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Tweak says, "it's hard to let it go"

Rainbow Bridge Mod (prismatic_mod) wrote in prismaticrpg,
@ 2024-04-12 11:14:00

Current mood:	productive
Entry tags:	cirilla of cintra, eliot 'eli' ever, eliot waugh, frieren, geralt of rivia, goro akechi, himmel the hero, jaskier, kim secretan, louis de pointe du lac, mokona, quentin coldwater, victor vale

all night || por la noche
[Effects of previous days might've vanished by now, but still, today won't be your luckiest day. Today there's an eclipse in the sky, and to those who are more used to magical worlds, it might be a more obvious sign that something will inevitably go wrong.

As the night falls, certain areas will become busier - forests and swamps where creatures crawl will see their numbers suddenly rise, and these extra animals and monsters need somewhere to go.

Even if you're in a safer area, you might run into one of them. Maybe something as harmless as a a deer, or something much more sinister waiting for you outside your house, walking into stores, in the various routes, even within lakes and the sea.

So watch out, because this will be a very long night.]

[[Invasion log! Time to test those charms for those who have them!]]

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juste
2024-05-05 12:29 pm UTC (link)

[If he notices (he does) or cares (he doesn't) about the reaction, it's only so far as his own self-preservation that for the briefest barest but very real moment would have 100% shot again if that knife had lunged in his own direction with real intent to kill. Akechi honestly almost wants to laugh at himself for the instinct to protect himself from such a thing at all, for him to have such a killer reaction in turn at the drop of a dime. His hand doesn't even shake.

But the moment passes and whatever possible threat he perceived from you seems to dispel, although he can't help the sweat at the back of his neck during your approach. Tensions truly are high.]

The roads through here are still clear. I doubt it'll stay like that much longer.

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contrarywill
2024-05-11 05:13 pm UTC (link)

[Well, good to see they are both very healthy and normal people.][As he gets closer, he also realises how young you are, internally startled for a brief second.]

... You are quite the shot. [And you probably shouldn't be firing guns? Probably. Nevermind he was just a couple years older than you when he was slithing throats at the trenches, but those were war times. And this isn't a war... is it?] Thanks for that.

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juste
2024-05-24 05:38 pm UTC (link)

[He takes that uncertain praise with all the matter-of-fact attitude of someone who isn't quite gloating about it but is obviously aware of his own skill - and also of the natural doubt he can tell stirs from your perspective.]

I'm aware. [Obviously, etc etc.] Save the thanks for once we get past whatever all this is.

[Or at least to some semblance of safety first.]

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contrarywill
2024-05-24 06:06 pm UTC (link)

[... Right, so you're also a bit of a bighead, noted. Although with that aim of yours, he supposes you are in your right.]

I'm new here, so I can't help much with answering that. [He looks around.] Haven't seen police or any sort of law-and-order authority around either, you got those here? [Or are they just no show when needed, as it tends to happen.. well, everywhere.]

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juste
2024-05-25 07:12 am UTC (link)

[New in town? Hearing that does make him raise a brow in looking at you, a little - surprised then almost pitying the absolute shit timing of it. He almost feels bad for being on edge himself. Almost.]

There's none. Not unless you account for the efforts of other fellow travelers more or less jumping into the fray when the moment calls for it.

All else, the powers that be are rather content to keep hands off.

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contrarywill
2024-05-26 02:57 am UTC (link)

[Well, don't be too worried-- he's a big boy, he can handle himself. And he's been in worse situations. World-war-type worse situations.]

That's what the usually do, don't they? [Kings, Prime Ministers, Presidents-- all cut by the same Messer knife, or something.] Great. So we fend by ourselves. You know the lay of the land? Places to take shelter, to retreat? Vantage points?

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juste
2024-05-28 06:50 am UTC (link)

[Gotta appreciate a competent assessment of the situation, ngl. Akechi gives a brief pause just to look at you and take measure, then his own response comes in turn, all business.]

Enough to navigate the area, yes. Bear in mind these attacks haven't happened until today - most buildings are merely commercial or housing and largely unfortified.

We'll have to improvise safe zones and ways of getting to higher ground for now.

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contrarywill
2024-06-02 09:33 pm UTC (link)

[His second name is "Competent". The third is "Stubborn-bastard".][He is familiar enough with that kind of assesment-- got plenty of those looks from Seargeants and Captains who asumed he was just a daft country boy. Mindless meat to feed the grinder. The fact he got plenty of those looks is why he ended up raiding trenches: a the closest thing to an elite team that you could get in the muddy and savage world of the war.

So, again, he is not unfamiliar with that look. What it's surprising is to get it from someone younger.]

[But there's not time to lose being surprised. He nods once, looking around.]

Are there banks, here? They have vaults, should resist better if we can get people inside them. City halls too, schools, or even hospitals-- the have more room, and plenty of furniture to block the entries.

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juste
2024-06-05 09:33 am UTC (link)

[To Akechi's credit, although he has no qualm about "using" that competence he identifies in speaking with you, he is also very much one for equal share - if only because he's a control freak enough to want to see something done himself rather than hand it off entirely. One way or another it leads to their collaboration here.]

If it's this town, the hospital ought to do. It's the largest, won't lack for emergency supplies and the injured are certain to naturally seek it out for care. Two birds, one stone as it were.

[Only problem now is...]

Let's just hope the monsters haven't swarmed the place entirely first. What do you say - care to do a bit of recon?

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	contrarywill 2024-06-08 07:26 am UTC (link)
	[... Hmm. It's his turn to assess now. He looks you up and down, considering the risks of bringing with him someone as young as you, versus your clear ability with that gun.] [...] How many bullets have you left? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

juste
2024-06-10 09:09 am UTC (link)

[He's not unfamiliar with such looks either, likewise from superiors, guardians, adults in general but also colleagues, classmates... even the Phantom Thieves at times. Akechi takes it with far less grace, let me tell you. He vaguely rolls his eyes and decides to answer simply, by swapping in a fresh back up magazine into his pistol and moving forward with stern confidence.]

It's enough. I'll be heading this way.

[Follow him - or don't. He leaves enough room in his pace to be kept up with, despite the words, but he's clearly got little qualms with fielding it alone.]

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	contrarywill 2024-06-13 06:16 pm UTC (link)
	[Well, excuse HIM for worrying about the youngsters, you brat. He stays still and indignant for a second, vaguely wondering if he ever was this cocky with his superiors, and deciding not to answer that for mental sanity. He follows you, of course. He won't leave you alone to do all the work.] No harm in making sure. [:T] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

juste
2024-06-20 09:22 am UTC (link)

[The fact that he holds back from a scathing remark about useless concerns at you is him being somewhat nice here. He'll give that much grace since you don't actually seem troublesome to work with, or so he hopes.]

Of course. To be clear, I'm not one in the habit of walking into the maw of the beast without bearing contingency measures in mind. [Loki could easily help Akechi cleave through an entirely barrage of monsters, much as it is an absolute last stand option to play that hand.]

Whether you take me at my word on that or not is your choice.

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contrarywill
2024-06-21 04:57 am UTC (link)

[Oh, he is very troublesome to work with. And by that, it's meant that he usually causes a lot of trouble to anything that tries to stand in his way to do his work. Which, yes, sometimes causes him a bit of trouble, specially with superiors and/or battered parts of his own body, but let's not dwell on that.]

[Well, you are clearely a stuck-up brat, and that puts him in quite a difficult position, because you are the stuck-up brat that saved his ass not five minutes ago. And he is not someone to tolerate horseshit without puting people in their place if needed, but he is also not an ungrateful bastard, so... he'll have to cope with your attitude for a while. Great.]

... Let's hope your word is as good as your aim, then. [You'll have to prove yourself a little more to fully convince him, sorry kid.]

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juste
2024-06-21 09:08 am UTC (link)

[It's better. He doesn't say it outright but the sharpness in his eyes while calmly looking back at you is clear without needing the words.]

Let's.

[Mmm yes glad we've cleared this up. If he notices (he does) that he's causing you these internal conflicts by his terrible attitude, Akechi would just as soon shrug it off rather than feel bad. He's just Like This, sorry, good luck. Back to business form, he puts his focus again into re-orienting their path ultimately toward the big hospital, while eyeing some of the smaller buildings in that direction.]

One of these may well be a decent vantage spot, if only for a higher look at what the situation ahead is currently. [If they can get inside or... up?]

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	contrarywill 2024-06-23 02:01 am UTC (link)
	[He will focus on the task at hand again-- it usually works to keeping him from doing something impulsive. He takes a look at those buildings.] Do people live in those? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	juste 2024-06-25 09:08 am UTC (link)
	Along this street they primarily run shops and businesses from the ground level. Some have their living spaces on the higher floors. [But then if people evacuated the area and very likely left their buildings locked up in the process... this might be tricky.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	contrarywill 2024-07-02 01:40 am UTC (link)
	[So... very much like his little bookshop in London. Some things don't change, apparently, not even between worlds.] Well... I'd say we're in one of those situations where it's better to ask for forgiveness than permission. [He is going to walk towards one of the tall buildings nearby, leaning to peek inside through a window, hmm.] (Reply to this) (Parent)

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