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[masakados]

Who: Naoki (masakados) & Yang (flaredo)
When: IC: 11/28, OOC: 3/06, forward-dated!
Where: a nice empty lot
What: idk some demons and some legs and stuff like that
Rating/Warning: None?!

[Naoki's starting to learn a few things about Yang the longer that he spends time with her. One of these things is that she seems to remember well even the things he thinks she says completely jokingly-- like how they talked about coaxing bellyrubs from one of his demons. How she's going to do that, he's not sure, but hey, there can't be any harm in letting her give it a shot if she's even a bit serious. Especially since he's here in case Yurlungur gets any ideas of trying to eat any magatsuhi.

Tearing his curious gaze away from the outfit she's switched to today, he props his hand on his hip.]

Since you dressed up and all, I could let you try it out. Buuuut, it's not too late to call it off either. [And they can get on to training! He looks again at her clothes, secretly admiring (where he's sure Yurlungur won't). It's different and fresh and er anyway back on track he's completely focused on the topic on hand.]

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[masakados]

[And then no he's fine and he'll glance back at her completely composed. Completely.]

If you want to, you can fight them.

[flaredo]

Why not? I've got to keep improving, don't I?

[ And she's grinning at him, unrepentant. He's a lot easier to fluster than she thought. ]

[masakados]

[As much as he wants to be all stubborn and give her a flat look... her grin is contagious and he ends up smiling, folding his arms over his chest.]

Wanna take them both on at once? I can referee.

[flaredo]

As long as you don't feel too lonely on the sidelines-- [ fist pump. ]

[masakados]

I'll survive a bit of loneliness.

[With a laugh, and then Naoki waves his hand; both Yurlungur and Long appear with flashes of light once again.]

Whenever you guys are ready. [He's indeed going off to the sidelines, giving quite a bit of room.]

[flaredo]

You guys can go first, then! [ brightly. Yes, she's bouncing lightly from foot to foot. ]

[masakados]

[When the demons look to Naoki, he tips his head encouragingly. Then Long, coiling himself up, bares his teeth with a throaty laugh.

And he surges, rippling through the air toward Yang, jaws open to bite. Just below him, electricity dances over Yurlungur's body before following after Long's lunge in a crackling burst.

Naoki hums to himself, hand setting at his chin all well, he would've went for a different strategy, but he's not giving orders here--]

[flaredo]

[ Yang's laugh is almost as throaty, and her gauntlets activate as she uses one shot to send herself up into the air. It helps her narrowly avoid Long, and by then, Yurlungur's coming at her with-- electricity?

Surprised, there's a faintly pained noise as the sparks hit, sending her back down to the ground. But then she digs in her heels and swings a fist forward, sending out a large, fiery shot at the snake. ]

[masakados]

[Long twists in the air to follow after her, but even a demon has speed limits, and he's bigger and just a bit slower. It takes a moment for him to follow where she's landed, huffing.

Naoki smiles to himself as that fire shot shoots toward Yurlungur--

But when it should hit, the fire disappears with a zwip sort of sound. Ahh, yes, this noise; Naoki remembers the first time he tried to use any kind of elemental ability against Yurlungur. The snake makes a sound like a laugh and it darts out of the way as Long goes for another lunge at her.]

[flaredo]

Seriously?! [ Yang's cry is half-indignant, half-impressed-- but well, she'll commit that to memory. She'll have to use brute strength against the rainbow snake.

But she'll try another burst at Long, just to make sure that it isn't both of them, ready to dodge-roll off to the side so as to avoid getting slammed into. ]

[masakados]

Seriously! [Naoki calls (very helpfully) from the sidelines, feeling a sense of camaraderie.

Long growls, cringing visibly, as the fire hits him; it does it's damage (super effective in fast), but her speed seems to be doing him in even more. He hits the ground bodily, claws and body leaving a huge furrow in the sand before he twists.

And, opting for another strategy, he breathes a cloud of ice at her as, on her opposite side, Yurlungur whips up a blast of wind to fire.]

[flaredo]

[ Yang shoots Naoki a wry look, but she's focused on avoiding that ice (yeah, no, no cold thank you). Unfortunately, she misses a step, which brings her into the path of the wind.

She's starting to think she might not be that fond of the wind either when it slams her off her feet and onto her back.

... Full of surprises. She'll appreciate it more when her back stops hurting. ]

[masakados]

[Naoki's cheering for you at least, Yang! Actually, when she hits the ground like that, he jerks forward a bit as though about to go out and interfere right then and there. But he keeps himself in place, remembering how strong Yang is.

If things get bad, he'll stop them, but for now...

Long moves toward her, claws lifting and moving to swing down:] Gɪᴠɪɴɢ ɪɴ ʏᴇᴛ, ʏᴏᴜɴɢsᴛᴇʀ?

[flaredo]

[ In response, one hand comes up to catch the claw-- there's a sudden strong force to try and shove the dragon back, a bright flash of light, and Yang rolls onto her feet, hair now glowing white-hot and eyes bright red. ]

I don't give in, I give back!

[ And it's true, the next punch she aims is a lot speedier, the fire hotter. ]

[masakados]

[--ah, her Semblance, will this be another time he has to keep secret from her sister? Naoki watches in fascination regardless as Long reacts at once to the fire and the force with a surprised roar, it hitting him full on, more power than the demon expected.

And, weak to fire besides, he hits the ground a good distance away hard, scales steaming and a pained growl leaving him. Still some fight in him yet, but he's going to need a moment.

Yurlungur darts into her way, both sets of eyes glowing as electricity crackles around it and at her.]

[flaredo]

[ This is a necessary use of her Semblance if she's fighting demons, and she will stand by it. She'll switch her attention to Yurlungur now, gritting her teeth as the electricity is another bolt of pain once it touches her skin... but she doesn't try to flee this time, wrapping her arms around the snake and digging in her heels to try and fling him at his dragon buddy. She can still use her strength-- more of it now, thanks to these two, she'll make do with that. ]

[masakados]

[Yurlungur writhes in her grasp, still sparking, not hesitating to send electricity out through her, but physical attacks aren't its forte-- So when it's flung, it's with a wheezing sound of surprise and Long lifts his head in time to get a rainbow snake (still sparking) in the snout.

Huffing, the demons separate themselves, eyeing Yang more sharply than earlier, looking a bit battered.]

--hm?

Hey, Yurlungur, Mediarahan is cheating, [Naoki calls from the sidelines when he notices Yurlungur starting to glow white.] It's annoying enough in a regular battle when your enemies heal themselves completely.

[flaredo]

It just means I'll have to beat you up again.

[ This, she says, grinning-- also wincing, because electricity hurts. ]

[masakados]

Hear that? She'll beat you up again.

[Naoki grins too, but he glances at her again, noticing the way that she's wincing. Getting shocked is never pleasant, and she doesn't have a demon's body to endure it.

So:] Let's call it here for today.

[flaredo]

Aww, Naoki, I could take 'em--

[ Except as the glow in her hair and her eyes fades, she's slumping to her knees.

... And then just kind of flopping over. ]

... When everything stops tingling, hold on--

[masakados]

That's the least convincing thing I've ever experienced, [Naoki mumbles as he jogs quickly over to her prone form.

He crouches next to her, moving to scoop an arm under her and coax her up off the ground to actually sit properly (really, he's p much just lifting her on his own). At the same time, his hand glows, sending a wave of healing through her.]

Here, up. Off the ground.

[If she gets sand in weird places, don't blame him.]

[flaredo]

I'm fiiiine. [ ever so petulant, but she's sitting up and leaning against him with a sigh. ]

I won't be able to get used to it if you keep healing me, you know.

[masakados]

[Ah. Weight against him. He blinks over at her... but then settles himself cross-legged, fully prepared to be her support.

Out of the corner of his eye, he can see Yurlungur healing itself and Long but they don't come over. Maybe because Naoki gives them a Look.]

Why do I want to let you get used to being electrocuted, again?

[flaredo]

Because then I'll figure out a way to keep moving, despite it. I'm sure our buddy there's not the only one with a case of the zaps.

[ Still propped against him, she extends a hand in front of her, curling and relaxing her fingers. Good, no longer tingling... ]

[masakados]

Hmmm.

[Naoki sounds uncertain, but she does have a point. That said:] Might wanna start out with slightly less powerful zaps, though.

Otherwise you're gonna get your nerves fried before you even begin to figure out how to keep moving.