The Wind and Thunder
[System]
{words from any form of technology will look like this}
"talking out loud."
"Sometimes I would use this to emphasize Names in a sentence.*
"Thoughts are like this*
I don't have access to Italics for inner thoughts, so this will have to do
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After a nice long rest, I decided it would be a good idea to get prepared and head towards the plaza.
"Skye, over here," Ryva shouted, waving me down, alerting the whole plaza to our existence.
"Good morning Skye!, I managed to convince Fūjin-Sama to have a look at you and whether or not you are suitable for our Kazoku. but don't worry, Fūjin-Sama is really nice, so I'm sure you'll be fine"\
"Thank you for the opportunity, Ryva, you didn't have to do this."
"it's the least I can do for a friend; why dont we start heading down to my home."
15 minutes later~
"The view will never get old," Skylar said, taking in the magnificent Temple as she walked into the door.
"Skye, over here, this will be where you'll be able to meet to Fūjin-Sama," Ryva said, guiding me to the upper floor office and gently pushing me into the door.
As I was led into the office, I was met with a breathtaking view; the office was more luxurious than a 5-star hotel back on earth, not that I've ever been to one, but you get the point.
everything was made of Wind? I mean, I guess that makes sense as he is the God of Wind. But what caught my eyes was the man sitting behind a desk just observing me.
The man, or what I assume is Fujin, given the green skin with a giant sack with golden patterns on it. Which i could only assume is his Sack of Wind.
"Welcome to my humble abode, have a seat," The man said, and with a snap of his fingers, a gust of wind pushed me back into a chair made of Wind.
"So Ryva here tells me your looking for a guild, and i have one question what makes you specially different than everyone else who wants to join my Kazoku," Fujin asked with a smirk on his face
"I'm Hardworking and willing to do things that most people will choose not to given their certain ethics. Obviously, there are some boundaries but not as much," I respond, hoping that my past interviews will help me.
"After having to answer 10 minutes of questions and scenarios, I'm just beat".
"Hmm, you have some gut, girl, but guts mean nothing without experience, so we're going to do the second part of your interview, all you need to do is hit this dummy, and this will be your deciding factor," Fujin said taking me into a training ground.
"dont worry, you won't die. It'll just cripple you if your unlucky, that is" He said with a chuckle
"Good Luck"
{Iniating training code 10983}
{activating Dummy Lvl 2}
{Main Objective defeat hostle}
The dummy that looked so harmless suddenly transformed into a war machine in 10 seconds and somehow took a Naginata out of its back and got into Chūdan-no-kamae (Mid-level posture) with its blade pointed outwards towards me
Seeing this dummy turned war machine, I unsheathe my Longsword and held the blade point down between my legs giving the Dummy an opening so I could quickly go for a counter-attack
{3..2...1.. Hajime}
as the buzzer goes off, the Dummy immediately starts charging toward me, neither giving me an opening and letting go of its stance
it goes for a wide swing to my right abdomen which I parry with my blade by pushing it to my left and letting it swing, stepping outside of its arch I immediately go for a riposte to the head which does not do any significant damage to it as I hoped. it just dings off of it like my sword was made of plastic.
Realizing I won't be able to damage it with just my sword, i start to focus my energy on my sword, letting it travel down my blade, imbuing it with my energy and as I do this the runes going down on my sword lights up
as I go for another strike, I suddenly get blasted away by a gust of wind throwing me across the training ground
"Seriously, the Robot has magic," I say exasperatedly, picking myself off the ground
"You know what? Screw it. I'm fighting against a Naginata which is essentially a spear, so all I need to do is get into its space, break its rhythm, and finish it off," I thought to myself
instead of letting it get the first attack, I'm going to take the lead in this dance as I start charging the Dummy, making sure to block or dodge every slash or thrust it has until I'm right up in its face. As the Dummy goes for an overhead swing, I meet him with a diagonal strike that displaces his blade, and I go for a thrust into its chest, ending the fight.
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*clap* *clap* "Absolutely stunning work; you realized you were at a disadvantage due to your length of the weapon and managed to capitalize on that by invading its safe place and quickly ending the fight; I'm quite Impressed; it seems like Ryza found quite the mortal" Fujin said with a smile on its face showing his razor-sharp teeth
"Unfortunately, I'm unable to accept you due to your rather special magic, but I'm sure my brother would love to have you. After all, he isn't called "Raijin" God of thunder and lightning for nothing," Fujin says with a sigh in his breath
*Crackle* *BOOM*
"What was that," Skylar says as she looks up at the sky and gets engulfed in the rain that's seemingly endless
"Come ooon" I complain while spitting out water that managed to get inside my mouth.
"Hehahaha" A loud Cackle emits from the rainstorm revealing a muscular red-skinned man with Gravity-defying hair? 10 tomoe beads spinning around him, and two drums floating in front of him.
"Nice hairdo, girly," The man says with a smirk on his face taking in my soaked body.
"Tsk... absolutely hilarious," I mutter condescendingly as I raise my palm and shoot an energy beam towards him, and as expected from a god, he just absorbed it using one of his tomoe beads.
"You got spunk, kid, I'm sure we're going to have great fun together."
"I don't like the sound of that* I thought as droplets of rain slid down my face
"Well, that's one way to make an entrance, brother," Fujin says with a slight smirk on his face
"I have to keep my reputation as the best trickster somehow," Raijin replies with a giant smile
"Skylar Lochart, I will be glad to invite you to join my Kazoku. After all, you have the same spirit as I have. So do you accept?"
"I'm probably gonna regret this, but what's life without life-ending risks, Raijin-Sama I would like to join your Kazoku," I say
"That's the spirit, now hold still," Raijin says as he hits his drum, sending a lightning bolt right at me.
No matter how much I wanted to duck or run, I just couldn't move. It was going too fast for my brain to process the threat and react; all i could do was watch the lightning bolt heading closer and closer to me Until it hit my chest traveling down to my arm creating a unique pattern of three Tomoes.
I slowly fall to my knees; I look into the sky, just recollecting my thoughts. I mean, that was way worse than that Hobgoblin. I couldn't even do anything.
"This just shows how in order to live in this world, I need to get stronger* I thought, Clenching my fist.
"Brother, one day, you're going to scare one of your children to death," Fujin sighs, giving his brother a facepalm.
"Relax, brother, she's not dead now, is she? She's just shocked from my Godly talent," Raijin says verbally, patting himself on the back.
"That's my God symbol. As long as people see it, they won't be able to push you around unless their God is of equal standing to me; then your just going to have to battle it out yourself. the symbol is like an access card. It can give you more resources than an unclaimed mortal would get." Rajin explained
"My brother will explain more when you get situated in our home, but right now, Ryza is waiting for you in the lounge," Fujin says
"Thank you, Fujin-Sama and Raijin-Sama" I give a bow and head down to the lounge.