If I'm not mistaken I've murdered you twice before my dear

[animusmods]

Characters: any
Setting: all around the Tower; please specify the date and location in your subject header!
Format: any/party-style
Summary: A second general mingle log for characters to encounter monsters.
Warnings: PG-13; please include any more detailed warnings in your threads if necessary.

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[wrigurun]

[At once she takes off, squeezing through the gaps as she circles around it. Occasionally she'll throw out clusters of yellow and teal bullets but nothing particularly fancy.

It's somewhat of a struggle to keep focused on the pattern while staying on the offence, especially considering how out of practice she actually is. But Wriggle keeps her attention on her movements, one mis-step and it could all be over]

[themonsters]

[The Danmaku faded after a bit, because of the fact it wasn't the real card and it was taking all of it's concentration to keep it up. So once it fades the monster hits the ground and charges, trying to avoid the bullets heading it's way. It takes the hits, making it stumble but still running.

It jumps up as high as it can, trying to claw at Wriggle with energy infused claws. It's starting to figure it out.]

[wrigurun]

[She almost feels relieved when the pattern fades but there isn't much time to relaxation. As the creature charges towards her Wriggle instinctively propels herself upwards. Despite her speed the creature just catches her leg and she lets out a surprised cry. It isn't a deep wound, it barely grazed her skin but it still hurt.

As she widened the distance between them Wriggle threw out a number of bullet trails around the beast, hoping to disorientate it more than anything]

Firefly sign! Meteor on earth!

[themonsters]

[Weaving in and out, grazing by the bullets, it very obvious that the monster understood this well by this point, it's eyes, or what could see seen of it's eyes are narrowed in concentration.

It gets clipped a few times, just trying to keep going to get close once again to attack, flinging out a few green bullets to try and knock Wriggle down so it could get closer, not flying for the moment]

[wrigurun]

[She wasn't expecting that kind of dodging from a creature that looked that cumbersome. The bullets hit her dead on and Wriggle hisses through the sting, descending a little as she struggles to focus on flying]

[themonsters]

[It almost looks like the monster is about to attack when it freezes up and looks about. It laughs and turns tail to run away, trying to get lost in the crystals.]

[wrigurun]

[As she regains her composure Wriggle is ready to fight back, only to hear that inhuman laugh as the creature attempts to retreat. She never ran from a match even if she knew she would lose, she doesn't appreciate anything else trying to same thing]

Hey! Get back here!

[And she attempts to chase after it, occasionally flinging bullets when she gets the chance]

[themonsters]

[The monster keeps running, getting hit without even trying to dodge but keeps running. Obviously something is up. When it feels like it's gotten away, which it hasn't, it ducks into a small dead ind in the crystals, closing it's eyes and shifting back to her original form. If found, there would be a surprise waiting for Wriggle]

[wrigurun]

[Even if she couldn't see the actual monster she could still see it reflected in the crystals. The moment it started to change Wriggle stopped dead in her tracks.

She wasn't sure how she felt. Angry? Upset? Confused? But there was still a sickening twist in her stomach that was all too familiar in the tower]

...Meiling?

[colorfulbrilliance]

[It will take a moment, as the monster had it's eyes closed, trying to keep with what her memories were telling her. That she was napping and training among the crystals.

So when she heard her name, her eyes opened and she rubs at her eyes a bit, glancing around. She standfs and comes out of the dead end, looking both tired and confused.]

Wriggle? What's wrong? What are you doing here?

[wrigurun]

I-I was looking for you...

[Did she really not know? Considering the last monster person wasn't in control she didn't expect Meiling to be either. But if Meiling was a monster then that meant...

'You just have to kill them when they're normal'

The knot in her stomach only tightened and her throat felt strangely dry]

Hey Meiling, if you were a monster what do you think you would need to stop yourself?

[colorfulbrilliance]

I've been here for the past few hours, training.

[She really didn't know..but she can tell something seems to be wrong.]

If I was a monster huh? Hmmm...I don't know. Maybe the fact that it would keep the ones I care about safe.

[Standing up and heading over now.]

Why do you ask Wriggle?

[wrigurun]

Um...

[She didn't know if she could just come out and say it. Wriggle knew that Meiling would never try and hurt her, so she doesn't want her to think that she did.

She fidgets with the edges of her cape before suddenly perking up again]

Hey! Uh, do you wanna go down to the floor with all the flowers and the lake? You know, the open-air one near the bottom? If you've been training a lot it might be nice to chill out there for a while, heh...

[She couldn't let Meiling know, but she couldn't do nothing either. Somehow the irony of hurting her friend to not hurt her was lost on Wriggle]

[colorfulbrilliance]

[There is a confused look on Meiling's face. What was going on?...But she pushes it aside. Obviously the tower is doing something she hasn't noticed yet other then those random masked monsters.

But for now, she'll not ask. When she remembers all of this, she'll look back and understand though.]

Sure, Over training could do more harm then good.

[wrigurun]

Yeah! Come on let's go!

[Wriggle grabs Meiling by the hand and attempts to drag her back towards the staircase. For all her enthusiasm, it doesn't seem sincere]