We Are Our Avatars XI (Open)

[Vakra jal]

Dalahar held up his free hand. "Shana is right here. We need to know exact capabilities and since i seemingly am the only soldier here I am offering to teach you how a unit works together." He looked at Ella "you're expertise is investigation. I mean to intartuct you all in proper battle form, even you."

 

[Gearhead mk2]

"I will quite happily work with you all." Candace told Shana.

 

[Chungus]

Montreal, Outside Tattoo Parlour. March 2nd.​

"Or we could just stay out of trouble. I won't be putting myself on any front lines, especially not if that involves getting in to things I've no business being in."

, Kuki commented after Dalahar spoke. They paused, then looked to Ella.

"On that note; We're cleared to leave, now, aren't we?"

 

[Vakra jal]

"I want you prepped for triage" Dalahar said bluntly to Kuki. "I don't want you near any combat. Never the less your abilities from what I've heard and witnessed would be most exceptional in the role of a primus medecae, a medic" he elaborated

 

[Kirke]

Ella glared at Dalahar, saying sharply; "No. Absolutely not. I don't want anybody preparing for battle, and there will be no further combat. I wont partake in any more investigations until my current assignment, keeping all of you out of trouble, is concluded. For goodness sake, you don't even know the laws of this nation! How would you even know how to uphold them?"

 

[Chungus]

Montreal, Outside Tattoo Parlour. March 2nd.​

As Ella scolded Dalahar, Kuki looked to them for a moment, and just assumed the answer was yes. They then looked back down to Dalahar, saying,

"I'd still have to be near the danger zone to patch up whoever got hurt by throwing themselves into the fray. I offered that once, this time, but I'm not going to make a habit out of it. Plus, what Ella said.

Now, I'm going to excuse myself."

While they spoke, Kuki was trembling a little, frightened of speaking up against Dalahar, who still scared Kuki a lot. Once they finished, they quickly said,

"let's go find Anik, Fernand."

 

[Furioso]

Raz nodded as Ella finished talking. "Good point."

 

[Vakra jal]

Dalahar stomped the ground. Causing it to shake. "It's not about user ping authority!" He said gruffly "Ella, I feel this is just the beginning. I just want everyone to be ready. When we have spare time I'll still everyone"
Taking a sinister tone he said "Are you going to oppose me?"

 

[Slenn]

"Ella has a good point. Maybe we should take this a little more slowly, Dalahar. This is a different world from what we're used to. I'd be more than happy to learn how to be useful in self defense. But I think it might be asking too much to have them think as a military unit."

 

[Gearhead mk2]

Lambda opened the door. "Hmm? Hello?"

Candace looked nervous as the discussion heated up.

 

[Kirke]

Ella did not flinch, and replied; "If this is just the beginning, then the proper authorities will take care of the rest. This is not your fight and yeah, I'll oppose you if you try to make it yours."

 

[Silence]

Montreal, Quebec, Canada. March 2nd, 2025
- Tattoo Parlour -​

After Anik had finished puking her breakfast out on the floor of the tattoo parlour, she slowly went outside, stumbling over corpses and hitting interior while doing so.
"No." she said to Dalahar. "I do not want to fight if I can help it. Now, I tried to save Ella, and we did, but it still was not worth this.
I have killed enough. I ... regret everything I've done. I don't want to force it."

Fernand nodded, then saw Anik stumbling out of the tattoo parlour, blood over her face and her hands, puke over her body, her clothes torn.
"Holy ..." he said, then walked to her. "Is she okay?" he asked Kuki, while nearly throwing up himself.

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Montreal, Quebec, Canada. March 2nd, 2025
- Portal Station -​

The white woman stared at Lambda, at first irritated, then found her composure again and said: "Hello. I was told I should come here to ask for the location of beings who arrived here from other worlds. I need your help in capturing them, especially a blind assassin from my world who awaits trial."

 

[Vakra jal]

"You're all so naive" he said. "Your enemy will always exploit any weakness he sees. I want to shore up that weakness." He placed his helmet back on "I can make this my fight if I desire. I will kill you if you stand against me" he spoke with absolute certainty. He would enforce discipline here. A chain of command. They would thank him for it when the time came.

 

[Silence]

Montreal, Quebec, Canada. March 2nd, 2025
- Tattoo Parlour -​

"I was the one exploiting any weakness." Anik said weakly to Dalahar. "I don't stand against you. I do not want to fight, that is all."

What she did, however, was read his heart, to know what his weakness was, and what his strength.

OoC: @Vakra: Anik uses this

Spoiler: Heart Reading

Reading Hearts:
Through the enhancement in magic abilities, Anik got control about her magic sense to peer into people's hearts. As it tires her a lot to keep active, she prefers to only use it in a very small scale, mostly when talking to one person. Inactive, she still feels the emotions of people around her, without a clear way to locate them, which can tire her fast if in a big crowd, or city.
If active, she can sense location, age and type of a living heart, as well as their virtues and vice. As she feels all hearts around her, this drains her of energy very quickly. It is limited by her inability to sense undead and dead, as well as machine hearts.

on Dalahar. Ask if you don't understand something.

 

[Gearhead mk2]

"I know not of your forces, I admit, but we are willing to help so why not let us?" Candace asked Ella.

"I'll help if I can." Lambda told the pale woman.

 

[Furioso]

Raz put his goggles back on. "Oh yea you really sound like someone I want to listen to." he said sarcastically.

 

[ShindoL Shill]

Tattoo Parlour

After interviewing the group, and providing first aid to the survivors of the fight who had been hurt, the police determined that the group hadn't technically done anything wrong, even if they had used too much force at times.

Viyang stood to the side, silently, as Dalahar spoke. However, she eventually said, [color=663399]"I am also a professional soldier, and I have been since I was a teen. Teamwork and moving as a unit is, as Dalahar says, important."[/color]

 

[Chungus]

Montreal, Outside Tattoo Parlour. March 2nd.​

Kuki winced as Dalahar stomped his foot on the ground, unintentionally taking firmer hold of Fernand's arm with clawed few, but this time, there wasn't any risk of the claws breaking the skin, poking through the clothes at most.

Once Anik emerged from the tattoo parlour - who had been bandaged and gauzed - Kuki's eyes widened, shocked to see the state she was in, and why no one had informed them of this when they asked if anyone had been hurt.

They activated their bio-vision, allowing them to see the burns under Anik's scale growths.

"She's... she in a bad shape, but, I can tend to her injuries"

, Kuki informed Fernand

As Kuki picked up on Dalahar beginning to threaten Ella, however, Kuki's heart rate increased, getting increasingly uneasy.

"... Let's get her far away from here, first, though."

As she activated her ability to sense virtues and vices, Anik might sense that Kuki was inquisitive, excitable, diligent, and mostly kind. They were apprehensive, yet also quick to bond. But, they were also deceptive in ways. Finally - although she wouldn't need a special power to notice this - Anik might else sense Kuki was a huge coward; easily spooked, scared, and generally unsettled by pretty much everything.

 

[Slenn]

Anik might notice that Shana was generally an optimistic, determined, and hard working person. She wasn't entirely good at critical thinking or tactics and she can be often hard on herself for her mistakes.

 

[Gearhead mk2]

"Can we are least leave this shop in peace?" Candace asked quietly, exiting the parlour. Anik's senses would pick up on Candace's arrogance and prejudice, but also a sense of honour and respect and an ever present fear.