[ sl, you are a perfect baby and yamato loves you, but you are also making things a lot harder right now. also everyone is dead! cool! ever become an orphan twice over in a fake cyoa? no? just yamato? cool ]
... Bastards...! [ he's snarling, ears pinned back, squaring up for the fight! he's lifting his knives but not rushing in because he has to stay standing in front of the baby so it doesn't DIE in an EXPLOSION like EVERYONE ELSE HE LOVES OR SPENDS MANY COMMENTS RESCUING ] What the hell do you mean, "Rae"? Rae sent you?!
[These strangers don't seem to feel obliged to answer Yamato. Instead, one pulls out a knife of their own (maybe they're out of bombs?) seems to... disappear in a blur of movement, before reappearing in front of Yamato. (Oh, looks like someone has superspeed as an ability.) Maybe Yamato should've been the one to attack first, because without hesitation, his attacker slashes across Yamato's face—hard enough to take out an eye.
The other is about to join their partner, when Ichinose appears on the scene. On instinct, they throw a knife at her, aiming to pierce her gut.]
[Wouldn't it be funny if she got stabbed in the gut and died right here and now? Wow.
But, nah. She moves quickly enough that the it's more of a glancing blow to her side, as opposed to a straight up knife to the gut. She hisses in pain, clutching her side with one hand while quickly pulling out two talismans with the other, throwing them both on the ground between her and her attacker.
None trust in RNG after the dud? Yeah. Don't die, Yamato.]
[ fast is the only thought yamato gets to have before he's rushed with a knife and there's searing pain on half his face. it's fine! scars make you look cool, right?? actually, no, it's not fine at all, and there's a strangled scream from him when it happens. the only lucky thing is this place granting him skills, so even as his head moves back with the blow he raises his right hand with the knife to try and hit back anywhere near their face in revenge-- though it's certainly gotten a lot harder to aim anything with blood over half his face and vision obscured because of it. it's clearly not because of anything else at all! nope! he's decided to not acknowledge that he's probably lost that eye because he will panic and actually die, so. priorities.
after that initial slash he's still got another knife and another swipe in him, this one aiming at their stomach. he's unfortunately aware that there is a baby behind him and he can't leap out of the way, which is problematic, but they have one knife and he has more so maybe, even without speed, it'll be fine??
sure. ]
Ichi... Ichinose-san! It was Rae, he's the one who sent them!
[From one talisman bursts forth the hand golem again, free for Ichinose to control. On the other hand, the other talisman summons an evil spirit... but having been thrown on the ground instead of on a person, it's not sure who it's supposed to curse? It's not entirely within Ichinose's control either, beyond knowing not to go after her, as it seems to ponder just... killing everyone here.
Yamato's attacker jumps back, resulting in Yamato's attack being mainly a skimming blow. They disappear again, their speed taking to them to Yamato's side as they launch a kick to knock Yamato to the ground.
The other assailant lunges towards Ichinose with another knife.]
What if she just uses the golem arm to yeet the evil spirit at the attacker? Would that give it a clue? If not, she's jumping out of her assailant's way to try and reach the evil spirit talisman so she can tear it the fuck up. Put it back. Whether or not she succeeds in any of this is in your hands, Jan.
But, anyway—]
Rae-san?! [Physical pain! Shock! Wow!] But we saved his life, why—?
[Because heterosexuality kills, Ichinose. Speaking of Rae, though, where the fuck did he go?]
I don't know! Right now, we need to get rid of these guys, first!
[ yamato has like, combat skills and a high roll from the dice i did right now, so when they vanish this time he expects it despite the bum eye and it's his cat-like (meow) reflexes that let him turn around and block their kick with his own raised leg, which is still painful and pushes him back but doesn't knock him down and gives him a chance to yeet a knife at them this time in the hopes of distracting them before he jumps, trying to tackle them to shove his other knife in their neck or something, he is not going to fuck around he was blinded two minutes ago.
also i just realized he had an explosion (two) right next to him so he's probably mildly deaf, it's fine. ]
[The golem hand just goes through the evil spirit, so unfortunately that fails. Tearing the talisman also does nothing, since that's actually one way of activating the talisman in the first place, oops.
Yamato successfully does all that. It's too late for me to be eloquent, I'm sorry. He shoves his knife into their neck, and they are now super dead. SL is safe!
As for the other assailant...
Well, Rae finally makes it onto the scene! At the sight of him, the attacker stops. The evil spirit rushes over to Rae, so maybe it's decided who it wants to curse... but then Rae just holds out a hand, and the evil spirit is purified upon contact, disappearing into particles of light.]
Kuon—! I told you... What? Why are you hurt...?
[He stares at her injury, before looking at the remaining assailant. Then, faster than you'd expect from a twink, he lunges at the attacker, wrenching the knife out of their hand before slitting their throat.]
I didn't say you could hurt her.
[Yay, both attackers are dead now! "Everyone else is dead" this ain't about them.
Oh, and I guess Ichinose and Yamato are alone (+ SL) with a yandere. Smiling at Ichinose while splattered in the other guy's blood, he speaks.]
Are you all right, Kuon? You're not too badly injured, are you?
Don't mind her. She absolutely inched closer to Yamato and SL while Rae was going ham on the other guy, making sure to stay in front of them just in case. Like, hello? Please cease with this racism?
She has one hand pressed to the injury on her side, and the other shoved in her pockets. Is the golem hand is still here?]
I'm alright. But the same can't be said for everyone else, eh? [Placidly. She is smiling at him like he is an abandoned water bottle at a park, wow. What the fuck is a yandere.] ... Are you upset over what happened at the lab? Because I have to say, super messy! You didn't have to get everyone else involved, Rae-san.
[ yamato, covered in blood and soot gently picks up SL with one arm, still holding a knife with the other. He ... is getting ready to run if they have to. he'd normally object to ichinose being in front of him but yeah! racist yandere! it might be a good idea. does it stop him from shouting and being angry? no! people are dead and he lost an eye!!! ]
What the hell do you want with Ichinose-san, anyway?!
[Please, he's not racist? He's equal opportunity murder?
Anyway. He just casually steps over his dead subordinate.]
Oh, them? They were distracting you, and I wanted to be the only one in your heart. [He pauses, before he looks up, as if thinking.] Hmmm... wait, I guess I should've asked first about your plans for the future before I had them killed, in case you were going to say you'd ditch them. Whoops! I just got impatient. Well, mistakes happen, right?
[Then, he turns to smile at them, holding out the bouquet of flowers he's still holding like he truly expects Ichinose to just accept them now. (He does. Why wouldn't she??)]
You see, what you said back in the lab really got to me! I don't have to kill myself over something that's just in my nature! It's normal to do what makes you happy, isn't it? To fall your heart's desire?
I spent my life doing what others wanted. [A hint of bitterness leaks into his voice.] I went along with everything the Director said, even when I hated it, because I didn't want him to be disappointed—and look at where that got everyone?
[He's back to all smiles. You can practically see the flowers radiating off of him.]
So, that's going to be my life's philosophy from now on! I'm going to do what makes me happy, and what makes me happy is following my love.
[Ichinose changed his life! And Yamato was there while it happened, ig.]
[—she shakes her head, pushing her fucking bafflement to the side.]
... That wasn't exactly what I meant.
[Sir, they worked hard to free those hybrids? Damn.]
I really wish you had told me first, Rae-san. Killing all these people is more than just a tiiiiny mistake. And not to mention, what you want won't ever be possible. After all... [She trails off for a second, lifting her bloodied hand to her chest. After all, she... lived a pretty okay life? Or did she? Didn't she? No, actually—] I don't have a heart. Your plans for the future were doomed from the start.
[This is maybe not the wisest thing to say to a yandere. But she quickly pulls the other hand out of her pocket, and slaps three talismans on his outstretched hand— the one holding the bouquet. Depending on how this goes, she is absolutely grabbing Yamato and trying to make a break for it. Purification powers... bad.]
[ yamato has been passively listening to this hellish confession and response like watching the world's worst heterosexual train wreck, partially because what the fuck and partially because he lost an eye recently and is kind of in shock about it still. also he really needs to concentrate to listen to anything. his explosion in his ears. but he has to speak up when Ichinose says that, because what the fuck is she talking about?
of course, then she is putting three talismans on the guy (deserved) but yamato has seen how those go so far? and so he's not going to wait for results to (sheet his knife and) grab ichinose with his free hand and make a break for it still holding the baby, because he has zero trust in these and also zero trust this guy won't just purify the talismans away like he did the other thing ]
[Rae doesn't look deterred by this rejection. Like, at all.]
Oh, that's fine. If you don't have a heart, then I don't have to worry about anyone else trying to steal it, right? I can work with that!
[But of the three talismans Ichinose slaps on him... one is a dud, one isn't a dud but isn't meant to work on people so it doesn't do anything, and the third doesn't appear to have any effect just yet.
Rae looks shocked?? He reaches out with his other hand???]
Wait, why are you running? Is this because I tried to have you killed? They didn't even succeed!
[WELP. Guess they're running!! Yamato is hopefully pulling her away before Rae can reach them, and she just waves goodbye and shouts back:]
A word of advice? It was never going to happen— and not just because of the assassins! Farewell, young one!
[Didn't he just hear her whole speech about how she's totally heartless and incapable of love? Wow. So rude. Anyway, byeeee! She will pull her weight as they run so Yamato and his one eye don't eat shit.]
[ and also with ichinose, but she is on his side so he will ask that Later. yamato's got his hands full which is tragic because he would send a knife back, but until then he's trying to lose that guy in the forest before things get Dire ]
Ichinose-san, if you want to throw more talismans, be my guest!
[ they aren't that helpful but he can't do much right now. he has a baby and one eye. he's having a time not running into branches already. ]
[Rae tries to run after them... and trips? Wow, that's weird.
Yamato and Ichinose will escape, along with SL. There is a series of unfortunate (?) accidents that happen to Rae that they don't see, preventing him from catching up.]
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... Bastards...! [ he's snarling, ears pinned back, squaring up for the fight! he's lifting his knives but not rushing in because he has to stay standing in front of the baby so it doesn't DIE in an EXPLOSION like EVERYONE ELSE HE LOVES OR SPENDS MANY COMMENTS RESCUING ] What the hell do you mean, "Rae"? Rae sent you?!
[ heterosexuality kills?! ]
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The other is about to join their partner, when Ichinose appears on the scene. On instinct, they throw a knife at her, aiming to pierce her gut.]
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But, nah. She moves quickly enough that the it's more of a glancing blow to her side, as opposed to a straight up knife to the gut. She hisses in pain, clutching her side with one hand while quickly pulling out two talismans with the other, throwing them both on the ground between her and her attacker.
None trust in RNG after the dud? Yeah. Don't die, Yamato.]
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after that initial slash he's still got another knife and another swipe in him, this one aiming at their stomach. he's unfortunately aware that there is a baby behind him and he can't leap out of the way, which is problematic, but they have one knife and he has more so maybe, even without speed, it'll be fine??
sure. ]
Ichi... Ichinose-san! It was Rae, he's the one who sent them!
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Yamato's attacker jumps back, resulting in Yamato's attack being mainly a skimming blow. They disappear again, their speed taking to them to Yamato's side as they launch a kick to knock Yamato to the ground.
The other assailant lunges towards Ichinose with another knife.]
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What if she just uses the golem arm to yeet the evil spirit at the attacker? Would that give it a clue? If not, she's jumping out of her assailant's way to try and reach the evil spirit talisman so she can tear it the fuck up. Put it back. Whether or not she succeeds in any of this is in your hands, Jan.
But, anyway—]
Rae-san?! [Physical pain! Shock! Wow!] But we saved his life, why—?
[Because heterosexuality kills, Ichinose. Speaking of Rae, though, where the fuck did he go?]
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[ yamato has like, combat skills and a high roll from the dice i did right now, so when they vanish this time he expects it despite the bum eye and it's his cat-like (meow) reflexes that let him turn around and block their kick with his own raised leg, which is still painful and pushes him back but doesn't knock him down and gives him a chance to yeet a knife at them this time in the hopes of distracting them before he jumps, trying to tackle them to shove his other knife in their neck or something, he is not going to fuck around he was blinded two minutes ago.
also i just realized he had an explosion (two) right next to him so he's probably mildly deaf, it's fine. ]
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Yamato successfully does all that. It's too late for me to be eloquent, I'm sorry. He shoves his knife into their neck, and they are now super dead. SL is safe!
As for the other assailant...
Well, Rae finally makes it onto the scene! At the sight of him, the attacker stops. The evil spirit rushes over to Rae, so maybe it's decided who it wants to curse... but then Rae just holds out a hand, and the evil spirit is purified upon contact, disappearing into particles of light.]
Kuon—! I told you... What? Why are you hurt...?
[He stares at her injury, before looking at the remaining assailant. Then, faster than you'd expect from a twink, he lunges at the attacker, wrenching the knife out of their hand before slitting their throat.]
I didn't say you could hurt her.
[Yay, both attackers are dead now! "Everyone else is dead" this ain't about them.
Oh, and I guess Ichinose and Yamato are alone (+ SL) with a yandere. Smiling at Ichinose while splattered in the other guy's blood, he speaks.]
Are you all right, Kuon? You're not too badly injured, are you?
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What the fuck, my dude.
Don't mind her. She absolutely inched closer to Yamato and SL while Rae was going ham on the other guy, making sure to stay in front of them just in case. Like, hello? Please cease with this racism?
She has one hand pressed to the injury on her side, and the other shoved in her pockets. Is the golem hand is still here?]
I'm alright. But the same can't be said for everyone else, eh? [Placidly. She is smiling at him like he is an abandoned water bottle at a park, wow. What the fuck is a yandere.] ... Are you upset over what happened at the lab? Because I have to say, super messy! You didn't have to get everyone else involved, Rae-san.
[No, he's just heterosexual.]
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What the hell do you want with Ichinose-san, anyway?!
[ can't relate to het? ]
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Anyway. He just casually steps over his dead subordinate.]
Oh, them? They were distracting you, and I wanted to be the only one in your heart. [He pauses, before he looks up, as if thinking.] Hmmm... wait, I guess I should've asked first about your plans for the future before I had them killed, in case you were going to say you'd ditch them. Whoops! I just got impatient. Well, mistakes happen, right?
[Then, he turns to smile at them, holding out the bouquet of flowers he's still holding like he truly expects Ichinose to just accept them now. (He does. Why wouldn't she??)]
You see, what you said back in the lab really got to me! I don't have to kill myself over something that's just in my nature! It's normal to do what makes you happy, isn't it? To fall your heart's desire?
I spent my life doing what others wanted. [A hint of bitterness leaks into his voice.] I went along with everything the Director said, even when I hated it, because I didn't want him to be disappointed—and look at where that got everyone?
[He's back to all smiles. You can practically see the flowers radiating off of him.]
So, that's going to be my life's philosophy from now on! I'm going to do what makes me happy, and what makes me happy is following my love.
[Ichinose changed his life! And Yamato was there while it happened, ig.]
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Ahaha, what?
[What? What?? THE BLANKEST OF STARES. WHAT??? She just looks between him and the bouquet like she's having a hell of a trip.
But then—]
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... That wasn't exactly what I meant.
[Sir, they worked hard to free those hybrids? Damn.]
I really wish you had told me first, Rae-san. Killing all these people is more than just a tiiiiny mistake. And not to mention, what you want won't ever be possible. After all... [She trails off for a second, lifting her bloodied hand to her chest. After all, she... lived a pretty okay life? Or did she? Didn't she? No, actually—] I don't have a heart. Your plans for the future were doomed from the start.
[This is maybe not the wisest thing to say to a yandere. But she quickly pulls the other hand out of her pocket, and slaps three talismans on his outstretched hand— the one holding the bouquet. Depending on how this goes, she is absolutely grabbing Yamato and trying to make a break for it. Purification powers... bad.]
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[ yamato has been passively listening to this hellish confession and response like watching the world's worst heterosexual train wreck, partially because what the fuck and partially because he lost an eye recently and is kind of in shock about it still. also he really needs to concentrate to listen to anything. his explosion in his ears. but he has to speak up when Ichinose says that, because what the fuck is she talking about?
of course, then she is putting three talismans on the guy (deserved) but yamato has seen how those go so far? and so he's not going to wait for results to (sheet his knife and) grab ichinose with his free hand and make a break for it still holding the baby, because he has zero trust in these and also zero trust this guy won't just purify the talismans away like he did the other thing ]
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Oh, that's fine. If you don't have a heart, then I don't have to worry about anyone else trying to steal it, right? I can work with that!
[But of the three talismans Ichinose slaps on him... one is a dud, one isn't a dud but isn't meant to work on people so it doesn't do anything, and the third doesn't appear to have any effect just yet.
Rae looks shocked?? He reaches out with his other hand???]
Wait, why are you running? Is this because I tried to have you killed? They didn't even succeed!
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A word of advice? It was never going to happen— and not just because of the assassins! Farewell, young one!
[Didn't he just hear her whole speech about how she's totally heartless and incapable of love? Wow. So rude. Anyway, byeeee! She will pull her weight as they run so Yamato and his one eye don't eat shit.]
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[ and also with ichinose, but she is on his side so he will ask that Later. yamato's got his hands full which is tragic because he would send a knife back, but until then he's trying to lose that guy in the forest before things get Dire ]
Ichinose-san, if you want to throw more talismans, be my guest!
[ they aren't that helpful but he can't do much right now. he has a baby and one eye. he's having a time not running into branches already. ]
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Yamato and Ichinose will escape, along with SL. There is a series of unfortunate (?) accidents that happen to Rae that they don't see, preventing him from catching up.]
I'll see you later, Kuon!!
[Away they go, though... and so, time passes.]