[061] Feel like rain.

[charmingthief]

Voice Post

Huh.

It'd be nice if it were raining.

So. Are you here to bring me in, or are you going to stand there all day?

End Voice Post

[ooc: Watching the sky from a crumbled wall, not really watching who's approaching him. He's ready to jump away at a moment's notice though. Reposted for Kakuzu-mun. Commentlog.]

Comments

[arteryeater]

So you've finally come out into the open, eh?

[charmingthief]

I've always been in the open. You just haven't been looking in the right places.

[arteryeater]

The City is a warzone. I doubt even you could find anyone between the ghouls and the explosions.

[charmingthief]

[stares into the distance, watching the glows of fire and the smoke quietly]

So what were you before all this crap? A bounty hunter?

[arteryeater]

[ Lets out a slow, even sigh. This wasn't going to be easy -- he was tired, and the kid looked like he wanted to talk instead of fight. ]

Something like that.

[ Takes a seat next to him, staring out into the horizon. ]

You know this isn't personal.

[charmingthief]

I know it's not. It's the damn City.

[watches the sky for a moment longer before hopping off the wall and walking a few steps from the man]

You've got your schedule and I've got mine. And I'm not going in quietly.

[arteryeater]

[ Stands back up as the man walks away and assumes a rather loose fighting stance. ]

You can't blame everything on this city. You and I both know that. This is just how people are.

[charmingthief]

[draws his pistol slowly, releasing the safety and cocking it back, staring at his opponent pensively before nodding once]

Perhaps.

[arm straightens out and the pistol fires twice]

[arteryeater]

[ Blinks, once, as one of the bullets buries itself in his arm ]

...Is that all you can do? Really?

[ Arches his eyebrow before contorting his hand through a single seal, his skin turning a deep onyx color as the threads inside of his body push the bullet out of his wound and then close it, as if it were being sown togehter from the inside out. ]

And here I thought the leader of the Resistance would be something to be afraid of.

[charmingthief]

[shrugs and smiles lightly while his other hand reaches for a metallic ball inside his coat]

You could say the same about the Church leaders. But somehow, I doubt they're really your leader. I'm just a simple man.

Catch.

[tosses a fragmentation grenade at the feet of man]

[arteryeater]

[Frowns at the strange weapon until, at the very last moment, his mind makes the connection between the explosives of his time and the obvious progression of technology. ]

A simple man with interesting machines, I see.

[ Steps on the orb, crushing it as it goes off and looking none the worse for wear after the flames wash over him. ]

The Church leaders are merely monsters and saints given freedom by this curse. I, on the other hand, am merely a bounty hunter trying to make ends meet.

[Advances on the man, a myriad of onyx threads exiting the palm of his hand until they form an almost paper-thin blade ]

Now, try harder.

[charmingthief]

[takes a step back for every step the man takes, his eyes watching the other man's hand with a morbid fascination]

Huh, let's see if I can amuse you a little bit.

[lashes out at the air with his left hand, the rune on the back of it flaring; the wind quickly picks up, howling, until it's like multiple blades slicing through the air.]

[ooc: It's the level 3 wind rune spell, the shredding. Also, feel free to injure Dark. He's got healing spells.]

[arteryeater]

[Slams his foot into the ground, causing a ten-by-ten square of concrete and earth to rise up before him and shield him from the winds.]

I said better, not worse.

[Inhales deeply, his hands flashing through a series of seals before he exhales a large stream of fire at the man. He then claps the both of his hands together as the stream of fire closes the distance between them, causing a large volume of water to materialize above the man before gravity takes over and sends the column of water slamming into him, the fire and the water reacting to create a rather large explosion.]

[OOC: Alright. Let's do this. He just hit you with this and this technique, and if my grasp of physics is correct -- which it might not be -- the water and the fire coming into contact with each other so quickly would cause explosive decompresion/an explosion?]

[charmingthief]

[comes flying out of the explosion, head over heels for a few meters skidding along his back. His body is slightly smoking and his back bruised, but he has enough energy to get into a crouch and raise his left hand over himself, glowing energy cascading over him. His wounds seem to close up and his skin turns to a more normal color.]

Ow.

[without another word, wings spread from his back and he jumps into the air, his fingers alight with dark energy, as opposed to the blue glow of his wind rune. He slashes the air, sending a slice of dark energy towards the still grounded man.]

[ooc: He's currently using his natural magic, which will be stronger due some of the tricks that he was taught in the City]

[arteryeater]

Great, another fly-boy -- I really fucking hate your kind. Why don't you come down here and fight me like a real warrior would?

[Makes a sound in the back of his throat as he dodges the wave of energy, leaping to the side as the stuff crashes into the ground]

Or would you rather I clip your wings?

[Inhales yet again, this time exhaling two-dozen smaller fireballs at the man and then throwing a number of kunai and shuriken behind them, hiding the blades in the shadows of the fireballs.]

[OOC: Explain what the magic does, please?]

[charmingthief]

I'm no warrior; I'm a thief.

[dives quickly, the fireballs and kunai barely skimming over his wings, taking a few black feathers]

I like all my parts intact, thanks.

[this time, he slashes with both hands, creating two lines of sizzling dark energy]

[ooc: What he's using is an extremely fast cutting attack, using his natural magic for the energy. It's not an area attack, but can cut rather deeply if hit. Almost like a shuriken, but with his magic behind it. Does that help?]