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09 ★ Action

[Allen didn't feel so great. His nose was blocked, his throat was sore and he was pretty sure he might be running a slight fever. But when he saw what was going on, he just couldn't help but want to charge in and help, illness be damned.

So he changed his innocence into its usual claw form as he set about ahead off to deal with the one closest to him, using his cowl to moving around the other, causing it to become confused for a moment while the young man landed on the other side.

After a brief moment and before he went into attack he found himself coughing slightly. Looks like the cold was having some effect on him as the snow monsters was slowly starting to walk up behind him.]

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[Just as the monsters began to move again the sound of rustling paper could be heard as rectangular seals flew at them from all directions. They entangled the creatures, forming concentric circles around and between them that seemed to halt their movements for a moment just as the papers began to glow. The light intensified before there was a flash as everything within suddenly ignited in a burst of flame.

Link seemed unbothered by the lingering smoke as he emerged from a nearby street, glancing around for any other enemies before his gaze settled on Allen.]

You should be more careful, Walker.

[He had soon finished coughing when he finally glanced up to spot the other. He couldn't help but look mildly annoyed at the comment. he knew it was true, but it was still annoying to be told never the less.]

I know. I cannot help when I need to cough or sneeze though.

[He moved his hand back to the side before looking around. They seem to have been dealt with but it didn't take him long to notice that the snow was slowly starting to form.]

Um... Seems like it didn't work, they are slowly forming again. [He was already ready to get back into action, at least if it wasn't for the fact he had to sneeze.]

[Link glanced down to the reforming snow and frowned, forming a sign with his fingers as more paper slid out of his sleeves to surround him in seals in preparation for another attack.]

I was trying to not use to much force in consideration for any nearby civilians or buildings, but perhaps that was unnecessary.

[Allen nodded slightly looking around, it seemed as if the people that had been lingering had vanished so he was at least glad that people had gotten to safety.]

People seem to have gotten to safety, so it should be fine to just do what we can.

[Allen went for one of them that had formed more than the others, swiping at it and sending the snow back to the ground once again. So far it seemed so good, but Allen himself found himself having to deal with the sneeze, covering his mouth with his right hand.]

That's one down. [As he spoke he found himself frowning slightly. It was reforming again.] Or not. How do they keep reforming?

[Link frowned as the snow began to reshape before looking around them, trying to sense anyone else would could be manipulating some sort of spell.]

There's either someone controlling them and making them constantly reform or there's a specific way they need to be defeated. Or perhaps a weak point.

[He made another gesture, sending another chain of seals to surround the reforming snow beast. The papers began to glow and sparked like they were electrocuted, attempting to freeze the creature in place. Even if he couldn't keep it from fully recovering and rebuilding itself the prison should at least keep it in place.]

[Allen looked around, using his cowl to get up to a higher point on a roof to check to see if there are people nearby. After a sneeze or two he could focus a little bit and couldn't seem anyone. So that was a bust.]

I don't see anyone controlling them, but that doesn't mean that isn't anyone from much further away.

[However little did they know there was someone in a brown coat and pointy ears nearby with a method to at least seal them away. For the time being Allen was on the lookout for any other monsters as he soon spotted one forming behind him.]

Ah-! Behind you. [he soon used his cowl to get back in slamming down on the one that was currently forming.]

[Link turned just in time to see the reforming snowman destroyed, frowning as several areas of snow around them began to reform again. He created more talismans and set another creature alight as it came at the pair before he repositioned himself so that he and Allen were back-to-back.]

They're more annoyingly persistent than Akuma...

[He couldn't help but laugh slightly.]

Yeah, except these can reform, Akuma cannot when we destroy them.

[Allen went to deal with another, slashing away at them as he soon glanced over towards something he was seeing out of the corner of his eye.]

link! Did you see that? Or am I going crazy?

[Link seemed to spot the vague shape moving just as Allen did and had already turned his attention to it as it tried to move out of sight.]

Not so fast- [With a flick of his wrist long needles shot from his sleeve to form a seal around the figure and try and bind it in place.]

[Allen went over to where the seals were just to check who it was and soon found himself stopping. Just... that didn't look at all shifty and look a little bit like elves. It was strange.]

Care to tell us why you appear to be watching us?

[They didn't speak right off the bat, but it seemed like they couldn't move either so after a few moments they finally spoke.] We are here to give you something to stop the monsters from reforming.

[This caused Allen to look puzzled if for a moment.]

Should we trust them?

Careful!

[Silicon can put aside Allen's strange appearance for now: She runs up behind him, staff swung back... Then unleashes a clobbering smackdown on a snow monster as it tries to sneak up on him. The crystals on her staff light up and set off minor explosions, melting snow into a slush.

She takes another two hits before feeling like she's effectively broken the monster down.]

Mister, are you gonna be okay-- Wait. [Giving him a double take. She came because she saw white hair, but,] You're not an old man.

[He sniffed slightly, he was about to deal with it when he saw what the other had done. Instead, he found himself pausing for a moment, both impressed by the face she managed to defeat them using a staff but at the same time not at all surprised in her thinking, he was an old man because of his hair. That one was honestly to be expected if you only see him from behind.]

I'm not. I'm sixteen. But I can understand the confusion. [He couldn't help but smile as he tugged at his hair.] I do have the white hair after all.

Ooooh, frigit! I'm so sorry!

[Silicon scratches her chin, embarrassed by the mistake.] I didn't mean to say anything rude... Uh.

[Awkwardly, she moves to brush her coat free of snow.]

Are you okay, though? Be careful! Snow is angry weather.

It's fine. If you only saw me from behind you couldn't have known I wasn't an old man.

[He knew that honest it was a mistake and not really something to be annoyed about or anything.]

I am fine. I might have a bit of a cold, but fine. As for the snow this isn't normal snow...It usually isn't like this as far as I know. But I don't know what is going on though.

A cold...?

[Silicon wrinkles her nose at that. Why is he out in the cold if he has a cold? She does understand illness, though. More than understand it: Alchemists deal with it a lot.

She reaches deep into her large coat pockets, hunting around for something.]

You mean like the sniffles? Are you running a fever?

Yes and yes, but I am perfectly fine.

[He was being stubborn about it, even if the fever was slowly getting to him.]

I am just hoping to help as many people as I can here. So we should focus on getting the snow monsters.

Just hold your horses for a 'sec.

[Silicon sets her staff down and drops to her knees, really hunting through her pockets. She's so consumed by the task that she doesn't realize another snow monster is approaching from behind her.

Finally, still oblivious, she finds something.]

Here you go! Just crack the lid on this and gulp it down! [She holds up what looks like a test tube, topped off with a cork. If he does take off the lid, the liquid will warm up in an instant... and just be regular tea.] You should keep your insides warm if you're sick.

[Allen paused, unsure as to what she was doing, but was quick to spot the incoming snow monster. He was quick to go and deal with it. Turning around he finally noticed that the other was standing up again. Slowly staring at the test tube type thing, the colour sort of drained from his skin. It just reminded him of the dumb things the science department had come up with and had caused a lot of problems.]

It won't cause any chaotic problems, will it? [Sure he could drink potions in the last world, but that was only after he knew of the positives of it.]

[Hanzo was seated comfortably on a nearby rooftop, watching everyone battle the snow creatures. They didn't appear to be a serious threat, but they were enough of a bother that he would rather avoid them entirely if he could. He sat quietly, his eyes catching sight of a boy doing his part to keep the snow monsters at bay.

He drops down when it appears the boy is being surrounded, grabbing an arrow from the quiver on his back to help clear a couple up.]

Forgive me if this is out of line, but you should be in a bed resting, not fighting snowmen.

[He was trying to focus on what was going on around him, but he hadn't realised that he had been surrounded. As he was about to go attack one of them after the coughing was over he instead spotted the other before going to deal with a couple more of the snow monsters himself.]

I'll be fine. I'll rest when this is all over.

[He snuffed for a moment, he really was going to be stubborn about it as he looked around.]

[Having a coughing fit in battle is never a good sign. Even against enemies that were made of snow. He could tell the signs the boy was ailing right away. Stuffy nose, coughing, slightly labored breathing. He was in no shape to battle.]

I must insist.

[Hanzo doesn't know why he cares so much when he did similar things in his youth. He takes down a couple more snowmen, permanently now that he knows how to stop them from regenerating.]

[He paused for a moment. He knew he should be resting, he really knew. However, Allen also knew that he wouldn't be able to rest knowing people were in trouble. He'd rather get worse than find out people were hurt because he didn't do anything about it.

Shaking his head, he turned his focus toward the situation in hand, moving to deal with at least another one.]

And I will just be stubborn about it. I just really can't rest while people need help. Ill or not I will keep going.

[ Hanzo knows the sensible response is to leave him there. He seems fully capable of handling himself, or might have if he didn't stop to have coughing fits. He hesitates for a while and plants his foot down, turning his back to Allen to watch his 6. ]

Then I am not leaving.

[ If this is a game of being stubborn, he can play it well. ]

Fine. it makes it easier to take care of these creatures that way.

[He at least was starting to get some idea of how to deal with them anyway as he went into his pocket. With the way the conversation had been going, he had forgotten about them.]

Oh, if you need to seal them away there are some stone things you'll need. Do you have any?

Very well, but afterward, I hope you will decide to rest.

[He knows they will only continue to come back unless they are sealed away, but he only has a handful of them, and isn't sure he will be able to afford more than that for now. Still, this seemed like a reasonable situation to use them in.]

I have a few. [Hanzo is quick to retrieve the item from the pocket of his jacket though he's not quite sure how the work, just that they do.] Need one?

[He nodded slightly. If he decided to, Allen didn't know how much longer he could go on for, but he figured another hour at best. Then he'd probably have no choice but to rest, which was probably a worse case for him, even if it was for the best.]

No, I have a couple myself. It's how I know about them. [He reached into his pocket and pulling one out, destroying one of them and throwing the stone to seal one of them away.] It seems really simple to use.

[Hanzo follows the child's lead, disposing of one of the snow creatures in a similar manner, then looking around to see if there were more that were in need of taking down.]

I do not think I will ever be used to this place. [He grumbles under his breath and takes down a couple more before he's out of arrows and has to retrieve them from the piles of snow.]

Could always be worse.

[He took out another before moving to capture it.]

The world could have been in a constant war.

Sounds a lot like home.

[The second omnic crisis would be exactly that. Perhaps being here wasn't as much a misfortune as Hanzo once believed.]

I don't suppose you'll agree to rest now.

You were in a war too?

[He had used it as an example, he hadn't honestly expected someone to say that.]

I said I would, right? Is everyone around okay?

It was a war between man and machine. Eventually peace was achieved, but it is not lasting. Who knows what is happening there now.

[Hanzo doesn't appear too troubled about it now because he's more concerned about the person in front of him collapsing of exhaustion He removes his glove to press a hand to his forehead, fingers sliding under his bangs.]

They are more okay than you are. You have a fever.

[A war that isn't lasting when it's done. He had to wonder why exactly. Was it to do with the machines. Did they gain the ability to feel or something? Nova City confused him, but he was at least aware that they existed.]

I'm sure it's fine, nothing seems to happen while we are away. Though that's more what people say. [He had a fever... Well that was to be expected honestly, he didn't feel 100%v after all and still felt awful.]

Ah... guess I'm not getting better at all.

That is good to know. Somewhat. [He hums in thought, but his attention is brought back to Allen.]

Please do not be stubborn about resting your body. I would rather not have to carry you home if you collapse somewhere from exhaustion and neglect. [Hanzo is being more dramatic than necessary, but he's doing so for what he believes are noble reasons.]

If you need anything, please contact me.

I did say I was going to rest after this was dealt with.

[Which right now at least seems to be the case.]

Though, hopefully, I'll be fine on my way back to Fayren.

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