[center][img]https://img.roleplayerguild.com/prod/users/f203132b-020f-4d63-a599-e4d4bcc8b7b4.png[/img][/center][hr][b][color=ed1c24]"I'm calm, y'know. It's not my fault if people take everything as an offense these days,"[/color][/b] Thea replied to a voice well known to her without even needing turn around to ascertain that it was indeed Kenji there. Perhaps it was the power of a well-balanced relationship, who knows? [b][color=ed1c24]"Anyway, you don't need to go around spewing stuff about us in public to break the ice. I'm not going to chew these lame LARPer's heads out or anything like this,"[/color][/b] she said just as Xander was about to leave them.

The grin in her face, however, told everything Kenji needed to know. The night was sure going to be busy...

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On the following afternoon, Thea waited for the arrival of the undead hordes in the Scourger's gathering spot while listening to a few [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DyM84MUfyn0&list=PLflfNVZtq2avr4Y5upFqtLEFHnYqIIV2p&index=1]climatic songs[/url]. Along with her, there was a good portion of the Red Guild, all of them eager to have some proper fun.

[b][color=ed1c24]"Listen up everyone!"[/color][/b] she said as she took the frontline and raised her gun overhead. [b][color=ed1c24]"Let's throw in a little bet to make things more interesting. If any of you get a score higher than mine, I'll go on a date with whoever gets the most points today. But if no one does it, y'all will have to treat me to a night at the city's fanciest steakhouse!"[/color][/b] Thea, or rather Graphite yelled with a savage grin stamped on her face.

As expected of the Scourgers, the declaration from their overly aggressive, almost bandit princess-like, Deputy set them on fire, despite it actually being a bet where Thea had nothing to lose regardless of the outcome.

And just as Thea finished fanning the flames of her guild, the night's honor guests made themselves known in a rather striking fashion.

[b][color=ed1c24]"Woah, so cool! I was expecting a buncha shambling corpses but this is way cooler. Very well, then... Scourgers... LET'S GIVE 'EM HELL!"[/color][/b]

And, just as she shouted, Graphite was the first to charge at the enemy, closing the distance to the first of them while using a combination of her shields and hard cover to avoid any damage. As soon as she was almost at melee range she charged in even harder, skidding to a halt with her gun right in the zombie's face and...

[b][color=ed1c24]"Hey, that's not fair! Cool, but not fair,"[/color][/b] she complained as the created dodged a zero-range shot, bending backward like some sort of twisted gymnast before trying to retaliate with a backflip kick and a hail of gunfire.

[b][color=ed1c24]"Sadly for you, I know some cool moves too!"[/color][/b] Thea shouted as she crouched, bracing herself against the kick, before stepping forward, hitting the enemy in the chest with her elbow, followed up with an immediate blast which was avoided when the zombie used his rifle to throw Graphite's shotgun off its mark, and she followed up with kick to the inner side of his knee, and...

So, they began their battle of gun kata. This was really going to be much cooler than Thea expected it to be.[hr]