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Ehuehueh song cutie *throws brandu plushies at him*

also

Fox of Spades said
He grabbed a few pain grenades and clipped them onto his belt.

Michi

Michi no

You mean paint grenades

Not pain

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Don't be a hater you painfully British doorknob

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She had certainly not expected for Isabella to catch the knives by the toes, and had expected even less that she could throw them back that way. One sailed just back her shoulder, but the other one struck her in the shoulder, embedding firmly as she let out a gasp of pain jut as Crispin managed to hit his target. Their little victory was quickly cut short as Crispin was sent flying by the man who had been juggling animals.

"Crispin!"

She whipped her head in the direction the man had been sent flying, panicked as to how he could have managed a hit by such a strong person, but the trunk wrapping around her waist barely give her time to worry about herself before she was flung high into the air, arms flailing in an attempt to grab onto something, anything that might slow her fall. Aria barely caught the tightrope as she started to fall, gasping as the dagger dug deeper into her shoulder from the exertion. Her grip was slipping, and she barely noticed the rope trembling under her fingers until she spotted Isabella stalking towards her. The woman's face betrayed no emotion but the knives in her hands clearly stated her intention.

Unfortunately, Aria had never had much experience with the tightrope but it looked like there wasn't much choice but for her to learn right now. She struggled to lift herself up onto the rope, right arm shuddering under the stress and pain as her eyes never left Isabella's approaching figure. Somehow she managed to crouch on the rope without tipping off the side and slowly stood, taking a small wobbly step back. She didn't even dare look down, not wanting a case of vertigo to add to the situation at hand. The illusionist was well aware of the fact that there was no safety underneath, and that if she fell even the least damage would be some broken bones unless she was really lucky.

She redrew her fans, hoping that the weight of each would help her balance, and perhaps she would be able to at least block any attack that Isabella would throw- though it would most likely end with her falling. The platform was still a ways away- the elephant had thrown her only slightly off of the smack-dab middle of the rope. Maybe she could always try to make a dash for that?

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Tossing up a post now! ^ O ^)b

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The giant dome around the forest came in view a lot sooner than Breeze had expected. Had they expanded the field once again? The paintball arena was always changing, thanks to the patronage of the army here which also meant that it was impossible to get used to. She was quite looking forward to seeing what the field had in store this time- would there be simple pitfall traps? She remembered luring a hapless soldier into one the last time she played with Est's buddies. Unfortunately, she hadn't been on Est's team that time, and had ended up losing miserably.

"Are you seriously going to slaughter these poor people?"

Breeze patted the armored hand on her shoulder, only grinning in response. "I'll make sure there are no casualties, don't you worry there." She snuck a glance at Est, smile widening and latching onto the sniper. "Since we're picking teams already, I'm with Est!" As much as she loved and trusted the soldier, she wasn't risking getting hit in the face again. He got intense when he gets a gun in his hand.

She started on the explanations of the different types of guns, but was quickly distracted by the loud bang that resulted in a very nice pink splotch on the wall. "Ah, don't mind that. It'll come off with a spot of water." She went to help the girl from the floor, patting her down and taking the large gun from her. "This is one of the heavier ones, so the recoil is super strong. I wouldn't recommend this one to beginners like you guys. Perhaps something and smaller on that end of the table would be better? But we should suit up first! Weapons can come after. Est's more knowledgeable on that topic than I am anyways."

She led the humans to the very large arrays of clothes separated by sizes. "They're colour coded," Breeze pointed out the wide array of colors in each box, "and I pick blue because Est looks so good in it!" She cheered, plopping a blue-visored mask that looked rather like a lighter and sleeker version of a motorcycle helmet onto the soldier's head. "So you guys will either get red, pink, yellow, green, purple... The reason for all of these colors is that often there are more than two teams when soldiers come here to run drills. Did I mention that the army comes here to train?" As she spoke, Est had taken off his jacket. Breeze picked up a blue jacket-esque piece of armor and was fitting it onto Est as the humans watched so that they would know how to suit up.

"It's partly why there's no fee, since it's funded by the army. Kind of a way to get the people more friendly with the soldiers, yes? Not that the soldiers themselves aren't sweethearts. And then this strap goes here, it's a tricky part." She had loosely strapped on boot covers onto Est's legs, making him turn his leg so that the others could get a clearer view of how it was strapped on.

"The other pieces of clothing should be simple enough to figure out. Changing rooms are over there if you want some privacy, and there are lockers to leave your stuff in. If you need more sizes, feel free to ask Siven there-" She pointed out to the soldier who had poked his head into the room when he had heard the gun go off. He made a 'who me?' gesture, which Breeze nodded to. "We'll go over rules after everyone's ready. And how shall we divide the teams? Humans vs. The Best Team Ever? Or does someone want to come with us?"

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This woman... Impressive. The acrobat had neatly flipped back, not only avoiding their combined attack but giving a hard kick to Crispin’s jaw, sending the man reeling back. She had to repress a small urge to clap when Isabella landed neatly on her feet, hands outstretched gracefully. She could only hope to fight with as much class.

More knives were sent their way as Crispy howled, but somehow he managed to react- And promptly punched the blades away as Ari drew her fans from her scarf and blocked one coming at her face and barely managed to hit the one that had been aimed at her side. Apparently the guy’s fists could set fire to blades… And while they missed Isabella, they did serve to add to the fire damage in the tent. If this kept up, the tent was going to be up in flames again very soon.

She stooped down to pick up the dropped blades, Trixie not having been back with their weapons yet. She weighed them quickly in her hand, pleased that they weren’t too differently balanced than her own and gladly returned the two knife with quick flicks of her wrists as Crispin lunged forward again. She could only try to be resourceful right now- where had the prankster run to? Hopefully the girl wasn't in trouble, but Pride members always seemed to attract whatever danger was around them. Maybe it was a skill.

This time Aria tried to put a small illusion on Crispin- shifting his image to the left by a few centimeters in an attempt to confuse the acrobat. She stayed back this time, focusing in an attempt to examine the way the acrobat moved. Perhaps if there was some pattern in her movements, it would be easier to pin her down.

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I'll try to toss up a post now yeay

*woke up 15 minutes before class and still got here five minutes early*

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I'm so bad at theme song but I'll see if I can dig any up, or Michi'll be at my window like

oi

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Eeeh, sorry for the quietness on OOC > < It's been super busy lately. There's been rumours that tomorrow might be Mountain Day (meaning we get a day off from school), meaning that it's possible I won't have my 9am-10pm schedule hallelujah. Or it might be Thursday but we've all got our fingers crossed for tomorrow /o/

I guess Anon and Kimchi will be skipping this round then? I'll try and get a post up sometime later today /o/

And alright, waiting for that PM > <

Edit: Ok, sometime later today ended up being no good OTL If tomorrow doesn't end up being Mountain Day it doesn't seem very likely either, so I'll have a post by Thursday I promise D'8

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“Woah woah woah there-“ Aria raised her arms, staring at the point of the katana pointed at her face. If not for the fact that she could easily get skewered, she would have been quite intrigued as to how the swords had fit in that large, but not quite large-enough-to-fit-two-swords hat.

She really didn’t want to have to fight these people- they were rightly angry at having their home burnt down, but she wasn’t quite sure if these people could be categorized as being ‘normal civilians’ when they were threatening them with weapons. Why would a circus performer even carry swords and knives?

“Can’t we please talk this out-“

A loud shout rang out in the burnt tent, and Aria barely avoided being knocked over by the human cannonball who flew past. She could feel the wind from his passing whip at his face, before staring as he slammed into Moira and flew up through the roof of the tent, taking the woman with her and causing poor Syed to be pulled into the air, screaming all the way.

Did the circus performers have powers?

A terrified scream from Crispin knocked her from her train of thought, and Aria barely thought before she reacted. She wasn’t going to have Lady’s son stabbed in front of her or she had a feeling Lady would not be pleased at all.

She glanced over to the stands where Lute had recovered from Max’s passing by earlier. Hopefully he was ready to jump into action.

“Lulu, cover me!”

Aria ducked under from the katana much to the displeasure of Sammie as the girl was assaulted by a barrage of sound just big enough to distract her, the blade missing her body as she lunged at Crispin, tackling him to the ground. Isabella’s knife thunked into a pillar behind them as the acrobat’s kick fell short of the target. Aria rolled into an upright crouch, sweeping her leg into a kick at Isabella’s leg to try to knock the girl over. She had her fans with her, but none of her knives so the acrobat had an edge on her in terms of those. Hopefully Trixie would be back soon- Most everyone was helpless without their armor and weapons and it was all starting escalate into an unavoidable battle.