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Post by Raikotsu Sudeki on Dec 22, 2013 0:03:10 GMT -8
Rai would be in his room at the mansion clad only in a pair of shorts, sitting cross legged with a cup of black tea in front of him a bag sitting beside the tea with a spoon sitting on top of it. Incense was burning off to the side with candles lit around him. He had set up the perfect meditation circle. He even had Kokuryu standing outside his door to make sure no one tried to disturb him. Now he was pressed with a choice in front of him...
Mix that into a black tea. No more than a teaspoon or you will die of the toxin.
Mathew had given Rai this warning when he had handed him the bag of herbs. But was it possible that Mathew was just being overcautious? Or worse, did he think Rai was too weak to handle more than a teaspoon? Rai contemplated and debated before finally making his decision.
"I need to prove my strength, and not just to Mathew. He said that with this I would help me find myself, well then I'm going to do just that."
Rai would poor in one teaspoon of the herbs and stir it into the tea. Then he would reach down and pour in another teaspoon of the herbs and mix up the concoction even more before finally drinking the entire cup. After which he would set the cup down, close his eye and begin to meditate.
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Post by Mathew Amtrum on Dec 22, 2013 0:22:14 GMT -8
(OOC: Leon asked me to GM this for him. I will not be determining the rewards but it is Hardmode.)
It was horribly bitter. Drinking the tea down itself would be quite a feat without gagging would be an accomplishment in itself. It tasted more than mildly poisonous and acidic. However Rai manages to choke it down.
The tea didn't seem to have any effect on him. He didn't feel any different, no stomach aches, no cramps, no weird feelings or effects that he could tell. Meditation came to him as easily as it normally did and the scent of the incense washed over him. How long would Rai stay to meditate?
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Post by Raikotsu Sudeki on Dec 22, 2013 0:59:45 GMT -8
Rai's face would twist in disgust as he drank the tea but he would force himself not to spit it out.
He would sit there and meditate for a good 6 hours or so, if nothing happened he would sigh and stand up, blowing out all the candles and cleaning up the ashes of the incense. Toweling off any sweat that had accumulated. Then he would go and put on a sleeveless white shirt, and walk out the door to relieve Kokuryu.
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Post by Mathew Amtrum on Dec 22, 2013 1:02:44 GMT -8
Nothing happened for the first hour or so and he would just sit there in peace and silence as the herbs slowly worked through his body and mixed with his Qi energy.
"You're an idiot you know that? You don't think, and you don't follow through with anything. Remember how you were going to beat Kiyr to becoming a named? Remember that drive you had! Where did that go?"
A voice behind him spoke up. Contempt dripping from his lips as he spat out his words.
"You don't deserve anything that's been handed to you because you don't earn it. You sit and wait to be told what to do like a lap dog. And then you wonder why Leon doesn't respect you. Why Mathew has to clean up your messes. Face it. You're a joke."
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Post by Raikotsu Sudeki on Dec 22, 2013 1:07:48 GMT -8
Rai heard the voice and jumped up turning to see who it was speaking to him.
"Who the hell?!"
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Post by Mathew Amtrum on Dec 22, 2013 1:11:39 GMT -8
Rai would see himself standing there, with his arms shoved in his pockets. He was dressed exactly as Rai himself.
"Can't even figure it out. He pretty much told you that it would pull out parts of yourself you ignore. How dumb are you? It's a wonder he hasn't dismissed you or dressed you up like the dancing monkey you are."
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Post by Raikotsu Sudeki on Dec 22, 2013 1:40:38 GMT -8
Rai would stare in disbelief... at himself.
"So... this is my test hmmm?"
Rai would put his hands in his pockets and face his double mimicking his stance.
"Dancing monkey, eh? Think of that one yourself. Think I know why nobody laughs at my jokes."
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Post by Mathew Amtrum on Dec 22, 2013 8:54:14 GMT -8
"Perhaps you're my test. Though you probably didn't think of that."
The other Rai frowned.
"Figures that I'd come face to face with my stupid side. I shouldn't have taken two teaspoons..."
The other Rai was looking more annoyed!
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Post by Raikotsu Sudeki on Dec 22, 2013 14:56:26 GMT -8
Rai chuckled to himself... literally?
"I'M the stupid side? Hah! The fact that you think you're the real me only shows how stupid you are. I was in the exact same position that I started out in, YOU came out of no where talking about how you knew this was my test, and saying things like how I couldn't figure this shit out. Well so far I've got you figured out. You are the shallow, pathetic, and weak version of me. You are inside me casting out all the built up hate I have towards myself and right now you are just saying everything that I've ever thought about to my face. You are trying to tear me down from the inside and you are using this herb to make your voice louder. Well guess what butter cup, I'm done with you. I don't need you anymore. Hell I never needed you. So here's the deal YOU need to man the fuck up! We both do, I know that... You're right about me not taking actions on my own, and sitting down like a dog and accepting any handouts that I can find. But that is going to end. Right here, right now. We BOTH need to grow up, but at least I know that YOU are the part of me that is dragging me down, so for me to start growing up, I need you to quit being a little bitch!"
Rai glared at his double shaking at the pressure of his own words. He had hit home in his own heart never mind how it was going to affect the other one. He didn't know what to suspect next but if his double didn't like what Rai had said he would begin to loosen himself up so that he would be ready to deal with anything he would through at himself.
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Post by Mathew Amtrum on Dec 22, 2013 15:09:39 GMT -8
The other Rai smirked as Rai stood up for himself. Trying to cast the illusion off of himself. Pegging him as self loathing, but he was so much more than that. The loathing inside Rai was a shallow pool compared to what he was. He was Rai.
A tendril of blood shot out of the other Rai's chest to try and impale Rai in his right shoulder. The tendril if it pierced his flesh would push itself deeper into Rai's body to stop him from being able to use that arm at all as the only blood around those muscles did not belong to him.
Other Rai's stats.
Str: 40
Dex: 64
Con: 64
Int: 50
Wis: 96
Cha: 80 (100 defending)
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Post by Raikotsu Sudeki on Dec 22, 2013 21:17:45 GMT -8
Rai dodged forward as soon as he saw the blood move under his doppelgangers chest, Rai would shift his body just enough that the tendril would scratch him. Rai would pick up the bag of herbs and would attempt to slam it into the doubles chest, if successful he would send blood spikes through his hand, through the bag, and into the chest of the double hoping and praying that this shit affected his double as much as it did him.
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Post by Mathew Amtrum on Dec 22, 2013 22:15:22 GMT -8
A scratch was all that he needed to get a thin connection with his blood pumping into Rai's body, pushing the blood away from his muscles to deaden his right arm. When the other arm went for his chest with the herbs the other Rai didn't stop the blow but the blood spikes that Rai tried to send into his doppleganger wouldn't penetrate the layer of hardened blood right under his skin.
"Tell me again how I'm the pathetic one."
He said before whipping his head forward for a brutal headbutt.
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Post by Raikotsu Sudeki on Dec 22, 2013 22:29:46 GMT -8
Rai slammed his head forward so that the other Rai's head would slam into the harder part of his head. But he would claw his hand into the doppelganger's chest, refusing to let go. Smiling even if the double couldn't see it.
"Because you can't even protect yourself from weak ol' me."
With that Rai put all his focus into the his Qi focusing on his blood, including the doppelgangers own blood, they were both the same person after all, so he could even manipulate the blood inside his double and on the hope that this would be just as surprising to the double it would give him enough time to use the doubles own blood to crush his heart. If this were successful Rai would push away the now hopefully dead double and back up attempting to restore the blood in the muscles of his arm.
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Post by Mathew Amtrum on Dec 23, 2013 13:46:15 GMT -8
Rai's maneuver worked to stun him as he tried to manipulate the blood of his copy. Though it was hard to manipulate. He felt his heart tightening and straining as he did so. Like someone was manipulating his blood to try and crush his heart!
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Post by Raikotsu Sudeki on Dec 24, 2013 22:21:26 GMT -8
Feeling a heaviness closing in on his heart Rai immediately jumped back releasing control of his doubles heart. He formed a hole in the floor of the room diving down to the living room, if he were successful in the escape he would take a quick breath grabbing his chest.
"What the hell was that?!"
At least Rai had successfully planted the poison in the system of his double, and not even Rai could deconstruct poisons in his blood. Now, if he were lucky, all he had to do was wait for the poison to take effect and with ANY luck, the poison would give him an advantage...
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