Sword in hand Spider enters the room and walks over to Luna looking slightly apprehensive, "hey." Upon realizing she’s asleep while some horror movie is playing, she shakes her shoulder with a fond smile on her face which wakes her up.
Luna yawns a bit widely, "Hina-- o-oh uh hi Spider. Hope you're well."
"I get we're both canines but I didn't think we looked that alike." Spider jokes starting to fidget with the sword by passing from hand to hand.
With the gem glowing green, the sword inscription is:
Magical Source Identified - Luna Selene Nightshade
Mage type: Mage Duelist
Magic types: Elemental Augmentation // Psychic Showdown
Luna rubs the back of her head in embarrassment, "Oh whoops, I thought Hinata had come back from her jog. Uh how's the sword treating ya?"
Spider shrugs her eyes darting down to read the inscription, "I ain't really used them, still feels kind of strange to be holding a sword."
Uhh about that. I can change my form if you want. Just think about what weapon you want and I can glitch into it. Elara's husk wanted a claymore.. I think? :/
"Hm. I mean do you wanna practice?" Luna looks over, knowing the struggle of using new weapons. She is apparently unable to see the inscriptions on the sword’s hilt.
"You can? That's useful." Spider says to Error then looks up at Luna nodding, "yeah funnily enough that's what I came to ask."
"I did win a tournament to change a World's destiny with my blade last year so uh.. sure we can do this. Hang on lemme grab my stuff." Luna gets up and walks to her room.
I'm attuned to you now Spider, so yeah I can do that for you. Not to mention you're friends with her, and she's pretty cool. :)
Spider stretches then leans against the wall while they wait, "so you already knew her?"
In a matter of speaking yes. It's kind of hard to explain our exact relationship with Luna. :/
"whats that face for?" Spider idly looks at the hallway wondering what's keeping Luna.
It's because. I know things about her, but the rules state I can't say. Oh here she comes. :)
Luna walks out of the hallway with her longsword in sheath. She smiles, "Ready?"
Spider sighs then looks up as Luna comes in, "yeah."
Luna walks out and stretches a bit. She looks out into the forest while still waiting for Hinata to return, a sigh escaping her lips and her ears enhanced and focused on the nearby forest.
Spider steps out and sets the sword down as she shrugs her jacket off and drapes it over the bannister. Then they pick the sword back up and head over to Luna.
She seems rather distracted and only upon Spider walking up to them does she pull her blade out. "Okay, so let's just do this." Luna enters a defensive stance with her sword in hand.
Heh. This should be fun :)
BGM - The Power of Glitch Magic
Spider grins and gets into an offensive stance, their gaze locked on Luna. The blade feels extremely comfortable to Spider, almost like it was made for her. The silver glistens in the dusky evening sky and the inscription on the hilt is just one large smile. The gem currently shines white, as if showing that its scanning abilities aren't active. You could consider this 'combat mode'.
Luna takes in a deep breath and acts first, attempting to beat Spider's sword out of her hand, blade on blade.
Quickly shifting her stance Spider tightens their grip on the handle, pushing back against Luna's strikes though she's clearly not used to the length of the blade.
Luna attempts to beat back against the blade, but it's almost like she's being bounced back by it. In three strikes, Luna has fallen back breathing rather heavily. Despite the length of this blade being new to Spider, it almost feels natural. After catching her breath, she attempts to rush in for a lunge at Spider's dominant arm.
=) this is fun!
Spider hisses in pain and takes a step back, after catching her breath she then lunges forward aiming a strike at Luna's side.
Luna seems slower as a result from previous action and simply rolls out of the way instead of attempting to parry or block. Her breathing is heavy but she seems to be okay still. Instead of going for another attack, however, she stands still trying to focus on something.
Spider might notice Luna isn't usually this slow when fighting anyone. Years of combat together and this.. this is new.
Spider tilts her head curiously and being one to never pass up an opportunity despite her concern, she lunges at Luna aiming a strike at their dominant shoulder.
The moment Spider believes the strike landed, she finds to have struck air instead. Luna, or at least the image of Luna who appeared standing around focusing, dissipates into nothingness. From one of the trees Spider can hear a rustling, though it's unclear if this is her opponent or some animal.
=D interesting play alpha! Let’s find her. Sensing Magical Soul.
Spider growls in frustration as her sword hits thin air. Her ears twitch in the direction of the rustling and she cautiously approaches, scenting the air for any clues as to what is causing it. It smells exactly like Luna smells like. In fact, her scent is coming from a couple locations including on top of the roof and standing about 100 feet in front of Spider. Spider notices Luna's eyes have gone from their usual blue to a deep red as she smiles. "It feels good to finally have this mode under control," she says with a smile and pulls out her sword once more. Is the one in front of Spider the real body?
The sword's gem changes to red to scan the being in front of Spider.
Warning - Grounded Entity is an Illusion. Do not strike the one in front of you. Strike the one on the roof.
The multitude scents manage to confuse Spider until her eyes flick down to read the inscription. Grinning to herself, she then disappears and reappears behind the Luna on the roof saying, "and since when could you do that?"
Luna turns around to Spider with a grin; her eyes returned to their usual blue. She seems rather tired and says, "It's not much different than teleportation, but I'm able to teleport around a couple key locations so fast that it looks like multiples of me are there. It just.. takes a lot out of me to do this. I'm surprised you were able to find me so quickly."
:) Heh. Okay Luna, I know exactly what you did. Sneaky sneaky~!
Spider nods listening to Luna's explanation and then grinning she lifts the sword up, "blame this one, no kidding it takes it out of you though."
Luna smiles warmly at Spider's joy but then tilts her head, "That sword seems really cool. I just wish I could see what you're seeing because it looks extremely normal to me."
I wish you could see me too Luna :(
Spider is quiet for a moment her eyes flicking down to the sword as she thinks, "you're not missing that much but it's an inscription that they use to talk."
Luna looks deep in thought, "Ah, so that's how that works. I see. Well, wanna continue? I want to see what else Error can do." She appears to be refreshed.
Spider grins and gets into an offensive stance, "of course."
Luna widely smiles and pulls her sword back out, "bring it." Defensive stance.
=) Bring it.
And bring it she does, Spider lunges forward her form a blur as she aims a swing at Luna's dominant arm.
Luna reads the strike to her arm and immediately blocks the strike with her own blade; a clang of metal on metal resounding. Then after releasing, Luna aims a strike at Spider's shoulder, trying to slow her down. Spider will likely notice that Luna's blade was covered in some sort of purple aura and she doesn't seem tired as a result of blade on blade contact unlike before.
=D OHO! Someone's found a way around my effects. Countering my Weakening Magic with your own Psychic Showdown! Magic on Magic! Know that you're putting your entire effort into countering me when you should be focusing on Spider Luna :3
The strike lands and Spider grumbles in pain as she swaps the sword over to her left hand. The grumbling quickly gives way to a grin as she retaliates by striking at Luna's legs, "now in't that cheating?"
Luna grins and laughs heartily, "Are you kidding? A sword's soul that not only conceals itself from Magical Souls and also attempts to weaken them is calling me a cheater~? I'm just playing Error's game~!" Luna jumps over the strike and backflips out of the way. Her voice is full of passion and her eyes flicker scarlet, as if digging DEEP into herself and powering up!
=) now this is fun~
Spider grumbles playfully as Luna jumps over her strike and almost by instinct she swings the sword as if it's a bat at Luna's face. With the swing, Spider’s claymore shifts into a black metal baseball bat with a streak of red going down the length of it. Luna goes to block, blade on blade, but upon only now noticing it morphed into a bat, her block does not work. The force of impact from both the home-run swing and a bit of Error's glitchy magic causes Luna to fly off the roof. "Fuck!" She gets blown back off of the roof and into the forest, trajectory pointed directly towards a sharp tree limb. With some quick thinking before she gets impaled, Luna focuses her Psychic Showdown magic to teleport back to the roof. Upon returning to the roof, she seems unnaturally tired and is breathing heavily. Her forehead is bleeding, but her purple Psychic magic seems to be hard at work keeping some pressure on it. She looks completely dismayed, “Gods, what the… FUCK is that thing??? You can morph it???”
=) yes. My form can change once per 60 minutes. It takes a LOT of mana to morph my form, but it’s amazing for sneak attacks like that.
Spider's eyes widen as Luna is ragdolled and she looks down at the bat in her hand. They look up when Luna reappears and respond with, "I guess so, ..you ok?"
Luna stays down on her knees for a few moments, then she looks up with the brightest smile Spider has ever seen from her, "that... was... cooooool! And yeah I'm fine Spider. It was fun."
:) glad to hear it Lunes.
Spider nods obviously relieved she then grins, "it was, wasn't expecting you to go down this quickly though."
Luna sighs and gets up from the roof, eyes returned to normal, "I admit, I wasn't fighting at my 100%. Hinata still isn't back and it's been hours. Usually, if she's going for a jog, she comes back pretty quickly but.." She looks out into the forest and wipes her brow off from the blood pooling, "I need to make sure she's okay."
The night time starry sky peers above them. It's calm. The crescent moon is watching over Luna and Spider.
Spider's ears perk up as concern settles over her face, "that's... Yeah, do you need me to come with?"
"I'm just gonna message her in my server. We're both connected in there telepathically." Luna pulls out her phone and texts. “I’m not getting a response..”
Hinata walks out of the forest looking rather shaken up. Bleeding claw marks are all over Hinata's body and much of her clothes are ripped. The moment she steps out of the treeline, she collapses. The concern changes into alarm as Spider spots Hinata. In a flash of green sparks they teleport over to Hinata looking over her wounds. Luna immediately disappears without a word.
They look like if a very large bird got angry with her for not leaving enough seed out. Oddly enough though, many of the wounds seem shallow and no bones are broken.
The metal part of Spider's bat has the inscription:
:( How? These are Celeste's claw marks but they're too small. A soul shard weapon must be out there somewhere.
Luna had teleported ahead of Spider and is currently patching Hinata up with the first aid kit. She does not speak and is almost too calm. Spider can see her eyes had once again flickered red.
Spider's eyes dart down to the bat while Luna patches Hinata up, "and who's Celeste?"
For Spider only, the bat itself glows red.
Creature of Legend identification: COL 21 - CODENAME: "WIND RIDER" - Title: CELESTE - THE PROTECTOR OF THE SUNNY SKIES
CELESTE is the guardian saint of the skies above in our World. It is a Griffon, a monster that has the body of a lion and the head of an eagle, that flies around looking for any invaders or enemies to its aerial habitat. If you are targeted by it, you will likely die to its crushing grip and extremely sharp claws. It is loved by many and feared by just as many.
Luna continues to work on Hinata's body almost in a trance. Hinata is getting patched up rather quickly, but aside from her soft breathing, she is still fully unconscious.
Spider tilts their head in thought as they read the entry, "so if it's a soul weapon how did she get hurt? I mean you can't move on your own can you?"
You answered your own question Spider. I am a weapon, thus I cannot move on my own. A tiny piece of Error's larger soul was implanted in this weapon. Any Creature of Legend can have this happen. Thus, if Celeste didn't do it then... someone else did. Someone attacked Hinata. Why? I do not know. :(
Hinata is fully patched up and instead of teleporting, Luna carries her body into the house by herself without even saying anything.
After reading the inscription Spider looks out into the woods her mind going a mile a minute as she speaks, "so if there's a soul weapon out there can you find it?"
At the very moment, my detection range is very limited. If I get in close to a Soul Shard Weapon, I can identify it. My range varies depending on my Mana, but it's around 200 feet at max power. I may be a weapon, but I want to help wherever I can. This is what I was designed for.
Spider offers, "well.. wanna go have a look then?"
As you are my controller, that is up to you. Just note my mana is running low, so my range will be limited. :|
Spider notices the bat is flashing red instead of the steady glow it had during most of the fight.
Spider pulls a face at the word 'controller' and starts to walk into the woods saying, "I'm not expecting to find out but we may as well have a look."
As they walk through the woods, the bat Spider carries dims its glow slightly as if trying to conserve its energy. Instead of a glowing red light, the bat instead has text that glows for easy reading.
:( so far so good. Not sensing any enemies or CoLs though that could be due to a limited range.
"Ok" Spider continues walking and while part of her is enjoying the walk, her senses are on high alert for any signs of life.
In the distance, she smells blood coming from what seems like a clearing. The inscription is silent. Spider's ears perk up as she heads towards the clearing. Upon reaching her destination, she finds a small pool of blood near one of the trees as well as strange brown feathers that could be from an eagle. Many of the trees in the tree line have claw scrapes, as if some kind of fight between large cats had happened. Some shredded pieces of yellow fabric, the same kind Hinata wore out today, is also found on the ground. The bat doesn't seem to sense any enemies or weapon users in the area, nor does it seem to even be awake. The glow is completely gone, though perhaps it's due to a lack of mana.
Spider sighs as she glances down at the bat then looks around the clearing confused by the scene before her. Bending down she picks up some of the feathers and pockets them, you never know what might be useful after all and walks on. The forest is peaceful and aside from the chittering of animals and a slight cool breeze in the air, there seems to be nothing of note. Spider heads straight on however she doesn't go far. After 10 minutes or so they finally decide to pack it in and turn around heading back to the house. After reaching the front garden, Spider sighs and heads inside.