melodiesoflife | Event || Esdham Under Fire

Event || Esdham Under Fire

Characters: Anyone.
Where: Republic of Esdham
When: From the 15th to the 18th of January
Summary: Event log for the Esdham Under Fire event. Feel free to start your thread and put in the header where your character is, when and what they are doing. refer to the OOC Post for details and plotting.
Warning: Battles, possible death and war horror.

Aqures Ixen
The Army Attacked
Transport from Aqures Ixen
The Coliseum on Fire
Rescuing the Civilians
Protecting the Airport and Mognet Office
The Bevelle
Attack on the Presidential Palace (Boss Battle)
Misc.

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[Yuffie looks up at Hibiki with one hand gripping at her side. It doesn’t really help but it makes her feel better to have it there. She forces herself to smile pushing past the pain that laced up her back.]

Loser. I’m fine. It’s only a scratch. You weren’t hit were you? I heard a gunshot..

[Her voice trails off as she turns and looks behind them noting the last soldier that is rising to stand. Hibiki can see the cut down her back trailing from her shoulder down between her shoulders blades ending at her waist.

The other two soldiers are lying wounded on the ground from Yuffie’s last attack. Her back straightens despite the pain as she faces the soldier that now charged them. Her large blade is held up to protect those behind her just in case he has other targets in mind.

The soldier charges with his blade swinging down from his left side as he shouts profanities at Yuffie. She steps towards him barely dodging his blade as it slices a thin line across her cheek. Her free hand grabs at his hold and steals the sword from his grasp only to drive it down through his back and in between his ribcage piercing his heart. The body drops to the ground and Yuffie turns back towards Hibiki.]

This is a battle. If you can’t fight then leave.

[It is a harsh truth but Yuffie doesn’t want to see Hibiki get hurt or have her become a killer.]

I wasn't hit, and Hamuzou got the gunman, so...

[At least. She thinks he did. She had him cast spells at the gunman, but she doesn't have Hamuzou at her side right now. He's still on the roof. She believes in him much more than any teenage girl should ever believe in her hamster, however, and she leaves him be for the moment.

She has other things to worry about, like how the soldiers are getting back up and her hands are still too shaky. They're so close to both of them, but the arrow that Hibiki fires misses again. She has all the skills of an archer, the job is half-maxed, and she still can't hit him—

She can't watch as Yuffie finishes the battle for her, and by the time it's over she's shaking her head.]

I...I can fight, I just never knew it would be like this! It's not like fighting the monsters at all, it's...

[There's another crack that interrupts Hibiki's speech and she turns around just in time to see a gunner and two black mages step forward. Hibiki's first thought isn't about herself, it's about her hamster, and she readies another arrow.

But she's too late this time. The air around her feet starts to spin, and before she knows it she's caught in a small vortex of magic. Yuffie would recognize it as "Aero", but it catches Hibiki off guard. Not only does it lift her, but the sharp winds slice at her, bruising her, cutting her and her clothes before launching her a few feet back where she collides with the hard ground of the Colosseum. She lets out a sharp cry of pain, but she tries to quickly get back to her feet.]

HIBIKI!

[Yuffie shouts her name as the three approach them her fingers wrapping tightly around her blade as she throws it in the air towards the three gathered. It was sure to hit one of them but Yuffie plan is to distract them so that she can run over to Hibiki.

Her feet feel like bricks as she skids on her knees to grab hold of Hibiki's shoulders and help lift her from the ground.]

Hey! Your alive right?

[It hurts. Getting hit by magic hurts. It's not as bad as fire or thunder, but being launched so far...it stings, and she can't use Cura right now. Instead of responding to Yuffie as she's helped up, Hibiki yells past her. She can't fight, but she knows someone can.]

Kathy! Use your bombs!

[Her Moogle nods and then summons a box out of nowhere, one she promptly launches at the enemies. The explosion is big, adding to the distraction.]

I'm not dead, I'm... [Ugh. Being told she could die...that's still really scary, too.] ...we have to take care of them! I can't see Hamuzou, he might be wounded!

[She has a second wind, and she's already trying to step away so she can ready an arrow. No one hurts her pets!]

[Yuffie admires her determination and even hurt she can't help but smirk at the girls nerves. She steps back allowing Hibiki the room to move and faces the three in front of them. They are child's play compared to what she is used to which for the moment she is grateful for.

She brings her Shuriken from her side and swings it through the air at the first mage. Better to attack them first since she has no defense against their magic. The blade cuts into him causing the caster to fall to the ground screaming.

Yuffie runs closer and catches her blade getting ready for close combat with the other two while Hibiki readies her arrow.]

[The things she won't do when a pet is in danger...there's no limit to that. She's just grateful the crystal has given them more power so she doesn't have to worry as much.

She focuses her arrow on the gunner. As far as she can tell, he's more dangerous. Her heart is still racing, adrenaline pumping through her veins, and she hits the gun clear out of the gunner's hand before sinking a second arrow right into his chest. She avoids the heart, but there's no doubt it's going to be a nasty wound. She doesn't even stop to think about it.

The second caster is backing up, readying a second spell—it's up to Yuffie to stop him, because he's about to cast magic that'll hit the both of them.]

[Yuffie pauses at Hibiki's arrow knowing what that wound means in a fight such as this one. She kicks the man with an arrow in his chest down using him to jump into the air and swing her blade down at the last standing mage.

She flicks her blade letting the blood drip on to the stained ground. She then turns to Hibiki her expression grim.]

Should you be here?

W-what're you sayin' all of a sudden?

[Their enemies might be down for the moment, but her body is sore already just from one attack. But she's also been helping! At least, she thinks she's been helping. She knows she's been in the way, too, but her shoulders droop at that accusation.]

O-of course I should be here! I'm...supposed to be here, right?

You're not a fighter.

[Yuffie pulls the arrows from the soldiers bodies handing them back to Hibiki. Ammo is easy to run out of and she doesn't want her friend to become a sitting duck.]

There are other ways to help in a war besides fight. [Which she knew from personal experience.]

That's...that's true. But I just helped, didn't I...? It's not like I'm getting in the way all the time.

[She's stubborn. Even in the face of something like this, she doesn't want to admit that she doesn't know what she's doing. She doesn't want to watch people die, but she wants to protect her friends, too.

Why is this so hard?]

Fine. Do what you want.

[Yuffie lightly punches her shoulder as she walks by towards the raging fight.]

Just know some people worry about you.

[She turns back with a confident smile before continuing towards the Bevelle. She has seen Tifa head that way and she wanted to meet up with her old friend.]

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