soulping | hiyo haato

[PUSHING NATALIE OUT OF THE WAAAAAY]

Hiyori! You're not their pawn! You can do it...!

[trying to pull her out of the way in turn if she's fast enough]

You idiot!

[ Thank god for being able to switch cat powers because when shit started to shift, he went more defense than offense after paralysis. So he'll be throwing a shield over to try to protect Star and Natalie because like hell he's just going to roll over. ]

[still tied to Natalie, hoping to push her aside in time to avoid getting badly hit. but she heard what the guy said...]

Ah-key... ahkeyrumeh! Ahkeyrumeh!!

HIYORI DON'T LET THAT IDIOT CONTROL YOU.

[I'M TRYING TO TRIP THIS BIRD APART STILL

I HATE EVERYTHING

BUT ESPECIALLY BLIGHT.]

[ FREE THE BUTTERFLIES!! He releases them without thinking twice, on basically any cage he can get his hands on PEOPLE ARE DISTRACTED.

... And since he was kind enough to lower that barrier, he's attempting to put another bullet in not!Yato!Papa's shoulder ]

Edited 2015-11-09 02:43 (UTC)

Oi! Spikey!

[ hurls her cage at him as she goes sprinting past ]

[ He catches it without looking, and immediately springs the latch on the door.

BE FREE!!!! ]

[ Cue "swapping" Yato from wherever he is standing to right next to trashpapa. Get rekt.

Though after he does that, he'll free the butterflies he managed to collect. ]

[ thanks bro!!

POPPING UP NEXT TO HIM, GONNA FUCKING TRY TO STAB HIS FAKE DAD there might be a split second of hesitation here--

NO, HE AIN'T REAL, STAB HIM!!!! ]

LET HER GO!

( but i am here, encouraging you to cut him. slice 'em up. )

[just attempting to throw any scraps of bus metal and glass at things now]

I'll do whatever I can to help you, Hiyorin! We won't let these meanies win!

[ she won't make it to Starry-Eyes and the Henwen girl.

instead, Wolfwood goes straight for sprinting forward and trying to tackle the girl in the mask before she can get to either of them. ]

[ As Star, Natalie, and Daisy get into an act of tug-o-war over who will or won't be hit by the incoming kick, Vash wisely releases a good portion of the butterflies. They eagerly escape the confines of their cages, floating momentarily by the door, seeming to gather... strength? Light? They grow larger, individually, changing shape into tiny, magenta birds—before dive bombing the masked Gatekeeper.

The first one slams into her, knocking her back at the very last second before she can manage to hit both Star and Natalie. A second and third one strike various parts of her body, seemingly becoming absorbed into it, even as the force of them knocks her off-center and threatens to spill her—a fourth and fifth hit her squarely in the mask. The first cracks it, and the second breaks off a whole chunk of it covering her mouth.

She seems to hear both Silver and Star calling out to her, and her tail twitches. You feel... a wave of confusion and curiosity come through. However, before anything more can happen, Caracal asserts herself into the fray, attempting to tackle the still-masked girl, who hops back with super-human speed.

MEANWHILE, Not!Yato Papa takes a bullet from Vash in the shoulder so that he can defend himself from Yato's blade. ]

[ In spite of very solid efforts, it appears that the fight's still not over. Hiyori?—Roc?—Is that her name? shakes her head, and launches herself at Caracal this time, throwing several feints and jabs before trying to slide home with a solid upper-cut to the larger woman's jaw. Strangely, in all this time, she's shouting: ]

Let me help you! Just let me help you!

[ Meanwhile, Not!thePapa hasn't given up, either. He holds off Yato's attack with one blade and spin out from the other. ]

Let her go? Don't kid yourself. I had her from the moment she woke up and met her first person her. I'm a part of her. You, too. Probably all of you. It would be a lot easier to just give in, wouldn't it?

[ He pulls back his weapon and attempts to stab it forward into Yato's side. ]

JUST GIVE IN!

You can't give in, lethallan! You're the one who needs help right now, not us! You don't have to shoulder everyone's burdens!

[He's all blighted and this sucks.

He's not about to stop moving, though.]

Hiyori, you can't fix everything yourself! You have to let other people help you!