the black bean massacre; action
[Alex shoved the stupid little bean stuck in his pocket into the dirt of one of Edel’s plants before setting off, just before the sun rose.
he’s been very careful about a single thing and careless about the rest, but he’s finally, finally done it. blood - not his - is soaking the ground near his feet, and the animal is dead and no one or no thing ( Read more... )
he’s been very careful about a single thing and careless about the rest, but he’s finally, finally done it. blood - not his - is soaking the ground near his feet, and the animal is dead and no one or no thing ( Read more... )
Fexis knows grander things; it is not impressed. it is a pale, shapeless breeze when it races ahead of its host, licking the remnants of now-gone power and breathing in the magic that lingers.
oh, my. yes. grand, grand! such pretty, pretty houses for the rank and foul.
child! it is upon him again, coiling its body around his shoulders and beaming. this way. go, go this way, i smell them better than you ever will!]
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Fexis scurries down and clutches to the back of his vest, seemingly needlessly, but it smells and it knows and it wants to be a surprise when it happens.]
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Head down, seemingly unaware...he was an easy target]
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ah, but, he must take good care; the Darkovs have those pesky rules. it had to be picky.
the foul smell begins to waft into the air as it, the invisible wind, spies the boy of a...strange flavor. no mere boy, no. it could use that. Alex would believe.
it flew back to lead.]
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He lifts his head, staring at the only other person around]
Wha--
[he hisses quietly, wincing as he aggravates one of his injuries]
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Stand up.
[he slides a foot back, heel up, and kicks it ahead of him to release his chain-and-flail, twisting and catching it by the forearm to change its course.
it goes around two revolutions, picking up length and speed, until Alex sends it the boy's way, singing a laughing note.]
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[Tsuna barely manages to push himself to his feet, when the chain flies towards him, he can't stop that scream of pain as it slices into his body, sending him to his knees once more. Blood splatters onto the ground as his body is sliced up. He places a trembling hand to the wound along his shoulder, staring at Alex with wide eyes, wondering what was going on.
...where were the locals? He had remembered how his battle against Mukuro gone all too well. How he had to be careful and controlled, do his best to take Mukuro out and bring him back in line without drawing any blood.
His hand inches towards his pockets. If the locals weren't going to stop him...then he didn't really have much of a choice. He either had to run or fight back]
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he rocks back and forth, readying himself to begin anew, and makes a near-comical half-step to a stop when Fexis' head snaps up absurdly straight in the air, attention drawn.
child, smell! do you? this way!
Alex rolls his eyes and gives a sigh, chuckling throughout it, dropping to a runner's starting stance and bolting, a bee line right for Tsuna that is broken when he vaults over him, rolling back to his feet and darting down the path, veering off sharply at his guide's command.
later, putrid boy...there's better meat!]
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and then Alex leaps over him bolting down the path and away from him. He sits there for a moment, shaking before he has half the mind to pick himself back up and head towards the clinic. Find someone, anyone--warn them.
he's so very glad Kyoko-chan and the others weren't here to see this]
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dark and dark and dark little things i smell it better than you, child, i will help you now. go!
he goes. he’s right, of course; Fexis doesn’t need to tell him that dark boy he chased in the alleys days ago is foul, but being told he’s right makes it all the better. justified.
spooky little man, he thinks, chasing Fexis’ trail, you cannot vanish from me now.]
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The feeling makes him straighten a little, because it's familiar and it's close - it belongs to whoever had followed him during the eclipse. Who was that? How had they found him.
He snaps back from his musings when Sora tugs on his sleeve and asks him what's wrong and he smiles as reassuring as he can when he answers that's it's probably nothing, but he wants to check on something. He needs to, because he is not going to let his tail anywhere near the kid without knowing why they have been following him.
So he pats the kids head, tells him to stay inside for the day and leaves the estate, moving towards the direction of the smell the best he can, before that guy actually figures out where he lives.]
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Hah...There you are!
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Soul Eater materializes in his right almost before he can consciously think about summoning it.]
Who are you? What do you want?
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[Fexis snickers - shishishi - and shrinks, perching on Alex's shoulder.]
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Answer my questions.
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[smirking.] Answer your questions, or else?
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