Daiko glances skeptically at the person giving him his exam. She handed him a map, complete with a small X on it. The map felt rough, as if it had been used for quite some time, and prickled his fingers when he spread it out. He listened closely to her instructions, as he had the feeling he'd only be hearing them once. "
Sword that's stuck in the ground, huh? Sounds simple enough..." He lets off a slight laugh, before rubbing his eyes with his index finger and thumb. After the simple explanation, she started talking about how her friend was going to be there. He would have to answer a question, then retrieve the sword. She then continued to say it was very precious to her. That wouldn't explain why it was stuck in the ground, but.. No matter. He would set off at once. Flipping his hood over his head, he walks out of the building, leaving nothing but the patter of his feet against the hard tiles. It was time to get to work. Flashing into his smoke form, he lifts himself in the air, going 18 meters per second to this mass of trees known as Spooky Forest.
Gently floating to the ground, Daiko glances around him. There wasn't much to see, other than dark trees. The rain added to the effect of the forest being spooky, that was for sure. taking a caustic step toward the forest. At the moment, there wasn't much that he could tell as to the location of the sword. For now, he'll just walk inside. He is surround on all sides by the thick forest, and he lets out a sigh. Climbing a thick, tall tree, he looks down at his ring. Closing his eyes, he steps out of his body, projecting himself. Looking at his body, he laughs a bit; he looked pretty sexy whilst sleeping. Hopping off of the tree, he walks around, seeing many creatures. There were these weird things.. sort of like wolves but a lot more grotesque. He walks past these, not being noticed by them. Walking around the forest for what felt like ages, he came to the sword. Sitting down next to it, he notices that it has a small turtle man thing sitting next to it. He wasn't noticed, and rubbed his eyes. Not being able to interact with stuff sucked at times. Running back to where he thought his body was, he blinked. It seemed to be gone. Looking around, he notes that his body wasn't anywhere to be found... Did he have to touch his body to go back to it? Gulping down his fears, he looks down at the ring. Using it, nothing happens.
Daiko lets out a deep sigh, before hopping off of the tree and onto something squishy. Oh. It was his body. Punching himself in the face, his hand passed through his face and he got back inside of his body. It surely wasn't the most pleasant experience, but it didn't matter much. Walking, he noticed one of the wolf-beings staring at him, growling. "
This again?" He sighs, once again going into his smoke form, firing off two bullets. The creature runs straight past them, the bullets burying themselves in it's flesh. They didn't seem to effect it much, he noted with huge eyes, planning his next attack. There wasn't much he could do, with a wolf beast running at him, claws and teeth shining in the sky, the raindrops making a red pool around the bullet holes. Doing the only thing he.. really knew how to do, he leaped over the wolf as it was running. That seemed to do the trick, the thing would snap it's mouth upward at him whenever he did it. Spinning the pistols in each hand, he smirks. "
Here puppy~" The wolf beast came running at him, and Daiko lept up. When it began to snap it's mouth at him, he pointed his pistols down, shooting two at it's throat. The exposed, open mouth left the shots to come easily, before the creature let out a shriek. It... Still wasn't dead. "Dammit, you're a tough one to kill." Daiko smiles, holding his pistols by the barrels. "
I guess i'll take care of you like this."
Daiko charges at the giant wolf creature heading his way, and, before it hits him, dodges to the right, bringing his right hand to slam the butt of the pistol against the dog's snout, causing another loud screech. It was probably calling it's family, but.. No matter. There was business to attend to! Taking both pistols, Daiko smashes the thing in the face, continuously, until it stopped moving. Kicking it's head to the side, he pushes sweat from his forehead. Putting his pistols in his holders, he puts his hands on his knees, catching his breath. Hopefully there weren't more of these things, otherwise he would have to break out the real skill. Now that the giant wolf beast was dead, he could finally be in peace. That was, before he saw the four others. These four were mostly small, the size of an average wolf but still just a gnarly as the one he'd just fought. There was one slightly bigger, that appeared to be the mother. Cracking his neck, Daiko stares them down. If he had to kill the entire family of creatures, he wouldn't hesitate. At least they weren't humans...
--- Years Before ---
Daiko's hands were covered in blood, that of someone very close to him. Looking down at his felled father, he shed a single tear, the hatred dying down to the point where he felt genuinely bad for the man. It wasn't his fault Daiko's mother had died... It was the cause of her leaving, and may have been cause of the jump, but it couldn't have been more than that...
--- Nooowww Back to Reality~ ---
Daiko blinks, the wolf creatures charging him all at once. They were all jumping and trying to tear at him, and he wasn't... all that ready.
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- Items Used:
Dual Pistols- Ring of Emptiness:
Name: Ring of Emptiness
Description: The ring of emptiness is a simple bronze ring with a grey stone. On this stone is etched the character for 'Emptiness' from an ancient language. This ring is supposed to represent the state where a person has no yin or yang. However, in truth it represents the true enlightenment of balancing both.
Ability: The user is able to cause their spirit to leave their body and enter an astral state for as long as they want. In this form they can go through walls, walk into areas too dangerous to normally enter and fly freely. However, they can't go further than 1000ft from their body. Their body is also left unprotected and neither spirit form nor body can use magic whilst this is active. They cannot move any faster then they would normally whilst in spirit form and must travel back to the body in order to reverse the spell. This costs no MP to use.