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[OPEN] Mission 156

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Location: Lake Tahoe, CA
Rating: Various.
Time: March 27th, late morning.
Description: The second of the three Madness emitters outside Death City is the target for this mission. Bundle up, everyone -- it's gonna be a cold one.

The mission begins late in the morning, to allow the mission-goers as much sunlight as possible in the warmest part of the day. Not that it'll help much… Temperatures are well below freezing already -- unnatural even for early Spring in the mountains -- and a howling snowstorm threatens to blot out the sun, beginning up the mountain where the slope just begins to rise sharply.

The slopes themselves are fairly barren: a windswept-looking tree here, a cabin that may have once belonged to the snow patrol there, maybe a Madness-crazed bear or mountain lion. Those braving the storm are lucky enough to see five feet in front of their face in these conditions!

Those brave few who manage to make it to the top (enduring falling temperatures and defeating the corrupted fauna and hulking kishin yeti along the way) may come across their goal at the very summit of the half-mile-high mountain: the Madness emitter itself, in the eye of the storm… And one last obstacle: the Witch guarding it.

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This time Auron couldn't hide the snort of amusement but he did as he was told. He supposed everyone treated their transformations differently.

Did he just snort at her? "..." Seriously, was she the only one here that thought changing in front of someone else was indecent? The blond waited until he wasn't facing her anymore and quickly changed into her scimitar form. "Okay, gently now..." Hanabi had warned her about bad resonance and she was a little worried about that but he had rescued her so he was obviously a good person or so her simpleminded thought process told her.

"Interesting looking sword form." Auron tended toward giant blades, but this could work. He picked up the blade gently and began to try to match his resonance with hers. His experience and that touch of grief that never left his soul might be a good match for her youth and enthusiasm.

Nanami pushed back a little remembering how it worked when she tried it with Hanabi for the first time. So far so good, their determination seemed well matched. "What do you think? ... wait did we do this backwards? I suppose we should have introduced ourselves first... it might be a little late now but I'm Nanami."

"Auron. Good to meet you."

He swung the Weapon a few times, getting a feel for it. The sword, despite how different it looked to Auron, handled well.

"You ever fight a kishin egg before?"

"A pleasure to meet you as well." For only her second resonance, Nanami was getting quite used to being swung around. "I... uh... no, I'm still pretty new to all of this," and it was true, she'd only been in Death City for two weeks.

"I have. Resonance is different than probably anything you can ever do, but the main point is to trust the person you're with. Together we can make each other stronger."

Nanami might have been a newcomer but she seemed to bounce back fast enough. A good sign.

Nanami agreed since that's what several people had told her. His voice was reassuring making her feel more confident, "I've been told one of my abilities is speed so let's test that out, shall we?" She wanted to know to a greater extent, just what her abilities entailed.

"Good idea." The more they talked and resonated, the easier it got. Auron felt his Soul Armor cover them both. "Now we're ready."

The sensation was different than when she was with Hanabi. Nanami was beginning to realize that each partnership would have a completely different feeling. She was determined to show Auron that she was better than the human snowman he found.

As the two moved around in the snow Nanami was on the lookout for mostly anything that might be around them. It was a strange view from where she was being held. "Did you hear that? Something off to the left." Something had rustled over in the foliage, it was different from the sound of snow being crushed under foot.

In response, Auron flipped the sword to cover himself perfectly in front. He walked slowly in that direction to both flush out whatever it was and to be protected from the attack.

The blonds heart rate increased but not from fear, perhaps it was anticipation or even a little bit of excitement. After all, Hanabi had hacked away at a practice target with her in weapon form and it totally didn't hurt at all. Whatever popped out at them had better be ready for one heck of a beat down, her temporary partner was pretty strong from what she could tell.

Nanami strained her ears in order to catch any nearby movement, then there it was, a couple of twigs snapped to the side of them (it had moved several feet from when they had first heard it), closer than she had anticipated. Out leapt something light in color with dark thin markings. Was it a kishin egg, a hungry mountain lion, a bunny rabbit?!

Of course it was a yeti kishin egg, but fortunately a small one. So it was only slightly taller than Auron. He took a firm grip of the Weapon and slashed at the kishin egg, making it fall back.

"Get ready and hang on," he told Nanami as he leapt into battle.

Nanami would have disagreed. It was clear their perspective on what was large and what was small didn't quite match up due to the height and build difference between the two. It was probably a good thing he didn't voice his opinion lest she get discouraged by the thought of the existence of a kishin egg the size of an elephant.

It was time to sink or swim. Nanami braced herself and focused on the enemy, "let's do this!"

Just the way Auron handled himself and wove away from the yeti's strikes proved that Auron was no stranger to battle. Him and battle were old friends. Old friends that liked to use swords to make a point.

Especially right through something's chest.

Auron sure made it look easy but spending a lot of time in keeping up with her brother's skills she could make it look that way as well, of course her power and experience was definitely not on par with this man's. Slicing through something living actually seemed surprisingly natural to her at this point.

"Nice one!" she complimented him. She kept a close eye on the egg to make sure he was going down, she wasn't the type to celebrate early.

Auron held the sword up in guarding position, waiting for the yeti to do anything other than die.

When it came up for a surprise swipe, Auron hacked off an arm and backed off more. He waited for a few moments until all he could hear was the sound of his own breathing.

"I think we got it."

Oh wow, he just made her hack off the thing's arm; she was a little unsure of how to feel about that. It couldn't be helped she supposed. Nanami noticed that she had been holding her breath and she let it out after Auron stopped talking.

"I don't want to sound vulgar or anything but maybe you should stab it in the head to be sure," seriously, she'd seen plenty of movies (she probably shouldn't have been watching) where that thing wasn't dead until the head was lopped off or something.

"If that makes you feel better."

He was certain it was dead but he humored the Weapon by doing just as she suggested. Now he was really sure it was dead.

"You did real good."

Oh man, it did and it didn't. "Better safe than sorry," she mumbled more to herself.

If only he could see how Nanami beamed when he complemented her, "thank you." After brief pause, she spoke up again. "So.. are you planning on doing some more hunting?"

"It can't hurt to check around. First, you might want to eat the soul." For that, he sets Nanami down so she can transform back to do just that.

"Oh.... that's right, I'm supposed to... eat that," she sat in weapon form for a moment contemplating this soul eating thing. Upon transforming she realized it was still freezing out. "Then hot chocolate?" She asked hopefully, that would really hit the spot.

The blond stepped forward and nudged at the soul hovering in the air, it kind of reminded her of a water balloon. She slowly brought it closer to her face, squeezed her eyes shut, scrunched her nose and poked her tongue for a quick taste.

"..." She didn't know what she was expecting, blood and iron flavored? But it really wasn't bad... at all. Of course it didn't look like there was any graceful way to eat this thing so she turned away from Auron and downed it.

"One less monster to worry about. And get back into your weapon form. You'll stay warmer while I try to find one of those cabins for us to get warm."

Auron pushed up his shades. The sun was trying to shine and it gave off a bit of a glare.

That was a great idea and so nice of him to offer to carry her around until a cabin could be found. "Okay," she agreed obediently. And with that she was ready to go in weapon form.

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[OPEN] Mission 156

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lol you decide! It's like a choose your own adventure book?

Hee

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hahaha nice icon

I wish I could use it more. XD Only Nanami can punch her brother's 'best friend' in the face.

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