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A-Maiz-ing Training Thread! Two puns in one!
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Post by Maiz on Sept 12, 2022 20:13:21 GMT -6
Where solo training posts go from now on.
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Post by Maiz on Sept 14, 2022 17:07:51 GMT -6
For the longest time, Maiz had a glaring weakness that he had ignored. One that many of his race shared, a vulnerable spot that was far more sensitive and fragile than the rest of his body. It was a distinct vulnerability that many would aim for, and something that he had needed to adjust his fighting around.
The same went for his tail. At least he could train the latter.
It was this thought that has brought Maiz to his current training methods. He alternates between gripping and squeezing his tail at various strengths, doing his best to push past his normal pain tolerances, and exercising the tail specifically through methods of hanging from it or doing tail pushups.
The pain is excruciating, but as time goes on, the sensitivity starts to fade. While still more sensitive than the rest of his body, it was no longer a glaring weakness for him to deal with.
Now it was just a matter of learning to control his monkey instincts while being transformed.
To do such a thing, Maiz first goes to the most brilliant scientist he knows in order to learn how to create an artificial moon. It takes hours upon hours, but with proper instruction, he's able to pick up on the technique pretty well. All that was left was testing.
"BURST OPEN AND MIX!"
The resulting explosion giving the required blutz waves is enough to make Maiz grow, and while the transformation goes off without a hitch, it feels... different. Sure, he still wanted to rampage, feel his hands slam into buildings and shoot beams from his mouth, but it's not so overwhelming as before. Instead... it's still him.
Maiz gives a big, toothy, monkey-faced grin.
"Showtime."
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Learning Power Ball technique
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Post by Maiz on Sept 20, 2022 16:28:03 GMT -6
For a while now, Maiz has sat on a rock, contemplating a common issue he's having.
Ever since learning how to suppress his power level, Maiz has become quite fond of his sneak attack tactic: pretending to be injured by dropping his power, then suddenly raising it in order to attack. While, in theory, it was useful for surprising those who weren't expecting it, it was also extremely taxing on his body to suddenly burst up to full power from nothing since his body wasn't used to it.
But even if it was, what would that do?
Hopping to his feet, the rest of the day Maiz lowers his power to almost nothing before suddenly spiking it up again, pushing both his endurance and his control to their limits. Hours and hours pass, and Maiz is forced to take a break before pushing again. This time, however, as he charges up, he feels... different. Like there's something just a bit extra from what he could normally do. His aura flares brighter around him, and by concentrating on that feeling of something just barely in reach...
There it is.
Maiz's hair visibly bristles from the energy surrounding his body, and he lets out a calming breath, relaxing his muscles, but keeping his concentration. This was better than he'd ever done before.
Maybe it'd be useful later on.
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Learning Ability - Full Power Charge: Maiz uses his energy control to push himself to limits previously unreachable! +15% Ki for the thread.
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Post by Maiz on Sept 28, 2022 18:14:49 GMT -6
One of Maiz's favorite things to do was to think of different battle scenarios. In this one, the Saiyan was considering the idea of surprise attacks.
Most, if not all, of his moves required significant charging, telegraphing the attack coming well before he managed to actually launch it. While this was fine in and of itself, it hardly let him catch someone off guard. The problem, however, was whether he could manage to keep it relatively powerful while still removing the need for charging outwardly.
Hmmm...
HMMMMM.....
Maybe that was the problem? Maybe he's overthinking it?
Maybe the answer was to embrace his instincts.
Maiz taps his chin, still considering it. One of the things he'd noticed about being an Oozaru was his fondness for beams that originated from his mouth. The fact that he could charge inside himself, not make any motions with his hand, and then fire meant the blast could come seemingly at any time while still maintaining its power.
There's no reason he couldn't do that while still himself.
Maiz stands up, channeling his energy in a normal fashion, then, lets it erupt from his mouth, sending a quick but powerful blast into the sky. Here he thought he'd need to train and learn the technique, but given the fact he's been doing it every time he transformed... well, it was second nature.
Sometimes, it was better to embrace your inner ape.
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Learning Ability - Stellar Cannon: Maiz channels his Saiyan instincts to fire a quick but powerful blast out of his mouth! +15% Attack.
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Post by Maiz on Oct 5, 2022 17:37:03 GMT -6
"Come on... COME ON! NO!"
Maiz cries out in frustration as his split-second transformation fails again. If anything, it felt almost shorter than the brief moment he'd almost transformed before, and it was becoming more frustrating than ever. Every single moment he felt like he was getting close, it just slipped through his fingers.
"What am I doing wrong?"
He complains out loud, shaking his head. He thought he had the drive down, the need to transform, but it wasn't working. He was stronger than he'd ever been, and it still wasn't enough.
Just outright infuriating.
"DAMNIT!"
He shouts, powering up once more. If nothing else, the repeated attempts to push himself further than his current power was helping him find new limits.
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Post by Maiz on Oct 11, 2022 13:24:03 GMT -6
Even with his latest struggle to transform, Maiz is still happy to improve in other areas.
Today, he was considering the best way to deal with multiple enemies. Sure, he could try and nail a few in an explosion with his more powerful attacks, but those tended to head in just one direction. What if he was surrounded? What if he needed to spread the damage out, rather than in one specific spot?
Hmmm.
The simplest attack, perhaps, would be the best. As such, Maiz pulls his power in to himself, compressing it and folding it over on itself, before letting it flow to the rest of his body. It takes a few seconds for him to get used to having it barely contained within his body, and Maiz's muscles flex and strain to withstand the pressure, before he finally lets it burst forth in a wide explosion around him, spreading his arms with the motion!
The bright blue explosion fades fairly quickly, and the dust that follows makes him cough slightly.
"Whew... that thing needs a name. Uh... what about... Red Giant? That sounds nice."
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Learning ability: (+20%) Red Giant - Maiz pulls his power in and compresses it, before blasting it out in every direction while spreading his arms!
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Post by Maiz on Oct 18, 2022 16:45:25 GMT -6
While he'd originally planned on leaving days before, having an extra day to train meant he needed to make it count.
As such, Maiz focuses on the basics, going through his forms slowly, making sure he performs each attack, counter, and block perfectly. While the forms themselves are rigid, the true strength of them lay in the fact that they could layer on top of each other, adapting to many different situations.
His movements, slow at first, begin to speed up bit by bit, up until he's moving as fast as he can, throwing fists and kicks in quick blurs of motion. A sheen of sweat covers his body, and after hours of pushing himself, he finally collapses on the grass, panting.
That went well. He was ready.
They won't know what hit them.
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Post by Maiz on Oct 26, 2022 16:57:23 GMT -6
Even with his focus on Ki control, Maiz has found that he throws around too many high-powered attacks. While that's usually not a problem if the enemy dies swiftly after, doing it too often meant he was often gassed fairly quikcly.
He needed more options. More variety, as well as something to seemingly come out of nowhere would go a long way towards giving him an edge in combat.
Maybe... mixing his Ki attacks in with his physical combos?
Maiz throws out some punches and kicks, testing out to feel where it would make sense to throw in a Ki attack. After going through the motions a few times, battling an imaginary opponent, Maiz would pause at the best opportunity, suddenly sending a blast of energy from his attacking palm!
The lack of charging meant it wouldn't do too much damage, but against an unprepared opponent... well, it could work.
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Learning ability: (+10%) Flare Up: After connecting with a melee punch, Maiz opens his hand to immediately fire a wave of energy!
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Post by Maiz on Nov 4, 2022 11:49:41 GMT -6
Figuring he might as well work on what the more experienced Saiyan had mentioned, Maiz devotes his leftover time to training his power capability.
Before, he'd worked on control, by powering up and then lowering his energy, back and forth, and it had helped him charge further than he was normally used to. This time, he focuses on the same exercise he'd performed while being supervised before, pushing his power to the limit and holding it.
Just as before, the effort makes him sweat and strain, his body struggling to keep the power flowing at such a high intensity without dropping at all. Bursts of energy were easy, but maintaining this ferocity was... well, strenuous was putting it mildly.
But he wouldn't let up. Not while he could still get stronger.
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Post by Maiz on Nov 8, 2022 18:11:15 GMT -6
Maiz pushes himself further and further, until he feels something akin to a "pop", and his power abruptly shuts off, sending him careening into the ground!
There, he lies in the grass, panting. Apparently, pushing himself for too long meant he just... ran out of energy, and the landing was fairly severe considering he had no ki left to cushion the fall. AS a result, he just lies there, panting, until he's finally able to stand.
If anything, he felt stronger than before. Maybe there was something to that.
He goes to throw another blast, but this time, curves it to the side as best he can until it makes a full, wiiiiiiiiide circle, and slams into his back, sending him to the ground again!
....maybe he should've done this somewhere close to a medical facility.
Looks like it's nighty night for now.
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Post by Maiz on Nov 15, 2022 18:23:57 GMT -6
"Gah!"
Maiz wakes up with a start, sitting up in surprise! He hadn't recognized the setting he'd woken up in, and as he blinks and takes in the trees and grass... it slowly dawns on him.
"Oh yeah. I blew myself up."
He slowly gets up with a grimace, stretching his arms and back for a moment. It hurt, that's for sure, but... like he thought, he felt stronger. And hungry as hfil.
How long was he out here?!
He immediately tries to sense some kind of wildlife, focusing on what would be an equivalent of a deer before racing off to nearly tear it in half!
He's ravenous, but still notices that he's faster than before.
"There's something to this..."
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Post by Vo Lang on Nov 16, 2022 19:21:16 GMT -6
Something has changed in Maiz
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Post by Maiz on Nov 22, 2022 13:25:11 GMT -6
WHAT CHANGED
With his new gameplan in mind, Maiz has picked a fight with two Saiyan elites. From the way they're ping-ponging him between them, sending him flying from one side of the room to the other, it's hard to imagine that this was exactly what Maiz had been intending when he'd started swinging at both men, especially considering they were easily two or three times his own power level. Any shot he managed to land did next to no damage, whereas he was quickly becoming a bloody mess from every impact.
Finally, the first elite nails Maiz with a double-axehandle, slamming him into the floor, before they both walk off laughing. Onlookers go back to their own business, and a few minutes later, Mizuna walks in to grab her brother under the armpits to lift him up.
"I swear, I leave you alone for ten minutes, and you're punching way above where you should be. At least wait for me, next time."
While Maiz's eyes don't open, a smile forms on his face as she takes him towards the medical machines.
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Post by Maiz on Dec 3, 2022 18:15:37 GMT -6
Beep! Beep! Beep!
The alarm lets the staff clear the way as Maiz begins to stir, stepping out from the draining fluid of the medical machine. He disconnects the mask, then stretches.
He felt... better. Better than before, in fact. There was definitely something to this.
Without even getting dressed, Maiz starts powering up, finding himself pushing further than he had before. He holds the power at his new limit, wanting to see how long it took before beginning to get winded, which doesn't seem to be coming any time soon.
"Sir, this is a medical center!"
Oh.
He shuts it off, looking around with a smile.
"...this'll do.'
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Post by Maiz on Dec 8, 2022 8:13:11 GMT -6
"Why are you taking my pod?"
Mizuna complains, her brother leaning inside the spacecraft to do some last minute adjustments.
"I told you. I need to fight someone who's not a Saiyan. Just to figure something out."
He glances back over his shoulder.
"It can't be on a mission, because what I'm planning would probably end up gettin' me killed. And I don't want to do it here, because everyone's going to start getting suspicious."
After all, he'd been picking fights with people much stronger than himself almost constantly since he'd come back from his testing in the wilds, something that he'd never really done before. People might get the wrong idea, considering the civil war that had just happened.
"Yeah. But why my pod?"
Maiz rolls his eyes.
"Fine. I'll tell you what. We can have one more spar before I take off, and then when I come back, we'll fight again, and you'll see what an improvement this made. Okay?"
Mizuna crosses her arms, but nods, flying up into the air where Maiz quickly follows, so as not to break the spacecraft he was intending on using.
Ten minutes later, Maiz is lying in a crater, pretty bruised and banged up, while his sister stands over him, looking not much better, but definitely able to keep going.
"This better work."
She grumbles, while he just laughs.
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