[6:55 PM] Kwakadoooooo: Chapter 6 - Kranhai
"Shiiii---"
A blast from the monstrous cannon landed squarely between Yuuya, Panshu and Hiro, shattering the street beneath them and throwing their bodies as if they were bits of debris as well. The elderly blacksmith held his head, muttering a "kuso" to himself, then stood up again.
More and more soldiers were surrounding that plaza, and even these streets were starting to fill up with Oligarchy troops. The odds didn't look good.
[6:57 PM] Kwakadoooooo: Panshu held out a hand to the young healer first. "Can ya still stand, buddy?"
[7:01 PM] Bemoney: The monk thuds onto the ground. Hiro, although fit, wasn't exactly the heaviest, so he landed a bit hard, bumping his head on the hard surface. "Ah! Gods!" He exclaims as he was launched.
He soon recovers his senses, hearing the garbled words of the blacksmith.
"Y-Yes...I-I think" He steadies himself with his staff.
"But how are we to stand...against that?" he looks at the destroyed building
[7:04 PM] Kwakadoooooo: "Look, I..." Panshu gives a gargling sigh. "..'think we're gonna have to, uh, see if the Queen's troops pull through on that one. Ain't none of our weapons gonna scratch it....shit, if we just had some boppers!"
Or Godfried...I bet that damn punk coulda sliced it in half, just to make the rest of us look bad...(edited)
[7:10 PM] Bemoney: He winces, holding onto a small wound on his head. It stung, but it was bearable.
"Wait, Yuuya!" He looks around frantically, worried another bomb would hit them before they could recover
[7:11 PM] Kwakadoooooo: "Aw, shit, where'd he go?!" Panshu looks around, squinting with wrinkled eyes. Maybe it was just the smoke, but he couldn't see a thing.
[7:17 PM] ColdToiletSeat: "I... I-I'm here." Yuuya announced with a defeated voice from his position on the ground, sticking his naginata blade in the air. However, something was wrong about his weapon, it looked like it was snapped like a twig. It didn't take long for the man's hand to start shaking and then collapse down to the ground, the clatter of bronze against the rubble making a loud enough sound to tell where he was.(edited)
[7:19 PM] Kwakadoooooo: "YUUUYA!!" Panshu ran over to him, dragging his body over to the healer without even checking his wounds. "You baka!"(edited)
[7:22 PM] Bemoney: Hiro follows close behind, imitating the same call as he quickly takes out his Festal
[7:24 PM] ColdToiletSeat: As he was lifted by his shoulders, the young man's expression stirred, there was still a bit of a ringing in his ears but for the most part he thought he was okay. A thin trail of blood made its way down the side of the spear fighter's face as it looked up at the fellow rebels and smiled. Yet, another trail of blood could be seen on the ground... coming from the bloody stump Yuuya had for a leg.
[7:27 PM] Bemoney: "Oh th-" He stops in his tracks as he sees the leg, his expression forming into one of sheer terror as his face pales
[7:29 PM] Kwakadoooooo: "Huh? What is i----" Panshu gapes at the wound in shock. "....Dammit, Yuuya!"
[7:35 PM] ColdToiletSeat: "I... c'mon guys... stop kidding around." Yuuya laughed weakly, blissfully unaware of his injury. "We... cough we have a fight to win here!"
[7:36 PM] Bemoney: "Y-y-y-uu...ya..." he stutters, his gaze fixxated Can that even be healed? How many more are like that? just what is that thing capable of doing?
[7:38 PM] Kwakadoooooo: Panshu lowers Yuuya slowly, then turns to Hiro and whispers heavily. "Kid...I dunno if we can..Ya know.." He gives the boy a grim look.
[7:41 PM] ColdToiletSeat: "N-no, c'mon, I just gotta- Hngh" The younger man tried to argue, trying to stand himself back up before feeling a bit of blood come out of his wound. A grimace crossed his face before he relaxed, looking up at Panshu with a pleading face, "Please, I-I just wanna get this fight over with."(edited)
[7:43 PM] Kwakadoooooo: "Yuuya...Kid, ya...." Panshu can do little else but look back into his wide eyes. "I'm sorry, but..."(edited)
[7:43 PM] Bemoney: "W-we-m-maybe I can heal it...B-but.." he fidgets with his festal
[7:44 PM] Kwakadoooooo: ".. Your leg. It's--"
[7:44 PM] Amasuro: "My, whatever is all this sitting around here? My comrades, there is a battle to be won out there! A confrontation of the ages!"
An arrogant looking young man strides over to the three. His demeanor and posture completely unbefitting to the current situation.(edited)
[7:50 PM] ColdToiletSeat: "M-my leg?" Yuuya asked, a mix of wonder and confusion crossing his expression as his stare drifted down from the blacksmith's face to his bloody stump of a leg. He sat there, staring for a moment, even as the impromptu strategist made his appearance. As a small spurt of blood came out from the wound, the realization hit him and and his face paled. The spear fighter leaned his head back against the ground, shutting his eyes and gulping hard.
"...O-oh dear Gods..."(edited)
[7:50 PM] Kwakadoooooo: "Shut it, dumbass! Kid just lost his ar--"
Panshu turns his head over his shoulder, seeing the rebellion's mastermind approach.
"..o-oh. Sebastian the Great, you're alright...Whoa."
[7:51 PM] Bemoney: Hiro made a blur of sounds as Yuuya falls down. Being a medic, he wasn't weak to the sight of blood, but there's a limit, and decapitation is long past that limit.
He manages to keep it together as he tries to cast a heal with his Sun Festal.
For the most part he ignores the tactitian
[7:53 PM] Amasuro: "Heh, of course I am alright. For I am nothing short of perfection, like my tactics. Now come, I have seen many live to fight on with a missing leg. Your pain is but a simple trick of the mind!"
Sebastian shrugs, before pointing over to Hiro.
"You there! Heal this man immediately!" He commands, pointing at Hiro despite the fact that he had already started to heal Yuuya.
[7:55 PM] Kwakadoooooo: "Y-yeah, you heard the man!"
Panshu turns back to Hiro, opening his mouth to bark more orders until he sees Hiro healing.
"..ya really did, huh..."
[7:55 PM] Bemoney: "I-I've never t-treated this kind of wound...but...I-it's a-a-all th-the same, right?"
[7:56 PM] Amasuro: "Indeed, healer. I know many, many knowledgable doctor friends and they all agree with this opinion!"
[7:58 PM] Kwakadoooooo: "Kids these days...crackin' buildings like nuts, growin' arms back.."
[7:59 PM] Bemoney: "B-but, How do you suppose we defeat that?" he glances for a moment before focusing on mending the spearfighter
[8:00 PM] Amasuro: "That is very simple. For you see, I have already devised the perfect strategy for this very situation," Sebastian speaks, pushing up his glasses. He still seems completely unfazed by the continued explosions in the distance.
[8:00 PM] Bemoney: "w...well?"
[8:01 PM] Kwakadoooooo: Damn, he's completely unfazed...
Panshu gives an impressed grunt, waiting for the eccentric genius to continue.
[8:01 PM] Bemoney: "Yuuya...how's it feeling?"
[8:02 PM] Amasuro: "We will retreat immediately! Come, friends, we must leave this city," Sebastian gestures dramatically with his hands, before turning and beginning to move towards where the group may have last seen the tank.
[8:02 PM] ColdToiletSeat: "I..." He manages to eek out in between hitched and shallow breaths, "I... don't think..."
[8:03 PM] ColdToiletSeat: "Augh- Gods above, please..."
[8:04 PM] Kwakadoooooo: "Hey, hey!" Panshu kneels down to the spearman. "You're fine, you got a long life ahead of ya! We're...we're gettin' you outta here. We're retreating."
Panshu forces a half-assed smile.
"Classic rebel strategy, trust me."
[8:04 PM] Bemoney: He puts the rest of what he has into healing, and then puts his festal down. "Yuuya, bear with it...this festal isn't the strongest.."
[8:05 PM] Amasuro: Sensing that the group still has not moved, Sebastian turns back around.
"But it seems you are still unable to move! You there! You will retreat with me even with that injury of yours!"
He runs over to Yuuya and crouches down, "the time we have is severely lacking!"
[8:07 PM] Kwakadoooooo: "I got him sir, don't worry!" Panshu squats lower and turns around, paradoxically feeling a bit younger even as every joint in his legs seems to protest in pain.
"Come on, Yuuya...get my back. Got it?"
[8:09 PM] ColdToiletSeat: "A-alright." Yuuya nodded, struggling to lift his upper body with his naginata arm and reaching up to Panshu's shoulder with a shaky hand.
[8:10 PM] Kwakadoooooo: "Ya got it? Ya got my back?!" Panshu repeats himself louder and harsher, not hearing Yuuya's response.
[8:11 PM] Amasuro: "Good, good. Lift that man immediately. If you other two are not injured, then we will move immediately!"
Sebastian points dramatically in a seemingly random direction, "move, move, move! We will all survive this battle, or I will consider it failure. And I do not enjoy failure!"
[8:12 PM] Bemoney: "Y-yes!" he hurries behind, following closely behind Yuuya
[8:12 PM] ColdToiletSeat: A hand with an unsteady grip on the man's shoulder is the best answer Yuuya can give at the moment, letting out several grunts as he forced himself up.(edited)
[8:14 PM] Kwakadoooooo: Panshu hoists Yuuya the rest of the way, keeping one hand on him and one hand on his club as he followed Sebastian as fast as he could manage.
"Yeah. We're all pretty banged up, boss, but we ain't about to give up now."
[8:15 PM] Amasuro: "That is the attitude I expect from you! As I said, pain is a simple trick of the mi- do you need assistance with that?"
Sebastian moves to help Yuuya continue to move along Panshu's shoulder.
[8:17 PM] Kwakadoooooo: "Tch! I'm not that old, ya know." Grimacing, Panshu speeds up a little as they continue down this random direction.
[8:22 PM] Kwakadoooooo: ...until the eldritch cannon connects with a nearby oil storehouse, and the entire neighborhood is lit up by a column of flame. The blaze quickly spreads to the nearby houses, filling the air with crackling and screams.(edited)
[8:23 PM] Bemoney: Hiro yelps, falling away from the shock of the explosion
[8:24 PM] Kwakadoooooo: "gODS!" Panshu struggles to keep his balance, but manages not to drop Yuuya. "The hell was that?!"
[8:24 PM] Amasuro: "My gods. What a tremendous display of power!"
Sebastian seems more in awe of the fire than anything else.
[8:26 PM] Kwakadoooooo: "We, uh...we got another way to go?"
[8:27 PM] ColdToiletSeat: Yuuya simply stares, blinking a few times with his mouth slightly agape as the fire spread from building to building.
[8:28 PM] Amasuro: "...Why yes! For every brilliant tactician always has a backup strategy."
Sebastian does another dramatic point with his free hand, "over there, this way!" He commands, gesturing alongside a path along the edges of the fire.
[8:29 PM] Kwakadoooooo: "..just keeps getting better...."
Shaking his head, Panshu starts off down the path. His eyes scan the wreckage for anything usable.(edited)
[8:35 PM] Bemoney: Hiro follows behind the two, trying to ignore the screams
[8:36 PM] Kwakadoooooo: "Well..." Panshu's voice is a rumbling growl, and breaks into coughs from all the smoke. " 't least we know we won't get ambushed by any of the Oligarchy's dogs here..right?"(edited)
[8:37 PM] Amasuro: "Of course we will not. For I have easily weaved and threaded through their ranks and formations with naught but my common sense and natural sixth sense."(edited)
[8:39 PM] Bemoney: "Wh-How?" He watches his step as he keeps up with the two, er, three
[8:40 PM] Amasuro: "Ah, well you need not concern yourself with such details, healer. That is but a trade secret."
[8:41 PM] Bemoney: "O....kay....?" Wouldn't...hmm...war is strange...
[8:42 PM] Kwakadoooooo: "Trade secret, huh..." Panshu wondered if perhaps the leadership had known about this weapon. Even if they had, how could they have stopped it?
[8:47 PM] Amasuro: "Yes, yes. Trade secret. Tch, this fire. It is an immense obstacle to my glorious escape."
Sebastian pushes onwards, still hoping to find a gap through the fire.
[8:48 PM] Bemoney: Hiro looks around for some rubble to use to put out the fire that blocked their path
[8:51 PM] Kwakadoooooo: "Hmm...'f we took those planks there we could make a path goin' over the fire."
Panshu shrugs. "It's a long shot, but we might not have a choice."
[8:53 PM] Amasuro: "A brilliant idea. Why, I had already begun to search for such things already, of course."
Sebastian looks around, picking up random items out of the piles of rubble nearby.
[8:53 PM] Bemoney: "Uh, here." he hefts a few rocks over
[8:54 PM] Amasuro: Sebastian moves over and takes the rocks from Hiro, placing them over towards the fire.
[8:55 PM] ColdToiletSeat: Yuuya lets out a pained groan as the group began working
[8:56 PM] Kwakadoooooo: With the kind of blacksmithing skills that could erect a makeshift fort in a matter of moments, Panshu starts tossing scraps of building materials over to Sebastian's side from the wreckage, still keeping an arm on Yuuya.
"Hang in there buddy...we're almost out..."(edited)
[8:56 PM] Bemoney: "Yuuya, here. Don't push yourself right now." He quickly moves over to help him.
"At least until I can get a stronger festal.."
[8:57 PM] Amasuro: "Gods, the heat from this fire is immense! Thank you for the assistance friend. Why, you might make a rather good, erm...you almost look like some kind of builder! Yes, that."
[8:59 PM] Kwakadoooooo: With Hiro looking after the wounded man, Panshu finishes the construction - something between a ramp and a wall.
"That should do it...Everybody ready to jump?"
[9:01 PM] Amasuro: "I do not see how this man will, erm, jump. But we will make this work! With the right attitude and some strategy, of course."
Sebastian looks over to the man, "it is simple. Just throw him over."
[9:02 PM] Bemoney: "How about, Sebastion and I jump over...and then Panshu throws him over to us?"
[9:02 PM] ColdToiletSeat: "I- wuh?" Yuuya questions, confusion filling his expression.
[9:04 PM] Kwakadoooooo: "..."
Panshu looks to Yuuya, and nods slowly, looking to the other two with shifty eyes. "That oughtta work."
[9:04 PM] Amasuro: "Yes! Healer, I like that idea."
[9:04 PM] Kwakadoooooo: Panshu comes over to the spear fighter. "That goddess girl o' yours. What's her name?"(edited)
[9:05 PM] ColdToiletSeat: "Sakano?" Yuuya answered, bringing a hand to his face to wipe some of the somewhat dried blood off of it.(edited)
[9:07 PM] Kwakadoooooo: "Right, mmhmm..." Panshu lifts Yuuya up slowly, much more gently, as if compensating for the upcoming maneuver. "Now...close your eyes, and think of....uh..." Panshu scowls. "...that girl. You know."
[9:07 PM] Amasuro: Meanwhile, along the side, Sebastian speaks something unintelligible to himself, before making his leap through the fire line.
[9:07 PM] Amasuro: "Why, it seemed to have worked! It is quite safe on this side, everyone!"
[9:08 PM] Bemoney: Hiro lets Panshu hold Yuuya before following behind Sebastian. "Alright, we're ready."
[9:09 PM] ColdToiletSeat: "I, uh, heheh..." The spearfighter giggled weakly with scattered coughs, a dopey smile on his face as he imagined the girl of his dreams.
[9:09 PM] Daddy John John: While the men did their thing two kodachi whizzed past the group coming from behind them.(edited)
[9:10 PM] Kwakadoooooo: "That's it, that's i---gODS!"
Panshu turns aside, raising his club instinctively to try to block the inaccurate blade.
"We got company!"
[9:11 PM] Bemoney: "No!" He pulls out his yumi and lines up a shot. "Panshu! Hurry over!"
[9:12 PM] Amasuro: What terrible timing! Tsk, damn-! I can't go back-!
"Come to this side! Hurry!"
[9:13 PM] Daddy John John: Almost out of nowhere a black haired woman in Samurai attire rushed towards the group holding a Venge Katana in each hand.
"Hehehe. Looks like there are even more rebels trying to scurry away like the pest they are! Come! Let me end your pathetic lives!"
[9:14 PM] Kwakadoooooo: "I'm fine, (cough) just keep going! Get the Great and whatever magical sword he's hiding the hell out of here!"
Panshu tries climbing the structure with one hand, far too slowly to avoid the advancing swordswoman.
"shit, shit, shit..."
[9:15 PM] Bemoney: Hiro lines up a shot as clear as he can get agains the samurai
[9:15 PM] Bemoney: "Panshu hurry!"
[9:16 PM] ColdToiletSeat: Yuuya's daydream is cut short at the sudden yelling, and kodachi whizzing by. His eyes shoot open and he begins panicking somewhat, his breath racing and his body squirming under the pressure.
[9:16 PM] Amasuro: Sebastian searches his belt quickly for his weapon. A tome he could use in this battle. Though...
...I know I had a Fire tome here somewhere...
[9:16 PM] Kwakadoooooo: Panshu stares the woman down with a fiery look in his eyes, coming to accept the situation.
"Sorry, Yuuya...."
And he hurls the stupid spearman over the fire.
Looks like this time...the slow one was me.
[9:17 PM] Bemoney: "PANSHU!" The monk cries out, firing a shot at the samurai
[9:18 PM] ColdToiletSeat: "Waaagh!" The rebel youth exclaimed, waving his arms around before coming to a crash on the other side.
[9:18 PM] Amasuro: Sebastian moves immediately to assist Yuuya up and away from the fire.
[9:21 PM] Daddy John John: With a quick and fluid motion after Yuuya is thrown to the other side, the samurai dodged the arrow and lodged the blade first into the man's back before she quickly sent the other blade deep into Panshu's neck. Without a word the woman just gave a crazed grin before taking her blades out of Panshu's body.
[9:22 PM] Kwakadoooooo: The old blacksmith, fighting against the Oligarchy for nearly three decades, finally falls limp, as his blood pools out into the burning streets.
[9:22 PM] ColdToiletSeat: "PANSHU!" Yuuya exclaimed, throwing an arm around Sebastian's shoulder and using him as a crutch before reaching back out towards the fire and the old geezer across it.
[9:23 PM] Bemoney: The monk cries out one more time, sending another arrow at the samurai, hoping to catch her off guard
[9:24 PM] Amasuro: "Be careful, the fire will burn you!"
Sebastian tries pulling Yuuya away from Panshu's falling body, gritting his teeth.
"We have to move, you two. Come! Hiro, destroy the bridge!"
[9:25 PM] Mango: "Everyone!" A Sky Knight flew down beside them. "Did you all escape fine?!"
[9:25 PM] Daddy John John: The woman is hit in the shoulder by the arrow but seems to be barely phased by it pulling it out with ease.
"I wonder..how many of these arrows would it take to take me down?" The woman started to rush towards Hiro brandishing her blades.
[9:25 PM] ColdToiletSeat: "Gods... no!" The spear fighter cursed, unable to fight against the tactician's pulling.
[9:28 PM] Bemoney: Heeding the man's words, he fires a shot at some breaking points in the burnt building, creating a makeshift barricade between her and them
[9:29 PM] Mango: The rider backed off from the flames, not wanting to get burnt. "Where's Panshu? Wasn't he with you guys?"
[9:30 PM] Bemoney: Hiro remained silent, his knuckles whitening as he grips his weapon tightly
[9:30 PM] Amasuro: Sebastian keeps silent, still struggling with the weakened Yuuya.
[9:32 PM] Mango: "...Oh, Gods..." Makoto looked away and covered his face.
[9:35 PM] ColdToiletSeat: "Gods damn it... you were only a couple days from retirement too, you old son of a bitch..." Yuuya muttered under his breath, gulping down some tears before turning around and starting to hobble, bringing Sebastian with him.
[9:36 PM] Daddy John John: The woman scoffed at the wall.
"Hmph. So this is what you rebels do when you start to lose. Hide behind walls and cower in fear. But you have already lost because I am not only in front of you..."
[9:37 PM] Bemoney: Hearing her voice, Hiro quickly knocks an arrow into his yumi.
[9:38 PM] Mango: "Yuuya, come sit on my pegasus..." Makoto put a hand on Yuuya's shoulder. "You can ride with me.
[9:43 PM] ColdToiletSeat: "I... alright." Yuuya answered, withdrawing his arm from around Sebastian's shoulder and quickly hobbling over to Makoto's pegasus.
[9:44 PM] ColdToiletSeat: A brief "thank you" escaped the spear fighter's lips as he turned back around to Sebastian one more time. Throwing an arm over the top of the mount, the man attempted to climb on.
[9:45 PM] Psychic Loser: Soon enough another Pegasus Rider burst into the battlefield, rebel. His left sleeve fluttering in the wind.
"Alright. You guys get out of here and help our tactician. I'll cover you."
[9:45 PM] Bemoney: "Sebastian...let's make our way out..."
[9:47 PM] Amasuro: "I quite agree, yes."
Sebastian lifts Yuuya up onto a more comfortable hold before pushing away from the fire again.
[9:49 PM] Mango: Makoto sits down on his mount. "Grab on to me, this'll be a bumpy ride with all this rubble..."
[9:50 PM] ColdToiletSeat: Successfully mounting the pegasus behind Makoto, Yuuya gives a simple "yeah" before wrapping his arm around the rider's waist.
[9:51 PM] Daddy John John: Using the rooftops the woman made her way to Hiro and jumped down behind Hiro.
"I'm also behind you fool." With two quick slashes the woman made two deep cuts into Hiro's back.
[9:52 PM] Psychic Loser: Akira whips around to face the opposition and readied his Naginata.(edited)
[9:54 PM] Bemoney: "Graaagh!" He cries out, falling forward. He catches himself from falling, whirling around to smack the samurai with his yumi. "Go!"
[9:54 PM] Kwakadoooooo: Meanwhile...
"Heh heh heh...what pretty little birds!"
The sniper on the rooftop overlooking the disaster cracks his knuckles, with a fat cigar poking out of his gleeful grin.
"They really think they're getting out of here alive."
He leans down to pick up a massive yumi, over four feet in length, and surveys the chaos below...(edited)
[9:54 PM] Amasuro: Sebastian goes wide eyed at the sight, falling over onto his behind before scrambling up away from the conflict.
Dammit, dammit, dammit-! This wasn't supposed to end like this! How did it all go-?
[9:55 PM] Mango: Makoto gripped his teeth and quickly helped Sebastian up. "Get on, we have to go!"
[9:56 PM] Amasuro: "Right-!"
Sebastian takes the offer, hopping immediately onto the back of the pegasus.(edited)
[9:57 PM] Daddy John John: Being smacked by the yumi, the woman rubs the bruise laughing at the futile attempt of a counter-attack.
"Is that all there is? At the very least you could have perhaps tried to stab me with an arrow. Now let the gods know it was Airi who ended your pathetic life!" She stabbed the monk with one of her katanas piercing her his heart.
[9:58 PM] Bemoney: in the short scuffle, he gripped onto her sleeves, before his body tightened up, and ceasing to show life. he soon falls to the floor
[9:59 PM] Mango: "Fly, Diana, fly!" Makoto roused his Pegasus to rise up and fly off, hopefully to somewhere safe. "Akira, you better come back alive!"
[10:00 PM] Kwakadoooooo: "Hoy, mates!" A gruff, yet articulate voice rings out from the rooftop.
"Such a shame that you've been spotted by the great Kazuma..."
And the sniper lets out a massive steel arrow into the back of the overloaded pegasus, piercing its rider cleanly through as it travels.(edited)
[10:01 PM] Amasuro: Sebastian's mind raced, as his heart gripped with fear. As he felt the pegasus begin its descent, his mind racked with any possible way he could cheat death once more.
[10:02 PM] Psychic Loser: Watching the horrific action occur Akira and his Pegasus, Kaguya burst into the air and manages to reach Sebastian.
"Grab on."(edited)
[10:04 PM] Amasuro: His mind blinking at the split second option that opened to him, Sebastian leans over, grabbing onto Akira's body as he attempted to leap off the falling pegasus.
"I'm sorry." He mutters to himself before completing the transfer.
[10:05 PM] Kwakadoooooo: "Sayonara, rebel scum!" Finishing his little taunt, Kazuma takes a moment to listen to the beautiful sound of his steel-rope bowstring vibrating through the air. The way it rang was like a funeral bell, announcing another glorious kill. Then he reached back lazily to his quiver for another long arrow, letting his fingers feel around for just the right one.(edited)
[10:09 PM] Psychic Loser: Taking a chance, the rider goes in for one last dive and attempt to impale the sniper onto his Naginata.
"Hang on."
[10:10 PM] Amasuro: "Yeah."
Is he crazy? We're barely alive-!
[10:10 PM] Psychic Loser: "He's just going to shoot again if he has the chance."
[10:12 PM] Kwakadoooooo: "Ah-ah-ah!"
Kazuma lets his arrow fly, striking right at the Naginata's blade and sending it tumbling into an alleyway near the samurai Airi's position.
"Don't take me for some sort of peasant, boy. I like to let my birds struggle....heh heh heh."(edited)
[10:12 PM] Amasuro: "I hope you know what you're doing!"
[10:16 PM] ColdToiletSeat: Letting out a brief yell as he stumbled backward through the air, Yuuya reached out towards Akira and his pegasus only to be just out of reach. Hitting the ground with a sickening thud, the spear fighter blanked out for a minute as he felt some of his freshly broken ribs, he looked as if he were dead.
[10:19 PM] Psychic Loser: Akira goes in for another dive at the archer, this time readying his fist. A faint glow emanates from his arm for a split second as he goes in for the punch.
[10:20 PM] Kwakadoooooo: "What the-?!!"
The fist connects with the sniper's face, as a strange power sends him hurtling back to the edge of the roof. He loses consciousness.(edited)
[10:27 PM] Psychic Loser: Akira nodded to himself, satisfied "Alright. Now, we can get out of here."
[10:29 PM] Amasuro: "...Yes. Thank you."
Was all the tactician said behind the Pegasus rider. An odd silence unbefitting of the man.
When did it go wrong...This shouldn't have...(edited)
[10:34 PM] Psychic Loser: Akira let out a sigh. "Things didn't go the way you planned but, that happens sometimes. You'll never like it but, you have to move forward without taking two steps back."
[10:36 PM] Amasuro: Sebastian turned his head around, to stare at the burning corpse of a city below him.
"Quite an understatement, my Pegasus riding friend."
He shakes his head rapidly, "but...nonetheless, your assistance in protecting the greatest mind in this Earth will not go unnoticed!"
[10:42 PM] Psychic Loser: Akira just nodded. "Lets find a place we can stop. The fort. A camp. Anywhere. This place is going to be swarming with even more soldiers in a few minutes from now."
[10:44 PM] Amasuro: "I can agree with that plan. Let us be off."
[10:51 PM] Kwakadoooooo: Beneath them, the dazed sniper shook his head, still feeling that punch even after coming to.
"Such power....That's no ordinary rebel scum!"
Grinning wildly, the man's eyes are fixated on the pegasus as his hand gropes for his bow, seemingly at random.(edited)
[10:58 PM] Kwakadoooooo: "Heh heh..there we are." Feeling the familiar weight of the massive yumi in his grasp, Kazuma leans upward, coming to his feet once more. One eye remains on each wing of the fleeing flyer.
"They think they're going to be free now? My...looks like it's time to get serious."(edited)
[1:03 PM] ColdToiletSeat: Unbeknownst to the sniper, Yuuya's eyes snapped open as he took in a gasp, his pupils darting back and forth. He couldn't believe it, how was he not dead? It must've been some kind of miracle bestowed upon him by the gods themselves.
The first thing he had noticed was the towering yumi and then the target it was pointed at: Sebastian and another pegasus rider with the rebellion. With a newfound sense of urgency spurring him into movement, the young spear fighter pushed himself up only to stumble back down to his knees.
In an act of desperation with blood set to boil, Yuuya threw part of his broken naginata at the man with what might he had left in hopes of at least giving the strategist time to get away.
[1:14 PM] Kwakadoooooo: With two arrows in hand, Kazuma drew the bow with an unbreakable focus, painting the perfect arc with his mind to down the pegasus. But when a naginata's blade embedded itself into his leg, Kazuma roared in frustration, and his arrows sailed wide.
The sniper's whole body snapped to the side, and his eyes squinted shut at the man who had interrupted him.
"You...insolent..." Kazuma steps forward to punish the rebel, but a searing pain sends him falling prone with his yumi out in front of him.
[1:33 PM] ColdToiletSeat: A grin spread across Yuuya's expression as the shot went wide. He took solace in the victory, knowing that his actions could possibly put an end to this hellish civil war.
Not wasting a second, the rebel launched himself towards the bowman with arms outreached, gritting his teeth as he invested his energy into kicking himself off of the ground.
[1:37 PM] Kwakadoooooo: "...maggot!" Still quite off-guard, Kazuma raises the Yumi as a sort of shield. His undamaged leg bends, trying to move him into a squat to stay higher up than Yuuya...
[1:45 PM] ColdToiletSeat: Not even a second passes as Yuuya collides with the man, tackling him to make sure that the pegasus rider could escape. With a fierce look on his face, the young man had hoped to take the sniper down.(edited)
[1:51 PM] Kwakadoooooo: Pinned to the ground, the Khlinese sniper struggles against his attacker as arrows spill from his quiver around them. He pulls an arm away and delivers a pair of punches to Yuuya's jaw.
"Give up! You are already dead."(edited)
[2:09 PM] ColdToiletSeat: Wrestling himself on top of the man, Yuuya rejoiced in his continued victory, that is until the sniper had freed an arm and gave him a few punches to the face.
Shrugging off the initial hit, it had been the second strike that sent the young man reeling for a second. However, his grip held firm and he did not falter. If winning a battle like this meant that Khlin would have a brighter future, then so be it. With some hair covering his face, Yuuya reached up with his now free hand and wrapped it around Kazuma's neck. A single response escaped the spear fighter's lips:
"I refuse."
[2:13 PM] Kwakadoooooo: "Hkkkk!"
Kazuma yanks at the young man's wrist, drives a knee into him, but none of it deters the dying rebel. As his vision starts to fade, the sniper scoops up a handful of arrows, and drives them into Yuuya's back, keeping a quaking hand on them as he makes his last push.
[2:30 PM] ColdToiletSeat: A pained, guttural sound escapes the rebel as the arrows were pushed further and further into his back, tearing apart his insides indiscriminately. It was true, Yuuya was going to die. But so long as he drew breath he would make sure that Kazuma wouldn't pose a problem to the rebellion in the future. With another quick movement, the spear fighter brought both of his hands around the snipers neck before squeezing as tightly as he could with what little life he had left.
[3:16 PM] Kwakadoooooo: And the sniper's hand slips from the arrows, falling limply to the rooftop. His head hangs back, and his dead eyes look out in the direction of Akira's pegasus - flying farther and farther from the city.
[3:19 PM] Daddy John John: Airi overlooking the battle from a rooftop just smiles.
"Hmph. For Kazuma to be so easily defeated by a dying man. How Pathetic." Stroking her chin Airi wondered if she should go down there and snuff what remaining life was from Yuuya.
"There's no fun in it if they can't fight back. There should be some more prey for me to hunt down anyway." And with that Airi was off to hunt for some more rebels.
[3:34 PM] ColdToiletSeat: With his final duty to his nation fulfilled, Yuuya's grip on the dead man's neck eased. With shaky hands, the spear fighter pushed his blood-stained mop of hair out of his face as he looked up to the skies above. Sure, it's pristine beauty had been tarnished by the smoke caused by war, but through it all the sun had continued shining. Perhaps it was a sign? Perhaps there was hope for this rebellion after all..
Taking in a breath, the rebel coughed as his lungs filled with blood. Leaning back and with blood trailing down his chin from either side of his mouth, Yuuya smiled despite knowing that his demise was imminent. With another cough and a spray of blood, the spear fighter fell down to his side.
[3:40 PM] ColdToiletSeat: As his vision grew blurry, Yuuya not only thought of his life, but also of his home. What would the future hold in store for his nation? Would that Luna woman and her group really be the key?
Another smile tugged at the corner of the dying man's lips as he laid there, about to die like the fodder that he was. With his eyes starting to close, Yuuya had one final thought.
I think I'll take a nap now... Maybe I'll wake up... when Khlin... is whole again...
[3:41 PM] ColdToiletSeat: =====End RP=====
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