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arrin leaped in place within the Ruins Zone of the USJ. Normally, this place was reserved for rescue simulations or to test the students against more widespread villain attacks, but seeing as it wasn't reserved for any such classes today, Farrin thought it was the best location for his personal training session. If he wanted to train against someone of strength enough that they might feel like a true villain, then where better than a city already in ruin? No sense obligating UAU staff to fix up Grounds Beta after they finished when there was a ruined city right here.

 Maybe it was a bit presumptuous of a freshman to ask a UAU professor like Leonid, with so much experience under his belt, to come play villain in a personal training session, but who better to play that part? Farrin was strong. He felt it in every swing of his fist. The speed of every jab. The electric pulse in his veins whenever he entered Chronokinesis's temporal state. But before moving to Japan, he lived on the streets. He possessed self-awareness enough to know that had done some damage to his headspace. No matter how high he climbed in the years since he continued to question if he had what it took to be something truly great. To be somebody that saved people. 

Farrin's footwork was nothing short of dance, a dance between the rubble as he shadowboxed an enemy of the imagination. Jabs fired like bullets, and then he brought the hammer of his cross down. Yeah, he had the strength and technique for this line of work. The time-turner's plight - was one of spirit. 

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[attr="class","FarrinQuote"]Even if it's already been decided. Even if it's set in stone. I'll smash that future!

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[Raiomaru Toshigawa]

I got something deep inside of me
Courage is the thing that keeps us free

Ambition was a word that Leonid had a complicated relationship with. It was a trait that you needed if you wished to succeed in the hero industry, the drive to improve, to be the best you could be, to surpass those around you. It was an essential trait and when he saw it in his students, it always delighted him. Yet, ambition was also something that could so very easily turn poisonous, that could drive you to places you would never wish to tread and cause untold damage in the process. It was his ambition, and the darker traits that had stemmed from them, that had caused Leonid untold amounts of grief. Still, he firmly believed that if he could temper those possibilities, direct the ambitions of his students in the correct way, those select students would be able to achieve great things.

Now with all of that said, directly contacting a teacher within your first week on campus, searching out personal training? That more than anything proved a very distinct sense of ambition to the veteran hero. Farrin O'Rourke, a firecracker of a freshman in the Department of Heroes, apparently wanted to practice his skills against Leonid personally. Young man had already proven what he was about during orientation, when the first question out of his mouth had been where a fight could be found. Well, good to know that Leonid's first impression hadn't been unfounded.

And, well, judging by what he was seeing as the pro hero strode up to approach the student, O'Rourke had all reason to be confident in his capabilities. Hell of a pace on him, footwork was more than solid too. If Leonid didn't know better, he'd assume that the hero-to-be already had a decade plus of experience on him. "Good snap." The lion called out as the announcement of his presence. "Dance is quite impressive too, I have to say." With one of his smiles, as always rendered ambiguous by his inhuman facial features, one reached the other, the veteran's hands folded behind his back. "Boxing, is it not? I found my fundamentals in the same sport. How long have you been practicing, son?"

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he swoosh of Farrin's fists cut the air. Perhaps he didn't rank among the best fighters in the world or even the city, but he could count on his hands how many people he had met that bested him. Of course, he had only met so many people compared to the population, so maybe that wasn't saying much. Still, he did not lack in confidence, not in this regard at least. 

The lion's roar demanded attention from all within the jungle, even if it was a concrete jungle, and Farrin was the only other beast present. His final jab cut short in the air, and Farrin spun to face the approaching apex predator. The smile had Farrin feeling as though his name had been scribbled across the lunch menu - but he didn't show it. He would not recoil though. Confidence in the face of all things. The opportunity he had been provided today would leave much to learn, and he was nothing if not a dedicated student. Destiny had come calling, and it was not a call he would leave unanswered. 

"Appreciated, Leonid-sir," he started, "N' yer on the money there, sir. It's a form o' Irish bare-knuckled boxin'. Been trainin' n' refinin' it fer about four years now. One year wit' the heroes o' a nearby agency, Above & Beyond, n' three years in a Hero Prep school." 

Above & Beyond. Despite its shimmering and massive exterior, it wasn't the largest agency out there, but its heroes functioned as his guardians while in Japan. Old friends of his mother's from her hero days. The closest he had to family outside of Sada and his nana back in Ireland. Real pains in the asses too. 

"I appreciate yuh' comin' out 'ere ta' help me out. I'm sure there's plenty more ta' meet still, but I've no' found many o' my peers willin' ta' train together after me' first few bouts." 

Those first few 'bouts' were with the loudmouths that laughed at Freja during orientation. What sort of heroes would knock someone down rather than pick them up? Then again, he certainly enjoyed knocking them on their asses. Perspective.

"I also wanted ta' take me' own measure against someone wit' real experience. Hero Prep has active-hero staff as well, but they're no' so inclined ta' show real capabilities." 

That was high school. Teachers, even hero-teachers, didn't want to risk hurting their students, but villainy would not be so soft on them. Here, at UAU, he didn't expect their educators to go so easy.   

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[Raiomaru Toshigawa]

I got something deep inside of me
Courage is the thing that keeps us free

Just as during orientation, understanding the gaijin's accent was a struggle for the old lion, as his brow furrowed and he crossed his arms while the future hero spoke. Well, he didn't quite pick up on every single word, but he got enough and could contextualize what he didn't to figure out what the other was saying easily enough. Ireland... Ireland... Ah, yes, so the boy was English. That made sense, he had never spent any time in Europe himself, but he understood that while its heroism scene was nothing compared to Japan, or even to the Americans, it was growing along decently well in its own right. More familiar to him, was the other name that the boy mentioned.

Above & Beyond. Hm. Well, that was fine, far from the smallest agency in Japan, but it was hardly one that he would have chosen for work back in his day. Then again, he had considered himself above most agencies in his day, refusing to accept anything that was not the absolute cream of the crop. Perhaps it would do him better these days to not judge as harshly. "Really now, Above & Beyond? I was not aware that they took on foreign trainees, or is it a family relation?" A question asked more out of polite curiosity than anything, even if the lion did not realize fully how condescending his wording might sound. "They doing alright by you?"

"Ah, it is no thing." He waved off the gratitude for the veteran's time when Farrin went on to thank him, shaking his head. "I heard about that little excursion of yours with some of your fellow freshmen. You are already building a reputation here son, got some kick in you, or so the word goes." The old lion chuckles softly as he stretched in preparation for what was to come, old bones creaking, aging muscles crackling and popping. "To be entirely honest with you, I am just curious to see what kind of damage you cause with my own eyes." His tone was jovial now, even if his body language said something else, large hands closing into fists as the lion sunk into a, for his size and age, surprisingly light-footed combat stance. "Well then, I reckon a bit of a warmup might be in order, before we begin to get crazier with it. We are both boxers, so what do you say about a quick couple of rounds before we get quirks and larger-scale scenarios involved? Just to get the blood pumping."
 

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t was for the best that Leonid kept those geopolitical thoughts to himself. Call Farrin and Englishman, and we would be stepping down into a dark, villainous timeline. Luckily, that was not the case. It was a volatile mix of excitement and anxiety that flooded his veins now. A real challenge got the blood going, but could Farrin live up to that budding reputation? Did he have what it took to become who he needed to be? Confidence and doubt made the oddest tango partners.

"Old family friends," he kept the particulars behind the relation short. The past was a beast best left in its cage. Let it loose, and it would bite you by the ankles and weigh you down for all your days. "I'm no' officially a part o' the agency, but they're watchin' out fer' me while I'm in Japan. They're good people. Helped me make me' way through Hero Prep. Wouldn't be 'ere without 'em." 

He wouldn't let Barty hear that. The agency's founder and face was the hero, Pinnacle. He was a fair and decent sort, but it was Barty, an older hero that went by Kuma, that really watched out for Farrin. Silent, hardass type. A massive man that moved deceptively fast for his size. Pain in the as though he was, there was no denying Farrin wouldn't have been what he was now without the big bastard. It was time to put that training to the test. 

"Sounds good ta' me, sir."

It was answer enough both to Leonid's curiosity and his warm-up proposition. Farrin's fists rose. His right was clutched close to his chest, his left pointed outward again. His feet parted to about shoulder length. Then he hopped in place once, twice, three times before settling in place. 

"Yuh' ready ta' begin, sir?" 

Good manners. Villainy would be profoundly lacking in such things, but this was a simple warm-up. If Leonid gave the all clear, Farrin would dart ahead at best speed, unfortunately, slowed due to a side effect of his quirk while outside of his 'temporal state,' and launch a few probing left jabs to start their warm-up off.  

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[attr="class","FarrinQuote"]Even if it's already been decided. Even if it's set in stone. I'll smash that future!

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[Raiomaru Toshigawa]

I got something deep inside of me
Courage is the thing that keeps us free

Old connections then, as Leonid had assumed. Well, that certainly explained how a young gaijin without much in the way of previous credits had made into U.A as handily as he had. Well, if nothing else, it was good to know exactly who was looking out for this one, and who he could contact, if need be. But, for now, the old lion was not overly interested in contact information or additional data, he wanted to see what this lad could do for himself.

Bouncing on his feet, Leonid waited for his student to ready himself, before the confirmation was given. "Ready when you are, lad."

And just like that, they got started. Started on a very low dial, to be certain, but started all the same. There was a second of circling, and then O'Rourke rushed in, throwing some quick initial jabs that Leonid met with his own raised guard, his swelling forearm taking the initial jabs without too much issue. Good form, the lad's technique was more than acceptable, and just from these jabs he reckoned that the to-be hero hat a decent amount of stopping power in those blows too. Not bad at all. The lion would respond with a few quick jabs of his own, taking a quick step back to take full advantage of his superior height and reach to the other. A few light punches, only to test the lad's reflexes really, followed by a quick alteration of lefts and rights, still heavily held back - little more than taps, really.

"How hard a strike can you take, son?" A quick question that, without waiting for an answer, was immediately followed by the pro hero's first real punch of the exchange, a sudden right hook that, if it hit, was likely to be felt if nothing else, even if he still made sure to not put his entire weight into the thing - strikes from the lion could snap bone, after all, and he was not entirely sure just how tough this one was just yet.

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t was light work so far, but the king of the jungle was incredibly withheld. It was clear Leonid had the advantage in size, strength, and reach. Without his quirk, Farrin was slower too, Chronokinesis weighed on him until he kicked it up properly. A few traded jabs landed no meaningful damage but parsed out the opposition.

Farrin's extended left fist chopped at the last of Leonid's combo, parrying the blows. It was the greatest difference between conventional boxing and dornálaíocht. A traditional boxing stance accounted for gloves and the increased mass they provided. Without those gloves, normal boxers lacked a firm defense. Dornálaíocht taught one to use their left fist to deflect enemy blows as well as prob them for weakness. The problem was: Leonid had enough sheer mass to compensate for the traditional boxing weakness. His fists were that big. What's more, any deficit that hit the hero with age was entirely compensated for by experience. This exchange opening exchange of blows painted quite a clear picture. Farrin's strongest asset would be his reaction time. 

"Haven't felt anythin' yet that-" 

He hadn't been bragging, but boy, did Farrin eat his words. His left arm snapped up to intercept the lion's heavy-handed blow, but his arm was simply pushed aside. Farrin bobbed to the right to avoid any further damage, but his left arm was pulsating heat. He shook the burning sensation off best he could, stepping to the right for distance from that wrecking ball Leonid was packing. When the pulsing pain calmed, he brought the arm back up. 

"Brilliant right, Leonid-sir. Absolutely brilliant."

Words from one boxer to another. He shook the arm again, then darted in once again, undeterred. Two jabs flew high, but the second proved to be a feign, Farrin would hunch low, targeting the larger target's center. This time he fired off a series of left jabs followed by a right cross. Whether blocked or avoided, Farrin would take a step back, appearing as though he would backpedal, only to step in again and launch another right for Leonid's jaw. Though the student was by no means weak, these last four years of training had to count for something, he knew he lacked the hero's immense physique. Whatever made it through the lion's defense, he had to make it count.      

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[attr="class","FarrinQuote"]Even if it's already been decided. Even if it's set in stone. I'll smash that future!

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[Raiomaru Toshigawa]

I got something deep inside of me
Courage is the thing that keeps us free

Leonid took note of how his blows were swatted aside with active parries - not blocked, but parried as they were thrown - either a difference between his style of boxing and the student's home-taught style, or adjustments in personal combat systems, the old lion had no way of knowing, but the effects were obvious, and he understood the point of the method. It did its part to even out the differential in body mass and strength between the two, it also made for an overall more effective defense, considering the bareknuckle nature of this fight. Quite smart.

Another chuckle escaped Leonid at the compliment of his last strike, and he had felt how the student had buckled under his knuckles for a moment. Well, good to know that there was a power differential there, no matter how slight. "Why thank you, lad. I have been doing this for a while."

And then, the kid rushed in, closed the distance and began delivering more strikes. Now, while old, Leonid was not a slow boxer by any description, and he was doing an alright job keeping up with what was coming in, swelling forearms blocking many of those strikes, yet absorbing a notable amount of force. O'Rourke was a scrapper, that much was clear, and knew how to throw a solid punch. Still, it seemed like Leonid's hammerfall right from earlier had spooked the kid, as he ducked back, giving the veteran the opening to-

Nope, he read that wrong. As soon as he had darted back, O'Rourke was back in it, dashing it and landing a solid blow across the feline muzzle of the older hero, making him take a staggering step back with a grunt. He paused for a moment, rolling his head, feeling another few nicks and stiff points loosen up in his neck with a handful of more small pops. His mouth opened into a sharp toothed grin, his guard resuming. "Now that, that was something. Hah, got me good there."

Still, he wasn't going to just take such a thing laying down. Muscles tensing, the lion hunkered down, body preparing to launch. "Ready to take things up a notch, now?"

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hought yuh'd never ask," Farrin grinned. One solid blow. He had landed one solid blow. That had to count for something, but the ROI wasn't worth it for all the effort his maneuver required. At this rate, he would be better off trying to tire Leonid out than actually defeating him, and that wasn't a viable strategy against villains who were willing to take hostages and kill people. With Chronokinesis though, perhaps the status quo would shift in his favor. Leonid was more experienced and built more like an Ox than a lion, but perhaps the difference in speed would deliver Farrin victory. Speed was a time-turner's game, after all. 

Wisps of white flame flitted around the time-turner and were immediately joined by the crackle of emerald electricity. Neither element interacted with Farrin's surroundings as neither was of the natural world. This was the power of time forced into the visible spectrum. The rubies of the student's eyes warmed to a golden hue, then took on the appearance of clock dials. This was his temporal state. Chronokinesis's true strength. 

"Yuh ready fer round two, sir?" Farrin called out. 

The moment Leonid gave the all-clear, Farrin became a blur in the wind. He sped dead ahead, then cut short of what he approximated to be the lion's best reach, circling around to the teacher's left and throwing three more jabs at his ribs. Whether the blows connected or not, Farrin would dart to the opposite side of the beast and launch another heavy right cross toward Leonid's core. Outside of his temporal state, Chronokinesis weighed Farrin down. It was a most fickle mistress and demanded his attention. When Farrin gave his quirk that attention and entered the temporal state, he was lightning made man.  

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[Raiomaru Toshigawa]

I got something deep inside of me
Courage is the thing that keeps us free

Chronokinesis. Local manipulation of the flow of time itself. Leonid had done his homework on all of his students, he was aware of O'Rourke's quirk and when he had read of it, the notion scared him. Conceptually, the sheer extent of a power such as that was terrifying, it was higher concept than anything he had ever encountered throughout most of his career. But, that was just reading about it.

Seeing it in action was something else entirely.

In a blur Farrin vanished, the veteran hero barely able to follow his student's motions. His fist twitched, just about ready to launch to try and clip the speedster as he closed in, but O'Rourke had redirected his approach before Leonid could commit to the action, whirling around him and, before the lion knew what had happened, he had been struck thrice, grunting in pain as the accelerated pace also did plenty to add further force to O'Rourke's blows, making the teacher buckle for a moment. Then, a split second later, a forceful blow to his solar plexus. Leonid coughed, staggering back with a groan, doing what he could to clear the cobwebs and think. 

Right, so first year student or not, O'Rourke's quirk was clearly either very carefully honed already, or it was naturally exceptional. Either way, while Leonid was fast, there was no way that he was going to keep up the pace with his opponent here. But, he was tough, and every blow that he absorbed was generating force throughout his armor, adding to the reserves of power that he could add to his blows in the future. It was possible, not a guarantee by any stretch but possible, that he could outlast the kid's quirk here. It was some kind of enhanced state, so the fact that he only chose to activate it from time to time meant that there must be some kind of limit to it...

"Hell of a quirk on you, son." The old lion grumbled, raising his guard and keeping his eyes trained on the student as much as he could. Maybe this could work. If he could just, pardon the pun, wait out the clock here... Would teach the kid a valuable lesson in knowing his limits, too. With this in mind, for now, Leonid's focus was entirely dedicated to the defensive.

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inner of the genetic jackpot. A quick that made a monster of the man. With time on his side, he possessed nigh unlimited potential. Or so he was told over and over again. Farrin's quirk was undoubtedly powerful, but it taxed the mind in ways the body could not comprehend. Monumental focus and unwavering discipline went into refining his abilities. If he force temporal acceleration one iota over his limits, if he summoned one too many fields, or strained his mental capacity just a smidge past the norm, other times, places, and realities would superimpose themselves in his mind.

A younger Farrin spent nearly cracked his skull open trying to bore the sensory overload from his brain. Homelessness required he move fast to survive, but without proper training, he pushed himself too far, too often. If that wasn't enough, temporal sifting saw it fit to rob him of any sleep. As much shite as he gave Barty, there was a fair chance Farrin would be dead in some ditch from scrambling his brain had the hero his nana sent not found him. Now though, Farrin was a machine. Above & Beyond, Hero Prep, and Sada. They pushed him to be his best self. He wouldn't let them down.

"Took a lot o' work ta' take it this far, sir," he admitted, speeding circles around the veteran, "but appreciated." 

With zero hesitation, Farrin sped behind the lion. This time, he threw his weight into the ball of his foot for a kick aimed at Leonid's back. He had been working on his speachóireacht, a series of Irish kicking techniques. What better time to integrate it into his Emerald Fist than now? implementing such attacks against the uninitiated meant very little. If it scored meaningful damage against a veteran though? That meant it was worth the continued effort. 

Whether or not the kick landed, Farrin would attempt to continue the assault. He had to press the advantage now, while he could. He was a whirlwind of fists, jabbing at every side, every angle, everywhere he could reach without leaving himself open. Eventually, after setting a pattern of attacking the lion's sides and back, he would cut short just ahead of the giant. He ducked low, throwing a heavy, right cross for Leonid's center. Above the boy, an umbrella-like field of nearly translucent emerald would appear. It would only last about five seconds, but should the veteran swing down on Farrin's exposed back, and touch the field, he would find that not only was Farrin moving faster - but that he would move slower. Offense and defense. Chronokinesis was taxing, but its boons were nearly immeasurable. 

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[Raiomaru Toshigawa]

I got something deep inside of me
Courage is the thing that keeps us free

A lot of work. Yeah, Leonid could tell as much. The student continued to whirl around him, and there was absolutely nothing that he could do to stop him. His arms were up, his guard was maintained and he was able to protect himself from further jaw, face or chin strikes, but he couldn't do anything about everything else. He continued to absorb jabs and hooks across his back, sides, core, sudden kicks that dug into him and made his posture waver, his knees buckle. He didn't quite crumple but all of it stung, and as much was clear by the lion's reactions.

Suddenly, O'Rourke was in front of him, ducking down and throwing a powerful strike to his gut that made Leonid cough with a gurgle, making him stagger back. He clenched his fist - a small flash of electricity sparking across his suit's metallic knuckles in the process, now well charged up by the force of all of the rapid battering that the hero-to-be had dealt out thus far, and he swung down. Maybe not the best idea he had ever had, but he needed to land something here, launch some kind of counterattack. Turtling was a good strategy but at this point he was agitated, he needed to lash back.

Instead, all that he got was his knuckles hitting a field of temproral force, the green scattering and sticking to him like some sort of glimmering emerald powder. His entire body slowed down - or rather, from Leonid's perspective, everything else sped up, his own relative flow of time robbed from him - and where following O'Rourke had once been a challenge, it was now an impossibility. In the moment, only one real thought occurred to the veteran, well experienced in the matter of what he had been outfoxed, realizing that his only hope here was to continue remain standing for just some more time: Shit. Kid got me.

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irst catch of the week. Temporal deceleration required more focus than an acceleration field. A practiced mind could summon a few, but Farrin was already pushing to maintain top speed at all times. He had to make every move count. The lion's legs had been taken out from under him, it was time to pounce. 

No retreat. No tactical withdrawal. Farrin would commit wholly to the opening he had created. Deceleration wouldn't last long, but in Leonid's eyes, seconds may have stretched to what felt like minutes. Farrin drew both fists back, then unloaded. He lack the veteran's raw size and strength, but Farrin's fists cracked like machine gun fire. He threw everything he had at the lion's core. He had to soften the larger opponent up, leave him too tired to move or operate at optimal condition. 



But that wasn't all. He wouldn't risk targeting the face repeatedly. That might be too dangerous. The veteran must have endured countless battles, but he was getting older now. Lion or not, Farrin wouldn't it. No, no repeated blows - but he sure was going to throw one more shot for the lion's jaw. The tides had turned in his favor ever since firing up Chronokinesis, but his muscles were slowly weighing him down. Fatigue inched through his veins. Farrin was accustomed to pushing his quirk for the duration, but against such an opponent, his best speed wouldn't do. He had to go beyond, even further! So, as planned, he leaned down, then threw his weight up into the right cross aimed straight at the lion's jaw.    

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[Raiomaru Toshigawa]

I got something deep inside of me
Courage is the thing that keeps us free

He was trapped. Locked in a temporal stalemate that made it utterly impossible for Leonid to follow what was happening around him, blow after blow battering him faster than his eyes could track. He felt the impact hammering across his form, armor taking blow after blow and generating power, yes, but that meant nothing if Leonid was going to be rendered a state where he couldn't use any of it. In this moment, there was absolutely nothing that he could do but steel himself and begrudgingly take these attacks.

It was impossible for him to tell how much time passed, before the world suddenly snapped back to its regular pace as one of O'Rourke's punches connected with Leonid's jaw, sending the lion staggering. His legs wobbled dangerously, and he could feel that if he allowed this to continue, he was not going to last for much longer. His earlier analysis was true - he was tougher than O'Rourke was strong, but that did not mean much when he was expected to endure this kind of punishment. Dammit, think you old coot, you had dealt with faster opponents before. Chronomancy was new, yes, but ultimately all that it came down to was speed, wasn't it? He was tougher than O'Rourke was strong, he was ready to bet that he was stronger than O'Rourke was tough, too. He just needed one good hit, one opportunity properly capitalized on, and the window to get it. Perhaps if he could just stop the kid in his tracks for a moment...

Let's see if that trick of his allowed him to outspeed sound.

Digging his feet back down and steeling himself again from his moment of stun following the powerful blow, Leonid threw himself forward and opened his mouth in a bellow. Something between a traditional lion's roar and the detonation of a grenade blasted out, a thunderous roar that the veteran knew could bring down walls and bowl people right over. That, if anything, was going to give him the opening he needed...

Immediately following his roar, the lion clenched his fist tight. Do or die, all of the energy built up in his suit by the continuous onslaught sparking across his armor's metallic knuckles, jumping from one piece to another before flowing freely and coating his entire forearm in wild, flashing electricity. The lion stomped off, flinging himself towards his student and swinging his electrified fist in a wide arc, the singular strike that he had hoped to be the game-changer that he needed. He was here to teach, yes, but he was not going to lose to one of his charges. His pride forbade it.

His wild swing lashed forward, the lion commanding all of the power around it to release as the full extent of his arm. Whether it hit or not, a straight bolt of white lightning accompanied the veteran's blow.

王 立 銛

"Royal Lance!"

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arrin's chest rose and fell with heavy breath. He could keep this up for a while longer, but that didn't make it any less taxing. Few athletes operated at their maximum capacity for extended periods of time. It was the same with one's quirk. Farrin regularly sped past most of his peers quite easily and for quite a while, but he didn't maintain top speed the entire time. Against Leonid, he couldn't risk anything less. And his tactic had paid off. 

Farrin's barraged went unmet. He wasn't only winning, he was winning handily. The danger was stacking, compiling, and compounding. Death by a thousand cuts and then some. The lighter blows were beginning to see the lion budge, and when the hard right landed against the hero's jaw, the beast staggered. Was it over? Would he tumble? No, it couldn't be that easy. 

Leonid found his footing, but Farrin wouldn't give him the time to think, let alone act. Farrin burst forward, inbound on the target. He threw all his weight onto his left foot, then sprung forward with his right. A little Dempsey added to his Irish mix of martial arts. If the blow connected, even with the lion's core, it would be the hardest hit Farrin had thrown yet. A trigger step into the nastiest right Farrin had in him... but the attack never landed. A temporal warning flared in the back of the time-turner's brain. Danger. But it failed to reveal the nature of that danger, and Farrin wasn't sure how to defend. 

A sonic boom burst in Farrin's ears and threw him back with sheer concussive force and that was just the beginning. Instantly, the time-turner's hands went up to his ears, shielding him as best he could from the ringing damage already dealt, but it left him exposed. When Leonid's landed, the crunch in Farrin's left arm was entirely drowned out by the crack of his back smashing through concrete. They were in the ruins zone, and just contributed quite a bit to the name. Farrin smashed through one of the walls of a half-destroyed building like a wet stone through tissue. The momentum dragged him through the building until the next well broke his "fall." A spiderweb of cracks spread across its surface, and the young student-hero immediately began coughing up a lung. The ringing in his ears would not relent, but his right arm had slung around his left, holding it up a bit. Was it broken or just horribly battered? It was too numb to move, that was for sure. 

Farrin pressed his weight against the wall, pushing himself up to a stand. Chronokinesis was still active, but with wavering focus, he was starting to see things that weren't there. A dozen versions of this fight throughout time and the many ways it ended. He stumbled forward through visions superimposed in his sight and exited the building. His breath was heavy, but he had a mission to accomplish. A person he had to become. He had to keep moving forward. 

"Alrighty then, teach," he muttered. Another fit of coughs came up. "Ready fer'... round three?" 

His left arm slowly lifted but dropped like an anchor to his side, and finally, the student followed, landing on one knee. "Jus' give me' a sec," he coughed again, "I'll be right," he paused, seeing several of Leonid from across the time-scape. He was starting to sift. It was too difficult to concentrate with the damage done to his left side and the ringing in his head along with whatever damage was done upstairs considering his proximity to the blast that was the lion's roar. 

"Right as rain." 

He needed to get back up, but his body wouldn't respond. Not with sifting's effects still in his eyes. The spirit was willing, but both mind and body had taken a beating. Exhaustion had dragged him down. And below the layers of confidence, he was cursing himself for it. He had to become Oberon.   

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