[Event] Invasion!

[soul_mods]

Characters: OPEN to everyone!
Location: All over Death City
Rating: Various
Time: February 2nd
Description: Witches have invaded and are attacking the city!

The attack, when it comes, happens quickly enough that Death City would have been caught flat-footed had there been no prior warning, but it's not completely unexpected because of the city's heightened state of alarm the past day. Warning sirens start sounding to alert the citizens and guests the moment a dark, slow-moving mass out in the desert to the south-east of Death City is spotted by Shibusen sentries. There's even time for civilians to run and hide before the mass is identified as an army of what looks like decaying, shambling corpses. The city's defenders are slow to move, however; most of them are distracted and are having trouble dealing with the black blood in their bodies. While agents are gathering to head out to deal with the zombie threat, that's when the witches make their move.

Portals begin opening in the skies above the city, disgorging hideous familiars: bulbous spiders and leggy ants the size of dogs. They drop hundreds of feet down into the streets and alleyways of Death City, and scuttle off in search of victims. The spiders are poisonous and can spin copious amounts of web to capture their targets, the ants spit acid that cause agonizing, paralyzing pain. Their masters bear down on the city in a cloud of black shadows--massive ravens strong enough to carry off adult men. There are five witches, women on broomsticks, beautiful if not for their crazed grins and obvious glee at the chaos descending upon the city. At some unknown signal--maybe the cackling from a couple of them--they dive in concert and disappear into different areas of the city.

Their masterful plan has begun!



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yosh ;o

[ink_nin]

[He senses some hesitation on Takuto's part, but there isn't really any time to delve on it right now. He just concentrates on the resonation, whoch in all honestly isn't that hard to do fir him. This is the first time doing it in an actual battle situation though so it is taking extra effort to try and blank out the distractions as much as possible. ]

[tauborn]

[As usual, Takuto's wavelength collides with that of his weapon as like a dazzling tidal wave. Holding back on anything has never been a strong point of his, and once he's made up his mind that he'll be using Sai, there's no turning back.

If Sai is trying to block out other distractions, Takuto's wavelength is probably doing the trick. Takuto holds him towards the enemy with his remaining practice sword out in front, aware that their resonance isn't anywhere near stable enough for him to rely on Sai alone. (And besides, he's a natural dual-wielder, so he knows better than to toss his other weapon, however ineffective it is, aside.)]

[ink_nin]

[After the initial shock, resonating with Takuto is actually far more comfortable than he thought it would be, for Sai at least anyway.

There is no time to dwell on it though, butting all thought into the battle]

maybe kissing does help.... XP

[tauborn]

[He's a little surprised that Sai is accepting his resonance so well, but then... maybe it's not such a surprise. They are friends and they do know how to get along really well.

He stares down an approaching ant defiantly, feeling powered up.




Except... what is he supposed to do with Sai?]

Sai, help me out here--I don't know how to wield a paintbrush!

maybe lol

[ink_nin]

[oh, right. He had never really explained to Takuto how it works]

Draw it on a wall or the floor or something, like you are doodling something. Something that would attack them, I usually use something like lions as a standard. It doesn't have to be detailed, just enough so that you can see what its meant to be.

[tauborn]

[He drops to one knee, feeling only slightly silly as he places the brushy part of Sai on the ground. He's going to try to paint a lion, like the ninja suggested....]

But there's no ink!!

[There's a puddle of something that is probably guts from a bug or maybe something that leaked out from a zombie, but he doesn't think it's a good idea to put Sai in that.

To top things off, he feels like their resonance is dropping. Maybe it's because Takuto is so unused to wielding something other than a sword and his uncertainty is piercing through, or maybe it's because he feels like he's losing the feel of Sai's wavelength within the strength of his own. Of course, it could always be both.]

[ink_nin]

You just have to concentrate. It comes with ink, but only if the resonation is strong enough.

[Oh dear, maybe they cannot resonate as well as Sai had thought. Hopefully it comes through, otherwise the two of them are going to be in big trouble.]

[tauborn]

[At Sai's words, he shoves all his uncertainty aside and puts all his effort into concentrating on making there be ink, on finding Sai's soul and matching it. Though... with extra effort comes extra energy pouring through his wavelength. If Sai can handle it, they'll probably be okay. If not...

Well, Takuto's been known to give weapons a particularly nasty electric shock.

He presses the tip of the brush against a cobblestone as the eerily large insects loom closer.]

/was out D:

[ink_nin]

[Sai is just trying his best to work with it. What Takuto had said before too was true, he really did have a lot of energy and it was slightly unstable, but he is managing it for now.

Apparently it was working well enough because the brush was indeed producing ink on the ground]

[tauborn]

[Success! Takuto's relieved and encouraged by the ink on the ground, and he hastily brushes out something that he hopes looks enough like a lion to work. It's no artistic beauty by any means, but it has sharp claws and large fangs and a whippy-looking tail. It's only about 30 centimeters long, so he hopes that it'll grow to an appropriate size to fight those ants.]

sobb im such a flake sry

[ink_nin]

[It does indeed grow to become life-sized in a matter of seconds, launching towards one of the ants; puncturing its fangs into its skin. ]

Do another, it you can handle two.

[The one that's there is successfully immobalizing one of the ants, but there are still a couple more to be taken care of.]

/patpat, it's okay

[tauborn]

[This was... an amazing power. He quickly paints another creature on the ground--this one also a lion, though it's not as carefully drawn as the first one--and then steps back.]

What will happen if I can't handle two?

[He's pretty sure he'll be able to--after all, dual-wielding is his specialty. But he figures it's safer to ask, just in case.]

<3

[ink_nin]

If you are doubting it so much, then you probably can't.

[Which is to say of course you can if you just focus on it.]

[tauborn]

[If it just takes willpower, then he's got more than enough of that. His crude paintings are attacking the overgrown insects nearby with a vengeance.]

How long do they last?

[He's wondering if he should keep watching them closely, or if he can start attacking the others with his remaining practice sword. He doesn't necessarily feel like he's controlling the artwork--and calling his hurried brushstrokes 'art' is a little presumptuous--but he can sense them in a weird way.]

[ink_nin]

A good five minutes or so, or up until they sustain a damaging enough attack. So you have to keep an eye on them.

I am not sure these are strong enough for that though one on one.

[So unless a whole bunch of them arrive and start ganging up on them, they artworks should stay and fight for a few more minutes at least.]

[tauborn]

[He feels a little uneasy just letting the artwork do his job for him while he stands around and watches. But at least they are doing a decent job.]

Is this... is this how you fought back home?

[ink_nin]

More or less, yes. Obviously back home they could do more and I had a lot more freedom.. but essentially they are the same.

[tauborn]

[He still can't help feel like he's making someone else do all the work. And he's still tense, ready for one of the brushstrokes-come-to-life to fall apart and to have to smack back the invading creatures with his remaining practice sword. He so unused to this style and it's kind of mind-boggling that this is what Sai used to do all the time.]

This is... really different than what I normally do.

[ink_nin]

It is for anyone who isn't me. It's why I sort of regret the fact I am not a conventional weapon. How are we faring up here?

[tauborn]

[It looks like one of the lions isn't moving as quickly as the other. Either it's injured--if that's even possible?--or it was the first one and it's going to dissipate soon.

But there's only two lions and... a whole line of ants is coming their way.]

Sai, are you feeling up for a challenge?

[ink_nin]

Of course. Just let me know what is needed to be done.

[Although he has the feeling that he already knows]

[tauborn]

Birds eat ants, right?

[He's staring out at the line of ants marching towards them. That one lion really isn't doing so well, and juggles Sai and his practice sword to his opposite hands to keep the practice sword on the side he's likely to need it most.]

[ink_nin]

They do.

[So that's what he is planning to do...]

[tauborn]

Okay. How do I make a really really big bird?

[Any moment now, and he's going to have to start dealing with some of the ants with his practice sword, and it's going to be a lot harder to draw a bird while he's fighting.]

[ink_nin]

We just have to both focus on it really well, and not let us be distracted any way.
As long as we resonate well enough we should be able to produce one that is a good six or seven feet in size. But nothing bigger, and only one.

[There is a pause]

I am willing to try if you are.