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[firebornfidelis]

The streets are not safe.

[While this seems pretty obvious, she thinks it bears stating given some of the crazies who live here.]Anyone not prepared to fight should be indoors, in a safe place. These Elves are fast and dangerous and the lizard-monsters are deadly and indiscriminate, and they both mean to kill anyone they see. Basements are all

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[stakesthings]

At the Dismas stairs to near the docks. Talk about your deep chaos.

[and then...]

Need help?

[firebornfidelis]

[The response is delayed a minute or two, until she finds a space to breathe in her fight.]

Under control for the moment.

Are you on your way to or from Dismas?

[stakesthings]

More like "trying to keep these things out of Dismas." Uh, success rate so far is... kind of not the best. There's only one me.

[firebornfidelis]

Don't put yourself in too much risk. Do you know what the situation down there is?

[Video]

[threedoctorates]

In one of the outposts. I've been dealing with Police Logistics since Commander Kuchiki went to the island.

[A moment of hesitation.]

Be careful, Riza.

[Video]

[firebornfidelis]

[Oh, Spencer. She doesn't have time to worry about appearances right now.]

What is the Police unit's function right now? Offense or defense?

[A pause. A few gunshots. At least the fighting is a good distraction. Her voice is less than warm when she says:]

You too.

[Not "You too, Spencer." The difference is subtle and she hopes that he won't notice it, and that someone else will. She doesn't have time right now to say all the things that need to be said to him. There's just too much going on, her personal problems have to take a back seat.]

[Video]

[threedoctorates]

Defense, I'm working on getting as many civilians out of the line of fire as possible, unless they believe that they need to use deadly force. I haven't gotten in contact with the commander since he departed, but I've authorized it's use if necessary.

Seeing as what these elves did the last time, I'd rather not have someone hesitate if it would cost them their life.

[He does, but he doesn't comment on it. Part of him thought this might be coming, especially considering various factors that he's been piecing together over the past few weeks. He's not particularly surprised, to be honest.]

[Video]

[firebornfidelis]

Right. My people are under the same instructions.

[Brisk. She's still moving through the streets, some of the less overrun ones at least, though she still has to remain alert in case more elves come at her. She doesn't look into the screen.]

I've been trying to evacuate the middle class residential areas nearest the docks and the greenhouses where the fire is the worst. Is there room in the safehouse at Outpost 1?

[It's painful to have to be this way with him, but there is the mission to concentrate on. It buys her some time to try to figure out how to make it right with Roy and not be wrong towards Spencer.]

[ actionnn ]

[lonestray]

[He recognizes that street. And as luck would have it, he's already nearby. Not that it would have mattered; before Scar even consciously decides to go to her, his legs start moving him in that direction. There's already blood on his face and clothes--some of it his, some not--by the time he gets there.

Riza may notice his arrival before the elves do: it's marked first only by a red crackling spark. It makes the first small crack that slithers across the ground, widening in width and depth as it spreads, but there's a control to it. The cracks are the weakest around Riza's feet, only becoming large enough to disrupt balance as it reaches the elves and the lizard.

It's a good tactic for stalling for time, for gaining the upper hand, and in moments, he's at Riza's side.]

[ actionnn ]

[firebornfidelis]

[She has emptied her revolver by the time she can feel the alchemic fizzle in the air, almost as familiar to her as breathing. She drops her first gun - it would take to long to reload and time is not exactly on her side - and draws a semi-automatic. Without looking she knows who has come to her aid, though it isn't exactly who she might have expected.

She says nothing, but falls in beside him as he enters her little area of this city-wide battlefield and starts firing again. The way is clear for him to fight and she is doing her level best to take down the elves, but they move so quickly and erratically it's hard for her to aim properly. And as for the lizard, the bullets don't seem to bother it nearly as much as Riza might hope.]

[ actionnn ] augh I really thought I'd gotten this already /sobbu

[lonestray]

[He barely nods to her as she falls in step beside him, dropping easily to his knees as he presses his hand to the ground again, more fully unsettling the ground underneath their adversaries. The sparks are broader this time, more like streaks of bright red light as large chunks of the street are torn up by his destructive alchemy.

And while the elves and lizards stumble and lose their footing, Scar's is sure as he speeds across the wreckage of his own design, easily dodging any arrows fired toward him. It's when he's close enough for the kind of hand-to-hand battle he's familiar with that things get more tricky. One of their weapons manage to graze his shoulder, but he twists away in time before the blade can find purchase in the soft flesh of his neck. He himself strikes and misses, right arm glowing its trademark red through his jacket, and he's mindful of Riza's position all the while, careful to keep himself from being a target to avoid.]

[ actionnn ] it's fine XD /pets

[firebornfidelis]

[She has often in the past lamented that the magazines of her semi-automatics only hold thirteen rounds, and she blows through them in a matter of moments. Keeping an eye on Scar as he engages the enemy, she drops the empty magazine out of the grip and produces a new one, preparing to reload. Her attention split between Scar and the gun, she doesn't notice the dart from one of the elves flying at her until it has already hit her in the shoulder. She pulls it out immediately, but even as she does, she can already feel the toxin taking effect. She tries to fight the sinking sensation, but despite her best efforts, the gun slips from her fingers and she falls to the ground without saying a word.]