Obelisk Apartments: Ground Floor
Lyrae is sitting on one of the lobby benches, half asleep. Her right arm is
in
a sling, and her ribs are taped up, though her cloak is hiding the fact that
she's injured.

Butz and Faris file into the room beside Ryuji. That's odd, they -had- to
have
been a distance behind him.

Yamazaki slips inside his hand to the knife case on the back of his belt. He
ducks down as he walks through the doorframe.

Butz slips into single-file, taking the lead in front of Faris.

Yamazaki hasn't noticed his pursuers yet as he stops in the middle of the
main
lobby and looks over the directory.

Lyrae isn't listed as she doesn't actually live here ^_^

Yamazaki continues to search through the names. When the nighttime janitor
exits the elevator Ryuji glances over and gives him a look, eyebrow raised
then
chuckles to make the poor man nervous.

Lyrae is apparently overlooked, and happy of it. Her hood is up, thus
concealing her face, but she recognizes that laugh. How could she not, to
hear
it time and time again in her dreams. Slowly, she tenses from her seat on
the bench.
Faris is here, yes... just quiet at the moment.
Butz lurks, however one should put it. n.n
Yamazaki ponders for a moment then steps back looking in either direction
down
the hallways. He turns a bit to look at someone seated on the bench but
pays no
real mind to them nor takes the time to study them more..other things are on
his mind. He rubs the back of his neck then suddenly jerks his head to the
side..*CRACK* popping the neck with a sick but satisfying snap.
Lyrae winces at the sound of the Crack. She shifts on her bench slightly,
glancing in its direction with wide green eyes. "..." o O ( It's him. ) She
then turns her attention towards the door. Injured as she is, leaving sounds
like a veeeerry good idea right about now.

Butz motions to Faris, thinking of the best strategy...deciding on one at
last.
Faris glances at the motion, giving a slight nod and easing that way.
Yamazaki turns to head to the main desk, his heavy footsteps echoing in the
empty hall. When there he reaches behind and digs through the drawers,
muttering
about stupid receptionists who leave their desks.
Butz mumbles, "If  .....  .....  to  .....  ..  .....  .....  up  .....
defensive  position  .....  front  .....  .....  .....  ..  ..  ..  stay
between  .....  .....  her  at  all  costs  ..  .....  take  him  on
directly
.....  a  Sasuke  .....  ..  ..  ..  .....  terms  .." to Faris.
Faris nods slowly, keeping her own voice as low as she can.
Faris mumbles, "Right  ..  I  can  .....  that  easily  ..  .....  .....
the
.....  and  I'll  .....  an  .....  through  his  hand  ..  .....  ..  ..
..
or  .....  .." to Butz.

Lyrae watches Yamazaki silently, then oh...so....painfully....slowly...
gets to
her feet. She makes a small pained noise upon completion of this motion, and
forces herself to move slowly, turning towards the door out. o O ( Don't
run.
It'll just call attention to yourself. )

Butz nods..

Yamazaki reels back his arm and rips into the desk smashing one of the
locked
drawers hoping to find a list of the people in the building.
Butz mumbles, ".....  .....  .....  .....  for  her  .....  .....  .....
of
her  presence  ..  For  .....  ..  we're  observers  ..  If  .....  .....
.....  .....  ..  .....  .....  her  ..  I'll  .....  him  .." to Faris.

Yamazaki stops his search, something catching his attention. He turns around
and stares at the person walking towards the door...slowly he tightens his
fist, knuckles popping under the pressure.

Faris forces herself to stay still... or at least mostly still... as the
crashing goes on. instead, she nods towards Butz again, reaching to shift
the
bow just a little bit.

Lyrae walks leisurely. Don't mind me. She holds her breath.
Faris mumbles, "I  understand  ..  .....  .....  the  word  ..  .....  .."
to  Butz.
Butz nods, satisfied. Now comes the hard part...waiting.
Yamazaki opens his mouth to call out, but hesitates..his arm hairs have
risen..somethings up. He casts a few looks around then looks back to the
person
heading to the door. Quietly he begins to follow.

Ryan blinks. Never a crowd down here.

Butz taps Faris's shoulder. "...Move out."

Yamazaki . o O ( Look out..... )

Lyrae is walking towards the door slowly, leisurely, forcing herself to
stay calm.

Yamazaki quickens his pace walking faster..

Ryan assumes Ly-chan and Ryuji ain't hiding themselves?

Lyrae can't help but feel like she's in a really really bad dream.
Lyrae isn't, no ^_^
Faris stands up and walks over towards the cloaked figure, to work herself
in
between Lyrae and Ryuji. And pretty fast, too...

Butz circles around Yamazaki as he passes by. Very leisurely.
Ryan follows Ryuji then, hands in his pockets, whistling to himself, ITCHING
for the opportunity to bust heads    9.9
Yamazaki slows and watches these two who have suddenly come out of nowhere.
Lyrae looks towards Faris out of the corner of her eye as she gets between
herself and Ryuji. She pauses for about a second, then continues walking,
reaching the door and pushing it open..
Yamazaki says quietly, one hand in his pocket as he continues to advance on
Lyrae despite this diversion. "Evening...rrr..."

Ryan steps up behind Yamazaki. He doesn't do anything to make himself
obvious
to him, but he does wave to Lyrae, who is hopefully watching   ^_^
Butz quietly slips on kaiser knuckles. *crick*

Butz is already behind him, Ryan. c.c;

Faris slows down her own walk just a little bit, to make sure she stays in
between the pair. She looks back at Ryuji as he continues the advancing,
once
again reaching back to shift her bow slightly.

Ryan stands besides Butz then   c.c

Lyrae sweatdrops just slightly at Ryan's location for a moment. o O ( Here
we
go again.. )

Yamazaki suddenly stops in his tracks and stares forward..not looking at
anyone
around him.
Butz matches Yamazaki's pace...including the immediate stop. He silently
stands
at attention. "...."

Yamazaki's muscles in his back tense up as his shoulders rise and fall with
each deep breath. He takes his hand out of his pocket, shakes it then lets
it
hang limp to the side.

Faris has seen something like this before. . o O (....uh oh.) She frowns,
tight-lipped, then narrows her eyes. To cast, or not to cast...?
Lyrae puts her full weight against the door and steps out. She's not so
insane
as to stay in the same room. She'll watch from a safe distance ..
Butz similarly draws a ninja knife, resembling a small katana.
Ryan will use his fists. Old-fashioned, he is. Now, whether to say hello
first?
Ryan . o O ( Figgered there had to be at least one fight tonight. Been
awfully
quiet today. )

Yamazaki's eyes catch the flash of the blade, his eyes are trained to spot
this
but he makes no move. He just hums and looks at his arm which has begun to
sway
a bit from side to side.
Butz silently takes two steps backwards. More waiting.

Faris doesn't do quite as much waiting. She remembers that sonic attack.
"Shiromahou Shell." she says softly, a green glow forming around her body
and
forming a barrier.

Ryan stays just out of punch range (Ryuji's punch range that is).    . o O
(Now,
what's that lummox up to now? )

Butz took two steps beyond said range. ^^;
Yamazaki's cheek twitches as he take in two quick breaths, snorting
somewhat.
When he senses the energy shift his arm tenses then lashes out, the air
rending
as he strikes towards Faris. He meets the shield and swears letting out a
snarl
then leaping to the side. When he lands he widens his stance and looks at
everyone surrounding him. Odd enough he just grins and places his hand back
into his pocket to wait.

Faris still staggers backwards as the energy hits. Apparently, it isn't a
perfect shield... but at least it helped dull a good deal of it. She shakes
her
head briefly, then edges the bow fully off her shoulder. He wants to play?
Well... she can be ready for it, too.

Ryan thanks Ryuji for the opportunity to get medieval on his buttocks.
Leaping
back the second Ryuji's strike hits Faris' shield, he crouches low,
adopting a
stance commonly used by a certain Spanish ninja uses (hey, it's worked in
the
past...). He leaps up, backwards, against the wall to give him a good view
of
the lobby, and to see what the other two will try first...
Butz calmly utters the words 'Kuromahouken Boltra' over his blade as he
waits,
and as Ryuji lunges swings the blade gracefully. A wave of electrical energy
flashes out, erratic strands lancing at the ground as it approaches. He
begins
walking towards Ryuji, aiming for genuine combat.

Yamazaki laughs and beckons with his free hand. "Come attack me..."
That energy is coming your way, Cap'n. Wasn't just showing off. n.n
Cap'n Yamazaki's a bit slow on the uptake ^_-

Ryan laughs! "If you insist, troll!" With that, he kicks off from the wall,
using the force to propel him feet-first towards Ryuji's head (right foot,
if
it matters, and should I mention he has steel-toed shoes? Nah). All, of
course,
AFTER Butz's attack goes through...
Faris reaches back, fingering the arrows, then finally snagging one and
putting
it to the bowstring, nocking it and continuing to step along with Lyrae.
"Let
the big men handle this one." she says, almost casually.

Faris mumbles, ".... they need to feel important now and then." to Lyrae.
Faris mumbles, "..  ..  ..  ..  .....  .....  .....  feel  .....  .....
.....
then  .." to Lyrae.

Yamazaki's eyes fade replaced by deep fields of crimson. He steps to the
side
smoothly holding out his hand to graze over one of the oncoming waves of
energy. The energy surround his hand then is absorbed. Ryuji grins then
strikes
out removing his hand from his pocket. A sphere of energy erupts from his
palm
resembling the same signature as the energy that Butz had sent to him. . o O
(Better be careful though..that shit is tough to absorb..not sure if I can
again..no matter, these punks are dead..heh heh...)

Lyrae sweatdrops and nods at Faris, then smother a nervous grin.
You mumble, "Will they be okay? .." to Faris.

Lyrae mumbles, ".....  they  .....  .....  ..    ..  .." to Faris.
Ryan . o O ( This idjit frontin' around in the LOBBY. The NERVE! At least he
coulda taken it to the STREET! Now, lets see how well my foot is attracted
to
his face... )

Faris nods at Lyrae, looking at Butz, then grinning.

Yamazaki (OOC) 's attack was aimed at Ryan.

Faris mumbles, "Believe me. He's handled a lot worse than one kidnaping
idiot." to Lyrae.
Faris mumbles, "Believe  me  ..  He's  handled  a  .....  .....  .....  one
kidnaping  .....  .." to Lyrae.
You mumble, ".. O-okay.. <glances back towards the fight> I just don't want
to
see people getting hurt because of the kinds of things I attract.." to Faris.
Lyrae mumbles, "..  ..  O-okay  ..  ..  .....  .....  .....  the  fight>
.....
 just  .....  .....  to  see  people  getting  hurt  .....  of  the  kinds
of
things  .....  attract  ..  .." to Faris.

Butz reaches striking range as Ryuji hurls the attack. With grim eyes his
sword-arm lances forward, hammering the butt of the blade into his stomach
with
full force...like a blacksmith striker against the anvil.

Ryan erps as a sphere o energy flies at him! Great, you dunkopft, hard to
maneuver in the air! Ryan takes the blast in the foot, wincing with pain as
his
leg is bathed in electric fire (that's GOTTA hurt!).... too bad for Ryuji,
it
didn't seem to slow him down

Faris watches the fight calmly, mostly straight faced,. then looks at Lyrae,
stepping back some again, nudging her towards the door.

Faris mumbles, "I don't know about the Ryan fellow. That wasn't smart. But I
know that Butz can handle a lot. And this is nothing for him. Really." to
Lyrae.
Faris mumbles, "I  .....  .....  .....  the  .....  fellow  ..  .....
wasn't
.....  ..  But  .....  know  that  Butz  can  handle  .....  lot  ..  And
.....  is  .....  for  him  ..  .....  .." to Lyrae.

Yamazaki lets the blast run its course and is struck in the stomach by
Butz. He
stoops a bit and looks down at Butz letting out a growl. "Damn kid..." He
moves
his raised arm down quickly hammer striking at Butz with vicious force.
"CHYAAAAAAAAAAAH!"

You mumble, "Well I'm pretty sure Ryan can handle himself.. he did pretty
well
against the guy the other night, and he was hurt then.." to Faris.
Lyrae mumbles, ".....  .....  .....  sure  .....  .....  .....  .....  ..
..
he  did  pretty  well  .....  the  guy  the  .....  night  ..  and  he  was
hurt  .....  ..  .." to Faris.

Lyrae backs away towards the door at the nudging too.

Butz twists to the side as Yamazaki strikes, taking the blow in his side.
The
sound of a rib cracking meets the air, but the lad's expression doesn't
change.
With a small huff, he dashes into the opening Ryuji leaves with the
arm-strike
while casting aside his sword, thundering a combo of blows into him in
return.
Ryan wonders what happened to his attack   >.>;   <.<;
Ryan levitates  *_*;
[ ROTFL! ]
[ Butz casts Gravity on Ryan. n.n ]

Faris would say more to Lyrae, but she knows the sound of a rib-crack. Her
jaw
snaps shut, and she looks over towards her friend abruptly, then to Ryuji,
the
bow raising and pointing slightly.
Lyrae looks towards the sound of something snapping. She didn't like the
sound
of that one bit.

Yamazaki finishes striking at Butz then reels back to hit again but is
struck
by Ryan and knocked back out of the way of Butz as he moves in.
Yamazaki (OOC) there..sorry thought you fell Ryan.
Ryan (OOC) no prob
Yamazaki . o O ( Damn two on one eh? GOOD!! )

Butz adjusts his attack...mentally sighing at the loss of the opportunity.
Instead he uses his momentum slide forward while doing a leg sweep, and if
successful, drive his elbow *HARD* into the groin.

Ryan doesn't have time to snicker at the fact that elbows are just SOOO
attracted to Ryuji's 'nads... his foot hurts like heck now. He simply pushes
off of Ryuji's head (adding insult to injury to insult), hopefully getting
himself away from the ogre and putting some distance between them, to let
Butz
go to town...

Yamazaki lands on one knee sliding slightly on the smooth floor. He is in
mid
recovery when Butz moves in sweeping his leg out from under him causing him
to
fall forward. Luckily to avoid the shot to his Yamazaki's but unable to
avoid
the strike altogether and taking it to the back of the neck. He howls
grabbing
his neck and leaps back slashing out with a quickly drawn knife.
*SLASH**SLASH**SLASH*

Faris looks over at Lyrae. "Well Get going." She half-steps, catching Lyrae
with her hip and giving a strong shove towards the doorway.
Lyrae doesn't even have time to let out a squeak as she gets hip bumped out
the
room @.@

Butz follows the blade strike backwards, easing his arms into position
around
Ryuji's and easing the motion to a stop between his two fingers, in samurai
fashion. He hammers the elbow of the blade holding hand into Ryuji's arm
while
wrenching the blade away, forcing him to either release the blade or suffer
a
broken arm. (hopefully)

Ryan does a few flips in the air before landing with a dramatic pose. The
fact
he winces afterwards kinda ruins the effect, but, oh well... at least Butz
can
handle this for the moment

Once Lyrae is gone, Faris is able to ease up a little bit, stepping to the
doorway and raising her bow, sighting along the arrow at her target. Still,
she
doesn't release, just keeping careful aim.

Ryan . o O ( Maybe... get Lyrae out of this guy's sight. These two can
handle him... )

Yamazaki's eyes narrow as Butz tries to take his knife from him, his look is
very much like that given to the foolish master trying to steal his dogs meal. He
grimaces arm shaking under the strike but he keeps his hold on the blade as
well as jerking his arm to the side stepping backwards. "Let go you candy
ass!!!!" He keeps walking backwards as he swings his arm violently from
side to
side, then suddenly brings his knee up to strike at Butz, possibly to aid in
prying him loose.

Ryan uses Butz's distraction of Ryuji to circle around the room, towards the
door, exiting and doing his patented Maiden Snatch (tm) on Lyrae. "Yoink!
Hope
you don't mind, but this isn't safe..."   . o O ( Damn my leg hurts   ;_; )
Lyrae @yeeps at the snatch. Owie.

Butz has both arms around Ryuji's, facing the other direction, and
definitely
is in a position to argue that. Instead of snapping the arm, however, he
tries
to use the motion to stand on his leg and swing him over his
shoulder...driving
him hard into the ground, possibly wrenching the blade out of his hand,
knocking the wind from him, -and- snapping the arm, in that order of
likelihood. In doing this however, the knee would slam into his head and
he'd
come down on top of Yamazaki. x.x

Well this gets interesting, Ryuji is taken by surprise and is flipped losing
his blade finally but not without taking his aggressor down with him. He
lands
swearing then rolls back a bit and into a low stance, hand to the ground and
crouched on one knee. "Spunky...see if that holds up kid...heh heh...heh.."
He
rises and runs towards Butz to football tackle, but for added damage his chi
has flared up surrounding his body in a dark crimson glow.

However, our little bow-lady has had her time to aim, and now, Faris has
drawn
a proper bead on her target. *snap* She releases the arrow, flying fast and
true towards one of Ryuji's legs.
Ryan zips off. Let the major characters battle the villain.
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Scene Split Between the Events in the Bar and the rest of the fight at the
apartment:
Tyr Road [200]
Ryan does try to hold Lyrae gently. Broken ribs and all that. He isn't as
fast
as he usually is, either, so that keeps down on the jostling   ^^;
Lyrae is appreciative, believe me ^_^

Seventh Heaven Bar - Main Room
Ryan zips in, Lyrae in arms, and his leg singed. A story's a-waiting,
that's for sure.
>>** Eden looks at you.
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Butz holds his head, looking up just as he sees Ryuji stampeding in his
direction. Despite seeing stars, he grins broadly and hurls his hands
outward,
the air crackling -alive- with energy. A green aura flashes up around Butz
as
he concentrates, then HURLS a blast of devastating lightening into his
direction. "Kuromahou Bolt--GA!!" Wave after wave of energy slams into
Yamazaki's form.
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Lyrae holds as still as she can.
Eden looks up, blinking. "Ryan?"
Tasuki rubs his forehead. >.<
Rachel looks at the incomings from her seat on a barstool.  She hops off and
heads toward them.  "Are you all right?  Is _she_ all right?  What happened?"
Ryan gently sets Lyrae down in a seat, before cursing to himself and
mumbling
about someone fetching an icepack   >.<
Rachel nods.  "Right.  I'll get one."
Eden stands quickly, and hurries over. "What happened?"
Lyrae winces just slightly, before giving Ryan a concerned look for a
moment. o
O ( I hope those two will be okay. )
Ryan spits out, between 'owies', "That big ogre tried to kidnap Lyrae.
Again."
Lyrae grimaces quietly, sitting tense in her chair.
Rachel runs in back, coming back a few seconds later with a ZIplock bag
full of
ice cubes and a roll of paper towels.  "Here.  Now tell me what happened.
And
if I need to call an ambulance."
Eden says, "What big ogre?" She looks over Lyrae's injuries.
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Yamazaki is blasted down digging into the floor deep, but he snarls
teeth gritted as he gets up to run again. He is taken down but rises a few
times determined on getting to Butz but just as he nears him a biting pain
races through his right leg. "GYAAAAAAAAAH!!!" He reaches down to the wound
then snags a small knife from his ankle and sends it towards Faris.
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Ryan shakes his head. "No, I'm okay, just a few burns." Wince. Second
degree.
"Didn't catch his name, but two guys were taking care of him..."
Rachel asks, "Maybe you're okay -- what about her?"

Lyrae just stays perfectly still. As noted in her desc, just the ribs and
arm
are most noticeable of her injuries. She looks towards Rachel, "I'm fine.."
Ryan looks at Lyrae. "... Those're old injuries."

Lyrae . o O ( Who *IS* that guy? .. )

Eden asks softly, "Lyrae, perhaps you should lie down?"

>>** Rachel looks at you.
Lyrae tenses a little at Ryan, then erks at Eden, going white for a second
before she quickly shakes her head, "No no, I'm fine."
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Faris was ready... for another 'magical' attack. The physical catches
her mostly off-guard, as she's snagging for another arrow from her quiver.
She
turns away from it, catching the edge sharply across one hip, gritting her
teeth against it as her hand shakes.
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Tasuki ever so slowly realizes that someone is injured. o.o He stands from
his
position at the counter, and lumbers over to the group, "Wha happened...?"
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Butz sees the new opening. With an echoing cry from the soft-spoken lad,
he throws himself the remaining distance Ryuji meant to close, slamming
punch
after punch into any particularly appealing spot that's safely within his
reach, ending the combo with an uppercut of spiked studs that glitter like
jewels directly up into his jaw.
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Eden says, "It looks very painful."
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Hitori walks by, leading in a pale, shivering Cammy. She pays no head to
the fight, instead trying to get Cammy back home as soon as possible.
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Ryan thumbs out the door. "Some big thug ambushed us in the lobby. Can ya
believe that? Can even go without a fight in yer HOME!" He winces again.
"Idiot."

Lyrae tenses just slightly, "Only when I laugh." she attempts a smile for
Eden,
and shakes her head at Tasuki, falling silent as Ryan bellows the answer.
Eden nods..

Tasuki says, "Big thug, huh?" He cracks his knuckles, . o O (I could go for
a
nice fight right now...wish I could see straight. u.u)

Ryan goes to stand up. "Should probably go back and make sure they take him
down..."
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Yamazaki's body leans over as he is struck by Butz, each hit rattling
his massive frame. But the cries from Ryuji are replaced by laughter, pained
but none the less, laughter. He moves his arm down to block the uppercut
looking into Butz's eyes with a sadistic insane stare.
"YEEEEEHEEEHEEEHEEEEEEE!" His head slams forward to meet Butz's, if the
strike
connects a small explosion will erupt at the point of impact.
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Rachel asks, "You want help?"

Tasuki says, "I'll come with. n.n"

Ryan shakes his head. "No, need someone here to watch Lyrae..."
Eden says, "I can stay."

Lyrae smiles weakly.

Ryan nods to Eden, then glances at Rachel

Ryan mumbles, ".....  you  suit  .....  in  time  .." to Rachel.
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Faris keeps her weight from her bad hip, the arrow nocking to the
bowstring as she sights down at the pair of men again, studying them for the
better shot.
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Rachel nods.  "Just take me two minutes."
Ryan nods to Rachel. "We'll wait."
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Butz squints. Holding onto Butz is a very _BAD_ idea. Even as Ryuji
laughs in his face literally, his arm begins to tingle warningly...before
wave
after wave of live electrical energy flows through his body. To give you an
idea, picture holding onto the end of a live wire with a deathgrip.
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Rachel turns and heads for the stairs.
Eden asks softly, "Lyrae, can I help clean the cuts, at least?"

Tasuki grins a bit,"This is gonna kick some major @$$. n.n"
Lyrae blinks at Eden, then eyes her hands. "Yeah I guess.." She slowly gets
to
her feet, grimacing slightly.

Eden goes to get a wet cloth and the first aid kit from the bartender.
Ryan looks down at his leg   . o O ( Good, no third-degree burns... no need
to
worry yet )

Hardsuit Red says, "Ready."

Lyrae looks at the trio about to leave a bit worriedly - then turns and
follows
Eden quietly.

Ryan nods to the hardsuit, then glances at Tasuki. He says, in his most cool
authority voice, "Move out!"

Hardsuit Red says to Eden, "I'll leave the moto outside in case you need
backup."

Tasuki turns to look at Rachel, then GYAAAAAAAS!, "MONSTER!"

Ryan sweatdrops at Tasuki's reaction. "..." Facepalm.

Eden leads Lyrae over to a table. "Sit here?"
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Yamazaki's head falls back as he lets out a scream, his eyes roll into
the back of his head as they begin to glow dark red. Soon that laughter
echo's
again as his arms begin to glow the same color as his eyes. "Yaah ha ha
haaaaaaaa!" He lets go and stumbles back, his muscles pulsating with the
absorbed energy, his heart racing..he manages to say through a strained
voice.
"Take..it BACK! kuta-BANNA!" Ryuji raises his hands over his head then slams
them to the ground releasing the energy into the floor with a violent
explosion
that races outwards from him in a wide circle. Hopefully to release this
energy
before he explodes as well as buy him an escape.
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Lyrae leaps about two feet back from the yell, white as a sheet. o.o;;;;
Eden winces a bit at the shout. "It is armor."

Ryan stares at Tasuki. "coming or not?"

Lyrae . o O ( Ow! .. Jeez. )

Lyrae walks over to the table and sits where Eden indicated, gingerly.
Tasuki pants, pointing at the monster, sweat dripping down the side of his
head...at least until Eden explains. "Oh...armor." . o O (Just #@$^ing
armor.)
u.u "I was testing your reactions!"
Ryan sweatdrops   . o O ( So much for my grand departure... )
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Ryan storms in the front door, with reinforcements even! "Hi there, miss  me?"
Rachel deploys her shield. The bulk on  the suit's right forearm unfolds
into a fair-sized
protective surface.
It's a good thing that Faris had that shield up. As it is, she's still
struck, staggering backwards with a cry of pain. Her aim is thrown off,
arrow
striking the wall behind Ryuji. She staggers back, head shaking as she
tries to
regain her balance and awareness.
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Eden carefully holds her hand under your arm to steady it, then gingerly
dabs
the wet cloth to the scrapes.
Lyrae, once the others have gone, relaxes with a low hiss of pain.  She
pushes
off her cloak and pulls her shirt up slightly, gingerly probing at the
sensitive area.
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Ryan gets battered right after his finishes his less-then-dramatic-entrance,
falling to the side of the door, momentarily  stunned x_x
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Lyrae winces slightly, but stays silent, turning her attention from her self
inspection to watch your ministrations curiously.
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Hardsuit Red staggers a bit, but manages to keep its footing. Gyros --
Gotta love 'em. ^_-
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Eden finishes the area quickly, then pulls out a can of spray-type
antiseptic.  "This
will hurt, okay?"
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Tasuki gets flung back into Rachel's shield. -.- Some safety device.  "God
damn, that hurts like a *****. >.<
Ryan feels he doesn't need to say  who the bad guy is. Should be
obvious. Oooh, pretty stars!
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Lyrae nods, setting her jaw as she braces herself, "Okay..'"
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Eden shakes the can, then sprays quickly over the scrapes, covering fully.
Lyrae tenses predictably, going a few shades paler and smothering a hiss of
pain, then exhaling a huge breath.
Eden asks softly, "I'm sorry. Are you sure nothing is broken?"
>>** Eden looks at you.
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Hardsuit Red shouts at Ryuji, in an electronically-altered voice,  "Freeze!"
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Lyrae grins, "Oh I know a few things are broken.. right arm, three ribs on
the
right side.. I took some pain killers for it, but they're wearing off right
about now."
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Butz dashes backwards a bit, then throws himself forward...through the
wave. His body stands the ravages and continues to drill his way through,
collapsing to his knees as he reaches the other side. His eye flicker green
as
he slams his fist into the ground as he crumples, screaming two words that
immediately send sirens racing through Faris's head to Duck and Cover.
"Kuromahou...FLARE!!!" The ground beneath Yamazaki erupts in an explosion
with
the same radius as his chi blast.
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Eden blinks, wide-eyed. "Shouldn't you get professional attention, then?"
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Yamazaki says, "AAAAAAAAAHHHHH!" He shakes his head as the rush of
burning energy is finally released from his body. With a hard tug he
wrenches
his hand free from the holes in the tiles and staggers back towards the
door.
When he hears a voice he stops and looks over, eyebrow raised. "What the
****?
A dammed talking toaster? Blow off and make a poptart..ugh.." He swoons a
bit
clutching his head. At this moment Butz's attack rips into the room sending
Ryuji off into the receptionists desk. Needless to say there isn't much
left to
the desk.
Faris does just that, in fact. Her eyes widen, and she staggers rapidly
backwards towards the door. Eh? Other people? "GET BACK!" She yells at the
folks there. Juuuuuust in case. Of course, also just in case, she does have
another arrow nocked and ready.
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Lyrae shakes her head, "Nn-nn. Well I did sort of.. I had it taped up so
that
the bones will heal correctly.. but that's about it. I've been taking a lot
of
things," she eyes her hands, "For granted lately."
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Ryan shakes his head, his vision clearing. Wow, even more devastation.
Dammit, now his rent will go up! He'll be out of it for the rest of the
'round'
though. Do I smell 'target'?
Hardsuit Red braces against the explosion, and waits to see if the
target is still moving after that.
Hardsuit Red . o O ( So much as twitch and you're mine, creep... )
Tasuki's eyes widen at all the firepower being thrown about. o.o And he
thought the tessen was special. Hey, he wants in on this! ...but maybe
later.
He ducks behind the hardsuit, you know. Human flesh doesn't do well against
all  this. o.o
Butz is...somewhat spent. That's pretty damn certain. Still, he crawls
onto his hands and knees and continues crawling forward. (Our little wind
elemental here should try applying for an Energizer battery.)
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Eden says, "That really isn't safe..." She looks your hands over as well,
more
closely, trying to guess whether any fingers might be broken.
No fingers are broken, they're just puffy and swollen - as if she'd been
punching concrete. And she had.
Eden asks softly, "How did you do this?"
Lyrae quietly says, "I panicked.."
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Splintered wood flies in every which direction as Ryuji shoots his arms
up to free himself. "Kiku ze..."(I felt that one) Slowly he sits up resting
his
forearm against his knee and looks around, his clothes tattered and face
bloodied.
Hardsuit Red fires, a blue-white electrical-looking discharge from the
fairing atop its left forearm.
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Eden says, "Oh....I think they will be all right, at least."
Lyrae nods, "They just need time to heal, yes.."
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Ryan staggers back to his feet. He's gonna be bruised ALL over, but
luckily, he isn't bleeding. A least, not externally. He inhales, taking a
defensive stance as he observes the situation
Yamazaki looks over calmly but the approaching discharge triggers his
survival instinct. With a howl he leaps up and just out of the way..too much
for tonight. He comes to stop by one of the chairs in the hallway, hoists
it up
and gingerly tosses the thing towards the general direction of everyone.
Tasuki . o O ( I'm in way over my head. -.- Why couldn't the Suzaku No
Miko just come to my world like that monk said she was supposed to? -.- )
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Eden straightens again, wincing then holding her back straighter...clearly
she
still needs some time as well...and gets some bandages from the kit for your
hands. "Will your ribs need taped again?"
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Faris gets her composure back, once the Flare has run its course. She
starts edging her way over towards Butz carefully, the bow being snapped up
and
slung onto her shoulder once again. She's more intent on Butz, at the moment.
Ryan gets beaned by a chair. it just ain't his night.
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Lyrae quietly says, "Yeah, .. from all the running around tonight.."
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Hardsuit Red catches the chair at the last moment, Ryan. You're safe. ^_-
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Lyrae asks gently, "You're still hurting too..?"
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Ryan exhales
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Eden says, "I'll help you with that, too, then. But we should not do that in
here." She shakes her head. "I'll be all right."
Lyrae nods in acknowledgment to both, then looks at the door, "You're
probably
right, we don't want anyone walking in on it 9.9;"
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Butz is on his knees again. He stands to his feet, casually flicking his
hand outwards in Ryuji's direction as he regains his composure.
"...Jikuumahou
Comet." To make up for Ryan's chance hit of debris--or not, due to the
hardsuit's intervention, flaming rocks manifest out of the air all around
Butz's 'target', and take their turns attempting to slam into him one second
after another.
Hardsuit Red throws the chair back at Yamazaki. Hard.
Tasuki . o O ( Well, my as well put my bit in too... )
Faris shakes her head as she finally gets over to Butz's side. "You
know, I thought you said we wanted to go easy on things like that..."
Ryan wipes a trickle of blood from his chin . o O ( Dammit, bit my
tongue... that guy is goin' DOWN ) Once again, however, the poor mortal has
to
wait until the megadeath spells and chi blasts finish getting tossed
around. Le  sigh.
*****************************************************************************
Eden waits until you sit again, then pulls your shirt up under your arms,
looking at the taping as it is.
It's a little loose, most of it unraveling. The ends are tucked into the
inside
part, but not doing much to hold steady.
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Butz coughs a bit of blood as he dusts himself off, shaking his head.
"...And I also said, if you're up against someone where you have to match
the
odds, let it flow."
Megadeath spells, chi blasts and chairs/debris, Ryan. You missed that
last one :)
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Eden takes the loose ends, and starts unwrapping it completely. "How did
this
happen?"
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Oh yes, can't forget the chairs. Too bad I left my blaster at home...
Tasuki says, "This is for ruining a nice chair!" He throws his gaze at
Ryuji, once the hardsuit moves out of his way. He whips his tessen out,
slicing
at the air, while facing the monster. "Lekka shien!!" Flames burst out of
nowhere, the inferno burning everything in its path. Including innocents.
Watch
out for the hothead. o.o
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Lyrae quietly says, "..A seven foot fall onto hard concrete. Not fun." She
grimaces slightly, shifting her breathing style so it hurts less.
Eden says, "Oh....no, it wouldn't be." She begins wrapping your ribs again,
cautiously.
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Ryan, thankfully, won't get hit by THAT attack -.-;
Faris turns her body, offering a shoulder to Butz. "You. Sit. You're all
but worn out. You don't need to be throwing anything else like that."
Hardsuit Red dodges Tasuki's attack, barely. . o O ( Great. Ally's more
dangerous than the target. )
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Lyrae hesitates long enough to hold her breath, waiting patiently and
holding  still.
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Yamazaki swats the chair to the side then starts to make for the door,
pelted by Butz's attack. Once at the door however he feels the heat and
mutters
one single word. "..shit...." The flames burn around him and paired with the
other attack he is sent flying through the doorway rather than running
through
it. "Kyaaah!!!' *SMASH*"
Ryan . o O ( Can everyone around here create fire outta thin air but
ME!? o.=; )
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Eden finishes, securing the ends. "How is that?"
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Butz nods, nothing wrong with common sense. He lets himself drop to his
knees, then kicks back...lying on the ground while catching his breath.
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Lyrae lets out a breath, and then nods, "Better," she tugs her shirt down
again. "Thanks."
Eden says, "You're welcome."
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Faris lets Butz go. Heck, he can get the chance to rest up a minute, as
she straightens to squint at the door. Drat. He got away. Oh well... gives
her
a chance to grit her teeth and slap the flat of her palm against her hip.
Ow.
Ow. Pain.
Tasuki realizes his one...well, the one mistake he realizes he made,
which is standing in front of the door. He gets smacked to the ground by a
flying Ryuji, and rolls for a bit, smacking into the wall by the door. u.x
Ryan would give chase, but Ryuji looked like he got spanked enough
already. "E... everyone okay?"
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Lyrae looks towards the door, "You think they're all right?"
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Alive? Yes. Alright? Give her time. "I'm fine." Faris says, waving a
hand some.
Tasuki sits up for a second, feeling his face. Of course... "That
bastard broke my ****ing nose!" He holds the rather bloodied nose in place.
-.-
Someone yells from outside followed by a woman's scream.
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Eden asks softly, "I hope so. Do you want me to look?"
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Ryan curses, "Dammit, what does it take to STOP that gu-" He looks out
the door?
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Lyrae hesitates, "Do you think it's safe to?.."
Eden says, "I don't have to go close."
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Ryan is just looking, for the moment, unless he spots trouble
Butz responds in a Cloudish manner, "...." He's busy focusing on
restoring his spent stores of energy, thanks.
Hardsuit Red says, "I'm fine... Damn!" And jumpjets out through the door.
*****************************************************************************
Lyrae quietly says, "..Well.. I'm -sure- they're fine but.." she looks
ready to
get to her feet and follow, "Maybe we should make sure.."
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Faris woo-hoos! Cloud has become an adverb! ]
[ ROTFL ]
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Eden nods. "Stay behind me, though."
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Ryan decides to follow Rachel. Might as well TRY to be useful this  fight...
Faris is following for that door, although without the jumpjets. She's
just using good ol' walking power. What more needs to be known?
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Lyrae nods. She's not going to be moving too quickly anyway.
Tyr Road [300]
Eden asks softly, "Where was it?"
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Try? There is no 'try'...
Tasuki hops to his feet after popping his nose into place. u.u He then
follows out the door. . o O (I'm going to put this ***** on ice.)
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Lyrae pauses to get her bearings, before indicating slowly, "South. . at the
Obelisk Apartment building."
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Outside a woman looks horrified on as Ryuji holds a man by the throat.
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Eden nods, and starts to the south.
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Yamazaki says, "Back it off..." *cough*
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Intersection: Thor/Tyr
Lyrae nods southwards again.
Tyr Road [200]
Hardsuit Red says, menacingly, "Let him go, creep.  Do it NOW!"
Ryan skids to a halt. "!^@!() coward... put him down..."
Tasuki says, "Let the guy die! If we don"
Eden looks in, Lyrae not yet visible behind her.
Tasuki says, "Let the guy die! If we don't kill this @$$hole now, he'll just
hurt more people. >.<"
Lyrae doesn't intend to let herself =get= visible either. n.n
Faris glances at Tasuki. "You're nuts,." She shakes her head, voice going a
little lower. "I can get him away... or at least slow him down." she says,
softly.

Butz pages, "Ryuji is RPing outside in here for convenience, he's got a
knife to
some random person's throat." to Eden and you.

Hardsuit Red says to Tasuki, without looking away from the target, "No one
asked you, idiot."
Ryan doesn't bother to reply to that    . o O ( I can take that troll
down...
but not before he kills that guy... )
Yamazaki looks over laughing maniacally. "You want him..fine..take him."
With a
brutal swipe of his blade he opens the mans stomach and tosses him to the
ground. "GYEEHEEHEEEEEE!" The woman screams as Ryuji races past her knocking
her down and heads off down an alley. He will be lost in the streets and
unfound for now.
Hardsuit Red . o O ( Shit... )
Tasuki says, "I told you!" >.<

Tasuki says, "He was gonna kill him anyways. Too desperate. -.-"
Hardsuit Red patches into the cellphone network and calls 911.

Ryan whips out his cellphone, shouting, "TRACK HIM." He flips it open, and
finds it luckily undamaged. Calls 911...

Faris steps back from the door, shaking her head as she turns back to Butz
again. "You know," she says, looking at the suit, then at Tasuki. "...you
weren't exactly helpful in that." She then, calmly, walks over to offer
Butz a
hand.
Faris also glances at Ryan. "Will the man make it, do you think?" She wasn't
close enough to get a look... not as close as the others were.
Eden runs up toward the fallen man, dropping down beside him.
Butz stands shakily, making his way towards the man. Kneeling, he places a
palm
to the temples. "...Shiromahou Curega..." The wound slowly closes, and the
body
is actually more healthy than it was before Ryuji decided to make him a
part of
his evening's entertainment. Butz stands, looking far more dizzy than he was
earlier. "...*erp*..."
Ryan says, "IF a doctor gets here in time..."   . o O ( !@^! disemboweled...
I'll KILL that !@^*! ogre )

Lyrae, with one hand against her ribs, follows Eden.
Faris looks up at Ryan. Well, that sounds different. "Get away from her.
Give
me room." All of a sudden, she sounds more urgent. "is it that bad?"
Hardsuit Red calls 911 and cancels the response.
Eden blinkblinks at the healing, then looks over him to be sure. "Are you
all right?"

Lyrae steps backwards, looking at Butz, then at the others.

Tasuki walks over to the man, to help him, but then blinks into surprise as
the
wound is healed...seemingly out of nowhere. "The hell...?" He sheathes his
tessen. . o O (I need a drink...)

Butz makes his way to the outside wall, which he leans against. Taking
measured
breaths, he closes his eyes and once more attempts to gather himself.
Replenishing your energy only to spend it again isn't a healthy practice.
Faris shakes her head, looking at Butz. "You know, I could have done that as
easily as you could have." She says it in a tone that suggests she could
swat
him right now. "Easier, in fact." Limp. Limp.

Eden stands up stiffly, relieved to see that the man is now unhurt.

Tasuki mutters to himself, "I'm too ****ing useless here...-.-" Maybe a bit
too
loud. Oh well. . o O (Where's Kouji when you need him?)
Lyrae looks towards the bystanders worriedly, then lets out a soft sigh.
Hardsuit Red mutters, "Damn, he got away..."

Lyrae quietly says, "....he'll be back.."
Butz shrugs, eyes still closed. "...I do what I must, nothing more." Silence.
Eden looks over to Butz and Faris.
This time, Faris _does_ swat him. Not that hard, of course, but hard enough
that he feels it. "Baka. And you think I can't do the same thing you can?
You
already wore yourself out with a lot of things. Let me handle it next time.
Remember, we're a team, Butz."
Lyrae sweatdrops at the swat.
Butz snorts softly, an attempt to laugh. "...Good, then you can give me a
dose
of regen."

Faris shakes her head. "And if I don't?" Of course, it isn't hard to tell
that
she's already warming up a spell, glow forming around her hands as she
murmurs
to herself.
Butz is grinning, of course, although both somewhat sheepish and queasy. n.n
Tasuki wipes the blood off his face and sniffles slightly, then walks a bit
always from the rest of the group, looking down a quiet alley.
Eden asks softly, "If you can do that, can you help Lyrae?"
Lyrae answers sharply, "No."

Hardsuit Red watches.
Eden turns back to Lyrae. "Why not?"
Butz says, "...Then I'll give Gan a picture of you in a dress...-Sarisa-."
^_^;

Faris takes her turn to sweatdrop. "I'll get you for that." she mumbles at
him,
setting her hands against his shoulder and letting the glow encompass him.
"You
_better_ not have pictures."

Lyrae places her hand back against her rips, letting her broken arm rest in
the
sling, "Like I said.. because of the fact that generally we can heal
ourselves
with magical means sometimes, like with cure materia or spells, I took my
own
physical health for granted.." She shakes her head, "I'm not going to abuse
it
for something as ..minor as this. I'll live with the pain. I have all my
life
anyway." she tops that off with a wry smile.

Butz has his own pride, but Faris would kick him around a bit if he walked
around like this...so he'll settle for a slow recovery rather than an
instant one.
Eden says, "You can't use your hands, Lyrae."
Faris is willing to leave it at that. Then again, she's limping, herself,
still. Although hers is more painful than serious. Really. She glances over
at
Eden and Lyrae as she hears that, raising her eyebrows, then frowning at
that.
Lyrae winces at the reminder. "....they'll heal, I can at least move them a
little more than I could before.."

Eden says, "I don't think you can even feed yourself as they are now."
Lyrae sweatdrops again. 9.9;; "Sure I could.."

Butz turns to Lyrae's direction, shaking his head. "...I have my own honor
about wounds of course, but I also know better than to try to persuade my
friends not to help me. Mostly because I'm male, they don't have second
doubts about smacking me for my stupidity...just get a regeneration
enchantment
from Faris, here, to assist the healing process a bit."

Butz says 'stupidity' with a quirk of his lip. Obviously it's not his
personal
opinion. ^_^; (Gyach, too many split comments.)
Lyrae looks over her shoulder at Butz with a bright grin - and sweatdrop -
then
shakes her head, flexing her left hand. Sort of.  It barely moves. "I don't
need it.. nor would I accept it. No offense, but I have to take better care
of
myself, and not take stupid risks.. They'll heal in due time, naturally."
Faris grins fondly at Butz, giving his shoulder a friendly punch... his good
shoulder, that is... then looking over at Lyrae, heading over her way.
"Really,
Jikuumahou Regen is an easy spell to handle."

Lyrae is perfectly fine until Faris enters a foot range of her, where she
then
grows very uneasy and puts a hand out, "That's far enough," she manages
nervously, and smiles sheepishly, "Thank you for the offer, but I'm fine as
is.
I"m sorry you  all were hurt because of that guy..
Eden sighs a bit, and doesn't press it further. Instead, she turns stiffly
to
the hardsuit. "What happened?"
Butz closes his eyes again, looking grim once more. "Lady, I gave that man
the
beating of his life, and ask no payment. Yet for once I will insist...at
least
hear me out on this plea, it's the least you can do for a lowly person such
as  I."
Hardsuit Red says to Eden, "The perp took an amazing amount of punishment,
but
still managed to get away.  You saw the end of it."

Faris glances towards Butz at that. Hey... _she's_ supposed to be the one
with
courtly graces. Well... supposed to be... "Believe me. You'll thank me when
it
helps." she says to Lyrae.

Tasuki glances over his shoulder to check the group over, making sure
they're
all all right. He scoffs to himself, and walks off down a side-street.
Lyrae grimaces only slightly, shaking her head, "You're better off asking
payment." she smiles lightly and shakes her head, this time adding a few
steps
to increase the distance, starting to look a bit skittish, "Save your magic
for
someone who needs it.." She manages.
Butz opens his eyes, looking Lyrae directly in the eyes. "You _DO_ need it."
Faris grunts in annoyance, then looks over at Butz. "I don't suppose you
happened to bring any potions, did you?" She look at Lyrae.  "If you won't
take
healing.. would you take that?"
Butz grimaces. "Instant healing Faris, back to square one."
Lyrae quietly says, "I don't want instant healing."
Eden nods.
Faris says, "Then take a Regen. It isn't instant healing. It'll just help it
happen. You aren't going to heal right without it."
Lyrae puts her hand to her face briefly o O ( If the pain goes away, the
dreams
come back. . . I need the pain to keep the dreams away.. )
Lyrae lowers her hand..sighs.. and grins wryly, "You're pretty stubborn
aren't
you?" n.n;
Butz says, "Just take the damn regeneration spell and slowly recover over
the
next week, okay lady? Thank you, and have a good day." Yow...it's -hard- to
make Butz cuss, especially to one of the female gender. He walks a distance
down the street in solace. x.x
Butz walks out.
Tasuki walks out.
Faris watches as Butz leaves, arches her eyebrows in some surprise, then
shrugs, walking over to Lyrae. . o O (...that's the second man to do that
today? Am I not fresh or something?)
Eden walks slowly up to the hardsuit.

Lyrae resists the urge to skitter backwards, watching Faris' approach.
Faris holds out her hands. "Look. No weapons." And indeed, her hands are
empty.  "I'm
just going to chant Jikuumahou Regen on you."
Lyrae nods slowly, glancing around briefly to make sure no more crazies are
going to jump out of the shadows.
Hardsuit Red looks at Eden?
Faris raises her hands, the spell running through them, then reaching out to
set her hands on Lyrae, muttering the spell and letting the glow encompass
her
once again.
Eden says, "It is very violent here lately...."

Hardsuit Red replies, "Yes, it is."  It appears to ponder this.
Lyrae closes her eyes slightly, with little emotion changing her expression
until the spell is completed. She then sighs slightly and eyes her hands o O
(  Well .... I didn't -want- the added help but.. at least now I'll
definitely be
able to play again for sure. ) She gives Faris a timid, sheepish look and
speaks very softly, "..Thank you."
Eden looks back to Faris and nods. "Thank you."
Faris nods, backing off. "No problem." She looks at the door, frown
deepening a
little bit. . o O (Now, I just need to figure where Butz went...)
Lyrae asks gently, "..Could you tell your friend I apologize?"
Faris looks over at Eden. "... for what?" Lyrae, she can understand.. but?
Eden says, "For helping."
Faris shakes her head at Eden. "It's like Butz said. I do what I have to.
And... this is part of what I have to do."
Hardsuit Red turns to Faris.  "That sounds very familiar."  You can almost
hear
the slight smile in the electronic voice.
Eden nods. "That's important."
Faris glances at the suit, giving an 'mmhmm' at it, then back over at Eden,
nodding. "Of course it is."
Lyrae sighs into the night air, then looks at the remaining, "Thank you both
again for your help..'"
Hardsuit Red nods.
Eden says, "Of course, Lyrae."
Lyrae smiles weakly, then sighs, "I think I'm going to turn in myself,
before
anything _else_ happens."
Lyrae quietly says, "You two be careful.."
Hardsuit Red asks, "You be careful, too.  Do you need an escort to anywhere?"
Lyrae shakes her head, pointing to the building, "Nah, ..I'm been staying
with
someone for the time being.."
Hardsuit Red says, "All right.  Goodnight, then."
Eden says, "Good night."
Lyrae quietly says, "Good night." she smiles and heads on in.

END!