Fighting the Wind. (Private. Ray and Rika)

The mountains of Finnek were quiet today. With little sign of the coming destruction to the flat clearing Rika had made previously during her training trip awhile back, the several months of absence of her destructive influence allowed much of the small brush to regrow, with the damage to local trees and the like having been fixed by her previously with plant dust. There were still plenty of signs of the previous damage though, from a few burn marks. Some stone spikes sticking out of the ground here and there as well as other indications which showed at the very least that heavy dust use had occurred here.

Rika wasn’t her exactly for training however, at the very least not the same type of training she had previously, nor was she strictly here for anything along the lines of solo training. Rather this had been the location she’d decided for something else, specifically so that she could spar against somebody. It had been a week since her spar with Shun, and the pigtailed girl had finally decided maybe she could get in a spar with one of the other people she’d met recently. Specifically Shun’s friend Ray, whom Rika figured would probably be an interesting spar given his apparent speed and interesting semblance.

Originally she’d been tempted to challenge the guy to a spar on school grounds, but she’d kinda gotten blamed for the damage to the school from the spar with Shun, and as such would rather fight somewhere that either fighter could cut loose without too much worry over whether or not they would cause too much damage to the surrounding area. She’d sent Ray a message offering to spar, and inviting him to the training area.

Making his way back to the room he shared with Shun, his scroll began to vibrate reaching into his pocket he noticed he had received a message from Rika. Asking if he wanted to spar, “sure why not I will be there in about 30 minutes need to secure a bullhead.” Ray text back after reaching the shared room dropping off notes as well as a history and combat oriented study books, Ray then grabbed his weapon and raced himself out of the Academy, as he headed for the bullhead docks.

The first one he noticed had its pilot leaning against it and obnoxiously chewing gum “hi can you give me a lift to the Finnek mountains area?” Two minutes of hearing the woman chew her gum Ray was just starting to turn and find a different shuttle “hey, give me a chance to answer!” The lady yell before jerking her head toward the craft “get in” she stated Ray wasn’t in a mood to argue having to the bullhead a loud creek is heard as he stepped foot on the craft “shish kid go on a diet” the pilot said before finally taking off with no warning at all

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STR: 5: (+1 Power aura type) with weapon 40: Physical Damage
DEF: 1: 5 Physical Damage
RES: 1: 5 Dust Defense
SPT: 5: 25 Dust Damage
Speed: 8 = 4 attacks

HP 120/120
Aura 180/180

Physical Weapon: +2 STR
Magical Armor: +2 Dust DEF

Rika heard the aircraft fly overhead, and while she didn’t really know much about the things, not really using them much for her own purposes, but still it very much did herald the arrival of her opponent even if she hadn’t expected the aerial arrival due to the message on her scroll.   The pigtailed girl was excited, as this meant they’d be getting to spar soon. From what she understood the guy’s semblance seemed speed based, or at least had let him move fast, so Rika assumed when they did fight it’d be a challenge to find. The area around the two of them was largely suited to the fight, and there didn’t seem to be any Grimm nearby from the brief scouting Rika had attempted earlier.


Rika waited impatiently for Ray to arrive, knowing it’d take at least a few minutes for the other faunus to get to this spot, after all it was secluded, and would be a bit tricky to find at least at first. Still it didn’t take too long for him to show up. Ray would see Rika balancing on top of what looked like an earth spike, one made during her previous training sessions.  The pigtailed girl was largely wearing her normal red and black clothing, though one would likely notice, if they were paying attention the green anklets she was also wearing, were they to pay attention to such things.

Jumping from the Bullhead Ray lands a few yards away, “I wish you gave coordinates if it wasn’t for your green anklet reflecting light at me I would not have seen you.” Ray smiled while gesturing his hand towards the green object “so weapon or no weapon” Ray asked ready at any moment to release the primary clasp that held the tarp around the massive weapon

While he waited, Ray began tightening all of the buckles on his attire. Not wanting his clothes to be caught on anything he firmly tapping the tip of his combat-boots against the ground. while Ray preparing his body for the coming stress by limbered up ready for a difficult fight, “you know this fight is going to be interesting since you were able to knock Shun out, ironically I and Shun have the opposite body type to what we are proficient in.” Ray mentioned as he showed the soles of his shoes having almost no tread.

“to let you know I will never through the first punch at a lady that is one of my rules… so come at me” the last part of what he had said surprised himself (what the hell what was that out outburst about)

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STR: 5: (+1 Power aura type) with weapon 40: Physical Damage
DEF: 1: 5 Physical Damage
RES: 1: 5 Dust Defense
SPT: 5: 25 Dust Damage
Speed: 8 = 4 attacks

HP 120/120
Aura 180/180

Physical Weapon: +2 STR
Magical Armor: +2 Dust DEF

(OOC: Rika can you start the fight)

“heh…yeah kinda didn’t thinka that….” Rika admitted rubbing the back of her head sheepishly. She jumped down from her perch, landing with all the grace of a cat and stretching with no real regard for her what it might look like, before considering Ray’s question. She didn’t really wanna fight anyone at less than their best, making the choice obvious the cat faunus considering that specific fact. “Let’s go all out, aint like we’ll be wreckin nothin’ out here.” She commented considering that they were out in the middle of nowhere.

The martial artist blinked at Ray’s comment, regarding his and Shun’s body types. “heh guess that is kinda interestin’, most people don’t peg me a duster either ya know?” The pigtailed girl commented before shifting into a ready stance. She gave a confused look when the guy told her to take the first hit, not having any idea of the concept of chivalry or the like, but she shrugged it off, figuring that he was just being weird.

Rika would open the fight with by activating one of the dust crystals hidden on the inside of her bracer, just as she was running forward and launching herself at her opponent at high speed in a flying kick, the lack of warning to the sudden , blinding burst of speed, the pigtailed girl wouldn’t waste her momentum either, landing with a spinning kick aimed high, whether the attack struck or not, the speed was such that when Rika stopped, there would be a shockwave of force ahead of her, likely adding to the assault. The shockwave hadn’t originally been a part of her plan, but she’d seen the effectiveness of it first hand when Ray had demonstrated his semblance, after she’d knocked out Shun, the pigtailed girl wasn’t one to avoid using such a tactic, and while hers required the use of dust, she figured that the move would at least take her opponent by surprise.


The pigtailed girl would also use the momentum to her advantage, pivoting upon landing on solid ground and drawing her whip at the same time to give a quick lash, hoping to capitalize on the distance the attack, or any evasion of such would create and add additional followthrough to the assault, as well as taking advantage of the reach afforded to her by the whip.

HP: 160/160 AP 170/170

Actions: Two dust based attacks, 60 damage each before resistance. One armed attack 30 damage before defense.

“A duster, I didn’t know that is what people who use dust as there primary weapon are called what would you consider me?” Ray inquired while he rubbed his chin, however, he could not do it for long seeing a Rika coming toward him at breakneck speed. Swiftly pivoting on the ball of his left heel, Ray managed to avoid the flying kick but was not quick enough to avoid the follow-up kick that had smashed right into his upper right side forcing him to slide across the ground dropping Bellringer in the process.

At that moment, Ray felt the familiar pressure of a shock wave similar to his own that he could create but a bit weaker. However, it had very little effect before he began to feel sharps stings of cuts carving across his body.

Not wanting to use his semblance just yet, Ray began to dance around the whip picking up his sword in the process. Before quickly stepping closer to Rika, Ray snaps the main clasp that held the tarp together around Bellringer with massive sheet now lying on the ground and the bright orange blade shining in the light he gives it a hefty swing before sprinting toward Rika

Now in front of Rika, Ray swings Bellringer with the flat of the blade to its target like a baseball bat. Before noticing any indication of a hit or miss, he continued on, allowing the tip of Bellringer to dig into the ground poll vaulting him into the air. Subsequent to gaining altitude Ray extends his left leg in an attempt to drop it and land an ax kick. following the attack, he swiftly pulled both arms back forming two fists, one aimed for the face, the other the gut, throwing the fist at the same time unsure of which would hit if they would hit at all.

STR: 5: (+1 Power aura type) with weapon 40: Physical Damage
DEF: 1: 5 Physical Damage
RES: 1: 5 Dust Defense
SPT: 5: 25 Dust Damage
Speed: 8 = 4 attacks

HP 50/120
Aura 180/180

Physical Weapon: +2 STR
Magical Armor: +2 Dust DEF

Rika grinned at Ray’s response to the common nickname for dust users, before scrunching up her face in thought as the fight progressed.  When Ray swung the flat of the blade at her, Rika was just a bit too slow to block or dodge the attack, though she did at least roll with the attack, allowing herself to recover and shift into a stance just as Ray became airborne.   Rika wasn’t too worried however, and rather than an overt defensive move, she shifted to a much more notably solid stance, rather than the somewhat bouncier, more mobile and fluid stance she typically used that emphasized agility rather than power.

The pigtailed girl channeled aura to her feet, allowing the dust within her bracer to activate as she stomped, the earth responding to her will and causing a square pillar of rock to shoot out at Ray, the pillar was roughly four feet in length, easy able to be stood on were it not shooting out diagonally.  The attack meant to catch Ray midair and slam against him.   Should it be successful however, the front of the pillar would continue forward in a wall that would reach up to Ray’s mid-section at full length. Rika would stomp once more after this finished, causing the slab that had been created to push forward intended to knock the swordsman off of the pillar as a whole.  
“How ya like that, been workin’ on doin’ stuff like that for awhile now.” The pigtailed faunus called out to the guy.  She didn’t know how successful it would be, as that bracelet had been the one she’d infused with lower tier dust, rather than the stuff she got recently.


HP  135/160   170/170

Actions:   Two dust attacks made, 40 damage each before resistance.  T1 dust used.

‘Damn she took the full brunt of Bellringer’s side’ Ray was barely capable of thinking of before a sudden attack forcing him to take a defensive stance with Bellringer. Unfortunately, he could not bring Bellringer around fast enough and was struck in the abdomen, sending him further into the air. However, as the second attack appeared, Ray quickly brought the full weight of his sword to destroy the pillar into pieces. Landing on his feet He was sure he had received internal bruising with a bit of dust in his hair, He quickly took a seat as his body began to fatigue.


Running toward Rika as fast as he could with Bellringer dragged across the ground. Before swinging from right to left in an upward angle, followed by a vertical strike downward, and then left shoulder to right hip. Finally, holding his sword with a tight grip He activates his semblance accelerating his blade to Mach one, Bellringer Hit Rika the attack meant to drain aura by forcing constant aura use. However, his sword after short time slid off the natural aura barrier and ricocheted past Rika. Ray was still unaware of his opponent health. Looking over his shoulder “Well this is giving me a workout I have not trained with a sword for a while.”

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STR: 5: (+1 Power aura type) with weapon 40: Physical Damage
DEF: 1: 5 Physical Damage
RES: 1: 5 Dust Defense
SPT: 5: 25 Dust Damage
Speed: 8 = 4 attacks

HP 25/120
Aura 160/180

Physical Weapon: +2 STR
Magical Armor: +2 Dust DEF

The fight was a bit more heated than she expected, Rika noted, and her current stance favored a more solid defense rather than her normal avoidance-oriented stance. She’d use her whip to block the first attack, grabbing the length a bit further from the handle with her free hand and pulling it so it could be used to block the first attack, minimizing the attack’s damage, though the sword was too big for her to fully block the blow using something like that. The pigtailed faunus would sidestep the second attack, stepping to the right in order to avoid the vertical attack, Rika would turn her semblance on to harden her body, just in time as the third attack struck her.

Rika noted the speed Ray could bring to bear, even without the guy’s semblance, with it the effect was even larger, as his last attack indicated, and Rika would activate her earth dust once more as the blade struck through her aura, a platform pushing them diagonally to be standing five feet away and overlooking the boy. She didn’t wait either, her whip lashing out once, then again at her opponent.

“Ya ain’t bad, but seems like ya got’a bit rusty…” She’d made a few errors to, noting mentally to work on improving her own reaction speed later. Obviously, she would need it, given the amount of attacks she’d carelessly let through. “That speeds a hell’a a thing ta counter though….”


HP: 95/160 Ap 160/170

Actions taken: semblance activated def buff +2. Free clash used. Two armed attacks at 30 damage per strike. Before defenses.

(OOC: Rika won my aura shattered and my last post)

Hearing the earth rumble, Ray attempted to bring Bellringer up to guard as he watched Rika ascend. Will shifting from his defensive stance to an offensive one he fell to a knee his muscles and ligaments, finally giving out early due to the lack of training. Looking at Rika, Ray noticed a long rope, that extending from her hand as he followed the length of it. he Realizing that it was a whip, however, do to his semblance his eyesight and perception made him capable of keeping up with the whip. However, his body did not want to move, as the whip struck his chest shattering his aura he stumbles backward, catching himself with Bellringer as a crutch.

“Ow, Ow, Ow, okay I am going to be sore for a while, however, I need to keep training.” Ray mentioned as he fell backward onto his back, his arms spread out “I need better gear, Nevertheless that was still one hell of a fight maybe we should fight again after I get back into shape my six-pack is starting to turn into a keg” Ray joked while letting out a joyful and hearty laugh

Lifting himself with the assistance of Bellringer, he removed the blade from the ground. Before dragging it to a massive leather sheet, which was its sheath after wrapping it and clicking its clasp the only thing holding the wrap together. “Well I do not know about you but I am going back to Syne want a lift?” Ray asked as he stepped into the Bullhead