[Bakiri Retsu]

Burn it all down

"Ah don't," Retsu fired back with a challenging smirk. "But ah rekken you do." She wasn't going to share her real reasons. Saying it was personal would give too much away. Hells, she'd said way more than she'd meant to already. With some luck the two fookers took each other down.

Junsuina's next request made Retsu dial her potential usefulness down a notch. She wanted to go tangle with her direct counter? Regardless of whether that was because of bleeding heart heroics or a need to prove herself Retsu's opinion on it was simple. It was the stupidest thing she'd heard since she got here. Well, the stupidest thing until the redhead opened her mouth again.

"Hoo~" Tilting her head further to make sure the blood streaming down her forehead didn't obscure her vision as she leaned in Retsu fixed Jun with a look that could kill. "Y'r talkin' a lot a shite fer someone that knows who ah am. Ah'll remember that."

Ignoring the spikes of pain that still shot through her as Junsuina departed Retsu got to work as well. There was no time to waste. Hah. When was there ever?

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"Hmpf. Such a mess. Maya. Clean up at once and rejoin me." 

"Yes, father."

Straightening up in a way that clacked the heels of his boots together the man set off in advance towards the source of the commotion. If there were any opportunity for Junsuina to exploit it would be this one, whether to take down the father or secure the daughter. 

Back in the alleyway she had collapsed Maya closed and locked the case she had brought with her. The girl's face remained expressionless even as she retrieved a sterile cloth and doused it in a bottle of antiseptic. Should Jun approach her that was the scene she would stumble upon. A locked case, a cleaning cloth and a girl with dried blood on her face. More importantly, if she had an eye for detail, a girl whose left eye was a different color than had been before.

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[junsuina]

[attr="class","bmsk"] in blackest night... That psychopath wasn't going to make Jun's job any easier, but she had to try at least. Glancing around the corner she spotted her intended target: the girl with heterochromia. She could think back briefly to the docks...yes, she was running away as Jun was heading here. It was a little detail, but the box told her something: she didn't have that at the time. Dammit, I wish I had someone more competent to rely on, she thinks, watching her for a moment as she tried to place the scientist. No sight: maybe she needed to keep apprised of his disposition to do the same as Retsu? He didn't seem too concerned about her own well being, based on the earlier chastisement. Jun formed a fist with the remaining gems in it; because it was her bad arm pain shot through her. Granted, she was hurting all over, but that particular injury stung. I can't expect her to just roll over. I need to handle her, and fast. Taking a breath, Jun braced herself. If all she could do was take control of her constructs, and if she was already in pain, then Jun could use this to her advantage. She burst from her hiding spot, gems glowing in her hand as she formed a hammer and flung it the girl's way. Jun would in no way be stationary: she always found a way to move, to not let her opponent get a bead on her. Assuming she manipulated the construct she'd prepare a slide under it beforehand, coming up and swinging into the girl's blind spot with a fist. It was cruel to target an opponent that was weaker than her, but with the number of threats on the field Jun had to take her chances. "I intend to preserve your life. For your own sake, stay down!" Bakiri Retsu,

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[Bakiri Retsu]

Burn it all down

The girl only reacted after the hammer had been flung and Jun was racing towards her. Her hand came up palm first in front of her almost as if to say stop right before her eye flashed ametrine and her face scrunched up. Abruptly the hammer came to a halt. 

With her focus on the construct she didn't notice Jun until just before the fist made contact with her chin, nor would she have been able to do even if she had. Already the girl had been wobbling on her feet. The one strike was more than enough to bring her down, her eye's glow fading and leaving the ocular organ hazier than it had been before she'd intercepted the hammer. 

The sound of the metal case dropping from her grasp echoed through the alley far, far louder than the rest of the fight had been. With the silence caused by all other fighting having halted as well the sound spread further still, offset only by distance and the faint noises of people fleeing in the distance.

The hefty clop of heeled boots returned mere moments later as the scientist made his way back into the alley. His visage was twisted with fury, chin tilted up as he glared down on Jun.

"You dare?!"

Blue sparkles like little stars floated forward from his wings and when he brought his katar forward to draw a fist-sized circle in the air the sparkles moved along. Twelve circles sparkled before they fired their beams through the alley, all on a collision course with Junsuina. 

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[junsuina]

[attr="class","bmsk"] in blackest night... This worked out almost as well as Jun hoped. The only downside was the case falling to the ground. Reaching out she grabbed the girl, her panic welling up as she took hold of her and slung the girl over her shoulder. She glanced momentarily at the case, wanting to take it but she was met with few options. Which ended with one as soon as the man rounded the corner. A little known downside to carrying another person: they encumbered you way too hard. Even with panic welling within her she still found herself capable of feeling compassion enough to form a few shields, beginning to move away. At the very least Jun could see the beams and managed to either weave through the assault or use the shields to deflect the blasts towards the ground. With the last one she decided to get dangerous; angling the shield just right she sent the beam dangerously close to the box, threatening to hit it. "If we're being honest, the only daring one here is you...well, okay, I don't mean that as a compliment. I'm more curious on how you did it, stealing quirks like that." This was a stretch. A long stretch. Jun didn't have enough evidence to back this up outside of the circumstantial pieces: Retsu's questioning Jun's quirk, the fact this guy had a construct quirk too, this girl had some means of manipulating hardlight, and weirdly how her one eye seemed to act weird and Retsu was...was she missing an eye? No, Jun was sure she saw it. Regardless, it was a stretch, something to catch the guy off balance. Maybe off balance him enough for her to get away with the girl. She'd have to tie her up and quickly so she couldn't escape, but at this point she had to handle one thing at a time. And this thing was simple: get the girl out of harms way and out of the fight. Then she could deal with the other two... Bakiri Retsu,

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[Bakiri Retsu]

Burn it all down

His nose flared and his fingers twitched, almost curling into the shape of claws at the accusation. With a derisive scoff he regarded Jun and the ‘baggage’ on her shoulder with such wholesome warmth it could freeze an oven.

"Hmph. You would accuse me of thievery like those fools?" His wings spread widely behind him and his arm raised in front of him, gestures filled with the kind of zeal on the most deluded of zealot possessed fueling his words. "I am the one who goes beyond such randomized dependence! I create and improve! No matter the original what I create shall be better! My inventions shall reshape the world in my ima-"

The rest of his ‘grand revelation’ died with him when the tip of a blowtorch appeared right above his sternum from the inside, quite literally cutting off his words. Unlike with a normal knife however Temper's biggest source of damage wasn't its penetrative power. It was the sheer heat. The small perforation did far more damage internally than externally. When the scientist dropped he was long past saving by the time his knees hit the ground, disbelieving eyes briefly attempting to look down before they lost their light and he toppled in full revealing the source of his demise.

Retsu deactivated Temper and hung the hilt back on her belt so casually it was almost as if she'd already forgotten she'd just killed a man with it.

"Gotta say, ‘adn't expected a hero to be so ruthless ‘gainst a child," Retsu lied. "Ah was thinkin’ ya'd be too busy takin’ care a’ her ta get in mah way further but it looks lahk we moite ‘ave ta keep goin’ after all."

The hand that had dropped to sheathe Temper came back up with a grenade. Idly she twirled it around her finger by the pin while staring at the pair with a gaze almost as cold as the one that had been aimed their way before. This was her chance to get rid of both witnesses and buy her time to scrounge his lab before an organized response could be measured against her.

“Dun’ make me regret this,” Retsu commanded with an odd edge to her tone. The grenade was pocketed once more as she turned on her heel and left.

In the moment she didn’t know why she’d shown mercy. Perhaps though, perhaps she’d seen herself in the kid. Maybe she’d spared them in the hopes that she’d get a better life than Retsu herself had. Just maybe though, just maybe it was spite. The wish to show the girl exactly what the system would put people like them through.

When both the case and the lab alike went up in flames moments later Retsu couldn't say she was surprised. Just angry and disappointed.

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[junsuina]

[attr="class","bmsk"] in blackest night... Oh good, he stopped shooting at her. That was good, as Jun had to figure out how to get away without getting more hurt. She hated endangering the girl on top of all this, but she didn't anticipate getting caught. And the guy was talking. He was so full of himself. Jun wanted him to get to the point and tell her his plan. At least, that was before Retsu stabbed him in the chest. Jun looked on in horror, frozen in place as she looked at the villain in front of her standing triumphant over the body. Jun didn't want that, and she anticipated the guy would put forth more of a fight. Instead, she played distraction while someone else pulled the trigger. She tensed up as Retsu taunted her and pulled a grenade from her belt. Her chest hurt, remembering the last time she was in a situation like this. Only then she received several thousand volts that stopped her heart, and through considerable effort was resuscitated. This? There would be no help. Any first responders were no doubt a long ways away, and that device would rip her and the girl apart if it went off. What made this worse was Jun was nearly tapped out; she had a little material left, but her body was near the limit. If she dropped the girl she was as good as dead, but carrying her Jun couldn't fight effectively. She was afraid, and it showed. She had a trick or two that she could use, but there was no guarantee she'd walk out alive. And then...she walked away. Jun was confused, as Bakiriretsu was as ruthless as they came. Why the change in heart? Regardless, once she was away Jun's legs finally collapsed, and after putting the girl down vomited up due to the stress of the situation. Every part of her hurt, and despite knowing she had to get them to the docks she found that she couldn't move. She looked over at the body, and then the case that combusted. What secrets were buried here? What was the goal? Maybe, once she got to the mainland, she'd find out. Bakiri Retsu,

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