Standing Guard

[Kotta Shi]

"God, I'm bored. I wish Haka had stood guard with me... Then again, Haka never talks, so I guess I'd be done either way." Kotta said with a flick of his wrist, clearly bored as he wandered. "I need a box as a footrest or something... I'd use a shadow, but I squished the last one I did that too."

[BladeCloudXXX]

The creature moved about the town, wondering if it could find something to do. It was growing bored because there was no people around. It wanted to torment some souls, and was growing upset because it couldn't. The creature slithered by a blue-haired guy, and it's attention was caught. Turning, it gleamed with joy as it had finally found a soul.

"And what do we have here?" the creature announced, wondering who the guy was.

[Kotta Shi]

"Hmmm... What's this? It's white... and loud." Kotta shi said in response. "Some new kind of heartless? A talking one. Well, I'm pretty bored... Just remember to refer to me as "Master Kotta" and we'll get along just fine." Kotta said with an arrogant smirk.

[BladeCloudXXX]

The creature smirked, showing rows of sharp teeth. It found this person interesting, and decided that it would try to get under its skin. "Okay, I will start calling you Master Dick," it said in with a hint of sarcasm in its tone. It moved closer to the person, studying him carefully, sizing him up.

[Kotta Shi]

Kotta charged ice in his hand, before looking at it again. "What did you say you little brat? I've frozen people for less!" He yelled. "A lot less!"

[BladeCloudXXX]

The creature inwardly smiled as it got the reaction it wanted. Mentally and physically, it prepared for whatever attack would come from Kotta. "Oh I'm sorry. That was most rude of me. I should not have called you that. I should have called you Master Shithead. That's so much better and appropriate for a piece of shit like yourself," the creature said, continuing to taunt Kotta.

[Kotta Shi]

"...Well, that's fine, then." Kotta said as ice formed in his hand, before he flicked his fingers, a pair of blue nocturnes appearing beside him, before he thrust his hand forward, ice firing in a shotgun pattern from his palm as he unleashed blizzard. Drawing his Scimitar, Kotta held the weapon in one hand as he waited to see if the white being had survived. "I was getting bored just sitting around anyways!"

[BladeCloudXXX]

The creature was ready for the ice attack to come. The creature used it's agility to maneuver in between the two ice attacks. It followed up with it's sliding dash. It intended to pull itself quickly to Kotta then attack him. "I totally agree. This town is too boring for me. So make this fun now," the creature said.

[Kotta Shi]

Kotta struck directly forward with his own scimitar, suddenly wreathed in Icy power of it's own, as the nocturnes to his side both fired spread-shots of Ice to either side of Kotta, 2 of the larger ice-shots both heading directly towards Dae's position, as Kotta sliced.

[BladeCloudXXX]

The creature would use a combination to invade the Kotta's guard and avoid the attacks. It would use it's slide ability, it's agility, and slithering, thin body to slip past the sword and subsequently the blizzard attacks.

The moment it enters the guard, it would stab it's needle arm forward to strike Kotta in the chest.

[Kotta Shi]

Kotta would suddenly seem to shift out of the creature's view, appearing behind him quickly with Reversal. "Now now..." Kotta said, before slicing forward with a regular strike from his scimitar that, if it hit, would quickly turn into a full combo. "Someone's getting overconfident." He said, before snapping his fingers as a shadow came to join the confrontation, standing just behind him.

[BladeCloudXXX]

The creature quickly reacted to Kotta disappearing.  It turned it's body to Kotta's right, anticipating the attack from behind. The creature barely dodged the attack, getting a slight hit on its left side. With it's outside arm, the creature would use the added momentum from the spin to use knock on Kotta so that he would be damaged and thrown into the air. It would then follow up. The sliding dash would be aimed at the two blue nocturnes in an attempt to get rid of them.  "Don't be so cocky boy," the creature replied with pleasure.

[Kotta Shi]

Kotta managed to block the attack from the right, using a quick spin of his scimitar to knock away the arm with Round break. The Blue Nocturnes would fire blasts of blizzard at the creature themselves, the icy energy firing off in a pair of freezing shot-gun blasts.

[BladeCloudXXX]

The creature's arm is knocked away, but it uses its other arm to throw another Knock attack aimed at Kotta's sword arm.  The blizzard shot-gun blasts would hit the creature in the back after it commits its counterattack, but the creature's durability protects it from any real damage. However, the creature is knocked forward and into Kotta, throwing it off balance.

[Kotta Shi]

Kotta easily blocks the second strike, jumping back as he did so. Firing a stronger blast of Blizzard himself, he intends to take advantage of the creature's sudden disorientation. "Hurry up and die, you wobbly freak!" he said with a smirk.

[BladeCloudXXX]

The creature used its agile body to regain its balance. It's slithering body allowed it to dodge the incoming blizzard attack. Instead of trying to attack Kotta, the creature used Sliding Dash and moved to strike the two Nocturnes in an attempt to be rid of them. "If I hurry and die, then we can't have more fun," the creature hissed at Kotta, a wicked grin on its face.

[Kotta Shi]

"I'll have a lot of fun pokin' your corpse." Kotta said, before firing off a trio of blizzard spells in a combo as Dae readjusted his position, as the sliding dash managed to hit a single nocturne, knocking it dizzy. The other nocturne bounced away, staying in the air to avoid a similar dashing attack.

[BladeCloudXXX]

The creature would use the dizzy Nocturne as a shield, picking it up and blocking the blizzard shots with its body. To counter, the creature threw the dizzy Nocturne at Kotta. "Well, is that really all you've got Frosty the Snowman. I figured you'd have something better than this pitiful little ice show," the creature taunted, trying to get under Kotta's skin.

[Kotta Shi]

The nocturne regained it's senses as the first blizzard spell hit it, firing a blizzard spell point-blank as the infusion of icy energy helped it's injuries to heal.
"How about you shut your mouth!" Kotta yelled, before charging with his scimitar drawn, icy energy forming around it.

[BladeCloudXXX]

The creature was hit in the head by the blizzard attack, dazing him for a second. Shaking its head, the creature growled at the Nocturne, but took notice of Kotta coming at it. The creature threw the Nocturne at Kotta, trying to knock the guy off balance. The creature would use slide to charge toward Kotta and prepare for a guard crush move. "Ya know, for you being Frosty the Snowman, you're not a very jolly soul," the creature exclaimed in excitement.

[Kotta Shi]

The nocturne began speeding towards Kotta, but with a firm nod from Kotta, stopped itself in mid-air, using it's floating ability to push itself upwards instead. As the creature slid towards Kotta, he hit the ground just in front of him with his scimitar, freezing everything for a couple meters in front of Kotta in a cone-shape. "Better that than a weird white hoodie!" Kotta countered.

[BladeCloudXXX]

The creature was caught slightly off guard by the ice, but it used its agility and needle legs to skirt around the incoming ice path and hit Kota from the right side and attempt to strike Kotta with its Guard Break that it had been preparing.  "At least it protects me from the cold.  Abominable Snowmen like you make it hard to go out in just our bare selves," the creature shot back.

[Kotta Shi]

Kotta struck first, Striking with a quick Slice of his scimitar before the creature could complete it's own attack. If the scimitar hit, Kotta would follow up with a 3-step combo consisting of a slash, stab, and slam with the flat of his scimitar, knocking the creature somewhat away from him.

[BladeCloudXXX]

The slice struck the creature, knocking him back slightly.  The slash struck next, and the combo began. The creature felt each attack, and was knocked down, cracking the ground underneath it. Getting back to its feet, it felt pain, but its great durability allowed it to continue with little hindrance. Using slide, it got close to Kotta and would throw a stab with its right arm aimed at Kotta's sword arm. With its left, the creature would use a knock attack, hoping that its first strike would catch Kotta off guard..  Should this attack hit, the creature would follow up with a guard crush to try and break/damage Kotta's weapon then use another knock attack to slam him into the ground.

[Kotta Shi]

Kotta blocked the first attack with his blade, knocking away the right arm, before dodging the second attack outright. Seeing the creature following up with a third strike, Kotta attempted to block it only to find his hand being pushed down by the sheer power of the strike, before being knocked back by the second strike several feet.
"Tch... Not bad." Kotta told him, wiping his mouth of dirt as he jumped immediately back up. "Too bad I have ta kill you. You woulda been a fun minion."

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