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Assembly was at the forest. It was about an two hours before the night would fall in this area. The birds were singing their late song and the wind was brushing the wind. It was summer, a perfect wheather to hunt yoma

They were about 200 meters near the village they were to inspect. The reason of the inspection was about to be revealed by the warrior in strange get-up, proving that the suit was one of the rules some neglect. Two scabbards on his right side were reflecting the bright lite of setting sun

"Greetings, I am Number 20 Rabant sent by chief Rimuto on a simple mission for those of you asipiring to be a Claymore soon."

The blond haired warrior looked at the trainees with the look, like he was unsatisfied customer in restaurant, complaining that the waiter mixed his dishes. He rolled his eyes and continued his speech

"You will be assigned to terminate every living being in that village. From our intel, none of the villagers here remained to be human. Our request came from merchant guild which was rather disturbed that all merchants taking curse through this village suddenly...disappeared. Either way, it's simple onslaught. Don't be fooled by their human get up, some of you might still not distinguish between a yoma or human but trust me - even if there were any, they wouldn't have much life after it. Good luck, if you have any equipment request or questions, you can do it now"

The male warrior laid his back on one of the trees, apparently, he was not going to participate in the hunt

Next to him, on the chopped trunk of tree laid a map, most likely that of the village

<Inés>

It is a beautiful weather; sun is shining, wind is blowing gently, and no sound safe those adorable little singers. I should be enjoying this but I feel like I'm about to suffocate. Hopefully no one will notice it; not the anxiety but the fear. Why do I shiver whenever look at those trees?

"Greetings, I am Number 20 Rabant sent by chief Rimuto on a simple mission for those of you asipiring to be a Claymore soon."

Where're my notes?! Ah! Here they are! Better be ready to jolt everything down. Days has passed since my last seizure. It can happen any time now. Umm, I don't like the look in his eyes. I just hope one of the black coats told him about my condition.

As if he would care... I'm sure he thinks I'm an idiot.

"You will be assigned to terminate every living being in that village. From our intel, none of the villagers here remained to be human. Our request came from merchant guild which was rather disturbed that all merchants taking curse through this village suddenly..."

Great... Dropping my pen in front of everyone, good start Inés. At least fighting yoma doesn't require fine details. I hope so...

I really look like an idiot.

"...disappeared. Either way, it's simple onslaught. Don't be fooled by their human get up, some of you might still not distinguish between a yoma or human but trust me - even if there were any, they wouldn't have much life after it."

The things he said just now... They said I was recruited after something like this. I mean, I have always been a hybrid. They say I was human once, but I don't remember anything about it. Other trainees told me that I was fortunate to forget all. Yet, some of them also say being human is far better than our current condition. I don't know any life style better than I'm currently living.

"Good luck, if you have any equipment request or questions, you can do it now"

Okay, I've written every word he said. Now I should copy that map, it may prove to be useful.... Done. Now, what else do I need? Nothing I suppose. Oh, yes.

"Umm, sir...?"

What was his name again? Oh, well...

"How many yoma are known to be there and what is the population of the village?"

Why did I have to ask that silly question!? Well, it might help to confirm such things. I don't want to hurt a human in the chaos if there are any. Got to act carefully. I have to be sure the ones I face are yoma.

- Ines -

The warrior had looked at Ines, then he closed his eye and was counting "Approximately, there is 3 yoma in each building and one in community hall"

Rabant looked at the trainee, Ines felt like she was somehow "Scanned" by that person, like he already had quite an idea of what kind of warrior she was.

"This will be your first time meeting yoma but I can feel that your better at percieving things that others. As long as you enter the same building, you should be able to tell where and who they are"

Rabant then thought again

"Also someone outside the village, yoma" added after correcting himself.

<Inés>

I really do not like that gaze of his...

Alright, let's looks at the map... So, that makes about thirty six yoma in the houses, one in the community hall, also another one outside the village. I have to trust in his abilities, but there might be more yoma in the forest out of his range that might arrive later on. That means thirty eight yoma and possibly more.

At least he's helpful. It could have been worse; many mocked me in the past because of my forgetfulness.

"Thank you, sir."

We'll need teamwork more than anything. Hopefully, the others are thinking the same thing as well. Though, I won't last long if they decide to spread out. I must tell them... But what if they ignore me?

Anyway, I should wait for them to ask their questions.

*Inés takes a few steps back, giving her teammates some space. She then begins to observe them.*

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OOC: Kolox, are you going to control the amnesic seizures or should I decide on my own?

.:: Roxanne ::.

Ahh, this weather feels good. Hard to believe we’re going to have a hunt real soon.Roxanne looked around at her surroundings during the Rabant’s speech, and although she listened carefully Roxanne never caught, nor even cared about his unsatisfied expression with this new batch of trainees. Looking around a little more Roxanne caught notice of the map and looked at it carefully, trying to catch every last detail of it and barely noticing that another trainee was copying it down. Just looking at Roxanne would have been enough to make Rabant angry surely, at a glance it seemed as if the girl wasn’t paying any attention whatsoever, but upon closer inspection she was merely examining her surroundings while listening to the briefing. Though one would perhaps find it strange that she was examining an area that they weren’t even going to be in for much longer.

In addition, Roxanne heard Inés’ question, and Roxanne listened to Rabant’s answer. Hmm, looks like we can expect a few others to come on by, and as if we didn’t have over 30 yoma to deal with anyways. Roxanne took care to remember all of this; as a merchant remember each and every detail was crucial. Suddenly, Roxanne’s mind wandered off to her days as a fellow merchant with her brother and sisters…and quickly she caught herself in the act of daydreaming, immediately starting to at least seem to be paying more attention. Though she heard everything rather well, and would be sure not to forget anything during the time she would be in this mission. Nonchalantly though, she combed her hair with her hand, still examining the area and thinking over how they would go about dealing with the yoma. She wondered if they would simply stay in the houses; perhaps in Roxanne’s case it would be troublesome to deal with yoma indoors, for her attacks required some space. If they did decide to stay inside, she’d have to find a way to lure them out; otherwise she’d have an even more hellish time with this mission. And most of all, teamwork would be crucial; being a merchant taught her that as well. She never noticed that she was being observed, but Roxanne wouldn’t have been bothered even if she did. She continued to think over how the whole team, herself included would deal with the yoma. She knew this “Rabant” wouldn’t be participating, but that of course made sense. Roxanne simply hoped she and the other trainees would be able to work well as a team.

-Joseph-

He look at the other warriors wondering if they where defensive or offensive warriors. He would find out soon anyways. He began to think about the mission. He didn't like it for several reasons. First there were no humans to save. To him the main reason for a mission is to save human lives. Yet there also was another thing that he didn't like about this mission. It seemed like a trap. Why where there so many yoma in one village. Surely there weren’t enough humans to feed them all. All it did was make the claymores job easier. It felt like it was a trap. "Why would a whole bunch of Yoma be in one village? There aren’t enough humans to feed them all. It also makes it easier to find them and kill them. This seems like a trap." said Joseph as he began to look around and observe the area around him.

OCC : Monk has yet to post but let's say he will catch up. Your nearest the Road Vingeberg (north-east). You have yet to sense yoki nor you have really much of visual contact with anyone here. Joseph for the training mission will be equiped with Claymore sword. Ines, no seizures for you in this mission. Decide on your strategy or simply each of you go on your own. Rabant will only intervene if one of you will be at brink of death. You can wait untill it gets dark or attack now, but that decision needs to be made by the team. Your sensing is rather poor, Ines is at advantage here but at the trainee level this differences are still to small. The moment you guys decide on dispatching, I will post you the surroundings of the village

"I'm late..."

Ainsland was running as fast as he could. How could he be late on his training mission? He just had to take that extra long breath; he could had done fine with a day's worth of air, but he decided for two just to be safe. A lot of good that paranoia did him, now his chances of passing this mission were much lower. It was ridiculous.

He looked far in the distance and finally saw the group he was supposed to meet up with. Ainsland decided to pick up the pace and ran even faster. He slowly approached the group and slowed down as he was within speaking distance. Ainsland breathed out a quick breath then decided to greet his compatriots.

"Hello there...I apologize for my lateness...I was dealing with some issues...and don't worry, you don't need to give me the whole summary. I can deal just fine with the basics..." Ainsland composed himself and stood at attention.

((I apologize for not posting. I just assumed I couldn't post since I wasn't fully approved. I'm sorry...))

Amoy

Amoy wandered toward the group of claymores at a fast walk. Her eyes darted between the five others. "Amoy, reporting in." she mused, a grim smile on her face. As she took her place near the other claymores, she unconsciously stood next to Ines grinning at her. "I am sorry for my late arrival." she mumbled at Rabant.

With her eyes she scanned over the group, three males and including herself two females. She made a note to only help Ines in battle, males weren't reliable. After shaking a bad thought out of her head she looked at the map of the village, taking a mental picture of the map.

Amoy

After several silent moments between the claymores Amoy finally snapped "What the hell are we waiting for?" she glared at her teammates then she turned toward the village, rolling her eyes. "I'll get this started then." she finished while begining toward the forest surrounding the village.

She took careful steps, making sure not to make noise. After a short walk she stood behind the church. She unslung her claymore, gripping the handle tightly and rushed toward the back door.

She hopes to slam her shoulder into the door and break it down. After entering the room she will raise her yoki to 10%, then strike at any 'humans' hoping for the element of surpise.

-Joseph-

Typically of an offensive warrior, they would always attack head on without gathering any data or doing any recon. It was pretty obvious this town was a trap. He even told them yet she still charged straight into battle. How he hated offensive warriors. He now had two choices. Watch and learn from the mistakes of the foolish warrior or help her out. Yet if he just watched it would go against everything he stood for. He began to follow the offensive warrior ready to give her support. Yet he kept some distance between him and her. If there was a trap the distance between him and her would allow him to avoid the trap and still be able to help her out. Yet he wondered if she would help him out if he was ambush. He quickly push his doubts aside.

<Inés>

Almost forty yoma! Isn't that a lot for three trainees? No no no! If the Organization thinks we can handle it, there's no point in questioning further. I'm sure that guy will help if things get rough. What was his name again?

The girl over there looks pretty confident. I wish I could be like her.

"Why would a whole bunch of Yoma be in one village? There aren’t enough humans to feed them all. It also makes it easier to find them and kill them. This seems like a trap."

I have to say he's a cautious one but... I don't know. I mean, yoma can feed on travellers or neighboring villages, right? There will probably be some sort of trap, even if it weren't prepared beforehand. They will eventually sense our presence. We'll be really lucky if we can somehow use the element of surprise. Do yoma sleep while in disguise?

Wait a second. Another warrior is approaching? No, it's two of them. For a moment I thought it would be hopeless. Now it's eight yoma per warrior, much better odds but still...

"Hello there...I apologize for my lateness...I was dealing with some issues...and don't worry, you don't need to give me the whole summary. I can deal just fine with the basics..."

He looks like a decent person. Maybe I should give him my notes.

"Amoy, reporting in."

That was fast. I thought she was way behind him. She's standing right next to me. I should talk to her, but the other newcomer needs to learn our objectives. Urggh! Why do I freeze upon such trivial decisions?

"What the hell are we waiting for? I'll get this started then."

She's going on her own!? I don't know whether it is courage or simple recklessness. And now he's going after her. Didn't he say there was a trap? I have to speak with the others before this whole thing gets out control.

*Inés walks towards Ainsland and presents her notes.*

"Everything concerning the mission is written in here. I'm Inés, pleased to meet you."

.:: Roxanne ::.

Roxanne turns around to see two of the trainees on the team already walk off to the town, and she sighs. Pretty thickheaded of both of them in her opinion, but what’s done is done. Though that one warrior, whose name Roxanne didn’t catch all the way, had a point. No reason to really stick around in the woods at this point…

She stretches her arms and looks at the other two warriors that stuck around as well. “Eh, what she said is true. Unless you guys are still getting ready there isn’t a reason to stick around here; and honestly, I’d rather get going to finish this mission as soon as possible too.” Roxanne examines her two companions, one female, and one male. Both seemed like they were ready to go, so she adds on to what she was saying. “Oh, and uh…you there…” Roxanne says, pointing towards Ainsland and hoping to grab his attention. “I’ll try and make this quick, you can look through Inés' notes if you need more info. We’re going to a town just southwest of us and eradicating it of every living thing there is, since nothing there is even close to possibly being human anymore. Many are in various households and buildings throughout the village, others are outside the village, so we should expect others to be there as well during our mission. That makes...close to, probably well over 40 yoma, so don't let your guard down. The layout of the town is on this map if you need it, I just finished memorizing it.

“By the way, I’m Roxanne and it’s good meeting you both.” Roxanne sighs again. “Well, unless both of you are still getting suited up for this mission I suggest we get going; the sooner the better. And we should get over there before our other two comrades go and do something stupid and make it harder for the rest of us…”

EDIT: Skah, added more to it since Xeno posted before me. >_<

OCC : Btw, Claymores don't call each other claymores :D

- Joseph -

He went behind female warrior who charged at the church. The city was full of yoki..yoki different that he knew at the "farm", at the place he was trained. There was no one outside the buildings but he kinda felt it..they were not unexpected. He saw the other trainee crush into the church, then the yells appeared..a yoki dissapeared.

- Amoy -

She crushed into the church, the 'human' before her was about to say something but Amoy did not falter and cut him in half, the red blood flowing quickly changed colour to that of darker colour, as the owner power to masquarade was over. The man performed a horrible dying song and felt on a ground, his body reverting to whom he was really.. a monster.

There were 2 figures before the confessional, 15 meters before her. A man and a little girl, a man emitted a strong dose of yoki and crushed the girl shoulder with his arms - quite a strong arms for a human..nah, the young trainee was not fulled. The man was surely a yoma. The girl was in the hand of the man and threw at the wall, 5 meters left from him.

The building was a square of 10 meters wide and 20 meters long, a confessional table near the man and chairs near each wall, between 2 meter wide corridor in which Amoy stood.

-Joseph-

Joseph decided to wait outside the church. It looked like the other claymore was handling everything for now. He decided to wait right outside the church doors ready to kill any yoma in the church that tried to escape. Even if he thought that they were a human he would still kill them. On top of that, the yomas probably wouldn’t be expecting a claymore to be waiting outside the church for them. So this gave him the element of surprise.

Amoy

Amoy's blood began to rush, she raised her yoki to 20%, letting the veins in her face grow and her heart pump faster. "Hey yoma freak, don't die to fast." she giggled as the first yoma's blood dripped down her check. She slammed the edge of her claymore into the ground, put her hands out in front of her and motioned for the yoma to attack her.

She plans to let the yoma rush her, but moments before she would be dismembered she would bring the blade up and split the yoma in half. If this doesn't work she will slam her other hand into the yoma's face hoping to send it reeling.

Ainsland quickly read through the notes then took in what Roxanne had said to him. Two of them had already charged the church, which he kind of felt was stupid, but they left so quickly he didn't have time to say anything. Ainsland simply scratched his head and sighed, "Well, there went team unity...I would love to say something along the lines of coming up with a plan, but I have a feeling that the concept of a plan just flew out the window..."

He pointed the direction of the church where the two other trainees headed and continued, "The best I got is for one of us to join the other two and hold down the front of the church. As for the other two, we should swing around the back. Then we should make sure there's no traps waiting for the forward group. Also, it allows us to prevent any who plan to escape from the rear."

"It's pretty basic..." Ainsland said sheepishly, "But I think it will work..."

<Inés>

*Inés gently takes her notes back.*

I hate the fact that my memories have to be preserved in ink instead of my mind. Sigh, perhaps one day I won't forget this easily. Alright, I've written down his plan. It seems my skills will be better suited for the group that will enter the village from the back.

*Inés speaks to both of her teammates shyly with a low voice.*

"...My previous trainings were focused on aura sensing. Perhaps I'll be more useful as a part of the flanking team. Of course it's your decision..."

Please don't send me to the others. I'm not the type that can hold the line or cut through scores of opponents. Maybe they'll think of another plan? She hasn't said anything yet. Ah yes, Anne! That was her name.

Anyway, all I can do now is wait for their final verdict.

.:: Roxanne ::.

Listening to both her comrades Roxanne takes her time going over what they said. Aside from that they both seemed on the timid side, Roxanne also listened to Inés, absorbing what she could, and trying to go from there. Roxanne closes her eyes for a brief moment and opens them again, looking at both her teammates. “Ahaha, well I like his idea. Let’s join the other two for now and cover the back. Or perhaps… Inés, how does this sound: considering what you said, yeah, I think you’ll be more suited for supporting the back for now. I know most of what we’re going to do depends on our other two friends’ situation when we get there, but once we do, if no one is guarding the back, we’ll make that your job. Temporarily you’ll be alone as you guard the backdoor, but if a yoma from the outside or from within the church is headed in your direction, start releasing your yoki as a signal for either myself or, er…him…to give you their support against the yoma. That way it will be two of us versus one of them, considering we won’t have a huge amount of yoma attacking us all at the same time, and you’ll have a much better chance at killing them. Otherwise, he and I will be supporting the frontlines or staying behind our two comrades, that way we will be able to give them support as well as you when you need it. It’s not flawless but it will at least help us prevent yoma from escaping and it will give us a lookout on other yoma headed our way, if any do that.”

Roxanne took a breath of air and breathed it out. While somewhat used to long-winded speeches during her time as a merchant, it still felt a little awkward. She kept her chin up though, and smiled at her teammates.

“Well like I said, this totally depends on what’s going on; we won’t know what to do exactly until we actually see with our own eyes what’s up. Anyways I think we wasted enough time; let’s hurry on over there and give our comrades a hand.”

Right after saying this Roxanne, not wanting to wait any longer, turns her body around and starts walking towards the village, and more specifically, to the back of the church, doing her best to keep an extremely low profile during her advance. Though the thought never reached her mind, she could feel in her heart that she was somewhat anxious to see the situation of those other two comrades of hers. As a matter of fact she didn’t even notice if her two comrades were following her as she made her advance to the church, but subconsciously, she hoped they were.

After the more talkative of his two comrades refined his plan a bit better, she turned around and headed off to execute it. Ainsland figured he plan was probably better than his, so he decided it would be best to go with her and allow the more sensitive one to alert them if something was wrong. It may have been a bad idea to leave a weaker combatant alone, but it was all they had for now. Ainsland turned to Ines and said, "I think her plan is our best option for right now. I'm going to go ahead with...umm...her name escapes me for the moment, but I have a feeling that those who went ahead of us are probably worse off than your going to be. Send a signal if your in trouble."

Ainsland hurried after Roxanne and caught up with her. After he settled into a slower pace to match hers, he decided it would probably be better if they both refined their plan a bit more, for at least the two of them. He stared for a moment trying to piece together what he needed to say. For now, she seemed to very focused; focused to a point where Ainsland felt that if he said something mildly unimportant, it would be ignored. He cleared his throat when the words finally came to him, "Let's say the two ahead of us are in trouble; in an ambush of some sort. Then what?"

<Inés>

Calm down Inés, calm down... Sigh... This was not exactly what I was hoping for. Yet if both of them decided on this plan, who am I to refuse? And they said they will come for help. They will come...

"Okay then I'll be scanning the surroundings from..."

Oh, they are going already.

*Inés waves her hand to her comrades and speaks with a louder voice.*

"Good luck! Take care of yourselves!"

Alright, back to business. I have to make sure there are no yoma coming from the woods to flank them and intercept any yoma coming from their direction. Should write it down.

Okay done. Now it's time for surveillance.

*Looking at her map Inés roughly chooses a position far enough from the church to avoid visual contact of yoma and her comrades. Yet, close enough for her yoki sense to cover, as much as possible, the northern entrance to the village. She reminds herself to keep track of her teammates' position in order to keep a roughly fixed distance between them and herself.

Inés then closes her eyes and focuses on her yoki sense to detect if any yoma are approching from the woods or from the church, with her sword ready.*

- Jacob -

The black coated man approached five other creatures, in black coats and mask from human skulls. They never hid that they were killers, it just that they never needed to, no one was fast enough to live to remember their faces.

"Ah, trainees..what a fun, what a fun" said the only being that was not sitting on his knees and was standing highly before them "Kill them and obtain their weapons, or just the weapons" said.

The five masked sillhoutes dissapeared in forest.

- Rabant -

"That thing again" thought Rabant while seeing off the trainees with his eyes "He himself didn't go...but there are others, nearly as good as him..how..troublesome"

- Ines -

Ines concentrated...yes. She could clearly feel what was happening in church, one was dead and there was a fight. A big amount of yoki in that church, most likely her comrades.

The other yoki from each house were active.

- Roxanne and Ainsland -

They approached the church, there was a fight inside...nothing happened in town itself, but yoki was flowing through the whole town.

- Amoy -

"Hahaha, poor, poor fool" said the yoma and he instanteously lifted the table behind him and throw it at the trainee. He also noticed that the yoma pointed both his hands and all fingers in his fingers after finishing the throw...

- Joseph -

The fight was getting hotter - the yoma were incredibly fast and strong as for their opponent, lifting that enourmous 4 meter wide table was piece of cake. The little girl on floor was standing.

|Emma|

Crunch.Snap.Crunch.Crunch.Snap.Crunch.

That’s basically all she heard while she was walking towards her training mission battale area. She was serious, cold, and was ready to die. She wasn’t going to die for her comrades, not on this training mission. In the future she would, but not now. It was time for everyone to pull together and prove that they were…Claymores, or so what the human folk called them.

She came to a clearer part of the woods, with fewer trees then In the back of her in the dense forest. It was the Rabant, Number Twenty of the organization. The organization that she would be a part of soon. She walked behind Rabant and waited for a couple seconds. She then spoke.

“Sir, Trainee Emma, reporting for Training mission.” She spoke, she was so tense right now. She would remain in this cold, and untalkative state until she would be the victor, and then would be in the organizations Ranks.

Amoy

Amoy was surprised when the table was suddenly sent flying at her. She brought her left arm down and gripped the handle of her claymore. The veins in her face were beginning to show. Damn yoma, always trying to outsmart our kind she thought.

She hopes to dodge to the right of her, keeping her claymore ready to block any attacks. Then she will rush the yoma, hoping to take it off surprise it and kill it quickly. If that does not work she will retreat back out the door and meet up with any other trainees outside.

- Emma -

"Your late" said the man without changing his position no looking at her directly "Apparently your team decided to go to the church, do what you want from now. It will get dark in about a hour and half so make haste. The map is right over there said Rabant, without really indicating where is "right over there" but Emma noticed a map on half cut trunk of the tree.

It's not like the map was needed for her now, it was all about killing yoma. She was briefed by a handler about it.

- Amoy -

OCC : Fuck, sorry. I forgot Amoy is a female. That name sounds so..male in my language ;p .......... I had a dog named like that...

Dodging the table was no problem at all as it's tractory and route was easy to predict but before Amoy could concentrate on blocking, 10 fingers of the yoma sprung fast in her direction. She blocked 7 of them but 3 of them hit the mark. Two hit her right shoulder, one scratched her abdomen back.

|Emma|

Emma nodded and took it upon herself to get a good look of the map. It took her a couple of seconds. She then turned towards rabant and nodded. She was off an instant later. Emma ran as fast as she could, using her flexibility to the advantage, running fluently in the wind. She came there finally, She knew she was close when she saw a comrade in the back, probably observing the battle. She came to the church and skid to a halt, seeing two more Comrades there, waiting?

She heard commotion and saw the downed door and purple blood on the floor, as she glared into the church via the door. She saw a big table fly and hit into the wall, coming down in many different pieces. She sighed and ran in with her claymore at the ready.

She noticed a comrade with the Yoma's fingers coming from her shoulder. She right away took action and jumped and Attempted to cut off his fingers, thus letting her comrade free.

-Joseph-

Joseph couldn’t just sit around and do nothing. The female warrior might need his help. Yet if he rushed in there, he might get ambush. It would be best if he waited for the others to come. He decided that the best choice would be to continue to wait outside the church. If the warrior ran out of the building he would defend her and counter attack the yoma. If a yoma came out of the church he would use the element of surprise to kill it. He grabbed his claymore and got ready.

.:: Roxanne ::.

Roxanne turns her head over to Ainsland, noticing right before she begins to speak that they are several meters from the back door, which seemed to be broken down. “That’s what this plan is for…giving them support in case they’re in trouble. It wouldn’t surprise me if they were, so that’s how I came up with this.”

The two were slowly edging closer and closer to the back entrance. As they do Roxanne catches a glimpse of Amoy, who is being attacked by a yoma, and mildly injured. Roxanne is about to speak up before she notices yet another trainee pops up out of nowhere, rushes in and is about to set Amoy free from the yoma’s grip. And Roxanne sighs…rushing in like that, so reckless. Or perhaps she and Ainsland were too slow? Not that it mattered, who knew what else awaited the warriors, might as well group up as soon as possible. “Let’s go. You take on the left side, I’ll go for the right. Don’t attack just yet, but take your position over there and wait for a response from the yoma or those other two. If it attacks any one of us, fight back, and if our comrades attack, join them in taking it down.” Roxanne says calmly. Again she rushes full speed, dashing towards the back door of the church, allowing her yoki to slowly escalate to a fair degree of about 7%. She didn’t see the need to make her eyes turn golden just yet, but it was close enough to that degree she could retaliate instantaneously if the yoma attacked her, and close enough she could respond with her pinwheel technique if needed. She remained cool headed as she rushed inside, her sword unsheathed and gripped firmly with both hands, sliding her body easily over to the right of Amoy and Emma, a 4 meter gap between herself and the two. “Sorry for our lateness, no real excuse for it other than planning out how to deal with this village.” She says in a carefree manner, and immediately after that she takes her stance, readying herself to counter the yoma if it attacked her or anyone else.

Amoy

Amoy grunted as she felt the three fingers slice into her. She was about the grab the fingers and pull the yoma towards her when another trainee jumped in and sliced Amoy free. “Sorry for our lateness, no real excuse for it other than planning out how to deal with this village.”

Amoy snarled a single word "Mine." she ripped the three fingers out of herself, sent her yoki to 40% then without warning rushed the yoma. She hopes to slice it in half with her claymore. If that doesn't work she will use her right hand to uppercut the yoma.

<Inés>

The fight has begun in the church and there seems to be no major yoki movement within the village. I hope they'll keep it as quiet as possible, there is a good possibility they'll get overwhelmed if a single yoma calls for help. This mission is about graduation and survival. It would be best if all of us got a rank or at least live for another test.

...!? A warrior's aura is approaching fast! Could it be?

*Inés opens her eyes to take a look at the warrior.*

Phew. It is not that guy, so no one is in danger, yet. Another teammate to help us; more good news.

"They are at the... church."

Wow... That was fast, I couldn't even get a good look. Perhaps she is strong enough to tip the scales. That reminds me, I'm waiting all alone here while five of them are fighting. Maybe I should join them?

No, no, no! This is a part of the plan and I'll do my share! Even if it means standing here while my friends are getting hurt...

*Inés closes her eyes again and resumes scanning the area.*

The moment they reached the church, Roxanne tried to talk to the other trainee that was fighting the yoma, but this girl seemed to be concerned with her own kill more than she was concerned with the mission. This was probably the most detrimental attitude she could have. And to top it off, she just caused her own yoma to suddenly raise dramatically. Ainsland had never actually seen anyone do that before, but he was pretty sure it was a bad idea just force your own power up like that. In fact, he was pretty sure that was on the very edge of transformation.

If only he could do that yell thing he pulled off the other day. With that, he could probably stop the girl and the yoma. Better yet, all of the yoma in hiding would probably be revealed too... Maybe he was being too optimistic with his abilities...

Regardless, they needed to do something. He turned to Roxanne and said, "I know it may be dangerous, but if she continues this, it could be dangerous for all of us. We need to stop her before she hurts herself."

.:: Roxanne ::.

It appeared that Ainsland was right. Teamwork is slowly flying out the window…at that statement Roxanne shook her head, slightly annoyed at the girl’s reckless attitude. She’s overdoing it…last thing we need is another enemy, and it looks like she won’t be content unless it’s her way for now. Regaining her composure Roxanne says “Fine…it’s ‘yours’, so long as you can kill it. However…we’re still surrounding that yoma to ensure it doesn’t escape.” Roxanne points to Ainsland immediately, speaking quickly but clearly. “Again, take on the left side, I’ll go for the right.” And Roxanne turns to Emma. “And Emma, you’ll cover its backside, since your faster than any of us and can get there much more quickly. Together we’ll slowly zero in on this thing to keep it from escaping. If it retaliates to us surrounding it, just parry the attack and counter with your own.”

Roxanne keeps her distance from Amoy in case she didn’t like what she heard, but her yoki, still at 7%, was enough for Roxanne to get to the yoma’s left side before Amoy could land her hit, and about 2.2 meters away from the yoma, giving herself enough distance to react to the yoma if it decided to attack her, but just eno9ugh to make sure the creature didn’t try to dodge to its left. And she hoped her comrades would go along with the plan as well. Even if 4 against a single yoma seemed a bit much, the odds were certainly better than just one against a more powerful yoma.

|Emma|

Emma noticed the girl wanting her own kill. She sighed and looked at the other claymores that came in. This made no sense, If she wanted the kill, then let her die. Emma didnt care otherwise.

She looked at the one giving commands and shook her head. "If this stupid girl is too stubburn to realize that she cant do it on her own, then lets head to the community halls and handle things there."

She said with a bored tone of voice. She didnt care if anyone here lived or died here, as long as she made it out alive. She began going for the door...

- Roxanne, Emma, Felix, Ainsland -

All of them arrived at the church doors but they immediately noticed that at the roofs of the houses next to guardtower of the church, six yoma were standing there, pointing fingers at them.

- Ines -

Ines concentrated..there was something strange approaching from completely opposite direction of the village. It's like it was enormous yoki, yet it felt like wave, which was approaching. It was hard to determine whatever that was one being or few.

Six yoma on the roof on the church got active, other yoma are not active..yet.

The yoma's yoki from the house who Ines memorised being called "The holy bell" was strange. It felt kinda..low. And they were moving in undefined direction.

- Amoy -

"NOW" yelled the yoma. When he fixated his position to fight.

Another fingers shot at Amoy, but not from the yoma at front, but from the little girl at the side. She smiled and started to grow in size - only two fingers hit but they hit his non-dominant hand this time...

The yoma at front took another desk and was about to throw it. Amoy regenerated his wounds on leg with his 40% yoki released but the new wound stopped his rush and gave the yoma's upper hand in initiative.

<Inés>

What is this? A group of yoma or something stronger? I don't have time to figure it out; guess I'll learn when it is in my sight. I must warn them, but... My teammates have to face six yoma as well as the ones in the church. I shouldn't bother them but I won't be able to hold that thing back... What to do?

*Inés takes out her notes and reads the parts of Roxanne and Aisland instructions.*

Alright, they've clearly stated that I should warn them. Umm, there is something moving in the house right next to the church... Oh, yes! The holy bell, that was its name! So low, it might be weak or supressed. A sneak attack? This is it. I'm going to join them before anything else happens.

*Inés releases yoki as a signal for the others. She runs toward the chruch with a controlled speed while trying to sense yoki movement around her. This will enable her to dodge attacks better and, if possible, notify her the relative position of yoma nearby.*

- Situation -

OCC : Ines signal can be sensed by everyone. Ines will reach church after everyone's action.

Ainsland grumbled as he saw the group of yoma that seemed to have pointed them out. Their plan to take out the first one had suddenly gone sour. Now instead of having the advantage of numbers, they were the minority. He pulled his blade from his back and held it low to the ground as he dropped into a crouched stance, "Well this is just great..."

He tightened his grip on the blade as the yoma watched them, apparently looking ready to pounce at any moment. He didn't tap into his Yoki any further than the base amount he needed to store the large store of air in his lungs. Ainsland lifted himself from the ground and pulled the blade over his shoulder this time. Without turning to see his teammates, he said quietly to Roxanne, "I think...I can hold off about two. Not sure if I can kill them quickly, but I can easily hold them off. What can you handle."

((OOC: I'm going on vacation for about a week or so. I can't promise any posts during this time. Sorry if this is a problem.))

Amoy

Just as her first wounds were beginning to close, new pain spread through her sending what little self control she had left right out of her mind. With the anger of being the victim of a sneak attack she roared, her eyes sending a chilling stare into the yoma which threw the tables. With her yoki at 40% she used her skill Beyond Sight.

She hopes to get behind the 'female' yoma and slice it straight down the center. If that fails she will simple rush it and keep its attention on her, letting her teammates finish the other yoma.

|Emma|

Emma was watching them battle when she turned her head when she sensed Ines. When she was turning around she saw numerous Yoma on the roofs. Emma laughed loudly. She twirled her claymore in one hand and then looked at the others.

“Ines should support Amoy while we assault the Yoma on the roofs, it should be an even battle. Even if we are trainees, We can still get them if we try.” She said as she faced the Yoma and then started walking towards them grinning at them. She then spoke while she advanced.

“Two things. First, you are all going to die. Second, Please, please put up a decent fight” She said chuckling to herself. She hoped this would get them mad and cloud their judgment with anger.

OCC : Other players action was NPCed by me.

- Emma & Ainsland & Roxanne & Joseph -

"Food shouldn't talk" said one of the yoma..they couldn't distinguish which one, all of them somehow looked the same for them, they were not in clothes or in their human form, seems they abandoned that idea after seeing that they attacked the other of them in human form.

"That was such a nice town, pity to abandon it" said the other one, that one a little distressed.

"You can sense it too, they are not that powerful" said another from the six, looking closely at them and licking his lips.

"Fool, silverwhores and silverasses can hide their presence, we don't know how powerful they can be" said another one, who actually shown that was both angry and scared.

"Let's eat !" said the other one and he jumped off the roof.

Two others fallowed his example and jumped off the roof and immediately rushed at the trainees.

The could see Ines approaching the scene

- Ines -

As she felt, 6 yoma. 3 remained on roof, 3 rushed at her collegues. They still haven't seen her when she approached the town.

- Amoy -

The speed of sound..at least that was the idea. With her both leg and right arm healing it looked kinda pitiful but it did the trick. Before the yoma could completely shapeshift to his original form Amoy appeared next to him and cut his or her head while running. Amoy needed to do it like that because she felt that he was loosing control of that skill because of wounds and fatigue.

She crushed on the wall, taking the whole impact of speeding amoy, but at least the yoma next to him was dead. The other yoma was not pleased yet instead of jumping to him and finishing him, which would be logical course of action, the yoma decided to throw another table at Amoy..maybe because he was afraid of getting too near.