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Your expression sad and full of pain-- [CLOSED]

WHO: Tatsuma, Souji, Noah, Orion, possibly Matt
WHERE: An ill-fated bar.
WHEN: Evening of December 24th
WHAT: Tatsuma goes on a roaring rampage of revenge and gets... entirely the wrong person in an attempt to find his grandparents' killer. More reasonable people attempt to help stop his bad life choices.
WARNINGS: Violence!

[He finds the bar eventually, stopping in countless parking lots up until his discovery in an attempt to find the car he seeks. It's exactly as described; same model and make, black and all the darker due to the lack of light, yellow streaking its frame due to the glow of the light from the bar's windows.

Hood up, he approaches the bar without hesitation, lips pressed in a line, teeth grit tightly. The bouncer sees him approach and immediately calls out to him - hey kid, if he wants in, he's gonna need an ID - but the words fall on deaf words.

Among other things, the app had given him powers. A strength beyond what most humans were capable of was one. Speed of a similar caliber was another. He uses both to grab and fling the bouncer out the door as though he were no more than a ragdoll.

The resulting cry and crash is enough to bring silence to the bar patrons, heads swiveling as Tatsuma steps inside. The hood remains up, his voice no longer shaking but instead - flat, low. Threatening.]

Black Toyota Highlander. Who's is it?

["The fuck are you?" comes a response. It attracts Tatsuma's eyes immediately, and he wastes no time marching up to the man and grabbing him by the front of his shirt effortlessly.]

Is it yours? Answer me!

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[ since tatsuma has gotten that phone call, souji has ensured to stay by tatsuma's side the entire time. he knows that during times like these, you need to have someone to support you and to keep you grounded, but what he didn't expect was for tatsuma to go on this dangerous quest of vengeance. tatsuma hiyuu, the calm, quiet, and passive boy who would rather stand there and have a group of reporters belittle him while asking for his details on his past rather than doing something. the same boy who would barely speak up his thoughts and put forth suggestions on what to do... is now charging through the city like a raging bull. ]

[ it's not like souji can particularly blame him. after all, he's once been in similar shoes in his past life, but he knows that it goes nowhere. the guilt never goes away and it's never worth it in the end, to deal with whatever consequences that arise from a reckless attempt to get revenge, so he sticks to tatsuma like glue, trying to convince him at every turn and every moment that he shouldn't do this. to let him know that souji understands but this isn't the way to handle it. he's ignored however and when they get to the bar, souji is starting to get desperate in getting him to stop. ]

[ he doesn't spend too much time looking over the bouncer's condition after tatsuma throws him to the side. he merely checks quickly to make sure that he isn't seriously hurt and then trails in afterwards. his focus is to make sure that tatsuma doesn't get into any trouble or gets himself hurt, and when he sees him already beginning to pick a fight, souji rushes forward ]

Tatsuma!

[ he grabs onto tatsuma's shoulder, trying to pull him back and off from the man ]

[The second Orion gets the image of the bar, he instantly maps it and arrives to the bar as quickly as he can. He barely flashes an ID at the.... Holy shit, is that bouncer down? Looks like he's late for the fight. So, yea. In he goes. Only to see Tatsuma grabbing someone by the collar. And hen someone trying to stop him.

Orion hesitates, if only briefly. He's not sure what part of the scuffle they're in, but he's going to try to make his way to Tatsuma. If Tatsuma needs someone on his side to beat someone's teeth in, he'll definitely help. He's never been afraid to get his hands a little dirty. And, clearly whoever these people that were killed are, they were important to him. He would never hold revenge against someone else.

But he steps up behind Souji, uncertain of the situation as he is, and calls out to Tatsuma.]

Are we beating up both of them, or just the one you got in your hands? Just tell me where you need me.

[The other one to be beat up being Souji himself. Sorry dude.]

[Noah had been on his way to a Christmas dinner when he had that conversation with Tatsuma, causing him to make an immediate detour towards where Tatsuma's direction. He was lucky that Timcanpy was great at tracking, or he'd have no chance of finding him in a city this size.

But not long after these guys arrive, Timcanpy stops in front of a bar that has a bouncer on the ground]

Fuck-

[He should check on the bouncer, but if Tatsuma is throwing people around? They were going to need super strength to stop him. He runs into the bar, just in time to hear Orion's question. Shit. He knows that guy. He was at Fai's party earlier, and it sounds like he's gunning for a fight-- and talking about Souji.

He is going to get such an earful from Fai later. Fuck. Doing the right thing sucks.]

You're not beating up anyone! Are you outta your fucking minds?! Stop this!

[Luckily(???), Tatsuma's not much in the mood to communicate anything, really, which is why he only takes the opportunity to shake off Souji's grip in favor of pushing the man off balance in his seat, stuck between either falling to the ground or facing a newly raised fist.]

Tell me!

[There's an almost guttural tone to it, and the man raises his hands, trying to pry Tatsuma's from his shirt. Seriously, the fuck are you--

Other bar patrons are getting to their feet now, intent on breaking up the fight. A few are eyeing the newcomers warily, as though preparing to deal with them, too, should it come to it.

None of them have a single clue what these guys are capable of.]

[ while souji doesn't recognize orion, he can only assume that he's a friend (or at least someone on tatsuma's side) but when he spots noah barging in and everyone else raising from their seats, he knows that this is going to get messy real fast. he doesn't try grabbing onto tatsuma's shoulder from behind again but instead, he moves to be diagonally in front of him, placing a hand on tatsuma's wrist (the one holding onto the man's shirt) ]

Tatsuma, let him go! This isn't the way to handle it!

[Oh, look. It's Noah. Orion gives a short stare at Noah's direction, before returning his observations to Tatsuma and... everything else going on over here.

From what he can tell, Souji's a good guy and is... trying to talk Tatsuma out of it?

Okay, that's fine. He disagrees about this not being the way to solve it. But that's fine. This is probably one of those friends who doesn't want to see their friend get blood on their hands.

Tatsuma seems (probably?) pretty convinced that this guy's the killer. And if this guy doesn't want Tatsuma fighting, then... Well, that would make it his cue here to do something, right? He's got this.

He moves over to the man that looks like he's about to get his lights knocked out by Tatsuma, and moves to grab that man by the collar, sticking his arm between Tatsuma and the man. Might be dangerous, depending how badly Tatsuma wants to be the one that destroys this guy, but... honestly, Orion's not bothered by that even a little.]

Look, how about I beat him senseless, and you can interrogate him? That way your friend stops freaking out. [He nods his head in Souji's direction.] I can make sure he's hospitalised before the night is over, if you want.

What the hell-

[Okay, so these guys are content on ignoring him. He's not even sure why Orion's here, but the guy is gunning for a fight.

Fine. He can give him one.

While he lets Souji try to handle Tatsuma? Noah walks over and grabs Orion by the arm he's using to hold onto the man with his left hand. Then he proceed to yank Orion not just hard enough to make him let go, but to toss him aside onto the floor of the bar. There's barely any effort put into this move- clearly someone's a lot stronger than he looks.]

I said you're not beating up anyone!

[ how odasaku had gotten here, was simply good ( or bad ) luck. unable to stop tatsuma from his need for revenge, he had decided to give up and have a drink.

he just didn’t think that he would end up walking in to an actual barfight. orion basically crashes on the wall next to the door sakutarou stands, shocked.

but it’s not just the fight that has odasaku troubled, but the sight of tatsuma holding a man by the cuff of the neck, with someone else holding that same wrist. running, he hooks his arms under tatsum’s, trying to hold him back. ]

Hey! Let him go!!

[The grabs come as a surprise, and he does release the man to drop unceremoniously to the ground - but Tatsuma reacts with surprising speed, lifting a leg to slam his foot into Oda's leg and pulling forward in an attempt to free himself from the man's grip.

He's been stopped, but only for the moment. Still, it's a moment the other bar patrons take note of, and many begin to press in on the group in an attempt to put a stop to the troublemakers and haul them out.]

[ souji keeps a deadly tight grip on tatsuma's wrist, deciding not to let go for anything (if he could help it) so when odasaku pulls tatsuma back, lifting his arms up, souji's own arm goes up as well. whether or not tatsuma's attempt to break free works or not, souji is determined to keep hold of his wrist. however, the other bar patrons start to crowd them in and when one of their hands is placed on his shoulder, souji doesn't try to fight it off. instead, he just looks at tatsuma then to the rest of the non-npcs ]

Guys, let's just leave.

[ he needs to talk to tatsuma and he'd rather just avoid a bar fight, especially if they're not 100% sure if the suspected man is really the true culprit ]

[Okay, Orion expected to be flung by Tatuma. But definitely not Noah. And he just gives a grunt as he skids on the floor before sitting back up. Honestly, Orion's impressed. Add Noah to the list of people to street fight later for giggles.

And, well, by the time he gets up and gets ready to get back in whatever fray, he sees the patrons gathering around them. And that Tatsuma just kicked this other guy's legs. Ow.

As far as the let's just leave thing, though. He's going to take a moment to debate on that.

....Yea, he doesn't want to leave a perfectly good bar fight. But, that would be different circumstances if he was on his own, or Hell, if the group of people he was backing decided to go all out. But this isn't focused on him. This is Tatsuma's fight. And that's exactly who he's going to look to as far as who's calling the shots here.]

Well?

[He looks dead at Tatsuma for the answer. If Tatsuma wants to stay and kick ass, he's there. If Tatsuma agrees to leave, then yea, he'll agree to leave without a fight.]

[Noah meanwhile is keeping an eye on Orion while Souji and the other guy are focused on Tatsuma. He winces when he sees Tatsuma kick that other guy, but at least it gets the man Tatsuma was holding free. As the person scrambles on the ground away from Tatsuma, Noah steps in front of him- ready to shield him off from any attacks.

Trying to keep an eye on Orion sure does make him notice the crowd gathering. Fuck. They do not need to get into a giant bar fight. Especially when at least three of them were under 21, and Noah was very much still a minor.]

Souji's right. We should leave now.

[ the kick hurt. it hurt enough for odasaku to actually yelp in pain and for him to lose his balance for a slight moment. but the urgency of the situation held him back from letting go of tatsuma.

if anything, it only made his grip tighter. knowing how angry he was only made it more necessary to hold him back from doing any harm to anyone else. if he had to be the kicking bag, then so be it.

or that is until souji actually says they need to leave. it’s a good idea, yeah— wait, is this person actually asking tatsuma if they should leave?! ]

We’re leaving. [ he’s not going to let tatsuma say anything. in fact, sakutarou will even tug him back, as an attempt to drag him out. ]

[Tatsuma continues to struggle as he's dragged, his voice rough with his rage.]

Let me go!

[It's brief, but red lines appear over his skin (albeit sans the glowing eyes) as he slams his foot once more into Oda's leg with enough force to bring out a sickening crunch. Occupied with that as he is, his only aim is to free himself, but--

He doesn't notice the man he'd assailed backing up in order to find something, anything to use to defend himself. His hand settles on a bottle, and he rushes back into the fray, holding it by its neck in order to send it sailing for Tatsuma's head. It connects with a crack, and Tatsuma goes limp for the moment, stunned and dizzy even as blood immediately begins to pour from his temple.

Fleeing would definitely be a good choice around now.]

[ so many things are happening at once that souji barely has the time to react to them all but the moment that he sees the bottle smash over tatsuma's head, everything stops and his self-control goes out the window. he finally lets go of tatsuma's wrist and the same hand reaches forward to grab hold of the assailant's shirt. he pulls him over and throws a punch straight at the man's face, letting him go to stumble and fall to the ground. the rest of the patrons, friends of the man, roar in outrage and all hell break loose. ]

[ one grabs souji and tries to hold him still to allow another punches him square in the face, while the rest attempts to go after the group. it's clear that this group of kids is getting what's coming to them and that they need to get their asses handed to them for causing all this trouble, so the patrons begin to throw their own punches at the group, just aiming recklessly at anyone they can get. ]

[Orion saw the bottle break over Tatsuma's head, and he was just about to turn and kick the culprit in the chest over it. But, it looks like Souji beat him to it, and then, before he can do anything else, the patrons are in a frenzy.

Shit.

He shouldn't do this. He really shouldn't do this, because this is a bad idea. But Tatsuma's hurt and the fun is over. Tatsuma needs help, needs to get out, and well... he'll be damned if he's going to let this carry on.

So, he kicks away someone grabbing at him before reaching back and under his hoodie. He does it as quick as he can, pointing a gun at the ceiling, and fires a shot before trying to hastily tuck it back into it's hiding place. He's hoping no one saw that it was him who pulled the gun.

And some of the crowd scatters with screams.]

Get him out! NOW!

[He's looking at you, Odasaku and Souji. And he'll lunge at any patron that comes in range of trying to attack them.]

[So much happened at once, that it was hard to react to. He'd been so focused on Tatsuma going at Oda that he didn't notice the man with the bottle until it was too late. He tried to lunge in that direction to stop it, but he's too slow]

Are you fucking craz--!!

[He starts yelling ready to pull the guy away, but then Souji PUNCHES the guy, causing the guy's friends to start going at them. Dammit, this was bad. He lifts his own arm to shield from punches- not willing to throw any of his own on account of not wanting to accidentally kill anyone.

And just when Noah thought it couldn't get worse, he hears a gun go off. The loud bang makes him jump.]

Fuck! [EVERY STEREOTYPE ABOUT AMERICA IS RIGHT] A gun?!

[He has no idea who fired the gun, but it's a cue that they really need to get out. Noah had wanted to avoid a blatant use of his powers, but well, his desire not to get shot is much larger than that.]

Shit shit [He yanks off his left glove, revealing for a moment a deformed red hand with black nails] Innocence, activate!

[With a crackle of green energy, his red hand transforms into a massive claw. He focuses to try to make it as large as he can. A few patrons scream because hey, GIANT MONSTER CLAW, but no time to worry about that.

Moving fast, he darts towards Oda, Souji and Tatsuma. With a flick of his claw, he sends the guy holding onto Souji flying into a crowd of people]

Sorry! [Now then] We're getting out!

[His claw reaches out for the three, grabbing them (and a bar stool) like some sort of giant claw machine. The hold is tight, but he's trying very hard not to cut them with the sharp tip of his fingers, or crush them in his grip (it's up to you how successful he is, but it shouldn't be anything deadly). Gentle isn't exactly his nature, okay.

Once they are in his grip? He's making a run for the door. He'll let go once they reach the street, probably. Orion is...well, still back in the bar. Have fun? He'll grab you next if you don't escape. ]

Edited 2017-12-30 21:33 (UTC)

[ odasaku doesn’t realize that the sickening crack comes from his leg until he feels the throbbing pain coming from it. he lets go of tatsuma as he collapses on the floor, not realizing the assailant with the bottle until it’s too late and tatsuma is on the ground unconscious.

and when he sees souji punch the man, only one word goes through sakutarou’s mind: fuck.

despite the pain, he reaches to grab tatsuma by the cuff of the shirt, doing the damned best to pull him closer and (most impprtantly) away from the fight. people are fighting, his leg is broken, and now he has a barely conscious person in his arms. this can’t get worse.

then orion fires a gun and sakutarou feels like his heart is about to jump out of his chest. if this fight escalates any further, oda’s not sure if he would be able to protect tatsuma or anyone there. but all of those doubts are deafened when he sees noah’s arm turn into a goddamn claw. luckily enough, the shock prevents him from fighting back when he (and tatsuma) are picked up and dragged away.

when he’s let go, oda is still clinging to tatsuma on the floor. his leg hurts but he’s doing his best to fight through the pain. ]

We—fuck—need to take him somewhere. A hospital or something. [ same with you, sakutarou ]

[Orion locks onto a few people, with punches and kicks flying everywhere. He's holding his own pretty damn well, even though he's definitely going to have bruises to show for it. And, for some of it, he seems to be genuinely enjoying himself. Even if Tatsuma's safety is first priourity.

But yes, he seems to be stuck in a particular squabble. Though, uh... what's Noah doing?]

Jesus Fucking Christ! The Hell is that thing!?!

[He throws the person he's fighting back into the crowd. And all he wants to do is nope as he mentally checks if he took his meds today. He's pretty sure he did.

So... that thing probably... isn't an hallucination. He thinks. This still isn't okay.

Unfortunately, this leaves Orion wide open, and someone wraps their arm around his neck. And Orion kicks him in the knees to try and get out. He's still got to get to the door. Damn.]

[Everything seems to blur after the bottle hits, everything whooshing around him as he falls. He's vaguely aware as his surroundings go from warm to the cold of the outdoors, but even that hardly registers, because inside is cold, cold, cold, almost numb save for that sole desire, the one thing he has left to hold on to--

But he's still so dizzy, and even when he's outside he woozily raises a hand to his head, somewhat surprised when blood quickly soaks into the dark blue of his glove.

There's so much... But he still raises his eyes to the windows of the bar they'd only just exited, already trying and failing to get to his feet once more. No. He can't give up now. He's still got to...]

[ Something or rather someone drops down from the roof of the bar and throws the door open. The angry patrons who were about to chase the troublemakers outside halt in their tracks at the strange sight, a man covered head to toe in red body armor is standing there and raising a hand. ]

Don't do it! The police are on their way! Stay here! Let the last one of them walk out or you're all spending the night behind bars and for some of you, that will be strike number three and you'll miss Christmas on the outside.

[ "They started it!" "They're dangerous!" ]

You think the police are going to care who started it if you beat them bloody in the parking lot? Do you want to bet your odds of ending up in the hospital against the kid with the giant arm? Stand down!

[ knocked dizzy from the barrage of punches, souji doesn't realize what's happening until he's outside back in the cold. even as noah lets him go onto the pavement, souji stays kneeled down with a hand to his head, giving himself a second for the world to stop spinning. once it does, he looks up and... ]

[ ... who is he? that man in red armour? souji didn't even see or hear him coming. well, whoever that is, at least it seems like he's on their side so they can figure out the details later. orion is still indoors and someone needs to get him out, but souji's focus has to be here, on oda and tatsuma, and he moves to kneel down in front of them.]

Stay still.

[ souji raises his hand and a tarot card, engulfed in blue flames, materializes from thin air and falls down into his palm. he crushes it and with a gust of wind, kohryu forms above him. the large dragon lowers its head until it's just above the group and as souji nods his head at it, kohryu nods as well. at that moment, oda and tatsuma (noah too if you're nearby btw) will feel a surge of warm energy flowing through them. small cuts and bruises will magically heal on their own and while oda's broken leg and tatsuma's large gash on his head remains, the pain will lessen and become tolerable. ]

[ at this point, sakutarou has nothing else to think or comment. they’re outside, maybe, but the fight continues only meters away from them. he can’t bring himself to relax, especially when tatsuma continues trying to stand up despite the large gash on his head.

so when sakutarou sees the man in red armor from the corner of his eye, he only sighs and hopes that things would go as easily as they did the first time they had met. and despite the sight of....that thing besides souji, sakutarou is more than thankful when he feels the pain from his leg lessen just slightly. ]

The guy in red... I’ve seen him before. Helped me stop a mugging.

[After dumping them all on the ground, he looks at the injuries. They definitely need a doctor or--

Well, a giant healing dragon works too. Noah only looks a little surprised- he remembered Yu using that same dragon on him a few months ago. Makes sense his twin would have the same power.

The guy in red however? Gets a real weird look. He's seen people using powers- but a full superhero suit??? ]

This town is really full of fucking weird people.

[Says the kid with the giant claw arm who just shrugged off a dragon being summon, completely unaware of the irony of his statement. But no matter for that, he glances back at his group he dragged out-]

One, two, three-- shit. Forgot one.

[He'll look in the direction of the bar to see Orion near the doorway, trying to fight off some people. With a huff, he'll step at an angle so he doesn't hit the guy in red, and extendhis claw long out so he can make a grab for Orion to drag his ass out here]

[Who's the guy in red? Although, Orion's definitely grateful, mostly, when the crowd stops trying to attack him for a moment.

Orion chuffs a laugh, his voice even.]

Is this the part where I say my hero?

[Excuse Orion's snark. He's still in a bit of his fighting mood. It'll take a bit for that to wear off, when he's no longer in the threat of it all.

And then that big claw comes for him. Oh, geez, why?! And it pulls him out of the fray before he can think about it too terribly much. When he's dropped back outside, the look of terror he had a moment ago begins to fade.]

Uh... Thanks, I guess.

[He doesn't know what to do about that... thing.]

[The healing helps, even if it doesn't completely stem the flow of blood. The pain clears just enough, and the dizziness finally begins to fade, enough for him to focus again.

There's another attempt to stand, but he's weak, physically and emotionally, his body finally giving into the toll and leaving him shaking.

Quiet, gentle - these are the types of words normally used to describe him, and until now, they were perfectly accurate.

The sound he makes now is far from it, an agonized wail. Because despite everything he worked for, despite his very best efforts, his grandparents no longer exist in this world, never would again, and he could do nothing.

He's stopped moving, hands to his face as he continues to make that miserable sound. Jury's out whether or not this is precisely a good thing, with the surroundings as tense as they are, but he's too far lost to even take note.]

[ The vigilante almost smiles at Orion's jokes. He has a crowd to intimidate still so he fights back any laughter. He stays where he is while the crowd looks on, more of them looking confused or even frightened than angry.

People inside the bar can hear when Tatsuma starts to wail, they seem frozen, others turn back to their drinks in an attempt to ignore it. The vigilante steps back from the doorway. ]

Nobody inside or out until the authorities get here or you'll answer to me.

[ And with that he closes the bar doors and turns to the group. ]

Get out of here and get to a hospital now. The police will be here shortly.

[ souji's heart breaks at the sound of tatsuma's wails and he kneels down in front of him, pulling him into a tight hug. he says nothing to him, just holding him close, and then looks up at the rest of the group (sans vigilante) ]

Anyone who needs to go to a hospital, I'll take you there with Kohryu.

[ kohryu = giant dragon who lowers himself on the ground if anyone takes souji up on his offer ]

In addition, if any of you run into any sort of trouble, as a result of this or in the near future, please contact me and I will do my best to help.

[ sakutarou's breath hitches when he hears the first sob from tatsuma. his eyes widen, his body motionless-- all he can do is listen to those despaired wails fill the space around them, helpless.

he wonders if that's how his other self had felt when he lost the children. did he feel that same pain? that same anger? most likely, if he had been willing get revenge--

the vigilante's and souji's voices are the ones that manage to snap him out of his daze. ah, right-- the police...and his leg. though he wonders how the rest of the city will deal with the sight of a giant dragon, another part of him doesn't care. he's exhausted both physically and mentally. ]

Hospital sounds good. [ he'll try to steady himself up with one good leg to make his way to the dragon. the broken one throbs dully in complaint, but it's nothing bad.

turning back, he eyes the vigilante, noah, and souji, sighing. he has questions, but right now is not a time to ask ] Thanks.

[The moment Orion is safely out, Noah lets go and deactivates his claw, returning it back to a normal arm. Hearing Tatsuma's sobs...it hurts to hear. The pain he must be going through right now, he remembers feeling that level of pain from Allen's memories.

There's going to be no easy fix for this.

But Noah isn't injured, so there's no point in him taking a spot on the dragon. He shakes his head at Souji]

You guys go ahead and get to the hospital, I'll catch up later.

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