ravelt | RAVE 0004 [Video]

[When the camera clicks on, it first pans over to what looks like a desolate wasteland. There are bodies and body parts strewn everywhere, craters marring the landscape, and the only thing breaking the erie silence was a strong breeze occasionally cutting across the land.

Suddenly, the camera shifts, giving an up close and personal look of someone's purple iris. It then pans back, revealing Haru making a skeptical face at the journal, as he tries to get it to work. He uses it so infrequently for making posts he still barely has an idea of how to use it properly. Thankfully, he takes notice that the thing seems to be working.]

Ah, cool! It's working! [He flashes a big grin at the camera as he puts the journal down on the ground.

He pauses for a moment, contemplating what exactly he's going to say now that he's got the chance to say it. It's really something he should have considered BEFORE turning on the journal, but, ah well. Spur of the moment ideas and all that. Finally, he opts to speak up.]

Hey, some of you guys out there use the Battle Dome pretty regularly, right? I was wonderin' if I could borrow some of your training simulations? I had one that was workin' out pretty well for me there for a while, I guess it's gettin' to be too easy for me now. That's probably a sign I need somethin' different now, right? [Another big, happy grin.] So you got any cool ideas?

[He ends the recording there, and sets up a few (poorly done) filters.]

[Filtered to Shuda | 30% unhackable]

Hey Shuda, I was wondering if you could give me some help with my training, too.

[Filtered to Vegeta | 30% unhackable]

Hey, Mr. Vegeta! I got the hang of that thing!

[Filtered to Elie | 30% unhackable]

Hey Elie, umm...

[he cuts off his sentence early on that last one.]

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They always did before.

[And he says that completely seriously. Come on, Shuda, you're a culprit in this too. Just think back to the days when you were enemies.]

Then that makes them just as stupid.

[WE DON'T THINK ABOUT THOSE DAYS, HARU.

But Shuda will give Haru a break this time, lowering his own sword slightly as a signal that he isn't going to attack again for the time being.]

But that's the best way to get to know who I'm dealing with. [You'd understand if you were actually present for any of his big battles, Shuda.]

And the best way to get killed if you aren't careful.

[Not that he really has much room to talk given how much conversation went on during his fight with Deep Snow...]

I'm always careful. [He hasn't died yet, right?]

[Just gonna bonk Haru on the head with the flat of his sword here.]

Ow! What was that for?! [fucking rude Shuda.]

[Damn right.]

For not being careful. Improvement means nothing if you still make basic mistakes.

[He just sulks now.]

Okay, okay... Fine.

But you have improved. You're finally thinking before striking, which is more than I could say for you earlier.

[Praise from Shuda! It's all almost worth it.]

Thanks! But I'm far from done in showin' you what I can do!

[Now Shuda can't help but smirk, because it's been far too long since he last had a satisfying spar against a real opponent.]

Then don't just talk about it-- show me.

Right! Then here's something new I've been learning!

[Rather than switching to a different form of the Ten Commandments, or even just charging at Shuda with the form he has now, he instead stays right where he is and tenses up his free arm, energy flowing into it and gather into a visible form.]

[That... is definitely new. Shuda tenses, ready to either attack or dodge at a moment's notice, but makes no move just yet until he figures out what Haru is up to, single eye focused intently on that glowing energy.]

[Once the energy orb has reaches an acceptable size, which takes a moment as Haru hasn't developed the skill yet to do it quickly, he launches the orb towards Shuda in an arcing motion, sending it flying around and coming in at his right. At the same time, the moment it does, Haru switches to using Silfarion, speeding it to strike at Shuda's left.]

[Clever indeed, and Shuda has to give Haru credit for that. There's only one way for him to dodge now, and that's by leaping up, which also leaves him more open to attack than he'd like.

Sword in hand, he readies it to strike just in case Haru tries to take advantage of his current position, preparing his own counterattack for when he lands.]

[Haru has a feeling Shuda's got some sort of counterattack readied. He knows Shuda's got more than enough to do something like that. That's why he opts to switch to Explosion, and actually strike the energy blast itself, knocking it upward in Shuda's direction. At the same moment, due to the density of the energy, it causes an explosion on impact, creating a smokescreen obscuring its trajectory.]

[Haru knows Shuda quite well, yes; he's fast on his feet and skilled at aerial attacks, but even so, there's no way he can dodge that blast of energy in mid-air. It hits him dead on and knocks him off-balance, forcing him to drop his guard for a split second in order to right himself and land...]

[Next attack coming up is...

...Well, he actually doesn't have one. Instead, he backs off now, giving Shuda time to recover. He doesn't feel right attacking an enemy who can't defend themselves, especially in a friendly duel.]

[Shuda is back on his feet with Tenkuuzakura raised in a matter of seconds and waiting for Haru's next attack. When it doesn't come, he raises a curious eyebrow at his student, yet doesn't let down his guard.]

You're getting the hang of this.

Thanks. [He pauses to stretch a bit now. That last maneuver was a bit of a doozy, and he has to shake off the recoil Explosion gave him.]

...You ready to keep going?

Are you?

[Now's your chance to back out, Haru. Shuda can keep this going as long as you can and more.]

No way. I'm just gettin' started!

[keep dreaming, Shuda.]

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