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Hage, a town located in the Forsaken Region, and home to the Green Mantis base. Fuu does a lot of traveling in each region, causing all sorts of mischief where ever she goes...or just boasts about her supposed greatness. However, this town is where the rowdy princess normally finds herself at ever since she became a Green Mantis Knight. A lot of the citizens have come to know...but still have yet to get use to the dwarf. Anywhere she went, Fuu's sticky fingers would get the best of her which was ironic given she's suppose to be stopping criminals, not act like one. Plus it wasn't really necessary of her to steal in the first place due to being a Wilhelm, and her folks being pretty wealthy. At first she'd do it to be more independent, rebellious, but now she just does it for the hell of it.
However, Fuu was not here to steal today. Instead she traveled through the town with her green mantis cloak worn proudly, heading in to location of the giant demon skull. There was a forest nearby it, one of the places the teen usually goes to train.
As she entered the forest, Fuu took a deep breathe and exhaled with a sense of relief. Even with her destructive nature, Fuu respected the peacefulness that forests bring. She enjoys all types of nature as it makes her feel at one with the earth around her. Her bare feet sank a little in the cool soil, her toes wiggling some. After a bit of taking in the scenery, Fuu continued to move with a small grin on her face. Continuing her walk, the dwarf started to hear the familiar sounds of wildlife in the forest. She'd then look up, hearing the sounds of birds chirping while they flew about in the calm blue sky. Out of all the wildlife, birds grew to be the dwarf's favorite. Free and able to do whatever the hell they want, things that the young noble respects.
But while she continued to walk and bird watch, something was stalking the girl...
"Eh?" Hearing the sound of a branch snap, Fuu quickly turned around. Her eyes darted from left to right, seeing nothing. As she turned back around to continue on her way, something started to rustle within the bushes behind her. Before Fuu could fully turn back around, a boar jumped out of said bushes and started to squeal menacingly. "The hell...?" Fuu looked at it with a puzzled expression as it squealed again and started running at the teen. "Heh...Guess my training starts now." Fuu mumbled to herself with a smirk before squealing back at the boar, mocking it. The boar then stopped in its tracks, looking a little confused as the earth mage placed her hands by the sides of her face to mimic horns. Suddenly, the girl started running at the boar, roaring at it!
The boar now freaked out completely has turned around and was attempted to high tail it out of there with Fuu giving chase. "Here piggy piggy!"
Titaniya once again found herself walking in the area around hage currently heading through the forest mostly minding her own business, she was on her way out of town after hanging around the place a bit for some mission and was more than glad to be heading on back to base. Of course he has no real care for disturbing wildlife with the loud stepping clanks her walking causes from her heavy boots hitting the ground with each deliberate step.
Besides her boots of stomping she has on her normal set of gear, a large black cloak that blends into her Black Bull mantle topped off with a large shield-like hat, this and her tall size gave her quite the looming presence as just her black eyes can be seen, standing out due to her pale colored skin.
On her way onwards she heard the squealing sounds of wildlife heading right for her, the creature looked almost panicked like it was running from something, but she was not about to get out of its way, instead her grimoire was instantly brought out and glowing a smoking crimson. “Sanguis Pugnus.” she spoke out as her arms and legs were snaked in blood, her leg already up in motion of a kick on this poor.
The poor thing had zero time to stop its fleeing charge and the kick connected right into the left side of its face, the tusk shattering along with the thing’s head in general as it was sent careening into a tree, all its forward momentum being slammed horizontally.
As the now dead boar hit away Titaniya noticed the girl who seemed to have been chasing the creature. Titaniya setting her foot down with a sound clank as she stared down this girl, positively towering over them being seven foot to their four. “So you are what had it so spooked, no matter, at least I don't need to wonder what dinner is.” she spoke clearly and almost sternly, her unseen face her normal blank expressionless expression.
Name of Spell: Sanguis Pugnus[break] Elemental Type: Blood[break] Rank & Spell Type: Intermediate ; Physical Reinforcement[break] Range & Speed: Self[break] Mana Cost: 16 / 8[break] Stats Effected: Intermediate Strength[break] Description: Blood cloaks over their arms and legs feeding into their strength raising their ability to crush their opponents up close and personal.
Last Edit: Jun 18, 2020 21:53:40 GMT -5 by Titaniya
Through the forest Fuu chased the poor boar. The creature looked more menacing than the girl and was faster, yet it found itself being the prey. The earth mage could've easily caught up with the use of one of her reinforcement spells, but the teen was having a little to much fun playing with her food. Fuu's boar like squeals slowly morphed into borderline maniacal laughter as she continued on with her rampage, stepping on and crushing small branches that were on the ground. "Looks like I'm gonna be having porkchops tonight!" the girl yelled out before laughing once more. "Or...boar...chops?"
Unfortunately it seems like someone else was going to beat the young Wilhelm to the punch. While running, Fuu looked up from the boar and noticed a mysterious figure in front of it. Blood started oozing around their limbs and before the teen could react on that, the poor boar was sent flying horizontally, by one kick!
"Holy...." the girl slowed down, feet skidding a bit in the dirt before she coming to a complete stop. Fuu was now in the place of where the boar once was. She looked over to where it was sent flying and saw its corpse up against a tree...badly crushed up and bloody. To most, after witnessing something like that they would turn tail and run, not wanting to be next. But there was a certain look of amazement in Fuu's pale eyes, like a child witnessing something cool! The figure then spoke, tone seemingly feminine in nature. Fuu was now looking up at the towering figure, her head bent almost all the way back. She was so ominous looking, especially with that hat of hers making it harder to see the woman's face. There was something about powerful people that just left Fuu speechless. The mantis knight could've taken that boar down as well, but not as swiftly. "That...was freaking...aweso-"
The girl stopped, and squinted her eyes...
Fuu took notice of this person's attire. There was a certain symbol on her that caught the earth mage's eyes. The symbol of the Black Bulls....
"Ah great...Not another one of you bulls..." Fuu said, folding her arms as she looked away with a small pout on her face, tapping her foot against the ground. "Thought this place smelled shittier than usual." the small dwarf scoffed before turning around, back fully aimed at the woman. What once was a look of excitement quickly turned to that of smug and disappointment. "Well my day's been ruined. Gonna go somewhere cooler." she claimed before attempting to walk off deeper in the forest. "Smell ya later, bull!"
Titanya’s instant reaction to this girl was that she seemed rather stuck up about herself, but lucky for her Titaniya knows the perfect cure for such things, all she needed to do was get the girl to agree. Besides this she had noticed the girl had been cool with Titaniya up until she noticed the fact they were a Black Bull, not exactly the reaction she expected from most people, but a fair enough one in some cases like if this girl just did not like magic knights.
The girl had on a Mantis mantle, that quickly making her think it was not that they hated magic knights, but instead disliked the Bulls. Insulting her was fine, insulting her current squad however, was not. “You should know not to insult other squads. Is Artemis failing to teach you Mantises respect?” She kept her normal calm, not sounding very sarcastic or anything, though there was a bit of malic to her intent.
She kept following the mantis quickly gaining to be standing right behind them, of course she is keeping her spell active, just in case “Here, allow me to teach you.” this was all the warning the small child god before a swing of Titaniya’s leg was coming right for the side of her head, Titaniya already having a grim grin on her face.
Fuu continued to walk away from that extremely tall woman. How quickly the dwarf's opinion changed of her by just taking one look at the stranger's mantle was nothing new. She tends to quickly judge others on the most smallest of things before anything else. It was just how she was. Not even her parents were responsible for this, and in fact wanted their daughter to be the exact opposite of what she is now.
The teen didn't think much of the words coming out of this black bull's mouth, not until she mentioned the name of her vice captain which caused her eyes to sharpen a bit despite still continuing with her walk. "Eh, here's your respect right here, lady." Fuu then raised her arm into the air and extended her middle finger out, flipping off the other magic knight while snickering lightly to herself without so much as turning around to face her. Respect is something Fuu rarely gives out, especially to people she despises...like the Black Bulls.
Just then the girl would here the woman's footsteps drawing closer causing Fuu's eyes to shift to the side. The dwarf was already in the middle of turning around as the bull knight spoke again. "The hell are y-" Before she could finish, Fuu noticed a blood leg coming towards her and the dwarf attempted to hold her arm up to block the side of her head from the incoming attack, but it didn't do much to defend. Instead the kick hit the dwarf's arm, forcing it hard against her face and sent her flying against a tree that was very close by! "Ngh!" the young noble slammed arm first into the tree, but managed to get off of it, staggering slightly in the process. If what had happened to that boar earlier wasn't confirmation enough on how strong this lady was, this certainly is.
"Alright then..." Fuu mumbled as she faced the bull again now three meters away from her, with a small bruise on her cheek. Her grimoire had flown to her side, now open and glowing a light brown aura. "Was saving my first bull beat down for that lazy ass..." she claimed, referring to Charles. "But I guess he'll have to wait." With that, the girl's smirk grew into a challenging grin as she crossed her arms together and stomped on the ground, causing a pillar of earth to shoot up right from under the black bull with enough force and speed to potentially send her flying back if it manages to connect. Whether the spell worked or not, Fuu's grimoire would flip to another page, and a similar brown aura would start to flow towards the dwarf from the soil and rocks around her, boosting the teen's speed by a bit, cracking her knuckles in the process. Guess she's going to get some form of training after all.
wc - 495 twc - 1,472
Mana - 34/50
(Taken x1 Intermediate damage and 1/2 Junior damage to Magic Skin) +4 added to Fuu's Power (24) +2 m/s added to Fuu's speed (7 m/s)
With her grimoire flipped to the desired page, Fuu stomps her foot onto a solid surface while crossing her arms together, causing a pillar of of stone that is five feet in width to shoot up from the ground up to ten feet high within a twenty-five meter radius around her. If the target is struck with this, it will inflict blunt junior ranked damage as well as potentially send them flying two meters back (an additional 5 meters added every ten power gained) unless it rams them into a surface. Fuu is capable of forming an additional pillar per ten control gained.
Name of Spell: Earth Magic: Nature's Speed Elemental Type: Earth Rank & Spell Type: Junior - Physical Reinforcement Range & Speed: Speed Mana Cost: 8 (Initial) - 3 (Sustain) Stats Effected: Speed Applicable Perks: Tenacious Body/Mana Conservationist Description: With her grimoire flipped to the right page, Fuu begins to draw on the mana of the earth around her, merging it with her mana to increase her speed. With this spell active, Fuu is capable of moving +2 m/s on top of being able to ignore the extra effects of damaging spells (courtesy of her Tenacious Body perk once every five posts)
Last Edit: Jun 21, 2020 17:33:58 GMT -5 by Deleted
Titaniya grinned as she watched the girl go flying to one side, a grin still on her face as she was already moving in on them as they started to cast spells of their own, she casted also, obsidian armor clicking itself together on the tall girl’s body, arms, and lower legs in the form of a shell, gauntlets, and boots. Blood trails running through the armor like veins and holding the thing together. “A bull beatdown? I think you are mistaken in what is happening here, and I would think being in Artemis’s squad would give you insight on how this sort of training works.”
As she spoke she felt as the ground under her started to rise, only for her to raise her leg and stomp down on the rising pillar of earth causing it to crumble as it rose against the more defensive shell. Then she set her sights on the earth mage again, moving in quickly as she pushed off the crumbled rock to close the distance, only to reach out and down with one hand trying to snatch the smaller girl by the face to pull their head into a knee attack.
Once again as she attacked she spoked still in her normal tone of voice nice and clear “It seems my sister has failed to train you properly.” she was of course referring to Artemis again like she had been before. Titaniya did think this girl could have potential, but first she needed to beat them down for daring to insult her squad so this was a different kind of training from Titaniya’s norm. Normally she would give the person a away out, as in Titaniya would intentionally make a solution exist like by showing off a ‘weakness’ to the other person, this was not that kind of training fight.
Name of Spell: Rubor Sanguis[break] Elemental Type: Blood + Obsidian[break] Rank & Spell Type: Intermidate ; Physical Reinforcement and Defense Creation[break] Range & Speed: Self[break] Mana Cost: 16 / 8[break] Stats Effected: Intermediate Enderance + 6 Durability [break] Applicable Perks: Dug in, Mana conservationist.[break] Description: Blood wreaths itself around the user obsidian armor like a shell forming around their arms and body both protecting them from incoming harm, and raising their enderance by intermediate level with buffing their durability by six (6). If they don't move more than 5 m the spell's durability is further raised by 5 and then by one for every post after in which they again don't move more than 5m[break][break]
The earth mage was speechless as she witnessed her first spell fail. The taller woman crushed it under her foot like it were nothing, but the dwarf still managed to pull off her second spell in hopes of being fast enough to react better. A part of Fuu was still in awe over how interesting her sudden opponent's spells were, especially that obsidian armor attached to her limbs. Still, this was a Black Bull she was facing and the girl wasn't going to let one get the best of her...or at least try.
"Shit..." The dwarf's grimoire flipped to another page just as the tall bull leaped at her. Thanks to her reinforcement, Fuu was able to duck the hand that was coming her way, but only barely. Unfortunately she was still within range of that knee attack which rammed against her chin, causing the girl to grit her teeth in pain. Even though she took that attack head on, the girl barely budged. Fuu's eyes widened at the next words that came out of the woman's mouth, something she definitely wasn't expecting. "S-Sister?"
Still crouched under the looming bull, Fuu somersaulted out of the way, and quickly turned to face the woman with a questioning expression. "Yer not...talking about my vice captain...right?" The idea of this woman before her being Artemis' sister was something Fuu wasn't prepared for. She then quickly shook her head in an attempt to focus, her baffled expression turning into an annoyed smirk. "E-even if that's true...who gives a shit!?" She then pointed accusingly up at the bull before continuing. "You're still a bull, which means I'm better!" she added, now pointing at herself with her thumb. "I'm the Rowdy Princess, Fuu freakin Wilhelm, and you're going to remember that name!" Fuu was cocky, proud, and immature, things that are both her strength...but mostly her weakness. With her grimoire already on the right page, the light brown aura around the book shifted to a darker color as the soil on the ground around the two floated up, sliding her foot and arms forward, the dwarf would send the dirt at the black bull. If it manages to get on her, it'll just feel like ordinary soil, but there was more to it then just that. On top of being hard to come off, the soil was also weakening the woman's ability to regenerate mana.
Regardless of if the spell connects or not, Fuu's grimoire will change to another page and the aura already surrounding her would flare up more as she further buffed herself, increasing her physical strength. The dwarf with rage in her eyes dashed at the mysterious woman, appearing like she was attempting to go for a straightforward attack, but once she gotten close enough, the teen crouched down a bit and attempted to leg sweep her foe, trying to send her crashing down. Even with the odds very much against her, Fuu was a stubborn person, and will continue to fight even if it gets her dumbass killed.
wc - 518 twc - 1,990
Mana - 12/50
(Taken another Intermediate damage, breaking Mana Skin and another Half Junior damage.)
Description: As the grimoire flips to the desired page, the usual bright aura around it will darken, giving off a more sinister tone. Fuu will then cause the soil around her to float up (or form her own if there isn't any) with the same cursed aura coating it. She will then slide her foot forward and gesture her arms in the same direction, sending the small wave of soil towards their target. Upon impact, the soil will feel like just your ordinary dirt, but unlike regular soil, it is harder to get off, and decreases the target's ability to regenerate mana for as long as Fuu is able to sustain it, or until the target breaks themselves free from this...dirty curse.
Name of Spell: Earth Magic: Wrath of Stone Elemental Type: Earth Rank & Spell Type: Junior - Physical Reinforcement Range & Speed: Self Mana Cost: 8 (Initial) - 3 (Sustain) Stats Effected: Physical Strength Applicable Perks: Tenacious Body/Mana Conservationist Description: With her grimoire flipped to the right page, Fuu begins to draw on the mana of the earth around her, merging it with her own mana to strengthen her physical attacks. With this active, Fuu's physical attacks are on par with junior spells and is able to ignore the extra effects of damaging spells (courtesy of her Tenacious Body perk once every five posts)
Last Edit: Jun 22, 2020 11:25:56 GMT -5 by Deleted
Titaniya watched as she girl managed to avoid her grab but still got her face kneed in, but they stayed their ground and started to speak back and stammer a bit at the mention of her sister, seems they might respect them well enough so that is good, she does not need to beat them to dead for not respecting her sister. Good sign. However they would sputter something about it not mattering because being a Bull meant they thought they were better.
Titaniya did not really care that they did not respect her just because of her sister as well that was not her intent in saying about her, she said it only because she knew Artemis was the vice and as such would probably have assisted in training with the other bugs such as Fuu. Invoking them only to try and suggest that Fuu was not very good in their training.
The earth mage would then point to herself while getting a bit louder to exclaim something about them being a rowdy princess, their name, and then telling Titaniya to remember it, that amused the Black Bull quite a bit. However from her yelling they were quick yo toss a spell at them, the soil hitting as her arms, or rather the armory shield gauntlets of obsidian on them, as she blocked it with them, she took no real harm from the dirt, but she did notice the light sapping in her power, a neat trick.
Fuu then casted something else before coming in to attack, or rather it looked more straight forward, so Titaniya held her ground only to watch as they dropped low and swung a kick on into the side of her armored leg with a sound thunk, Titaniya not budging a bit as she loomed over the small girl. “Was that all Miss Princess?” she spoke still in her clear tone though her amusement was bleeding through her words. “Well, let me introduce myself then” her grin grew a bit as she spoke “I am The Dark Titan, Titaniya Somerset, and I am sure you will not soon forget this.”
She would then bring her left leg forward ready to try and kick this smug bug right in her not so pretty face, while she did keep on her armor and such the blood coating her limbs got a bit lessened as she dispelled her strength, mostly so she could keep beating them for longer.
WC: 411 TWC: 1281
Mana 74/90
Because Titaniya chose to not move her durability raises by 5! (51) because of her dug in perk!
Last Edit: Jun 22, 2020 11:43:55 GMT -5 by Titaniya
Fuu's hex spell landed! Even though it isn't much, the girl couldn't help but feel a little proud for being able to land something on this durable woman. Hopefully, the hex's ability ability to drain mana would help in someway, but that was looking unlikely.
The dwarf went in for the leg sweep, and her attack connected...but nothing happened. There was only an audible thud from the impact, yet nothing more. Fuu's triumphant smirk turned to a more bewildered expression. Why was this woman so durable!? Was her reinforcement magic really this strong? The dwarf suddenly looked up at her opponent's menacing grin as she spoke, mocking the smaller noble along with an introduction of her own. There was a sense of fear that started to creep itself into the teen's body over the monster that loomed over her. The girl started to growl in frustration, baring her teeth in an attempt to not show weakness. Then as the kick came in, it collided right with her face, but as before the mantis didn't budge...in fact she didn't even flinch.
"Raaaa I don't get it!" Fuu suddenly yelled out, a bit muffled from the foot on her face. She'd then attempt to grab a hold of the woman's leg before she could remove it and peeked her head from over it, looking up at the woman with a mix of frustration and anger, gritting her teeth. One would notice that it appears the girl hasn't taken any damage from this attack, her face still clear except for that one bruise she got earlier. Another thing is that she seemed a bit taller, a bout an extra foot to be exact, seemingly losing some of her muscle as well, something that was known to happen to dwarves when in distress...and running low on mana. "You're just a bull. How are you this hard to knock over!?" the girl attempted to lift the Dark Titan's leg up, trying to throw her onto the ground, but if her previous attacks were any indication it would seem very unlikely. It was almost pathetic to watch. "You're suppose to be the flawed one...not me!" she claimed, glaring at the woman.
wc - 371 twc - 2,361
Mana - 18/50
(Damage ignored due to Leather Hide perk) (Power buff from Earth Magic: Pillar no longer active) (+5 Mana from Mana Regen -9 Mana from sustained spells +10 mana from dwarf passive)
Sustained Spells: Earth Magic: Nature's Speed Earth Magic: Sinister Soil Earth Magic: Wrath of Stone
Titaniya would note the change in the smaller girl, noticing as the blow smashed them in the fact they looked less than perturbed or moved by it, also the girl had seemingly gotten a bit larger, this only going in to confirm her thoughts on figuring the girl was on her last legs at this point and nearing exhaustion from the beating they had taken.
Titaniya had fully formed her opinion on the little mantis deeping them of having little value thinking them as less than worthy of respect or kindness with that opinion her grimure glowed again as the blood on her limbs re formed once more, the strength of her attacks being brought back up again. Of course she would not be seeing about ending this girls life, but she was still going to give the girl taurophobia, the fear of bulls. All pretence of her normally calm posture was gone as she made herself loom a bit wider while fully giving off the intent to kill with her grin.
Titaniya could only grin wider as the girl whined about not being able to surmount the standing stone that is Titaniya, complaining how she was supposed to be flawed and well, easy. To this the Black Bull would start speaking even as the girl struggled in vain to try and lift up her leg. She now spoke much louder than before and her calm tone of voice was gone, replaced with malice as if able to rend the girl to shreds with just her voice. “It seems you have met with the wrong bull. Even if I was to somehow die nothing will be able to bring me to the ground.” With this her foot started to raise quickly, not because Fuu was managing it, but because she was bringing another kick right to try and hit into their sternum in an attempt to kick them away from her. “You however, I hardly think they would recognize you as humanoid” All while her armor clad form stayed looming over the still smaller girl. “So. Run.”
WC: 347 TWC: 1628
Mana 60/90 +10 from regen - 8 from sustain - 16 from cast
Because she did not move this post she gains another +1 durability! (52) Spells casted
The moment Titaniya started to speak again, Fuu's eyes widened with that fear that was previously creeping up on her now front and center. The tall bull wasn't as calm as before. If it wasn't for that tone, the words coming out of the Dark Titan's mouth would've been inspiring. The dwarf wanted to be like this, an immovable unstoppable force like a boulder, but this woman was tougher than a boulder. She was leagues beyond whatever Fuu hoped to be, and all the mantis knew now was something she hadn't known before...
...and that was fear.
Fuu lost her grip on the tall woman's leg as it rose up. The noble still had her eyes on the bull's wicked face like she were a deer caught in headlights. Before she even knew it, that same leg came crashing down on her chest, forcing the teen away from her and back first onto the ground! The girl had coughed up blood and started to breathe heavily. The earth mage struggled to sit up, wiping the blood from her mouth before placing a hand on her now fractured sternum, wincing at the lightest touch. She appeared dazed, but her pale eyes quickly set themselves back on that woman when she started to talk again. Fuu no longer saw Titaniya as a Black Bull. All she could see...was a monster. She couldn't do much, but just watch with a hint of tears in her eyes. Was this really Artemis' sister?
Finally after this bit of silence, the terrified girl would open her mouth, but her tone was weak, not carrying the same cocky strength as before. "Scr-screw...you." she mumbled, struggling hard to get back to her feet. "I-I'm not...I'm not running." the earth mage weakly said. The aura from her spells has subsided and the hex keeping the soil attached to Titaniya faded, causing the dirt to just slide off regularly. "No one tells me...what ta do." Fuu staggered, spitting some more of her blood onto the ground. Despite still trying to sound tough, the girl couldn't will herself to make eye contact with this demon and looked down at the ground with fists clenched, gritting her teeth once more. "So do your worst, bull. I..I'm not scared!" she claimed, despite the dwarf's body betraying her by trembling.
wc - 394 twc - 2,755
(Intermediate and Half Junior damage taken to Health) (+5 Mana from Regen +10 Mana from Dwarf Passive) (Spells no longer active)
Mana - 33/50
Last Edit: Jun 22, 2020 16:18:09 GMT -5 by Deleted
Titaniya stared down at the shaking and bloodied girl as they seemed to drop all of their spells, this girl was either being very stupid in stying her ground, or she just was so scared she could not even bring herself to run. This definitely amused Titaniya the bull not instantly kicking the girl again yet.
She instead moved in “You.” still in her malice infused tone, but suddenly her features soften a bit back to her normal calm tone and stance while she placed a hand on Fuu’s head in a light pat “Pass.” was that a test, why yes if the girl ran Titaniya would have crippled her for doing so and then told Artemis about everything that happened, but because they stood their ground, albeit in a not un scared way, they don’t get to be maimed. This however does not mean Titaniya likes them at all, but she does at least think they are not completely beyond being helped and refined.
“Now then” she spoke while trying to pull the girl’s hair back a bit to try and force them to look her eye to eye “If you are going to stand your ground on someone like myself, you do not look at their feet. You look them in the eye.” she almost sounded friendly now despite her roughness with the girl’s hair “Got it? Now I do not mind you going about insulting me, but you are going to apologize for insulting my squad in front of me.” she was not gonna force them to change their opinion, hell she was all about those, but she was gonna make them apologize for saying this stuff in front of her. Titaniya would go on to say as much “You are allowed to insult the Bulls when not around me, but do so with me ever again and I will tear your leg off and shove it down your throat till it comes out the other end, understand?” the way she kept up her friendly tone while giving the threat might be a bit more concerning than if she had said it with her more malice tone.
Even when backed within a corner, or fearing for her very life, Fuu still kept that spark of pride within her. She stood there and accepted whatever fate had in store for the girl. She wasn't going to run away, even though a part of her wanted to so badly. If the earth mage had to go out, it wouldn't be as a coward.
With her head still lowered, and body shaking, this would be the first time Fuu found herself completely defenseless, and powerless. The girl closed her eyes shut the moment she heard that menacing tone again, hearing that woman's heavy footsteps draw closer. This is it, there was no turning back now for the earth mage. She bit her lower lip in anticipation on whats to come. The teen then felt a soft pat on her head, causing her to flinch, but then her eyes sprung open at the next word to leave Titaniya's mouth. "Hu-Wha-" There were many things Fuu was expecting...and this was not one of them. She passed? Passed what? Was this some kind of test!?
Before she could even begin to question this, the dwarf found her head being pulled up by her hair and was forced to look into the black bull's eyes. Fuu was very confused at the Dark Titan's sudden change in tone, and her words. Was this the same monster that was kicking the earth mage around like some toy moments ago? Fuu opened her mouth as if she were about to say something, but then Titaniya started to talk again, demanding an apology. "Wh-what?" The idea of apologizing about how she thought of the bulls wasn't sitting right with the dwarf. Their was a hint of annoyance in her expression and tone, but she decided to hold her tongue, something she rarely did. "Fine...Sorry..." she said reluctantly, mumbling the last part. It was low but should still have been audible. To think she'd be apologizing about how she felt about the Black Bulls, and to a Black Bull of all people is something the girl thought would never happen. She also believed that she'd never get her ass beat by one of them...but here she was.
The woman's final words, a threat said in a friendly tone quickly knocked Fuu's cockiness down again to the point that the girl was only able to nod. She didn't like it, but the earth mage had little choice in the matter.
"A-Are you really her sister?" Fuu asked, referring to Artemis. With all that had just happened, Fuu nearly forgot about Titaniya's earlier claim. Fuu did not really respect that many people, but her vice captain was one of them. "You guys are nothin alike...that's for sure." the girl added, chuckling lightly, causing her to wince in pain, grabbing a hold of her chest.
As the smaller girl apologized Titaniya let go of her hair while listening to what they had to say. As she listened to them question about Artemis really being her sister the black titan dropped her spells, the obsidian armor dusting away as the blood all fades off, her form a bit less menacing without the armor, but only by a bit.
Titaniya would then speak up again keeping her calm tone as she responded to the girl “Of course, but we are alike in some ways.” she would regard the smaller girl some not sure what more to add to that, so she instead started asking for something else “Now then. You seem particularly perturbed by my refusal to budge, why is that? And why did you hold your ground, was it out of paralyzing fear, or something more?” as she spoke she walked a bit away to sit down on a log, taking off her hat to better reveal herself some, one hand going through her hair to make sure it stayed not a mess. Between her dark eyes and hair, pale skin, and overall features she did indeed resemble her family looking a bit more similar to the sister.
There was a bit of doubt in Fuu's expression. Whatever similarities Titaniya claimed to have with Artemis, the dwarf just wasn't seeing. Only things the younger magic knight could come up with was their last name...and that strength. Fuu has seen some of Artemis' spells up close before and they were unquestionably powerful. Having had an....even closer encounter with the Dark Titan's has gave the teen a similar opinion...along with some hints of fear. But that was it, not even their magic was the same, but Fuu decided it wasn't worth diving deeper into this. Not all sibling are the same, but given Fuu's status as an only child one couldn't blame her for thinking as such.
"Eh?" the woman had some questions for Fuu that took her off guard. "I dunno..." the shorter mage shrugged lightly, replying to the first question before making her way to a nearby tree, and started to lean on it. Those injuries were still hurting, but with how Fuu is, she wanted to keep a strong front. "Just wasn't expecting it is all." the girl claimed, looking at the Dark Titan for a brief second before shifting her eyes as she started to rub the side of her arm. There was more to it than the answer she had given. Titaniya was practically an immovable wall that could hit back, and hard....Something that Fuu's been working hard to be...something that she THOUGHT she already was. But to have someone just show up and prove just how wrong she is, and it being a bull of all people, it left her feeling frustrating. She still has that hint of frustration in her eyes as well, but underneath that was some signs of admiration.
After a few seconds of silently thinking, Fuu laughed lightly with some signs of her usual cockiness. "I'm not some pansy, lady. I don't run from my problems, I confront em." the girl replied despite it not being completely true. She was also afraid, and a part of her still was. "I ain't afraid to go out, so long as I'm not seen as a piece of garbage coward..." the earth mage added, her small cocky smile slowly turning to a more bittersweet one as she slid to the ground, now sitting against the tree. "Besides...what kinda Magic Knight would I be...If I just ran, and didn't hel-" The girl paused, looking up at Titaniya. She was starting to realize how sincere she was sounding, causing her stomach to knot up a bit. "Er I mean...tch, whatever!" The dwarf said, pouting as she looked away. She wasn't a fan of sounding like a softy or getting caught up in these moments, but of course she felt differently deep down, so many layers to this tough dwarf.
"Hey...How did you get so...strong?" Fuu had another question of her own. It should be obvious what the answer is, but there was more to why she asked that. Perhaps the girl was trying to learn something from her, or to be more precise, have the Dark Titan teach her?
