Deicide (OPEN AT)

If there was one small comfort in life, it was that her first ally had so rapidly responded to the cry for help. As imposing as ever, Blizzard quickly touched down upon the Lookout's roof as Azuki prepared to destroy the thing once for all. "Good. Now, if our other partner shows up, it should be easy-" Interrupted by the sudden return of a very uninjured Jackie, the corrupted girl would snarl at the false god. "What do you THINK, Kami?" The fiery monk rushed her, and it was a small satisfaction that even at Jackie's probable maximum, she was outclassed. Focused on the orb about to wreak havoc into the giant bowl, she successfully redirected it to careen harmlessly high up into the sky. Azuki took the chance to try and suddenly YANK the woman forward into a brutal knee to the chest, using Jackie's grip against her as she'd twist and attempt to SLAM the monk into the tiles.

Reinforcements, though thankfully weak ones, had started to arrive. "Blizzard," She barked, wrenching herself free from Jackie's close range. "Deal with this one. I can't break her defenses by myself. The others... leave them to me." As much as The Entity wished to inflict PAIN on Kami, they weren't stupid. Jackie was close enough in power that she'd be able to effectively stall her until the end of time. She had recognized Terryn by name and profession only, another of the countless fighters who had come to train upon the tower. The other boy, a blue-haired Saiyan, was new by the looks of it. "Did you come to help your GOD?" The tone was an equal mix of mocking and infuriated, Azuki honing in on the lesser powers as Blizzard presumably took over with Jackie. "How brave of you both. Such bravery is offset only by your STUPIDITY!"

The raging pitch Demon surged form, energy claws hissing to life as Azuki aimed a brutal slash across Terryn's chest. Hit or miss, she'd continue forward, free hand lashing out towards the boy's ankle. Attempting to catch him off-guard with her attack and sheer speed, if Terryn was grabbed, he'd find himself suddenly up in the air for a second, Azuki swinging him full-length. Her victim would break through the Lookouts top with a resounding CRASH, floundering into the lower recesses. "Who do you think needs the help more, Jackie or Terryn?" Sharp teeth bared themselves at Russ as Azuki paused for only a moment, laughing darkly as she jumped in after Terryn had her attempt been successful.

Nothing... Nothing was making sense. The sun monk stared deep into those white crevasses the Entity had for eyes. Trying to find some semblance of logic within their words. What did Kami think!? What did SHE think? Not only was she confused by the Entity's insane fixation of ridding the world of this ancient structure, but the absolute vitriol in its voice when they spoke of her - This Kami, apparently - caught her for a loop. Confusion and surprise on her face by the time she was given a reminder that this creature did NOT like her.

A knee sends the air straight out of her lunges, clean enough to allow the now STRONGER Azuki to toss the Earthling around with her own grip and send her onto the ground, head rocking against the tiles as she landed on her stomach. Hissing past the momentary reprisal. This was so unlike Azuki, and so very like someone scheming to get rid of a problem. Something she's not that unfamiliar with. Instead of an entire village however, it came after HER. This Arcosian was at the beck and call, able to arrive almost immediately when called upon.

This was a hit. A planned assault. This thing had enough time with Azuki's body to scheme.

"How long have you been using her...? Tell me!"
That denial and confusion remained in her voice, a tinge pained at the sudden realization while she picked herself up. Far and a little too late to catch Azuki dart off. Dart off at her peers, who must have just been at the base of the tower just moments before. They were not ready for this. She almost wished she had more time. A plan for something like this. She just had no clue. Besides, it was the Arcosian she had to contend with first.

Turning to see him more clearly now, she swears she's seen him before. As ready as ever to begin its attack, she could feel that overbearing strength he possessed. How had she never felt him on Earth before this? It wouldn't click until after he made a plan of attack. Unleashing a flurry of swords, fashioned with burning plasma as their cutting edges, as projectiles. The dynamic switched so suddenly that she had little options outside of protecting herself where she stood. Stretching her arms out to the sides, palms out, she'd project a barrier. A hardened shell made of light and flame using her ki. Something to dampen the dangerous swords.

His mystery made sense to her once he spouted his own detestment of God and declared himself Blizzard. That SAME schmuck that stirred up stuff and got her anxious when the sun monk met Mint initially. So either he wasn't dealt with, or he found a new past time in assaulting random guardians. Carrying around the Arcosian Empire still as a badge though... Where the hell was Azoth in that? Maybe she just shouldn't trust a man like Mint to capitalize on his words. Not that it'd matter, as the first few swords bounce and crack through the light shell of defense she had.

"Tchh... Time... Time out! Wait a damn second, God!? Kami!? I am... not a god!"
Jackie didn't have much time to try and explain herself. She was open to the rest of the blades just moments after her cracked shield gave. Coming at strange angles, she could only try bracing herself for such weapons. Several nick her skin and brand her with painful singeing. Causing her to yell out in pain at the few that get her before she can manage to pull away. Several of these cuts run along her arms and legs, easily burning past her clothing and leaving behind burns.

It could have been a LOT worse.

"I don't know what things they've told you about me, or what they promised, or what your plans are after... But I'm not about to sit down and die. I'm going to protect my home, my friends..."
She fought the intense pain such attacks bring, ironically enough to the fire lord herself, and clenched her fists. Fend would get back with news a THIRD would have been up here if she didn't stop them. A familiar assassin she could sense. She's not seen Fend work, but Jackie had to really try to put him out... The group was split, with unfavorable matches. If the sun monk didn't want to have just conscripted them all to death she'd have to step in SOMEWHERE.

The Entity. It had attacked the others while she was distracted and would try pursuing them further. This would be the opening she could get to try keeping the strangest outlier from demolishing Terryn and Russ. Back turned away from Jackie, it was the perfect time to catch her before chasing them. Azuki would see it as the Earthling blindsiding her with a pair of ignited fists. Running up on the girl and trying to hold onto her much more firmly with empowered arms trying to wrap around their body from behind.

"Stay still and answer me! Even if I was Kami, what's the idea huh!? Having a hit squad ready for such a reveal!? I'm trying to help people, my planet!"
Trying to get something to help her rationalize this beyond a malevolent spirit disposing of an authority, where they can then reek havoc. Trying to find something in this that didn't just shatter her whole world. The others were even less aware than her, so she could only IMAGINE what was running through their heads.

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Jackie will throw up a Protective Novae (2KP 20% Shield | 81,000) against the Wired Sword Dance (431,000). Reducing it directly and by the 30% further reduction upon breaking. Jackie takes 245,000 (60%) as a result.

Jackie will throw a Blazing Strike (1KP 20% | 81,000) @ Azuki in attempt to stop them from dragging the other two off and alone.

PL: 405,000 (Sparking Heat (x5))
KP: 2/6 (-3)
MP: 4/6 (+2)
DAM: 60/250 (+60)

WC: 1014
TWC: 4303

Right, of course, he wasn't going to get a straight answer, nobody reveals their fiendish schemes to a stranger they just met. All the boy got is a mocking retort about his aid for a deity and insulted his intelligence. A singular eyebrow raised higher than the other, he didn't get the answers he desired but the clues behind her motives attacking Jackie has to do with redhead herself. Terryn took the words right out of his mouth allowing Russ to quietly turn his neck to look at the sun monk and find that she is just as confused about the accusations as the rest of her allies. The Arcosian over there insisted she is a God as well

Russ would've dismissed this as some sort of anti-religious crusade in the form of delusions of grandeur and didn't think Jackie ever fit a description of a god. She is just a regular earthling like everyone else...right? "Jackie is Kami? No way! That can't be true!" he was in denial over this revelation and tried to desperately search his brain for a logical explanation, but the signs of those claims are there. Her absurdly strong power, her spiritual upbringing, and the architecture of this place having a sacred vibe about it, it all make sense.

Still..something doesn't add up, if Jackie is Kami then who are these jokers? This Azuki who apparently isn't herself right now had dreadfully surpassed her strength and the six-armed dude is stronger than himself and Terryn, likely hiding a transformation of his own rivaling Jackie's state of being. Do they not see themselves as gods? Is that why they come to take her out? To claim the title for themselves? What's the difference between a god and a powerful mortal aside from a fancy title?

Terryn's cries of pain snapped Russ out of his own pool of thoughts as the Saiyan-like demon swiped her dirty claws into his flesh and simultaneously the Arcosian now calling himself Blizzard is attacking Jackie. "TERRYN! JACKIE!" he could do nothing but call their names as they miraculously survived, he is relieved they are still alive and kicking but the anger of his friends being targeted for doing nothing wrong boiled his blood to the point of the hybrid unleashing a transformation of his own. Russ's appearance was mostly changed by the hair and his eyes turned yellow and his face fixed into a permanent frown. He didn't care if Azuki used to be one of them, he'll find a way to make her regret her actions even if he dies trying.

Russ is paralyzed by a choice as Azuki planned to separate them and dared the boy to follow her and Terryn or stay and help Jackie. "Why, You!-" he snarled as teeth grinded together. Luckily the choice was made for him, Jackie intercepted her attempting to slug her with her signature move and the gang will remain together. The blue Saiyan is ready to deck Azuki's face but his body still wouldn't move, a voice invaded his mind alerting them a Demon is on their way to make their lives a living hell and she is trying to hold them off. He sensed a tremble in her voice indicating this foe is frighteningly powerful and she referred to Terryn having faced them before, she advises the crew to not die before communication is cut off.

Was that, Fend? his thoughts ran her name through his head, he was told about her even if they haven't met in person. It was a terrible flux of circumstances for their first interaction and he hoped they can all survive and put all of this nonsense behind them. Enough daydreaming, for now, it was time to fight as the battle of life and death will decide their fate. Terryn commanded Russ to move in and attack with him, he quickly nodded "Right behind you!" he would move along with his fellow earthling and attempted to get Azuki's attention by throwing a continuous flurry of punches and hopped backward and quickly formed a Z gesture with his arms and released a recently developed purple-colored energy wave at the dark-clad figure.

Blizzard looked at the God, confused she was about the whole ordeal and what that black entity was around Azuki. To be fair, Blizzard also had his concerns but wouldn't mention them since he had a job to do and that was winning this. He would listen to what Jackie had to say to him and he smirked as she spoke to him.

"Friends? Home? HAHAAHAHAHAH You really think you have the world figured out by now?"

Blizzard would retract his swords back to his hands as he grabbed a hold of the wires and then at the hilts of the swords.

"I will give you this God. You may have the strength to save some people, but you won't ever have enough strength to protect all people!"

He would focus his attention on Russ while seeing that Azuki is about to attack Terryn.

"You have a choice God, you either save the brown headed boy or the blue one!"

Blizzard would toss all six of his swords straight at Russ! Going at a fast rate of speed, all six were targeting vital parts of his body and all of them would have their chances at doing it!

"This world is nothing but pain. You just have to learn to live with it! Most are born with strength, others have to work hard for it!


IF YOU REALLY ARE A GOD! PROVE IT TO ME!"



Technique Type: Light Attack
Technique Name: Wired Sword dance I

Description: Blizzard attach wires at the end of his swords hilt and use them to cut up his enemy from mid range to long range!

TP Allocation: all power

Total stats: 50% // 2 kp


Tech Slot: 40k
Items Used:

also adding the 10% power to it! spending the 2 mp

308,000 Pl damage to Russ intent to WOUND


0/6 Kp

0/6 Mp



Jackie had poured her heart into each and every word that came tumbling from her mouth. For a second, The Entity wavered, staring at the monk with a mix of surprise and potential doubt. Then it was gone, the cold fury returning as it growled. "I don't believe a single putrid thing that comes tumbling from your mouth, Godkin. You want to be only a protector? You claim that this was a mere coincidence that just so happened to slot neatly into your agenda? No." Blizzard had gone off on his own tirade. While The Entity didn't necessarily agree with the Arcosian's own view of the world, evident by a directed scowl in his general direction, they didn't interfere with it. His strength was needed to strike down the Gods, and they were never one to break deals or promises.

"You sought out the tower. You sought out the lookout. You turned down every peaceful opportunity to turn away, every voice of concern. You want to protect the world? Work with your planet's government. Ordinary heroes don't squirrel away in the former outpost of Gods, away from the eyes of all others, and then claim immunity when they are rightfully questioned." Their envisioned plan to remove Terryn from the fight was thwarted as Jackie expended even MORE of her energy to keep them pinned in place, Azuki laughing harshly: "I would think that Major Blizzard's swords were mere of a threat to that boy than my bare hands to Terryn's, but the choice was yours to make."

With both lacking the energy to do anything significant, Azuki wrested herself free and spun to face Jackie with a scowl. "So forgive me if I don't believe you claiming to be a regular defender when every piece of evidence points towards your new crowned position having been planned from the start. As for your friends, if they genuinely did not know, then it is a shame they have to suffer for your sake. That includes this girl. Kami is not an ACCIDENT. It is taken or inherited, and they are nothing more than a false guardian. Then again, you know all that, don't you?" The sudden PULSE of energy in the distance was enough to temporarily seize Azuki's attention, neck-craning in time to witness the distant moon take another blast. For a moment, they stood there dumbfounded. All traces of malice and anger left their voice, replaced with tangible confusion: "What kind of dumbass would try to blow up the moon?"

Blizzard lashed out with his corded swords amid the confusion, no doubt to brutally wound the blue-haired Saiyan. Azuki winced as the boy was shredded like a cheap ribbon. Miraculously, he hadn't lost any limbs and wasn't cleaved in twain, but the damage that WAS death looked lethal. Russ had thrown out a death knell attack, The Entity wordlessly allowing its power to wash over them with a small shudder of pain. "Keep that one busy, Blizzard, and try not to go for the jugular again, I've some words I'd like both of them to hear." Terryn had decided to rush Blizzard to try and buy time. Azuki knew full well that Jackie could stall her out for eternity with a nigh unbreakable defense, but the human wouldn't last twelve seconds across the laser-sword toting behemoth. "Is that what you wanted, Jackie?" Their words came softer, missing most of the vehement edge they had been carrying before. "Because BELIEVE IT OR NOT, it's NOT what I WANTED!! All this DEATH and SUFFERING... I hate it. I hate that my hands are stained red, but I've few other choices in the matter. Your friend is still alive, but barely. If you continue to fight now he will surely die before he can reach aid..."

They took a solemn step forward, arms folding over their chest. "I will offer you a deal. Blizzard is here on my behalf, as is the one engaging with Fend below. Call me WEAK, but your constant babbling lies may hold some merit. To that end, this is my proposition: You and your forces surrender and get to keep your lives as-is. This disgusting Lookout and the tower will be reduced to rubble. And YOU, Kami, will be forced to take a specific injury to suit your punishment. Do that... and I shall leave you, your friends, and this planet - only to return if I catch wind of any horrid PLOTS of yours."

While seemingly having no reason to trust The Entity, their words were completely genuine and full of confidence. Not only had they attempted to dissuade Jackie several times atop the bowl before resorting to violence, but their attacks, unlike Blizzard's, packed far less of a lethal punch. "If there is one thing I take pride in, it's following through on deals and promises. That is how I got my allies." Following Russ' terrible downfall and the nature of this battle in the first place, an emotionally charged Jackie might be inclined to deny them. Yet with the moon under siege and the instigators hardly injured, it was clear that they couldn't hope to possibly claim victory here.