A large mansion stands in a forest, conceiled from curious eyes. Most of the Bountou live here.You enter the house through the main door. You stand in a very large room, with a large stairway at the end. A large painting hangs above the stairway. A man with grey hair and red eyes enters the main hall and welcomes you.
"Hello new one, how about a cup of tea before we start your training here with us? And how about telling me your name first? My name is Kariya Jin."
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We have laboured long to build a heaven, only to find it populated with horrors.
Matteo nods slowly in reply to Kariya's welcome. "Thank you for your welcome and your hospitality, Kariya-san. My name is Matteo Nbobo," he answers, sizing up the Bountou leader from behind his dark glasses.
Matteo touches the monkey skull that hangs from the black cord around his neck. "Ibara!"
Tiny reds lights flare in the wooden skull's eye sockets and it starts to chatter wildly, as a man-sized bean pod erupts from the ground and quickly peels away, revealing the form of Matteo's doll. She turns her head towards Matteo, through 180 degrees, before the rest of her turns as well and she walks up to stand beside him.
Matteo gives her a nod before turning back to Koga, awaiting the man's next request.
[I have no idea if this is indeed how a Doll could be summoned, so if I made any mistakes, tell me and I'll modify this bit ]
It seems to be fine to me, I'll ask Shadow, he's more a man that knows all the details
"Good," sais Koga, "but how are the both of you in a fight?"
He gets a strange metal ball from his pocket. " the greatest bond, daraku", he says. And just after he said that the ball glows and a symbol appears on it. Then the ball dissects into a lot of small balls. The balls colide into eachother, and form the rouch figure of a woman. "Why did you call me, Koga?" the doll turns around and sees you. "Ah, I see: new ones."
"So, how does this work Koga?" Matteo asks, taking off his sunglasses and putting them in one of his coat's pockets, "Do our Dolls fight alone, or do we fight as well?"
"I understand. Ibara? Are you ready?"
The Doll looks at her opponent for a second, then nods in reply.
Matteo returns the nod and turns back to Koga. "We're ready."
Ibara backflips fast and lands on all fours, keeping her body pressed low to the ground. She glances sideways at Matteo to confirm that he's all right.
Matteo runs to the side and rolls onto the floor to avoid being hit by the metal balls.
[I toyed with the idea of having Matteo enter bullet-time, but I decided against it :p]
[I know, Ibara just hasn't found the opening she was looking for yet That other Doll has some mad skillzz :o]
Ibara smiles in response to the other Dolls words, her wooden face moving as if it were made of flesh.
She charges and jumps high, sailing over the other's 'ropes' and descending upon her with a flying kick.
Ibara responds by throwing a thorned punch at her opponent's head.
[Oh, quick question: When I designed Ibara, I had in mind that she couldn't speak. Is a Dolls inability to speak a great disadvantage in this WP, or a potential interesting challenge when writing?]
"I..." Matteo frowns as he stares at Koga for a moment, then composes himself. "We have... heard of other dolls, being able to attack like yours does, but we never witnessed it before today. Ibara and I have trained together for a long time, but she can do none of the things your doll can. Actually..." He halts, seemingly thinking about something.
"No..." he concludes, shaking his head. He turns to look at Ibara, who casts her eyes at the ground, as if ashamed.
Matteo and Ibara look at each other, then nod.
He closes his eyes, intuitively focussing on the link that exists between them, and tries to slowly transfer his reiatsu to her.
[Hmmm... I have to go now, I have a train to catch, and I won't be back until monday. Sorry This does seem like a nice point to shift scenes though I'll have Matteo finish transferring his reiatsu when I return. Have a good weekend!]
"Hello new one, how about a cup of tea before we start your training here with us? And how about telling me your name first? My name is Kariya Jin."
- J.
- J.
Tiny reds lights flare in the wooden skull's eye sockets and it starts to chatter wildly, as a man-sized bean pod erupts from the ground and quickly peels away, revealing the form of Matteo's doll. She turns her head towards Matteo, through 180 degrees, before the rest of her turns as well and she walks up to stand beside him.
Matteo gives her a nod before turning back to Koga, awaiting the man's next request.
[I have no idea if this is indeed how a Doll could be summoned, so if I made any mistakes, tell me and I'll modify this bit ]
- J.
"Good," sais Koga, "but how are the both of you in a fight?"
He gets a strange metal ball from his pocket. " the greatest bond, daraku", he says. And just after he said that the ball glows and a symbol appears on it. Then the ball dissects into a lot of small balls. The balls colide into eachother, and form the rouch figure of a woman.
"Why did you call me, Koga?" the doll turns around and sees you. "Ah, I see: new ones."
"So, how does this work Koga?" Matteo asks, taking off his sunglasses and putting them in one of his coat's pockets, "Do our Dolls fight alone, or do we fight as well?"
- J.
The Doll looks at her opponent for a second, then nods in reply.
Matteo returns the nod and turns back to Koga. "We're ready."
- J.
The doll changes shape and becomes something that looks spider-like. It rushes towards Ibara and attempts to throw her over.
[I'm not going to do so right now, but am I allowed try a counterattack next time? :)]
- J.
Ibara backflips fast and lands on all fours, keeping her body pressed low to the ground. She glances sideways at Matteo to confirm that he's all right.
Matteo runs to the side and rolls onto the floor to avoid being hit by the metal balls.
[I toyed with the idea of having Matteo enter bullet-time, but I decided against it :p]
- J.
As the distance between them closes fast, Ibara crouches and prepares to jump the second her opponent strikes.
- J.
- J.
Ibara smiles in response to the other Dolls words, her wooden face moving as if it were made of flesh.
She charges and jumps high, sailing over the other's 'ropes' and descending upon her with a flying kick.
- J.
"Finaly attacking? Good, a prey has to struggle before it dies!"
[Oh, quick question: When I designed Ibara, I had in mind that she couldn't speak. Is a Dolls inability to speak a great disadvantage in this WP, or a potential interesting challenge when writing?]
- J.
As if to comply with the other Doll's request, Ibara grabs it by the head and plants her knee into her opponent's face.
- J.
"Moves?" Matteo replied, as he walked up to stand beside Ibara, "You mean attacks like your doll's machine gun and blade arms?"
- J.
"No..." he concludes, shaking his head. He turns to look at Ibara, who casts her eyes at the ground, as if ashamed.
- J.
- J.
He closes his eyes, intuitively focussing on the link that exists between them, and tries to slowly transfer his reiatsu to her.
- J.
- J.