[color=orangered][h3]Natsumi Fujikawa[/h3][/color]
Natsumi passed through the Denial Field alongside Akira, then sighed when Andrea charged off on her own. She always did that, on the few occasions where her deployment was approved. Sure, she stood little risk of getting killed out there, so in that way it made sense. But it also meant that the chaos of combat would probably already be happening by the time they got there, which meant a less cleanly-coordinated engagement. As much as she would like to stick around and discuss a plan, the longer they waited the higher the chance that the Beasts would be scattered all over the place looking for a way out of the Denial Field. So she’d best get on with it and do her usual job.

She clapped her hands twice, then performed a polite bow. It was a shortened version of a Shinto prayer that she had found through experimentation would still work. It probably had more to do with her belief that it would work than with the ritual itself, but she couldn’t exactly test that, so she stuck with what she knew. After bowing, she felt the sensation of a second, more bestial mind occupying her body, manifesting as a pleasant warmth that spread out from her chest. Her eyes began to glow softly, like candles, while her hair transformed into dense red flames, dancing atop her head but leaving her skin unharmed.

[color=orangered]“I’m going to scout from above,”[/color] she announced before the others had a chance to respond to Akira. [color=orangered]“I’ll stay within line of sight so we’ll know if either of us gets attacked.”[/color]

With that, she pointed her hands at the ground and created small red jets of flame from her palms, the force of which lifted her gently off the ground. Two larger jets then surged from the soles of her boots, propelling her into the air more quickly. Flying had been a pain to learn, but she was quite comfortable with it by now. Her hair created a fifth fiery streak in her wake as she zipped away, flying closer to the centre of the construction site while ascending high enough to not disappear from view behind all the scaffolding. She would make for an easily-visible target for any demons down below, but also a difficult one to hit. She didn’t like making herself a target, but if all went well, it wouldn’t take long for the others to get into position once they had pointers about the demons’ whereabouts. Assuming the newcomers cooperated. Hopefully Emi and Akira would see to that.