Tuujaimaa

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Due to the Kujaku's rapid acceleration, Kasumi elected to fire another Hazeborn Tears - this time directly at Shio - and followed it up with a Deceptive Bolt, also mimicking Hazeborn Tears. The orbs would be separately spaced in order to maximise the amount of mist that was on the field. The real version would be aimed directly for Shio, while the illusory version would bridge the gap between the two in order to create as large an area of mist as possible. Depending on Shio's movement, Kasumi would react in kind, potentially using the cover offered by the mists in order to become invisible to strike at her. It seemed that the battle would be decided by which trainer was forced to forfeit rather than whose Natrelmon got hit - at the lower levels of experience for Natrelmon, especially those of the Wind-type, there was very little that could be achieved. It was a much more efficient and effective strategy to go for the trainer directly until the Natrelmon got real offensive power.

Mythin would again fire three Mark Is at the Kujaku at various points along its flight path and change its location within the mists - though it was mostly for show, as the two of them knew. The Mythin would move further away from the Kujaku this time, retreating halfway into the cylinder of mist to provide itself with a better vantage point.

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I'm not actually denying Payl lmfao

Also Payl Toran level cap is 20 so your Armkfish needs to backdafuqdown or I'll summon a Void Tyrant to kill you.

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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.