Board Thread:Role Plays/@comment-5999656-20150907231134/@comment-5999656-20151016045316

Gearsy found himself tackled through a railing because the masked soldier thought they could take him head on. He grabbed Aricia's lapels with his left hand, and used his superior weight to twist them around so that she was underneath him when they smashed into the first floor. Raising his burning blade above his head, he snarled, "You're a fool." Then he thrust downwards.

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Platinum felt a buzz as she received Oliver's text, and even in the midst of the impending chlorine gas she felt a slight bit of annoyance, and embarrassment from her actions the last time the two had interacted. She tapped out a quick reply, which read: ''Browning, i will have u know i am much better w/ people than i am w/ grimm. ''She would have taken the time to fix the capitalization if Automne hadn't tugged at her, harder than Fen had.

"Jeezus Platinum what the hell are you doing?! Let's go!" Automne's orange eyes met her yellow ones, and she quickly sent the message and sprinted out through the nearest exit after her two friends. She ran past another BOB agent who appeared to be - ''is that a box of blood?? - ''encased in a crystalline structure striding in the opposite direction, towards the fight.

The three of them made it out quite safely, seeing as the opposition was more or less obliterated at this point. Chaukk was still firing bravely at the soldiers, but he was taking bullets head on and probably wouldn't last more than another few minutes. Platinum saw Oliver standing with Anastasia and Nacoma some feet away, but her attention was drawn towards a flagrant argument between one of the city police and an individual from BOB. It appeared to be over the private militia's choice of dealing with the conflict. Seeing as it was much calmer outside than inside the mall, Platinum was finally able to start assessing the entirety of what had just happened as she approached the other trio.

"Alright, so a world-class organization has gotten involved in a relatively minor skirmish which could have been resolved in a... more peaceful manner, yet they chose extermination over an explicit offer of surrender." She narrated this to her friends as a means of analysis. "It might be excusable if it had been done in a more isolated location, but now we have some deadly chemical toxins floating through the air which could easily make it to the surrounding urban area." ''Their methods of operation haven't made much sense so far. Which means...''

"It's possible that their choice to get involved in this situation was merely as a show of military strength, and not actually because they wanted to resolve the flashpoint crisis in a  safe manner." Although she hadn't started her law enforcement training yet, the information her dad had shared with her from time to time indicated that such violent methods were never considered by official police. "Which is..."

"Total overkill," Automne finished shortly. "They're already practically all dead, but these BOB guys insist on releasing poison gas to finish any last of them still alive." The Fox Faunus was bitterly wondering if race had anything to do with the harsh consequences. She'd seen enough discrimination herself to know that sometimes it wasn't intentional, but it happened anyway.

"Let's sit tight for now, alright? Unless you guys have any better ideas?" Fen asked the other three.