high_seas | [01] burning burning burning

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[01] burning burning burning

Who: Uchiha ~~Buttface~~ Sasuke, making land
Where: Isla Empieza
When: November 18th
What: A lot of fire, a giant purple kinna ghosty-looking guy, and probably a lot of rudeness. Mod-approved destruction of market buildings and possibly harbour pieces.
Warnings: Violence?
Style: Any! I'm happy to continue in log or switch to action style. :D
Status: Open

Sasuke had known that Obito and Madara weren't sane well before he'd heard the details of the Eye of the Moon plan, but he hadn't realized the extent to which they had planned out their madness. His first instinct on waking had been to burn that joke of a message out of hand, but second thought had made him consider the likelihood of one or both of them having left a clue in it -- whichever one had somehow managed to activate the Infinite Tsukuyomi.

That had left him with his second instinct: destruction.

If this was meant to be the illusion of eternal obedience and peace, it shouldn't have been as easy as it was to activate his own Mangekyou and summon Susano'o's flesh and bones, purple chakra swallowing up the town square with ease and -- a certain amount of drain that was unusual, but not entirely expected after how much chakra he'd been using lately.

After that, it was barely any chakra at all to start a fire: just a regular blaze for now, catching the scraggly plant life lining the square with ease and licking up the walls.

Voice venomous, he lifted one of Susano'o's humongous fists and smashed it down onto the ridiculous fountain, cracking its stone rim and spilling water in a steady leak. How will you maintain the peace now, Madara?

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...Never a quiet day, eh?

There seemed to be others trying to talk to the culprit already, so for the moment Jade focused on the more immediate problem: the fire beginning to spread through the buildings. While the locals showed no desire to get anywhere near the abomination looming over the square, Jade took advantage of the lack of attention on him and began to cast.

A blue circle spread under his feet. Gathering fonons didn't come to him quite as easily here, but that wouldn't be a problem as long as no one interrupted him.

"Arise O violent waters to rout mine enemies! Blessed Drops!"

A light appeared above one pair of houses, forming a sphere of clear, sparkling water that dropped down on the flames and splashed over a wide area. Not enough. The Colonel started another arte as soon as the previous one ended -- here was hoping he didn't run out of energy too soon.

Hopefully Jade wouldn't run out of energy indeed, because there was someone around to provide back up that... was entirely and completely useless. Luke let out a yelp as the massive blast of water caused some of the fire to burst out toward him before it was extinguished, falling back and landing on his rear end. He scooted back on his rear end until he was just behind Jade, shaking at the close call.

He could fight; basically, pointy end of the sword went into the enemy. He could poke the fire with his sword all he wanted, but it wasn't going to be dying that way; he did not know what the heck he was supposed to do with this...

The water drew Sasuke's attention, however -- the gleam of blue that flared clear through the steam hissing out from the doused houses made him narrow his eyes. The Sharingan wasn't reading it as chakra, precisely, but it was clearly something similar enough that something similar to water jutsu could be used. Whatever was being played at in this illusion made no sense, but perhaps that was what happened when attempting to maintain a separate genjutsu for every individual in the world.

It was easy enough to focus on that glimmer of almost-chakra through the steam, Susano'o still looming large over the square, and focus his own chakra in turn. If the suiton-user kept it up, conditions might even prove ideal for more complicated jutsu in time -- but for now, he whipped through seals and sent another barrage of fire in their direction.

Luke let out a yelp; whatever that thing was, it was big and scary and oh dear god there was more fire coming their way. Jade needed to cast to keep the flames down; he was useless while he was casting, and besides, last he knew Jade still had that damn fon slot seal he was dealing with. He scrambled up to his feet, throwing himself in front of Jade, holding his sword at an awkward attempt at defense.

"G-Guardian!" he exclaimed, the magic shield barely surrounding him in time, but it wasn't a perfect defense like Tear's spells. He still got scorched, and Luke winced painfully as fire trailed along his arms.

Jade had caught sight of the incoming flames and was about to interrupt his casting in favor of Magic Guard when, without a warning, Luke threw himself in the way of the attack. The surprise was nearly enough to make him lose his concentration, but he caught himself in time; he only needed a few more seconds. Another Blessed Drops, another building out of immediate danger.

"Luke!"

The move had been unnecessary, but this wasn't the time for scolding. They had the enemy's attention, and no one to heal Luke's burns. Piers, where are you? Jade swiftly summoned his spear out of his arm and turned to face the ghostly monster. Could they even attack its caster while it was there?

Edited 2013-11-19 19:10 (UTC)

More steam billowing up from the buildings -- not enough to create the climate he needed to cause some real damage, but enough to obscure natural visibility and leave him only with the two smears of not-chakra. The second one was clearly some sort of barrier, if not the most effective one.

If there were defensive techniques here in this genjutsu, how much peace could there really be? Then again, the incoherent message he'd been left with had been suggestive much less of a peaceful world of brain-dead, brainwashed former shinobi and much more some kind of sailing-based society. Where Madara had gotten the idea was a question he didn't even want to ask once he got back to reality to kill him -- because he would.

For now, though, he needed to learn more about what the inhabitants of this genjutsu were if not shinobi. He let the huge monster of Susano'o fade, shrinking him down to just a ribcage, and sent chakra to his feet for speed: in the next second he blurred towards the two defenders, kunai outstretched to meet the sword in front.

Luke would have let out a relieved as Jade doused the fire, if it weren't for the fact that he was still on fire. He let out a yelp, near dancing around and trying to pat out the flames still clinging to his coat. When the last of the flames were smothered away (leaving his precious coat charred!) was when he finally sagged, glancing back to Jade. For once his priorities were in place, worried about what the hell they were supposed to do with this going on, but he didn't actually get a chance to voice as much.

Suddenly there was someone in his face, the little knife things in his hand clanging loudly against his sword. Luke let out a yelp as the vibration from the feeble block shook up his arms, a leg sliding back awkwardly to help brace himself and keep him from falling over.

"O-oy! What the hell are you doing?!"

This person was insanely fast, whoever he was. Jade wasted no time stepping around Luke and taking a swing at the assailant; even if it didn't hit, the longer range of his weapon should give them some room.

More importantly, the weapon itself wasn't his main means of offense.

"Thunder Lance!" A lightning bolt struck from the spear, hitting the area before it with a crashing sound.

Edited 2013-11-20 15:40 (UTC)

At such close combat quarters there was little point in maintaining even the smaller of Susano'o's sheltering form, especially when it became clear that the water jutsu couldn't be maintained while physically attacking: Sasuke dropped it, feeling the pain of the jutsu vanish into the now-familiar lingering ache.

It was clear from his awkward sword stance that the redheaded one was hardly a threat -- the one behind him reacted with the speed of someone accustomed to combat, however, and Sasuke turned his focus to him. Just in time to leap back and out of the way as lightning chakra (no: it still wasn't chakra, however close it was) sprang out from his spear.

But lightning was no stranger to him. He landed on a nearby wall, still smoking and steaming with the recently-stopped flames, and flicked the handful of kunai he had at the inhabitants of this illusion -- all crackling with lightning chakra of his own and capable of temporary paralysis on contact.

The crackling, burning immensity of strange psynergy that wrought destruction throughout the plaza was enough to blind Piers' own senses. It was bigger than anything he could conjure on his own power, and bigger than anything he had ever seen a person summon. Perhaps with the aid of several djinn he could do the same, but that was impossible in this world.

It was almost like a force of nature, but it made no difference. Such needless destruction was unacceptable, and he was not the sort of captain to tolerate any sort of aggression directed at what was his.

"Shade!"

A flicker of blue darted toward Jade and Luke at his firm command, and a tiny creature made of the condensed, purified energy of Mercury raised a frozen barrier against the lightning-laced blades. It wasn't a perfect defense, but it made the point clear:

Beware, stranger. There is more than one water-user on the island, and this one needs no time to cast.

The silence that followed the interrupting ice wall was only punctuated by a faint squeak of fear from Luke, and he eyeballed the ice, and the sharp and pointies heading for him and Jade that look like they would have hurt if they had hit. He stumbled backward, looking like his knees were going to give out and deposit him on the ground, and it was by some miracle that he remained standing. It took a moment, but he swallowed loudly, tightening his grip on his sword and collecting himself enough to actually look like the awesome swordsman he claimed he was.

"What should we do?" he asked Jade softly, serious for once. "Retreat?"

...as much as he hated to admit it, he knew he was toast if he had to fight this guy. He made Sync look slow, and the only reason he had even managed a block at all was because he had his sword in hand.

Piers had gotten them out of a tight spot, but they were still left with a powerful opponent on the building wall (how was he doing that?). There was no telling how much longer the boy might last -- as far as they knew, he could have plenty of energy left. Piers' psynergy was limited, and Jade's artes needed casting time.

This could get tricky.

"We can't match his speed, so melee attacks are out of the question. But..." Jade glanced in Piers' direction. As long as they stayed apart, their enemy had more than one target to focus on. If they could get him to go after one of them, the other might get a clear shot... Assuming he would fall for that simple a trick.

The brief respite given by the ice barriers was over. Jade began casting once again -- no long-winded incantations this time, even if that would cost him strength. At the very least it would force the enemy to act.

Another opponent appeared -- whatever the game was, it certainly wasn't peace, even if living shinobi were separated from one another however Madara (or Obito?) had chosen. The kunai clattered off the shield, electric chakra releasing for the lack of target, and Sasuke narrowed his eyes. He was out of weaponry now, his missing sword already a source of anger. It left him few options beyond higher-class shape manipulation.

Nothing he could hear of their conversation told him anything beyond the perfect obviousness of what was going on right now, in any case -- which meant there was little purpose in easing his attacks to permit later interrogation.

The first man had resumed his jutsu, but it had already become clear that whatever it was, it took time to complete. The red-haired one was the weakest link, and the newcomer a mostly unknown quantity, but clearly another water manipulator. As loathe as he was to admit it, this much water without a bolstering wind user meant his regular fire techniques would be mostly a waste of chakra.

That left him with lightning and a growing supply of water to use it with. Dropping to the ground again and splashing into a puddle from the first globe of water, he focused his chakra to the surface, letting Chidori begin to spark and chirp over his skin. If either of the water users tried another jutsu, there would be enough to conduct.

The frozen barrier shattered and disappeared as the burst of energy faded, but it had served it's purpose like everything else on the battlefield. Jade and Luke were safe, and that was all Piers needed to continue his moves.

The shift in the stranger's energy from something resembling a Mars alignment to a Jupiter alignment put Piers on edge. It was dangerous with all of the water that remained in the area from Jade's artes, but Piers knew that the lightning needed to be stopped before it even started.

He moved on instinct, calling up a torrent of massive ice crystals to hurtle toward the stranger in his Diamond Dust technique.

It was the most he could do at such a distance. Speed was not his forte.

Luke tried to get a sense of the situation, but he knew this was his bad point. There wasn't much he was going to be able to do here... except maybe be a distraction? Is that all he was going to be good for?

...dammit, that was so uncool.

He watched the cascade of ice come out at the weirdo that was going bonkers, before he charged forward through the hail, trying to anticipate where this guy would end up and be sure to be there to keep him away from the spell casters.

Fortunately, Jade had no intention of using more water artes.

"O maddening gale of the spirits of the earth... Stalagmite!"

The ground below the enemy's feet rumbled and sharp, hulking spikes of rock broke out, easily exceeding a man's height. Between the ice raining from above, earth erupting from below and Luke charging from the side, they had the enemy surrounded.

He just hoped Luke knew what he was doing.

Susano'o swept around him as soon as he sensed the power building towards him from the newcomer, pain settling in as the ribs solidified and ice shattered against them -- but whether deliberately or not, the one in the glasses had struck upon the jutsu's weakness by attacking from below. Sasuke startled at the feel of doton jutsu rumbling up beneath him, rechanneling the chakra he had been building toward lightning to his feet and leaping clear a moment late. He hissed as the edge of a sprouting rock tore through fabric and scattered blood, allowing Susano'o to dissipate and conserve chakra because these men were evidently not be trifled with --

Though their companion perhaps was. Avoiding the earth jutsu had thrown Sasuke directly into the path of the redhead running at him. There was no clear intent written in his chakra except that of disruption, but his presence was nonetheless an irritation: twisting his body as he landed, Sasuke dropped low and swung out in a sweeping kick toward the ankles, pivoting on his injured leg.

"Luke!"

Piers called out to warn his young companion from his distance in warning of the attack. Though the young man was headstrong, Piers didn't know how well he could fight-- and this stranger, whomever he was, clearly was stronger than he appeared.

There was no way for Piers to directly help Luke from his distance, but he could try to contain the stranger. A frozen aura chilled the air as Piers drew upon the energies that were yet available to him, and with a motion of his hand he threw down a wall of ice.

He didn't want the stranger causing more havoc than he already was.

He was kind of hoping that Jade would switch it up; good thing he never disappointed, even if he was an ass. Luke jumped as a rock jutted up in front of him, riding it up and letting himself launch off, aiming to bring his sword down on Sasuke's head.

...well, except there was a sudden wall of ice drawing his attention away and shit that was cold.

"Luke, focus on the enemy!" One of these days they would have to work on their coordination. It hadn't been a complete mess, though; the stranger was obviously wounded.

Jade made to begin another arte, only to stagger as his vision swam. Though the dizzy spell only lasted for a moment, the cause was clear -- too many strong artes one after another with little fonon sources around was too much even for him.

The others would have to buy him some time to recover. Hopefully they could manage it before their opponent got back on his feet.

The radius of the earth technique grew, serving as a platform for the redheaded man and allowing him to dodge the kick -- Sasuke slammed his foot into the ground to arrest his momentum and steadied just in time to skid back as a wall of ice sealed him away from the others. Ice was exactly what he needed if he could act quickly enough to use this one before it dissipated like the first, though, and the thickness of it spoke to plenty of substance to work with. Hands flying through seals, he exhaled a plume of fire at the wall.

The steam of initial impact was enough to obscure the entire area -- working to hide any exhausted stumbles from Sasuke's sight as well as to let him leap unseen onto the top of a remaining wall, skimming across it with silent footsteps to where the chakra signature of the newcomer still pulsed with strength.

This was the one who kept interfering. He needed to get rid of him before the others.

Mistake.

Piers bit back a frustrated growl when the steam rose. He suspected that something like this would happen, but it was only a measure to buy Luke some protection and Jade some time to cast his artes. As an Adept with limited powers, the ice was his primary strength.

Unfortunately, it was no working against all of them.

Blinded by the steam, Piers drew his broadsword as a defensive measure and set forth along the ice. There was nothing that Piers could do while all of the water was still airborn.

Stillness would be deadly with the stranger's speed.

"I know, I know!" Luke shouted back at Jade, trying to gather himself enough to strike out at Sasuke. He struck out all right... at where he was, at any rate. He looked around frantically, and only by chance did he see Sasuke heading toward Piers.

Luke did the only thing he could think of; there was plenty of water around between Jade and Piers. He launched himself toward the weirdo, trying to pull in some of those fonons from all that water. He just had to pull in some fonons and...

...

Wait, why wasn't it working?!

"J-Jade!" he yelped. "The Fields of Fonons aren't working right!"

What? With that much water, there should be plenty of Fourth Fonons to draw from. Were the basic laws of physics really that different here?

No time to wonder about that. It was lucky that Luke had spotted the man, because Jade hadn't; the steam was obscuring his vision and without a visible target, his artes were liable to miss.

"Piers, up on the wall!" he called in warning. There was nothing else he could do but prepare another arte now -- ready to be cast once the enemy showed himself. Trying not to hit his comrades as well was going to be a problem.

The warning made attack more difficult, but not so much that it was worth shifting his direction -- just to make a note that the redhead was perhaps not so useless after all, if for no other reason than as an alarm bell. Sasuke put on a burst of speed even as the man drew his weapon, the current of Chidori's extended applications sparking up over his entire body.

The element of surprise already lost meant he could funnel more chakra into it, the distinctive chirp of visible chakra intensifying as he tipped off the top of the wall to run directly along the side of it, pushing off to drop smoothly into a strike at the man's torso. He kept his line of attack low, angled to avoid the sword, but an arm's length of proximity was all he really needed for the current to numb and confuse the nerves.

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omg im sorry for taking forever!!

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And then my Internet goes down...

Fate conspires against us

unfortunately...

...isn't this usually how it ends up?

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