Conflict!! A ride on the youkai subway!

[dreamsincolor]

Who: Mitsuya, Takuro
Where: The subway. No, not that one, the other one.
What: Riding to school.
When: The morning after Iwata's lesson.


It typically didn't take Mitsuya long to adjust to changes in her life, even those that led to her riding the subway with tengu, oni, and an assortment of other folkloric and less readily describable beings that were as removed from the humdrum of her old everyday life as... well, night from day. And sure enough, it had only been a few days, but she'd become accustomed to being the only human on a crowded subway car.

But now, today, it seemed she wasn't. Someone else was getting on right now, in fact.

Ah, yes. She recalled him from the old school building. Iwasaki, the experienced one with the demon. His very normality made him stand out all the more, it seemed.

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[fantasy_skies]

"That's... pretty gross, actually. Can't you do anything less useless?"

Not bothering to waste the energy required to cross the distance between them, Takuro just reached out again, his shadow extending across the floor or the car.

Roll: 5

The shadow of his fingers wrapped around the shark and squeezed, distorting his victim's body briefly before it snapped back into form. (48 damage, 9HP remaining)

"Finish off this punk, Mitsuya-senapi."

[dreamsincolor]

She tried, she really did, but the shark creature finally showed some glimmers of competence, and shrugged off the breeze she tried to batter it with. Frustrating.

"I suppose this may not be my forte."

(Roll 5/defense 9; 6 damage)

[thebardinator]

"Ah-hah!" the small shark said, before opening its mouth again. Another spit? Oh--

However, instead of that, it was as if a fireman's house had been connected to the small creature's mouth, and was firing out at the two teenagers.

[fantasy_skies]

"That's more like it," Takuro muttered to himself, gesturing and the ground in front of him.

Roll: 9

Instead of the expected vines coming up rapidly to shield them from the water there was... nothing. He didn't even have time to be surprised or react before taking a faceful of water.

The jet blasted him to the back of the car, where he hit the wall before crumpling to the ground, unconscious. (75 damage)

[dreamsincolor]

The shark delinquent was regaining its confidence. That wouldn't do at all. But just as its powers began to work properly, so did hers.

Roll: 8

And just in time, too. A blast of wind sprang up to redirect the jet of water away from her, splashing the majority of it harmlessly against the wall of the car, but still allowing a little through (12 damage).

It looked like Takuro's own attempt to shield himself hadn't gone nearly so well, however.

"It's long past time to bring this to an end." She brought up a hand and clenched her fist, and abruptly the air was sucked out of the area in front of the shark.

(Roll 8/defense 4/68 damage)

[thebardinator]

The vines had not come, and Takuro was hit by a powerful gush of water, square on the face...

But so ended, the battle. The shark was yanked right off where he stood, flying towards Mitsuya, but without force to actually hit her-- no, he just rolled across the ground, a living cannon-ball that landed, unconscious, a few feet away from her.

Ding-ding-ding-DING! A subway announcement came, with the car conductor speaking over the PA system.
"Ta-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta-TA."


Mitsuya and Takuro got 240 Youkai Yen.

[dreamsincolor]

Ah. Money. That was convenient, even if it was some peculiar currency she'd never seen before. Then again, if it belonged to the youkai, no doubt she'd have some use for it.

Mitsuya offered an appreciative bow to the bystanders before striding over to the back of the car and, disregarding the concerns most might have about propriety, lightly slapped Takuro's cheek.

"Iwasaki-kun? Iwasaki-kun."

No response, but at least he was breathing. No doubt Iwata-sensei would know what to do about this, but there wasn't much she could do in the meantime besides see if he woke up on his own.

Getting him to school would be difficult, though... and right on cue, the "Ryuseki High School" stop was announced. Ungracefully, and with great difficulty, she managed to drag him out through the doors.