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Post by Misaki Kazamiya on Feb 26, 2020 16:47:27 GMT -8
"H-hey, Misaki?" Coral would ask, as they walked through the forest. The Florist was doing none of her normal humming, as she looked for... something. Her Lips were pursed half in concentration, and her eyes were darting around with a harsh glance, every leaf of the beautiful Truffle Forest around them inspected with not a leaf left unmolested by the Gardener's gaze. her red eyes shone with a serious glimmer that the woman usually didn't have, even in life-or-death contests. It was a dangerous look that gave off a bizarre feeling from Misaki. Compared to the normal, quiet Misaki that gave off a calming aura around the girl, the chilling feeling that emanated from her now was more that of an apex predator.
And this? This was the Lion's savannah.
Misaki turned to Coral with slightly colder eyes than usual, as she explained herself. "...Something in this region is off. Look at the leaves... it's morning. they should be fresh with dew. And yet..."
Misaki turned to hold one in her hands, as softly as she possibly could. "...a little more force and this one would break into powder. it's almost petrified already." Misaki added, looking at the small sapling she stood near. the leaves all seemed to be of the same shape, emaciated and withered, and the bark itself seemed to be peeling in places.
"...I've a feeling I won't even be in time to save this little one. And that doesn't seem to be all..."
Misaki looked to the ground to see a squirrel, breathing heavily. It's body was panting as though it felt a great weight on it, and it seemed incapable of moving...
A large centipede crawled from the dead scenery behind it, headed straight towards the panting squirrel, and the creature closed it's eyes, unable to do any more than shield itself from the sight of the hungry bug that came, as always, in response to weakness...
Coral put a hand to her mouth, but Misaki was quick to move, walking straight forward, and picking up the little squirrel in both hands.
Misaki looked down at the squirrel, as it squeaked in surprise.
"You poor thing..." the florist said with a gentle tone, before her body, and the squirrels, was suffused with a golden light. Slowly, but surely, the squirrel turned from comatose to limber, as it looked up at the gardener with a look of shock.
"...Go, little one. And do not return until I've finished weeding."
The Squirrel's response was an angry chitter, Jumping From Misaki's hand with a quick hop and running roughly ten feet away, back towards the way Misaki and Coral came, before continuing to angrily shriek from a distance. then, after a few moments, it ran full speed away from the affected area.
"...Ah, it seems we couldn't be friends after all." Misaki added pleasantly. "One can't always, I suppose." Misaki added with an indulgent smile.
"Misaki! Look out!" Coral shrieked.
The centipede was looking forward to it's meal of squirrel, a delicious treat it rarely obtained, only to be frightened by the sudden approach of a large mammal. It was only self-defence to the centipede, keepign itself from being challenged, keeping it's respect as the carrion-keeper of the Forest, that it struck against Misaki's leg. Even so...
the steel of the parasol pierced through the centipede as it was only an inch from biting into the gardener's legs to deliver it's deadly toxins.
"...Even so, the weak should not strike so boldly against the strong." Misaki added with a condemning look, before raising a single finger towards the centipede. Solar energy flew from her fingertips to fry the creature, and within seconds, the Centipede had gone from 'living', to 'well-roasted'.
"...Well, shall we continue?" Misaki asked Coral, as the pink-haired heiress was breathing heavily.
"...Yeah. Sure. Hopefully that's the last heart attack I almost have today. I don' like centipedes."
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Post by Persephone on Feb 26, 2020 17:40:44 GMT -8
Percy sighed softly as she stood up from her makeshift bed, glancing around with a knot of worry in her chest. "This isn't how a forest should feel..." She had woken up from underneath a large tree, beneath a once full canopy of leaves, to find that she had crunchy, almost brown leaves stuck in her hair. The tree had been healthy and beautiful when she went to sleep, but it had grown sick overnight. She had brushed the leaves from her hair and looked around to find that her tree was not the only one that seemed to be ill.
With deep unease, she packed up her belongings and slung them over her shoulder, moving on through the forest cautiously. Percy furrowed her brow as she saw wild mushrooms that seemed to be drooping sadly, while flowering bushes were closing their buds as if their growth had been put on reverse. She knelt down and gently lifted the stalk of a fallen peony. "What happened to you? This forest was bursting with life just last night, I have never seen such an illness ravage flora on such a large scale..." As she whispered her worries to the plants, Percy heard the high pitched shriek of a young woman. She stood up with a jerk and immediately began running towards the sound. An angry, chittering squirrel ran past her and jumped onto the nearest tree trunk, bristling at her. She slowed her pace momentarily and turned to look at the squirrel with an apologetic glance. "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to scare you, I won't bother you, I promise!" She hurried onward to the source of the cry and smelled something burning. She slowed down and approached cautiously around a bend in the forest path.
"Is everyone safe? I heard a cry of distress. Is something burning?" She called out as she rounded the corner, stopping in her tracks as she approached two young women before her. Her eyes darted to the barbecued centipede on the ground before looking back up with a questioning look on her face.
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Post by Misaki Kazamiya on Feb 26, 2020 18:50:49 GMT -8
Coral jumped up about four feet into the air at Persephone's introduction, before pointing hard at her from behind Misaki. "AHHH! we've got a, uhhh... oh." Coral added with a bright look, before actually taking in Persephone. "Oh, she's, uhm, a human. Neat."
Misaki turned to look at the disturbance with some surprise she hadn't noticed it before. she was very in tune with nature... so how had this person, this bright spot in the middle of this dying natural world, escape her notice? Surely, there had to be some oddity to her...
The Green-haired Gardener blinked a few times as she turned to look at Persephone with some surprise. It wasn't her outfit, or her odd white hair that caught her eye. nor was it her pale skin. The White-haired beauty had dark blue eyes, and yet Misaki saw none of it.
To her, she saw something as natural as a bundle of leaves, a being completely in-tune with the world around her. It was quite the sight to her vision, and something that briefly stopped her from speaking. no wonder she hadn't felt the being's presence - she simply felt like part of the natural world around her. It made sense.
With a slight smile, she turned and lifted her parasol with the centipede hanging off of it. "simply another chapter of 'eat or be eaten' with an unwise competitor." Misaki responded in a casual tone, before gently placing the parasol tip down, letting the creature fall off of it. "A little unorthodox a meal, but I'm sure someone on the forest floor will appreciate it." She would add, looking down to the centipede before turning to Percy.
"My name is Misaki Kazamiya. Don't worry - we have everything handled. May I ask your name?"
Coral immediately broke in at this point. "P-pretty... I mean, my name is Very prett-I mean, my name is Coral pov'rel and I'm pleased to meet you." The Flustered pinkette added with a look that screamed 'gods, I want to die right now'
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Post by Persephone on Feb 26, 2020 19:29:10 GMT -8
"Apologies, I didn't mean to startle you."
Percy took a better look at the women before her, slightly apprehensive, before Misaki's words surprised her. A smile twitched in the corner over her mouth and she nodded. "Well, that explains a lot. I suppose that's the reason the squirrel was so agitated." She looked around at the surrounding trees and foliage sadly. It took her a moment before she realized that they had introduced themselves. She scratched the side of her neck nervously. It had been quite some time since she had seen anyone else in her travels. It was rare for her to encounter anyone in the forests, which was part of the reason she preferred them. The flora could not judge, and the fauna could not condemn. People, however, were a different matter. Thankfully, the women before didn't appear to be familiar with the meaning of the banishment runes on her shoulder; otherwise, they wouldn't have been having this conversation.
"Um, yes, I suppose you may---" Percy's eyes widened a little as Coral complimented her. "Jeez, I wasn't expecting to meet anyone so straightforward...or at all, really..." She rocked from her heels to her toes nervously and gave an awkward smile. "I am Persephone Arch." She grimaced upon giving her full name. It had been some time since she had introduced herself, but it had been considered a mandatory formality for her entire life. She forgot that she no longer had to be so formal. "Percy, actually. Good to make your acquaintance." She averted her eyes as she blushed slightly. Feeling a little embarrassed, Percy moved to the subject that she had initially intended to investigate.
"I don't suppose you know why the forest is sick?"
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Post by Misaki Kazamiya on Feb 26, 2020 20:43:17 GMT -8
Misaki quirked an eyebrow in confusion at Coral's... display, the Pinkette's face deciding to match her hair at this particular moment. Clearly, there was something going on there that Misaki simply did not understand. It didn't matter at the end of the day, she supposed. If she was going to question Coral's interesting reactions to everything that was done around her, Misaki figured it would have made sense to do it from the very start, instead of only just now.
As Persphone spoke to her, Misaki gave a nod, looking to the trees around them - seeing the clear path of fresh to withered. She had no doubt this entire acre would fall into the latter category within the hour. at least, that is what the plants had told her, as they spoke.
They spoke of doom. they spoke of a Cancer. They spoke of Consumption and Corruption and Catastrophe and of Calamity. Most of all, they spoke of death.
And they'd spoke of it's shape.
They spoke of a dragon.
"The squirrel was unhappy about being manhandled, I imagine. Most squirrels are. Still, it had run out of so much life force, I thought it a pity not to give it another chance with a bit of my own." Misaki added with a smile. "Even if it disliked my touch all the same... I was more concerned for it's life."
Misaki looked back to see more centipedes crawling around. attracted to death, and the hardiest survivors, they seemed to be flocking to these withered areas, feeding on the dead and dying. an Ill omen if there ever was one.
"aba... I, uhhh, just am, you know, me. Coral. Straight as a whistle-err, clean as a-I'm a whistle. You know maybe nevermind that whole sentence." The shy pinkette added, tripping over her words. "I... seriously, it's, uhh, nice to meet you. We, uhm, were here to..."
And Coral looked over to Misaki with a look of uncertainty.
"...Fix this... I think... Even though Misaki never... said as much."
Misaki would give a nod.
"Something within this forest has concerned itself with eating away it's life force. an illness that formed within the ki of this land... that has given birth to a monster." Misaki would add, cocking her head slightly as she raised her parasol in a direction. "...So far, I've sensed the imbalance of ki in that direction... and have planned to handle it promptly, before more damage is done. Would you be so kind as to help me? I'm sure we could use some help, and someone so in tune with nature might be able to do something with that diseased ki when I'm finished siphoning it out."
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Post by Persephone on Feb 26, 2020 21:19:04 GMT -8
Percy found herself chuckling softly in spite of herself. "I'm sure the fauna is gracious nevertheless. Funny little things, squirrels..." In her travels, she found most other people to be unkind to the creatures that could bring them no personal gain. Until now, she had never encountered someone who reminded her of home without making her heart hurt. She was often reminded of being cast out because her magic was so terribly unrefined; the earth didn't call to her in the same way as the women of her clan. But she never stopped revering the nature around her. For the first time in years, Percy found others who seemed to feel the same.
Coral, however, was a mystery. She was energetic and her mouth seemed to move before her brain could form words. But Percy could tell that she was trying to be friendly and gave the blushing girl a kind nod, even though she had absolutely no idea what she was trying to say.
"Good Gaia...but why?" Percy was shocked. Something deliberately killing the forest? She took a steadying breath and placed her right hand over her heart with a nod. "I will help you both the best that I can. I should warn you that I do not possess much talent for magic, but...I would like to help restore the forest. It has been my home for some time now..." Percy trailed off quietly at the end, realizing that perhaps she had shared too much. It had been mere moments since they had been introduced, and still she allowed herself to be so vulnerable with these strangers. But for some reason, she felt no fear or suspicion. Perhaps it was too good to be true, but that didn't matter now. Percy had no way of restoring life back to the forest on her own, and these two seemed to know how to do it. She could worry about trust later.
"How can I help?"
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Post by Misaki Kazamiya on Feb 26, 2020 21:47:35 GMT -8
"Squirrels are flighty things. I can't say I've interacted with them so close too often, but we share a fondness for trees. Though I don't know if I could ever appreciate an acorn to the same extent that they can." Misaki would joke, pulling her hand up. A deep breath, and Misaki felt the world around her expand, utilizing the sensing she'd developed, combined with the training she had recently obtained from Koma . Where before, she could only make out Vague impressions, with his help the world had managed to change from terribly soft and underdeveloped in her vision to bright and vibrant. she could feel the ki, and after being taught how to calm herself, to make her mind as one with the world around her, she could feel more than just the basics. She could feel the vibrance of Persephone's energy around her, strong and pure, Coral's small but noticeable pink aura, the numerous verdant auras of the trees around her, every blade of grass... Moreso than viewing it from a telescope, moreso than even viewing it from a plane high up, Misaki could see everything around her right now in stunning clarity... This included the blackened scar on the land, located deep in the mountains, down what felt like a trail... a cancer that grew more and more by the second. With a deep breath, Misaki sighed, finding her direction, and lowering her sesnes, once more paying attention to the world immediately around her, and nodding to Percy. "Why does anything become ill? The answer is often hard to find, eluding us... Even so, it behooves us to fix it's sickness." She would answer, before taking pace. "That way." the gardener added, before moving... strangely fast, despite seeming to keep her ordinary pace, headed towards the mountains. [300]
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Post by Persephone on Feb 26, 2020 22:49:21 GMT -8
Percy nodded, smiling slightly at Misaki's joke, but remained silent as she watched the young woman raise her hand. A shiver went through her. A breeze? No. Anticipation. Misaki wasn't moving, but it was clear that she was doing something. Percy watched in quiet admiration as she anticipated the next step in their journey. She realized that this was, perhaps, the most dangerous situation she had been in since her banishment. The scar on her neck tingled as she thought about how she had received it. Shaking off the thought, she steeled her resolve.
This was different. Here, she had a choice. Here, she could do something to protect the earth that cradled her as a child. True, she felt dread now, just as she had then; but she wasn't alone. She had help, and because of that, she had hope.
As Misaki exhaled and spoke, Percy came out of her thoughts. "Mm. Let's fix it then." She followed behind Misaki and Coral, jogging to keep up. "Misaki...I hope I'm not being impolite, but...how did you come to find that the forest was unwell? Most people would either not notice, or not care. I haven't met anyone who respects this earth quite so much. You seem intuitive to nature in such a way...that is often ascribed to Druidic people." Percy practically whispered the last part of her statement, choosing her words carefully. It was a rare thing indeed to find such abilities in a person who was not from the blood of Druids. At least, that's what she had been raised to believe.
Druids are the true conduits of the Earth, Persephone. There is no power in this, or any world, like it. If there were, it would surely be squandered. Her mother's voice was clear as a bell in her mind and it left a sour taste in her mouth. Percy resented her mother almost as much as she missed her. She sighed to herself and did her best to match Misaki's pace.
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Post by Misaki Kazamiya on Feb 27, 2020 5:39:25 GMT -8
The heels of Misaki's shoes crinkled as they walked through dryer earth, weaker leaves, as the Forest began to make way from dying trees to dead ones, and the leaves began to turn from a shade of red to a petrified grey. The Young Kazamiya was hopeful to finish this stretch of walk quickly for perhaps the first time in her life. She didn't have the ability to be as leisurely as hse preferred...
At Percy's initial response, Misaki gave a pleased smile, enjoying the very correct choice of answer from Percy. It seemed this one just might be a strong one too. How fortunate Misaki had been recently. As Coral trailed along, starting to huff and puff, Misaki listened to Persephone's next question very carefully...
A finger tapped against her chin thrice before stopping on the tip, Misaki looking lost in thought for a moment at the question. It was an odd question to her, one who simply could. And one who always had.
"I can speak to plants." Misaki would finally say with a casual tone. "They spoke of torture. of a destroyer. of cataclysm. and I disliked the notion. So I followed that call to where I am now. As for my Lineage..."
That part was a little more difficult. "I am a human. Or at least, I was certain I was, a little while ago. From what Lady Juniper has told me, I've a demonic bloodline." She answered with a shrug. "I'm uninterested in asking my parents questions, so that is as clear as I am on my heritage. If there are druids in my family, I've never met them."
The irritating poison dart in the Raisin tart being that even had she asked, she wouldn't have gotten an answer. Misaki's mother and father made it clear her grandmother and everyone else in her family was dead, and that asking about them was useless. She'd been isolated from the possibility of family elsewhere very young.
It was a bitter pill Misaki had swallowed long ago, but the renewed questions on who she was, what she was, had made it's taste fresh in her mouth, the spite of the situation raised anew as her heritage maintained a mystery...
When she owed them no longer, they would tell her what she wanted to know. She'd make sure of it.
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Post by Persephone on Feb 27, 2020 16:00:59 GMT -8
Percy's eyes widened. While she shouldn't have been surprised, hearing of someone who could commune with nature when she was so far from home made her heart stir. As Misaki continued, however, she could tell that this was a sore spot, and Percy felt badly for inquiring. "I'm sorry for prying. Truly. It's just that I haven't met anyone who connected to the earth in such a way since I...left home."
Percy hesitated, choosing her words carefully. She felt a certain kinship towards Misaki, but the need to guard herself was too ingrained in her by this point. At the very least, she knew that Misaki and Coral probably didn't know or care about her banishment runes, because it wasn't their world.
She glanced back at Coral, who was huffing and puffing trying to keep up. "Hey. Don't exhaust yourself, pretty sure we have a job to do ahead of us. Here." Percy nodded her head, beckoning Coral over to her and crouched. "Be quick about it, hop on."
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Post by Misaki Kazamiya on Feb 27, 2020 16:38:24 GMT -8
Misaki just gave a soft smile. "It's merely my history. I don't allow it to chain me." she would say after a moment, looking straight forward as they continued walking. "Truth be told, I've never met someone with a similar attunement... It seems you might be the closest I'll meet in this life. I'm sorry I couldn't explain it to you any better." She would add, before bringing both hands up, cracking her knuckles as the feeling of a sickly, toxic Ki reached her. "Not too much farther now... a few more minutes?"
As Percy motioned to Coral, there was a very quick "bwuh?" from the pink puff, before lookign over at Percy, eyes very slowly widening as a ride was offered to her. "A-a-ah-ababababa-okay." The girl managed after a few spluttered attempts at language, taking the ride with a very embarrassed look with a bright pink blush on her cheeks, with only a little hesitance on her face.
"...Coral, if you don't do something about all that blood rushing to your head, you might just pass out." Misaki would tease with a slight grin.
"...Thank you so much for the advice Misaki." Coral replied sweetly, but the tone did not match up with the deadly look of you are not helping she shot at the florist.
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It didn't take very long for the trail to break up entirely, grey and brown wasteland of cracked earth down the trail that was filled with smoky mist... the area was hot, and Coral appeared to be sweating for temperature reasons as well at this point as the path wound down...
Misaki frowned. The presence was close, yet she couldn't see it... Where could it be?
She closed her eyes, once again opening up her senses as she searched for the answer. it took several moments before she found what she was looking for... she felt a great, blackened ki...
Misaki's eyes widened As she jumped back, picking up Percy and Coral both as she did with a surprising amount of strength as she pulled the three of them out of the way an instant before A fiery explosion rocketed the earth where they once stood...
"Up above." Misaki stated with a calm but edged tone, as Coral looked up with a frightened squeak to see...
2 great wings. The tough body of some great lizard. Two giant horns. A great beast with ferocious claws on scaled limbs, teeth like swords in a vast, bestial mouth, and a swinging tail. What the west of the world knew as a dragon.
"...I do believe we've found the source of the problem."
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Post by Persephone on Feb 28, 2020 20:01:46 GMT -8
"Don't let your history chain you, huh..." Percy glanced down at the dark runes that crept up her arm. These chains keep me tied down to my history, but as far away from it as possible. Perhaps one day, I will be brave enough to break them... She shook her head as she thought to herself, sighing deeply as she lifted Coral onto her back as they continued their pace.
Her breath caught as nature fell away to a hellscape of smoke and decay. "This is horrific...!" Percy squeezed her eyes shut for a brief moment, hoping to make the destruction in front of her dissolve. Instead, it seemed the opposite. Her eyes opened to fire raining down towards them, and she gripped onto Coral tightly, ready to run---
She gasped as Misaki pulled her and Coral from the line of fire, the earth shaking as it went up in flames before them. Percy wasn't expecting the raw strength and speed with which Misaki acted so swiftly. What she expected even less, however, was the great, monstrous creature that the fire seemed to have come from.
"You think?" Percy gaped up at the dragon, stepping back on one leg and shrugging her bag of belongings off of her shoulder before tossing it as far behind them as she could. "This escalated way too quickly..."
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Post by Misaki Kazamiya on Feb 28, 2020 22:44:40 GMT -8
"Well, I only ever accept the chains that I want to be tied down by. Anything else would be foolish, wouldn't it?" Misaki would ask with an honest, questioning look on her face. "...So I suppose I'd say I wouldn't let anything but what I like to chain me."
For Misaki Kazamiya, it really was that simple, after all. Anything else was just pretense, at least, in her own world view. Chains only squeezed against one's will if they could find weakness.
As the breath weapon struck, and as the Dragon roared, it charged down.
Misaki looked up, sighing, looking for something... Using her senses and her eyes together wasn't impossible, but it was certainly new to her.
She looked the great black beast up and down, raising her parasol as she looked for... something, before finally calling out to the other two. "...A gem. 3 inches below it's right shoulder. Crush it for me, would you please, Miss Percy?" Misaki would ask, stepping forward casually.
With a few graceful steps, Misaki strode forward even as the Dragon dived for her. In the past, she simply would have shot it out of the sky and hope the dragon wasn't too damaged, but that was an older Misaki. Koma had taught her new ways to deal with situations - not using Simply strength, but also leverage... not to mention the Power of timing.
Misaki looked up, waiting for the perfect moment, as she took in a deep breath. "Hooohhh..."
The dragon grew closer, bursting through the clouds with a sonic boom
"haaaah..."
The Dragon was a mere few hundred feet away.
"hoooh...."
The Dragon was a few dozen feet away now, just about to reach Misaki, and in return she gave it a wicked smile for a moment, before Bringing her hands together with the parasol's handle, thrusting it into the barren ground beneath her such that the earth cracked, and with a focused glare...
"HAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!"
The Gardener's voice echoed as her yellowed energy struck outward, the Gardener exploding in pure energy as her Kiai struck the Dragon, the massive, dense strength of the ki sending the creature spinning like a top through the air before hitting a nearby rock wall, bouncing off with a tumble before stumbling to it's feet, Roaring a loud yell at Misaki with it's chest puffed out...
Misaki was quick to capitalize. "now, little ones." She whispered, as lichens and vines came from the cliff face with what little strength they had left to hold the dragon in place.
"...Now, Miss Percy, please be quick." She'd add with a smile to the white-haired Druid
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Post by Persephone on Feb 29, 2020 21:20:52 GMT -8
Percy had barely taken a breath before Misaki had seemed to form a strategy. "Yes ma'am."
The dragon began moving toward them quickly, and yet Misaki seemed entirely calm, cool, and collected. She clenched her jaw tightly as the dragon closed in. It was close enough now for her to see what Misaki had instructed her to target.
Percy watched in awe as the lithe young woman brought utter wrath down upon the hulking creature before them. She had learned not to judge a book by its cover in her travels, but every now and again, she still managed to be surprised. With the dragon now restrained by the plants at their mistress' request, Percy took a deep breath. "Smash the gem. You got it."
With a quick nod, she ran towards the dragon, the gem in her sights. Percy leapt over the cracks in the earth beneath her as she ran full speed towards a large rock, using it as a jump-off point. Focusing on her target with steeled resolve, she spun in the air, using the momentum to propel a roundhouse kick to the gem on the dragon's body.
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Post by Misaki Kazamiya on Feb 29, 2020 22:42:20 GMT -8
Misaki grinned, ready even as Percy moved in with a kick to further restrain the dragon. Hands clutched onto the ground as she gave energy - not just to the earth, but down to the roots of the plants around them, the vegetation slicing through the foliage and wrapping around the beast all the tighter.
Tight enough to keep the screaming champion from moving.
The dragon's cry was accompanied with a quick slash towards Percy as she moved in with a roundhouse, Claws breaking free at the last moment - only to miss, the fast Druid moving through it's guard with a quick motion and the kick breaking the gem into pieces.
WIth a cry, the Dragon screamed, clawing at it's face as the gem cracked, black, muddy-brown mixed with a sickly green and red, before suffusing from the gem as the creature thrashed and cried within it's vegetated bonds, before the rest of the gem exploded in a sinister light, the hideous look of an animated skull, screaming with unnaturally bending bon, jumped from the gem, Before rushing into the sky with a pitiful wail...
As it ended, as the trial was over, the area lit up with a flash of light that was briefly blinding...
Before subsiding, as the blue sky was once again peaceful. As though nothing had ever happened... something, somehow, felt... fixed. nature once again felt like nature. Some sort of restful slumber fell over the area, as the land began to feel the effects, and a great rain fell over the region...
Misaki looked forward with a grin, already headed forward as she walked to where the dragon was. She leaned down to the ground, before picking up... something.
With a look back to Persephone, the Woman quickly showed what she held in her hands. A small salamander, peacefully sleeping with a satisfied expression.
"It seems this one's lived long enough to shift from animal to spirit, and gorged itself on tainted Ki... It likely didn't know what it was doing." Misaki would add with a smile. "...I think it was cuter the other way, though."
The Salamander, fro it's part, made a small growl in it's sleep, before flopping onto it's side.
"...I would love to talk of this further, but how about we get out of the rain first, Miss Percy?"
At this, Coral would just groan. "Oh good. More walking... I shouldn't have worn my nice shoes to this..."
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