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A bunch of Captain Ginyus!?

NewSun V ShidenBlades

Indoor picture looks good.

Can't see the outdoor one though.

In the Darkness of the Night

D’Angelo remained stoic, not bothering to move as Daxius followed up his back kick with the straight throw of the grappling hook. Grappling hooks weren’t generally meant for the straight throw, it made it harder for their true purpose, grappling. So the assault with the weapon stuck D’Angelo as odd, perhaps there was something special about this one? As it came in he moved his short sword blade in its way, mirroring Daxius’s movement to his dart and batting it towards the ground, making sure that the hooks wouldn’t become caught on his wide blade.

“It is, is it?” He said, reaching across his body and pulling out the long sword at his left hip. The long, ash grey blade didn’t reflect the minimal amount of light as a normal blade might, it was too dull in color. With both weapons at his side he gave a humorless chuckle and wouldn’t move until the Cat-demon signaled he was ready.

“Cast aside your string, cat. Let us settle this with blades.” His voice seemed to leak venom and disdain as he showed how truly revolted he was by the thing in front of him.

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Hey, I'm having a little trouble picturing which direction the grappling hook is coming from.

Is he throwing it straight at him, or across towards his chest from right to left; or left to right? Or some other way?

Hand to Hand Combat, yes?

Sounds good to me Dynamo.

NewSun V ShidenBlades

R Y U K U T h e S i l v e r D r a g o n

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P h y s i c a l D e s c r i p t i o n

Standing a couple inches over six feet and composed of solid, corded muscle, Ryuku is a fine specimen to behold. He hails from the Far East and his facial features clearly depict as such, however, it is also evident that Ryuku is not pure of blood. His blood is a union of the West and East. More often than not you will see Ryuku wearing orange loose fit clothing embroidered with black and white ying yangs. His hair once long and raven black is now moonlight silver. Eyes that were a forest green have taken on a radiance and seem to glow emerald with an inner strength.

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H i s t o r y

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Born of a forbidden love between an outsider and empress Ryuku was destined to the life of a slave at best and at worse, death. As an infant he was taken by those loyal to his mother and left with the monks of the long hidden Obsidian Monastery. The monastery was all but a secret, the sort of place that local folk have dark rumors and myths about, a place where someone in hiding could stay hidden.

As a youth Ryuku didn’t know of his royal heritage, he knew only the tough training and harsh life that he was raised in. It may have been that lack of a past that allowed Ryuku to focus intently on his training. Or it could have been that his masters were all long-nosed men that were responsible for his training.

Whatever the case, the only thing that is clear is that Ryuku travels the realms by foot and continues to learn and perfect his style of martial combat. He has yet to take a true student, though he has been known to trade techniques with those he finds worthy.

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E q u i p m e n t

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W e a p o n
His weapon is his body. He carries nothing else on him.

A r m o u r
Ryuku wears no armour, only his orange clothing.

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A b i l i t i e s & C a p a b i l i t i e s

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--P h y s i c al--
Ryuku is far older than he appears and has spent his entire life mastering and perfecting himself with the art of Qi-Gong. The philosophical approach of Qi-Gong applied his everyday life has helped to increase his human potential.

Qi Gong is the art of mastering the flow of energy in the body, the mind and the spirit. It requires a calm and peaceful mind combined with rhythmic breathing coordinated with slow, stylized, fluid and repetitive movement.

Ryuku is a master of himself in nearly every sense of the word. His years of dedicated training allow him to accomplish feats that seem impossible to the normal man. He has studied and trained with masters from different realms to create his style of fighting, which revolves around not having a style.

--Q i—
It is the ‘life-force’ or ‘breath’ in all living things. It can be used to produce a multitude of effects that are divided between internal and external techniques. Internal applications include such things as purging oneself of foreign influence and enhancing the body. External applications are generally more difficult to use and require more time to and Qi. They include producing elemental effects as well as shields and raw Qi techniques.

Ryuku does not use is Qi in an external way alone, he combines his Qi with naturally occurring elements to get a desired effect. All of the Kuji-In below are invested with his Qi as part of the technique.

--K u j i – i n—
Kuji-In is a ritual process that Ryuku learned from his Masters at the Obsidian Monastery. The training teaches the user to surpass the limits of humanity and reach ones true state. By using hand gestures, spoken words and focus the user can momentarily surpass these limits before they are ready.

A true master need not ‘unlock’ any, and is in a constant state of oneness with himself and the universe around him while the less skilled could be anywhere along the path. Each individual technique is called a Cut.

(Ryukus skill and power with Kuji-In depends solely on what’s agreed upon ahead of time; for more mundane fights Kuji-In is nothing more than a religious sort of practice, at a medium power he needs to activate the Cuts with hand-symbols and the Mantras, and at higher levels the Cuts are permanent and simply steps he’s achieved on his way to enlightenment. Mixing and matching can also be done to meet the desired strength and make an even mach between him and his opponent.)

RIN

Rin unlocks the user’s true physical and mental potential. With this Kuji-In unlocked Ryuku is capable of lifting two tons and sprinting at speeds of up to 75mph.

Hand Position: Middle fingers extended, others interlocked.
Mantra: On Bai Shira Man To Ya So Wa Ka

KYO

At first glance the most obvious use of Kyo is that is allows the user to direct uncontrolled energies, such as the elements. However, it also increases the users own inner energy.
Hand Position: Index fingers and thumbs extended, middle fingers curled over index fingers. Others interlocked.
Mantra: On I Sha Na Ya In Ta Ra Ya So Wa Ka

TO

Known as ‘Harmony with the Universe’, this Cut helps the user to become in tune with what is around him. He becomes acutely aware of other living things, the wind, and the sun in relation to himself.

Hand Position: The two small fingers extended to form a V (tips touching). Thumbs extended and touching with the other fingers interlocked.
Mantra: on Ji Re Ta Ra Shi I Ta Ra Ji Ba Ra Ta No-o So Wa Ka.

SHA

This Cut makes the user nearly immune to outside influences to the body. He never succumbs to infection and resists all but the deadliest of poisons. Wounds heal more quickly and even more impressive, the user can impart these abilities onto another, increasing their ability to heal themselves.
Hand Position: Index fingers and thumbs extended, others interlocked.
Mantra: On Ha Ya Bai Shira Ma Ta Ya so Wa Kaon No-o Ma Ku San Man Da.

KAI

When the user achieves this cut others often believe it to be a premonition of danger. This is not so. What the user can do is feel the emotions of others and gather their intent, this aids in determining how an individual will act in a given situation.
Hand Position: The finger tips are touching the web between the fingers on the opposite hand. The thumbs are overlapping and touching the web between the thumb and index finger on the opposite hand.
Mantra: Ba Sa Ra Dan Kanon A Ga Na Ya In Ma Ya So Wa Ka

JIN

This Cut can only be achieved after Kai, and it enhances the user’s ability to feel emotions and intent. What’s more is that is also cloaks the user’s thoughts from others.
Hand Position: All fingers interlocked.
Mantra: On Hi Ro Ta Ki Sha No Gaji Ba Ta I So Wa Kaon Chi Ri Chi I Ba Ro

ZAI

This Cut represents an understanding of the elements of nature so deep that the practitioner appears to be able to control nature due to profound insight into its workings.
Hand Position: Fingers outspread, palms out, index fingers and thumbs touching.
Mantra: On Chi Ri Chi I Ba Ro Ta Ya So Wa Ka

RETSU

This is transcending the limits of perception on many levels. It is with this technique that the user has the power to understand the relativity of perception, and allows the user travel to places that would normally be outside the power of an individual.
(It is with this Cut that Ryuku is able to travel to other realms and places.)
Hand Position: Index finger of left hand pointing up with the fingers of the right hand curling round it. The thumb of the right hand should be pressed against the outside edge of the nail on the index finger of the left hand.
Mantra: Ta Ya So Wa Ka.

ZEN

The ultimate goal of anyone seeking to know thyself. The state of Zen is just that, it is a constant state of knowing yourself. You transcend your mortal coil and leave the world around you. It can only be achieved once all eight other Cuts are achieved naturally.
(Pure RP technique, not useful in combat.)

In the Darkness of the Night

The smile that had been full of mockery a moment ago was replaced by a cold humorless thin lipped smile that failed to reach D’Angelos still shaded eyes. Those dark eyes carefully picked away at Daxius, he was watching how the creature moved and noted the ease with which it spun during its forward rush and launch into a powerful back kick.

For someone like D’Angelo, a human without any magical abilities, fighting strange and weird creatures was often a gamble. He was forced to be on his A-game, to force them into overconfidence or make some other mistake with which he could capitalize. He thought that at this moment Daxius had made one by launching relatively blind attack and leaving his back exposed.

The name of the game was energy conservation, he had no idea how much stamina Daxius had. He assumed that if it was in any way like a great hunting cat that it had far more than him, that included strength and land speed as well. He clicked his tongue against his teeth, he hated being physically out classed.

Still, there was more than one way to skin a cat and D’Angelo decided it was time to see which way it would be for the one before him. It became evident as Daxius spun that he would be trying to use his momentum to his advantage, so as he spun bringing his sword with him, D’Angelo stood up and back out of the kicks reach, pulling his short sword out of the ground as he did with his left hand. With his right he tilted the hand-cross bow up without ever taking it off his belt and fired all in one smooth moment, using the exact same time it took Daxius to spin and launch its kick as it did for D'Angelo to take a step back and fire.

The target was nothing lethal, actually it was aimed to do nothing more than injure the creatures pride for D’Angelo’s target was Daxius’s rump, aiming for the non-kicking side. Even if he missed he was sure that Daxius would see the dart skim by and plant itself somewhere ahead into the ground and know the mans intentions, still, if it hit than that would fuel D’Angelo’s plan even more.

“You picked the wrong human, freak.” He said in the same calm and controlled tone he had used before.

More Combat

Feel free.

I was going to give Dynamo the chance to make an arena for us.

But might as well start.

Hand to Hand Combat, yes?

Well, I think I would start him off without any.

This would force Ryuku to take the time to unlock one of his Kuji-In Cuts in order to use it.

Though, I would say that he could only unlock the first three; Rin, Kyo and To.

You're characters abilities are certainly powerful in their own right, but I think those three will be enough.

What are your thoughts?

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Now the fun begins!