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Public displays of badassery

Who: Zoro

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When: IC 2/7
Where: a nondescript park in the Residential District
What: Weiss wants to see if Zoro really knows how to fight, and Zoro wants to see what she can do with that sword.
Rating/Warning: none likely

[By now Zoro was absolutely certain he had healed up enough from his recent beating, though the only way to be sure was to line up more fights and get right back into it. Trunks was on the list, but in the meantime he remembered Weiss wanted a piece of him, so to speak. So he texted her to see if she was free to take him on, once he found a suitable place.

It was still outdoors, but not the Gardens, so whatever she mentioned interfered with her Dust might not be the issue in a place like this. There were, however, a lot more civilians around. Not that Zoro cared much. There was a nice open area of park-lawn where he could let loose, devoid even of trees, so as long as nobody was dumb enough to kick a soccer ball through their fight, they'd be fine. And far less collateral damage than indoors, that's for sure.

He actually texted her from the park, since he had nothing better to do than hang out there, so he wouldn't get lost or be late. Instead, he decided to stretch out in the grass and take a nap. It wasn't too cold, but he had a hoodie on (unzipped, naturally) and his nice new green haramaki from Vietnam to keep his core warm, so he was good to go. Now, to wait for Weiss.]

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[ she hesitates, but only briefly. she made mention of it briefly, before, but she just has to make sure... ]

You're okay with it, yes? If I used everything I had?

[ she had more than just her sword, after all. ]

Yeah. Do it. Because I ain't gonna hold back either.

[all he has is raw power, but damn, is it powerful, so if she uses something magical - elements, similar to Logia users - he's totally down with that. After all, if he wants to be strong enough to go toe-to-toe with Vegeta, he needs to test himself against everything.]

[ a moment's worth of consideration.

and then a pleasant, delicate smile. ]

Bring it.

[ as yang would say...

but it's all the warning zoro gets before weiss suddenly shifts her stance; one foot in front of the other, but the hand she moves with is not the one holding her sword. she lifts her right hand, empty and palm up, and in that moment zoro will find a single glyph light up beneath his feet. she twists her hand, and five others light up between them, creating a single-file line connecting them where they stand. before he has the chance to react, she curls her hand into a fist and pulls her arm back, causing each glyph to grow a blinding white. and, as if yanked, zoro will feel his body suddenly propel forward as a great speed, sent straight towards the young girl, who suddenly steps forward with her sword, ready to meet him.

but before he finds himself a zoro-kabob, the last glyph glows black, holding him in place a few feet away as weiss lets the tip of her blade drag up along his bare chest, just light enough not to touch, but not leave a scratch.

she smiles prettily. ]

That'd be a point for me, I think~

[WHOA SHIT

that's what he gets for letting his guard down. He genuinely had no idea what was coming, though, so he accepts his mistake in silence. Now he knows, he's not going to let one of those trap him again. At the bare minimum, he'll be ready to block.

A flick of his wrist swings Shuusui up between them to bat the sword away cleanly, and give him the space to take a step back into defense.]

What the hell was that?

[ weiss only bristles lightly when her myrtensater is batted away, though she looks only more than happy to explain what that was. ]

That is my Semblance.

[ she makes a gesture with her hand again, another white one appear right beneath him. due to the nature of her glyphs, there's sadly no "blocking" their appearance... but it's certainly possible to resist.

once again, the glyph glows black. this time, he'll find it rather difficult to move. ]

[being caught in something like that is too similar to being held down by someone's Devil Fruit ability...rather like Doflamingo's strings, he would guess, which gives him an idea.

He doesn't have the ability to do what Luffy can do with haki, but he can do a lot. It takes a bit of focus, but he can finally twitch a muscle here and there, and then with a great lunge he wrenches himself free. Staggering back a few steps, he doesn't give her time to cast another one and charges, bringing the two swords up fast, parallel to one another.]

Nigiri...Toro!

[they come up hard and fast in an upward strike, both at the same time. And true to his claim, he's not reserving any power. He already takes Weiss as seriously as he would any Devil Fruit user, giving all of his strength as a sign of commitment.]

[ weiss would be a fool not to sense how seriously he's taking this; she can feel it from his very aura, the way he just throws himself into the battle like it may well be his last. there's something to be said for that kind of determination, but weiss will spare the time to admire it later.

for now, she reacts as quickly as she can, conjuring up a wall of cold, solid ice just as he strikes forward. she manages to capture one of his swords in the block, though she knows his strength would make quick work of it soon enough. without wasting a second, she casts another black glyph several feet behind her. with just a twist of her hand, it pulls her back as if summoned, creating a larger distance between them again. ]

[the ice is no trouble at all, he smashes right through it with little effort and keeps going, finding her a bit farther than he expected once on the other side of the barrier. No matter, just means he has to keep pressing, closing the gap.

His arms are already in Nigiri position, so he slashes again, a flash to the right and then the left, sending flying slashes out ahead of him with his momentum. If he can get right up to her, there'll be a Maguma of parallel blades falling straight into her - or her magic, or a block, if she can get it up in time.]

[ she grits her teeth against the display he makes, feeling a twinge of offense at how easily he barrels through her ice. when he lashes out once more, her own arms come up in a defensive maneuver, though it's not her arms that block the slashes; another glyph appears just a foot before her, its individual parts spinning widely as she pours more aura into its structure. the glyph itself seems to provide a more suitable shield than her ice, managing to fend on the slashes of air with nothing more than a large gust of wind to show for it.

with another flick of her wrist, she takes takes off — a neat, quiet jump that has her twisting in mid-air, her feet landing deftly on yet another glyph that appears just in time to catch her. for a second, it looks as if she is standing upside-down, or at least at an angle. but in the next, she is pushing off the glyph and launching herself straight towards zoro, intending to meet him head-on with a a clash of her own blade. ]

[his instincts follow her movement, maybe with a little touch of haki just to be sure, so that he's right there when she comes at him, blades crossed. He lets her hit and holds there, grinning behind the block.]

Pretty fast with those things.

[It is fairly impressive, even for a guy who's seen people made of fire, snow, and lightning. And here all he's got is arm strength. Pure, crazy, super-level arm strength. All he has to do is bring the swords apart to either side to create enough of a shockwave to throw her off.

Clearly, this calls for taking it up a notch. He's got mere seconds in which to grab Wadou Ichimonji and jam it in his mouth before he's back for another round, this time with all three swords.]

[ weiss had been wondering how he handled that third sword... frankly, the truth is much more ludicrous than anything she ever imagined.

he bats her away with barely a flick of his wrist, it seems, his strength and power practically immeasurable when compared to hers. unlike the hard-hitting yang, or the speedy ruby, weiss has little physical ability to actually fall back on. her semblance, unfortunately, only compensates for this in more "magical" ways.

but she is fast with them, at least. she's had to be. so when he blows her away with his strength, she doesn't go flying for long, easily caught and held by another one of her black glyphs. seeing him charging after her, though, weiss knows she can't keep jumping around for long. hastily, she gives the chamber on her hand guard a quick spin. she barely has enough time to deliver a slash of her own — blazing hot streams of fire shoot towards him suddenly, as if she'd been equipped with a flamethrower all this time. ]

[whoa shit dodging now!

Zoro skids sideways and comes at her from another angle, definitely not interested in being singed today. If only he could cut fire, but no. No such luck. He stretches out with his haki to anticipate which direction she might move, from the tiniest twitch of muscles to the shift of her eyes, and brings the two swords up over his back to cross the third. Just gotta aim this right.]

Tora...gari!

[as he moves forward, all three blades slash outward into a single, focused attack.]

[ she looks completely and utterly defenseless.

the speed and power with which he's coming at her is inhuman, frankly, and it's likely a testament to her own field inexperience how quickly such an intimidating force freezes her up.

...ironically, it's this very thing that actually saves her neck. with her attention all caught up in a sudden grip of fear, she loses her concentration and the glyph that had been holding her up, mid-air, suddenly disappears beneath here and dooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooown she goes with a sharp shriek and a muffled thud as she lands ungracefully on the ground.

ow... she was definitely gonna feel that for days. ]

[Lucky for her indeed, the momentum of that attack is wasted on the air where she had been a second before. Zoro is intent on the fight but manages to control himself just in time, poised to follow it up with a Tatsumaki but pausing with blades bristling before actually unleashing. Because, you know. Cheap move. He'll let her get up and get ready.]

[ she'd been expecting an attack, to be honest. the fact that it never comes is a surprise to her, but she isn't entirely sure quite how to respond to that. it delays any real reaction from her for a good handful of seconds, but eventually she's picking herself back up and turns towards him. there's just the faintest tinge of pink on her cheeks from embarrassment and shame.

in the back of her mind, she can still feel the remnants of her fear. but she manages to at least look like it isn't really affecting her. chin up, spine straight. sword ready. square in the eye. ]

Again.

[He can tell, he knows the look of fear when he sees it. But getting up and demanding more earns his respect. Zoro nods once, flicking the swords out and around into a different position. He'll get started with a long-range attack, just to rev things up at his own pace.

He curls his arms into a spiral so that the three blades cross-just so, and without moving his feet at all, throws them all outward in a swirling rush of cutting air - a 108 Pound Cannon, easy to dodge and much harder to block head-on.]

[ weiss isn't in the business of impressing anybody (unless you so happen to be one of her teachers, but.) and despite the somewhat flashy nature of her semblance and attacks, when push comes to shove, she will always lean towards the most practical solution. so when that mammoth of an attack comes barreling towards her, she takes the smartest route and dodges.

another glyph tugging her away, to the side, and several more that sends her charging straight towards him, rapier out. ]

[Zoro plants his feet and shifts to the side to meet the point of her blade with a block of his own, and then throws it off to go on the attack. No big moves this time, just a sequence of normal swings - all three swords in rhythm, one-two-three, short and efficient. Let's see how many she can stop.]

[ weiss has been training with swords almost her entire life. when it comes to parrying, it's practically second nature. though she's never quite parried against three swords at once before, she doesn't do too badly at all.

of course, the more he lashes out, the more weiss realizes she has to do something other than block — he seems to be a monster of stamina, and that had always been weiss' weakest point, so after some quick thinking, weiss decides to change it up a little. the clashing of blades is soon petered off — one, two large blocks of ice erupt from their swords' impact, and though he's been shown to easily break free of them before, weiss attempts to use his momentum and swings to distract him. she's got two swords already encased in ice, suspended from the ground, and unless he wants to risk slowly his momentum in the swing of another, he'll have to leave them there. all the while, weiss continues to slash through the air herself.

and, if things work out well enough in her favor, he might be left with just one blade that she'll attempt to knock right out of his hand.

fingers crossed. ]

[the ice takes him a bit by surprise, but he doesn't falter. Zoro could bust them free with his arm strength but doesn't, instead shifting to block over his shoulder, blindly. He holds there, powerfully - his grip is too sure to be disarmed. He can, however, let go of one sword...

He pulls back to leave Wadou Ichimonji jammed into the ice for a moment and swings his non-icy blade around in a huge sweep to disengage her. She had the momentum for a moment, but he's ready to turn it back again, and shifts his whole body toward her confrontationally. With a dangerous grin, he flexes and busts his other arm free. Zoro can't stop, won't stop, and even if he's blocking with his own body, he'll keep blocking and making openings for himself. That, really, is what makes him so feared in his world.]

[ she really shouldn't be so surprised by the sheer barbarianism of his fighting style. rough, and wild, and chaotic, there is hardly any rhyme or reason to the way he moves, which completely clashes with the measured, methodical way weiss fights. the moment he starts using his own body as a guard against her strikes? weiss realizes she is completely out of her element here.

with a grunt, she throws an arm out, summoning another glyph. it pulls her back, creating distance between them again. with a spin of the chamber on her sword, it glows red once more and, just like before, a sudden lash causes a large burst of fire to erupt from it, headed straight towards him. ]

[He throws himself to the side to avoid being flambeed again, rolling in the grass and coming up at a distance to come at her from a new angle. He's still grinning, which means he's having fun. She may not have the sheer arm strength to match his, but she's got good technique - he can tell, even if he looks past the elemental tricks and the glyphs.

He's down to two swords, which only changes his style slightly. Putting both forward like bull horns, he plunges straight in, head on, and slashes them both toward the center sharply. If she blocks it, he'll follow up with more parallel Nigiri swings, down, left, and right.]

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