[LOG] Midnight Falls

[kannagara_npc]

Who: EVERYONE
Status: OPEN, VERY VERY OPEN
Style: Anything; Action - Comment spamming okay; Multiple threads okay
Where: Hisato EDIT: Raisato also allowed here, just put in the subject line that you're in Raisato
When: Shortly before midnight; Week 2, Day 2 - Second Wave (Yoma/Rakshasa/Hollows)
Rating: R for violence

[It's already a mess, food stores

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[ura_no_ura]

[ Kakashi'd spent the past six hours chasing after supplies and killing weird monsters and demons and creatures he never thought even existed and the last thing he ever wanted to deal with -- or expected -- was the gigantic, unbearable wave of killing intent coming in from the distance. Something large was approaching -- something massive and filled with malice. And that is why Kakashi is running as fast as he can, leaving Iruka to set traps and Kiba to continue picking off the monsters that made off with the village's supplies.

He's heading straight towards Byakuya's house. Byakuya, whom he knows should have some kind of fighting ability given the sharpness of his chakra and the power inside of him -- and the sword Kakashi had spotted. ]

[sakurabito]

[He doesn't miss it. None would be able to miss that approaching presence, the feel of lost souls, of emotions, of malicious intent. His grip tightens around the hilt of his sheathed sword, ascertaining what threats would warrant his attention and what could be left to Renji.

He doesn't miss the approach of the less-threatening presence either, a presence he'd much rather avoid. He halts his attempts to launch into shunpo, eyes on the man who'd caused him to suffer the humiliations recorded for all to see. Those dark blotches... blood, possibly? It's none of his concern. It's the fault of a human for getting involved in what he cannot do. If it isn't his, then there may be hope for this man yet. In either case, he isn't interested.]

What do you want? [Not a question, but an order of an explanation.]

[ura_no_ura]

[ It only takes one look at Byakuya for Kakashi to confirm what he had set out to ask him, landing about a foot away from Byakuya, from the rooftop he had been standing on. ]

You plan on fighting?

[ He asks anyway, since he'd come all this way to find Byakuya in the first place. ]

[sakurabito]

[There's that temptation to ignore him again, walk away and do what he had to do, rather than explain to this human what he had to do, but he obliges him for the moment. It's battle--one cannot always choose their allies.]

Need you ask such an unnecessary question? You're wasting time.

[leadshot]

[It has already been a long enough day for Balthier. He's loading another round of shots into his gun, thinking about how he does not like being so popular with the world--it's not even the world he comes from!--and how it has only been five days since his arrival in this strange place. Already, he is battling beasts and fiends and this has been going on for a day now, when Kadaj unleashed his over-emotional reaction to the past few weeks onto both his and Valeria's houses. (Speaking of which--) He calls behind him, keeping an eye on a hollow.]

Val, watch your left!

['BOOM'

He pulls the trigger and the gun recoils. Smoke steams from the barrel as he shoots his target's mask and it shatters. (Lucky guess--he'll have to thank Peorth for the ammunition sometime later.)

But, the creature remains alive and Balthier's lips tighten.]

[incisive]

[ They come from the air, seemingly from nothing at all -- bright flames woven into being through spiritual energy harnessed, manipulating Nature Herself. The materia embedded in Valeria's right glove hums strong; the flames dance and sing, enveloping the now maskless creature and setting it ablaze. It would have writhed had it not dissolved, taking with it its synthetic screaming. It's scarcely a relief, for no sooner than it fades does another of the damned things enter from stage right, an alleyway she previously thought to be empty at last

[leadshot]

[Balthier gives himself distance between himself and the creatures. (He does not care for whatever they are named.) He's smug and without worry as he fires another round of shots, taking out the right side of the incoming fleet.]

They could've delivered the message in a nicer package.

[Fires again.

He's pleased with the way Valeria handles herself in battle; likes the way she combines long and short range attacks. He could get used to this. The monsters come from out of nowhere, it seems, infiltrating more ground faster than Balthier can load the next shot. (It doesn't matter who's summoning them, right now. His priorities are to get out of there alive.) He takes another step back, closer to Valeria.]

I see you're having fun.

[He loads another round of bullets.]

But it looks like they just might be having more fun than us both.

[incisive]

[ There is something like a twinkle in Valeria's eye as she casts a brief glance over her shoulder at Balthier. Fun

[kannagara_npc]

[ This particular creature -- an ugly thing of bulky muscle and dark golden skin, slitted eyes and drooling, monstrous-like teeth, and outstretched claws -- goes flying into its brethren, but gets right back up and goes right after her. ]

GUUUTS.... I WANT TO EAT GUUUTS....

[kannagara_npc]

[But flowers can't cure this monstrosity because now it's clawing and grunting and growling in all its brutish glory, teeth gnashing and throat letting out screams that splatters drool at the the sudden restraint. It's trying to claw for its freedom, twisting left and right.]

GUTS! YOUR GUTS! I WANT YOUR GUTS!