George
```Training 2 - 8/31/2023
Double exp - Active
Exp ring - Active```

Once more, ranoa begins his training on the captive heartless. He casts a weaker version of ``Haste`` on himself in an attempt to learn this ability properly, before casting a workshopped version of ``Silencea`` on the heartless. It's a barebones version, difficult to tell apart from basic silence, but its progress.

Working on his reflexes, he allows the heartless to cast its spells. Though, being a part of the ``blitz path``, he's easily able to avoid it all, especially with the help of ``haste``. He's just naturally quick. Compared to weak heartless, anyways.

```Silencea: 2/3
Haste: 2/3```
Melissa
```Some time after Ranoa's visit to the mysterious tower, he had contacted minuit to come to the mirage arena with him for some training. The two had rode together.```
George
Arriving into ranoas favorite area, the ``Water Arena``, would be ranoa, walking into the place witha pep in his step. He had never actually had the opportunity to fight someone else while here. It's bound to be a fun experience.
Celia
Minuit followed behind him with the same neutral expression and a walk that that showed no hint of excitement she always had. The sight of the mirage arena without twenty others present surely was something to behold for her, but all the reaction that she gave was a nod to herself as she took it in.
George
So, once they're both near the middle, ranoa speaks up, his usual cheery demeanour blatantly obvious under the armor.

"So, ready to get this show on the road?"

He doesnt even wait for a response between taking around several steps backwards, summoning his struggle bat.
Celia
"*Always.*"

Minuit drew her own fake weapon and adopted her sword stance. She'd start off the business immediately by pointing it at Ranoa and firing off a `Dark Thundaga`. He could take it, probably.
George
And as per his usual tactic, he swiftly ``Dodge roll``'s away from the thundaga, the armor clanking as it comes grinding against the ground at a high speed. Once completing it, he swiftly jumps back to his feet, pointing his struggle bat at her and speaking. 

"Not too shabby, minuit! But how about-"

And with that, he fires a large ball of light, ``Pearlaga``, without a moments thought, the shining orb of light barreling torwards her at a high peed.
Celia
Having been accustomed to his pearl spell replied, Minuit rushed forward while covering herself in flames in a `Fire Dash`. She'd zoom past the Pearlaga flying towards her while closing the distance between them.

Once up close, she'd start swinging her weapon and let loose a barrage of dark-touched attacks. Her `Shadowbreaker` was something Ranoa already had seen.
George
The Fire Dash had made him confused for a moment, causing ranoa to perform a quick ``Block`` by thrusting his weapon in front of himself. It's sloppy, and chars the struggle bat a bit, but otherwise works.

Once she performs the shadow breaker, he takes a step back, returning the barrage with his own, using ``Slash Frenzy``. He then thrusts his free arm forward at her, using something he hadnt used in front of her prior, attempting to envelop her in a sphere of ``Stop`` to slow her movements.
Celia
Min had lost the duel of blows, she had taken hits that Ranoa shrugged off or blocked. After that, is plan to surprise her worked, and Min was slowed down as if she was a sloth. Recognizing that something was very wrong, Min took a slow step back and then adopted a stance with her weapon.

Then, in a burst of speed that defied her slowed down self, Min performed a `Zantetsuken`.
George
Ranoa is caught off guard by the zantetsuken, having expected her to remain slow. He takes the hit from the attack, being knocked to the ground with his armor clanking against the floor of the arena.

Quickly, though, he throws himself off the ground with a ``Retaliating Slash``, aiming to bonk her on the back of the head with the struggle bat- similarly to their last fight. It wouldnt do to let her get too heated. Though, he wouldnt be suprised if she had learned from last time.
Celia
Unsurprisingly for Ranoa, she had. As he tried to hit her in her still sore back of the skull, his bat would meet a magic barrier. But since this was a `Barrier Shot` instead of a normal one, it exploded after being struck.

Minuit turned as the dust cleared in but a moment. Dark smoke seemed to rise over her as it did in their last duel, she pointed her weapon at Ranoa and fired off a `Dark Volley`.
Robert
Ranoa's armor fades away after he uses it to block the barrier shot, being caught completely off guard. He was relatively unharmed thanks to it, but with these kinds of moves he doesnt really want to risk breaking the armor to save his own neck.

"Ah-hah-" A nervous laugh. "Minuit, you're getting a bit too into it!" He shouts, as he soon sees the dark volley being fired at him.

He raises his weapon, Summoning pillars of light with ``Holyra`` as he takes a quick step back before firing them at her. "How's about a break?!-", he shouts from their distance.
Celia
Minuit didn't respond to the request and instead fired off a `Dark Thundera` to meet the Holyra in silence. 

After, she'd retake her sword stamce as the dark smoke around her fully covered her body for a moment. When it faded, she wielded her Soul Eater sword and was outfitted in her `Dark Mode` armor.
Robert
Ranoa's demeanour changes quickly the moment she changes her form. He tosses his struggle bat to the ground, summoning ``One's glimmer`` as he uses ``Slide`` to dash past the thunder and torwards her.

The look on his face could be described as sheer focuse as he swings his keyblade at her own sword. This time, he's going to try and snap her out of it as opposed to bonking her out of consciousness.
Celia
Min had attempted to block the strike, but was pushed back despite the power her form gave her. Anger seemed to swell within her as she jumped even further back and swung her sword into the air in front of her. A crescent of dark energy shot out from the swing and flew towards Ranoa, a `Dark Slice`.
Robert
Ranoa doesnt let up, however, charging at her with a sprint after deflecting her dark slash with a ``Pearlaga``, using a ``High Jump`` to close the distance against her. He strikes down at her with a ``Quick Blitz`` in an attempt to end the fight.

"Snap out of it!", He shouts with the downward swing of his keyblade.
Celia
Try as she might, Minuit simply isnt fast or strong enough to fight against the final attack. She's pushed back and falls to the ground on her rear. She quickly clutched her head with her free hand as the Dark Form armor she was in faded away in a puff of smoke.

*"Gah! Why do you always go for my head!"*

She spoke as if she hadn't noticed anything wrong with the fact that she had entered a trance wherein she was pulling out all stops to kick Ranoa's ass.
Robert
The concern on his face lingers for a few moments, before he speaks again.

"Its effective, isnt it?" He's half joking.

"Thats probably enough fighting for a bit, though."
Celia
*"Yeah, I wanna wait for my head to stop throbbing at the very least."*

Min spoke with a grumble as she used her sword to help her stand back up. After a brief moment she raised Soul Eater and furrowed her brow, as if she had only just realized she had summoned it.
Melissa
Ranoa nods, walking to the exit, before transforming his keyblade into a glider, and resummoning his armor. The glider has two seats, due to the keyblade being large in and of itself. He gets on, and waits for minuit. Once they're both situated, ranoa with his armor and minuite with her coat, ranoa drives into the