Himari Energy Dev 1

[18:23] Francois cos Duran exclaims, "Anyway!"
[18:23] Francois cos Duran asks, "Shall we begin warming up first then?"
[18:24] Himari Kurokaiyo says, "Let's do it."
[18:52] Himari would touch towards the ground. Her feet landing flat on the ground. It seemed tranquil for the most part but soon that would end the moment they got started with their warm up. Himari wanted to aim for something different.

When she had her raw energy leak from her body, it was at its calmest state since that is how she was trained to learn. The probability of her passing and exceeded something than a calmed state was sort of high. She's went through so much that her mana circulation has been haywire and messed with before. Plus, she's seen the way Vytal and Alexander have used their raw mana in high contents.

"Alright, I want to exceed my limits and unlock what's keeping my mana from not pressuring out more. I want it to burst through my circuits."

Himari would turn around from Francois and idly walk a bit farther away from her so that they could get some space before they started.

The grass would slowly wave under and near her soles as the white translucent mana reek from her skin and frame. It appeared as a slow moving fire, and the sense of it was faint. It was her natural spiritual energy but she wanted an upgrade for that. Something that raged and competed with her emotions and power.

"We'll see how I do. This however is only a warm-up."
(Himari Kurokaiyo)
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[18:57] "Yes. It will be a warm up for me as well."

Francois bounced lightly on the soles of her feet, with her arms stretching here and there to fully prepare her body for the frantic movements of combat. She planted her feet firmly into the ground afterwards, taking a deep breath to prepare herself before--

"Burn," Her golden iris shifted into a copper coloration as wisps of flame began to manifest around her. "My spirit!"

The strong and valorous call caused a burst of Primordial Flames to envelop her from head-to-toe. It revealed a significant degree of control and mastery over the element at this point, seemingly permitting her to trade blows with the best thanks to the added power that the flames by themselves granted upon her.

Other than that, she gave Himari a faint smile.

"Give it your all, Himari."
(Francois cos Duran)
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[19:05] Scampering across the land, the felinae held in its massive paw a single poppylus. Plucking the petals with every raised swipe of their leg, kicked out upon reach the apex along their waist.

"I'll find them now, I'll find them later! I'll find them now! I'll find them later!"

Canting their head from left to right like a pendulum. The eerie smile brought along the chatter of wooden teeth clanking against each other.

"O-Oh, what's this I see. It's a fight midst the trees!?"

Stopping all actions, a stone like halt. Their body slouched over, curling sideways with their head resting up top of the fully extended leg.

"Who goes there!?"

They questioned, pawing out in their direction with cheeky laughter following the silence.
(Big Cat)
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[19:14] The raw mana leaked off of her body smoothly even when she fought. It lacked a color like mana she has seen from others like her friend Alexander. This was a tough goal that she was trying to aim and that was to release her mana in high contents to boost her fighting power exponentially. One could say that she was trying to unlock the potential that she had.

Francois's flames proved difficult and kept her on check when she might've lost focus. They burned and raged all around the grassy fields that were surprisingly still green despite the height of her fire's temperature.

But it was time to kick it up a notch.

Their fist clashed against each other causing them to push back and skid across the grass. Himari wouldn't even have noticed that there was someone in the area. She was too entranced in getting her training warm-up done.

Gravity would fill the area, extinguishing flames by compressing them to the ground to keep them from gaining any more oxygen. Himari released more mana from the openings within herself.

Soon, that mana that coated her body would gain a tinge of blue and raged slightly more. This was only from what she's seen in Alexander who was a master of the form. However, it seemed less vibrant that anyone who know how to use it. An unmastered form.

"Keep going!" she shouted, pressuring Francois to continue fighting her until they couldn't anymore for this warm up.
(Himari Kurokaiyo)
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[19:19] The first trade of blows ended in what seemed to be a stalemate, as Himari's fist impacted her body while Francois' fist soared towards Himari's shoulder to send her back at the same time. Another individual's presence entered her vision, prompting for her copper-hued iris to direct its gaze over towards the hooded person's direction.

Her eye's attribute seemingly allowed her to peer directly at them, regardless of obstacles and the lack of lighting that may obfuscate figures normally. Before Francois could bring it up, however, Himari dashed towards her direction once more, intent on keeping the pressure up while simultaneously increasing the gravity around the area.

The compression was annoying, but she was steadily getting used to it; it was an important lesson for Francois to eventually learn how to battle against her main target.

But, in the midst of their next trade, she felt the need to bring up:

"What are you trying to achieve?" She reaffirmed her stance, once more propelling herself towards Himari's direction-- accompanied by a jet of flames that accentuated her momentum.
(Francois cos Duran)
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[19:39] "What I'm trying to achieve?"

What was she trying to achieve was a great question. She needed a reason, a purpose for why she was doing this. Other than this, her goal towards her own style was going to be put to the side. She needed something to compensate for her reasoning to give up the clan's main magic choice.

To push her limits beyond what she could uphold for now until she mastered her own style. However, despite how cliché that honestly sounded it was her ideal and goal for her power. If she was going to take down Aki and get the head of the clan position or get some respect from her family. She was going to have to push harder than ever.

"I gave up on my family's hidden style." A punch came hurdling towards Francois in a fist of gravitational force. It aimed to strike into her gut and send her down into the ground to keep her compressed down on the grass. "I need something to make it seem like the right choice."

Himari would flip backwards as she floated in the air via her magic and would send her hands into the air. An invisible force of gravity was charged up and sent into her body in large amounts. She mana that coated her body that had a blue hue to it would not seek into her form. She was trying to speed up the process by exerting mana out and back inside.

"Once I achieve it, I'm going to challenge Aki to a duel for the spot of Head of the Clan. But, right now I need to focus on letting my raw mana release much more than it already is."

Her hands stretched out in other directions and a burst of power exited from her body. Francois would be kept on the ground. It seemed she was giving her much more trouble this time around.

She skidded across the air while she waited for her opponent to continue going on with her.
(Himari Kurokaiyo)
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[19:42] Francois' firepower remained potent, but her inability to make full use of it made Himari's capabilities steadily whittle her down and provide some measure of trouble. Still, it was training for a reason; Himari's resolve was something that made itself apparent in her mind, however, as the fist of gravitational force compressed her into the ground.

She was stuck in a crouched position, but not for long, as her body sprung towards Himari's direction-- propelled by jets of fire. Kicks that were sharp were what she sought to debilitate her with. Her key factor in this battle was an overwhelming amount of force, yet it is her reliance on pure firepower that made her lose against a weaker but more skilled foe.

Regardless, she momentarily paused to respond to Himari's words:

"I'll watch and support you from the sidelines during your duel then, if you don't mind," Her arms positioned themselves next to her, amassing some more of her Primordial Flame for the much needed boost in bolstering her might. Her immediate injuries, and even the longer-lasting injury on her nose, were temporarily ignored by the lightening of her body.

Or at least the pain was completely numbed.

"But raw mana... I know someone that could help you if you want." She resumed their match, intent on at least pushing Himari further with devastating blows.
(Francois cos Duran)
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[19:47] Squirming inside the bush, the greater the bout came to be. The more interested the felinae became, watching as fight illuminated the night, while gravities pressure sought to compress.

Disregarding their prior train of thought, they instead remained rather adamant in the affairs held between the two. Hearing less of the words when magics crossed path.

A lengthy arm reached out past the brush and rested alone across the surface to give support to the felinae's cumbersome position. "Oh!, Ah!"

They whispered to themselves in a hushed breathe, waiting until the session was over before seeking to quickly scampering off elsewhere.
(Big Cat)
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[19:48] Francois cos Duran says, "..."
[19:48] Francois cos Duran asks, "You sure you do not want to watch somewhere closer?"
[19:58] Francois fought quite weirdly; her performance shifted as though a pendulous form of fighting. In practice, it was a good thing that allowed her to rebound from defeats. However, when it came to an actual battle, it was something that she needed to eliminate. Consistence was more important in such battles, after all.

Regardless, in the final exchange; Francois avoided the streams of gravitational impacts that aimed to crash against her body. Her eye seemingly allowed her to read Himari's movements faster. There was a flow there-- one that she perceived.

An orange light trailed after her, leaving a thin line of glimmer following after her.

She dodged, she weaved through punches, before eventually slamming her palm against Himari's stomach to discombobulate her. It was followed by an elbow strike that she never quite truly performed, instead stopping it short of Himari's temples. She, at the very least, learned control when it came to fighting Himari.

No more excessive anger.
Just a tranquil rage of sorts.

"That was an eye-opening lesson, Himari. Did you learn anything?" She paused, turning to affix her gaze over towards their spectator. The vertical slit of her eye seemingly grew thinner, as though she focused more onto the hiding... cat?

"Good evening to you, I hope you enjoyed watching."
(Francois cos Duran)
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[20:32] Francois cos Duran whispers: [i'll forgive you if you pet my head and tell me i'm a good golr.]
[20:40] This wasn't particularly a training for Himari herself. Rather, it was also training for Francois. One was so that Himari could strengthen herself and the same goes for Francois but with a much more different targeted ideal. But they both aimed to help the other out. Especially since Himari was wanting to make sure Francois was in the right mindset to challenge her opponent once more and come out on top.

Her?

Francois apparently knew someone who could help with her challenge.

However, she noticed with the midst of the battle that Francois's was getting noticeably better. Her eyes were flickering back and forth and calculating Himari's moves. Himari would counter by mixing up her attacks but Francois would adapt accordingly.

She outputted more mana. She needed to output more else she'd end up in defeat. But the moment Francois came in, a fist rested hard into her got and caused her to reach for her groin. Her mana would cancel and she'd fall to the ground.

"I learned that I need to train more or I'll never get this down. Who did you say would be able to help me?"

Himari's head would move to the side looking at the individual Francois was talking towards. Himari would lay on her back and kip-up to her feet before she stood next to her side. "Hm?"
(Himari Kurokaiyo)