Taking Care of Business [Invite]

Liari... really didn't like human cities. They were cramped and noisy at the BEST of times and the outskirts were merely that dialed down a bit! So many of them here, all looking at and down (literally) upon the majin, her dark blue flesh making her stand out like a sore thumb among the peach-skins! Even so, she got a closer look at these... things in their natural environments, living in boxes stacked upon boxes with little clear windows to peer out into the night with! Some were riding in those little hovering pod-things down narrow paths, others on flat boards that too could hover! SOME even looked strong, their bodies engorged with mass to the point of a single flex potentially having the ability to shake the city at its foundations! Liari, though... was uncomfortable and bored. She had come here for fun, EXCITEMENT... and to get away from the stupid FREEZING northern mountains. She WANTED something to do but the LAST two guys she tried to fight with ended up MANGLED after just one punch! It was, like, hitting a piñata with a massive subaquatic drill or something! 

It would only be as the sun was going down, that Liari would, by chance, stumble upon a particular warehouse door! pinkish flames whisped out from between the cracks of the door itself, lashing out wildly, yet with ethereal grace at whatever happened to pass by! THAT... That was different! The majin caught sight of a fly zipping just a little too close to the lashing ki-limbs, one SWATTING it down with merciless effectiveness, leaving but a charred mass of carbon where life once resided!

"Wow..." The majin whispered with curious allure, her silver eyes wide, her grin... even wider! She just HAD to know what was behind those doors! Maybe a giant monster to fight! Maybe something shiny and pretty to take "home!" Maybemaybemaybe! Instantly forgetting the danger the pink lashes provided, Liari would walk RIGHT up to the door, arm cocked back to PUNCH it open... only for one of the flames to LASH across her cheek! 

"WAH!" She cried out, stumbling clumsily backwards before tripping over her own feet and falling on her butt! instantly, her hand shot to her face, nursing a NASTY burn-mark the door had left. It HUUUURT, her skin charred BLACK along a thin, diagonal slash down her face, its indent DEEP into her cheek, nearly right into her mouth! 

"OWOWOWOWOWOW!" She whined, slowly climbing to her feet, her "ows" growing quieter and less frequent... as the wound began to close! Indeed, her unique physiology gave her GREAT regenerative abilities, her flesh regaining color and stitching itself back together perfectly in a matter of a few LONG moments! However, while her body was perfectly fine... her temper was still BURNING!

"RRRRRRGH!" She growled, Bringing her hands forward, one hand pointed down, the other up, their wrists touching lightly as Liari's aura FLARED to life around her like a pinkish flashfire! 

"KA.... ME....." 

Liari brought her hands back behind her cupping the air between them... and then, nursing a small ball of reddish-pink energy!

"HAAAAAAA..... MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE...." 

The orb grew larger, separating her hands, the majin's eyes flashing an enraged red as she targeted the flaming door's center!

"HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!"

Throwing her hands forward, a MASSIVE Pink-Red energy-wave would SMASH into the warehouse door, struggling against whatever ki was placed against it to hold it steady... before EXPLODING in a GLORIOUS BLAZE of reddish energy, BLASTING the warehouse door to kingdom come... oh, and open the way to the warehouse too! Smirking at her handiwork, the little blue majin would march on in as pleased as a whole bowl of punch. It wouldn't take her long to discover the mafioso scene playing out securely in the center of the warehouse, the little blue girl staring at the two... before PLOPPING herself down on a stray box that was just laying about nearby! This looked kinda fun and stuff! She never say a peach-skin (let alone one with pink hair) hurt another one before! If only she had a bag of munchies with her right now! 

As if Liari hadn't just broken and barged into this typically disturbing scene, Liari would cup her cheeks in her hands and watch the humans with profound interest, her sanguine eyes flashing back to their cold, steely silvers.

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What, was the show already over!? AFTER JUST THAT?? Liari's curious smirk turned downward sharply into a disappointed frown, the human in pink breaking the 4th wall (as far as this little production was concerned) to address the audience! In fact, he didn't seem all-too-pleased to have one at all, waving a fireball in the majin's face as he expressed his displeasure! In response, Liari would take a DEEEEEEEP breath in, her chest inflating like the neck-pouch of a frog before BLOWING it out like a high-pressure air-cannon over Derry's blazing hand, putting it out like a candle for a moment! She had QUITE ENOUGH of getting burned this evening... and she didn't much appreciate her show getting cut off before she had a chance to even understand the plot or appreciate the visuals! 

"Nonono! You not stop!" Liari stated, alarmed and annoyed. Derry either didn't care what the majin wanted, however, and merely proceeded to PROBE her with questions, connecting her to the poor sap that was tied the chair! And "blue...berry...?" What did THAT have to do with any of this, whatever it was!? The majin tilted her head slightly, the dusty gears in her brain WHIRRING to life as understanding began to kick in... What, he thought SHE was part of this show? That she wanted IN? What gave him that impression!? What was more, she took that little gibberish about blues and berries as the insult it was likely intended to be, his tone of voice registering as mocking, demeaning... as if he held every card in the deck and he wanted you to know it. The majin lightly tapped her cheek with her finger, her silver eyes glowing a sinister red once more, annunciated by the shadowy interior of the warehouse. 

"Stupid..." Liari muttered, her lips curling back in a snarl. "You no fun at all." 

Liari's power SURGED, BLOWING APART any nearby crates, to mere splinters, their contents meeting the same fate as their containers! The Majin hovered ever so slightly off the ground so that her toes barely grazed the floor below, her arms dropping limply down by her sides. Her energy radiated a sharp, pink glow, a blaze of ki circling wildly around her as her temper continued to blaze! She was GONNA get her show, by golly, if it meant she was gonna smack it out of him! 

And speaking of smacking...

Without warning, Liari's mouth would SHOOT open, revealing a ball of energy tucked just inside her mouth! With a gargled YELL it would SHOOT out towards Derry, aiming to PEG him right in the chest and send him barreling over! A SUITABLE PUNISHMENT for cutting off her entertainment!

WC: 450
TWC: 1178

Liari's jaw snapped shut... then dropped slightly in surprise as Derry just casually snatched her blast out of the air and CUPPED it in his hand as if it were his own! With quip about (what should have been singed leg-hair) his shirt, he would let the blast FLY up into the sky, pulverizing a hole RIGHT through the roof before disappearing into the night! No doubt that got the attention of someone outside, if Liari blowing down the door hadn't... Nonetheless, Liari was just now figuring out she MAY be a teency weency bit out of her league. After all, how could she compete with a legendary SUPER SHIRT!?

"You shirt be REALLY STRONG then..." Liari muttered, wiping her lips with the back of her wrist. Felt a little WEIRD after that mouth-blast. "It make you REALLY strong then!" She then looked at the top of his head, noticing a rather hot shade of pink, stylized hair on his head. It stood out so much in the darkness of the warehouse, it was practically glowing in the dark! The majin narrowed her eyes at it, thinking... before a GLOWING light-bulb POPPED into existence above her head! 

Ah, there were Liari's chaotic powers manifesting out of control once again. 

"YOU GOT SUPER SHIRT AAAAAANNNNND SUPER HAIR!?" Liari exclaimed, stepping back a bit in shock... and downright amazement. "THAT SO COOL! WHERE I GET ONE!?" 

Derry would confirm Liari's suspicions that due to his awesome hair and inconspicuously MIGHTY shirt (in her mind, at least), she was WAY out of her league here... SO he'll take it down a notch! You know... for FUN'S sake! THE BEST, SAKE! Liari, who would normally be offended by such a gesture... would grin widely! She STARED at Derry's flowing, pink locks, her hands reaching out, her fingers opening and closing greedily! She knew what she wanted from this fight now... It wasn't JUST for something FUN...

She wanted that SHIRT! AND HIS HAIR!

"MINE!" Liari would screech, LUNGING at Derry before suddenly DISAPPEARING in a flash of movement! She would appear behind the gangster a moment later, hands outstretched to GRAB onto the fabric of his shirt! Should she manage to grab it, she would FLY UP quickly, attempting to pull it RIGHT off his body! She needed it! SHE WANTED ITS POWER!

WC: 389
TWC: 1567

Liari ignored the human's attempt to persuade her of her magical beliefs as he was OBVIOUSLY trying to keep all the magic and stuff to himself! And why NOT? She would have done the same thing if she had such a shirt and hairdo! The mobster even seemed SHOCKED when she made her little sneak-attack on his shirt, RIPPING IT OFF HIS BACK in a matter of seconds and then, in another, slipping it on herself!

"YAY! I STRONG NOW!" Liari declared with triumph, Derry's garb hanging off her like some mythic robe, nearly reaching her mid-lower-legs! The majin could almost FEEL the power flowing through her now, the magical influence of Derry's TRULY magic armor... coming from her imagination, more than anything... and OH did she have such an active imagination. Derry's outrage at being stripped of his shirt said it ALL to Liari, him even conceding that there was only ONE who could actually do that!

"Yeah! And it ME!" She declared proudly, pointing her thumb at herself to annunciate her declaration! "I do it! It mine now!" WELL... Derry seemed to take exception to that. In an instant, he would literally BURST into flames... then extinguish himself in a comedically short time, his body replaced now with an armored suit that seemed to come out of nowhere! Liari's eyes WIDENED at this MAGIC, her jaw dropping slightly in awe before making a super-villainy threat in her direction...

Which, naturally, only served to rile Liari up more than anything!

"I know!" She giggled at the funny-man, laughing even harder as his head burst into flames moments later! She couldn't help it! IT WAS FUNNY, OKAY!? His armor, though, was more cool than hilarious... and that made her wonder... could she do something similar...? Derry would raise his hands, summoning two fireballs, only for Liari to HOLD UP BOTH HER HANDS!

"WAIT!!" She screamed, loud enough to blank out ANY other noise! Should Derry pause for even a moment, Liari would grin, stretching out her arms to either side. "I CAN DO THAT TOO! HMMMMMMMMMMRRRRRRRMMMMPH!" 

Steam would ERUPT from Liari's arms as if she were brewing hot TEA inside, the loud SQUEEL of escaping air filling the silence of the warehouse! Liari's aura SPIKED and nerves bulged along her face, her cheeks PUFFING OUT with effort as more and more steam expelled from her body! Enough was coming, by this point, to completely envelop and hide her lower body from sight, The majin's face finally relaxing into a content... but also eager smile... BEFORE throwing an ARMORED hand out of the smoke, blowing it all away! As if by MAGIC, Liari had manifested her OWN suit of armor in the image of Derry's... though, obviously it favored blue over pink and subtracted the helmet! One might call it an homage of sorts! Liari certainly thought of it like that, in her own simple way!

Should Derry continue his attack, Liari would SHOOT her hands out, stopping the first fireball dead right before it impacted with her hands, the second one, though, nailing her DEAD in the chest! She would go FLYING back into the crates, smashing though a handfull and a dozen-more collapsing on top of her! 

...Not one moment later would a stretchy foot suddenly SHOOT out from under Derry, seemingly having tunneled beneath the ground aiming to SMASH into the underside of his jaw in a surprise attack! Whether it connected or not, Liari's leg would swiftly retract, the majin SHOOTING up from the crate-pile, holding one above her head!

"HUP!!!" She would grunt, HURLING the massive wooden box at Derry, aiming to pressure him even further!

Liari uses Magical Manipulation to mimic Derry's armor in appearance ONLY

WC: 610
TWC: 2177

Liari's counter-attack would NAIL the pink-armored knight right in the kisser... but it wouldn't faze him all that much as a quick swipe of his hand would cause the wood to EXPLODE in a burst of embers and flames! SUCH COLOR AND CARNAGE... AND CALATERAL! The sound of wood breaking, of energy charging, of flames CRACKLING, it was all so invigorating to the little blue majin! Liari lowered herself to the ground as the warehouse began to catch flame, spare burning rubble from the crate spreading out along the other cool, dry wood-surfaces, creating a nice little blazing arena for them to fight in! She grinned widely, the chaos of the glutenous fire reflected in her eyes, Liari snickering to herself as the once stoic environment truly came alive! Derry would outright DEMAND if the majin was mocking him, a question that the little blue girl frowned at! Mocking...? Did he mean was she making fun of him? Was that a bad thing in his mind...?

"....Yes." She said slowly, almost as if she were uncertain of what his response might be! WELL, she should have expected a STRONGER attack, Derry declaring that this fight was to begin in earnest as his legs caught on fire! "OOOOOOO!" Liari screeched, her grin nearly splitting her face in half! He was so COOL, this guy, being able to walk through fire like it was nothing... AND THEN SET HIMSELF ON FIRE as if he were covered in gasoline! Maybe THAT was why his shirt smelled all musky... He was full of all sorts of tricks!

"OH, OH! Is it super-attack time!?" Liari asked eagerly as the mob-boss rushed her down! "I got one of those too! Watch! KA... ME...." Liari threw her hands forward, clasped together at the wrist before pulling them behind her, hands cupping a small space of air... before that space was quickly filled up with ENERGY! A reddish-pinkish glow would emanate from the Majin's palms, causing the shadows around them to dance with even MORE vigor than if the flames were merely left to their consumption!

Derry wouldn't let Liari get off her attack so easily, though, his flaming legs coming at her like precise rapier-strikes, stabbing at her stomach and neck, swiping at her hips and jaw! The majin 'EEPED' and 'OOPED' around these attacks with just BARELY enough space to avoid direct contact, the flames on his limbs, however, managing to lick her deep-blue skin, leaving light discomfort, but scarcely the lash-marks his door-trap had left!

"HA... ME...."

Liari would SPRING back and into the air, Derry then channeling a cyclone of flame to FOLLOW right after, its roar like a monstrous beast, a Dinosaur, with a raging hunger! The little blue girl smirked, her beams of light poking out from between her fingers, the energy-ball so dense and massive, one could scarcely see through it! 

...It was PERFECT.

"HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!"


Liari would throw her hands forward JUST as the flames came within arm's reach, her energy-blast SMASHING against Derry's fire-blast-thing in a shockwave of POWER! It wouldn't be long, however, before Liari's beam managed to BASH through the opposing force, COMING DOWN upon the pink-armored knight like a wrath from... well... Liari, actually!

WC: 537
TWC: 2714

Liari's Kamehameha would SMASH into Derry, sending him FLYING BACK against a wall with a craterous SMASH! However, much as how Derry would warn her, celebration would be premature as his armor, hardly significantly pierced, would remain on his chest and the damage delivered would be trivial at most! The little blue girl honestly didn't know how to feel about this! On the one hand, it was exciting seeing someone who could take a DIRECT BLOW from one of her named techniques so easily! ...On the other hand, that was generally bad news if her battles with Laezi had taught her anything! This guy was TOUGH... and he didn't appear to have started yet! The majin would clench her fists at her sides as Derry threw a mild compliment in her direction, the little blue girl blushing and GRINNING like an idiot as his words reached her ears! She couldn't help it... SHE LOVED being complimented! Derry would comment, however, that Liari wouldn't make it too far in this battle if she didn't let her power LOOSE, if she didn't try...

Well, Derry had been all nice and fun to her SO far so why not trust his word?

Letting her energy LOOSE, Liari's power would SURGE forth like a tidal-wave, her aura SPILLING OUT over the flaming wooden crates all around them, quenching them with her ki's sheer oppressive pressure! The little blue girl's teeth would grit, nerve BULGING along her arms, cheeks and forehead as she strained herself to pull every drop of energy out that she could, letting out a sharp ROAR of effort as her power doubled, tripled, QUADRUPLED in seconds!

"FULL POWER-..... Oh, wazzat??" Liari would scream triumphantly... before pausing curiously as Derry threw something her way, telling her to catch it! Holding out her hands to recieve the glowing-granade, Liari would be ENCOMPASSED IN A BIG-PINK EXPLOSION the moment her palms wrapped around the bomb! 

As the light and smoke from the explosion faded, Liari would still be standing, seemingly unharmed for the most part... though her face was completely covered hin black soot and her armor had been blown off, revealing her default outfit underneath! Still, her aura surged mightily around her, STILL threateningly more powerful than before!

Liari would let out a loud, throaty cough as a black cloud of smoke escaped from her mouth, the little blue girl wiping her hand across her face in an effort to clean it... only succeeding in smearing the dirt around! 

"Eeeeew..." She groaned, looking at her black-stained hand... then laughed happily as she CLAPPED them together! "That was kinda fun! NOW you get to fight me at my best! Hope you like it!"

Liari would SPRING for Derry, bringing her leg up in a roundhouse towards his helm, aiming to kick it RIGHT off his face! Whether or not it connected, her other leg would RISE up, bringing her knee up to slam under his jaw and send his head skyward as she backflipped rather dexterously in succession with that motion! Finally, she would raise her hands up to Derry's face, exposed or not, her palms glowing RED as the majin herself grinned widely! 

"HAAAA!" She cried, firing a beam of energy point-blank at his face, hoping to send him flying back once more! 

WC: 550
TWC: 3264

The majin WOULD succeed in knocking off that funny helmet of Derry's... though not much else as her prior AND following attacks would be rendered useless by Derry's quick and scrappy-way of fighting! Her roundhouse would be pushed away and her face-blast-thingy would be swiftly ducked under, Derry's leg SMACKING Liari's legs (which were already off the ground) in a sweeping motion, tilting her at an awkward angle, only for his fist to come in HARD and DRILL itself in her chest before she could right herself!

"URGH!" Liari gagged, her eyes bulging, her cheeks PUFFING OUT as she desperately fought to keep her breath inside! A small BURST of stream escaped from the holes lining her arms upon impact with the human's fist, saliva rolling down over her bottom lip as a sign of the sheer MIGHT at the pink-man''s command (if his flaming eyes weren't enough)! This guy was TOUGH... probably stronger than Liari herself! ...But a punch like that wasn't gonna stop the little blue girl alone... No sir! That distraught, disquieted expression on Liari's face would quickly turn into a sharp, nefarious grin as Derry, would soon notice, his hand STUCK in Liari's chest! Her flesh had suddenly turned sticky and grippy, CLINGING to his knuckles and fingers as if he had stepped in REALLY chewed gum or slime! If he tried to yank his hand off, he would FAIL (at his current level of power). If he would try to PRY Liari off, she would BITE at his fingers like a vicious beast, displaying her obvious WANT to be here!

"...Wanna see an even BIGGER move...?" Liari asked ominously, cupping her hands behind her. This time, Liari wouldn't even DO the chant, merely staring DEEP into Derry's blazing eyes as she charged up her attack, her Kamehameha growing FAR larger than the last, black voltage SPARKING around the energy she cupped! More and more power SPILLED into her hands, forming a larger and larger ball, her body growing stickier around Derry's arm in case he attempted an escape!

"HERE'S A SUPER... KA-ME-HA-ME-HA!"

Throwing her hands RIGHT at Derry's exposed face, Liari would unleash a MASSIVE red Kamehameha, aiming to BLAST HIM with one of her strongest moves RIGHT THEN AND THERE! It'd serve him right too! Serve him for not letting her watch her show with the guy in the chair!

WC: 396
TWC: 3660