[IC] Shio (Innue) vs Caelyn (Zaga2575)

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Caelyn walked up to Shio with a determined face. He would not let her see how nervous he really was. He adjusted his glasses as to comb through his options of his natrelmon. "Who will I use?" He thought silently to himself. His relic keys all burned, but one more so than the rest. "Huh? Are you sure? Ok, you win." Caelyn said with a soft chuckle. "Fang come out!" As he flew out of his key, his violet shimmer seemed to glow. He was showing off and Caelyn knew it. Caelyn shook his head at the guy. Fierce fangs, and a lot of heart. This natrelmon was quickly gaining his favor.

"Your turn Shio!" Caelyn shouted and offered a bow.

[Innue]

Shio's bracelet shined in response, light arcing off of it and coalescing on an ornate glyphal pattern in front of her, taking the shape of her starting Natrelmon. What had once been her Kohitsuji was now the stronger, more potent, Hitsuji.

Shio's Hitsuji was summoned at a fairly standard distance of thirty feet from Caelyn's Kyonshi. If Shio was going to play seriously, she would have considered an alternate tactic, but given the friendly nature of the match, it seemed polite to avoid defaulting to her training and going for a more aggressive initial push. Hitsuji bleated powerfully at his summon and Shio took a very focused stance behind him, her hands up in front of her with a stable stance planting her into the ground six feet behind her Hitsuji. It was unlikely that Caelyn would try to engage her at close range himself, as she would likely have a noted advantage at that range, but it was habit and facilitated usage of her Kuji-kiri.

Shio worked well with the Psychic type, as she didn't need to vocalize her commands to them as she did with other Natrelmon. It allowed her to operate in a more fluid manner. It was why choosing a Kohitsuji as her starter was the logical choice. She was keen on demonstrating that.

However, Kyonshi was not an easy opponent. With a solid set of typing, including one that negated an aspect of Hitsujis, it could be a challenging fight. Kyonshi's flight was an equal consideration for Shio in this battle. If it were serious, the weak point in this battle would have likely been Caelyn and she would have struck at that point. It was, as Shio had to reinforce to herself, a friendly match.

[zaga2575]

Caelyn knew the proximity that he had to keep his Natrelmon in to make it effective against Hitsuji. Caelyn knew psychic resistance was part of Kyonshi's strength. However, the light aspect to this creature made him shudder. He knew this was going to be a pressing match. "Fang keep about 15 feet above Hitsuji and watch out for light attacks. Build up speed and work on avoiding the attacks. Go!" While Kyonshi built up its velocity, flying a straight line from 30 feet off and 15 feet above, Caelyn fell to a knee and started focusing his casting.

[Innue]

((In combat, it is generally good to at least refer to your movements in some kind of proportional relation to your upper limits. As a note, just be aware that even in Natrelmon maximum speed cannot instantly be obtained. It'd also have been wise to consider not going on a direct path unless you have a specific tactic in mind. I will assume given the bonuses from the Wind's typing for moving at maximum speed that you are doing that.))

Shio calmly reacted, ordering for her Hitsuji to place it's globes of Ielle and Indolu about 10 feet in front of it, putting them about thirteen feet of the ground, overlapping the fields so if Kyonshi continued on it's direct frontal path. Additionally, Hitsuji, at mental command, launched two Radiant Stars on Kyonshi's path, positioned so they would just barely clip his wings on each side - making a side route escape difficult. Unless Caelyn was very creative, Kyonshi would likely be diverted off of the frontal path completely, or pigeonholed into it even further. Of course, Shio was already ready to make the movements even more difficult with spells she could easily fling in response to either Caelyn's or Kyonshi's actions.

Although Caelyn and Kyonshi were unaware, Hitsuji's Unyielding Zone (Earth Passive) was directly around it, the sheep remaining firmly in position. It was the other reason that Shio had selected Kohitsuji as her starter. The sheep Natrelmon was very independent and needed very little from her in terms of protecting himself. It synergized with her usual style. What was challenging for Shio was that her spells were not the most effective in this style of combat. At least while the match remained on good terms, she would be restrained from utilizing the full scope of her Gishiki magic.

[zaga2575]

Caelyn figured a direct route by Kyonshi's agility would be interpreted as a wind attack. He had to gauge his opponent and she bit. "Ok Fang, pull up and use it now." Kyonshi enacted the Miasmic Blast as he pulled away from the orbs. Caelyn had hoped that DOT may do the trick with this Natrelmon. Shio was very talented that was for sure. Caelyn immediately casted Pillar of Winter about ten feet from Hitsuji. Hoping the pillar would distract the trainer and her natrelmon, Kyonshi sent the two orbs due east and west of Hitsuji to imitate a pincer type attack. Caelyn knew that with the natrelmon slowed due to the aura of the pillar he may have a chance of getting one or both of the orbs to strike home.

Not wasting anytime, Caelyn cast Arctic assault at the base of the pillar and held.

[Innue]

When the Kyonshi began to pull up to avoid the attack, Shio launched a Kuji-kiri on its new path. It was one of the Gishiki spells, a magic that only a few knew how to practice. It would not damage the Natrelmon, as it was not of the Ghost type, but would place a debuff lowering the Kyonshi's resistances by one stage. Unfortunately, this was one of the best options Shio had as she had not chosen to learn any of the more offensive magical arts when starting her Rites. If she had chosen a spell school such as Electromancy, Caelyn would have to take her more seriously as an opponent.

Thankfully, Hitsuji was still out of the range of the slowing effects of the Pillar of Winter ((this effect only has a Rank*2 effective range - at Rank III Cryomancy this is only a range of 6 feet)), otherwise the Miasmic Blasts would have been more problematic. Her Hitsuji, while slow naturally, was more than capable of utilizing its Levitation ability to quickly slide back and to the right side of the abilities, angling away from the pillar. To ensure the safety of her Natrelmon, she quickly issued a mental command to her Hitsuji, a Natrelmon natively able to communicate with its trainer in that fashion, to throw up a Psychic Shield for the Miasmic Blast aimed towards its right. It'd be destroyed by the attack, but it would not hit anywhere near it and potentially catch the other Miasmic Blast in the detonation of the first. The Arctic Assault was also problematic, given Shio's stylistic preferences at this range and the nature of her Hitsuji being quite defensive. To ensure that he did not chain off of the Pillar of Winter, Hitsuji chained the usage of the Psychic shield fluidly into a blast of psychic energy, utilizing the move Telekinetic Glare. The small sphere would collide with the Arctic Assault before it would hit the Pillar, given Hitsuji's distance from it being closer than Caelyn's at about 14 feet.

((It is important to make sure that you define how you alter your path when you do change directly. Remember I need visuals in order to keep track of positioning of your character. This also includes the distances you are launching attacks from, as that will affect how much time I have to actually realistically react to moves. Other than that, you are doing quite well in your first Natrelmon fight. Just remember details, details, details.))