Beann
The Bean
RURIKO IKEDA
SCENE:
Dragons Arc 1: Scene 4 [Reckoning]
LOCATION:
East District ---> Bridge connecting to Central
PARTICIPANTS:
Ruri, Jesper, Kanna ,Shen, Phoenix Trio
RECKONING
There was hardly any communication needed between Kanna and Ruriko, the two had trained long enough together to know each other’s cues. The missed attack on Kanna’s part was something that wouldn’t happen again, she was sure of it. Once they passed through the portal, Ruriko couldn’t help but grin wildly as she felt the weight of her entire body lessen. She took a split second to look out towards central, the city lights were particularly fascinating from this high up. However, she reminded herself that she had a white-haired, fuckhead to deal with first as her attention was pulled to the bridge they were gliding over.
Scanning the bridge, she noticed three redheads first. She couldn’t recognize the two men but she did recognize the woman among them. What the fuck were the Phoenixes doing here? “Tch,” her eyebrows furrowed in annoyance but before she could mention anything to Kanna, the two had gently touched down on the bridge and waited for an incoming vehicle to halt to a stop.
Ruriko watched with surprise as the ground cracked slightly underneath Kanna’s weight, indicating that she had planned on forcefully stopping the vehicle itself. She wasn’t sure how well that would end for both parties, especially the driver. Luckily, whoever was behind the wheel wasn’t fucking stupid as the vehicle came to a screeching halt right in front of the two of them. From where she stood, her suspicions of the two civilians they encountered earlier were correct. Her eyebrows furrowed deeper as she watched the woman step out of the car with a blade at the ready. Instinctively, her hand moved to the hilt of her own blade, ready to challenge her. However, just before she could tell Kanna that she could handle this one, her phone started to chime a specific tune.
It was one of those default ringtones, only it was too funky to be elevator music yet too cringey to be played as an actual song. She knew that ringtone well, it was only assigned to one person after all. Ruriko slipped a hand in her pocket to pull her phone out, her eyes remaining on the target in front of them.
"...Hello?"
"...Hi Shen."
"Is that so? I'm a little busy here…"
"Uh, we're on the bridge, the one connecting to central."
"Huh? Oh, sure."
Slipping her phone back into her pocket, she gave Kanna a quick glance before waving her hand towards the sky. Immediately, another portal appeared high up in the air above them, a second link connecting from here to the portal she kept at headquarters.
From out of the portal Shen emerged, hands clasped together behind the small of his back, gazing down at the carnage below. His face inscrutable, Shen’s eyes found a trio of Phoenixes dancing around the edges of a billowing cloud of smoke.
Their reckoning had arrived.
There was hardly any communication needed between Kanna and Ruriko, the two had trained long enough together to know each other’s cues. The missed attack on Kanna’s part was something that wouldn’t happen again, she was sure of it. Once they passed through the portal, Ruriko couldn’t help but grin wildly as she felt the weight of her entire body lessen. She took a split second to look out towards central, the city lights were particularly fascinating from this high up. However, she reminded herself that she had a white-haired, fuckhead to deal with first as her attention was pulled to the bridge they were gliding over.
Scanning the bridge, she noticed three redheads first. She couldn’t recognize the two men but she did recognize the woman among them. What the fuck were the Phoenixes doing here? “Tch,” her eyebrows furrowed in annoyance but before she could mention anything to Kanna, the two had gently touched down on the bridge and waited for an incoming vehicle to halt to a stop.
Ruriko watched with surprise as the ground cracked slightly underneath Kanna’s weight, indicating that she had planned on forcefully stopping the vehicle itself. She wasn’t sure how well that would end for both parties, especially the driver. Luckily, whoever was behind the wheel wasn’t fucking stupid as the vehicle came to a screeching halt right in front of the two of them. From where she stood, her suspicions of the two civilians they encountered earlier were correct. Her eyebrows furrowed deeper as she watched the woman step out of the car with a blade at the ready. Instinctively, her hand moved to the hilt of her own blade, ready to challenge her. However, just before she could tell Kanna that she could handle this one, her phone started to chime a specific tune.
It was one of those default ringtones, only it was too funky to be elevator music yet too cringey to be played as an actual song. She knew that ringtone well, it was only assigned to one person after all. Ruriko slipped a hand in her pocket to pull her phone out, her eyes remaining on the target in front of them.
"...Hello?"
"...Hi Shen."
"Is that so? I'm a little busy here…"
"Uh, we're on the bridge, the one connecting to central."
"Huh? Oh, sure."
Slipping her phone back into her pocket, she gave Kanna a quick glance before waving her hand towards the sky. Immediately, another portal appeared high up in the air above them, a second link connecting from here to the portal she kept at headquarters.
From out of the portal Shen emerged, hands clasped together behind the small of his back, gazing down at the carnage below. His face inscrutable, Shen’s eyes found a trio of Phoenixes dancing around the edges of a billowing cloud of smoke.
Their reckoning had arrived.
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