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♐ 004 // [Voice]

[Raven is sitting in a tree outside house 12, bow in hand. Around his neck is a very warm looking scarf, given to him by Miyabi. Despite the fact he's complaining, it doesn't seem as though he actually cares, he's just doing it because he can. OOC: Also all other threads would take place before Yuri and Vash.]

I'm startin' ta feel real sorry for all those new feathers, showin' up in weather like this. Ya must be absolutely insane if ya think this snow is fun, or even pretty! I hate snow, snowmen, snowballs, snowstorms, igloos, icicles, ice cubes, ice cream, all of it! Urgh...

Please tell me it's gonna start gettin' warmer soon. I don't know how much more of the cold this old man can take.

[Filtered to Vash | 50% unhackable]

Vash old pal? I take it all that noise over the journal would mean yer back to normal! How'd ya feel about meetin' me fer a drink at the bar tonight? I got the feelin' I'm gonna need a really hard drink later on.

[Filtered to Yuri | 99% unhackable]

Hey, Yuri! I've got an arrow with yer name on it! [He holds up an arrow to the camera, it has Yuri's name crudely written on it, followed by a little patronizing heart.] I'm gonna shoot it at your face! Hah!

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Tch--

[Enjoy your few seconds of recovery, because as futile as it might be to stay in one spot and spam this arte, he's doing it anyway.

Have another Azure Storm coming your way as soon as he's balanced properly, old man.]

[No, go away, that's very mean of you. Raven jumps and moves away from it. He can't fire his bow while his arm is hurting like this, and getting close to Yuri is suicide. There's no way his bow can hold up against a sword, it's not made for blocking.

So, time to try casting another spell instead.]

[Oh hell no, he can't move well enough to try outrunning another spell--

Azure Edge time.

Yes, again. He will spam this move forever if he has to. ~~Or at least until his TP runs out.~~

... He's also going to slowly try moving away. Feeling is gradually returning to his leg, and it's not the a good kind of feeling.]

[He has to cancel that casting to avoid the Azure Edge. This is a problem, he can't fire his bow effectively and he's not going to be able to cast again if Yuri keeps using that. He only has one choice, and that's to go close range, no matter how risky that is. If he can just injure Yuri's arm as well, then he'll be in the clear to win.

So, in he comes charging towards the kid.]

[Oh, he's charging at him now.

... Good. This should help him considerably. ... Well, at least it'll be more helpful to him than his previous situation.

Yuri awaits the incoming charge, waiting for Raven to come close enough ... so he could try pulling off a Crushing Eagle.]

[He's not going to give you the chance to take him down with fancy artes. The moment he gets close enough, he goes to use Just like Dancing.]

[Oh dammit--

DEFENDING. Since ... that's about all he can do in this position.]

[Yuri's defense blocks it, so whilst Yuri is still in the guard position, he takes a mean swipe towards his injured leg. It's all or nothing right now.]

[Is he going to try--

He totally is, isn't he. And there isn't much of anything he can do about that, either. If his leg weren't injured, he could just jump it, but--

Well.

If he's going down--

...

Actually there isn't much he can do. The hit connects, and he hits the ground.

--... Oh, wait, that's right. Even if he's down, that doesn't mean he's about to lay there like a slug. So, have a shin-kick while he's down, Raven.]

[He did not see that comming at all, the kick makes him lose his balance as well, making him stumble backwards. But at least he's injured Yuri's leg, so he points an arrow towards Yuri. Though it's noticeable that he's not pulling the string properly, that arrow is going to miss when he fires it.]

[Yeah, while Yuri isn't an archery expert, he's seen Raven draw his bow enough times to know he's doing it wrong right now, and that it's not going to fly -- or at least, fly right.

So he doesn't make a move, staring the old man down instead -- and slowly forcing himself to stand again when the arrow does not do what it's supposed to (aka /hit/).]

[Ah fuck, he had hoped it would've been alright, all these years using a bow he was sure he had enough strength to pull the string.

If Yuri wants a staredown that's what he's gonna get.]

[STAREDOWN TIME .........

For a few seconds. Then he's going to smirk.

And try using Crushing Eagle again.]

[That smirk is not a good smirk, he goes to jump back but it's too late, he gets hit harshly by the edge of that attack, knocking him to the ground. And landing on that injured shoulder while we're here, why not I'm a masochist.]

[Oh ow, that had to hurt.

... But he's not stopping there, as he walks over to where Raven fell over, pointing his sword down at him.]

[Fine, you act all pimp, Raven's left arm still works fine. He whacks the sword away.]

Don't patronize me.

[He'll shrug, moving his sword away.]

I just wanted to make sure you didn't have any other "tricks up your sleeve".

Then yer lookin' at the wrong sleeve.

[He throws his knife from his right hand with everything he has left. That arm is out of commission now, but he might just stab the kid in the process.]

[Be glad his first instinct was to do a sloppy side-step and not swing his sword, Raven -- or you'd be missing a hand. That knife does manage to make a neat little cut on his side in the process of his getting-out-of-the-way tactics, but nothing startling.

... After that?

Swords getting pointed down at you again, Raven. You deserve it this time, for throwing that knife at him.]

[There's one thing Raven can do while stuck on the ground, and that's cast a spell. It's only a basic wind blade, but he's trying to get you to back off.]

[... Mrrr. Yuri's all cut up from everything else, so even a Wind Blade spell would probably hit him harder than he'd like. So, with a short, annoyed sigh, he moves his sword away and backs off.

... Not as quickly as he'd like, but he does.]

[Raven doesn't move, he continues lying there with his hand now on his shoulder.]

Respect works both ways. I don't want ya to go easy on me in this fight, by doing so yer making a mockery of the reason we're fighting in the first place. There's a difference between showin' mercy and being condescending! If you're going to win, then win!

If you don't knock me out first, then I'll knock you out instead!

You don't have to knock someone out in order to beat them.

[... He shrugs, readying his sword again.]

... But if you insist.

[He gets himself ready to use a Destruction Field arte. If Raven has anything to say to that, he'd better make it quick.]

[My legs still work, he's getting the hell off the floor and away from that. Even if he has to barrel roll in the process.]

There's also a difference between knockin' someone out and killin' them!

You would've lived. [Shrugging, and keeping himself at the ready. You told him to knock you out if he didn't want to get knocked out himself, old man, so that's what he's gonna do.

Same as before -- he readies himself to use yet another Azure Edge.]

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