"Eh fine I got it, I need to figure more out on my own. Where do these Flame Fist Come from?"
Galtea: The Shirai Ryu as well as the Lin Kuei. Due to personal beliefs and mental attitude, the abilities deviated to a Fire/Water Aspect instead of Fire aspect and Ice Aspect that the Shirai Ryu and Lin Kuei excelled in. The other aspects of the Lin Kuei may be accessed with your understanding in the future. However, I believe it best you focus on what you have.
"Holy shitballs! That's pretty sweet. Wait you mean Lin Kuei like Mortal Kombat..those Assassins...I am boned I do not know how to be all Assassiny and what not. I am like a 100% sure being a headstrong brute and whimsy is all I am good at. Crap I think I can make the Shirai Ryu work for that. Wait they are ninja... it is the blasted same thing." Azul said grumbling a little at his poor language skills.
Galtea: Yes that is correct you are good at that. With me as your System, I can tap into that knowledge and mental shards to help you improve in those ways on your own.
"Uh-huh, that sounds like a plan then. Now wait, why am I not with Lluvia, where is she?" Azul questioned a little amazed at Galtea's helpfulness. 'I really ignored a bunch of her advice in the beginning I think?' He felt a nod of approval from Zelda.
Galtea: Lluvia is fine. She is going through the procedures to be a Full System Operator. Am I not good enough for you User?
Her voice came out a little heated and sad. Azul didnt notice that last time. He defintely did this time though.
"Um was just asking in general, I am still alive so you must have been doing something good right... or have you been messing up and I haven't noticed. Gonna hope that's not the case. Don't need the blind leading the blind." He couldn't help saying quickly as possible as he raised hands frantically and waved them in the air.
Galtea: Get into a comfortable position to unlock more of your Shirai Ryu/Lin Kuei ability.
The floor was too cold but held keep his mind clear. He waited a little to get a better focus then stood up. Azul moved his legs shoulder length apart. He had his arms crossed in the front part of his chest with fingers loose. Taking in a deep breath. "Hoo ooh" He didnt regret it like last time. "Ahh" breathing out peacefully he exhaled up some smoke. It reeked so bad, the smell of rusted old iron or something dead was in the air.
System: Take small breaths with your nose and keep your mouth closed for the Lin Kuei portion. Afterward, deep breaths for the Shirai Ryu.
'Lv1 Misty Fist activate.' He could see the moisture in the air gather around his fingertips up to the next knuckle. But it felt weird and different somehow. Looking down to see his feet they were enclosed in traces of water droplets. 'Same as last time. But what is so different?' Then he felt it around his back. Looking over his shoulder he saw traces of the water form a bow. It needed more focus but for now, he could defintely tell a part of her was with him still. With a light exhale it disappeared. "Ah," the water disappeared into biotic energy that he kept out. He then focused them into fire.
'Lv1 Flame Fist activate.' The fire appeared way easier than the water. It danced around his fingertips in joy. The way it moved reminded him of the Ifrit he took from the Al Bhed summoner. But that couldn't be right. He gave her to Lighting. The fire grew exponentially and circled around his neck before disappearing. It reformed around his backside like a tail. Exhaling a deep breath before the suppressors up top kicked on he relaxed the ability. "Ahh, to comfy."
Galtea: Irregularity found.. patching error from User data.
Galtea: Offensive Ability Misty/Flame Fist proceeding to the next level. Lv3 Misty Fist/Flame Fist Congratulations on boosting your first Physical Combat Ability. 1 Attribute awarded. Recommend apply to Wisdom.
"Ok apply it to Wisdom." Azul was able to think a little clearer as soon as he said that.
Galtea: Continue to practice on this for the next 2 hours while I work on the next pull you received. I will explain as best I can for you to understand.
"Very well then. I think I will just focus on moving it around. I spent the fights just relying on instincts before."
Galtea: Your other pull was tech-based. It was from the Halo Universe: Lifeworkers-LifeShaper was an occupation in the Forerunner society. They specialize in genetics in one aspect and a few others. Due to your Intelligence attribute and your Wisdom attribute you are unable to use this pull to its fullest. However, it will come in handy for you personally, and socially as well for your future endeavors and recruitment.
"That sounds interesting and a little foreboding," Azul said worriedly. 'The System must be hiding my higher stats from my transition.'
After a little over of two hours, I received a prompt on my Misty Fist increasing in level. Little mist droplets now reached all the way up to his wrist and elbow. They looked more sparse and less concentrated than what was around his fingertips. The droplets around his fingertips looked more dense. You could say they weren't connected but they were closer than before. Try to will them connected but before I could try for more than a minute and alert caught his attention, he could go over the flame improvements another time. The System was stopping him. Telling him to get ready. For what he didn't know.
Zelda had already given him a heads up but she emphasied he wait till Galtea told him about it to due anything. Her notice did help since it caused him to loose focus and disrupted the control he was practicing.
Galtea: Lv4 Misty/Flame Fist, Congratulations. Get ready User, it is time to finish The Tutorial.
Azul quickly placed his hands behind his back and just waited. Whatever was gonna happen he was ready to pop off Adrenaline Rush to shoot himself pass and buy some time.
'Chishh' The wall to the front of him separated and two people with guns walked forward, they were decked out in blue and white combat gear. Blue Sun members. More decked out than last time.
System: Intelligence Check 19.
No Two Turians walked forward. The helmets being to long in the back kind of gave it away. The tall stature could only be attributed to taller Humans and maybe Vorcha. But the Vorcha don't wear armor really. "What the hell is going on here!?" He couldn't help but mumble.
Blue Suns Grunt Lv5 was floating above the guard before him.
"Welcome to Purgatory. Your gonna be here a long time you see. If you behave yourself... everything will go well. If you don't behave yourself it's all gonna go bad." The first guard walked around in front of Azul slowly punctuating all these words very sternly. Only stumbling every now and then. It seems like he was trying to harden himself up to come off more strongly. Or maybe he was the new guy.
"Alright already, Can you give it a rest already you have been practicing that for hours and that was the best you could come up with? That was pathetic." The second guard in back taunted the first guard.
"Shut up. Bet you can't do any better." The guard yelled at his partner with his hands waved up in the air. If he didn't have both hands on the gun, Azul might have been able to get it from him.
"Step out and let a pro show you how to frighten a prisoner, especially a new human one." A third guard yelled coming up. This seemed like the perfect time to act. But Azul waited when he noticed it was a female. It was one of the ones he called the Powerpuff girl before.
Her visor came up and she gave Azul a gritted stare. The others didnt turn to look at her. She mouthed the words, 'I am here to help you dont attack me to much.' Feeling the biotic strand come his way, Azul moved his head down slowly agreeing. He put his hands up and tried to look peaceful. He was not good at all doing that.
The Third Guard stepped into the cell doorway and began to walk in. The first Guard turned his back to Azul. "I need to get my camera. No way am I missing this." The third guard came over and placed a pair of cuffs on Azul. A hook came from up top and lowered down. Lifting him up, she placed him on it.
"Bam," she punched him in the gut as hard as she could. Since Azul made himself loose the hit drove home hard.
Health -13
"Kuff," he coughed up blood onto her exposed face.
"Aw dammit!" She said angrily. It was not fake. Blood in your eye burns like hell. "I am gonna get something to clean this shit off! Bastard might be sick as well." Walking past the other guard she moved out of sight.
As soon as she took her first step to move to pass the other guard AzuI had formed his plan. The other guard had peeked out the room to see if anyone was coming. He had a plan for Azul that involved his shotgun going to a very bad place.
'Lv1 Adrenaline Rush activate.' AzuI dropped silently. The zip tie was not secure at all. It was not even tight. If the guard had paid attention he would have saw that. Azul stepped forward and picked up the other zip tie on the floor. Moving behind him slowly he wrapped it around the man's neck and pulled him back in. His leg pushed against the man's back.
System: Acrobatics Check 16 Pass
"What the!?" He managed to say before Azul tightened the tie. "Ziip," the military tie started cutting off the man's air supple way better than Azul's hands would do in his current condition. Staying on top of the man he kept the guard's hands away. It didn't take long for the man to stop moving.
"Hey man I got my camera." The other guard could be heard coming down the hall. He heard the muffled groaning and the hits against the floor. "Oh, man you guys must be doing the good stuff." A smarter guard would have notice the sound didnt make sense since Azul was in the air.
As soon as he looked up after entering, Azul hit him with the butt of the shotgun at his neck. "Whack," the man dropped the camera and tried to breathe as he stumbled forward. "Whack," Azul hit him the back of the throat this time. He went down hard at that.
"Wow, good work." The green-haired said coming over. Her helmet was gone and she just stared at Azul. "Nice butt you got their Commander." She took a step in the cell and checked the two over. "Both dead. Nice work really. Call me Swift."
"Thanks. Can you help me get the armor off?" Azul asked already trying to get the chest piecwe free.
"Nope. And that is not just because I like looking at your scars." Swift said moving to the door with her rifle out. "We have company. You can fight, right? I didnt hit you too hard did I?"
Azul peeked around the corner and two guard were making thier way over. They had blast shields n front of them. "Yeah, I can fight. I need to get moving though." Rolling his shoulders he checked again to make sure they were still coming. His biotics circled as he popped out. 'Hand forward he fired his Concussive shot.' Before it even made contact he used 'Adrenaline Rush.' As he charged at them, he placed his feet togethor.
System: Constitution Check 17 Pass
"Bam," he knocked over as soon as he came clear from the shot. Hi feet in the shield he yanked free and turned on the other guard. Placing his hands togethor he swung them like a hammer.
'Hopefully, my Flame Fist can do something against all that armor.' Azul thought. He was right the guard's neck turned to the side and he dropped the shield.
"Tatata, tata," Swift unloaded her rifle into the guard ending his life as she ran up.
"Thwack" Azul had picked up the shield and started smashing it into the guy's chest. He was angry as the memories of the time tortured had risen to the surface. He also didnt have control on his Shirai Ryu ability that well. It fed off his anger that fed off his Pather abilities. Once dead they both ran forward.
Zelda had already help release his mental calm inside him. The statue dissolved easily giving him control once again. Swift next time him was ecstatic at the fighting. She was even happier how he already cooled himself off. Helping him escape was the best thing that happen to her todday.
They stopped at a door that needed to be unlocked to get through. Security had already started shutting things down. "I can do this. Just take care of anything that comes our way." Swift said already working on her Omni-Tool.
"No problem." Azul said turning to the up coming guards. 'I miss Lunabella.' The thought prickled to the surface. Something told him he wouldn't see her again. "Ragghh!" Biotic charging over he hit the next guard. The physical contact helped vent his frustration.
"Wham," he hit the guard like a freight train knocking his helmet off. "Cough" The First Guard lost balance and lost some of his grip on the gun in his hands. Azul reached forward and aimed at his partner and fired.
"Kachak," the shotgun blasted her partner to the side. The first guard then punched Azul in the ribs once he regaine balance. "Thump," the blow was solid and made a dent in his health.
Health -9
Rembering the shotgun he still had, Azul tried to swing it around to fire. Grabbing at nothing he looked back to see it came off during the charge. "Shit," was all he was able to say before he had to put his shields up. He looked at the guard whi freed his gun and fired at Azul. 'Lv2 Biotic Shielding!'
The shield went up just in time. "Kachack, kachak, kachak," the other guard had opened fire to. His shields were taking a beating a would be gone in seconds. Which was just what he wanted.
Galtea: Your shields are almost gone. Get ready.
Galtea voice came right on time. When his shield gave way from the shots it exploded releasing a fire wave. "Woosh," the flames were biotic energy easy for him to wield. Grabbing the resdual energy he reshaped it into a move. "Sockwave!" The wave pushed the guard across the hall. Before a guard could regain balance, Azul kicked him in the side of his leg. Sending him falling to the side at a bad angle. Rembering the last events he wondered where the sniper was. 'Adrenaline Rush!'
"Crack," With a sickening crack done to his head as he hit the wall another sound could be heard. One of sniper fire.
"Choo, choo, choo," another guard had opened fire, with barely enough time to move out the way before his adrenaline rush ran off. Rolling to the front of the down guards wasn't the best idea but it would have to do. Catching a glimpse of his helath he realized this was a little risky. But he needed to be in the front long enough for the door to open. Hedgehog rolling around was not worth it. He activated adrenaline rush again but felt sick the moment he did so.
Health 45/78
System: Willpower Check 22 Fail
"Bam" He hit the ground pretty dam hard. "Hah hah I overdrafted. That was stupid." Looking up just in time to grab a shield Azul is shot by a sniper round. "Choo," it punctures right throught the shield.
Health -13
Time returned to normal. The guards were getting up around him. Azul tried to sit up, to get to a good position but felt way to groggy. Gun in hand ready to fire the Guard's were definitely ready to mess him up good if the biotic strands were any indication.
"Prisoner your are in deep shit I am gonna skin you alive!" One of the guards said. Azul looked past the man at the other guard. He was scared shitless. He could see his hands clench around gun. Looking at the other guard to long cost him. "A good beat down and a few bullet wounds in you won't' matter to potential buyers."
Health -4
Health -6
Health -4
Taking the chance to cath his breath he took the blows till it was time to strike back. He only needed a few seconds to wait for the cooldowns to drop. Fat chance he was gonna let him keep getting freebies on him.
"Slick," his left hand went out wuickly at an exposed section of the guard's armor. "Crack," his fist going right through the shield catching the other in the helmet. His brain tissue felt.. well it felt mushy. Pulling both bodies closer to sheild him just in time.
"Choo, chooo, choo" The sniper fired off. Taking three shots along his right side of the chest. Taking the chance he ran up with the bodies at the sniper. "Raghh," charging at him, Azul ignored the shots as they tore into him.
"Shit! Of all the times to overheat!" The sniper said hitting at the side of the gun. "Bzzt," a spark came out burning him. "Ah shit!" He dropped the gun.
"Hi buddy, having trouble." Azul asked nicely as possible.
"Yeah just a little. Mind.. helping.. me." The guard realized who was talking and stopped to look up. "Please dont.." That was the last thing he said as Azul dropped the bodies onto him and kicked his chest then his face in.
"Ah much better." Azul walked over to the remaining guard who was crawling down the hall. He looked over to see what was taking Swift so long, then he saw it. She was dealing with bots that came through the door. At least 13 from what he could see had swarmed in. But she made short work of them. Right now she was moving the bodies out of the way.
"Some..body.. hel..p.. me.." The TheFirst Guard was all mangled up and leaning against the wall mumbling.
"Don't worry man, I got you I need to test something anyway." I reached down and push my hand against his chest nothing happened. "Hmm I have to be missing something." Azul looked at the dying man. Then it appeared. A blue glue appeared to the side getting his attention. "Look over there medigel. I will take some and leave so for you kid. Get out of here while you can."
Walking over he gave himself a quick over and was back to full health. He brought some for Swift as well. "Hey, here patch up." He looked down and grabbed a gun that was by her. He watched as she applied it to a port in her armor. "So I need armor still."
"Ahh, that fills great. We dont have time to get you armoe. We need to move. Security is way more than I thought."Swift was already moving forward.
After grabbing the gun AzuI felt a wave of energy flush down his spine. He no longer felt nauseated. He felt calm and focused. 'Should I ask the System or is it just gonna tell me later. I should ask the System.'
Galtea: I am working out the bugs. You mind is still adjusting.
"Tsk, so many question so little time." Azul said moving forward. As he moved down the corridor trying to dodge out the camera's viewpoint. To much noise was made in the corridor and the cell.
System: Dexterity Check:17 Intelligence Check 13
Staring at the gun in his hand he noticed a weird stangess about it. He then felt the info about the rifle come to the surface of his thoughts. Along with the info on how to move out of the viewpoints of cameras and people.
Galtea: Hahne-Kedar Assault Rifle tends to jam and has low impact power. The go-to gun for the Low-Rank personnel who need a gun to fire for cheap. Need to spray down your enemies this is the gun for you. Cause let's be honest, you couldn't afford anything else, enemies mowed down with quantity not quality.
"Hehe are you trying to be funny? Trying to be funny with the info you are pouring in? Welp, I'll use what I can." Azul felt a small change in the connection. His thoughts were becoming easier and easier to navigate through, hopefully it meant he could converse normally again with her soon.
After 6 minutes of moving all over the place and dodging out the way of patrol guards, They couldn't help but wonder why the alarms were not going off. Is it because of the construction throughout the entire base.
Or did Swift move them exactly where they needed to go. Every time they stopped he felt her biotic stands hit him. She was scared. She didnt want what happen last time to take place again. The other two left but she stayed to help Azul. Her soul piece beeged her to for some reason.
"Dammit." Swift said as they came to the end of a hallway a mech suit was going around moving some container racks. "They are being extra careful with the stuff. I wonder what it is."
System: Perception Check 19
Both her and Azul moved the gun up to thier right eye. Checked through the sites of the rifle. Azul realised what it was. Reaper toxin just the early stages of it from the way it was getting handled.
"That is a high level toxin we need to stay clear of that at all costs." Azul said.
"Right." Swift agreed. "A mech suit and a few guys walking around. I count 6 all togethor. A crane in the overhead looks disabled cant use that shit. I shuttle off to the side still open. That's our ticket out of here I hope." She gave Azul a look and saw him nod yes to her. He was still looking through the scope.
"Red drums.. what the hell could be in there. There are no explosive signs on it, no chemical signs as well." Azul then rembered. "We can shoot them to cause an explosion. Hopefully it doesnt hit the Reaper toxin."
Seeing Azul nose wrinkle, Swift covered it. He sneezed lowly into her gloved hand. "Achoo," he circulated his biotics to warm himself up to fix that problem. "Thanks. Why couldn't there be any gear lying around or something? Turian clothes are too small so I couldn't get into the guards clothes. And the few human were the ones we first passed up only till now."
"There's was no time." Swift said. She actualling smiled. She enjoyed this, getting stuck in an almost impossible situation and dying. The only thing that mattered was surviving and who ever was with her surviving. Completeing the mission came second. She turned to look at the containers. "Here's to hoping it goes boom."
Yeah here's to hoping." Azul choose his targets. 'Lv2 Adrenaline Rush activate.' Feeling time slow down he fired. Six shots into the red drum in the mech's claws.
"Chew"..The first shot catches the container. It leaks a little.
"Chew" .. The second shot catches the back of the mech right in a hose.
"Chew"... The third shot flies off wildly and hits the crane base.
"Chew"..The fourth shot catches the base of the mech's claw
"Chew" ..The fifth shot catches the container.
"Chew" ...The sixth shot catches the container and then it happened.
"Boom!!" The container burst open catching two of the workers in a purple flame.
"Boom!! Zttt, bzzt," the crane that he thought was none operational goes haywire and swings its load, dropping it on the shuttle. Same as last time.
"Fuck there goes the ride!"She couldn't help but look dejected at the sight before them. "You should not have shot that container, well least that's fewer enemies. Don't think anything else bad can happen. At least you are calm so there must be another plan in the works." She had taken in Azul's biotic starnds easily. He thought there was a chance at escape so she thought there was achance at escape.
"Bwoop," a siren rang out. "Bwoop," another went off.
"Prisoner has escaped, armed and dangerous proceed with caution!" A voice yells over the intercomm.
"Well shit..." Swift said. "Guess some body was keeping everything hush hush."