[@The Irish Tree] (EUL) [@Xaltwind] (REL)

Kerry froze as the energy bolt whizzed past her head.

Her skin could feel the heat of the bolt as it passed. She could smell the ozone the projectile had left behind. The scent of burnt hair that was singed in its wake. All the while, an unbelievable thought ran through the hornet's mind as Eula made her made her threatening demand.

[quote]”I don’t know a single thing about you, Kerry. But I do know that money belongs to the man who tricked us. Return it to him, or I will have to make you return it.[/quote]

[color=fff79a][i]Did Eula...[/i][/color]

[quote]”You will only receive one warning. And only one warning shot.”[/quote]

[color=fff79a][i]....just shot at me?[/i][/color]

Unseen by the automaton, Kerry went through a number of emotions at that moment. First came shock.....next was disbelief.....then came confusion.....before inevitably....

[color=fff79a][i]Huh....even after all these years spent in this profession, I thought I would've gotten used to a teammate occasionally turning on me, but no. It....still stings....[/i][/color]

Her chitinous hand gripped the bag of coins to the point of almost bursting from the pressure as she gritted her teeth in [i]outraged anger.[/i]

[color=fff79a][i].....AND I STILL FUCKING HATE IT![/i][/color]

[color=fff79a]"You're right about one thing, Eula. You don't know me."[/color]

Kerry proceeded to toss the bag of coins up into a nearby tree, landing it on a random branch.

[color=fff79a]"In much the same vein, I don't know you. Perhaps, if a different course of action were taken, we could've talked this out. An understanding could've been reached."[/color]

With her right hand, she pulled and held Dusk. And with her left.....[i]she pulled and held Mort.[/i] Were Relica to see this, she would see the situation going completely off the rails and growing dire by the second.

[i]Because she knows things take a turn for the worst when Kerry held both spears.[/i]

[color=fff79a]"Unfortunately for you, any chance of civil diplomacy died...[/color]

Kerry then turned around to fully face Eula and the automaton would see the exact same anger reflected in the hornet's eyes.

[color=fff79a][b]"....when you fucking shot at me."[/b][/color]

A sudden burst of air exploded from Kerry as wind currents swirled rapidly around her, wayward leaves fleeing and nearby branches blown back as she stared down Eula.

[color=fff79a]"So, here's what's going to happen..."[/color], Kerry spoke, her voice devoid of everything but cold anger and furious outrage. [color=fff79a]You WILL apologize for what you just did, you WILL cancel whatever program that's got you acting like this and we'll just pretend that this fucking shitshow of a quest never happened when we get back to the temple. Because if you don't do that in the next five seconds...[/color]

The air currents wrapped themselves around Dusk and Mort as she tightened her grip on her weapons.

[color=fff79a][b]"....you will have more than just a gimped arm when I'm done with you."[/b][/color]