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Robert stood there as nothing happen. Miraiko raised his eyebrows at this, the boy was clearly putting prana and channeling his origin, but nothing was happening.

"Maybe you have a dud." Nicola said sticking her tongue out and rubbing her hand across her bracelet.
Vincent looked at her with his face that said, 'why do you have to be an ass?'
"Ok you test him out then Vincent, attack him." Nicola encouraged.

Vincent looked towards Robert, who just shrugged and then to Miraiko.
"In Asian folklore, Suzaku the red bird was the symbol of the south, maybe it is your duty to activate the Turtle of the North." And then turning to Robert. "Genbu is also a snake, young warrior." He said with a smile.

Vincent turned back to Robert. "Ok here I come." Vincent said sighing. He clenched his fist around his pendant before Miraiko interrupted. "Try wearing the necklace." Vincent looked down at his fist and opened it, stared at it for a while before putting it around his neck.

Ok he took a deep breath, and everyone stood back. "Burn!" Vincent thought but also shouted aloud for effect. Instantly he was coated in a red fiery flame-like aura.

He stepped back, took a look at his arms burning bright and deep red flames of ethereal energy.

"Ok I'll start off slow." Vincent said, he opened his palm and concentrated a ball of flame into it. He then threw it at Robert.
For a while nothing happened and then as the ball of flames was a second away from hitting him the glove expanded it's scales and a deep blue water, sparklingly clear almost mystical shot forward to dose the flame.


Vincent looked at Robert who just shrugged again and went back to concentrating.
"Hit him Vincent!" Nicola shouted. Vincent then unsheathed the sword Miraiko had thrown him earlier and instantly the aura extended to the sword. Vincent nodded at Robert, who responded with a similar nod before he darted off.

Vincent jumped into the strike, it was a simple side strike which he aimed to cut him just slightly on the arm was blown out of proportion. The flame aura had made him lighter and faster as he ran and jumped through the sky, but the weight on the strike heavier pulling him deeper into the strike, it would be fatal now if it hit.

As the strike came closer, the water started to spiral creating a shield, but as it hit the flaming sword there was an explosion of prana taking the form of steam, but the air felt heavy with the force of magical energy, but like steam sight and senses were temporarily disabled. Noone seeing what happened directly after the sword hit the water.

Soon the steam dissipated and standing there was Vincent hands held firmly against grip of his sword, but connected to this sword blocking the sword from Roberts body was a bone like turtle shell that floating between Robert and Vincent's sword.
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"Seems as if his weapon can only defend. Try and attack Rob!" Nicola shouted she was really getting into this.
"Go on attack me." Vincent said to his friend.

Robert looked at him "Erm...Attack." he said, sending out a slight offensive signal Vincent's way, instantly the turtle shell collapsed into smaller bones and started to coil round and down Vincent's sword until it reached his hand, connecting again forming a snake like bone creature. The bone creature, seeming to ignore Vincent's flames as if it just slipped under the surface bit him in the hand and Vincent dropped the sword and withdrew his hand. Instantly the sword dropped on the floor and Vincent was unarmed and Robert hadn't even moved.

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Origins can't be offensive or defensive since they are just concepts, the application of it can however. But Genbu is a turtle, nothing says defensive than a turtle shell.
And I have no idea what an Aozaki is. :v

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As he said that, Robert was either knowingly or unknowingly releasing his Origin into the metal blob, his not as shiny as Vincent's, not as hard as Nicola's but squidgy in and of itself.

The blob started to contort as if fed of Robert's Prana and origin, until it melted down and wrapped around his arm before solidifying and turning into a scaled Gauntlet although made of metal, had the texture of Snake scale and Turtle shell.


"Ah Genbu the black has given you his blessing." Miraiko said with a nod.
"And now who is next?" He said looking towards Alysis and Jacob as Robert played with his new gauntlet.

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I always imagines Roberts origin kind of like an Inertia(Newtons first law) type of ability. And I'm starting to love our characters.
Vincent the underdog with untapped potential.
Nicola the genius but with no motivation.
Robert the take things as they come as to come out on top.
Alysis the determined.

Mani you should have revealed how you get the suits, you have to tell your secret. And Conquest also has your suits :3

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Just as long as we don't fodderise the 5th years, they should be on Damiens level or just below at least. Nothing else I can think of and since you know the process you can write up the ritual until the forging for Robert, or you could tell me his answers and I could do it.

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Nicola began to dispel her Volsunga and ran and gave Vincent a hug, to which he only blushed.
Miraiko sighed and looked at Robert. "By now you know the drill. Hand and first question, what is your biggest fear?" He said holding his hand out and holding his small blade in the other.
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"Not worth your time, huh!" Aenys shouted raising her hand towards Rei.
"Hold it, you're mine!" Shoshin shouted, before darting towards Aenys.

Aenys reacted quickly, waving her hand and summoning a wall of earth to protect her from Shoshin's strike.

Shoshin didn't slow down as she reached Aenys' wall, only smiled and extended her Tanto blade. "TENKO!" She shouted and thrust it into the wall, soon the wall crumbled away the Prana holding it together stolen. Shoshin stood smiling, as particles of earth started to float around her and her blade.

"A Siphon." Aenys said, disgust heavy on her words.

"No, not quite!" Shoshin said twirling her sword, which was now longer and sharper. "I'm a soul eater." Shoshin's smile crept across her face and then she darted forwards again. Aenys jumped back and summoned a staff from the earth, and used it to parry Shoshin's strikes, before slamming it on the ground and forcing sharp spiked rocks up from under Shoshin, who simply just jumped higher and upwards.

"Hmm, this is going to be harder than it seems, I need a direct strike to draw some blood." She said quietly to herself under her breath, as she jumped over the jagged rocks, Aenys had sent to impale her.

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Nicola walked up to Miraiko and sat on the chair that Vincent had been sitting on before.
"Chop chop!" She said to Miraiko and he sauntered over to where she was sitting taking his seat again beside the floating crucible. Even while he had forged a soul weapon and defended against Vincent the crucible was still hot and still floating of Miraiko's magic.

"Ok, lets then. Give me your hand." Miraiko said softly, grabbing her hand feeling it was both soft and rough in parts.
"Tell me your name." He then asked.
She nodded approvingly, "My name is Nordica Freya Branson, blood of Odin and Siegfried."
"And what is your biggest fear?"
Nicola seemed pensive as if she had to think. "Erm, I don't really have fears, I have worries sure, like do I look good today, will I get Gram back, will I defeat Famine, etc etc, but no fears. I am a Norsewoman after all."
Miraiko raised his eyebrow and stabbed Nicola with his small blade. He watched in anticipation for the blood to flow but only prana.
"Impressive, either you have no real fears or you don't realise they are fears either way you possess a kind of strength."

Nicola only smiled and turned to Vincent and winked while Miraiko placed the energy into the crucible of molten metal and healed her wound.
"Next question, what is your ambition?"
"Erm, I don't really have an ambition, I take days as they come, I guess my current goal would be defeat Famine, reclaim Gram."
Miraiko raised his eyebrows again, a girl with no fears and no ambition, I guess when you have no mountains to conquer, then you have no mountain tops to reach. He stabbed her to draw blood and placed it in the pot, before healing her wound once more.
"So then Miss Branson, tell me something you have never told anyone." He said with a smirk.
Nicola started to ooh and um. "Well let me think... I'm a really open person. But I guess my biggest secret would be... that I don't really have an responsibility and with my high IQ I haven't really had to try or do any strenuous work, I also have a high prana store and high physical stats. So I am like my brother but better in everyway" She said sticking her tongue out to William.

"Erm Nicola, we already kinda know that." William said with a sigh.
"But I never vocalised it, so it should count." Nicola said pouting at her brother. "Hmm, this is hard. How about, I don't really care about winning the tournament, sure I would like to, but not only would that be taking away Wills acomplishment of the previous year, but I'd much rather help Alysis, Robert or Vincent win."
Miraiko nodded at that and stabbed Nicola again this time drawing a sample of the bone and placed it in the crucible before healing the wound.
"Ok you seem to have no issues with this. I trust you know what to do." He said throwing the lump of metal towards Nicola. She raised her hand attracted the lump of metal to her palm.

"So Origin you say." She said holding the lump. She closed her and and breathed deeply, she had only once invoked the power of the Volsunga and that was using Gram, which instantly had a connection due to its own mystery. Nicola began to think of all the wonders of Norway, past and present, the metal started to contort and bend, melt then harden. The metal lump finally stopped it rapid change of state and solidified into a metal bracelet, striped with a tiger motif.
"Byakko of the west has smiled upon you Miss Branson." Miraiko said pretty pleased with Nicola's weapon.
"Ok pretty cool. A tiger has nothing to do with Norway, but oh well. Volsunga!" Nicola shouted and prana started radiate from her through the metal blob. And then in a flash of light the whole area became covered in snow, similar to Conquest's wave of Ice. White tigers and giant wolves started to form out of Prana. And from the bracelet waves of magnetic energy started to attract bits of stone particles of metal towards her hand, until she was holding a smaller thinner roughspun version of Gram.

"Now this I can fuck with." Nicola said with a smile, twirlling the sword in her hand.

"Ok you next!" Miraiko said pointing to Robert.

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Yea, to remember 5th year students are the most dangerous, they have had the most training and even without servants they are formidable. Examples include the Gentleman.

My 5th Year
Name: Aenys Targar

House: House Isis
Year: 5th
Servant: N/A
Magecraft: Earth & Fire + (Blood Summons)
Aenys is an Egyptian Magus, who specialises in her inherent magecraft of Earth and Fire. She

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Vincent looked to Alysis and then to Miraiko and then back to the lump of metal in his hands. And then he punched it, hard!
"Ah Fuck!" he said pulling his hand back in pain.
"THIS IS BULLSHIT!" He said shouting at Miraiko, while still holding the lump, the pain clouding his thoughts making him snap. As per usual when he was angry, excited or felt any strong emotion, heat started to radiate from him.

"Vincent! Look at your hand!" Nicola advised excitedly.
Vincent looked down and could see the metal blob was glowing gently.
"It's responding to your heat." She said excitedly.

"Not exactly. It's actually responding to the magical manifestation of your origin." Miraiko added.
Vincent looked back at the blob.
"So it's like when the Gentlemen stole our magic when he got us to activate those seeds." Vincent said grabbing the metal lump in his hand, and his eyes lit up figuratively and literally. "Ok then, LETS BURN!" He shouted pouring everything he had into his hands and through the metal.

Waves and tongues of flame burst from his body and went straight into the metal, rolls and ripples of heat extending outwards and then back into the metal until after a bright light, Vincent was standing breathing deeply looking into his hand.

Nicola re-approached and looked over his shoulder into his hand. In the centre of his palms, was what looked like a small pendant with a red gemstone in the centre, which seemed to be filled with flames, with wings made of metal coming from either side connected it to a chain.
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"Congratulations, you have claimed your Arma, Suzaku the red bird, has smiled upon you." Miraiko said smiling. "Now channel some energy through it."

Vincent grasped the pendant and focused some Prana to his hand through the pendant, instantly his hand ignited with a bright red flame. It was fire and it wasn't, but it felt powerful.

"Catch!" Miraiko shouted, throwing a sword Vincent's way, he instantly snatched it out of the air, and the red flame covered that too, the sword was now glowing with the same energy.

"Good! Now turn it up!" Miraiko shouted.

"What how!" Vincent responded, but before he could get a breath out, Miraiko had closed the distance between them, with his own blade now a large Katana swug at Vincent. Vincent blocked with the sword he had caught earlier, surprisingly it blocked the strike but Miraiko started to press harder. Vincent matched him and pushed harder, the flames were glowing a deeper red and becoming more focused on the blade as he forced Miraiko back.

Vincent started to breath deeper, steam coming from his mouth as he was breathing harder. He raised his sword and glowing fist and pointed it towards Miraiko. "You want it, THEN YOU CAN HAVE IT ALL!" He shouted as the air started to get heavier. As he finished talking, a shockwave errupted from the sword, pushing and blowing people away from him and then a blast of fire and prana burst forward, taking the form of a fire bird and flew directly to Miraiko.

The 5th year Izanami student, jumped back and opened his hands. His sword turned back into small black particles and started to whirl around him, each of the small particles glowing with his trademark light. Vincent's firebird struck the particles and the spinning absorbed the flame and created a sort of vacuum. And then Vincent started to relax and the bird started to lose its energy, Miraiko pulling back in return until they were all standing after the fact.

"So are you impressed? I am. Sure it looks like normal flame craft, but that is because it is representing your inner fire. This isn't fire, it is prana that has manifested looking as fire, combined with your origin of burn."

Vincent dropped the sword and looked back at the pendant in his hand. "It was a weapon that weaponised his origin perfectly."

"ME NEXT!" Nicola shouted, running up to Miraiko and holding out her hand.

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"Virtue is for those who can't make it as sinners!" Shoshin said looking to her co-conspirators.

"What do you think you are doing." Said someone solemnly from the crowd, Shoshin looked over to see who she assumed was a 5th year Isis student, she had dark tanned skin and white hair.

"We are hear to make a statement." Shoshin said with a smug smirk on her face.

The white haired girl seemed to sigh at this. She raised her hand and pointed at Shoshin, Shin and Rei. "Leave or I shall make you leave, you first year brats."

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Yea that is what I was getting at, instead of fodderising the people in the Quad, we buff them up and get good fights.