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Team Papaya
Shot 2/6| Hit: 2| Miss:0
Aiming at Rivener

Prajna watched in half-amusement, half-confusion as Varun whipped around and began to roar at the Star. It was nice to see his attention rightly focused back onto itself, but then Prajna noticed a sign of pain in Varun's expression. Had the Star hurt its friend? Just as it was about to extend a hand out to the Leviathan, the other redhead had other plans.

"Do NOT. Now, go!" Varun roared.

Prajna frowned at the sudden outburst and watched as Varun sneaked away onto the battlefield, holding the gun closely to his chest. Now what? Prajna watched as Varun, and others, glanced about and acted like "neenjahs", just like on the television. Pop! pop! That's when Prajna noticed it. Turning left, looking right, spinning around completely in a circle, the Star dodged pellet after colorful pellet, suddenly taking it all in. It was a war?! A war was taking place?! AND PRAJNA HAD SHOT VARUN!!

Prajna turned, looking for its friend, suddenly wanting to clear up the misunderstanding and hopefully become allies when then it's sharp eyes caught sight of two very interesting figures...Rivener and a familiar old face. Who was that man? Oh, Prajna remembered..he was the one yelling at Xiu about the kisses they had once in the morning. ...Prajna smirked as it crouched low and floated closer to the two. Now who to pay back first? Rivener had tried to eat Prajna so many times, it only seemed fair. Prajna sneaked up behind the Scorpion and steadied its breathing, though its hands were still shaking. It took aim at the Sigel's head.

Prajna pulled the trigger and prayed.

A wicked smirk crept onto the Star's androgynous features as it heard the paintball make contact against the Scorpion's head. Oh..This was much better than shooting Varun. Prajna felt a tingling grow up its arms. So this..THIS is what it was like to be war veteran!! Quickly, the Star though, knowing better and having learned from so many movies, sneaked away before the Scorpion could see who its attacker had been.

((Ebs=Paintball

Team Papaya
Shot 2/6 | Hit: 0 | Miss: 2
Aiming at Varun. Missed.))

Back flat against the rock she was hiding behind, Ebony arched herself in a way so as to look back without becoming an immediate target. She turned to see just how mad the scorpion was, but he wasn’t anywhere to be found. Even though in the back of her mind she remembered the Raevans abilities, she still was allowing her mind to box them with the humans. It shouldn’t have been as big a surprise as it had been when doom loomed above.

At the shout, the Brit’s head tilted up confused before her silver eyes opened wide, her jaw popping open with utter, speechless surprise. The shot hit her square in the right shoulder and sent her down hard. “Bloody bollocks!” she unintentionally yelled as she rubbed at the pain, only succeeding in making more of a mess of the splatter. Hopefully, no one had heard that and hopefully, if someone had, they had no idea what it meant or that she’d said it.

Quickly she regrouped and looked out again. She would have tried aiming for Rivener again if the damn Sigel hadn’t flown off and out of range for her. Oh, but she would try again when he was distracted. For now, Ebony would be content on capping one of his teammates instead. Creeping along to a new hiding spot, the lavender haired female scanned the opposing side.

In her fuming, Ebony took aim at a vaguely familiar red Raevan with scales and long hair, yet totally forgot about her shoulder wound. The minute the gun kicked back, it sent a throbbing pain through her whole arm and sent her pellet whirling way off course from the seasonal leviathan. Rubbing at her shoulder again, Ebony ducked down behind her sand dune and muttered about her stupidity of wasting shots. After all, the game was still afoot and she only had four left now.

(( Paintball ))

[MANGO! Shot 01/06 | H:1 | M:0]
[Shot at ETHAN: HIT!! ]

The battle was on as he started hearing shots being fired. Peeking out from the sand dune, he took a quick survey of all the targets and the direction of the shots flying through the air. Just for a quick few seconds though before he duck his head back behind the dune. From past experience he knew his horns were giant targets and could give away his hiding spot easily, so he needed to be extra cautious this time. Folding his wings neatly behind him, he rolled onto his stomach and took aim at Ethan, who was standing in plain view for all to see. Besides, a little part of him had always want to dirty the businessman's expensive clothing without being lectured. This is the closest he could get.

Probably because he took his time to aim carefully, which is why he was delighted when his shot hit! Watching the bring color splattered over Ethan's shoulder. Quickly he rolled back behind the sand dune before anyone could see where he is. This is a good hiding spot, until people realize where he is at least. He will camp out here as long as he could.

[[ Paintball, Team MANGO
Tag to Rivener, ]]

[MANGO! Shot 01/06 | H:1 | M:0]
[Shot at XIU: HIT!! ]

Almost as soon as he had signed his name on the board, Zeke retrieved the sheet and announced the beginning of the game. Instant gratification! Eiry grinned despite himself, already feeling the bubbling feeling rise up from his stomach to tickle his ribs. The flare in his wings spluttered to a bright mint green and he tucked them close to his back so that the blood red tips hugged close to the small of his back. Gripping his fingers tight, biting on his bottom lip, Eiry was tense as the green-haired lab assistant read out the teams. He dearly hoped that he would be on a team with at least one raevan he knew, and that, in itself, was a poor chance considering that Eiry was as friendless as a lonely hermit.

Then the names were read.

"Grand, grand!" Eiry hooted, pumping his fist into the air when he heard that he was on Team Mango underneath the name of Lazarus. Not only that, but he was in a team with his brother! Rivener, his at last for the day! As well as on a team with Lazarus! Eiry was sorely hoping that he wouldn't end up on the team with Zul...He harbored enough ill feelings towards the raevan and he needed not to be subjected as his underling. So when his name was tacked underneath Lazarus', Eiry's face lit up (as much as his pale face could) Eiry knew not the other members of the team, save Ripley, and even that was a short and brief introduction, hardly enough time for Eiry to feel at home to quibble playfully with the fellow. Regardless, he thought it best to interact with him as well as the other members of the team.

Sweeping up the gear as the other raevans moved ahead of him, Eiry consoled and counseled himself in the ways of remaining solid. He had played this game the last time Lab 305 had an event at the beach and he had spent most of the time intangible. An unfair cheat, he knew, but he would hate to be disqualified from the game. Not only that, but it was sacrificing one prank for another. How often did he get the chance to shoot paintball guns? ....At other people? Giving an inherently dangerous smile of mischief, Eiry settled his gear upon his person and picked up the paintball gun. After familiarizing himself with the handle of the weapon and its function, Eiry floated after his brother, his grin wide and hopeful.

"Brother, my brother, we will use the brawn of our bound blood to boast and beat the bandit brigade!" he shouted happily, but as soon as he finished the sentence, a green paintball whizzed past his line of sight, missing by a couple inches. Instinctively, he snapped into intangibility, and looked around with wide red eyes for the attacker. Ethan! Ethan, of all people, would shoot him? Before the man could dodge for cover, however, Rivener was already on him, aiming and firing a paintball straight into Ethan's back. The action of defense spurred Eiry's heart and he gleefully grinned and rattled off a long string of proud thank yous and boasts about the tie of their blood.

When he had done with his gargantuan list of gratitude, Eiry snuggled into a spot on the dunes beside his brother, a few yards away, but close enough for yammering, and set his eyes on the enemy. In just a few moments, a large wave of paint balls seemed to come right after another for Rivener, and Eiry couldn't help but laugh as he garnered all the enemy fire.

"Brother, you and the light share similar qualities! Attract nothing but pests and bugs!" he cackled, and then, with that said, he turned again to the match, his red eyes narrowing.

Aiming for Ethan, the man that had betrayed him so early in the game, Eiry squeezed the trigger, but it was to his dismay that, at the same moment, the man skittered away, leaving a single white Sigel alone to catch Eiry's shot. A piff of pale red exploded over the Sigel's forehead and Eiry released a burst of poorly restrained laughter at the precise mark of the shot. Little did he know that he had just shot Xiu, a good friend that he had just recently made!

"Oh, fellow Xiu, my good friend! Oh, I am blind!" he blurted, and, still laughing poorly in the middle of an apology, he shouted over to his friend. "My apologies, good fellow! A game blinds all friendships, but my apologies none the less!"

((Xiu: -> To Zul and Lucia, heading to popsicle stand ))



PAINTBALL - Papaya!

Shot number: 1
Hit: 0
Missed: 1
Person shot at: No one



Xiu smiled and nodded at Lucia’s statement. Lucia had been one of the first raevans Xiu had met when he was still a newborn. Xiu chuckled in wonder. It was close to two years ago, that graveyard incident. Most humans would consider two years a short span of time but to raevans…

So much has happened. Perhaps time moved differently for them. Briefly Xiu wondered what he’d be like in ten years time before turning towards the popsicle stand. They had announced the names for the next round. Nodding once more to Zul and Lucia, Xiu took his leave, turning and waving at the kitten frei at the mention of shooting her guardian’s brother. He had no idea how Yuurei’s brother looked like but that only made the guessing much more interesting.

When Xiu arrived at the stand, the game had already begun. Perhaps going that far away from the main group hadn’t been that good of an idea after all. Picking up the offered gun, Xiu tested its weight and accidentally pressed the trigger, sending a coloured paintball splattering on the sand.

“Bugger…,” muttered Xiu silently having wasted a bullet.

[[Petting Zoo; Tag to Fathle and Alex]]

He chuckled at her comment. "My parents were quite... out there. All of my siblings have unique names like I do." He flashed Alex a charming smile upon hearing her request. "Of course... Alex." It had taken all of his restraint to shove the 'Miss' back in there. A stickler for formalities, it bothered him when addressing individuals so casually so soon. "And, such an environment must be a beneficial one compared a sterile laboratory one and strictly professional relations."

Even behind the dark lenses of his sunglasses, Jezabroux caught Alex suddenly looking upwards. He followed her gaze hoping to find something even more stunning than the chimeras and Raevans. No such luck, if anything, the clouds had simply rolled it. Which, for the bicolored man was a great relief. It was still too bright to take off his shades, however his eyes were under considerable less stress. "My interest was certainly piqued. And, it's a good thing that I sent back the survey completely filled out yesterday." He smiled faintly recalling his irritation at the length of the survey.

"Ravens? Like the birds?" He asked, subtly tilting his head to ponder the naming. He looked over in the direction of the said drink booth and stared. Even with his sunglasses, it was clear as day that Jezabroux was staring at the doctor. Horns? Aside from these Ravens, he had never encountered an individual with horns but after seeing a cat-octopus hybrid and various Ravens, it hardly seemed shocking. Almost as if he had already anticipated for the creator of the project to be not normal. "Pardon me for asking this Mi- Alex, but just how intelligent are these Ravens? How do they come to existence and just how perceptive of their environment are they? Are they closer to an average teenager or a young child?"

Jezabroux paused and looked up when a sudden shadow was cast over him. He looked up to figure out just what exactly was blocking out the sun. When he caught sight of that dark red hair, something clicked in his brain. Hair that color was hard to forget and there was the matter of Fathle's height as well, Jezabroux's brain was reeling trying to remember where he had seen the man. Then it came like a bullet. Bennet and Son's. The exotic food store across the street. On more than one occasion, Jezabroux had waved to man from across the street while grabbing his daily newspaper. "You! Bennet and-" His greeting was cut off when something small collided against his side, sending the man into a wild jerking motion. A cool sensation spread across his side as the paint oozed down the side of his shirt. He was bleeding green. A small frown tugged at his lips. "Hm... Do you think this comes off?"

[[Petting Zoo

Fathle Only

Tags for: Chrystali && Koco]]

Fathle’s smile lifted to warm his red eyes, a kind of encouragement as the man stared at him and began to blurt out the name of his exotic foods store. However, he could hear a twang in the air and it was drawing incredibly close. He saw the small, misshapen pellet of paint fly toward the bicolored hair man’s white polo. Fathle could have reached out and stopped it. His senses had broken the path of the paintball to its basic elemental aerodynamics so that he knew it would hit the stranger before anyone else did. He restrained himself and watched Alex help the man by bringing him a bottle of water. He waited until she turned her green eyes onto him; for a moment, he didn’t see her as she was but within an uncivilized forest and a cave…

“Excuse me,” he said a bit apologetically to the other man before leading Alex a small distance away from the petting zoo. Fathle glanced over at Ekundayo, making sure that she would not share the stranger’s fate.
“There is something I wish to speak with you, Alex,” he said quietly. “I would share my thoughts with you right now but I believe it would be inappropriate. It is nothing so serious as to worry about the subject matter but it is one of some importance to me. Thus, without sounding too forward, may I meet with you privately at a later date at your convenience?”
Fathle paused here to watch her face. He thought he could see the faintest trace of a blush.
“I am sorry, Alex, if I have made you uncomfortable with my request. Please feel free to decline and I… will not broach the subject again,” he said with a small bow of his head.

PAINTBALL - Papaya!

Shot number: 2
Hit: 1
Missed: 1
Person shot at: Eiry - HIT!!


SPLAT!

Xiu blinked, stunned as red paint began to dribble down his face. Someone had shot him! And judging by the slightly eerie laugher and peculiar words, it was Eiry! Shakily his head in a slightly reprimanding manner at the green Sigel, Xiu wiped the dripping paint off (smearing his forehead a little in the process), grinned and took aim. It was as Eiry said, ‘A game blinds all friendship’ and what better target to aim at at the moment than the laughing figure of Eiry? He had let his guard down and surely…he would not take heart to what was about to happen. Xiu was merely returning the favour, really…

Holding the gun steady, Xiu took careful aim and…

SPLORT!

The turquoise paintball hit Eiry squarely in the chest and before the other could retaliate, Xiu quickly dove for the nearest sand dune, his heart racing with excitement. So this was paintball? No wonder people spent money playing it! It was terribly fun and…blue eyes quickly scanned the area for an expose target.