The Demon Went Down to Guatemala [CLOSED]

[ritsu_kouyou]

Characters: Akiha Tohno and Sion Eltnam Atlasia
Location: Guatemala
Rating: PG
Time: May 28th
Description: Mission 188 - dueling musicians

[Akiha was checking her appearance in the mirror a public restroom to make sure she looked her best - to play the part of the dark-haired beauty on this mission - and touched up her makeup a little.]

This is completely unacceptable. What the hell did they think was more important?

[She mad.]

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[computations]

[Sion, while confident in her power, was overwhelmingly suspicious of such a quick defeat and she prodded at the sombrero with her foot, still in weapon form.]

....is that it?

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I don't kno--

[And Akiha barely caught the movement and the flash of teeth in time to launch herself at her partner. Tackling Sion bodily to the ground and out of the way of the maw that had snapped from the shadows of the sombrero.

Landing hard in a jumble, Akiha cursed as she heard the snapping of wood. There went her violin.]

[computations]

[To spare Akiha some issues, in mid-fall, she simply completed her transformation so Akiha could scoop her up when she got back up.]

That answers my question. I suppose we will have to do this the hard way.

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It broke my violin.

[No, Akiha, you broke your own violin by falling on it.]

I'm going to kill it.

[And leaving the instrument on the ground, she smoothly grabbed Sion as she stood up and turned to face the kishin egg.]

You broke my violin!

[Akiha charged the kishin egg, twirling the staff to pick up momentum before swinging it right at its head.]

[computations]

Not so reckless!

[That kind of thing was only going to get them hurt in a counter attack, which was not what they needed. Sion was pretty sure that Akiha needed to slow down...and quickly.]

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[As Akiha swung, the kishin egg sidestepped the attack, leaving the staff only hitting its sombrero and the meister with a guitar to the gut. The air went out of her in a WHOOSH and she stumbled to the side.]

[computations]

[Sion felt their connection buzz with static when Akiha took that blow and she mentally latched onto Akiha tighter in response. They couldn't afford any interruptions.]

Let us just resonate and get this over with.

[Something she'd like to do before the creature followed up with an overhead blow in a more rock band fashion.]

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Shut up.

[The biting thought directed at Sion helped level Akiha's anger out which facilitated their resonance. She also brought the staff up in the perfect position to block the overhead strike.

...the guitar didn't break.]

[computations]

Block his next attack. Then resonate with me.

[It was less an askance and more a demand. If they had the other pair with them on this mission, she would be less pushy, but this was clearly a mission better suited for two groups. Drawn out battles would not work in their favor.]

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[Internally, Akiha glared at Sion, but was able to turn aside the snapping maw when it tries to take her arm off. Sliding her back foot out some, she drew in a deep breath and evened her wavelength out so she could match Sion.]

[computations]

[Sion did the same and started in on feeding Akiha the information in visual form. The creature was about to make a wide sweep with the instrument in an attempt to trip up Akiha.

Sion didn't offer advice since Akiha could clearly see what was going to happen.]

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[Moving smoothly once she had the information, Akiha jumped with a spinning kick, avoiding the sweep, to hit the kishin egg right in the face and sap some of its energy with the contact. Landing solidly, she followed it up with a powered strike to its side.]

[computations]

[Temporarily weakened, it buckled and stumbled back...but Akiha already knew that was going to happen. At this point, there weren't any risks of an immediate counter attack. As strong as the creature may be, it wasn't used to losing power or actually being in a difficult situation.]

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[Pressing forward, Akiha strike the kishin egg right under the jaw in an upward strike with the heavy falcon head of the staff.

...that felt extremely satisfying.]

[computations]

[Preserving her power, just in case, Sion deactivated it. She suspected that the creature wasn't going to recover from that blow in time to dodge anything fatal that might be coming its way.

...if that hit didn't already cause mortal wounds to its brain.]

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[It fell backwards onto the ground, the sombrero falling off, and Akiha slammed the staff down on it. Stepping back, she was ready for it to move. It didn't and the Madness started to lesson.]

[computations]

[There was a mental sigh from Sion and she transformed back. It definitely seemed to be dead.]

That went a better than expected. Your skill has been increasing exponentially.

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It pissed me off.

[Akiha kicked the thing with her foot and watched the red soul float out of the body. Leaving that for Sion, she turned back to her broken violin.]

[computations]

[She quickly took care of the soul, choking it down. Sion hated this process the most of all. But she did feel more powerful after every one she had.]

If you give me some research time, I can repair that.

[Just a side comment on Akiha's violin.]

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The body's cracked. It doesn't matter what repairs you do, it'll be out of tune. [That's just how string instruments are.] I have to buy a new one.

[computations]

I could still do it!

[Now she was taking it as a challenge to her skills.]

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I don't care. I'll just buy a new one.

[computations]

Then...

[Her mind ran.]

...I will make you a new one myself!

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[Akiha seemed to actually consider that for a moment. Technically, Sion would make the perfect violin, but she wasn't sure if it would have the right sound. Sometimes there were things that were too perfect. A string instrument was one of them. But still...]

I would rather you continue working on that Madness dampener, but... [She looped her arm in Sion's.] If you really want to make me a violin, I won't stop you.

[computations]

I could handle two things. Personally, I would prefer to make something you would enjoy than anything else.

[At least she was assertive about it.]