[EVENT] Battle Log One

[majorarc]

Who: Everyone
When: September 25, Late Evening
Where: The docks
What: The Minions Attacking
Warnings: Possible death, violence and cursing, so PG-13. Remember, if you die, you will resurrected by The Rulers and shackled. If you are injured, you will be immediately shackled and grouped with the others. We will be posting to this log as minions.


While the minions kept stealing items, it didn’t seem like that stopped the denizens from doing what they wanted to. This did not please the Rulers, no, not one bit! So, as the boat took off, the Emperor took the literal wind away from the sails, making the ocean a still as could be. There is a long moment of complete silence; no trees ruffling in the wind, no leaves rolling down the cobblestone streets of the districts, nothing.

At the beach, the minions begin to appear, giggling oddly and looking at the boat with malicious grins. Some of them are carrying weapons, some of them with glowing hands that signify magic. Behind them are Justice and Judgment, looking grim as they signal the attack. The minions begin their attack, either with weapons or magic, aiming directly for the boat and the passengers.

Good luck, denizens.

Comments

I don't mind at all!

[solitarynuvola]

At the comment, one of his eyes open and he stares at Howl, recognizing the man as the self-proclaimed wizard that he'd met a while ago. Then the eyelid lowers and he settles himself into a more comfortable position, the chains clinking around him as he shifts.

"I did." Said horses have disappeared from the beach, on his order - he wouldn't want them to be captured and trussed up as well, so he'd told them to take to the skies.

Yay~ /pounces on

[waterformybath]

"Even with them, you couldn't defeat at least one of those two?" He tilts his head towards Justice and Judgement are. Surely a god would be able to take them on, right?

/o/

[solitarynuvola]

There's a harsh bark of what seems to be laughter from him, before his brow crinkles and he makes a mental to not do that again. That movement hadn't been very kind to his ribs.

"They took away my denizen's powers," he explains quietly, clenching his fists as he does so. "That one, though--" here he nods to Justice with a kind of savage triumph- "--will have a hard time cleaning her robes." He's quite happy that he managed to spit on her. Also that he managed to bite her. But that probably wasn't worth mentioning, was it.

[waterformybath]

Oh dear. Howl could sympathise with Justice in regard to her clothes. He was already sighing over the fact that he'd have to wash these after sitting here in the dirt. "Why, did your blood stain them?"

[solitarynuvola]

His reply comes slowly, as he concentrates on not moving so much, though he does rattle the chains around him with a kind of quiet fury that shows only in his eyes. "I showed her my contempt."

[waterformybath]

The wizard appears impressed with god - Helios, wasn't it - Helios' daring. The other's golden eyes burn in a way that makes him avert his gaze to elsewhere on his face.

"No wonder they left you in this state. Don't you care about your own survival?"

[solitarynuvola]

"I won't die so easily." It was true - every time Death showed up to claim him, he gave it the middle finger and a savage grin. These injuries that he'd received from Justice were not nearly enough to bring him to near Death.

[waterformybath]

"Well, no. I suppose you wouldn't, being a god and all." Howl still can't help but treat that with scepticism despite having seen the man's power with his own eyes. "But if you're a god, you should be able to heal yourself, yes?"

[solitarynuvola]

"These chains restrict the abilities I have access to." Did Howl seriously fall for that spur-of-the-moment deception? Wow. He was more gullible than Hibari had thought he would be.

[waterformybath]

Poor Howl doesn't know any better. There could very well be gods; he just hasn't seen one until now!

"I see." He studies the chains doubtfully. He doesn't think he could get them open, sadly. Or was there a way to slide them off somehow? Hmm... "How tight are those chains?"

[solitarynuvola]

Gosh, Howl. Way to be open minded!

"Tight enough." He rattles the chains wrapped around him once again - he's already tried to get out, but with no success.

[waterformybath]

The wizard shuffles over until his bound hands can grip one of the chains. He starts tugging, trying to pull the first loop over the other's feet so that there's some leverage to remove the rest.

"Damn, they did a good job," he grunts, straining. Whoops, he just toppled on to his side. He tries to get himself back to sitting position to try again.

[solitarynuvola]

Hibari, surprisingly enough, doesn't kick the wizard away. Not that he can really move his feet, what with the shackles around his ankles as well - it gives him some cold comfort that he's the only one that's trussed up like this, actually. It means that they think he's more dangerous than the rest.

And rightly so. But he stays quiet, watching the wizard get back to trying to pull the chains away.

[waterformybath]

Hibari's shoes are getting in the way. He pulls them off first without asking permission then goes back to tugging.

Eventually, he manages to get the chain to hook around the base of the other man's feet and has to rest for a bit. Hope you're not ticklish, Hibari, because he has to pull this down the sole and around the toes still.

[solitarynuvola]

Rude!

Well, there's not much he can do, is there? So he sits on the ground patiently, waiting for the other to regain his strength (and inwardly seething at how he has to have someone else help him.)

[waterformybath]

Grr--! Stupid. Chains. Come. Off...!

Howl topples backwards again as the loop of chain slides over Helios' feet. He quickly sits back up, grinning widely. It should be easier to pull the rest off now - which he starts doing.

[solitarynuvola]

Oh, freedom to move his feet! Wonderful. He lifts his legs as far as they can go obligingly, so Howl can pull the rest off - well, that was easier than he'd thought. He'd have to repay the man somehow, later on.

[waterformybath]

Howl's not being very subtle with this, so it's a wonder none of the minions or the two Rulers come over to re-wrap the chains. A little longer and then the last loop is pulled off, freeing Helios completely. Howl is out of breath from all the shuffling about.

"Will that...do...?" Huff, huff.

[solitarynuvola]

"... Good enough." He gets to his feet, slipping on his shoes then stepping out of the pile of chains. The manacles around his feet clink with every move - it's a nasty reminder of his limited freedom, as he walks around the dome, watching as the fight continues on outside the magic bubble. It's quite frustrating, not being able to get out and fight again - the dull ache of his broken bones is starting to set in, and he gingerly presses a hand to his cheek to feel for the crack in the bone.

Eventually, he circles back around to Howl and sits again, reaching for the manacles around his feet and giving them an experimental tug. They don't move very far, so he gets his fingers underneath the metal cuffs and pulls again, harder. Finally making use of his above-average strength to get rid of them.

[waterformybath]

How can the guy walk like that with several broken ribs?? Wait. This guy's a god. Of COURSE he can.

Howl watches as the shackles yield from sheer brute force.

"Incredible," is all he says.

[solitarynuvola]

Because he's too proud to succumb to the urge to sit and rest, not while there's fighting to be done - the ankle shackles are spun around once, twice, on his fingers, before he throws them at the curved surface of the dome. It hits the wall and makes it bulge outwards, with a noise much like a bell being struck, but it doesn't break through.

Instead, it comes shooting back at Hibari - but he catches the shackles easily, as if he's used to toying with such things.

"What a pity," he murmurs, fiddling around with them. It reminds him of his Cambio Forma, before Sawada forced them to destroy the Vongola Rings...

[waterformybath]

"Why a pity?" Howl asks. He's regained his breath and remains seated on the ground. The cuffs on his ankles dig uncomfortably into his legs if he sits cross-legged, so he puts his knees up.

[solitarynuvola]

"The walls won't break." Around and around his finger the cuffs go - despite what one might think, handcuffs are actually decent weapons. Maybe he could get Justice back on the way to the castle. Because that was inevitable - of course these unruly subjects had to be punished. It was what he'd do.

[waterformybath]

Funny. Maybe Hibari should ingratiate himself with the Rulers and find a way back for them from the inside. Too bad it would be suspicious now after trying so hard to attack them.

"Oh, yes. They don't want us to escape," says the wizard complacently. He's already tried, of course.

[solitarynuvola]

Ugh, no. The very idea of sucking up to these herbivorous Rulers and influencing them from the inside rankled him - he wasn't a spy, he believed in a straight approach, a blunt approach. And he believed in sweeping aside everything in his way.

Hibari scowls at the wizard's words - he'd already worked that out for himself, thank you very much - and starts working on pulling the restraints around his wrists free. These ones, though, seem to be made of sterner stuff than the ankle shackles, because they don't give way to his probing and prying. Most likely, they're spelled to keep anyone from being able to take them off.