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"Excuse me?!" Ami retorted, stabbing her glaive into the ground and putting her hand on her hip. Was this creature insulting her battle enthusiasm? Ami wasn't exactly known for school spirit, but still. She had more oomph in her step than this chick.

Then again, her "bounce" could be an insult to her breast size. Oh my god, was this thing insulting her boobs? SHE HAD PERFECTLY APPROPRIATELY SIZED BREASTS THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

Ami pretty much just stood there pouting. Like a mature adult.

Alex watched with rapt attention when Yin attacked, and he couldn't help but feel a strong surge of pride when the mantis landed so many hits on the hunter. His grim smile turned into something more like a grin, though it may have looked slightly maniacal considering how cold and narrowed his eyes still were.

He couldn't help but notice that Yin was examining him with his eyes, and he grunted, pushing himself to his feet a little unsteadily and making a quick show of dusting himself off before bouncing on the heels of his feet, still smiling, though his shirt hung in tatters and that wound across his torso looked incredibly deep. "I'm fine. You know I can take a beating." He winked at the other boil, though he knew this was really not the time to be making jokes.

He just wanted to ease Yin's worrying mind, that was all!

Suddenly he felt a sharp pain in his arm and he may have gasped slightly, his hand coming up to clamp down over top of where the new bullet hole decorated him.

He really jacking hated guns.

But now was not the time to stand still and get shot at even more. Yin had done his part, and now it was Alex's turn again to try and kick some old man hunter a**. He lurched forward, trying and failing to completely dodge the whip as it came at him. He lifted his arms to block, which only resulted in them getting cut up more. Then, with cool precision, he drove a punch straight towards the hunters ugly, smiling, and bloodied face, before backing away once more, trying to get out of range of that weapon that kept tearing him up into shreds, backing away until he was standing at his bonded's side once more.

Alex looked terrible, he looked like he should be falling over any second. But he stood strong, and tall, and ignored the pain, ignored the way his legs were shaking beneath him. He was a zombie, for jacks sake. He could put up with worse punishment then this. He glanced over towards Yin with a wolfish grin, again, just trying to show that he was okay when something flickering near Yin's feet made him back up in surprise.

Firefirefirefirefirehoshitfire.

Except that this wasn't an ordinary fire, and actually burnt cold, though Alex didn't know that. Still, his bonded was on fire. FIRE. That was like..how could he even cope with this?? Emotional conflict raged within him, the urge to just jacking run away from that flickering flame screaming in his head but at the same time, this was Yin, he couldn't leave him to just burn.

Mustering all of the courage he had, Alex moved back forward. "It's okay, it's okay, we can get this out..." Was he talking to himself or to Yin? Hurriedly, and trying very hard not to think about what the hell he was doing, Alex ripped off what remained of his shirt. It was wet with blood, his own blood as well as that of the hunter he had torn into earlier. He wrapped the shirt around his hands and, heedless of any danger to himself, he began trying to help Yin to smother the flames.

He was not going to let his bonded burn.
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And suddenly, the pain seemed to disappear as a cold numbness overtook Xiu's body. She stared up at Shun, her expression completely blank as she took in his words. It was hard to tell whether she was having trouble processing the meaning or if she just didn't want to process it. A few seconds ticked by in silence before she finally found her voice. "Gone? Aniki. Aniki, what do you mean gone?!"

Though she was trying to keep her voice as soft as his, it grew increasingly more panicked as she continued, "Insanity...she's...she's stone now? Wait, wait--we can change her back, can't we?!"

She would not cry. She was not going to cry! Unfortunately, the tears that welled up in her eyes said otherwise. No. No no no, how could this...?! Not Riley! First Red, and now Riley. The thing that hit her the hardest was that she had known Riley--she had been friends with her. Making spookies for her campaign, getting tutored along with Mitsu...the mindflayer had been one of the few students who Xiu had really looked up to. And now...?

Xiu suddenly reached out to grasp the bottom of Shun's jacket like a child. Her pink eyes seemed distant, as if focused elsewhere. "We can change her back...right?" She repeated again, her voice faint holding a note of desperation.

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OOC:
Character Name: Xiu-Ying
HP: 28/40
Target:
Damage:
Effect: --

Blade Kuroda

Inu-Mitsu

Appearance

5'2" girl with long white hair in a loose braid. Pink eyes, tapir-shaped ears, and a lion tail. Dressed in Chinese-style clothing. Wears a flower clip in her hair.

Wilson could only helplessly shrug at Ryan. “Sometimes stupidity has no bounds.” There was a smile somewhere behind that mask. ‘v’

He kept blankly staring at Dakota. “Come to our side? That…you know the chances of that happening is pretty low, at least if the person persuading is you. I’m sorry to say it, but your charms aren’t exactly perfect.” Cue more facepalming as Dakota attempted to make a move on Saya. He attempted to lightly guide Dakota away from her. “Can you stop flirting for just one second?”

(( OOC:
Character Name: Wilson (Hunter)
HP: 50/50
Target: n/a
Damage: n/a
Charge: 1/3, 0/2 used
Effect: n/a
Number of People Currently Attacking Me: 0/3
Items: charge packet x1, barrier dagger x1 ))

“No, you see, Cinnamon, I was implying that the only person who would read your blog is your mother because clearly you are not capable of having fri—I know what the jack damn interwebs are! I have a GroanSpring!” She snapped, half tempted to throw that can of soda on the ground to show Sabine that she was not apart of the system.

“Where I come from, we write hand written letters because they are more meaningful and we do not have the interwebs out there, because it is useless and filled with mindless droning. Like blogs.”

"...SONUVATROLL!" Bandages. ********. Bandages.


(( Amrita is table flipping ))

Shun was not one to joke around, so he hoped that Xiu didn't think he was kidding when he said what he had. Frowning, he looked down as she began to clutch his daggers desperately, letting out a sigh as he didn't really have a good answer for her.

"I don't think there is a way. I could be wrong. Her body is now a statue. I don't think there's anything else left of her at this point," he said softly. She was just as distressed as Mitsu, if not moreso from what he could tell.

"But we can't find out if we lose this battle. We need to deal with the hunters first and foremost."