He raised the javelin up, playing with it for a moment. It suddenly sprung into a shield and he knelt down, covering most of his body with it.
(He just played with the wood itself, not the runes
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((Ok))
The shield did nothing to stop the tarot cards. They latched onto the shield, their magic spreading around it until it covered Runner too from where he held it. He couldn't move, the Rune used in each card, freeze, at work.
((Would hellfire burn the cards?
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((No, like I said before, it was created to eat flesh, not magic cards
((It would burn her, though >:)
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Clove stood before him, visibly angry, but did not attack further.
He sat there, frozen in place.
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((True
Suddenly, a ring of fire exploded into the air, slowly converging onto her. "Release me, or die." Tega's voice boomed, despite Runner's mouth being frozen in place.
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She wasn't fazed.
She slashed a finger in the air, pointing at him. "I will talk to Temple. Make no promises. But," she growled. "Not all Temple fault. Power hungry asshole to blame."
"I don't care. Unless you want to feel hellfire burning your soul away, you LET ME GO!" The ring was tight enough that the had to pull her arm back, or she'd get burned.
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"Idiot demon. I cannot release Runes from here." She was wary of the closing flames, but then she felt the butterfly again. That damned butterfly.
The ring spread outward to include Runner's dormant body. "Do it."
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She strolled over to Runner, placing her fingers on the cards and peeling them off when the Runes were deactivated. "Happy, yes?"
He stood up, his hands nearly grabbing her neck before he pulled them back. "Pull that shit again, and I won't hold him back."
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She glared right back at him, not pulling away. "Attack me again, I will not use nonlethal Runes." She held out her hand for the javelin while staring him in his eyes.
"You attacked me, you stupid bitch! Did you not expect a retaliation?!"
((You're making the runes just a little op, ngl. Although, the entire idea of Runner is op, so I can't complain lmao
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((Oops. I guess I was just trying to make something that could challenge Runner's abilities. In my head they're kinda like their own sort of ancient language older than the entire universe or something))
"You threaten what matters most to me! Is it not reason for a nonlethal attack? I didn't even cut you!"
"What you did was pin me against a tree and level your fucking pushpin at me! And like you wouldn't have reacted the same?"
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"I'm not idiot." She challenged, still waiting for the javelin.
He growled, needing something to take his anger out on. He realized he had the javelin, and without hesitation snapped it over his knee, throwing it at her feet.
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Her eyes flickered, then she punched him square in the jaw. It felt like steel had hit him.
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Clove did, indeed, stop, but didn't break her stare from Runner.
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As she was the one paying her, Clove strode back over to (I forgot her name, sorry), picking up the broken javelin. "Hm." She lit another cigarette since she lost her other one again, inhaling deeply.
