002 | ❝Destiny's Union...❞

[destinedwaters]

Who: Aqua and everyone
Where: Varies; Capricorn District and Nyx's Nightclub being two of them.
Summary: Just your average nights as a worker... with a little training and a KH cast meeting on the side
Warnings: Spells that make things go boom in the last option. You have been warned.

Pisces Apartments 7-08, locked to KH cast
It wasn't long after seeing that notice on the network that Aqua took down the details and messaged the others before heading home early. Something about it was bothering her, though she did appreciate how this Suou was forthcoming with information. That would make it easier to come up with what to do or at least get on the same page with the others.

She began waiting for the others just outside her apartment, calming herself and going over the information in her mind. ...At least there's some hot chocolate ready.

Monday - Friday Nights; Capricorn District
It's almost funny how wandering in a dark area with possible danger everywhere was something she was far too used to at this point. At least it would be, but it's something consistent and she loved helping to protect others and maintain peace. As much as could be afforded.

Bother her?

Saturday-Sunday Nights; Nyx's Nightclub, Taurus District
If anyone had told her six years ago that she would be loving her job as a makeup artist at a club run by demons, she would have likely stared at them as though they spouted a second head. Though now it wasn't too far from the truth as she stood there in her... uniform. Oddly enough it isn't much less than what she normally wears, and the people she works with are... Okay no, she can't completely even think that.

Hat hiding her eyes somewhat, she still smiles faintly as she sets up her station. What? Did you think she was a dancer? Sorry, fanboys~ Only a makeup artist unless someone sees her Lightbloom shotlock.

Afternoons, Capricorn or otherwise
Well, she was going to be entering the tournament when signups became available. Might as well practice while she could before having to work, right? Aqua was being discreet about it though, making sure no one was around when she began practicing not just with Eudora or Tatsu Blaze, but her strongest spells if it came down to it.

Which is why she was in Capricorn; the small forest and vast plain were perfect for practicing without hurting anyone who could accidentally stumble across her. Not to mention negate a lot of property damage. She was not here to cause the destruction of city property, after all. Her job patrolling here at night at least gave her some familiarity with the area, too.

Of course, it didn't stop her from practicing elsewhere with the more minor skills. ...Bother? Be brave enough to sit from a safe distance to gawk/enjoy popcorn/whathaveyou?

...She was beginning to miss her home castle, either way.

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Night, capricorn

[greyerrant]

The roaming demons are stalked by a silent wolf, a huge, but quiet, armored figure ghosts from foe to foe, dispatching them with brutal thrusts of his combat blade, holding his chainsword and bolter in reserve. He pauses for a moment, upon seeing someone else wandering this dark place. He growls at Aqua.

"What are you doing here?"

[destinedwaters]

He wasn't the only one who was silent. Even more so because she was a sniper with the kind of Glider her Keyblade transformed into. There was no sound of metal shoes, as she sometimes hovered above the ground and other times seemingly danced between cover as her giant, ancient-looking metal crossbow softly hummed with every shot fired. Of course, she was only taking out threats and not innocent bystanders, but-

She paused when she heard Garviel's question.

"My job," was the quiet whisper. "I was assigned night patrols in this area."

[greyerrant]

"By whom?" He doesn't seem inclined to argue the point, clearly more curious in who put her up to it than anything else.

[destinedwaters]

"Myself." She was rather clear about it, even if it's blunt. Aqua smiled faintly, as if glad about something. "I asked the police if there was something someone with my skills could do, and they suggested this."

To be honest, she enjoyed how familiar this was to her. Even if most of the time, she was seemingly alone.

[greyerrant]

"The same as me then."

He looks towards the remaining demons, still wandering, seeking prey.

"Come on, then, we'll make swifter work of it this way."

[destinedwaters]

Her gaze followed his, and she nodded silently.

"Right." Though, she should really warn him about her...skillset. "Be warned, I am a mage."

She lifted her crossbow as it transformed into a key once more, some demons finding themselves trapped in a yellow circle of binding magic. It wouldn't hold them for long, but long enough for Garviel to finish them off.

[greyerrant]

"Then do not use your sorcery on me."

He doesn't need to add any sort of qualification as to what will happen if she does. He suspect she already knows.

He murders the demons without mercy, a posthuman blur of brutal efficiency as he butchers them.

[destinedwaters]

"I only heal allies, not attack."

Refusing medical aid of any kind is a big no no when this magic is what kept her alive so many years. She doesn't seem to be attacking as discriminatory, either. She is picking and choosing her targets, teleporting and sniping those who look to attack. Sometimes even stopping them before she does teleport and strike with her blade.

[greyerrant]

"I don't need an apothecary."

He seems to growl this from his vox-emitter, no teleportation for him, he just open-field runs at his foes in a lurching, but deceptively fast charge, laying into them with a shrieking chainsword.

[destinedwaters]

Her eyes narrowed for a brief moment. Were this a different Persona Game, there would be a scribble bubble over her head. this man was dead set in his ways, and it felt as though there was a block there simply because of who or what she was.

Still, she had a job to do, so she continued to at least watch his back while she defended herself. Though, not without one comment:

"There's always a time when we need some help."

She seemed offended...

[greyerrant]

"Then fight by my side, and we'll see to it I don't need any re-knitting of flesh. That is the best help of all."

He punches a demon off its feet with a backhanded blow, following up with a heavy stamp that leaves a deep divot in the ground, crushing it with half a ton or more of force behind the foot.

[destinedwaters]

"...Right."

Meanwhile, she simply rifts some distance away so as to not get picked off easily, sniping yet another with an arrow-like crystal of light. This was far too easy compared to the realm of darkness. She's keeping an eye out for Garviel's 6, however. Nothing would get the chance to hit him from behind.

[greyerrant]

He's a warrior born, and built to be a murder machine. Relentless, and seemingly inexhaustible. He seems impelled by equal parts duty and rage as he fights on and on, seeking every demon he can.

[destinedwaters]

Kind of goes with the armor, so he wasn't all that surprised. Aqua continued to keep an eye on her friend, making sure to bind any who came too close before unleashing a command style or two. No aggressive demon was safe from both of them; none of them.

[greyerrant]

At the end, he sits, panting like a wet leopard over the shattered field. He doesn't say much, letting the kill-hormones his body has glanded slowly ebb out of his system.