The Phoenix's Den

"Hey, you there. Ya better get going before I get mad and send you to Hell." ((Independent Phoenix Phantom RP blog.))

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[the-immortal-phoenix]

With his new hairstyle and accessories of choice, Phoenix didn’t recognize Ryoutaro. What he did recognize was that a challenge was being issued, and he could never let that pass by!

"Ya say you wanna play, kid?"

A small flame sprung up in his hand.

"Then come an’ get it!"

He throws the small fireball at him, just waiting to relish his screams.

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R!Ryoutaro spun back a bit, a dance step or two that kept him directly out of the path of the blaze.

"That’s not playing."

[the-immortal-phoenix]

Slippery little rat! He could still make this fun, though, right?

"Whatsa matter, kiddo? Can't take the heat?!" With that Phoenix rushes in with an exaggerated haymaker, trying to get a reaction out of his new playmate.

[the-immortal-phoenix]

A Time-Trippin' Rematch (@dotheaction)

[the-immortal-phoenix]

Phoenix was almost surprised when Den-O shoved him back—not that he was putting a whole lot of effort into it, but he was supposed to be one of the strongest things around, certainly stronger than this twerp!

His opponent’s ferocity gave him little time to ponder this, as he soon found himself on the defensive. He blocked the first slash, swords scraping with a shower of sparks, but the second blow came too fast for him to defend against, cutting across his shoulder and chest. The Phantom groaned and staggered back, clutching at his stricken side, clearly weakened. “But…how could you…” Without warning Phoenix suddenly stands tall and proud, as if he was completely unharmed. “…really think that could hurt me?!” He rushed forward again, giving a mighty stab followed by a wide upward slice when he came within range.

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It was M!Den-O’s turn to be hit, his body giving off a shower of sparks as the weapon connected, and Momotaros felt Ryoutaro drop out.  He’d been trying to hold on but it wasn’t enough, the phantom pain of a long healed wound weighing heavily on his mind, and the red Imagin made a note to maybe thank the boy later for not insisting they run away before passing out.

"A’course I can hurt you, ya damn chicken! I’m gonna grill you up this time too since we got interrupted during our last run!"  Even though he’d staggered back from the blow and his chest was smoking, M!Den-O lunged forward with a stab of his own.  This time they weren’t going to be the ones to retreat.

[the-immortal-phoenix]

The Phantom chuckled as his attack hit true. What big talk for such a weakling!

His attitude left him painfully open to a counterattack, however. Phoenix doubled over as the sword stabbed right into his gut, igniting his own memories of a long-gone wound. An unimaginable rage flared up for a moment, passing as he realized that the attack had not broken through. Like he would give it another chance to!

Roaring, Phoenix swung his sword up to deflect Den-O's before slashing forward. Unfortunately, the fresh pain of the strike caused him to stagger, turning his devastating blow into a glancing strike. Dropping to one knee, he quickly kindled flame in his left hand and launched forward a volley of firebolts, trying to gain some distance and time to recover.

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"Anyone wanna play? I ｃａｎ＇ｔ ｈｅａｒ ｙｏｕｒ ａｎｓｗｅｒ!!"

[the-immortal-phoenix]

With his new hairstyle and accessories of choice, Phoenix didn't recognize Ryoutaro. What he did recognize was that a challenge was being issued, and he could never let that pass by!

"Ya say you wanna play, kid?"

A small flame sprung up in his hand.

"Then come an' get it!"

He throws the small fireball at him, just waiting to relish his screams.

[the-immortal-phoenix]

you are a wonderful person. and no matter what may happen please don't ever forget that. even though i am one single person know that i appreciate all that you are, all that you do, and all that you give. thank you for being who you are. Xo

((I don’t know who you are, or where you are,

but I will find you, and I will track you down,

and I will give you the greatest goddamn hug ever because you are an utterly fantastic being thank you so much for this message holy shit

[the-immortal-phoenix]

Wandering Flame (Open RP)

Phoenix was utterly lost, and glad for it. This confusing maze of a city that he'd never bothered to learn was rarely a challenge--he could always just fly over or smash through it to get where he wanted. But today, something was different. His usual pyromania was subdued, uninteresting.

It felt good to be somewhere he didn't recognize in the slightest. Almost like he was in a whole other world...

[the-immortal-phoenix]

A Time-Trippin' Rematch (@dotheaction)

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"Shut up!"  M!Den-O wasn’t really big on talking once blows came to be exchanged, and as he blocked the sword that came crashing down it took effort to keep himself steady and keep Ryoutaro calm.  He could feel the boy threatening to pass out inside him, not that it wouldn’t make this fight harder (it would actually be easier without Ryoutaro’s constant thread of fear), and he used his strength to force the Phantom back.  

It was his turn to attack with his sword, a long horizontal swipe followed by a diagonal in rapid succession.

[the-immortal-phoenix]

Phoenix was almost surprised when Den-O shoved him back--not that he was putting a whole lot of effort into it, but he was supposed to be one of the strongest things around, certainly stronger than this twerp!

His opponent's ferocity gave him little time to ponder this, as he soon found himself on the defensive. He blocked the first slash, swords scraping with a shower of sparks, but the second blow came too fast for him to defend against, cutting across his shoulder and chest. The Phantom groaned and staggered back, clutching at his stricken side, clearly weakened. "But...how could you..." Without warning Phoenix suddenly stands tall and proud, as if he was completely unharmed. "...really think that could hurt me?!" He rushed forward again, giving a mighty stab followed by a wide upward slice when he came within range.

[the-immortal-phoenix]

A Time-Trippin' Rematch (@dotheaction)

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He blocked the sword again with a loud clang, pushing back up and away to knock Phoenix off balance and give them space. Momotaros!  The thread of panic that clung to Ryoutaro’s words colored everything, and M!Den-O shook his head. Ryoutaro was normally okay during fights, there was some slight fear here and there, but the sensation of terror like this hadn’t been felt in a very, very long time.  It was unsettling. Momotaros!

The fireballs were knocked away with swings of the sword, either going back up towards the phantom or being sliced in half and fading before they could reach his torso. “We’re gonna be fine.  I ain’t gonna let him have his way with you, ‘m not the useless turtle.”  He sounded sure enough of himself, the excitement of fighting a good topper to try and overtake Ryoutaro’s worry.  ”Ya keep talkin’ ya bird bastard, but I’ll have you know I ain’t gonna be easy!  Piss me off once and you’re gonna get what’s coming.”

[the-immortal-phoenix]

Whatever had happened since last time, this twerp had some spunk! Flames swirled around his broadsword. "Ain't gonna be easy, eh?" He swings his weapon upwards, releasing a flaming crescent at Den-O. "Well, maybe you'll be fun this time!" With that he rushes in again, sword swinging once he's within range.

[the-immortal-phoenix]

A Time-Trippin' Rematch (@dotheaction)

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We need to run.  Ryoutaro’s voice was frantic, panic clinging to every word.  Momotaros, we need to run!

As if snapping awake, M!Ryoutaro took off and away, his steps carrying him out from within the striking zone.  A belt was quickly pulled out and snapped around his waist, a pass slid over, and M!Ryoutaro wasted no time in transforming.  The two of them remembered this bird bastard, a figure who’d left Ryoutaro in bed with burns for nearly two months.

It was time for revenge, at least in the opinion of the red Imagin who barreled Den-O towards the figure.  His sword formed and in hand, M!Den-O took a swipe to counter whatever came his way.

"Don’t think we’re gonna go down so easily this time, ya bastard!  You got lucky before, but I don’t make the same mistake twice!"

[the-immortal-phoenix]

Phoenix yelled and swung Catastrophe in a wide arc, anticipation only rising with his opponent's deflection. Oh good, he had some fight in him this time! Jabbing the handle of his weapon at Den-O, he gave a quick diagonal slash. "Yer mistake here was lettin' me see ya! At least this time you might put up a fight! Ya were kinda a let-down before--so weak, even with yer shape-shifting and form-changing." Flames sprung up in his left hand before he launched a volley of small firebolts at his opponent.

[the-immortal-phoenix]

A Time-Trippin' Rematch (@dotheaction)

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"We’re out."  Momotaros’ voice echoed from his lips as M!Ryoutaro surveyed the scene, the area around him looking calm and a quiet for there to have been an Imagin alert.  As soon as the train had hit the proper tracks Ryoutaro had been pushed back, Momotaros taking the lead, and now the Imagin!Pair walked through the area with one of the two sorely growing disappointed.  "What the hell?! Was it a false alarm?!"

There aren’t many Imagin left, Momotaros, if any at all?  I tried saying something… Ryoutaro was just as confused over what was going on.  They’d all felt that panic in time and Owner had shoved them to action, but now?  Just why had they come?  Let’s take a look around, and if we don’t see anything we can head back?

"I got it, I got it.  No need to rub it in."  M!Ryoutaro sucked his teeth as he started moving down the walkways, red eyes glaring out at empty tables and sidewalks.  It was the middle of the day, the lack of people was a bit curious.  "Oi,  Ryoutaro.  Listen." 

Screaming?

"It’s here."  A wide grin broke over his face as M!Ryoutaro started running towards the source of the noise, people passing him as they fled in to opposite direction.  Whatever it was had them terrified and so Momo was growing more excited.  It didn’t feel like an Imagin, nor smell like one, so what exactly was it?  Rounding a last corner had them back up over a wall of flames that crackled in front.

No, that’s !  The fear in Ryoutaro’s voice was unmistakable, and M!Ryoutaro frowned deeply as they looked at the figure.

"Phoenix."

[the-immortal-phoenix]

After unleashing his enraged inferno Phoenix stood for a moment, unsure where to direct his anger next. Just above the crackling of the fire he though he heard someone say his name. Turning towards it, he saw a youth with red eyes and a similarly-colored streak in his hair, not to mention the wild look in his eyes. More memories of the earlier encounter flashed through Phoenix's mind--this was the same guy as before!

And he was about to get a taste of Hell.

Flames quickly roared to life in Phoenix's hand, growing to many times their size and dying away to reveal Catastrophe. Without even wasting time with pleasantries the pissed-off Phantom roared and charged, sword reared for a wild assault.

[the-immortal-phoenix]

A Time-Trippin' Rematch (@dotheaction)

Phoenix had been flying above the city, his flaming wings slowly flapping to keep him aloft. Now, where do go first? I could go break the hospital again, or maybe start a fire by the waterfront--that one always gets me! As countless plans of destruction went through his head, something caught his ear--a sort of distant whooshing? Looking down, he saw a bizarre train flying through the air on tracks forming just a moment in front of it. The hell?

Diving down to investigate (for this looked much more fun than a boring ol' rampage!) Phoenix was suddenly jerked back to a past fight--the rage, the shape-shifting, the bastard's lucky escape on a flying train! Whether or not it was the same train made no difference to Phoenix--that train would be scrap by the time he was done with it!

Unfortunately for him, the train decided that would be a good time to make its exit. A portal appeared in front of it, and the train quickly zoomed through. Phoenix was close and fast enough to sneak through behind it, vengeful thoughts stewing in his head.

As soon as he went through, he went through a very disorienting and confusing experience--there was an eternal desert, and multiple flying trains, and rails everywhere, and all sorts of fantastic colors--before he was suddenly thrust back into his world, tumbling out of the air. Hitting the ground with a thud, his wings gone, he got back up and tried to make sense of what had happened.

The only thing he understood was that the train had gotten away. Seething, he threw out his arms and yelled, unleashing a fiery blast in all directions, not even noticing the screaming civilians around him. What he didn't understand was that he was back in 2004 with no feasible way of returning.

[majiridermayux]

"Hey, you! You owe me a rematch!"

"Oh, why so? It’s not like I beat you or anything."  Mayu gave calmly, crossing her arms to look at the scruffy looking nerfherder human who was actually a Phantom in front of her.

[majiridermayux]

"So, the beast has powered up as well.  One incapable of higher thought, only brute strength." The dragon giggles as she takes a stance.  "That feels pretty good actually.  You should keep going~"

With a single thought, the dragon’s head begins to glow with blue fire, which propels itself forward against the dual broadswords, but it’s intention is not to attack.  Instead, it uses the momentum of the oncoming strike to propel Mage backwards for quite a few feet.  Then she spoke of a ring that wasn’t often used, but it would give her strength to go toe to toe, if she needed to. "Excite."

"Excite: Now."

Shine Style bulks up in muscle, remaining aesthetically elegant and feminine, but showing muscles throughout the suit, the arms, her legs, it even granted a small increase to her bust size, and also made her armor twice as strong.  Where before, she looked like a small, elegant mage, now she was taller.  With her own strength, her host’s strength, and now the strength of this spell, she was able to follow up with a spoken word. "Gravity."

"Yes! Gravity: Understand?"

Ripping the broadswords out of his hands, she flicks them behind her casually, sending them flying quite a bit away from them.  Her claws begin to glow and she slashes an X-wave at him, but at the last moment before the two waves look like it would hit him, they would instead veer off to try and shear off his wings.

[the-immortal-phoenix]

The sheer glee, the sheer amount of power that filled Phoenix upon his transformation was beyond words. Finally, she was toast! Victory would be his!

His rapturous glee darkened slightly as she used his own attack to dodge. Slippery little bitch. Regaining his footing, he spun his swords tauntingly, not even noticing that her muscles were growing to something that could actually affect him. Pointing one of his dual Armageddons at her, he laughed. "Whatsamatter, afraid--" He was cut off by his massive weapons being torn out of his hands and flung far off.

Alright, this almost wasn't fun anymore.

Thankfully for his boredom Mayu was quick to keep things interesting. As the attack rushed towards him, Phoenix simply scoffed and slammed his wings down, each one crushing a wave. Unfurling his wings back to their incredible full height, he let them stand for a moment, trying to intimidate her, before suddenly yelling and bringing them both down again to crush her. As they came back up he started to walk forward, smashing them down again and again amid furious yells.

[majiridermayux]

"Hey, you! You owe me a rematch!"

"Oh, why so? It’s not like I beat you or anything."  Mayu gave calmly, crossing her arms to look at the scruffy looking nerfherder human who was actually a Phantom in front of her.

[majiridermayux]

“I’m not like the one you fought before.” She replies, twin claws appearing and catching the sword while it’s in the air, before she lets go, delivering a powered spinning claw slash to his stomach, tearing through it and coming out the other side.  ”But I will not defeat you either.  Unlike you, I’m not stupid.”  Her arms go to either side, taunting him in a way.  In a sense, she had the upper hand.  And would outlast him.  Being on a completely different level than Mayu.

[the-immortal-phoenix]

Phoenix was shocked when Mayu caught his sword, but that surprised paled against what he felt when her claws slashed open his belly. This, this was--

Memories of that event flashed through his mind. That battle, that mage, the agony that followed--it all started like this, the claws in his gut signalling his fate.

Like hell he'd let it happen again!

The Phantom stumbled backwards, clutching at his stomach with hand and supporting himself on Catastrophe. "So..." he gasped. "So that's how it's gonna be, eh?" He lets out a vicious cough, his voice rough and strained.

With a burst of sudden energy, Phoenix drops Catastrophe to the ground, standing tall as it reverts back to fire that swirls around him in a thin stream. "So ya wanna play with fire, little lady? Well..."

He throws out his arms and yells, fire energy pouring out of him in all directions. As the blaze rages he pulls his arms in and concentrates, starting to glow golden from the intense heat at the center of the inferno. With a mighty roar Phoenix throws his arms back out and the flames he just threw out stop and rush back around him, concealing even his intense glow under their swirling mass. The spinning ball of writhing fire is quiet for moment, giving no hint of the horrors about to be unleashed. Without warning they collapse inward, giving form to the beast they've just created.

Where the ball of flame was stood a remade Phoenix. Massive wings even more monstrous than his previous pair grew from his back, still reaching and twisting as they got larger and larger; the golden armor of his shoulders snaked down his torso and limbs, gilding the Phantom in a golden-and-black suit; a horrendous broadsword, dwarfing even his old weapon, rested easily in each of his catastrophically strong arms; a quintet of flaming protrusions emerged from his back, somewhere between a cape and a bird's tail; and the entire beast was giving off so much intense flame its form was hard to discern under their waving masses.

"...time to get burned!" With a single flap of his terrible wings Phoenix closed the distance between them, both broadswords coming together to slice Mayu in half like scissors.

[majiridermayux]

"Hey, you! You owe me a rematch!"

"Oh, why so? It’s not like I beat you or anything."  Mayu gave calmly, crossing her arms to look at the scruffy looking nerfherder human who was actually a Phantom in front of her.

[majiridermayux]

Dragon wings appear on Mage’s back, and extend outwards, countering each thrust of the flaming wings, with elegant speed, smashing the wings back with strikes of her own.  "Sending me to hell?  One doesn’t simply send the Dragon to hell.  You have to work for it."  She taunts him expertly, Phantom to Phantom, and instead stalks forward towards him.

[the-immortal-phoenix]

The fiery Phantom's eyes flashed in surprise when his wings were countered. Of all the things he expected, wings were not one of them!

So she wanted to play, eh? Perfectly fine by him.

He kept smashing his wings forward even as she flawlessly countered, trying to distract her from the real threat. As she stalked closer, he taunted, "A dragon, you say? Don't worry..." His eyes flash blue as he suddenly withdraws his wings somewhat and lunges forward with his flame-wrapped sword.

"...that's my specialty!"

[majiridermayux]

"Hey, you! You owe me a rematch!"

"Oh, why so? It’s not like I beat you or anything."  Mayu gave calmly, crossing her arms to look at the scruffy looking nerfherder human who was actually a Phantom in front of her.

[majiridermayux]

As the Phantom grew closer, Mayu prepared another spell, but was slashed to the side by one of the powerful slices that she wasn’t able to dodge or block.  Laying there on the ground, she looks at the Phantom, and then something changes about her.  Phoenix could probably feel her power level spike through the roof in her upgraded form, as her eyes glowed blue underneath her helmet.

"That’s not very nice, Phoenix.  You awoke me from my nap."  Came a deeper, more feminine and sage like voice combined with Mayu’s.  The newcomer produces two WizarSwordGuns beside her in blade mode, reverse grip, and awaits a reaction to this event.

[the-immortal-phoenix]

Phoenix cackled with glee as his sword swung home, finally breaking through her defenses. He rested Catastrophe on his shoulder as she lay there, about to taunt her, when he suddenly felt something was off. His feelings were confirmed when she spoke, though it didn't scare him.

He spun his sword around a bit. "Oh, good, you're up! Yer just in time..." His shoulders flashed blue again, flaming wings once again emerging and growing out of them.

"...fer me to send ya to Hell!" With that he lunged and smashed his wings forward again and again, trying to fry Mayu and...whoever that new voice was. More flames spun around Catastrophe as well, anticipating whatever trickiness she came with.

[majiridermayux]

"Hey, you! You owe me a rematch!"

"Oh, why so? It’s not like I beat you or anything."  Mayu gave calmly, crossing her arms to look at the scruffy looking nerfherder human who was actually a Phantom in front of her.

[majiridermayux]

Producing a special “one” ring that could do multiple things, she sheathes it on her finger immediately and uses it. 

"Blast, Now."

A square seal appears and blows a heavy energy gust that aimed to snuff out the fire around Catastrophe.  While the Phantom was busy with the effects of that spell, she used the ring again.

"Lightning, Now."

Rearing back, the powerful Lightning spell surged through the square seal that appeared, and raced towards the Phantom and his sword.

[the-immortal-phoenix]

Even as she scanned and activated a new ring, Phoenix gave no heed. He simply yelled louder and kept rushing, even as powerful gusts caused Catastrophe's flames to flicker. The simple fix was to pour enough mana into Catastrophe to keep its flames stronger than the gust. When lightning surged out of the next seal, he barely had time to react. Fortunately for him, his rage gave him the ability to strike before he even realized what was happening, sword blocking the lightning quite effectively. The force of the attack hampered his progress significantly, but he just kept yelling and pushed through it, now close enough to give a few powerful slices to Mayu.

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"Hey, you there! What in the hell're you?!"

The sudden voice pulled the Jaeger’s attention away from his internal diagnostics, and he looked around a few moments before thinking to look down. “…what in the world?” Tacit tilted his head, and crouched down slightly to get a better look at the odd humanoid who was no doubt the source of the voice. “I could ask you the same question…but, I am Tacit Ronin, Mark-1 Jaeger under the command of the PPDC.” He replied as he was programmed to. “What are you?”

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"The Coastal Wall," Tacit recapped. "Failed to keep the Kaiju from breaching the shoreline, and so was a massive waste of time, money, and material. It would be far more practical to tear it down and reclaim the materials, though at the moment, no method of deconstruction would be cost-effective enough."

[the-immortal-phoenix]

Was...was he hearing that right?

"So you're tellin' me there's a giant wall they need taken down, but no good way of breakin' it?"

He turns inward for a moment.

"Ya don't think they'd mind if it came down a bit singed, do ya?"

[majiridermayux]

"Hey, you! You owe me a rematch!"

"Oh, why so? It’s not like I beat you or anything."  Mayu gave calmly, crossing her arms to look at the scruffy looking nerfherder human who was actually a Phantom in front of her.

[majiridermayux]

But it was this point where he miscalculated.  The flaming point was loosed at her chest, and upon noticing this, she begins withdrawing the blade back through the seal, moving it front of her.  Said magic flaming point passes through the big seal.  What goes out from the seal becomes big, what goes into the seal becomes smaller.

The outcome is of course she gets hit, and gets dropped on her butt, the sword clattering to the ground, but it wasn’t nearly as potent as it would have been otherwise.  Getting to her feet, she picks her sword up on the way, and readies herself for the next attack.  Phoenix was bound to be getting angry by now..

[the-immortal-phoenix]

The Phantom swelled with anticipation as the flaming point hurled towards his foe. Since what went through the seal grew so much, she'd be swallowed up in a flaming torrent!

All that anticipation turned to anger when the attack shrank to something barely big enough to knock her over. Damn ring mages! Why were they always so clever?!

To match his flaming rage inside he once again created a sheath of fire around Catastrophe. Readying for some swordplay, he yells and charges towards Mayu. He's pissed, but not out of control. Yet.