>>5152578“Why not?” you say to yourself after pondering her spells a moment. “Let's try this Blindness/Deafness spell you've got. But let's make it interesting: while I'm under your spell, try and attack me. We'll spar with my senses suppressed, and see if I can handle this.”
“Are-Are you sure about this?” she asks you, brows furrowed with concern. “You won't be able to see or hear anything when I hit you with this one.”
“Exactly.” you reply. “If someone hits me with this in a serious fight, I need to know how to handle it. Are you okay with doing this?”
“I can.” she says, nodding to you and raising her hands up before her. “Are you ready?”
“Let's do this.” you reply, taking a deep breath then sighing out. “Whenever you're ready kiddo.”
“If you're sure about this.” she says, shadowy tendrils moving out from her hands towards your head. “Curse Magic: Deafness/Blindness!”
You watch as the shadows drift towards you, and resist the urge to avoid it as it strikes you in the face. It feels like a wet towel wrapping itself around your head, you blinking but nothing happens. You can't see anything, feeling your head turn but not seeing anything different is a disorienting experience.
“Did it work?” you say, or at least think you do. As you can't hear anything. You raise your arm, snapping your fingers but still don't hear anything. Raising your hand to your face, you can feel it pressing against you. But the slap too doesn't make a single noise. Seems her spell is exactly as it says on the label. So you try and speak out to her, unsure if you're actually talking as you take your fighting stance. “Alright kiddo, whenever you're ready. Come at me.”
You remain still, standing in the complete silence as a thought comes to you: you know the exact technique for this sort of situation. Remembering back, Meloka had showed you her Aura Shell technique where she spreads her aura out wide around herself to form a space of complete awareness. So you focus, closing your blind eyes and focus on your energy. Your ki flares up around you, expanding wider and wider as you expand your senses. You feel your energy form out into an area larger than your Barrier, forming a sphere a couple yards out around yourself. Then, after a moment, you feel it. Milha's energy enters your own, approaching you from the front. And you can't help but smirk, tightening your fists in anticipation.
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