Second Hit | Audio + Action for Route 35

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Audio:
[If you thought Kuzuryuu would be happy about the prospect of a fancy red carpet event, then you are sorely mistaken. Though, at the moment, this might have more to do with the uh...method of invitation Clair decided to employ than the event itself. Three guesses who got beaned right in the head with a few of those ping pong balls. First two guesses don't count.]

[It was Kuzuryuu.]

Why the everloving fuck would you decide to invite people to something by dropping goddamn plastic balls on them!? That's not fucking normal, who the hell does something like this!? This better not be something that happens regularly here, I swear...

[He trails off, falling into a sort of contemplative silence for a few moments.]

What the hell is a prom, anyway? Some kind of party or something? [Hello, I am very Japanese and we do not have proms. Also I went to murderschool. There are no dances at murder school, only murders.] VIPs I get but wh-- son of a bitch!! [The sounds of a jostled struggle can be heard, along with a range of very happy Ariados noises.]

Goddammit, Meiwaku!! You can't fucking-- [What is even going on over there...] Get off you dumbass!! I swear to fu-- [Thankfully, the transmission cuts out fairly quickly into the unseen scuffle. He'll uh...he'll get back to you if anybody actually wants to answer that question about prom.]

Action:
[For anybody who happens to be out and about, they might run into Kuzuryuu mid-spider scuffle just outside of Goldenrod on Route 35. He's been out here training for most of the day (as per usual) and has two new evolutions to show for it: Bisharp and Ariados. The former appears as calm as she ever does, cradling Kuzuryuu's Pokégear in her hands and watching the scene before her with something that might be amusement. As for the latter...apparently she either hasn't noticed or doesn't care that evolving means she's quite a bit bigger than she used to be. So she's very determinedly trying to climb all over her master just like in the (not so) good ol' days. It's not really working but that isn't stopping her. Nothing is stopping her.]

[She WILL reclaim her fuzzy throne, rules of physics and everything that is logical be damned!!]

[Needless to say, Kuzuryuu is not amused and there's quite a bit of yelling going on and even more swearing.]

You're too big for that now, dipshit!! Fucking-- QUIT!! I didn't even-- DAMMIT! How about I fucking sit on you for a change, huh!? Then what, fucker!?

[He wasn't kidding about that because after a few more moment's wrestling, he definitely plants himself squarely on her back. Though...since he hardly weighs more than she does, the impact is probably not as impressive as he was hoping for. It surprised her enough to pin her to the ground, sure, but she barely seems to mind if the even happier noises and excited squirming are anything to go by.]

[Approac-- more like turn around and walk away and pretend you didn't see this. Why would you...]

Comments

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[Maka are you some kind of religious nut or...]

I'm almost not sure I should ask but what is it that you do, exactly?

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...[He needs a moment.

Pause.

Okay, now tell--]

I'm a scythe technician at the Death Weapon Meister Academy. We all work under Lord Death to keep the peace.

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[Just this face, Maka.]

[Just...this face.]

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[That's definitely not a face she expected out of Mr. Angry-Time.]

...Do you think I'm lying? I've got scars I can show you.

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[Look he comes from a normal world, okay??]

[...well, okay not normal but one without weirdass super natural shit like this.]

What? No! Shit, keep your clothes on! [He's not sure where these scars of hers are but he's assuming somewhere covered up so...ergo: please to not be stripping, girl-he-just-met.] Just...that sounds completely fucking insane. Are you saying you're some kind of...assistant grim reaper or something?

[soundmind]

My--? Oh. [Geez, they're nowhere intimate, but she won't push it.]

...[Assistant grim reaper, well that's a new one compared to the questions if she's actually a reaper.] I guess? I'm only human so I'm not qualified to do anything with the souls gathered and I don't know what Lord Death does with them, but we're all trained to...um, deal with monsters. [That eat souls.]

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[Well she said she works UNDER Lord Death and...you know...THERE CAN ONLY BE ONE.]

...Monsters.

[What is this conversation just. What is...what.]

[soundmind]

...Do you need a moment? [She hasn't even mentioned the living weapons yet...] To process it, I mean.

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I think what I need is an explanation from the damn top.

I'M SORRY KATAR...

[soundmind]

Are you sure? Um...

[Is he really sure, this shit goes back 800 years.]

...[Crud, she didn't expect to run into someone that has no supernatural influence whatsoever in their world today.] Starting from the top--there are Witches, Gods and humans in my world. Some gods represent a certain aspect that keeps the world in balance, like Knowledge, Fear, and Order to name a few. Lord Death represents order and Witches are opposed to order, so naturally Lord Death really didn't like Witches and tried to exterminate them before they caused any chaos that could hurt humans. In response, one Witch took the soul of another Witch and combined it with a weapon to create one of the original Demon Weapons.

[Yes she's interpreted "from the top" as "the whole fucking history."]

Demon Weapons are living people with the ability to change into weapons, with their creation and introduction into humanity's gene pool, some regular humans began to change themselves--gaining new abilities for adaptation. These people are classed as "Meisters," the only ones able to use a Demon Weapon and unlock their full potential. Lord Death decided to gather all of these people together and train them to fight Witches so they don't wreak havoc on humanity.

Now, this was all 800 years ago, so everything is a lot more spread out than before and new Weapons and Meisters are born every day--it's a recessive gene, but there are lots of Weapon and Meister families that have a legacy. I won't bore you with the politics behind those. [That and she doesn't know much about it since she's one of the few to come from a mixed family--in more ways than one.] Today, we have the Academy to train new Weapons and Meisters from...I think enrollment starts at 12 and you're there until you graduate at 18, anyway we're trained to work together and fight effectively, a little like an army I guess. ["A little."] But Witches aren't the only things Weapon and Meister teams fight, some humans become too afraid of everything and start to kill others and eat their souls. They think freedom from order is freedom from fear entirely, this sometimes changes their bodies and they turn into monsters--it's an unforgivable crime to eat a good soul and you have officially given up humanity once you do, but at the same time souls are like a battery power, the more you eat the stronger you get. We started to use this to our advantage and have our Weapons consume "kishin eggs"--or corrupted souls with the potential to become kishin--to become stronger themselves. As students, we're directed to gather 99 of these and then feed the Weapon a Witch's soul so they can unlock their full potential.

This "fear" that influences humans to start killing comes from the Kishin Asura, the god of fear. He's someone that despises humans and hates the idea of anyone being close to him so much that he ate his own Weapon partner several years ago. He was sealed away up until fairly recently when he was released by a Witch named Medusa, so that just added more pressure on the Academy to keep everything safe for regular humans.

...And that's everything, right from the top.

[You really shouldn't have asked, Kuzuryuu.]

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[He really shouldn't have. This is something he realizes about a minute into the conversation. But by then it's too late.]

[ABORT ABORT ABORT WHERE IS THE ESCAPE BUTTON FROM THIS CONVERSATION. FUCK.]

Fucking...when I said "from the top" I didn't mean give me the entire goddamn history of your world! [Seriously he...really didn't need 800 year long history lesson part. You could have just explained the school, Maka. Jesus.]

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You should have said that, how am I supposed to know when you just say 'from the top'? It's not like I can read minds.

[God, kids who go to regular schools.]

There's nothing abnormal about the school, there's lessons in fighting and regular subjects, exams and quizzes, we take missions so we can learn hands-on how to deal with the kishin eggs and witches. Sometimes our teachers are...less than regular, but that's just how it is.