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Post by Sprow on Dec 16, 2014 23:26:07 GMT -5
As Arin spoke, Amaya gave a nod. It would be best to find out before doing. Otherwise, they could make things worse if they rushed in on the assumption they needed to fight. After a moment, Arin stated that the indians only appeared to be carrying bows and arrows. None of them looked like they had anything other than that. It put Arin and Amaya in a good position. Here, they had the upper hand. Their armors could easily deflect the arrows without a problem. Just so long as no arrows struck them somewhere where the armor didn't protect.
Arin finally said that he could handle the indians while the other two led Tiger Lily out of the tent. If the indian chief's daughter proved to be a fake, they could handle the fake while Peter and the lost boys found the real Tiger Lily. Hopefully, the girl wasn't dead somewhere. If it were Reiko, there was a chance that she could be depending on what possessed her made her do.
"Alright, let's do this then. The sooner, the better." Amaya waited with Peter for Arin to go in and distract the indians. Once that was started, the other two would rush in and grab hold of Tiger Lily on either arm and drag her out of the tent. The indian princess was surprised as she was taken out. When they got outside, a laugh was uttered.
"You fools, you alienated the indians now doing this! Just as I would hope!" came the voice. It wasn't a woman's, that was for sure. It was a man's, the same one that Amaya heard coming from the other two Dragoon Warriors.
"Arin! It's not the real Tiger Lily!" Amaya stated as the image of Tiger Lily distorted and changed to the visage of none other than Reiko, Amaya's best friend. Well, former considering she was now possessed.
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Post by Raphael on Dec 16, 2014 23:58:01 GMT -5
Arin nodded as Amaya and Peter waited for him to go distract the indians. Arin flew overhead, tapping the armor piece on his arm to trigger his keyblade armor. He decided to make it seem like he was the only threat in the area. He whistled loud and caught the attention of all the indians, who chased after him just outside of the tribe borders, and close enough to watch Amaya and Peter slip into the tepee and drag Tiger Lily out, all while enduring an annoying barrage of arrows. He stood still while they fruitlessly fired arrow after arrow at him, only to bounce off and land on the ground near him or stick inside a nearby tree.
"...That's getting annoying...How about you stop now..." He fired a wave of black flames at the indians' feet, spooking them enough for him to fly back to the large tepee and see Reiko showing herself finally. Arin landed beside Amaya, summoning forth his keyblade and letting his armor dissipate for now, revealing a face that was almost familiar to Reiko when meeting his gaze "...You must be Reiko then...Want to explain exactly why you tricked these indians into thinking you're their chief's daughter, and where she is?"
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Post by Sprow on Dec 17, 2014 0:19:13 GMT -5
Now that Amaya and Peter had her out in the open, Tiger Lily transformed to reveal Reiko. Amaya, admittedly, was only mildly surprised. She knew this was one of Reiko's signature abilities. She was capable of not just air based abilities but also that of illusions. Amaya furrowed her brows at her former best friend. It scared her to see her like this. However, she knew that she had to do what she must. There was no other way.
Arin arrived on the scene, spotting Reiko whom had spotted him. There was a sense of familiarity but Reiko knew this couldn't be that Nirax. Nirax had something covering the eyes, after all, and wasn't exactly social. She let out a laugh. "So you could alienate the indians, making them think their princess was in danger and that you all were the real enemy here. As for where she is, well, that I am not telling. I like to mess with people's heads~!"
"I guess we have no choice...but if I were to take a wild guess, I think I already have an idea of where she is."
"Fine then, come at me. Kill your best friend! Break another piece of that heart of your's, Amaya~! Keep it up and there won't be anything else left to break~!"
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Post by Raphael on Dec 17, 2014 22:44:29 GMT -5
Arin stepped forward and brandished his keyblade at Reiko, his tone and expression dropping his normally relaxed tone and focusing on exactly what was needed to be done "...That's enough from you, missy. Peter, get to the lost boys and go find Tiger Lily, convince the indians to join in if you can...We can handle the impostor."
He looked over to Amaya, who mentioned having an idea of where Tiger Lily might be. She knew that this is one of the closest friends she had, and they still had her sister to take are of "...Amaya, go help Peter and the others find Tiger Lily, I'll keep Reiko busy until you get back..." The dark gaze and tone of his voice indicated more than he was saying, but he masked it the best he could, for Amaya's sake.
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Post by Sprow on Dec 17, 2014 23:51:07 GMT -5
Amaya watched as Arin stepped forward, brandishing his keyblade at Reiko once he knew who it was. He told her that it was enough before telling Peter to go and find Tiger Lily. Peter gave a nod and motioned for Tinkerbell to follow him. With that, the two flitted off to go and find the Lost Boys.
While Peter was doing that, Arin looked over at Amaya. As he did so, she heard him tell her that she should go and help Peter and the others. He was going to keep Reiko busy in the meantime.
"Sure Amaya, run away like a dog with it's tail tucked between its legs. Let someone else fight your battles for you. Suffer with the consequences if he dies while you're away~!"
Amaya glared at Reiko before looking over at Arin. She didn't know what he was really going to do. "Are you...sure? Well, okay then. Be careful," Amaya said, giving Arin a pat on the shoulder, giving him a meaningful look in the eyes before taking off after Peter and Tinkerbell.
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Post by Raphael on Dec 21, 2014 20:52:02 GMT -5
Arin grinned as Reiko started criticizing Amaya if she took off, finding her thinking that if he died, it would be her fault "...I think you'll find I'm more capable of taking care of myself than you think. Get going, Amaya!" He gave Amaya a confident and reassuring smile, before training his gaze back on Reiko, his lethal intent in his eyes.
Once the others were gone, Arin slowly walked towards Reiko, sizing her up as he got closer, and keeping his blade at the ready as he tried to spot her weapon of choice, and if her armor had any weak points like Amaya's armor did.
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Post by Sprow on Dec 25, 2014 17:27:34 GMT -5
Amaya wondered if leaving was the right thing. If Arin should die, then yes, Amaya would feel terrible for it. Still, she knew what Arin was. He might not be a fully trained keyblade wielder but he was more than capable. After all, they were known as the strongest warriors in the worlds. Reiko was known for her tricks other than her wind abilities but he was more than capable. Part of her insisted that she stay but Arin had urged her on. The confident smile was enough to reassure her.
"I'll see you soon, Arin."
With that, Amaya took off in pursuit of the Lost Boys, Peter and Tink. The last thing she heard was a cruel laugh, amused by Arin's proclamation that he was more than capable. As Amaya had left, she scurried as fast as she could. She hoped that Reiko hadn't killed Tiger Lily, it would be sad.
Reiko, in the meantime, watched as Arin approached. As he sized her up, she sized him up in return. In her hands appeared two sickles with thin barely noticeable metallic wires attached to them. So where the swings might be able to be avoided, the wires were another danger to worry about. Getting entangled into them would not be beneficial. Her armor had appeared, gray in color. It looked like the other warriors, shaped like a dragon. The difference was the color, shape of the horns on the helmet. There were weak points, much the others in the joints. However, one had to cut off the head of the snake to get rid of it. Could Arin do it?
"You were foolish to take me on alone."
As she said this, Reiko sent both sickles swinging through the air at Arin. As they went, the wires were crisscrossing behind them. If Arin ducked, he would also have to duck before the wires wrapped about him. After all, these wires were sharp enough to cleave off one's head.
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Post by Raphael on Dec 28, 2014 11:31:40 GMT -5
Arin grinned and leapt up, using his double-flight to leap higher in the air and avoid the sickles flying at him. He spotted the way they spun and assumed either that were connected, or she was manipulating them with her mind. Either way, that was a problem.
During his second midair jump, he flipped over Reiko and aimed his hand at her, first launching a mass of black fire at her, then hurling his keyblade at her. Hit or miss, he summoned his black coat, and recalled his keyblade. He perched in a crouched position, stabilized by one hand while his other hand held the keyblade at the ready. He was smiling confidently as he looked at Reiko, eyes fixated on his goal
"Not one to listen to others, are you? Let me repeat myself." Lifting his free hand up, he taunted Reiko, egging her on to come and get him.
"You're going to have to do better than that, lady."
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Post by Sprow on Dec 29, 2014 22:30:43 GMT -5
Amaya didn't take long to catch up with the others. As she did, she spared the Indian village in the distance a last glance before focusing on the children. Peter was rallying them to find Princess Tiger Lily. The would all separate to find her faster. If anyone found her, they were to regroup and tell the others. Only then would they all go and fetch her. As the groups started to split up, Amaya went with Peter and two of his friends, the ones dressed as raccoons.
Reiko, when she threw her weapons, saw Arin leaping into the air. As he did so, he had managed to avoid the attack she made. Honestly, she did not expect her first initial attack to land a hit. If he was, as he said he was, that good then such an attack would have been an insult if it had landed. She could see him extend a hand as he flipped over her. In response, she dived forward and rolled to avoid narrowly flames getting her. When she recovered, a keyblade was launched at her and she narrowly had time to bring her weapons back to her hands but these were not what blocked the attack that came her way. Much like Amaya, her dragoon armor's tail came up and blocked the attack.
There was a noticeable change that came over Arin, Reiko noted. Instead of looking the way he did. Now, he wore a black coat of sorts. His appearance looked darker. Now, he looked more familiar.
"Hmph, you look familiar. As for that, you're right a simple attack of that nature would have been an insult if it had landed. Had to make sure what you said was true and not a hoax."
As Reiko said that, she split into several versions of herself. There had to be a total of eight and all of them were doing the same thing, darkly smiling at Arin. "I may not be the leader but I am the brains of the Dragoon Warriors that were so easily corrupted. I see you, yourself, are not very far behind." Since she was talking, all copies were doing the same thing. It would be hard to find the real Reiko amidst the copies.
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Post by Raphael on Dec 30, 2014 23:46:55 GMT -5
Arin's eyes narrowed when Reiko mentioned he looked familiar. Did she encounter Nirax? If that was the case, he's still hunting for him. Still, she was running her mouth and still boasting about her intellect, and had the nerve to say he wasn't far off from being corrupted himself.
"Been there, done that, corruption isn't my thing anymore...You all gonna attack me, or are you gonna stand there running your mouth!" He threw his keyblade at the Reiko he kept his eyes trained on initially, before she started splitting into multiples, hoping that this illusion was simply visual, and not physical.
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Post by Sprow on Jan 2, 2015 21:05:47 GMT -5
Peter and the raccoon adorned Lost Children took pause as they came to a bit of a crossroads. Where should they all go? Amaya looked thoughtful. With Reiko as she was right now, the only way to get that whirlwind down was to defeat her so that her power no longer kept it enclosed. Already, she had a bit of an inkling on what Arin was going to do.
"Let's go to that cave that looks like a skull!" Amaya suggested.
Reiko, or rather all of them, quirked a brow as Arin spoke. Honestly, whatever was controlling the warriors seemed to enjoy talking. When Arin stated that he had been through corruption, it only made Reiko wonder more. Maybe she had seen that part of Arin? Maybe that thing that attacked her was also a part of Arin? It would make sense. Especially when it seemed intent on going after its own target when the warriors had nothing to do with it, perceiving them as a threat to its target. Well, his but was he really a he and not a something? It wasn't easy to explain.
When Arin attacked, he would find himself effectively attacking what looked to be Reiko until it disappeared after one strike. Nope, that wasn't Reiko. She must have switched her position amidst all the copies. Luckily for Arin, the copies weren't as strong as the real Reiko and their attacks, if any were going to hit, wouldn't hurt as much as an actual punch even though they seemed to have sharp weapons like Reiko.
In sync with her copies, Reiko lunged for Arin. She was coming up from his right with an upward slash.
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Post by Raphael on Jan 4, 2015 12:32:23 GMT -5
Arin didn't even recall his keyblade when he launched it, letting it vanish as he flicked his hands and a pair of handles slipped out of his sleeves and into his hands. As the copies all came at Arin, he knelt down and started channeling his light "Guard!"
A barrier lit up and stopped all of the copies from reaching him, and Arin looked around to spot which one had done more damage. He spotted a crack on the right side of his barrier and smirked "Gotcha."
He summoned up the light in his heart, and let the barrier down as a burst of light exploded from his body, pushing the weaker copies back. When the light from the blast cleared, Arin was standing there, swords in hand, but he wore no armor, and the clothes he had before seemed to have had their colors switched around.
[Mirror form active]
Arin's first move was swinging his swords in an X motion, and a wave in the same shape was moving quickly for Reiko, Arin following close behind and preparing both strikes for a scissor-styled decapitation.
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Post by Sprow on Jan 5, 2015 20:59:08 GMT -5
"You mean Skull Rock? Ya think she's in there?" Peter asked Amaya. Amaya gave a nod at this. Unfortunately, due to the wind that kicked up around it, there was no way for them to get inside as they are now. Well, not those of them that couldn't fly. Amaya and Peter could likely get there but it wouldn't be an easy task.
"Of course, you know what this means, right? We're going to have to fly to get in there!" Amaya stated. Peter then looked at his pals. A wordless agreement seemed to happen amongst them since all they did was nod before setting off in the direction of Skull Rock with Amaya bringing up the rear.'
Meanwhile, during the fight between Rieko and Arin, a barrier was brought up at the mere utterance of a single word. "Guard" had blocked Reiko's attack. Reiko's attack had left a crack on the barrier. Then, there was a flash of bright light that made her copies disperse. Then, Arin focused his attention on Reiko swinging his swords in an X formation that was sent flying her way. Arin was right behind it.
A dark laugh escaped Reiko then as the X formation hit her. It really looked like Arin had sliced off her head then. There was even a solid sound as if Arin really had lopped off her head. Reiko's body dropped to the ground. Did Arin really win this fight that easily?
Reiko actually fazed out at the last possible moment, side stepping the attack as she made herself blend with her surroundings and made a copy replace herself with the work of her illusions. She watched as the copy acted as she wanted it to. A means to make Arin think that he had actually won. Quietly, she stalked around to some distance behind him, not paying mind to anything else but Arin still looking like the scenery from around. However, behind her, there was no need to conceal herself so someone could easily see her from behind and stop her before she got Arin. She crouched, waiting for the perfect moment to spring.
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Post by Raphael on Jan 6, 2015 22:11:54 GMT -5
Arin watched Reiko's body slump to the ground, thinking he had won. Then, she vanished, and Arin was on alert, looking left and right to try and spot where Reiko had walked off to.
*She's a crafty one, those illusions are going to be tricky to counter...*
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Post by Sprow on Jan 9, 2015 23:20:36 GMT -5
Amaya and the others had finally made it. As soon as they got there, Amaya could clearly see a cyclone surrounding it. The cyclone winds were powerful but didn't kick up so much debris that it was easy to see Skull Rock before them at its core. Peter turned to Amaya, who in turn had faced him.
"Alright, this will be tough but I know we can do it!"
"Yeah, we can do it so long as we're careful."
"Don't go sounding like an adult on us now!" Peter stated. It was in good humor form what she could see and Amaya gave a bit of a chuckle and nodded.
"Don't worry, I'll spare you." At this, they each gave each other a nod and took flight.
Reiko hadn't gotten to see Arin's surprise when he discovered that her illusion had dispersed, revealing that she hadn't died. She was behind him. The only indicator that she was behind him may be her shadow. After all, she might be a good illusionist but her shadow was something she can't hide. Well, actually, she could. She just didn't think to do that.
If Arin looked, he may just notice the briefest moment before she went to slash him from behind the movement of her shadow.
(OOC: Figured this would help since you did not want Nirax to show up early.)
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Post by Raphael on Jan 13, 2015 21:21:26 GMT -5
Arin spotted the faintest hint of a shadow behind him, and he spun around just in time to parry Reiko's strike "Pretty typical of a coward to use tricks and strike someone from behind!" He started using the adrenaline pumping in his veins to fuel his struggle with Reiko, forcing her blades back a bit before suddenly he took a turn for the worse.
Arin's body suddenly emitted a black aura, and his strength waned a bit, forcing him to lose ground during the struggle. To compensate for this, he used all of his might to push Reiko back, aiming his blades in the same cross slash attack he did before *Dammit! Not now! I have to end this quickly before he shows up!*
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Post by Sprow on Jan 17, 2015 17:54:55 GMT -5
Amaya could see Peter flying along the same direction she was going. They had to take care to not get too close to the whirlwind lest it suck them in. They wanted to go inside, that much was true, but that way would be dangerous at that sort of speed of wind. Amaya imagined it would likely kill them. She and Peter went in a roundabout way to reach the top, taking care to give the whirlwind surrounding Skull Rock a wide berth.
Once they were sure they were safely near the top of it, Amaya and Peter took a short moment to glance at it and then nod. Determined, the both took a dive for the center.
Reiko, meanwhile, had gone for the strike only to find that she had been detected. Never the less, she pushed on her weapons. Arin had caught her in time though and was pushing her weapons back. That is, until something happened. He had been in the middle of telling her that fighting someone and stabbing them in the back was cowardly when his body emitted a dark aura all of a sudden. It had happened fast and it seemed to have effected Arin to the point of almost losing to her during their struggle. Reiko would have tried to kill him right then in there if Arin hadn't recovered enough to push her back and used the cross slash attack again.
This had knocked Reiko off her feet and onto her rump but she wasn't out for the count nor was she dead. Recovering, Reiko got back to her feet with a powerful flap from her armor's wings. The result was two small twisters that were about four feet in height. Although they were not strong enough to drag Arin into them, they could still hurt if they were to hit him.
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Post by Raphael on Jan 19, 2015 22:33:15 GMT -5
Arin was too drained from the overwhelming darkness to respond quick enough to the twisters coming right for him. the most he could do is brace himself with his barrier. But the winds f the twisters were too strong, even for his barrier, and he was hit by the remaining force of the winds as they passed by. He suddenly found himself feeling some new power forming inside of him, one that he didn't recognize before, but seemed familiar to what he just experienced.
The force of the twisters were enough to knock Arin on his front, forcing himself back onto his feet as quickly as he could, and suddenly looking drained. *Just being in the same world as him is putting a strain on my body, I have to get out of here before he finds me...I can't take on both of them at once.*
"...Is...That...It? Just...Some gusts...Of wind?"
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Post by Sprow on Jan 25, 2015 21:30:12 GMT -5
Amaya and Peter dived in. As soon as they did, Amaya could feel the strong winds around them circulating but not pulling them in since they were directly at its center. If they strayed but a little, they risked getting sucked into the winds and blown outwards or worse. Amaya did her best to not think of it as they landed on Skull Rock's surface. There had to be a crag open somewhere. The two searched for an opening. It looked like only one entrance was available to them from here, one of the eye sockets. So, they took it and entered the giant cavern.
Reiko could sense Arin's strength weakening. Well, not so much as sense them weakening, but more that she could see that his resistance wasn't as strong as it had been before. She had managed to land a double hit on him with the twisters she had sent.
"You don't sound as cocky as you did before. Sounds to me like you're weakening as we speak..." Reiko trailed off, a wicked grin appeared on her face then at that realization as she approached Arin.
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Post by Raphael on Jan 26, 2015 1:00:11 GMT -5
Arin could feel that familiar power building, slowly working its way from his core, and outward to his arms, where a very faint whirlwind began to form around his blades, slightly masked by the glowing light and consuming dark matter of his swords. Chuckling, he started smirking coyly "...Heh...you know......Under...Different circumstances...You might be right..."
As Reiko drew nearer, Arin could feel himself getting more familiar with this power that was growing in him. That was it! This was a wind ability, the same one that Reiko just used on him, and he somehow had control of it! He may have a way to get out of this just in time after all.
"...But do not mistake my burden...for weakness!"
Arin waited until Reiko was too close for her to react, but far enough away so she couldn't strike him either, that was when he made his move. Swinging both blades horizontally, Arin launched the very attack that Reiko used on him, but this time, it was moving directly for her, and she was far closer this time to the whirlwinds than he was, and had less time to react to the surprise attack. He waited until he was sure that the attack actually hit her, before taking flight, and making a break for it. He was out of time, this point in the heaviness of his heart was when he knew Nirax was mere moments from him.
*I have to get out of here, and find Amaya! We can't stay here!*
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