[Event] Operation Arizona

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Characters: Those who signed up for Mission 128: Operation Arizona. List of participants here.
Location: Horseshoe Bend, Grand Canyon, Arizona
Rating: PG or higher, for death, destruction and the like.
Time: November 25, late evening for the pre-mission posts, then November 26 at 00:00 hours all the way until the whee hours of the morning of the

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[scentedcamellia]

"It is," she replied with utmost certainty. She could tell by the noise it was making, even as distant as it was. Her skill wasn't nearly as advanced as Maka's so she couldn't make out more than a relative power level, but her ability to recognize the different harmonies of the wavelength improved as Black★Star began to move in the direction of the noise.

Tsubaki barely noticed anything beyond the steadily increasing music of their new target's wavelength. It pulsed like something mad, and soon she was sure it was a Witch. The way it twisted and fell out of harmony was something only a Witch's soul could sound, but there was still something strangely familiar about it.

And then she had it.

"Black★Star, it's the Witch from before. From Monaco." They were close now, and she remembered that small girl's wavelength well. Tsubaki wasn't afraid, in fact this might be a good opportunity. They had encountered her before, and even if they'd been beaten, they would be less likely to get caught in any of her magical traps. They already knew her strengths; it was simply a matter of finding her weaknesses.

[thisismyera]

Black★Star's interest perked at the notion of fighting somebody potentially important, but he almost missed a step when Tsubaki told him exactly who it was. His pace slowed and he came to a complete stop just as he could see a doorway at the end of the corridor they were traveling along. He didn't move for a time; he was frozen in place.

Not from fear, but from sudden emotion nonetheless. What were the odds that he'd be given an opportunity for payback so soon? He'd half expected to have to hunt this bitch down for months or longer. Witches were notoriously good at not being found, and they'd stumbled onto this one by accident not once but twice. That being said, one thing was for sure-

-there would not be a third time. It looked like it was his era at last.

"Tsubaki," he uttered, his voice tight, "Fey Blade Mode." He didn't need words to otherwise signal his intentions. This time around, there would be no screwing around. No mistakes, and certainly no mercy. He owed his partner several times over and he was about to fully repay her. Just as he owed that Witch the beating of a lifetime.

[scentedcamellia]

Tsubaki could sense Black★Star's resolve as she pulled her consciousness back into her form. His personality had already flipped to the other part of him that she knew well; the side that came out when he finally got serious, got down to business. He'd lost it last time, but now he'd found it before the battle had even begun.

The kunoichi was proud of him, and her wavelength swelled with confidence.

"Hai," she said quietly, before she made the familiar change, felt her body dissipate and reform into a blade hard enough to cute through anything. The Weapon pulsed with dark sparks of lightning that snaked down the length of her form, proof of her excitement at the battle to come.

"It's your stage, Black★Star," she said calmly, straight into his mind. "Show me what it's like to surpass God."