Waiting for the party to start -open followup-

[samael]

Samael paused, looking at the result of Xanden's blast, then at Xanden. The distraction was enough for Envy's smaller blasts to hit Samael. A great bit of dust was kicked up, which he was thankful for because Envy's attack had staggered him back a bit, if not done any lasting damage. Once the dust was clearing, however, he was upright and brushing the dirt from his suit (which was a little bit torn as well, to his dismay).

He looked at Xanden, the newcomer. Definitely not a normal human, this one, and much more powerful than Envy was at her basic strength. He'd be a decent ally, and seemed eager if not impatient. Patience was going to be important, so time for a little test.

"Xanden, is it? Well, I'm glad for the interest, and from such an...interesting guy. But as you can see, I was quite in the middle of something, so how 'bout you shut yer gob and wait a moment and I'll be right with you."

He looked at Envy and narrowed his eyes. He started to walk towards her slowly, holding the palm of the hand he used to brush of his suit towards the sky. A little ball of ki - which to Envy would be that same pale blue, and to Xanden the same black that they'd seen in his aura - floated lazily. It wasn't anything special, just a basic blast, but there were so many ki techniques in this world, who could even know?

"I want to see you use what I've given you. I need to know that I didn't just invest in someone who can't figure out a damn light switch. SO USE IT ALREADY!"

He flicked his wrist and the little blast went whizzing toward's Envy's face.

[envy]

Envy looked up cautiously at Xanden, however she preferred not to notice him all that much. Her main focus was on Samael and the fact that she was starting to get weaker when she stepped away from the crossroads. It seemed that she gained power from the crossroads, and without it near her she seemed to be going back to her own normal level of strength.

"Xanden, is it? Well, I'm glad for the interest, and from such an...interesting guy. But as you can see, I was quite in the middle of something, so how 'bout you shut yer gob and wait a moment and I'll be right with you."

Envy listened to Samael speak, if anything she wished he would stop messing around with her and focus on his new clientele. She silently rushed herself back to where she could actually feel her energy again, and just when she looked back at him he seemed to be holding some Ki energy in his hand. She looked up at him then down at herself, she thought of what she would do about it.

It wasn’t necessarily a large blast, and she could probably dodge it. When it came close enough she had made the decision to redirect it, she brushed it aside towards Xanden. Then sent a few small Ki blast at both Samael and Xanden, however she began to sense another presence. Powerful, more than her normal form however less than her current one. It made her even more paranoid to know that she was being watched, and even worse that now she was outnumbered.

[xanden]

Samael didn't seem to be shaken by the recent blast at all. Instead, he just brushed the dirt off of his suit, as he looked over at Xanden as he began to speak.

"Xanden, is it? Well, I'm glad for the interest, and from such an...interesting guy. But as you can see, I was quite in the middle of something, so how 'bout you shut yer gob and wait a moment and I'll be right with you."

Xanden didn't like Samael tone. Not one bit. And he didn't like how Samael had told him to wait.

"DID HE SAY...WAIT? I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR A WHOLE YEAR, JUST TO GET TO THIS PLANET, AND YOU EXPECT ME TO WAIT AGAIN?!!"

Xanden cliched his fists and placed his feet on the ground preparing to lift into the air, when he stopped himself. Xanden came here to find allies, not fight. If he had to wait for a bit more, then he would. Xanden looked upon the fight once more, as he started to put his hand's in his pant's pockets once again.

The earthling had just redirected a small ki blast towards Xanden, which Xanden quickly brushed away, one-handily. It seemed as if the girl wanted to turn the fight on Xanden, even thou Samael had just said for him to wait. This struck Xanden as odd. He had thought that the girl served the man and obeyed his every word, or something to that effect. Instead she seemed to be a loner of sorts.

Xanden continued to just watch from above the hill, as he stood with his hand's in his pant's pockets. His hair and jacket moved freely through the air, as so did rubble from the destroyed buildings. Xanden watched the battle go on, studying each and every move the fighters made.

[samael]

Samael dodged Envy's attack deftly. Things had gotten a bit more interesting - he could sense a flare of anger from the one calling himself Xanden. He would make a note to exploit that. Envy also had decided to engage them both. He smiled.

"Envy, Envy, Envy. If you're going to take on both me AND fuzzy wuzzy over here, you're really going to have to step up your game. Hell, you're barely a match for me ALONE."

He reached into his jacket and produced that same shining, cruel razor Envy had seen earlier.

"Time to take off the kid gloves, Envy. If you can't figure out how to use a power that I designed to be instinctual, then you probably aren't suited for much more than fertilizing my gardens. So here's what's going to happen."

He flicked the razor open and pointed it at her.

"I'm going to actively try to murder you, and you're going to use your power to stop that from happening. Consider it a training exercise. As for you," he turned to Xanden and smiled, "Do whatever the hell you want. Team up with her, fight her, watch some more, I don't give even a single fuck. Show me what you're made of."

With that, he launched himself towards Envy, slashing deftly with his razor for her guts.

[envy]

Envy didn’t really care that the newcomer had brushed off her attack, it was meant to see if she could get him to join the fight, and apparently she couldn’t. Her main focus right now was Samael and the fact that he seemed slightly insane, however her real interest was how she was going to beat him. He showed very few signs of weakness and he was stronger than she was by a long shot.

Samael dodged her attack, as expected, now she began to recharge her energy for her next move. Which would have to work or else the next one wouldn’t be as effective as she wanted. Since she wasn’t really listening to him, she looked over to see a hint of that razor he’d pulled out earlier. Since this was appearing to be hand-to-hand combat now it appeared she had a shot of giving her energy enough time to charge.

”Time to take off the kid gloves Envy. If you can’t figure out how to use a power that I designed to be instinctual, then you probably aren’t suited for much more than fertilizing my gardens. So here’s what’s going to happen.”

"I'm going to actively try to murder you, and you're going to use your power to stop that from happening. Consider it a training exercise. As for you," he turned to Xanden and smiled, "Do whatever the hell you want. Team up with her, fight her, watch some more, I don't give even a single fuck. Show me what you're made of.”

He then decided to launch himself directly at her guts, which in her opinion was a very stupid move. As he came, forward she made a scissor kick at the hand holding the razor. Without seeing if it worked she began to do a series of punches on the body’s pressure points. Hopefully it would work the same with Sam, if not then her option would be to go backwards and start dodging his movements.

[masuta]

Masuta was walking through the valleys, bored and hungry. Masuta was coming toward a town and his first thought were "let the body's hit the floor! let the body's hit the floor!" he started flying toward the city when he heard a radio by the entrance of town.

"My name is Sam. I have a proposition for you. The heroes are gathering, why shouldn't we?"

That was all Masuta needed to hear, he had been searching for an alliance for a while now and this was it, so he took off in the direction the dark aura was coming from. As he got closer he landed on the ground and lowered his pl back to around 12. He was at the bottom of a hill and he looked up to see a panda figure of sorts, Masuta decided to see if these guys were any good. When he got to the top of the hill he popped all of the bones in his body bringing all the attention to him.

"hello my friends... or i hope you'll be my Ally's at least, my name is Masuta and I'm gonna be one of your most valuable warriors, and you are?"

Masuta then spiked he power level higher then the panda and girl on the sidelines then looked at the boss.

"when do i start?" he said with a smirk.

[xanden]

Xanden stood on the top of the hill, hands in his pant's pockets. He was watching the battle go on, and on, and on, and frankly (or at least to Xanden) it was boring. Nothing exciting was really happening, and it seemed to be the same thing over and over, again and again. Xanden watched the man start to speak and then reach for something in his jacket. He then pulled out a knife, which the sun seemed to reflect off of.

"Time to take off the kid gloves, Envy. If you can't figure out how to use a power that I designed to be instinctual, then you probably aren't suited for much more than fertilizing my gardens. So here's what's going to happen." He then flipped his razor open, and pointed it at the girl. "I'm going to actively try to murder you, and you're going to use your power to stop that from happening. Consider it a training exercise. As for you," the man turned to Xanden and smiled, as Xanden showed no expression at all. Then Samael finished his sentence. "Do whatever the hell you want. Team up with her, fight her, watch some more, I don't give even a single fuck. Show me what you're made of."

Xanden's face then suddenly lit up. He was shocked that he was allowed into the fight, seeing as how it seemed it was going to be a purely 1v1 spar. Still, Xanden wasn't going to complain. This was what he had waiting for after all. Xanden then slowly took his hands out of his pockets and got them into a fighting pose. He then set his feet on the round in such a way that launching himself would be eaiser. And then Xanden began to smirk an evil grin. The fight had finally got interesting.

Xanden then launched himself at Samael with full speed, fist out and ready to attack. Xanden then began to think of how to turn the battle upside down...when his train of thought was stopped by a strange popping sound. Xanden suddenly halted, and slowly turned around to see a strange pink man who looked eager for a fight.

"Hello my friends, or I hope you'll be my allies at least, my name is Masuta and I'm gonna be one of your most valuable warriors" He then stopped and looked around at everyone's expression, then began to finish his sentence again, "and you are?"

Suddenly, the blob spiked his power. He was stronger then anyone that was currently in the area, and the strongest person Xanden had met on this planet so far. Even thou he was strong thou, he seemed eager to fight.

Xanden stood still for a moment, not knowing how to really respond. He had never faced a pink, blobish, human before. Still, he was eager for a fight and so was Xanden. As Xanden was about to talk he heard the sound of the man and the girl fighting. Xanden wasn't sure what Samael wanted to do with this guy, so he thought better that Samael got the say in what the freak did. Xanden looked at the blob with a face that showed that Xanden wanted a fight...and then spun around. Maybe some other time the two could fight. But not now.

Xanden then quickly launched himself into the fray, behind Samael, with a elbow to the back.

[samael]

Samael was not very happy. Envy, while utilizing some impressive moves and fighting with a brand new fervor, still hadn't activated her new power. Meanwhile, Xanden had thrown in with her - not unsurprising, but a tad annoying - and YET ANOTHER unexpected player came into the mix, this one behaving like he were the one calling the shots.

Envy's barrage had caused him to step back a bit, putting up a masterful defensive. Then, Xanden's elbow hit him in the back. He felt it, but it wasn't quite so bad as it could have been - Xanden's fur may have padded it, or perhaps Samael was just shrugging off the pain.

Either way, he faced a potential three-on-one scenario that he knew he wouldn't win. So he decided it was time to do the unthinkable to ensure that everyone knew who the boss was. His eyes clouded over with an inky blackness, and from his body began to flow dark clouds of black mist, which quickly began to resemble a lightning storm around him. He'd activated his demonic aura.

He did not speak. Instead, he grabbed Xanden with one hand and hoisted him up by the fur before tossing him in Masuta's general direction. At the same time, he hooked an arm around Envy's waist. Once Xanden was launched, he drove his knee up into the mute woman's guts.

"Masuta...whatever the fuck you are...I value actions over words in my subordinates, but what I value most is a soul. Do you have one?"

He glared at the pink nightmare, and then shot similar glances to Xanden and Envy. He didn't look pleased. He spoke very quietly into Envy's ear.

"And when I give you an order, Envy, you fucking do it. Insubordination is only going to lose you your soul somewhere down the line."

[envy]

Envy smirked as the new boy stepped up, but her attention was still locked on Samael and his motions. Her smirk grew to a smile when the man known as Xanden had decided to attack Samael instead of her. It would make her job much easier than she originally planned. However it had just come to her attention how powerful the newcomer was, more so than she was. That’s all she needed to figure out for the time being.

The girl’s attention became frayed, she barely noticed her new boss’s evasive maneuvers that would have dazzled her otherwise. However she did notice everything else around her, the fact that if she combined herself with Xanden and the newcomer, she would be able to defeat Samael easily.

But there was something about him she noticed, his eyes were staring to darken, he was starting to become more demonic with every passing moment. She watched carefully as Xanden was hurled towards the new guy, yet he also hooked his arm around her waist and made a cheap shot into her upper abdomen. ’Son of a bitch! What the hell was that for?’[/color] If she had a voice now would have been the perfect time to use it.

"Masuta...whatever the fuck you are...I value actions over words in my subordinates, but what I value most is a soul. Do you have one?"
"And when I give you an order, Envy, you fucking do it. Insubordination is only going to lose you your soul somewhere down the line."

Envy nodded. Then sank to the ground trying to avoid his glare, disappointment from her superiors wasn’t something she stomached easily. Carefully she mouthed the words “What are you orders?” since she didn’t want to move her arms it would be his choice whether or not he paid attention.

[masuta]

"Masuta...whatever the fuck you are...I value actions over words in my subordinates, but what I value most is a soul. Do you have one?"

Masuta smirked he knew how this guy used souls and he didn't care. Masuta wasn't power hungry but a nice boost to keep him on top of the game would be nice so masuta ripped open his chest cavity and pulled out a red pulsating sack dripping blood in that gorey sack his soul was sitting there or at least what was left of his soul his body was eating away at it being a majin and all but it would still feel his needs.

Masuta also was excited as he sensed samaels power rise like crazy this was gonna be fun but the problem was as much as he wanted a good fight for some reason he wanted to kill the girl she was weak and not of any use. "Oh well he thought i'll kill her later" but masuta would get what needed to be done, done.

"So you want this soul here? very well, it was rotting inside me anyway, no use there. alright give me a power boost. CATCH!

Masuta threw the bloody sack at what was now a demon beast and got into a fighting stance with a smirk on his face. Ready for what was about to come, and he was gonna enjoy every bit.

[xanden]

Xanden stood up from where he landed, which was on the hill he was standing on only moments before next to the pink blob, finally finding his balance. Samael's attack had done some serious damage, and currently all Xanden could do was hold his gut in pain. Still, Xanden had came to this planet for a fight like this, so he tired to just brush the damage off, as he started to stand tall with his chest puffed out, jacket and hair breezing freely in the wind, and hand's in his pant's pockets, looking at the newly transformed Samael pummel the shit out of the mute girl. Xanden was shocked to here Samael ask the pink blob for a soul. It seemed like a very out of the blue question, and Xanden was curious as to why it mattered if Masuta had a soul or not. But before Xanden could ask questions, Masuta reached into his chest a pulled out a repulsive, slime covered object from his chest, and shortly after wards throw it at Samael's direction.

"That's odd...as soon as he took out that...thing..the blob's chi changed dramatically. It's much...darker..."

Xanden was curious as how one little thing could change the creature's chi so much. But Xanden decided that now was not the time, and he turned his attention towards Samael, and prepared to strike.

Within seconds Xanden launched off the hill once more, fist out ready to land an attack. If Samael countered by grabbing his fist Xanden go for the nads with a quick kick with knee, and if Sameal countered some other way (brushing him away, throwing him to the side, throwing his own punch/kick) Xanden would try to use his Hanage Whip to tie him up in two energy nose hairs.

[samael]

Samael caught the pulsating lump of...whatever it was easily, and almost instantly his nose scrunched up. He looked at it, grossed out and bothered...but there was something about that glob of Masuta. There was definitely a soul in there. It wasn't quite ready for reaping, but Masuta had offered it freely, with no strings attached. No hard sell, no promises of a favor, just a basic exchange.

This had been the easiest deal Samael had done in centuries. He looked at Masuta and smiled.

"Done."

As he put the lump into his suit jacket pocket, he reached out invisibly with his ki and touched Masuta's, imbuing him with the ever popular Crossroads Blues. He was about to say something more, but Xanden was coming in hot, and as Samael sidestepped the alien, he found himself wrapped in...energy nose hairs.

"...Really, Xanden? Please. You're embarrassing yourself with techniques like this."

His razor flashed, and with just a flick of his wrist he cut himself free of the Hanage Whip. He finally looked to Envy, whom had finally been requesting and awaiting orders.

"Envy, my dear...even at your full power, using my gifts, you're not quite so strong as these two. I want you to change that. Fight Xanden and Masuta here, train on your own, and rise above them. I want you to impress me."

He slowly reduced his power back to its base and looked from Envy, to Xanden, to Masuta. Envy was already his, and Masuta had given up his soul. Xanden seemed interested, but that would likely be the long sell.

"Xanden, Masuta...have fun for now. The three of you should continue...whatever this has turned into. It's good training. If any of you need to see me, I've got offices in Satan City. I'll let word out that you work for me, so you don't get murdered for asking about me."

With that, he turned on his heel and started to walk away. He raised one hand up and waved, concentrating as he vanished into thin air, appearing instead at a crossroads in Satan City, far far from the wreckage of Central.

Three new employees...not too shabby.

((CONGRATULATIONS MASUTA, YOUVE GOT CROSSROADS BLUES! Check out Samael's profile for further information regarding the transformation, and haaaave fuuuun!

Leaving thread, when grades are done I'll take pl))

[Gray Callahan]

(If Masuta gets Crossroad Blues it'll turn his basic BP mod into a 7x rather than gaining a transformation)

[envy]

Envy watched the creature called Masuta rip out what appeared to be his “soul” but by the looks of it she assumed it was his heart, or something close to it. However her surprise ended after he threw it at Samael, then went into a fighter’s stance. The only thing that truly scared her in this world, was him so far.

Samael of course caught it without effort, yet he was obviously disgusted. However Samael didn’t even have to work that hard to get Masuta’s soul, so he must have been thrilled. Envy cringed when he put the sack in his pocket, but looked over at Xanden who was now trying to attack once more.

The panda thing had wrapped Samael in some type of energy nose hairs, that was slightly disturbing even more so that Masuta’s soul. He cut himself free and looked down at her, finally.

"Envy, my dear...even at your full power, using my gifts, you're not quite so strong as these two. I want you to change that. Fight Xanden and Masuta here, train on your own, and rise above them. I want you to impress me."

"Xanden, Masuta...have fun for now. The three of you should continue...whatever this has turned into. It's good training. If any of you need to see me, I've got offices in Satan City. I'll let word out that you work for me, so you don't get murdered for asking about me."

Envy glared at Xanden and Masuta after Samael left them alone, she got up and began to increase her power level. Using the demonic powers that she had received from Samael earlier, however she kept them slightly under the radar, no aura surrounded her while she powered up. She had already made the decision not to fight with them, she’d exceed them in her way. Envy nodded to Xanden and the blob thing named Masuta then left without a word.

{pl please}

[xanden]

Sameal was trapped in Xanden's energy nose hairs, as they wrapped around his entire body neck-down. The nose hairs would bring great pain to Sameal, even if he just tried to wiggle out, thanks to their ability to cause pain to anyone would moved even the slightest when they were wrapped around them. Xanden started to smirk, feeling as thou he had finally gained an upper-hand aganist the demon. This was not the case.

Sameal looked at the two energy nose hairs tied around himself, and began to laugh a little. "...Really, Xanden? Please. You're embarrassing yourself with techniques like this."

And with the twitch of the wrist, Sameal had gotten his blade out and cut himself loose. Within seconds he fell to the ground on both feet, and he looked straight at Envy. They began to speak again, but Xanden was to preoccupied by his thoughts to listen. None had ever gotten out of his Hanage Whip, and even when they did they suffered great amounts of pain. Xanden was overwhelmed with shock and anger, not able to move after seeing the power he saw.

Suddenly, Sameal dropped his power to where it was before and looked towards Masuta and Xanden. Xanden was brought back from his thoughts and into the present, as Sameal started to address the two fighters.

"Xanden, Masuta...have fun for now. The three of you should continue...whatever this has turned into. It's good training. If any of you need to see me, I've got offices in Satan City. I'll let word out that you work for me, so you don't get murdered for asking about me."

Xanden was about to speak but by then Sameal had turned around and waved goodbye, soon after flying off to wherever he would go.

Xanden slowly curled his hands into fists, enraged at Sameal's comment about how he worked for him. Xanden did not work for him and came here to look for a good battle, not a line of work. Xanden looked down at the ground, his entire body shaking with anger. Xanden looked up at the other two, to see how they would respond, and noticed that Envy had powered up. She was more powerful that himself, but not the pink blob named Masuta, and after nodding at the two of them she flew off. Now alone, Xanden decided to talk to the blob, and he turned to find that Masuta had left, almost as he came, quite suddenly. Xanden slid his hands into his pant's pockets and sighed. It had been a long day, and it seemed like this was only the start.

[PL please, and since Masuta left the site the thread is over.]