{Prehaps the best Illusions are those we make of ourselves...} Ayaka's Four Stage Attack.

Name of ability: Engetsuzan.

Ability: This ability is an illusion type, and is also Ayaka’s strongest. (As her weapon has attacks of it's own.) It consists of Four Stages of progression. It centers around the targets sensory reactors and brain processes, as most illusions do. Ayaka can talk to the target(s) throughout it, her voice coming from all sides. She uses this as a way to taunt her opponent(s) into a rage to try and make them fight the illusions so it’s not to “boring” for her. All of the illusions images (shadows) are solid.

Requirements: The blade of Tamashii no Nusubito must touch the targeted persons flesh. It doesn't matter how it does (skim, prick, gash, brush etc) Once it does the ability can be activated when Ayaka spreads her own blood down the blades surface. (Meaning she can activate it as soon as she touches someone, or she can wait.)

List of Attacks:

Name: First Stage: Sazanami.

Effects/Description: This stage creates the illusion that the opponent(s) or target(s) is in a knee deep ocean with no sight on land anywhere around them. A side effect of this illusion is that the target(s) will start to smell and hear the sounds of a typical ocean. (Seagulls, lapping water, salt. Etc.) During this illusion Ayaka will be standing in front of the target(s), also seemingly standing in the knee deep water, and then will seemingly sink into the water (Though in fact she will simply step back and pace around her target(s), Tamashii no Nusubito in hand.)

Name: Second Stage: Moya.

Effects/Description: After Ayaka sinks, the water were she disappeared will begin to boil, creating a white haze that’s virtually impossible to see through. This stage is used to numb the opponents senses gradually. (Due to the well known fact that the mind makes illusions real, the water will feel like the fires from hell when Ayaka chooses.)

Name: Third Stage: Shisou.

Effects/Description: The target(s) trapped in the illusion will start seeing a dark shape drifting through the haze, it’s form that of a Grim Reaper that will begin confronting the opponent(s), usually attacking with sharp claw like hands or small scythes. This stage is a ploy to try for the target(s) to exhaust their strength by fighting the ‘shadows’. The shadows though solid, are just an illusion, and though they themselves can cause no damage, the opponent(s) mind will normally make it real, dealing out damage from the imaginary foes.

Name: Foruth Stage: Shoujouhi Kiri.

Effects/Description: The final stage of Engetsuzan, the illusions of the first three stages will scatter in within the image of rain, leaving the opponent(s) in apparent white nothingness with Ayaka in front of them. She will then attack. The “Ayaka” can be an illusion, but Ayaka prefers to attack with her own body, and will only substitute herself with a copy if it is her life that’s in danger. (The reason the name of this is called “Shoujouhi Kiri” --meaning Scarlet Mist-- is because when enemy blood is spilt (even a little) the illusion will create a red mist 8DD Whereas if Ayaka‘s blood is spilt, it turns a dark green colour.) During the illusion jets of hot water burst randomly from the ground, and the temperature of the water can be anything from being able to burn you severly, to a light brush of ocean breeze.

Weakness: The illusions lose their power the more number people are trapped in it (meaning one person=100% power, five people=89%)

Type of Flame: Mist Flame.

Requirements: Tamashii no Nusubito must be present, and be in Ayaka’s hands at all times while the indigo coloured dying will flames (mist duh ;P) are running through it, otherwise the ability will either fail, or lack potency. It also has be fast--progression wise, meaning the illusions cannot be kept the same for over ten minutes (three-five posts), and the ability itself has to be used in under forty-five minutes (five-seven posts) or it will break.

Weakness: If it does break, Ayaka won’t be able to use it again for a straight hour. (Lets say seven-eight posts? If it [the fight] lasts that long.)

((Alrighty then, increased and described the requirements to start the illusion. Better now?)

Can the illusion be broken out of in anyway?

How do you ensnare an opponent into it/How do you activate/use this ability to affect your opponents?

Does this indiscriminately target all individuals in an area, or can you selectively target enemies?

Is the Illusion casting an instantaneous effect? Or does is it require any moments of preperation?

The second stage numbs the senses? So eventually, all of the perception one will have of the world will ... what? Be lessened? Weaker? Less accurate? or completely 'Nullified', thus leaving an individual at the mercy of whatever you want to subject their minds to?

When their senses are dulled, do opponents also experience a decrease in their reaction time(assuming their eyesight/visual perception isn't affected severely)? In their motor functions? Or does it affect their sense as in the five human perception to comprehend the world ONLY?

IF the sense of touch is affected ... how the heck does one register pain? Or even contact ... unless it's not affected and the other sense are?

If the sense of sight is not poorly affected, and one does not experience impaired motor functions(unless they were drunk prior to the fight) ... could they succesfully minimize damage dealt to them, should they possess the physical capability to do such?

Does it make any difference if the target is sober or drunk when you hit them with this Illusion? (XD I had to ask this one)
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Posts are a unit of measurement of time that usually involve exchanges between opponents, which means real-time combat or at least something that mimics it ... Actions, reactions, dialogue, counters, traps and whatever else usually occurring in the span of post only lasts for a period of less than a minute due to the fact that despite our love of anime and the long-lasting dragged-away knockouttoyourheartscontent fight, a realistic battle would not involve a lot of heavy dialogue that repeats twenty times after the commerical break/intermission.

Buuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuut, since I love your ideas and your descriptions, just answer the questions above and extend the cooldown/recharge by an additional post. Beyond that, Mukuro Rokudo can make volcanos real whenever the fawking hell he wants, so what's a little mayhem in a 4 stage illusion?

Oh, if for any reason one of your earlier answers can be used for a later question, please make note and don't bother retyping the explanation again.

Danke, and consider yourself approved for the time being(Thank god, you're Vongola)

Unless another Staff objects, that is.

Well I'm too lazy to just write this into my other post so here we go XP::

1. Can the illusion be broken out of in anyway?

A swift kick or some sort of physical disruption should be enough to break out of the illusion, but it doesn't work if it's the target that does it to themselves. (I mean that would be a pretty pointless weakness if you could slap yourself and BAM! no illusion. >.> So that's a definate NO on self inflicted hits. Though I suppose if you stab yourself it would break it........but to stab yourself is pretty idiotic a move >__>)

2. How do you ensnare an opponent into it/How do you activate/use this ability to affect your opponents?

The blade of Tamashii induces the effect, if it cuts you, or even touches you in some way, the effect will be intiated. I'll mention something about it in the effects and requirements sections.

3. Does this indiscriminately target all individuals in an area, or can you selectively target enemies?

*points up* The blade has to touch you, so I suppose you could take that to mean Ayaka can target specific people.

4. Is the Illusion casting an instantaneous effect? Or does is it require any moments of preperation?

*points up again* Please look to number two.

5. The second stage numbs the senses? So eventually, all of the perception one will have of the world will ... what? Be lessened? Weaker? Less accurate? or completely 'Nullified', thus leaving an individual at the mercy of whatever you want to subject their minds to?

The second stage is used to relax the reflexes of the targets body, meaning sight, smell, touch, sound, and taste. And when I said numb, I was referring to the weakening of the five senses.

6. When their senses are dulled, do opponents also experience a decrease in their reaction time(assuming their eyesight/visual perception isn't affected severely)? In their motor functions? Or does it affect their sense as in the five human perception to comprehend the world ONLY?

*points up* All five of the senses are effected, and by doing so their reaction time is less.

7. IF the sense of touch is affected ... how the heck does one register pain? Or even contact ... unless it's not affected and the other sense are?

The sense of touch is only weaken, not completely nullified. The pain sensors of the brain are still active, so you can feel everything. It's just that your perception is off, making it weaker.

8. If the sense of sight is not poorly affected, and one does not experience impaired motor functions(unless they were drunk prior to the fight) ... could they succesfully minimize damage dealt to them, should they possess the physical capability to do such?

If the target is completely blind or doesn't feel pain, that SPECIFIC effect on that area of the senses will not take into effect. But all of the other senses are still effected. But when one effect isn't able to activate, it would be easier to break out of. (But again, if you have no sense of pain, no one can kick you [the pain breaks it] and break it. Thus another set back for you.)

9. Does it make any difference if the target is sober or drunk when you hit them with this Illusion? (XD I had to ask this one)

Umm...LOL! No it doesn't, the effect are still the same xP.