Ark 12 Episode 22: The Snake Witcher

When a group of travelers wander into the Lost Forest, they find themselves upon a set of massive Hebi serpents under the control of the Snake Witcher herself. And Ayperos finds himself in confrontation with the Hebi serpents' Mistress.

Participants
Densuke, Danny , Ariel , Shira , Daichi , Ayperos , Majobi the Snake Witcher and her serpents

Slithering in the Jungle...
Littlemermaidary: Ariel’s head would be spinning as if she had just gotten out of a tornado, her vision blurry as if a fog had covered everything around her. She would shake her head a few times till the blurriness from her eyes became clear. She was surrounded by green plants and trees and she would hear animals in the distance “Where am I?” she would say in a low voice as she grabbed the left side of her head only to feel something cold and hard placed on the side if her head. She would move her other hand and place it on the other side of her head only to feel another cold and hard object. Ariel would ignore the things on top of her head and would start to stand up. She stood up she looked down at her wardrobe only to find herself in two long red pieces of fabric covering her butt and crotch but leaving the entire side of her legs uncovered, gold metal would decorate the side of her thighs and run up her sides decorating the sides of her torso leaving her tattoo totally uncovered making it look as if it was part of the metal that decorated her body, her breast would be covered by a small red bra outlined with the same gold metal that decorated the sides of her body. Ariel would look at the ground where she was laying only to find a gold staff on the ground with a red ball on the top, she would pick it up and a jolt of power moved threw her body. Ariel would look around some more and then sigh “Where the fuck am I?” she would listen to her surrounding and her hearing seemed to amplify, the sound of running water would be clear to her “I’ll head that way”. She would walk for about one hour before the sound of the water became even clearer “I hope it’s not too far from here” she would think to herself as she continued to walk. After a few more minutes Ariel would finally come across the stream of water “Oh thank god” she would say as she went and kneeled down by the stream. She would cup her hands and put it the stream collecting a tiny pool of water in her hands and take a sip with her eyes closed. She would put her hands back in the stream and catch a glimpse of a woman with red hair and black horns. Ariel would look closely and her ruby red eyes would widen “WHAT THE FUCK!” She would yell. The woman that was staring back at her had dark black horns that curved back and red hair that was the color of blood, her face would be decorated with black marking on her cheeks and her forehead. Ariel would put her hands on her head feeling the horns and then would run her fingers threw her red hair “What happened to me?



ChairmenRyoji: (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RuYC6U3LBRs )::Danny:: A dream. Had to be.” Danny thought to himself as he lay on the grassy floor. Looking up to see nothing but lush green trees. The atmosphere was different..much different that what he was used to. It felt cleaner..the usual smog of the city was gone, and it…felt good. Though danny found himself in a state of slight disappointment. He’d just gotten to see his master again, one last time before he’d entered this gate. “I’ll see you again on the other side, Daniel.” His masters words rang through his head like a burning flame. It left unanswered questions..like danny’s apparent royal heritage…a destiniy he’d been running from for years. He’d sit himself up and run a hand through his hair, brushing off the leaves and twigs. “How..how long have I been out? Matter of fact…we entered when everyone else did. So..why does it feel like time moved without me..well that’s a dumb question.” Danny would pick himself up standing and looking around. The birds flew throughout the tree’s fluttering away in the distance. “. . .Tetsu. Ryoji. Densuke’s dad…I have to find him. He’s the one who sent my master back to world of the living. I have to know why.” Danny balled his fist, and as he did, another person crossed his mind. “Ariel..Ariel?” Danny looked around, but he couldn’t find her anywhere. (http://www.listenonrepeat.com/watch/?v=vJbaGrmxOKI  ) Danny managed to catch noise of a river..running water sounded great right about now. With a shrug, he’d fold his arms behind his head, and begin walking towards it, thinking over the scenario at hand. “When Densuke told me about this place he said it was supernatural…that here he could do unimaginable things. I wonder when I’ll see something out of the ordin…nary….” Danny stumbled upon what appeared to be a woman, but more or less. She had black horns and red hair, and what appeared to be two long red pieces of fabric covering her butt and crotch but leaving the entire side of her legs uncovered, gold metal would decorate the side of her thighs and run up her sides decorating the sides of her torso leaving her tattoo totally uncovered making it look as if it was part of the metal that decorated her body, her breast would be covered by a small red bra outlined with the same gold metal that decorated the sides of her body. Danny would nod with approval. Placing his hands behind his back,  he’d give the woman a wolf like whistle, causally walking over beside the woman demon hybrid. “I had no idea, horns could look so alluring on a woman, but YOU my dear pull it off FLAWLESSLY!” Danny would nod and smile, pointing at the woman with his index finger. If she looked at him, Danny only needed to look into her eyes and the shape of her face came to fruition as he’d put the pieces together from her body type, the roundness of her buttocks, and her bosom size. “Oh..dear…god.” Danny would have a  “O/////O” Look on his face realizing he’d just hit on Ariel as if she was another woman on the street. “aye look uhm. See. I like. Knew it was you got damn…..cause like. I like..sensed your chi and shit….is it drafty out here to you?” The funny part is, this entire time, danny had been unaware he was completely butt naked. He’d had no clothes on since the moment he’d arrived in the Shinto realm, but he seemed completely oblivious to it.::Densuke: (http://www.listenonrepeat.com/watch/?v=yfNyeOsNR4M ) Densuke had been on the far hand side of the forrest, mainly on a journey of self discovery and exploration. Ever since he gained access to that new power it took a bit of toll on his body, even for someone of his physique in the Shinto realm. He decided to set out and train it, all be it he wanted it to be in a far off location away from others. He wanted to do this alone. He also, was on a side quest, in search of more mystical artifacts that would allow him aid on his journey. The Grimmore haven’t shown full face yet, but as keyome said we only have a year before the real deal does pop off, and it’s better to be safe than sorry. Densuke contemplated going to some of the old leaders of some of the continents to get aid, like he did on his previous adventures here, but things have changed. He was once regarded as a hero, but now it seems like he’s more of a no body. “How far the mighty fall…tch. Fucking true ass old sayings…” for all his complaining he took a look around. He had no clue where he was…he wasn’t familiar with these parts in the least bit. He simply pursued further, deeper into the forest to see what lies ahead, He could feel multiple presences in the area, but at the same time it also felt like his focus was being…distorted so to speak. An odd phenomenon.



xXAyperosXx: It had been a a while since he and his friends had defeated the witch and the dragon. And Ayperos graining the power from his dragon pendant on his neck and the hybrid dragon form. But it took its tole, bnot only was he weak from all the power he used but turning into dragon form has slightly mutated his body. Haveing large spots of human skin colored scales all over his body, and some of hus teeth now long and sharp. And for some reason the swords didn't disappear So Ayperos keeps them with him and finally baught some new cloths after they all passed out from the dragon battle. But sad to say, Ayperos needed a damn bath, he felt like he hadn't taken one and man was it hot. As he walked he would look at a waist deep stream with waterfall and then smile a bit walking over, the waterfall had a little kind of rock roof right behind it and Arperos set his swords down, though they seemed like just old wartorn katanas, there still had some of the power, and Ayperos doesn't realize how heavy they are, for ather people wouldn't even be able to lift them from the ground. He would then strip down putting his cloths and boots on the hilts of the sword. now standing there with just what seemed to be wrapping from his pants line down to right above his knees, he wasn't about to get fully naked out here. He would then step into the waterfall letting the water rain down on his body, though some say that would hurt, it felt like a massage to him. Hitting his sword muscles he would put his head down just relazing. In his mind flashbacks would be going through his head of the battle. At first his own brother, leaving him there, running. And then fighting along side a man he used to hate like they had been friends forever. But then the image of them beating the Dragon. This made him frown as he had qustions for it. Like why it called him the Dragon of the North Mist Star? the name kept going through his mind over and over. He had never heard of it. He wouls keep standing there as the water hit his scale rashed skin and he wuld look at his arms at the spotts of scales and then poke his tounge on his sharp teeth. "Whats happening to me? Why hasn't the gods contacted me?" He would look in his reflecton in the water and the dark one would show up on one side of his face. Haveing a red eye and deformed mouth with sharp jagged teeth. "You think you god cares about you? You were nothing but a tool before, means to save their world, now you mean nothing. The gods have turned their back on you and your friends." Ayperos would close his eyes for a moment and then open them. "And wh--" he stopped as his face was back to normal. It went through his mind.. Maybe he was right this time... Ayperos would ponder to himself as he stood there under the waterfall, letting it massage his body andthen set down criss cross, his head down as the water beats on his neck and back trying to put everything together.



JtShadowblade: ♦♦ While traveling through the desert on an assignment given to him Daichi would notice that he had become lost, “great, where the hell am I now, and is this assignment even real? A Kitsune, aren’t those just Japanese myths…” Daichi would say a bit pissed off as he stared off into the distance for a moment trying to find his bearings and tell where he was at. In the distance though he believed it was a hallucination from the heat, but in the distance he saw a large almost mythical forest. Daichi saw mythical trees which seemed larger than life, these trees seemed more alive than what was natural branches waving in a breeze which didn’t really exist. The branches seemed sway at Daichi as if waving and inviting him to enter into the forest. As this happened Daichi sighed a bit, “Hell, can’t hurt if myths exist then this forest should host em… If not I’ll die without water” He said with a soft laugh at the thought of dying to simple dehydration as he started to walk towards the forest which seemed less than a mile away. As he walked the shifting of the sand beneath his timberlands felt odd it was not as though he was sinking a bit as one would with sand but was solid the closer he came to the forest as if walking on concrete, “That’s really weird… Why is sand dense and hard as cement?” Daichi questioned this although it made no difference to him as he continued to walk towards the forest. After a few minutes Daichi entered the forest as he stepped on the forest ground he noticed the ground beneath his feet felt a bit abnormal, it was not mud but it wasn’t solid dirt either it seemed as if it was in between the two not squishing beneath his shoes nor was it solid. Daichi would blink and slap himself to see if this was a heat based illusion, though after hitting himself he found out that this was not an illusion but an actual luscious forest growing in the middle of the desert. “This is completely weird, an amazing forest in the middle of the desert…This is ridiculous…” Daichi said with an annoyed grunt as he walked deeper into the forest.♦♦



Diversity: (http://www.listenonrepeat.com/watch/?v=yGK3KnjAkM8 ) Throughout the forest several creatures had stirred. These Yokai were known as Hebi, or snake Yokai. Unlike those earlier encountered by a few of these travelers in the desert, these were completely serpentine. They were massive and thick, winding through the trees or moving through the shrubbery. Each of the snakes were almost armored by their sleek and glossy scales. The first snake, to which Majobi called “Anda”, was a dark green serpent of forty feet in length. It had a pale jade belly and light green diamonds along the back. It’s eyes were a ferocious yellow. The sides of the creature were pierced with odd kanji studs that were enchanted with Majobi the Snake Witcher’s chi (Majobi’s chi is a chi devourer, and nullifies chi in the surrounding area). The second snake, known as “Jan’ko”, was forty feet in length and solid black. It’s eyes were dark violet and the studs of this snake were placed along the midline of the skull and along the brow bones. Then the third serpent was known as “Taura”, whom was a dark rather reflective blue that appeared glossy. Its belly was pale blue and it had indigo rings down the back. The eyes on this one were a bright mint green. The three snakes were coming closer and closer to one another, communicating telepathically with one another as they slithered towards the life signs. The three Hebi, Anda, Jan’ko, and Taura were deadly and violent. Each of them had a venomous bite, Anda’s which was paralyzing, Jan’ko’s which caused the body to literally overheat and implode if they exerted themselves after the bite itself (explanation can be given if desired as to how this venom works, or will be explained when used), and then Taura’s which caused the blood cells to swell enough that the cells form a clot in the brain that inevitably they fell into a stroke (one that can be recovered from with time, explanation also available or to be written out at time of use). One serpent, Jan’ko, began to break away from the path as it sought out the heat signature and seismic activity coming from Densuke’s location. Its sleek black forked tongue flicked outwards and it tasted the air of him as it went, detecting and memorizing Densuke’s pheromones. As it appeared between the brush it would wrap up a tree, coiling into the limbs and then peering down at Densuke from above. It had no voice to speak, but instead opened its maw and let its massive fangs reveal themselves as it let out a threatening hiss. It was challenging him… Anda was headed elsewhere as well, towards where Daichi was. Once it’d come cleanly into the open it would create a wide circle around him, flashing its fangs once more… Taura then headed towards Danny and Ariel, the blue massive Hebi dipping into a small stream that forked off by the side of Ariel and Danny’s bodies. As it dipped into the water it would come out, coiling on the embankment as it too hissed at the two as if to challenge them… All three snakes would share a similar main trait though. If anyone tried to use their chi against them, would find that it was hard to draw it out. Actually, channeling chi period felt… impossible.

(http://www.listenonrepeat.com/watch/?v=Sqlu-B1E510 ) Beneath the water a predator watched and waited. She drifted effortlessly around the very edges of the stream, undetected. A man took off most of his clothes except for what looked like wrapped undergarments. Her rich mossy green and hazelnut eyes peered over him as the slitted pupils widened a bit before slimming. Whenever he’d move or turn in a way that he might see the witch, she would dip down into the water effortlessly, sinking beneath it as the countless thick black braids swam around her head. When she lifted up she listened to his words and found her painted plum lips curling into a grin. An interesting man, whose reflection revealed something unique. Whose very essence piqued her interest in a distant familiarity. She suddenly dipped into the water again and began to swim in the depths of the rather shallow or moderate river. Once she was about ten feet from him her head popped up once more, only to her nose. Majobi, the Snake Witcher, slowly began to rise up in front of him in a slow ascent that revealed her until she was upright with the water at her navel. She was covered in pale brown tattoos like stained henna ink across her light peachy caramel skin. The long damp braids hung down the side of her face and over her shoulders, countless in number across the odd coins that were hanging along her shoulders. She had a black cloth hanging loose around her neck like a mouth cover, tribal earrings and bone accessories, coins hanging to compose an odd skirt over the fitted leather bikini set she was wearing. Threads and strings and wooden beads stretched across her being in loose disarray, along with black faded wraps on her wrists and ankles. Her long sharp nails glittered with dripping water as she studied the man in front of her for a long moment, tilting her head to the side as she finally spoke. Her accent was strange, and every ‘s’ she spoke seemed to linger as if her tongue was savoring it. “Creatures like us…” Majobi began. “Do not need the commands of Gods, to guide ourselves.” She then offered him a smile but it seemed eerily beautiful, cunning and sly. It was haunting in how dangerous she seemed. Perhaps it was just the pheromones she gave off, or the feeling that he would not be able to summon or even channel his chi when near her like so. “Would you dance with snakes, and cast the Gods’ names to the soil to be muddied and forgotten? I would very much like this…” Majobi began to turn, raising her arms up as she seemed to dance, twisting her hips side to side. As she turned back around she would click her nails together and twist her hands outwards, the bones, beads, and jewels on her wrists creating a chime-like melody. She then drifted one hand forward and began to wade through the water towards him, seeing if he would take her hand and dance with her in the water. But there was a far greater purpose at work here. She was studying him, to see if he was worthy of her blessing and time. 



Littlemermaidary: Ariel would Jump in surprise as she heard a familiar voice of a man speak to her, I guess technically it was him flirting with her as she commented on how well she pulled off the horns. She would turn her head to look at the familiar voice only to find Danny standing behind her, butt naked, this didn’t surprise her at all seeing that she had seen Danny naked plenty of times before and this time it was not as enjoyable as other times. She would raise an eyebrow at him as he pointed at her, and then he noticed who she was and would try to justify his flirting “Two years of dating and you think your excuses are still believable and you flirt with other women Daniel” her voice had a bit of attitude, more than usual, in it and also a bit of irritation. She would stand up from the stream of water and turn to face Danny, “Now can you explain to me where we are, why I’m dressed like some kind of warrior princess and why these things are sticking out of my head and oh WHY IS MY HAIR BRIGHT RED!?” Ariel wasn’t very good at change in fact change was something she did not welcome very much and the fact that she looked like a completely different person kind of had her on edge. She would take a deep breath and calm herself down before taking a few steps closer to Danny and looking him right in the eyes “why are you naked?”



<p class="MsoNormal">AlessandraSkar: Noon was not too far from approaching. Shira could tell by the way the heat of the Shinto Realm sun settled upon her still body. She groaned quietly as her lashes fluttered open, revealing the bright blue hue of her feline-like eyes. Daisuke was sound asleep in a makeshift manger she had built for him, made up of soft blades of grass weaved together to create a rounded shape and plenty of large, budding petals for cushion. She sat up on her hip to check on him and to listen to his quiet, steady breathing. It amazed her that such a small, innocent little creature could withstand the harsh conditions of the Shinto Realm. That only meant he really was the son of Damian Yun. “It's time to get up, Little One.” Shira said, her voice groggy from sleep as she gathered her son into her arms. He squirmed and whimpered a bit, but continued to snore softly. “Well, fine.” Shira laughed. “You just get some more sleep while I find us food and water.” She paused as she looked left and right at the sandy wilderness surrounding her, a worried look forming on her face. “Wherever food and water might be.” Moments later, the trio was in route. Shira sitting like a witch on Unmei's staff while little Daisuke was comfortably situated on her back. “How long until we find something to eat, Unmei? I thought you said you knew this place like the back of your hand. All we've been doing so far is wandering around like a bunch of Aussies in khaki jumpsuits.” If Unmei were a human with a set of eyeballs, they would have been rolling over and over again by now. “For once,  I would appreciate your trust.” The giant weapon replied in annoyance. “Look yonder. I see a forest approaching as we speak.” Shira's head perked up as she squinted straight ahead at the forest Unmei had been referring to. Her eyes narrowed slightly as they flew closer. “Okay, you were right. But approach with caution. I'm not familiar with any of this so my guard's all the way up.” Unmei lowered himself a bit closer to the ground as they entered the tangle of abnormally large trees and brushes, Shira's eyes looking about in mysterious wonder as she beheld the never-before-seen wildlife and flora. It was like they had flown into a mural of a fantasy wonderland, ten times the size of the Amazon and more beautiful in a mystical kind of way. “It's...beautiful here.” She said in a wondering voice. “And there are more places like it that you have yet to discover.” Said Unmei. Shira continued to look around observantly as Unmei flew deeper into the forest and that was when an odd hissing sound met her ears. Her head snapped in it's direction, and in the distance, she could see movement within the trees. She could also see a young man wandering through the forest, perhaps just as lost and confused as she felt moments ago. 'What is that?' Asked her inner voice, before her eyes went wide a few seconds later. She didn't have to be in the Shinto Realm long to recognize the likes of a Hebi demon, one rather large and grotesque looking creature making it's way toward the poor boy as if marking its prey. Shira had no idea whether or not the boy was even aware of what was coming to him. “Hey, hey you!” She shouted. “Hey, you down there! Fucking look behind you, kid! HEY!” Her voice echoed down toward where the boy was being stalked, hoping with all her heart that he could hear her. If not, she had a strong grip on Unmei, ready to drop in to the rescue if it was necessary. (If JT comes back or not.)

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<p class="MsoNormal">ChairmenRyoji: (http://www.listenonrepeat.com/watch/?v=FS1lKA2GNF0 )::Densuke:: Continuing his stroll would stop in mid stance, only to concur that he was indeed feeling a presence of the sort, around his area. The presence was a snake…a rather large one at that, that made no attempt to hide himself or even use a form of sneak attack. Impressive, but not exactly smart…or was it. Being near this thing, put a different feeling on densuke’s body, one that felt draining…similar to how he’d felt when the snow was in Kasihana city. Like his inner energy. His chi..was for some reason much farther away than it used to be. ‘Could this..”thing” have similar effects?” His detective mind putting together his experiences and familiar feelings together only to piece, that this thing was capable of energy absorption. ‘It must be through some form of indirect contact..you only need to be near it. Question is..is it absorbing or suppressing my chi?’ Densuke pondered these questions the entire time while eyeing down the huge black snake, looking directly in it’s eyes with his own green eyes. “Well wouldn’t this be a good time for gadgets…” Densuke would squat down a bit, and while eyeing the snake down with fierce intensity, he’d pick up a couple of rocks, 5 to be exact, all the size of marbles. So he wouldn’t face a sneak attack, he’d watch the snake the entire time, and roll the rocks around in his hands. “Well…let’s dance then shall we?” Densuke may have a feeling of less chi, but his physique is still enhanced, added from the Shinto realm and with his Koikonjitto physique Users are able to completely use every muscle in their body while under normal conditions most humans use only 20 percent. Even chimps can be 4 times stronger than the average human because they can use every muscle in the body. As such Densuke would toss the first pebble with more torque and poise than a professional MLB player, the rock moving at 120mph, towards the eye of the snake. If it connected, it’d most definitely have enough force to separate the eye from the retina via crushing the entire organ to literal mush and leaving it blind in one eye. This was more of a “bait.” Densuke couldn’t get a proper gage on things unless he saw what the thing could do. As such Densuke would throw the other 4 rocks at the exact same seed, in the same fashion, but backing up while doing so. The other four rocks aimed at the opposite eye, both nostrils on the beast, and the center of it’s forehead. The second eye attempt would be the same as the first, if the nostral’s took impact, it was to impair breathing, and possibly rip it’s way through the roof of the snake’s mouth to cause it to bleed out. The between the eye hit was an attempt meant to be a pure kill shot, enough torque behind it to completely crack the skull, and send bone fragments into it’s brain, killing it if it connected. Densuke would eye the snake down with an analytical mindset the entire time, as he’d throw these rocks, weather they hit or missed, one after another.::Danny:: (http://www.listenonrepeat.com/watch/?v=Rj3JqFBpo98 ) Danny would take a somber tone, and scratch the back of his head and give off a goofy yet guilty grin. “Ah hehhehe, calm down babe! Look I’m sorry alright? You know how I am sometimes, you know your my babeeeeh.” Danny’d say after she used his real name like that. That just let him knew he was in literal deep shit at this point. After she’d asked for explanations, danny would clear this throat and take a deep breath, trying to sum everything up in a nutshell. “Well we’re in this place called the Shinto realm a parallel universe to our own, but here we have super augmented chi and physical capabilities. The reason you look like you do is, because here you’ll end up taking your true form, how you’d look in this time period, hence forth the dress, lovely by the way, and the…horns.” Danny would pause for a moment. “I remember Densuke telling me Keyth had horns because he had a connection with an oni…does…Ariel.?’ Before danny could properly finish his thought process, he felt…odd. More than likely ariel would pick up on it as well, but it was like his chi just. Stopped. Literally. Danny would furrow his brow at the sound of a hiss and quickly turn around, to see a giant blue snake, with it’s mouth open as if it was ready to strike or preying upon he and ariel. “Babe, I think you’ll have to complain at me later…for now we should prrrrroooobably work on killing this thing eh?” Danny would extend an arm out over Ariel if she’d let him and push her back a bit. She was still new to the fighting business, so of course he was cautious putting her up against something like this. “Densuke told me the creatures here were fierce, but this shit right there?....I’m skeptical as hell. Oh well.” Danny would spread his legs,  his manhood dangling and moving with every movement his nude body made. “Mr.Snake I challenge you to a sparing match! If I win, you gotta cook me some dinner an- holy shit I’m  naked.” Danny would look down at his exposed body, and blink a few times before looking back at his slithery opponent.”Be my back up babe. I’ve never been to this place before so I don’t know what I can do…also if you feel your chi being a little fuzzy it’s not just you. Be best not to use it alright?”-E-

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<p class="MsoNormal">xXAyperosXx: Ayperos would be siting there still thinking and then shoot his eyes up as the woman would then raise up out of the water. His eyes faintly glowing brighter as she did som But he wouldn't move, as if it didn't even startle him, though how could it really, as he would study her body, the feeling inside him he knew she wasn't normal and could feel that her being around had somewhat disabled his chi. Though he still seemed like she was no threat to him at all, as she spoke he would listen to her as she asked him would he dance with snakes and cast the gods names to be muddied and forgotten. And then assing that she would like this and start to dance, slowly moving her hips from side to side. The bones, beads and jewls seeming to chime. Even her movments reminded him of a snake, though..Sexy. He would get up not saying a word at her and step down in the water and look at her. Standing in her domain he would take her hand, no fear in his eyes nor in his face. He knew there was some sort of trick something she may have wanted, but he wouldn't speak nor nod his head to her question, though taking her hand in his claws would have made one think that he was agreeing. Though he wasn't just yet. he could be just as crafty if he put his mind with it, and honestly was toying with her, though it may just be a dance he knew somthing else was up. but he was already in the water and his clawed hand in hers. So he just went along with it, an looked at her with bright blue cresent eyes one would say it seemed like he was looking right through her, still no expression on his face and would be ready for anything, keeping his sinces about him keeping his eyes on her for any sudden or stange movments. Though he could smell her pharamones he wasn't afraide, for the thing about him.. He could command serpants if he wished to, and the pride inside him forced him from being afraid. *Lenris* Though he seemed like he left, Lenris never strayed to far from his big brother as he sat in a thick tree watching at thought to himself. "You idiot.. Its a trap.." He would watch ready to come out at the first sign of trouble, staying silent just watching.

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<p class="MsoNormal">Diversity: (http://www.listenonrepeat.com/watch/?v=CrKR0PIdtNw ) { ANDA } The massive serpent paused from attacking Daichi as it heard another and whipped its head to the side. It’s tongue flicked into the air and it tasted the pheromones of creatures nearby. Not just did it taste Shira and memorize her flavor upon its tongue, it also tasted Daisuke as its slitted pupils thinned and if it could pose an expression, it had created a wicked and ferocious one. It’s mouth snapped open in a massively gaping fashion with the fangs glistening in the light. It’d then duck its head and begin slithering. All three snakes were capable of moving inhumanly fast, beyond anything they’d probably have seen in likeness of a creature with no legs. It also crossed its terrain with masterful ease. Rocks, obstacles, trees, other such things did not pose any harm or stopping point threat to the Hebi as they moved. It arced massively in a broad circle around her, whipping through the environment. It leaned up from the ground and suddenly twisted into the trees, its dark green form being obscured and camouflaged by the leaves and greenery around it. All that could visibly be seen were potent, piercing yellow serpent’s eyes when they pierced downwards and the Hebi was overhead of her. With her attention likely lifted up to the head of the beast, as Anda so desired, Anda’s tail came lashing in from the side like a hard pendulum, aiming to slam into her right side and send her and her baby flying into a nearby rock formation in the forest. { JAN’KO } The man was smart, but the Hebi’s mind was not just a snake. It was a Yokai. And even then- more than a Yokai. Majobi’s wisdom and cunning had been placed into each of these three serpents, Jan’ko included of course. The moment Densuke picked his arm up to throw, Jan’ko began his too-fast slithering to the right (Densuke’s left), circling the man but bobbing up, down, left or right in small angles in order to keep Densuke from making predetermined or preemptive throw strikes that may pose successful damage. As the beast did odd oblong circles around the man, Jan’ko would take the time to make completely unpredictable turns and reversals, causing him to be looping around the man in haphazard ways. The Hebi even managed to swim in and out of tree limbs, around rocks and shrubs, and yet all the while it had been enclosing closer and closer to Densuke. It only finally stopped when its head was behind him, but its tail had been in front of him. At this point Densuke would see five small raw spots on the side of its neck where the stones had hit his armor-like scales and punched through them by only an inch, and then fallen out of the tough, wiry muscle tissue. The serpent created a loud hiss, flaring its fangs as its head lurched forward. It was aiming to bite into the side of Densuke’s upper body, precisely to latch its fangs into the back or top of his right inner shoulder. If Densuke did get caught, the fangs would unleash a peculiar type of venom. Jan’ko’s venom had a very particular reaction once in the body. It sensitized the heart muscle and also overpowered the adrenal glands. By doing this it made it so that after the bite, the more Densuke exerted himself, the more pressure and overwhelming force would be taken out upon his body. Thus, if he would try to continue fighting after the bite, he would overload his heart with adrenaline and pressure until his heart literally stopped from overheating. It would fall under a series of rapid symptoms such as dizziness, fever, nausea, chest pain, difficulty breathing, and so on and so forth. At the exact same moment that Jan’ko launched forward to strike, his tail whipped inwards and would attempt to wrap around his ankles. If successful, the tail would wrap fast around his lower legs, moving its way up until it would’ve coiled and constricted around Densuke’s whole lower body, so that it would begin squeezing him until he lost circulation to his legs and couldn’t move. { TAURA } The serpent took advantage of the woman’s unnoticing conversation. The male stood, swinging flesh-dagger and all, with notice. But before he’d even finish his sentence Taura would lurch forward with almost sonic speed, water spraying up from its coiled tail as it opened its mouth and aimed to come right to her revealed back so that it could capture Ariel’s middle back or lumbar and lower thoracic spine in the middle of its gaping maw. Its fangs would slam into her right side, aiming to pierce and puncture the appendix, lower liver, and possibly the right kidney while injecting its venom. Taura’s venom caused the blood vessels to swell by over-absorbing the loose fluid in the blood vessels. The absorption of plasma so rapidly would thus cause the blood cells themselves to swell, and in the smaller venules of the brain and muscle tissue, they would get lodged into place, causing oxygen deprivation of certain parts of the body. The immediate symptoms would be difficulty breathing, difficulty thinking, numbness in the fingers and toes, and after half a minute to a minute, they would undergo a TIA- or a ministroke which acted as a full stroke but dissipates within twenty-four hours. This would cause full paralysis of half of the body (vertically, meaning either the left arm + left leg or the right arm + right leg) along with difficulty swallowing, opposite stroke side eye weakness or droop, etc. If she moved it would’ve slithered back to a safe, predatory distance to observe the two, but she would have to move fast considering that its massive area of bite (four foot span from lower jaw to top jaw) would likely snap bones or puncture other organs if she dodged left or right. { MAJOBI } (http://www.listenonrepeat.com/watch/?v=R7nryWapjCw ) She would feel his clawed hand in hers, finding her lips curling into a curious smile as she tilted her head to the other direction. Her damp braids clung to her form as she stepped forward, the way she moved almost serpentine in the way she swayed and slithered upright through the water. She began to move around him, her fingernails hovering over his skin and her hand grazing him in slow, peaceful manners. As she came to his side she would reach out and take his hands, almost like a side by side couple on the dance floor. Her bare leg whipped upwards and the water splashed straight up, misting into the air. But as she drew her leg slowly down into the water once more, she would look down into the ripples with him. He would see his vicious draconic hybrid form within the water, scaled and ferocious and almost horrifying. He would also see beside him a woman who was not so different. Majobi in the water’s reflection was dark and scaled. Thick braids hung around in the same shade of black as large mossy green eyes filled her sockets. Fangs were barely visible between her full lips. She would turn her head to him then as she suddenly began to spin through the water in front of him, the chains and jewels and bones all rattling as her fingertips stirred the water with her spinning. She then paused, her hips moving side to side as she drew her arms up and then brought them in front of her, moving them in almost somatic, haunting patterns. She then stepped closer to him. One singular step at a time, as if creeping closer, a predator. A curious, forgiving beast. “You are wild.” She whispered. “I remember you, /hero/.” She tilted her head as she would close her eyes. “Those days, I was just a girl. Innocent, and mortal. I remember you, were one of /my/ heroes.” She then paused, only inches from his body as she lifted her arms up and dripped water around her. “But when you left, I became a monster.” Majobi whispered, closing her eyes as she tilted her head. The mist of the waterfall would swallow them up, and in the faint glint of early noon’s light, he would see the glimmering visage of scales beneath the illusion of marked and tribal skin. Her eyes opened and the slitted pupils in their centers thinned and then widened, locking onto his eyes. “And now you came back. What are you now, if not a hero?” She seemed to have a flicker of compassion in her eyes. “Abandoned by your Gods, abandoned by your followers. I was abandoned by my people, by those adored me. And now we are this…” She would tilt her body back. She arched back like a contortionist, inhuman as her shoulder blades touched the water and it looked like she was floating on the water’s surface as her braids spanned out across the top of the water and she closed her eyes as she would wave her arms up and down slowly. “We are beautifully above the laws of man. We are sinfully evolved from the restraints of our predecessors. You are free now, do you feel it is a burden?” She raised her arms up over her head then held them up over the water, water dripping from her fingertips. “It is not a burden. Would you show me your /true/ self, my hero?” Majobi’s eyes opened slowly and she looked up at the stranger with a grin. <e>

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<p class="MsoNormal">AlessandraSkar: Shira's eyes widened as she grunted in disbelief. “The kid didn't hear me. He's a goner if we don't get down there.” She said, already mentally bracing herself for battle. “It could be a trap of sorts, Shira. I suggest we take extra precaution in this situati--” “Extra precaution MY ASS!” Shira shouted. “That boy's about to be snake kibbles and I'm not gonna sit up here watching someone else's demise when I could be down there saving his ass! Now, come on! Let's go!” By the time Shira returned her attention to the scene below, the Hebi was already looking up at her apparently after hearing her voice echoing through the trees. She narrowed her eyes as the creature's mouth snapped open to reveal a set of glistening fangs. She could only imagine what sort of deadly venom was stored in those things. “What're you lookin' at, SLIMEY!” Shira shouted in attempt to agitate the creature and draw its full attention away from the helpless boy. “You wanna pick on someone? I hear Bakeneko taste pretty good around here.” She braced herself for an attack as the Hebi leaped up into the air, moving incredibly fast for a beast of its size. That was to be expected. Since Shira was a creature of enhanced speed herself, it was a simple task for her to carefully calculate the motions of her opponent. She saw the creature's large body shoot into the trees, practically camouflaging into its colors. It was hard to see it from there, but its foul stench could be picked up easily through Shira's enhanced senses. As she looked up into its piercing golden eyes, her right ear twitched as the slightest rustle of movement could be heard. She was already on her feet on Unmei's staff, her feline-like stance enabling her to keep perfect balance as her hands reached for the sai blades strapped to her back beneath Daisuke's pouch. She just barely caught a glimpse of the creature's tail as it came flying at her from the right side, pushing upward from Unmei's staff to jump into the air. With her body hovering horizontally in the air just a few inches above the attack, she twisted directly above the Hebi's body, a full 360 spin before she dropped down onto it, stabbing her sai blades into the creature's scales. If this connected, the Hebi's tail would still be moving outward in the same direction and with its given momentum, Shira would slide downward toward the tip of its tail while dragging her sai blades through its body. As a result, there would be six deep gashes stretching down from about the center of the snake-like portion of its body down to the tail. After which, Shira would rip her blades out from the bottom of the Hebi's tail, blood spurting in the air after renching open its flesh. Her body fell through the trees as she watched the Hebi for any given response. A second or two later, she was able to feel Unmei's presence vibrating through the air toward her, angling her body so that her feet were pointed downward to the ground. Unmei appeared under her and her feet tightly gripped the handle with the perfect balance of a feline, crouched in a skateboarder position. As Unmei hovered about near where the Hebi had attempted to attack her, she flicked its blood off of her sai blades. “Now we're talking.” She said with a mischievous smirk.

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<p class="MsoNormal">xXAyperosXx: Ayperos would stand there and look at her with only his eyes as she circled him feeling her nails run across his skin actually gave him chills, And he would move his head looking at her as she then grabbed his hands an kick her leg up. he would look sing te draconic form that he had taken and hers as well, as it was very much like his. And then look over at her at her as she spun around in the water infont of him and then stopped, swaying her hips turning to her as she moved her arm in a strange pattern. he would look down at her as she slowly stepped closer to him. And then told him that he was wild.. that he was her hero and then as he left becoming a monster. And then the mis from the water fall started to coat them causing lenris to be unable to see. He would look at her and now see her her true skin under the illusion. Even as scales, he could still se beauty and looked into her eyes as the slitted pupil centers would thin and then widdened looking into his own slitted pupils. And then asked him, if not a hero than what was he? and then bend her body back to seem to float in the water. He then continued to listen to h her as she talked. He would look at her as she asked him to show his true self and as he spoke, his skin started to slowly turn a black/blue mixed scales and his face forming ito a snout and teeth barly visible. His tail would come out of the water and slap down his feet an hands now taloned as wings fold on his back. "I've never been a hero. I've only put on the costum, like a child playing dressup. I can't be a hero with whats inside me." his hair had turn to spikes going back and down his back to his tail. He look at her with his ice blue eyes. "I feel like a monster because of whats inside me. Its like an animal trying to claw its way out, trying to break free.I know of my great power. Why do you consider yorself a monster?"Pauseing He would dominantly his the water with his tail again. His voice low, but echoed. "Is it because of the dark feeling you have with in.. The voice telling you to do something that you once knew you shouldn't? But all in the end you feel as though the voice ws right, and you have no feeling of what you've done..The animal inside you, sly as a fox trys to get you to let it out." His tail would move across the top of the water like a serpant ever so slowly.He sounded as if he was speaking in riddles, but he wasn't, he was being all too literal to her, as the dark one inside him always trys to break free, always trys to take over. As he spoke Lenris could hear Ayperos and sigh, still sitting there now listening, not noticing her look at him. Ayperos would continue. "But I will not let the animal go, in fear of losing my human self. Hurting the people around me. Though I want that power that comes with it." He would look at in her eyes, his own slitted pupils thin, but only expand a bit. He was very taken by the woman, claming to be a follower of his as a child, and it was hard not to be as she was indeed enticing, but it may have just been the pharamones she put off, maybe haveing a...Different effect on him. He tried to shake it off, but she was to close for it to just leave his sinces, though he kept his cool.

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<p class="MsoNormal">ChairmenRyoji: (http://www.listenonrepeat.com/watch/?v=kWRF5RLRxjo )Densuke watched as his original intended attacks were thwarted by the snake’s acute movements. Luckily he’d taken a few steps back while throwing them to gain some distance at the least, as he watched the snake zip past his left, and begin making a randomized sequence of patterns, twist and turns, at an impressive speed, even for a Shinto realm creature, this was astounding. His chi may have been suppressed, but his brain was always, always working. Literally. Koikonjitto's regardless of personal preference will always have a habit of consistent calculation and analyzation, weather it be from trivial things like washing dishes, to fighting up to 10 opponents at once via The ability to see all the variables of any situation and predict the outcome. When utilizing this ability, the user sees paths projected in front of them, illuminating possible courses of action, they can then foresee the best tactic, and accelerate themselves along that path. . To complement this, they have unusually high reflexes allowing them to capitalize and respond to rapid changes in the environment and in dangerous situations. As the snakemade it’s whipped patterns, Densuke noticed a series of five small raw spots, predictably an inch deep, on the side of it’s neck. “There.” Densuke’s mind went racing of the snake’s possible pattern or line of attack. Taking into consideration everything that could/would/and should happen, a loud hiss was emited from behind, but simultaneously the tail of the beast would whip forward as well, towards the legs to be exacty. His adereniline pumping, and reflexes into play, on what seemed like instinct Densuke would push off of the ball of his right foot, lunging himself forward, but. Turning his body horizontally, and rolling forward. The user's natural five senses at the highest limits of human perfection; meaning that their sense of sight, touch, hearing, smell and taste are enhanced. An individual with this ability are capable of seeing further, acutely touching ink on a page, hear small sounds, have a smell capability similar to an animal and tasting accurately than normal members of their species. Not only was the snake’s breath apparent towards it’s target i.e densuke’s shoulder area, but the sound of the hissing would also be directional of it’s mouth, allowing Densuke to accurately time his spin so his body would fillip forward at just the right height to simultaneously avoid the blow towards his legs, and the lunge on his shoulder (if further body position is needed densuke’s head is head to toe, head being towards the right and feet being towards the left. ) With that being done, Densuke would come out of this spin, once the snake’s head and tail completely passed his being, only to attempt to preform his own simultaneous action. As he dismounted his spin, he’d attempt to plant his right foot down on the snake’s tail, using all of his peak human enhanced muscle to hold the tail in place. While he attempted this he would shoot his right and left hands outwards in a tiger claw like fashion, attempting to dig his eight fingers into the aligned punctures he’d noticed on the side of the snake’s neck, as if attempting to open two double doors. If this simultaneous counter was successful, as it is a counter move, the tail would be pinned to the ground be densuke’s foot, and Densuke would attempt to rip the snake’s very flesh and muscle tissue in half on it’s neck, causing a massive artery bleed out, rippled lines along inner tissue, and inner fleshy wall, and a gaping amount of pain, from densuke’s nails as if the rip was successful Densuke would turn his hand’s as he pulled them out, clawing what ever vital organ’s he could, as he released them. If this counter were to fail, or succeed Densuke’s backwards momentum from opening or attempting to open the snakes wounds would make it easy for him to cut a wide spread backflip, 7 feet away from the snake’s vicinity, only to land, and then leap upwards into a 15 foot tree, and perch himself on a branch. He’d keep his eyes on the snake, acknowledging it’s speed, like a prowler of sorts..he’d been hanging around Keyth too much it seems. (the flip motion woud be done weather the counter hit or miss, but this next part is for specifically the counter missing it’s target.) Not even a second after landing, he’d grab his staff and toss it like a beeline arrow, at the snake’s vulnerable open wound near it’s neck. If the spear connected, Densuke threw it with so much force, it could possibly penetrate the rest of the fleshy like muscle tissue inside of the raw spot and pierce it straight through, pinning it’s head to the ground, rendering it immobile so to speak, and hitting an artery so it would profusely bleed. If this hit or miss, Densuke would remain perched on that same branch, lurking and awaiting the snake’s next move. ::Danny: (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2yYYicjqMFs ) Danny may have been in all cases, and idiot to the core, but if theres one thing he’s ever been good at it’s fighting. The snake lunged, but not at him. It’s trajectory as aimed at Ariel, which is something he would never stand for. The look in danny’s eyes for the first time in a long time, Danny was legit angry. As if in a Matrix movie, things slowed down for danny and his body reacted on reflexory speed. The user's reflexes are at the peak of Human Potential and Perfection; this means that their reaction are superior to those of normal humans and are near-superhuman. They can catch a fired arrow in midair, dodge offensive attacks, and perform amazing physically defensive feats; They would stand a small chance against super-speed foes, can dodge multiple gunfire with ease, etc. Captain America once stated that he was able to dodge gunfire because he was able to see "faster" than the bullets. However this ability is dependent on the users reaction to the situation, however it being a ”reflex” reaction time is highly likely. That being said, in the Shinto ream this only increases drastically, as danny would grab ariel by her arm, pulling her towards him and lowering his upper half in a matrix like doding fashion, pulling ariel’s body down and backwards, but further than his own. Meaning ariel’s being was now completely out of the snake’s horizontal like lunge, but the snake would miss danny’s exposed upper body only by an inch. It was quite scary, as the entire time Danny was leaning back he could feel the snake’s breath and intensity. This however did not stop Danny from being enraged that his girlfriend was attacked as such, once his dodge was done, ariel would now be on the ground, and danny would now be in his leaning back position, but now he’d rear his right arm over his chest, and attempt an out-swung backhand fist aimed directly at the snake’s neck. The back hand wasn’t just a regular attack, more so a statement, as the force if this counter attack would dig danny’s fist into the fleshy scales of the snake’s neck with increased strength and enough force to send the snake sliding on the ground backwards a total of 10 feet. If it hit or missed, Danny wouldn’t waste a moment and quickly lift Ariel up, and throw her into a near by ditch. “YOU CAN YELL AT ME LATER!”. The ditch was around 15 feet away and with his new found supernatural strength in this realm, there was a lot more to what danny hadn’t even begun to discover he could do. He’d face the snake, with a wing chun stance, his meaty extension flowing freely and his feet spreading apart a bit in the snake’s location as opposed to the snake’s position wherever it may be accordingly.-E-

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<p class="MsoNormal">Diversity: { MAJOBI } (http://www.listenonrepeat.com/watch/?v=LYcPhROABBM) Majobi watched him change, staring up at him through her lashes as she leaned up and sank down into the water. The air he gave off was one she submitted to out of curiosity, rather than desire to or feeling of being weaker than him. This momentary kneeling in the water left only her head and the very tops of her shoulders and the hammered silver coins hanging along them remain revealed. “We all start out wearing guises.” Majobi whispered softly. Her accent was highly foreign and yet wild, almost tribal or savage though she spoke with a wisdom that was hard to rival. Her age was far beyond her physical appearance, and that much was undeniably obvious. “But then some of us die, and some of us decide to reveal ourselves.” She tilted her head and stood up slowly, the water dripping from her form as the mist curled around them. She was studying his form, his scaled and eerie structure as she would look into his eyes at the end of her curious studying. “Men run around every day. They scream, ‘I’m a hero’.” Majobi began a bit more seriously than before. “Real heroes, run around, and do what they need to. Sate themselves on the blood of bad men, and save the good ones. But the cost of our animal justice, is that we may never know recognition. We never know the praise. And, even more-so, we never know what companionship feels like. We monsters can be good… But to be good, we must also be alone…” She stepped closer, her hands reaching out to gently touch his chest. Her hands were warm and yet radiated some kind of essence unto him. He would feel a strange sensation if he let her do this, as if she was giving him something. Maybe it was knowledge. Maybe it was understanding. Perhaps, he would find out later what it was. But if he did not move she would keep her hands placed firmly upon his chest, her fingers splayed across the scaled musculature. “Do you want to be… a good man?” Majobi inquired curiously canting her head to the side. She stared up at him, the nature of her eyes frightening for most, predatory and wild. But for him he would find them to be intellectual and understanding. Wild and savage and ferocious, but yet calm and peaceful. She was a mixed bag of things. She was a peaceful woman, and at once she was a visceral, instinct-driven predator. “Do you know why /I/ am a monster?” She whispered to him, as he would continue to feel the power in his chest if he did not stop her. “I am a monster, because of what men say. Because of what man thinks of me. Am I a monster, to myself?” She gave a soft, melodic chuckle. “I am not a bad creature. I have saved lives, as I have taken them. But people will make of me what they want, because they can.” Majobi would begin to draw her fingers up along his chest until she was resting her hands on his shoulders. He’d feel a strangeness weaving through his entire body at this point (should he have not stopped her), though it did not feel dangerous. “You want power? You can have it… You can be yourself, all of you not just pieces you pick and choose… But you have to make the sacrifice. If you keep your friends near, and strive for control…” Majobi closed her eyes and tilted her head down, opening them half-lidded to stare at their eerie and reptilian-esque reflections in the water between their bodies. “What happens on the day when you lose control, even if only for a moment, and hurt and scar the ones you love?”. (http://www.listenonrepeat.com/watch/?v=KfHCHgWusHM) { JAN’KO } The creature found himself victim to eight digits prying into the flesh. But at this time, having already enclosed around Densuke and encircling him, the snake took this blow into perspective. Densuke’s attempt to back away would fail as during his attack to pry and rip the meat, the tough flesh being torn and causing quite a bit of inky blood to spill viscously down the side of the snake, would be marred by the fact that even though he was standing on the end of Jan’ko’s tail, there was still roughly thirty-three feet of snake demon left. It had arched up and come around him in thick coiled loops that blocked Densuke from jumping back or removing. The coils of the snake’s thick angered body were coming around him, closer and closer and leaving the only method of escape being to go straight up about ten feet. But the ebony scales were slick and hard to latch onto, climbing would take time. Even though Jan’ko was bleeding heavily, the massive and now irritated Hebi was attempting to come around Densuke extremely quick, having only taken the blow fully because it knew that in sacrifice of a wound- albeit it being a grander wound than it had suspected- it would have the chance to finally catch Densuke in its ever enclosing and tightening targeting circle. And now, Densuke would be hard pressed to make a move or be constricted in thick, overly muscular length of the angered Hebi. { TAURA } The creature missed both the girl and the man who’d saved her as the serpent would speed forward and move to circle around Danny’s back. But before it could come around him, Danny’s inhuman speed allowed him to land the blow and send the snake back. Taura’s serpentine tail had whipped forward while about fifteen feet of its head and upper body had been knocked back. The tail would aim to sweep low and hard, hoping to throw Danny’s legs out from under him from Danny’s left side. If this strike landed, it would give Taura just enough time to launch forward and attempt to not bite Danny… But instead, swallow him whole from the head down, gobbling him up- free-flying ding dong and all. <e>

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<p class="MsoNormal">xXAyperosXx: Ayperos looked at her as she went down in the water and listened to her as she spoke in a rather soft whisper. her accent now even more foreign to him.and as she then spoke of some of them dieing and others reveal themselve. He would look at her as she sttod up, still looking down at her a bit, and could see how she studied his body structer his breathing almost prediter like as his chest moved ever so slightly with each breath. He would but listen to ger as she spoke and stepped closer to him Looking down at her as she then pressed her hand to his chest. It felt as though she was putting something inside him, though he diddn't know what it was. He would let her touch his scaled skin the essence she put in him, feeling rather. Good. Hw wouldn't stop her, lettering her put the essence inside him. Looking into her eyes his would have the same beastly look in them, unblinking as she kept speaking to him She then told him the question he gave here of why she calls her self a monster and then going on about not being a bad creature, saying that she has saved lives, but also take them. He would then feel her fingers ever so slowly go up his chest, his  eyes closeing for a moment and then open as her hands rested on his shoulders. He would let her hands stay apon his shoulders, the strange essence now flowing through his body. He would look as she told him that he could have the power he wanted, but at a price. And then look down as she did t there reflection, not only were they close to each other, but they not being very different as well.. he would ponder to himself to what she had told him. Was the power worth loosing all he knew? Was it worth dropping everyone from his life? He woud listen as she then asked him what would happen when he lost control and hurt the ones he loved. He would close his eyes as he spoke. "I've always been alone in what I fight, it would be no different." He would open his eyes and look at her. "But if and when I lose control. I will put my loved ones aside, staying away from them, left to be alone with myself, with a monster. I refews to risk hurting those around me just for power. If that was the risk than I don't want it.. " His tail would weave back and forth in the water and the water started to wave a bit around them.

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<p class="MsoNormal">Diversity: { MAJOBI } (http://www.listenonrepeat.com/watch/?v=KpHe8u1nNmA) Majobi watched him, listened intently. Indeed she’d chosen just the man to give the power to that she had. Her lips curled into a smile that stretched up pleasantly across her ink-stained features as she would cast her eyes down to the water before lifting them up. Majobi peered up at him through the thicket of her wild lashes, her eyes a warm shade of hazel and moss green that stirred together perfectly in a glossy shade around a thin predator pupil. “You are something… different from the rest.” Her accented and unique voice said as she trickled her fingers down his arm, one by one like spiders moving carefully down his limbs until she took his hands into her own. She brushed her thumbs along the sides of his hands and squeezed her palms to his. Her bare hands felt too smooth to be human. It was like holding a delicate newborn snake, feeling its tender undeveloped scales connecting countlessly in such tiny size that it created a whole unique feel. Like malleable, soft, cool glass with a tinge of warmth as if it were still losing its heat from the oven where it was baked. Majobi gave his hands a squeeze and like that, he’d feel her power inside of him ignite. Wildfire; spreading through his veins like homing missiles that were looking to lock in on his muscles, on his nervous system and organs. Each individual receptor of his body would absorb her chi and it would become his own, a supernatural present she’d put into him that he would not understand nor know the truth of just yet. But he would know, in that very moment, she had done something very foreign to him. The Snake Witcher had placed something inside of Ayperos- but as to what it was, he would not know immediately. If he tried to pull back when he felt the heat rolling through his body- not a painful heat but instead an exciting, awakening pyre- she would not let him. She’d hold onto his hands tightly and step forward, almost pushing their forms together as she moved to shove him with her own enclosing paces under the waterfall. Once the water sprayed down upon the both of them while he was vulnerable by the sensations raking his body with new wild feelings and the settling of this foreign power making itself his own, she would pause and lean close to his ear. “I have given you… A /gift/… A /curse/.” Majobi whispered enigmatically. “What you make of it, is up to you. When the red sky is nigh and your hands are laced with unwelcome shades of stain, you will know what has come upon you. What is within you. I am fond of you, torn soul. Lost hero. Justified monster.” Majobi whispered continuously, her head by his as the sensations began to die. She would remain here, peacefully and still if he did not move her. “I will be watching you, /Ayperos/. I will follow you, and see the end of your story, because I am curious myself of the novel that lingers in your soul. What I have given you, is so simple and yet so complex…” She would suddenly back away, her gestures slow and hypnotic as she began to sink into the water while stepping back from Ayperos. “Choose… wisely.” She whispered as her smile flashed across her face once more. He’d see the mist reflecting around her, creating the illusion of countless tiny ebony scales locked around her body in a serpentine bliss with warm hazel and fawn accents of humanoid tint, eyes broad of mossy green and yet what most would fear and call an abomination, was undeniably beautiful to look upon. The Snake Witcher’s true form, what she had become over the years. Mutating, though she would call it evolution and acceptance. As her head sank into the water she would swim away, and he’d catch the fading sight of a serpent’s tail in the water. But if he pursued her he would find a hardship in place, as once Majobi left, she was gone… |||< *** Quell Nature ***:  The ability given to Ayperos by Majobi the Snake Witcher. This ability, at first, is UNKNOWN, and activates itself at a time of emotional crisis. Quell Nature allows Ayperos to have a single moment of solace where his mentality is broken into two pieces, that can converse between one another in his head (the human side, the dragon side). When the mentality is broken into two pieces, Ayperos has the ability to choose to quell or deny his own nature. This can work in both a good way or a bad way (as Majobi said, it is both a gift, and a curse, choose wisely). This is because he can either shut down his dragon nature and be lead faithfully forward on humanity, or he can quell his human nature and become driven by ferocious instinct. During Quell Nature, stats of the half that has been denied are given to the half that has succeeded in control. IE: If the dragon nature is quelled, even though Ayperos in his human state will thrive for a period of time uninterrupted, he will (for that period of time) have the strength, speed, stamina, intellect, and other such stats of the draconic side stacked onto his normal stats. Quell Nature is a temporary ability, and can only be used once in a given battle. >|||  <e>

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<p class="MsoNormal">ChairmenRyoji: Densuke’s ripping attempt at the snake’s flesh was indeed sucsesful, the snake took the hit in stride and continued to traverse it’s body around Densuke, actually forming acoil of sorts, a thick one at that  considering it’s size wouldn’t be easy to break out of even with exceptional strength, the snake still had incredibly thick reptilian skin. Densuke would watch as it’s body ascended into thick loops, and he’d sigh to himself. “You should’ve taken the easy way out monster. Now I’m really gonna have to get brutal.’ Densuke could smell the snake’s blood as it bled from the wound, and his method of escape was completely gone. The snake closed in and densuke’s movements grew less and less..but as always the detective had a plan. Before the snake closed in too tightly, Densuke would just barely squat. Being in the Shinto realm, his muscular structure already in a supernatural state, he’d react the only probable way he could. In his head, calculating the snake’s ascension, and the rate of it, it’d take not effort for him to leap a great distance, in one bound, surpassing 10 feet, and being about 15 feet in the air, but ah this was more than just a leap on the way of his ascension he would catch a peak at the location of the snake’s head and neck area. On his way up he’d attempt to use his right hand and latch onto the snake’s open would and bring it upwards in his rise, simultaneously riding the momentum, and looping around the snake’s head only to plant his feet on the coil of it’s body directly below that of the head, planting his feet there. Though the snake’s skin was slippery, Densuke’s feet had increasingly rough amounts of dirt and tough skin, allowing him a good bit of grip against it’s skin. Once done, Densuke would attempt to tear open the already stretched back skin even more with BOTH hands, creating not only a wider tear but a split of the skin he was tearing, also aiming was tear into whatever bone was available inside of the neck area and rip it right out, through even more flesh and muscle, also but this time making it twice as total, so much so to the point where the rip would be more so of an 180 degree semicircle around the snake’s head, surely causing it to bleed out and loose vital and important organ tissue in it’s head neck region. If successful Densuke would rebound off of the snake’s body and dart downwards, standing in place and observing the snake as it was, attempting to see if it would yield or continue on. If Densuke’s grabbing attempt failed, i.e if he missed, he’d simply ride his momentum, and use his tail as a propeller to ascend upward into the air and take a holding spot 20 feet above the 10 feet he just was (all in all 30 feet in the air) he’d continue to ascend unless the snake acted otherwise, but Densuke played smart deducing it’s length and flying above it and hovering, awaiting the snake’s next move. Densuke knew he couldn’t be to offensive with a foe this flexible, especially without the usage of his chi. If this wasn’t enough, Densuke would be sure of one thing, if his next maneuver didn’t work, he was going to have to full blow combat this weather he wanted to or not. Sometimes a good defense is a good offense, but that would only become apparent as the battle continued.::Danny:: The knock back was indeed successful and Ariel was okay. However the snake was not without a brain. Once danny caught his footing the snake’s tial immediately went for a counter strike and swept his legs from underneath his body causing him to fall down, to his left, on his left shoulder. This sadly left him at a bit of a disadvantage, as the snake was now lunging at him full force with an open mouth. “!!” His reflexes reacting for him, he’d simply push off of the ground with his left arm, sending him airborne, and above the snake’s lunging location. As his mind entered a state of quick time in a sense, he’d attempt to lash his right foot down upon the beast neck, completely stoping it’s momentum in place and sending it crashing to the ground. If this hit was successful, Danny would allow his weight to drop on the neck of the beast, holding it’s head in place, as he’d then rear his right arm back, folding it in wards, and launching an adrenaline fueled right elbow into the crainium of the beast, his enhaced Shinto strength enough to literally crack the skull in two, but not with visible damage. Danny’s master of many martial arts was a given, as such he’d apply the principles of Dim Mak into a harder strike, placing an acute amount of pressure on the crainium’s focal point and center, thus resulting in an internally split skull, that would send fragment’s of bone into the brain, and cuase massive ruptures resulting in either instant death or permanent retardation of the snake. If danny’s counter combination failed, he would still preform the dodge of the lunge, and attempt to kick off of the snake’s moving body, and quickly take chase to it. Once he’d caught up with the moving snake after. Once he’d caught up with the moving snake after dodging the bite, Danny would attempt to, while running beside it of course, use the Dim Make in the point of his fingers to strike the back of the snake’s neck, right below where the cranium ended, attempting to crack it’s skull from another location but more so the back of the skull trying to sever it’s brain stem in half completely and render it immobile if possible. Should this hit or miss, danny would take only a step back, no fear in his eyes, and take the martial arts style stance known as snake style, from the five style fist, and wait patiently, his body bobbing back and forth like his foe would be.-e-

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<p class="MsoNormal">xXAyperosXx: Ayperos would look at her with his slit ice blue eyes and then see her smile and look at the water and back up to him and then tell him that he was different as her hands would tickle down his arms, feeling like spiders down his scaled skin and this giveing him chill once more untill she grabbed his hands and rubded her thumbs on the sides, her skinn feeling like that of a new born snake, or one that had just shed its skin. she would then squeeze his hands and it seemed as if all the power she put in his body would suddenly ignite like fire, going to all the parts in his body. Thoiugh it felt really strange he wouln't pull away as it felt strangly good. she would be holding his hands tight as she prest her soft warm body into his and push him back and then keep them just behind the waterfall, her body pressed firmly to his as she then leaned up and whispered in his ear and tolded him that she has given him a geft, but yet a curse as well. And then tell him that he will know what it was when thr red filled sky was near and that his hands are lazed with unwelcome stain. only then will he know what she has done At this time the sensations started to die in his body and then hear her tell him that she will be watching him and following him to see the end of his stor for she was curious of the novel that lingered in his soul.. She would then back away, their warm bodys parting with each other as she would then be surrounded by mist  and sink don and step back more, telling him to choose wisely and a smile go across her face and then he would see tiny ebony scales around her body and then her beautiful mossy green eyes and then she sank down even more and swam away, her tail the last thing he saw. he would stand there a moment in his monsterous dragon/human hybrid form and then get out of the water slowly changing back to human form besides his great wings. He would put his pants and boots on and grab his katanas and shirt, opening his wings wide. At this time Lenris would run up only to be knocked down by Ayperos shooting off right above him and soon out of veiw. Lenris would look for a moment. "What have you let her do to you brother..." He would look at the water for a moment and then take off at high speeds in the dirrction he flew off in.

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<p class="MsoNormal">''~Summary~ Densuke and Danny, having defeated the serpents at last, would’ve found themselves staring at the withering bodies. Where the bodies dissipated, they’d each find a different item resting before them. For Densuke, he would see a bracelet made of twenty dark glossy beads containing Majobi’s chi. Once he picked it up and put it on he’d immediately understand what it could do (twenty uses of a chi-blast that devours all chi in the area). For Danny he would find a cloth strip that could be used for a belt, around the head as a headband, or even around the lower arm. The cloth had a pheromone on it that once he picked it up, he’d find his thumb pricked by a hidden thorn that made him immune to said pheromone. The pheromone for others thought would make them second-guess their standings against him, making him appear more powerful and dominant to those around him. To weaker opponents as far as intelligence goes, it would stun them when they looked Danny in the eye. ''