Escalation || creativiisms
Granted, Lavi was aware that the Earl was always trying to bolster the numbers of his Akuma army and upping the anti against the Order, but some days he felt like it was all just so overkill.
At the very least, it would be if total extermination wasn’t the end goal of the Noah family, but sending so many Akuma after the Finder units? It wasn’t a very fair fight -- but then he knew war to be rife with unfairness.
At least in this war he was in somewhat of a position to do something about it.
❝ Fire Seal! ❞ Words not completely necessary to evoke the intended effect, other than voiced out of habit, the sky lit with bright, twisting flame that snaked through the air with a mind of its own.
It circled first around the group of Finders that were being targeted, forcing the Akuma to backtrack their progress, and then at the metal demons themselves, crashing through and consuming them with a roar.
❝ Don’t worry about th’ flames, ❞ he told them as he came to flank the group, eye more focused on the still-moving enemies his attack had failed to catch.
He knew he could get a little too flashy sometimes, and that unnerved people, especially onlooking civilians. It wasn’t as if anyone would guess he had full control over what his Innocence did or didn’t burn, but in some ways, that came in more handy than not.
❝ They won’t burn any of you. Trust me on that. ❞
And just on time, he caught a glimpse of Bookman dispatching the Akuma his fire hadn’t reached, running them through like pin cushions with the needles of his Heaven Compass. That would give him just a small bit of breathing room, thankfully. He glanced at the white-clad figures, eye looking for signs that any of them would need any extra help.
❝ Anyone hurt badly at all or that can’t move very well? ❞
