Victi snarled, tempted to give the kid a taste of voltage and a lesson in ticking off a sorceress, but then... smiled. Oh, she felt stupid for not doing this earlier! She had been wanting to see the girl who would survive, a valuable ally who she could rely on. And that was it. Right in front of her. Her beastly snarl turned into a clever, devious smile, full of teeth and schemes and contented vulpine smugness.
"There we go," she said in a dangerous but pleased tone, "That's the survivor I was hoping to see."
If she was being honest with herself, she hadn't planned this in the slightest, but that's how she had gotten her reputation in the first place: Make insane gambles and pull them off, but also take lucky situations and make it seem like you planned them, to the point that nobody can tell the difference between the two. Also, makes it seem like you have a plan they need to figure out if you do something stupid, or that you "messed up" the obvious plan to put the real plan into action. Classic kitsune, but a strategy that arguably worked even better if people expected it.
"Well, I like her now," Victi said, stretching her arms over her head, "Never hurts to have another hero."
"There we go," she said in a dangerous but pleased tone, "That's the survivor I was hoping to see."
If she was being honest with herself, she hadn't planned this in the slightest, but that's how she had gotten her reputation in the first place: Make insane gambles and pull them off, but also take lucky situations and make it seem like you planned them, to the point that nobody can tell the difference between the two. Also, makes it seem like you have a plan they need to figure out if you do something stupid, or that you "messed up" the obvious plan to put the real plan into action. Classic kitsune, but a strategy that arguably worked even better if people expected it.
"Well, I like her now," Victi said, stretching her arms over her head, "Never hurts to have another hero."
“So this was a LIE?!” Liliath yelled but softer “MAKING ME ANGRY AND SAD WAS ALL A GAME FOR YOU!” but then she smiled cause Victi liked her. She giggeld “I like you to .” She hugged Victi “Now you are my new best friend .”
"Eh, wouldn't call it a game. Those things about Tsi'ka were true, if sad, but... well.... I know some things that might help with the dead bug's situation. I think the town is listening, though, so I can't tell anyone juuust yet, but I have a plan," she explained with a wink.
"I was frustrated before because I didn't think you were enough of a warrior to get through this. Turns out, you're as tough as they come, with more than enough willpower to get through," she said, happily, as the girl sank fingers into her silky white fur, "Okay new friend.... how does grabbing supplies from here and then finding food sound? I'm starving!"
Possibly literally, she admitted to herself, but no need to worry anyone with that just yet.
"I was frustrated before because I didn't think you were enough of a warrior to get through this. Turns out, you're as tough as they come, with more than enough willpower to get through," she said, happily, as the girl sank fingers into her silky white fur, "Okay new friend.... how does grabbing supplies from here and then finding food sound? I'm starving!"
Possibly literally, she admitted to herself, but no need to worry anyone with that just yet.
Lisa wakes to a sudden sound, something like shouting. No, that is shouting. Why? Her head still hurts, and although she thought her vision was slowly clearing, all she can see is speckled, rocky grey and black and the side of something dark that's moving, swaying.
The shouting is the first thing that makes sense: Victi, absolutely furious. Her powerful voice was what woke her. Really? Does she have to yell?
Liliath's small, but angry voice joins the chorus. By the time that girl lets loose a string of swear words, Lisa is wide awake. "What!?-" she realizes that the blanket of grey and black is the ground and that she isn't lying on it, but slung over the shoulders of the man who, as far as she is aware, considers her an enemy. Indignation gives way to an unrelenting surge of fear.
Her hands, shaking and slick with cold sweat, try to get a grip on whatever nook they can find in Masato's armor. Not to attack or pull herself off of him, but to try keeping herself from getting thrown. She can easily imagine him smashing her head on the pavement. Her last sensation will be an explosion of mind-numbing pain like her present headache multiplied a hundred times, then blurred vision fading to complete darkness.
"Wait, wait, wait!" she cries, her voice shrill with panic. "I-I'm sorry I attacked you! I saw the child, a-and a friend of mine- a-a-and I didn't know you and I thought-I thought if I didn't do something, you would-" she takes a breath. "P-please don't k-kill me."
The shouting is the first thing that makes sense: Victi, absolutely furious. Her powerful voice was what woke her. Really? Does she have to yell?
Liliath's small, but angry voice joins the chorus. By the time that girl lets loose a string of swear words, Lisa is wide awake. "What!?-" she realizes that the blanket of grey and black is the ground and that she isn't lying on it, but slung over the shoulders of the man who, as far as she is aware, considers her an enemy. Indignation gives way to an unrelenting surge of fear.
Her hands, shaking and slick with cold sweat, try to get a grip on whatever nook they can find in Masato's armor. Not to attack or pull herself off of him, but to try keeping herself from getting thrown. She can easily imagine him smashing her head on the pavement. Her last sensation will be an explosion of mind-numbing pain like her present headache multiplied a hundred times, then blurred vision fading to complete darkness.
"Wait, wait, wait!" she cries, her voice shrill with panic. "I-I'm sorry I attacked you! I saw the child, a-and a friend of mine- a-a-and I didn't know you and I thought-I thought if I didn't do something, you would-" she takes a breath. "P-please don't k-kill me."
As Victi and Liliath wrap up their now very friendly chat, Victi hears Lisa begin to panic, and snorts. Poor girl. Ohhh.... she probably didn't even know about AIs. This may take a minute to explain....
"Lisa, calm down. The infiltrator is still unconscious, his armour is just aware and able to direct itself.... I swear this is actually kinda normal. It wants us to help it find ways of helping to heal its person," She explained, trying not to laugh at the chimera's freak-out, and not looking towards Lisa, either. Everything was still a little blurry and painful to look at, so there was no point. "Speaking of which, assistive, please be careful with her, I don't think she remembered to relax and keep her mouth open when the 'nades went off. She's probably concussed and sensitive."
Not that Victi wasn't also in a pretty bad way, she was almost certain that her still being dizzy was a bad thing, but those and the starving were probably not that important right then. She was probably more used to being way too close to explosions than Lisa, anyway.... That would be a thing to probably stop doing in the future, actually.
"Lisa, calm down. The infiltrator is still unconscious, his armour is just aware and able to direct itself.... I swear this is actually kinda normal. It wants us to help it find ways of helping to heal its person," She explained, trying not to laugh at the chimera's freak-out, and not looking towards Lisa, either. Everything was still a little blurry and painful to look at, so there was no point. "Speaking of which, assistive, please be careful with her, I don't think she remembered to relax and keep her mouth open when the 'nades went off. She's probably concussed and sensitive."
Not that Victi wasn't also in a pretty bad way, she was almost certain that her still being dizzy was a bad thing, but those and the starving were probably not that important right then. She was probably more used to being way too close to explosions than Lisa, anyway.... That would be a thing to probably stop doing in the future, actually.
“Lisa , relax she is my new best friend.” “She is cool.” She smiled “I already have food , but it’s in the store and in the store is Seo and Seo hit me.” “She is weird, like a zombie.” Liliath started making creeeoy noises and started walking as a zombie “Anyways it’s Bella her birthday tomorrow and I need to celebrate cause otherwise she would be mad at me.”
Raven, who had curled herself around Adam's left foot to try keeping them from running away, starts laughing. Her laughter comes as a repeated mrrowing escaping her in short gasps.
She laughs for a few different reasons, Mostly relief: relief that Victi didn't tear out the child's throat, that Liliath is actually there and not running away, and that Lisa is awake, albeit very not happy.
And she finds Lisa's panicking pretty funny.
Okay, absolutely hilarious. The girl's voice cracks and she talks miles a minute while her face turns into a caricature of terror. It's really hard not to laugh.
It's Raven's laughter, and not Victi's logic or Liliath's impersonation, that draws Lisa's attention away from her self-perceived demise.
She laughs for a few different reasons, Mostly relief: relief that Victi didn't tear out the child's throat, that Liliath is actually there and not running away, and that Lisa is awake, albeit very not happy.
And she finds Lisa's panicking pretty funny.
Okay, absolutely hilarious. The girl's voice cracks and she talks miles a minute while her face turns into a caricature of terror. It's really hard not to laugh.
It's Raven's laughter, and not Victi's logic or Liliath's impersonation, that draws Lisa's attention away from her self-perceived demise.
Victi's calm reassurance and Liliath's goofy chatter doesn't quite get th through to Lisa; in between her headache and her mind-numbing terror, their insistence that she's going to be okay does not make sense. It's Raven's laughter that first steals her attention and lets her focus on something other than fear.
Raven lays curled around the foot a small-ish human with a mess of curly hair. That human's face mirrors her terror. The instinct to assuage their distress, her irritation with Raven, and then Liliath's impersonation of the living dead leave her with no idea what to do or say. She starts laughing too. Her laughter is the weak, tentative chuckle that people do when they're hopelessly confused. "Heh...w-what the heck is going on?"
Raven lays curled around the foot a small-ish human with a mess of curly hair. That human's face mirrors her terror. The instinct to assuage their distress, her irritation with Raven, and then Liliath's impersonation of the living dead leave her with no idea what to do or say. She starts laughing too. Her laughter is the weak, tentative chuckle that people do when they're hopelessly confused. "Heh...w-what the heck is going on?"
Vincent wrote:
Even the town likes to pick off prey one at a time.
Although tired and ready to sleep with Vincent, it sees an easy opportunity to end the life of a particular childish woman hiding in the grocery store.
In the back of the store, something starts turning. Brick and foundation shift and grind together to mimic the sound of a pathetic voice calling for help. A weak imitation, easy to see through, perhaps.
But to a curious girl who doesn't seem to understand that danger lurks around every corner (she never seemed to fear for her life near Vincent or the stranger with the gun.), the bait may work just well enough.
Although tired and ready to sleep with Vincent, it sees an easy opportunity to end the life of a particular childish woman hiding in the grocery store.
In the back of the store, something starts turning. Brick and foundation shift and grind together to mimic the sound of a pathetic voice calling for help. A weak imitation, easy to see through, perhaps.
But to a curious girl who doesn't seem to understand that danger lurks around every corner (she never seemed to fear for her life near Vincent or the stranger with the gun.), the bait may work just well enough.
The trap keeps calling, crying, waiting for Seo to either leave or inspect the sound. It hopes that her curiosity or desire to help overpowers whatever fear she has.
"Everyone seems to be awake, other than the operative, but his hardware is doing the job for him, everyone's more or less getting along, other than the suit, which is still cooperative as long as we get around to taking care of the operative soon, and... That about sums it up," Victi lists off, trying to think if she's missed anything.
"Oh, and I need food. Like... a lot of food. Liliath, let's go see if we can't have a chat with whoever was being a pain in that store, and get some of that food. I need to eat really badly," she added as a shot of hunger pain shot through her belly. This was getting bad disturbingly quickly...
"Oh, and I need food. Like... a lot of food. Liliath, let's go see if we can't have a chat with whoever was being a pain in that store, and get some of that food. I need to eat really badly," she added as a shot of hunger pain shot through her belly. This was getting bad disturbingly quickly...
They stood stilk for a few more seconds, before speaking up in their raspy voice. “I-... I can go..?” They looked from the rather humanoid fox, to the cat. The cat hadn’t seemed to want to let go, so they slowly raised their leg a bit, then stepped away a bit.
"We have no idea where this place actually is, it rearranges itself when we're not looking, deadly traps seem to just show up wherever and whenever, and there's a hostile class 1 shapeshifter out here that wants to kill everyone, so.... you actually don't want to go. You probably want to stay with us," she says with a snort.
Raven stops laughing and growls, irritated, when Adam nudges her away from their foot.
She nods, agreeing with Victi. She speaks to Adam with a mild edge to her tone. "That's exactly what I said to you the first time you tried to walk away."
She nods, agreeing with Victi. She speaks to Adam with a mild edge to her tone. "That's exactly what I said to you the first time you tried to walk away."
Lisa, although still sweaty, shaking, and trying to hold on to the sentient armor for dear life, is mostly calm. She tries to focus on keeping Adam from having the same kind of mental breakdown she Is constantly almost falling into.
"Hey...we're not going to hurt you; Especially me. I-I don't believe I can hurt anyone right now, even if I wanted to." The last thing she wants to try to do is fight. Her short nap did help her head, but her body is still wracked with pain.
"Hey...we're not going to hurt you; Especially me. I-I don't believe I can hurt anyone right now, even if I wanted to." The last thing she wants to try to do is fight. Her short nap did help her head, but her body is still wracked with pain.
“Let’s go to the store , I wanna give Seo what she deserve cause she is a dumb pumpkin.”
Meanwhile Seo was pretty upset “Stupid kid.” She sighed
Liliath smiled a little . She still had something she wanted to tell but she didn’t know who to trust , she thought about Raven. Or Victi.
She looked to boy “If you walk away , then you act dumb sorry to say .” “Raven?” She lifted the cat up.” “I wanna talk to you but not with the others .” She whisperd in the Cats ear
Meanwhile Seo was pretty upset “Stupid kid.” She sighed
Liliath smiled a little . She still had something she wanted to tell but she didn’t know who to trust , she thought about Raven. Or Victi.
She looked to boy “If you walk away , then you act dumb sorry to say .” “Raven?” She lifted the cat up.” “I wanna talk to you but not with the others .” She whisperd in the Cats ear
Victi chuckled. Good to let the kid get her frustration out. While the girl went to tell her thing to Raven, she said, "I'll just check for stuff in here real quick, you can take your time" and went to look for what she could find. First aid kits of some kind would be key, given the amount of conflict that had happened already. Fun, but needed to be patched afterwards, and she didn't exactly have any nano, assuming that would even work. Usually, they'd be in the open and easy to find. She'd try breaking into whatever kit room this place had in a little bit, too.
Vincent wrote:
Vincent wrote:
Even the town likes to pick off prey one at a time.
Although tired and ready to sleep with Vincent, it sees an easy opportunity to end the life of a particular childish woman hiding in the grocery store.
In the back of the store, something starts turning. Brick and foundation shift and grind together to mimic the sound of a pathetic voice calling for help. A weak imitation, easy to see through, perhaps.
But to a curious girl who doesn't seem to understand that danger lurks around every corner (she never seemed to fear for her life near Vincent or the stranger with the gun.), the bait may work just well enough.
Although tired and ready to sleep with Vincent, it sees an easy opportunity to end the life of a particular childish woman hiding in the grocery store.
In the back of the store, something starts turning. Brick and foundation shift and grind together to mimic the sound of a pathetic voice calling for help. A weak imitation, easy to see through, perhaps.
But to a curious girl who doesn't seem to understand that danger lurks around every corner (she never seemed to fear for her life near Vincent or the stranger with the gun.), the bait may work just well enough.
The trap keeps calling, crying, waiting for Seo to either leave or inspect the sound. It hopes that her curiosity or desire to help overpowers whatever fear she has.
The "cries" in the back of the grocery store grow more urgent, more desperate. "Help! Someone, please!" The the building, falls deathly still. If Seo doesn't hear or react to that, she won't get caught. Even the town needs its sleep.
“Raven , this is a secret so you can’t tell it to anybody.” She said as she put the cat down. “My daddy and mommy hate me .” “Like really bad hate .” She made a serious look “They wanted to kill me , when I was a 3.” “But it didn’t work.” “Mommy tried to choke me , but I did something so she would stop.” She sighed “Now comes the secret , I trow her against the wall with my powers , I tried to use them here but they don’t work.” “Mommy got hurt and then she hated me more , that’s why she killed Bella for revenge I think.” “Daddy just watched , and I couldn’t do anything.” She looked away “That was a really bad day .” She started crying “Sorry , big girls can not cry.” She then said quickly said wiping her tears away
Vincent wrote:
Vincent wrote:
Vincent wrote:
Even the town likes to pick off prey one at a time.
Although tired and ready to sleep with Vincent, it sees an easy opportunity to end the life of a particular childish woman hiding in the grocery store.
In the back of the store, something starts turning. Brick and foundation shift and grind together to mimic the sound of a pathetic voice calling for help. A weak imitation, easy to see through, perhaps.
But to a curious girl who doesn't seem to understand that danger lurks around every corner (she never seemed to fear for her life near Vincent or the stranger with the gun.), the bait may work just well enough.
Although tired and ready to sleep with Vincent, it sees an easy opportunity to end the life of a particular childish woman hiding in the grocery store.
In the back of the store, something starts turning. Brick and foundation shift and grind together to mimic the sound of a pathetic voice calling for help. A weak imitation, easy to see through, perhaps.
But to a curious girl who doesn't seem to understand that danger lurks around every corner (she never seemed to fear for her life near Vincent or the stranger with the gun.), the bait may work just well enough.
The trap keeps calling, crying, waiting for Seo to either leave or inspect the sound. It hopes that her curiosity or desire to help overpowers whatever fear she has.
The "cries" in the back of the grocery store grow more urgent, more desperate. "Help! Someone, please!" The the building, falls deathly still. If Seo doesn't hear or react to that, she won't get caught. Even the town needs its sleep.
Seo sighed irritated “First tell me who you are then I might He,p.”
Raven listens intently as Liliath presumably carries her out of earshot of the rest of the group. "Wait, what are you gonna tell me that you can't tell..." Oh, bad parents. Powers? Liliath's thoughts seem scattered and her tearful blubbering doesn't help.
"Sh, Little, shhh..." she purrs quietly. "Your nasty parents aren't here." -although something quite worse is- "and you're not the only one with broken powers." Raven explains, pretty certain that Lisa can't shapeshift her (She'd either have willfully gone crow by now or terror would have triggered her Chimeran form.) and she remembers Victi explaining that magic and certain technologies seem to be blocked. "And, and...w-well. Calm down; tell me about Bella." Technically, who Bella is doesn't matter, but the poor girl seems to be grieving over her. Raven doesn't know what else to do but let her talk.
"Sh, Little, shhh..." she purrs quietly. "Your nasty parents aren't here." -although something quite worse is- "and you're not the only one with broken powers." Raven explains, pretty certain that Lisa can't shapeshift her (She'd either have willfully gone crow by now or terror would have triggered her Chimeran form.) and she remembers Victi explaining that magic and certain technologies seem to be blocked. "And, and...w-well. Calm down; tell me about Bella." Technically, who Bella is doesn't matter, but the poor girl seems to be grieving over her. Raven doesn't know what else to do but let her talk.
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