[Closed] The only thing that's black and white / Is that you don't have to walk alone this time

[handsome_genius]

Who: Yoon and friends
When: Various
Where: Various
What: Two prayers and a lunch chat

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Prayer #53 with Hitsugaya and Alibaba:

I used to dream of being up in the clouds, high above everything... not anymore, since my accident.
-- Drive off or defeat the flying ayakashi that is causing accidents in dreamers
-- 20 comments

Prayer #43 with Keith:

They say that nora are like stray animals - cats, dogs, monkeys, etc. I'm going away for a few days and I don't know if these poor stray cats will get fed while I'm gone. I'd feel better knowing someone was watching over them...
-- Care for some stray animals in a metro area
-- 10 comments

Comments

16/20 already woo!

[handsome_genius]

[Yoon hasn't been teleported too often, so he yelps a bit when Hitsugaya does that.]

--Ah!

[And he takes a few breaths to steady himself again.]

More wild magic.

[Then he starts looking around.]

Can you tell how big an ayakashi is when some prays like that?

[Spoken as if he's hoping it's the size of a squirrel.]

[flamebearer]

[ Another thing that might always be weird, but at least he was more prepared for it this time, since Hitsugaya often liked to pop from place to place without giving any warning. He's starting to get used to it. Maybe? ]

Don't worry. [ Cuz you sound a little worried there, Yoon. Although Alibaba's a little uncertain too, because it's not like he's an expert at this either. But- ] Hitsugaya knows what he's doing.

[freezetheheavens]

[You both sound worried.]

Normally, you can't. But the last time I went on a prayer like this, the ayakashi were often huge. [And were flying.

Toushirou can practically feel the darkness that's surrounding the area, a sort of oppressive cloud pressing down. As he scans the area, it's not too long before he hears an almost inhuman growl piercing through the sky.]

[handsome_genius]

[That makes it sound like there's gonna be multiple ayakashi... the nerves in Yoon's bond get more intense for a brief moment, before he tries to calm down again.

And then they shoot right back up again when the growl happens.]

Is it... difficult to get rid of ayakashi the bigger they are?

[He wouldn't be surprised if that was true because it's how it works for real animals, but then again here he is actually hoping that this is a case of magic being very different from his personal experiences. The last line is mostly directed to Alibaba but definitely with awareness that Hitsugaya can hear it.]

I'm trying to learn what I'm supposed to be doing like Hitsugaya asked me to, after all.

[flamebearer]

[ Alibaba's not going to lie and say he's not a little concerned about the ayakashi being huge. Or in multiples. Multiple huges. He really hopes Hitsugaya knows what he's doing, especially since it sounds like neither he nor Yoon are all that confident yet.

But he's determined to protect his god, no matter what it takes, and that determination is something that easily overwhelms even his own sense of nerves at the unknown, a focus settling him into steely resolve. ]

We both are. This is why we're here, isn't it?

[ The growl from the sky has his own attention casting upwards, searching the darkness with senses beyond his eyes, since those are wherever the rest of him currently is, but he still has an awareness of their surroundings all the same. ]

It knows we're here.

[freezetheheavens]

It does.

[His eyes look up at the sky.]

Be confident, both of you. [And as he says this, he shoots up to the sky, searching for the ayakashi. He can hear it moving, the beating of wings heavy through the clouds.]

[handsome_genius]

[Yoon stares at the void of his vessel form for a long moment. He'd seriously thought that Alibaba and Hitsugaya were a team that had been on a lot more prayers already. Maybe not? He takes a deep breath and blows it out again, then nods with a somewhat audible noise.]

Okay. Okay....

[And he looks around at them before seeing the building that Hitsugaya teleported to being fairly high up. He gets a feeling, like...]

Uhm, I can't explain why, but maybe if you touch the roof I can figure something out about what kind of ayakashi that is.

[flamebearer]

[ Sorry to disappoint, Yoon, but this is Alibaba's first time out here himself. He knows Hitsugaya has done prayers before and his god seems completely calm and unruffled about all this so he's not too worried. Only about disappointing his god somehow or failing to keep him safe.

Which is why he easily turns serious and focused on the task at hand. Yoon's statement gets a surprised blink, curious and fascinated, as he waits. ]

Whoa, really?

[freezetheheavens]

The roof?

[He may seem confused, but he is more familiar than the two of them about the sort of power shinki can possess like the power Goten has. It's why he doesn't argue as he goes to land on the roof.]

[handsome_genius]

[ No sooner does Hitsugaya land than Yoon gets nervous again. But he takes a deep breath and focuses on... the roof. As best he can, anyway. He knows he's looking for something out of place. He's never gotten particularly close to an ayakashi, but he knows very well what blight feels like, so he's kind of searching out that same sort of piercing pain.

Eventually, he finds it - that phantom pain of his and his eyes open wide, if that's possible for a shinki in vessel form.

Yoon and Hitsugaya both get to see what the ayakashi looks like - the kind of maneuverability it has in flight, how fast it can go, how big it is in relation to the size of the roof, and its rough shape. ]

[flamebearer]

[ For the moment, Alibaba remains quiet, wondering what they're doing, but patient enough to wait and find out. ]

[freezetheheavens]

[It's rather strange suddenly being able to see the ayakashi, but he suddenly has a feel of its mobility, its size, everything. It has him focusing his gaze on where the ayakashi is.]

Are you two ready?

[It won't be too difficult to Rend this creature, but he needs to be sure that the two of them are at least mentally prepared for this. He can still feel Yoon's uneasiness and perhaps even a smidge of Alibaba's own uncertainty.]

[handsome_genius]

[ Yoon gulps nervously. ]

'I'm not even sure what I should be ready to do like this... but I'll keep my eyes open.'

[ In his mind, he's looking at Alibaba's human form. ]

'The least I can do is watch your backs, right?'

[And leaves this to the guys far better equipped to take out a giant bird-like ayakashi they realistically shouldn't even get that close to for fear of blight stings.]

[flamebearer]

[ In whatever space they find themselves in while they are vessels, Alibaba glances over at Yoon and gives him a playful thumbs-up, grinning easily at him in hopes of reassuring him. ]

We're ready, Hitsugaya. We've got this. Let's do it.

[freezetheheavens]

Mm, don't forget I'm counting on you two.

[But it does have him flying towards to the giant ayakashi now.

It isn't something to hesitate over, anyway. So, as soon as he gets close to the ayakashi, he holds out the sword Alibaba has become. The closer he gets to it, he uses the Rend spell to eliminate the ayakashi.]

[handsome_genius]

[There was some amount of distance that Yoon could take from the ayakashi killing since it wasn't his vessel that was doing the casting. However, he also knew that he wanted to understand how it worked, be within proximity close enough to guess what it felt like, that sort of thing.

So at first he shuts his eyes, mentally turning away from the situation as the ayakashi comes closer. But there's a final second as Hitsugaya is preparing the Rend that gets Yoon to finally open his eyes.

He feels the spell take effect in the vicinity around them, sees the ayakashi get cleaved down the center, and sense Hitsugaya's resolve as he stands firm in the face of the ayakashi splitting in half around them.]

'Whoa...'

[He's duly impressed.]

[flamebearer]

[ Alibaba hadn't looked away. He's facing the charge towards the ayakashi with a burning determination, a flicker of flames glinting in the depths of the dark metal of his blade.

When they Rend through the spirit and he feels it disintegrate around him, he throws his fist in the air with a crow of victory, mentally bouncing around in whatever white space his self is currently confined in. ]

Yeah!

[freezetheheavens]

[With the ayakashi gone, Hitsugaya lands on the ground. Already, he can sense the changes in the air after the spirit has been defeated.

He breathes out.]

Return, Yoon. Return, Alibaba.