EVENT: Retake the City

[soul_mods]

Characters: Every who signed up to retake the city
Location: Death City
Rating: PG
Time: July 4th
Description: There are Kishin eggs in the city. Like, everywhere. They've pretty much taken over and we can't have that, now can we?



Early in the morning, the sandstorm finally began to fade. By noon, it was gone completely, leaving behind far too much sand for comfort. The city is not in the best shape, having taken damage from the elements as well as the Kishin Eggs that are crawling all over the place, who seem to have made this place a new home.

They could move under the sand (and were quite fast when they did) and the fact that apart from their mouth the rest of their orifices was quite small it's clear that they were built to move like that. There's also the pesky fact that the city has buildings and alley ways they can hide in. The fact that Death City is layered like a cake is also a problem as it creates a lot of place for an enemy to jump down and ambush unsuspecting victims.

Of course, it's easy enough to repay in kind.

Either way, the familiar streets of Death City is now a battleground and the objective? Take back the city.

Comments

[scatterflower]

"Sounds good to me!" Chika shouted, stabbing instead of doing the slashing and moving to make damn sure that she wasn't where she was before. So that there wasn't anything there for the stupid soul eating asshole monster to hit.

Hopefully Asuka would go through it in the way that usually left these things dead. But if not she was going to pull her partner back out and moved to slash at the thing against. Or stab it. Or stab it and then cut off it's head. Or anything that would result in dead monster.

[kimochi_warui]

Fortunately, Asuka slid home this time with a solid noise. She could tell that she had gone in at a vital spot almost immediately, and the delight of that realization rang through the resonance.

'Perfect! You hit it dead-on. What a lucky break, huh?'

[scatterflower]

Chika sighed in relief, pulling Asuka out of the creature as it disintegrated into it's soul. "Hey. That was a little too close for comfort..." she mumbled out, looking around and clutching her friend just a little tighter.

They, well, there were still more of the Kishin eggs to take care of, and Chika's eyes were darting around the area furiously just to see if she could find any of them.

[kimochi_warui]

'Just a little?' There was a hint of sarcasm in Asuka's tone. She really wished they hadn't gotten into such a close scrape. Of course, that made her all the more vigilant, even if she was silently berating herself.

'Seven-o-clock, there's another one. It doesn't look like it's spotted us yet though.' That's right, Asuka wouldn't let anything get the jump on them again.

[scatterflower]

"I'm trying not to freak out here, Asuka," she said, taking a few more deep breaths as she looked around. "God... I don't think I've had such a close call since my brother and I tried to fight a witch."

She nodded when she heard Asuka's comment, turning to face in that direction to see if she could see the creature. And sure enough, there it was.

Now all she needed to do was get closer to it, and keep it from noticing them. So that's what she was doing, inching towards the creature as she readied herself to stab Asuka at it.

[kimochi_warui]

That was something that caught Asuka a little off-guard. 'Your brother...?'

But she really didn't have time to pursue the subject at all, seeing as they were right in the middle of a fight and busy sneaking up on another Kishin egg. It didn't seem to notice them creeping closer until the very last moment, when it turned to find a surprise waiting for it.

'Ha! Too late!' TRIUMPH.

[scatterflower]

Chika smiled as Asuka went through the kishin egg, the creature bursting apart into that soul after a few moments. "Yeah. My brother was here a while back. BREW sent him back home though. But now's not really the time to talk about this."

Chika turned her head, looking around. So far she didn't see any more Kishin eggs where they were, but that didn't mean that they were all gone. She doubted that they were all gone, actually. "You see any more of them nearby?"

[kimochi_warui]

Asuka made a quick mental note to ask Chika about her brother more later. Obviously, it was something important to Chika and, well, Asuka was smart enough to know that getting to know the person she was teaming up with would probably be a very good idea.

At Chika's question, she widened her search, looking all around them carefully. 'I don't see anything right now, but that doesn't mean anything...' In that moment, something caught her attention and she focused on it intently.

'There's something moving under the sand, a little behind us... I can't tell what it is though.' Probably nothing good.

[scatterflower]

And Chika would be happy to tell Asuka more about him! Especially if it meant that she got to complain about how he acted back home and stuff.

It was something that little sisters were supposed to do, after all.

But right now focusing on the mission was definitely more important. Especially with all of the monsters swarming around them.

"That's not good," she mumbled out, turning around as she tightened her grip around Asuka. "Can you tell how far down below the sand it is?"

[kimochi_warui]

Asuka was concentrating everything she could on the presence under the sand. At the same time, she was running some quick calculations in her head.

'It seems to be only a couple of feet down. Maybe coming closer to the surface. I think it's heading towards us now.'

As if on cue, the lump of moving sand made itself perfectly visible to the naked eye, growing large as it moved...

[scatterflower]

Chika clenched Asuka a little tighter, fighting off the urge to stab her partner into the sand right then and there. Because while it was probably a Kishin egg, Chika knew that there was still a chance that it was something else.

Something that the two of them might not want to stab. Though once it breaks free, if it does turn out to be a Kishin egg, Asuka's going right through the things throat.

[kimochi_warui]

And of course, it chose that moment to break free, only a dozen feet in front of them, and it was, in fact, something that they really did want to get rid of. 'The damn things are so stupidly cunning! Ugh!'

Asuka was obviously not pleased with the fact that the Kishin eggs could sneak up on them underground here. But at the very least it had decided to come out while it was still some distance away, and it was heading towards them very determinedly.

[scatterflower]

Chika's eyes narrowed as the kishin egg charged towards them, her grip on Asuka staying jut as tight as it was before as she waited for the creature to come within striking distance.

But once it was there, she wasted no time in stabbing at the creatures head with the pointy tip of her partner. Hopefully the attack would be enough to take it out with one strike. But if not, Chika was already moving to pull her out and stab with her again.

[kimochi_warui]

Fortunately, the attack hit home easily and the Kishin egg went down without much of a fight. Unfortunately, there was another one popping out of the sand right behind it a moment later. Whoops!

'Seriously?? I think this one was hiding the second one!'

[scatterflower]

Oh come on! What the hell, things weren't supposed to go like this. "These things are really starting to piss me off!" Chika shouted as she moved to stab Asuka at the new one again. She had been slightly confused by the second one, and didn't manage to strike it when she had planned on attacking the first one again if it hadn't died.

"Try to see if there are any more of them under this one too!"

[kimochi_warui]

Asuka was already searching as Chika spoke, wanting to make sure they didn't get caught off guard yet again. She could feel herself being stabbed through the second Kishin egg, but she paid it no mind while she looked.

'Nothing nearby. I think this guy's as good as dead too. Good job, Chika.'

[scatterflower]

Chika let out a sigh of relief, pulling Asuka out of the Kishin egg... and then stabbing the girl through it one more time. Just to be sure.

"That's good. Let's... keep searching," she said, taking a few deep breaths. It might need to wait a little bit, until after she recovered a bit, but hey. It's not like it'd be that much of a problem. Other than being a little winded she was still ready to go.

[kimochi_warui]

'Of course, I'm not about to stop looking for these bastards.'

And that was exactly what she was doing. Most of her attention was directed outward. There had been enough close calls today already, and she did not want to encounter any more. It would be better for the both of them if she just focused on the task at hand.

[scatterflower]

Chika gave Asuka a small smile, looking around herself as she finally caught her breath, not having to worry about breathing much harder than normal anymore.

But so far, she wasn't seeing anything. She didn't dare ask Asuka if she saw anything, because she knew that the other girl would let her know as soon as she saw something. But... not seeing something yet was really, really unnerving.

[kimochi_warui]

Asuka was making sure to keep a close eye all around them, especially in areas where Chika couldn't look herself. But she wasn't really seeing anything.

'I think this area's pretty clear.'

Just as she spoke those words, she glimpsed something skulking by behind a building. She pointed it out to Chika. 'Well, maybe not as clear as I thought...'

[scatterflower]

That figured. Still, at least she had enough time now to finally get her breath back.

Still, considering everything, it'd probably be a good idea to regroup after they took care of this kishin. To actually rest a little bit before going back out. That'd be really, really nice right about now.

"How close is it?" Chika asks, whispering as she moves closer and closer to where the monster was supposed to be, hands tightening around Asuka even more than they had already been.

[kimochi_warui]

'Not very close.' Asuka's reply was almost immediate. 'We could easily sneak up on it, or just make an escape if you need to get away. I don't think it's noticed us.'

At least, it didn't seem to be coming towards them, but moving away from them. Hmm.

[scatterflower]

"I think I should be okay to take out a few more of these stupid things," Chika said after a few moments, slowly moving in the direction of the Kishin that Asuka was sensing. "There's only one of them that you're sensing right now, right?"

[kimochi_warui]

Asuka would have nodded, and in fact her instinct was to nod. What an odd thing...

'Yeah, it's just the one. You can definitely kick its ass.'

[scatterflower]

"Okay. Good!" Chika doesn't waste any more time, running out from behind the building as she starts to chase after the Kishin egg. And sure enough, there it is, right there.

Chika's eyes narrow as she continues to run, before she actually jumps into the air and points Asuka down at the creature, hoping to stab her through it when she lands on top of it.