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sparring with an audience
[If you're passing by the detective agency's office today, you might get to see a fight. Fauna, a familiar sight to most around Starsand, and Atsushi - no, the other one. The other other one.
Atsushi's grinning as they battle, so there's probably no bad blood involved… then again, with these two, it's hard to tell, especially with Fauna's mask covering any expression she might make.
Atsushi is a straightforward fighter, and his strikes with his sword are powerful. He doesn't dodge much, but he takes Fauna's fire and ice attacks head-on and keeps going strong. His attacks are almost reckless, the aggressive style of someone who knows he can tank any hit his opponent deals him and can fix any injuries later, trading openings in his own form for damage dealt to his opponent.
Fauna's fighting style, in contrast to her normal, headstrong nature, is quite methodical- First, blasts of fire and ice, scarring the battlefield to restrict her opponent's movements. Then a form change to her owl form, a bombardment of high-speed knives as she flies around to create openings. Then, when she's finally restricted and worn her opponent down, she strikes- Her lion form comes in swinging, intending to end it in a single, electric blow.
The battle ends in a draw, with Atsushi's sword at Fauna's neck and Fauna's sword at his heart. There's plenty of time afterwards to catch either of the two in conversation, if you've stuck around to watch.]
Atsushi's grinning as they battle, so there's probably no bad blood involved… then again, with these two, it's hard to tell, especially with Fauna's mask covering any expression she might make.
Atsushi is a straightforward fighter, and his strikes with his sword are powerful. He doesn't dodge much, but he takes Fauna's fire and ice attacks head-on and keeps going strong. His attacks are almost reckless, the aggressive style of someone who knows he can tank any hit his opponent deals him and can fix any injuries later, trading openings in his own form for damage dealt to his opponent.
Fauna's fighting style, in contrast to her normal, headstrong nature, is quite methodical- First, blasts of fire and ice, scarring the battlefield to restrict her opponent's movements. Then a form change to her owl form, a bombardment of high-speed knives as she flies around to create openings. Then, when she's finally restricted and worn her opponent down, she strikes- Her lion form comes in swinging, intending to end it in a single, electric blow.
The battle ends in a draw, with Atsushi's sword at Fauna's neck and Fauna's sword at his heart. There's plenty of time afterwards to catch either of the two in conversation, if you've stuck around to watch.]
cw: child abuse
[In another world, Fauna would've been in grave danger. There were people - people like Fyodor - who would've preyed upon something like that, but done it with absolute devotion. That was his sales pitch to a T, preying upon the weak, promising them a better world in exchange for devotion, especially when it came to children. His 'rats', as he called them. Except he had no real power to give. Only falsehoods and fear.]
I don't blame you.
Things like that are quite easy to believe if you're young and have very little options.
no subject
... My job was to go around. Find other people who were in despair, outside of where the Goddess could reach. Grant them the same choice she granted me. Power to grant their wishes.
[She lowers her head, forehead to her knees as her voice comes out muffled.]
All of them became monsters instead. Obsessed with using their new power for their wishes. Monsters called Wishes.
They would attack people, destroy buildings, whatever they wanted. And I was to stop anyone who tried to stop them. I knew it was wrong, but... I was scared that if I left, or disobeyed, I'd be back on the streets again, and this time, there would be monsters sent after me. So I learned to steal, to lie to people... Whatever it took to survive. It didn't matter who I hurt or stole from, because I was already trying to destroy the world as it was anyway...