Only Way is Up. [open, bendytimed before Tapestry]

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( OOC: As well as a couple days after this log. )

After the failed attempt with Xtreme, at least in her eyes, Hoshi wondered what could be wrong with her unable to sustain the henshin for as long as she could with the other forms. Although, on one of the days where she busied herself around Stacy, she came upon the answer. Of course it had to be that! Her endurance and stamina waned because she went without a good beyblade match in months.

Sure, she trained during the mornings as well as a little bit at night, but without some good old fashioned beyblading, which was high intensity and fast paced all on its' own, she wouldn't be in her tip top shape that she normally would be.

And so, that's what led her to the Sensoriums once more. It wouldn't have the same effect as it would back home, but she would try her best to replicate it.

The walls dissipated for an arena, just like the one she found here on Stacy, but instead of just one opponent, she was up against three beybladers. Then, with a swift movement, she grabbed both her beyblade out of its' pouch and her launcher, setting the two of them up. She stood with her beyblade with the tip pointed up to the ceiling, her legs spread out. After a three second countdown, all of the beybladers released their respective beyblades into the dish, ready to give it their all.

"You can do it, Seraphiel! Show them what for!" she called out, ready to get her game backto where it was normally.

Care to watch or ask what she's doing?

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[seesbosscrotch.livejournal.com]

"What are you doing?"

Apparently Mar did, as he managed to wander into an occupied sensorium for something like the dozenth time. He'd heard rumors of allegedly unoccupied ones but had decided they were a legend or fairy tale.

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"Beyblading!" Hoshi quickly answered through the beyblade battle that she was in.

All three beyblades were attacking Seraphiel left and right, but both beyblader and beyblade were standing strong. "Seraphiel, start charging up!" she said, hearing the engine gear kicking in.

Now, Seraphiel was on the offensive, slamming into the beyblades with enough force to cause sparks to fire off with the intensity it was giving for the match.

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Mar leaned against something convenient and settled into to watch the fight. As near as he could tell, he was supposed to be rooting for the one that was getting ganged up on.

"Somehow I have a sneaking suspicion I'd have a much better idea of how much I should be cheering if I knew exactly how this fight was balanced," he commented.

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"What I'm essentially doing is training to keep my endurance and stamina up to where it needs to be," Hoshi explained while Seraphiel began to, indeed, pick up speed. The air around the dish became stronger as the aerodynamic system inside of it helped it speed up.

"And, so, instead of doing a one-on-one battle, I decided to try to do it with three-on-one to give myself a bit of a challenge."

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"Is this -- exactly what it appears to be?" Mar asked. "I mean, your disc is beating the crap out of other discs?"

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"Pretty much, but only with the beyblades having specific qualities to them that makes them unique and toughen them up a bit," stated Hoshi as Seraphiel managed to knock one of the beyblades out of the dish.

Now, all that remained were the two other beyblades. She could focus on those no problem.

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"That sounds pretty interesting, actually." Good clean noncomplicated fun where no one died and only discs suffered. What a nice change of events!

"I'm guessing none of them is gonna start spitting fire or something, though."

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"It is!" Hoshi agreed, glad that someone else on Stacy found her sport just as interesting as she did.

"Well, they can if you want them to. Mine spouts out light and feathers."

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"Sounds holy-aligned." Mar not only knew better than to doubt the efficacy of a light-and-feathers attack, he sincerely believed it would prove quite powerful.

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Stephen will bite. Well, at least for watching. He had an idea, considering how relatively similar the arena was, that this was a beyblade match--hadn't Hoshi told him that this was what it was for?

Probably best for him to be quiet for the moment, then, as Hoshi looked like she was concentrating--he'd no more interrupt her than he'd bother a student of his who was in the middle of a chemistry experiment.

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Hoshi decided to stop playing it safe when Stephen arrived. Sure, it was all a clever ruse to make her opponent think she wasn't that skilled, but it was time to turn it up a notch.

"Seraphiel! Cast judgment upon all ye who are guilty!" she bellowed out as a bright light emerged from her beyblade, summoning Seraphiel in his full glory from it.

Seraphiel slammed his cross down on one of the holy beasts, turning to try to aim another hit on another holy beast, but it managed to swerve right out of the way before it was critically hit.

She definitely was focused and concentrated on the match on hand, wanting to improve on her skills more than they already were.

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He wasn't really the type to get excited while watching sporting events--usually, Stephen wasn't even the type to watch sporting events. But at least this seemed more interesting than most sports he had seen back on Earth.

Stephen rubbed his chin, pale eyes darting back and forth, watching the battle. He even allowed himself a little fist pump when Seraphiel got a good hit off.

Still, it was sort of creepy with how quiet he was being.

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Normally, there was the raucous cheers of the fans in the stands, but at the same time, it was appreciated to hear yourself think once in a while as to form the best strategy to win.

However, she took her eyesight off of the match for a few brief seconds to see Stephen in he stands. She gave him a smile and was about to wave to him, but taking her eyes off at the task at hand cost her.

Seraphiel took a good sized hit, which affected the beyblader herself. Hoshi grunted as she was sent tumbling to her back at the impact. She winced before picking herself up again and making a motion for her beyblade to go on the offensive, obviously not too deterred by being sent to her back.

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"Hoshi! Don't let me distract you!" Well, that was just Stephen reacting like any instructor...

Did he really miss teaching so much? Huh. Maybe he did. It was something to think about in his copious amounts of spare time.

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"Right!" Hoshi stated, refocusing once more on the match at hand.

"Seraphiel, it's time to kick this up a notch! Spin around them!" she bellowed, seeing Seraphiel pick up a nice, easy pace before getting faster and faster in his movements.

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Stephen only nodded, attention turning back to the match. It was an interesting past time to say the least, even though he figured he'd need more study about the correlations Hoshi drew from it.

Well, that was why he was here, wasn't it? Stephen made a mental note to ask her later.

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With some force and time, two of the opponents were taken care of and that only left one opponent in the ring. She panted a little bit, still getting used to not beyblading in a while.

Hoshi stood strong, ready to give it her all in this match. She would make sure to make it enjoyable for Stephen, too.

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Philip hadn't expected Hoshi to be there when he arrived, but instead of calling out to her, he took a seat at the arena stands, folding his hands in front of him, watching.

"How interesting," he remarked.

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Hoshi had expected to see Philip here, so she cast him a friendly glance and a wave before getting back to the matter at hand. Seraphiel was faring well against his three opponents, delivering powerful enough hits on them.

"Is that all you've got?" she challenged the beybladers who gritted their teeth and started to turn it up a few notches. They wouldn't be mocked -- especially by a girl!

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It looked simple enough, but Philip could tell it was a strain on her. Apparently it was just as much of a sport as say soccer or baseball. But maybe more, considering how much effort they were giving off.

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Hoshi held back the amount of panting that she wanted to give off, but she stood strong and resolute. She didn't mind him watching her while she was doing this, either.

"Seraphiel, give it all you've got!" she called, watching Seraphiel go right into the middle of the beyblades, trying to push them off with rather surprising strength.

Philip was right. This sport did put a considerable strain on her, but she enjoyed it through and through.

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Philip mentally did the math of how everything was working out, the velocity and the kinetic force. There was a lot of power in the attacks, and he was rather appreciative of Hoshi's skill at managing such a force.

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Right, the main reason Philip was here was because of the idea she brought up to him. So, it was time to give him a little demonstration.

"Seraphiel! Cast judgment upon all ye who are guilty!" she said as the archangel holy beast was summoned from the beyblade itself and going after his opponents with a mighty strike of his cross while Hoshi's hands were tightly balled into fists, her feet planted into the floor itself.

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Watching the attack land, Philip touched his chin in thought. The amount of force and directed momentum was easily controlled, so it was definitely something.

"Hoshi," he called out, stepping up. "Let's adjust the simulation a little."

And he attached the Lost Driver to his middle. "As a first experiment, we'll go with the Lost Driver."

"Henshin!" And in a flash of light, he was transformed into Cyclone.

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"Hm?" Hoshi asked, turning her head over to watch what Philip was doing. When she saw him transform into Cyclone, a small grin formed on her face.

"What idea do you have in mind?" she asked, interested to see what he had in mind.