Condition: Rain

[Hakfu Song]

Ow, My Pride

Winter.

That was just cold.

"You really like to strike a man down where it hurts the most, don't you?"

Hobbling pathetically over to where his belt was accidentally thrown, he shook his head around, despite the rain, trying to get a little dry. It was a little colder then before. It was evident that even in the rain, he was blushing. Finally reaching it, he pulled up his pants and wrapped his belt around it tightly.

".. Right.. anyways..."

He heard sizzling. Looking behind him, he saw three cards disappear in a blaze of acid. Holy crap, this girl was fast! Great... now was certain he was going to lose... STOP PUTTING YOURSELF DOWN!

"Hirthos divinity thundero Kantan lightle van firmanent des dei Dai!"

All the cards blew up, blinding them both in a blaze of small electrical explosions.. there he was, ten feet from Darah's front-right!

[shadow=brown,left,300][glow=yellow,2,300]"...Ish nuu."[/glow][/shadow]

Hakfu didn't waste anymore time, directing his Ceremonial Fan at Darah.

"To protect, we must harm. Electhos van jubilie de anthos Dai."

In a quick stab to the air, Dai pointed his palm to Darah.

[shadow=brown,left,300][glow=yellow,2,300]"...Ish nuu."[/glow][/shadow]

A small electrical blast erupted from his hand... nothing huge, but enough to shock someone. Just need to damage her nervous system just enough.. it looked as though Darah and Dai were equally fast. He just hoped it would stay that way.

Edit: Just centered picture.

[Darah]

Darah watched as Hakfu muttered some chants and summoned a creature from his cards. This creature gave off a bright light as it appeared but that light dimmed after that to show a creature, unbelievably hideous and alien-like even by Darah's terms. This creature seemed to be an electric-type summon from the sparks around it.

Darah's eyes were now trained on the electrical summon. She knew that without his summonings, Hakfu was basically helpless. Therefore the immediate danger lay with this creature of electricity. Some words from Hakfu which Darah ignored and the summoned creature raised its palm at Darah.

To Darah, the raised palm reminded her of a gun. It was too common. People pointing their palms at their opponents and then shooting out fire balls or water balls out of their hands. Or in this case it had to be electricity. Let a five year old toddler with enough TV time face this opponent and even he could tell that the monstrousity was about to shoot something out of his hand.

As the palm raised up, Darah jumped right as she felt the some static reach her legs. She had guessed right: the summon did shoot out electricity.

The person who landed on the ground wasn't the little fourteen year old anymore. Standing at the height of six feet but crouched on the floor was a lizard-like demon. Dark green scaly skin with a layer of coating mucus over it. Unreadable eyes of pure black. A pair of five inched long serrated horns. Darah's forked tongue flickered in and out of her mouth, tasting the air. She sensed two individuals and her eyes locked onto Hakfu and then the electrical summon.

Darah lifted her claws up to her mouth. From the edges drooled paralyzing poisons which coated over the platinum claws on her hands. She was going to wait for the opportune moment to strike. That was her way.

[Hakfu Song]

Rain and Electricity

Dai Stats:
-Strength: 10
-Dexterity: 15+11=26
-Endurance: 10
-Intelligence: 10
-Wisdom: 10
-Energy: 10

The attack was so obvious, Hakfu was suprised to have even slightly grazed Darah's knees. It did, however, do its purpose: Forcing her hand, or, if she had this in plan anyways, stole away a possible strategy to suprise Hakfu. Her transformation suprised him a little anyways.. although it explained many things. Larger horns, jet black eyes and hair, large claws or talons... like an animal. Hell, he couldn't even tell if he was looking at him... but surely she could only look one way at once. Darah's immediate actions were suspicious, but from the angle Hakfu was, he couldn't see what she was doing... just hunched over her hands or something. With the rain, it was hard to see. Moving his long hair out of his face's way, he could only smile, a new look in his eyes. He was fighting now, someplace he could vent his frustrations, and with someone who didn't exactly like him. The mere fact that the feeling was mutual only helped to put an evil glint of intent in Hakfu's eyes. There were a dozen possibilities of victories, and hundreds of possibilities of defeat. Odds he liked, for some strange reason.

Staring defeat in the eyes was so different when you were at rock bottom of yourself. He began circling around, to get behind Darah, so that Dai was on the opposite side, and she would be surrounded.

".. I see... so, this is your true form, eh, Darah? You might want to consider stayinig this way, actually, it's an improvement."

Smiling more broadly, his eyes suprisingly wide-opened and cool, he stopped, just as he reached the back, and pulled out his sword with his right hand, making for an uncomfortable grip on his right hand, which already had his Ceremonial Fan in its grasp.

"...Improvement in terms of bustline, anyways. Don't care about much else you have to offer. I could swear your a D-cup this way."

A toothy grin, licks smacking. He laughed derisively, his true strategy underway. Was she truly as great a warrior as he supposed? Would she break under his verbal wranglings? She was a beast now, he needed to see how much of her humanity she still had left, how much he could piss her off... and that ment embaressing her, making fun of her 'son', and degrading her. Something that a lifetime spent in China as the bottom of the bottom could teach one.

Oh yea, he was gonna become a huge ass hole.

"Let's see how well you handle.. 'Darah'.."

Hakfu began walking in one direction, directing Dai to do the same, so that they constantly remained at each other's opposite's of her.

"Just a thought Darah, what's happened to your clothes? Will they come back when you change back? Or are they gone? "Da mai und pent de likereri vas shirmenshai." is what we call it in China. "[shadow=brown,left,300][glow=yellow,2,300]Ish nuu[/glow][/shadow]." It means, 'naked girl'."

That was a complete lie, he swung his blade as he mentioned that, right as Dai responded, determine to confuse where to look. If she charged Dai, he would charge from behind, if she charged him, he would have Dai attack, as his right hand now glowed with his 'Pent-Lightning' attack, maybe a spark. And all the while, annoy and vex her.

He would sound like a pervert, he would sound like an asshole, he would lie, but he wasn't about to give her the pleasure of an honorable battle, like he gave Jyo Mashima. No, he was determined to win. Had to mention key things like Gekko and make fun of her. Still walking, Dai still following orders, Hakfu went onto another tanget, pointing his sword and fan at Darah.

"Or, better yet, why is it that the G-man thinks so lowly of you? "To protect, we must harm. Electhos van jubilie de anthos Dai." You know you might consider the advantages of wordology and watch out."

A blast came from Dai, as Hakfu circled, Dai still following, heading for Darah's left shoulder. If she jumped, she'd be in for a nasty suprise. Even then, the electric bolt came sailing, electrifying the rain filled air, even for a low level spell.

Hakfu had already considered his options. Despite his proud and bold asshole presentation of himself, he had already begun to feel a fatigue in his body, as his soul was weakening, his energy draining, as he had to give more soul to keep Dai physically there. Show no weakness. His lies would become evident, and that would mean loss.

OOC: Changed font color error.

[Darah]

(>< Darah still keeps the clothes even while under hex+. And is that mandarin at all? oo; Ru guo ni bu hui sie pin yin, mei yong yong hwa yi.)

Two on one. The odds were against Darah. She could call upon the help of her son. The basilisk was enough a challenge for at least ten men. However, Darah's nature was not to rely on others... much. She could see the summon right in front of her. Out of the corner of her eyes, she could just make out Hakfu circling behind her. She could expect to be attacked from behind no matter who she chose to attack.

Taunts from Hakfu. Words that didn't have much effect on her because she had woven her 'state of mind' spell about her. The sound of metal being unsheathed from behind her. Hakfu must have had some sort of blade with him. Darah watched as the summon started circling her and from her back she could hear Hakfu's feet on the wet floor. The were circling her like wolves eyeing a fallen deer, like vultures around a carcass. Darah kept her eyes only on the electric summon for now.

A blast of electricity came tearing at her from the electric summon. Electricity?

Darah stood still and let the bolt of lightning hit her squarely on her shoulder. For awhile, bolts of lightning danced about her but they slowly dispersed on the coating mucus which surrounded Darah. The coating mucus on her had an electricity insulating effect, preventing the lightning from hurting her as her eyes still kept a lock on the elemental summon.

[Hakfu Song]

Falling Unto Desperation

The electrical bolt hit her square on the shoulder, much to Hakfu's pleasure.. but... wait. She scratched it off, as if nothing was wrong. So, as this beast.. she was electrically resistent? What else was she resistent to? Everything he had done, the talking, the intimidating, the electricity, the ploys.. all for naught. This was basically it for Hakfu then... dammit, he had lost before he had even started! It was all so... useless. God Dammit, no, he hated that word, above all else! He would not be useless! Dammit... dammit... DAMMIT!

He rammed his sword and fan into the air, pointing it at Darah, a desperate look in his eyes, speaking almost too quickly.

"ToprotectwemustharmElecthosvanjubiliedeanthosDai. Wan, dwous, free, vour, ive. Kattackthos!!"

[shadow=red,left,300][glow=red,2,300]"Ish... ish nuu!? ISH NUU!"[/glow][/shadow]

Extending both his hands, charging at Darah, Dai let loose another spark attack, aimed at her chest, with the Pent-lightning spell showing five other bolts of electricity exploding from his right hand, one of them aimed at the ground before her, tearing it up, blowing some of the rock up, towards her, the two places besides her, and the remaining two beams of electricity at her. Just as he finished, he pulled out his electrical sword (see picture above) and rushed in, swinging it overhead.

But Hakfu wasn't done. He was raving, charging himself, his his sword ready to be swung, heading for Darah's tail. He would lose. He would lose. He would lose.

DAMMIT.

"I WON'T GIVE YOU THE EASY VICTORY YOU HAVE!!"

He was screaming nonsense.

"Divinity graces, acceleration. Yathos sun Vra und praethee."

Aiming 'boost' over to Dai himself, Dai shocked himself, and readied himself for the next attack, as they closed in on her from both sides.

Dai has been granted "Boost"! +1 Dexterity!

Hakfu has almost gone mentally insane! -5 Sanity!

[Darah]

An attack from both sides. The electric summon rushing at Darah with electricity coming out of his palm and an electrical sword protruding from his wrist while Darah heard footsteps coming from behind her, telling her that Hakfu was approaching. She didn't have much time to think. It was all instinct that she depended on as she rushed at the electrical summon, maintaining the distance between her and Hakfu.

Electrical blasts at her which she repelled, electrical blasts at the ground around her, like Leon had done before, tearing up rubble and sending them flying. However, since Darah was striding towards the summon as it unleashed its useless magnificence, most of the rubble were thrown behind Darah and at Hakfu instead, probably slowing him down. At the last moment as the summon held its hand up ready to strike, Darah concentrated on her hex spell, in her mind a picture of a fat caterpillar. The fearsome electric summon now became nothing more than a little grub and Darah turned around to face the lesser evil: Hakfu.

Because she had been running towards the summon and away from the pimp, the distance between them was kept at a constant length. Now, Darah faced Hakfu who was approaching with a sword. A sword? Was that all? The poison glands in Darah's mouth, located just under the tongue, dilated and out shot a spray of paralyzing poisons at Hakfu.

[Hakfu Song]

Defeated, Disgraced

From all of Hakfu's perspective, in the ever-going rain, the lightning attack had worked, breaking up pieces of rock before Darah, but, she was just too fast.. For some strange reason, he felt something bad, as Dai sent telepathic shockwave after shockwave, signifying something wrong. Hakfu's eyes widened, as he saw Dai, trapped in the body of... a catapiller!? However.. katackthos was still in play, and though Darah did not realize it, the catapiller was still charging as fast as a catapiller could. For Hakfu himself, the sudden shock was too much.

"..Ah.. ah... shit!"

Sliding, he watched as the rubble flew over him, over him, as he whirled around on the fields, holding onto his jian sword for dear life, when one of the large pieces of rubble landed in front of him. Ack. His left eye's vision suddenly became fuzzy, as he tried standing up, spitting some blood. Ah... ah... oh man. He felt around his mouth with his left hand.. blood? From his ears? Hobbling over, he raised up his sword, in defiance, toppling over, soon after, face first, a spray of something strange happening.

"AUGH... oh God... my back.."

the large glob of... whatever it was had landed, and he had never felt shittier. He tried to begin crawling, his jeans feeling overly soggy, and damned uncomfortable, still determined.. but he felt his nerves failing him.. failing.. Dammit.

"..Dammit... dammit... ...."

The last thing he saw, still trying to move, as his body began to freeze up entirely, was Darah, triumphant.

..I've lost... dammit, I'm so damned useless.

OOC: The victor is Darah!