Himari Energy Dev 2

[20:46] Not a second was wasted after finding out it'd been spotted past the tree, canting its head aside with curiosity shown in the twitching ears. "OHhHhHhHhH, You're good!" They suddenly clapped, forcing their other arm out from within the push, shuffling to a full stand their lengthy arms stretched out to their sides with an overly dramatic drop off the tree.

With both arms extended, they barreled down the center landing perfectly on both feet, "TaDa!" A cheeky and whimsical tune sang past the chattering wooden teeth. "O-Oh... P-Please, don't look at me like that!" Their voice called out, feminine in nature with hints of annoyance, but excitement.

Using both their arms they wrapped them around the course of their thin frame, shaping themselves out with use of the overly sized paws. "I saw some fun, so I thought I'd watch! But ask me questions? I'd suggest not! Muhhh~!" Paws uncurled swaying to side to side with hips in rhythm.

"Seen the syndicate!?" Their quirky vermillion eyes peered past the two, scanning the area but alas, a pair of slouched shoulders and defeated sight were all that came out.
(Big Cat)
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[20:50] "Zachary. He practices something along those lines. I can ask him a favor in helping you, Himari."

She answered her question first and foremost, followed by the glare of her gaze directing itself back towards the cat. The question was loaded, something that could be considered malevolent and the like. An ally? Or an enemy? The Syndicate was scattered recently, after all. Her arms folded in front of her torso at the statement that one ought to not ask her questions, how peculiar but... she'd accept it for now.

"I haven't, lately," She gave them an idle shrug afterwards. There was no sense in playing coy in answering their questions, after all. Try as they may, Francois couldn't seem to peer past the shade of their hood and the like. Thus she simply dropped her attempts of doing so.

"Well. There you have it, a question for a question. If you have any more questions, I hope you do not mind me asking you some in return." It was both an offer and a warning.

Aside from that? Francois simply relaxed with an elbow resting against Himari's shoulder. She spoke in a lower voice as well, with a soft timbre in her whisper.
(Francois cos Duran)
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[20:50] Francois cos Duran whispers: We can head back for a bit and see if Zachary will help you.
[21:01] Himari stood there looking at the person with a brow, curious as to why they were sneaking in the trees and watching them fight. Himari didn't really mind but their personality struck a thing inside them they made them more skeptical.

"We can head right now. I'd like to waste no time. But when we're done, we come back and resume our training in the wilderness," she states, turning her head towards Francois while her elbow rested on her shoulder.

"Neither have I, by the way." She didn't necessarily care about anything about the Syndicate. She's never met one and the day when she ever will is probably a low chance. It mattered not to her. Their costume reminded her of what she wanted to buy though. Shame.

"Alright, let's go. I'd like to continue training with you solo as fast possible while having it last."

Her body would turn towards her training partner and have a sense of demand in hervoice but only a hint. She wanted to make sure she was also ready.
(Himari Kurokaiyo)
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[21:02] Francois cos Duran whispers: Careful now! You'll make me think you want to monopolize me. Snrk.
[21:02] Himari Kurokaiyo whispers: It's okay. I'd never.
[21:07] Turning their head towards Himari, the felinae took time to gesture out a swift shake of their paw. Waving in their direction with some excitement. "I like her!" They responded in kind, leaping in place with both legs kicking out in the process.

"Wasting time with questions is, Boring!"

Slouching forward, they spread themselves apart onto all fours, stretching with their bum raised and plush tail dancing in the air. "Can I play? I'll be nice, promise! As long as long as you are!"

Reeling themselves back to a stand the fluidity in their motion were as if the person were a gymnastic, full aware of every muscle and bone in their bone.

"If not, I'll flee! MuhHhHh!~"

Throwing around their paws with excitement, with a single back hand, they crushed the tree behind them. All the while remaining cheeky, cheerful and bubbly. "Maybe I'll answer, if you play!"
(Big Cat)
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[21:08] Francois cos Duran whispers: What do you think, Himari?
[21:09] Francois subdued the flames dancing around her body to direct her now-golden iris back over towards her friend. It was entirely up to her what she wanted to do with the cat. Aside from that, well, she took occasional glances over towards the cat's direction, watching their odd feline motions every now and then.

Then she whispered some more.
(Francois cos Duran)
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[21:10] Francois cos Duran whispers: Frankly, I do not believe she has any answers to questions that I have.
[21:10] Francois cos Duran whispers: So it's mainly up to you what you want to do with her.
[21:11] Himari Kurokaiyo whispers: I'll play with her for the time being.
[21:11] Himari Kurokaiyo whispers: More training.
[21:17] "Alright."

Himari was a bit surprised when she said she liked in a sense. She didn't know what sparked that decision but Himari wouldn't judge but she would walk steadily towards her with no ill intent radiating off of her. Just her calm mana energy continue to reek off of her body with a slight radiant blue on its appearance.

"Okay, instead of questions I'll entertain you by playing. How about it? I don't necessarily care if you're nice or not so do what you want. I'm up for any game as long as its fun," she reassured, holding a hand to her hip while she awaited the person's reply.
(Himari Kurokaiyo)
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[21:23] Observing Himari as they responded, the felinae's movements failed to react until they were entirely finished. With their paws left dropped to their side, they dipped past the robe only partially.

"Good Good! Maybe friend can ask while we play. Muh~" Rocking side to side, the felinae leapt up into the air. Twirling in place they kicked out their foot towards the opposite side of the fields and propelled themselves through an explosive release of mana.

"Heee-Yah!"

They cried out upon landing. Turning to face the first adversary. "I see that strong, you won't make me yawn. I hope we can have fun during our play. Muh!~" Hopping off their toes, the felinae jabbed left an right towards the air, canting their body to side; mimicking the exact motions a cat would take before striking on their hind legs.

"Come, Come!"
(Big Cat)
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[21:25] Himari Kurokaiyo says, "Francois clear the field, please."
[21:28] The ebullient atmosphere radiating from the cat brought conflicting thoughts within Francois' mind. Her exuberance was something that made Francois a bit on edge, evident by how her eye remained at its 'active' state-- the golden iris peering at the Felidae with an eye that resembled one's. Though nothing beyond that. Her arms simply folded in front of her torso, as she tried to recompose herself through deep breaths.

"Have fun, Himari," She offered her friend supporting words alongside a soft smile. "I hope you learn a lot from this."

Following her words of support, she simply delegated herself to an observer's role, hopefully learning something from the battle... though judging by how she pulled out a book afterwards, her mind went away elsewhere.

It wasn't like she didn't normally read in the dark anyway, what with her mutated eye and all.
(Francois cos Duran)
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[21:34] Himari moved to the side while she looked at the Felinae explosively kick her way to a more open space on the field. That gave her a bit to think on and how she'd combat someone who probably had explosion magic. However, that could also be a fluke as it was possible to do that with fire with enough combustion.

But to Himari it mattered not, she stood there with a white and blue translucent wrapping of mana coming off her body. Something that she was training to exert more of so this could add onto her training.

"That's a first. Seeing me as strong. Not something I usually get. It's more that I have the potential to become strong which makes more sense. I can already feel the power coursing through my circuits but its incomplete and needs work."

Maybe when Himari got this help that Francois offered from Zachary that she would be able to finally finish the form that she was longing for. For now, Himari would slide her feet across the ground. Her stance now taking on a more wider stance while giving her no openings for her opponent. As a member of the Kurokaiyo clan, she was trained in close-combat.

"Right." She was prepared for her opponent.
(Himari Kurokaiyo)
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[21:42] "Strong in mind doesn't always mean strong in body!" They replied to the kurokaiyo all the while lunging from their fixed position with immense speeds. Raising one paw back, they reached forward with a fully extended slam, ushering the sigh of their strength through the ladies dodge.

And yet the impact conjured enough force to shatter the earth beneath them. Amidst the scattered debris and dust. The eccentric felinae ran rampant with a furious set of blows backed behind surprising strength.

"C'mon, C'mon! Was training to improve, I want to see it!" Their voice masked behind the chattering wooden teeth that shook with every action the felinae took. Dodging and slipping through the small intervals of time allotted to them with facing such compressive magic.

"OHhH! U-Uh!?"

Hit right up top the head, they took a sever hit to the head bringing them to a daze, barely awakening from the brief coma to react and parry the martial artist with an eerie of strange techniques. Even going as far as to use the plush tail to grapple them by the wrist and toss them side ways.

After awhile of playing they leap back, hunched forward, both their paws reached out overhead. "Let's see it, everything!" They hissed before releasing ripples of mana across the ground. The grass moving to the sudden sway of energy erupting from the felinae, a shroud of magic encased their figure. Extending claws out from the round paws.

"C'mon, C'mon!"

The laughed, rushing forward slashing at the air all the while.
(Big Cat)
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[21:54] "Strong mind is what I was taught for a strong body. You use them in unison." They'd add onto what the Big Cat had to say about them. Seemingly enthusiastic but was giving okay advice. A cross of hands reached up to intercept her attack. The power outputted shook the ground they floated on. They were quick and Himari would only aim to match their speed.

The incoming attacks from behind her in a bombardment of blows onto her back would only be met with a palm that would slither behind her to send a palm thrust of a vacuum shell that kept the felinae's movements crying for help.

However, there was one thing she noticed when she continued to fight them. The longer they fought, the stronger they were getting. It was insane to see they're power skyrocket when they took furious blows. "T'ch. You're seeing it." A click of her tongue smacking against the bottom base of her teeth while she stood across the field from her opponent and readied herself to dash right back in.

Magic that kept her in place and was only noticed at the last second. After each hit would only be met with a counter attack that would render her movements null and give Himari and opening.

"That's.. that is what I'm aiming for," she states, realizing that the raw mana was felt in ever single, hook, jab, kick. The unlocked potential was all felt in the Felinae.

But it wasn't over, yet. The countless times Himari thought of ways to combat her fighting style was too much. That was her way of adapt. She took a clam breath of air through her mouth as she tried to release more mana from her circuits. Her stance would be taken once more the moment she did.

"I need that and I'm coming to get it," she mutters, trying to acquire it herself.
(Himari Kurokaiyo)
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[22:01] Finding more trouble than the last time, the felinae took quick notice of the patterns and adapted accordingly, and yet despite it all. The took every Thunk! on the head with grace, twirling in place whenever caught in daze. And while such antics could be seen as that of a fools act!

Whenever the moments return of their mind occurred, they were swift and precise in their retaliation. Swinging their massive paws and whenever finding a clean blow they dragged the tip of their claws along the kuriokaiyo's face as if mocking what could be should have it been more.

"Stopping me from jumping around! C-C'mon!" They complained when able, dropping onto all fours the felinae hissed with their tail pointed up. Rearing their behind up into the air they pushed off the ground with enough force the rip the layer of grass off the floor like a carpet.

"Keep up!"

They cheered, bypassing key moments and in the midst of a critical moment they yanked forward both their hands, managing a clap that harnessed enough energy within the center to fire off a beam.

Even through the confused state the felinae could be heard screaming,

"MuhHhHhHhH~!"

Blasting the kurokaiyo with a restrained blunt like impact off across the field.
(Big Cat)
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[22:18] If Himari had one word to describe this Felinae it'd be durable. Despite her punches that would be sent into her abdomen and forced down into the ground where she'd be incapable of moving, she was still able to get back up from that and go back into fighting headstrong. It was a bit confusing for Himari to figure it out.

The way they moved was entirely peculiar, to say the least, however, Himari did not question it and continued to fight with her best ability. She braced for claws to skid across the skin on her face and leave a nasty scar but they were being lenient on something like that. Himari, on the other hand, would've gained distance, reaching a fist to her side and charging and invisible amount of mana that was taken from the coating around her body. She pushed her fist forward and released it in an invisible force, pushing her back when she tried to come in for another attack.

"It's how I work." They acted like a real cat and itwas alarming. But then, they began to play a game. She didn't see it coming but the moment she aimed to stop her in place from running all-around at a quick pace is when she caught her completely. Raw blue mana exerted from the Felinae in the form of a long beam that would've sent a Himari flying back across the field and landing her onto the ground. She was defeated by someone who possessed the magic that she was aiming for. Was this an experience? Yes, it was and she'd use it.

"Jeez.. that hurt." Himari rubbed her head as she got up and looked at the victor. Her opponent.
(Himari Kurokaiyo)
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[22:25] Impressive.

Impactful blows, each fueled by a tempestuous momentum that turned her into a whirl of devastation. The azure energies rippling from the cat's body held the ferocity of a warrior-- something that vividly reminded her of other people who practiced such an art. Speechless and bewildered at the coincidental timing thereof, she found her eye focusing instead on the cat as they battled against Himari.

The latter was being pushed back, yet her clear experience and technique in combat allowed her to seemingly match the stronger opponent-- almost, that is. Until a dazing beam struck Himari down, pushing her and blasting her across the fields.

Francois did not scream out with the intention of helping her, no.
This too was par for course in battle, and she did see the restraint placed behind the beam-- albeit belatedly.

The eye of the Hunter that she carried allowed her to spot Himari as she got up from the ground, easing any form of undue concern that had gathered in her heart. She did not clap, simply watch in awe.

"You're powerful," She commented, but nothing more. Instead, heavy footfalls brought her closer towards the Kurokaiyo. "Did you learn something from that, Himari?"

She was eager to discern how much knowledge and experience her friend derived from that match.
(Francois cos Duran)
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[22:31] Looking over upon francois reintroduction into the scene after the bout between themselves and the kurokaiyo. The felinae bent over and stretched themselves out across the grass, canting their head aside allowing the wooden chatter to mask the subtle laughter.

"HeHeHe, almost, but I am a cat. And cat's have that luck!" They shouted, rolling effortlessly onto their back before barreling sideways to a stand. "Maybe next time, yes! Always around, always searching." Allowing a brief in-sight into the context of their journey.

Prancing across Esshar without much care held behind their actions. Throttling their strength on the weak and relieving their boredom with games like cat an mouse.

"I could do more, but I wasn't sure. I'll let this be enough. The Big Cat had it rough!" The complained, tapping one foot on the grass as both enlarged paws curled at the waist.

"The nights still young, so I should go. But before I do, bid you all! MuhHhH~" They laughed, throwing both paws into he air before attempting to run away in a frantic state.
(Big Cat)
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[22:41] Himari stood there brushing off her clothes after just flipping back onto her feet. She got a face full of what she was just trying to train for. It was definitely overwhelming and it was honestly really powerful.

"Yeah, I understand that. I know another one like you." Himari would look up after picking off the last bit of grass off of her haori. She wrapped her scarf a bit looser around her neck and looked over at Francois.

"Yes, I learned a lot. I just need to focus on something much more. We'll go see Zachary after this if you're ready," she states resting her sights on the Felinae once more.

She could do more?

Hiamri didn't doubt it but she was hesitant on believing it. She felt like she gave them a bit of trouble just not as much as she aimed for. Now that they were leaving in the most weird way, she'd just scratch her head from the confusing feeling she was going through and head over to her partner's side.

"Bye, I guess."
(Himari Kurokaiyo)