piwakawaka | Freeing the Bird

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Freeing the Bird

The shortcut through the Dreaming leaves them close to many warehouses and the water in Kaiwharawhara but only one has a palpable feel of magic and about ten young men simply hanging about.

As everyone starts to appear, a few of the men pull out various objects to focus as the magic grows in the air as the others who are a bit too pale just grin.

Teams: 1-Alex, Aiden, the Baron, Hamlet
2-Carl, Ben, James, Peron

Starting things off again and I'm just going to do the James' thread later and make it work.

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The Baron, for his good measure, laughs right back. "I wouldn't sully my blade with your guts, sir."

If someone were watching closely, they might see the grey fade from his hair. They might see his skin become young and smooth.

But most will only see the cant of his arm as it cocks, the muscles beneath moving with the strength of a much younger man. The guard of his saber connects with the ghoul's jaw with a thunderous crack.

Aiden stays still for a moment, as the two ghouls start moving. Then, as they get close, he slides out of the way, moving faster than any human should, out of their way.

He scrapes one hand down his arm, scraping loose shards of stained glass that spin in the air and form into a sword. He snatches it up, giving it a quick flick before rushing for one of the ghouls, swinging it at their arm.

The Baron's guard cracks on the ghoul's jaw but it simply slows him as he pulls a knife to aim for the Baron's torso.

Aiden's moves are watched with a laugh as the ghoul swing a lead pipe to meet Aiden's sword.

The Baron parries the blade with the cuff of his coat, and sets the ghoul spinning on his heels. "You cheeky bastard!"

The razaor shart tip of the saber slashes through the creature's hamstrings.

The sword, being made of glass, really should shatter on contact with a lead pipe.

It doesn't. It just starts cutting through, slowly but surely.

The ghoul who was fighting the Baron ends up moving into the back of Aiden as the other just keeps pushing with the pipe.

The Baron takes advantage of the confusion, circling to keep the ghoul off guard.

"Sorry, my boy! This one hasn't had any training at all. Let me just..." The Baron steps in and plants his boot on the ghoul's hip, shoving him with all his strength.

Aiden gives the Baron a brief nod, before pushing against the lead pipe a little harder, severing it in two.

As his pipe breaks the ghoul moves to try and bite Aiden as the other one falls to the ground but tries to take the Baron down with him.

The Baron dances away, the tip of his sword flashing as it arcs through the air.

Aiden takes the bite without being too bothered - it scrapes the armour, but he can deal with that. One hand flashes up to grab the ghoul by the chin, hoist him up, and throw him backwards.

With a good amount of distance between them now, Aiden settles and becomes still, sword raised, as a haze of blue light starts drifting up from him, along with shards of glass from his armour.

The two ghouls try to recover and talk for a moment before charging Aide and the Baron.

"Nice trick, that. Let's finish this, shall we?"

The Baron reaches under his coat and draws an impossibly elegant duelling pistol, aiming it right between the ghoul's eyes. He cocks the hammer and it fires with a thunderous crack.

Aiden nods, hefting his sword and swinging it downwards, sending the glass and energy flowing forward in a blindingly bright wave.

It's aimed at one of the ghouls - the one the Baron isn't shooting at - with intent to incinerate them. Aiden likes the burny-shreddy stuff, he does.

To accompany Aiden's glass and energy, there's a BOOM that shakes the warehouse and all the solitary ghoul who's left turns in fear and runs towards the door.

The Baron, never one to let a fight get away from him, charges after them, brandishing his saber above his head.

Aiden makes a mild, amused noise at the ghoul (it's in fact the first sound he's made since armouring up) and strides after the ghoul and the Baron.

When they enter the warehouse, there is a bit of commotion by the back door, and dust in the air - but the shadows make it easy for someone silent to move without being seen.

There's a crack, a backhanded slap across the face of the ghoul.

"Where do you think you're running to! Stand and fight!"

So the ghoul turns back to the Baron and Aiden.

The Baron is right on top of the creature. Without even sheathing his saber, he grabs him by his jacket front and tosses him aside like he were nothing more than a sack of potatoes.

The real threat is ahead. The Baron has faced down gods and demons. There is nothing here that strikes fear in his heart.

As the Baron throws the ghoul aside, Aiden turns to head towards the ghoul.

The back door gets a brief glance, but Aiden trusts that the Baron can handle himself against whatever bigshot supernatural being is in there.

The vampire grins, entirely feral, and glances at the man in the silly hat with the saber drawn.

He circles. He doesn't have a weapon. He doesn't need one.

Aiden throws his sword towards the ghoul, watching as it arcs around, decapitates it, and spins back into his hand.

With the small fry finished, he turns his attention to the vampire.

The Vampire is currently occupied with Alex on his back but that doesn't mean Aiden couldn't help.

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