"Heeey, you've reached Yang! Well, actually, you didn't reach far enough, 'cause I'm not here right now! But don't yang up! Just leave a message on this baby, and I'll get back to you soon enough, okay?"
[Kashuu's heard little snippets here and there - death is cheap, things like that - but a death is still a death in the end, isn't it? Even if a person comes back (like he had done), that doesn't erase the trauma of dying.
Or of being around, helpless to stop it as someone else died.]
...I'm gonna let Haruji know that there's something like that out here, okay? If it can't be hurt but it can still kill, it'll need to be taken out right away if it's ever seen again.
[There's something about his clipped tone that sounds more suited to battlefields and captain's tables than the usual flighty lilt it carries, but that's probably not a surprise. Before anything else, he is still a sword - even if she might detect some empathy, too.]
[ Like Yang's going to protest. She hasn't seen the thing since, but that doesn't mean it's not still out there somewhere, waiting to strike again, claim more victims, and disappear with no one being able to leave a scratch on it. ]
D'you have a description you can give? Something specific to look out for, or...
[Was it just GENERIC GHOST... like the ghosts here... That would definitely be a problem, if it could just vanish and blend in with these lesser harmful ones.]
[Hopefully not a possessed library! But off Kashuu goes, tailing after her quickly.
The source of the noise is definitely between those two buildings off to the left, so they won't have to go too far. Seems like a street-sweep bot has been possessed and is now cornering a few helpless NPCs, presumably to remove them from the sidewalk and place them in the dumpster! Or incinerate them, who knows, cleaning robots are a mystery and a terror.]
I'll take the right!
[He slides right into a potential attack grouping with ease, at least.]
[ Bless you, Kashuu, it's like fighting with her team. ]
I've got the left, then! Keep it away from the people!
[ That's all she says, before she picks up speed to place herself in front of the NPCs and shoves the bot back with both activated gauntlets. It rocks a bit to the left in protest, but she's darting back to the side to keep it from pursuing any further victims.
You know, besides the two picking a fight with it. ]
[Ah, it really is like a taste of home... Kashuu darts over to the right as he's said, guarding a path and ushering as many NPCs as he can away from the robot while he's ensuring their safe passage. He steps forward as soon as the last one is gone, aiming a strike toward the bot just to see how sturdy it is.
He moved a ways back but that's still a little bit beyond what he'd been shooting for, so he has to skirt rather quickly to get further away before it lands. He makes it out of the immediate blast zone, at least! A few flying bits of metal careen past, but he's not clipped by any, miraculously.]
Ew, it looks even worse like this— [THAT DIRTY BROOM.] But I think I see an opening!
[He doesn't seem thoroughly deterred by the grossness! Not enough to back down, at least...]
Sure, sure. Here I go—! [And that's about the only heads up he'll give before he's dashing off, sword drawn. He bounds across the distance between himself and the robot in a very short time, darting up the side, and immediately thrusts his blade into the part of the gap with the most wires. There's an impressive shower of sparks and the robot twitches like some freaky robot spider AND KASHUU'S NYOOMING BACK AWAY.]
Except not, and she can probably hear the sound of his muffled cursing because he's so sure he tore something, but at least he's not being skewered by bits of flying metal. Small victories! Once the air has more or less cleared, he raises his head, grumbling irately, and then glances over for Yang.]
Alive and kicking, [ comes the slightly cough-choked response, but she's staggering to her feet and waving a hand in casual dismissal. Aura... it really comes in handy. ] Are you okay?
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Or of being around, helpless to stop it as someone else died.]
...I'm gonna let Haruji know that there's something like that out here, okay? If it can't be hurt but it can still kill, it'll need to be taken out right away if it's ever seen again.
[There's something about his clipped tone that sounds more suited to battlefields and captain's tables than the usual flighty lilt it carries, but that's probably not a surprise. Before anything else, he is still a sword - even if she might detect some empathy, too.]
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[ Like Yang's going to protest. She hasn't seen the thing since, but that doesn't mean it's not still out there somewhere, waiting to strike again, claim more victims, and disappear with no one being able to leave a scratch on it. ]
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[Was it just GENERIC GHOST... like the ghosts here... That would definitely be a problem, if it could just vanish and blend in with these lesser harmful ones.]
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[ THE LEGIT ONLY GHOST WITH A CHAINSAW. It's hard to miss. ]
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Seriously? That's a first. [A dangerous first that he doesn't want at all but it appears this is just going to be their collective lives now.
Also, that sure is an OMINOUS SOUND up ahead...]
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... What is that?
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...It sounded like it was coming from over there, didn't it?
[Gesturing up ahead and toward a small cluster of buildings!]
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[ Screw jogging, we are gonna book it like a library!! ]
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The source of the noise is definitely between those two buildings off to the left, so they won't have to go too far. Seems like a street-sweep bot has been possessed and is now cornering a few helpless NPCs, presumably to remove them from the sidewalk and place them in the dumpster! Or incinerate them, who knows, cleaning robots are a mystery and a terror.]
I'll take the right!
[He slides right into a potential attack grouping with ease, at least.]
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I've got the left, then! Keep it away from the people!
[ That's all she says, before she picks up speed to place herself in front of the NPCs and shoves the bot back with both activated gauntlets. It rocks a bit to the left in protest, but she's darting back to the side to keep it from pursuing any further victims.
You know, besides the two picking a fight with it. ]
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[Ah, it really is like a taste of home... Kashuu darts over to the right as he's said, guarding a path and ushering as many NPCs as he can away from the robot while he's ensuring their safe passage. He steps forward as soon as the last one is gone, aiming a strike toward the bot just to see how sturdy it is.
PRETTY STURDY, AS IT TURNS OUT...]
D'you see any weak spots over there?!
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[ Bot, you're kind of annoying. ]
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Maybe under it?!
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[ She might be going in for a flip momentarily-- ]
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O-kay, I'm backed up! This area's clear, too!
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[ Because Yang is shooting low, near the bot's rolling tread, and at this range, the explosive blast is enough to send it up--
Aaaaand back down, where it crashes upside-down. Hopefully Kashuu moved back far enough. ]
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He moved a ways back but that's still a little bit beyond what he'd been shooting for, so he has to skirt rather quickly to get further away before it lands. He makes it out of the immediate blast zone, at least! A few flying bits of metal careen past, but he's not clipped by any, miraculously.]
Ew, it looks even worse like this— [THAT DIRTY BROOM.] But I think I see an opening!
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[ ... Of going first, if the grossness doesn't make him want to back away completely? She got to flip the robot, after all, it's only fair. ]
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Sure, sure. Here I go—! [And that's about the only heads up he'll give before he's dashing off, sword drawn. He bounds across the distance between himself and the robot in a very short time, darting up the side, and immediately thrusts his blade into the part of the gap with the most wires. There's an impressive shower of sparks and the robot twitches like some freaky robot spider AND KASHUU'S NYOOMING BACK AWAY.]
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Explode. ]
Get down!!
[ And hopefully Kashuu is hitting the deck, because robot bits sure fly spectacularly far. ]
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Except not, and she can probably hear the sound of his muffled cursing because he's so sure he tore something, but at least he's not being skewered by bits of flying metal. Small victories! Once the air has more or less cleared, he raises his head, grumbling irately, and then glances over for Yang.]
Hey! You okay?
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But I'm totally okay outside of that. Not bad, not bad!
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...Nah, I guess I can just wait until everything goes back to normal. Besides, I'll only get 'em scuffed up again at this rate.
[Not-so-gently nudging a piece of metal aside with his boot toe. RUDE, ROBOT.]
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