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[justabignobody]

Characters: Riku (justabignobody), Terra (earthshards) and everyone else who's blowing off steam that night
Setting: all across the tower, night time after the Q&A
Format: Go for whatever you want! /o/
Summary: After that little 'Q&A', Riku needs to blow off some steam. He's unlikely to be the only one.
Warnings: Violence, fighting, monsters all across the board!!!

[Well... for all that this meeting earlier in the day had been informative(-ish), thanks to certain situations with certain administrators, Riku really feels like punching something at the end of it, frustration and anger making his finger twitch restlessly.

It's really only good that he's long stopped acting on that kind of feelings, has learned to channel them into Darkness, into power, instead. It's really a good thing that the Tower provides them with outlets. And that Riku doesn't have a shift to work tonight.

Highwind is fluttering just over his shoulder, chirping softly as he walks down the stairs, hand tight around his Keyblade.

It's time to take out some monsters.]

Comments

[alephbet]

[A: Floor 25]
[There's little sound from the Lorophage Demon even as it dies. The crash of a Megidolaon, as well as several other high-level spells at the same time, might be enough to attract attention, however.

Aleph wasn't able to contribute to this fight due to their physical immunity - the most he could do was stay out of the way. His demons take a moment to rest - Beelzebub in particular looks disgruntled at having to fight flies that should have been under his control.]

Good work, everyone.

[B: Stairways]
[Aleph's entourage is inside the COMP for now, so it's just him with his sword out, roaming the stairs and searching for something to destroy.]

Floor 25

[technologic]

[And it does attract attention, since April peers down the stairs to see what all the noise is about, blinking when she spots Aleph and his demons.]

... Was that your demons fighting?

Re: Floor 25

[alephbet]

[Aleph looks over at the sound of her voice, while Lilim swoops up to get a closer look at her.]

Yes, it was. We're fine now, though.

[technologic]

[April glances over at the fallen monster, looking impressed.] And that was one of the tougher monsters too. Your demons are really strong.

[And then she blinks over at Lilim.] Ah, hi, Lilim.

[alephbet]

Of course we are, we've gotta protect our summoner. [Lilim grins.]


How are you doing tonight?

[technologic]

And it looks like you guys do a really awesome job. [April smiles slightly, before glancing back at Aleph.]

I'm doing all right. Just zapping most of the monsters I've come across, since I haven't come across any immune to that sort of thing yet. [And she knows her luck will run out eventually.] How about you?

[scentofmakai]

[A: Floor 58]

[Miniblins? Really? Let's see, there must be... about a dozen this time. But even such a large group doesn't matter in such a big room when he doesn't need to stay on the ground.

Right now he's blasting electricity at one of the miniblins trying to crawl up a rafter to where he's hovering - it's never going to make it to the point where it can bite. Several others are crawling up other rafters, but if they get too close then Zett will just swoop somewhere else and they'll have to make their way back to him again.

He doesn't seem to mind if he brushes a hanging corpse or two. He's seen worse.]

[B: Stairways]
[Zett usually elects to walk just because it's less of a shock when he gets somewhere flying is disabled. He's careful as he goes down the steps, but keeps a relatively brisk pace.]

B

[justabignobody]

[Riku's batpet Highwind isn't quite as smart - it whistles cheerfully as it zips downstairs, careless of if it might enter a floor that will ground it seconds later. Riku just sighs as he takes the stairs a little bit more paced, before calling after his pet-friend.]

I told you to stop doing that.

[scentofmakai]

[Zett grins and picks the bitty thing up.]

Aww. Someone might mistake you for a monster, you know.

[justabignobody]

[Highwind flaps his wings, grinning widely at the new person. Pet him, pleeeeeeeeeeeeaaaase? 8DDD

Riku arrives just in time to catch that statement and can't help but roll his eyes.]

Only until they actually look at him.

[Because that expression Highwind is giving you know? He's doing it all the time. And asking all the people to be nice to him and give him scratches and treats. Somehow he's getting away with it. Not even Riku is sure how.]

[scentofmakai]

Sometimes scary things come in cute packages.

[But this one gets all the pets he wants from Zett. Successfully swayed by that expression.]

[technologic]

Floor Eighty-Seven

[April is a bit of a cheat when it comes to fights, which is how she manages to take down the two Centaurs easily enough; shooting at monsters with electricity from a distance tends to give her an advantage sometimes. Plus, watching them fry is a bit of a stress relief too.

She does look a bit unamused about the hole in her coat from the spit, thought.]

... Dammit I had fixed this the other day. [Then she yawns quietly, before wincing. Better not fall asleep here, that wouldn't end well.]

[culbutiri]

Nesir skittered back as the Centaur she had been stalking got fried, she looked around and saw the girl who was busy magically killing the second one.

Well at least it had saved her a dagger, since if what the spit had done to her cloak was any indication her daggers would not have lasted long.

She yawned and frowned.] I do be thinking we should no be here long. [She didn't sheathe her daggers, just nodded at the girl. There were a lot of people out tonight.]

[technologic]

[April glances over at the girl and nods back, resisting the urge to yawn again.] Yeah, you're right about that. Last thing we wanna do is fall asleep here.

[She shoves her hands into her coat pockets and heads towards where the staircase is, keeping an eye out for anymore monsters.]

[culbutiri]

We do no be wanting to fall asleep anywhere. [She followed the girl, keeping her daggers out and her eyes watching. Keeping half an eye on April in what seems like a protective manner.]

Up or down?

[technologic]

[April glances at the younger girl, and then tilts her head in thought.]

Hmm... I haven't really explored the newer floors yet, so I think I'm gonna go up.

[destinedwaters]

[Floor 74]
[Well, it certainly had been a while since she'd seen Archravens. Let along a mutated variety like those in the Tower. The two Husks were new, though. This is why, despite the beauty of this floor that she is far too familiar with (she could go without it, if she were not surrounded on all sides). Inwardly cringing, she merely held onto Stormfall even tighter as R&R Seal appeared in a ble light.]

Seal, Scan-!

[Probably the weirdest thing he's seen her do, have something that looks like a Dream Eater roll a pair of large dice that causes a sort of green light to form over one of the monsters.]

Aha... [Too bad she couldn't hold three Personas. Tatsu Blaze would have been a good match.] Fire.

[Well. Those are some Husks on the way to being barbequed when she teleports from the center and to the edge.

> Bother?
> Stare in a WTF manner?
> Okay seriously she probably senses you there, anyway.]

[keybearer]

[How about throwing more fire into the mix?

Looks like Aqua's got a little company, what with this key-wielding Riku trying to finish those burning husks.

As the flames hit, he gives Aqua a passing glance, half tempted to ask if she's from that other world... Judging by the lack of collar, it wouldn't surprise him, though.]

[destinedwaters]

[This sounds like a very good idea.

Aqua looks in the direction of the other fire spell, raising an eyebrow at wait--Kingdom Key? But then, there were different realities and timelines from what she knows in Hinoto-ri. (Though not to this extent, girl.)

He's free to ask her, though. Especially as the Seal rolls a die and water makes the husk's sparks hurt itself, too.]

[justabignobody]

[Well. He won't exactly stare in anything like a WTF manner, but... he is staying back to observe for now. He's seen Aqua fight once, had fought on her side at that occasion - but that had been more than a year ago and he had been quite busy himself then.

He blinks though when he sees her summon R&R Seal... on one hand he recognized the crest on it's body... the same as that of Highwind, of that of all the Dream Eaters... but the way she had called it out... it had been the same as Yu's Personas...

...

How weird. He's really gonna have to ask her about that.

Anyways, he'll definitely stay right where he is for the times' being - it's not like she needs any help anyways, right?]

[destinedwaters]

[It was likely a side-effect of how the world she came from worked, and she had to abide by its laws while she was still bound to it. For now though, while she does sense someone watching her, she doesn't voice it with the current threat. Instead she waits, attempting to finish off the threat herself while R&R Seal rolls a die to see how effective the Aqua Punch it cast would be. Not by much, but at least the ground froze when she used the leftover water from its attack to amplify a Deep Freeze.

Yet she's unfamiliar with these enemies, despite scanning. Which is why when she dodges the massive sparks, she gives one glance to Riku before focusing on the fight. This one seemed distant toward her for one reason or another. Her only question was....why?]

[justabignobody]

[There are various reasons for the distance he is keeping... though non of them are exactly fair to this incarnation of her, probably - he is somewhat aware of that. He is quite familiar with the enemies she's currently dodging though - he ought to be after all the time in this place. And he's already been spotted anyways... he might as well offer some help at least.

He takes a step forward, Way to the Dawn materializing in a flash of black-white.]

...Need a hand?

[destinedwaters]

[Dodging and at least attempting to freeze in place with well-timed Glacier spells, yes. She hears that offer though, and while she's more than used to fighting on her own in the darkness... she wouldn't mind the help.

Yet this isn't her Riku, so trying to talk to him through Eudora or this little guy here wouldn't work. Hm...]

I'm unfamiliar with these monsters, so yes.

[All said while not stopping. Just using a Renewal Barrier instead. (They are likely not happy with the backlash.)]

floor 73

[earthshards]

[Riku wasn't the only one that had felt like venting after that Q&A session held earlier in the day. Terra had purposefully waited until after dark, then activated his armor and headed out, fully intending on taking out some frustration.

Like Master, like apprentice.

When Riku comes across him, he's actually in the middle of a fight with a small group of tall, loud, brutish figures with masks on their faces and blood dripping down from under those masks, where spikes are visible from the eye sockets.

And he appears to be using a chain whip of some kind--a weapon that, on closer inspection, resembles Ends of the Earth.

What. How is he even--

That's a question that can be asked after the heads start/finish rolling. For now, he's just. Trying not to get skewered by a bunch of wicked-looking blades.]

Laaaate as hell orz

[justabignobody]

[There are probably several people besides them that feel the same way - there is only so much frustration one can take without lashing out at someone... or something. Might as well be the monsters the tower supplies them so readily with.

Riku stops just a moment to see the chain whip-Keyblade in action - after months of training together, he isn't that easily shocked anymore (though this goes definitely on his 'kind of totally do want to learn'-list. *^*)

A moment later he is moving though - he is not leaving Terra to deal with those things by himself, okay. :| - he doesn't even think as he casts Dark Firaga to create enough of a hole for him to slip in and cover his masters back.]

Hope you don't mind me joining in.

[Not that Riku leaves him much of a choice there anyways. Like Master, like apprentice and all.]