EVENT: The Attack of the Clowns

[soul_mods]

Early in the morning, those who had brought one back would find the bird keychains they brought back from their trip to that skii resort doing something...strange. The small eyes on the things started pulsing with a faint light that might go unnoticed at first. It doesn't stop though, and keeps right on pulsing for the rest of the morning.

Shortly, before noon, the light stops pulsing and shines bright enough to be uncomfortable.

Two things happen at once when it does.

One of these things is this: within a 50 meter radius of every keychain, strange ripples appear in the ground. From these ripples, something that is barely humanoid in shape slowly ascend. Their colours range from red to silver to yellow to purple. When they've materialized all the way, the Clowns immediately spring into action, attacking anyone nearby and, if there is no one, move in whatever direction they were facing, seeking victims.

The other thing that happens is a voice, young, lilting and feminine, being projected through the keychains.

""Thank you for all that you have done: none of this would have been possible without your contributions. I would thank you all in person except I don't believe I am really welcome here. Which is a pity as I hadn't gotten to meet all of my lovely victims the first time around. Please accept these children as a token of my appreciation instead. They are a little, ah, crude, but I do hope you will all play nicely~."

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[de_faulty_hero]

He was really going to have to stop needling Sephiroth in this mood because it clearly was only raising the older man's blood pressure and want to destruction. He honestly couldn't help himself, given his partner was so easy to tease and he saw so little wrong with enemies attacking what they could as long as damage wasn't done. The older man's anger and irritation was easily felt.

"You'll be the first to know, I assure you," he murmured, and he offered a playful wink at the older man for his previous antics. He knew he had best be careful as flirting and possessiveness might land him in a bad position. "If you kill them all and they spray their... blood or whatever it is, you might get some on you. Then you'd look like a honey bee and I could ask you why you have such a bee in your bonnet?"

[pure_lineage]

Sephiroth was at least pleased that Cloud wouldn't keep such things from him. The playful wink was returned with a grudging grunt while he kept close to where his partner was. "You had best keep it that way as well," Sephiroth warned with a subtle growl. Cloud may have been right about one thing though, if he wasn't careful it would end with him in a bad position.

"When have I ever been so sloppy as to get such a mess on me?" The ex-General grunted in reply before a sharp glare was given to Cloud at the honey bee comment. Another clown was fortunately coming on in which allowed for Sephiroth's attention to partially switch back over to it. He was on the move again to attack it but not before he muttered, "I believe the answer to your question would be rather obvious."

[de_faulty_hero]

He snickered a little at the grunt, aware that his partner savoured his attentions in such a way, and he didn't move away from the older man either. He restrained himself from touching his partner though even if he wanted to; there was a time and a place for such antics and the middle of the battlefield was not one of them. "You know that I will. If anything happens, you'll know."

He shrugged his shoulders, aware that it was true that Sephiroth was a very clean fighter. He wasn't so certain about the different coloured blood the clowns released when cut, so he wasn't about to put his gloved hands into it. "I get the feeling you don't appreciate my attempt at humour in these situations," he called as Sephiroth moved off to engage another clown. "You're supposed to laugh at my jokes, by the way."

[pure_lineage]

The clowns were beginning to amass again near their location. Sephiroth had seen their closing movements, but he hadn't yet moved away from where his partner was stationed at his back. He would in all due time, but the comment Cloud made had him pausing to peer back at the younger male.

"Do not assume such nonsense," Sephiroth found himself murmuring while his gaze lingered on Cloud. It dropped away a few moments later as his gaze drifted back over to the clowns. He wasn't quite certain what had gotten over him in that last moment. A fool, that's all that he was. He had already lost Cloud once and had told himself that he would use every moment to appreciate the once-blonde's presence, but it appeared as though he had already gone back on that vow. "You have my apologies however."

Sephiroth didn't stick around after that and launched himself back at the clowns to take the next few out.

[de_faulty_hero]

Cloud saw the clowns, but he wasn't quite concerned about their numbers yet, not when he knew that he and Sephiroth would rush in and take them out very soon. He would relish fighting with the older man more, but that would come after he had finished teasing Sephiroth.

He snorted and feigned being chastened by the rebuke, and he simply crossed his arms over his chest to regard the upcoming battle. His partner was always so rough when it came to teasing, but he did it anyway because he liked to see the older man lighten at times. He nudged his partner with a finger to the ribs at the sudden downturn of mood. "I don't need your apologies on being you. When I say something amusing, you'll do that chuckle that you do."

He followed at the older man's elbow when he felt Sephiroth about to leave, positioning himself to fight close and savour the battle.

[pure_lineage]

The reaction Cloud gave didn't settle his thoughts even after his partner poked him in the ribs. He still felt as though he was taking this far too seriously even if he knew that he would slaughter any of those yellow parasites on sight. Still that didn't keep him from peering at the younger male from the corner of his eyes when Cloud said that there was no need for an apology.

Sephiroth didn't say anything, but felt those words run through his mind along with find comfort in Cloud's presence when he took off again after the clowns.