Water and Sand [D-Class Mission] (Addie/Closed)

As he worked through the motions of this strange and sudden dance, Nanashi's senses told him that something seemed to be lurking within its watery depths, deemed it as unimportant for now since he couldn't detect any sort of evil or menacing presence from it, he continued his exercise until a small time has passed, so by the time he was done he wasn't as alone as he thought he was moments before.

It seemed that it was some sort of merfolk, if his knowledge didn't betray him after so long, those were a race of humanoids that live underwater, with a mostly humanoid appearance but with a fishtail beneath the waist and down, though that only happened when they became wet with water, so they were usually almost the same as humans besides that odd physiology about their bodies.

Blinking twice the male turned toward them and slowly padded towards their location, his staff by his side slowly leaving three distinct small circular hole shapes on the sandy ground as he walked. Soon enough he stood a respectable distance away from the blue-haired girl and her companion, and politely cleared his throat. "Greetings, gentlewoman. It's nice to make your acquaintances, my name is not very important in the world of man, but you may address me as Nanashi." Absently as he gave a small bow towards the female, the Jackal wondered when he would get to don his true name in the realm of mortals.

"May I have the name of such a beautiful maiden?" Nanashi's tone was polite and almost posh if one were to look at it that way, but unlike those raises from nobility or knighthood, he was actually sincere and honest with his title of the female; but in the case she didn't want to be addressed as such he would not mind calling her whatever she wanted.

Watching with almost bored eyes, which he would learn later on that it was merely a deadpan expression, as the female went about her business on getting properly presentable now that her tail transformed into human legs, the Celestial Spirit took a bit of time to look around the beach, noting that it was filled with all kinds of flora around and beyond the sandy shores, and speaking of the shores the dark-furred Slayer had to constantly watch where his footpads landed as many pretty colored seashells were scattered around and about the shores.

It wasn't really too bad, the seashells reflective the light of the sun and formed a beautiful array of colors across the beach, but they were sharp, and some of them were crushed or laying in the sand point first if someone wasn't careful they could cut their foot and infect it with the salt water or the grime that might be hiding in the sands.

"Greetings, Hoku." Nanashi nodded his head in acknowledgment at Addie's companion, though Addie's admonishment caught him slightly by surprise, a snort of amusement escaping him before he could stop it. "Thanks for correcting me. Accustomed." The Celestial Spirit tried the word for a few seconds so he could get the spelling down pat.

Ears twitching slightly, the tall Jackal turned his head towards the shore, blinking his eyes when he spotted multiple bubbles rising from the surface of the sea, almost like someone was heating the water or desperately trying to get to the surface and losing air quickly. Narrowing his eyes at the strange phenomenon, Nanashi couldn't help but feel like something was about to turn very bad in a matter of moments.

His instincts proved him right mere seconds later, having to quickly jump up and away when something huge jumped from the depths of the water and crashed mere feet from their previous position, a rambunctious male voice sounding from the small dust cloud that concealed his body when it landed. "Ahoy wee scallywag, are ye sure ye saw a pretty lookin' beauty?"

There was the sound of gurgling and squeaking, and apparently the reply that the male got just made him more annoyed. "Well, where be she then!? All I see be this squiffy cur o'er here. No wench in needs o' enamorin'. Ye sure yer three eyes are workin' correctly?" Finally the dust cloud settled back down, revealing their appearances to the Celestial Spirit and the blue-haired girl, alongside more gurgling and angry sounding squeaks.

They looked like cephalopods, though the taller one of them seemed to be more anthropomorphic than the smaller one, more humanoid and with a sharp trident in one hand which was currently pointed at Nanashi. The Sand God Slayer's eyes narrowed, observing their forms for a brief second, soon enough spotting how as their bodies dripped with salty water, they also leaked some sort of purple colored substance that dripped from the end of their tentacles and stained the sands with it, turning it a dark sickly color.


"Ah! Thar she be! Well ahoy thar lass~" Once the strange monster's eyes finally found Addie, he smirked broadly and slowly approached the girl with a low purring tone. "Come on sweet poppet, let's leave this ugly cur 'n let's dance across th' shores, wha' says ye?" Before the rude male could reach out and grab the female's hand, there was sharp crack as a tendril of hardened sand whipped the offending hand back, earning a howl of anger from the octopus-like monster.

"Wha' th' farrg!? Who in th' Davy Jones' locker did that!?" Turning sharply and brandishing his trident, the male's somewhat handsome visage twisted into an expression of rage when his eyes found Nanashi standing with his arms crossed, a few tendrils of sand slithering up and around him, resembling like the tentacles the monster sported. "Ye! Ye 'ave a death wish, ye damn cur?!" Besides him the smaller Kraken gurgled and squeaked as threateningly as it could, curling two of its tentacles into fist and resembling like a boxer getting ready for a fight.

"A man should not speak to a lady in that manner, you imbecile." The Slayer intoned curtly, his baritone rumbling like crackling thunder ready to strike at any moment. He had heard the locals talk about a strange aquatic monster was causing trouble in this beach, assaulting the poor ladies and beating the males to the ground to teach them a lesson, with such a bad reputation like this it was bound to drive anyone away from this place.

He had accepted the mission and came here in search of the beast, but since he didn't found anything at first and instead met Addie he wondered if this supposed beast was just a mere rumor. But since he was staring at the beast right in the face he figured that the Kraken's placement needed to change, now.

The Kraken-Human chuckled underneath his breath, a smarmy smirk crossing his features. "Ohhh. 'tis th' big bad cur gonna teach me a lesson? I be sooo scared." Twirling his trident, he pointed the sharp ends at the Jackal. "No, really, ye? Don't make me laugh." Chuckling once again the monster began to build water around him, ready to attack the stupid dog at any moment. "I be gonna enjoy beatin' ye t' th' ground!"

"I can assure you that I am not a Court Jester." Spinning his own staff around, the Slayer descended into a battle stance, his eyes turned toward Addie and he nodded towards the opponent. "Come. Let us do battle."

The Kraken-humanoid's jaw dropped open in clear surprise at how the little girl just ate his freaking water attack like it was nothing! "Ye-- how th' farrg did ye do that!?" Gritting his teeth the male's mind worked a mile a minute to get an answer out of this new enigma and like a lightbulb going on in his mind he finally realized what he was dealing with here. "Oh ye cheeky wee minx, I 'ave heard about ye lot, ye dirty magicians workin' alongside some dastardly creatures t' gain yer powers while here we be us peasant workin' hard t' th' bone t' get t' where we be..." The handsome male's visage shifted into a look of anger and rage, his lips peeling back to show rows of sharpened teeth. "Ye lot disgust me, alright mate, this time, 'tis personal!"

Weaving his trident around, the male gathered a large amount of water in the shape of a large bubble in front of him; keeping a hold of it the Kraken-humanoid quickly inserted his tentacles inside the sphere of water, the crystal clear sphere suddenly turning a sickly shade of purple. "Eat this fer dessert ye wench!" With another twirl of his trident, he jabbed it at the female and like a cannon going off, the purple water bubble shoot towards the lady with startling speed. "'n 'ave another one fer good measure!" Almost too quickly another purple ball of water formed in front of him and shot forth behind the first one.

Meanwhile, the Sandman had his hands full, realizing that its older brother had everything taken care of with the lady, the little Kraken set his sights on Nanashi and started to blast him continuously with water jet after water jet of pressurized purple water. Hard pressed to dodge each and every jet of poisonous water the Beastman decided that it was time to take care of the small shrimp and help Addie with her own opponent.

... Not that she seemed to have any trouble on her own end so far, but still he supposed that help was always appreciated.

"Alright, time to deal with you." Narrowing his eyes the male summoned a wall of sand to keep most of the pressurized water jets at bay, and with the small Kraken's attention focused on him in the sky he used that to his advantage. He extended a hand and slowly twist it to the side and around, and unknown to the small cephalopod around him in a small circle darkened sand was slowly starting to twist around in a small tornado. "Sand God's Fury!" The trap in place, the Jackal swiped his hand to the side, making it implode inward, injuring the small Kraken greatly, and then outward with a small sonic boom echoing around the beach.

Once the dust cloud settled it showed that the little cephalopod was clearly unconscious and out for the count with a myriad of purple bruises dotting its skin. "Forgive me, but I have more important matters to deal with than worrying about you." Nanashi turned towards Addie's location and quickly beat his wings to fly towards her position.

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Kraken-Humanoid

NAME: Poison Bubble Cannonx2.

RANK: C-Rank

TYPE: Attack.

MAGIC: Water Caster Magic.

MODS: Ailment (Poison).

DESCRIPTION: Manipulates a nearby water source to summon a large amount of water in the shape of a sphere and after soiling its content with poisoned tentacles it is shot harshly at the target to poison them for three turns.

MP: 1+1 = 2

MP: 2/5

Kraken

NAME: Poisonous Water Bullet.

RANK: C-Rank

TYPE: Attack.

MAGIC: Water Caster Magic.

MODS: Ailment (Poison)

DESCRIPTION: Uses its natural poisonous tentacles with Water Caster Magic to shoot poisonous watery strands of Water at the target to poison them for three turns.

MP: 1

MP: 3/5

Nanashi

NAME: Sand God’s Wall.

RANK: C-Rank

TYPE: Defense.

MAGIC: Sand God Slayer.

MODS: --

DESCRIPTION: Nanashi manipulates sand to create a large sand wall in front of himself, protecting himself from attacks.

MP COST: 1.

NAME: Sand God's Fury.

RANK: C-Rank.

TYPE: Attack.

MAGIC: Sand God Slayer.

MODS: --

DESCRIPTION: Nanashi manipulates the sand to revolve around the target then he swipes his hand to make it explode with the target inside it.

MP COST: 1.

MP: 2/5

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"Oh, I didn't mean about that ruffian we just took care of." Nanashi frowned slightly, cursing himself silently because he didn't articulate himself well enough for Rialle to understand where he was trying to go with his previous statement. "I meant, normal magicians, and humans and other beastmen, do they feel like their accomplishment are stolen when this come as easy as breathing to us?" Shaking his head the tall jackal turned his head to stare out at the ocean, his mind still nursing that bit of thought before he pushed it aside for later.

"I don't mind if you call me Nan or Nanashi. So long as you don't go around saying my real name to everyone we'll be fine." He wondered if that statement sounded like a threat and the thought of such almost made the being groan in dismay. "Now that they are over and done with," It was clear that the dark-furred being was trying to change the subject to their previous opponent and why they were here in the first place. "Do you want to accompany me and claim the reward for this mission? The resort shouldn't be too far from here, only a bit of a walk through it before we reach it."