loyal_cube | ✪ The heart of a demon is a heart of fire! ✪ [Accidental Video]

[The video spins and the scraping sound of asphalt can be heard as it does just that. Pointing up at the dark sky, it's hard to see anything, except there is some bright light coming from somewhere as one can see it being reflected off the surrounding buildings.

Then the ground shakes and the communicator slides once again, but this time it snags onto something and the viewer gets an upside down view of a short winged demon facing a black void of hands... all surrounded by a ring of fire.

They're motionless, facing one another]

Why do you hate her so much? You could have killed her.

...

SHUT UP!

[Snap. The sound of clicking fingers ignites one of the hands on fire, a few around it dart for the now flying demon, chasing him into the sky... off screen.

seconds later, fire rains down around where the void is stationed, rolling against the ground a few moments before extinguishing themselves.]

Stop it! I'm serious!!

[Cube's shadow can be seen staggering backwards, back into view. Suddenly, one of his legs gets yanked from the floor and pulled upwards, leaving the demon to flail helplessly...

Until another explosion of fire shoots past the screen and back at the arms holding him. A gloved hand falls close to the recording, cutting it off]

((ooc: internet is being bad. might be slow or tag tomorrow))

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[He's got both his pistols and managed to grab his axe on the way out. Not sure what he'll be dealing with here.

He can see what looks like a cloud of smoke in the distance. So, that's where he's headed.]

[Shinji can probably hear Cube as he gets closer... and see black arms like very thick rope coil around as it chases Cube and summons lightning]

[Something about those black arms are disturbing, but familiar. For now, he'll put it down as having seen a demon like that in the city...somewhere.

He slides around a corner, one pistol already out--he's not risking his axe on that shit, whatever it was. He takes careful aim at one of the arms (the one furthest from Cube) and pops off a shot.)]

[The demon gives a strange screeching growl of a hiss at being shot at and turns part of it's attention towards Shinji.

The sound of the gun and the sudden change of attention diverts Cube's attention too, if only for a moment]

Shinjiro-san!?

[At the moment Cube barely dodges a hit to the gut, taking flight... watching as three hands head towards Shinji]

Shit--

[At the sight of those hands, Castor crosses his mind--briefly. He rejects the thought out of hand. He manages to get ahold of his axe as the three hands approach. He fires at the left-most one, and gets ready to slice at the other two (if he, hopefully, lands that shot on the first one.)]

[What did you expect when shooting at something, Shinji?

Guns are not something these hands are used to... yet. It takes the hit, slowing it down... but it continues to come after Shinji...

Then Cube dive bombs and attaches himself to another set making their way over... and he ~~flails~~ fights with those to keep them from getting to Shinji]

[Some creatures are more agile than others. He's not assuming this 'monster' is incapable of dodging. Unfortunately, while it takes the hit--the hit doesn't take it down, or so it seems. Shinjiro braces himself to slash through all three.

He can see Cube on the periphery, fighting.]

What the hell are those things?! [He yells that out as he lets the axe fly--hopefully to cut straight through the arms.]

Soraoto! H-he tried to kill-
[Cube is cut off as he is hit and sent tumbling along the ground...

As Shinji Swings, the hands quickly react and try to "clap" at the swinging blade, one hand of either side, in an effort to stop it... while the now blood stained hand makes a direct grab at shinji]

What?!

[Soraoto... that creature of his...

There isn't much time to contemplate it. He barely manages to tilt his blade as those hands go in to grasp it. He swipes it downward, once again trying to cleave the shadow arms.]

[The already injured hand takes a nice slice and goes limp, hitting the ground hard. It's pulled back towards the void but the other two wiggle their fingers at Shinji, taunting him... or perhaps something worse...

... but while they're doing that, Cube manages to levitate a large piece of broken concrete/pavement and tosses it at the set of hands...

pissing Soraoto off even more.]

Run, Shinjiro-san!! He's not playing this time!

Yeah? ... I'm not playing, either. You run. Or stop this damn thing, if you can.

[Shinjiro braces himself, slowly sliding one hand into his pocket for his evoker. All the color is bleached out of his face. It's the last thing he wants to do right now, but if Soraoto drags magic, or power into this...]

[Cube glares at Shinji one moment then turns and focuses on the void and throws the biggest fireball he can into it...

Soraoto goes and grabs Cube but- half a second later part of an explosion can be seen peaking back outside from within it. Soraoto cries again and quickly retracts all his hands back into the black void, disappearing.

The smaller of the two demons stands there panting for a moment, silent otherwise]

[At the sight of that fireball, Shinjiro backs off a few steps. He doesn't release his deathgrip on the evoker until the last hand fades into the black void.

You get tense silence from him, too, at least for a few moments.]

...Is that it? You alright?

Hes gone...

[Cube's bruised jaw makes his weak smile look funny]

Thank you, Shinjiro-san. Are you hurt?

✪ The heart of a demon is a heart of fire! ✪ [Accidental Video]

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