you're in the jungle, baby / you gonna die

[lucetimods]

Who: All draftees
What: Fighting the Third Party... and perhaps the wildlife.
When: June 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th. (Characters will be pulled out at 11:59 of the 6th.)
Where: An as-yet unmapped by the Malnosso tropical rainforest.
Summary: Here are your details. Try to stay alive, won't you?
Rating: Anywhere from PG to R.

No cut for you. Most of you will know how this works by now; if you don't, follow the lead of the others, or perhaps look to the last draft's fighting post for ideas. Don't forget to use your handy dandy character tags. Go forth and conquer thine enemies!

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[chronica.livejournal.com]

[...]

I suppose I will make sure not to collapse then. However, your show of concern for me is a little bit startling. I was sure you didn't like me one bit. [Not that she blames Mami for that completely.]

[mamiries.livejournal.com]

Don't misunderstand. It'd simply be problematic for me if something happened to you right now.

You're a reassuring ally for the time being.

[chronica.livejournal.com]

Even if I die I would be back next week.

[Not that she had plans on dying at the slightest. She promised Madoka she would come back safely with the others. ...And speaking of those said others.]

What about you? Have you been pacing yourself?

[mamiries.livejournal.com]

Even if it isn't permanent, you shouldn't take death lightly.

[...but more importantly Homura falls, Mami's own chances of surviving this ordeal are lessened.]

You don't need to worry about me. I'm perfectly fine. [she smiles again... though even as she does, the perspiration on her brow is pretty obvious.]

[chronica.livejournal.com]

I know that.

[Seeing her friends dying over and over several times does put a perspective on how valuable their lives are to her.]

I hope you aren't lying to me, after I've been nothing but honest with you. [Well, as honest as she could be with Mami. There are things she doesn't divulge to the girl of course.]

[mamiries.livejournal.com]

[she pauses at that, for some reason the words managing to resonate a bit more than usual.

...if the girl truly is being completely candid, then she can at least return the favor. a bit.]

In truth, I am a bit tired. But that's only to be expected on the battlefield, isn't it? It's still nothing to worry about. You look far worse for wear than I do.

[chronica.livejournal.com]

...I'll take your word on it. Once everything is over at the end of the day, we can all relax. For now I'm going to push myself until the current waves are taken down. We can't afford to let many of them go without injury.

[mamiries.livejournal.com]

You have a point. The sooner the threat is dealt with, the sooner we'll be safe. [she turns away, considering something for a moment... and then another moment after that.] Perhaps we should work together then. Purely on a temporary basis... once we return from this place, things will be the same between us.

[chronica.livejournal.com]

I accept your proposal. [Without any hesitation or thought. She has no reason to think about it. Mami may not be fit to be a Puella Magi, but that doesn't mean she isn't a strong one.] We can get rid of twice as many working side by side.

[mamiries.livejournal.com]

[on the other hand, Mami definitely is surprised at how quickly Homura responds. she wouldn't have suggested it if she expected refusal, but even so...] Yes, that's true. You're quite eager about this though, aren't you? [all Mami cares about is getting through this in one piece... she couldn't care less about actually defeating their foes.]

[chronica.livejournal.com]

If it helps everyone then I'll do whatever I must. [It isn't like there was a time she got along with Mami peacefully. If there was, Mami certainly didn't know about it.]

[mamiries.livejournal.com]

Yes, you're right. We should both do our best... [she admits it a bit grudgingly though, still suspicious of the other girl.] Are you rested enough to return to the battle now?

[chronica.livejournal.com]

[She nods steadily.]

I believe I am. Can you keep up?

[mamiries.livejournal.com]

[ s m i l e ]

The better question is can you keep up with me?

[and without waiting for a reply, she hurries in the direction of the fighting once more, materializing another rifle as she goes.]

[chronica.livejournal.com]

[oh. you wanna throwdown Mami? It's been brought.

Homura starts the mechanism on her shield, freezing both time and Mami. She quickly takes out a desert eagle from her supply and moves up toward the enemy lines, shooting steadily at the near by targets. When she restarts those soldiers go down.]

[mamiries.livejournal.com]

[Mami's surprise for a moment... but only a moment.

Luckily there are plenty of enemies to be dealt with, and Mami has no shortage of bullets to meet them with. With a simple wave of her hand, multiple rifles appear in the air floating around her before unloading at enemy lines, before quickly being discarded and replaced by more.

Unlike hunting Witches, aim and precision are hardly important now. She merely needs to unload again and again to hit marks.]

[chronica.livejournal.com]

[While going through the motions, Homura realized this is the first time Mami has seen her fight. Well, this Mami at least. She never had a chance to fight because Mami was so against her joining in (though Homura admitted part of that was her fault too). Though those worries are pushed aside when a small wave of incoming soldiers can be seen.

Homura immediately stops time and brings out two pipe bombs, activating them both and throwing them at the enemy lines. Once the mechanism stops, the bombs explode and take out that small wave.]

[mamiries.livejournal.com]

[Mami can't help but be surprised, mostly because... she has no idea what just happened. She turns to the other Puella Magi curiously, but this isn't really a time for questions.

Even as she recognizes the childishness of it, she can't deny a slight feeling of competition either. So she begins to fire all the more rapidly, materializing larger firearms from time to time to clear any oncoming foes. Her movements remain somewhat acrobatic as always, but there's a certain recklessness to it rather than the usual poise and control.

...it's a truly petty thing, but she doesn't want to appear weak in front of this other girl.]

[chronica.livejournal.com]

[Homura ignores Mami's looks and continues on fighting. From time to time she sees Mami's motions as she freezes time, observing girl only using more magic than before the last freeze. She wonders why, not really thinking that Mami could be getting some competition from this. To Homura it's just business as usual and taking down as many as she can. She found little enjoyment in the murder of others, even if they were attacking them. Maybe it was just easier to think of them like Witches.

As the numbers begin to wane Homura slowly stops using her time stopping as much, letting Mami take a look at her weapon. Mainly the semi-automatic guns she's using.]

[mamiries.livejournal.com]

[The sudden disappearance of enemies from time to time was unusual, but Mami couldn't stop to give it much thought. Whatever power Homura was using, it was unusual... and her weapons... were those real guns?

She had known there was something different about that girl since they had first met, and seeing her in action just cemented those thoughts. At least after a while, she began to see a pattern in whatever Homura was doing, allowing her to get her own rhythm going as she continued to rip through enemy numbers.

...she'd said before that she would have kill Homura if it came to that, but now she could only wonder if that was truly possible. No, thoughts like that had no place on the battlefield, not now.]

[chronica.livejournal.com]

[Slowly with their combined efforts, the wave that had come toward them began shrinking and soon the last one was down. There would be more eventually, but for now they were fine. Homura panted slowly as she lowered her gun and flipped a part of her hair tiredly over her shoulder.]

Are you alright?

[mamiries.livejournal.com]

[She takes a moment to catch her breath, clearly winded. She'd like to reply that she's fine, but her current state speaks for itself. Using that much magic has taken its toll, much to her embarrassment. But she finally straightens herself out after leaning on her knees for a few seconds, before nodding.]

I'll be fine. [...she pauses, glancing at the other girl curiously.] What about you? ...just what were you doing?

[chronica.livejournal.com]

...What do you think I was doing, Tomoe Mami? I was using my magic.

[mamiries.livejournal.com]

I know that. [she frowns, for a second.] But that wasn't like any other magic I've seen before.

[chronica.livejournal.com]

All Puella Magi have different magic to them. You cannot do what I do and I cannot do what you do. That is simply all there is to it.