↞ A Cringe-y Expedition ↠

A job with some real people sounded like a real fun thing at the time. Of course, anything new and exciting could be easily churned into a very confusing and agitating task, but oh well. She wasn’t gonna back away simply because some turn of events. Having to go and rendezvous with everyone at the town instead of in the guild hall seemed like a bigger pain for her in the long run. Oh well, it is what it is and frankly, meeting one of the other higher ups in the guild would probably prove beneficial, however not having Kalama along with her would be a little harder too. Not as much teamwork not having her along for the ride. But, making some new friends would be fun.

Still, being in Shirotsume for the job made things a little easier for her. Though the job wasn’t really required to bring a weapon, she needed to have some kind of assurance of a “just in case” for her own safety. One could only hope that she wasn’t going to need to use it, it was the only source of any magical abilities she had to her person. If using it was necessary, she could use things that could keep from hurting a target or protecting her fellow guild members if need be. It wasn’t much, but it was enough so that she could use it in more ways than to just hurt people, so that’s something good she was working towards.

It was definitely a good thing for her however that she was used to the outdoors. Being a farmers daughter had its benefits aside from having a nice barn to- well... store hay. Anyways, the cursed mage made her way towards the area she was to meet the commander whom recruited her for this task. Freshly dawned in her uniform with the cutest matching skirt to top she could muster of the uniform types, her hair tied up into a ponytail to keep from her face for this job, she was happily trotting through the town while humming into her leek shaped mouthguard and gazing over the place. Once she arrived, her eyes widened seeing a girl with bunny ears in the uniform aside from a very prominent and domineering figure that could only assume to be the commander. [color=#0099ff]”Normally, I would be really hoping she was a biter but... I think this time I’ll just behave...”[/color] She thought to herself, walking up to the pair and pulling the mouthguard from between her teeth momentarily, baring the fangs beneath as a full breath of air entered her mouth and lungs. ”Aoi Himawari, ma’am~” With a brief salute, she would pop the mouthguard back in before giving any other answer, unless it was ordered to speak. It was better she avoided long conversations anyway. Hopefully at least she understood the purpose.

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Nat had already been to Shirotsume before for a job as well. He knew how to get to town quickly, and did exactly that when he heard about an expedition, which was really lucky on Nat's part since he was invited for a meal by one of the families from town. He had arrived hours early and was happily waiting in one of the children's home whom he had saved from The Swollen Man about a month ago. He had his uniform neatly hanged nearby the door to avoid it from being folded or creased while he spent time with the children, catching up with them and generally having a good time over a wonderful meal with which he had contributed dessert.

Amidst the laughter and conversations, Nat heard a chariot pull up nearby and knew that it had to be their superior that would be supervising them on this trip. He politely said his farewells and headed for the door, put on his uniform carefully, and then headed out. On his way there, he thought of the details of their expedition which were admittedly not much

Already present were two other members of the guild with whom Nat will be teaming up. He initially thought that this many would be overkill but the more the merrier, he supposes. They were both girls wearing their uniforms with some minor alterations which would then make it easier to identify each one. One female had the female top but a male's pants paired with a set of bunny ears which he had to admit was cute, while the other had a very beautiful matching top and skirt uniform that he had not seen before. But his did not carry any alterations, he only had the standard male uniform he had picked out which was the glorious piece of armor he had laid eyes on for such a long time when he first saw it. He continued to walk slowly straight towards them and stopped just a few meters away from each one, a distance that he thought would be respectable not only to their leader but also to the others as well. He looked at each one and greeted them properly "Hello, everyone." but he didn't dare look upon the Commander for a very long time, he just glimpsed at her because he can't help but feel intimidated by her and the power he seemingly cannot fathom. But he had no choice he had to look at her straight in the eyes, making sure that he'd only look at her eyes, not daring to look anywhere else lest he be thought to be some kind of pervert before continuing. "Nathaniel Stratford, reporting." in such a calm and professional tone, trying to get on the good side of everyone, letting them know that they can rely on him.

Post WC: 475
Thread Total: 1,655
@Amalie @Nico @Ikkouyou Izou @Benny Ceostra @Aoi

While Shirotsume was a resort town, it did have its fair share of gym as well for the exercise freaks. It was especially relaxing after running through an entire workout routine and then end it with a soothing dip in the hot springs of the town, but for Izou, the hot springs wasn’t on his itinerary. The man had been in town for three days, having picked up a job to track down a voyeur who was having the time of his life sneaking and peeking into the hot springs. Undoubtedly earning the ire of the resorts and their clients, they had collectively set up a request for a mage to apprehend the closet pervert.

Izou had taken up their request but the difficulty of the task had been slightly high. With so many resorts offering hot springs in Shirotsume, and barely a lead for him to work on, the knight errant had exhausted himself running from resort to resort to locate the voyeur. The only part that he enjoyed was the combat that had ensued after successfully pinning down the perp. The man, a mage in his fifties, was unexpectedly agile for his age and used Hair Magic in the most violent of ways. When he thought back to it, Izou could still vividly remember the piercing ability of the mage’s hair when it materialized as spikes.

Once he was done, the knight errant had quickly made his way towards where the Commander had directed them to rendezvous. When he turned a junction, Izou could see the horse carriage that had brought Commander West to the meeting point. 3 other Dies Irae members, all dressed in their uniforms, were standing at attention in front of Amalie, whose expression was stern and composed.

Running through the number of soldiers that had been signed up for the job, Izou realized that he wasn’t the last one to arrive and he sped up his pace, so as not to let the last soldier to suddenly appear and cut in line. As usual, the young man was dressed in a pair of dark blue jeans, a pair of sneakers mostly black and a white T-shirt. Over the white T-shirt was a red and white hoodie, zipped up halfway. As he quickly closed the distance between himself and the group, Izou cast his Requip spell, swapping his casual attire for his red armor.

His footsteps, initially silent, grew louder in the armor as he neared the commander and the other soldiers. His pace was quick until he slowed down once more, and quickly took his place beside the only other male in the group.

“Commander West,” Izou greeted the steely woman as he stood in line. Thankfully, he wasn’t the latest.

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Izou looked at the latest newcomer, grinning slightly when he recognized him as the enthusiastic kid he had met during the Christmas carnival a few months back. When it seemed like everyone that needed to be here was all present, the Commander finally started the briefing about their mission. The knight errant smiled slightly when he heard the opening to Amalie’s briefing, the part where every one of their actions would reflect on themselves and their guild. For a knight errant that had been following his own rules, Izou was still adapting to a formal and rule-bound work ethic.

Even attire-wise, it was already a stretch for him to constantly be in his red armor as he wasn’t inclined to wear the Dies Irae’s restrictive uniform. But the devilish grin that he saw on Amalie was one of mischief. The knight errant shook his head, not knowing what they were going to have to do for this mission.

As she spoke, she led them deeper into the town. They walked past a few blocks until they were finally in front of a hostel. It was slightly rundown, no doubt having seen plenty of weird and fascinating in its years of operation. Izou looked around the team, wondering if there was anyone who would have any questions.

As he stood there waiting, the knight errant began studying the hostel. He assumed it would be a standard raid. A five-man team working together would allow for one soldier to guard the back entrance, one soldier to guard the front entrance, one soldier on a higher vantage point to get an overall view of the building should the perpetrator decide to jump out a window while the remaining two would sweep the rooms one by one to flush the perpetrator out.

When the question time was over, Izou put out his plan, wanting to know the opinions of the others.

“I have a plan in mind. A rather simple one. We have five here. One will take the back entrance, one for the front entrance, one on the adjacent building to keep a lookout while the other two would sweep the whole place room by room. Any opinions to share?”

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Others arrived shortly after Nat. Two to be exact, and they seem to have a certain degree of familiarity with Commander West: the name the cool-looking woman introduced herself as, along with a few certain reminders, all of which are expectedly inherently among them as members of Dies Irae. Admittedly, it was not at the top of the priority list of things Nat was supposed to listen to from the esteemed Commander because he was a disciplined soldier, he knew how to act, simply giving the  they came onto the more juicier details of their assignment, in regards to their query as of the very moment. However, he cannot believe what he is hearing. That they were to bring this so-called criminal in alive. A phrase that would have struck a nerve in Nat that he chose and tried to hide because he cannot afford to burst with frustrations as of the moment, and wouldn’t dare make a scene in front of everyone present. He joined Dies Irae because he thought he belonged with them, with his personal crusade aligning with their own philosophies of eradicating evil, but it appears theirs is a bit lax when dealing with small criminals such as this. To Nat however, evil in no matter shape, or form must be vanquished, and there will be no exclusions. So in the meantime, he was thinking of ways on how to enact his own code, his own crusade and get away with it, marking this the very first time he would defy the wishes of authority, and a very powerful authority at that.

He continued to listen however, as it is the respectable thing to do, signifying that despite his personal feelings, he can still have manners, especially when Commander West mentioned that this individual’s actions does not warrant death. But in Nat’s mind, this individual’s zeal in his pursuit of evil allows him to do such things, and all he lacks is power. Zeal in itself is dangerous, as power or strength can easily be compensated. The paragraph ended with a warning of dealing with her personally if her orders were disobeyed, a phrase that Nat simply lowered his head to, his eyes flared with determination while he stood there in attention and professionalism at a rather respectable distance among his fellow guild members. It appears, he will not be swayed from what he plans to do, not yet at least.

After that short briefing, they were led deeper into town, parts of which Nat had not seen from his last visit. The place they were directed to was an old hostel, which looked humble and cozy, sitting at a street corner. It was here that further details would be said regarding the target and from what he is hearing, they should’ve put him down a long time ago with how much he’s been getting out of prison, and having the need to send out at least five mages to go after him and move on to, as they would put it, far dangerous threats. They were then asked if there were any further questions, to which Nat replied “None.” sternly.

One of his guildmates then suggested a plan, and a rather brilliant plan at that, with using their numbers against the target. However, Nat was concerned with the amount of ruckus it would cause because of all this waiting around, standing in their uniforms. “He’s certainly going to catch on and run away.” He said seriously but as softly as only the members could hear him as he rubbed his chin. “For all we know, he could very well be looking at us right now and see a group of uniformed Dies Irae mages. We need to find a way to look inconspicuous.” he continued as he looked around, finding a thrift store just in the next block. “Will any of you wanna change before we continue?” He asked as he pointed to the store in the distance.

Post WC: 670
Nat’s Total: 1145
@Amalie @Nico @Ikkouyou Izou @Benny Ceostra @Aoi

There was not a word leaving the brunette’s already covered mouth as the rest of the squadding group had arrived onto the scene. One by one, some much more handsome than others, her eyes were mainly fixated towards the soldier known as Izou. Though honestly, it was hard to keep her eyes on the task at hand with three really.. really handsome men like this around her, she had no problem doing so with the commander in charge sitting up front with the voice of authority booming to the group before her. Though tempted for sure to go through with her old antics for sure, she truly truly wanted to at least feel maybe or or two of these well toned men’s muscles at least once. Well, maybe once out of commander West’s line of sight she might indulge just once. She wouldn’t try too hard or too often, perhaps on the way back at least.

One at a time, each of these delicious looking beefcakes had come around with their own plans. First, Izou’s plan of trying to block out all of the targets escape routes in order to choke him into one position. The plan she had begun to plot in her own head was at least similar in fashion to that of Izou’s, but she wasn’t going to voice in her own plan just yet. She needed to get together her words precise to lessen the time she spent without this thing in her mouth. Next up, the blonde astute male had begun. His mention that the group may currently be watched admittedly got Aoi to look around, wondering just in case they should be doing such a thing, but she quickly returned it to the commander at the suggestion of some changing their attire to appear less conspicuous to him. Admittedly, it was a good idea, however in some ways the plans could be combined and her mind had been churning them out.

Lastly began Nico. He was probably the more.. adventurous of them. Sure, it wasn’t like the farm girl to be the same in some ways, but never when something like this was going on. She remained relaxed and content between these grand men in the meantime, albeit ready to latch her arms around one like a love struck teen with their loved one. However, she had promised herself to behave during this and frankly it was killing her right now. Now with Nico, he had taken out his sword of all things and opened the door of a building. As if he expected a jack-in-the-box sort of effect to appear from the other side of the door, if for some reason he was right, he would be much more cunning than she gave him credit for on first appearance. Her gaze caught onto him for another moment or two before she had snapped back and reached inside her uniform top.

In the same form as some would reach inside for an inside pocket, she did the same. And with that, she brought up a coil of rope and tossed it up lightly in her hand a couple times. Taking her mouthguard out, she would just hold it up a little bit now rather than continuing the act of tossing it up and catching it. ”Y’all got some good ideas. But say we done get this cringe person between us. Then what? See, if some stay in uniform, we could flush him into a corner and I can hog tie the son bitch. I got plenty experience wrastlin’ down slippery pigs in my days. I ain’t afraid a goin’ back again.” And yes, there normally was always a coil of rope hidden in her uniform top whenever a job would call for bringing back someone alive. Why that? Well, Aoi is just that prepared.

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The deliberation continued on for quite some time with everyone presenting very helpful ideas, giving some insight as to the kind of attitude Nat's comrades have as he stood there quietly, nodding his head as he looked politely at each person who would speak. He gave an awkward smile however to when it was Nico's turn, especially when he touched him by the shoulder and seemingly charged in towards a relatively unknown opponent.

Then when Benny came forth with her plan by dressing up as a seductive lady in a bunny outfit, Nat gasped and quickly looked away, he wouldn't dare make it uncomfortable for a lady he had just met literally minutes ago and just held up an ok sign towards her direction. Yes indeed these were all good plans and he was really deep in thought as to how they should go on about this. Personally however, he didn't like the idea of using a woman as some sort of bait, but all that thinking had to come to an end when a woman from inside the building screamed.

Nat quickly rushed forward, looking at the building and the spot where the scream might be coming from, his jaw was dropped, and quickly turned to a grin accompanied by fierce eyes, there wasn't enough time, The Cringe has struck.

"Looks like our time to plan is over, but we can't spook him than he already is." he said as his brain quickly prioritized The Cringe's death, but with no plan, he thought to just use everyone's plan. He turned to Benny but still couldn't look at her, turning his face away and covering the line of sight between him and her with his hand "Miss Benny, I personally do not like this idea, but you are somewhat confident of your actions then I think we must push through, go in and try to see what happened, have Nico follow closely behind since he's already inside. Try as hard as you can to lure him out to the front, we'll wait here." he said, pointing down to the ground he was standing on as he said "here" and then looked at Aoi "Miss Aoi, once he's out, get ready to hog tie this son bitch. Here, this'll help you get faster, hopefully enough to catch him." he remarked as he held out his hand and snapped his fingers, instantly making a piece of cheesecake appear for her to enjoy. "Izou and I will help." he added as he drew out his blade and readied himself, glowing light slightly that it wasn't flashy nor blinding. "If there would be additions, please tell us now as you do them, I'm afraid we don't have much time, The Cringe has made a new victim, who know what he's doing to her." he said angrily, as he begun to imagine the horrors he making the poor woman experience. Not only that, he really doesn't expect things to go the way he wanted there were still so many unknown variables to catching this plague of society. He wasn't even able to notice that their Commander was already gone due to the spur of the moment.

Post WC: 531
Nat's Total: 1,676
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@Nico @Izou @Benny Ceostra @Aoi @Amalie

Not expecting everyone to accept his plan right off the bat, Izou smiled slightly when they began to chime in with their opinions, some making slight changes to the plan while some brought on very drastic and unexpected tactics. Having always assumed the role of a leader for most of his life, Izou was rather surprised that this crew of ragtag soldiers had it in them. He allowed them to speak, folding his arms across his chest as he shifted his weight to his left foot. The discussion drew on for quite some time, with even one particular member having run off to change into a seductive outfit while she had blatantly shown disgust at her own suggestion.

The knight errant kept a neutral expression, especially when he stepped back slightly from the group and noticed that his mentor had already taken her leave. The discussion had digressed at that point, with everyone running off to do whatever they wanted before Nathaniel pulled them back into focus and began barking out orders for them to follow. From what he could see, the soldier had a leader’s charisma within him as well, on top of his coordinated thinking. Izou nodded in response to Nathaniel’s request of him.

Flames rippled down from his shoulder towards his right hand, before flaring backwards into the form of feathers and flattening themselves down against his arm. The flaming feathers formed a long blade-like extension that shot past his elbow with half the length of his forearm when they were flattened, giving Izou a peculiar appearance. As the rest of the members charged into the motel, Izou played around with a feather of flame made solid, tossing it up and down in the air.

“So, Nathaniel, you were a leader of a squad where you came from? Good work getting these people to work as a team,” Izou commended as he looked at the other soldier. They were waiting for the team to flush the pervert out of the motel, and that would be when Aoi, Nathaniel and himself would pounce on him, albeit without lethal force.

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With everything going on in the discussions as it had been commencing, Aoi could tell she was in a need to hurry things along. The longer this whole discussion dragged along, the more she could feel her breathing becoming more labored and with that was ultimately her first signs of the curse beginning to act up. It felt like being in a sauna room and breathing in more of the heated, humid air than it was trying to breath in normal amounts of air and frankly it was hard to hide the signs as well. This also did end up making her much more anxious to come to an agreement than it was to argue points from trying to keep herself more under control than she normally was. It was surely a hinderance than it was anything else, but it kept any stubbornness from interfering in her ideas of listening to others, so there was some good with the bad. It also kept flirting comments to a low, so there was that too.

Unopposed rp allowing someone else to take the helm of ideas, the brunette just fixed in her mouthguard and then released a heavy sigh of relief through her nostrils. It was such a hated thing to deal with, but necessary. How much longer was the true question for her. Now that the country bumpkin was silenced and redirecting her attention towards the rest of the group, she could see Benny appear from a dressing room in a playboy bunny outfit. She simply blinked. Partly unamused and the other being curious as to her plans to lure him out like an otaku to a fresh new body pillow or a middle aged woman to a romance novel with a half naked guy on the cover. It’s bound to work, but only to specific demographics. Whatever, it was worth a try. Giving a shrug to it, her attention turned to the others. It wasn’t so hard to avoid her normal routines with her head snapping back every so often in her memories, so it did help keep herself on track.

A scream would interrupt any further planning. It didn’t seem like any full set plan could be done, however Nathaniel did have it in his head how he wanted it to go. Frankly, didn’t seem so bad of an idea. More reliant on Aoi’s hogtying concept was a bit of an uplifter for her, though she would need to put in the work for sure. Though what didn’t seem to catch her attention at first was his offer of something to her. Was he casting some kind of magic buff on her? The snap of his fingers said yes, but... the cheesecake said no. Her head tilted to one side and an imaginary question mark would pop up above her head. Then she thought about it. ”Magical baker? Well... hopefully it’ll be good.” She thought to herself, since she couldn’t very well speak up. Pulling the mouthguard down around her neck, she would take the cake and toss the rather bite sized piece into her mouth. Then there was a zing. The best way for her to describe it really, but she had felt some sort of magical essence from it. ”I’ll do my best.” She assured him, popping the bamboo object in once more.

She would shoot off at a speed she had personally never thought possible rounding the first couple of corners proved hard, smacking into the wall. She shook it off continued moving along faster than ever for her until she would catch up with the fleeing cringe... and that he was! In the momentum of her run, she thought to take the very most barbaric but logical option and tackle him. Even when she did that, she had not been able to make the clean tackle as she had albeit slid off while trying to maintain the tackle. Ultimately, he would attempt to run again and she would try for the next best thing. Pulling all of her stops, she took in one deep breath and exhaled in a moderate pace. The muscles in her arms would all begin to feel enhanced, pushed much beyond their limits. Now with her strength enhanced and her speed already done, she would make for one other attempt at him. This time trying to take him out from the legs, Aoi would aim specifically for the back of his knees, hopefully aiming for the hit. Should she get the hit, she would begin to take her rope to his ankles and make a few rounds of cooling rope and tightening it enough to bite deep into his ankles and keep him from being able to escape long enough for the others to go for his arms to hold them down until she was ready to go, but that had depended on them as well as it did her own abilities.

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The two warriors stood at the ready at the door. Nat personally thought that he was being watching closely with enough anticipation. He took a quick look beside him and saw that Izou was the same. His shoulders already darting out fiery feather-like forms. Yet there was time for the two to form a bond, somewhat. There was a silence before the storm, and it was filled with a friendly question. One that was welcome and warm, perhaps as warm as Izou's magic. However, with a question being towards where he came from, a place he tried to leave while he was still young, a sense of bitterness cannot be helped but surface, as he would get flashes of crumbling buildings, people screaming, all the death and destruction that befell Magnolia twice in his youth. Now coupled with the term leader, anger cannot help but be evident in his eyes as he would remember a glorified swordsman who let Magnolia experience such events. He then let out a sigh as if releasing all these negative emotions that would skew his focus and then replied. "I came from Magnolia. I left just as soon as I finished high school. There were no leaders there. Especially not Leonard Dragonbane who did nothing in response to when the city was attacked the first time. I cannot abide such lack of action. So I left and set out on my own path, I wouldn't want his weakness to rub off on me."

After his reply, he heard squishy sounds that quickly got louder and louder, and before long, a wet man came into view. It was a repulsive sight that was somewhat unexpected. They were warned about how vile their target was but he did not expect him to be... in his underwear that wasn't doing what it's supposed to do in concealing whatever horror is behind it very well because of that eldritch object being awakened. Nat's thoughts of his female companions quickly filled his mind with worry. What could he have done? Now that he had gotten over the initial shock and was now angered towards what is clearly a villain and took a swing because he had already been nearby, he was indeed fast. The diagonal upward strike however was easily dodged by going overhead. Although Nat couldn't call it being dodged exactly and more of the man sliding off the blade, he was really, really wet. It didn't help Nat's reaction as well when the Cringe's organic spear almost poked him in the eye, and he himself cringed and was ultimately unable to follow up an attack. It had gotten past him and he turned around, and surrounded himself in fiery light, as if to cleanse off whatever the hell just happened and yelled out to the villain "HEY! STOP!" and then threw a ball of light that quickly formed on his left hand at him. The ball moved quickly like a lightning bolt and got the man, but he quickly jumped off the blast, his wet body must've shielded him from the flame. Angrily, he shook his head and growled for he had never been violated like that before and what more the girls who had spent more time with the bastard and has been the Cringe's primary target. Quickly he rushed inside and told Izou that he'll check on the girls.

In mere moments, Nat came upon the bathroom and saw how the enemy has affected them. Though relieved they were relatively unharmed, he can't help but feel that their mental state have been scared and was afraid to ask anymore of them. Conjuring up another piece of cheesecake - a normal cheesecake this time - he offered it to them as some sort of comfort food and told them "You did great, friends. You've earned rest after what you've been through with him." before the light around him shined brighter and quickly darted off, leaving the faint golden trail behind him as he went after the Cringe buy busting out of the bathroom window. Going through that maze of a hall inside the building was a hassle and would waste valuable time, this was more efficient way.

WC: 700
Nat: 2,376
Total: 7,907
@Amalie @Izou @Benny Ceostra @Aoi

Nat landed just by the door he and his companions were just waiting and making plans by. Angrily and fiercely, he threw fireball after golden fireball at the 'criminal', only for all of them to be evaded. Literally all of them. It was frustrating, to be sure, but he was sure not to be consumed by it. He took a deep sigh and thought of another way of pursuing their target. He knew he can't do it alone. With the distance  already between them, Nat realized The Cringe was faster. No, he needed help. Aoi was stable last he saw her, but he was internally torn as to check up on her again or leave a message for her to catch up. He has put himself on a pressing situation, and looked anxiously back forth between where The Cringe was heading and back at the building. The more seconds he wasted standing and deciding, the more pressure he felt and his head turning got faster faster with each second more.

With a lot of hesitations, he decided to just leave Aoi a message for her to catch up. Specifically, the message he had written out so hastily that he was surprised at how it was still readable was an instruction to meet Nat at the corner of the village just two blocks away from where they are. He had also expressed his intentions of luring the enemy there.

Hurriedly, he rushed back in the building and yelled at one of the building's caretakers to deliver it the girl that they came with, but not the one on the bunny outfit "Hey, official legal guild business, you have to comply! Get this message to one of my friends! Now!". Nat deduced she may need even more time to process things as she had been front and center of The Cringe's abominable acts.

Right after the loud and sudden instruction, that was accompanied by a generous weighing pouch of jewels, Nat continued his pursuit for The Cringe. Using his knowledge of Shirostsume, Nat used the alley-ways and other shortcuts that left a lot to be desired on its appeal aspect as his boots had mud splatters, and other leftovers stuck all over it, with some splattering as far up to his leg, though he doesn't mind at all, he might've not even noticed it.

Fortunately, this sacrifice bore fruit and he was just behind The Cringe once more, not really expecting to get ahead or anything, so he was definitely happy about this result. He took chase once more and threw every bit of magic and object he could at The Cringe, herding him to the area he had in mind. He screamed and raged at The Cringe, threatening him constantly as The Cringe continued to insult and tease Nat for his inability to catch him"You're dying today, you hear me?! You're fucking dying today!!! Rrrrraaaaaaaagggh!". In truth, however, he was only playing, acting as if it was getting to him, though it might be for only a little, but for the most part he was doing this because he the criminal to think there was a reason behind Nat's reckless and poor aim.

So far, he seems to be leading The Cringe to the specified place for he began to notice how low the vertical clearance is getting, mostly because of how many sign boards are hung up now. He was only hoping that Aoi would already be here, and if he was lucky, perhaps The Cringe would hit his head on one of the signs and end this chase quicker.

WC: 600
Nat's: 2,976
@Amalie @Aoi