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[Action] Tree of Woe [Closed]

Who: Remilia and Arro
What: Tackling the first of the tree monsters.
Where: Streets of Everglade, night
Warnings: Remi might get smacked into a few buildings and get injuries. Of course she regenerates, but still.

Despite her sparring with Grievous, there were still times where the vampire was certain her speed and strength alone could see her through. Meaning, of course, rather than hang back a bit and scout out this cursed tree, she charges in, ready to claw and tear at the branches and the tree itself.

But that means getting in close. And that's soon forcing her to dodge and dive to avoid getting knocked flying into surrounding buildings. That won't kill her, but it will hurt!

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Enter the good doctor; who likely should not have been poking around Everglade, especially at this hour. The rumors of tree monsters had been too enticing to just ignore since plant-animal hybrids or even enchantments that lent themselves to genuine mobility was a rarity even on his home world. So despite impressions of him; he is there and surprisingly quick to join in.

"Dear me; a Deputy Guardian playing about with the foliage like some ruffian?" The quip came on him rolling aside to avoid a limb crashing through a street lamp, further dimming the already bleak surroundings.

"Help, assistance~" Arro cries as he dodges again, losing his jacket this time as another limb rips it off him.

Well. She was not expecting some crazy person getting all up in the middle of the fight.

"What are you doing? Get out of he-" The distraction of his presence was enough for the tree to get a hit in, a glancing blow that makes the vampire hiss in pain and retaliate with Gungnir.

"Far too interesting to leave, so sorry~" As he speaks, he kneels down to dodge the swing that grazes Remilia, and whistles appreciatively at her attack. The sheer power seemed like it would be enough to spilt the tree, but perhaps due to the nature of the forces at work here, the spear tears a hole through the upper section of it, near where it begins branching, but seems otherwise unaffected. Though, he's only seen one attack like that before, and can't really make a claim he knows what she is using. So he readies an attack of his own, standing again and pointing two fingers at the tree as if he were making a finger gun.

Instead of it being for looks though, he fires a black beam that...has much the same result. It shears one branch off the tree before it can strike him and starts boring into a building when Arro ceases. Collateral damage is something the GSRF won't pay for. Probably.

"Did you pe--" Unable to finish, he is whipped off his feet and dangling from a branch temporarily before it starts flailing him around wildly.

Edited (Clarifying non-lethal hits) 2018-03-27 04:29 (UTC)

She is focusing her attacks not on the trunk, but on the branches of the tree, seeking to disarm but not kill it. She should have expected that Arro had powers of his own, though.

Remilia can hear the heartbeat of the person inside, and sense the blood within them. Those branches, though, must be dealt with. Speaking of which, she'll try and remove that branch...

Whilst Remilia is contenting herself with tree-chopping, Arro is actually annoyed for once, going so far as to release the gravity on his person, which quickly turns his hair and clothes into a mess with all the thrashing being done. Whether she succeeds or not with the branch isn't something he's privy to he is flung up into the air.

Having about enough of this nonsense, he suddenly straightens in the air, an eerie glow flashing from his eyes as he raises an arm as if to throw a spear of his own. "TYRANT--" As he cuts himself off, he lets go of the spear even as it's forming, and it dissipates harmlessly into the air. While he was aiming, an interesting fact finally registers to him as he starts careening back to the ground.

Which just won't do as the vampire has probably already grown tired of him. Instead of falling listlessly, he flings out a whip to catch the lip of one of the buildings, keeping his posing awkward and unintentional as he swings himself onto a rooftop.

This also gives him a few moments to process what he's realized; someone is inside the tree, alive. Which was an interesting factoid. More so would be whether they could survive being divorced from the tree. Sitting up, he leans over the edge of the roof to change tactics, drawing a bow of ice to fire at the branches and freeze parts of them. While this was going to be a slower method on his part; it should allow for some decent distraction.

Remilia doesn't know if she can save this person, but in the end, she will still try, and she will still approach it with confidence. That and it's kind of her job to do so.

Perhaps deep down there is a desire to help others... but good luck getting her to admit that.

"That's it. Keep it distracted!"

"Yes, Mistress~" He replies with a tone of amusement, ducking down to avoid a branch that smashes into the edge of the roof he's on.

Regardless of the Vampiress's designs, Arro is willing to help a person and entertain his curiosity, so when the branch lifts, he raises over the edge once more, letting an arrow fly to stiffen the offending branch before returning his attention back to the remaining branches blocking Remilia's path.

That soon gets the tree focusing on him now, leaving itself open to Remilia's spear... With preternatural speed, she smashes branch after branch off it, forcing it to fight a battle on two fronts.

Letting another arrow loose, he finally snapped one branch just from the force. Ducking down as the tree decided he was currently the most annoying, he crawls away as several branches flop over the edge of the roof, searching for him again.

Instead of popping up in the same place again, he rises from the other edge of the roof, flinging his whip to wrap up the branches, some of which go slack as Remilia is quickly dealing with them now.

Wanting a closer view, he takes this opportunity to dive off the roof, pulling the branches with him, as he swings and manages to crash into an awning, landing on the ground with a grunt as he pulls his whip against the metal framing.

Of course, being in the thick of things just makes him more of a prime target and distraction.

Well. That was kind of impressive. But now the tree is between them both, making it a bit difficult to help one another.

There shouldn't be many branches left, right? Not at the rate Remilia is dealing with them.

It does make things difficult, but Remilia seems to be cleaning up so well that he didn't need to worry much it seemed. Feeling the rest of the branches he held go slack, he finally released them and struck at a few more with his whip to draw them for her to cut.

"I assume you had a plan after the branches, yes?"

"I'll use my claws to peel away the tree." She attacks with claw and spear, striking with vampiric speed and strength... That should leave the tree more or less defenceless...

"I recommend haste--" He replies before the tree is finally trimmed to their tastes.

"Ah, excellent work, Miss Scarlet. I hope to see your detail work as skillful as your broad strokes." He replies, adjusting his shirt and vest; there's a rip along one of the darts, which more or less means he'll need a good tailor or a new suit, more likely. While he could be happier about that; perhaps they've saved a life. He moves in closer to the trunk of the tree to see what he can determine.

Sakuya could probably fix that. Perhaps Remilia could ask her. A for right now, Remilia's claws lengthen as she looks for some sort of weak spot...

"Was there any doubt?"

He could do with someone that knows needlework, finding tailors that cater to his tastes seemed few here, now.

Moving around the tree, he hums quietly, looking for a good spot to start. "I suppose there wasn't. Perhaps we might start at the top to extract this person?"

That would be as good a place as any. The vampire hops atop the branch-less tree, her claws digging into the bark and wood...

"It's almost like a Jubokko..."

A term he isn't familiar with, surprisingly. Japanese folklore eluded him to a surprising degree, as it was extremely spiritual. As he raps lightly on the wood and listens to the sounds of her shredding the plant fibers, he glances up, a curious expression on his face.

"I might ask you for the chance to partake of some of your wisdom later on, Miss Scarlet." It also wasn't every day he got to hold a conversation with a vampire as Everglade kept it's ranks much more closed than he appreciated. "I think you may be close; I have the impression this is a tall person."

She evidently found some weak spot, because she then manages to pull apart the rest of the tree in one go... and that deposits a very much alive but unconscious victim of the plant.

"Perhaps we shall... Oh, by the way, he still lives." She may live there, or rather a subarchway located there, but she's not as closed off as the locals.

"Fascinating~" Arro comes over, kneeling by the unconscious man, rolling him onto his side and leaning in to listen to the man's heart, check his Mana flow, and see how his breathing was.

As he decided the victim would be fine, he hefted the man up. "Well, Miss Scarlet~ A fine outing if I do say so myself. Might I ask you if you know a good tailor? Both of mine seem to have departed."

"You should bring him to safety. I can lift him, but doing so would be a little awkward..." Since she is kind of small. First, though, she plucks a seed from the man and crushes it, ending the threat of the tree.

"That should stop that tree from regrowing."

"Ah--" And the seed is gone so swiftly that he can not stop her from it.

"I am pleased to that, but if you encounter such a seed again, might I have it to study, Miss Scarlet?" Which yes, he does start on his way to taking the man to safety, as that was the most logical path. He could tell the man would need some measure of medical treatment, but he was assessing that it was thankfully not much.

"Until next time, I suppose."

"Ah? If any culprit is found... perhaps you can make them show you one of the seeds they made." Now then, as far as her senses can tell her, it appears this man needs a lot of rest.

"Hmm, don't you want half of the bounty?"

"Let's hope, but I suppose it isn't important in the end." Though she stopped his attempt to depart solidly, turning to consider her carefully.

"Well, I am not in dire need of monetary compensation...but, sure~ If you'll escort me, Miss Scarlet." Which was a fine thing, the sort of vampires he was used to dealing with were hardly so magnanimous, and it was a fine opportunity to learn the mind of one for a few moments longer.

"Very well, I shall lead the way." This vampire is quite capable of being fair. Thankfully. She may be a brat, but she has some sort of honour.

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