4th Fire Started

[paintme_crimson]

I - [phone - morning] [filtered from drones]

Uh, okay. What the hell was going on then? Are they making us go somewhere? I
heard someone say "I'm definitely taking the wife."

[She pauses for a moment.And, uh, off-topic, but...does anyone know some restraining methods? That don't involve death? Against someone with the strength of several grown

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I

[midnight_chorus]

Ew, keep your bondage kinks off the phone, thank you.

1/2

[paintme_crimson]

I am not talking about bondage, you stupid bird!

[Mokou seems as though she's going to say more, but--]

[paintme_crimson]

[--but she sighs, and switches to a private feed. If there's anything she wouldn't fight with Mystia over, it would be her actual concern.]

I'm talking about Keine. Restraining her. She got her hakutaku crap back.

[midnight_chorus]

-Oh, that... was pretty serious.-

... Is she gonna be okay?

I

[walking_nuke]

['Sup Mokou, have a Philly steak sandwich accent.]

You know anything about CQC?

[paintme_crimson]

Close-quarter-combat, I think. What of it?

[walking_nuke]

Yeah. There's some choke holds you can do to render someone unconscious pretty damn quick. Cut off blood flow to their brain, won't matter how strong'ey are.

Had'a do it myself recently when'a "missus" got turned into'a murder machine.

[You can just hear the airquotes there!]

[paintme_crimson]

It won't do any lasting damage? [A beat.] I mean I know about the next-morning revival, but...

I

[adropofjupiter]

Binding magic, ze.

[paintme_crimson]

I don't know any magic, Kirisame. [Sour Mokou is sour.]

[adropofjupiter]

Then maybe you should ask someone who does for help.

[paintme_crimson]

I don't intend to ask you for anything, thanks.

II

[catslooklikeme]

[Oh hey, it's raining shoes outside. Doesn't take Nall long to figure out what's going on, so he hops out the window and flies up to meet her.]

Those shoes do something to upset you?

[paintme_crimson]

[Have a high-heeled thing yacked randomly with immense strength.]

Everything in this town upsets me!

[catslooklikeme]

[DIRECT HIT! TEN POINTS! OUCH. Nall is knocked down and seeing stars.]

Me included, I see...

[He shakes himself.]

What happened, Fujiwara?

[paintme_crimson]

[AND A PAIR OF PENNY LOAFERS!]

Shit happened! This damn place thinks it's so fucking funny! Taking away our shit and then giving us back the shit we don't want!

[ phone ]

[freedomofwomen]

The strength of several grown men..? My, it seems you've found yourself in quite the situation.

[ phone ]

[paintme_crimson]

Yes. [She sounds very, very, snappish. As though she could blow up in a bundle of nerves at the wrong word.]

And?

[ phone ]

[freedomofwomen]

[ Oh, Eva knows that tone - she has used it before in her life too, after all. ]

Nothing in particular. I suppose I was just curious. Although.. I'm not sure if there's anything in this town capable of stopping such a thing, unless there would be another resident with strong enough powers for it.

[ phone ]

[paintme_crimson]

I've already found a solution, thanks.