The Great Kut-Ku [Inv/Core]

Gage stood still watching his companions own Full Bring Release, something that he rarely ever gets to actually take in, the most common time that people using their release being during the middle of combat. Unlike Gage's, who's own Full Bring was violent and almost Satanic in design, his friends Full Bring was more of an Ocean, soothing and calm to the eyes. He couldn't help but wonder what it would be like to have a full ring that wasn't so painful to undergo, his having always been painful. He has not met a lot of other Full Bringers whos powers are normally hidden in the heat of battle along with the pain of his own.

In all reality it has been a long time since he had unleashed his full brain without being in some form of danger the time that passed making him almost go into denial about the pain. Certainly it couldn't hurt like this all the time. If this experiment does not work then Gage is going to take it upon himself to make sure that he does not release while he is with Kvothe, the dangers of his release being a bit too much for him to handle. He was certain that if 'Polarity' decided to send Kvothe with him then he would be able to subdue him but almost certainly at the risk of his own bodily injury. This was it, the experiment that would either make his Fullbring something that no ally ever gets to see again or something that he can learn to control, the blood lust being able to be curved and regulated. Only time and patience will tell if this can be done.

Normally Gage does not put himself into other people hands entirely but Kvothe seemed to know what he was doing, his own Fullbring being able to at least curb negative feelings and emotions enough to function. It is time for him to put a little faith into others and stop running on his own all the time. Perhaps Kvothe would be the one to break that habit. Taking a breath Gage releases his last fullbring ability. Digging his fingertips into his chest he makes a ripping motion as if he were ripping a shirt off. Red energy explodes from his chest, flooding over his body like fire and coating him in a thin aura of light. His entire being now is red flame, no more distinguishable details apparent on his body save for his right hand having a small hole the size of a golf ball with a bone jaw set around it. Even his face was shrouded in energy, his eyes putting off a black energy fire and his mouth being the only part on his body that does not actively put off flame. Opening his mouth in what looks like a scream of pain Gage falls to his knees, his fists slamming into the dirt with smoke billowing up from everything that is touching the ground as if his whole body was red hot Iron.

That was it, that was all gauge could remember doing before his vision swims red and his memory of the situation fades for away.



CLAD: Hellfire Inferno 'Gōka Moeru Jigoku'
Class: Release CLAD
Tier: II
Type: Offensive
Range: 100m
Description: Rage incarnate, with the activation of this technique Gage has a tendency to lose himself in his hollow origins and become aggressive, attacking his enemies like a monster. This ability is entered when he no longer has any sealing rings around the main seal on his chest and he receives another 'Hellfire Stack' or if he chooses to enter it prematurely. When this ability activates his entire body is coated in red energy making all details on him in perceivable and making him seem like a being made of pure energy. One noticeable detail though is that the center of his right hand has a hole straight through, a white bone jaw around the hole with sharp teeth lining it. While in this state he gets a Passive Tier II additional damage to anything that his reiatsu touches under foot, by hand or through attacks. This ability lasts for one post per Hellfire stack that he has. After this ability is completed it enters a cooldown of one post before either Hellfire Inferno 'Gōka Moeru Jigoku' or Hellfire Candle 'Gōka taimatsu' can be reactivated

Anger, pure anger. Gage stands slowly his back slouched and his stance weak as he raises himself up. Pure blood lust. He was desperate for something, for the ability to rend and reek havoc on anything that he could get his hands on. The world was his oyster and he needed to shell it, leaving all its meaty bits on the floor. In front of him a man stands, what man? Did he know this man? Perhaps he did once. But no more, this man was fodder, he was food to feed his appetite for horror. Bleed, something must bleed. The man was speaking but he could hear nothing, not a recognizable sound reached his ears, it was as if he were living in a massive filter, draining all the meaning from the world. A threat? Gage was out of his mind, his behavior being something more kin to a animal caged too long for fights, his head turning slightly to look at the man better with one eye, head cocked slightly sideways to hear better.

Roar Sound - Loud

Crouching down slightly and cocking his arms Gage opens his mouth, his jaw appearing to dislocate and open farther than any flesh and blood being should. Doing a deep chested chuckle at first he rolls his shoulders backwards, unleashing a roar that would make a full blooded hollow shudder in horror. Birds in the distance stop chirping, insects going silent leaving them alone to deal with the situation that they had started.

The bloodlust was in satiable. All he wanted was to get his hands on that man, pulling and twisting at every limb he could touch. He was a monster and he knew it. He could feel it in his bones, aching to injure everything that happened to have an ounce of blood in them. The urges grew so strong, so overwhelming that if not just for a moment a spark of consciousness flip back into his eyes, showing that the urges were so unnatural to him that he could not live under their controlling shadow. Watching the man dark across the water surface like a Jesus lizard he tilts his head, trying to understand what it is that the man is doing. Just as quickly as he was gaining control it faded away again. The beast inside rows up to the surface pushing him into a primal hunt.

Taking a step forward his feet touch the water, steam instantly blowing off of them as supernatural amounts of heat flash boil the water. His feet sink into it first, almost down to the ankle before a small spark of green electricity down his leg and push his foot back up and out of the water, turning the whole surface of the lake into a smooth platform for him to walk across. Taking a few steps across the water to test its resilience the beast crouches down, taking a monster like stance with his hands on the ground like clause on a tiger. Lunging forward it begins, the hunt has started.

Crossing the surface of the water in massive leaps and bounds, every time his hands and feet touch the water and massive splash of steam and missed float up from where they contact the surface. Like this he charges, passing over these 'Ripples' and slowing down with each one she passes. Almost in voluntarily as if he were being held down underwater.

These ripples seem so familiar. It was as if you had seen them before, in some faraway lifetime that he had moved away from. Everything about this man hinted that they already knew each other but that was impossible, A beast has no friends, no acquaintances or allies. They are just that. They are beasts that hunt and kill for pleasure. Pulling himself out of his mile daydream the beast sees sudden flash of movement flying towards him. Slashing out with one arm his clawed hand rips through the first projectile, A cloud of steam and energy flooding off of the impact zone blinding everything within 2 m of it. As it was right at arms reach Gage himself is blinded by the white red fog.

Instincts takes over, planting one foot the beast completely locks its legs down it coming to a halt so suddenly that it almost feels like it vanished. This however did not allow the beast to evade the second bullet. Slamming into his face with full force it is enough to knock his head backwards and almost hit him off balance but it would take much more than that to get him down. Swiping at the fog with his hands he slashes, the energy from his hands ripping through the fog and leaving small openings that allows anyone outside to look in and see the red flooding energy emanating from inside the fog. It was pure instinct that controlled him now, instinct that told him not to move if you cannot see, not to act if you cannot kill it.

The monsters instinct controlling him make him do something that he would either regret or forget. From outside the fog all they would be able to see is that the core seems to grow a bright blood red. Inside however it is a storm, a blizzard of pure rage, his roars echoing across the surface of the water. Streams of red energy form out of the air and condense at his open mouth. This only takes a moment, the point where all the energy focus is growing in size and intensity until he releases it. A 1 foot wide beam of red energy explodes from the fog out to the side, dragging its way across the top it splits the fog in half like a knife cutting open a watermelon from the inside. Suddenly the red beam becomes erratic, darting back-and-forth across the front of the fog cutting apart like a sword that reaches out into the horizon.

Standing there, gasping for air and trying to regain himself is the beast. Winded from the sudden expenditure of energy he looks straight at Kvothe, Completely silent. The displeasure was obvious in his eyes. What would he do next?

Gage has never seen it before, this man that he hunts somehow is forming bubbles. Massive flooding bubbles that are large enough to encase entire people. This could not be a random phenomenon, the man being the source of the huge amount of energy pouring into the water. Raised hand snaps for finger middle finger and thumb together to distract him but a flash of movement catches his eye. Gage is fast, faster now that his instincts are driving his behavior rather than an active thought. This blur, faster than any human being could see, darted around and vanished behind him. Reactively he spins about swinging his left arm in a wide arch, the blood red energy pouring off of his arm.

Rather than flying off though this energy clings to his arm extending it with its increased reach. It was as if he was pouring his own spiritual energy into his arm and then molding it into a massive limb. Rather than flying off though this energy clings to his arm extending it with its increased reach. It was as if he was pouring his own spiritual energy into his arm and then molding it into a huge limb. At the end of the arm a massive hand rakes the air, attempting to catch Kvothe mid step but he is a step too far away, the hand clawing at the air inches in front of him. If it were not for the fact that he had just used all that energy in that energy being to come apart the fog then he would have been able to reach all the way out, his energy being a little spent at the time.

Once again he is caught off guard by the four flying projectiles. Raising his arms in an X-shaped he does what he can to fend them off. The first two impact his arms splashing off into different directions while the third impacts him square in the stomach splashing with enough force to rip off some of the red energy shrouding his body. It is the fourth that gets him, impacting him on the left cheek bone it rips away the shroud and exposes all the skin underneath, undamaged.

Under normal circumstances he would've been enraged, The insult being struck so many times in such a short period being enough to send them into a blood fury rivaling that of Vikings. That was not the case though, once again watching over him like a wave of calm joy, a second bubble forms all around him, the same as when he was conscious and behave like a civil human being. It is soothing and soft, relaxing him and almost entirely taking away the monsterous attitude that he had developed.

It was magical, it was like all the anger and hate that he had in his body was suddenly suppressed into a tiny mote of light as some other worldly figure smothered it with their thumb. The flames coding his body flickering fade as if the fuel source that they were running on suddenly cut. It was like a switch had flipped in his head, something just 'come on' making him remember everything that he has ever done while in his enraged form. At first all he felt was guilt, like a wave of sadness before the power of the bubble kicked back in and wipped that feeling from his mind. The it was sheer awe at the things that he was capable of in his released form. Everything before now was fuzzy but this was as clear as glass.

"I think it worked Kvothe. Did you see that? That beam thing was amazing!" Perhaps his attitude was being manipulated a bit by the bubble still. "And I made a giant claw thing! My god it was massive! Holy crap that was amazing!"

Gages whole body ached, The large expenditure of energy tiring him out. In all reality he has never used so much energy at once, the fatigue that The large expenditure of energy tiring him out. In all reality he has never used so much energy at once, the fatigue that I put on it put him under rival that of running a marathon. " honestly I've never done that before, I don't know what that thing was but if you asked me look like a Cero. I hope to God it's not though, I don't know what I would do if I found out that I was turning even more into a hollow. "

It wasn't immediately obvious at first but Gage could feel the difference now. Before she could feel his full bring all the time, it was something that seemed to have a place inside of him but it was always wrapped with a steel shelves so that he could never feel around inside and know what he was capable of or what his full bring to do. But now it seems different, he could still feel his full bring inside of him but there was no more shell hiding it core. He could feel his full bringing energy inside, burning bright red like a sun. He could even feel the individual traits of his full bring, each of them being like a small branch to his primary ability.

"I'm not going to lie, I don't think I need that anymore. I feel like you doing that the one time I somehow made whatever it is in me that freaks out calm down. I think that I can handle my full bring without losing my temper anymore. I don't know how else to explain it, it's like you have sedated it. I can't even remember all the times that I have gone into my full bring and lost my mind. What's more is I think I know what all of my abilities are now. It's like a dam broke and all this knowledge that I should've had before it is finally surfacing."

"The fire that covers my body and seems to burn the ground is called Gōka taimatsu. When it spreads and becomes that energy all around me it is called Gōka Moeru Jigoku. That huge red energy arm is called Ketsueki Tsume and the beam attack is called Yūrei no hōkō." All the while that he is saying this he is blinking his eyes, right then left then right eye again. Something weird seems to be happening with his vision, everything changing back-and-forth between normal colors to a weird looking grayscale where all the while that he is saying this he is blinking his eyes, right then left then right eye again. Something weird seems to be happening with his vision, everything changing back-and-forth between normal colors to a weird looking grayscale where Kvothe is a bright white light and the trees are a darker shade of gray. It was as if he could see spiritual energy altogether now. He can even see it in his hands, burning such a brilliant shade of white that he has two wins to keep it from hurting his eyes.

( you hit the nail on the head. His full bring has figured out that there are others out there that can play the same game that he does. Now he is going to wait until Gage is too weak to resist and he's going to take control and go absolutely insane. Plus this has unlocked mine Reiyoku techs and my missing three techs.)

A decent size wave of relief washes over him as he feels the pressure of an inner demon fade away. It was as if he has been carrying around a madman on his back and finally that person has gone to sleep. Gage could not wait to go out and test his new abilities, it was as if by the second he was getting more and more energy into his body, The soreness and aching fading away faster than it had come on. Still getting used to his weird vision he rubs his eyes finally getting the weird grayscale to go away for a moment. " I can't believe I've gone this long without being able to see Reiatsu. I always used to think that it was unnecessary, like everyone just kept telling me that I need to have it just because everyone else seem to have it. I thought I could get by without it but now that I actually can see it I realize that this ability could come in handy in so many different situations."

"Alright we can do one of two things, we can either call it a day if you're tired or we can migrate this to a night hunt. If we are going to do this at night we might consider getting a bite to eat now. But if we are going to do it tomorrow I say we bunker down and get some food and call it. Personally I'm partial towards calling it a day and giving you a night to catch your breath. "