[trance au] Watch your back (Petro x Trisha)

[Huni Pi]

It wasn't quite midnight, but the air already smelled of fireworks. The malls had closed hours ago, and the New Year's even dinner was still going strong with cases upon cases of beer and barbecued meat sizzling on charcoal grills. The streets were filled with children and adults alike, cars and jeepneys already parked in the safety of their garages, or on the sidewalk that doubled as open-air garages.

But Petro could not partake of the festivities, much as he would have liked. He was on a mission with the fate of the world hanging in the balance, and the Sun Hunter could not afford any distraction. From a dark, poorly lit side street, he watched and waited for suspicious activities. He checked and rechecked his gear, trying to keep his nerves at bay.

"" he muttered to himself in his native language.

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The time had come. Paint adorned her face and shoulders and shrunken heads hung from her belt. Ribbons clung and flowed from her hair, she was ready. These humans would soon bow before her and perish doomed, to give their heads as part of her collection.

Trisha waited in the shadows for a long moment contemplating her entrance. the smell of charred meat filled the air and humans lingered in packs about the fires contained in large basins. A smile tugged at her lips as she picked a large group, one full of littler ones hugging on a bigger one clinging and hanging upside down. They would make a nice group of heads. Gently she guided her mount, a giant beast with horns adorned with blood flowers and ribbons, leading it towards the group before spurning it into a full charge. The fence fell to pieces before her as mighty hooves plowed it down.

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Though horse-drawn carriages still existed, Petro knew he was nowhere near Binondo, Chinatown where the beasts served man as little more than a drain on a tourist's wallet. The sound of hoofbeats was wholly out of place and had him drawing his daggers automatically. He leapt out of the darkness, kicking off from the asphalt road to land on the trunk of a parked car. The sun hunter was midair, aiming a blow at the charging Horseman, before the the shrill shriek of the security alarm blared out.

"" he hollered above the din, hoping to fend off the attack until his backup arrived.

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The people of the chosen group didn't need to be told. There were screams, sweet beautiful screams, as the horns continued the charge directly into the burning metal and threw it into the air, crashing into the opposing fence. The beast snorted and stomped the ground before turning.

Trisha glanced over her shoulder bringing the beast all the way around. "A brave one. I like you. Come here sweety I will bestow my blessings on you first." She pointed her weapon a line pike, directly at him. Ribbons adorned it as well training and casting red illusion, making it hard to see just where the blade it's self was.

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Petro felt his stomach knot at his very visible disadvantage. Cavalry always won over the foot soldiers on mobility alone, not even counting the ranged pike weapon. He was going to have to use his head and his feet to stall for time. "First? 'M not interested in a woman I can't call my own," he snorted at her before throwing several bottles of beer at the beast's legs. A part of him winced at the wasted beverage, but that was easily ignored in favor of worrying for humanity's survival. Especially when one of the inebriated celebrants came stumbling out of their home in the national pastime of kibbitzing.

"Putang ina naman- "he commanded, never once taking his eyes off of the horseman.

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[phantompanther13]

Oh a good one. In another life, another place, where they were both something similar, she might think this human had potential. but he was a human. One that stood up to her even with a weak attack like that, something she couldn't help but admire. It would make his head worth so much more. Trisha didn't want to just kill him outright, he has so much potential.

"Oh but I'm interested in you, human. Don't worry, I'll make your death enjoyable." She would savor him. Her eyes flitted to the sudden intrusion on their battle field. Her human looked distressed. A slow smile came to her face as she realized this one was attempting to protect the intruder.

She turned her mount again, who had been backing slowly away from the crunchy glass and drove it towards the drunken human, jamming her spear into its stomach. She could have aimed for heart but she wanted a few minutes of delicious fear as the human slowly realized it was dying.

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A stream of curses poured out of Petro's mouth, bad enough he had to face off against a Horseman on his own but now, now a civilian was at risk. He wasn't a moon hunter, but he always carried bandages with him on field missions. The question now was whether the damn fool currently being skewered could be saved, and whether he was worth saving.

Needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few, he reminded himself, sealing the poor man's fate. Using the distraction to his advantage, Petro grabbed for lighter fluid and with his dagger punctured a hole in the metal can. He hurled the canister at the horseman's mount, its contents spilling out as it arced in the air. "" he growled, scanning the ground for a match, or a lighter.

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The poor fool had plenty of time to stare at the gaping wound in his stomach as Trisha dislodged him from her spear. "Don't worry sweety, it's a beautiful death." she took a ribbon from her side and tossed it to the ground near the human, her first kill of the war. Turning her mount around in a circle she faced her human again.

"Throwing things won't do you much good my sweet. I'd like to know your name before I kill you." she flicked away some of the still dying drunk's blood from her spear before leveling it on her human again.

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Petro's words swapped between prayers and curses before finally, among the scattered bottles of Red Horse beer, he found a lighter. His thumb flicked at the metal wheel until he produced a spark, "Don't got a name for the likes of you," and with that, he dropped to his knees and touched the flame to the trail of lighter fluid.

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Clearly all I know about these type of things are from Hollywood action movies

 

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The lighter fluid crackled to life, catching under her mounts feet quickly sending it into a rear. Trisha tightened her legs as she hung on, trying to force her beast into a charge. In the adrenaline it did, missing her target and crashing through the fence in front of her and then into a near by parked car where two lovers were rocking out and making out inside. The horns inbedded themselves into the door pushing the vehicle back a few feet. They might have gotten a little... stuck. Trisha shoved her spear into the door only to find the glass shattered easily under her spear.

The couple made a break for it, scooting out the other side before screaming.

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When going Hollywood, go all the way. o3o

 

[Huni Pi]

Not enough, Petro knew, the little fire-trick wasn't enough. There would be more deaths if he let the horseman (horsewoman?) free to roam the city, with its congested streets that should be able to fit three cars had two of them not been parked as if in a garage. But there were other ways to keep in step with the thundering beast, and the Sun hunter was lucky enough he knew how to get it. He wasted no time in running to a cluster of parked motorized tricycles, where one driver forgot his keys in the ignition.

The motor roared to life, and tucking his daggers in their sheathes but within easy reach, Petro charged forward, bracing himself to ram the beast with the vehicle.

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There goes any hope of this being a serious RP XD

 

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While Trisha was dealing with being stuck she had lost track of her prey. It was just for a moment but it was enough to suddenly be rammed into from the side. Her beast tor the door right off the car and let out a loud bellow as they were tossed a few steps to the side. The door was still attached but Trisha could see enough for both of them. Her spear launched towards Petro attempting to pry the human off his new mount more than stab him, yet.

"You are a little firecracker aren't you."

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You mean this is now an Awesome rp.

 

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The handlebars were yanked sharply to the side, swerving the motorized tricycle in time to a defensive position. The pike was caught, somewhat, in the mangled mess of pipes that had been the passenger car. The impact had not been kind to the vehicle, not kind at all, but the motor still ran, and if push came to shove, Tro would cut his losses.

Quite literally.

Which was what he was doing, striking the weakened metal around the welded joints, until only the motorcycle remained. "'M hot stuff," he grimaced, vaguely recalling it from one of the movies of old. "Place's getting too crowded, y' wanna race?" he challenged, revving the motor loudly.

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Are we turning this into a drag race?

 

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Oh her prey was challenging her to a race? Very well then. "A little game of cat and mouse.... Alright my little mouse. I'll give you a 3 second head start." her beast threw it's head and flung the door off it's horns shattering another car window. It pawed the earth ready for its revenge, plotting to throw the little tiny mount into the air along with it's rider. It was not happy. But the war lust had gotten to her head.

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Hollywood has infected our rp.

 

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There was a vibration in his pocket, but Petro could only take a wild guess that it was his backup letting him know they were finally on their way. Not too long to stall now, with Moons and Suns to back him up, they could take this Horseman down. Without another word, he revved the engine, pulling it up into a wheelie before the front wheel came back down, letting the motorcycle charge through the now deserted streets.

He doubted he'd get the three seconds, but he knew the lay of the land. He knew where he had some extra weapons stashed for such an occasion.

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