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Given that Kujaku was still not in range to sense Kasumi or Mythin with the psychic aura it possessed, Kasumi rolled briefly forwards through the mist, dodging the Kuji-Kiri beneath her Mythin, and pointed to the far end of the Veil of Mists to direct her Mythin. The Mythin moved simultaneously, swooping down to mimic her roll in order to avoid the projectile. Firmly within the sphere of mist she'd created earlier, and before Kujaku could get close enough to sense her and relay the information to Shio. At this point, the Mythin was only a foot above the ground.

"Again, shift." Kasumi repeated, in the same tone as last time, though with simple flicks of her wrist she indicated new positions for the attacks to coincide with its steeply inclining flight path The spread of Mark Is would be evenly spaced around it to force it to take an awkward angle in order to avoid them, but the attacks were nonetheless easy to avoid. As a follow-up, the Mythin would circle around the edge of the cylinder of mist in order to gain as much distance from Kujaku as possible. At this point, Kasumi was slightly to the left of the centre of the sphere of mist she'd created, roughly 25 feet away from Shio, and she loosed a Deceptive Bolt directly at Shio's midriff that would take the appearance of Glaciate. At this point, it would pose an awkward situation to Shio - as one who was aware of magic, she would not know whether or not to assume the bolt was from a Cryomancer or an Invocation Mage - and that decision could be important in the near future.

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denied payl

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The advantage that Kasumi had at this point was, unfortunately, tentative at best. The fact that the Kujaku offered Shio a telepathic connection which could locate her Mythin within the mist was troublesome. While she was fine due to her Hydromancy, the focus of the battle was her Mythin, and he did not gain the same protection from Hydromancy as she did. The loose arc that the Kujaku began travelling in was likely not going to be an issue - while its psychic aura was still far away enough from her and the mist, Kasumi lobbed a single Hazeborn Tears directly in front of her so that the sphere of mist created by it would intersect with her Veil of Mists enough to allow someone of her size entry and exit, but be far enough to maximise the area of the mist that she had.

Given the flight path of the Kujaku, as she lobbed the spell forwards, she whispered "Mark II, Mark I." in a tone loud enough for her Mythin to hear, but not so loud as to be able to be heard outside the volume of the mist. The Mythin responded immediately, lobbing two Mark Is directly in line with the Kujaku's flight path, and another just above the others to hit it if it moved upwards to try and avoid them. The Mark II would be positioned within the middle of the three to offer its constant speed boost two them. Kasumi kept a close eye on the Kujaku as well as Shio herself - it was good practice for an assassin to know the location of all of her targets at all possible times, and she she remained ready to react to any strategies that Shio could come up with. It would be an interesting experience for them both to see how the other fought.

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#FixingBrokenStuff

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AKA: "I'm still salty that I lost to a level 1 Mujin"

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Yeah, Natrelmon keep their innates as they level up.

Yes for Tidesurge.

Yes again.

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The experience system only really gives experience to the winner. Losers do get some experience - I think we are going to toy around with it a little, though, so losing grants more exp. Battling requires quite a lot of effort from both parties, so it seems fair to make losing at least a little more profitable.

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After a few moments of thought, Kasumi directed the pair and their Natrelmon to one of the various town squares that was an appropriately sufficient distance away from the restaurant given her fraudulent method of payment, and she begun her preparations to fight. Mythin would take the lead for the fight, fluttering demurely in front of Kasumi as she whispered instructions to it. Shio had the advantage of not needing to speak with her Natrelmon due to its psychic typing (and her telepathy, though that was not something that Kasumi was aware of). She could have used Albion in order to have the same advantage, but the more quickly she got Mythin evolved, the more quickly she could improve her magic. Despite being ambivalent towards the concept of being a trainer, Kasumi was more than happy to engage in the activity of actually battling - though she was quickly changing her mind on the merits of having Natrelmon. They could be extremely valuable assets for her little hobby, she dryly noted to herself, before nodding to Shio to indicate that she was ready.

The first step was to use the Veil of Mists in order to obscure Shio's vision of the area - it would be a matter of reacting to Shio's moves after that, and striking wherever she saw opportunities.

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"You wanna prepare for the Arena? You sound like you could use some preparation." Kasumi offered as her Mythin and Albion lazily flew in circles around her. The Albion made a playful sound as it tried to catch the Mythin, which quickly darted away, and the two hovered over the square briefly before darting around in a makeshift game of tag. It was an amusing sight to behold if nothing else.

Kasumi prepared herself for the prospect of a battle, allowing a little water to form in her hand and drip down into the ground. It was mostly a subconscious warm-up exercise, as she prepared herself for an escape, but she didn't act on the impulse to flee like she normally would have if she needed to use her Hydromancy. There were certainly other uses for it, but a momentary diversion until she could escape using her Invisibility had always seemed to do the trick in the past.

"If you're interested, we could probably challenge Toran together. You know, if the battle's interesting." She added, calling Mythin over with a simple hand gesture.

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"As an assassin, I can tell you that that doesn't work." Kasumi retorted, eating from her food as she did so. The quality of the speech perhaps suffered a little, but it had already been established that neither of them followed social convention. Others might have been offended, but the very concept of being offended had largely lost its meaning to the unlikely duo. With a shrug, Kasumi shoved the PDA back into her bag and left it there before raising a hand to call the waiter over for the bill. It made no sense to not pay now, especially seeing as she was almost finished eating her food, and it seemed like Shio would also be done soon.

"You should find a way to prepare for lasers. If I need to assassinate you, I'll use lasers first. That should be a sufficient test of your skills in preparation." Kasumi added, flicking the credit card out from the stolen wallet with a remarkable dexterity and flair in order to pay for the meal. The payment was accepted swiftly, and as Kasumi finished, she stood up to stretch her legs a little and finish her drink. She figured that she would let her Mythin and Albion breathe a little, bringing them out of their relics.

"Natrelmon are probably a good way to prepare for lasers."