[center][img]https://i.imgur.com/vC3QHdp.png[/img] [h3][color=slategray]Mie Yukima[/color][/h3][/center] Below Ground - How disappointing [hr] Not making any sense? Mie would have rolled her eyes, were she not currently engaged in combat, and she could already tell it was going to be a pain. Her spell didn't fizzle, but rather it seemed her opponent had talent for magic and was far better at it than she was. An icy spear thrust forwards, but it was easy to tell this girls weakness lay in her physical abilities. Hm, complete opposites it seemed. Such a slow strike was never going to hurt her. What she was more concerned about was her target - there was no feasible way she was going to be able to finish the job now. She'd need to cut her losses, report back to the handler and inform them of a potential rat. !! Mie felt it before she heard it. Belrigger's bellow and charge towards Aer. Trained agility made it easy to avoid the bloodraged man, and it was a perfect opportunity for Mie to get lost as well. She could already tell, the guard had made their way here, which meant it was time for her to skedaddle before they saw her face. At least then, she had plausible deniability as a mostly upstanding member of society. She had been operating here for a long time, after all, and with her various connections she could likely get away without too much trouble as long as she wasn't actually caught. Before Belrigger had even finished dealing with Aer, Mie already had booked it out of the entrance hall. Places like this always had more than one exit to ensure safety of the patrons and VIPs. It wouldn't be too hard to find one, get back to her carriage and then get out of this getup...and with a little luck, give herself a pretty damn good alibi in case this came back to bite her in the butt sometime. Without alerting the rest of the patrons to the guards, Mie booked it back down the servants exit, expertly weaving and leaping over remaining idiots who were fighting. The likely easiest place to find one that she could easily get access too - and it seemed like the other servants had much of the same mindset. She filed in line behind them, bringing up the rear as a few more trickled down this way. Secret exits were always various levels if hidden. Likely no trick bookshelves. False walls. Everything seemed to be made of stone. An advanced door of some sort triggered by a candelabra?...ah, she'd need to think a bit more simpler. What did this place have in droves? Alcohol. In a likely fairly well guarded...wine cellars were always popular places for secret doors. It didn't take Mie long to find the room in question. The room was stacked from floor to ceiling with wines of various prices. A quick observation led Mie to what she was looking for. A shelf in the back, situated against the wall. Mie ran up to it. Bottles full of alcohol...but cheap. The kind one wouldn't get mad at over breaking. A fine layer of dust, too. Hadn't been used in awhile. Just what she was looking for. It was easy enough. Pull a simple lever, the pull it open, and Mie slipped into the passage beyond, eventually sloping upwards until she came to another wall, opening it easily...and tripping over the ledge, face planting into the chest of a rather busty shopkeeper in the Cham. There were some shouts as Mie barreled over her, sliding over the countertop and landing face first on the ground on the others side. [color=slategray]"Hup~"[/color] Rolling back to her feet, Mie turned, saluted, and grinned. [color=slategray]"Thanks for the cushion. I'd ask ya on a second date but I gotta go. By the way, you should probably leave the guards will be coming soon!~"[/color] With a final playful salute, the fox bolted out of the storefront and down the street, quickly getting lost in the crowd. She had reports to make, and potential backup to call. [center][img]https://i.imgur.com/fpkngGI.png[/img] [h3][color=Chocolate]~Chieko Okawa~[/color][/h3][/center] Hideout? Death count: 1 Reset Count: 4 [hr] [color=chocolate]"Mhm...thanks..."[/color] Oh, she was warm. Chieko could honestly stay like this for awhile, just...existing. Honestly...what was she going to do now? She had no intention of sitting around and arguing with Ashton, Flame, or trying to do anything that she didn't think was a good idea. Ha, she really wanted to sleep now. She was just exhausted. Tired, and her current position was warm, soft, and she really just wanted to lay down and use them as extremely comfortable pillows. [color=chocolate]"...ugh,"[/color] Only a few seconds later, Chieko broke the embrace, frowning lightly and blushing as she noticed a certified adorable fairy flutter off. Had she always been here? She was ridiculously adorable from the looks of it, but she didn't really get a chance to say anything. Well, maybe next time? Would there be a next time? She honestly hoped so. [color=chocolate]"...better now."[/color] She looked to Gluttony, adjusting her scarf lightly, watching the rest of the proceedings, mostly keeping her eyes on that Fairy as the rest bickered about relevant and non relevant things. Yep, adorable. Maybe she should ask something? But right now she really could't think of anything. What she did get however, was that Hiro was dead dead, and Aerith was alive. That was enough to put her mind greatly at ease. She was quite surprised when the fairy said she had pulled her here so she wouldn't be in her current situation, and even more so when Pride attempted to attack her. [color=chocolate]"H-hey! Get off her!"[/color] She didn't know why - but she bolted forwards, intending on helping her but she was too late, it seemed. She was getting really tired of this. She was once more standing in front of the Clininc, as though nothing had happened. Turning around, she quickly took note of Hiro's body. A nervous, unpleasant feeling formed in the feeling of her stomach as she looked at Hiro's body. Dead. She couldn't protect them, despite having almost sacrificing everything. A man who she only barely recognized as the stranger who showed up in the last moments spoke to her. [color=chocolate]"...I escape-"[/color] And one again she was picked up off the ground. She was [i]really[/i] getting tired of this, but she couldn't complain as Fritzi teleported off, mild nausea mixed with that unpleasant feeling but she was soon dropped off in a...barn of some sort? Smelled like one. A dragon walked up, but Chieko ignored it for now. She was entirely focused on Fritzi as she began ranting, lamenting the fact she hadn't acted to save anyone. If she hadn't just been thoroughly been through the wringer, she might have believed it was genuine to an extent, and her next comment entirely proved her suspicions. Chieko listened as intently as her exhausted mind could to Fritzi. So she wasn't getting an ID or money. Too hopeful, it seemed. She didn't react in the slightest as Fritzi pressed their foreheads together, echoing her already known magical element. In all, she was in a bad position...and there was nothing she could do about it. The unpleasant feeling in her stomach began heating up. Anger? Was this anger? Angry at herself for being so weak, and angry at Fritzi, Ashton...Quill. Chieko's mouth turned downwards into a scowl as she removed her scarf. [color=chocolate]"I'm not that weak, Sister. I've grieved enough within my own time, and was comforted by someone far nicer than you will ever be."[/color] Chieko replied back. She was too angry and determined to grieve right now anyways. [color=chocolate]"There is work to be done in the name of justice, and I shall not wait around while evil festers."[/color] In all honesty, this might be a good thing. She wanted to learn to fight anyways, and Quill seemed like she knew what she was doing. [color=chocolate]"We start now, Quill."[/color] The young Japanese girl turned to Fritzi, determined eyes full of a slow burning anger glaring at her. [color=chocolate]"Show me to where we'll be staying, and we'll start with the basics."[/color] She was in this situation, and so she would use it. The more she thought about it, the better it seemed. She would take them for all they were worth. She would take all their skills, all their training. Information. Their entire organization, and turn it against them. Learn everything she could about this world. About them. Everything, and she wasn't going to rest until she did.