Takumi
Member of the Yato Club
Alice Swayne--> Lost and Alone in the Lost City of the Deadlands
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"Let's not pretend that you're going to shoot me now, child." Renfred sighed, slowly peeling his hand from his face. Still wet with blood, a trembling eyelid danced. He wasn't about to show weakness at a time such as this. He straightened his back and slowly began to make his way down the cracked street.
"For my bodyguard, you haven't done the greatest job at keeping me safe now, have you?"
Crossing the distance between the two of them in a heart beat, Renfred pounded upon Alice's head with like a hammer striking an anvil.
"Stupid child! I had half a mind to abandon you when I heard you were gone! And perhaps I still will..."
@Takumi
@Heart of the Jungle
After running for what seemed like hours, Laura found herself lost in the heart of the jungle region. Still somewhat influenced by the lingering Cursed Trigger Scent, her sense of direction had been thrown off. There wasn't a single notable landmark in sight. Only bushes, trees and more trees. Any local scents had long since been masked by the stench of the morning's storming. The orange glow of evening stirred bad memories.
Yet, as she fled the scene, Laura would come across a flicker of light amongst the grey; a wall of steel sparkled in the light of the setting sun. Shimmering so brightly it was almost hard to look at, the rounded barrier appeared to have been built from hundreds off flat, thin, techno-organic spikes, each one tightly packed beside the next. The wall itself seemed unscaleable, stretching upwards for approximately 3 meters.
A dozen trees remained standing around the fortress, which might've provided her with a better vantage point, or a means of jumping over the wall entirely. Alternatively, getting to close to the wall might alert those hiding behind it, and earn her a meeting with the owner of the thought without cloaks and daggers, perhaps earning the charity of its inhabitant. Or maybe Laura intended to abandon the wall completely, opting instead to push on deeper into the jungle as night closed in, and scramble to find her own food, water and shelter.
@Jeremi
@Camp Orange
"Hey, Buck you hear someth--"
[BOOM]
As the mines screamed to life, the shock of wave alone was enough to uproot the tree. The flames that followed leaped onto and tore through the bark, engulfing the wood in a raging white fire that would light the coming night like a second sun. With a heave and a creak, the treetop looked out began to tip forward. The Winter Soldier braced himself against the wall.
"I thought you said those things were safe!"
"They are! Someone must have--"
[CRUNCH]
With an ear-splitting cry, the tree passed the point of no return and began to crumble, tumbling forth into the undergrowth. Moments before striking the earth, a yellow bullet leaped from the shattering bark, before shooting back up and into another hut in the blink of an aye.
"My guns were in that shelter, Wally!"
"Yeah? Do you want to go down there and pick them up?"
"Which one of us has super speed?"
"And which one of us said that we should 'stay in the crow's nest at all costs--"
Wally caught sight of the dangling Doll and instinctively placed himself into a state of phase. In that days since he had abandoned Arcade's Clearing, Jianyu had undergone such a transformation that she was now completely unrecognisable. Her whole demeanour had changed. Gone was the snappy optimist who had dared to defy Arcade's game. In her place, flew a girl with murder in her eyes.
"I'm starting to think that staying up here might not be a good idea..."
"Get out of here, Wally."
"What? No! I said I'd have your pack. I promised you!"
"You also told me you had a kid waiting on you back home. So get out of here. If I get out of this mess, meet me at Camp Angel."
"No-no-no-we're-not-going-back-there-you-said--"
"We regroup. We pack up. We head out. No use losing our whole team here and now. Besides... I think I know what she wants..."
"Damn it, fine. Camp Angel. I'll be there. Don't die"
"Not planning on it"
Dismantling one wing of the boardwalk in a heart beat, the Flash span around, repurposing the stolen planks to build a new tree top path heading North East and deeper into the jungle. In another flash, he was gone.
"Just you an' me now..." Bucky drawled, slipping his final rifle from his shoulder and resting it against a handle rail. "My guess is that you weren't a fan of what went down at the river, right?" He narrowed his sights, closed one eye, and lined his graticule up with Jianyu's eyeline. The smoke from the growing forest fire would throw his aim off a little. He'd have to bide his time. He doubted he'd have another chance to test Jianyu's bullet resistance. "I'm sorry, pal, but this is war. We can't keep our hands clean if we want to get out of here in one piece. People die. 80 years ago I made a promise to protect my country and all it stood for. No matter the cost. 10 years ago, I made a promise to protect my planet. No matter the cost. I've got a job to do back home..."
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"No matter the cost. I'm getting back there. I've made promises, and I intend to keep them. Sorry, kid, but my hands are tied. Let's not pretend I had a choice."
@Yun Lee
"I-" Alice started, feeling a tad bit offended but also expecting a scolding anyway and really wanting to apologize again.
Then his fist came down in that all too familiar gesture. Yep, even if it was a Renfred from a different world or past or even an illusion he was still the same and that still hurt, despite Alice being so hardheaded.

"I'm sorry, I'll do better." She whined. She really didnt want to be alone in such a deserted and honestly creepy place. Illusion or not at least she had some kind of company she could trust to a degree.
Then something he said came to her attention as she rubbed at her sore head a little.

"You heard I was gone?" She blinked as she stopped rubbing her head. It felt like they were on two different pages-which they may as well be. She was in the middle of a death game, so who knows what the hell went on 'behind the scenes' or whatever. Then again, a lot of what Renfred said had a tendency to confuse the blonde so this wasn't necessarily anything new.
@Sark