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[waitingfora]

Who: Yosuke Hanamura, Gladias, and Beta.
Where: Secluded area in Terra ; park. Abyss.
When: During and after this conversation. During school hours.
Summary: Beta is a jerk.
Rating: R.
Other: Character death.

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[waitingfora]

"Ah...?" His eyes widened when he saw the ground give way. It looked like he wouldn't even be given a chance to give a move. There was a desire to scream as he was falling; his hands were thrust out in front of him like that would actually help. All he could see was the Abyss and wondered what it was that he was going to do. There was no way that he could survive this sort of fall, was there? His cellphone slipped out from his pocket -- hovered in front of his face. Would this have happened if he had just given up?

The only thing that he could be happy about is that he thought that the girl and the other agent. It wasn't a particularly happy thought. He really was just going to let this be it. But then, he thought about how he wasn't sure if he would be revived if he was down here. Everyone seemed to ignore those that were in the Abyss. So, so, what should he do? Even his Persona couldn't help him now. Could Jiraiya be used to create a wind tunnel around him? Would that be enough of a brace from the fall? He bit his bottom lip and wasn't sure if it would actually work, but like using the spell before, it was stupid not to try.

It probably wasn't the smartest plan, but he didn't know what else there was for him to do. The panic had wrapped around him that his breathing had become more than a little difficult. But, he was uncertain if it was because of the fall or if it really was from the fear. Maybe a mixture of both. He didn't even know how close was close, but eventually, he couldn't wait. "Persona!" The card was once more crushed as the wind rushed around him. Please, work.

[suaviloquent]

Sword still held in the iaijutsu stance, Gladias had been watching Yosuke talk to -- someone in the tree. A small sigh, as Gladias relaxed his stance marginally and looked up into the tree, scanning the foliage. It only took a moment for him to spot the spots of hot pink amidst the dull green, and he gave a small, thoughtful cant of the head. "I didn't expect you to be here." It was almost murmured to himself, and the swirls of darkness around the sword and his arm dissipated halfway, his concentration disrupted. "Did you come to watch, Miss B -- ?"

How rude, to be interrupted mid-sentence. By the shattering of the ground, nonetheless. In the scant moment before the floor shattered, Gladias sighed, murmuring, "How unpleasant." Then the only thing that came next was the rumble of rubble and dirt collapsing into the Abyss.

Hair streaking through the air and folds of his kimono flapping in the air, Gladias bit tight onto his pipe to keep it from slipping out into the air. The fall was quite long, and as formidable as his physique was, a fall this tall might break a few bones. A sigh, as he whipped out his sword. A blast of dark energy tore through the air, propelling him backwards enough that he landed askew against the wall of a taller building. Rebounding off its concrete surface, he bounced off the wall of a building beside it before landing on the rooftop of another building with the resounding crash of concrete shattering. The dust took a moment to settle, and once his vision was clear, Gladias peered over the edge of the building in search of the other two.

[thebet_a]

She really had to blame her own clumsiness for that; but she didn’t. Instead of being more worried about hitting the ground and waiting to splatter like a pancake, Beta’s hand fumbled to keep her skirt from being lifted up by the air as she continued to drop. Eyes squeeze shut out of embarrassment more than fear she rotated herself so her spine had hit the ground first, sending a vibration of miniature earthquakes that trembled throughout the whole block of what was remaining of the Abyss.

The collision of her slender frame didn’t decrease it’s speed when she felt her back break through that of the roof a building until she reached the ending floor with a hard crack and shattered cement. Her mouth made a small squeak and she frowned. It was simply. And. Completely. Embarrassing.

For a few moments she laid there until her fingers were able to remove the debris of her attire and she stood up, peering from the large hole that was created to the next building, where she saw Gladias flipping himself onto a roof and she went to tag along after him. It took a while for her to climb up the building and when she managed too, a small crack of a fingernail was broken and she shook her finger with an expression of complete distress. Her movements took her to stand beside Gladias and she looked up at him, frown and all before crossing her arms against her chest and turning away with puffed cheeks, saying in a snotty bratish tone, " -- Sorry." Though the words weren’t fully insincere and she watched from above to see the teenager fall somewhat gracefully.

[waitingfora]

The wind had helped to slow his descent so that he landed more or less nicely onto the rooftop. Looking around, it was difficult for him to see anything even from his vantage point. He wondered what had happened to those two agents. He decided that they must have died and thanked his very lucky stars. Now came the time to figure out how to get home. His shoulders dropped happily as he sat down on the roof.

His lips were pressed together as he wondered what the hell he should do now. It seemed like he was given the chance to just break out and run. Again. But, this was the Abyss. The last time that he came down here, he ended up getting assaulted. He flinched at the thought of running through this place in order to get back home, but it seemed like the only option that he had. Should he call someone to pick him up? He didn't even know where it was that he was in.

Snapping his phone open, he held it up like that would help him get a signal. Maybe, he should call Ryou and tell him that he's all right now. If he could get a single bar that was.

[suaviloquent]

Breathing deeply to calm his irritation with opium smoke and wrinkling his nose at the concrete dust that continued to waft about the air around him, Gladias took a moment to massage his temples with a hand. He hated -- hated -- when external factors sent his plans askew, and as much as he'd had low expectations for this job, it was still highly irritating that things had gone so drastically wrong. Running long nails through his hair and brushing it out of the way, he peered into the dusty streets, looking for his target -- the faster it was taken care of, the better. His mood was very rapidly turning foul, and if he had things his way, he probably would have simple turned and gone home.

Raising an eyebrow as he watched Beta crawl up the building, he made no move to help her, only breathing a mouthful of opium smoke out in a long, slow streamer. Waiting for her to approach, he leaned down so he was closer to her eye level before saying very levelly and very politely, "As much as I appreciate your terrible attempt to help, Miss Beta, I would rather you didn't interfere with my work. I do not mind an audience, but an audience that heckles is a different matter, no?" Despite his constant smile, his voice was tinged with the sharp edge of irritation, and he straightened up -- spotting a speck of orange out the corner of his vision.

"Please don't interrupt any more." Leaving Beta only the short quip, spoken pleasantly, he bounding off the edge of the building onto an adjacent rooftop, immediately breaking out into a rapid sprint in pursuit of his target. Chuckling when he saw Yosuke raise the phone, he ran across the rooftops, sword held ready to decapitate.

[thebet_a]

Gladias’s chiding had sent Beta to make a sour face, her lips pursed and nose wrinkled with arrogance of her own firm excuses that she didn’t do anything; even if she did. She was about to complain with a outburst how she wasn’t trying to help him in the first place but simply settled with simply folding her arms against her chest, glaring at Gladias with a completely childish, completely stern visage that almost told Gladias that she would challenge him. But she knew that her own emotions weren’t top priority and as soon as Gladias turned his back, Beta’s lips formed a small frown, and she sulked stupidity as she flopped down on the hard cement cross-legged and scrunched up her form.

"...I didn’t even do anything." She murmured to herself as she watched Yosuke acting like some mentally dysfunctional idiot. Obviously the words that were spoken by the older man had been sharp enough to hurt her, but she wasn’t going to let that on. Not when she was meant to be an authority figure anyway.

Her nose was pressed against her hoisted up knees and arms around her legs she just watched and sighed like the good little audience she was meant to be. Really, she could have done it by herself, but she just plainly liked to watch.

[waitingfora]

He had raised his cellphone to his check in order to see if he had gotten any bars yet. Still, if he was trying to figure out who he should call, his choices seemed to be Kazama, Madara or Ryou. Itachi had abandoned the apartment, so there was no use calling him. Like he wanted Shika to come down here. Even if he had been down here, there was no way he'd let him do it again. Shimazu was out, too. Nill wasn't even part of the choices. Same went for Shijima and Maya. What kind of guy would he be if he asked those girls to get him, anyway? That was if he could get a single goddamn signal.

Sure, it was really lucky that he had thought to grab it out of the air like he did. But this was going to be ridiculous if he survived the attempt at his life only to end up being murdered by the people in the Abyss. His shoulders rose and lowered in exasperation. Just what were those A&O guys thinking, anyway? What reason was there to kill him? Thinking in those terms weren't really his expertise and decided that he'd discuss it with the others -- Should I talk to them about it? Maybe, I shouldn't get them involved. It was weird to be so calm about everything, but coming off such a panic-high, he supposed that he was just exhausted.

Yosuke had not been prepared or even expecting the attack. Everything had ended so quickly. It started when he thought that he felt a sudden strike against the side of his neck. His eyes had widened slightly when he saw blood splatter across the screen of his cellphone. Already his mind was rushing to try to figure out what had happened, but it did not have enough time to do much of anything. The surprise and panic had lasted for just a few seconds before both his head and hand fell a few feet from where his body remained standing. Not even enough time to think about if that hit had hurt or not.

His other arm had slightly risen to seemingly reach out to touch the bloodied cellphone, but the action had not been completed. Not much longer, his body crumbled in the direction that his now missing bits rested.