Arisu

[East Empire] Operation Snatch Gear

✿︎

"The spear's just for personal use. Don't think too much about it." Miyu responded but he didn't think the pair of Aren and Marrion would have swiftly dealt with the opposing foes before Miyu could even register it. With Neo immediately placing the final hit, Miyu blinked before he rounded the corner to follow.

"Uhh... thanks." Miyu approached as he tiptoed around the collapsed bodies on the ground.

With the spears still intact, and the time given to them being brief and temporary, Miyu took to them immediately and placed his inventory space, warping the area in front of him - catching the tossed spears mid-air as they fell into his inventory slowly like quicksand - before both disappearing altogether.

Now he didn't need to buy himself more arsenal for later. Two was enough for the intended purpose.

✿︎

The following hallways and turns weren't as eventful, nor were they confronted with any other guards blocking their paths along the way.

That was preferable for everyone involved, of course. But judging Neo's strategic caution and words, it wouldn't be long until they were met with a far serious problem ahead of them.

"I'd wanna go blind myself if I had to witness the world and all its horrors, in all fairness." Miyu added in response to Izzy's banter.

What was initially intended for a bout of humour, Miyu turned it around immediately with unaware pessimism as he strolled past with a deadpanned gaze directed to his surroundings.

He continued, "You know, I can't help but pose a question-" He turned his head towards Izzy- "What do you get out of this particular mission? I mean, it's obviously for the money but you don't strike me as the type to go through this level of effort for mere profitable financial gain. Unless it truly is that simple and I'm just misinterpreting your intentions."

Neither toned with sincerity nor was it placed with any sample of disdain, but pure blunt curiosity that seemed to investigate his current appraisal of the woman.

✿︎

[East Empire] Operation Snatch Gear

✿︎

"Oh, for the love of- Just drop me now! I'd rather die than keep hanging around in between the both of you love birds." Miyu groaned in exasperation before he was sent flying over the top of the rope, catching himself onto his own bottom, before cursing out at the pain as he stood up.

As Aren passed him, patting his shoulder like a job well done, Miyu responded with a sigh before reluctantly thanking Aren.

"A single cent of appreciation. No negotiations for your payment, kid."

✿︎

Miyu looked around the corner of the hallway they planned to enter, from where Neo had signalled two individuals blocking their path.

Two guards stationed a bit lower in elevation from where Miyu peeked around to see, talking to one another and entirely distracted.

Miyu eyeballed the spears in their hands. A fine weapon.

Miyu pondered an idea with them momentarily but was soon whiplashed as Aren took the lead as, he too, signalled with his own hands - indicating he'd prioritise one opponent himself.

Before another one of them took to the quick combat, Miyu spluttered out quickly in a hushed tone to either Izzy, Marrion or Neo, "Keep the spears in one piece!" He said without further context.

And soon, Aren made the first hit, a punch aimed straight for the jaw to which Miyu flinched as he felt himself wince in sympathy. Briefly, of course.

✿︎

[East Empire] Operation Snatch Gear

✿︎

Miyu let out a sigh before pinching the bridge of his nose at Aren's realization.

"I hate how that was entirely untintentional, cause I would've had a better reason to smack you for that unfortunately unintended pun."

Looking up the wall, Miyu hummed to himself as he contemplated his choices. It was either to get backpacked by the brat next to him, or get hoisted up by the waist with a bored expression by the others.

Both seemed underwhelming to him - as picky as it was.

But the second he watched Neo scale the wall with ease and manage to bring a rope unfurling down towards them, Miyu smirked as an idea came to him.

"You can scale up the wall yourself, kid." Miyu tapped his foot onto the ground three times before a small manhole sized blur of space stirred below Miyu's feet. "I'll see you up there in thirty seconds. Be sure to catch me from up there. Toodles."

Miyu saluted with two fingers before taking a step forward and dropping into the blurred space of his pocket dimension on the ground and disappeared without a further comment.

With Neo already up there himself, and Aren already informed, it wouldn't take long for Marrion and Izzy to group up with them at a moment's notice. But Miyu had other ideas for joining back up with the rest of the motley crew.

The pocket dimension's opening remained as Miyu was inside. A whole thirty seconds passed just like Miyu announced to Aren before the opening stirred slightly as if answering to its user's command.

Soon after, a silhouette of a small body shot out upwards like an arrow, scaling past the wall in flight before their fast approach to the end of the rope and their trajectory to Neo's current location reached to a slow decline as Miyu, with arms crossed and expressions lax - with a piece of jerky protruding from his mouth - rested mid-air briefly as he looked to the others that had already been up there with an expectant gaze.

"Well? You gonna grab me or what?" He said simply without fear of the idea of gravity yet to take a hold of him. His voice slightly muffled as he had snacked on his rations while he was inside his pocket dimension.

Miyu's Actions:
1. Skill: Pocket Dimension E. > storing himself inside his personal subspace.
2. Ability: Spacial Artillery E. Components: Magic E, Magic Augmenter: Range F, Pocket Dimension E. > shooting himself upwards to reach the very top of the rope.

✿︎

[East Empire] Operation Snatch Gear

✿︎

Miyu blinked once.

Blinked twice.

Three times at Aren's comment before the realisation hit him.

"What the fuck do you mean by that, you little sh-"

Before Miyu could release his argument, Neo fetched the rest of the party along before Miyu could finish.

Watching them prepare, Miyu simply grumbled before clicking his tongue with a followed roll of his eyes, and taking to the others' rear.

He'd have to give that Aren boy an earful later the moment Miyu found a comfortable place to banter.

The path was clear towards their current hiding spot, fast and simple towards the large rock they took cover behind. It helped that Miyu was at the backline as he followed the others' coordinated movements and copy their pathing to avoid any minor mistakes.

Albeit with a lack of practiced technique compared to everyone else.

Miyu then watched Marion and Izzy depart, their plan to distract was taking part - but Miyu couldn't quite help but feel oddly cautious.

Marrion took to her target quite cleanly and effectively. But as Izzy approached the guards in a drunken stupor, Miyu couldn't quite help but pinch the bridge of his nose to.

"Don't mean to be quite the doubter but are we quite certain she's capable of-" Not a moment after, his words got stuck in his throat as he watched the woman display strikes and accurate punctures with her needle that seemed to make the woman quite unfamiliar compared to her earlier presentation and attitude just moments prior.

She seemed calculating. Her moves fast and hands steady. An effective combatant.

"I'll shut up." Miyu nodded, thoroughly impressed. No amount of Doctor certificates and years in any nursing school could account or replicate that level of precise acupuncture Izzy had.

He then turned to the other two men.

"So." Miyu began. "Is this perhaps a bad time to say that I willingly refuse to climb the rope considering I'm not particularly proficient in that kind of athleticism?"

He said, quite nonchantly despite the current position of the group's planning. Of course, Miyu spoke in a way that wasn't troublesome. More so, vaguely as he presented his information akin to that of a chore.

✿︎

[East Empire] Operation Snatch Gear

✿︎

"Oh, what the fuck." Miyu didn't bother with his phrasing.

Looking to the owl, he halted his many inquiries compared to how he'd usually act. After all, it isn't everyday you'd be coined into the same pouch as a motley crew as he was currently in.

A talking owl? That's a first.

Though questions he had many. He still needed to understand that these strangers could very much end him at any part of this mission if he so much crossed them the wrong way - he didn't know any of their capacities or intentions yet, nor did he desire to discover it.

Sometimes restraint was better than action.

"Nice freaky lookin' parrot."

...

But, of course, he had yet to learn the restraint in his lack of situational awareness and for his poor timing when it came to his up front dialogue.

Miyu turned to Izzy, sighing as he found her personality a little too familiar to deal with among his past social circles. He seemed to always attract such people regardless of his association and relationship with them.

"Has anyone ever told you you're quite the boisterous type?" Miyu offered, although neutral. Neither a compliment nor an insult but his gaze did hold a gentle sterness akin to that of an uncle despite his shorter frame in comparison. "But I suppose it'll be much needed Charisma for what we're doing. For better or for worse. As for Marrion here..."

Miyu inspected the insect-like wings attached from their back, gazing at it with a curious eye before tilting his head back in the opposite direction. It was rude enough to stare, even ruder for him to ask.

"Yeah, I ain't dealing with that dookie. I need a fucking beer after this." Despite his well-intended manners, he had little intent to preserve any bit of politeness.

"If we can agree to this initial phase of the plan, should we expect anything else when we enter?" Miyu brought up further as he turned back to Neo. "I doubt every and all security personnel would leave their stations at the attention of a distraction - especially those that are guarding something significantly important."

Miyu reached into his inventory sub-space, pulling out a leather waterskin and opening its lid.

"Now, I'm not particularly skilled at swordplay so if I am to scale that wall only to be met with aggression, I can only assist the kid here-" He gestured to Aren with a pointed thumb- "and yourself if it does arise to it." He said before taking a chug at a noticeable red liquid with a fruity smell that stained his lips as he drank.

✿︎

[East Empire] Operation Snatch Gear

✿︎

"Sounds reasonable enough." Miyu relaxed as he nodded at the given explanation. The man with the mask confirming himself as the planner of this particular mission.

"Though, I think getting valuables shouldn't be a problem. I do have an [Inventory] skill equipped on my person." Miyu informed, showing the little dimensional rift in the space beside him as he pushed his hand through as it disappeared inside - taking his hand out in turn after.

At the approach of two other individuals, Miyu simply nodded in greeting their way. More so towards the woman with the thicker accent compared to the other.

"Uhh... right... hello..." Miyu looked to the individual covered in a long black rag. An appearance Miyu couldn't make but the distortion in their voice didn't alleviate Miyu's initial reluctance and caution.

"What other alternatives are there for distraction, exactly?" Miyu asked, not in a way that was neither aggressive nor assertive - simply curious as the one in the rags was the one to bring it up. "As much as I'd like to get out of this unscathed, do we even have other options? Not to mention, I do hate to burst your bubble but... fly?"

Miyu gestured to his back and arms.

"I don't have the means to do so, unless I grow wings. Do you, uhh...?" Miyu raised a brow. He didn't know how to refer to this person in particular. "Don't think I quite caught your name actually."

✿︎

[East Empire] Operation Snatch Gear

❀

"Why you askin'? Hoping that you don't have to split any of the profit, mate?"

A voice responded.

Another approached the scene with a lax to his steps and a nonchalance plastered to his expression, easily mistaken for boredom with a slight tense at his brows constantly.

A man, raven-black hair, a sharp gaze within his grey eyes, a long buttoned up coat masking his lower facial features from its high collar, with a particularly short stature, made his presence known as he looked to the other two with a raise to his brow.

"I'm guessing you're the one requesting this job?" The man said, pointed towards the masked individual based on the other person's question.

Their tone was uniquely laced with wit but soft-spoken without any real bite.

He would begin, "Here I was hoping you lot would look more like thugs so that I didn't feel so conscientiously about stealing something from others. But, oh well, I guess I can forego not being like the usual stereotypes."

He rolled his eyes, finding his own sarcastic excuse ironic as he still accepted the request despite his "conscientious" opinions. A job he accepted based on the suggestion of another.

"Sup." The man nodded to the other two with crossed arms. "Miyu. Just Miyu." A simple greeting.

His phrasing and particular verbal tones so uniquely casual - noticeable so compared to other folks and residents within the area. Quite specifically modern to those that were similar in disposition.

"So..." Miyu turned his attention towards the hooded and masked individual, an owl perched atop their shoulder that consistently tilted it head at its surroundings and changes.

"You're the man leading this, right?" He posed his question, eyeing both individuals and inspecting them thoroughly. But nothing of which that could be deemed hostile or ill-intended.

❀

[East Empire] Operation Snatch Gear

Sorry how do you normally apply here? I have a reply ready but do I have to ask permission beforehand?

Nvm. I'm an idiot XD