[EVENT]

[soul_mods]

Characters: OPEN
Location: Death City
Rating: PG
Time: September 24
Description: The combined efforts of the residents of Death City are frustrating the kidnappers.

Comments

[womanwattitude]

It was official. This situation was mortifying, and Squalo's laugh did nothing to reassure her he'd forget about it later. As Faye's embarrassment increased, her temper shortened - it was predictable, like ocean tides and sunrises. She gave Squalo a scowl, though it was currently aimed at the ground. And the other guy. What did he think this was, a tea party?! This was no time for chatting!

"Sunbathing," she managed to snap back. The creature gave a tug on her leg, and Faye used the opportunity to flip over on her back. Maybe she wasn't a jeet kune do master like Spike, but she managed to kick the creature in the process with her free leg - for all the good it did. The sand beast didn't look affected at all. In fact it looked greedy, if such a thing was possible.

The arrival of the newcomers had caught its attention. Its grip on Faye loosened as it stretched out a second sandy, clawed hand to swipe at Squalo. Perhaps it was overextending itself in trying to get too many people at once. Or maybe it knew something they didn't. If Shouta was looking for some excitement, there was a second sand creature coming his way...

[requiem_no_ame]

"VOOOII, I think this evens out our tab, doesn't it?" He laughed again, grinning a tad manically as he met the swipe with a slash of his own.

Hitting the sand was strange still, more so than it was when Shouta wielded him. He snarled and twisted out of the way, hair flying everywhere and limbs looking almost too flexible to be human. He had its attention and hopefully Faye would be smart enough to get the hell out of there as soon as possible.

"I think you might owe me a beer now, even."

He jumped back away from a swat and towards Shouta. Squalo's grin was threatening to split his face in half, when he dissolved into light and aimed his fall into his Meister's hands. If he'd noticed the second creature approaching, he didn't say.

"All yours," he said, once more concentrating on being light and useful in Shouta's grasp. "Let's have some fun, yes?"

[sakuravoid]

He'd already noticed the second one moving towards him, not that it came as a big surprise what with them being in the freaking desert where the damn things crawled out of in the first place. Shouta closed the distance while he caught his Weapon, taking over the attack seamlessly. After quick strikes at both limbs, easily slicing through the sand, he used his momentum to leap right over it, blade cutting through what would be the head or face of the construct as he did.

It wasn't collapsing quite yet, reshaping itself slowly but surely, but this gave him time to get more blows in and a better view of the second target. Perhaps it would even distract the thing from Faye enough to let her escape.

[womanwattitude]

"What?! You'd bring that up right now? Oh!" She wasn't even free yet! Faye did her best to look affronted even as she scrambled out of the construct's sandy clutches with only Squalo and his partner standing between her certain kidnapping, possible death and/or severe exfoliation.

Okay, so maybe he had a point.

"Alright, alright," she conceded once she got away. "Fine. Deal." She wasn't sure if they were paying attention to her at the moment anyway as they worked to finish off the creatures. That was okay. It gave her a moment to collect her remaining shreds of dignity. From her relative place of safety, Faye took off her remaining shoe so she wouldn't hobble and watched them fight.

"It seems you boys have things well in hand." She said as she prepared to leave. "Now don't go causing too much trouble~"

[requiem_no_ame]

Squalo's only reply was a laugh as he fell in sync with Shouta. There was still something foreign in the way the man handled a sword and it bugged Squalo somewhat. It wasn't that he was bad because he wasn't, but he didn't have a form. A unity in the way he used the blade, until it became an extension of himself, rather than a tool. Of course, considering swords probably weren't the man's first choice of weaponry that was expected - at least Squalo hoped so, otherwise he'd be solely disappointed.

He was glad to see Faye getting away though, hopefully she'd stay out of trouble now.

"Bitches get harder to deal with the bigger they get, huh?" He noted almost clinically, watching Shouta fight from his privileged point of view.