[Closed] Infernal of the East vs. Celestial of the West

[Drackos]

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Mid-range
The terrain is the throne room of Kurogakure.

The throne room fell quiet as the members of the Dark Council departed to prepare for the invasion of Iwagakure leaving only Avenger and Arima sitting in silence. Avenger intently stared at Arima; a wicked grin spread across his countenance. He was fascinated by the well dressed, composed, and mannered individual who had come to Kurogakure - the land which only welcomed the depraved, fallen, and reviled. Avenger snorted, an arrogant attempt to gain Arima's conceited attention. "You...one who is now known as the Knight of Ruin. What brings you here?"

 

[Zaphkiel]

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Mid-range
The terrain is the throne room of Kurogakure.

The throne room fell quiet as the members of the Dark Council departed to prepare for the invasion of Iwagakure leaving only Avenger and Arima sitting in silence. Avenger intently stared at Arima; a wicked grin spread across his countenance. He was fascinated by the well dressed, composed, and mannered individual who had come to Kurogakure - the land which only welcomed the depraved, fallen, and reviled. Avenger snorted, an arrogant attempt to gain Arima's conceited attention. "You...one who is now known as the Knight of Ruin. What brings you here?"

Sorry for the wait, friend.

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had noticed this one first of all the others. His oddly captivating outwards looks; lines of varying lengths and thicknesses scribbled themselves across his skin like a colony of black snakes along with his small but robust physique and unsettling grin that would light up his face at odd intervals. He looked a man fighting an inner madness. Someone not quite sane, yet just conscious enough to not fall into a violent fit.

Yes, that was it. This "Knight" was simply a loose canon hanging on a thin line between madness and oblivion.

But to entertain his obviously prodding request, Arima smiled ever so slightly and responded with, "I am here for the same reason you are, Avenger. I'm here because I seek power to ascertain what I lack." Arima then lazily brought an elbow to the table and leaned his face onto his knuckle while his other hand played with the golden grooves of his weapon, the IXA. "And before you ask what I lack, it is...something you also lack."

Feeling sure to have perplexed the man, Arima continues his taunt, "Ask yourself, oh depraved, reviled, and fallen one, what is it you lack the most? Answer that and you'll understand not only your reason for being here, but mine as well."

 

[Drackos]

Sorry for the wait, friend.

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had noticed this one first of all the others. His oddly captivating outwards looks; lines of varying lengths and thicknesses scribbled themselves across his skin like a colony of black snakes along with his small but robust physique and unsettling grin that would light up his face at odd intervals. He looked a man fighting an inner madness. Someone not quite sane, yet just conscious enough to not fall into a violent fit.

Yes, that was it. This "Knight" was simply a loose canon hanging on a thin line between madness and oblivion.

But to entertain his obviously prodding request, Arima smiled ever so slightly and responded with, "I am here for the same reason you are, Avenger. I'm here because I seek power to ascertain what I lack." Arima then lazily brought an elbow to the table and leaned his face onto his knuckle while his other hand played with the golden grooves of his weapon, the IXA. "And before you ask what I lack, it is...something you also lack."

Feeling sure to have perplexed the man, Arima continues his taunt, "Ask yourself, oh depraved, reviled, and fallen one, what is it you lack the most? Answer that and you'll understand not only your reason for being here, but mine as well."

Avenger's head crooked at Arima's disappointing response. His grin faded from his countenance as lightly tapped the council table with his golden finger claw adorned to his left hand. Each tap slowly spreading black threads of formulae further and further across the table slowly engulfing it in what seemed like pitch black branches of threads. It had seemed that Arima did not truly understand him; to suggest that Avenger had come here to seek power. He scoffed at the idea.

It seemed that poking at the beast would not reveal its true nature. Arima was simply too reserved. A trait that Avenger found...distasteful. His head crooked the other way as his thoughts lingered to the illusions which cloud the minds of the millions of humans - cloud them from their true evil nature. A nature which they resist as best as they can but fail to recognize that they are inherently evil. Was Arima simply one of these delusional, generic humans? No. Surely Berserker would recognize such a man. Either way, Avenger cared little for exchanging such words. Avenger's tapping slowed now becoming louder and more intentional with each passing moment. By now the Jutsushiki-Sen had engulfed the entire table in intangible black threads. Avenger's head crooked now in the opposite direction glaring at Arima. "Tick...tock...tick...tock." he said quietly in response. Each word matching the beat of a tap.

 

[Zaphkiel]

Late again ;-; I guess I'll start things off slow, eh?

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"I see words go nowhere with you," Arima sighed. "After all, there isn't much to be expected of someone with your temperament. Other than murder of course."

The Claymore then tapped his index finger on the IXA, which immedaitely began humming in a chorus of soft whirs. In seconds the briefcase had been transformed into a lance-katana hybrid weapon, glowing with golden glory.

Arima then stared at the man intently. "Come now, Knight of Havoc, show me why Berserker chose you..."

A multitude of black hands would then jut from under the table they both sat, easily throwing the cold steel construct meters high toward the ceiling and leaving the space between them free of all obstructions. During this time the hands would also conspicuously coil around Avenger's ankles with the burning agony of a thousand mouths nibbling on his flesh. After locking him in place, Arima would then lunge the IXA forward, releasing a a concentrated beam of lightning aimed directly at his chest. Should it connect his entire sternum and upper spine would be removed and vaporized in instants.

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Kurochi Vile Chakra

Spoiler

Type: Offensive/Supplementary/Defensive
Rank: C/S (A)
Range: Short-Long
Chakra cost: 15/40
Damage: 30/80
Description: The special chakra nature only found in Claymores, Kurochi is like the physical manifestation of their hunger and agony. The energy itself is pitch black in appearance and appears and behaves almost like water with its amorphous shape shifting and flexibility. This malleability isn't to be underestimated though, as the energy is both capable of being dense and hard enough to shatter bones and also precise and thin enough to remove a strand of hair. Claymores can manifest Kurochi directly within their bodies, where it can be seen dripping from their pores and eyes, as well as directly from it, or even the area short ranged around them. They are also able to manipulate this energy up to long range chakra control and may sustain pre-existing constructs with -10 chakra per turn for up to three turns and cannot be formed within 5 meters of the opponent. When in contact with living things, Kurochi's effects can be described as "warm" to the touch, not with heat but rather the effect it has where it gradually degrades the objects it touch in a parasitic manner, feeding on both the chakra and physical aspects of its target(s) until nothing is left. All elements one rank weak to Kurochi (raw and Senjutsu chakra) are devoured near immediately when interacting with it while neutral elements (elemental and other hyper natures like Bijuu chakra) are degraded at normal pace. Kurochi manifestations can range from as small as kunai (C ranked) to as large as the Doton technique Mountain Smash (S ranked).


Note: The S ranked version can only be performed 4x a match
Note: If the S ranked variant is used then no other forms of Kurochi manipulation above A ranked can be used in the following turn.

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*: Apologies, every time I try copying and pasting it here the code gets messed up and the entire thing gets buried in like 4 different spoiler tags. Gonna submit a bug report soon.