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Serpentine was not having as easy a time as he had hoped. Energy draining did not come to him readily. It was too... metaphysical. He could imagine the siphoning, could feel the small energy orb forming but it was not the same sort of hands on learning that he benefited from the most. He could not see the flow of energy, could not see from where he was taking and to where he was placing. He would just have to keep practicing until it became natural... and here was the best opportunity.

He dropped his initial victim to try and grab hold of another fleeing body. The lieutenant's hand slipped on cloth, gathering an amount of energy so miniscule it might as well be nothing.

[Anyone is welcome to try and stop--or help--Serpentine! Just gimme a quote. <3]

[Roll #1: 8
Roll #2: 1]

Columba was still gripped by panic even as she managed to kick the youma off of her. She would deny it later, but she had been genuinely scared. She was young, and it was her first taste of real danger. There had been tears forming in the corners of her eyes she wiped away and pretended didn't exist.

But there was also the adrenaline rush of actually making it through it. The creature's claws had left scratches where it tore through one her knee socks, but she couldn't even feel it. Her heart was pounding in her ears and she felt energized by her success at not dying.

It was exciting! She couldn't tell if it was a good exciting or a so overwhelming I want to crawl into bed and cry for ages exciting but whatever it was, it was pretty intense and surreal.

So surreal she worked up the nerve to go after a nega she saw targeting a civilian with her best know it all voice. "Hey!" She shouted at Serpentine. "Stop that!"

Because obviously just telling them what to do was going to do anything, and she muttered 'good going, dummy' to herself under her breath when she realized this. And then tried to salve her pride by sticking her tongue out at him. She might've gotten a taste of danger, but the gravity of the situation obviously hadn't sunk in yet.



Rolls:
Roll #1: 1
Roll #2: 9

His second try was a little more successful - Natron snapped a hand out, grabbing the arm of a fleeing young man and sucking out a bit of energy. He tucked the orb into an inner pocket of his coat, meant for saving for later. If he got injured, that would help nicely to heal him a bit. After all, there had to be someone White Moon around here...there always was.

Serpentine grabbed another screeching civilian, intent on upping his supply of stolen energy. With a good, solid touch--and plenty of practice in this dire situation--he could feel it getting easier. Yes... he had certainly gotten more than before!

The lieutenant scoffed at the little girl who first addressed him and then poked her tongue at him. While not the type to gush over children, he had no hatred of them. Except for this one, because--curiously enough--she felt like a Senshi. Her little uniform seemed to confirm it, as did her words. He dropped the person from which he was draining energy and pulled his rubber snake from his sash.

"And you are?" It had become his standard greeting for his enemies. He dashed for the child with a swung fist. She had wanted his attention? She had it!

[Roll #1: 8
Roll #2: 1
Roll #3: 14]

Tian could hear someone encouraging the chaos. It disturbed her that someone could think that this kind of work was good. But she'd help stop it. At least, to the best of her ability. She knew she wasn't just fighting to protect her precious dog, but also all the innocent people here. She understood why the people were attacking people like her, but not those that couldn't defend themselves.

She heard the same voice calling out to someone -- to her! The woman had a spear, a very sharp one at that. If Tian hadn't heard her through all the commotion, there would have been a very high chance that she could have had that thing stuck in her arm. She turned quicker than the Negaverse officer probably expected and managed a gash on her arm, causing her to wince at the pain.

"b***h..." She said slightly under her breath. Despite the woman going after her, Tian kicked the youma that had the mask on with her built up rage, causing the youma to disappear. "One down." Her face stiffened as she looked at the woman that seemed to be in charge. Tian could sense that the woman was more powerful than her, but she wasn't about to stop now.

(( First Roll: 9
Second Roll: 10))

It had worked. Somehow, miraculously, the water gun had worked at keeping her safe from the youma. Somehow. She wasn't going to question it this time, but she was going to roll with it.

With her newly acquired weapon that seemed to give a +5 to foolishness and a +10 to braverism (totally a word. see Wicked), Regina gave the super soaker a few more pumps before turning her aim on the jerk who was attacking the little kid in the fancy costume. "Hasn't anyone ever told you to pick on someone your own size?" She huffed, pushing her glasses back up on to her nose before readying her water gun again.

Kyndall Had Tony well in hand before she was snatched by the youma who had him. It didn't like that she'd been tormenting it when it had a tasty meal in hand. It also didn't like losing that tasty meal so it snatched her instead.

She didn't even have a moment to scream before she was in the air flailing around in its grasp.