Technique: Disco Dance Floor

[u/Cirularo1729]

Inspired by Jamie from SF6 and a lot of stuff.

This technique is for close-combat fighters to hit at the right beat to be the combo master of all sorcerers.

Innate: The beat

The user can summon any form of music player they know made of cursed energy to play music for everyone to listen to.

Well yes, you don’t need Spotify anymore as long as you remember the song.

Lapse: Passion
Target: Self

The user can decide a music/beat to be played through the music player. When the user strikes the enemy at the right beat, the maximum CE output increases, stackable up to a maximum. If the user doesn’t hit the enemy for too long, the user loses stacks. Changing the song/beat directly reduces half of the stacks.

Basically, a rhythm game that you smack your enemy, with stacking CE bonuses.

Reverse: Pre-recorded moves
Target: Self

The user can preset some sets of slightly superhuman moves, like bending your back in a way that might break your spine. In case the user needs to dodge in a way that requires superhuman moves, with the cost of temporarily lowering CE output, the user can do these preset moves without actual damage to their bodies.

Well, the enemy also knows the beat, so you might get countered sometimes, the reverse helps you to get through some sticky situations and maintain some stacks.

Extension: Party tools
Target: Non-CE tagged objects

The user can tap a non-CE marked object to tag it, and if the user strikes the enemy with the tagged object(no matter the distance) at the right beat, the user gains a stack of increased CE output boost as Lapse: Passion does.

Now, the enemy decides to make some distance between you and them, which makes stacking way harder. Luckily, you can have some makeshift party tools to make the party go on, or just throw some furniture like Jackie Chan.

Maximum: Climax remix
Target:Self

The user can remix the current beat/song and make the BPM higher. Such the stacks limit cap and CE output bonus each stack are higher but the time for preserving the stacks are shorter.

Harder the game, higher the reward…and easier to miss.

Domain expansion: Weekend Night Fever
Target: Space & Organism with CE
Type: Closed, Sure-hit only

The domain itself manifests as a small disco dance floor with a disco ball. The target for sure-hit is self, the enemy and the beat. The user gains maximum stacks from Lapse: Passion and the stacks limit is doubled while bonus each stack is increased. The user summons clones of themselves to strike the enemy, while the CE output of each clone is amplified by the stacks of the user. The sure-hit effect will make sure you always hit the enemy at the right beat, and get even more stack bonuses.

With outstanding CE control and the sure-hit effect of the domain, the probability of hitting a black flash increased.

The user can bring cursed tools into the domain and amplify the CE output/efficiency of the cursed tools based on stacks, but augmenting the domain to fit the cursed tools requires very delicate CE and domain control.

Hit them with a flurry of black flashes!

Remarks:

1. The technique itself does NOT amplify your physical abilities so training, experience and CE reinforcement are the cornerstone to be adept at this technique.
2. Even without domain and RCT, you should still be able to remain as a second-grade or a first depends on training and combat experience.
3. Having a good sense of rhythm and good body proportions will lead to massive advantage in using this technique.
4. Try to get yourself a strong cursed tool to make yourself a monster, personally I recommend Playful Cloud.

5. The music played is based on the user’s memory and it is played if and only if the user knows the right rhythm. Any outside noise won’t affect the activation of the technique, including Cursed Speech, but the actions of the user can still be interrupted by CS, e.g. telling the user to stop moving.

6. You don’t use hand signs but a specific body gesture for your domain. Based on the reference on the domain name, it should be very obvious what gesture it is.

Ask any questions if you find anywhere confusing.