A Game of Thorns

[mikangirl]

Who: Residents of House 6 and anyone who wants to find an excuse to be involved 8|a
What: Inconvenient Fairy Tale Side Effect #19
When: 5th September
Where: House 6
Summary: On day three of The Sleeping Navigator, the thorns finally arrive. Hope the house occupants didn't want to leave any time soon...
Rating: PG for swearing and violence against plant life?



[So thorns aren't really meant to grow that fast, right? It takes all of fifteen seconds for them to surge from the grass surrounds and wrap the house with a thick and impenetrable wall of spiky death.

...well, spiky inconvenience, anyway. Watch out, because they might make a few attempts to sneak into the house, too, and that could really mess with the paintwork. Violence against thorns is encouraged, but be careful: try cutting the main wall down and they'll spring back twice as thick a moment later, and those thorns are painful.

Meanwhile, Nami's dreaming of the best mikan cocktail ever made served up on top of her own personal mountain of gold. What's that? Wake up, now? Please.]

((Whether you're a resident of house 6, a visitor at house 6, or just passing by and want to take pictures, this log is open to you. |D))

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[gavemyword]

[Strengthened by his masochistic tendencies determination, Zoro plunged into the fray. His lower half, uncomfortably cocooned by the thorny mess, threatened to separate a good foot or two behind him. He reached for his swords. If he could get his hands around one, just one, he could be over and done with this stupid, nightmarish mess.

But even as he tried tearing through the thorns with his bare hands, he could already see that he was a few growth spurts away from his goal. Zoro watched in silent frustration as the thorns slowly covered Wadou, Kitetsu, then, at last, Shuusui.

Damnit, where were those bastards when you needed them?]

[inkdrops]

[Miyabi was just coming over to check up on Nami after everything went down in the forest a few days ago, her concern over the woman making it hard to really function to her full capability. Needless to say, the moment Miyabi sees all those thorny vines enveloping the house, her concern jumps up to extreme levels. She can also hear struggling on the roof, and begins her mad dash forward, drawing out her own blade.

The throns aren't really any problem for Miyabi to jump over and even onto, even while she's larger. Yoshpet was full of moving, writhing thorny walls like this, and she's been travelling through them all her life. So making onto the roof is...well, it'd hard with her new size, and Miyabi still has to hack down some unruly vines, but she makes it up in little time.]

Zoro?! What's happening here?! [Just one second, she'll have you free with a brush skill - Powerslash - the steel-like ink slicing through those vines like butter.] Where's everyone else? Is Nami okay?!

[gavemyword]

[And just like that, he was free. He ran forward and plunged his hand into the thorn bush that had grown over his swords, pulling up Shuusui and wasting no time cutting a circle around himself. He picked up the rest of his swords, replacing them at his side one handed.

Miyabi's words caused something to click in his head, and he paused for a moment to consider it. Zoro looked to her, brow furrowed. Instinct told him that Nami's strange new condition had something to do with all this madness and the rest of him didn't seem interesting in disagreeing right now.] I'm not sure, but we'd better go downstairs before the thorns get inside the house. Nami should be in her room.

[At the very least, they might have to move her somewhere safe. The others could take care of themselves. Impatiently, Zoro made his way to the door, cutting around him as he went. If he seemed overly enthusiastic slicing at the thorny branches, well...]

[inkdrops]

[Miyabi barely has anytime to fuss over Zoro before he's rushing into the thorns once more, plushing his hands into them (which makes Miyabi wince just looking at it), and removing his swords. A few tendrils try to sneak up on her while she's distracted, but Miyabi cuts them down, sensing their presence behind her. They're not stopping though...no matter how many they cut. This could get problematic.]

Is she still asleep? [Uttered while following after Zoro, cleaning up any thorny vines that either grew back or shied away from the dancing blades. The thorns even try to separate the two, by making a wall as quick as they can between the two people.] Bah, these things are pretty smart...

[gavemyword]

[He notices the wall of vines as well and decides to stick closer to Miyabi. Not entirely necessary, since they were near enough to the door.] Yeah, last time I checked. [And, there. Zoro wrenches the door open and rushes down the stairs, leaving the matter of closing it entirely up to Miyabi.]

[inkdrops]

[Miyabi makes her way after Zoro, having every intent to close that door and hurry off to check on Nami like the unvoiced plan was, but those thorns have other plans. Seeing the smaller of the two as the weaker one, they focus all their strength on getting her back out - by roping around her sword arm (to further disable her) and pulling.]

Ah, shi--let me go! [Fuck, fuck, fuck, those thorns are tightening and it hurts and she can feel blood running down her arm, ow, ow...] Zoro!

[gavemyword]

[He whips around instinctively, two swords flashing. They cut around Miyabi, fast and sure, and the air shimmers very slightly as he re-sheathes one. A beat.

The thorns surrounding them splinter and explode.] Are you ok? [A question of genuine concern, tinged with a sliver of impatience. Seeing Miyabi's arm reminded him that he was getting blood all over the handle of his sword. The sooner they ended things, the better.]

/hands you your honorary internet

[inkdrops]

[Her eyes instinctively squeeze shut the moment she sees that glint of metal, and Miyabi doesn't realize she also held her breath. Exhaling sharply, she realizes the pressure on her arm is gone, and brings her bloodied arm to her side. There's still thorns and pieces of vine still stuck in her skin, but her nods quickly.]

Y-Yes...I'll be fine, th-thank you. [But they can't stand along for too long, those thorns are coming back for round two, and this time Miyabi's prone on shutting them out, injured or not. And though the thorns try to sneak back in, Miyabi hacks through them (wincing as she does), and finally slams the door shut and locks it.] Let's go, you're still hurt yourself, worse than I am.

[gavemyword]

It's fine. [He looks around, sheathing his other sword to keep it from getting any dirtier. At least the thorns haven't gotten inside yet.] Let's go.

[Down they go. It's a straight shot to Nami's room but with Zoro leading, who knows where they'll end up.]

[inkdrops]

All right...

[She's not entirely convinced, but Miyabi doesn't say anything else. She can worry about Zoro and her own arm later, Nami and the unruly thorns take precedence. She wobbily sheaths her own blade with her less dominant arm and follows after him. It's probably because she's so distracted with her thoughts that Miyabi doesn't make the connection of Zoro leading anything anywhere = BAD (even in his own home), so she merely goes along with him, unconcerned and unsuspecting.]