Osprey's Talon (Gilles/training)

ability trained:

The high priestess of the Order of the Flames Reach was currently in a warehouse owned by the Dragon’s Horde Merchant’s Alliance which was a sub group of Flame’s Reach which was led by Dusk2 one of her inner circle. At this particular moment she was using the warehouse as a place to train and try to develop new skills to her arsenal. She had noticed lately that people she was coming across were getting stronger while she was stagnant. Yes she had some new toys but she was currently unable to fully utilize these tools to their fullest. One of these toys was an implant that gave her a pair of flaming wings that she could manipulate just like the rest of her body. The other was an ancient sword that could ignite whatever it cuts, which this meant she would have to train herself in the way of the sword which was never her strong suit. Yet, for now she was going to stick to her normal moves of body manipulation for her training purposes.

This move she was wanting to try out would probably be the most dangerous even for her normal standards. Since she lost her right arm and a majority of her fingers, she had come to the conclusion that she needed moves that were not entirely focused on her limbs. This move would require only her torso and the bones that were within them. She had got this idea from seeing ribcages of burnt bodies from some of the unworthy that she had tested. The idea was for the ribs of her ribcage would tear open from her chest and loop around the enemy before stabbing into their back. This comes with a lot of cons and weaknesses but it is also something that most normal people would never expect to happen in a battle. Most would never hurt themselves for a possible chance to catch the opponent off guard, however, gilles was definitely the exception. She was a masochist that enjoyed the feel of pain more so than inflicting it on others so a good number of her attacks ended up hurting herself or had the possibility of injuring her. Since she would be hurting herself constantly she had brought along several members of her order including her entire inner circle.  Their goal was of course to heal her or at least help her recover I bit after she mutilates herself.

She would grin as she prepares herself from training. She would remove the top of her clothing not to reveal herself but because it was pointless to wear clothing on her chest since the ribs would just rip right through them every time. She would start by closing her eyes and focusing on her body. She had never tried manipulating the bones themselves before so this would require a whole new set of control she never had used before. She would use the muscles in her body to feel her individual ribs and even move her ribs just a bit, jiggling them nothing more. She would then begin to start moving them ever so slightly more each time. She already knew that she could manipulate the curves of the bones but part of moving them in her chest was using her muscle fibers as well. She would feel pain each time she moved them even the slightest nudge. She could already notice how much pain she was going to be in when she fully moved them out of her chest. She could feel her body trembling a bit as beads of sweat appear on her body. She would take this as a sign to take a break. She would sit down resting as her followers brought her water and something to eat, eager to serve and help their high priestess. She would decide to end the day after spending several hours of training extensively.

The net day she would repeat this exercise of moving her ribs trying to get a full understanding of each of them. By the end of the day she would have finally succeeded in extending her ribs from her chest. They would stuck out a couple of centimeters before she had to stop due to the pain that was even greater than she expected. The ribs had went back inside leaving a series of small holes that were profusely bleeding at the moment. She had fallen to her knees and some of her followers had promptly rushed to her side in order to cover her wounds and apply pressure to them. She would end up resting for the rest of the day as this turned out to be much harsher than she had expected. The next day she would repeat this process just to be left bleeding and half conscious once again. This would prove to be a slow and grueling process as she was constantly tearing holes in her chest without even giving them time to heal, just opening them back up over and over. Bit by bit she was able to get more of the bones out before eventually passing out after the 5th day of doing this.

After 3 full days of sleeping she would finally find herself in a bed being treated on by some of the hidden flames. She would have to rest for a whole week before she could attempt the training again. This was still difficult for her since she was inflicting nearly lethal damage to herself constantly. This last day she would finally be able to achieve what she had been working so frivolously on for the past 2 weeks. This time the ribs would fully extend and curve around to hit the imaginary enemy from behind. She would smile triumphantly before the extended bones receding completely back into her chest. She had managed not to collapse for the first time she had attempted this. The pain was still excruciating but she was definitely able to handle it a lot easier now. She was go to rest after this eager to try her new skill Osprey Talon on a victim on day.