Taking care of business

[shurikenfemale.livejournal.com]

Characters: Cissnei, Reno, Rufus, Tseng
Progress: Incomplete
Summary: More myrrh drops for the chalice
Location: Soil Desert
Date: June 14
Warnings: Violence, cussing, regular Turk shenanigans

After a hard several weeks with reparations of the city, the Turks finally set off to getting the myrrh. There had been posts and rumors of more trees; It was high time to go see if it was true. Cissnei had managed to salvage a few potions from Lindblum but thankfully the smaller fiends in the desert yielded handy items.

But she started to notice that more and more monsters started showing up, tougher ones too. "I think we're onto something here."

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[whitecladprince.livejournal.com]

Rufus also caught the explosive tossed his way, eying it with the slightest of feral grins. Waiting until Tseng had ducked for cover, he threw the canister and immediately fired two shots after it exploded in the monster's face.

The creature reeled for a moment, and Rufus hoped he had delivered the killing blow, but was proven wrong when it recovered and sent the usual attack in his direction. He swore and brought his arms up to shield his face as he crouched low, relieved to find the attack much weaker than usual.

"We've almost got it," he called out to the Turks.

[turks-reno.livejournal.com]

Almost got it? Reno would believe that when that damned creature was mulch. He staggered as he rose, feeling the sting of the tiny pinprick wounds protesting, and charged. What else could he do? He was out of explosives, out of long-range weapons (unlike Rufus, Tseng and Cissnei), and had no other choice.

With a feral cry, he spun the bladed weapon in his hands, slicing and dodging the spiny swipes that were aimed in his direction. Again and again, determined to kill the thing. His eyes went wide when the creature moved for it's main attack, however - he'd wasted too much time near the creature to avoid getting hit.

He ran anyway, tucking and rolling as the first needles hit him - and far more than before. It was like an ocean's wave of tiny points of death. "Shiiiit!" he gasped, rolling to a halt just a few feet from Rufus - who he hoped had avoided some of the attack, along with the others. A painful scurry later, and he was behind those with range-weapons, hunched over and mentally licking his wounds after his desperate attack. It wouldn't take much more to bring the thing down, at least.

[shurikenfemale.livejournal.com]

First, Cissnei tumbled out of the main line of fire. Then, she whipped around and gave Reno an expression was was somewhere between worry and anger. "Reno, you idiot!" she hissed. "You could've gotten killed and does it look like I could drag you from all the way over and back?!" Never mind that the others were there, she knew she was easily the fastest of them.

She threw Rekka with full force at one of the already-damaged areas, catching it soon after and sprinting towards Reno. Cissnei started pulling out needles several at a time, trying to clean out some of the blood. She hands him a potion. "Don't be so reckless!"

[nogoodpeople.livejournal.com]

Nearly? The attack that had come their way after Reno's latest attack was hardly what he would he would expect from a foe that was nearly dead and he mumbled something under his breath in his native language as he pulled himself to his feet after the needles had passed. The fewer times it did that, the better, as far as he was concerned. But he'd dealt with worse pain. This was nothing.

And given that Reno seemed to be fine for the time being, he wasted no further time in opening fire, aiming for the areas that were already damaged. He could deal with damage control later.

[whitecladprince.livejournal.com]

Rufus' eyes went wide as he watched the redheaded Turk charge the monster and get hit - badly. His brow descended into a sharp scowl as Cissnei chastised her coworker, but as Tseng recovered and open fired again, Rufus blinked, shaking himself and firing as well.

What... the hell was that?! He said they almost killed the thing so Reno mounts a full-frontal charge??

Gritting his teeth in annoyance at the Turk's recklessness, he fired once, twice, reloaded, and fired again, advancing on the dancing monster with each hit. And with his fourth shot, the plant thing made a strange croaking sound and slowly fell back, then disappeared with a burst of soft, swirling lights.

Rufus leaned on one knee, panting and scowling at where the thing had been moments prior, then stood up once more, straightening his suit as he struggled to control his breathing.

"Check it for items. We set up camp, tend to our injuries, then continue tomorrow."