{ GM ORP } Unexpected Circumstances (FINALE P 12!)

[Syusaki]

Maybe she should’ve considered the implications of this other self. Maybe she should’ve examined the situation more, but the only thing in Jay’s mind was the desire to attack this twisted reflection. Jay had seen multiple versions of herself before, but for some reason seeing herself in dreaded gold and white set her into a daze. She couldn’t even remember how she’d regained her dagger just before she spotted a flash. A weapon. Eyes widened and she instantly brought up an arm to parry the attack. She gritted her teeth at the force, but pushed the hunter back before retaliating with her own swipe. This time it was clean and satisfying.

FEAR: 3  

[Seiana_ZI]

When the other returned, they looked more energized than they had when the fight had started. Perhaps waiting was a mistake on Nkosazana's part, a respect no Hunter would deserve, not even one that looked exactly like a different her.

It was so ... odd.

Was there anything different about her, besides for the odd coat, FEAR-filled sword and the very distinctly human looking appearance? She was certainly no Horseman, and she likely never would be anything like one. How was she existing? How did the other seem to understand her movements so well and then not, like clockwork...

Nkosazana suddenly darted to the side, alarmed as the blade came swinging right at her arm. It managed to cut in, but she evaded, avoiding too much damage from the well-executed swing to the rather well-distracted Nkosazana the Priestess. Her violet eyes quickly searched the Hunter's, as she grasped where her arm had been cut with an almost tourniquet-tight grip.

That smile...

That was unnerving.

Something was very, very wrong here...

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Fear Collected: 3 + 0 = 3

 

[Kyrieko]

Flash. Clank. Squeal. Curse.

And a giggle.

Saiyuri was having too much fun playing with this clone-hunter! It didn't seem to bother her as much as others. Clearly this was just her ugly twin and they were just going to see who was stronger! Yes. Yes that was it!

"Look at how you bleed. Such a pretty color~" Oh. Oh hey now, wait! She growled, noticing the cuts on her arms. That was... not nice!

She lost some of her playfulness, a predator peeking out of her gaze. "Well, I don't understand why you are me, twin-who-is-not-me. But... I must collect what I must." Like a dancer, she stepped forward, twisted on her toes and lunged, claws extended as she slashed the Hunter-look-alike across the face. The horrid scream that followed sent shivers down the horseman's spine.

"You scream too loud!" Saiyuri complained.

[ Fear Points: 4 ]  

[xoxomenai]

Kiwi struck again. And several more times, to no avail as the hunter's FEAR shield took the brunt of the effect.

"Wh ... What are you?? ... Are you even real?? If you are-" The hunter's grip on his weapon tightened. A very sickle-like weapon. "But you can't be. I would never be caught dead impersonating one of you lot!"

Kiwi's teeth gritted, and it took all his strength not to foolishly attempt ripping into the human scum. Livid, he circled round.

FEAR Points: 2/5+  

[Seiana_ZI]

The fact that Nkosazana the Priestess was questioning what was going on here--once again, as if the fact that fighting a doppelganger that clearly should not be was not enough--certainly was giving Nkosazana the Hunter plenty of time to react, and this time was of no exception. Since Nkosazana was too busy attempting to puzzle what was wrong, the other lifted her sword once again, a flash of a blade in the air.

The way the blade shined in the light was finally enough to get Nkosazana's attention. Alarmed, she suddenly rolled to the left, narrowly evading a slice that likely would have been nothing short of disastrous for the priestess horsewoman.

Taking the chance that she got from the Hunter nearly falling with the failed swipe at Nkosazana's head, the Priestess came to her feet and dived in for another damaging shot to her Hunter Copy.

Like Nkosazana herself would, the other bore the pain in relative silence, wincing as the blade sliced into her and, perhaps, injured her even worse than the first critical shot had. It made Nkosazana wince in sympathy, too, despite how much was wrong with this situation. The Hunter being in pain seemed so much like her being in pain, and it almost bad it palatable, a sensation that overall did not sit well with the horsewoman.

Perhaps that was why she let the other go again.

Of course, the other part of it was that she felt the fact that her Crystal felt complete now, to the point where Death had wanted her to get it. Was she done now? Did she no longer have to fight some weird copy of herself? Nkosazana would welcome that, disliking fighting and disliking beating herself up even more. Hunter or not, it was still her.

Of course, it was still Hunter.

Of course, it was still human, and they were supposed to be less ... violent towards the humans. Right?

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Fear Collected: 3 + 2 = 5!

 

[Syusaki]

The next time Jay tried to hit the hunter, the other Jay managed to move first. It was unnerving to see her own glee mirrored in their green eyes when they dove forward to swipe at her torso. She sucked in air as she stepped back hastily, nearly stumbling backwards in her haste. The horseman clicked her tongue in disapproval. “Hey, could you stop that?”

The other Jay smiled tauntingly. “Make me.”

FEAR: 3  

[xoxomenai]

Kiwi lunged, bringing the wooden end of his weapon down on the hunter's forearm as his blade sliced another deep line of crimson. He watched as blood oozed out, a frenzied sort of smile on his face.

The hunter on the other hand, was grimacing. Quite badly.

FEAR Points: 3/5+  

[Syusaki]

Jay sneered at the other. “Well, if you insist,” she spat out before leaping into the air. She drew her arms back and then swung down, gripping her knife with both hands to slice down on the shield, but again it barely scratched it. A deep growl rumbled in her throat as she glared at her other self, who brushed off the assault with a laugh and wondered, “Why’re you even here?”

FEAR: 4  

[Seiana_ZI]

... Right.

When the strange, unnerving Hunter limped her way back over to Nkosazana, the Priestess put her hand up, stopping the other from moving to swing at her again. There was a momentary look of confusion on the others face--wait, they were done now?--but much like her, it washed away into something of relief, not really wanting to fight either.

Just like she would.

Nkosazana was still suspicious, of course. Something about the way the Hunter acted when they were victorious and finally landed a shot just seemed ... off, much unlike the way that Nkosazana would react and chillingly strange all at the same time. It was enough to make her question the decision she had made, staring down at the sword and looking back up at the Hunter. Did the Hunter deserve to live at all? They destroyed her home. They blew it up. They made it succumb to insanity, much like all the Horsemen that were lost--absorbed into the destruction, never to be seen again

It was very personal, still, and it was enough to make her expression harden, eyes lifting from the blade to glare daggers into the Hunter ahead of her. When the Hunter reacted with obvious fear, though, her own eyebrows tilting upwards and her pose becoming nothing but submissive, shoulders and head slumping as if she understood what her fate was to be.

"Go on," urged the Hunter, softly.

At that, Nkosazana couldn't do it. She knew she couldn't, all along, but to that...

No.

Besides, Death had said not to kill the Humans. The rage was boiling deep, but at the same time, this Hunter was some strange form of ... her. This Hunter had not killed her friends and her family and her Isle. They were not at fault. She got what she needed. She didn't need to do anymore. All in moderation, or something like that, right? She had thought she had heard Death say something about moderation, but then, most of what he had said had got lost in the battle cries.

"No. Go," urged Nkosazana the Priestess, swatting at Nkosazana the Hunter.

There was a moment of hesitance, but like her, the hunter was not stupid, turning heel and running at the quickest indication Nkosazana was not kidding.

For her part, she would return to Death and wait.

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Fear Collected: 5!
Hunter Lives!

 

[xoxomenai]

The hunter sent his weapon swirling forward. Instinctually Kiwi dodged back, and swung his sickle forward.

A clean slice. Crimson colored the white coat, and the hunter collapsed backwards before scrambling several yards to the nearest medic.

This was it. The final blow. Kiwi readied his weapon, chain in hand. Like this, it - as he insisted on calling the human - was easily in reach. One smooth stroke, and he could wipe the hunter out. The illusion. Be done with it.

But the chain fell suddenly slack. ... No, ... as much as he longed to feel the slice of that body as all the FEAR left it, he couldn't be certain what the consequences might be. For better or worse ... for now, the illusion would live.

FEAR Points: 5/5+  

[Syusaki]

It was surprisingly easy to wipe the smile off of her face; at least when Jay really put some effort into the task. She rolled her neck, bones cracking as she stood on top of her counter part. Eyes narrowed and dagger brandished, she stared down at the hunter as she considered Nox's and Death's words. Should she...?

FEAR: 5