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[Event Log] Mission #202 - Tegucigalpa

Characters: OPEN to those who signed up for the mission here, assigned to Tegucigalpa
Location: Tegucigalpa, Honduras
Rating: Varies
Time: May 29th
Description: It's an evacuation! Get people out of there and keep the kishin eggs off of them!

The resort city of Tegus isn't doing so well. You can see the relief in the eyes of the local police when they see help has arrived, help that can actually deal with the strange monsters raising hell in the streets.

But nobody can rest easy yet. Even in a city of lovely as this, the kishin eggs - much less the witches - see no need to take care of the historical buildings and tourist spots, choosing instead to mark the old buildings with their claws and magic when they aren't hunting down and torturing fleeing, terrified civilians.

Help get them out of there and on their way to the safe zone- there are buses, vans and police cars under the heaviest guard waiting! When you see a witch, keep your head low and hope she didn't see you... unless you think you've got the bite to back up your bark!

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Whereas Akiha was too keen on working with Sephiroth again, she had become friendly enough with Cloud that she would put up with his partner for the sake of getting more experience and learning through observation of a more advanced pair. After all, it was her and Sion's goal to reach their level.

"I'm not opposed--"

And then Sephiroth spoke up. Twenty targets? With the other pair, Akiha wasn't too worried about the numbers. As long as she didn't get cornered, her and Sion would be okay. She nodded and turned in the direction Sephiroth had headed off in, fingers brushing Sion's arm as she went.

How absurd. Isn't it aerodynamically impossible to fly with ONE wing?

Hmmm...

She pondered Akiha's question as she watched Sephiroth fly off like that.

Yes, it would be but it may just be an image he is presenting. I suspect that when people reach Death Scythe status, they gain an ability to fly.

The amount of enemies obviously weren't a priority for her if she was dedicating her thoughts to Sephiroth. Her confidence in Akiha's skill and the power the other team exhibited were enough to assuage any bad feelings she may be having about numbers. Yeah, they could take them.

Cloud turned his head at the sound of Sephiroth's voice, taking in the information provided with little concern. He was certain that he and Sephiroth could handle that many enemies by themselves, but it seemed to be far more exciting to have company who could fight well too.

"Well, I guess we're hanging out then," he said with a nod of his head before he watched his partner make a good show of taking off and heading for the targets. "Don't hog them all," he called after his Weapon as he turned and took off running to get around the rubble of the building to head in the direction that his partner was going.

He drew one of his normal swords, not bothering with catching up. They had been fighting separately anyway. "You don't mind company?" He used the link between the communicate as he caught sight of the first of their enemies.

His partner was still recovering from the injuries he'd sustained, and while Sephiroth knew that Cloud wouldn't let them keep him down, the ex-General would do what he could to protect the younger male regardless. That was largely why he took off ahead of the trio while the muscles at the base of his wing worked hard to keep him on track.

'It is fine,' Sephiroth replied as he heard Cloud speak through their JENOVA link. While he had his own reservations over the new situation, he kept it to himself while he focused on his targets. They hadn't fought on the battlefield alongside another since Kuroro, but Sephiroth knew well that nothing would ever be as things had been then. There was a momentary flash of longing sweeping through him for such days, and yet he knew it was foolish to fall into such nonsense thought patterns. Things would never be as they were, just as he felt that Kuroro would never be returned to this city.

Pushing such thoughts from his mind, he summoned his beloved blade to appear in his left hand. An exact replica of his seven food sword materialized and stretched out far in front of him as he homed in on his targets. From his position, he could see those who were foolish enough to attempt hiding close in on the trio on the ground. Tucking his wing more against his shoulder, he fell into a nose dive as he rapidly swiped out to slash at the first target dashing across the rooftop.

I suppose it doesn't matter right now. We have some kishin eggs to kill. Come on.

Akiha wasn't about to let herself be seen as weak or anything less than what she was. Far more experienced than the last time they'd been on mission with the other pair, their confidence wasn't as arrogant as it seemed on the surface. And so far they had overcome their initial fear of the Madness from their investigation mission, and having enemies to fight made focusing easier.

She ran after the others, knowing Sion would be right there with her and in her hands the moment they spotted their first target.

It would be important to know for my future.

If Sion could fly, that certainly would be a...thing. She stayed with Akiha, as expected, but she couldn't help but think of what she might do with that kind of power. Scientifically recreating that would be simple but it was different if it was hers alone. And if she could carry Akiha with her, that would also be kind of fun. They'd never need to take an airplane, for sure.

It was a silly thought but she had enough presence to keep her eyes out for enemies. Even if they were weak, being swarmed certainly wouldn't be entertaining at all.

For once, he only drew the sword to his right hand, charging around the corner in time to see Sephiroth start the nose-dive that the ex-General so often dared and had years of practice doing. Yet, he hadn't missed that sense of longing from his Weapon, and he knew the source as keenly as if it had been his own emotion. Sephiroth was remembering a best friend, probably the first ever.

He charged right into the thick of the kishin eggs that were in sight, aware that his partner would watch his back. Then there was Akiha and Sion coming behind him. He had no fear even as he began to resonate, challenging his power down his blade as he slashed and cut through the three in front of him. This soul menace wasn't so bad once he got the hang of it.

It was easy for Sephiroth to get lost in the motions when it came to the battlefield. This was what he had been created for, and it was moments like these that he often found himself being at peace with everything. That was how he felt as all of the desire and longing drifted away while his mind began to automatically focus on the task at hand. It was all automatic to him, and he moved with precision and grace as he pulled out of his nose dive just in time to bring his Masamune up to effortlessly slice through the first opponent on the roof.

His movement and ease with flying and his wing spoke of decades of experience, and as it uncurled and spread out wide to catch the wind and bring him to a stop, he retracted it back into his body to continue the fight. His position, on the building top to their left, had him perfectly aware of his partner's location and state from above. Sephiroth knew well that Cloud could handle himself even with the injuries to his shoulder, but that the blonde had his companions that he would be fighting alongside.

Isolating each and every target on the rooftop, Sephiroth sighted the nine remaining ones that had been once converging on the trio's location, but had instead turned their attention to him instead at his arrival. His lips quirked up into the brief image of a smirk before he took off at near-blinding speed and began to close the distance to the closest kishin egg.

Research it later.

Akiha knew her partner's mind was working on something in parallel to their current situation. And whereas Sion was more than capable of it, Akiha would rather have Sion's full mind on their enemies.

Like the one who's attack the meister ducked before she turned around and kicked the back of its leg, dropping it to one knee. Slamming a knee into its head, Akiha glanced back to see if Sion had the other one bearing down on them.

It was a request so Sion took the idea and shoved it to the back of her mind. She still liked the idea, though, so it would probably be revisited. Mostly likely when she was dreaming and not having a nightmare.

And handle she did, though it was a side show to watching out for other creatures. Sion was getting more used to partially transforming and using parts of her body as the weapon she was. It was always simple to drop a creature with a quick kick and stab her foot, now the bottom of her staff, through a important part of their body.

He turned his head long enough to know that his back really was covered by Sion and Akiha, and he was pleased to see them engaged already. He concentrated on the three in front of him, even if his shoulder slowed him down a little. He used his blade to block a clawing attempt before twisting the sword to remove some fingers.

He was forced to side-step another leaping at him before he blasted the kishin egg in front of him with soul menace. It still wasn't exactly controlled, but the humanoid creature was defeated anyway. "Hey Akiha, how's that soul menace going for you?"

Sephiroth quickly closed the distance between himself and his next target. The Masamune swung out in a wide arc, the sweeping gesture effortlessly removing the kishin egg's arm moments before Sephiroth struck out to the side to split the target in two. He didn't pay it any further attention as his inhuman gaze fixated on the two incoming on his position from the rooftops on either side of his location.

He smirked lightly as he focused his energy on controlling the shadows. Those to his left suddenly shot out from the ledges as if it was a life on its own, and they rapidly closed in on the incoming kishin egg while Sephiroth took off after the one to his right. Ignoring the sound of the kishin egg getting impaled by the sharp shadows, the ex-General easily leapt the distance between the two buildings as his shadow flickered over his Meister during the process. Bringing his beloved blade down to strike at the kishin egg.

Bring both arms up to catch another kishin egg's snapping jaws on her vembraces as the other rolled away to recover, Akiha narrowed her eyes as she grabbed the creature's fangs and pulled, forcing it's mouth open. Absorbing some of its energy with Soul Bite, she channeled it back into her own strength and tore its jaw half off. Releasing her grip, she put one hand against its chest and a small crimson colored spark was seen and the monster was blown back.

"It's not yet where I want it to be in live combat," she replied as she turned so her forearm brushed against Sion, giving her the resonance boost to the alchemist's own attacks.

"Regardless, she can use it just fine."

The need to be the best was probably one of Akiha's driving points, or so Sion thought. And felt not too long ago.

Sion accepted the welcome boost, using it to plow through another enemy quickly. Once she had a free moment, she transformed into a staff and made sure her arc was guided so she'd fall into Akiha's reach.

He parried a slash attempt that was aimed at him from the two remaining kishin eggs that he was fighting, but he was aware of the enjoyment that his partner was taking in all of this. Perhaps they were good to fight side-by-side for their easier battles? He couldn't think too long at it as he was still in combat.

He blinked when his sword was caught in the teeth of the kishin egg that he swung at before resonating down his blade and taking the top half of the creature's head off. Well, that was more successful! He was pleased even as he exchanged blows with the last of his current enemies.

"She hasn't used it on you, has she?" He suspected Akiha would never resort to tactics like what he did.

The kishin egg quickly fell under Sephiroth's assault. There was no challenge to him at all here, but there hadn't been for the weeks leading up to becoming a Deathscythe either, and so he fought with just enough skill and power to be above the kishin egg's strength while conserving his own. With the pockets of Madness dipping and rising here and there, he knew that he would need to conserve his energy for the battle that was still to come.

Seeing their enemy up on the roof, the remaining seven kishin eggs made a mad scramble down to the street level where the other three were. It was a foolish decision on their part, even if he knew it had been their only option for an attempt at survival. Withdrawing his wing back into his body, Sephiroth shifted his direction and leapt down between the buildings to land well in front of the trio behind him.

Taking off again, he felt through his JENOVA link with Cloud, using his cells within the blonde's body to issue his warning as he struck out at a kishin egg emerging around a corner, 'Seven more dropped down from the rooftops.'

No, Akiha didn't resort to tactics like Cloud had and shocked Sion with Soul Menace. Instead, she'd lost her temper when Sion crossed over a line with insults and struck her with it.

...she still felt bad about it.

"I'm not one to pull practical jokes, Cloud."

Catching the staff, Akiha smoothly rounded on the next enemy and knocked it back into a small group that had just landed. Running forward, she did a one-handed cartwheel into the group, kicking the one she'd hit as she cartwheeled. Once both feet were on the ground, Akiha dropped low and swung the heavy end of the staff in successive circles, knocking the others off their feet.

Sion left it at that. Things happen sometimes and that about described it perfectly.

And now, since Sion didn't have to concentrate on fighting, she started to keep an eye on the enemies. They seemed to be getting thicker...perhaps to block them from getting somewhere? Or was a controller for these things somewhere nearby. She urged Akiha to keep her guard up so nothing untoward would surprise her.

Cloud eliminated the last of the kishin eggs in front of him before turning to sight his partner jumping to the ground far in front of them. He suspected he knew what was coming, but it was only at the confirmation in their link that he knew more enemies were coming.

"Aw, you can't say he didn't deserve it," he remarked before looking back at the resonating pair. "There are seven more coming from where Sephiroth is. If we don't hurry, he's going to hog them all."

He didn't wait for them and headed off to line up near his partner. He looked over at the silver-haired man. "You should practice that scale thing we saw once."

His brows narrowed at Cloud's comment back towards Akiha. While he didn't say anything about it, there was a spark of annoyance through the link before he pushed it aside to focus on the more immediate problem at hand. With the kishin eggs around, it was difficult to lock down the exact position of the Witch he knew that was in the area. That was why he had get rid of all of the foolish eggs in the area.

"I need a challenge," Sephiroth stiffly said in return. It was difficult for him to push himself when there were no challenge. He needed to feel himself being pushed towards his limits, and as things were, the kishin eggs he was facing were nothing more than training dolls for him. That didn't stop him from rushing forward when the first pair of kishin eggs came rushing out. He didn't strike them down though, but leapt over them instead as he continued on through the invading kishin eggs to place himself towards the back of the group.

"I never said he didn't," Akiha replied. "But your manner of interacting with your partner is not the same as my manner with my partner. Practical jokes are not part of my repertoire." Teasing was another matter.

The falcon head came down on another kishin egg, ending its existence, and Akiha turned to the next. Side-stepping its swipe, she landed a punch into its stomach and absorbed a good portion of its energy before redirecting that into a strong upward strike, filling the air with a cracking sound as bone broke.

"Yes!"

Triumphant, she turned more to look where Sephiroth was and the incoming enemies. She then hissed in a little pain as that last one still had enough fight in it to rake claws down her leg. Thankfully, those claws caught on her lower leg armor and didn't bite in too deep. Turning the staff, Akiha drove the forked end into it with a growl to kill it.

Sion was pretty sure that Sephiroth didn't need a challenge and Akiha did. Mostly because Akiha needed it for experience. The other guy already had plenty so it wasn't like it was required. Kill stealing was the word that came to mind for that attitude. And it was quite ironic since Sion had never touched a video game in her life.

At least Akiha was slowly learning. She was still getting caught by surprise by things, which Sion felt was partially her fault. She should be keeping an eye out and letting Akiha know ahead of time. So she simply went at it harder, using her position to see if she could spot any other hidden threat.

Cloud shot a smile after his partner, aware that he was just having a little fun at his partner's expense. It seemed to be a theme with him in a lame attempt to break Sephiroth from his shell, but he did wonder if there was some resentment about it. He sensed none, but then again, his partner left him behind to fight away from him. "I only tease because I know he can take it."

He shifted to the side, letting some of the remaining Kishin eggs go by him as he fought more to be closer to his partner rather than a distance away. There were a team after all. He only cut down one Kishin Egg before he was defending himself enough to turn and back towards where the older man fought.

Sephiroth effortlessly found himself at the other end of their little battlefield area. There were enough kishin eggs left between himself and the other three over at the other end of their enemies to keep them occupied, and for those who were observant enough, they might even notice that Sephiroth had placed himself in a position where the unclaimed area was at his back to better lay protection of those fighting alongside Cloud. He would deny it if anyone pointed it out, the fact that he was showing any subtle signs of being protective of the trio, and instead focused on the kishin egg that rushed towards him.

He saw Cloud's effort to close the distance between them. There were only five kishin eggs left in the pack now trapped between his position and where Cloud and his companions were fighting. His attention flickered from the battle momentarily as he sliced his Masamune through the flesh of the kishin egg that had attacked him. As sensitive as he was to the madness, he had felt the subtle shift in the strength of it while he fought. Shaking his head to ward that sensation off, the ex-General ignored the soul that hovered beside him as he turned his attention back on the remaining five kishin eggs that ran in towards the trio.

This small amount of targets wouldn't be close enough to providing a challenge to him, and it was no where near enough to even attempt drawing out the unknown powers that were trapped inside of his body.

Akiha pulled her skirt just a bit up her leg to check to see how badly she was bleeding. It wasn't much - a superficial wound thanks to the shin guard armor she wore - but the blood was seeping through her sock a little. Letting it go, Akiha turned back to the ones she thought were dead, staff at the ready, to make sure there were no more surprises sneaking up on her.

"Are you foolishly implying that Sion couldn't take it?"

Seeing the red souls all separated from the bodies, Akiha decided they were all dead in that area. She dropped back a few feet closer to Cloud and turned toward the next group and held the staff up parallel to the ground before her as she took in their movements.

"She might have something to say about that when we're done," Akiha added on as one rushed her. She counted silently in her head the number of strides it took to reach her before sidestepping it's strike to punch it in the side. She absorbed some of its energy which she immediately channeled into her strike, hitting it back into the one behind it.

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