ROUND 6

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The Shibuya Scramble

[idolpro]

The Shibuya Scramble, the world's busiest intersection, is here. Complete with a hologram crowd! People bustle back and forth throughout the streets, making it easy to lose track of people here. The tall skyscrapers provide a good vantage point.



Mechanics
The buildings may be climbed with a strength roll, unless you have Stability or some similar ability that nulifies the need.

If you have some way to blend into the crowd, +2 on agility and strategics rolls on the first turn of combat to ambush.

[asteionknight]

[ He'd said he wanted to return to his home city. This is ...

... Busier than Bareahard, he thinks. He looks around, on guard --- ... though, a bit frozen in worry and confusion, what with being a complete newcomer. ]

[asteionknight]

[ .....but eventually he moves to dead center because it being so busy but also so quiet is overwhelming - ]

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[phoni]

[ okay. okay, this works. she ducks to the side, a little out of the way while still being on the ground and settles in to wait, petting her dog a little more. ]

[asteionknight]

[ oh ffs why are we back here---


but, there's someone here this time, so .... yikes ]

[phoni]

[ the dog probably notices him first and even when she turns to look at him she doesn't seem hostile? more nervous, even with an axe and bucket of tar in her hands. ]

Hi?

[asteionknight]

[ His stance is guarded, and he has his hand on the hilt of his rapier! But he's, obviously, much more on the defensive. ]

...Hello.

[phoni]

[ she relaxes a bit when he doesn't go on the offense but keeps the axe cautiously in front of her. ]

Are you... hoping to win?

[asteionknight]

[ ...He's silent, for a moment, while he thinks of the ramifications of this. ]

...If I were to say, again, that I owe ☆ZRAEL a victory, I can't imagine they would be anything but angry.

Regardles -- ... They've done enough for me that I want to see them on top.

[phoni]

[ ah. it's not the answer she was hoping to hear and it shows in her expression. ]

...I don't want to kill anyone. And LiliS wouldn't want that either. But if you want to fight, I'm not going to run away.

[asteionknight]

[ It's not an answer he entirely wanted to make, and that shows in his. ]

I can't say that killing is something that I'm looking forward to doing.

[phoni]

I kinda thought much.

[ shifts her grip on her axe and bucket, keeping a hand on the dog in case it gets hostile towards her possible-opponent; she doesn't plan on attacking first. and it's a little comforting that he doesn't particularly want to kill either, even if it might not stop him from doing it in the end. ]

[asteionknight]

[ There's a lot that he's processing, here.

Yes, of course, killing is very bad. Yes, of course -- ... There are people who are important to him that are, probably, going to be upset if he kills. Namely, people not on his team.

But- ... How much of it is 'killing' if they're revived, again? Is a one-on-one fight here better than he getting ganged up on by all of a Unit that have found each other?

...Is it 'worth it'? Are they just playing into what these demons want them to think?

He has about ten answers to each of these questions, but none of them are concrete.

...Regardless, he- Unsheaths his rapier, holding it loosely at his side as he looks forwards with a thousand-yard stare. ]

[phoni]

[ Gladiolus bites the inside of her cheek as he draws his sword and adjusts herself to be more ready to move if she needs to.

she had meant everything she had said to him: she doesn't want to kill, and she won't flee from a fight. but she won't hold back or let someone kill her either; her life is worth more than that. those are the things she knows to be absolutely true at this moment. ]

...After you.

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[puzzlers]

[ this is new... hm. looking around the, uh, hologram crowd. ]

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[malignstar]

[ Did we walk into another fight? ]

Wonder if we can climb those buildings...

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[puzzlers]

[ like, if we ran fast enough up the side of the building? if so, let's do it. what's the worst that could happen? ]

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[malignstar]

Wait, I think there's some stairs.

[ Let's just take the elevator like sane people ]

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[puzzlers]

[ that's the most sensible thing he's heard all game. he's fine with taking the elevator to the top and just chilling out. ]

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[malignstar]

[ Going to attempt reassuring hair ruffles ]

We should at least be able to keep an eye on things from here.

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[puzzlers]

[ manages a small smile. ]

Here's to hoping no one surprises us from behind.

[ it's a long way down. ]

This went a lot better than the first round, but some people are just... really into playing the game, it seems, which I... I guess I can't fault them for doing, since that's the point, but...

[ breath in and breath out. ]

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[malignstar]

Some people are going to play to win. It's up to each of us how we want to play.

I still want to figure out what happened to you though. I don't like shit messing with your head.

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[puzzlers]

[ nods. ]

I... I do too. King said I didn't kill him and he was very adamant about that, but it... it was all so real.

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[malignstar]

King wouldn't lie about that. You're sure it was just you, King and Anubis?

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[puzzlers]

I'm almost positive, but everything about what happened there is kind of a blur now. I know Cobalt showed up at some point, so maybe we can ask him about it later.