Training Battle.(Nozomi/Raphael)

As Nozomi was teleported into the stands after he had logged into the system he was amazed at the graphics he saw. This definitely looked like a legit battle area. He readied himself with his soulbound in hand as he waited for the simulation to start.

Alright. Ready whenever you are! Nozomi said waiting in ready battle position.

As Nozomi entered the battle area, he'd see a vast field opening out in front of him, some cliff faces sprouting every which way. Right in front of him, about seven meters away, he'd see a spiraling cylinder appear, around 1.8 meters in height as it appeared from top to bottom in a swooshing motion, disappearing just as quickly as it came.


"Ah, it seems my opponent is already here. It's a pleasure to be of assistance, young man." As the warp vanished, it'd leave behind a man almost as tall as it, holding a suitcase as he stood there. Casually, with a certain posh air, this man approached Nozomi, pointing his left hand at him. "My name is Raphael. I hope you can trust an old man such as myself to aid you."

"Challenger gets the first move." Regardless of whether Nozomi took the handshake or not, Raphael would walk back to his previous position, regaining at least six meters of distance between them. "Alright then, Mistress Raki has spoken. Looks like it's your turn." After speaking, the man almost half-crouched, his suitcase opening in a flourish as its rim telescoped out two meters, locking both halves together. Oddly, inside the suitcase, it seemed to simply be solid metal, and the whole thing now seemed to just be one piece. Whatever the case, it was clear that he was holding a weapon as he took a stance, readying the hammer at his side.

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Tch I always did hear some shit about respecting your elders!Nozomi said with a bit of a laugh as he took a dash backwards for two extra Meters. To gain some distance and activated his human skill on himself. Judging from what Nozomi had heard about his guy. This wasnt exactly a pushover of any kind.

Nozomi then summoned his tarot card and crushed it in his hand. Calling forth his persona Rakshasa to as it strutted out from his back into the air, Launching a sizzle of Electricity down on Raphael as it then vanished back into Nozomi.

Nozomi casts His Human Skill on himself.

Warrior Instincts.Human Skill T1:

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Nozomi casts Zionga on Raphael

Miss Chance
9

Random number (1,10) :

6

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1,3,5

Random number (1,10) :

10

First turn of warrior Instincts.

69 Elec damage on Raphael if it hits (forgot this)

"Ah, really? Nice to know, then." As Nozomi backed away and Rakshasa appeared, Raphael himself swung to the front with a twirl, evading the lightning shot down at him by rushing towards the Persona. What was out of view, though, was, as he spun, his hammer struck against a blue tarot card, crushing it. "Alright, Pierrot, let's do this."


About one meter behind him, a clown-like Persona appeared in a blue haze just as Raphael righted himself from his acrobatics. "While your form is good, your attacks are based off your precision and control. You should attempt to not give an opponent any sort of opening to escape so easily. Raphael." As if on cue, Pierrot moved towards its left, Nozomi's right, and crashed onto the ground with a thud. As that happened, three pillars of dirt, rummaging the landscape, protruded from about two meters away each from Nozomi, two being to each of his sides, and another right in front of him. As they appeared, Pierrot opened his hand for a moment, then closing it as he balled it into a fist. What that action would do would be making all the pillars move up and off the ground and thrown at Nozomi's body by some other force acting on them. It was very possible to escape this attack, easy, even, and while it was meant to attack an area, it wasn't as different from his own skill.

What Nozomi could have done with such a skill, instead, would be try to perhaps trick out an opponent himself, while his Persona, naturally only coming out when he wanted, could take his opponent by surprise and deliver a close-range shot of lightning. Nevertheless, though, he was here to learn. When the attack was done, Raphael once again stood still, having moved the two meters Nozomi himself did with that twirl of his, bringing back the distance to six meters yet again. Pierrot, though, would be slightly farther away, as he stood seven meters from Nozomi, and a full four meters from his User.

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Alright....Nozomi said as he flipped back and did an evasive roll about four meters away From where he was backwards.Breaking his tarot card as he summoned it and calling forth Rakshasha to Burst forth Violently. Breaking through the frontal pillar. In doing so this would create a Cloud of dust and gravel to scatter forth as Rakshasa burst from it in a surprise assault and Went forth to deliver a sudden Brutal slash across Raphaels Chest. Whether or not successful Rakshasa would kick forth Torwards Pierrot and deliver a slash of its own on Raphaels Persona. In the event of failure on either attack Rakshasa would suddenly Fade back into Nozomi. In the event of success however Rakshasa would begin to circle rapidly around Raphael and Pierrot. Intending to keep them in place.

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Chance to crit:1,3,5,7

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8

Edit:Forgot health subtraction

155-18%=127

"Tsk, tsk." A slightly mocking noise came from the clown's mouth as Rakshasa sprung forth. As it tried to burst through the pillar, it'd find itself instead smashed against the pillar as the latter continued to move, carrying the Persona with it as it shot at the User still. Unless he could actually deviate himself from hitting the pillar somehow after hitting it to learn what he did wrong, there wasn't a chance Rakshasa would actually be able to do what Nozomi was planning on doing.

"Keep what you're doing in mind. You can't try and break through magic with brute force. In battle, it's just as in life. Fight fire with fire." Raphael, seeing the opportunity, ran around the pillars in a perfectly circular arc, keeping the distance to Nozomi constant. As he did so, Pierrot would speed to him and land in front of his User, the latter also stopping. What was strange was that, in the next second, the Persona seemed to call back on the pillar that slammed into Rakshasa, stopping it before it hit Nozomi at all. As it did this, Pierrot made a pulling motion, as the pillar shot instead at him and Raphael, getting in between his sight.

With the pillar now blocking the view, Raphael crouched down and hooped upwards, a full ten meters into the air, landing on the pillar while it was still moving, about midway to him and Nozomi, and hopped over to his opponent, doing another twirl as he reached the User with his hammer fully extended outwards. Now, this wasn't meant to actually hit straight off, as the momentum from jumping forward only seemed to have gotten him five meters of the way. The hammer fully extended would give him more than enough reach, but if Nozomi could somehow see this move coming with the pillar obstructing him, if he could move backwards more than one meter, this one was simple to evade.

"Note that the same goes for using a weapon. Your Persona cannot defend you from hits against another's Soulbound, but the same works in reverse." While Nozomi's action this previous turn wasn't entirely well-conceived, his intentions were still clear, and if it was any other kind of skill, he may have been able to actually do what he was trying to do. Regardless, though, it was a lesson he had to learn firsthand at this point.

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I think I'm starting to get what your saying. Said Nozomi as he leapt back to position himself a good four meters away. Recalling Rakshasa back into himself. He summoned his own soul bound and got himself into a parrying position. Twirling his soul Bound Thorn skillfully around himself in strong movements. Should he be attacked at all. Nozomi would parry his opponent by Moving to the side and slashing forth with one of thorns sides.(Thorn is the equivalent of a double edged spear that is held/swung in quick rapid movements)

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Nozomi in a nutshell prepares himself as he gains distance and sets up a guard with his Soul Bound weapon. Nozomi Guards this turn.

Woah... Nozomi said as the ailment was inflicted upon him. Finding himself weirdly effected.

1 Nozomi is utterly screwed/Is Stopped.

Random number (1,2) :

1

Should the ailment fail. Nozomi would attempt to regain his senses. Hearing the ground crack slightly beneath him. Nozomi knew he had to escape. Breaking the tarot card once more to have Rakshasa burst forth and push Nozomi back. Nozomi with his wits frayed would command Rakshasa to send an arc of electricity down at Pierrot. Given Pierrot was now exposed. THe Attack would deal a hit torwards Raphaels Persona. Nozomi would then take advantage of this to make... A minor step of his own away atleast. Gaining some form of distance as Rakshasa would fade away quickly after the attack. Hoping to regain some sense of his frays.

Now in the event the ailment suceeds. Nozomi,Man is fucked.

"Well, there you have it..." The earth, as it engulfed Nozomi, seemed to dull his senses, but it quickly spat him back out as Pierrot flew off the pit in a flourish, twirling as he floated back next to his owner. The pit itself would close moments later, with only a minor hit to the greenery where it stood. "I'm not cruel enough to hit a sleeping person." The long-haired man threw his hammer upwards as it retracted back, forming into the suitcase again. It hit the ground with a thud, perfectly landing next to him with its handle pointed upwards, not even tilting slightly. Pierrot, at this, vanished.

"That was unfortunate, but you are getting better. Try again, with your new knowledge." A light shone over both Raphael and Nozomi as all their wounds and fatigue was healed from the previous fight. Now, if Nozomi wanted to continue from the beginning, he could, but he could also choose to stop the training now, nothing against that. He was getting better, though, that much was for sure.

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Alrighty Second verse!Same as the first! Nozomi said as he steeled himself for his second attempt. With his newfound instincts. Nozomi braced himself as he summoned forth Rakshasa from the depths of his souL. Coordinating an assault with it. As Nozomi circled a bit around Raphael and Then crushed the tarot card in his left hand as Thorn his soulbound manifested in his right. Nozomi dashed at Raphaels side to deliver two eloquent strikes from Thorn. If the first suceeded in cutting Raphaels Size. Nozomi would then follow with a jab. If It failed Nozomi would pull the Weapon back in a Careful motion to guard.

Meanwhile Prior to Nozomi rushing at Raphael gathering his attention. Rakshasa had manifested behind him as the tarot card broke. Dashing at a inhuman speed into the air, following eloquently with a rush down torwards the back of Raphael. A Sizzle charging up on it as The persona launched a deadly bolt at Raphaels Back as it closed in suddenly. Being only two meters from the man at time of attack.

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Static shock triggers if 2 5 or 7

Random number (1,10) :

10

*Typo,Meant four meters above in the air behind Raphael.

"Come on, then. Second verse of this requiem." As Nozomi approached him, Raphael simply too hold of his suitcase, swinging it in Nozomi's direction as he backed away, hitting the soulbound strikes back at him. His distraction, though, worked as his opponent turned to face the Persona, only to be struck in the back with the lightning bolt. "Not bad..." Even as he was hit, Raphael didn't lose his smile, as when he stepped down, a tarot card appeared just under his foot, being crushed under the weight of its User's body.

From in between Nozomi and Raphael, Pierrot sprung to life again, delivering a mighty punch right at Nozomi's gut with his left hand as he did so before immediately swiping at his legs with his own right one, using his left one to swing into his right shoulder in a smooth, acrobatic motion and throw him away a good couple of meters if not blocked, Pierrot's whole body being held up by his right hand. Raphael wasn't a master of his Persona yet, but he knew where to make the Tarot card that called for him to appear, and something like location was easily able to be controlled. Since Nozomi had decided to get close, backing away just enough to allow space to be made between the two for a third person, even at the risk of being hit, was Raphael's strategy here. Nevertheless, though, there wasn't much the User could do but roll to the side, keeping an eye on the Persona that had just struck him as well as the User.

"Keep an eye out for where you're swinging. If you aren't specific, the opponent has a much better time reading you and blocking your strikes. Choose where to strike carefully, every enemy has their own blind spot." Instead of just delivering his strikes like that, Nozomi could instead have tried to limit Raphael's movement by swinging at his legs, or made it harder to parry by using both sides of his weapon to his advantage, as Raphael could be driven to a corner simply from one slash with one side, then immediately bringing the other side closer while keeping the first in place. Precision was key in this, and with such an unorthodox weapon, there was a lot Nozomi could do with it.

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