❛ suppose the sewers were getting’ too stuffy for them lately so they finally decided to visit. ❛ that’s very snoopy like of Chuuya but a tongue is bitten to refrain from saying something aloud. funny how he thinks it but he’s able to do the same thing , granted no one needed to know that currently. the smell however is something that’s sour , bitter that it leaves a taste of rot in one’s mouth. he cringes there’s no way of stopping that at all before he moves so that he’s in front of the redhead for the time being. no it’s not a means of saying the other was in capable or weak , rather if an attack came it would at least be blocked thanks to his own little invisible barrier. what shitty kinda luck did they have here today for those two to show up out of the blue even if he’d seen them further away ? pretty shitty if you asked him. right he remembers reading the text not too long ago as he stayed above the treetops in order to survey the landscape , always wanting to ensure a possible safe run away route if things got too out of hand.
damn he didn’t want to hold onto the kid , but at the same time it’s not like there was much choice either as the sound of footsteps approaching caught his attention. looks like it’s a little too late to argue so he does what’s needed and holds onto the dual haired kid. a brow arches up as he sees what’s going on , the other person he assumed was either gone or simply fucking around and hiding for the sake of it. a tsk is what leaves him without much care if it’s offensive or not. it would take a moment to teleport away and simply come back , as taxing as it could be if he’s not careful ( what a lie that’s not taxing at all , it’s the whole need to get out of the way that is. he didn’t want to leave in case a fight broke out given even he wants to see if those guild members were something worth his time ).
funny how a literal gangly tree was walking , talking about a contract that it almost made him want to laugh. piss off is the first thought that comes to mind as face features contort to sheer displeasure. really was the walkin’ dead himself lookin just as crappy as he smelled. god was that sour and pungent smell only got worse the closer he got , off to the side though he sees that turf of blond and he can’t help but roll his eyes at them either. oh but seems as if there was more to come as the redhead stepped in front of him , the laugher that brims held back by a mere inch. he’s listening and not liking the implications that he can only imagine. there is no fight just facts , simple and clean as he gets to the point of it all. he knows this might not turn out as planned it’s just how life was.
❛ no worries the kid is gonna be safe I know just the place if need be. you’re gonna get my bullshit later on. ❛ course even with such small missteps that didn’t mean he wouldn’t try to pick a fight with the blond that’s lurking about. if someone didn’t fight him , well then he’d take that task onto himself all while protecting the kid he’s still holding onto. a small glance towards the kid he feels a little bad that someone so young got pulled into a shitstorm like this.
『 ᴄᴏᴍᴘʟᴇᴛᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ᴍɪꜱꜱɪᴏɴ , ɢᴏ ʜᴏᴍᴇ . . . ᴄᴏᴍᴘʟᴇᴛᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ᴍɪꜱꜱɪᴏɴ , ɢᴏ ʜᴏᴍᴇ . . . . . . 』
that creature drones aloud again , picking up their head to survey the individuals standing in their way : what looks to be two rather nonthreatening people . one of their arms raise , and their nonhuman nature was confirmed as it twisted and became the arm of an octopus , complete with the wriggling and slime . either way , they were advancing with the intent to face at least one of them in battle , the one in front .
❝ don’t be fuckin’ stupid , i ain’t about ta fail a mission fer the first time in my life because of something stupid lik ━━━━━ ❞ for something that seemed so out of place on land , their movement is quick , their appendage wrapping around chuuya’s throat . without a second to deliberate , chuuya was already higher than an electrical pole , being swung with enough force to crush a regular human into the building that they had been in front of initially , effectively destroying the entryway . despite this , chuuya’s already up from laying down , glaring at the creature that had just swung him around like he was weightless . just when chuuya was thinking about what to do to deal with this threat , his ‘ partner ‘ had reappeared in the wreckage , putting his foot on the redhead’s skull carelessly .
❝ ━━━━━ oh ! amazing , i’d expect no less from the guild ! ❞ they say excitably , taking this even less seriously than satoru !
❝ ━━ GET OFF ME , BASTARD ! ❞ came chuuya’s voice , loud and clear as he gets upright and shoves their foot off of himself without regard for their leg or the roughness of his own speed . only mildly enraged at his partner’s antics , chuuya kept close to the ground , out of the way of any of their appendages as he let dazai take the full brunt of the returning motion . he hadn’t meant to though , and shot up as soon as he saw his partner get knocked to the side so recklessly . ❝ dazai ! ? kh ! ❞ the third swing was met with that same red aura from before , bright and hot , as chuuya turned to collide with it . his fist took the brunt of the hit , but he’s not since flinched , shoving with all his brute strength to shove the creature back and disarm them briefly with the agony inflicted to the arm .
❝ dazai ! are you – ! ? ❞ chuuya’s the first one to the man’s side , looking shocked and disgusted as their cast from a supposedly wounded arm had been tossed to the side in the ensuing movement from lovecraft . chuuya , horrified , began to lean down to see what he could do for dazai . . . when dazai revealed that his arm was fine with a stupid look on his face . so chuuya’s initially helpful moment turned into grabbing the man by the shirt and shoving him upright with his head facing the creature . . . that was slowly becoming less and less human as time past . ( even now , their skin was pure green , and both arms had become the limbs of a typical octopus . that , and they were easily reaching the heights of no human man . )
❝ motherfucker , if ya got the time to be playin’ magic tricks , then deal with that thing first ! i got people here i actually wanna keep from gettin’ hurt ! ❞ chuuya reprimands his partner roughly , dragging the fully grown man around with little to no effort . that man had a shit - eating grin , a very similar look to the one satoru had given him a few days back when he’d initially been faced with chuuya’s abilities . a shrug , and they sighed before smiling and proudly announcing ❝ there’s no hope ! let’s give up and die ! ❞ great , chuuya’s partner was suicidal ! ? with a second shake , chuuya growled at them , clearly not pleased with the man’s answer as they changed their tune in the following sentence: ❝ chuuya , my ability doesn’t fail on just anything . that thing ? it’s not an ability . is there any hope without using that ? ❞
❝ that . . . ? . . . we have to go that far ? ❞ whatever “ that “ was , it clearly made chuuya hesitate at the idea , dropping his partner from his hand as he glanced back to satoru and yumeno for an extended second , brows knitted in concern . ( in front of them too ? what if he can’t stop ? what if . . . ? would it change how he looked to those two . . . ? ) once people found out what he could do , there were two typical reactions : disgust or fascination . chuuya didn’t even know how he wanted to proceed , if he took this option , the battle would be over quickly . . . and lives would be spared the treacherous danger of being in a battle between ability users that were actively trying to maim each other . other people couldn’t take the hits he could . . . . chuuya went silent as he thought about how he wanted to proceed in the battle : end everything instantly , and fuck up his body , or let this fight drag on with more collective , potentially deadly collateral ?