Tsukai Xoi
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Post by Tsukai Xoi on Feb 12, 2012 23:55:32 GMT -5
He nodded a bit as he agreed quietly, "Haki." He chuckled some and watched Kitsunes reaction to is pat, noting that for future reference before he placed his hands together. "Haki, is a power that lies dormant in all the world's creatures ... "Presence", "fighting spirit" and "intimidation"... It is not different from the things that humans can naturally sense such as these... 'The act of not doubting'. That is strength of Haki." He slowly glanced around and considered a moment, before explaining more, slowly he raised a hand and motioned to the sea around him. Waiting a moment to take a breath before he began th long winded explanation of what eh was honing to teach them.
"Haki is what allows me to know right now there are ten people on Kitsun's ship, five are cleaning, two are cooking, two are on guard duty, and ones asleep in a barrel at the back of the storage unit. That there are forty three people on my ship, five hundred and thirty six mice, and five racoons. And it is what allows me know that a Seaking the size of a Tower just passed beneath our boats without noticing us thanks to the seastone under bed of our ships." He slowly motion to himself, "Haki is separated into three categories, or "colors", Kenbunshoku Haki, which grants users a sixth sense of the world around them and limited precognitive abilities; Busoshoku Haki, which allows the user to use their spirit as armor to defend against attacks or to make their own attacks more potent; and Haoshoku Haki, a rare type of Haki only one in a million can use which grants the user the ability to overpower the will of others."
He considering this a moment before continuing. "Most people who can use Haki tend to have a type they're better at and as a result focus on that type. However, a person can improve their abilities with all the types of Haki, it just requires more work." He frowned, "Wether or not you both are one of those one in a million Im not sure, I doubt it. But its possible. But I know you have the ability to access the other two forms." He slowly tapped his lip, Ira ... when the girls sword hit me, that was me using Busoshoku Haki ... as you master it, eventually your invisible armor is strong enough to send anything that isnt enchained by a some form of supernatural means bouncing off you." He chuckled a bit in amusement, walking past he gave both girls a firm swatt to theri behinds. "Now come on, training area."
Stamina: 2685/2840
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Post by Kitsune Blaze on Feb 13, 2012 15:34:36 GMT -5
Kitsune listened to Tsukai talk about the Haki, and how it was so interesting. She really thought it would have a positive ourcome when mixed with her Swordsmanship Ability, whihc in this case was Very useful. She also enjoyed the extra power boosts it gave to her normal abilities too. Haki seemed to be the best way to get anything done, she also thoughtit would be the fastest way to get to a higher level. If Kitsune wasn't mistaken, She believed that both herself and Ira were both the same rank, D, to be exact. She also sized up that Tsukai had gotten stronger since when she left, he was now around an A ranked pirate. But even that wasnt impressive for the Z rank Bounty hunters floating around somewhere. That was the main reason why she needed to start getting stronger,because she was pretty weak. And Pretty at that too.
Kitsune looked around the sides of the ship ass Tsukai finished talking and then recieved a small pat on the butt. It was time to start training but as she knew nothing about this she would have a tough time figgering out how to make it work. she moved onto the next room where she awaited her orders.
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Ira Travis
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Post by Ira Travis on Feb 13, 2012 15:57:29 GMT -5
That's a lot of mice... Ira thought, perhaps a little distracted, though she was not entirely missing the point (assuming he wasn't just making stuff up, that is). Tsukai mentioned that a seaking had just passed under their ships, and the blond's interest sparked. Since she was already leaning on the railing, she merely turned to look out across the sea, and sure enough there was a large shadows in the water, moving away from their ships. She followed it with her eyes, and even took a few steps along the railing in the direction it had been traveling, but eventually brought her attention back to Tsukai - even if it was somewhat reluctantly.
She listened to his explanation, her eyes and face as expressionless as ever, though her mind wandered as she wondered why she had never heard of Haki before. Perhaps it was because she spent all of her time holed up in a forge making armor for the snot nosed brats raised by the higher class - whom really didn't have the potential to be anything either then a pain in the neck.
Ira was in her own little world when Tsukai unexpectedly gave her a slap across her bottom, and it looked like a static shock went through her body and she ruffled and suddenly looked very agitated, her blue eyes wide with shock and a little bit of horror. Her hands immediately covered her rear and she scowled a bit, glaring venomously after Tsukai. Pervert. I'm stuck with a pervert. Her eyes sidled to Kitsune, gauging the other females reaction. Ira frowned just a bit,... She doesn't even seemed phased by it! I'm stuck with a bunch of perverts...
"I seem to recall there being a no touching rule," she bitterly mumbled, trailing after Kitsune and Tsukai. One hand moved to her left hip, caressing the pieces of her naginata, though I guess I probably shouldn't try to beat the Captain up on my first day... I am at their mercy after all. Ughhh. What the hell have I gotten myself into... T_T
Stamina[/u]: 1565/1640
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Tsukai Xoi
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Post by Tsukai Xoi on Feb 13, 2012 20:33:15 GMT -5
He laughed softly as he heard Ira and eyed her quietly, "Im afraid Im a terrible flirt. But if you don't like being touched I wont unless im teasing you." he smiled some and then turned leading them into the ship he went down the staircases slowly before he leapt down the last few flights. When the two finally made it inside he was leaning against the entrance to a door, he kicked it as they came near and disappeared, there was a few blurred motioned before the torches alight, and there was the sounds of snarling and barking at suddenly the bright lights as Tsukai now stood in the center of a massive room, slowly raising an eyebrow and tilting his head curiously blinking a few times. Standing in the center of a large room tiled down with hundreds of stone and Iron braces, surrounded by the cages of four massive animals, one was a huge Tiger, the other was a massive wolf. Then what appeared to be a cage filled with huge rats the size of small dogs, the final cage holding a leopard that was growling softly staring at them in rage, obviously they didn't like being caged. He kicked the leopards cage and it growled but fell back slowly, his gaze rested on the two girls and he crossed his arms over his chest slowly.
"I'm going to give you two a Choice ... Training for Kenbunshoko, or for Busoshoku Haki." He slowly turned and rapped his knuckles against the top of the leopards cage making it growl, "The only way to train your haki is the hard way. Painfully and getting the shit beat out of you. Alot." he winced remembering his own training and all the scar from it, "But in the end its entirely worth it." He opened the cage, reaching inside and yanking out the beast as it snarled and clawed at the air like one would expect a kitten that had been grabbed to do. "Now, you'll be training against this big guy first ... if you choose Ken, you will be blindfolded, he will get rubber placed over his claws and teeth, and your job is to dodge and block all attacks without your sight." He then nodded at the beast, "If you wish to train in Bok, then you will have to continuously fight it without stopping with only basic Staffs and no Techniques or Devil Fruit abilities allowed."
He gave the beast a shake and dropped it, narrowing his eyes on it. "Stay." It winded and slowly sat down on its hind legs, he nodded and moved tword the pair of beauties before crossing his arms over his chest, He then blinked remembering something ... he reached into his pocket and tossed her a fruit. "I forgot, here eat that. Its a sugar fruit it should be fine to help give you energy after your day for this, you too Kitsune-chan." He tossed Kitsune one as well ... he had forgotten however that the Devil Fruit his crew had found a few days ago ... had been in that pocket, and was now in Ira's hands, noone would realize it until after she took a bit and tasted the horrible taste of a devil fruit but then it'd be to late sadly. As none of them but Tsukai had seen a devil fruit, and this one looked almost identical to a sugar fruit ... well, she was about to eat the Tori Tori no Mi; Phoenix Model, and have no idea.
Stamina: 2680/2840
OOC Note: No Alerting Ira or anything, she bought the fruit with her BP and this is just her IC way of gaining and eating the fruit. ^_^
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Post by Kitsune Blaze on Feb 13, 2012 22:06:30 GMT -5
Kitsune followed Tsukai down the dwindling steps of the ship, he jumped down a few and she was a bit jealous of his abilities as is. he was sitting near a cage and said "I'm going to give you two a Choice ... Training for Kenbunshoko, or for Busoshoku Haki." He slowly turned and rapped his knuckles against the top of the leopards cage making it growl, "The only way to train your haki is the hard way. Painfully and getting the shit beat out of you. Alot." he winced remembering his own training and all the scar from it, "But in the end its entirely worth it." He opened the cage, reaching inside and yanking out the beast as it snarled and clawed at the air like one would expect a kitten that had been grabbed to do. "Now, you'll be training against this big guy first ... if you choose Ken, you will be blindfolded, he will get rubber placed over his claws and teeth, and your job is to dodge and block all attacks without your sight." He then nodded at the beast, "If you wish to train in Bok, then you will have to continuously fight it without stopping with only basic Staffs and no Techniques or Devil Fruit abilities allowed."
"I'll take the bok." she stated and got ready to fight her way through this entire thing. She was no longer the strongest thing here, she moved over to a staff on the ground and flicked it up to her hand, a trick she had learned playing hockey. she spun it around and began a normal position. she moved torwards the center of the room and waited for the lion to make its pounce, its first move. She looked to her left and then to her right. her staff in hand, thenhe pounced full force at her. she flicked thestaff to the right, bonking into it mid air, and sending it back towards its original position. She realized this would be a long night.
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Ira Travis
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Post by Ira Travis on Feb 13, 2012 22:25:00 GMT -5
Flirt? Please, you're bordering sexual harassment, she mentally snorted at his words, licking her lips softly as she shoved her hands into the pockets of her jackets, feeling somewhat conflicted about everything, because she had no idea how they would train for this 'haki' stuff that he had explained. Would they be fighting him? That'd be a good time to take revenge on him... She mused, but quickly dismissed the thought as they walked into a room with vicious looking caged animals.
She listened to his explanation, staring at him with her usual blank expression, even as he told them that they would have to suffer a great deal to have to properly obtain Haki. Then, he pulled the leopard out of it's cage like it was a tabby cat. She gazed at him with somewhat wide eyes. He explained the two forms of haki, and that they would be training against the leopard in question.
"So, you're saying I can watch myself being mauled to death or be blind folded for the ordeal," she muttered, more so to herself than to anyone else (seems she had a bit of a habit of talking to herself, likely from spending long, lonely hours in the forge). "I'll do the kenbon-... Kenbunshushu... Ken... Bun..." She furrowed her brows just a little, feeling somewhat defeated already, "The 'K' one,"she then mumbled, accepting a fruit that Tsukai offered her.
She observed it for a moment, listening to his explanation. I could use the energy now... I'm pretty tired already and I haven't really slept in like two days... She mused, gave a listless shrug, and rose the fruit to her lips, taking a bite from it.
Though her face was usually void of emotion, her left eye seemed to twitch as she chewed on the fruit. She pulled it away from her face, making an expression that suggested it was very sour as her lips were puckering slightly and seemed to water a bit. She seemed very unwilling to swallow it, as she just kind of rolled it around in her mouth for a few long moments. When she finally forced it down, she stuck her tongue out (which was slightly blue) at Tsukai.
"Is this all your idea of a joke?" She asked, not sounding amused as she tossed the gross tasting fruit up and down in her hand, contemplating crush it over his thick skull. Or worse. Making HIM eat it.
Stamina: 1560/1640
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Tsukai Xoi
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Post by Tsukai Xoi on Feb 13, 2012 23:04:29 GMT -5
Tsukai nodded to Kitsune as she began her training, "Just keep going ... focus your mind, not just your body ... you have to learn to keep forcing your body through exhaustion, to keep pushing your muscles until Haki is called upon for you by instinct, you'l feel it. A increase in Power, durability ... and more stamina to keep going, focus on that feeling when you achieve it." He smiled softly watching her shove the leopard away before he then rolled his shoulders and watched her footing, shaking his head a bit at her frown and laughed, "I told you this wouldn't be easy." He raised a hand, and slowly the lions claws and fangs were coated in his Haki, making them the equal to rubber. "He cant kill you now, but it'l still hurt like hell." He warned calmly.
His gaze then rested on Ira as she contemplated and tried to fiddle with the words and grinned a bit. "Your ganna end up being to cute for your own good if you keep up a face like that." He smirked before he watched her begin to nom and eat on her fruit, slowly he tilted his head as she made a rather odd face but shrugged and began fiddling through his bag in search of his blindfold for her. He also took notice and pointed out at her weapons on her sides, "Takes those off as well, just set them to the side." he walked over getting ready to release the huge rats for her, when suddenly he blinked at her and grinned helping her to pronounce the word.
Tsukai laughed softly at her glare, as he made his way down her slowly placed his hands together and at her struggling for words he calmly smiled, "Kenbunshoko Haki." He nodded and Took out a blindfold, heading tword her he waited for her to finish the fruit, blinking at hr word she looks at the fruit. Everything stopped for a moment. Slowly his face dawned, and he slammed a hand down both pockets yanking out a few more fruits and his ebony skin paled several tones ... looked at her and he licked his lips, then groaned. "... You just ... became a Superhuman." He murmured, staring at her in something between shock and apology ... what was he supposed to do? He groaned and sat down slowly on his heels. "... You just ate the Toki Toki no Mi ... The Mythical Zoan Devil Fruit, Model Pheonix ... we stole it with this ship, I was saving it for selling because it wasnt ether of the fruits I wanted, despite its rarity." He frowned watching her.
Stamina: 2675/2840
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Post by Ira Travis on Feb 13, 2012 23:22:13 GMT -5
A slight blush came to Ira's pail cheeks, but she just sort of turned her nose up at him comment, not only unsure of what to make of it, but also not really capable of accepting and processing such things.
She continued to play with the odd tasting fruit in her palm, eying him up carefully as he approached her with a blindfold - making her slightly more hostile considering he had just fed her something weird. However, his face soon fell, and he began to urgently search his deep pockets, like he had lost his wallet or something. He grew very pale, and she was suddenly a little worried that she might have ingested some sort of poison. The taste certainly gave her that feeling. He started to speak, and she stared stupidly at him.
"... Eh?" She asked, watching as he crouched down and had this stupid look about him. Her eyes lowered to the fruit, rose to Tsukai, fell to the fruit, and then rose to the Captain once more. She gave him a skeptic look, wrinkling her nose once more, "Sell it? Why would anyone want to but something that tastes so bad...? I'd eat anything and I wouldn't take another bite of this, that's how bad this is," she mumbled, staring at the fruit a moment, she trod over to Tsukai, raising a boot, she placed it on his knee and gave him a light shove, clearly trying to knock him over, albeit gently.
"And what are you rambling about? Superhuman? Phoenix? Did you fall on your head when you dropped down here or something?" She huffed, clearly having no idea what a devil fruit was, and why would she? She never associated with pirates or marines. She only saw those people that were allowed to approach her, and they had only ever been concerned about blacksmith related business.
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Post by Tsukai Xoi on Feb 13, 2012 23:50:57 GMT -5
He sighed a bit and let himself be knocked over, laying back he crossed his arms over his chest and slowly tilted his head to the side, watching her quietly a moment before he lifted his hand and tossed her his Journal, sighing as he stood up, picked her right up and set her to the side so that Kitsune could train without bother of them. He then pointed tot eh book, "Turn to my Journal page Fifty Seven ..." He said calmly. He then sank down and crossed his feet watching her to see how she would react, he leaned back and closed his eyes. The page started off with a single neat cursive words "Devil Fruits", the rest was as well written in neat and even cursive after it in several slim sentences.
It Reads: "Ive learned about something new today ... a Fruit of the Sea Devil, known as Devil Fruit, I think their purpose is the reason I have born with my unique anatomy of two hearts and two stomachs. There are two fruits in particular I feel I am destined to obtain to make my dreams f becoming the Pirate King, of having true freedom and Vengeance on those slavers from Long ago ... The Hagi Hagi no Mi ... and the Shami Shami No Mi. The power to Control the Weather and Winds, and the Power to Cause Titanic Earthquakes ... god of the Sky and Earth, I shall accomplish this. For now however I must write down all I have learned before I forget it all.
It seems Devil Fruits are a mystical fruit found in the world that can give the eater many different and varying kinds of strange and interesting abilities depending on the type and variation of the fruit itself. I once heard that all the Devil's Fruits are the Sea Devil's incarnations. If you eat one you'll gain a special ability, but you won't be able to swim. Devil Fruits are said to be the fruits of the Sea Devil and that the secret to their power is hidden in the Grand Line. Because encounters with them are rare (especially outside the Grand Line), a number of rumors about them have risen, making it difficult to tell whether some things are fact or fiction.
The average person knows nothing or very little about what they are or what they do. Because of their power, if sold they can expect to reach well over 100,000,000 Beli and Devil Fruit users themselves are sold at market prices as slaves. There are more than 100 types of Devil Fruit known so far, and likely more in existence. The Devil Fruit, when consumed, gives the consumer a power or special trait, though they won't immediately become aware of; a person who has eaten a Devil Fruit and gained its powers is known as a Devil Fruit User. They come in different shapes, colors, and all Devil Fruits have swirl marks or patterns, presumably, on them of some kind. There can be only one of each type of fruit at a time.
Only one bite is needed for the user to gain the power of a Devil Fruit, after which the Devil Fruit becomes a simple, useless, disgusting fruit. Swallowing the fruit whole, has the same effect, peeling off the skin and eating it piece by piece also works. With this new power comes a weakness: the sea rejects the new Devil Fruit user and they become helpless while submerged in water, no longer can the user ever swim, a formidable risk, but worth it if one has allies. The main attraction to eating a Devil Fruit is the powers bestowed upon the user with many spending their entire lives seeking out just one type of fruit. More often than not, the power is far more useful than never being able to swim again.
However, due to lack of information known by most, and with Devil Fruits still unknown, the average consumer plays Russian Roulette consuming one and there is no way of changing what power you get once consumed. With no way of removing the curse, all Devil Fruits users are labeled as "freaks", "Devils", and "monsters" for the remainder of their lives. All Devil Fruit users have to be trained to a certain degree from simple activation control to full battle techniques. These Fruits as well have three sections ... Paramecia ... Logia ... and Zoan ... which branches into four styles, Carnivorous Animals, Herbaceous animals, Ancient Animals, and Mythical animals. I have been lucky to steal one of the currently most powerful Zoans in existence! The Mythical Zoan, model phoenix, allowing the user to become a Phoenix of blue flames, gaining regeneration powers, power over flames stronger then a fire Logia User, as well as the ability of flight! I wont eat it, but maybe I shall sell it .. I can make well over 1.000.000.000.000 Beli with it ... or perhaps give it to someone who impresses me. I can't wait to see what this fruit shall bring me and my crew." Tsukai sighed as he watched her finish. "... Sorry." He said simply, not sure what else to tell the girl.
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Post by Ira Travis on Feb 14, 2012 0:13:42 GMT -5
Ira seemed just a little pleased at having knocked Tsukai over, even if he likely allowed her to do it, it at least felt like a small victory - one that went right over her head as he picked her up and moved her aside like she was some sort of doll. He had handed her some sort of book, a journal it seemed, and she set the remainder of the fruit aside in order to open it to the page that he instructed her to read. Her eyes were dim and icy as they scanned the page, slowly processing the new information.
At first it didn't really sink in, likely because she was preoccupied by the idea that he had two hearts and two stomachs, and she couldn't help but wonder if that was even possible. Then he claimed to want to be 'pirate king.' She had heard of that occasionally, if only when people requesting weaponry had spoke of pirates and their king like some sort of plague.
She continued to read, and as her eyes neared the bottom of the page her brows slowly furrowed, and a frowned pulled down at the corners of her soft lips. Her cold eyes were narrowing slowly, but this was an effort on her part to control her emotions - which was very clearly beginning to get difficult. She did wince a little though, at the comments about the people who ate the fruit being 'freaks,' and then again at the large sum of money that he expected to fetch for that awful tasting little fruit.
She shut the journal with one hand, her eyes glazed over as she tossed his book to him (before she could no longer restrain the urge to beat him to death with it). She looked as calm as ever, but it was just a front that slowly began to crumble as she shook slightly, her fists clenched at her sides.
"A day," was all she managed to say at first, "I haven't even been with you a day... And you've turned me into some sort of monster?!" She grit her teeth hard, her fingernails sinking into her somewhat rough palms, "are you serious?" She swallowed hard, as suddenly her throat felt very narrow and dry, and her breathing had gotten somewhat heavier and deeper as she fought to try and keep herself 'composed', but she was pretty see through at that point.
"But if you're sorry, I guess it's okay, that makes it all better," she sarcastically uttered, and turned herself around, so that her back was facing the others. Ira's body was still shaking as she rose her hands, observing them, turning them over again and again, her blue eyes somewhat afraid as she gazed down at them, "m-maybe it was a dud," she murmured, rocking a little on her feet as she tried to assured herself that it was a fake, and that she was no different, because she certainly didn't feel like it.
Stamina: 1550/1640
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