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Soon behind Allen was a black Viper, its passengers being Stryphe and Charles. The Chauffeur hit the power brake, sending the car into a spin as he steered to the right. 450 degrees later, the car came to a stop, the driver door opening.

Charles stepped out, getting ready to unsheath his scythe. "Is this who we're after, Sahib?" he said as he approached Allen.

The halberd, in fact, had been to large to fit inside the Viper, and so it was held against the outside of the car by Stryphe's right arm. Other than his weapon and that arm, the rest of him remained inside the car, watching what was going on.

He kicked both feet up on the dash, ignoring the cleanly state of the vehicle, and lit up a cigarette.

"Boardwalk's busy," He commented as if reading it to someone out of a boring newspaper article, placing the cigarette into his mouth and beginning work on a grey, wispy miasma of tobacco smoke.

"Err... just a minute." Shouyin was probably shouting, but he could barely hear his own voice over this din. Coughing briefly under this new strain he held up his left index, signifying they wait patiently. The car door was opened, but the half-golem didn't get in. Instead, he, very carefully and without malicious motion, tossed the baseball bat and Wu sword inside.

With his back to them, and right arm crossed in front of his chest, he slowly took the coin pieces out of his bicep, and stuffed them in either of his front pants pockets. The bulge wasn't obstrusive, but it was there. Closing the car door with his back still to them, he exhaled slowly and flicked his right arm out. Cue a few steps forward, clearing most of the distance between himself and Allen.

Short breath out. "Now then."

And he punched Allen in the face.

Right fist mind you.



That boy's face might not ever look the same.

And the minute that the Coins came out of the arm, every "curse" ended.

Shou could hear and have full movement, while Allen could deal damage without worry.

((Notes on the coins, so I don't have to constantly moderate this.

They're magic seals. You can't put barriers around them, you can't move them telekenticly, and you can't really damage them. If the curses activate again, I'll tell you.

But keep those basic rules in mind.))

Allen didn't see any tensing for the fist coming. There was nothing in the way Shouyin moved to show he was going to throw a punch. not until the punch was being thrown at least. Luckily for Allen, that was enough.

Almost instinctively he kicked into Acceleration, stretching the short time since the first started moving into two full seconds for Allen, allowing him just enough time to shift out of the path of the punch and take a few steps back. To everyone else, he simply would have blurred backwards. And frankly, it hurt with his wounds, the pain showing ever so slightly on his face as he summoned both his katana and his gauntlets, the air shimmering as his soul formed the weapons.

"Dammit, here I was trying to be polite..."

Now he'd fight. Any movements towards him on Shouyin's part would be met with an attack.

"SHIIIIT!!!" Charles yelled as he ran back to his car. Thank the gods it was still on. He slammed the gas, peeling off in the opposite direction of the wave.