Employee Evaluation [R / NDE]

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So that was Kazura’s plan. He aimed to create a wall between himself and Windstarke using Soul Dominance to cause the floor to rise up. It was a good plan, but would only work if he had the Reiatsu Strength to reinforce the wood. As a result, in just a few short moments, the wood wall was being splintered and cracked, beginning to break in places. But Kazura wasn’t intending to just remain hidden behind the wall he made. His plan was to try and create a fire to warm himself up against Windstarke’s, though very weakened, temperature stealing effect.

But Kazura had made a mistake. He tried to create fire. As he vibrated the wood to create fire, the moment those heated tongues licked at the very air Kazura would witness fire itself become ice. Frozen in position, the flames that Kazura hoped to gain warmth from frozen and become a...dark patch? It was obviously ice, but something that was weird about it. Windstarke’s ice was called Black Ice for a reason. It was a special material that absorbed light, creating spots of darkness where light couldn’t reach. The same was happening across the gym as well. Black Frost was beginning to accumulate on the walls, floor, and ceiling of the gym. The lights were blacked out, beginning to cast the room into darkness.

Kazura wanted to approach Luke and Windstarke to use his Stand to deliver a battle ending blow. Unfortunately, his plan didn’t work. The fire he created had turned to ice. The wall he created with Soul Dominance was breaking from Windstarke’s Reiatsu Strength enforced winds. But that wasn’t all the Doll did. ”Hmph. Rakete.” Kazura would hear the Doll say, just as six free floating concentrations of blue reiatsu appeared around the bird before forming into thick, sharp tipped, icicles of Black Ice. Without hesitation, those six ice missiles were launched at a staggering speed of 700.

They were launched directly in Kazura’s path, requiring him to either break off his intended path to avoid them or risk what would happen next. Whether or not they pierced through the wall, landed near him, or just hit the wall the results would be the same. The missiles would violently explode with the full force of Windstarke’s Reiatsu Strength. Luke was...moderately confident Kazura would be fine. Regardless, he decided to finally say what he had been thinking about all this time. ”Would you believe me if I told you I’m not very good at interviews? I get hung up on questions, especially when I don’t have any real answers. I know that, right now, I’m not qualified to be one of your Managers. I was mulling over asking you about it because I wanted to you take notice of me.”

“Like I said earlier, I want to do more for this company and for you, and everyone. If I approached you about a promotion you’d look over my work, realize I hadn’t done enough, then give me something to do.” Luke explained, as he watched and waited to see what Kazura would do next.

Windstarke’s Remaining Reiatsu: 2775 / 3000
-225 for Rakete

[Kazura Uzaki]

Tsk. Kazura couldn't advance properly because the flaming wall he had tried to create froze over and started casting darkness instead of reflecting light. That itself was going to make things difficult especially given Kazura's weak eyes compared to supernatural senses. He was average for a human, which made him weak when up against black ice that absorbed all the light. Thankfully he had a big target that wasn't really moving much besides blasting him with crazy winds. And while Kazura was fighting for position, Luke was just resting behind his Doll. This battle of attrition was going to end up in Luke's favor.

Hiding behind his wall of frozen flames, Kazura couldn't really see the icicles forming. He could sense a little, and he could hear the Doll uttering the command, but it was in a language he couldn't understand and get clues from. Regardless, the wall breaking apart from the winds started to worry Kazura. He could try to reinforce it with his completed main fullbring or his secondary fullbring. The latter would be easier on his taxed reserves of energy and stamina. As the ice spears started to form and get shot out at incredible speeds, the fullbringer's right arm was turning into titanium.

Nanobots swarmed into the ice wall, biting their way through with their slightly superior offensive strength. They pulled the splinters together back into a wall and reinforced them with his spiritual pressure. The Rakete would strike the wall and explode with quite a bit of force, but it should hold the first blast. If Windstarke decided to send even a second attack of that blast it would easily overwhelm the wall. Kazura, then, needed to go on the offensive sooner rather than later. Placing the wall back on the ground and hunkering down, the fullbringer directed more of his nanobots into the ground while keeping his Stand in reserve behind the shoddy wall.

The nanobots would speed forwards at 300 stat speed to get past Windstarke and headed towards Luke. They reinforced some of the wood beneath the Bount's feet and then stabbed upwards to try to stab through his foot and pin him to the floor. If Luke was going to use explosive force, Kazura wasn't holding back. "You want to do more? That's good. If I did make you Manager, what would you focus on? Let's not look at the past, what makes you qualified. Let's look at the future, what you would do. What would you do, given more responsibility and less direction?" Just talking was taking more and more energy from the drained man. He was just about spent...

Remaining Reiatsu: 2,425/7,500 (-600 Secondary Fullbring)
An Elemental Switch: 4/5
Summoning Discipline Stand: 3/10
Secondary Fullbring: 1/8

Instinct: 600
Senses: 90
Energy Sensory: 60

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Kazura chose to cease his charge and instead fortify his position behind his wooden barrier. No doubt he had to stop because he had become blinded, being unable to see past the frozen flames that had become light absorbing ice. Regardless, as Windstarke released the ice missiles formed by his Rakete technique both the Bount and Doll, thanks to their Energy Sensory capabilities, suddenly sensed the trademark reiatsu surge of a release. So Kazura was releasing his...Fullbring? Kazura was a Fullbringer, right? Mod Souls didn’t have a release like Luke or Kazura, their powers were just always active and were akin to blinking for them. Kazura certainly wasn’t a Quincy, and most certainly not a Bount though Stand had confused Luke initially.

But with Kazura releasing his secondary Fullbring and reinforcing the wooden barrier with his abilities, both Luke and the Doll knew they would need to push harder against Kazura. As the Fullbringer realized, a battle of attrition was not going to work against Luke. Kazura was fighting tooth and nail just to maintain his position in the fight, whilst Luke and his Doll were in a comfortable position and barely expending stamina. But, quickly enough, both of them realized something wasn’t wrong. Kazura was doing something.

With both of their Energy Sensory, they could sense something akin to Kazura’s release moving through the floor towards them at. But the weird thing was...Luke couldn’t tell what it was. It felt like one thing and yet when he focused on it it also felt like numerous things. It was the same thing he was sensing from the wood that Kazura was using as a shield. Someone he had reinforced the wood with his Spiritual Pressure, thanks to his release no doubt, but now he was sending whatever power he had through the floor towards them. Black Ice wasn’t covering Luke’s side of the room, except for the trail that the wind had crossed, so whatever it was wouldn’t need to push through Windstarke’s Reiatsu Strength to get him.

Move, Windstake!

”Don’t yell at me I already know!”

Both Luke and his Doll suddenly vanished just as the very floor sprouted spikes trying to stab the mans feet. Luke vanishing wasn’t that surprising, since it was obvious he was using a Step Technique, but the Doll also vanishing was more than likely unexpected. Luke used Schiene, the signature Bount Step, to create a rail of reiatsu from where he had been behind Windstarke to now reappearing on the other end of the room. He had curved the rail to go around Kazura, his wall, and his Stand, and would appear behind them. Since Kazura had been pushing forward he wasn’t against the wall. With what ground he gained he was more in the middle of the gym. But now, Luke was standing behind him and his Stand, atop the Black Ice that Windstarke’s winds had created. Speaking of which, where was the Doll?

Just like Luke the Doll had vanished. Just like Luke, the Doll had used his own Step Technique. When Luke moved, so did Windstarke. But Windstarke’s Step was slower, only at 4x his Speed making it just a bit faster than Movement but slower than nearly everything else. But the real effect was that, when Windstarke used Streifen his physical form was broken and he became the very same as the winds he produced. Kazura would feel his body become chilled, as his bodies temperature was reduced by fifty degrees fahrenheit, as WIndstarke rushed past him and his barrier, and his Stand, as wind. The winds would reform into Windstarke, floating in front of Luke, before the birds sharp, glowing, blue eyes locked onto the Fullbringer. Turning around to face Kazura, the Doll spread his wings and once again fired his winds. Now, Kazura only had his Stand between him and the winds. The barrier was too his back and, if Kazura couldn’t maneuver out of the way, he’d be pinned against his very barrier and subjected to Windstarke’s winds.

”I’d take action. Remember what I told you when we first met? I want power to not just keep the people close to me safe, but to also be able to stop people who hurt others and save lives. I told you that I wanted to become a superhero, to be able to save everyone I can reach, more so than anyone else in this company I’d wager. If becoming a Manager gives me the freedom to act without waiting for your orders then...I want that position. I can’t wait for someone to let me off the leash when it comes to saving lives or stopping whoever that needs to be stopped.” Luke explained. He knew how this made him sound, but he was going to be honest and truthful.

”I may not entirely like what I was born as, but I’m going to use these powers to fight for a better tomorrow. When I heard about the Hollow attacks I became angry. I became even angrier when you sent everyone else out to do something about it and yet I was left behind just to talk to a friend who runs underground races. And I know, I’m still new to the company and you don’t fully know what I’m capable of, but do you see what I mean? I’m strong, Kazura. I can’t sit on my hands like this. If people are being hurt then I have to be able to go. I need to be trusted enough and given the responsibility and freedom to make my own calls and know that you, and everyone else, has my back.” Luke explained, desperately. He couldn’t explain to Kazura why he was so desperate about being allowed off the leash, and being allowed to make his own calls when it came to where he went and what he did, but if his feelings on the matter were getting through to the man then it was working nonetheless.

"Time...and time...again I've watched people be hurt and die because I was too powerless to save them. But that's not the case anymore. I'm strong enough now. If I can save lives then I'm going to do it."

Remaining Reiatsu: 5050 / 7000
-100 for curved Shiene

Windstarke's Remaining Reiatsu: 2475 / 3000
-300 for Streifen

[Kazura Uzaki]

Kazura should have known that his Fullbring would have been detectable by their Energy Sensory capabilities. But he had tried anyways, the spikes emerging to hit nothing but air. Nothing but wind, rather, as Windstarke broke apart his physical form and pushed through the wall, through Kazura, and through his Stand. Kazura could feel his core temperature drop by 50 degrees fahrenheit, which nearly put him comatose on the spot. Being chilled in such a way was not something a normal body could handle. If Kazura hadn't been tempered by his spiritual energy, he might have easily died on the spot. But as it was, he was still alive, for now.

As the winds continued to blow, trapping Kazura against his wall, he could feel the black ice creeping up his body. His stand was released as he couldn't withstand taking double frostbite from the cold winds. Kazura's hands raised in a sign of surrender. "I understand. I do. Consider your promotion request approved. What should I name your department?" Hopefully with that, Windstarke would stop the winds. If the winds stopped, Kazura would use his Mastered Energy Generate: Conflagration to form a ball of fire in his hands rather than sending it out in a cone shape. That would warm up his body back to a normal temperature.

"I get that you're strong. I get that you're passionate about helping people. And I get that you need the ability to go out and do things on your own. I know that feeling. So prove yourself worthy of the position and forge a department that helps people better in some way. The other Manager right now handles Security matters and internal affairs, so your department going out into the world and helping people will be good for the Spiritual division of Uzaki Enterprises. And now... I think... I'll just take a little nap."

Kazura was used to the feeling that he was about to pass out. He had pushed himself to this limit many a time now. His body now having become flesh again instead of steel, all of the adrenaline of his techniques left him as he slipped and fell to the ground, unconscious. He was slowly working on building up more stamina, so next time he'd be more ready for Luke's battle of attrition. Of course, if they ever sparred full force again. Next time, Kazura wouldn't convert his spiritual pressure so he had more energy to burn. And maybe he'd bring a few of his inventions with him so his primary Fullbring would be more effective. And maybe he'd just plain get stronger so he could withstand the force of his employee.

A Manager now, who could become a great asset to the company.

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Looks like the strategy worked. Rushing behind Kazura and effectively pinning him to his own barrier, alongside reducing his core temperature, essentially won Luke the fight. Kazura had become too exhausted to continue the spar. When the Fullbringer raised his hand in surrender, the sharp, glowing, eyes of Windstarke would recognize the gesture and cease the discharge of wind. Folding his wings against his body Windstarke kept his piercing cold gaze on the Fullbringer, in case Kazura tried to pull a fast one on the two.

Luke, though, was more than willing to believe that Kazura was surrendering. His emotions still on high from the outburst he had thrown at his boss, Luke was frozen for a moment because he was busy registering what Kazura had said. Promotion approved? Did...Kazura just decide to promote him? Luke blinked, still a bit in shock, before bumbling over his words. ”I...uh...we’ll see. I’ll get you a name...by the end of the week.” Luke replied, clearly shocked by this turn of events. Windstarke peered back at Luke, before returning his gaze to Kazura. ”Well, looks as though everything's worked out then. You know that Luke can be trusted with more responsibility-” Windstarke said, that comment directed at Kazura ”-and you get the freedom you were looking for. Since the battle’s over, I’ll retire now to rest.” the Doll concluded, glowing with light and losing form and detail before returning to being a watch on Luke’s wrist.

Hearing what Kazura said, it only confirmed for him the idea that he had in his head. ”I’ll get to work forming a response force, a task force, right away. I can’t go outside till nightfall now anyway, so I can get to work on this right away. Once I get the paperwork done and everything set up I can start recruiting some of the other employees. Thank you, Mr. Uzaki, you’re not going to regret this.” Luke explained, before blinking as he noticed Kazura using a Energy Generate ability to try and warm himself up. ”Let me get the nurse. Even if he was holding back, I expect that Windstarke’s powers still took a toll on you.”

[Johnwaluigi]

Luke: 64 paragraphs + Victory: +740 TP

Kazura: 48 paragraphs: +480 TP