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Post by Mia Kearney on Dec 30, 2020 11:36:37 GMT -4
“la-lalala-lala-~”
Resting her back against one of the hefty trunked trees on the way up the mountain, Mia was waiting for her prescious little sister (she was never gonna let that kid live that down for better or worse) to show up for their first training session in… honestly? A good while. Since the kid had come back it became less instinct for the two to spar together, and more instinct for her to take Jasmine out on an apprenticeship when the two of them had a hot minute to spare. Not that that was a bad thing, far from it, she loved seeing the kid in REAL action… but with the take down of Muramasa, the conquering of her issues? Mia had been itching for a challenge again, and who better to give her than than Jaz.
For Christmas, Mia had gotten some of those little Bluetooth earbuds, so she may have been deaf to the sound of a motorbike engine coming up in the distance, enjoying the pharell Williams playing in her ear. Wasn’t usually her kind of music but something about it had just ear-wormed it’s way into her brain and she had her head, tipped back, casually bobbing along to it as she waited for her protégé. Not that that was all she’d been doing of course.
Around her there was… well, devestation to say the least. As happy and cheerful as Mia seemed in her one little spot of peace amidst the chaos, earth had been churned up, rock shattered, cliff faces left with deep indendations from where Mia’s fists had caved the rock inward rather than simply shattered it. She’d been trying to push herself as she waited for the kid, but while she could tap into the red rage, an arm or a leg at a time maybe (sometimes her torso but that was more when she was taking blows than giving them), fully sustaining it wasn’t so easy. She could feel a level of control over it now, no more fear of what it could do to her… but tapping into it still took something special. It still took a challenge.
It was only when Jasmine was really getting close that the blonde behemoth managed to hear the roar of an engine over her music, flecks of destruction on Jasmine’s path up becoming more and more clear till Mia’s little patch was the only un-fucked spot in the patch of mountains she’d ‘hired out’ for the day, so to speak. It was government issue land she’d gotten a permit for them to use, and it was better than her destroying highly expensive training equipment in their eyes.
“Jaaaaz~ See I finally managed to pull you away from your new little girlfriend huh?~” She teased, grinning wide as Jasmine pulled up and hopped off her bike, Mia leaning over to her eye level with the cheekiest little smile of her own. “Ya know I got some action when I was your age but 2 models in a single year? You got a second ‘lucky’ quirk ya been keepin’ from me or something?~”
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Post by Jasmine Noir on Jan 2, 2021 19:26:18 GMT -4
'Been a while' was a total understatement. As Jasmine rode out of Tokyo on her bike, she had to admit... she found she was more than just a little excited. Her blood was pumping something fierce, and almost childish elation making her chest tighten. The beginnings of a grin began to poke her lips upwards behind her visor as she along the freeway, realizing she was debating on doubling the legal speed limit just so she could get to the agreed upon location as quickly as possible. The last time she and Mia had the chance to actually go at each other outside of class was a week or so after Jasmine had come back to Japan and that... that was actually quite a while ago.
The fact that neither of them could actually indulge in spars as often as they used to had been a little disheartening. Granted, Jasmine would in no way shape or form complain about the fact that she was now seeing quite a bit of fieldwork or that things in her life (such as her studies, police work, budding music career, etc.) were coming together. She was actually quite happy about all of that, having been able to open quite a few new paths in life for herself, paths which intersected and meshed well together. But she'd also be lying if she said she didn't miss a good rumble with her... sister... God she still couldn't get used to that. Mia wasn't making it any easier for her either. Then again she figured she was the one who dug that one up. Heh.
Jasmine sped along the freeway like a bullet, furious roars bellowing from her motorcycle's engine each time she revved the throttle excitedly. Before long she found herself speeding along the winding path heading up the mountain range, wild eyes and a daredevil intent far too rabid for the narrow street to make the girl inclined to ease up on the accelerator. Instead she ended up hitting the back wheel break and kicking out her leg upon each turn, her foot scraping against the pavement, rubber squealing in protest and friction-erected black smoke puffing out as her bike slid drifted along the street. Her grin only widened as she hit the throttle the moment the turn reached its apex, straightening the bike out with such force and forward momentum Jasmine ended up popping a wheelie on instinct alone.
Had she allowed her excitement to control her a little bit less, she might've actually heard the blares of the car horns either behind or in front of her urging her to calm the hell down.
Did she bother, though?
Nah.
Fuckin' naive bastards.
A few near misses later - psh, near misses... you amateur. I had everything under control - Jasmine was about a third of a mile outside of where Red Horn was, this time easing off of the accelerator as twin azures quickly spied heaps of debris from behind her visor, richer in size and volume the moment she swerved away from the main road and on to gravel. She quirked a brow as she swerved along the pieces of tree, boulder and even mountain in her way, unable to keep herself from wondering how long Mia had already spent on location. A low snort care from the black and gold haired lass; seemed like she wasn't the only one excited for this match.
Jasmine quickly spotted Mia's truck and parked right next to it. She took a breath after pulling her helmet off, shaking her head and letting her hair fall down. Jasmine apparel consisted of what she usually wore when she trained a long and loose sleeveless shirt and a pair of sweatpants plus sneakers, plus a sleeveless hoodie given it wasn't exactly summertime, even if her quirk made her practically immune to the cold... especially when her blood was boiling this much. She snorted at the thought. Jasmine quickly fixed up the compression sleeves on her arms before re-doing her ponytail, nodding to the image of herself in the rear-view mirrors on her bike's handlebar.
Mia's voice quickly tickled at her ears, prompting the student to glance in her direction. A soft sigh left her lips before she shook her head, "Wow, Mia, didn't peg you for the jealous type," she teased back, a low snicker escaping her. "And, I mean, come on..." her hands quickly motioned at her own frame, top to bottom, "Have you seen me? Looking like this you'd think attracting models is my day job... or something like that. I don't know. But whatever this luck is I'm damn sure not gonna complain about it."
"So!" She then exclaimed, the excitement from before flaring up again as Jasmine began to stretch. "You ready to get your ass beat, horny? Been a while since I got to let loose."
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Post by Mia Kearney on Jan 2, 2021 19:58:08 GMT -4
Pulling out her earbuds, Mia dropped them into their little pod container and into her coat pocket, having been wearing a fur-rimmed coat while she waited for Jasmine but quickly taking it off, tossing it a good distance so there wouldn't be too much chance of it getting caught in the crossfire, glancing across to spot a tree branch it hooked itself too and trying to make note of it for later. A cheeky laugh escaped her at Jasmine's logic. Kid had it going on and Mia could never fault her on her confidence. Mia, now left in cargo pants, boots, and an honestly cozy looking sweater spread her arms out and took on a look of mock offense.
"Kid what you on about? I mean don't get me wrong you got it goin' on so bad I'm sure they could get me fired if I started listin' alllll the shit you got goin' on but-" She gave a light twirl on her heels, though definitely a more stylish, masculine spin than a feminine twirl by any means. "You seen this shit? Where are my models? I should just fuckin' flex and hear a fine ass bitch cry in ecstacy in the distance. I mean-" she let her spread arms come back to just gesture over herself. "I know we're about to see who's packin' the most heat, but there's a reason I'm wearin' layers, cause YOU need to be insulated from alllllll this!~"
Mia of course burst into laughter the moment she dropped the exagerated act, grinning wide to herself behind her hand as she had a good laugh at her own expense, flashing Jasmine a wink. "Nah kid, seriously it's good. You should bring her down the cabin sometime... or, ya know. Maybe on a job or somethin.~ Be nice to meet her when I ain't being her fuckin' teacher or something."
Rolling her shoulders back to loosen up, Mia popped her neck in either direction before lowering into a more readied stance. She wasn't about to catch Jasmine by surprise, letting the two toned lass get ready herself, but she was at least gonna give her the pleasure of not having to make the first move this time. "Don't worry... been ready for a while... keep up won't ya?~"
Mia sweeped about herself, a hand lurching out on the spin and her claws digging into the edge of a rocky surface behind her, wrenching from it, barely breaking her momentum, a boulder sized chunk, sharp edged and still crumbling some of it's more poorly held pieces as she flung it about herself, shooting the massive chunk off towards Jasmine. She didn't faulter for a second, using the same motion to fall with her arm, her elbow harshly striking the ground and sending her spinning on her side while flying up into the air, the force enough to already tear a hole in her sweater where her elbow was, a wild grin on her face.
"HOPE YA DON'T MIND ME STARTIN' WITH THE CLASSICS SIS! Gotta see how you've improved!" The boulder was a strong start, but to follow up Mia slammed her fist against the air, the echoed force shaking the trees around them as the compacted blast of air hurtled towards Jasmine, rippling the air itself to the point the incoming bundle of force was practically visble.
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Post by Jasmine Noir on Jan 2, 2021 20:58:41 GMT -4
Jasmine's lips parted as she watched and listened. Hell, her mouth went agape as she practically gawked. The twirl was one thing, but the words and actions that followed? Okay, yeah, Jasmine's apparently smol brain needed a second to process that, the binary that her mind was programmed with counting the ones and zeroes until finally the given message clicked and... well, let's just say the desired result was a very confused Jasmine trying to keep herself from laughing. A hand quickly came to cover her mouth as a series of snickers left her, said snickers quickly turning into outright laughter which joined Mia's own guffaws.
"Christ, you're something else, I swear..." the black and gold haired lass managed to chime in between chuckles, absentmindedly wiping a stray tear that pooled in the corner of her eye. She shook her head and fixed the few blonde bangs falling over the left side of her face, running her hand along her hair in wonder. The next suggestion poked at her attention, causing a hum to leave her... before her eyes narrowed at the older female. "...okay, assuming I do that... how soon would you tell me to make her 'beg for mercy' again?" She half teased, half asked seriously. She couldn't lie, it was funny the first time when Yumi had to actually tell Mia over the phone how Jasmine would be preoccupied, but... well, honestly? The answer made her wonder how much shit she'd have to deal with with both girls in the same room.
Ah who was she kidding, given how important both women were to her that was bound to happen sooner or later anyway.
"I'll ask her if she wants some extra field work with you, though. For sure."
Jasmine had just about finished her warmup, feeling her frame tense and then quickly relax. The excitement from before was coming back in force, a small grin firmly painting her features. Her deep azures flickered crimson for the briefest of moments, Mia's words scratching at the competitive glint at Jasmine's core. The girl huffed in response, her legs spreading apart, center of gravity lowering as she took up her usual combat stance. Her hand raised with a simple beckoning motion.
"Give me something to keep up with then. I'll leave you in the dust."
While the grin was still very much present the air around Jasmine seemingly shifted. Her eyes narrowed as her posture strengthened, leaving practically no openings to speak of. She was perfectly still as the boulder came hurling towards her, the lass biding her sweet time as she allowed her body to acclimate to the fight. It was close. Getting closer. So very close. She could practically feel the friction in the air as the mass of the object distorted the space near her... and then she acted, thrusting her right fist forward in a simple striking motion. Yet as simple as it was, the strength behind it was anything but.
Her knuckles met the hard surface of the boulder, her arm immediately feeling the force behind the throw which, surprisingly, did very little to hinder Jasmine's counter-attack from completely tearing through the projectile and shattering it into many different pieces upon impact. Some if the smaller chunks grazed her a little but was nothing to write home about, nor did Jasmine ever care about something like that. Her attention was elsewhere, eyes plastered on the bulky Oni who had hurled herself up above.
An air of confidence overtook the third year student as she watched Mia open up with her classic ranged attack... AKA, punch the air with such force it becomes a fucking air cannon. "Oh you'll see alright..." the grin which spread across Jasmine's face had been so excited it could've been likened to being rabid. Angling herself, Jasmine's right foot was slung backward as she cocked her right hand back, fist clenching so hard her muscles bulged even through her compression sleeve. What happened next was likely something Mia wouldn't have expected to see, but... well, as the Pro herself said, it was a classic.
It only took so long for people to be able to copy classics.
Jasmine's jaw clenched before she swung her fist forward when the compressed blast of air was near her, a wild roar escaping her throat as she packed all of her strength into the blow. Wind whooshed around Jasmine, making her hair flail in every direction as she countered Mia's attack with one of her own, releasing the exact same type of attack directly at Mia's. The two opposing forces slammed into one another, causing an explosion of wind to rip through the area wildly.
Nowhere near as powerful as Mia's... guess I'm lucky she decided to test the waters first, Jasmine thought to herself, her brows furrowing.
Luck can kiss my ass. I'm going all out.
"Time for a classic of my own..." she spoke as she got low on all fours, her voice a firm whisper. The student's muscles once again tensed, the air around her becoming heated and tense as sparks began to crackle around her form. After about two seconds she finally moved, launching herself high into the air through a series of explosions below her. Eyes, now seeped in bloody crimson, glared at the Pro hero above as Jasmine homed in on her like a missile, hands lunging forward the moment she was but a few meters away.
Two Mk3s, one each from either hand, point blank and directly in Mia's grill. Shockwaves rippled along the area as a large number of explosions was set to detonate directly above Jasmine, heat climbing to incredible degrees.
Jasmine grinned, "How about we skip the warm up, huh?!"
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Post by Mia Kearney on Jan 3, 2021 8:10:21 GMT -4
Mia quirked her brow for a moment before bursting out into laughter as she realized what she'd just been reminded of, and moreso laughing at the fact she even had the audacity to do that in the first place. God her humor got so much worse over texts didn't it? "Aw man I almost forgot I did that... fuckin' hell I can't even remember if I'd had a few beers in me... no, wait, it was like, the middle of the day right? Definitely not.~" She had another little chuckle, sighing as she shook her head. "Jesus though... hey did she end up doing it?~" She'd ask with a shit eating grin, hoping to break the tension down all over again before bursting into some more chuckles. Ah well. Down to business!
Mia wasn't at all shocked by the shattering of the boulder she'd used, but even with the damage she'd done to her surroundings already the fact Jaz was able to shatter the thing without an explosion definitely raised an eyebrow, and if anything, the fact Jaz didn't resort to them even as her shockwave came in was a stunner in itself. The results? They made her smile like all hell though. She could tell from the clear exertion Jasmine seemed to put out that it took a lot for her to match even one of Mia's lesser shockwave blows, but the fact she could even come close with her smaller arms, knowing enough about science to know her much larger fists gave her a bit of an advantage there... well, the world went slow mo for a moment. She just admired the kid before her and the clear strength she held... fuck. She was almost annoyed she wasn't that strong when she was her age. Maybe she'd be giving up her throne sooner than expected.
Lingering in midair, the momentum of her punch allowing her to dangle there for a moment, Jasmine breaking the distance came as no surprise, and knowing that midair combat was where her sister definitely held the advantage, Mia crossed her arms over herself ready to take the full blow rather than even attempt to dodge it. The blasts ripped across her tight frame and before Mia knew it she was flying backwards through the air over the sparse tree coverage of the mountainside. She could feel some heavy bruising was gonna be forming on her forearms, but from Jaz? Always a token of pride to leave a sparring session with those. Glancing back over her shoulder, she spotted she was heading for a tree, flipping herself and coming into the top of it's trunk feet first. Thankfully it seemed to have enough rubber to absorb her momentum, bending almost a full ninety degrees as it took Mia's weight, grasping the bending tree beneath her in one hand, tensing her other into a fist.
"Yeah... let's!"
The tree snapped back to a stand, the force it absorbed springing back through it, shattering the trunk as Mia left it behind, hurtling back through the air like a cannon herself. Jasmine by far had the advantage on midair mobility, but Mia could shift her weight just enough to give her a good aim on the kid. She didn't plan to hit her, Jasmine could dodge her with ease, but that was hardly the point. Whether Jasmine was at the edge of her fist or not, Mia would rocket into the earth behind her like a true missile, shattering the earth, chunks of stone, tree, earth, all lingering in the air around her as gravity seemed too scared to pull them back down too soon, giving her plenty of ammunition.
She bounded off her own fist and onto her feet in the crator she created, looking up to Jasmine, still likely in the air, and rushing back the way she came. He body was wild and manic, grabbing hefty chunks of debris she created and firing them off one after the other, roaring wildly as she just let instinct take her. Chunks Of rock, earth, tree alike, tossing chunks with the relative speed heavy caliber WW1 machine gun.
Had to keep things interesting for her sister now didn't she?~
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Post by Jasmine Noir on Jan 4, 2021 5:52:45 GMT -4
"Oorah!" Jasmine roared as the first explosive attacks left the palms of her hands, crashing point blank into her target. Shockwaves reverberated through the area, razing dirt and tree alike beneath them. Crimson eyes observed the Oni as the musician lingered in the air, watching with disbelief as the tree Mia used as a platform bent at a far too unnatural angle. She scoffed to herself, a smirk quickly forming on her face as she felt her chest tighten, temperatures rising around her rapidly.
Avoiding the straightforward assault hadn't been too difficult for the younger airborne girl, a quick series of smaller detonations angling her frame in a way that allowed her to bob out of the strike with relative ease. She still felt the aftershock of the gust of wind that followed the strike, temporarily knocking her off balance, but it wasn't something Jasmine hadn't taken into account. Despite it having been a long time since they last exchanged blows there was likely nobody else on this planet who has faced Mia this many times and lived to tell the damn tale. While the Pro undoubtedly presented new and interesting puzzles to solve each time they fought, Jasmine had enough foresight to be able to disassemble her attacks in her mind fairly well by now. The error in her posture was quickly fixed through a small explosion at her right foot, pushing her a little higher into the air as though she had used one of those double jumps you'd see in video games. She flipped in mid air once, angling herself so her body was adjacent to the ground, chest facing down.
Jasmine's eyes narrowed as she saw Mia crash into the ground, chunks of varying debris staying suspended in the air from the impact. She clicked her tongue when she realized what her sister was about to pull off and as the first attacks came she had managed to dodge fairly well. Small booster-like explosions erupted from all four limbs, one after another when needed, bobbing and weaving through the air much alike whizzing bullet. Jasmine's jaw clenched when a smaller stone managed to graze her cheek, its velocity enough to draw blood like a knife through butter. Instincts quickly deciding to start ringing alarm bells, her mind went into overdrive to calculate her speed in contrast to the approaching projectiles. Her arms and legs quickly drew close to her frame in a defensive stance as chunk after chunk slammed into her painfully, her limbs immediately aching upon contact.
"Like fuck!" the two-toned student roared in protest as energies from within erupted, an immediate explosion covering the area around her. She stretched both of her arms to either side, explosions of gradually increasing magnitudes suddenly going off one by one in quick succession, making the young woman rotate in the air. Gusts of fire soon joined the chaotic defensive effort, spreading out into a large sphere-like structure around her. The image of the action likely looked like a miniature sun had formed with Jasmine at its very core.
Explosions kept going off one by one as Jasmine finally got into a rhythm. With one more detonation she launched herself out of ground zero, the flames of the sphere licking at her body as she blew past the fiery wall, heading towards her older sister like a torpedo ready to annihilate anything in its wake. Jasmine roared out wildly as she cocked her entire leg back, angling herself upon her diagonal, descending approach. The moment she was close enough she kicked her leg out, an explosion at her heel at the apex of the attack further strengthening the blow aimed directly at Mia's head.
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Post by Mia Kearney on Jan 11, 2021 13:55:42 GMT -4
Rapidfire like this definitely wasn’t Mia’s forte. She’d experimented with it a bit when she took on that immovable wall twerp back during the zombie outbreak, but she’d really had to push past her limits and channel the red that time. Now? She was still peachy skinned and using very makeshift projectiles. The mental instinct to know which rocks to grab and how to move to make sure she could grab a rock right after she threw the last would probably be mind boggling to a scientist to study, and for Mia herself she had little idea what the fuck she was doing either, her forehead actually heating up just by letting herself flow on instinct alone to pull this off, but as she started to run out of ammo, catching her breath, she got to admire the work her Sis had done to make herself impervious to her onslaught.
“Heh… That’s new…”
Unable to admire the sun for long, Jasmine came bursting out full speed towards her at full force, and as if on cue the earth lingering in the air around Mia seemed to drop to the ground, no longer eager to be thrown, the force of Jasmine’s rush knocking them to the ground as she came in to Mia. The Heroine turned her heels and dug herself into the spot, ready to take whatever was coming at her, a wild glee in her eyes even as she faced down something truly devastating.
Sometimes, she really did feel sorry for the quirkless. They never got a chance to experience shit like this!!!
Mia raised her arms in defense at the last moment she could have. The explosion from Jasmine’s heel meaning she didn’t have enough time to shift into a grab or anything of the like. She felt like the world around her went deaf from the impact for a moment. Her left eardrum definitely burst for a moment… but like a web of tissue being strung together, she slowly felt it repair inside her head as the eruption of force finally began to calm.
For a flash, Mia’s whole right side from her fist up to halfway across her face, stopping about her hip, was a thick red. The monstrous visage of her red rage was visible, the horn began to crack, and a deep darkness seemed to fill her eye on Jasmine’s side. As her skin grew denser however, the muscle forced to become more compact, the vibrant gold filled that same eye, and the crack began to heal itself over.
“This quick huh? You really bring out the best in me-SIS!” Breaking her guard rather forcefully to knock Jaz back, Mia seemed to have her entire left arm Red still and it was staying that way with half of her face, but she couldn’t get it to spread. At the very least though, she could maintain it, and that put a smile on her face. “Ya know, I can only get a flicker of this shit since I learned to control it. Well done for setting yourself up for an ass whoopin!”
Kicking off the ground, Mia reared back her red arm, and a good few meters still from Jaz, let rip a mighty punch, slamming her bicep into her other palm to halt the momentum dead and let it flow into the air around her. A blast of air more sizeable than Mia herself would rapidly expand from her fist and fly forward, and even if Jasmine avoided it, the air alone would have enough force to dig a deep trench through the earth behind her. The power of Mia when she could control her Red rage showing itself without hesitation or Mercy.
“FUCK YEAH!~”
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Post by Jasmine Noir on Jan 12, 2021 19:00:02 GMT -4
A low grunt left Jasmine the moment her foot made contact with Mia's raised arm, low growls escaping her throat with each breath she took. It hadn't taken long for her to connect the dots when she felt a very familiar stinging sensation crawl up her leg like wildfire, realization dawning on her the second she saw the vivid red coloring that had spread across her older sister's frame. The pain she felt was exactly alike to what she felt when her blows met Muramasa and one quick look at Mia told her exactly why.
She did it! This bitch finally did it...! Jasmine thought, the character of her inner voice uncharacteristically adopting a phrase Mia would've likely used on her. Yet whatever glee the two toned lass felt died immediately thereafter. A grim reminder of what was about to come jolted her awake a split second too late, the ferocious push from Mia to break her guard knocking the younger girl off balance for the briefest of key moments.
Her mind was still shocked; with that one measly little action Mia had managed to cut through all of the momentum Jasmine had garnered and actually pushed her back without even trying to. Crimson beads widened to the size of saucers as her jaw clenched and her arms moved forward despite the backward force trying its damndest to hold her back. Mia's strength now was far beyond what Jasmine was used to and while she knew that might've been the case she was highly unprepared to deal with what came so fucking abruptly.
The mighty titan swung her fist and the phoenix could do little but use her fiery wings to try and defend itself.
Mia's air blast hit her like a freight train. If anybody would've asked Jasmine would've said it definitely felt like a goddamn freight train. Her entire world spun as a literal wall of pressurized air slammed into her lowered defenses with such force she had to bite her lip to keep herself from losing consciousness. She felt her lungs burn as the oxygen inside of them had been literally throttled out of her, her otherwise helpless frame launched backwards like a bullet. Jasmine's world spun as her back hit the ground and she saw stars when that very same back went cleanly through one fat ass tree, almost ripping the whole damn thing off its roots. Had she not been careful Jasmine reckoned she would've crashed through a few more and left a devastating wake of destruction in her wake. Her training paid off when she needed it most. Everything she put herself through pooled inside her peripherals, knocking control of her senses back into her grip. Her teeth grinded against one another as she roared out loudly, forcing her body to move against the air pressure. Arms and legs shot backwards, a long series of detonations fighting for dominance against Mia's blast. The second she regained some control, her hands and feet dug into the ground below, leaving a long line behind as she dug up dirt and grass.
Momentum ceased after what felt like a fucking century. Jasmine heaved a low, shaky breath as sweat trailed down her brow, head hanging low. Flickering blood red rose to meet the gleeful Titan as her shoulders heaved up and down, her entire body aching from that one attack lone. "F-uck... me..." Jasmine coughed out, still quite staggered. The intensity of the situation was beginning to dawn on her, the realization of exactly how strong this monster in front of her was making itself painfully apparent... especially when she kept harboring what she now believed was far too a naïve idea.
She thought she could beat her.
Jasmine's fingers clawed their way deeper into the ground as frustration begun to mount. What the fuck have I been... thoughts pooled, anger rose... and a dark grin quickly spread across her face. Despite all of the resentment she was feeling towards herself, an emotion she hadn't felt for the longest of times begun to claw its way back into the forefront, the place where it was always supposed to be. Excitement. Eagerness.
"Shit... I can't..." Jasmine's competitive spirit had suddenly lit itself ablaze, causing the girl to very literally shake with anticipation. There was no time to feel frustrated. "This... " Memories resurfaced of how she used to be. When did it become all about getting the job done? "This is..." Against Mia, of all people... yeah. Jasmine grinned. Fire sparked inside her vibrant crimsons.
"This is what I live for!"
A wild laugh echoed along the trees as Jasmine shot forward, an explosion at her feet immediately propelling her into her maximum speed. Detonations rung all around her as she approached, raising dust and debris to shroud herself from becoming too easy a target. Jasmine zigzagged to the sides, up and down... all while maintaining her high speed approach. The second she'd be close enough the lass would dart towards the ground and using her unnatural agility would slide between Mia's legs, all while releasing a series of blasts directly into her torso.
Within the fraction of a second that she'd find behind the Oni, Jasmine would immediately use her mobility to propel herself into the air and dish out yet another explosive roundhouse kick aimed for the other side of Mia's head, further increasing the attack's velocity by once again releasing a blast from her heel.
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Post by Mia Kearney on Jan 13, 2021 11:50:10 GMT -4
…Jesus. She knew that blow had one hell of a wide blast radius to it but from what she could tell Jasmine had barely even tried to get out of the way. A hint of concern hit her as she watched the kid crash like a tumbleweed, barely keeping themselves from some true time in the dirt. She’d been filled with adrenaline one moment then legit fear the kid might snap their neck the next. She knew Jasmine was a tough cookie but… jesus, that was almost a little hard to watch.
When she finally found her feet Mia was more than a little relieved. At this distance she couldn’t see the brief look of probable despair when she was thinking she couldn’t beat Mia, and the blonde called out. “Hey you okay!?” Through the distance between them. Ever so faintly the red on her face and her shoulder started to recede back towards her fist, starting to calm down in some legitimate concern for Jaz… but she knew that two toned bitch better than most, and as she called out a battle cry of sorts for them to keep going, Mia tightened her fist, the Red on her skin surging back up to where it had been a second ago and locking in place there, shifting her stance to something more solid as she waited for Jasmine to close the distance.
“You and me both Jaz!~”
She really needed to get out of that instinctive urge of calling her ‘kid’. They’d been standing on the same ground for a long time.
With Jasmine’s approach Mia could probably give the air an open palmed slap to get the widest range she could on another air blast, but where was the fun in that? She wanted to see the girl up close and personal and with a wild grin she reared back her red arm, ready to punch again when she was close enough for a shot to be a dead certain hit. She felt the veins bulging along her muscles, muscles tightly compacted around her dense bone, and when Jasmine was finally close enough she threw her punch forward, only to watch as the two toned lass shot down to the ground, using the torn up earth to her advantage to slide through it like softened mud and between her legs, an explosive crash sounding behind her as she did where Mia’s fist impacted the air where she’d once been, he stomache left unguarded. While a portion of it was turning red, she was still taking a majority of those explosions right to her peachy gut, stopping her from raising her guard all that soon in response.
“Cheap shot…! If that’d’ve hit me in the cunt…!”
With the kick coming round into her head she was left completely unguarded this time, unable to cope with the speed. Even with control over her red state tending to favour quicker, sharper motions than the beastly monster it had once been, Jasmine blowing up her gut like that before going right for a headblow from behind was a little too fast for her brain to keep up with. Uprooted from her spot, her head flowed with the kick, knocked entirely off balance and crashing down off her shoulder, skimming a step before digging in her claws and throwing her head up. A second golden eye met Jasmine, and the Red rage spread from the harsh imprint of her boot against her face, down along her neck and across her shoulder. Briefly her muscle seemed to bulk to the level of her beastly state, before her skin seemed to forcibly restrict and condense the muscle down to a leaner state, the red coating flowing midway down her abdominals as she rose up to a full stand.
“I’d call that a cheap shot but…we both know that took some fuckin’ skill!~” Her freshly reddened cheek seemed to steam almost as her healing factor started to get to work, healing the damage beneath her skin, almost searing the ruptured veins back shut before bruises or swelling could occur. The pain was INTENSE in her face but she managed to hold a wild smile through it. If anything, she felt better than ever.
“Ya know…! I’m almost sad I don’t know how to turn this on but… Guess I just get to savor it all the more if it only comes with someone as tough as you!~”
She took a long breath to just savour how it felt. The heat under her skin almost felt like it was burning her from the inside… and a weird part of her fucking loved it!
“RAAAAAAAAARGH!”
Throwing her arms up together she linked her hands into a single fist, and without thought or tactics to guide her, she slammed all her might down into the already torn up earth around her, sinking herself deeper as the earth around her broke and shattered to make room, warping and distorting like a tsunami of jagged rocks in all directions aiming to engulf Jasmine if she wasn’t on her toes. Mia knew full well this wasn’t a power she should ever use in a populated area unless she truly had to… but FUCK was it tasty to even flex it out here with her girl Jasmine. Fuck injuries, fuck limits, fuck the chance of casualties. Here she just got to fucking FLEX with someone she knew could dish it right back to her!
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Post by Jasmine Noir on Jan 14, 2021 9:09:52 GMT -4
If there was one trump card Jasmine knew she could use against Mia, it was her blinding speed. She hadn't started out this way. Much like Red Horn herself, Jasmine had initially started off as a bruiser, prioritizing strength and her sturdy frame to be able to stand fall in fights and overpower her foes. This tactic worked most of the time; not many fighters could handle strength of such a caliber. But what about those that could? Fights against Mia herself quickly showed Jasmine this one fatal flaw. Faced against someone who could one-up you in nearly every category spelt doom no matter how you sliced it. Caldera, always the ever proficient fighter, without much trouble realized that she needed to not only improve on her arsenal, but expand it.
She trained and trained and trained. Within the last few years every single day Jasmine had trudged through saw her ending up on the verge of vomiting with how much pressure and strain she put herself under. Day in and day out she'd push herself to the limit trying to achieve something her body wasn't completely used to. Now her training was clearly paying off; she could see the results clearly. Even if Mia was able to completely obliterate Jasmine, she needed to catch her first. Even if Jasmine couldn't win an outright brawl against her face-to-face, she could go for her blind spots. Outmaneuver her. Instead of breaking through the Oni's guard like she did with so many of her enemies, Jasmine would go around it.
Even as she reached this level of fighting ability Jasmine never once stopped trying to improve. The concept of a skill ceiling didn't exist in her mind and even if it did show itself Jasmine would just bust right through it. One of these ceilings was now right in her face in the form of a massive Titan ready to smash her mighty fists into the ground and likely send the lass flying... but Jasmine had other plans.
Mia wasn't the only one who had reached a new level of power.
Even as millions of voices inside her head screamed at her to stop, she didn't. Jasmine's awareness was slowly sinking deeper and deeper into a cesspool of superlative focus. Deeper and deeper with each split second that past. Her vision darkened as her feet touched the ground, yet every color she saw brightened. Out of those millions of voices, one was loudest: her own voice, screaming, pleading with her to cease what she was trying to do. You're not ready! It won't work! …You'll die! She didn't listen to it. Her reflection tried to pull her down but she refused to give in. That monster which she hadn't conquered yet, her own hesitation... it was but another ceiling in her way that she hadn't torn down.
Are you gonna die today or make it out alive?
She was going to conquer that monster in her head and spread her wings.
Fly, phoenix. Fly.
Power swelled within Jasmine's whole body as her eyes closed shut. Crouched down on the ground, Jasmine stilled, her body immobile even as Mia's mighty blow ripped through the ground only about a dozen meters away. Heat spread across her whole body, coursing through every vein like it were a series of race tracks throughout her frame. Her shoulders heaved. Her lips parted. A slow exhale of steam left her.
When her eyes opened next they were a brilliant azure, radiating so much power they left an electric trail of energy in their wake.
Jasmine shot forward despite Mia's goliath of an attack. Time slowed in her periphery, every single projectile crashing towards her visible to her naked eye spurred on by what felt like a sixth sense. She navigated each piece of debris with unnatural precision, clawing her way towards Mia... and going through her with the speed and sharpness of a very literal bolt of lightning.
The heroine-in-training appeared behind the Oni a good few meters away, standing tall with her back turned to her. The fingers of her left hand, crackling with energy, were covered in warm, dripping blood. Jasmine raised it, azure hues glancing down at it curiously before turning over her shoulder to stare down the Oni. Her face betrayed absolutely no emotion... only a deadly razor sharp amount of focus.
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Post by Mia Kearney on Jan 15, 2021 8:20:26 GMT -4
After the earth came crashing back down around her Mia felt a moment of silence. Her keen eyes felt like they’d seen Jasmine for a hair of a moment but it didn’t fully register in her brain as a true image. Like a trick of the light or wishful thinking that her protégé would have managed to not only avoid the blow but somehow power through it. Alas she couldn’t be sure that was what she’d actually seen… just a flicker of gold on a single frame of her vision. She slowly drew her hands up out of the earth as she tried to survey her surroundings… either Jasmine had been buried under the tsunami of earth entirely and was about to burst back out of the ground, or she’d fled far enough from it into the trees or behind the nearby terrain that Mia just couldn’t see her.
“Well… guess that’s tha-GHK!!”
Mia had just moved to roll back her shoulder and loosen up when the pain finally hit her. Even with the thick red skin of her rage state the sheer speed and sharpness of the blows seemed to tear through her skin and open up the wounds a moment later as the internal pressure of her dense muscles tried to break through the slit like openings, dropping to her knee and panting harshly. The pain wasn’t unbearable, but it had been unexpected, sudden, and harsh. Her eyes crossed her shoulder, and even through the brief moment of agony as muscle fibres felt torn up at her shoulders and her hip joints, she had to smile, truly impressed by the kid who almost looked bewildered themselves if she had to take a stab at that look on their face.
“That’s… new…~”
She only had glee in her voice. It was always great to be stunned by this kid of all people. She pushed her back up, a little shaky to her feet, taking slow deep breaths. Her body had been so stunned that even as the regen factor tried to close up the wounds, the more precise damage to her muscles internally wasn’t getting much help. She could still move, but not with the same precision, the same reaction time. She clenched her fist into a tight ball, but it was shaky to say the least, a wild smile on her maw as every as she locked eyes with Jasmine.
“Gotta ask… can you keep that up for long?~”
(won’t start the cripple countdown yet as Mia is just wasting time talking)
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Post by Jasmine Noir on Jan 15, 2021 8:56:47 GMT -4
Breathe.
Even though Jasmine still felt her entire body ache regardless of the massive amounts of adrenaline coursing through her veins, all she did was breathe. The warmth of the blood still lingering on her fingers made her shiver, the sound of Mia's gasp forcing her ears to perk up. Leaves atop trees rustled against the calm winds, seeming all too deafening to her. The world felt dark and bleak, yet bright and vivid at the same time. It was impossible for her to put into words what she was feeling at that exact moment; it was like a paradoxical mix of black and white, sharp and soft. Jasmine found herself at the precipice of something she couldn't exactly put her finger on. She felt power course through her entire body with crystal clarity, more than she ever had before. The voices in her head were silent, seemingly dazed from what she had managed to achieve... and she liked the sound of silence.
Eyes ripe with energy focused on the kneeling Pro Hero, her gaze devoid of emotion yet filled with raw strength at the same time. Mia's voice felt strange against her eardrums. Different but still the same, almost like there was a shadow of an after tone following the notes her vocal chords made, making the lass able to distinguish every single one with perfect clarity.
"How long?" Jasmine answered back, her voice deathly cold. She raised her hand again, gazing at her crimson-clad nails. "I'm not too sure. But..." Golden locks shadowed her azure eyes as she lowered her head and spread her legs, yet despite that the electric blue energies emanating from her irises were obvious to the naked eye. "It's going to have to be enough."
"I'm going all in. Prepare yourself," Jasmine warned. It wasn't a challenge. It wasn't a threat. It was a simple fact. With their last exchange Jasmine displayed the ability to cut, which to a melee fighter like Mia was far more dangerous than punches or explosions could ever be. The control she had over her quirk, spurred on by both her senses flaring and the subsequent ability to finally achieve Perfected Phase Rush, had reached a completely new level entirely. By focusing the raw explosive power at her disposal directly into her fingers Jasmine was able to consistently release thousands upon thousands of microscopic explosions, effectively turning her hands into claws so sharp she could cut through solid steel.
Jasmine lowered herself towards the ground, the fingers of her left hand getting a feel for the soft dirt below. In her zone she could even hear the elevated beating of Mia's heart, her eyes able to discern how the cut on her shoulder had begun to heal with almost microscopic levels of precision. Her glowing eyes narrowed.
She was off.
Whizzing forward like a bullet at much the same speeds she had before, Jasmine was in front of her sister within the blink of an eye, rearing one of her explosive claws back before swiping it down. It was a feint, but in Jasmine's current state that feint looked too much like a real attack. Instead, Jasmine would observe. The second Mia moved to defend or counter the lass would be able to see it through her accelerated perception. With the mobility and speed at her disposal, she would act, dodging sideways in mid air and using a large array of smaller explosions to spin herself around Mia and swipe a claw directly at her back at full strength, planning to practically open up the Oni's frame while she had the advantage.
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Post by Mia Kearney on Jan 21, 2021 8:55:06 GMT -4
Mia didn't know what this new set of tricks would entail but she could at least see that it was fucking with her regeneration a bit. It hadn't fucked with any vital organs or the like but it was like the explosions, as tiny as they were, were still fighting off her healing properties of her red state. Trying to push through it she could feel the red pushing further down her hips and down her legs. As she did the bulky stake of her muscles condensed and grew more slender, steam pouring from her skin almost as the heat of such compacted muscle seeped through her skin. Much like Jasmine wasn't sure how long her own state was gonna last, she could very much feel the same. Maybe she'd just dehydrate to a crisp, or maybe the steam was the air around her sizzling. Hard for her to tell... but for now at least she was gonna push herself to the limit!
As Jaz came in with her feint, Mia's own senses were keen and sharp. She could see it for what it was, the subtler motions of her arm caught my sharp eyes and keen senses in her heightened, reddened state, she reared back an arm all the same however. She felt like she had the power needed to get out the blow before Jasmine could take her for whatever ride she was planning. Just as she tried to throw the punch, her shoulder locked up, the muscles she needed to use shredded and delaying her by the hair of a second Jasmine needed to swoop around her back, and striking down hard on her back.
By now her clothes were pretty much torn to shreds, the hero-level sports bra pretty much the only thing surviving on her upper half as she keeled forward.
"Fast kid... but lets try THIS!"
Already keeled over low, Mia flowed with that stance and brought her arm under her chest in a swing flowing into an uppercut as she turned around, gritting her teeth and pushing through the pain in her joints as she shot her fist up towards the sky. Blowing all the air above her skyward and creating a monsterous updraft shockwave, trying to force Jasmine up into the sky and putting some distance between the two. Or, at the very least, giving Jaz one hell of a shockwave uppercut to their torso.
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Post by Jasmine Noir on Jan 22, 2021 11:30:26 GMT -4
look at me, i'm a reflection of what you wanna be Queen on the throne, none of you pawns can humble me
Despite her deadly attacks hitting their mark Jasmine had very little reprieve. As fast and acute as she was in Phase Rush even she couldn't properly keep chaining such devastating blows without one Mia Kearney having a say in the matter. The two-toned lass was forced onto her back heel as she watched the titan rear herself forward, every single alarm bell going off within Jasmine's mind. Her body froze up momentarily, the after-effects of her pushing herself so much finally providing an exploitable opening. All the girl could do was watch as her older sister unleashed yet another blast of air into the sky above and if the last one had been an incredibly painful round of buckshot, this one was a miniature nuclear missile.It definitely felt like one.Jasmine could only gasp for air as the attack crashed against her stomach, a torrent of blood immediately blurting out from her throat as she felt parts of her ribcage give and shatter. Darkness quickly took over her, wrapping its cold tendrils around Jasmine's frame as she felt her consciousness fade.Is this... it?…no...
Is this really call I can do?
No...
Am I... really going to lose again?
"NO!"
Jasmine roared as she forced her consciousness to return, sheer willpower forcing her to focus all of her strength one more time. Blood trailed down her lip as she clenched her fists, every single part of her body aching to the point she felt like she'd pass out at any given moment, yet none of it mattered. This was it. This moment. This fight. It was everything.
She wasn't going to lose again.
Wild energies erupted from Jasmine's body as she fought through the ever growing pain and forced herself to move, an inner strength that had been dormant for far too long urging the girl to keep on fighting. The distance Red Horn created vanished within the blink of an eye as Jasmine shot through the woman like a lightning bolt, clawing at whatever part of her frame that she could. Then again. Again. Again, again and again. The lass roared out her battle cry to the heavens as she whizzed around and through Mia like a rabid bolt of electricity at speeds far too difficult for even the trained eye to keep up with. She kept attacking and attacking and attacking, never stopping for a second, not even when her lungs begun to burn from breathlessness or her legs started to shake with exhaustion. Every attack was pin-point and merciless, aimed to take down as much of Mia's defenses as she possibly could, rip through it like a finely tuned blade...
Until she brute forced Mia to leave herself open.
In a brilliant flash of light Jasmine appeared right in front of Mia, her unnatural haste not slowing for even the briefest of seconds. Her glowing azure eyes had begun to flicker, yet instead of showing exhaustion they seethed with violent energies, shifting their posture to a terrifyingly scorching crimson. Her foot shot upwards with all of her might, impaling Mia directly into her chin and sending the muscly behemoth flying up into the air... with Jasmine following quickly behind.
Jasmine's speed seemed like it had doubled as she flew by the airborne Pro Hero, appearing directly behind her as she reared both of her hands back and clasped them together. Wild energies begun to engulf the two-toned lass, so much so that the way they moved and begun to converge at those very same hands made it seem like her quirk had a life of its own. With every ounce of strength she had left Jasmine launched her hands forward when Mia's body was in close proximity, finishing her destructive symphony of mayhem with one last devastating crescendo.
"Phoenix Buster!"
The resulting blast was blinding, practically darkening the sky with its sheer intensity and power. The shockwaves of the marvelous pillar of fire and explosions deafened even mother nature as Jasmine's attack ripped into the ground, subsequently shooting her own frame higher up into the air.
When Jasmine landed she huffed out a ragged breath, groaning on the ground as she tried to stay conscious. Her entire body ached, but she still forced herself to lean onto her elbows with a painful wince.
"...Did I win?" WC: 721 || Mia Kearney || Notes: now thas a boom and a half
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Post by Mia Kearney on Jan 22, 2021 11:49:18 GMT -4
Mia's eyes flared wide as that burst of energy barrelled towards her. In the moment of silence before it came she'd been considering calling the fight there and then. As durable as Jaz was it seemed Mia had been expanding past her in that regard, feeling those ribs crack and shatter, she knew the kid was probably in some real danger, and to push any further would be putting both their lives at risk. Not just Jasmine's. She hadn't taken too many grand hits since since she turned Red, but if she let herself go too far, she knew something might give in herself too.
The strikes came in blindingly fast as she finally rocked down and broke the distance. Any time Mia tried to swirl in place and swing her fist she felt another strike blow against her and cut through her, eventually giving up trying to deliver a blow, but instead trying to raise her guard, eventually unable to do even that, the pain radiating through her body, her dense muscles locking up, and leaving herself open to that grand strike that would send her skyward. The blood was harder to notice against her red skin, but she could feel it sizzling against her hot skin, dripping off her as she soared into the air. She tried to shift herself, but her muscles were practically torn to shreds, only able to turn enough to see into Jasmine's eyes before she unleashed her final attack.
Mia absolutely blacked out for a hot second after that. Only a second or two, but by the time she awoke from the darkness in her head, she felt an intense ringing in her ears. Her red skin started to fade away, wheezing as she found herself deeper in the depths of the crater the two of them had been creating. Her peachy skin tones returning, her muscles briefly expanded without her tight red skin to condense them, but more rapidly still shrunk down to her calmed state, unable to hold the intensity she normally did. With a harsh cough, she pushed up off her elbows and her knees, cuts all over her body reminding her of the situation she was in.
In the pit of her stomache she knew if she REALLY pushed herself she could get the Red back, she could turn to Jasmine, and unleash fucking hell on her from head to toe... but she didn't have it in her in this moment to make that decision. She let out a weak chuckle, and with shaky arms, tried to force herself to her feet.
"Pretty... pretty sure... yeah..." She let out another dry chuckle before giving out on her elbows and falling to her side. Her endurance, her strength, her stamina, unless she tapped into the Red she was flat out of it all, just resting on her shoulder and breathing hard and heavy as she closed her eyes, still absolutely awake, but drenched in sweat and slithers of blood.
"You... you mind if I just lay here a bit...?"
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