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Post by OokamiShinjo on Oct 2, 2014 19:45:37 GMT
Ichigo grins as Cider agrees to get things started ahead of schedule. They've only two days as it is, and the mission sounds like it's going to be at least a little taxing even for the strongest of them. They have so much ground to cover after all. Never the less, through the hallways they go, passing up various people whose eyes linger for longer than usual. It doesn't surprise Ichigo that they stare; there is a gaping hole where his heart should be after all. None the less, it takes them little time to get to the very courtyard- the back one- that they should be heading to. In this courtyard there are already training apparatuses set up for them, four in total and separate there is one for each pair. None the less, Ichigo looks the seemingly simple contraption over. It looks like....a tent set up with how the poles are. From two poles hangs two wires, which share a belt attached to these wires on opposite sides. Is this supposed to....Be that part where people shoot wires out at a time and swing like monkeys but without their hands? A third pole seems to have a rope that'll allow for the person to be lifted into the air. He assumes that once in the air, they have to perfectly balance their weight. The belt looks like it's made to universally fit just about everyone save for someone who's nothing but a ball of fat. Are they all universal? He shrugs before pointing to the set up on the left side of where he stands, "Do you want to go first or shall I?" Should she decide that she wants to give it a go first, he nods before letting her settle herself in the belt and walks behind to the third pole. "Let me know when to pull you up," he supposes that's what he's supposed to do. Either way, once given the okay, he's slow to pull her up as it's her first time. Once she's fully off the ground, he stops pulling.
Grimmjow in the mean time watches as Akira ponders, obviously unsure if it'd be a good idea for her to leave Kurogane behind. He pulls back his finger but doesn't force it from the brat's hold as he's obviously having a good time. One man should never destroy another man's fun. It's guy code. "We'll find him a place where it's safest...Probably a family closest to the gate of the third wall so that if anything happens then he and the family can get out fast". Still as they walk, if Kurogane's decided that playing with his finger is still fun then so be it. That is until he sees someone passing by minding his own business. "Hey you!" He calls out to the nameless man who I don't feel like giving a description for. The man jumps as Grimmjow suddenly calls out to him. However when he looks to meet Grimmjow's eyes, he finds the blue haired man as terrifying. He saw what this guy did during the last Titan attack. Him and that woman are monsters- good monsters, but monsters at that. "Y-Yes?!" "What's the safest place for the brat we've got here?" The Hollow demands, thumbing towards Kurogane whilst practically staring the human to death. "U-Ummm....," what /is/ the safest place? Well, there's- "Hurry up and answer. We don't have all day you know and you're wasting my time," Grimmjow snaps. He refuses to fall behind Yurei let alone Ichigo. He's gotta get this tyke a place to stay so he's safe, and so Grimmjow can go off and train with Akira.....Why with Akira? The hell? He scoffs at himself mentally as the human in front of him cowers. His lust for her is starting to spread into causal thoughts instead of just sexual ones. Greeaaaat. "Well?" The nameless man stutters out finally, "T-There are a few older women w-who stay here to k-keep this place clean since Heicho(Levi) is a clean freak. I-I'm sure they could take care of the little guy". Grimmjow looks back to Akira and the mentioned brat before backing off, "Thanks. Go away now". Apparently he's not so good with people outside of his friends still, as the man just about pisses his pants whilst running to his destination. The blue haired man looks back to the lovely blonde, "You wanna go find one of these old hags he was talking about?" Or perhaps she'd feel better if the brat were somewhere else.
Erza in the mean time turns her attention from stretching to the handsome man who has been her closest friend since the beginning of their journey. Smiles a determined sort of smile that obviously says 'yes'. Though before they set out, she looks to their guide, "So...Where are we training exactly?" "I have gotten permission to train you here; the school's equipment has been moved to the back courtyard where you'll be learning to use the Maneuver Gear. It's best that just about no one knows more of your existence than they already know". He pauses and looks to Kyo for a moment to cover up the fact that he'd much rather talk to the beautiful red head only rather than she and Kyo as well. "I did suggest that you lot wait. Are you that excited to learn?" Erza smirks to him and cocks her hip while a hand finds itself on Kyo's shoulder, "Of course we wanna learn," she tells him confidently, "The faster we learn the more useful we'll be to you. Right Kyo?" Whether his answer is yes or no, when they get to the courtyard she finds herself breaking up into laughter so quickly and so suddenly that she actually doesn't know what to do. So....She hangs onto Kyo, using his large frame to hold her up as the laughter tries to take her to her knees. The sight before her is much too funny. That is, it's the sight of the all powerful Ichigo falling back and hitting his head for the thousandth time. While he can keep himself steady for about half a minute, once the time is over that, he falls back or forwards with the least amount of grace she's ever seen. At the other set up Grimmjow, if you will, is in the same position as Ichigo. Neither of them have the natural raw talent for such a seemingly simple task. Levi holds back his own laughter back at the sight of the two odd hair colored men failing so graciously- graciously being layered with sarcasm. He's seen sights like this, but he's never seen two at the same time. It's actually kind of sad. Still, he's mostly focused on the sound of bells that Erza's voice is currently giving off in laughter. He even goes so far as to pat her back as she starts to tear up from laughing so hard.
Yurei in the mean time finds amusement as well from the looks, and she can't help but feel high and mighty at her skills at using the gear already. She's seriously proud of herself, seeing as while trying it out she almost hit her head or broke a leg on multiple occasions despite natural skill. None the less, she watches as her friends pair up as they usually do- Ichigo with Cider, Akira and Kurogane with Grimmjow, Kyo with Erza and of course herself with Kouga. Yurei laughs at Kougas smart ass answer to Kyo's question before her attention is given to her lover fully instead of to Kyo's reaction to said answer. "I'll help you out. I'm sure Levi would appreciate that". That said, let's have these two arrive last. What she comes to see is something that makes her smile widely and giggle at, seeing as the strawberry and blueberry as so competitive with one another at the moment and yet are failing at the same time each time. It's like they're brothers and rivals at the same time.
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Post by LochNess on Oct 2, 2014 20:35:49 GMT
Cider arrives with Ichigo at the poles. It appears to be a harness belt thing like they wore when they first arrived. She assumes the wires are the same. Still, not one to want to let her chance be pushed back, she insists, "I will go first. If I fall, or hold it for two minutes, we can switch." She slips into her harness and adjusts it until it's perfectly tightened. She looks to Ichigo. "Ok, give me a hoist up." And up she goes. Her weight moves from the ground under her feet to the harness she just put on. It's not uncomfortable, thank goodness. At first, she's really unsteady, barely staying upright. It takes all of her focus to remain up. I don't remember if they already have their own equipment they work with here or if they get it later on. If they get the equipment they will use all the time now, then this begins Cider's frustration as not even thirty seconds later she face plants into the ground, her skirt, for Ichigo's amusement, falling down away from her panties and legs where ever the harness isn't over it. Why is she wearing a skirt? Well, it's in her little picture used for her description in the skellies, and I want to torture Ichigo. Actually... All that will happen with or with out their own equipment. Of course, she makes very sluggish progress. It almost seems like there is no improvement at all. She gets pissed off after the tenth time hitting her head. Idk how long this training montage will go. By the end of the day, she's keeping upright, but only with a good deal of conscious effort on her part.
Kurogane plays with Grimmjow's hand as long as Grimmjow and Akira allow. He gives cute growls like he did as a wolf pup and does his best to wrestle Grimmjow's hand into submission, using all the strength the little demon angel baby can muster. Akira sticks even closer so he can keep playing, finding it hilarious he's trying to fight Grimmjow and win. The two of them together is kind of adorable, and it makes her smile as they play. Once Grimmjow scares answers out of a poor little man, Akira, nods. "They will have to do." For the sake of not wasting time, Akira lets the women take her son. They seemed pleasant and thought he was the most adorable baby they've ever laid eyes on. Akira leaves, at first being hesitant, but then with a new fired up attitude as she anticipates the training. Once at the poles and wires a long side Ichigo and Cider, she gestures to Grimmjow with a playful grin. "Ladies first!" Unlike my others, Akira will take to the harness and balancing on wires naturally and easily, almost as easy as Yurei herself. She didn't even fall at first despite being unsteady. She helps Grimmjow, not at all laughing though it was funny at times. She she does what ever it takes to get him focused and ultimately balancing really well on the wires as she herself only finds it more and more second nature. She just wants to see him get better at it quicker than Ichigo.
Kyo laughs at Levi's questioning and agrees with Erza by saying, "We've got only two days to master what most have at least weeks to learn. There's no time to waste in learning to use your contraptions here. Besides, a certain group might any span of time doing nothing way too boring for this building's safety." Of course, by group, he means their strongest 4: Ichigo, Cider, Grimmjow, and Akira. Once outside, he nearly collapses himself in a heap of laughter at the sight of Grimmjow, Ichigo, and Cider all being lousy. The only reason he isn't doubled over is that Erza is relying on him for support. His laughter doesn't last as long as the others though. He looks to Erza. "C'mon, let's get practicing as well. I fear we may have just as long a road to mastering this world's weapons as they do." He's wrong fortunately, at least for himself. The first time was just as lousy as Ichigo and Grimmjow's tries. However, he quickly gains understanding and control. It isn't but a few attempts more than Kouga that he's on the wires, finding it 2nd nature to balance almost. He idly notes that this isn't bad training over all either. It's obvious they could improve their balances to improves their fighting for the future.
Kouga follows Yurei outside to see their strongest four failing. Well, 3 out of the four of them are. He bursts out laughing nice and loud just to rub it in their faces. "Y'all can't balance on a few little wires?" He teases. However, as Kyo mentions getting themselves to work, he nods. After all that smack talk, he better be able to keep up with Yurei himself. It takes him three total times before he's gotten the hang of the balance needed to not fall on his face. Of course, he will account most of it to Yurei being a doll and helping them all, him included. Still, he's glad he's better at it then Ichigo and Grimmjow and Cider. It's something they can all rub in their faces later on.
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Post by OokamiShinjo on Oct 2, 2014 21:31:14 GMT
Ichigo nods as Cider decides that she'll go first out of the two of them. They don't get their own equipment by the way, that's not till the day of the mission. None the less once she's snug and secure in the belt, he's careful and takes her feet off the ground steadily. He doesn't laugh, as instead he's busy blushing at the lovely sight he's given. He can't help but stare for a few moments before lowering her completely and letting her try again. Still, that doesn't mean that he isn't reminded of the fact that they haven't done it in a while, and it'd probably be good for them if they did. You know, to lower stress levels and all. Because that's totally why he wants to get laid. He shakes his head as Cider barely makes any progress and finally gets pissed enough to let him give it a go. He straps himself in carefully and securely before giving the okay for his feet to be lifted up. It's hard not to let himself stand on the air as he so easily could. However, it takes less than thirty seconds for him to suddenly tip and smack his face into the ground with a surprised look on his face. Due to his heiro, that impact didn't hurt at all. However he still felt it and he's not happy that he fell. He growls and begins his portion of this training manterage, making even less progress than his lover. In fact, at times it's like he's getting worse instead of better. His mood isn't improved by the time Grimmjow gets there.
Speaking of the kitty-man, he allows the playful brat to play with his hand all he wants, his hand fighting back but only to the point where it's like his hand and Kurogane are on even grounds. He watches the child closely to make sure that he doesn't hurt the fragile angel demon baby. Once the brat is given over to the caring women of Survey Corps HQ, he and Akira manage to find their ways to the training area as they need to get a move on in order to start training. He was going to tell Akira that she's the only woman out of the two of them, but Grimmjow ends up laughing his ass off. It takes no time at all for him to start laughing at Ichigo whose face becomes red in embarrassment at his failure. "What's the matter Kurosaki? Can't balance over your hips for nothin'? And you're s'pposed to be the strongest of us? Pathetic!" "You try it then, Jeagerjaques!" Ichigo demands from his current position of being face planted on the ground, "Show me up if you're so good at this!" Grimmjow grins before taking the challenge, "Watch and learn, carrot top". He straps himself in as need be, it taking him only a moment on how exactly the belt works- as he's never worn one as a Hollow- before giving Akira the okay to go ahead and pull him on up. His feet are lifted from the ground until less than thirty seconds later he finds himself in a position very similar to Ichigo's own. His face becomes red and he feels embarrassment as Ichigo bursts out laughing at his failure. "This is nothing! I know what to do now," the stubborn man states. However, seconds later his face is in the ground again. "Oh yea, it's so easy isn't it?!" Ichigo sarcastically questions. "Can it strawberry! Why don't you do what you be useful and sit on top of a sundae?" "What the hell?! That doesn't make any sense!" "The only thing you're good for is getting eaten dumb fuck!" "The only one that's going to be eaten here is you! God, the Titans are gonna make blue berry pie in a few days, that's for sure!" "That's the best you can come up with? Pie?" "You thought of a damn sundae!" "Who gives a shit! Be more original!" This is what Erza and Kyo and Levi come to see. The laughter sent their way by Titania shuts them up for the time being, not that they're not constantly shooting one another death glares, so that they may try to make progress....It's not turning out well.
Levi can't believe what he's hearing as he watches the two argue while failing at the same time or pace. Is it certain that the two are not related? They fight like brothers. None the less, he sighs and removes his hand from Erza's back before moving out of the way for her to make her way to one of the set ups. He watches, of course, and gives various pointers to those that aren't Ichigo and Grimmjow because he feels that trying to help them will only piss them off further. However, when Erza displays talent that not even Yurei had right off the bat, his eyes widen. Her stance- so to speak- is so smooth and she relaxes into the belt as though it's a part of her person. He can't help but send praise her way, "I don't think you need to practice Erza. Help me teach with Yurei," at her response, he is silent for a moment before the smallest of smiles appears on his lips, "Most women cut their hair so it doesn't get caught. However, it would be a shame for such a beautiful red to be taken from you".
Erza continues to laugh as mentioned, though eventually she does stop so that they can train and as such she stops leaning on her dragon friend. None the less, she lets him try out his hand at using the belt contraption. She does not laugh at Kyo, not only because he managed to stay up longer than either Hollow. She smiles as he manages to stay up eventually, though he does have to work at it. Once it's her turn, she doesn't have any issues at all. In fact, at first she thinks of herself as still standing as when she was risen she stayed exactly as she was. However, upon looking down and realizing the truth, she was surprised. "This is insanely easy," she speaks aloud to no one in particular. However her next words are aimed at the strawberry and blueberry and them alone as by this time they've still yet to make any real progress, "I don't know why you guys are so bad this. It's probably that you guys are actually weak". This sends both hot tempered men into a flurry of grumbled curses as they continue to try but don't get very far. Upon Levi's praise, she beams to him and lets Kyo lower her down. "Thanks Levi. By the way, I saw a lot of women with short hair or with it in a pony tail," she plays with a strand of her own red locks, "Maybe I should cut mine?" Upon his answer her smile widens a bit, "I'll keep it as is then, thank you". After unstrapping herself, she decides that she'll help Kyo with balancing himself, giving pointers here and there should he wish for them.
There's not much to say for Yurei for the time being, save that she finds the banter between Grimmjow and Ichigo to be highly amusing. She's very proud of Kouga for not taking long at all to get used to the belt and the balance needed in order to keep him up right while he's dangling there like a worm on a hook- save for the impaled part obviously. "Looks like you're good to go too Kouga," she praises, not surprised that her lover has natural skills.
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Post by LochNess on Oct 2, 2014 23:09:57 GMT
Ooo, ok. Well, I think Cider will then do awesome only to have shitty equipment ruin her confidence. Regardless, Cider is almost too flustered with her own poor performance to laugh at Ichigo and Grimmjow. Almost. The banter along with every one else's laughter has her smirking and eventually giggling with the rest. "Boys, boys," she coos lightly, trying to calm them down. "We only have two days to get this perfect, and you two have way too much to work on to be distracted calling each other fruits." She needs practice too, actually, but not as bad as them. She can hold her balance with enough focus. Still, she kisses Ichigo to further distract him if talking wasn't enough. She whispers into his ear with a seductive, low voice, "Impress me with your balancing on these wires, and maybe tonight I'll reward you." She nips playfully on his ear before backing up. In a normal volume and tone, she says, "should we keep practicing?" Should he agree, she helps him balance some more, using pointers he over hears from Akira and even Yurei if you don't mind. She's making note of them for herself too of course. Akira meanwhile finds the fight funnier than Cider. She bites back the laughing as long as she can, but once he's called a blue berry, she loses it. Her voice rings like bells when she laughs, but she pulls herself together quickly. "Cider is right, ya know," she tells Grimmjow, standing before him with her face kind of close for them only being friends and all. "Please focus." She gives a bright smile, backing up only when his eyes are on her. "I'll help you. If you catch on before today is over... Hmm" she thinks a minute before asking him, "What do you want most right now? What ever it is, I'll make it happen." She smiles and winks at him, thinking maybe she'll find icecream and strawberries for him or something. Still, she urges him to try again, telling him where to focus his weight and how to move with out flipping upside down on himself. After all, she's almost as natural as Erza at these things. She stays close, helping him position himself so he should be able to best balance himself, using her hands against his body to adjust him. She'd step back, but not far so she'd act as a safety net if he fell forward at least. Maybe he will learn better this way so he doesn't have to start all over again if Akira were to catch and put him back. Plus, if he aimed it right, he'd have an excuse to land his face on her boobs. hehe Kyo meanwhile watches as Erza takes naturally to the wires. She's definitely a natural. Save for Cider, most of the girls are. Compared to them, all the guys are purely gained talent after so many heads hitting the ground. He beams at Erza as she takes to it naturally all the same. "As good as ever, miss Titania," he praises her with a kind smile not long after Levi's own praise. He keeps back a little since she seemed so into it with Levi. When it's not himself, he can tell when someone is flirting as well as when they are flirting back. That's what these two are doing. Still, he blanches as Erza tells him it's his turn. "Don't laugh," he requests. As mentioned, he catches on fairly quick, especially compared to our three. He hits the ground as fast as they did the first time, but with her help and feeling it for himself, he quickly figures out how to sit in the harness so he doesn't flip upside down. Besides Kouga, he's our fastest male to learn it all. The same goes with Kouga. He's just practicing until he's got it. He'd suggest going to help Grimmjow or Ichigo, but it's just too damn funny for him to stop. After a while, he sighs. "What's the next step here? I mean, we can balance. Most of us can. Are we going to wait until tomorrow for them earning how to propel ourselves in mid air or what?" He looks to Yurei and then to Levi.'
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Post by OokamiShinjo on Oct 3, 2014 0:02:16 GMT
Ichigo and Grimmjow at one point share a glaring contest between one another. However, as Cider makes to calm at least one of them down. Ichigo makes to turn his head and loudly comment something rude about Grimmjow to her. However, instead of getting to do that, he gets to do something much more interesting. Kissing his beloved is always more interesting than fighting with some blue haired freak. Though he yearns for more by the time she's pulled away from him, his lips tingling and a wave of heat flushing through his person. Cider doesn't help him as she oh so seductively speaks into his ear, suggesting that his treat for succeeding would be something that he currently badly needs. Another rush of heat. And then he becomes rather serious before nodding, "Let's get back to work," he states. Once he's up in the air, he focuses long and hard, forcing his frame to balance over his hips and to keep his arms and legs from doing anything jerky. This time, lo and behold, he manages to stay up for a whole forty five seconds before slapping his face to the ground via falling.
Grimmjow in the mean time is sharing that staring contest when Cider suddenly spoke up. He watches, curious as to what she has to say to her lover once she's kissed him full on the lips. Being a male, he can't help but be a /little/ affected by the obviously passionate kiss and Cider's obvious promise of something seductive should Ichigo succeed. He can tell this much just by looking at Ichigo's incredibly subtle movements. The shift of his feet and the stiffening of his back for example. He hears Akira talking to him though, and his head whips in her direction as though being broken from a daze. His shoulders stiffen ever so slightly as Akira is rather close to him, mainly her face though. Blue eyes dart to her lips as she smiles at him. He'd like those lips to do more than just smile for him. His eyes widen when she says what she does, implying waaaay more than she realizes. So much so that he can already feel the effects of such implications. He knows for certain that she doesn't mean what that implies, but being a male he can't help but hope that maybe she knows what those words imply. Still, this makes him fight harder to stay up himself. Like Ichigo, he manages to stay up for a whole forty five seconds before flailing and starting to fall. However, with Akira there to catch him, he's grateful as now he won't have to start all over again. His progress rate stays level with his rival's. Each time he falls and Akira catches him, where she touches him feels like it's on fire that easily reaches through the cloth of his clothing and burns his skin. There are times when he falls, he flails a bit, and his hands land on her. However, they land on her hips every time, silently loving the feeling of smooth curvature on her. He's never been a boob kind of guy to be honest. A woman could have huge tits and he wouldn't care. But dear god if they were in good condition with smooth curves and a flat stomach. This is the reason why his hands land on her hips, his fingers can feel a portion of her abs and side muscles that are conditioned for fighting.
Erza laughs as Kyo requests that she not laugh at him, but covers her mouth upon catching herself for doing what he asked her not to do even before he started. "That's the only laugh you're gonna get from me while you practice, mister Kyo," she teases lightly. Still, her attention is given completely to Kyo while he's working. She can see his muscles literally ripping- if you will- under his clothing and under his skin to balance his large frame over his hips. Watching his muscles work is something she currently likes to do. She beams though as Kyo blows Ichigo's and Grimmjow's attempts out of the water after a few tries. She beams at him after putting him back down on his own two feet for the last time. Upon Levi's instructions, she makes to follow him. That is until she realizes that she's feeling rather lazy. As such, before Kyo can complain about it, she leaps onto his back and wraps her legs around his waist while her arms go around his shoulders. She rests her chin on a portion of her arm while she speaks into his ear, "Give me a piggy back ride, will you?"
Levi's attention goes from talking to Erza to looking at Kouga who is number one balancer out of the guys. It's actually hard to find a gifted man at balancing on the wires, as their hips aren't as wide so there's less surface area to rest their weight over. It's even more impressive as Kouga isn't a small man. None the less he shakes his head, "We don't have time to wait- I wanted at least half of you to have balancing down. Follow me; you need less of a flat area to start propelling yourselves". That said, he leads those balance-able out of the courtyard and to a different but not far away area. As the Survey Corps HQ is a castle in the woods, there's plenty of trees for them to work on their propelling with. As such, in a small clearing there is a table that has used- not battle ready but not broken, just worn down- Maneuver Gears. He tosses one to each person who has joined him. "These aren't yours, they're too worn down to be battle able. They're just for practice and you'll be getting your own on the mission day. For now work with these". From there, he begins to teach them the basics of propelling and swinging and how and when to time a propel and swing. He also explains that once they can propel, he'll give them the swords that come with the gear as well as the gas tanks. For now, this is just the belt and projectile wires. Already equipped with his own gear that he always wears save during a shower and sleeping, he settles himself in a tree high up, and also mentions that once they think they have propelling down, that they should begin finding different ways to move them around i.e, flips and spins. General swinging will get them killed.
Yurei in the mean time focuses herself on helping Kouga who is basically on par with Erza in terms of talent. Sure he didn't get risen and not realize he was in the air, but still he does much better than two certain someones. None the less when belts with just the projectiles are given to her, hers feels light due to the fact that the first time she ever used one, it was fully fitted with weapons and gas. Being that she has experience in propelling, from the get go she begins working on mid-air spins and flips that'll help increase her forward momentum or get her some lateral movement without having to swing. Back flips seem to even slow her down quicker too, which is good to know as it may save her life. Still, she stays around the immediate area and tries to keep an eye on Kyo to see how he's doing. She figures he may be better at propelling than her, due to his wings giving him long time previous experience at being air borne.
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Post by LochNess on Oct 3, 2014 0:41:46 GMT
Cider is pleased to learn how much focus she managed to gain from Ichigo once she offered a reward. As he gains focus, she observes him as he starts practicing. She'd do like Akira and act like a safety net if she weren't so worried about it creating something Cider fears only because she wouldn't be able to "cure" it until after they get training finished. Still, if I may, let's say the promise of this reward manages to get Ichigo improving until he's able to hold it with out much thought. Towards the last few minutes of the day, she whistles and says, "yea, I'd say you deserve a treat tonight," with a wink as she kisses him while he's up off the ground. Let's say she gives it a few more goes as well and has it down almost as well as Ichigo at the end, however well he's done. "Why don't we take a break for the day. It's almost dark, and we should make sure we are well rested. Well... I do at least." If he protests, she stops his protests with a nip to his ear. "You need rest, right?" She grins and winks.
Oooh, Grimmjow, if only you knew just what she would really so if you played your cards right. She is still innocent in her mind, so of course she isn't thinking anything sexual, but if he were in such a great need for it, it's not impossible to entice her to make it his reward. Still, she works hard, staying close to be his source of balance while it's needed. Once he's got as much of a hang of it as he does by the end of the day, Akira beams at him. "You're incredible!" She says, her voice soft so only he hears her voice. And then.... Smooch! Just kidding! Hehe. She steps back, letting him hold his own with out worry he will fall. Well, she'll jump back to catch him if he did, but she's pretty confident in him by now. "Do you think you'll be ready to take it further tomorrow?" She'd say tonight, but it's dark and Levi is probably not going to teach them when he can't barely see them. Assuming he's ready to call it a night , she lets him down and helps him out of his harness. "Hmm..." She looks up, red eyes daring to meet his under the fiery light of the nearby torch. "I think you did well enough for a reward." She still remains quiet so only he can hear. "What would you like, hmm?" She pokes his chest, being playful as she asked.
Kyo thanks Erza dearly in the end once he's mastered merely balancing. Of course it's met with her deciding he owes a piggy back ride. It causes him to grunt, and he blanches at the redhead. "You're lucky I'm too nice to say no," he teases, smirking up at her. At the forest, he fits himself with the equipment as he listens to Levi for instruction. Hmm... He tilts his head, thinking idly before he tries it out for himself. It is! Indeed it is as Yurei said. The propelling him forward reminded him of if he had wings. The wires guided him, and the gas provided the force to propel him forward instead of merely swinging. The motions are a tad different, but he masters the maneuvering easily, much easier than Kouga probably as naturally as any of the others also mastered it. His literally flying in circles around the other three with ease as they get the bang of the motions and momentum. At the end, he feels confident with his use of maneuver gear. He will still practice tomorrow, but he's not at a worried.
Kouga isn't the most natural at propelling himself around among the guys any more. He has wings, so he is used to similar motions and force, but it's different enough to throw the lab experiment off. He watched the others, observing when they release the wires, how much gas they use, etc to learn. It helps him improve a great deal, but he's not perfectly confident like Yurei is. He wouldn't worry so much if he didn't realize thanks to his girlfriend that their powers could give any minute. Still, compared to the other three, he's content to have made it as far in the training as he did. He knows he can use the. To evade titans when the time comes, just looking a bit clumsy while he does so. At the end of the day, he removes his equipment and says to Yurei, "Are you hungry?" If so, he goes to eat with her. If not, he suggests going to their room for a shower.
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Post by OokamiShinjo on Oct 3, 2014 1:32:51 GMT
Ichigo works harder than ever for the rest of the night, driven by not only the want for the treat but also to out do Grimmjow. Unfortunately for him, he finishes up at the same time as the blue berry, leaving them to still be at the same level of skill at this stuff. He gladly kisses Cider back while he's still hanging there, muscles finally easily keeping him in place even as he puts his hands on either side of her face and brings her closer for a deeper kiss. However he's gotta let her breathe at some point, even though he doesn't have to. So he lets her be and helps her with her own bit of practicing by being the one to pull her up. However once she's all done, he raises a brow. So what if Levi can't see them? Ichigo can see perfectly fine in this pitch black darkness, that's all that matters right? However as he's nipped at before he can protest, he becomes puddy in the woman's hands. Talk about Cider-whipped. "Yea, I could use a rest," he tells her, golden eyes bright with hidden yearning. Let's say they share a room since they're a couple and for the sake of easiness. Unless Cider wants to take one, he foregoes a shower for the night, planning on taking one in the morning. If Cider wants one, he has no issue with joining her. Either way, once in their room the first thing he does is hug her and bury his nose in the nape of her neck in order to take in her lovely scent. However after a moment, he begins to kiss gently various spots on said neck, "Can I have my reward now?" He requests, obviously eager to get what he definitely earned. Grimmjow in the mean time feels hot and feaverish by the time he's done training. Finally, after so many hours of doing the same thing over and over, he can stay off his feet and dangle from the wires as though he were breathing. He'd say that's pretty good. His breath hitches as Akira calls him incredible, his eyes flashing to her close lips so fast that it's as though it never happened by the time he looks back into her gaze. She shouldn't be that close. She shouldn't be that close. This is what he reminds himself as he years to reach forward and crush her lovely frame against his hard muscle. He barely holds on. He needs a cold shower. An ice cold shower. As she questions him about what he wants for his reward from her to him, he distracts himself by releasing himself from the apparatus. I want us to have some wild sex, is what he wants to request for his reward. However with him believing that she's strictly his friend and does not see his obvious sex appeal that most other women see him to have, he keeps himself from saying such things. Instead he tells her, "I'll tell you after I take a shower. I'm sweaty and it's pretty damn gross," plus he's got a hard on that needs to go away, and he's covered in dirt from all the falling. His eyes trail down to the finger that pokes his chest, feeling the fire that spreads from it. None the less, he walks with her back into the castle that is their temporary home before heading for his room. If you wanna have Akira find him all fresh and just out of the shower, I've partially set it up for you Erza beams to Kyo as he smirks up at her, obviously pleased by the fact that he doesn't turn her down. "That's what I love about you," she tells the man honestly. Seriously, he's always been so kind to her, even when they had that long term fight. He could have been much much worse to her at that time and yet he wasn't. He's such a kind dragon. Just like with just dangling there, she is the star of the show out of my guys when it comes to propelling. Not because she's handled wings before- via Heaven's Wheel, Black Wing and White Wing armors- but because the way she fights is on the acrobatic side a bit. She's used to launching herself in the air and doing some sort of flip or twist that'll move her to the side, increase her momentum or slow it down depending on which way she twists and turns. As day turns to evening and evening to night, she eventually lands next to where ever Kyo may have landed himself to stop training for the night. She pants a lot, as even for her all that was a lot of work. "We should play tag tomorrow," she tells the dragon, playfully hip checking him, "We're both pretty good at propelling, so let's play tag to practice". Yurei beams to the dragon as he obviously finds that it's rather natural for his ancient self to propel and swing this way and that. She herself has a blast by twisting and turning like some sort of cat that's making to land. Or maybe she's a dolphin born in the air instead of the ocean with how easy flipping and spinning comes to her. But then again, it's so easy because she has previous experience as little as it is. Upon finding that Kouga wasn't as keen to it as Kyo or Erza or herself which is a bit surprising. However, she knows that the man is still slightly slow to adapt as compared to the rest of them due to his sheltered life. Thus, she makes to help him here and there should he accept it. By the end of the night, her legs are actually sore, and she's tired. But most of all, she's hungry. Therefore when they're done for the night and Levi has told them to leave the equipment on the table, she nods to her lover. "I'm starving actually. Food sounds wonderful right about now". After they've ate- as I'm sure you don't have much to say after this for the day- she heads on to bed, falling asleep literally as soon as her frame hits the blankets.
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Post by LochNess on Oct 3, 2014 2:12:33 GMT
XD Cider is /the/ only one who can stop a rampaging Ichigo I'm sure. Still, she gladly deepens the kiss, having missed the feeling of his longing and passion that he holds for her. She only separates their kiss for air and to coax him into getting to their room. She decides the shower can happen after they 'resting' with the one she loves. Once behind closed doors, she embraces him in their hug. A shiver runs down her back as he kisses her, begging for his reward. They've only done this once, and it was a long time ago. She's secretly longed for this for a while. Blue eyes close as she stutters out a, "Yes, have as much fun with your reward was you want." She smirks before she starts letting her mouth kiss and nip Ichigo in return. Her hands coax their way into his clothes, feeling his warm, strong muscle under the surface of smooth skin. Her breath hitches as Ichigo hits one spot on her neck at it's base.
Akira meanwhile helps Grimmjow our of his harness, or tries to. Fortunately for Grimmjow, she never notices just how turned on he is. She merely walks beside him, praising him further, not realizing what it's doing to him. For the sake of privacy, Kurogane is with one of the old ladies since they seemed really nice and to sincerely like being with her baby and vice versa. Plus, let's say they were stuck in the same room because who ever was deciding who sleeps where decided that, like so many others have, Grimmjow and Akira are a thing. Still, she's sitting on her own bed cross legged and coming her long blonde hair out when Grimmjow walks in, all clean and nice smelling and... Her cheeks go a little pink at what she sees. His hair is down over his face like it would normally fall. It looks very... "Grimmjow," she says, her voice soft and hesitant. She pats her bed. "Come here for a second," she asks. Whether he agrees or refuses, Akira situates herself in front of him, looking all serious as one of her small hands raise up. She's hesitant as it nears his face. What could she be doing? She bites her lip, watching him cautiously before carefully letting her hand rest in his hair. Assuming he doesn't react negatively as she was worried about, her hesitant self becomes happy and soft again. A smile is on her face as her fingers move, running through his hair. "It's so soft!" She says. She doesn't stop either. No way. It's way too soft for her to want to stop. Her hand's motion is still fairly slow, running through his hair delicately, as if to make him feel like it tickles. Bear in mind, she's changed into pjs that she kept from Ao no Exorcist world because she liked the one she had.
Kyo grins at Erza in the end as she mentions playing tag. "Sure! Maneuver head tag. We can make Ichigo or Grimmjow it so we'd never be caught." He smirks at the image of Chibi Ichigo and Grimmjow flailing like fish out of water through the trees trying and failing to catch up to the graceful, acrobatic Erza and experienced Kyo. Thei pleases him greatly, but alas. He will have to wait until tomorrow. That's ok. He can hang out until then sooner he has that image to entertain himself. He looks to the Mage, and he says, "Until tomorrow, we should eat and get cleaned up. Especially you." He smirks playfully before making a goofy disgusted look with a hand plugging up his nose. She doesn't smell bad at all, of course. He just knows that she's the type that can handle a joke. Either way, he decides he needs a shower. He bows out to take onereally fast.
lol! Ok! Kouga meanwhile isn't so sore, but he is exhausted. The food he are the last few days weren't at all enough for him. His animal morphed DNA calls for more calories than what these humans rationed for him. He's ok, but he won't pass up a morsel of food unless it's poisoned. He passes out soon after Yurei, cuddling close in a spooning position since he hasn't been able to do so for longer than a day or two for a long time thanks to half the worlds they end up in.
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Post by OokamiShinjo on Oct 3, 2014 2:40:25 GMT
Just simply to make things run further along, let's say they fade at some point, with Ichigo gladly having fun with his 'reward'. He earned it after all. Then again, it's obviously a reward for Cider as well. I'll let them be for now.
Grimmjow in the mean time is reminded of them having to sleep in the same room the moment they got into the hallway that holds their room in the first place. It frustrates him. How the hell is he supposed to not dream about her if she's gonna be sleeping in a bed right across the room from his own?! Damn it he can't win. It doesn't fucking help that there's no brat to distract him from any and all dirty thoughts. As Akira has kept her PJs, as anime logic should have it, Grimmjow has pulled his own from the last world out of literally thin air. The pants hang low on his hips as they had last time as well, but don't threaten to fall off should he make the wrong move. He blinks, curious as Akira suddenly becomes rather quiet and serious, if not hesitant. He was going to just go to bed after his nice cold shower that helped him calm down finally but apparently she wants something from him. He calmly walks to her bed and sits where she patted. However as she raises her hands, he watches her carefully but does not fight. He's curious. What's she going to do? However, as her fingers begin to thread themselves through his hair ever so gently and ever so slowly, his shoulders stiffen and a long, pleasurable rush races down his spine and settles at the tip of his tailbone. His eyes widen at the sensation, not knowing what to do with himself. That is until he drops his head and leans into every brush of fingers he gets. His shoulders slump and his eyes close while his features become very lax. It's almost as though he's sleeping sitting up under the sensation of his attention. The only sign of him being awake is him speaking, "Of course it's soft," he tells her, looking up at her with a single right eye open, "Did you think it'd be wiry or something?" Still, he closes that eye again so that he may look at his eyelids. "I know what I want as my reward," he tells her. Assuming that she's curious, he continues, "Don't ask why. Just let me sleep in the same bed as you and let me hug you. That's what I want". It's embarrassing to admit that he wants to cuddle. And he was going to simply ask for a back massage from her at first. But the lovely sensation of her fingers running through his hair has made him change his mind obviously.
Erza laughs at the playful dragon's suggestion of a game of tag with the two least skilled users of the gear, "Now that's just mean," she teases lightly. Still, she finds it funny and that's all that really matters. Though her eyes widen before she scoffs and playfully pushes him to the side this time. She has to push a bit harder than normal since he's much taller than she, but no matter as it's still done. "I stink? You're the one that needs the shower," she throws back in an obvious good mood. She and he haven't had a whole lot of time to be playful like this since they made up from their fight. It feels nice to be able to do so again. Once after eating, she lets Kyo take the shower first before taking one herself. Unlike Grimmjow or Akira, she didn't keep her pjs from Ao no Exorcist but instead simply pulls a pair from the pocket dimension that she controls for all her things. A simple pair of white pants and a short sleeved button up shirt is all she needs to sleep in. She settles down on her bed before letting her frame flop back; she's tired. Unless Kyo has anything to say, she'll sleep for the night.
Yurei's still sleeping, cuddled up to lover boy Kouga
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Post by LochNess on Oct 3, 2014 3:06:38 GMT
Ok! Yes, they fade and Cider is as happy with Ichigo's reward as Ichigo is.
Akira is surprised by his reaction, but she takes it as a cue to not stop petting his hair. She keeps a soft expression, almost like when ever she thinks of Horosha or when she handles Kurogane; both are people she's loved deeply. Still, she looks down, meeting his one eyed gaze. "I always thought it'd be stiff the way it's always brushed back and rarely is out of place. I'm glad I was wrong." She grins, and she lets a light giggle escape her mouth. "I've been wanting to do this since that first world we spent together: the ninja one." She continues petting, only hesitating as he brings up his reward. Oh yea. She said she'd reward him if he did well, and unfortunately, she's praised him too much to take it back now. She listens, and his request, though odd, doesn't raise any complaints from her. After the initial surprise, his request is met with that smile she's been giving him a lot recently and a, "Alright! A night of cuddling just for you." Her hand finally stops petting his hair as it slides along his skin to around his neck. She uses her weight to push him down, knowing he wouldn't budge if he decided he didn't want to, and curling up around his body. However he decides to situate himself, she allows. Once they're comfortable, she says. "cuddling like this, correct?" There's no hint of judging of mocking his request as she gladly accepts him as her body pillow tonight. His warm, bare skin embracing her body actually make her happier than she's been in a while. Still, as her own bare arms and laced torso press against his body, and long bare legs comfortably intertwine around his clothed ones, she gazes at him until he insist that this is what he wanted.
Kyo shook his head. "No way. We dragons don't stink. We never stink." He sticks his nose up as he walks, looking all proud of that lie of his. Still, he takes a fast and thorough shower to make himself perfectly clean and nice smelling before returning to the room. By the time Erza's showered if I read her post right, he's resting in his bed. He's not asleep, he's just getting comfy and sprawled out for the night. He has random slacks he found in the castle for PJs. They aren't about to hang off his hips like Grimmjow's. They're just for sleeping, not seducing. Hehe. Still, he says a brief good night to her before he finally passes out himself.
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Post by OokamiShinjo on Oct 3, 2014 3:44:36 GMT
Morning hits much faster than a certain 'king' would prefer. However, his body refuses to stay asleep and there are things to be taken care of. Things such as riding a horse for long distances and trying to keep casualties to a minimum. The latter of which shouldn't be hard to do seeing as he and his group are Titan slaying machines. The day before was filled with an awesome morning- after all, waking up the morning after some long needed sex is always good- and more training. Despite what Kyo and Erza figured, Ichigo and his 'rival' actually are pretty damn good at propelling themselves around and doing all sort of flips and spins. However, they're no where near as graceful as a certain red head. That same day, they were introduced to the swords of this world, their blades being disposable but their hilts not. Apparently the hides of Titans are thick for normal people, and it takes two blades to take out a certain chunk from a Titan's neck where their only vital point is. Being trained to use these blades without dulling them in one go was kind of annoying to Ichigo, however he soon got it down before sunset- which is saying a lot in comparing it to his first day. Today, though, their mission honestly begins, and Ichigo finds himself silently eating through breakfast so that he may saddle up his horse- whom he's promptly named Aztec. According to Levi, he and his friends will be their own group during their travels, and they'll be on the left wing of the entire gathering, but also further up front.
"Well now you know better," he tells her upon her saying that she assumed it was hard. Grimmjow knows that his request is odd. So odd that he's a bit ashamed of it. However, he realizes that due to the attention his scalp is getting and the soft smile she sends his way he won't be able to resist for tonight. Not with the way she's currently treating him. He's just happy that she accepts it, even if she does call it cuddling. In his manly man of a mind, it's not cuddling, it's just hugging in his sleep. He refuses to admit that he's a cuddler. None the less he lets her push his frame fully onto the bed with her own weight, and willingly tangles his legs with her own. "Yea," he sighs out, his body humming with the pleasure of hugging such a beautiful woman so close in the dead of night. He lowers his head again with tired and glazed eyes. What he ends up doing is resting his forehead on one of her shoulders and using that as a pillow. His lips are a little parted, so every now and then a breath brushes across her skin. However after he's settled her head down, he's fast asleep, his body probably the most relaxed it's been in years. Like Ichigo, he finds that propelling is not an issue for him in the slightest. In fact, his body is used to the acrobatic movements like Erza's as he is not unfamiliar with twists and flips that can be done mid-air. Handling the easily dulled swords is a bit of a bitch for him, seeing as half the time he aims to dig in too deep. However, part of it is due to the fact that he's been recalling his night just before falling asleep all day. As his mind was once more awake enough to think perverted thoughts, he finds himself having to go through the lessons with a frame that's feaverish and in need of attention that he won't be giving it. By the time Ichigo is up, Grimmjow has been awake for about an hour and a half being the first of my guys to wake up at the crack of dawn. He's already been outfitted with his own personal Maneuver Gear which feels a bit odd due to the fact that he's been handling heavier and older equipment up till now, but he figures he'll adapt. His own horse is a mare that he's named Treason. Like any other horse at the Survey Corps' disposal, she is long and sturdy, made for endurance and speed all in one. By the time they get ready to go, he finds himself between Kyo and Akira.
Erza's time in training the next day was actually very fun for her. Mainly due to the fact that she and Kyo indeed had that game of tag for propelling. The goal was to literally tag the other person without running into them- just to tap them- before retreating as normal tag is played. It was lots of fun for her not only because Kyo's a good sport, but because as a child she had been too focused on getting stronger after the Tower incident back home that she ignored childish desires and simply trained all the time. Like the rest of her training with this gear, she has no problem in handling the duel swords, already being used to such a fighting style. The only thing she had to adjust to was the fact that the blades get duller a lot faster than your average sword. Cutting deep enough was no real issue, though. The mare Erza rides, as opposed to Ichigo's and Yurei's stallions, has been named Venom. His longs are strong and sturdy, she noted when she brushed him down before tacking him up for departure. Being the last of my guys to wake up on mission day though, she's a bit rushed. Upon their take off for the area outside of Rose Wall, she herself is between Kyo and Yurei. She silently thanks that horse world for teaching her to ride. Otherwise she'd of had to learn to do that too.
Yurei is the third person of my people to get up on mission day. The day before had been a bit of a struggle for her. Not because of propelling herself obviously, but because she's not used to handling swords, and as such needed help from Levi or Kouga- whoever honestly- in order to make sure that her strikes would be at least effective. She ended up training as late as Ichigo and Grimmjow did the first day of their training, as honestly she sucked at using the blades up until then. Being the third person to wake up allowed her to move at a more leisurely pace as compared to Erza, but she couldn't take up too much time lest she not get to eat or something. Like everyone else, she was fitted with her own full Maneuver Gear set. As opposed to Grimmjow who thinks his new set is light, she thinks hers is heavy and awkward for the time being. Mounting her stallion, Warden, was very awkward for her to the point of her needing a leg up onto his back for the time being. However once on Warden, she was fine. In their group's line up, she's between Erza and Kyo, their entire group is lead of course by Ichigo and Cider on their own horses. Yurei can't help but hope that their powers stay as opposed to her theory, but we both know her hopes are in vein.
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Post by LochNess on Oct 3, 2014 13:34:57 GMT
Because of their long night of fun, Cider never really got to sleep until midnight. She was tired the next day, but not not enough to keep her from practicing. Propelling was a lot easier than it was made out to be. She found the momentum and movement easy to adapt to and master. Of course, she ends up playing with Ichigo, enticing him into a game of her own as well as Akira and Grimmjow if they'd want. Her game was to stalk and capture the other four in the group. Regardless of the outcome of the game, she feels ready for what ever nonsense she may need this gear for. Still, she wakes up on the morning of the mission rather early for once. She's eager to take on this challenge. She eats, showers with Ichigo if he wants to, and dresses for the occasion. She doesn't want anyone aside from Ichigo seeing up her skirt, and ther will be just too many others for her to keep track of to prevent it. She wears the uniform of the survey corps, pants, shirt, jacket and all. Her hair is pulled back in a French braid. She mounts her own mare, Hana, after situating her new maneuver gear which, unknown to anyone, is the same faulty equipment that had Eren on his face during his own training. The palomino lets her climb on, appearing nice and calm as though they won't be running for their lives in just an hour.
Akira nods. "I'm glad I know now." She runs a hand through his hair one last time after he settled himself on her. He's a bit heavier than Kurogane, but surprisingly, it's still as comfortable as if it were her son resting on her. She continues to run a hand through his hair as she watches him fall asleep, unsure of what this feeling is that arises from the depths of her soul. Curious, she lets it guide her for just a moment. That moment, let's say, is just before Grimmjow is asleep. She leans her head forward, and she kisses the top of his head and whispers, "Good night," to him. It doesn't really help her figure out the emotions she feels. All she knows is that his breathe tickles more than she expected as it brushes along her skin with every exhale. It's not enough to prevent her from passing out as well though. She sleeps rather well like Grimmjow did, though not /quite/ as well. She spends the next day playing with the propelling part. She's used to swords, so she is used to the two blades in no time at all, especially considering that's Miraikou's shikai form in essence. She play spars with Grimmjow in mid air as she sees he is good at it as well, using the flat of her swords to tap where she can on him if at all. The next night, in contrast to the one before, she gets little sleep. She's missing Kurogane's familiar little body, and Grimmjow isn't filling in for him again, so it makes her all too aware of his absence, and being a mother, she worries for him all through the night. Unlike the others, she has no experience riding a horse. She merely remembers how the other riders in the horse world handled their horses when on their backs, especially Grimmjow since she could feel it when he have commands. Still, she asks him for a crash course with her black and white pinto stallion, Toby, acting as her crash course hands on practice. She settles into a spot beside Grimmjow for the ride, the flare fun they are all given by her side. She wears the survey corps uniform as well, deciding it seemed the best to avoid discomfort in her harness/belt, and it was comfortable to move all around in.
Kyo meanwhile is having as much fun with propelling as Erza since they got to play tag all day. Since he's not one to rely on a sword often, he's a little delayed in getting used to them, especially learning how to prevent them from getting dull which was a real nuisance. He does get the hang of it by the end, though it certainly wasn't second nature to him compared to all the true sword users in the group. Still, he lives with it, and come time for the day of the mission, he's been up with the sun as usual. After warming up and claiming breakfast, he heads out to claim equipment and a horse. He claims a stallion named Kasai for his flaming red coloring. He rests on the outside of their group, to the far left so he may be out of the way of their scents. He will better be able to detect near by titans better this ways.
Kouga takes to the swords more naturally than the balancing or propelling. He already handles his bladed claws almost identically to the method of handling these blades with out making them dull or breaking the. He is sure to help out Yurei then since it's the one time he's better than her during this training it would seem. Still, the hard training and lack of adequate food has him sleeping, though not soundly, through out the night. Come time for the mission, he is almost late because he over slept. Still, he rushes to get dressed and put on his newly assigned maneuver gear. He runs out to get one of the remaining horses, a black mare he names Akuma. He mounts her, and similarly to Kyo, he puts himself so he can flare out and keep his senses sharp on the landscape around him for any sign of those weird giants.
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Post by OokamiShinjo on Oct 3, 2014 15:12:02 GMT
With Ichigo and Cider at the head of their group and the other six behind them with those with the sharpest noses on the outside, he does his best to make sure to keep them in the correct area. Unfortunately for him, it was either put his hair into a pony tail or cut all his hair off- which would be annoying since it'd all grow back within a few hours. Thus, he's stuck wearing it in a ponytail which is insanely weird looking to him. It's not that it looks bad on him, it's just that he's not used to it. The ponytail in and of itself is tied off at the base of his head, forcing his hair to gather together for a moment before splaying on his back like it normally does. Loose hair is made to frame his face, making it seem like he has shorter hair again when looking at him from the front. Earlier that morning he had tried on the Maneuver Gear over his normal baggy white clothing. It was so damn uncomfortable it wasn't even funny. So, he ended up having to wear the Survey Corps uniform as well. He feels a little awkward in it due to the jacket being a half jacket but no matter. For the most part the ride is smooth and calm despite them having to make various changes in their direction to go around Titans and to keep from fighting. Upon seeing Yurei's new change, he merely tells her that she looks pretty damn awesome, but honestly doesn't feel any sort of attraction towards her shapely frame. After all, he's got a certain silver haired lover to carry his attention. Ichigo's golden eyes widen as Yurei explains things when the situation starts to turn south. No, she has to be wrong. She /has/ to be! And yet he can't feel his mental link with Cider, his skin feels so damn sensitive for some reason and- what's that? A heart beat?- he has a heart?! He makes to gather reiatsu for a Sonido, but where as normally he'd disappear in burst of speed, this time he does nothing. He can't do anything. He's.....Completely human in the midst of this battle. His hands become cold and his breath hitches. If he fights, he could die and he won't be able to regenerate. /Cider/ could die! His mind races as Aztec carries him further along the ground. What should he do?!
Behind him, Grimmjow has little problems wearing the Survey Corps uniform as even though its tighter than he's used to he can live with it. The night before last, when Akira had decided to kiss his head and wish him good night, he was utterly surprised. The sensation of her lips on any part of him shocked him into being wide awake for the next three hours as he fought to keep himself from simply making a stupid move that he'd regret later. However in order to keep her from staying awake as well, he made sure to stay still and keep his breath steady- a difficult task indeed. Being on a horse that's not Akira was slightly odd at first, but he swiftly gets over such a fact, and settles down into his saddle. As Akira had asked him to give her a crash course on riding, he decided to have her ride in front of him on the same horse so he could easier teach her. He gave her the reigns and wrapped his arms around her so that he could place his hands over her own and position them correctly. The first five minute of their- let's say- half hour crash course, he had his hands over hers and was telling her how just how soft a horse's mouth is and how to do this and that. As usual, where her skin meets his is hot and feaverish to him, though he's not sure if it's hot to her. Once the half hour crash course is over, he's in his position as mentioned, and sits low in the saddle in order too move with his steed's stride. For the ride, it he is silent for now. That is until things head south. Like Ichigo, Grimmjow makes to search for his rieatsu, but finds none. In fact, as he puts a hand to his abdomen, he doesn't find a Hollow Hole but instead skin and organs like any other person would. "What the fuck?!" He snarls, obviously not at all happy with the situation. As opposed to Ichigo, who is momentarily paralyzed with the new knowledge that he can actually die, Grimmjow is not worried at all. So what if he dies? These fucking Titans are gonna try and kill him and he won't be going down without a fight! That said, he's the first of my guys to make a move, leaping onto Treason's back and balancing for a second. He waits until the Titan at the head of the group- a group of eight- is close before suddenly sending out a line to attach to its calf. He lets himself get jerked forward before swinging up high. Let his battle with the Titan begin.
Erza had been utterly surprised upon seeing Yurei's new and absolutely sexy look that she'd taken on. Where she found the clothing to make the outfit she does- same as in the picture- the red head doesn't know in the slightest. Has she always been so developed? She beams to Yurei as she mounts Venom. Like everyone else, Erza too is dressed in Survey Corps uniform, finding it easier to work with, and her hair is up in a high pony tail. Unfortunately, next to Yurei she is the second fastest to see what the issue is at hand. Her eyes widen. Why didn't they see such a large group of them?! She watches as Yurei releases a flare of smoke, signaling the rest of the caravan. As the Titans get closer, she readies to re-equip into her Black Wing armor. However...There's an issue. Why can't she re-equip?! She calms herself for a second and makes to dig into the pocket dimension, but instead finds that there /is/ no pocket dimension for her to dig into! She can't even feel her magic coursing through her body like she normally can! She hears a loud curse from Ichigo from up front whom is obviously trying to do something- he's trying to Sonido- and it's not working! Her head whips around to look at Yurei as she rides, Venom's legs stretching out further in an attempt to get further away from the group of Titans that are getting ever closer. "What do you mean?! I had my magic five minutes ago!!" Upon Yurei's explanation, she pales. "Damn it!" Time to see if they can actually fight like real, helpless humans. Her heart hammers within its cage. It's been years since she's been powerless. But what should she do? She watches as Grimmjow is the first one to make a move, which steels her resolve. She'll have to fight like a native of this world. She knows how to, she's skilled, and the blades are natural in her hands. She takes on the third closest Titan, attaching herself to its back and swinging it around so that it has no choice but to stop so it can focus on trying to eat her.
Yurei is the first up out of my guys, having not slept the entire night before the mission. Not because she's nervous, but because she is steeling her resolve. In the shower that night, she actually noted something that terrified her. Her power was steadily draining from her person like the water flowing over her body. Upon realizing this, she barely held back a whimper of fear and curled up on herself, just sitting there under the shower. However, after half an hour of silently crying, she managed to begin pulling herself together. And that's what she worked on all night. The next day, she dressed in what she wanted to ever since the idea of dressing like that popped into her head. Besides, she's been wearing basically the same thing for years now, and that's definitely not cool. Thus, she foregoes her usual clothing and the Survey Corps clothing and instead settles for wrapping her torso up and wearing red baggy pants as well as that tattered cloak around her waist like the picture. Her hair feels slightly odd being in a ponytail, but it'll keep it from getting caught or in the way should she need to fight. She blushes as Ichigo compliments her and Erza beams at her. Grimmjow doesn't seem to really care, which honestly she's happy about because that means that he's always seen her as mature- she thinks. The ride for the most part is silent for her if not a bit breezy due to her new outfit but no matter. By the time she's riding, her abilities are already gone, but she has no time to tell her friends. Her eyes widen as she hears the stomping of a group of Titans, causing her to look to her left. With her resolve standing firm, she releases a flare, signaling everyone around her including her friends. She watches as Erza makes to re-equip but finds that she can't do so, and sees her confused face. "We don't have our powers," Yurei announces to the lot of them, "Can't you feel it? We're all powerless humans now! I sure as hell can feel it!" She tells them. Her eyes widen as Grimmjow instead of Ichigo is the first to make a move, with Erza following him a moment later. She stands on Warden's back before launching herself at the second closest one, swinging her small frame rapidly towards her target. Though the Titan sees her and makes to catch her, she releases her wire from its neck and swings around his front, blades at the ready as she works to get to its only vital area.
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Post by LochNess on Oct 3, 2014 15:55:12 GMT
"Looking good," she teases Ichigo with cat calls and flirting until they take off in formation into Titan territory. Of course, she adds once she notices Yurei, "Almost as good as Yurei herself." She smirks at her lover, letting him know that her mean comment is just a joke. Still, she rides not beside him, using her senses to track any large movement that might be a Titan. As they ride, though, she starts to notice she is having a harder time with every passing minute tracking everyone and titans. This makes her tense. What sends her into a state of pure fear is Yurei mentioning their loss of power, and her link to Ichigo being severed. The Witch might as well have removed a lung if she wanted the panicked state she got out of Cider once the link was gone. She looks forward with widened eyes as Grimmjow, Ichigo, and Erza bravely charge the group of titans. She... She can't sit there like a dear in headlights! Wide eyes narrow as she hardens her own nerves and will. She will help take down these titans with out her powers. She gets up so that she's crouched with her feet on Hana's back as she sets her sights on one of the giants. The flat terrain will make it difficult, but she can do it! She releases two wires that attach to the hip of the targeted Titan, and she jumps, using her gas to propel herself around. Well, she tries to. What happens is that the weight on the equipment doesn't balance out right, therefore throwing off her own balance. Instead of a smooth ride around the Titan, she finds herself spinning and hitting the ground hard, a place she's learned is a big problem for humans. She looks up for her landing face first on the ground to see two titans looking over her, the one she targeted, and one other. Eyes widen with fear. Shit! She struggles to sit up, but she's frozen in place by fear. What snaps her out of it is when... Akira honestly thought Grimmjow was asleep, she as far as she knows, he doesn't know he was kisses. :3 still, she accepts riding with him while he tells her how to give the commands correctly. She learns fast, but for some reason, she doesn't let it show as his large hands cover hers, showing her physically how to say left right or stop. Still, she eventually claims her own horse once more, and she rides on confidently beside Grimmjow. Well that is until their powers crap out on them. "What the hell?!" She yells as she fails at recalling her magic light abilities. She narrows her eyes at the titans before her. "That damn witch is trying to kill us!" She snarls, but dying isn't on her to do list. She refuses to die in a place like this, leaving her infant son to struggle here forever. This isn't a world she'd ever settle on while he's around. She doesn't hesitate to start an attack. She watches Cider go down for lack of balance, though she couldn't care less if it was Cider's fault or malfunctioning gear. She isn't about to let her get squashed by titans. She attacks the one Cider was targeting when she fell, mercilessly hacking into his one weak spot. No one in her group is going to die on her watch! This is what snaps Cider out of her frozen fear to just barely avoid the heavy hand of the second Titan, but Akira notices a slight limp that could be just about anything. Have fun not being scared, Ichigo. Kyo was about to attack the large group of titans running their way with fire when he realizes he can't. Eyes widen, and he snaps his gaze back to Yurei just a moment to look at her as she announces their being meant to lose powers in this world. Damn it! Say something sooner! He doesn't say this, but he sure thinks it as he darts around with his mare to avoid a foot he was about to run under when looking back. He immediately turns around to the back of this Titan, and he springs forward. His movements are somewhat clumsy, but unlike Cider, he doesn't have bad equipment to flip him around. He cuts down the Titan with out hesitation. Immediately, he calls for his mare to return so he isn't on the ground for long. He learned when they first arrived being on the ground is a very bad thing with titans. Kouga is ready for the power to disappear. Be trained those two days knowing it. When his wings faded away, he knew there was no callingom his winds like the first time or simply flying to avoid the titans. He backs Yurei up, attacking a Titan to the side of the one she targeted. He uses the Titan as something to sink his wires into and swings around to the back to take off the neck. He immediately gets back on the horse, and he looks to the others, sensing the fear in many of them, especially among the stronger four of the group. He growls out, "We've been through greater hell than this! The Witch ain't gonna kill us that easy." He takes his horse back and they gallop forward, his resolve to survive this hardened more than ever. Consider this his way of venting his fear.
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Post by OokamiShinjo on Oct 3, 2014 16:34:42 GMT
He had chuckled at Cider's comment about him looking almost as good as Yurei, as the girl honestly has done well in dressing herself this day. Ichigo watches as just about everyone save himself jumps into action. Why not him? Because he's gone from being the strongest creature he knows to being nothing but just an ordinary human in seconds. How is that not frightening?! Ogichi? Ogichi?! He tries to get his inner Hollow's attention. However, there's not even white noise in his mind. Just the echo of his own voice as though he were in a large and hollow room. Aztec dances in place as his hands won't allow the stallion to go anywhere, which unsettles the steed to no end as he bucks his head back and forth to try and get his rider to let him move forward and away from the danger again. OGICHI?! No luck still. He doesn't hear Kouga's growled out words either. He's broken out of his thoughts when he sees Cider take off after everyone else, Grimmjow having led the attack like the stubborn bastard he is. His body stiffens to an absolute stand still when Cider's frame suddenly crashes into the ground. Why did that happen?! She was fine yesterday!! His mouth opens in a silent scream as his fear sky rockets. Two Titans...Two Tians are going to eat Cider! Move.....Move damn you! He commands of himself, but for the time being his frame is still frozen. He watches as a Titan readies to eat the love of his life until- Oh thank god Akira was there to save her! However he sees a limp in Cider's stride as she manages to pick herself up. Son of a bitch! He refuses to be useless as his friends easily charge into battle. He has to move forward. Thus, he slacks his hold on Aztec's reigns and lets the stallion bolt, carefully bringing his frame to stand on the stallion's back before suddenly launching himself at the second Titan that's targeted Cider. A look of nothing but pure determination rests in those golden eyes of his as he swings up high above the Titan's person and uses downward momentum to slam his blades through the Titan's flesh, killing it. He holds onto the Titan with one of his wires as it falls, using it to cushion his fall. Once the Titan is down, he whistles, earning Aztec's attention as he rushes to Cider's side before gathering her into his arms. Aztec settles at Ichigo's side as the carrot top momentarily hugs Cider, "What happened?!" Though he mounts the stallion and helps Cider up as he questions this. They need to find Hana so that Aztec isn't slowed down as he runs out of range of any near by monsters.
Grimmjow all the while feels his heart hammer wildly as he makes his way up the arm of his target, having had to release himself from its skin to keep from being brought down to the ground where he'd surely die. The Titan feels him running up its limb like a person would feel an and, and makes to squish him like one as well. However, just because his powers are gone doesn't mean that his reaction time is. This allows him to jump onto the back of the slapping hand and send the tip of one of his wires literally into the Titans eye. The beast screams his pain as even they feel that, and jerks his head back in an attempt to get away from whatever has attacked him. This takes Grimmjow off of his feet and into the air unexpectedly. He flails for a moment, however after he manages to collect himself before twisting in the air in order to place him at the base of the Titan's neck. The blades are slammed through the skin, cutting out the proper amount of flesh. The reaction is not immediate, but when the Titan begins to fall, Grimmjow like Ichigo uses its body as a cushion for the fall, during which with his free hand he whistles for Treason, who whinnies in return. The mare rushes forward, almost by passing him if it weren't for his quick hand and jump that allows him to preform the ever difficult moving mount. He settles himself down and looks around, finding that the scardy cat Ichigo is finally making a move as well. "About time you dumb fuck!" Grimmjow snarls as he and Treason rush to canter at Aztec's side.
Erza in the mean time is calling on the memories of when she was once a slave to harden her resolve to the strength of diamonds. She can't die here, just like she couldn't die there. She won't be a cow to be worked to death nor simply just slaughtered for food! Never again will she be any sort of live stock, especially not to creatures that don't even know how to change their facial expressions let alone talk! She's quick to mount her stallion, Venom and gather herself together. She didn't use much gas and instead focused on forwarding her momentum through flips and spins as Levi had trained them to do. Once she's back with the group and once everyone is safe, she looks to Yurei with a stern gaze, "Why didn't you say something sooner about our powers?!" Upon her answer she shakes her head, "You should have told us anyways. Look at Ichigo! He was the strongest of us and yet he was the last one to fight! Do you really think he would have done that if he knew what was going to happen?" It seriously almost got Cider killed, as something had happened to make her fall.
Yurei in the mean time is the second of my guys to kill a Titan simply because she jumped into the action as early as Grimmjow had. However, Ichigo's frozen stature came as a surprise to her. She was going to strike the second Titan going for Cider down. And in fact she was on her way when Ichigo suddenly- finally- jumped into action. At least he wasn't so scared as to not try to protect his beloved. With her now being on the ground, she keeps her senses alert until Warden comes to her side faithfully without even needing to be whistled for. "Good boy," she pats his neck before urging him forward after sheathing her blades. This time getting onto him isn't so hard to do. Once all the Titans are killed, she curls in on herself a little as a certain red head snaps at her, obviously not happy with what's just gone one. "I wasn't certain!" She defends herself. She had told Kouga but...Only him. Should she have tried harder to tell them? She bites her lip as she looks to Ichigo whose peach colored skin is pale as a page of blank white paper. Had that really scared him so much? "I'm sorry....! But now what? I don't see any sign of the rest of the caravan!" Indeed, normally there would be some sort of sign, a cloud of smoke from a flare that would have directed the rest of them which way to go as she and her friends took care of the enemies. But she sees no sign of a flare having one off. Were they left behind?
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