessons shed learned when taking on bodies was that she couldn't try taking on anything t oo big or it would mess up. The exhibit itself actually had two displays, a skeleton, as well as a replica of what the dino was believed to look like in full size.

"Once I'm in this body It'll be easy to position the others. Once I get in it, I'll be able to fight a lot better. I figure we could go hunt down some hollows. Barely any people hang around here, with my Club so close by, most of the strong ones head there, but this is close by so some of the smaller ones hang around here, kinda like scavengers. They should be easy for us to take down." She explained, pausing for a moment to look in Luke's direction, thinking things over as she stepped just a bit closer.

"Of course, once I'm in one of these it'll kinda be hard to interact with you properly." She shrugged, leaning in and tapping his chest, and then pointing down, and with two soft jets of spiritual energy, hit him in his kneecaps, just enough to make him stagger, bringing him down a level so that she could lean in and then kiss him lightly on the lips. It was a brief little thing, but when she was done the pulled back. "Incase I am too tired later. But in any case." she paused, looking thoughtfully between the two.

Obviously both would need modifications, but there was the factor of what would be less... conspicuous to run around in. She flexed her soul, and she felt a glimmer of power in her chest. She should be able to use at least the lower versions of her ability. She'd been trying to wake it up for a few nights now. Hopefully... she might be able to actually use it. If she combined that with this new body, she might actually be able to do some decent damage. "Just gotta figure out which is more suitable for my kneeds." She mused, rubbing her chin.

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”That’s a big jaw..” Luke commented to himself, resting a hand on his hip as he looked over the exhibit. It was a jaw, one that belonged to a shark, and was more than big enough for Luke to step through without risk of brushing up against those super sharp looking teeth. ”Big jaws means a big butthole for all the big food” Jager chimmed in as Luke scratched the back of his head. ”Megaladon huh.” Luke read off the name on the exhibit information panel. ”Always thought sharks this size were just something that existed in dumb movies.” Luke commented out loud, turning his attention away from the exhibit and following Taka deeper into the museum.

She started speaking to him again, prompting him to turn his attention back towards her for a second before the exhibit of a giant sloth caught his attention. ”Good to know you’re not worried about breaking this one.” Luke commented, wondering how a giant sloth Taka would behave. Did her personality change with the body? ”So Hollow hunting is on the menu, huh? Now it makes sense why you wanted to go shopping for something a bit more fighting friendly.” Luke chuckled as he turned his head upwards to look at a Pterodactyl overhead. He needed to come here sometime during the day, he really was interested in having the time to look at this stuff and read the information tablets.

Luke didn’t notice at first that Taka had stepped closer to him, not fully registering the words she said to him as he was preoccupied looking at the various types of Pterosaur overhead. He paused though when he felt a tap on his chest, lowering his head in time to suddenly get his kneecaps jabbed with some spiritual energy. Sure enough it caused him to buckle and lead to him responding with, ”Will you stop with tha—“ before his words were cut off and mouth was sealed shut by a pair of lips pressing themselves into his. Luke…had a brain fart. He stood stunned for a moment as fireworks went off in his lips, his eyes slowly widening with his face getting about four hundred fuckin’ degrees warmer.

He was surprised. Bamboozled. Caught off guard. Even Jager was stunned. It ended nearly as soon as it began, leaving Luke standing there wide-eyed and red faced and staring at Taka. His lips remained tingling afterwards. Ooooooohohohohohohohoooooooooh!” Jager was the first one to break their silence with a rather excited whooping call. Luke closed his lips, standing up straight though not really able to regain the composure he had earlier. His cheeks and ears were still stained a bright red color. Takas last sentence regarding it certainly brought some…interesting…thoughts to Lukes head but Don’t freak out don’t freak out don’t freak out don’t freak out.. ”Don’t fall in love!”

Thankfully she changed the topic, asking about which of the two dinosaur displays she wanted to get in. Luke walked over beside her, looking at the information tablet but not able to keep himself from grinning like a derp. ”So…Huaxiagnathus, huh? Says it’s from China, just like everything is. You sure you don’t wanna look a little more for a Velociraptor or a T.rex?” Luke asked jokingly, a playful grin on his tingling lips. Overhearing what Taka was thinking about, Luke scratched the back of his head before deciding to voice his opinion. ”I think the would be display is what you should roll with, honestly. I’m not really sure how you work…but I don’t see anyway of getting you inside a skeleton. Besides, if while we’re out looking for Hollows and we run into someone it’ll be much easier to explain that you’re either some kinda new robot shit or someone I know in one of those big dinosaur costumes you see on YouTube.” Luke explained, looking between Taka and the display. Then again at the end of the day it was her choice. ”My vote goes to the giant sloth.”

["Taka" Sar]

Training to master Moddo Toge, Nensho Ha Class 7

Zaluu paid no mind to Luke's reaction to the kiss, rather taking his advice about which body she should be taking in. Of course it also stood to reason that she would need to defend herself, even with a body like this. Looking from the skeleton to the fleshed out model, she supposed it would also be way less of a deal if she took the model instead of the bones, which would be far more valuable and would cause more ruckus. Sadly, she wouldn't get to fulfill her desire to be a flaming skeleton monster. Ah well.

Closing her eyes, she let out a slow breath, her roots slowly escaping from her skin as she began to feel around in the air. She had to focus on what was available to her. She didn't know about many techniques, but she did know at least one other mod soul in her gang, as well as the abilities that they used to fight. One in particular came to mind, and the exlanation they had given when she had asked about the ability also came to mind. Manipulation of the environment... There were any number of things around her at a given time that she could use as a weapon. the ground, the air, the water vapor. But what mattered was HOW you used them.

Slowly, she let her roots begin twining into the air itself, slowly feeling around as she moved the air around, just the barest amount. She shifted it, sensed it, felt the way it was like an extension of herself. If she wanted to fight, she would need to make even air such as this a weapon. Her eyes opened back up, those eyes fierce as she took in a deep breath and extended her arm, branching those invisible roots out of her palm, unlike other techniques it was not an expulsion of reiatsu, it was.... silent. Deadly. Inside of her chest she could feel the pulse of her own spiritual pressure as she focused on the air around those roots.

A spark, and then two. And then she focused, forcing that air into an excited state, and all at once it ignited, twelve inches of burning air erupted like a fire from her palm, her focus increasing as several more erupted along her body, two sweeping blades extending from her elbows, as well as a blade which curled up from her forehead like a horn. And at long last, she had an outlet for that incredible reiatsu strength of hers, the intensity of the heat was something Luke would be able to feel as Zaluu's eyes opened and she took several slow inward breaths as she eyed the blades she had managed to manifest.

Training for CTP

"Got it." She grinned, those blades suddenly vanishing from sight, those elbowblades, the horn, and the palm blade all vanished into the air, leaving behind that fiery scent as she made her way over to the replica and hopped on. With a vault, she got onto the things back and smirked. "Normally I would just let the body lay here, But I don't want the cops finding this lady in a coma. So we'll take her back to the club where its safe before we go hunting."

she didn't wait for any confirmation. She withdrew herself from the woman's body, those eyes rolling back into their head before they went limp, slumped over the fake animal as, if Luke was paying attention closely, he would see her. Zaluu Sar. A tiny little pill dropping from the woman's mouth, hitting the back of the display before suddenly it burrowed inside of the spine, digging through material as she began spreading her roots though it rapidly. He probably had never seen such a sight before, but that smooth reiatsu of Zaluu's would flow through the thing's body only once as the roots began making adjustments. Libms that had previously only been for display were given structure, conentrated areas of material that made an artificial skeleton inside of it, modified it to have muscles, joints, those eyes cracked before resealing, it's entire body made real as slowly, it came to be an actual dinosaur.

It wasn't like gargoyles. There was no sudden crack of the fake shell where Zaluu exploded out of it with her new body. It was so much more than that. Just... seemingly in an instant. The thing blinked. It's head tilted in a bird like fashion, and before Luke would know what hit him, the thing suddenly swung its body around, suddenly looking him dead in the eye. A motherfucking dinosaur. Almost too meters in length, the body actually STRETCHED, ot adjusted, so that it was just barely over two meters in length. The body became sleeker, more speedy looking as those eyes blinked, tilting it's head just like those veolciraptors in Jurrasic park. She was only barely a foot or so shorter than him at her neutral stance, head forward, but when she lifted her head up, her tail dipping down, looming over him, she was almost eight feet tall.

Those jaws snapped open as a sudden loud hiss escaped her maw, a very velociraptor-like screech escaping her, a little extra section of the throat modified for just that kinda noise before she suddenly snickered as no doubt Luke would be a little nervous. "Whatcha think bucko? Still sexy?" she asked casually, suddenly strutting around him in her new dinobody, testing it out as she adjusted the finer details, making sure that everything was at 100% efficiency. She felt.... powerful. And she still had the other woman's body laid out on her back. Carrying her was pretty easy, but only because of her size. It was like carrying around a toddler on her back. She was not all that strong, but even she could accomplish this.
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{Wait but math?!}
As you may have noticed, I only used 20ttp to master the tech! This is because the ctp earned earlier in this thread was plenty to move Zaluu up to class 6. As such, the tech was put to proficcient on the first payment of 10 ttp, and then mastered the next.

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Well, he certainly got himself a little show. He wasn’t quite sure what it was he was watching Taka doing, but regardless he found the flames and light show impressive to watch. He watched with wide eyes and slightly parted mouth as Taka displayed her abilities, the intensity of the heat reaching him from where he was standing and causing him to raise one of his arms up to shield his eyes some. But like that it was over with her grinning and hoping onto the display dinosaurs back. He blinked, lowering his arm as he listened to her explanation. So she was going to vacate Tomo’s body huh? Luke was going to see how it worked huh? Crossing his arms across his chest, Luke watched with interested eyes as Taka got herself ready. ”Sounds like a plan.”

Luke watched as Tomo’s body just seemed to give out. Eyes rolling into the back of her head and falling over atop the displays back, Luke blinked as he watched something fall out of the woman’s mouth. A small, round, pill like object fell out and landed right onto the display and started…drilling its way inside? Luke watched with increasing interest as this small object that was literally a person just dug its way into the displays body. It was friggin weird and actually made Luke’s skin crawl a little bit. That’s so weird looking.. He mentally commented as he watched. It didn’t take long for the little pill to vanish into the displays body, and a few moments later stuff started moving. He could feel the same reiatsu he felt in the woman’s body before now inside of the dinosaur.

Luke jumped slightly when the things head suddenly swung around and stared at him. ”Good doggy.” He joked lightly, unable to keep back a chuckle as he realized he was watching an actual, god damn, moving dinosaur. It really did look like the raptors from Jurassic Park, and Taka was even moving like one. A whistle escaped his lips as she rose up to her full eight fucking foot tall height, standing a good two feet over him. Luke was actually starting to feel a little nervous. Considering the fact that Taka hadn’t actually said anything yet and was acting, and sounding, like a fucking dinosaur he began to wonder if his theory about her shifting personality was true. When she let out that screech he found one of feet dragging itself backwards as if he were preparing to fight, but paused and calmed down when he heard that snickering. Haha so funny.

”Geez, had me fuckin thinking you really turned into a oversized lizard.” Luke commented as Taka strutted around him, testing out her new body. ”Totally. Makes you look dangerous. Everything working alright though? Everything fit?” Luke asked, turning to face her and tilt his head a little bit. He shivered a little bit as a cool breeze hit him, coming from down the hall towards the entrance where they had come in. Weird. Luke was sure he had shut the door so why was there a breeze? He didn’t focus on it, instead looking at Tomo who was nothing more than a lifeless corpse on her back. ”What about her? She alright?” Luke asked, nodding his head towards the woman on the Modinosouls back. ”Here. I can carry her so you can roleplay..” Luke snickered, stepping towards Zaluu and reaching out to lift up Tomo’s body. But…suddenly he froze. Taka would see something was wrong; a look of confusion had painted itself on Luke’s face.

Shit! ”Move!” Luke suddenly shouted, snatching Tomo and leaping backwards with her, as where he was standing was suddenly collapsed into by something that looked…like a giant blade? Hopefully Taka had moved when Luke had shouted, the young man landing on his back with Tomo in his arm. Looking at the blade like appendage, Luke followed the mass attached to it up towards the darkness of the ceiling above them. The appendage shifted, pulling itself free of the cement floor and back up into the darkness. Luke sneered, narrowing his eyes as he glared up into the dark. Taka, with her poor eyesight, couldn’t see what he did. Night vision was just something Luke had. What he was looking at was something that had been following them through the streets, careful to keep itself and its intentions hidden from the two.

Even though Luke had Energy Sensing capabilities, he hadn’t been able to pick up on the bastards suppressed reiatsu. ”Damn you’re an ugly bastard.” Luke snarled, getting to his feet while maintaining a hold on Tomo. Taka would then hear it. The sound of a moving mass up above her, and descending down from the ceiling above them and cutting them off from where they had come in from was a Hollow. It’s body was serpent like, stretching out to at least twelve feet in length, but that didn’t factor in the fact it was about as thick as a fucking pickup truck. While its lower body was serpent like, ending in a massive blade tipped appendage, its upper body was like that of a mans. Except for the fact he had sixteen pictorial muscles and four fucking arms. Long black hair covered its back and shoulders, spilling out over the things red stained mask. ”This is a first. How did you detect me?” It asked, the question directed towards Luke. ”You let your bloodlust slip, as well as some of your reiatsu, before you attacked.” Luke replied with a cold tone.

A wet gurgle escaped from the Hollows mask as it turned its head over towards the dinosaur possessed Taka, before returning its gaze to Luke and the unconscious body of Tomo. ”Looks like I made the right call picking you two. I have no idea what she is…but a human fiddled with spiritual energy like you are will make a rather satisfying meal. The vegetable there…can keep her until I get hungry again.” The Hollow gurgled, lowering its head a tad bit. ”Don’t count on it scaly. Only thing you’re going to be eating is the cold steel of my……..” Luke had started, before standing there for a minute with a open mouth. Where was his sword? Why didn’t he have his sword? He didn’t have his sword when his bike got hit..but he had his sword this morning. ”I think you left it in your office buddy.” Jager chimed in.

Fucking shit why didn’t you tell me?! Luke snapped back. ”Because you said my ramen idea was disgusting.”Jager you fucking shit!! Luke groaned, both physically and mentally. ”Cold steel of your…what? Are you pretending to be a Shinigami?” The Hollow asked, digging some of its fingers into the tiled floor as its anger began to grow. Luke blinked, tightening his grip on Tomo and putting one of her arms over his shoulder. ”Because I don’t like Shinigami!!” The Hollow roared before it swung its lengthy body horizontally, hoping to catch Luke and even Taka. Its girth and sharpened tail tip made short work of any exhibit caught in the swing and would have probably done some damage to Luke had he been hit. Doing a anime jump and heading into the air he cleared the tail, but then had to deal with a open mouthed Hollow lunging at him aiming to make a in flight meal outta him.

Luke narrowed his eyes as he focused spirit particles beneath his feet, creating a solid platform invisible to the eye. Focusing spirit energy into his right leg, the one touching the platform, Luke kicked off of it with a surprising sudden burst of speed and zipped past the Hollow, causing it to bite on empty air. Luke came to a skidding halt before the Hollow, thankful that he didn’t need a fucking sword to use Movement or AAP if he needed it. I’m going to rip your head off once this over with you know! First I gotta do something with this girl though. I cant fight holding onto her! ”Well…technically you could. But that would involve breaking the blood seal on Jager the Unforgiving and casting the mortal world into a thousand years of darkness.” Luke wasn’t in the mood for the jokes. The Hollow growled, turning itself around towards Luke. Looking at it now, even with twelve feet of tail on the ground the Hollow was still at least ten feet tail going upright. So…in total…twenty two feet in length. Just had to be a fucking snake.

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{The Hollow}

Hollows name is Venoshock, and despite the fact he hasn't evolved yet I'm going to make him a Class 5 Hollow. He's a Rank 1 Fighter Version 1

Strength - 150 - 225 Points

Speed - 300 - 450 Points

Spiritual Pressure - 200 - 150 Points

Reiatsu Strength - 50 Points

Light Aura - 0 Points

Dark Aura - 100 Points

Instinct - 150 Points

Senses - 150 Points

Energy sensory - 50 Points

Healing Expertise - 0 Points


Total SP: 1000 Points

Notable Skills are Stealth 1

["Taka" Sar]

Zaluu smiled, pleased with herself as she watched Luke get a little scared. She relaxed, about to explain just why it was that she could just carry them herself when suddenly she heard his shout. Her reflexes were poor, it was only Luke's shout that allowed her to leap to the side in time, skidding across the floor as that tail stabbed down, almost immediately skidding her claws along the ground, narrowing her eyes as she fixed on the sight of the individual themselves.

She was immediately surprised at the gross appearance of the hollow themselves, and she hissed at it the moment it looked in her direction, her front claws raised aggressively ready to pounce at the thing. But thankfully it didn't seem at all interested in fixating on her. When it's attention shifted in the direction of Luke, She immediately initiated her mod soul ability. With a shudder of the air around her, she immediately became completely dark, bending the light around her body asshe instantly became invisible in terms of both light and sound, her spiritual gravitation forcing any sound or light that would have escaped her new body to become trapped in a thing condensed film around her body.

Not only that? But she unleashed her new tehcnique. Two burning blades of flame erupting from both hips at the joints, another set of horn-like blades forming along the ridges of her skull above the eyes, all four of them extending a full twelve inches from her body. Not only that? But those blades were made of her roots. So with her mastery, she adjusted her roots to exend into the flame itself as well, so that even the fire was invisible to the Hollow. Making her entire body one big dangerous attack, as even her skin without the horns was condensed into a powerful film of concentrated light, which if she chose, could bunch up and act like a laser, superheating and damaging anything that came into contact with her.

She knew she wouldn't have much time to let Luke deal with the monster. When that tail squng outwards, Taka ducked down, barely avoiding getting that tail clean in the face.... almost making it that is. She focused the shileiding around her muzzle and closed her eyes, wincing as the tail would slam into her, and that powerful light barrier, as well as her burning horns, would slice clean through the hollows body, ripping through the flesh as those invisible flames would burn their way through it's body. honestly were it not for her horns, the tail would have probably STILL broken her face, but they had begun slicing through enough of the mass that she would burn her way clear through the hollow's tail, both her blades as well as her body, which was now burning it's way through the floor, leaving scorched dinoprints on the floor as her focused spiritual ability actually began burning through the floor.

She hadn't actually had TIME to focus the burning only on her front, she had just increased the intensity of the light all over her body, resulting in the giving away of her permission. Of course, once she was cler of that tail she turned it off, and imemdiately raced from her positon, letting out a triumphant raptor screech, intentionally letting it shriek out through her vail, lowering her sound stealth for just an instant before forcing it back up, running in a circle around both Luke and the hollow as she began her hunting of the hollow. She wasn't plysicallt impressive, she wouldn't be able to spring up like the raptors did in the movies, but she WOULD be able to make jousting ride-bys with those blades of hers. So long as luke could keep it from sensing her by helping distract it, she was confident she could take this thing down.

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What a fun fucking trip this was! Luke almost getting hit by a car! Luke getting the offer to be part of a racing circuit! Luke going dinosaur shopping with a sentient pill! And now Luke was having to fight a god damn Hollow without his sword and having to carry a soul less vegetable of a corpse! Fun! So many ups and downs! He was going to need some fucking drinks after this nonsense! Where the hell did Taka go anyways? Did…Did she ditch me!? Luke suddenly thought, panicking for a moment before he forced that thought out of his head. There was no way she would do that. She didn’t seem like that kind of person at all! ”You can’t fight without that pig sticker! You don’t get to play hero or feed me some sorta bullshit excuse! Let me out…now!” Jager’s voice suddenly boomed, drowning out all sounds in the real world as the mental voice cracked like thunder in Luke’s head. Did Luke have a choice this time? Was he going to have let the fucker out?

Well, with the release phrase literally dancing on the tip of Luke’s tongue his plan to let out that thing inside him was halted by the Hollows sudden screech of pain. Just what happened? Luke blinked with wide eyes as he watched that serpentine Hollow screech in pain, snapping its head around to the sight of its tail getting slashed through by invisible blades of fire! ”Pain! Little piece of crap!” The Hollow screeched, and in doing so let loose a stream of black liquid from its mouth towards the location where it had seen Zaluus stealth ability falter. The black sludge came into contact with the tiled floor, and with a disgusting hiss sound and horrendous smelling odor the floor was eaten through by the ooze. Luke, having used the opportunity to retreat with Tomos body and place her behind the curve of a hall heading deeper into the museum had noticed that.

It’s got acid powers? Luke wondered, watching the Hollow snap its head in various directions looking for Taka whom had let out a battle screech. Wait…where the fuck was Taka? Luke blinked, his own head snapping around in confusion as he too looked for the dinosaur bodies Mod Soul. She was just…gone? But he’d heard her roaring just a moment ago…and it was her that damaged the Hollows tail to such an extent. ”Doesn’t have her powers my ass.” Jager commented suddenly. Had Taka been lying to them about her lacking abilities or was something more going on? Luke was certain it was the latter, but he didn’t have the time (or really care enough) to think about it. Once he made sure Tomo was hidden out of sight, Luke cast his gaze over to the caveman exhibit again.

”Gonna need to borrow this.” Luke commented, before snatching a hold of the spear held by one of the display tribesmen. ”I made the mistake of taking my eyes off you…whatever you are. I’ll get my hands on you, and when I do I’m going to remove your head from your body!” The Hollow roared, its attention having shifted away from Luke and Tomo and instead focusing on the invisible dinosaur. Luke used that opportunity. Using his Movement technique again, he dashed towards the Hollow at high speeds aiming to run that spear through the back of its head. Display piece or not the tip was sharp and Luke was moving with some serious momentum.

But, when the Hollow suddenly shifted itself he found the spear stabbing not through the Hollows head but instead through its shoulder. Letting out a pained yell, the Hollow spun its head around to see Luke, snarling as it grabbed the end of the display weapon poking out of its flesh. Quickly the young man leapt back to try and get some distance from the Hollow. But, Luke just wasn’t fast enough or skilled enough. What happened next was one of the Hollows two right arms swinging backwards. Luke had been lucky enough to use another Movement to head backwards, but he hadn’t been quite fast enough to completely dodge. Those oversized fingers and knuckles hit into his left arm, between the elbow and hand, before Luke blizted backwards.

Holy shit did it hurt. Luke stumbled backwards as he landed, grabbing onto the torn sleeve of his arm and putting a hand over the massive red and black welt. The young man gasped, clenching his jaws together as the pain throbbed throughout his body. Trying to move even his fingers incited firey waves of pain. ”Grahh!!” Luke shouted, getting onto one of his knees as he tried to both keep himself from touching and to try and comfort his broken forearm. But there was more than that. The pain he was feeling was spreading! ”Hurts doesn’t it, kid? Anything these fists hit get a dose of toxin I store in the skin. It’s why my hands a different color than the rest of my body. That pain will spread throughout your body for another three minutes, more than enough time for me to end it with a good chomp.” The Hollow chuckled, looking at the pain frozen Luke.

Venoshock was a poison typed Hollow. An acidic spit that would eat through inorganic matter easily, but leave serious burns on organic. A painful toxin stored in its fists that could affect nearly any living being. What else did it have going for it though? It snarled, looking around again for Taka before licking its masked lips. ”I don’t like using this…drains too much energy…but why the hell not?” The Hollow questioned, tightening its hands into fists and beginning to roar. Its hair began to not only grow, but even began to stand up on edge like a friggin hedgehogs. With a sudden grunt of effort, the hairs began to fire out like a rain of super sharp needles. Find edged with his Strength, the needles were shot out all around the Hollow save for where Luke was. It didn’t want to kill him, after all. The needles pierced through the air, stabbing into the floor and walls with the force of its Strength. Moments later the area of impacts began to melt, similar to how Venoshocks spit worked.

The technique was meant to try and hit Taka. Something large, an AoE, might have been able to clip her and damage that dinosaur body of hers. Luke, now experiencing pain throughout his entire arm, bits of his chest and neck, couldn’t do much. But watching this Hollow, this monster, do what it wanted while Taka fought alone was pissing him off. All this stupid shit…why’s it always gotta happen to me? Luke questioned, grinding his teeth together as his emotions started to take over. A blue flame began to consume the man, illuminating the museum and casting shadows all throughout. The Hollow turned its attention back to Luke, grumbling and growling as it looked at its prey. Luke was obeying his instincts, his spirit energy pushing itself through his body to purge the poison from his system. It couldn’t do shit about the broken forearm, but the foreign material could be pushed out by burning it out. Especially when done by someone with a stronger spirit than the Hollow. ”All this god damn crap. All of this over my god damned bike!” Luke started to ramble, what he did when pissed.

Getting to his feet, Luke placed a hand over where he’d gotten hit. ”Taka! You owe me a god damned drink after this!” Luke shouted, his reiatsu kicking it up to eleven. He could feel Jager stirring with excitement. When Luke got pissed he was more than able to work past his personal issues. And, you know what, maybe it wasn’t so bad being a freak. It meant he could kick the ever loving shit out of this thing! The Hollow howled, and lunged itself towards Luke with mouth open. ” Zeige…Dich!” Luke shouted, and with that his reiatsu exploded and just…okay so what happened next was not in any way shape or form what Luke had expected. Even Jager was…shocked. There was a loud crunching sound as it slammed its fist into the Hollow. A torrent of freezing cold water drenched Lukes legs and soaked his pants, as a wall of the stuff had formed right in front of him.

A massive arm had come out of the water and slammed itself into the Hollow, sending the thing flying backwards! Luke stared with wide eyes and disbelief at what he was seeing. Jager couldn’t even speak as well. It pulled itself from the water that spawned it, its form drenched in ever flowing water that seemed to come from its own body. Luke just…collapsed backwards onto his butt, landing in the water that was just cascading off the creature. Ja-Jager….what the hell is… ”I don’t know! That’s not me!” Another one? Did Luke…have another one of these things inside him?

The creature was massive. It dwarfed Taka. It dwarfed the Hollow. It was easily twenty-five feet in height. Its body was slender, almost humanoid in shape save for the fact it had a long tail dragged behind it, fins along its back, and a strange shaped head with the weirdest eyes Luke had ever seen. It walked slowly, moving further from Luke and closer to the Hollow at a speed one might expect a giant monster to move at. As it moved more and more water was falling off of it, and it became very obvious very fucking fast that there was a serious risk of the museum flooding! ”Luke! Luke get up! Luke get your ass up!” Jager shouted, the young man just seemed…stuck..staring at the monster that appeared instead of Jager. What the hell did it mean? How many of these things did he have inside him?

It was silent as it walked, its footsteps producing heavy and loud splashes as it moved through the ever increasing water levels of the museum hall. The Hollow was getting back on its “feet”, though with a shattered and bleeding mask. And suddenly…it charged. Not the Hollow, but the mysterious beast. It charged with a speed surprising for its size, moving with an unnatural grace that something its size should not have possessed. Venoshock screeched, rising up higher and getting itself ready. As the creature charged more and more water poured off of it, in fact it seemed like when it moved there was another version of it trailing behind. But it wasn't like an afterimage of speed or anything. What it instead looked like were afterimages of water. Soon enough the water that was flooding through the museum had risen high enough to be touching the collapsed Luke's waist.

Luke watched as whatever that creature was throw its left arm back, and swing a skull shattering swing at the Hollow that lunged itself to its left to dodge. Venoshock was faster, and he realized it, and it filled him with confidence. Like an anaconda he wrapped himself around the creature, his goal being to crush the life out of the beast. Tighter and tighter he squeezed, while the water producing monster gripped and clawed at the Hollow trying to get it off. It looked like it was all in vain, that Venoshock would be getting a free meal. But then Luke heard the pop. He watched as beneath that beasts green skin muscles began to bulge and veins beginning to pop. The Hollows face was suddenly grabbed, and slammed beneath the surface of the growing water levels and into the floor beneath. Venoshocks tailed thrashed about, slapping the beast in the face causing it to let go of the Hollow.

Getting some distance from the summoned beast, the Hollow resurfaced panting for breath. A low rumbling growl escaped from the silent beast as it began to stride towards the Hollow, more echoes of water cascading down around it as it approached. "God damn it...WAKE UP DUMBASS! If you don't do something soon both you and I, and the cute vegetable over there, are going to drown! Worry about the fucking failed Godzilla design later!" Jäger screamed, getting Lukes attention. Pushing himself to his feet, Luke began to move backwards towards where he had left Tomo. "Taka!" Luke shouted, looking for the dinosaur wearing Mod Soul amongst the floating displays and destroyed exhibits. He covered his head when everything shook, looking back to see the monster that came from him swinging the Hollow like it were little more than a ragdoll, smashing it into the innermost wall of the museum.

Grabbing onto Tomos lifeless body and throwing her over his not broken arms shoulder, Luke looked back to see the fighting. Venoshock was not in a good situation. One of his arms had been ripped off completely at this point, which the beast then dropped into the growing levels of water as it continued to pace towards the Hollow. "GRAAAAAAAAH!"" Venoshock yelled as it reached behind its head, ripping chunks of its own hair out that then formed into long, sword like objects dripping with a purple fluid. With a screech it lunged forward, aiming to slash into the creature with its three swords. But, with a sudden burst of speed, the beast delivered a ceiling shattering uppercut into the Hollows head, not just shattering the mask but causing the head itself to explode into a cloud of gore.

Luke's eyes widened, backing up as he realized that without the Hollow there was nothing keeping it from turning its attention to him. With that, Luke quickly moved as fast as he could through the thigh deep waters. "M̨͘͘͡ó̷̸̀r͜͜͠e̴͢͢͏͞.̷̨͝͞.̸̨̛" Luke, and Jäger, suddenly heard inside his head. "N̨̕͟o̶̷̕͢͝t͘҉ ͏҉̶̵e̶̸n͘͟o̸u͘҉̶̀͢ģ̸h̨͘.̴̀͢͢.́͜.̧͡ẁ̷͠͠a̛͞͝n҉̸͢͠t́́͏̀̕ ̵̴̵̧̀t͟͞ò̴̕͜ ͠͡f̴͘͢i͢͡g̡͡ḩ̶͜͜t̛́͏̵̢ ̶̧͜͠m͏҉̴͜͞o͏̨͝r̨̧͝e̡͢͝҉̢.̢̛͘͡.̵͟.̨͏Ì̸ ̧͢ẃ̴͘͢͠a̵̡͏̶̀n͟͞t͏̕͟͡ ̷̷̴͢t͢͜͏̧ǫ̶̨͝͡ ̷̧̢̢͜f̶̷̶͡į̛̕͜g̶̨͢h̡͜͏̷̡t̷̛͘͢ ̷̕͢m̷͢o̴͞ŗ̛͡͝ę!͢!̨̛͘" Luke sure as hell didn't stop when he heard that sound playing in his head. Luke didn't know how long it took him to get out of the museum, exiting out of a back entrance instead of the front. The winter air bite at his wet form, his broken arm throbbing in pain, and a lifeless corpse on his shoulder. "What the fuck...what the fuck....what the fuck was that...." He panted, chilled air filling his throat. "I can sure as hell tell you that it wasn't me." Jäger replied. Luke could still feel the thing inside the museum. It was still in there, doing whatever the hell it was doing, and didn't seem to be following him.

Even though he was hurt, cold, and freaking the hell out...and holy hell was he hoping that Taka was alright...he needed to get Tomo back to Takas club. Needed to at least do that.

["Taka" Sar]

Training for sp

Zaluu immediately smiled when she saw the damage she managed to do to the giant snakething. She actually was doing it! She was fighting a hollow! She felt proud, even shrieking out loud, of course her mod soul ability was preventing sound from being made anyway. But in any case she did manage to skirt around, avoiding that Acid spit and licking her chops as she continued to circle around, Eyeing the way that luke was being tossed around. She immediately felt the need to protect him, but whenever she began to get close, he would use that dang speed move. She frowned, a little discouraged by his jumps of speed. Huffing, she looked around, trying to find some means of attack.

This thing certainly had a lot of tricks up it's sleeve, and that venom definitely wasn't something she wanted to try her luck against. And when Luke suddenly was hit to the ground, his arm beginning to oooze and take on a dark color from that venemous fist, Taka immediately took the opportunity, racing her way over to Luke as she stood over his prone form, about to focus her tail, ready to burn that injury off of him before suddenly she noticed the sudden rain of needles, flinching a little before.... realizing that none were landing around luke, where she was. Huh... well that was... convenient. she looked down at him, and then uncloaked, suddenly Luke would see her emerge out of thin air, getting ready to do something about his leg when Luke summoned his doll.

Zeig Dich?

HE WAS A BOUNT?!

She immediately stealthed again, out of self preservation. She knew how wild dolls could be, and she wasn't wrong. Even Luke seemed shocked when it came to that big... thing coming out of nowhere. It was massive, and also very not what Taka wanted around her. Hissing soundlessly at it she backed off, getting ready to grab luke. But alas, he was a lot faster than her, as was his doll. As that water surged from the doll, she slipped, tripping and falling into the water near Luke with a splash soundlessly, wincing softly as she felt a b it of a smarting on her side, lifting herself up and looking around, watching the battle between the monster and hte hollow.

Truth be told she felt a little... cheated. She totally could have handled that hollow on her own. She glared, those burning blades on her body hissing against the water, imediately causing it to steam whenever they touched it. She was irritated, and when she turned around, Luke was fucking gone. Well goddamn shit... She noticed that the hollow was gone, not only that but also it seemed that the Big ole water monster was still hungry for more. FUCK that. she absolutely was not going to be dealing with that. BUT she couldn't go running out of there without disturbing the water.

Learning AAP Class 6 and 5 extra TTP

Her mind focused, immediately locking onto several memories. Shitshitshit what was it.... RIGHT! She remembered one of the poledancers. A very nice quincy who went by the name of Mia. She had actually been pulling off some very hot and very physically impossible moves that one time. Zaluu had asked her how she did it and she recalled the explanation. Air platforms using reishi or something like that. Her mind raced, and she began to focus. She reached out with her roots, but in a sensory fashion this time. She was able to sense the reishi, sparse as it was, in the air around her.

It was so SPARSE! She did remember that. The girl had said that in the world of the living, reishi was hard as fuck to come by, but that some tricks had been developed to get past that particular flaw. She focused, slowly gathering her senses around her. She took a sloe breath, her ability keeping her silent as she leapt up and out of the water. In midair she felt it, the sudden sensation of.... something. It was like a muscle she hadn't used before. The technique was based off of quincy or something like that.

Her clawed feet hit it. A solid surface. Her eyes suddenly snapped open as she felt her wet claws skid only momentarily, the platforms shifting under her weight. FUCK! She focused, altering the platforms and suddenly running. HOOOLYFUCK she was running on air! she panted, not caring about being loud cuz fuck nobody would hear her anyway. Safely above the water she began racing, sweeping through the halls and out toward the exit, getting used to the sensation of having to adjust the angle of the platforms.

When she finally managed to get outside she skidded to a halt, tumbling, sliding down a reishi diagonal platform until she hit the ground, suddenly unstealthing directly infront of Luke, where he would see her fairly rad, fierybladed form, looking back into the museam and then looking at him with a very confused look. she was also standing on thin air. "Boy you are fucking lucky as shit that you're pumping out reiatsu! If your fucking ridiculous spiritual pressure hadn't woken my powers up I'd be dead!" She chuckled, a loud little woop escaping her as she did a little spin on her platform.

Training for sp

She panted, looking around until finally her attention shifted back to the museum. "but nah dude you should have told me you were a fucking BOUNT!" She rounded on him, a very displeased look on her face. Though she SOUNDED more concerned than angry at him. "Why didn't you dissolve into bats or fuckin hypnotize it like some other vampire shit?" she asked, having met a few bounts, some in very bad ways. She was a little concerned as to why he hadn't been using his freaky vampire powers. Was he some kinda loser?

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Luke had been planning to try and trek the entire way back to Takas club by himself, or if need be try to summon Jäger instead of that other thing to try and lighten the load, but it would seem that those actions were unneccessary with the sudden appearance of Taka. Luke would have been lying had he said he wasn't fucking ecstatic to see her. The young man, or Bount as he truly was, looked physically drained but was still able to put on a smile when he saw her. Though it looked she had taken a tumble, Luke was realized to see that she was okay. But what was the deal with her turning invisible? Was that her power? He was about to say her name when she instead spoke to him, and said something about he was just pumping out reiatsu. Reiatsu being spirit energy, right? But because he was, as she said, pumping out all that energy it had caused her powers to awaken and keep her alive. Was that why she suddenly displayed those powers? Because of him? Was she standing on the air? Luke recognized that power, the same sorta thing he had.

"Hey Taka I.." He was cut off when the dinosaur Mod Soul suddenly spun on him, looking him right in the face and called him something. Bount? Luke blinked, his face a odd mixture of exhaustion and confusion as he looked at her. She didn't look too happy, but she didn't sound too mad either. She kept going as well, suddenly asking him why he didn't turn into bats or hypnotize the Hollow like a vampire. What...the hell was she going on about? "Taka...what the hell's a Bount?" Luke suddenly asked, before wincing and having to try and keep Tomos body on his shoulder. "Look, do me a favor and not answer that right now. I'm freezing my fucking toes off here and I'm sure her body isn't doing much better either. And I think my fuckin' arms broken." Luke stated. He was trying very, very, hard to keep his cool and to keep from losing it. It was true. Compared to her he looked like an absolute wreck. In these winter temperatures being as wet as he was could cause him to experience serious health risks, as well as the equally drenched body of Tomo.

"Can we...make a stop at your place for a few...?" Luke asked before he suddenly blinked and looked behind him. The presence of the creature was...gone. As the outside prescence vanished, Luke felt, internally, a little weird. Like he was getting that "someones watching me" feeling, but inside him. "This night just keeps getting better." Jäger commented as Luke watched water escape from beneath the door.

["Taka" Sar]

Training for CTP

Zaluu rolled her eyes, dropping down to the ground as she rolled her shoulders and crouched. "Yea yea yea, whatever. Put her on my back and I'll carry her. When we get there I would like some answers." She stated firmly. She had learned several things. first and foremost was the fact that this boy knew nothing about what he was. A fact that she planned on fixing. This.... actually worked out in her favor.

Specifically, Luke was a bount, sure, but he was a naive one. He wasn't aware of the full scope of his powers. If she had caught him early, maybe she could keep him from becoming the woman-seducing, life-sucking soulstealer that she had come to know. Maybe she could even find a way to bring him into her crew. She certainly could use one of his kind in case the less savory ones showed up. She thought about this the whole way to the HQ. And of course, likely, Luke would attempt to head to the front. As if.

With a tap against his shoulder with her tail, she would nod in the direction of the side of the building, leading him around until they found a side-entrance. It was like a little tunnel, one that led right into one of the main garages. And once inside, Luke would be treated to the sight of a rather fantastic selection of Cars. Streetracing Cars, Professional Racecars, even some old muscle cars. He would have quite the chance to look around as he headed to the side office and set Tomo down, panting a little as she did. the woman didn't weigh much, but for a woman of Taka's strength, it was still an incredible workout to have carried the woman so far. Settling down she paused.

She needed to talk to her people... but not immediately. For now she needed to rest, relax. And most importantly talk to Luke. She had a lot to drop on him, and he may not be all that pleased with what he'd learn. But she'd have to find a way to manage she supposed... that aside, she did give Tomo's body a glance. The girl's timeout was almost up. It was a shame really, all things considered, but she was going to have to give that cute body back. Hopefully she would soon have a Gigai of her own, so she wouldn't HAVE to keep up tis game of Musical bodies. But for now... well... the dino would work.

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Why did Luke feel like a dog that had gotten whipped for doing something bad? The entire way back to the club he couldn't shake the feeling that he'd fucked up. That he'd fucked up on a serious level. And, honestly, he had every god damn reason to feel like that. It was beginning to become clear to him that because he didn't anything about himself, anything about his own powers, that he'd not only put himself at risk...but Taka and Tomo as well. Lukes hardheadedness in wanting to remain ignorant about what he was had caused him to awaken something inside of him that he didn't understand. Hell, Luke didn't even understand who or what Jäger was...and likewise he didn't know what he himself was. Jäger, at least, didn't go on rampages like that other thing then. As Luke followed behind Taka, rubbing the sore spot where he'd been hit by the Hollow, he decided to open up communication with Jäger. Did you feel anything before I tried to release you? You had no idea that thing was in there? Luke asked.

"Senpai I had no fuckin clue that was inside you. Hell, if I'd known you had more monsters than me inside you I could be hosting a party! You know how lonely it gets in here sometimes? Skeeball only keeps me entertained so long!" Jäger.. Luke mentally groaned. "But no. I had no idea. This won't make you feel any better...but unlike before I can feel him, her, it. Don't wanna trigger it with a misgender!" Jäger joked, but what he said caused Luke to become a bit uncomfortable. "But yeah, I can feel him. But it's odd. He feels far away. Like...really far away. I don't get it. Do you not feel him?" Jäger asked, to which Luke chose not to reply. He couldn't feel the other entity in him, not like Jäger could. He felt strange, weird, yeah but...he didn't feel it like he felt Jäger.

Taka didn't want Luke entering the club through the front door, instead leading him through a side passage you'd expect the villain from some corny cartoon to have as an escape route from their base. Once at the end of the path Luke was greeted to the sight of one of Takas garages, giving him a opportunity to look at the various vehicles stored within. Luke had to admit the selection was grand, and Taka might have even noticed Luke's interest in the cars. Compared to everything that happened tonight, looking at race cars was the closest thing to normal. Following behind her though, he noticed that his arm was...getting better? It still hurt like hell, but he was able to move his fingers without too much pain.

So, either Luke had an incredible healing factor...oooor another factor was in play. The Hollow said that it had a pain causing toxin as its power, so perhaps Luke only thought his forearm had been broken when most of the pain he was feeling had come from the toxin. Gently poking it he silently winced. Okay, maybe it wasn't broken...either bruised or cracked. He didn't know. Following Taka into her office, Luke found himself sitting on the same sofa that Taka had placed Tomos body down onto. He looked between the two women for a minute, before resting his good arm on his knee and sighing down towards the floor. "Man, I don't want to think about what it's gonna cost that museum in damages.." He suddenly commented out of the blue. All the water spawned in by that...creature...must have done tremendous damage to the other exhibits in the building.

The young man sighed, raising his eyes to look at the dinosaur for a few moments. "What was it you called me earlier? A Bount?" Luke asked, biting his tongue for a moment as he thought over his question. Was this when he finally got answers? Was this when he would finally begin to understand just who, and what, exactly he was? Would this lead to him getting some sorta clue about what happened to his mother? "I fucked up in there. I can't keep stumpling around blind as a fucking bat about myself. You sound like you have an idea about...what I am...so, go ahead, spill the beans. What the hell is a Bount?" Luke asked, those eyes of his locking right onto Taka with some serious intensity.

["Taka" Sar]

Several long seconds passed as Zaluu eyed the young man, furrowing her brows a little as she took a moment to try and collect her thoughts. The Dino was looking oddly pensive for one of her physiology, and likely it would be a little weird to Luke to see the woman in such a peculiar state. She remained quiet for several long moments before that tail waved behind her, and she began heading towards a set of double doors leading out of the Garage. A slow, heavy sigh escaping her. The kind of sigh a parent has before they tell their kid Santa isn't real.

"I could go into a long, drawn-out, well configured explanation as to what you are, or... what your race is. But the fact of the matter is that it's a hard sell. So I'm just going to have to show you." She stated calmly, rolling her shoulders a little as she led Luke down the hall and through several hallways in face, before slowly, they approached a very tight spiral staircase. It was hidden behind a very normal looking door, and it seemed almost.... like a crawlspace. Luke wouldn't be able to shake the feeling that somehow, even with no signs or warnings.

This place was off limits.

As they descended, with zaluu having only minimal trouble with her body shifting down the staircase, they eventually got down into a very dark, dimly-lit area. Almost like some sort of dungeon. And with all of the cells lining the walls, it was hard to think of it as anything but.
"This place was ideal for our headquarters for one reason and one reason only. This place. It's real deep down, so it's hard for any spirit energy to be felt." She stated calmly, moving to the end of the main area, where suddenly, the entire room just seemed to transition, the entire one wall of the room didn't end with an actual wall, but the entire length of the room became a very GRAND set of staircases.

Leading down to an even lower level.

As she led Luke down to it, she continued to explain. "I told you. I'm not a killer. But that doesn't mean I don't take things seriously. A crash. Carelessness. A little cheating in the races. That shit isn't gonna ruin your life. But not everyone is that tame. Down here.... thankfuly,....we've only had to bring one guy. Well.... left." She murmured softly as the stairs finally ended at a much deeper, darker level, the torches seeming somehow not to be all that brightly lit.

"I'm sorry about the lighting. But he's sensitive as fuck to the light. Even bright torches bother him, and if he's let out into the sunlight, he'll die." She stopped, and turned left. And inside of a cell before themm was a Man(click). With blood-red eyes, staring calmly in their direction, eyes that would almost immediately seek towards luke. And the boy would suddenly feel the darkest, most evil sensation in his chest in perhaps his entire life. Almost immediately Luke would feel it, the absolute tug on his chest. Almost like he was being beckoned. But even with the feel, it would feel... muted. He could SENSE it, sense how powerful that tug on his mind was, but somehow he just didn't feel like answering it.

"He can still fuck with your head. We have to change guards often. But the cell keeps him from actually wooing you. Originally he was one of my best racers. Real popular with the lady racers. He raced any race that had a pretty girl in it. When those pretty girls started showing up missing well....I'm sure he'd love to tell you about them." She murmured, looking to the man, just a sa slow, building chuckle escaped from that dark person. Those bloody eyes never leaving luke as he almost seemed to be ignoring Zaluu.
He had eyes only for the young man.

In a sudden explosion of sound and reiatsu, the man burst into what seemed like a million bats, and surged toward Luke at frightening speeds, the 20 square foot cell crossed in an instant as Luke would HEAR those bats smashing against some invisible barrier before eforming, the man grinning at Luke with a sudden, mad, insane grin, showing harp, gnarled teeth as he looked like he had strangled a cat just to transplat it's teeth into his skull.

"BROTHER! AT LAST!" The man cackled, his sharp, claw-like nails dragging against that invisible barrier as he grinned in Luke's direction. "Ohh you are so very young. So.... nfffff." He paused, biting his lower lip as he seemed to drink in the sight of Luke, shuddering as another darkness behind him looked at Luke as well. In the corner of the cell, far away from it's owner, was a shadow, with so very many yellow eyes. Eyes that would look past Luke. INTO him. And directly. At. Jager.

How lovely. A little bird.

Only Jager would hear that voice. Smooth like chocolate, ringing like a bell. A woman's voice. But so very much more than that. Just like her owner, the Doll had an almost irresistable pull to it, one that the cage seemed to mute so that there was no chance of Jager actually being forced into anything. Those shadows slowly coalesced, and a pale, naked form would step forward. A gorgeous, raven-haired, shadowy woman. Gorgeous. Full bodied. With eyes everywhere. Every inch of her was an eye.
Or a mouth.
And those teeth were not human. They looked almost like bristles at first, like a brush. But they were teeth. Hundreds and hundreds of incredibly thin, needle-like teeth. A horror that was so very sickening, but WORSE of all, was just how alluring it was. Her pull was SO much stronger than her master's, even with the cage, Jager would feel himself disgustingly drawn to her. Even though it was obvious how disgusting and dangerous she was. Even though it was like looking at a beholder put in a blender and poured into a barbie mold. The doll's power was very precise. It was made to cause disgust with one's self. Jager would not be able to resist. He would be attracted, and disgusted with himself, at least until he was no longer able to sense her.

"He sucked fifteen dry. Fifteen women, and murdered a couple of my gang. If I had a body that could be permanently killed I would be on the list , but thankfully he didn't know I was a pill so he never searched the corpse for it.....It was the only time a body I was borrowing was ever killed...." She stated with a stony tone, and with an absolute, clear hatred for the man inside, who only giggled in her direction. He had murdered whatever body Taka had been using it seemed.
"This, is what most bount I've ever met have been like. You hear a lot of legends about them. But the most common name would probably be." The man in the cage finished for her, spreading his arms wide as darkness gushed out of his coat, filling his cage until there was nothing to see but the fiery red pits of his eyes, as he opened up, and dragged sharpened teeth against the bars as a wicked whisper driveled it's way out of the cage, the word said so slimily that they seemed to writhe in Luke's ear.

"VAAMMMMMPIIIIIRE! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAA!"

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