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Father~! Are we playing a game of hide and seek? You promised you’d take me to school today! I don’t want the teachers to think I’m skiving off unless I’m doing it on purpose.
Where is everyone? This isn’t any fun!
It’s the first time my door didn’t take me exactly where I wanted to go…Tyki had better come find me really soon or I’ll be so mad at ( Read more... )
Where is everyone? This isn’t any fun!
It’s the first time my door didn’t take me exactly where I wanted to go…Tyki had better come find me really soon or I’ll be so mad at ( Read more... )
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Their surroundings rapidly grow darker, the bright light of the sun reduced to flickering flames burning at the tops of floating candles ending in a wicked point.
The buildings are still there, but they're a ghastly mockery of how they looked before - lopsided, broken down, ruined.
The liquid in the fountain has turned a dark red, overflowing down the sides to spread into sticky drying puddles.
And from inside the buildings, shrill screams - but whether there's really anyone there or not, Road's leaving up to Allen to find out.]
This is what you wanted, wasn't it, Allen?
[The line of crosses across her forehead can be seen, stark against her now dark skin ( ... )
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Heh, call it a "poker face" with words.
[ But of course, the Noah's second statement internally made him scowl. He didn't believe the numbers were as few as he was implying, but he did indeed have to consider his movements carefully.
He becomes briefly distracted, however, by the area distorting and warping around them, his eyes shifting slightly to regard the change around them. Allen frowned, knowing what this was a sign of but trying not to not let it register on his face. He found himself briefly wondering how long the two Noah had been there and if they can encountered the other Exorcists before him. The screams sends an odd shiver up his spine, but he decides to ignore it as best as he can. ]
...what I wanted? Hmph.
[ Two against one... Never fair odds in his mind, but there isn't too much he can do, except maybe take the initiative for himself. They were the enemy, the recent news General Cross had given changed nothing. Nothing.And ( ... )
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He opens his hands. Tease burgeon from his outstretched palms. A few of them writhe into wings and teeth and take flight, hovering around the makeshift battlefield. Others flare over his arm into a pointed, glowing shield, which he brings up in a narrow parry against the Exorcist's slash. And Tyki feels the difference between this battle and the last thrill through the air. Not only is the boy's Innocence uncrumbled, it's actually grown stronger.
His eyes widen briefly, surprise in a heartbeat. Then his smile sharpens into a wicked grin.]
Evolved, haven't you, boy?
[This might be interesting after all.]
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There's no need for words now - at the end, this is what everything comes down to.]
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You don't remember I see. That's fine by me. I can show you.
[ He briefly gives his attention to the amount of carnivorous butterflies floating around overhead and shielding the Noah, recalling how the last time Tyki had been in the City many of the citizens had become the butterflies' prey. It was a tall order - keep an eye on both Noah and eliminate the Tease but he had to do his best. No, he had to manage it.
He draws his arm back then, preparing himself to deliver a Cross Grave attack. ]
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The void bites at him, all teeth and temptation; he wants to know. Now, however, with Allen clearly alive and all too confident before him, Tyki thinks that he can make an educated guess. The Ark, the boy, the way Road had poked at him as if searching for a wound. (That thought is strange; he's been damaged before, but no Exorcist has ever come close to giving him any marks to last.) He'll need the details from Road to make a proper pretense of it later. Until then, surely he can manage enough of a deception to fool a fifteen-year-old. And if it puts him off, so much the better.]
I believe you're the one who doesn't remember, boy.
[Allen's arm goes back and the very texture of the air seems to warp, as if in readiness for what's coming. Instantly, Tease descend in a swarm towards the Exorcist's eyes. Somewhere behind the mirage of wings, Tyki darts towards this opening Allen's given him. Forward, forward, ( ... )
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Good luck!
[She's still watching the fight as if it was the most entertaining spectacle in the world - and to her, it is. It's hard to tell who her shout was meant for, and quite possibly in her own twisted way she means it for both of them.
She wonders which of them will draw blood first.]
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You've got to be kidding. You think I'd forget that? You need some new tricks, Tyki.
[ He moved his right arm to his left wrist then, a strange light starting to form as he concentrated on altering his weapon to the sword form, knowing better than to repeat history and try and Exorcise Tyki but knowing the blade itself was an effective weapon even if he wasn't using it for that purpose in particular. ]
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[But, of course, they both know that. Even so, Tyki grins.
See, the bad part about swatting at carnivorous golem is that they have a tendency to bite your hand if you do so. And your arm. And, in fact, whatever they can reach of you. Butterflies don't get choosy. Thwarted in their first purpose, however, Tyki lets the Tease ascend, drifting around Road like a cloud. It wouldn't be quite so entertaining if they killed Allen too soon. Quick though he wants it, he doesn't want to rob himself the pleasure of the fight.]
I wasn't referring to tricks. [A delicate pause. Tyki sweeps a glance over him like a calculation.] Have you forgotten?
[Surprise flares through his stance for a single breath before he recovered. That is new. His eyes slant, narrow with amusement. Light and darkness. Then he clenches his fist. The butterfly shield at his arm shivers, condensing into a ball of raw power.
Break down the Innocence first, then. That won't take long. He's done it before and can do it again.]
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He wouldn't dare, not after what happened on the Ark. Not after he'd seen how angry he'd made her.
She hovers close by, reluctant to intervene...she still thinks Tyki can handle it on his own, but just in case...
It would be the work of seconds to send Allen out of the dream, and Tyki might be annoyed, but the Earl isn't here to put him back together in case Road's favourite Exorcist did something stupid again.]
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