Jagged Lines across the Sand (Nidhogg, Ant)

Nidhogg had no idea who this guy was, of course. There was a small sense of familiarity due to their similar… he would not call it taste since his own armor favored functionality over form, it had very few aesthetics that made it look unique and somewhat decent. Perhaps it was far more appropriate to call it condition, it was most likely that both required the armor for one reason or another, or who knew, nevertheless it was not exactly his very first thought. The Shinjin always had a knack for conflict and such, so of course when presented with the opportunity of testing his skills against a fellow swordsman, he was quite ready to just go at him.

His very hand looked quite eager, rather so much that he had not yet unsheathed his blade and yet he felt focused enough that he could potentially draw it out in a split instant, without any kind of hesitation whatsoever. It was that feeling in the back of his hand, the bloodthirst to drink of another’s loss and suffering; it was what always led him down the path of a warlord.

“Are you ever alone, though.”

Nidhogg was not. Never. The memories of those few that at times overlapped with his reality, or even the dead that he stepped upon to arrive here, are always at the back of his mind. If this Hakumen was any different from him, then perhaps his own would be a shallow statement, or cryptic even. Something you could not just take for granted or understand outright, the Shinjin simply led his gaze down the lands that surrounded.

“I do not have friends. So what do you think?”

He used to have… who were those guys again… the horses something. It was on the tip of his tongue but he did not hear the slightest from them in years now, so he did not even know if they were still alive, all he knew was that all of a sudden the vibrations stopped before he turned over the armored android.

“It is probably waiting for us to lower our guard.”

WC: 355
Total WC: 771

Better?

Not to be alone? Well. He guessed it was up to interpretation, there were plenty of times someone would not want to be around Nidhogg… during the worst of his illness’ episodes, he could become quite a creature of instinct, after all. One that did not care for reason or explanations, one that lived only for the bloodshed that his katana carried along with the wind that he razed through each step.

“If you say so. I would rather not have to deal with the nuisance. Or them to deal with me.”

It was just his preference perhaps, there was the company of very few he even tolerated at this time and age, back then perhaps things could possibly be different but not anymore ever since he had been on a gradual curve down with his mental health. The only thing that kept him together was likely his loneliness that granted him focus.

Of course by now it was apparently evident there was a third individual somewhere, probably below them judging from the vibrations. The samurai himself was not too bothered by it, truth be told, of course he felt like there was a high chance that he could either pop out any minute now or maybe just pass by, anyhow the swordsman chose instead to focus on the fellow armored individual that apparently shared his same understanding of the situation; a stand-off, well, why not.

“It is not just that we have in common.”

The Shinjin dragged the blade out of his sheath and without giving the other individual another moment to even breathe when finally his figure briefly disappeared from sight and reappeared behind the fellow swordsman, while he did not have struck, yet Hakumen would be faced with invisible swings that tried to lacerate him through from the void around him only a moment later.

YGG.DRASIL Power Level: 119,995
YGG.DRASIL KP: 5/6
YGG.DRASIL MP: 2/6
YGG.DRASIL HP: ▰▰▰▰▰▰▰▰▰▰ 250%
YGG.DRASIL Resources: Sparking, Avenger, Raw Talent x2, Locked and Loaded, Endless Energy Core
YGG.DRASIL Active Resources: Overdrive
YGG.DRASIL Used Resources: N/A

OOC Notes:
YGG.DRASIL activates BATTLE DEMON (x5)!
YGG.DRASIL uses (L. Offensive) Wind Thunderclap against Hakumen (23,999) for 1 KP. Gains 2 MP.

WC: 309
Total WC: 1,080