Black Coats: Volume 1

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With the duo having found there way to the tallest building in Shibuya, the girl looked up at the looming challenge. Cracking her knuckles, she said, "I'm off." With that, the girl crouched down before taking off for a running start. Once she got to the base of the building, she continued to attempt to run up it, getting a few steps in before lunging forward, and upward, the building. Reaching out her hands, the girl managed to grip onto the side of the building, pressing her fingers in and making a grip if there was none. From there, with surprisingly agility and rhythm, she began to throw her other arm up and dig grab onto the building with that, hoisting herself up before continually going back and forth with her arms for this.

It took awhile and she definitely seemed to be exerting herself, but Aeira did not slow down in her entire ascent of the building. Once she got to the top, she was greeted with the sight of a flag, and after huffing a bit to catch her breath, grabbed it. After catching her breath, the girl looked down only to sigh at the realization that she had now had to get down the building. With flag in hand, the girl dug her hand into the side of the building before letting herself dangle. Once she was doing such, the girl let go of the building, beginning to fall, only to grip back onto the side of the building as she started to speed up. Her hand slid down the building's side as she continued to try to dig her fingers back into the wall, once doing so stopping her descent entirely.

She continued to repeat the process until she finally fell back to the ground. Once there, she shook her arm out, only to let it hang at her side to rest it. Huffing for air heavily, the girl raised the flag as she looked towards Vallus. "Done." With their task done, Aeira began to walk back to where Charlie was to show that they had completed the task.

 

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At this point Seiryu had control of Rydia's body again while she was back in her own little corner of her consciousness, hiding away. She kind of figured at this point it was a little childish to keep hiding, but Seiryu seemed to be getting along with enough with Dastgir, and Rydia had no desire at all to get to know people on a personal level. As she heard the question about her eyes, she subconsciously put her hand to her face, not remember the last time anyone questioned her about her eyes.

"You would be correct in that assumption, my boy. You see, some spirits are strong enough that they can physically manifest a part of themselves on their host's bodies. Sometimes it's something incredibly noticeable, sometimes it's little, sometimes the manifestations may change over time, even add on or disappear. It really depends on the bond of the spirit and host and the strength of the host themselves. In Rydia's case, she's only had me for a few years, and while she may be strong, the only manifestation for her that's occurred is her eyes and slightly in her ears." Seiryu pointed to Rydia's ears, showing how they were slightly pointed. "I remember the last person I was in had my eyes, ears, even wings and a tail. Quite the talent, that one"

Rydia began to grumble a little, listening to Seiryu talk. It only reminded her of how we she was compared to the person before her. It was a sore spot for her, and hated it whenever it was brought up. Some people praised her for her work, but she knew she wasn't even close to the level she should be to match her predecessor. While she may be considered a genius at learning how to use Seiryu's powers, she felt it was nothing compared to what she wanted to achieve. It had always made her want to get better.

 

Dastgir stopped and turned to Seiryu, listening to her explain the eyes. Sadly for Dastgir, his weren't as special. "My eyes only do this due to some kind of trait my ancestors had. I have no idea what use eyes that glowed when using magic had, but it must have been useful, I suppose." he spoke. He removed his hood and turned his head, pointing at his own pointed ears. "My people all have these ears. Our teeth are sharp as well, but that's to assist in eating our food. Many things are tough on my world. Nobody has grown wings or a tail on my world, however....we don't usually get possessed by spirits of dragons or the like. Mayhaps ancestors, but that's very rare."

Dastgir tapped his chin and wondered the last time somebody had been possessed. Probably that girl who couldn't stop scorching a wall in her house whenever her parents would clean it up. She ended up okay, but that spot was always there. "Ah, actually, I just remembered." Dastgir moved his scarf and showed the crystal around his neck. It was kept in place by a metal band that was fitted to his neck. "People may be possessed by spirits on my world if they wear a crystal like this one that belonged to an ancestor. Though they don't know it, it's thought that the ancestor gets a second chance at life. The case is proven by a person special to me." He smiled and covered the crystal back up.

"Let's finish this!" he erupted, stabbing the statue, causing the last of the stone to fall and leaving scrap metal bars behind.

 

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When Alex mentioned taking out the other two, she considered it for a minute, but a part of her didn't even want to do it and she did not want to admit that to herself yet. Melus jumped up to get near Alex's level and when she knew she was definitely out of their earshot she said,"If I got one, I'd have to get both. And that would probably result in an uneven number anyway." Melus kept up the hunt for the last cat one. She started a gust of wind and let herself float from one perch to another as she continued her hunt saying, "Perhaps your first suggestion was the better idea anyway."
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Having nothing else to do while he waited for Aeira to grab the flag, Vallus simply stood watch. For what he was watching out for he had no idea, but he doubted anything that he could show up would be outside of anything he could handle. At first he actually stood while watching out for anything. That lasted for about a couple of minutes before he had pretty much said 'eff it' and just sat down while he waited. Everything certainly was quiet and Vallus had just decided to look around at the surroundings.

When Aeira had landed, it prompted Vallus to stand up after nodding in acknowledgment at their task being completed as he followed behind her.

 

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Soon enough, with all the shooting Rydia, or rather, Seiryu, had done, and the knocking that Dastgir had given it, eventually the statue they were supposed to break had finally crumbled. Rydia took back control of her body and put her comes away then turned around, ready to walk back to where they had started.

"Well, guess that job is done." She began to walk away without waiting for Dastgir "I don't see much reason to stay here, so I'll go see if anything else has changed from where everyone met up."

She didn't care too much if Dastgir came with her or not. He apparently wanted to be friends with her, but the last things she wanted was to be friends with anyone. She didn't mind helping people out, but no one said she had to be friends, or friendly about it. If it were up to her, she'd just live without knowing anyone and do what she wanted. She knew Seiryu probably had something to say about how she felt, since that dragon always had something to say, but Rydia didn't care.

Realizing Dastgir was probably a little worn from all that beating he gave the statue, and Rydia not wanting to deal with a tired partner, took out her gun one more time and shot multiple waters bullets at him, weak enough that when they hit, they simply splashed over him and soaked his head and clothes a little.

"I don't need you to be tired and sweaty for whatever's next, so there you go, whether you wanted it or not." Rydia could hear Seiryu laughing in her head, and found it irritating to say the least.

 

Dastgir returned his spear to whence it came and patted his hands together, doing a small prayer. Obviously the statue looked to be some kind of important statue, well was, so he prayed nobody would be angry. He looked to see that Rydia was already gone. He shrugged, not really caring at this point. Trying to be on friendly terms with her was proving fruitless, so why bother at this point.

He soon started to follow her, readjusting his clothes to cover his head and crystal. Where else was he to go? Back to the start seemed to be the most logical choice, besides, he had some notes he wanted to jot down. So he pulled his notebook out and hastily scrawled a few things before tucking it away again. Without warning, he felt his body and clothes get wet and he looked straight at Rydia. "What was that for?" he asked, the water freezing onto his clothes. He still didn't have complete control of these strange powers over ice, but at least he wasn't just shooting at people. "I mean, it's water and it didn't hurt, but why did I need to get wet?" he dusted off the bits of ice, flinging them. One last piece was in his hand as he snickered and ran forward, dropping it into Rydia's shirt from behind.

 

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Rydia continued to walk when she felt something cold go down her back and made her shiver some. She turned around to see if Dastgir had done something, but didn't see him do anything suspicious. Inside her head, Seiryu began to stifle some laughter, and Rydia began to get exhausted dealing with the two of them. It almost felt like working with children to an extent. Well, for Seiryu it was like working with a child, and for Dastgir, she had no clue, but as long as they got what they needed done, whatever.

She picked up the pace a little, trying to put some distance between her and Dastgir. "If you choose not to listen to why I do things, that's your problem, not mine."

 

"Oh." he went, keeping the pace with Rydia. "I don't need cooling off, I don't sweat." He scratched his head. "But thank you for the effort. Did the ice help?" he asked, putting his arms behind his back and continuing forward. "Sorry, but I don't think it'd be a good idea to split up currently. You could always go back and hide again if you wanna be left alone." He suggested, figuring that would be at least a good idea for the girl. He reached into his cloak and yanked out his notebook, writing down a couple of things before glancing at Rydia. He then finished and tucked it away.

"I'm curious, but how do you reload your gun?" he asked. As far as he knew, she probably used magic to summon the bullets in the first place, so they didn't really need to be reloaded. Otherwise, he was lost as to how it worked.

 

Koa watched as the game between his partner and the old man. After a little bit, each side had taken three pieces from the other. Finlay had turned his head to consult his partner. "It's like we're playing a bunch of flat frogs on a board," He then scratched his head before continuing. "Yah sure there's no other battle element to this game?" Koa sighed before speaking to his partner. "Yes. I'm very sure there is no battle element to this. This game is so simple that even children can play this."
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Koa looked between the two players as he also kept his eyes on the board. Finlay had continued to complain about the game until it had looked like a light bulb had went off in his head. The old man had quickly shut down his idea. "You cannot flip the table to destroy the game." Koa sighed before facepalming once more. As time kept moving forward, each player moved the pieces toward the other side. Finlay was unsually confident as he continued playing. He then went on to describe a previous battle he had apparently fought in. Koa was at a loss as to what Finlay's point was. Before Koa could respond, he looked back at the board was immediately baffled. The old man had ran out of moves, making Finlay the winner. It was as if Koa's jaw had hit the ground. He..He won!?!? The old man had vanished in the meantime. Koa fell over as Finlay slapped Koa's back. "WHOA!!... OOF!" Koa fell to the ground face first. He got back up dusting the dirt off his clothes and face. "Well done Cobra!" Koa turned to Finlay before responding. "It's Koa...Good job. I honestly thought you were gonna lose...No offense."
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As fast as he was, Luther quickly realized he could run until his lungs gave out and collapsed on themselves, but he'd never be able to catch this rabbit just by chasing it. However, it seemed to be content with simply outpacing him, knowing it had nothing to fear. Well, why not give it a little scare and see what happened. Luther used his illusion element to briefly hide himself from view and create a double of himself in front of the rabbit that reached out to grab the thing. It instantly turned on its heel and outran the would-be-captor. Doing the same thing, he chased to to the left. The result was the same. It began to pick up speed to flee all of these figures suddenly appearing out of thin air. "Come on then, we can corner it like this!" Luther called out to Mizu. His eyes darted around to find an Alley of some kind. Some sort of secluded dead end. When finally he found one, he broke out into full speed to do his best to keep up with the rabbit, all the while creating his illusions to chase it closer and closer to it. ​