[Event] Operation Arizona

[soul_mods]

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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[blue_darkslayer]

The sooner the better, I think. [Once they'd wound down a little from the current one, of course. These days Vergil certainly has a fair number of demands on his time, but he knows his priorities. The only way he - they - are going to get any stronger is to go out and fight more battles. Regularly. At least preparations are complete for his other projects, now, otherwise he'd feel compelled to apologize for the delay so far.

He's confident enough that the power they have is adequate enough as is for this mission, at least. There's a reason he didn't volunteer for potential suicide inside the Witch's compound.]

Dante. [Vergil's tone is resigned. He follows after Date, but swiftly sways and ducks as a Kishin Egg swipes a claw down upon him. Taking a hand from Black Dragon, he seizes the creature by the wrist and promptly redirects its momentum and hurls it over his shoulder and down onto the ground.] Do you mind? The adults are busy. [He casually flicks his arm underarm and slices the throat out of the prone enemy, then keeps moving.]

[forbearanced]

My schedule, of course, is freer than yours. You need only say the word.

[And later, Vergil's reaction to his master's antics amused him. The Meister may have felt it through their resonance.

More kishin were charging their way, caring little for the fate of their companions.]

[getyourgunson]

[Even with the battle raging around them, Date still can't help but put on a pure look of disbelief at Dante's answer, not quite sure that he's hearing that right.]

If you haven't noticed, we're in a battle-- [He stops then in order to deal a swift strike to one of the kishins about to jump him, sending it flying back in half from a well-timed slash with Rebellion.] --moving is required in here!

[This is why eating all that ice-cream was not a good idea, Dante. Date grits his teeth, scowling as he tries to pump up their resonance even more, ducking down to avoid one of the lunging kishins before twisting to deal a slash right across its midsection, hearing the scream that comes after that. He recovers quickly, dealing another Stinger at the next kishin that attempts to attack him head on and promptly tossing the body away at the others nearby.]

[wittyreplyhere]

Less-- [A pause as he finds himself impaled inside a kishin before he realises he's not going to get blood in his mouth if he continues to talk.] --waving around, who says you have to do fancy tricks?

[Dante also has a few things to say to Vergil for his snide comments and he waits until Date has tossed the body away before he makes his move. It's foreign to him, taking into account his timing so Date won't get injured. The only thing he had to calculate normally was when to shoot or jump or move to do the maximum amount of damage in the more flashy way possible.

So it's in a brief lull, when he knows that doing this won't affect anything that he partially transforms back and flips the bird at Vergil.]

I don't see any adults here!

[Once he's said what he's wanted to say he reverts back to his Weapon form.]

[blue_darkslayer]

[At first he simply snorts at Dante's display of immaturity. He'd say more, but suddenly he has more Kishin Eggs to deal with. At least he's conscious of the fact that his movements are growing faster and lighter under the influence of Soul Adrenaline. If there is one similarity between him and Dante in combat, though, it's that they both know how to place their attacks for the best effect. Vergil, however, capitalizes on economy. Kill each enemy the fastest way with only the minimum effort required.

Well, there isn't anything wrong with using style while doing so, of course.]

At least your transformation abilities have matured- [He evades another slash of a claw and seizes the limb at the end of the attack, yanking its owner roughly and spinning it around and into another Kishin Egg. In turn, he impales both at once upon the long blade of Black Dragon, twists, then tears it out.] -if nothing else. [He shoots a look at Dante, shortly before reversing the sword and stabbing behind him blindly, skewering a third enemy attempting to pounce upon him.]

[Conversationally:] It's a pity we don't get more missions like these. These mass-produced creatures are rather... weak. [Not like the solitary ones that had entire towns to themselves. They were actually challenging. Some of these barely qualified as Kishin Eggs, probably.]

[forbearanced]

I would prefer it if we did not have to fight any of these at all.

[As it was, anyone who has been in Death City long enough would know who these kishin eggs once were. Still, a job is a job. War was great like that.]

[getyourgunson]

[Date is about to say something himself when Dante pulls that stupid stunt, and the warlord is forced to backtrack a little to avoid anything trying to impale or rip him into tiny little bits in the moments where he doesn't have a sword to stab kishins with. The displeasure is more than obvious on Date's face, and pretty much anybody can tell that Date was totally not impressed by that.]

If you say so. [He keeps out the irritation in his voice, although it comes out in another form - as the next few kishins attempt to get him, Date lunges forth and swings Rebellion in a wide arc to send out another shockwave, sending them reeling back and stumbling.

The warlord moves in then, shifting his hold on Rebellion to something much closer to his own original swordstyle as he swings the claymore upwards to send them flying up. With an expert shift of his grip again he gives the old three-hit combo that Dante and Vergil would be familiar with, and when that is done Date changes back to his own style, bringing the blade up from above as he strikes them down, shouting as he sends them crashing onto the ground.]

Death Fang!

[wittyreplyhere]

[And once the fighting resumes Dante is back to trying to control his stomach. If he had a wall he would be leaning on it.]