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Azumi knew better than to bow to such manipulations as a voice within her mind. The fact that she could recognize said voice helped her to focus. There was something about this place, somehow it wasn't real. So if it was an illusion... she could let loose, get out of here as soon as possible. Still... could she risk falling into the trap lain out, killing so blatantly?

She matched the assailant move for move, block to kick to punch to stab to deflection and more. It kept up for quite some time until she managed to get in close. Azumi kicked up at the woman with one leg, which was then grabbed. Before it could be damaged, she spun quickly, using the woman's own weight against her and slamming her other leg into the side of her head, slamming her to the ground. Knowing she was not unconscious, the soldier wrapped her legs around the arm that had grabbed her leg, and, using the legs as leverage, snapped her arm backwards, breaking it. As she heard the scream of pain, she followed it up by standing up and grabbing a leg, breaking that as well by using her foot as leverage.

While it was possible the woman would get up, it was unlikely that she would be in the fight very efficiently.

(Either she gets up anyway, or there's a situation that requires her to kill or someone else will die, I think. Your call, Z.

For the record, the magic does work. It's just that she will be able to be directly influenced if Lidia gets a direct touch instead of with armor covering.)
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As much as Rikka wanted to see if her powers could break Azumi free of the darkness, she was having some trouble getting over there. The minions just kept swarming her and since she still couldn't fly over there yet, it means that she has to clear a path first. The angel scowled as she whipped away another of the minions. With a flick of the whip she grabbed another one and tossed it into a few more creating one big pile.

"Yes I can see that." Rikka said as she rolled her eyes. "Just sitting here trying to make a path through these things is going to take far too long. We are going to need something big to go and help Azumi."
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Batman knew that Rikka was making a very valid point. These things were unrelenting, and they wouldn't stop. Their tenacity, coupled with the numbers which didn't seem to diminish, was quickly turning this into a battle of attrition. To allow the woman to push on towards the dark dome, they needed a grand gesture. At a time like this, Clark would have swooped and blown them all away with a breath.

Epiphany strikes from on high. He knew ALFRED wouldn't be pleased with this, but he had little choice. "Bat-G, command override Delta Charlie-75. Descend and fire on my mark." Punching back a few more of the young girl's minions, he can hear the rapid descent of his vessel. "Cover your ears! Things are going to get loud!" Looking up, he taps his cowl, disabling his ability to hear any kind of sound. As such, he doesn't heat the 'WHIRRR' as a pair of cannons drop down under the nose of his vessel. While he cannot hear, he can still feel the force of his devices, which he called Decibel Cannons. Designed to generate a maximum of 200 decibels of force and sustain that level for 5 minutes, they were powerful, non-lethal deterrent. However, his command override had it set for on 75 percent of that maximum output. Enough power to cause intense pain, not just to the ears, but to the body. And right away, he can see the effect, as the various minions begins to flinch and shriek in pain (though he himself could not hear it) And yes, he could feel the vibrations, as well. Did it hurt? Yes, it did. He was fighting back nausea and the feeling of his whole body vibrating.

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Inside of the dome, one of the assassins grabs a hold of the dapperly dressed older gentleman and lifts him up, bringing a knife just under his throat. Likewise, the three other assassins grab their own targets and hold knives to their own necks, ea. Though laying on the ground, the crippled assassin smirks. "Choose, Sabh. The first you stop will save that one. The others will be cut down."

"Oooh... Tough choice there, isn't it? Now, come on... make a choice. Stop one and have three allies die? Or kill all four to save them all?" A small hand reaches out, touching the back of the young lady's helmet. If only she could get the armor off... "Friend or foe? Family or fiend?" Before she can speak again and possibly coax the helmet off of the young lady, she begins to scream. "AAAAIIIIIEEEEEEE!" As soon as she screams, the illusion cast begins to waver, the images flickering into and out of sight, and herself struggling to stay hidden.
Edited by I Am Mr. Z!, Jan 7 2015, 03:46 PM.
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Azumi tensed as she tried to decide. Of course, in this situation, she couldn't fault herself in killing, right? She couldn't be held accountable if she did try to kill, did kill the assassins. They could be brought back. They were in the Society, so it was possible. Yes, Batman would be angry with her, but spilling blood to prevent her family's deaths was the kind of decision she was willing to make. She raised her gun, ready to fire at each of the assassins in turn. She was even ignoring the feeling on her armor, the hands reaching up. She had to prevent this first, then she would deal with that afterwards. She was ready to squeeze the trigger...

...when the scream came. She saw the scene flicker, and scowled, turning the gun toward the source of the scream without turning her head, just using the smart-linked scope directly to her VISR, and fired, hoping she hit her mark without needn't to turn.

Finally, a voice came to her, static momentarily overriding it, but coalescing at last into a steady voice that appeared to come from the illusory Alfred's mouth. However, the tone and the gender of the voice were completely at odds with it.

"Get out of there, you idiot, before she rips off the helmet!"

(Sorin, you can have Rikka be the one to break the barrier.)
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Rikka knew that she should heed Batman's warning so she covered her ears. Seeing Batman's weapon in action was incredibly impressive though Rikka was having some trouble hearing as well. Using ones hands to cover their ears can only do so much when against a sound based weapon. Still it did its purpose and incapacitated all of Lidia's minions. That left the path open to Rikka right to the sphere of darkness in front of them.

Rikka dashed toward it as she gathered up enough of the light energy that she could. She had only really used it to empower her attacks and use some minor illusions so she wasn't too sure how well this was going to work other than being light it should oppose the darkness. The angel twirled her scepter back into being a sphere and stabbed it right at the dome of darkness.
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Batman watches as Rikka makes her strike against the dark dome. At the point where the light and darkness struck, cracks of light began to spread outwards, covering the entirety of the dome. It holds for a few moments, before it shatters, sending ebony shrapnel outwards before said shrapnel dissipates. From the point of the dome shattering, an excessively loud scream emanates. As the Dark Knight reaches for a Batarang, he stops. The young lady who instigated this was lying in the fetal position, rocking back and forth, clutching her left arm as a light stream of red and black liquid spurts out from between her fingers.

All Lidia can do is rock back and forth, whimpering as she clutches at her left arm in pain. The lady shot her. SHOT HER! She was stunned that she lost... AGAIN! First to that irritating pink-wearing Precious... now to this? Why? Why was she failing?
Edited by I Am Mr. Z!, Jan 14 2015, 10:55 AM.
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Azumi stood, her vision clearing as she again saw the true battlefield. She glanced to her adopted father and her...well, her something, the angel, grateful that they were alright. However, directly after, she aimed her gun down at the girl, scowling, but not removing her helmet to let it be seen.

"That was the last time you'll lay a hand on me," she spat, but the soldier did not fire. Instead, she would let the Batman deal with any interrogations, keeping the weapon trained in the process. If Rikka desired, she could tell Azumi to come to her, but otherwise she was not going to move away.
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Rikka panted slightly but that didn't cause the smirk on her face to disappear. The plan actually worked and not only that, Azumi managed to shoot Lidia which seemed to have brought her down for the time being. They managed to win and now it was to figure out what they should do with their attacker.

"It's good to see that whatever she did, did not manage to affect you Azumi." Rikka said with a small smile. There would be time for some actual flirting later. "So what are we going to do with her?" Rikka asked as she motioned to Lidia. "There isn't anyplace for her to be imprisioned and I doubt killing her is an option with him here."
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Batman takes a few steps towards the girl and kneels down, extracting a set of cuffs. He was looking for answers, and he would get them.

As she rocks back and forward, still holding her arm, Lidia looks over to the Batman as he extracts the cuffs. Her eyes widen. She would not be contained! "No!" In a swift moment, she is somehow able to shove Batman back and get to her feet. Without any hesitation, she rolls over the ledge of the bridge and drops off.

Getting to the bridge's edge, Batman removes a grapnel and aims down at the rapidly dropping young lady. However, before he fires it, the girl is covered in a dark sphere for a moment, before the sphere disappears, and the girl with it. Stepping back, he returns both the grapnel and cuffs to his belt. "She's gone." He underestimated what she would do in the situation.

However, with her gone, the Dark Knight's attention is turned towards his adopted daughter. "Are you okay?"
Edited by I Am Mr. Z!, Feb 4 2015, 04:02 PM.
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The soldier had also run toward the ledge as the girl had jumped, seeing her fall so far down and disappear into a portal of some sort. She scowled as the corruptor left, crossing her arms after putting away her weapon.

She looked over at Batman, however. "I'm fine. Screwed with my head is all. My armor probably prevented me from...whatever she was trying to do, since it felt like she was trying to take off my helmet."

Azumi then looked to the two of them. "How about you two? Are you alright?" She sighed. "Batman, this is Rikka Masami. Rikka Masami, this is Batman." She just wanted that out of the way as soon as possible... and was unsure how to handle the kiss from before.
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Like Azumi, Rikka had run to the edge when Lidia fell. When the angel saw how she escaped, Rikka scowled. She should have expected that she could use those dark portals. Well it was too late to do anything now. Lidia was probably off world and there was no way to track her.

Sighing Rikka looked at Batman once Azumi introduced the two of them. "It's nice to meet you." Rikka said politely. That was another thing she should have expected. If Batman was here then it was very likely that something was going to happen.

"Now that is taken care of..." Rikka started before looking at Azumi with a smirk on her face. "Once we are alone I'm sure we can continue that kiss if you want." Yes it was partly messing with Azumi but Rikka found that fun.
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Batman steps back a moment, nodding at Rikka, his own way of reciprocating what was said to him. Man of few words, he was being right now. As it was, he was still being cautious around others he knew little or nothing about, as was his way.

"You'll know where to find me, Azumi." Looking up, Batman fires a grapnel line. Pulled upwards, the Dark Knight enters the cockpit.

"As much as I did not enjoy being pulled out of my self-maintenance, I know that you would not have done so without good reason." ALFRED's voice comes over the vessel's coms. "But, if I might change the subject, is that Miss Azumi down there?"

"It is, but I figured she needed alone time." As he says this, Batman sits down at the helm.

"But she is not alone, sir. There is another lady down there, and..."

"Alone time, ALFRED."

"Oh... Oh! Forgive me, sir, but sometimes certain euphemisms tend to not be processed immediately."

"Understandable, old friend." Turning off the cockpit's screens, he sits there. "Let's hope this Rikka can be a good influence on her..." His thoughts turn towards the other women that he had known through his time as Batman. Andrea, Talia, Selina... Zatanna and Diana. Three were pushed towards crime by outside forces, and while he wanted to save them, they were gone too far in their own ways. The other two stayed true to righteousness, but he couldn't keep anything truly lasting with them. Under his breath, he whispers, "I do wish you the best, Azumi." And in his mind and heart, he meant it. He didn't want her to do what he did... not forever. Now that it seemed she had someone... maybe she could truly be herself. That was his hope.
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Azumi blushed deeply from the teasing. Normally she would not, but it was right in front of her adopted father, not that she knew that. Still, she waved goodbye to Batman as he left with scarcely a word. He tended to do that.

After that, she looked to the angel, sighing. "...yeah, I did like it. So...want to head back to your ship?" She didn't know how to ask if they were dating now, if she was and had a girlfriend. That would be up to Rikka.
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Rikka nodded as the Batman left. It was rather sudden but the angel didn't mind too much. It meant that she and Azumi could have more time to themselves.

"I'm glad. And yes let's head back to my ship." Rikka said as she started to make her way to a Save Point but she stopped and turned back to look at Azumi. "And before I forgot I should clarify. We are dating so that does mean that you are my girlfriend as well as my high priestess." With a smile the angel walked into the Save Point and beamed away.
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Azumi nodded to Rikka, smiling a bit at the comment on their relationship, though she was nervous about it for several reasons. First and foremost, she was worried about it getting in the way of work. Came with being a workaholic. Second, there was the fact that her previous boyfriend had died in battle... but she both didn't really like him anyway, and he hadn't been trained at all unlike her.

Then there was the idea that maybe it was a plant. No, not like that one time with her father. Probably. Maybe. Hopefully.

...Ah hell, she was probably just being paranoid. Or at least more paranoid. The soldier sighed, and, her body reacting to the demand that they both go together, followed Rikka Masami to her ship. It was time for some much-needed shore leave. She could deal with the darker elements she had encountered here later.

Though likely not much later.

(And done. Hope that was fun.)
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