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Well then, this was certainly a repeat of Rio... or, well, that's what he made out on the news with his limited understanding of Japanese.

For the most part, the skeleton clung on to dear life, red orbs looking between the carnage as it slowly began to dissipate, rubble and debris littered the landscape. The whole place was seemingly devoid of life, save for the few nomads he could make out through this ominous fog. Usually things like this were a forewarning for things to come.

Detaching himself from the railing, the skeleton took some time to readjust his crown while everyone tared around in befuddlement. Outstretching his arms, he took a gander at his waterlogged cloak and grinded his teeth just a tad bit. It was like walking along the ocean floor again, the clothes weighing more and all. Aldous just shook his head and muttered something in a foreign language, scanning the area around him... which he felt was probably not going to do him any sort of justice.

Utilizing his powers, he scanned the area around; he could detect numerous life signatures, strong and ready, most of them nomads. There were others he could feel as well, aptly named "civilians" who were struggling to hold on to dear life as their ki left them.

Hm... placing a phalange onto the side of his mandible, the skeleton began to rhythmically tap it, trying to figure out the best course of action; address those hurt... or address the huge wave of ki erupting towards them?

Seems like that choice was going to be made for them soon enough.

Peering through the fog, Aldous caught sight of the glowing purple eyes that... oh, now this wasn't subtle at all.

They were surrounded by oni's.

Taking on a fighting stance, the necromancer took caution with these many around, red orbs darting around just as many other fighters caught on to the actions transpiring. Of course, one unlucky fighter near him ended up taking the blunt of things as he saw the pang of lightning strike the girl before noticing that a giant mace was swinging towards her... which wouldn't have been so bad if the strike wasn't launching her in his direction.

The skeleton only reacted as he grasped his head and tossed it straight up into the air before his bot penetrated the ground, sinking underneath it. As the girl flew past the place where Aldous once stood, he swiftly launched himself out of the ground, catching his skull with both of his hands and forcibly reattaching it to his head.

He stumbled a bit on the landing, though he could still see the larger than life, irritated oni... this was probably not the most strategic place to be standing... near a demon who could probably bat someone away like a baseball. Aldous heard another crash proceeding after the girl was swatted away.

Hmm, judging by what he knew about history and this oni's speech... this was going to hell in a hand basket as that one saying went... but attacking sacred oni grounds and hosting a tournament to celebrate it? This was rather... peculiar. The orbs dilated as he began to ponder on what he meant by this all, keeping a clean, relaxed poise.

If this tournament was supposedly held to celebrate the attacking of oni grounds, then why didn't he just strike sooner? He did have some information on the oni, but nothing ever recounting an attack on their sacred grounds, nor a tournament like this rising up to celebrate such a feat...

It wasn't until Daichi mentioned the truce and said something rather... quaint.

[color=662d91][i]"Aha, hypocritical humor! Maybe he was aiming for that,"[/i][/color] he mused, not ever thinking that the irony might be lost on the thirty foot behemoth as he ignored the clamoring of other onis who slammed their clubs onto the ground. From what he knew, in their culture this was a form of intimidation!... then again, that much could be sort of obvious with the malignant air looming about.

The only bout of emotion on his face was an inquisitive glare downwards... it wasn't until he heard the bellowing of a motorcycle that quickly faded away to a much softer, gentler growl. Twisting his neck towards the other, he took note of a person dressed in super sentei garbs approaching the oni.

Of course, he didn't know whether this person was going to strike or not, so he just listlessly stood, waiting for some form of reckless assertion that came from one of these heroic folk...

... or negotiations, eh? That was a pleasant (and smart) surprise, so whoever this fighter was, that was some respectful thinking on her part... sounded like a her anyways, Jill? A part of that Justice Rider show he heard about? Hmm, more research for later, more thinking on what to do now.

Aldous pondered on the possibility of dragging more of the information out of him, via supporting the woman b-

Not noticing the attack in time, he barely turned his head to witness some light shining out of the corner of his orbs. Idiotically, he turned to see what the commotion was.

... and was promptly blinded.

The skeleton hissed, rather irritated at these turn of events as the two red orbs completely evaporated into thin air. [color=662d91]"Ah cripes, who did that,"[/color] he shouted, muttering a curse here and there as his usual sight was tacked off, causing the skeleton to focus on reading the ki around him.

Ok, so... despite the fact that this man acted against individualism and the close-mindedness of his words, there was some merit there about self control.

Especially since this whole act of diplomacy was crumbling beneath them all.

[color=662d91]"Hm, Justice Rider,"[/color] the skeleton spoke loudly with a guttural voice, pausing to rub his frontal bone. [color=662d91]"I think that might be the end of the negotiations... and learning more about about why they attacked us."[/color] Using his other sight, he looked around, noting that a few oni's were injured by... huh? Wounds don't just appear out of thin air... regardless, he continued with his thoughts toward the woman in blue.

[color=662d91]"But you could try to salvage this deal if you like, but that's a little... lets say, borderline impossible now,"[/color] Aldous announced, taking a stance as he mentally carved an image of friend and foe, keeping a certain focus on the layers of oni surrounding them.

This is certainly going to end well...[/center]