I am a horrible person for doing this to her~ [open]

[hadesandback]

Characters: Meg, anyone on the Fiertia
Content: She was exploring the ship (and staying off the top deck) when she caught a whiff of the fear gas. Feel free to bother her, or play out any fear-gas shenanigans you like in this log.
Setting: All over the Firetruck
Time: Mid-afternoon to early evening
Warnings: Frightened, irrational Meg

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[noturbitchkthx]

Jabu never saw it coming. He was focused on the gun, on Quatre, on the undefeated danger that was Meg, on Kamina behind him - there were only so many people he could keep in his peripheral vision at the same time, and Yuri's speed was better than Jabu's reaction time.

The unicorn armor's helmet was strong, but saints didn't often use weapons, and it had not been designed to survive the force of a battleaxe to the skull. Upon contact, the metal crumpled, the horn shattered, and Jabu hit the wall with a thud to shake the rafters before crumpling onto the floor like a sack of bricks. It was a testament both to his stamina and the thickness of his skull that he managed to stagger to his feet with fists raised and round on Yuri, gathering his scattered cosmos for a counterattack.

The corridor was narrow enough that he didn't really have to cover any distance to throw a punch, and so he was able to take an armored swing at Yuri's face the instant after he'd regained his balance. So his plan to get them all close before he punched wasn't going to work after all. Well, then, they'd just have to go down one at a time.

[point_to_heaven]

"No the hell you don't!" Kamina roared as he rushed towards Jabu. Damnit, this was getting bad. How did somebody stand up after that? And why hadn't he reacted to the situation sooner? He was the great Kamina-sama, he didn't have time to stand around and gape at everything. In fact, he didn't have time to think right now. So he purged his mind of all his worries and the niggling paranoia at the back of his head and focused on what was happening now: kicking Jabu's ass before he hurt somebody.

He slammed into his commanding officer's back, hoping to throw off his punch and give Yuri time to dodge. Kamina didn't expect his tackle to do much damage because of the thick armor, but since he was already winded and confused from his knock upside the head, he figured it had to do something.

[lustrolupo]

Yuri was more surprised than he wanted to admit that Jabu got up again after a blow like that. He pulled back as Jabu swung at him, and brought his axe up to block. The force of the hit, especially coupled with the extra tackle Kamina had thrown in, struck hard enough to send Yuri sliding backwards. Kamina had thrown the first mate off balance though, so Yuri didn't take the punch straight on.

Which was definitely a good thing, he thought. Yuri was only just able to catch himself in a low crouch - had he taken a straight punch, he probably would have toppled completely.

He jumped back to his feet, then dove back at Jabu again, some wordless shout on his lips, and feigned to the right, away from the corner he'd been backed into. As he moved, Yuri caught sight of Meg against the wall and frowned. Why the hell was she still there? "Someone get her out of here!" he yelled at no one in particular.

[nice_young_man]

Quatre grit his teeth and stared at the brawl. The corridor was too narrow for him to get to Megara, not without entering the fray, but there was nothing he could do to help with the actual fight; if he fired his gun, the bullet was just as likely to hit Yuri or Kamina instead of Jabu. He needed to find some way to get them further away from her...

His finger moved away from the trigger and rested against the guard, but otherwise his face remained the same. He scowled, and said, "If you want me, you'll have to catch me, first!"

Quatre hoped that the other two men would catch on.

[hadesandback]

N-n-no, they'd seen her! Damn, damn, damn!

.....but Kamina wasn't blocking her way down the corridor anymore. It registered in her mind as an escape route. Still crawling on the deck, she scrambled away, down the corridor, glancing over her shoulder to make sure they weren't following her.

Understandably, she tripped over her dress. It wasn't made for crawling in, and she was paying more attention to the chaos behind her than her own feet. She fell in a tangled mess of limbs and dress, skidding painfully to a halt with a yelp. Her first assumption was that one of them had caught up to her, so she shouted, "No -- stay away!"

She curled up again, into as small a target as possible.

[noturbitchkthx]

Jabu's head spun painfully as Kamina hit his back, and he staggered without landing much of anything. Knocking Yuri back provided a short moment of clarity in which only Kamina behind him and Quatre down the hall were immediate threats, but even focusing on both of them at once was difficult in his current state.

Clearly, he was going to have to do something about everyone nearby at once. Unicorn Lightning Kick would work against one at a time - so that meant he had to get sufficient distance between himself and the others so he could pick a target.

He'd already spent too much time planning an attack. Better take out the enemy behind him first. Jabu found his balance, forced himself to gather his cosmos, and threw a spinning kick at Kamina, planning to throw him clear down the corridor if he had to.

[point_to_heaven]

Kamina never had a chance. He was just beginning to straighten up from his tackle when the kick connected with his side, sending him flying down the hall. He landed with a painful thud as his body and head hit the wood floor. Even Kamina had to admit that hurt a lot more than he was expecting. It took a good amount of willpower not to cry out in pain. Winded, wounded, and wiped out, he was temporarily down for the count.

[lustrolupo]

"Fuck!" Yuri shouted vehemently as he saw Kamina go flying down the hallway. He had been hoping to juggle Jabu between the two of them, but with Kamina out Yuri was the only one left in melee range. Not good.

Still, if he moved fast, he could probably get a good shot at Jabu. While the first mate was still distracted, Yuri lunged forward and swung a hard blow towards Jabu's back with the blunt end of his axe.

[nice_young_man]

Quatre glanced at the brawl in front of him and weighed his odds. Kamina was far down the hall - and not in good shape, either - and there was no small amount of distance between Yuri and Jabu, either. His chances were better now, but he had to be quick.

"Yuri!" he shouted, "Duck!"

As soon as he yelled out his warning, Quatre waited for Yuri to get down and shot at Jabu once more.