When We're Rollin Through the Wild Wild West

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Who: Everyone! EVERYONE!
Broadcast: IF YOU WANNA
Action: Everywhere! EVERYWHERE!
When: Mid-September - Mid-October

[How's your ship doing, pardners? Is it still pretty damaged? Is it glitching out hardcore? Well, there is one place to land to take care of all that, and that's on a dusty old moon in front of a planet that no one wants to go to. On this moon, you'll find a civilization that looks a lot like one's stepped into a wild west movie, hardened cowpolk and mutant horses and all. Will you become a vigilante, hunting bounties and stopping gangs from doing their dirty work? Will you go exploring planetside, with a cowboy hat and a stalk of wheat in your mouth to complete the look? Good luck with that; there is no wheat. This town ain't big enough for all you flooters, but make it so! For the ratings!

In other words, it's a planet mingle! Get 'er done!]

[September Planet info here]

Comments

[limitstorm]

... good.

[ well, that he's not calling riku a bad cook, anyway. ]

I'm pretty sure the Atroma's just playing a trick and decided to give me back my powers when I least expected it. I've barely been practicing, now I've gotta start all over again, or else...

[save_the_souls]

[....]

[Yeah, he doesn't need to ask what that "or else" could mean. Not after their last conversation.]

Is there anything I can do to help?

[limitstorm]

[ huh? help?

riku looks at allen strangely for a moment, almost like he expects allen to yell 'psych!' or something. ]

Uh--really?

[save_the_souls]

Yes, really.

[He moves to sit on the ground, pulling up the sleeve of his left arm so you can see a bit of very red arm. Which casually going to push the lit end of his cigarette into that arm to put it out. Ah. The joys of having an arm with next to no feeling. He then looks back at Riku]

I admit I'm not as skilled as you are at controlling the darkness- but I am an Exorcist. My job is to protect people from things that come from the darkness. So...even if this is a bit unusual compared to my normal jobs, I think...helping you still counts, in a way.

[limitstorm]

[ he starts when allen puts his cigarette out on his arm. uh???? LOOKING VAGUELY CONCERNED...???

uh--right, allen's getting all serious now. ]

If you're an Exorcist, shouldn't you be excersi... exorcising me?

[save_the_souls]

[ITS TOTALLY FINE!! And look no risk of starting a wildfire either yay. And there's a slight pause as he considers.]

...If you truly lost control your darkness and became dangerous to people, then yes. I would.

[He offers him a smile] But something about you tells me that won't be necessary.

[limitstorm]

[ riku's not sure how to react to it--his brows knit together in confusion again. allen can't possibly know that.

he sighs, nonetheless. ]

The only thing I remember helping me was fighting every day. I fell out of practice a long time ago, though.

[save_the_souls]

Fighting what, exactly?

[limitstorm]

... mostly monsters called Heartless. Other stuff too.

[save_the_souls]

Oh right, the Heartless.

[Hmmm...]

Would sparring work?

[limitstorm]

Uh--I guess. I dunno how dangerous that'd be though.

[save_the_souls]

Well, I'm not heartless [ha] but if danger's what you need?

[He'll yank off his glove of his left hand, which is very red, before it gets covered in green energy and morphs into a long, black razor sharp claws. He grins]

I think I could give you some.

[limitstorm]

[ eyes going wide, he leans in. whoaaa, what is this. claws? that's weird, he'd never imagine allen with claws... ]

I meant I might be dangerous, but that looks pretty cool.

[save_the_souls]

[He laughs]

Danger's fine with me. It's how I train best.

[limitstorm]

[ he's still a little skeptical... ]

If you're sure about this, I guess I could try it out.

[save_the_souls]

Yeah, that's the spirit!

[He jumps to his feet, stretching a little. When that's out of the way, a lens appears over his left eye and he moves into a fighting stance. Overall? He seems quite pumped and eager at the idea of an actual fight. So much better than talking about feelings]

Alright. When you're ready, come at me!

[limitstorm]

[ huh... weird. he's so eager. allen didn't seem like this when they first met... either way, he gets up and breathes in slowly. the darkness starts to recede, and riku starts to be in a bit more control. ]

Magic's okay? [ he asks, getting into a stance. ]

[save_the_souls]

[ Well that's because there was no opportunity to fight then! But there was no denying that he was literally part weapon- so the aspect of an actual fight? One where no one's going to die? Honestly, it's like taking a kid to the candy store after a year of braces. ]

Sure- oh, but no mind-altering spells! That's cheating.

[limitstorm]

Uh--I don't think I even have any of those...

[ not that he'd use them, besides. either way, after a second, riku shoots off a few fireballs, dark and ominous-looking as he starts forward. while he's far more adept at swordsmanship, he knows a little bit of hand-to-hand. ]

[save_the_souls]

[ Well hey that's good to know, that Riku doesn't have any. But he doesn't say anything, instead focusing on the energy that Riku is using for his spells. As soon as Riku shoots them off, Allen starts forward quickly- seamlessly dodging the fireballs as they come near him and aiming to swipe at Riku with the backside of his claws. ]

[limitstorm]

[ riku sharply turns so he's facing allen, and brings his hands down with open palms--a shimmering barrier erupts around him, magic scraped off by claws, but not penetrating the barrier. he moves quickly away nonetheless, jumping back and watching allen's movement. he was pretty fast, himself... maybe he should change it up.

when he aims his blizzard spells, they're not at allen. changing terrain is one way to gain an advantage, though. ]

[save_the_souls]

[That's a rude move Riku. It does cause him to start to slip a little- but he quickly jumps away from the patch of ice onto more solid ground- away from Riku as well to give him a bit of air]

[However don't think it's time to relax, because Allen holds out his hand and shoots out three white ribbons right towards Riku- intent on grabbing him and dragging him across that ice]

[limitstorm]

[ riku doesn't understand what's happening until too late, when he's grabbed and dragged across the ice. but that just makes him hold his breath for a second as fire sprouts from his hands, melting the ice below him so he can at least try to strain against those strange ribbons. ]

Don't gift wrap me.

[save_the_souls]

[Pulling strain against the ribbons doesn't seem to work- they are made incredibly strong. Allen meanwhile gives a "heh" as he yanks at them- trying again to trip him up. That's before he starts running in for another hit]

[However if Riku is using his power sense correctly? He could probably tell those ribbons are made of light- a strong hit of something with darkness would probably be a good way to break them]

[limitstorm]

[ when allen breaks into a run, riku immediately splays his fingers out and darkness shoots up from underneath his feet. he doesn't expect it to cut through the ribbons, but--well, that works too, he'll file that away for future reference before he shoots the energy off to allen. ]