[center][h2]Kichi, Sabu, Human Woman[/h2][/center]
[color=fff79a]"Oh, don't worry. I was concerned it was something important, but it's just these two being at it again."[/color] Kichi murmured aloud, letting out a sizable chuckle. [color=fff79a]"Watch closely, though. If nothing else, it should be an entertaining bout."[/color]

No sooner than had the red fog formed than did Sabu dart forwards towards the woman, his opponent doing the same at a speed that the newborns could barely even call a blur. Spear thrust and fist swung out to meet their respective targets. 

There was no sound of collision. In its place, a harsh thrumming noise filled the air, as though space itself was vibrating. The woman's fists were practically impossible to make out as they darted through the air, each of them striking out at the Goblin while his spear flashed like red light, blocking each strike and occasionally launching one of his own, only to be parried in turn. 

[color=7ea7d8]"<Second stage, Pierce the Shell.>"[/color]

[color=f7976a]"<Ignite, Potential Release.>"[/color]

The thick reek of power around the woman only grew denser. Her right fist swung out, its form seeming indistinct, almost hazy as if the air in its way wasn't being moved, but was instead compressing itself against the force of her blow. The red fog around the Goblin shined to an almost blinding extent, his eyes glinting with a tyrannical light as the silhouette of "something" appeared behind him. 

Spear and fist both cut through the air, the forces behind them clashing. A second thrumming sound rang out as the spear in Sabu's hands vibrated wildly, but nonetheless he kept his grip on it, his muscles flaring as the silhouette behind him let out a roar. The woman gritted her teeth, her second fist swinging out to strike the Goblin whilst he dealt with the first, but before it could meet its mark the spear's thrust completed. At the moment of contact between Sabu's spear and the woman's fist, the latter was knocked backwards, skidding against the grass as she leveled a glare forwards. Inexplicably, though, not a scratch could be seen on her body.

[color=7ea7d8]"<...damn, you're at that point already? Get to Devil's Peak damn it, the sooner you get some actual dragon blood in you the better.>"[/color]

[color=f7976a]"<Same goes for you. I thought you were still at the second stage's bottleneck? You've gotta hurry and get the scriptures for the next stage.>"[/color]

[color=7ea7d8]"<Yeah, yeah, like I can set foot in that desert without the Angels blasting me to death on sight. 'Unclean, unclean, she smells like a demon'. God, fuck them.>"[/color]

Neither of them seemed to have noticed their spectators. Well, that or they simply didn't care.

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[center][h2]Aya[/h2][/center]
Oh.

Oh.

One of them had actually stayed behind instead of going off to listen to that idiot Sabu rant about how great humans were. Fantastic, looks like there was some hope for this group yet before they all got tainted by him.

[color=c4df9b]"Just call me Aya. And don't worry about being a bother, the chief said to help you all out, so that's what I'll be doing. As long as I don't have to deal with [i]that[/i] idiot."[/color] She replied, hefting her staff up off of the ground. [color=c4df9b]"Just follow me. The tribe itself is a bit of a walk away, since we wanted to keep all of you in a different location in case the tribe wound up getting attacked somehow. The south region of the forest is pretty much entirely ours, though. North is a bit more of a wildland, that's where you've got the Horned Rabbits and their Evolutions around, and the Water Drakes are usually more in the section of the river that's in the north too, since they've learned we'll hunt them a lot more if they're closer to us. Lord Yggdrasil's main body is in the center, you can tell when you're getting there pretty easily; trees look hardier, air feels thicker, plus the Elves are there. Oh, don't tell the humans about the Elves though. Little secret among the forest denizens."[/color]

As she led Eek forwards, Aya's tone started to shift a bit from the previously-terse attitude she'd adopted when dealing with the newborns. Some of the tension seemed to leave her face, sentences practically streaming out of her without time to breathe. After a moment's pause, this only continued. 

[color=c4df9b]"Let's see...that covers it for the basics. There are the dungeons too, but you really shouldn't think about those until you've Evolved at least once. Even the weakest dungeon in the forest is something I can't casually go into, and the strongest...according to Lord Yggdrasil, the dungeon core of that one is even stronger than he is. So, you know, keep far away from that one."[/color]