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thenearshore2018-01-29 06:49 pm
usedperishsong) wrote in thenearshore2018-01-29 06:49 pm
Closed ∞ I no longer have the luxury of averting my eyes
Who: Team Angry Birds Kanade & Magari
When: October 9
Where: Near Shore ramen shop
What: Prayer #62. Mismatched wings try to flap.
....What the hell?
[ Kanade, despite her so-called god's grand and gracious offer for lodgings, has been crashing in the corner of an abandoned temple. She did stop by the right temple eventually, though, only to find the skinny brat with the pigtails about to leave for the Near Shore.
A ride was hitched. Mostly just to find some food, but what Kanade's finding instead is. Turning her stomach.
This joint is crawling with what looks like little dark globs of natto. Stuck to the chopsticks and the broth spoons. And the people sitting at the tables are just. Eating. The same one ingredient. Over, and over, and over.....One guy runs out of noodles and yells for more.
This ain't how a ramen shop is supposed to be. This ain't how anywhere is supposed to be. Kanade can feel a cold sweat breaking out on her back, sliding down the kanji on her shoulderblade. ] Oi, Mister!
[ She yells at a guy who can't stop shoveling pork into his face. ] Enough already! You've gotta be full! Give it a rest!
When: October 9
Where: Near Shore ramen shop
What: Prayer #62. Mismatched wings try to flap.
....What the hell?
[ Kanade, despite her so-called god's grand and gracious offer for lodgings, has been crashing in the corner of an abandoned temple. She did stop by the right temple eventually, though, only to find the skinny brat with the pigtails about to leave for the Near Shore.
A ride was hitched. Mostly just to find some food, but what Kanade's finding instead is. Turning her stomach.
This joint is crawling with what looks like little dark globs of natto. Stuck to the chopsticks and the broth spoons. And the people sitting at the tables are just. Eating. The same one ingredient. Over, and over, and over.....One guy runs out of noodles and yells for more.
This ain't how a ramen shop is supposed to be. This ain't how anywhere is supposed to be. Kanade can feel a cold sweat breaking out on her back, sliding down the kanji on her shoulderblade. ] Oi, Mister!
[ She yells at a guy who can't stop shoveling pork into his face. ] Enough already! You've gotta be full! Give it a rest!
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But it happened to be a slow day. No progress was made and she had to find something to occupy her time.
A prayer it was. Just one. To placate the masses.
She left for the near shore with her soulless shinki, summoning him immediately when she arrived. The very sight was enough to make her nose wrinkle.
Humanity truly was filled with idiots. Ayakashi right under their nose and they couldn't even see it. But she walked through the shop silently, studying the patrons and the chef. No one paid her any mind.
And that's when she heard that distinct yelling of a voice she never thought she'd have to deal with ever again.
A sigh.
As much as she butted heads with this girl, she still had some kind of responsiblity toward her. They were 'partners' after all... and any botched up assignment from her partner's incompetence would likely reflect on her. So of course she had to intervene. ]
Yelling at them's gonna do jack shit, genius. They won't notice you.
[ She says this as she approaches, flicking a small silver dart between her fingers. ]
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[ These people are suffering! One of them has a kid with them, tugging at their shirt. Hey, hey, weren't they going to go to a movie....?
Kanade looks pretty sick to her stomach herself. ]
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[ Her eyes narrow as she flicks the dart out. Three fly out at once, snatching the ayakashi from one patron's chopsticks and pinning them to the wall. ]
Rend!
[ Her lip curls in frustration as the ayakashi disappear in a cloud of dark dust. The woman pauses as if her head clears. after she takes that last clean mouthful of ramen. Oh, that's right... they were supposed to go to the movies. ]
I'll be here all fucking day, there's too many of them to pick off. Why'd this have to be the prayer they shoved at me?!
[ Because you've been slacking off, Mizuki. ]
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[ Kanade trembles. But it's not with fear. The kid's right. That little attack ain't....and she can see it, can see the ayakashi getting stronger, leeching off these people. These people, who don't even know what's going on. Who have people who care about them, who only wanted the solace of a decent bowl of food.
These people, who are being forced to throw away their lives. ]
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Oi! I can't beat 'em unless you name me, right?!
Call my name!
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[ You're lucky she's so tiny - it makes her easy to pull around when needed. But the look of surprise changes to the smallest sneer. ]
Aww... did someone have a change of heart...? You actually want to be my shinki now...?
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[ Her fingers dig into Magari's shoulder. She's freaking out and she doesn't know why, but it doesn't matter why. ]
Hurry an' name me!
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[ So much for a short lived victory. She's slapping away that hand digging into her shoulder.
Sadly, empathy is a lost skill on her.
Now how did that naming spell go...? They said it was supposed to be instinctual... ]
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Spirit, you are lost and adrift
You have nowhere to go and nowhere to return to
Thus I grant you a place to belong
My name is Hecate
Bearing two names you shall remain here
[ Her hand moves, starting to write the character out before her, the strokes coming as streaks of light from her fingertips. ]
these names I make thee my servant
With these names I use my life to make thee a regalia fit to be wielded by a god
Thou art Kanade, as regalia Washi
[ Around them, no one seems to notice the light and the kanji forming before the small girl. The ayakashi, however, seem intrigued... and somewhat on their guard. ]
Come, Washiki!
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To a grin. ]
Haaaaaaaaaaaaah!
[ Her yell changes halfway through to a keening cry, as Kanade's body shifts forms. Her arms spread, her hair changes to feathers and sprouts all over her body. She flaps once, and settles down in front of Magari: a giant red bird of prey, big enough for Magari to ride.
A giant red floofy bird of prey. With the same dippy little red crest she'd had as bangs.
Kanade shakes herself all over, puffing out her feathers further, getting a feel for things. She hops back and forth on her talons. ]
Now that's what I'm talking 'bout!
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Ha! I take back everything I said about you, Kanade! I guess you can be pretty cool.
[ There's a stupid pleased grin on her face. She gets her own personal transport?! Now that's cool. And having a second hand to help in battle is always a plus.
Her grin turns into a small smile though as she turns on her heel, those darts appearing between her fingers again.]
Help me get rid of these ayakashi and maybe I'll reward you when you're done, okay?
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[ She doesn't regret it. She's stuck with this god now, but that's okay. She, who has lost her life, can at least spend this limbo making sure those who are still alive aren't preyed upon.
Kanade spreads her wings, crows loudly, and darts into the fray. It's....kind of hard, really, to fight indoors when there's bystanders everywhere and the enemy is kinda small and you're a large fluffy bird.
So this will not be graceful. But it will be effective. Kanade may look out of control, but she has very good aim. ]
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[ Her protest falls flat when she realizes her shinki's actually effective. Blinking.
...Idea. ]
Kanade! Chase them outside! Maybe we can get 'em into a huge pile and take care of them with one strike!
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[ Blech, this stuff is sticky! Kanade clacks her beak together, then crows. The shockwave blasts the ayakashi off their targets. They retreat into the street, where they start joining together to form a giant glutinous mass, in the fine tradition of all idiot magical girl mooks who conveniently open themselves up to being defeated all at once. ]
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Once they've been taken care of, she steps out and brandishes the darts between her fingers again. There's a pause as she watches the creature form, letting out a soft whistle before turning back to her shinki. ]
Keep me up there! I need to get it right in the face!
[ Between the eyes is a viable target, she figures. But Magari's on the move, vaulting herself up onto a nearby windowsill and onto the store's sign before kicking off the wall to dash forward. The dash brings her in range as she preps the darts, four more appearing in the other hand before she throws them out. ]
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[ Kanade got a high-maintenance god. She knew it. Whatta pain.
Well, that's the hand she was dealt, and this was all worth it. Should gravity take over for Magari before she reaches her destination, there will be a birb waiting to catch her beneath her.
They can't rend unless it's both of them, right? ]
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[ She flips in midair, releasing more daggers on the downswing. It's enough to get the creature's attention at least. If it's maddened and scrambling, it makes for an easier target.
But thankfully there's a birb to catch her fall when she finally straightens up. She lands right on her back, between the wings.
...have a few pats on the head. Good birb, best birb, so majestic. ]
Looks like you're pretty reliable after all.
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Let's take this out before it gets any ideas about moving on.
[ No more victims. That's the goal. ]
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Now you're talking!
[ The daggers fan out again between her fingers as she readies herself to strike again. ]
Go for the face and I'll get it between the eyes. That should take it down.
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[ But that's just how this sort of thing works, Kanade supposes.
Down she dives, screeching her best raptor shriek, talons at the ready. She's not going to go out of her way to give Magari an easy target or anything, though. She'll strike wherever she sees an opening. ]