05 | I will stay unless I may

[alephbet]

Characters: Aleph and you!
Setting: Anywhere in the tower.
Format: Starting with action brackets, will match anything.
Summary: Aleph tries to make his candy-collecting services known.
Warnings: Probably violence later.

[Aleph can be found anywhere in the tower, from the dormitories to the cafeteria, but a few things are constant. He's dressed normally, not in any kind of costume - deformed or otherwise. And he's carrying a sign.

'WILL HELP FIND CANDY FOR FREE
seriously let me help you all I'm worried about you'

He seems like he's looking for people in normal costumes, or else hoping for people to approach him. Of course, anyone outside of a costume is welcome to talk to him too. As far as people in twisted costumes who are in possession of candy... Well, how that goes will depend on the person in question.]

Comments

[alephbet]

[Aleph's sword doesn't come out fast enough to fully block the hit, and he winces. It doesn't keep him off balance for more than a moment, however.]

Beelzebub!

[Thankfully his Arm Terminal is voice-activated. The fly emerges, immediately sending a blast of electricity at Aleph's attacker.]

[warriorscribe]

*Aleph is lucky that that particular demon is still technically an angel doesn't exist yet in his time. No need to stack the "ally with demons" sin on top of the one he's attacking for.

Enoch attempts to leap away from the giant fly's magic, but it manages to catch, of all things, his foot. Electricity being what it is, Enoch is brought to his knees, for the moment stunned as he tries to get its painful effect on his muscles under control.*

[alephbet]

I hope you'll forgive me for this. I need your candy more than you do.

[Aleph presses his advantage as he speaks - Enoch's not an opponent to underestimate considering he knows very little about his abilities. He strikes out with his sword, aiming to pierce through Enoch's unarmored chest.]

[warriorscribe]

*Enoch manages enough control to fall to the side, raising his arm to protect himself - the edge of the sword opens a wound near his shoulder. Despite his pain, he retaliates as well as he can, pushing himself forward and bringing his Arch out, trying to catch Aleph's legs.*

[alephbet]

[They just barely do not connect, Aleph having retreated enough at the last second. He directs Beelzebub, who sends out a blast of more powerful magic.

Megidolaon. If this battle can be over quickly, Aleph wants it to be.]

[warriorscribe]

*Enoch is most mobile in the air, especially with his wings letting him fine-tune his movement like never before. So his first dodging instinct is to jump.

Except he completely underestimates the range of Megidolaon. There's a scream of pain from the edge of the blast, and Enoch is shown when it clears to be draped over a rack of weights, surrounded by blood. There are only tatters remaining of his skirt on the left side and even that just at his hip; the leg beneath is still there but barely and certainly not functional, bloody bone visible along the left side.

Doggedly, Enoch limps towards him, wings and Arch dedicated to balance. There isn't any way he can possibly fight in this condition, but he tries anyway, a feeble swing of the Arch all he can manage between the trail of blood he's leaving and the bad leg bleeding it.*

[alephbet]

[That is far easier to block with his sword than the previous swing.]

Just give up. There's no way you can win like that...

[warriorscribe]

*He's too far gone.* I won't... I will not... Let God's killer go without judgment.

*He would barely be able to move if not for his wings, and they flare and flap to help him lunge forward, striking out with his Arch again, another pass with his grip on the middle of the weapon for lack of mobility.*

[alephbet]

[The Arch hits him, not so badly that he can't heal it later. Aleph winces, but recovers soon enough to strike back with his sword. He'll do Enoch the respect of close combat, for the moment.]

[warriorscribe]

*Enoch tries to duck, but lacks the mobility to do that too, and Aleph's sword cuts across his forehead. Enoch falls to the ground, on his side and trying to push himself back up onto his good knee, the Arch acting for the moment like a cane. He can't retaliate this way, but if Aleph gives him the chance, he may well try. Enoch doesn't seem to register the flow of blood now obscuring his vision.*

[alephbet]

Enoch. This isn't even a fight anymore. Give up.

[If the response is negative, Aleph is prepared to attack again, but he hopes he doesn't have to. He hopes, even while knowing that there's no way the costume will allow it.]

[warriorscribe]

I can't.

*Enoch manages to get into a position where he can practically throw himself at Aleph, putting all his weight into a wild swing of the Arch, one that won't leave him standing at the end at all unless he can catch himself on something.*

[alephbet]

[There's a machine behind Aleph to catch himself on, assuming he doesn't just crash into it. Aleph gets to the side before he's hit and sighs. With a quick look at Beelzebub, he directs the fly to attack again with another bolt of lightning.

He changed his mind. Personal combat would just be drawing out the pain.]

[warriorscribe]

*Enoch manages to catch himself on the machine...just as the lightning misses him and hits the metal frame he was supporting himself on. Enoch collapses, at this point so weak from blood loss he can't bring his muscles under control, trying haltingly to stand again, but unable to plant the Arch firmly enough. That Megidolaon more or less ruined his chances of winning this fight, but he still isn't giving up. Not nominally, at least.*

[alephbet]

[Aleph just waits. Enoch either gives in or he falls unconscious, at this point.

Or this happens. Or, improbably, this.]

[warriorscribe]

*One or two weak attempts at moving forward are made before he finally succumbs to blood loss, slumping onto the ground. Inexplicably, six pieces of candy fall out of his empty hand as it goes slack, even though they hadn't been there before.*

[alephbet]

[Aleph takes the candy from the ground, then stands. Anubis is called to heal Enoch's wounds enough that he'll wake in a few minutes. By that time, Aleph will be gone.

You fought well, Enoch. And he wishes that this hadn't happened to you. But this is all that he can do for you.]