[color=#E34234][b]Takumi Minamoto - Stop[/b][/color]
[i]Third Ward, Sakura Clinic, Fourth Floor[/i]
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A sharp exhalation matched the pitched screech of Takumi’s spear clashing with Miyako’s kakuja breastplate. The brief clash between himself and the target quickly revealed that he couldn’t simply rely on compatibility to compensate for the vast difference in ‘ghoulishness’ with his opponent. Perhaps if he were better fed and less wounded, but those weren’t issues that he had the liberty of addressing at the moment. 

[color=#E34234][i]’A few centimeters more accurate and perhaps I could have dealt more than a glancing blow,’[/i][/color] he noted, very intentionally using his remaining forward momentum to slip past the kakuja ghoul. Although this left his back quite exposed, it soon became clear why he had done so: if he had remained, he would have been caught in the savage struggle between Hana, her teeth, and the kakuja’s organs.

In other words, the improvised flanking maneuver had been executed successfully, albeit not quite in the way he had expected.

With an unnecessarily dramatic spear-twirl, Takumi shaved off excess momentum, ensured his spear didn’t end up buried in Hana’s nice wallpaper, and turned back around quickly and elegantly. Without wasting time, he connected his false quinque to his kagune, altering it as he assessed the situation. 

The opponent was armored, fast, and had the capacity to release kagune traps - perhaps having something to do with those strange secretions of hers? - but also wounded, and more importantly, [i]immobilized[/i]. Therefore, speed was now a non-factor. Taking the potential of friendly fire into account, that meant what was required here was a precise strike that could disregard armor.

And so, the head of the spear became the head of a warhammer. 

Concussive force was something that even the hardest of armor wouldn’t be able to defend against. The weight characteristic of koukaku kagune would ensure maximum kinetic energy distribution. The shape of her mask would ensure a large target area, or a focal point to focus that energy in the “nose”. Immobilization would force her to choose between trying to throw Hana off and catching his attack with her wings, which would sustain the damage instead. And he could always attack again. 

As the two girls struggled for dominance, they might have noticed Takumi’s shadow slowly encompassing them. [color=#E34234]“Please try holding her down for a little bit longer, nee-san,”[/color] Takumi requested politely, raising the koukaku hammer skyward and lining up the shot on her head. [color=#E34234]“Kakuja-chan needs to take a brief rest.”[/color]

Then he dropped the hammer. 

Ad nauseum.