[117] [accidental audio]

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[All quiet on the Disco front for a minute, but when it comes to Various Magical Girls Who Will Not Be Named, that's not bound to last for long. So here, have some accidental audio!] --a-da! I told you I'd try somethi-- ...huh? But this isn't--

[...] What in the world?! Hikaru? Fuu?? Anyone!

[...and realization dawns, although she doesn't

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[betrayedblade]

Umi...

[Well, you can have this Italian instead. He's happy to hear you're back, even if it was better for you to return home, and plus he could really use the anger-management session with the creatures. The first thing to indicate that he's there is the suddenly dead wolf with a dagger sticking out of its throat.]

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[She definitely hears the blip of her communicator, but by now she's given up trying to respond to them -- at least until she gets rid of her new friends.

A suddenly dead wolf is something she definitely WASN'T expecting, and when she sees it fall over, she stops in her tracks, obviously surprised. It doesn't take her long to turn, to see who the mystery helper is.]

G...Giovanni!

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[betrayedblade]

Salute, Umi.

[He says it casually even as he draws his sword and flicks his left wrist at the same time. The second dagger lands in the chest of another wolf, painful but not mortal. Just as casually he marches towards the injured beast and squares off against it.]

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Salute.

[Not quite as casually --or as easily, really, because Italian, with a Japanese accent, sounds a little silly-- but she offers a small smile anyway. It's short-lived, because watching him matched against those monsters is seriously surprising to watch. In any case, she's not about to be useless or helpless if she can help it, so she reaches for the closest potential weapon: a discarded wooden board.]

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[betrayedblade]

[Giovanni moves with a fluidity born of constant practice and up-keep, a grace that hints at how long and how perfectly breded he is for this sort of thing. He seems mostly nimble as opposed to brutally strong. He dances around his lupine opponents and strikes like a snake when the opportunity presents itself. He keeps this up almost effortlessly as the battle continues.]

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[No wonder he spoke so easily of fencing -- it's not so different from how he fights, in ways. The wooden board isn't exactly great for fighting wolves, but it's good for defending herself, at least until she can get her sword. If she can't fight it herself then at least she sure as all isn't going to let herself be a moving target.

Only three of them -- he dispatched the first two easily enough, and the third is just as quick to follow those two, particularly with the way Giovanni fights. Umi watches, prepared and still a little awed.]

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[betrayedblade]

[It takes a moment for Giovanni to settle down and concentrate outside of the fight. He isn't breathing hard though--the workout doesn't seem to bother him at all. It's just a moment to refocus his energies away from the intensity of his fighting.

He glances around cautiously before assessing there is in fact no more threat and finally sheathes his sword after a flick to get most of the blood off. He turns to Umi and examines her quickly with his eyes before settling into a deep silence.]

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[She lowers the board when the creatures are dealt with. It's a little frustrating, of course, needing assistance -- but she doesn't have her magic or her sword. What else can she do? And anyway, aside from being frustrated, she's grateful, too. After a momentary pause --you never know, more of them could show up-- she offers a small smile.]

Thanks for helping me, Giovanni.

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[betrayedblade]

[He nods his head in a brief bow.] It was nigh a problem, Umi. I happy to be of assistance.