PA8(Scattered on the wind) Violet8:

[00:41] <~Kroked> BGM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GP7PGnwtYA
[00:43] <~Kroked> It's been a few weeks since Luna left with Nate, and so, you and Lucy have been traveling with Violet and her companions, Kaia and Josh, Both of, for all you know, come from this planet. Currently, you are near the coast on the southern end of the continent Europa, near the ocean
[00:45] <~Kroked> Lucy, Kaia, and Violet went into a nearby port town to get some supplies, while you and Josh were left to watch the wagon
[00:45] <~Kroked> Josh is currently lightly snoozing in the cool ocean breeze
[00:46] * Erina sits atop the wagon, looking off at the sky.
[00:47] <~Kroked> it's kinda funny, this planet is, you've notice, a lot like earth was, a long long time ago, yet many things are different too
[00:48] <~Kroked> You two have been sitting here for awhile now, and probably will be for awhile longer, Kaia said they likely wouldnt be back to near sunset, and it's barely noon
[00:51] * Erina looks at the landscape around her
[00:52] <~Kroked> it's incredibly hilly, long grass sways in the wind, getting sandy as you get closer to the town
[00:53] <~Kroked> it's like this for miles
[00:56] <~Kroked> you've been looking at the scenery for about 4 hours now
[00:57] <Erina> "Hey...um....Earth guy, you awake?"
[00:58] <~Kroked> Josh doesn;t open his eye's, but grunts an affirmitive
[01:00] <Erina> "....Are you bored too?"
[01:01] <~Kroked> "...no, I was asleep."
[01:01] <Erina> "Was?"
[01:01] <~Kroked> "Yes, as in, in the past"
[01:01] <Erina> "....Did I wake you up?"
[01:02] <~Kroked> "Yeah, a few minutes ago, you've been shuffling around restlessy for a bit now"
[01:04] <Erina> "Sorry.....It's just that there's nothing to do...."
[01:04] <~Kroked> you hear him yawn and stretch "It's ok, I get ya"
[01:05] <~Kroked> "Besides, you dont seem like one for naps"
[01:05] <Erina> "Right! It's all just wasted time you could spend doing other things!"
[01:06] <~Kroked> Josh gives a little chuckle "I guess. but what about when there's nothing to do?"
[01:07] <Erina> "Well........I don't know......"
[01:07] <~Kroked> "Well, if you have something you want to do, I'll be up for it"
[01:09] <Erina> "Um......I don't really have anything in particular........"
[01:09] <Erina> "...Not used to waiting around for long..."
[01:10] <~Kroked> he laughs "I've gotten used to it I guess. we can spar if you want"
[01:11] <Erina> "I don't have a practice weapon....And those usually aren't that safe either...."
[01:11] <~Kroked> "It's fine, you can use your sword"
[01:12] <Erina> "Are you sure?"
[01:13] <~Kroked> "Yeah, I'm sure, I'll keep mine sheathed though"
[01:14] * Erina jumps down from the wagon and un sheathes Anima from her waist, "Okay then!"
[01:15] <~Kroked> Josh slowly stands up, and unattaches his sword, sheath and all from his waist
[01:15] <~Kroked> he turns to face you, in a ready position
[01:15] <~Kroked> roll notice
[01:16] <Erina> )roll 1d100-10
[01:16] * Demonbot --> "Erina rolls 1d100-10 and gets 90."
[01:16] <~Kroked> open roll
[01:16] <Erina> )roll 1d100-10
[01:16] * Demonbot --> "Erina rolls 1d100-10 and gets 23."
[01:17] <~Kroked> You may not know how to weild that particular type of weapon he's weilding, but, from all the earth culture and history you've read, and all the weapon and soldier training you've witnessed, you know
[01:17] <~Kroked> this guy has no idea what the fuck he's doing with that sword
[01:18] <~Kroked> his stance is all off, its as if he;s trying to use it like a different weapon
[01:19] * Erina chooses not to say anything
[01:19] <~Kroked> he just stands there and makes a gesture. "You go first"
[01:20] <Erina> "Okay then...."
[01:22] * Erina readies Anima before dashing forward with a rising swing.
[01:22] <~Kroked> roll attack
[01:22] <Erina> )roll 1d100+97
[01:22] * Demonbot --> "Erina rolls 1d100+97 and gets 164."
[01:25] <~Kroked> you rush him, and sparks fly, as Josh gets his sheathed weapon in front of him in the nick of time as sparks fly, he shoves your sword away, countering quickly.
[01:25] <~Kroked> roll defense
[01:25] <Erina> )roll 1d100+100
[01:25] * Demonbot --> "Erina rolls 1d100+100 and gets 155."
[01:25] <Erina> (Block)
[01:28] <~Kroked> he's... fast. he may not be capable of weilding this weapon effectively, but he's still an amazing fighter, his attack clips your blade, and sails past your guard, it hits your mystical shield for a moment... before it shatters, and you get a nice bonk on the ehad
[01:28] <~Kroked> *head
[01:28] <Erina> "Wha!"
[01:29] <~Kroked> "Not bad, but don't worry to much about speed with a weapon like that, it's practically a wall"
[01:30] <~Kroked> he gives a smirk
[01:30] <Erina> "But if I don't swing fast enough how can I hit the opponent?"
[01:31] <~Kroked> "You out think them, trick them into thinking you'll attack one place, than attack another"
[01:31] <~Kroked> "Force the enemy to go where you want them too"
[01:33] <Erina> "I get the idea, but I don't know how....Usually I just try to freeze them first..."
[01:33] <~Kroked> "than try that now, don't hold back"
[01:34] * Erina swings the large blade horizontally.
[01:34] <Erina> )roll 1d100+97
[01:34] * Demonbot --> "Erina rolls 1d100+97 and gets 108."
[01:37] <~Kroked> he ducks, and slams your sword up wards, overextending your slash, and knocking you off balance, and immediatly sends a counter at your midsection
[01:37] <~Kroked> roll defense
[01:37] <Erina> )roll 1d100+100
[01:37] * Demonbot --> "Erina rolls 1d100+100 and gets 137."
[01:39] <~Kroked> he's in your guard before you can do anything about it, his sheathed sword smack you hard in the sternum, knocking the breath out of you
[01:39] <Erina> "Guh!"
[01:40] <Erina> "I...I won't use them on you....There's no reason to."
[01:40] * ~Kroked furrows his brow in worry "Hey, you ok? and dont worry too much about that, it's practice, and I can take it"
[01:42] <Erina> "N-nope, not gonna use them."
[01:43] <~Kroked> Josh sighs and sit's down "Ok fine, let's take a break than"
[01:43] <Erina> "I'm fine! Really....Let's continue."
[01:44] <~Kroked> "No, you're weezing in pain, take a rest, and than we can try again, ok? don't overexert yourself, that won't make you better, it'll only make you hurt yourself"
[01:45] * Erina frowns a bit before sheathing Anima and taking a seat.
[01:45] <~Kroked> "There ya go. how's your stomach? I hit you kinda hard..."
[01:46] <Erina> "Not used to pain actually......I think this was my first time getting hurt since I left home."
[01:47] <~Kroked> "...really? Huh, I was under the impression you had some battle experience"
[01:47] <~Kroked> "maybe I should have let up a little..."
[01:47] <Erina> "Oh no I do!.....I just never got hit."
[01:48] <~Kroked> "..." he kinda... stares at you in shock
[01:48] <Erina> "And when I did, it never went through my barrier..."
[01:48] <~Kroked> "o-oh"
[01:49] <~Kroked> "what kind of things have you fought?"
[01:51] <Erina> "Well there was that T. rex, a bunch of giant Bat monster things, a few monsters from around this village in the jungle, and apparently a giant spider queen and a three headed bird thing. But I don't remember those last two."
[01:51] <~Kroked> he seems a bit confused "Wait, don't remember? what do you mean?"
[01:52] <Erina> "Well, I didn't always have these wings. When I first left on this adventure it was because I was dying of a rare heart defect."
[01:53] <Erina> "Thanks to my friend and the ruler of one of the big nations, I got a new body, one that wasn't dying."
[01:54] <Erina> "Though after we went through the broken gate, my memory skips a week or so."
[01:54] <~Kroked> "...an entire /week/?"
[01:54] <Erina> "Apparently something to do with the new body or the gate caused the memories to fail to stick in my head...."
[01:55] <~Kroked> "..." Josh seems somewhat incredulous about the whole idea
[01:55] <Erina> "So, all I know about what I did then is from the two who left the night we found you."
[01:55] <Erina> "Well, them and the letter."
[01:55] <~Kroked> "Letter?"
[01:56] * Erina digs into her pocket and pulls it out, "This one, apparently I wrote it before the memories dissapeared."
[01:56] * Erina hands it over, "You can read it if you want."
[01:56] <~Kroked> Josh takes it, and starts reading it
[01:57] <~Kroked> the longer he reads it, the more puzzled he seems
[01:57] <~Kroked> but after awhile he seems to nod
[01:57] <~Kroked> roll notice
[01:57] <Erina> )roll 1d100-10
[01:57] * Demonbot --> "Erina rolls 1d100-10 and gets 25."
[01:58] <~Kroked> he mutters something under his breath, the only word you catch is Nate
[01:58] <~Kroked> he carefully hands the letter back to you "Interesting"
[01:59] <Erina> "Weird right?"
[01:59] <~Kroked> "...yeah"
[02:01] <~Kroked> "A-anyways. I've beeen asking all the questions, you have anything you'd like to ask about?"
[02:01] <Erina> "Where'd you learn to use your sword?"
[02:01] <~Kroked> "I uh..." he kinda trails off
[02:02] <~Kroked> his cheeks redden a little
[02:02] <~Kroked> "I never... strictly learned /how/ to use it"
[02:02] <~Kroked> "Not this kind at least
[02:03] <Erina> "Well, if it's gotten you this far, trying to learn the proper stuff could backfire."
[02:07] <Erina> "Um....that's really all I could think to ask....sorry."
[02:12] <~Kroked> "I wouldn't say that... this is all basically a mix of self teaching, and just using what I know from the weapon I HAVE trained in. It's annoying, to be honest. but i cant just switch"
[02:12] <~Kroked> "I'm stuck with what i have right now"
[02:12] <Erina> "What do you mean stuck?"
[02:14] <~Kroked> "Well, uhm. See, I'm proficient in the use of Bastards Swords, I mean, I can't just go get myself a bastard sword and use that. I mean I could, but it wouldn't be worth it"
[02:14] <~Kroked> "I might not know how to use this weapon right, but it's... special"
[02:14] <~Kroked> "It's not a normal sword"
[02:14] <~Kroked> "So that makes up for the fact i can't use it effectively"
[02:15] <Erina> "I understand, but uh....I don't know how to use any sword that's not bigger than I am.....It's weird."
[02:16] <~Kroked> Josh chuckles "Well, we all have our own specialties right? nothing wrong with that."
[02:19] <Erina> "If I ever make a bastard sword on par with what you have now, I'll be sure to send it your way."
[02:20] <~Kroked> "I'd appreciate" he says "A lot more than you could probably understand"
[02:21] <~Kroked> his eye's seem to lower as he says that, his voice sounding a tad bleaker
[02:22] <Erina> "So....what now?"
[02:22] <~Kroked> "we can go at it again if you want"
[02:23] <Erina> "Let's try it, at least until they come back."
[02:24] <~Kroked> "Ok than, get up, and this time, use /everything/ you've got. "
[02:24] * ~Kroked smirks and stands himself "Trust me, I can take it"
[02:26] * Erina begins to concentrate on freezing him before once again doing a rushing rising slash.
[02:26] <~Kroked> roll attack
[02:26] <Erina> "Just gotta buy some time then!"
[02:26] <Erina> )roll 1d100+97
[02:26] * Demonbot --> "Erina rolls 1d100+97 and gets 139."
[02:28] <~Kroked> Josh only BARELY brings up his blade this time sparks fly, and the force of the blow slides him back a few feet. more noticebly, however, his sheath cracks
[02:28] <~Kroked> "Jesus!, good amount of force there"
[02:28] <~Kroked> "You're stronger than you look"
[02:28] <~Kroked> your move again
[02:28] <Erina> "B-but that was just a normal swing."
[02:29] * Erina dashes forward, this time with a downwards strike.
[02:29] <~Kroked> "You're not a normal girl, and that's not a normal sword"
[02:29] <Erina> )roll 1d100+97
[02:29] * Demonbot --> "Erina rolls 1d100+97 and gets 132."
[02:31] <~Kroked>  this time, he's ready, like lightning, he sidesteps, and wacks his own blade ontop of the still plummeting blade of your own, increasing it's strength and momentum, causing it to lodge itself deep into the ground
[02:32] <~Kroked> roll defence
[02:33] <Erina> )roll 1d100+100
[02:33] * Demonbot --> "Erina rolls 1d100+100 and gets 185."
[02:34] <~Kroked> he attampts to put you at sword... sheaths point, but you are able to knock his blade away
[02:34] <~Kroked> your move
[02:35] * Erina once again slashes out at Josh
[02:35] <Erina> )roll 1d100+97
[02:35] * Demonbot --> "Erina rolls 1d100+97 and gets 163."
[02:36] <~Kroked> he blocks and knocks your blade away, and counters quickly
[02:36] <~Kroked> roll defence
[02:37] <Erina> )roll 1d100+100
[02:37] * Demonbot --> "Erina rolls 1d100+100 and gets 114."
[02:39] <~Kroked> you get a breathtaking smack across your abdomen
[02:39] <~Kroked> "I told you, don't hold back! use your abilities, you need everything at your disposal in a battle!"
[02:40] <Erina> "I told you, I was buying time...."
[02:41] <~Kroked> "Buying time? buying time is fine, but it doesn't help if you end up dead"
[02:41] <~Kroked> your move
[02:43] * Erina attempts to freeze Josh in place, "Feel the chill of the neverending winter's night....."
[02:43] <Erina> (Spending 1 free PP)
[02:44] <~Kroked> roll potential
[02:45] <Erina> )roll 1d100+180
[02:45] * Demonbot --> "Erina rolls 1d100+180 and gets 268."
[02:45] <Erina> "Winter's Hold!"
[02:46] <~Kroked> you watch as ice completly encases Josh's body
[02:47] <~Kroked> than the ice cracks
[02:47] <~Kroked> the cracks quickly spread, before ice explodes off of his body
[02:47] <~Kroked> "HOLY SHIT THAT'S COLD"
[02:48] <Erina> "Yeah....that never seems to work anymore..."
[02:49] <~Kroked> "T-than, focus on something else. A man once said, the true meaning of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, and expecting a different result"
[02:49] <~Kroked> he shivers and takes no action
[02:50] <Erina> "One last thing I want to try...."
[02:51] * Erina holds one hand up to the sky.
[02:52] <Erina> "The sun's radience shines down upon the arctic fields...."
[02:52] <Erina> "The falling snow creates a world of floating light....."
[02:53] <~Kroked> Josh looks slightly confused for a moment
[02:53] <Erina> "Fly forward on the freezing wind of blades!"
[02:57] * Erina forms a giant blade of ice and light in the air before slamming it down with enough force to shatter it, "Luminecent Glacier!"
[02:57] <Erina> (Spending 2 Fatigue)
[02:57] <~Kroked> Josh's eye's widen as he see's whats about to happen, and he kind of panicks
[02:57] <Erina> )roll 1d100+127
[02:57] * Demonbot --> "Erina rolls 1d100+127 and gets 185."
[02:58] <~Kroked> he raises a hand and shouts out "OMNIKARN!"
[03:00] <~Kroked> Behind him, a large man with a staff with an image of a cyclone on it, his skin green like a lizard, and his face a mixture of a frog and a mans appears behind him, it raises the staff, and a clear iridecent shell appears all around Josh
[03:00] <~Kroked> the sword of Ice hit's it... than suddenly changes direction, and sails straigh at YOU
[03:00] <~Kroked> roll defense
[03:01] <Erina> )roll 1d100+100
[03:01] * Demonbot --> "Erina rolls 1d100+100 and gets 162."
[03:02] <~Kroked> you somehow, get your blade up just in time, and cleve it in two before it can harm you
[03:03] * Erina breaths a sigh of relief after the two pieces hit the ground behind her.
[03:04] <~Kroked> "...Ohmygodimsosorryididntmeantoipanicked"
[03:04] <~Kroked> Josh looks absolutly horrified at himself
[03:04] <Erina> "Don't worry about it."
[03:04] <Erina> "I'm just glad that was only around half-power."
[03:05] * ~Kroked sighs "Ok maybe... we should stop for awhile. I'm really sorry. I wasn't going to use my persona, I just kinda... panicked at the ice sword from nowhere"
[03:05] <Erina> "Well....you did say not to hold back...."
[03:06] <~Kroked> "Yeah, I know, that's... kinda my bad"
[03:06] <~Kroked> "I didnt expect you to pull out something like that"
[03:06] <~Kroked> "So my mind kinda... shutdown"
[03:06] <Erina> "Though I usually can't get that one out unless I have someone to distract the enemy for a bit. Takes a while to charge up."
[03:06] <~Kroked> "Yeah, I can see that"
[03:07] * ~Kroked chuckles a little and kinda just... plops on his ass
[03:07] * Erina sheathes Anime before doing the same.
[03:09] <Erina> I wonder if I'll ever be able to weild a sword that big normally....it'd be cool...."
[03:09] <~Kroked> "Have you tried?"
[03:10] <Erina> "Well, I can lift and throw them fine, but I can't weild them well enough to fight...."
[03:10] <Erina> "Not to mention those things shatter easily."
[03:10] <~Kroked> Josh nods "Ah yeah, I spose so huh? I mean, they're ice"
[03:12] <Erina> "Odd mix of ice and solid light. It's pretty much a combination of thoise two psycic things I use....at least I think it's psychic, that's what Remi and Vi told me they were."
[03:13] <~Kroked> "hmmm, ok, i see. and uh, well how exactly do you use your powers. I mean, what do you do to make them work?"
[03:13] <Erina> "I concentrate on an image or feeling and try to apply them to the world around me."
[03:14] <~Kroked> he gives a nod "Yeah, sounds like Psionics"
[03:14] <~Kroked> "You're basically telling reality to make what you want real"
[03:14] <~Kroked> "You're forcing your will on the world"
[03:16] * Erina responds with a giggle, "It sounds cool, but I just wish it'd work more often."
[03:17] <~Kroked> he smirks "It takes practice, just wait, one day, you'll be able to do thing's you can't even imagine doing now"
[03:19] <Erina> "By the way.....is your sheath alright?"
[03:20] <~Kroked> Josh tilts his head in confusion "Huh? what do you mean?"
[03:21] <Erina> "I cracked it...right?"
[03:22] <~Kroked> "What? nah it's an artifact I'm sure it's fi..." he says bring it up to look at, before trailing off
[03:22] <~Kroked> "...That's... not good"
[03:22] <~Kroked> Erina: you feel something odd, though you can't quite place it
[03:22] <~Kroked> it feels... not right
[03:23] <~Kroked> it makes your skin crawl, and puts you on edge
[03:23] * Erina tries to shake off the feeling
[03:23] <~Kroked> you can't
[03:24] <~Kroked> the feeling is horrifyingly familliar to you, though it's a bit more dilluted than it was back than
[03:24] <~Kroked> it reminds you of that girl
[03:24] <~Kroked> though you can't see any aura or anything, as your sight isnt turned on, its the FEELING you get
[03:24] * Erina tries to look at the surrounding area with every type of vision she can
[03:25] <~Kroked> you do so, and what you see is incredibly confusing, mainly as there is simply so much going on
[03:26] <~Kroked> around Josh, are 4 different presences, but what you look at for now, is his sheathed sword
[03:27] <~Kroked> the sheath itself gives off a pale gold aura, but its starting to fade
[03:27] <~Kroked> from the cracks in the sheat leaks a forbidding pitch black aura
[03:27] <Erina> "Uhhhh.....what's going on?"
[03:28] <~Kroked> "Fuck,fuck,fuck... uh. Can you do me a favor erina?"
[03:28] <Erina> "What?"
[03:29] <~Kroked> "I need you to go out into the feild and find something i can use to either repair my sheth, or use as a makeshift one"
[03:30] <Erina> "R-right!"
[03:30] <~Kroked> "Quick please"
[03:30] * Erina rushes over to the feild to try to look for something, "This better not be you trying to pull a Nate!"
[03:30] <~Kroked> he seems very confused at that comment
[03:31] <~Kroked> Erina: roll notice
[03:31] <Erina> )roll 1d100-10
[03:31] * Demonbot --> "Erina rolls 1d100-10 and gets 81."
[03:31] <Erina> )roll 1d100-10
[03:31] * Demonbot --> "Erina rolls 1d100-10 and gets 8."
[03:33] <~Kroked> you barely even make it into the field before you find a patch of notted reeds thata re tangled up in the shape of a sheath, these will work nicely
[03:33] <~Kroked> you gained a specil bonus of +5 to notice for getting consistently good notice
[03:33] * Erina questions how well reeds would work as a sheath, but takes them back to Josh anyway.
[03:34] <~Kroked> is your sight still active?
[03:34] <Erina> Yes
[03:35] <~Kroked> as you head back, you notice the balde has been unsheathed, and the entire thing is shrouded in a black, evil nimbus, you're still a fair distance away and you can feel the horrifying menace coming off of it. it almost feels like it has some kind of twisted mind of it's own, but more than anything it feels...hungy
[03:36] <~Kroked> bloodthristy
[03:36] * Erina begins to fly to get there faster
[03:36] <~Kroked> this blade is currently resting on Josh's upper right arm as he hurridly pulls it across, causing a deep gash
[03:37] <Erina> "Wh-what are you doing!?"
[03:38] <~Kroked> He spins around in shock at your voice "Fuck, you're back already? Uh.... it's... hard to explain" he quickly pulls his sleeve back over his still bleeding arm, which stains it red
[03:38] <~Kroked> roll notice
[03:39] <Erina> )roll 1d100+25
[03:39] * Demonbot --> "Erina rolls 1d100+25 and gets 111."
[03:41] <~Kroked> before the sleeve goes down, you notice the entire arm is full of neat, deep, horizontal scars, in a rows going down the arm. his upper arm up to the shoulder is more scar tissue than actual skin
[03:42] <~Kroked> "Hurry, the sheath"
[03:42] * Erina hands it over
[03:42] <~Kroked> Josh takes it and, with some releif, sheath the sword
[03:42] <~Kroked> you can see a few wisps of black escape, but its mostly sealed
[03:43] <~Kroked> Josh gives a nervous sigh
[03:43] <Erina> "Uh-um....y'know.......Y-you don't need to cut yourself like that anymore.....There are people that care about you, people that would be sad if you died...."
[03:43] <~Kroked> "It's... not exactly... its hard to explain"
[03:43] <Erina> "S-so you don't need to be emo any more..."
[03:43] <~Kroked> "It's not like that!" he blushes
[03:43] <Erina> "It isn't?"
[03:44] <~Kroked> "You said... you know a little about earth, right?"
[03:44] <Erina> "Do I!?"
[03:44] * Erina takes a deep breath in preperation for another long winded explenation
[03:45] <~Kroked> "Have you heard about a swordsmith called, Muramasa?", he interjects quickly
[03:45] <Erina> "Oh, a few times yeah."
[03:46] <~Kroked> "Than you might understand a little bit about what I'm talking about"
[03:46] <~Kroked> "Muramasa was an incredibly skilled swordsmith, and he made some of the best swords in Japan."
[03:47] <~Kroked> "However, he was was violent, and an ill balanced mind on the verge of madness"
[03:47] <~Kroked> "This... in one way or another, leaked into his work"
[03:48] <~Kroked> "His blades are cursed, evil blades, they incite bloodlust into the wielder, and must draw blood before they can be sheathed."
[03:48] <~Kroked> "...even if it means wounding, or killing one'self"
[03:49] <Erina> "And you still use that!?"
[03:50] <~Kroked> "I don't have a choice!" he shouts, irritated "No matter how cursed it is, it's still a powerful blade. I need to be able to protect people, to protect everyone, I can't just give it up."
[03:50] <Erina> "The moment we find something else that's comparable to it......can you promise you'll switch?"
[03:52] <~Kroked> he nods "Of course... but it's not exactly easy to find a weapon comparable to this. If I still had my gift... but i dont, and I'm stuck with this"
[03:54] <Erina> "Well, then let's be sure to keep our eyes open for one."
[03:55] <~Kroked> "yea-" you both suddenly hear a scream rom a ways off
[03:55] * Erina immediately grabs Josh and begins flying in that direction
[03:56] <Erina> "Sorry! Force of habit!"
[03:57] <~Kroked> Josh just kinda, gapes as you fly off
[03:57] <~Kroked> end session