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 Posted: Sun May 22, 2022 10:25 pm
Fang was slowly growing more used to being on Earth, to the types of Chaos that were here, that he was fighting. He wouldn't let anything happen to Earth. No way, no how. He would die protecting it if he had to, because it was all he had left. He wouldn't want to die, not when he could still probably fix his own home (even if nobody would ever be there again), but he would if it came down to it. He had nothing else left. So he prowled, ears swiveling, tail still, as he went around town to actually work on his internal promise to the humans that lived here. He needed to be able to save people, and he could only do that by being out and about and available. Sensing an aura, he moved towards it swiftly.
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Posted: Sun May 22, 2022 11:19 pm
It was another relatively uneventful night of draining, and Valjean was always glad for those. It let him collect his quota, tuck it away, and get on with his evening. The second volume of Scum Villain should have been waiting back at his Negaverse apartment, and frankly, he was enthralled, and so he was eager to get home.
The problem was, he could feel an Order aura approaching.
He hissed frustration between his teeth.
"Come out and play," he said, sharply, shifting into a more battle-ready stance. This would be....fun, perhaps.
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Posted: Sun May 22, 2022 11:56 pm
Fang snarled loudly as he stepped into the light enough for Valjean and him to see each other. Negaverse.... Chaos... He wanted to spit on them all, grind the entire thing beneath his heel and force them to eat dirt until he was satisfied. After everything Chaos had put him through... "Play is for good dogs," he retorted, ears flattening against his head and tail stiff, fur raised. "You... bad." He hadn't yet had a chance to try his magic, but the thought of it.... was painful. Before he even tried to use it. But he had to. He wouldn't let this person just wander around without any consequences. They'd made their choice to be where they were, and Fang wouldn't stand for any of them. "Slash!" he roared, pulling his arm back to get ready to bring it forward. Noir Songbird Fang swipes once at his target, and the ghostly paw of a Chrysocyon with claws extended springs forth, causing the appearance and sensation of shallow scratches that burn slightly if it hits. This lasts for about thirty seconds, has three uses, and has a range of ten feet. This can tear through clothes or can cause lasting damage at player discretion.
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Posted: Mon May 23, 2022 12:31 am
A literal animal. Or, well, a person with animal ears. That was what Valjean was staring at, and he blinked, slowly, and that was enough. His reactions were off, slowed by being startled by what was in front of him, and he staggered backwards as the strange Senshi's magic hit him.
He could feel thin scratches on his chest, and he staggered backwards. <********," he said, softly. "You don't mess around, do you?"
But that meant this was a fight, rather than just a polite little dance. And so Valjean leapt forward, curling his hand into a fist and swinging for the Senshi's gut. Hew intended to go fort he quick, efficient takedown, and then leave--and he would absolutely be putting information on this....person into the database. Other officers needed to be aware.
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Posted: Mon May 23, 2022 12:37 am
Fang snarled again, grateful his magic had worked. The ghostly paw had faded upon the scratches hitting, and he readied himself to cast again, but then Valjean recovered quickly and landed a punch to his gut. He howled in pain and twisted his torso, reaching out with his foot to kick at Valjean's ankles and try to bring him down. He wouldn't let him win. He would do whatever it took to make the man break and bleed before him.
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Posted: Mon May 23, 2022 1:01 am
The kick at his ankles made Valjean twist, and as he did, he aimed an elbow to drive into the Senshi's stomach. He snarled, vicious and feral, and took a few steps back to give himself a little more space to evaluate. There wasn't much space to plan, but--
He looked around. Improvised weapons, because his magic would just make this worse. Nothing came to mind, so he brought his foot up and kicked forward, as hard as he could.
If he found something, he found something. For now, fists and feet.
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Posted: Mon May 23, 2022 1:14 am
The elbow hit his stomach and he snarled in response to Valjean's, feeling some type of interesting way about the mutual feralness that he'd have to evaluate later. But from what he could understand, it was partially.... some kind of vicious happiness. That didn't matter, though, because there was a foot coming up to him and he twisted to grab it mid air and hold it, little claws digging into Valjean's ankle. "You very bad," he growled, eyes flashing dangerously as he bared his fangs, "You should not be killing innocent people." He didn't know if anything he could or would say would get through to someone like this, but... he'd heard by now about purification. He didn't think he was going to convince anyone, but he would give a shot, at the very least. <********, his throat hurt from the minor attempt at talking, though.
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Posted: Mon May 23, 2022 1:21 am
Balancing on one foot was not comfortable, and Valjean was glad for the thick leather of his boots protecting him against claws digging into flesh. Because of course this weird, beastly Senshi would have claws--why wouldn't he? It seemed obvious given the rest of his physiology.
"You'll note," Valjean said flatly, "that there are no innocent people here. No one is dead, I haven't killed anyone, and you attacked me for no reason." He yanked his foot back, hard, to jerk it out of the Senshi's hold so he could stand on both of them again.
"Is this what you do? What all of you do? Decide that we in the Negaverse must be up to no good, no matter what the evidence, and attack? Did you know--I didn't join by choice? A General ripped my starseed out of my chest and dragged my unconscious body to his General-Queen. But every time--every single time one of you sanctimonious, self-righteous <********> decides to attack me because, at best, I am doing my job, and at worst, I am existing in the Negaverse, I get more and more certain that I'm on the right side now, because at least I'm not surrounded by people. Like. That."
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Posted: Mon May 23, 2022 1:37 am
"That's all Negaverse do," he hissed, backing up a step and holding a defensive position. "You know who you work for! Could make choice to leave, don't. Could hide, don't. Every Negaverse—" He coughed and hacked loudly, throat constricting. s**t, s**t, s**t. He hated talking. He hated it so much. He rubbed his throat and prayed the tears on pain that sprang to his eyes disappeared quickly. "You all choose to work for murderers," he whispered, finding that easier. "You make that choice. And, for record, Fang did not attack until Negaverse invited him to. You said come play." He bared his fangs. "Played." His tail gave a cute little swish of emphasis.
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Posted: Mon May 23, 2022 1:46 am
"If you think leaving the Negaverse is that easy, you know nothing," Valjean said, flatly. And, simply--he didn't want to. He liked what the Negaverse had forged him into, and wanted to see what he might become, if he let it continue to empower him.
He fixed the Senshi with a flat glare.
"I am going to walk away. If you follow me, I will be forced to defend myself, and you will not like what I do when I'm pushed." Perhaps he would present this Senshi's starseed to Faustite. A body to be recruited was always better, but he wasn't feeling particularly magnanimous tonight, and recruitment into the Negaverse was a gift.
He turned on his heel.
"And, so you know? 'Come out and play' is not actually an invitation to attack someone." He couldn't resist one last spat barb, as he moved to disappear into the night.
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