towerofanimus | Heroics 002

Characters: Cross Blanchard and You
Setting: Floor Twenty Seven, anywhere
Format: Action but any is fine
Summary: Cross is doing his own rounds of the tower. Seeing if there are any monsters about. If he's not doing that, he's in the Lab working on stuff.
Warnings: Maybe some fighting.
Lab
[Cross is sitting on a work bench looking over one of his spare mechanical arms. He flips it over tinkering with it. He had gotten a good look at Ed's and saw a lot of things in Ed's arm he could use to improve his.] So lets see....if I just adjust it like this, turn the spring halfway... [Feel free to ask what he's doing. He'll be sure to go into great length.]

Anywhere

[Cross is making his rounds on the tower. Wherever he goes, he's peeking around the corners, sword out as he looks about. No monsters have come out yet, but he wants to be ready for just about anything.]

Come out monsters, come out. I'm not going to hurt you...

[Okay bold faced lie, but you know. Need to kill as many of those creatures so they don't wander into the living quarters and hurt people.]

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[Spirit has been over on his bed for the past fifteen minutes, trying to pry his collar off with no success whatsoever when he looks up to find Cross preparing to go... somewhere. And with a sword. He peers over at him, sending a concerned frown in his direction.]

Where are you going?

Edited 2012-07-23 05:46 (UTC)

[Cross looks back to his apparent new room mate. Blinking he turns to the red head watching him trying to pull his collar off, but being asked a question, Cross looks up.]

Oh, you know, just out. Gonna wipe out some monsters and stuff. Also you're not going to get that thing off.

I might! If there's a way of putting it on, there must be a way of taking it off.

[He grits his teeth, gripping the back of the collar and trying to pry it off once again. No. That just cut off his air supply.

Once he's finished spluttering and catching his breath, he looks back over at Cross, offering him what he hopes is a reassuring smile.]

Do you want company?

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I've taken a blow torch to mine. I'm pretty sure it's not going to work.

[He's just going to stare blankly for a minute though, watching Spirit try and tug it off.

At the offer of company, Cross ponders for a moment. It would be nice to have someone on his rounds...but you know, if this guy couldn't fight it would probably be a bad idea.]

Well, are you able to protect yourself? It's gonna be kind of dangerous.

You took a-- What were you thinking?
You could have taken your head off that way!

[He grits his teeth and emits a tense sigh before slowly pulling himself to his feet. He then looks over and offers Cross a cameraderial grin. That settled it. Nobody who's come that close to blowing their own head off with a blow torch should be hunting monsters alone.

That's it. I'm coming with you.

It was just a little blow torch! And I wore protection!
Do you even know what they are?
[Cross gives him a bit of an observing look, hands on his sides. But what he hears next makes the boy feel maybe a bit uneasy, if this guy can't fight that is.]

Well I don't mind, but can you fight? Cause if not, you're better off here.

_{[When Cross peers past one corner in particular, it will be into the surprised face of a girl with nearly eerily yellow eyes. She blinks, pulls on an automatic smile, and gives a minuscule bow of the head.]}

--Excuse me, sword wielder-san. I don't think I'm what you're looking for.

[WAH! FEMALE! Cross kind of jumps at the sudden appearance of a person. Didn't expect that in his monster hunting.]

Oh uh hehehe, no not really, sorry. I was just kind of looking to make sure the monsters weren't going to go hurt anybody.

Ah, I see. That's quite kind of you.

_{[..hm. If he's going to do that with regularity, maybe she can figure out where he'll be patrolling and dragging most of the monster attention to. That would make her nightly forays a lot easier, and she wouldn't have to deal with questions over why someone virtually defenseless is out at night...]}

Have you found any yet?

Uhehehehe, not really. I'm just doing what any hero would.

[Or at least trying to be one anyways.]

But, nope, not really. They like to hide and stuff I guess. So how come you're out and about? You doing the same thing as me?

A hero!

_{[Kohaku clasps her hands together in a gesture of excitement, mind flickering back to hours upon hours idled away watching tokusatsu programming.]}

What kind of hero are you, then? _{Maybe part of a team, or just a lone rider..?}

Uh heehehe, sort of I'm still training to be one though. But you know, gotta act the part and stuff.

[But Kohaku can probably tell he's just brimming with happy with all this enthusiasm from her. Yay acknowledgement.]

Uhh, well hmmm. I kind of work alone, sort of. Back where I used to live my brother and me used to go out and fight crime and stuff.

_{[Briefly, Kohaku lifts the long sleeve of her kimono to cover her face - more specifically, her smirk. It seems like she's successfully dodged his question.]}

Ohh. It must be difficult, working without your sibling now.

Hm, it can be, but he's at home safe so it's all right.

[Plus if Crown was here, Cross would just be in a constant state of envy.]

Are you sure?

_{[..she briefly wonders if Hisui-chan is alright, depending on the real truth of this place. It's not a thought she likes to linger on often - there were still Tohnos alive, weren't there? Revenge aside, could that be called 'safe?']}

After all, you're still taking up your work here. Maybe your brother's doing the same, all alone?

Mhm, of course!

[He's not believing the whole, 'your world is blown up, be happy' thing. So he's still able to feel like his brother's all right.]

Naaah, my brother never liked doing what we did. He only came along cause he didn't want me getting hurt.

So you were the rambunctious one, huh? Hm, it sounds a little bit like myself and my sister.

_{[Hisui knew her plans to a small extent, after all, and still abided them.

--But it looks like they've chatted too long. Kohaku glimpses something in the depths of the darkened tower behind Cross, and takes a prompt step back.]}

...Stay calm, Hero-san, but I think we may have company.

Hehe, yeah I guess. He's way too serious.

[But, watching her body language as she takes a step back, Cross turns in the direction Kohaku was looking towards.]

Sounds like it. [He draws out several throwing knives, raising one arm up in a protective fashion in front of Kohaku.]

If you can't fight, please stay behind me. If you can, well it'd be a big help if we could work together. And my name's Cross.

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