[ may catch-all ]

[messianic]

WHO: Minato and everyone he can drag into quests and maybe also you
WHERE: The town, the woods, everywhere in between
WHEN: May
WHAT: Fighting spiders, making friends, collecting social links, the usual
WARNINGS: Typical violence, probably. Ouni being Ouni. Kyrie being Kyrie.

[Feel free to contact me at kalisona if you want a toplevel, or just drop a toplevel in here? I'm cool with whatever, hit me up.]

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[worlds]

I don't need it.

[He doesn't need help. He refuses to believe otherwise, or else...]

But as long as you don't get in my way, I don't care what you do.

[messianic]

[Ouni, please]

... I won't get in your way.

[And "I don't need it" isn't a "no", so... Minato will take it, falling silent peacefully as they trek further into the woods.

...Eventually, though:]

I feels...even quieter than usual here right now.

[worlds]

[...]

Stay on your guard. We're bound to find whatever we're looking for, sooner or later.

[messianic]

[... Right. Minato just nods firmly, and--]

Oh, wait, Ouni-san--

[... It's not a giant spider, though.

Instead, it's a beautiful young woman, barely dressed. Minato...blinks.]

[worlds]

[...

Well, okay, that was unexpected. Anyway, after a moment of pause, Ouni's power flares up, because whatever, the enemy's state of dress doesn't matter!!]

[messianic]

[... Yeah, Minato's not going to argue Ouni's concern, considering what he knows about jorogumo. Instead, hesitantly, he moves towards the woman, a slight frown on his face.]

Hello...? Are you lost out here?

[She just...casually shifts to try to expose more of herself. Minato... kind of blinks. Uh. Er. No... don't do that.]

... Sorry, I'm not interested.

[worlds]

[Uh.

Yyyyyyyou know what, Ouni's just going to try and slice her with his thymia.]

[messianic]

[Holy shit Ouni.

Minato can't even say anything before she's getting sliced and diced--

Except she's not. She's morphing immediately into a giant spider, skittering away from that dangerous slice. Minato staggers backwards, lifting his own sword to try to brace himself when she lunges again.]

[worlds]

[Oh, good—so this is the enemy they're looking for.

In any case, whether she's in the form of a spider or a human, it doesn't matter to him. He won't hesitate.]

Stay back!

[Because he's moving to cut her apart again, this time various swirls of dark aura moving to cut through the spider's legs.]

[messianic]

[Oh.

He obediently does take a few steps back, though he mostly reaches for his Evoker; there's no way he's going to leave Ouni to fight the thing on his own.

Ouni's aura is successful, of course; two legs fall from the trees to hit the ground, still twitching, and the jorogumo screams, before it skitters up higher into the boughs.

It's.

Going to lunge from above, this time aiming for Ouni, as the primary threat.]

[worlds]

[Thanks, Minato, even if Ouni insists it's completely unnecessary!! He doesn't need help!!!

This is where Ouni might fire off a witty one-liner about the thing being stubborn if he were someone else, but this is Ouni, so.

He's going to use his thymia to try yet again to slice the jorogumo into a bloody mess, but just in case (and because also he doesn't really need to get himself covered in gore), he's diving out of the way??]

[messianic]

[The spider's pretty sliced and diced by then--but it's fighting back with the desperation of a dying creature, so it's probably good that Ouni dives out of his way. For Minato's part, he's immediately lifting his Evoker.

He doesn't get far, though, not really, before the jorogumo slowly slumps to the ground, finally succumbing to the wounds Ouni gave it.

And Minato has to...admit... he was definitely not even remotely needed here.]

[worlds]

[Minato tried.

Ouni's looking just a tad worn out from using his powers, but he's still on guard, just in case.]

... Is that it?

[messianic]

I think so...

[Minato steps forward carefully, poking at the corpse a bit. It...doesn't move.]

I think it's--

[Hey, Ouni.

What if there's another one.

Which is definitely lunging at Ouni from beyond the treeline to try to avenge her fallen comrade.]

--Ouni-san!

[worlds]

[WELL THEN.

Unfortunately, he doesn't quite move out of the way fast enough. There's a hiss of pain as the monster cuts through his arm, and then—

Whether it's a reflex or Ouni is just really pissed now, but when his power flares up to slice at the new enemy, it miiiight be a little more overkill than what he used for the previous one in an attempt to reduce the thing into a bloody mess.]

[messianic]

[There are monster bits and blood flying everywhere, which is disgusting--but Minato's more concerned with Ouni now anyway. He's crouched just far enough away, but he heard that hiss of pain, Evoker properly going up to his temple this time.

Bang!

The spider is dead, hacked to bits by Ouni's powers--and then a healing light settles over Ouni from where Minato is crouched with wide eyes, Messiah hovering over his shoulder.

And now, it's quiet.]

[worlds]

[Ouni stiffens, unaware at first what's going on—and then he realizes. Ah. The healing Minato mentioned earlier.

Still, he looks wary as he waits for the effect to finish, while his mud larvae float about him, jostled by all the movement. He glances around, just in case there's a third monster ready to come and shank them??]

[messianic]

[NO MORE SPIDERS they're good......... and Minato breathes out a slow sigh as they settle in and aren't getting attacked by anything else. And then he approaches, carefully.]

Are you okay, Ouni-san?

[worlds]

Fine. [like, was minato expecting any other answer.] Let's get out before more show up.

[messianic]

Got it...

[Off they go, Minato trotting to catch up with Ouni and:]

... You were right about not needing any help.

[worlds]

I wouldn't have said so if it weren't the case.

[messianic]

[...... well.]

It kind of feels like you'd say just about anything to keep people from sticking around you sometimes, Ouni-san.

[worlds]

[wow??]

Because I can handle things by myself.

[messianic]

...Well, even knowing that, I'm glad you let me come along.

[Okay, so there!!]

[worlds]

Whatever. I don't care about the reward anyway.

[okay this might be a bit of a lie, he miiiiight be curious.]