04 - A vacancy for a meatshield is open~

[drakenguard]

Who: Yamato and YOU
Where: Taurus Ward
Summary: Yamato feels like he is The Only Sane Man and he is so sick of scorpions. So sick of them.
Warnings: Er, fight scenes, maybe some cussing.

Somehow in the span of a few days the entire population of Hinoto-Ri had gone insane

It left Yamato feeling a bit wrong-footed really, because everything was devolving as quickly as it had back home. Although there was no void devouring the entirety of world, or aliens invading, there was still the raw panic of people mindlessly reacting to a dangerous situation. Some were screaming in hysterics, some were downright psychotic and violent - and now, on top of all that, strange scorpion like creatures had morphed out of nothingness, vicious and deadly with snapping claws and poisonous stings.

Also Yamato's demon, Arioch, was being difficult with him, enough so that he simply didn't bother summoning him any more. It was just him and Remiel now.

Perhaps it had been a mistake to go out when all of this chaos was unfolding, but Yamato was no the kind to cower or hide when shit went down. So he had strolled out into this insanity, determined to get to the bottom of it...

And somehow ended up getting in skirmishes, retreating and fighting, all the way to the Taurus Ward. Hiding back in his room was sounding more and more appealing with each passing second, especially as he and Remiel were both low on energy - both physical and spiritual. Remiel could only use their physical energy to replenish their spiritual for so long before it began to be more of a liability than anything of use.

So now, to put this tl;dr log to an end, have a somewhat exhausted Yamato and Remiel resting under a protruding eave of what could be a strip club for all he cared. The entrance was closed, and the interior quiet - it was still the middle of the day, after all, despite the nightmarish insanity going on.

Comments

[greatseal]

Minako is in a somewhat similar situation. After making sure someone was looking after Shinji, on hearing the reports of scorpions swarming people she'd grabbed her naginata, evoker, and SEES armband and gone out to see what she could do to help. After a while, though, she'd wound up in this less-savory part of the city, in an area she'd never walked before.

That's when she spots a familiar face sitting to the side of the road. The black coat and silver hair is hard to forget. "Yamato-kun?"

Sorry Yamato, you look her age so you're not getting any extra special formality from her.

[meaningdies]

There was the sound of skittering, and suddenly loud cackling as a golden-eyed Naoya walked out of an alleyway, the front of his shirt stained with blood. Scorpions followed behind him, as did Behemoth.

He stopped as he spotted Yamato - and Remiel.

Remiel.

The one who turned his brother away from him, the one who he had to pretend to not acknowledge while he was in that girl's body, the one who condemned mankind to rule by force.

Naoya summoned Cleopatra, aiming for Yamato. If he took the summoner out, the demon would fall as well - so he let a Hama fly towards the other summoner, a furious expression on his face under the mask. The scorpions swarmed towards the boy as well, pincers clicking menacingly.

[poweryetunknown]

Is that someone approaching them? It's someone approaching them. One of the weird masked people looks like he's getting closer - and then is abruptly set on fire, along with four of the scorpions near them. Neku walks closer, Narasimha in front of him, cracking his knuckles.

"Hey, asshole! Pick on someone else!"

[travelingtheworlds]

From somewhere in the distance, a scream can be heard. "Why isn't it working?! It should be working!"

In runs Sasha, looking positively terrified, a horde of scorpions on her tail. She turns around and launches a long flame with a dragon's head towards the mob, and it knocks some of the scorpions out of the way... only for them to get right back up. "Why isn't my magic working?!" These things were most likely not strong against fire, so something else had to be wrong... she's in big trouble, and the scorpions are pushing her closer and closer to where Yamato is.

hope this isn't too belated?

[fools_journey]

It's been a crazy night, to say the least, and after getting separated from Saori and from other SEES members, Minato isn't quite sure how he wound up in Taurus. But really, it doesn't matter, because no matter where he goes there are scorpions to deal with - except finally here he finds a break in the swarms, and he takes advantage of to rest, as well, ducking under an eave only to realize that someone else already has that idea. More than one someone in fact.

Minato studies Yamato and Remiel for a moment or two before clearing his throat. "Ah... are you -- all right?"