[07] (AUDIO, English)

[phasebitchin]

[When the communicator clicks on, there is no crunching thump while she prances and kicks. No air guitaring, no singing when she thinks that no one is around to catch her being a doofus in private excitement. Hell no. This is deliberate. And Lilith is furious, beyond livid.]

So-

You can do whatever you want, is that right?

[Sharp

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[defiant_rage]

People disappear from this ship all the time. What is screaming going to do about it?

[phasebitchin]

[Lilith eloquently responds to this by, of course, screaming again. By this time it's degenerated to a frustrated squeal, the kind you let out after failing to tie your shoelaces correctly for the tenth time in a row.]

[defiant_rage]

[YAY! Ripa is so glad Sangheili ears are more sensitive than human ears right now. :| ]

Where are you, human?

[phasebitchin]

...... I spy, with my little eye, fire.

A lot of fucking fire.

[defiant_rage]

[A pause as he sorts things out in his, head, then he's on his way.]

[Commentlog]

[Ripa tromps in a straight line right for Lilith.]

You need to relieve your aggression, human-- preferably in a way that does not involve burning the skin off your bones.

[phasebitchin]

[The fire isn't clogging her ears so much as her temper is, and Ripa's suggestion does have its own appeal. She slips out of the flaming wall with streaks of glowing gas still roiling off her sleeves.]

You offering?

[defiant_rage]

Would not be here if I wasn't.

[He's just standing there, still and statue-like, but from behind his silver helm his orange eyes are watching her.]

[phasebitchin]

Music to my fucking ears.

[She marches forward, expression unchanging and clothing rapidly turning to rags. Aaaand then Lilith flickers out.

No fire in the other dimension, but the equivalent- you can't obliterate energy, and whatever is attached to Lilith, she takes with her.]

[defiant_rage]

[Ripa waits calmly for whatever she plans on doing. He knows he can afford to soak up a few hits while he attempts to analyze where she's going to reappear.]

Don't burn before I have a chance to get my blows in, female.

[phasebitchin]

[Funny thing- every sound outside of Phasewalk while she's blipped is incomprehensible. Ripa talks, Lilith hears "DOOOOORRRRNNNBRRRRROOONNNN BIFFFOOORORAAAAHHHH UVVVVASHAAAASSSSSSSSSTOOORRRRGIIIIT MRRRRAAAHHRRBURRROOOOHHHSSSSINNUH".

Less importantly, she's materializing a bit left of his backside, mid-strike to his head. Her hand is in a closed fist, a more effective backhand than pimps stereotypically use.]

[defiant_rage]

[The hand strikes armor, the side of his helmet and mandible plating, and in the second he feels the contact he whirls and grabs for her, giant double-thumbed hands open wide.]

[phasebitchin]

[This would normally make her feel better, but the ineffective strike only reminds her that once upon a time, Lilith could have melted through even the most reinforced plate. She bares her teeth and melts, again, out of existence, barely in time as his swipe chugs through her belly.

Without a weapon, and not the small knife he'd given her, that was useless here, without a true weapon she knows the fight is going to be one-sided. Ripa is probably USED to people aiming for his weak spots, but Lilith is gonna try re-appearing to the right and slugging for his bared torso bits.]

[defiant_rage]

[There is a bare spot right above his hips, and when it's slugged his mandibles open in an expression of pain. Rather than fall back just yet, he presses towards her, raising a double-jointed leg for a kick to her stomach.]

[phasebitchin]

[An opening.]

Haghk--

[She makes an elementary mistake in letting the revelation distract her, taking the kick and stumbling. Most of Lilith has cooled after the stint in Phasewalk, as it turns out that fire won't live long as something that technically shouldn't exist. Not that it saves her air any, gasping, pulling together the shocked ropes of her willpower together to Phase.]

[defiant_rage]

[Ripa dives forward to follow up with his kick, but it's too slow. She's Phased out, meaning he has to wait for her next attack and hope to counter. This time, instead of standing still, he settles into a defensive position, knowing that she'll be more wary of coming close to him now.]

[phasebitchin]

[This is what Lilith gets for storming out of her room in casual gear, no shield or holster.

On the other hand, there's a section of her taking fierce pleasure in relying on this integral asset of her being, her fists, her body. So what if Ripa is over three times Lilith's body mass? She will not have anyone make her into a weakling. Never, never, never.

A watery humanoid blurs behind him, boot swinging before she's solidified to aim for a hard push at his back. Then she wants him off-balance, not hurt.]