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[countess_hearts]

[This is no ordinary chamber of the Dressing Room. It looks that way at first, being right in the middle of a neutral area, and bustling with people. But there's a trap waiting in store for anyone unlucky enough to be here

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Oolong/girlifying tea sounds fun!

[fallforthesky]

[SUDDENLY, CHAOS EVERYWHERE.]

[Unfortunately, Lenalee's not quite as fast on her guard after this long withering away in the Dressing Room, even considering her brief and brutal stint stint home. That said, when the Akuma do start bursting forth from nowhere like spiders... instinct takes over. She leaps back as the strip of floor she'd been walking on begins to buckle upwards and splinter, admittedly stumbling a little, then activates her Boots.] What--?!

Right!

[akumabin]

[A Level 2 Akuma - one with a similar ability to an Akuma Lenalee fought a long, long time ago - activates its sound wave attack, hoping to keep her off balance. Meanwhile, the Level 1 Akuma rising from the floor and ceiling are going into the room with tea guns blazing, firing everywhere indiscriminately.]

[fallforthesky]

[No, no! Not this again. That faint twinge of familiarity is enough to send a spike of nervousness down her spine. She's stronger now, but-- well, something like that stays with a person. The beat of hesitation gone, and adrenaline beginning to buzz like blood in her veins, she sends a rather overpowered hurricane towards the sound-based Akuma. Nobody said a girl couldn't be vengeful. Then she falters, catching sight of the rampaging Level 1s.]

--R-really?

[Are they... firing tea?]

[akumabin]

[Delicious, tasty tea, instead of poisonous Akuma virus bullets. Although it has rather too much sugar in it. It's going to leave nasty stains throughout this room, if nobody cleans it up. And now the Level Ones are aiming at Lenalee, which is a small mercy for the other Akuma in the room who were accidentally getting hit by tea before. One Level 3 had already turned into a very surprised parakeet.]

[fallforthesky]

[At least it shall be the strongest and most vicious parakeet known to man. With a yelp, she jerks back from a spray of tea to her left, and then bolts for the vaulted ceiling to avoid another. It's actually impossible to think clearly about this. It's Akuma. With tea guns. She cuts around a rafter and kicks up another hurricane. No way she's getting close to these ones.]

[akumabin]

[The Level Ones don't appreciate the hurricane at all, and those hit explode. There are still many more of them, though...

An Akuma coiled up above the ceiling pokes its head through a broken panel and aims a spray of girlifying tea at her.]

[fallforthesky]

[She doesn't even have a chance to glance up before scalding tea is raining down on her, leaving red patches in its wake.] Ahh!

[HOT HOT HOT HOT HOT. Mostly out of instinct, she brings a hand up to shield her face, and suddenly--]

[Going down in a brief tailspin as her uniform lengthens into an enormous, heavy gown and-- when did her hair get this long? It's seemingly going for something that would make Rapunzel look close-cut.] What is going on?!

[akumabin]

[The Akuma can't help laughing at that. Maybe its new weapon rains pretty dresses instead of red hot death lasers, but it certainly is funny to see. It swoops in, trying to hook Lenalee by her hair with its claws.]

It sssssuits you!

[fallforthesky]

[Just barely manages to push her suddenly foot-long bangs out of her eyes to see it bearing down on her, and even though Lenalee herself easily jolts to evade, the coils and coils of hair the tea 'blessed' her with are not quite as manoeuvrable. She hisses as it catches her, scrabbling at her skirts to try and free her legs up so she can beat the hell out of it.] I'm flattered!

[akumabin]

[With its hold on her hair, the Akuma contorts its snake-like body and tries swinging Lenalee into the wall at high speed.]

[fallforthesky]

[It will hear a agonized shout as it wrenches her around; automatically, her hands fly up to try and ease the burn of pain to her scalp. And so it rather looks like in the distraction she might actually find herself flung into (or through) the wall. At the last second, however, pained realization flashes over her face and she twists her lower body around.] Get off!

[And she hits the wall heels-first, tearing gown and more than a little of her hair, and propels herself off it again like a springboard.]

[akumabin]

[Well, damn. The Akuma tries to hurriedly untangle its claws from the hair still wrapped around it, and whirls around to face her.]

[fallforthesky]

[At least she gets the grim satisfaction of making it worry despite her current battle handicap. Using the momentum from pushing off the wall, she tries to twist enough that she can get a good kick in even with the heavy gown hindering her.]

[akumabin]

[Lenalee's kicks are nothing to be sneezed at, handicap or not, and the Akuma is hit hard - exploding into bits. But in the meantime, two Level 3 Akuma have moved closer, attention caught by the sight of such a weighted-down Exorcist.]

[fallforthesky]

[It has been... a long time since she's felt this tired so early into a fight. Already panting, already winded. She rakes at the hair thrown across her face in the explosion, knotted and sticking the sweat speckling her forehead, and turns just in time to see the Level 3s advancing. This is Not Good. How many are there? She breathes deep through the stitch in her side and moves to meet them head on. Evasion clearly won't work here.]

[akumabin]

[At the moment it's only two nearby who seem to be paying attention to Lenalee, although the large room is still filled with Akuma. In a rare display of teamwork, the two Level 3s dash away from each other, then turn and charge, aiming to strike Lenalee with blows from opposite sides.]