Board Thread:Role Plays/@comment-5999656-20150907231134/@comment-5999656-20150927045737

Automne found herself dangling precariously upside down, but before she could take stock of this new angle her savior had flung her to the side, where she was able to flip and land on all fours on a small fourth floor balcony reserved for employees. She heard Anise land beside her a second later.

"Wow... thanks for the save. I owe you one," she said, taking proper inventory of this ally. Her eyes unconsciously widened at Anise's subtle urban military outfit, array of gadgets and cutting-edge gear. In her prepubescent days, Automne would have seriously considered swiping some of it off someone who looked like they had so much, but she now generally considered herself above petty theft. Instead, she said, "You've got some really, really nice gear there. I would ask you where I can buy some of that stuff, but somehow I don't think it's for public use, sadly." She peered over the railing to examine the standoff that had developed beneath them. "We won't be able to do much from up here, unless we want to break the stalemate and get innocent people killed."

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The gang leader received Rainier's message with 3 and a half minutes on his countdown. It sounded like a lure, but on the other hand there were still plenty of his members active...

"Oi. River, Chaukk, Lav, come with me." His former teammates seemed as good a group as any. The rest of you stay here, and keep the guns trained on the hostages. We'll check out this offer and either we'll run with the money or we'll come back with his corpse." The four of them quickly set off towards the specified location with weapons out. This mission was drawn out already, so the sooner they got what they needed the less likely they'd have to murder their way out.

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Platinum turned slightly to face Anastasia. "Is it really a good idea to get your paramilitary involved here? The police are already standing outside so as not to set off a hailstorm of metal." Returning her sight towards on the main gang, she started to scope out a list of things to shoot, but as long as things were arranged this way there wasn't much anyone could do without tripping a massacre, unless there were any other people on their side that were hidden somewhere and hadn't been accounted for yet... most frustratingly, they couldn't even shoot at the four leaving gang members without triggering the rage of the 24 rest of them. And yes, Platinum had counted how many there were.

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Fen moved along the hallway, stepping over an immobile body every now and then. The eerie silence that had filled the building was giving her an uncomfortable chill. But that discomfort was nothing compared to what she saw next.

A green-haired child, splattered with blood, had cornered one of the gang's members against the wall. It was the mutilated body of a faunus beside her and the indifference that showed upon Cyzarine's face that triggered something in Fen.

''Bloody hands bloody face... red.... Rosso red.''

Without thinking Fen raised her halberd and sent a column of ice sprouting from the ground between Cyzarine and her victim. She leaped forward and pushed Cyzarine backwards.

"You little psycho, what the fuck are you doing?! You think people are ragdolls you can just mash up and put an end to?" The goriness of the situation (being surrounded by limp bodies) was making it difficult to stay in the moment, as supercharged emotions seared through her. Fen was angry, sure, but terrified too. What could possibly justify such callous actions? Everyone outside was acting to control the situation with minimal loss of life, and here was this expressionless little child committing murder right beside them.

Her thin pupiled eyes narrowed at the girl she feared as the faunus beside them devolved into whimpers of terror. Was she a Huntress-in-training or the member of another criminal group? It was hard to tell, but Fen had a feeling she would follow up on her once the more pressing issue was over outside.

(Ehehehe like my setup? It really is an intense stalemate right now.)