Ninety-Sixth Explosion

[deusexhormones]

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[Chikane vanished. She's only rarely home, but it was enough for Haruki to notice when he went into the former Brigade room in the upper floor and found it as it was before she moved in. He sighed a little to himself, but a significant part of him was... relieved, honestly. He would miss her, but to be free of the guilt and complications? It was welcome, liberating, almost. What's more frustrating is that this means that Seventh Heaven is understaffed... again. Whatever, that's Tifa's problem, right? And even if it isn't he'll help her work things out.

But now that it's later in the day (which unfortunately is raining) Haruki decided that he needs to do more than his daily jog which got delayed by the rain. Thus, he does something he only rarely has done before; he goes to that damned barracks at the southern part of town.

Once inside, he puts aside his umbrella and takes off his coat... and then his shirt. and then he goes to town on some dummies practicing something that only a handful of people are probably aware of his skill with. Namely, martial arts.

Haruki was always skilled at anything he tried and always extremely in shape and all that, but after losing a fight to Senel in his first few weeks in Luceti he decided to train himself. For a while there as Aya, who taught him a lot of good moves and a lot of important basics during the time he was here. After that he learned by watching Uriko and others. And then supplementing with that he already knew of judo, boxing, and wrestling.

Thus, the style that he's using on the dummies isn't anything really masterful but it very certainly is creative. More than that, it's impressive. Kicks, chops, punches, and now and again some throws and other such things. But perhaps more interesting than that his him trying to work with the Fire Spirit, with whom he has a pact. Some of his chops turn into palm presses turn into super-heating the dummies and now and again his punches will become surrounded with flames. A few times he puts little bursts of fire out of his hands or finger-tips. Through all this, he is muttering to himself, perhaps speaking to the spirits

Feel free to run into him during this time, he'll be at it for a while]

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[markofthebrave]

[Benefits of living right by the barracks? Using it when it's raining is no problem.

She's not surprised when she sees someone else there - she is surprised when she sees who. Normally, she'd call out and let someone know that she was there as soon as they came to a break, but his style makes her stop and stare. That looks like- but it's not, the forms are wrong - but-]

[god-is-a-dude.livejournal.com]

[Alright. Okay that last one was pretty lame, so let's try something more flashy. He claps his hands together, causing some flames to shoot up out of the impact in all directions, and then leans back before shoving both of them forward. A small torrent of fire spews out of the pushed forward palms]

[markofthebrave]

[Yeah, okay. Not bending - leaning back like that? Definitely not. And while those flames aren't anywhere near as impressive as actual firebending, but- still. She's never seen anything like style that before.

Really, she'd just much rather watch more. But she's starting to get really tired of people just watching her practice without her knowing so-]

Hey, Haruki!

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[vulcanblazer.livejournal.com]

[Adell's decided to return to the barracks after taking a long break today. Long a day as it was, he felt like he could stand to do some more. So in he'll come, and get ready to start practicing... until he sees Haruki here, training and working hard. ...And... punching things with fire. Wait, what? He didn't know he could do that...]

You've got some nice moves, Haruki. Didn't expect it.

[god-is-a-dude.livejournal.com]

[Panting a little because that last toss too a bit out of him-] you'd be surprised just what I can handled, Adell!

[vulcanblazer.livejournal.com]

Guess I am. Not that I mind at all!

[Adell cracks his knuckles, then looks at his own training dummy.... and delivers a lightning fast four hit combination alternating between face and torso, then a solid high kick to the dummy's head.]

[soulphile.livejournal.com]

[ Sup, Haruki. Don't mind the big black shadow not too far off, watching you "practice". It's just a six-foot-tall demon butler observing you with an amused look on his face. ...And a tawny cat in his arms.

See, with the rain and all, Sebastian thought he'd place the cats in the closet in his room. But on his fifth trip doing this, he spotted the barracks and his ears picked up someone in them.

And now he finds some kid clumsily duking it out with some dummies. Usually, he'd just leave, but... that heating trick has him intrigued. He could easily take this kid, but the heating thing-- well. It could be of some use to find out how he does that.

So, watching.

In the darkness. ]

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[god-is-a-dude.livejournal.com]

[A feeling like his soul is being violating goes down Haruki's spine...]

[god-is-a-dude.livejournal.com]

[But oh well. He sighs before putting his palm on the ground and trying to heat up the dirt. Maybe he can melt it? But then how would he hold it...? Oh well, let's see how hot he can make it]

[maybealice.livejournal.com]

[ Alice wandered to the barracks to practice shooting (which he sucks as) but he's starting to wish he didn't come at all. For one it's gotten him all wet walking here from his place and there seems to be someone raging in here.

Hi, going to eye you warily from a distance while craddling a gun he can't use properly. ]

[god-is-a-dude.livejournal.com]

[Oh I see. Well he pauses a bit and- oh! This'll be a good move He pulls all his fingers apart from each other and then focusing on each of then individually he causes a little fire to come up on all ten of them in turn. And then he claws at one of the dummies as if he were cat-slashing at it]

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[meanandgreen.livejournal.com]

[Raph's leaning against a nearby wall. You're in his territory. Again. And he wants you out.]

If you're gonna try and fight, at least take off that stupid headband.

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[god-is-a-dude.livejournal.com]

You're the one wearing an eyeband. [That's aid after he briefly jumps a little at unexpected asshole-turtle]

[pinkribbons.livejournal.com]

[Having a covered barracks is good when you want to do something while it's raining. The problem is getting there through the rain. Yuzu is quickly deciding this is a bad plan, as even with umbrella and raincoat by the time she reaches the building her shoes are muddy and soaked.

Pushing her way through the door, she stops when she spots the last person she expected to be hanging out around here.]

[god-is-a-dude.livejournal.com]

[Alright! Haruki mutters a little to himself before flames wrap themselves around his hands again. He's tempted to make fireballs again because it's cool to do that but he's trying something new. He takes a deep breath and then holds up one of his hands towards his face and then blows into the fire! ...It doesn't work as fire breath like he was hoping. Damn]

[38thdefender.livejournal.com]

[Kurtis doesn't spend much time in the barracks. He prefers training in a variety of different areas, but today he happens to stop by. He watches Haruki for a while, waiting for him to take a break before speaking up.]

Not bad. Your style is similar to a friend of mine.

[Not nearly as refined, but Kurtis leaves that part out.]

[god-is-a-dude.livejournal.com]

[And then he kicks one of the dummies and...! Done. ...Then he turns to see that a green penguin seems to be talking to him. He blinks and then- oh wait this is that one guy, right?]

Yeah?

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[blackteriques]

[People using the barracks on a rainy day. Seeing it never ceased to affirm Walter's belief that he'd been right to prefer building the barracks over a watermill for Mark.

...Not that he wouldn't have minded building both. But then the tactician had gone and disappeared.

Today, Walter is just watching the gutter he and Doumeki had put together in action. The setup was doing better than he'd expected, with water collecting in a large barrel.]

[god-is-a-dude.livejournal.com]

[A large barrel, eh? Either way, Haruki doesn't take note of the blonde guy or the workings for a gutter because, well, he's got bigger fish to fry. Like this idea he just had. He grabs hold of one of the dummies and, while making a judo-esque grab and toss, he mutters briefly to himself to heat up the area around his arms... which lights the dummy on fire!

...Unfortunately, he's not immune to fire, so he's forced to throw the thing away quickly and then drop the ground in pain a little as he burned himself]

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[herotypical]

[Buffy, having regained her Slayertude, has been hitting up the barracks ever since. In trendy athletic wear, she enters and looks around.

Huh. That's an interesting sight. She leans back against the wall and watches for a moment; eventually, her attention culminates in a slow clap.]

Didn't think you had it in you.

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[god-is-a-dude.livejournal.com]

What the hell's that supposed to mean? [This is said as he puts out a small fire on one of the summies, via whisperign to it]

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[markofthewise]

[Sokka will be around at the barracks, probably after Katara is gone. This is usually where he likes to practice with his sword. Fake firebending is a new one to see in these parts. He doesn't really want to talk to Haruki though, being a little more pissed at him than usual after talking to Paru, so he finds his own corner to start practicing. Of course, two guys surely can't practice in the same place without trying to outdo eachother, right?

So Sokka is trying his best to use his own fire magic to make his sword be on fire when he swings it. It's pretty touch and go. Most of the time it isn't working.]

[god-is-a-dude.livejournal.com]

[Aww hell no, he's not being shown up by something as hap-hazard as that. So Haruki smirks a little before muttering to the fire a bit by his wrists as he causes it to expand. It grows up and...

Well, he's trying to form a sword made out of fire. It looks a little unstable, but he's making headway]

[nowordsrequired.livejournal.com]

[Probably later than most of the others, since he doesn't usually come past here until further into the evening, Longshot is going to show up at the barracks looking for some targets to use for his archery.]

[...And then stare at that fake firebending with fists clenched at his sides until he recognizes that it's not like the firebending he's used to.]

[god-is-a-dude.livejournal.com]

[Not at all. Because now Haruki's only barely getting to the idea of putting fire out in a kick. He's trying to do it now, but it's not working well. Dammit and Adell made it look so easy]