Changes so Much // One on One // Closed

The Delafosse woman doesn’t look towards Adrielle, perhaps briefly acknowledging her out of the corner of her eyes. “This man went after my kin. This business does not concern you.”

Louka was pretty sure the other Shio was right, the one he’d met before. What was she planning to get out of him, payment? Louka hadn’t taken out any weapons of his own, but a familiar, yet far away voice in his mind seemed to yell at him to do so right now. No, he wouldn’t do that.

“I believe,” Louka called to the Delafosse, “we can sort this out, away from here. Not in here, out of here.” He gestures away. The gun woman keeps a firm grasp on her handgun, not once removing her eyes off of him.

"It does, if you're going to shoot him here." Adrielle rolled her eyes, looking annoyed. "Because then the police will come, and they'll be swarming all over her like bugs, and I'll have to answer dumb questions over and over and over and over." She shrugged. "So yes, it would be my business then."

She raised an eyebrow at the Mono before looking back to the woman and jerking her head at him. "Listen to him. Or don't, I don't really care. But you need to leave here, before I call someone." Her voice was so mild, it would take a minute for them to realize that she was threatening them. She appeared so innocent…

"Also, that gun really won't work on him."

(Sorry for a delay in response, I had some medical stuff and I could possibly be a bit more spotty in the future as well.)

The Delafosse woman seems to fall silent from what she was about to say, as if there was a moment of hesitation. Especially at Adrielle’s words. But her expression hardened. “The Delafosse will not stand for endangerment of their kin.” It was clear that she would not listen to any sort of reasoning.

“And while the bullets may not work on him, they will work on..you.” Her aim quickly changed towards Adrielle and she shot, but the bullet never reached its target. Instead, there was that crackling noise again, and almost what seemed to be a long, shadowy limb, made of that ‘ash’, which seemed to have caught the bullet in its fist. The limb seemed to extend out of nowhere, it almost looked like it was attached to Louka, yet a careful eye could see that it was from behind him, yet there was no body for it to attach to.
Louka, a brief worry flashing in his eyes, glanced behind himself briefly, but nothing that anyone could see was there. He returned back to the scene again.

“Well, at least it’s clear who came here for violence for the sake of it,” Louka mumbled. He raised his voice, lifting his head. “Did you really need to drag her into it?”

But the Delafosse woman was silent, gun shaking in her hands.

(It’s totally fine, I’m barely on here anymore, anyways. I hope you’re okay!)

Adrielle snorted, raising an eyebrow. "Great. That's great, really, that you won't stand for the endangerment of kin. But can you do your shooting outside, if you're not going to listen to reason? I rather like this building, and don't want it getting ruined.

When the woman shot at her, she could only jump. Her heart went into her mouth, and she froze, unable to move. Was this how she was going to die? Those weird arm-things appeared, stopping the bullet, and she turned to look at the Mono guy, heart pounding fast and hard, an incredulous look on her face. Why did he stop the bullet? Didn't it hurt him when he did that?

She slowly looked back at the woman, and examined her. "Are you insane?" She asked, her voice cold and hard and sharp as a blade. "Why the living fuck would you try to shoot a bystander? And why are you even trying to kill this guy? It's like almost impossible!" She scowled.

He was deathly still and quiet, as the arm retracted, bullet still in fist. Louka looked at the bullet, displayed his hands, and it dropped into the palm of his own hands. The shadowy arm stayed for a moment then vanished.

“I..I didn’t know it was going to be that hard to kill a Mono, they just told me it would be easy!” The Delafosse stuttered. She backed up, looking for an escape. “No witnesses allowed..” she mumbled.

Louka remained silent, dropping the bullet to the ground with a clatter. He looked back up again.

(Really sorry for randomly vanishing with no warning, I had a surgery and recovery took longer than expected. It’s fine if you don’t want to continue this rp)

(It's totally fine! Real life is much more important than roleplays. I just hope you're doing okay! And if you'd like to continue it, I'm all for it!)

Adrielle, despite the adrenaline that was now rushing through her veins at the close miss, tried to act calm. After all, acting weak just put a target on her back. She was a Shio, not a Mono. She didn't have bulletproof skin… or whatever that weird shadow hand was.

She rubbed her forehead. "Well, the people who told you to kill him clearly sent you on a suicide mission," she said with a tired sigh. She shook her head at the woman, eyes mocking. "Should have thought this through more, huh?"

She waved her hand, summoning up her power - which was almost depleted, thanks to her recent show, and placed an illusion around the entire room, so that every bit of wall looked like a perfect example of a door. It would make the place seem like there was no way out. And although Adrielle acted calm, a bead of sweat trickled down her face. This illusion magic was taking a bigger toll on her than she'd like.

The Delafosse glanced around the room, clearly panicking. Maybe not so much on the outside but her eyes darted around the room, looking for a possible slip up.

Louka approached, moving past the other Shio and towards the Delafosse. Her hands shaky, she attempted for fire, but the only thing that exited her gun was a click. Her gun was jammed.
The Shio backed up as Louka approached, having remained silent all this time, his arms down. It was almost unnerving, like something observing its prey before it attacked.

“T-This Mono is insane!” The Delafosse whisper-yelled, continuing to back up.

"It's your own fault for trying to kill him without knowing exactly who you were going up against," Adrielle grunted, her energy rapidly depleting. She didn't let go of the illusion, though, until the Mono - she didn't remember his name - came close to the woman, close enough that Adrielle knew she wouldn't be able to escape easily.

She let the illusion fade away with a huff of breath, and had to lean against the nearest wall in order to keep her balance. She was exhausted.

She watched the confrontation between the two with a smirk. In the back of her mind, she wondered why the woman had attempted to kill the Mono, and who had sent her. Did they not know that it was foolish to try and kill a monster like this?