Keeping an eye on the one who started toward her, slim fingers gripped the daggers and spun them in her hands so the blade was facing outward, prepared for a fight. yet he stopped before her and she tilted her head. What was happening right now? Green eyes lifted to see Kurami as the older woman came out of the shadows to make sure the girl was all right. And still the man before her didn't move for a few seconds. Almost as soon as the girls' concentration wavered and the man had the full use of his legs back, he was up on his feet and lunging at Cadence.
She didn't want to hurt him, not really. The daggers were more for protection than anything else. If he only knew what else she had hidden on her, maybe he wouldn't have kept coming at her. As it was, Cadence ducked easily to avoid the swinging club of his arm. The momentum of his arm carried him forward giving her time to pin on her heel and face him before he could turn to face her. She kicked up and down, driving the heel of her boot into his back and flattening him to the pavement. She hated seeing anyone being picked on to this degree. "Did you know that there is a muggers conference that held its first meeting in Bangladesh in 1996? It ended with the title of Master Hijacker being conferred on Mohammed Rippon for his record 21 muggings in two hours."
He struggled to get up, blood streaming from his nose. Cadence loomed over him looking anything but a threat. Yet something he saw in her face made his eyes go wide in panic. Her mossy eyes had gone completely red, lips curling up to reveal severely pointed teeth as she made herself look like everyone's worst vision of a vampire. "You're not going to do this again, are you?"
He practically screamed a no, holding his nose. Cadence stepped back slightly to give him room to get to his feet and scurry off. As she turned around to face the others her eyes filtered back to normal, teeth shrinking and blunting. "Anyone else want to play?"