Priscilla's yee olde shoppe

[Giichi Twinkieland]

[This post makes an assumption that Priscilla opened her palm to absorb the dart's hit. If that's not so, tell me and I'll edit this post.]

Because Priscilla took the hit from the dart with her open-pawed left hand, and the right hand was holding the sword, that necessitated her having to let go of the keys. Giichi gave a quick grin when he heard the keys jingle on the pavement. Although it was stifled as she continually bashed the hell out of his arm. The cat grit his teeth from the impacts.

"All cats! Are born! With claws!"

Giichi definitely let go of Priscilla, but gave her a nice little going-away present in the process. His claws popped out, and as he let go with his left arm, he would rake the claws right across her waist. And as he pulled back his right arm, her shoulder would probably get clipped. Now that Priscilla was out of his grip, Giichi backed up a couple paces, and gave her a nice kick right in the back. Hopefully, the keys dropped at her feet and the kick would propel her far away enough for him to swipe them back, before she could do anything else.

[Gail Strafer]

Gail looked up to see Relic stepping outside into the sunlight. However, he appeared to ignore the wolf in favor of...

"You! The white one!"

He turned to see what he was talking about...and then saw a white fox far off in the distance.

Tech? TECH? NO! You will NOT lay a finger on her!

Looking around, he spotted his revolver laying on the pavement a couple yards away. Gail dragged himself up to his knees and crawled towards the weapon. Within a moment he was there. Spinning slowly around in a crouch, he took aim at Relic's exposed shoulder again, and fired off another shot. He had two bullets left in the chambers now.

[Tech Rathgen]

"You, the white one!" "Thou shalt rebuke the notion of claiming the metal box!"

I heard the beast fox that was at least 100 yards from me. I knew he meant the safe and he wanted it very much so. I was freaked by the far away look by the beast's blood and I was surprised how he managed to get through all the pain he must have took inside that shop.

I raise my voice to Relic. "You can claim this metal box, so come on down! You'd be helping these trapped people inside this store."

I back away from the safe.

[Jijeka-Te]

Because Ji had landed on top of the breaker rather than taking it directly, it had sent her spinning into a series of rapid frontflips that ended in a rough landing on the floor. Anu helped her to her feet.

(Anu) "Your Highness?"
(Ji) "I'm okay... I think... I think I twisted my arm..."
(Anu) "Don't overexert yourself. Let's get you out of harm's way."

Anu began to carry Ji towards the exit.

[Magnus]

Magnus stood up and began to assess the damage he had taken, he was pretty sure his leg was broken, and probably one or more of his ribs. Never the less, he wasn't finished with this fight.

Magnus began limping at a slow pace, behind the now bloody giant fox. He started charging his gauntlets, which were not back to 50%, This time he was charging up for something big.

[Relic Drake]

Relic raised his left gauntlet shoulder level. He had put his fist between himself and Gail, as he had expected he heard the gun fire and instantly a pang was heard. Relic wasn't fast enough to block a bullet, but he could learn patterns. Aiming for his shoulder repeatedly had let him successfully guess where the next shot would land.
Making his way closer to the safe. He took the green orb from his waist, forming the necroshine into a ghostly green chain. With a simple flick of his wrist he he tethered the end of it to the safe door. With a pull back he brought the safe closer to himself also knocking a bunch of debris away. Swinging the safe about his head, he knocked even more of the heavy rubble away. His objective was to get the safe, these people need not suffer.

Priscilla ended up in the dirt after the kick. Her stomach and shoulder stinging her from Giichi's 'parting gift'. She made no effort to hide the sheer rage behind her face. Standing up slowly she knew the cat wanted his keys back. She was still feeling drowsy, if the cat decided he wanted more then his keys she would be hard pressed to defend herself. With her right paw she began drawing a wide circle in mid air, her finger leaving a white trail.
"Pray we never cross paths chivalrous one."

[Giichi Twinkieland]

As Priscilla hit the dirt, Giichi quickly swiped away the keys and safely stowed them in a more secure pocket deeper under his cloak. He stopped for a moment to survey the damage to Priscilla, and felt quite content with the results. With the sleeping agent in her veins, she'd find it pretty hard to escape now. Hopefully that would ensure she wouldn't make it too far before Tech made it back...

Wait...what is she doing with her fingers?

Giichi started to back away, as he narrowed his eyes to see what she was about to do. After Relic, he didn't want to take any chances, and decided he'd simply leave her alone. She would have to be very powerful to keep that beast under control. Maybe not physically, but quite possibly in some other way. In one hand under his cloak, he cradled a smoke bomb, in case he needed to make a rapid escape.

[Gail Strafer]

"Damnit!" Gail cursed as the beast simply marched away, completely ignoring him save for the bullets. At least Relic appeared only concerned about the safe, as Tech stepped out of the way and he picked it up.

I finally see why he did that attack that made us stronger. It was so we'd wear ourselves out faster trying to beat him. I fell for it hook, line, and sinker. Way to go trying to impress Tech, you idiot.

Gail sighed, as he shambled to a stand and tried to wipe some of the blood from his face. If bullets wouldn't stop him and Gail was all worn out from the fight, it looked like they were going to lose.

But as he watched Magnus limp out of the store and after Relic, the wolf got a second wind. His eyes narrowed. He clenched his teeth. And while grunting from the pain, he forced himself to stand rigid instead of half slumped like before. If Magnus wasn't giving up, Gail certainly wasn't going to do it either. He had to impress Tech, after all.

Behind Magnus, Gail too started limping after Relic. However, he tried to walk in such a way to make it look as if he wasn't hurt. But oh sweet lord did it. Every step he gave a little grunt from having to move a part of his body that wasn't healed yet. The little involuntary swaying motion he made as he moved also betrayed his injuries. But all the same he tried to take it like a man and look tough.

As he did so, he slowly reloading his Whipcrack revolver as he did. Sure, it didn't work before, but now it was his only realistic choice of attack. Besides, it looked like Magnus was charging up something big, so if it worked maybe his bullets could help finish the giant off.

[Tech Rathgen]

I was pleased that the people were out of harm's way and they left without harm. I knew I wouldn't dare thank the giant fox who saved the people. I wanted to thank him very much so, but 1. I didn't know what he wanted with the safe and 2. it looked like the battle against this giant fox was nowhere near over and I didn't wanna be viewed as an enemy to the others. However, it seemed like this giant fox could take a lot of pain and if he could swing the safe over his head like it weighed nothing I'd sure hate to see what would happen if he had to resort using that as a weapon.

I looked further down the road where the giant fox was blind to two approaching attackers. I looked at Magnus and it appeared his leg was broken. He was limping, but he was determined. I don't know what it was that the mist did for sure, but it seemed to have taken a toll on the two attackers. I didn't know what to expect, but it did seem like Magnus was in better shape then the other attacker on the approach.

I noticed Gail and it looked like he was forcing himself to walk on what appeared like something that hurt immensely. I didn't know what to think, but it didn't look like he wanted this fight to be over.

I turned back to the giant fox to see what he would do next.

[Jijeka-Te]

Anu and Ji proceeded for the exit together, but the strength boost from before was wearing off. Almost immediately after they left behind Magnus and Gail, they fainted on the spot simultaneously.