10-18-2016, 10:19 AM
The smell of burning gas assaulted Utsuho’s nose, the coughing and unsteady roar of the engines drowning out her attempts at humming something to distract herself from the trip. Clouds of dust kicked up behind the wheels, none of which the hell raven had to deal with, despite her precarious situation of hanging out of one of the windows. Her wingspan was too large for her to comfortably sit inside one of the trucks, so instead they had relegated Okuu to sitting on an open window, feet firmly planted against one of the dusty people’s legs, much to his chagrin.
As much as she wanted to socialize while they were making their way over to the human village, there was far too much interference. Wind buffeted her face and past her ears, billowing her hair and cape back and pulling at her wings. She had them tucked behind her as much as she could, along with facing into the wind, so the air wasn’t threatening to pull her right out of the window. The clashing cries of the wind and the engines did not make for good listening, or even talking. She’d opened her mouth once before to make conversation, and all she’d gotten was a mouthful of wind.
Her free hand held firmly onto the cold edge of the window, keeping herself stable as the village drew ever closer. Vague figures swarmed about in the distance, making quick, almost panicky movements. Utsuho wondered for a moment if that was expected. Well they were a bunch of youkai closing in on the human village rather quickly, maybe they needed to do something to prove their friendly intentions. Perhaps a nuclear flare? The hell raven quickly shoved that idea out of her head. As amazing as nuclear fusion was, there were a lot of people who apparently misunderstood it, feared it even. While she might not understand the reason, maybe they’d end up thinking she was attacking them....
A powerful, metallic pop briefly overpowered the wind and the engines, as a hole tore open in the metal immediately next to Okuu’s hand. With a rather undignified yelp, the youkai instinctively jerked her limb away, wings briefly flaring open as she flinched back. Wind slammed into them, and she was quickly torn free from her precarious seat. For a brief moment, she tumbled around in the air, panic causing the nuclear reactions within her to surge outwards. She spread her wings even more for a moment, catching herself in the air, and aimed her control back towards her feet, forcing all that energy that way.
THOOM
A subdued blast of nuclear power launched her forward, towards the next nearest jeep, barely keeping pace with it. Her left hand shot forward, clamping firmly around the window ledge in the front seat. With as much strength as she could muster, arm straining, she managed to pull herself up towards the opening, swinging her legs around and planting them rather firmly into someone else’s legs. Judging by the muffled exclamation, he too was not very happy about that.
As soon as she was steady, Okuu’s head shot forward. They were now almost right on the village. More holes sprung open in the jeep around the hell raven, each punctuated by the same staccato-ed sound. Fortunately this time, she managed to keep her head about her.
“‘Scuse me!” the dusty figure who she’d accidentally stomped on shouted, barely audible over the clashing roars in her ears, as he leaned over her legs and out the window, forcing her to lean back even more unsteadily.
RA-TAT-TAT-TAT
Explosive reports from the gun in his hand cut through the wind, and two villagers toppled right over. Utsuho’s head shot up, hoping to meet the man’s gaze. She wanted to demand him to explain what the actual hell he was doing, firing on the human village like that. Before she could raise any protest however, the jeep they were in swerved violently to the left, and whoever was in control slammed on the brakes. Both the hell raven and the man were thrown clumsily out the window. Okuu managed to catch herself in the air, hanging upside down, without slamming her head against the ground. Her companion, however, was much less fortunate, spilling onto the dirt below.
Within a moment, the youkai had righted herself again. Whatever he had been doing, now was not the time to start demanding explanations, not with the human village just opening fire on them like that. She needed to keep everyone safe until they could work things out. Her feet planted firmly into the ground, concrete boot kicking up a cloud of dust. Heat and power welled up inside Okuu, the nuclear reactions within raging even more, before....
“Move yer ass!” the man’s voice slammed into her head, shattering her concentration and causing the heat to subside somewhat. She finally focused in front of her to see all the figures that had been there were now silently slumped over on the ground. He was right. She had to find that woman again, the leader, whatever her name was, keep her safe. That way they could actually work this out.
“On it!” Utsuho took off into the air, soaring well above the buildings to get a better look around. Gunfire constantly reverberated through the air, along with other miscellaneous blasts that kicked plenty of dust and dirt up, making it all very hard to see. Not to mention that all the dusty figures looked exactly the same, with their leather long coats. She couldn’t even be sure that all the people running around down there were her companions. It didn’t help that all the villagers seemed to look alike too.
However, most of the still corpses she spotted lying around were probably villagers. They were far too numerous to be her companions, or at least, that’s what she assumed. Whatever the case was, a certain corpse-collecting Kasha was gonna have a busy job. And it likely wasn’t going to be very long before the shrine maiden showed up. Absolutely nothing was going the way she wanted it to.
The hell raven tucked her wings back again, and dove down towards the village, aiming for two groups that seemed to be on the verge of meeting at a corner. It would at least be a good place to start trying.
THUD
Dirt kicked up from beneath Okuu’s feet, her sudden and extreme landing giving both groups a large pause. Her eyes focused quickly on the first in front of her, two people who seemed vaguely familiar...
“Heidi!” she greeted loudly and quite incorrectly, before realizing that the familiar people in front of her meant villagers behind. Her heart stopped in her chest for a brief moment, her nuclear reactions kicking themselves up a notch. “Light Cover!” The youkai announced, heat swelling up within her as she spun to face the other people, a man to the left and a woman to the right. “Nuclear Heat Visor!” All that heat and energy erupted out from the large, red eye on her chest, turning the very air in front of her into plasma, humming low and casting a dim blue glow over everything. Several rather quiet shots buzzed out from the weapon the man was holding, bolts of red plasma racing forward with a familiar dull hum, before seeming to merge with her translucent shield.
“Hold on please!” Okuu half-shouted, voice full of desperation. She’d have been holding her hand out in the ‘stop’ motion if it wouldn’t have collided with her nuclear visor. “We came here for information, not this!”
“The fuck’re you talkin about?” the woman she had been shielding shouted back. “We’re both outlaws, ain’t we?”
Utsuho suddenly felt her blood run cold. Once again she pivoted on her heel, meeting the gaze of her supposed comrade through the humming plasma field. It suddenly became very apparent to the hell raven that she’d horribly misunderstood everything.
“Fuck it, we need t’get outta here,” the man at the leader’s side rumbled, his gun springing into life with its explosive staccato bursts as both of them began quickly backing away. The bullets burned away harmlessly when they hit the heat.
Outlaw
The word burned into Okuu’s mind. Renegade, rogue youkai. If that word were to ever apply to her, she would definitely be mercilessly exterminated by the shrine maiden, who was very likely on her way right now. Not the usual spell card extermination where everyone goes on their merry way like last time. Tears welled up in her eyes, her vision quickly blurring. She’d never make it back to the Palace, she’d never see Satori or Orin again. Her heat visor fizzled out as she dropped to her knees.
“I don’t wanna be an outlaw,” the hell raven cried out, voice hiccuping with light sobs.
As much as she wanted to socialize while they were making their way over to the human village, there was far too much interference. Wind buffeted her face and past her ears, billowing her hair and cape back and pulling at her wings. She had them tucked behind her as much as she could, along with facing into the wind, so the air wasn’t threatening to pull her right out of the window. The clashing cries of the wind and the engines did not make for good listening, or even talking. She’d opened her mouth once before to make conversation, and all she’d gotten was a mouthful of wind.
Her free hand held firmly onto the cold edge of the window, keeping herself stable as the village drew ever closer. Vague figures swarmed about in the distance, making quick, almost panicky movements. Utsuho wondered for a moment if that was expected. Well they were a bunch of youkai closing in on the human village rather quickly, maybe they needed to do something to prove their friendly intentions. Perhaps a nuclear flare? The hell raven quickly shoved that idea out of her head. As amazing as nuclear fusion was, there were a lot of people who apparently misunderstood it, feared it even. While she might not understand the reason, maybe they’d end up thinking she was attacking them....
A powerful, metallic pop briefly overpowered the wind and the engines, as a hole tore open in the metal immediately next to Okuu’s hand. With a rather undignified yelp, the youkai instinctively jerked her limb away, wings briefly flaring open as she flinched back. Wind slammed into them, and she was quickly torn free from her precarious seat. For a brief moment, she tumbled around in the air, panic causing the nuclear reactions within her to surge outwards. She spread her wings even more for a moment, catching herself in the air, and aimed her control back towards her feet, forcing all that energy that way.
THOOM
A subdued blast of nuclear power launched her forward, towards the next nearest jeep, barely keeping pace with it. Her left hand shot forward, clamping firmly around the window ledge in the front seat. With as much strength as she could muster, arm straining, she managed to pull herself up towards the opening, swinging her legs around and planting them rather firmly into someone else’s legs. Judging by the muffled exclamation, he too was not very happy about that.
As soon as she was steady, Okuu’s head shot forward. They were now almost right on the village. More holes sprung open in the jeep around the hell raven, each punctuated by the same staccato-ed sound. Fortunately this time, she managed to keep her head about her.
“‘Scuse me!” the dusty figure who she’d accidentally stomped on shouted, barely audible over the clashing roars in her ears, as he leaned over her legs and out the window, forcing her to lean back even more unsteadily.
RA-TAT-TAT-TAT
Explosive reports from the gun in his hand cut through the wind, and two villagers toppled right over. Utsuho’s head shot up, hoping to meet the man’s gaze. She wanted to demand him to explain what the actual hell he was doing, firing on the human village like that. Before she could raise any protest however, the jeep they were in swerved violently to the left, and whoever was in control slammed on the brakes. Both the hell raven and the man were thrown clumsily out the window. Okuu managed to catch herself in the air, hanging upside down, without slamming her head against the ground. Her companion, however, was much less fortunate, spilling onto the dirt below.
Within a moment, the youkai had righted herself again. Whatever he had been doing, now was not the time to start demanding explanations, not with the human village just opening fire on them like that. She needed to keep everyone safe until they could work things out. Her feet planted firmly into the ground, concrete boot kicking up a cloud of dust. Heat and power welled up inside Okuu, the nuclear reactions within raging even more, before....
“Move yer ass!” the man’s voice slammed into her head, shattering her concentration and causing the heat to subside somewhat. She finally focused in front of her to see all the figures that had been there were now silently slumped over on the ground. He was right. She had to find that woman again, the leader, whatever her name was, keep her safe. That way they could actually work this out.
“On it!” Utsuho took off into the air, soaring well above the buildings to get a better look around. Gunfire constantly reverberated through the air, along with other miscellaneous blasts that kicked plenty of dust and dirt up, making it all very hard to see. Not to mention that all the dusty figures looked exactly the same, with their leather long coats. She couldn’t even be sure that all the people running around down there were her companions. It didn’t help that all the villagers seemed to look alike too.
However, most of the still corpses she spotted lying around were probably villagers. They were far too numerous to be her companions, or at least, that’s what she assumed. Whatever the case was, a certain corpse-collecting Kasha was gonna have a busy job. And it likely wasn’t going to be very long before the shrine maiden showed up. Absolutely nothing was going the way she wanted it to.
The hell raven tucked her wings back again, and dove down towards the village, aiming for two groups that seemed to be on the verge of meeting at a corner. It would at least be a good place to start trying.
THUD
Dirt kicked up from beneath Okuu’s feet, her sudden and extreme landing giving both groups a large pause. Her eyes focused quickly on the first in front of her, two people who seemed vaguely familiar...
“Heidi!” she greeted loudly and quite incorrectly, before realizing that the familiar people in front of her meant villagers behind. Her heart stopped in her chest for a brief moment, her nuclear reactions kicking themselves up a notch. “Light Cover!” The youkai announced, heat swelling up within her as she spun to face the other people, a man to the left and a woman to the right. “Nuclear Heat Visor!” All that heat and energy erupted out from the large, red eye on her chest, turning the very air in front of her into plasma, humming low and casting a dim blue glow over everything. Several rather quiet shots buzzed out from the weapon the man was holding, bolts of red plasma racing forward with a familiar dull hum, before seeming to merge with her translucent shield.
“Hold on please!” Okuu half-shouted, voice full of desperation. She’d have been holding her hand out in the ‘stop’ motion if it wouldn’t have collided with her nuclear visor. “We came here for information, not this!”
“The fuck’re you talkin about?” the woman she had been shielding shouted back. “We’re both outlaws, ain’t we?”
Utsuho suddenly felt her blood run cold. Once again she pivoted on her heel, meeting the gaze of her supposed comrade through the humming plasma field. It suddenly became very apparent to the hell raven that she’d horribly misunderstood everything.
“Fuck it, we need t’get outta here,” the man at the leader’s side rumbled, his gun springing into life with its explosive staccato bursts as both of them began quickly backing away. The bullets burned away harmlessly when they hit the heat.
Outlaw
The word burned into Okuu’s mind. Renegade, rogue youkai. If that word were to ever apply to her, she would definitely be mercilessly exterminated by the shrine maiden, who was very likely on her way right now. Not the usual spell card extermination where everyone goes on their merry way like last time. Tears welled up in her eyes, her vision quickly blurring. She’d never make it back to the Palace, she’d never see Satori or Orin again. Her heat visor fizzled out as she dropped to her knees.
“I don’t wanna be an outlaw,” the hell raven cried out, voice hiccuping with light sobs.
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Yuuka Kazami Wrote:Reimu comes back to make another pass at Meira and she just has an idiot neck child.
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