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[IamanElfCollaborator]

"Yep. It.....was an interesting day, to say the least."

[Twinwolf]

"Great. We'll need to go in. How old are you?" Shef had hoped that they would be able to simply cover the exits, in anticipation of the Mononoke's (or whatever it was) exit, at which time they would be able to engage it on closer to equal footing. Now it appeared that they would need to enter the store, as there had been no sign of the Mononoke, and Shef had just heard a loud sound.

Assuming that this was to her (or at least something she could respond to) Yuki responds. "I'm the same age as Minato, 18."

[Strider03]

"Good. Come on." Shef braced himself in an only faintly visible manner, then strode purposefully into the store, looking for signs of the Mononoke.

[Empiricist]

Shef and Yuki
You two enter through the front, attracting a few glances, though no words are spoken. The racket seems to be coming from above, consistent with the civilians leisurely moving back downstairs at a rather relaxed pace. Pushing through the crowds, you two reach the third floor.

Absolute. Fucking. Chaos.

Right off the bat, two storm minds activate as you enter. One of them lunges, brandishing a familiar gatling gun, with a horrid mechanical shriek, the weapon swiftly pinned against a wall by a fire axe, the toaster-headed Mononoke that was wielding it bringing the other to bear. The Automaton ducks the blow, abandoning its weapon. With a swing of its arm, it grabs the nearest implement - a twelve-inch monster of a marital aid, and holding it as if it were a rapier, parries the next swing. The weapons trace brilliant arcs from each swing to each cataclysmic clash, the resonating impacts echoing through the store amidst the shockwaves unleashed by their raw power.

The other storm mind too finds itself swiftly disarmed, this time from when its sword connects mid-swing with the electrified bat of the microwave-headed Mononoke, sending both weapons flying off and embedding into the walls. The microwave grabs a nearby whip, testing it with a swift lash before swinging it at the retreating construct, this time the weapon wreathing in a blinding corona of lightning. The storm mind dives behind a container full of sqweels - some manner of ridiculous contraption that amounts a motorized wheel with soft 'tongues' before leaping up and hurling said devices out like a storm of shuriken. The sqweels activate, sawing their way along surfaces before ricocheting back into the air like a swarm of infernal buzzsaws.

One of the living shadows conjures a combat shotgun out of darkness, cocking it with a single hand before opening fire, shadowy bolts erupting in eerie silence towards, a bulky-looking though unarmed Monoke with an old fashioned cathode ray tube television for a head. Diving out from cover, another Mononoke, this one looking more in line with the microwave and toaster, albeit in having a fan for a head, opens up a black umbrella, the shots splashing and breaking apart across the surface of its barrier, the chaotic abyssal energies roiling and crashing into their surroundings with unpredictable curving trajectories. The other living shadow swings its arm, conjuring a halberd to cleave apart the mannequin the television just threw at it.

Spoiler: Arrival Times (click to show/hide)

Minato and Faith can arrive in half a turn.
Noriko and Yoake can arrive in two turns if you contact them now.

[Strider03]

Shef glanced back at Yuki. "I'm sorry." Just the slightest tint of red appeared before it disappeared under a mask of stoicism.
"I think we should let them settle their spat. We'll wait outside, fight the survivors."
He sent off a quick text to Yoake:

Get over to the large adult goods store near battle yesterday. Large battle occurring. Bring Noriko

[spümpkin]

Stretching, Yoake was just sitting down with her favourite TV show, before getting a text from Shef. Un-be-lievable. Of course they needed her help...


Having just been training for Keijo, She leaves the hub, and hops into her boat-with-wheels. Flooring it into the distance, she heads in the direction of the maid cafe.

While driving, she texts Shef and Noriko.

To Shef, she says:

(( fiiiiine, but you better make it up to me when we get baaack!!!! ):

And to Noriko:

heyyy!!! coming to maid cafe now in boat, prepare for pick-up (others got into trouble :v)

When she arrives at the maid cafe, Yoake activates her Requiem, turning the land into water and dragging Noriko into the boat, before heading in the direction of the adult store.

[IamanElfCollaborator]

And the noises reach Minato and Faith. He looks over to her with an audacious smirk.
"Looks like our cue."
He reveals his Driver and does the requisite transforming, before heading in to join the fight!

[Empiricist]

Yoake
((Arriving at the Maid Cafe in 1 Turn. Going to the store from there using your Requiem will not take long and you two will be able to act that turn - there's only going to be a short delay before your combat actions kick in.))

Minato
What you must understand Mister Masked Knight, is that you are a myth, a legend. Not too big of one, like say, Hercules, or Bigfoot, or Scientology, but a myth nonetheless. The kind of thing kids might talk about, that bored teens might gossip about not really believing, so when you fucking barge into an adult goods store of all places like the fucking Kool-Aid man, you are literally one of the last things the shoppers expect. Moving through the bewildered customers, the veritable cornucopia of questionable magazines, and of course a few maid outfits, you link up with Shef, ducking a flying squeel as you move on over.

You guys have about thirty seconds before one of the murderous Mononoke here realize that you lot are people they would like to murder the fuck out of. What do you do?

[Chevaleresse]

"Boat. . .? Where is she going towhoaokaywhattheF-" Whether she stopped the expletive herself or it was cut off by an unceremonious grab into an unexpected boat heading in who knows what direction wasn't certain, but she was in the boat now. "What the hell is going on?"

[spümpkin]

Yoake is oddly relaxed, simply letting the boat hop across the water as she wears sunglasses and leans back.

"Others need help, somethin' about bein' attacked at an 'adult' store? Shef didn't say much."

[Powder Miner]

A few yards behind Minato is Faith who is once again blushing practically luminescently as she has now entered the store.
"Hey hey hey Minato slow down a little--"
She stops and gapes when she spots the scene of the fight.

[IamanElfCollaborator]

"Brace yourselves! Faith, get behind me!"
Minato prepares to summon Rho Aias.

[Powder Miner]

Faith does in fact get behind Minato! It's generally worked out before.

[Twinwolf]

Yuki stares for a few moments. What was she even looking at? "...Let's wait for the others, yeah."

[Strider03]

"Come on. We'll wait out of their way until they've finished fighting each other." Shef began to retreat back in the direction that they had come from, trying to stay in somewhat decent cover, intending to eventually retreat down one floor.