woken up like an animal

[ringwizard]

Date & Time: July 3rd, afternoon & evening
Location: Everywhere
Characters: Dragon & OPEN, Dragon & Kirika, Dragon & Nitoh&friends
Summary: Haruto's phantom wanders around being an asshole, then Nitoh kills and eats him. Fun times were had by no one.
Warnings: Dickbag despair monster ahoy. Certainly violence and probably just general rudeness. At least one fight scene.

{ a | OPEN }
It is strange, to be so free, but Dragon enjoys the feeling of the rain on his skin (his skin, not Haruto's, not any more) and the sights and sounds. He has no sense of smell or taste, like any Phantom, but from the looks of some places, he thinks that might be something of a blessing. He's already a little overwhelmed by his sixth sense, the sense for despair, which covers Exsilium like a fog in places. He wanders, wearing Haruto's face, following the strongest despairs and sifting through Haruto's memories for the faces and names of his friends. Occasionally he ducks into a shop, but mostly he walks down the middle of sidewalks without regard for anyone else around him.

Manners are alien to him--and if he's crossed, that's easy enough to take care of. Sometimes, he knocks into someone on purpose, if their despair is sweeter, or darker.

{ b | closed to Kirika }
Knowing now what Oriko is, what she is capable of, Dragon assumes Kirika is much the same. Oriko's words about Kirika in the conversations she's had occasionally with Haruto lead him to believe her young, cheerful friend is her partner in more ways than the tender ones.

That makes her dangerous, and that means his approach must be more careful. Dragon follows Kirika until she is alone.

"Kirika Kure," he says, from behind her. "I have been looking for you."

{ c | closed to Nitoh&the Dragon Exterminators }

For a Phantom enjoying his freedom, he's been leaving a trail. Well, that, and he left the Garuda PlaMonster behind instead of fetching it to keep with Haruto's ridiculous rings, his conduits of Dragon's powers. He catches the PlaMonster, and looks up at its companion, Kousuke Nitoh's green abomination, and crushes Garuda in his monstrous fist, the pieces falling unpowered to the ground.

He is prepared, this time, fully in command of his powers and faculties. "Come," he says, to the Gryphon. "I will wait."

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[feel_nevermore]

Raven notices the way the way his arm changes form before morphing back into its human form.

As he walks towards her, she can sense his interest, his intent and his magic close to the surface. None of it is remotely good. And she's alone. She should go. But Raven doesn't do fear and she's not going to back off until she really has to. Besides Nitoh said he should be the one to kill Dragon. He said nothing about beating it up beforehand.

She sends a message to Nitoh. 'Found Dragon. [x;y]. Raven. and then she puts the tablet away under her cloak, along with the book. And she stares back at the 'man' in front of her, looking unimpressed.

"Hi."

[ringwizard]

No fear--she's as stubborn as the wizards, already. Good, he likes them tougher. Longer to chew. "Has he gone running for help?" he asks, though he's already taken a look at Nitoh's impassioned little plea for assistance. "Will you try to help him?"

[feel_nevermore]

Raven crosses her arms under her breasts, taking a defensive stance. She could have pretended she did not understand what he meant. But it's not worth the effort. "You mean that guy from your world who wants to kill you to get his friend back? If you have Haruto's tablet you probably know that already." So don't make her waste her time answering stupid questions. "This is none of my business... yet." Until you attack a helpless citizen in front of her, or attack Raven herself, that is.

[ringwizard]

"Do I have time for listening to the tears of an over-emotional fool?" (Yes.) "I think not." Dragon is, it seems, as much of a showboat as his host. He slows as he closes the distance between them, swinging his hands behind his back and winding his fingers together. "And what would it take to make me your business, I wonder," he asks, "what could possibly make you care?" He wants to see her react, if only for his own satisfaction, but he has no intent on attacking her.

Instead, he summons up his mana, lifting his hands palm-up. Fire bursts in one palm, and a crystal of ice floats in the other. Would she appreciate seeing a building on fire? (He can't channel enough mana in this form to do so--but he can wonder nonetheless.)

[feel_nevermore]

Raven's eyes widen slightly as fire and ice appear in his palms. It's not some cheap trick she can tell. She can feel the magic. With a flick of her wrist, a shield of black energy appears between them. He can still see her through it but he shouldn't be able to come any closer to her.

There's something weird about him... Raven gets the impression he's not really about to attack her but she won't take any risk.

"I'd say you're pretty close to finding out."

To answer his question, she wouldn't appreciate seeing a building on fire. Surprisingly enough she prefers fireworks.

[ringwizard]

Well, isn't that interesting. He flicks tiny spikes of ice at it, but they do nothing besides bounce off. Definitely interesting.

"Am I, now?" he asks, "how... exciting."

Not quite as mercenary as Nitoh could have been, and certainly not as likely to stick her nose into everyone's business a la his recently passed host, but definitely unlikely to allow him to attack the populace. Exciting, indeed.

So, he shoots a fireball at her wall. Time to make it more fun.

[feel_nevermore]

The fireball crashes onto the black energy wall and the flames spread all over it. The wall seems to curl into half a sphere around Raven as if distorted by the fire. But in the end, when the flames vanish, the shield is intact. And Raven is staring back at Dragon.

"Either you're underestimating me or I've been overestimating you."