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Destiny Strings Mods ([personal profile] stringmods) wrote in [community profile] destinystrings2013-01-24 08:11 pm
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Conquestum Paradisi

Conquestum Paradisi


What: Closing Arena Ceremonies, Part 2
Where: Aries Arena & Televised
Summary: 1/24/10AC
Warnings: This could get serious...but who knows.

Finally it was time for the mayor, Kazuki Sakahagi, to speak up. Not even an thirty minutes left to the celebrations, but seeing him go appeared to be lighting up a spark in the citizens. It wasn't too hard to see why; his enthusiastic grin and way of walking could easily melt anyone's worry away.

He walked to the center stage as cheering broke out, two men in black and Junko Tanako behind him.

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technomaturgist: (a. mask)

Rune might get in on this too, hope that's k

[personal profile] technomaturgist 2013-01-25 04:05 am (UTC)(link)
Ferrus is here to help, motherfucker!

He was probably dragging Rune along, but that was sort of irrelevant now - he was moving forward, heading for where he saw Tomokazu hit the ground as best he can. He wanted everyone who could possibly survive to survive - and that was what propelled his feet now. Regardless of the risk.

Have a Ferrus by your side quickly, Tomokazu, offering a hand to help you up - and if you don't take it, he'll try and drag you up by your shirt.

"Are you okay?"
hinoto_ri: (Male - Reporter)

That's fine!

[personal profile] hinoto_ri 2013-01-25 04:17 am (UTC)(link)
"Ungh..."

Blood trickles from a gash on Tomokazu's head as he shakily gets to his feet.

"Bastards! Tch! What a joke; oppression? I'll take 'oppression' over a group of murderous scum any day of the week, those... rrgh!"

It seems he is too overwhelmed to do more than spit a wad of bloody saliva, though that perhaps expresses him well enough.
pistolsakimbo: (I'LL RIP YOU A NEW ONE!!!)

Cool. :3

[personal profile] pistolsakimbo 2013-01-25 04:19 am (UTC)(link)
There was really no dragging involved; there was crap going on, so of course Rune was in on it. She knelt down, covering Ferrus as he checked the on the obnoxious reporter.

"Undine!"

The watery maiden appeared, drenching the flames from explosion.
technomaturgist: (and ate of it.)

THERE, ORDER FROM HERE ON IS FERRUS -> TOMO -> RUNE

[personal profile] technomaturgist 2013-01-25 04:23 am (UTC)(link)
He'll take that as a sign you're alright, reporter guy. He doesn't have any healing powers on him, but he looks over at Rune's persona for a moment before moving to lead Tomokazu towards the exit.

He completely brushes past what the other's saying - "Can you walk?"

If he can't, that makes Ferrus's life a bit harder. But whatever.

He gives Rune a quiet nod, too - thankful for her putting out the flames, but not wanting to confuse the reporter any.
Edited 2013-01-25 04:23 (UTC)
hinoto_ri: (Male - Reporter)

[personal profile] hinoto_ri 2013-01-25 04:30 am (UTC)(link)
The reporter nods automatically to this response before he suddenly pulls away from Ferrus and stumbles back. The man shakes his head.

"...You're not natives."

How he can tell apart from the Hinoto-Ri Daily News keeping a count on every new arrival to the city for maximum stalking purposes is a mystery.

"What are you wasting time on me for?! Go show them they're wrong! Give 'em hell! We don't need a group of assholes around to 'save' us!"
pistolsakimbo: (Sarcasm is the best medicine.)

[personal profile] pistolsakimbo 2013-01-25 04:37 am (UTC)(link)
"We're helping the people get out before we take the fight to them," Rune replied. "Instead of babbling like that, you should be helping."

She called Undine back over, using a much needed Dia spell on the reporter.
technomaturgist: (Default)

[personal profile] technomaturgist 2013-01-25 04:42 am (UTC)(link)
"We'll take the fight to them after we're sure innocents won't be killed." Even if you're a sleazy reporter, you're innocent. He looks over at Rune, appreciative for the Dia on this guy.

"Others are already attacking." What the hell are a thin, lanky guy and a little girl going to do? Jeez, dude.
hinoto_ri: (Male - Reporter)

[personal profile] hinoto_ri 2013-01-25 04:50 am (UTC)(link)
Tomokazu looks dissatisfied with this answer, though he stands up a little straighter after being healed. He wipes the blood off of his forehead slowly and shakes it off on the ground.

"...Tch. They've already been killed. Who would have thought, in the Grand Prix..."

He grits his teeth again as he shakes his head, conflicting emotions running across his features.

"There's... only one way I can help. You... There are too many here who need your help. Go to them! The people of the city have to see this, and it's my job to show it to them! After this, you'd have to be out of your mind to side with those assholes! I... I have to show the truth...!"

He sounds scared out of his mind, but his words carry a certain resolve.

"I'm not afraid of these cowards!"

((An attacker may be leaping in soon!))
pistolsakimbo: (...you smell funny.)

[personal profile] pistolsakimbo 2013-01-25 04:59 am (UTC)(link)
"...you could try to not sound so scared..." Rune muttered under her breath, absently cocking her gun over her shoulder and blasting an Anoli that thought they could get lucky with a shot of wind.
technomaturgist: (i said 'is it goodˏ friend?')

[personal profile] technomaturgist 2013-01-25 05:00 am (UTC)(link)
He seems to understand the other's resolve, but he's not about to just let the other go - especially if he's dedicated to staying.

However, the statement about not being afraid trips a warning bell in Ferrus's mind - "We'll help you." He sounded final - despite his body type, he was being definitive. There were other people who could be helped, but Ferrus wasn't backing off now.

"You show the truth, we keep people from stopping you." It sounded reasonable, even if the other didn't seem to think so. They could drag him along while they helped more people, if it came to that; the chaos was rampant. It wouldn't be hard to help people get out.
hinoto_ri: (Default)

[personal profile] hinoto_ri 2013-01-25 05:21 am (UTC)(link)
"Ha."

A masked woman appeared, letting out a single, forced laugh. It's hard to tell from the mask but the figure does not appear to even acknowledge Rune or Ferrus.

"You're still alive? Color me surprised."
hinoto_ri: (Male - Reporter)

[personal profile] hinoto_ri 2013-01-25 05:26 am (UTC)(link)
"What; don't be stupid! This... This is the natural timbre of my voice!"

Pre-puberty, maybe. Tomozaku is about to respond to Ferrus's words when he is interrupted by a harsh laugh. The man whirls around towards the speaker, his eyes growing wide at the sight of the mask.

But he knows the sound of that voice...

"........Mo -- Mochizuki...?"

He lets loose the name in a gasp of breath.
technomaturgist: ('it is bitter- bitter' he answered)

[personal profile] technomaturgist 2013-01-25 05:30 am (UTC)(link)
Oh christ.

He'll move between Mochizuki and Tomozaku, drawing his gun and being prepared to defend the other if it's necessary.

Fuckin' Anoli, man.
hinoto_ri: (Female - Business)

[personal profile] hinoto_ri 2013-01-25 05:45 am (UTC)(link)
The figure doesn't even appear to flinch when the man in the gasmask pulls a gun out on her. She does not even reach for the sword at her side.

She only gives Ferris the slightest tilt of the head before addressing the reporter again.

"Tomokazu-san. You disappoint me. You're supposed to be the voice of Hinoto-Ri, no? And yet you chose to associate with vermin."
hinoto_ri: (Male - Reporter)

[personal profile] hinoto_ri 2013-01-25 05:53 am (UTC)(link)
"Vermin?!"

The man's expression gives way to a blank surprise

"What, the Visitors? The Visitors are people, Mochizuki! Waking up here nine years ago as opposed to, to... I don't know, yesterday doesn't make any difference! I don't care if they leave or stay; who the hell cares about all that?!"

"You want to talk about vermin...?!"

Behind him, the camera had surreptitiously turned on of its own accord.

"Then explain your friends! You call yourselves saviors after murder?! When have the Anoli ever done anything for us? Mochizuki... How could you...?!"
technomaturgist: (i said 'is it goodˏ friend?')

[personal profile] technomaturgist 2013-01-25 06:06 am (UTC)(link)
Still prepared to fight back, he doesn't visually respond to the other calling him vermin - if anything, he expected it.

Still aiming a gun, though. He'll sit back until the other attacks.
pistolsakimbo: (...go cliff yourself.)

[personal profile] pistolsakimbo 2013-01-25 06:15 am (UTC)(link)
Rune didn't know what the heck was going on, just that this person was obviously one of those Anoli, and they weren't on good terms with obnoxious reporter guy. She stood up as well, both her guns trained on the person, just waiting for an excuse to fire.
hinoto_ri: (Female - Business)

[personal profile] hinoto_ri 2013-01-25 06:28 am (UTC)(link)
The only thing Tomokazu's words manage to stir in Mochizuki is a painful headache. Her hand touches against her temple. She does not turn to look at the girl.

"I don't have to explain myself to you. Even if I tried, nothing I say is going to change your mind. You are nothing more than a Government Pet, the same as the rest of 'them'. The fact that you do not see these freeloaders for who they truly are is proof of this!"

She's about to say something else, but she cuts herself off. She shakes her head.

"Why am I even wasting my breath?"

She throws her arm out, accompanied with a bright flash of light.

"Azrael!"
technomaturgist: (i said 'is it goodˏ friend?')

[personal profile] technomaturgist 2013-01-25 06:45 am (UTC)(link)
Awww no. Ferrus doesn't bother making any fanfare in summoning his own persona - instead, a gun seems to form above his body, taking aim at Mochizuki. Aw yeah, mutation skills.

Then it's time to just start firing his pistol at Mochizuki; it's not his bolter, at the moment, but a revolver. She'd summoned her persona - and he wasn't waiting to get hit with a spell before he attacked.
hinoto_ri: (Female - Business)

[personal profile] hinoto_ri 2013-01-25 07:08 am (UTC)(link)
Ferrus is smart to shoot first and ask questions later. As a resuly, Mochizuki doesn't get a chance to cast magic. That should buy the others time to act.

She is far too busy blocking the bullets Ferrus is sending her way with lightning-fast slashes of her katana - wait wait? She didn't have that pulled that out before!

"Hmph. Annoying."
pistolsakimbo: (I'LL RIP YOU A NEW ONE!!!)

[personal profile] pistolsakimbo 2013-01-25 07:10 am (UTC)(link)
"Who are you calling a freeloader?!"

Rune begins firing as well, just a tick out of sync with Ferrus, with Undine hovering back, ready to be called upon if healing was needed. She isn't using any of her elemental settings -- not yet, anyway -- sticking to normal rounds.

"We agreed to come here because we wanted to help a world that was dying!" she continued. "Your government deciding to help us was just a nice gesture, nothing more!"
technomaturgist: (and ate of it.)

[personal profile] technomaturgist 2013-01-25 07:57 am (UTC)(link)
Damn right he's shooting first. Last time he didn't, the dude he was against blew himself up.

Since then, he's made a habit of shooting first.

The katana response only earns her an annoyed sound as he moves to firing the revolver with one hand, thankful for his glove keeping his wrist from snapping as he draws the other revolver, speedily alternating shots between them. By the time he's run out of bullets, he's off to automatics - and he's timing it with Rune's shots to try and keep her from doing anything but blocking shots.

Worst case scenario, he can start hucking lightning balls at her.
hinoto_ri: (Male - Reporter)

[personal profile] hinoto_ri 2013-01-25 05:05 pm (UTC)(link)
So remember when they had started delegating jobs and whatnot?

Tomokazu decides that his, at the moment, is to not get killed. As the shooting begins, he has the sense to hurl himself to the ground and take cover behind a set of bleachers. Behind him, the automated camera swoops in overhead to get a better view of the fight.

"Rather be a pet than a fucking murdering bitch."

He wasn't Anoli, but that didn't mean he had to be nice. The reporter turns on his microphone and begins to speak quickly and clearly.

"Terror continues to mount in the Attack at the Grand Prix as many in the crowd reveal themselves to be affiliated with those arbiters of chaos, the Anoli. Continuous on-the-scene footage will be provided; folks, this reporter isn't going anywhere even if he wanted to! We open now to a live broadcast of a heated battle in the works; journalist Kiyoko Mochizuki, minor celebrity of some little renown with the Hinoto-Ri Local News, appears to have donned a mask to engage our Visitors in battle. Nothing is confirmed at this time, but it does appear as if she has chosen to side with the enemy. Two unidentified Visitors are currently engaged, one of them a young girl. Folks, the Anoli could be anywhere tonight, anyone and anywhere; at the risk of causing undue concern, we must once again urge you to stay in your homes."

He continues on in this vein for some time, though the others are probably too busy fighting to catch it.

((Feel free to skip me now in favor of the fighting! I'll respond if anything is directed his way.))
hinoto_ri: (Female - Business)

[personal profile] hinoto_ri 2013-01-25 08:04 pm (UTC)(link)
It takes Mochizuki until both Rune and Ferris are in sync with their attacks for her to realize the reporter had left the scene. And, unfortunately, she's much too busy dealing with the vermin to figure out where he had crawled to.

"Damn it!"

The Anoli had made a grave mistake. Tomokazu may have been a fool but he was a fool who knew who she was. She should have concealed herself and kept her cover... no, her decision to attack Tomokazu was not the problem. She should have finished him off. Made sure he was truly dead before moving on. But now she has to deal with these pathetic distractions, and as much as her, they are proving to be more of a challenge than she had anticipated.

The katana can only block so much and it was becoming a nuisance. The Anoli jumps back. She throws her arm out when a bullet hits her in the side. The hit knocks the breath out of her, and she lets out a pained gasp but...

Strangely, getting shot doesn't phase her. Mochizuki turns her masked face in Rune's direction.

"... You truly do not understand, do you?"

There is actual pity in her voice. Whether it's genuine or patronizing, Mochizuki gives no clear indication. Instead she throws her wrist out and, with a loud yell -

"Then allow me to enlighten you! Azrael!"

The Anouli casts a hideous bout of Foul Breath on Rune. Mochizuki jumps again after, trying to put distance between her and her enemies.
pistolsakimbo: (O-ow that hurt!)

[personal profile] pistolsakimbo 2013-01-26 01:30 am (UTC)(link)
Rune had to stop her barrage at that, putting a hand over her mouth as she coughed harshly. Stupid status ailment boosters; some of the beasts in the frontier had them too, and they were annoying.

She raised a hand, motioning to Undine. The Persona cast Aques, though not directly at Mochizuki or her Persona; it was aimed at the ground, hoping to trip her up with all her jumping around.

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