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It has come to this

Apr 30, 2010 00:46

Characters: Saul Samaren (favorthebold), Mitarashi Anko (scarysnakelady), Saotome Ranma (reckless_equine), Unohana Retsu (bunny_flower), Hawke Starfyr (golden_hawke), Carmen Sandiego (vile_queen), Amika Stattenholme (visitor), possibly others.
When: April 29th, just after midnight, after this and this.
Where: Southwestern quarter, a warehouse near the fountain.
Rating: Up to R for violence.
Summary: Saul goes too far, and ( Read more... )

*incomplete, mitarashi anko, saul samaren, hawke starfyr, unohana retsu, *event: visitors, saotome ranma, carmen sandiego

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Outside, for now. golden_hawke April 30 2010, 21:25:09 UTC

Hawke waited outside until he was needed, perched in a tree and as still as he could possibly be. He could feel his heart flip when he saw Saul, forced it to calm when the man entered the warehouse and settled some in the trees again. He was told to wait until it was time, to give people the chance to trap Saul so that he couldn't escape and then Hawke could come in and subdue him. Behind him was Sohl, a comforting presence for the young man.

Even though he was supposed to play a minor part in this game of cat and mouse, he was no less calm about it. This was different for Hawke. People didn't hunt people down where he was from, but he knew that Saul had to be stopped. Saul was a force, and from what he could tell from the last encounter, people needed as much magical help as they could get. Which meant that Hawke would help. It made him extremely uneasy, and he wondered if Shai felt the same way when the Elder asked him to discipline someone for breaking the rules.

lion_0f_the_sun April 30 2010, 21:47:31 UTC

Soh'lan's ears were pressed back, and he had to hide himself in a more densely covered part of the tree. He could keep his scales muted, but he knew all to well the effect the sun had on the gold. Yet, he was a hunter, and he knew how to hide, how to wait, still an unmoving.

He was not in the least bit surprised that some human believes himself to be special due to excessive violent behavior. To say he didn't have a good or open view on humans as a whole was putting it kindly. Hawke had been raised by faunlyn, there for was faunlyn as far as he was concerned.

Still, innocents needed protecting, regardless of who or what they were.

golden_hawke April 30 2010, 21:57:38 UTC

Hawke waited several more breaths before feeling comfortable enough to turn his head back to Sohl. This was it. Once Saul was inside the building, it was time to move in. He slid off the branch, hugging it with his arms before managing to reach the trunk of the tree. While he knew how to climb trees, he had no claws to aid him, and trying to get down quietly took some time.

lion_0f_the_sun April 30 2010, 23:39:34 UTC

His hooves were not meant for trees -not like an earthkin who seemed to be able to climb anywhere- but his claws were sharp, and used those to weave through the branches until he could ease himself down off the trunk of the tree.

He gave Hawke a silent look, then put himself in front.

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bunny_flower April 30 2010, 21:26:12 UTC

Unohana had closed her eyes, hand resting on the guard of her nodachi. She did not need to see to know Saul-san was fastly approaching.

The young lady was not too far from her, and she would protect her with all of her might, but she had meant what she had said to Koumei : cruelty would be not only unnecessary but counter-productive in the long run.

She felt the air chilling as he came in and took a deep breath. This was it. The test. he held out her hand in front of her, ready to cast a protective spell as soon as he would attack.

vile_queen April 30 2010, 22:20:55 UTC

Carmen saw the mist roll in and shook her head. So he was walking into a trap knowingly. His arrogance bordered on surprising, even when it shouldn't. Though she'd thought the broken warning would suffice. There were many states Saul could be in that were useful. Furious and running around the city was one - the chaos was useful. Broken had no gain. Koumei and Amika were not looking at the practical side of things. Then again, many who deemed themselves 'good' lost sight of what could be gainful as opposed to their "righteous indignation."

All she could do was watch and consider. Unohana was useful in her own way, someone Carmen would not care to see die, but Unohana could defend herself. The focus of this was Saul. Idly Carmen dabbled with the idea of stealing Saul. She had not yet come to a decision when she heard Saul's voice and felt the static in the air. He was here, the stage was set.

Carmen would reach her decision as she watched.

oh, I guess I'm the one starting the fight? /derp derp scarysnakelady May 1 2010, 18:09:41 UTC

The woman that dropped down from above, aiming a small handful of knives at his as she went, was probably not the one he was looking for. But then, she was just one part of this, and the main thing she was here for?

Pissing Saul off. One of those things she was finding herself really good at. "Nah, it's just beginning, boy," she taunted, sending a burst of chakra to her muscles to ensure she had a better chance of dodging any physical attack he wanted to throw at her.

favorthebold May 2 2010, 06:55:12 UTC

"... you."

The word was a snort of contempt as Saul deflected the knives easily with a powerful gust of wind. He should have known that Anko would try to make good on her threats. He had no time for her, nor for any of the others he sensed inside the warehouse. He had only one target now.

The air began to crackle and thicken with electric tension around him, building up to a lightning strike. "This isn't your battle, doma. Go, or I'll turn you to cinders."

y'all are welcome to hop in any time? scarysnakelady May 5 2010, 10:23:13 UTC

"Anytime, anyplace," she quoted herself, regarding his constant challenges of her. "Here and now, y'bastard. How's that work for ya?"

Another knife appearing in her hand from where it had been secreted away, Anko flicked the edge of the blade with her tongue, before attacking him with this one, head on.

She really fucking hoped this plan worked...

POSTING ORDER RIGHT X_X favorthebold May 5 2010, 20:52:53 UTC

((Let's make it Anko > Ranma > Uno > Hawke > Carmen > Saul from hereon? Seems to make sense...))

She was daring, more daring than he expected. Normally, he'd not have shown his power to her, not so early on to be sure, but now he was impatient. He slammed another gust of wind into her, a freezing blow; then he released the lightning strike.

The air snapped, sizzling, crackling. The burst of electricity rushed at Anko like a hungry beast, at her - and away from her, past her, at the rods of metal that had been meticulously placed in the back of the warehouse.

The current buzzed. Something shifted with a clang of steel against steel. Then a slam, and another, and another. The windows slamming shut, then both doors, locking the combatants inside, and Saul away from the sky from which he summoned his power. The warehouse was sealed in two heartbeats, leaving him to stare, thrown off, as clouds and wind began to dissipate.

The trap had been sprung.

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