Visiting Axum

[ichibeifamily]

WHO: ICHIBEI AND AXUM
WHERE: AXUM TERRITORY 8U
OPEN/CLOSED: Closed
WHEN: THE FIRST NIGHT

[So it is quite late, approaching midnight when, Chain and friends start making their way into Axum's territory, it's dark but not impossible to see, as various lights are on, in homes and boats, or lighting the docks so no one accidentally walks off them into the sea.

SURELY THEY ARE NOT HERE FOR ANY TROUBLE. no they totally are.]

Comments

[rabukidastrophes]

I wouldn't care if you were the Church. We're not trading with the team that nearly wiped us out last year.

[speakofthe]

[... BLUFF MODE: ACTIVATED.]

[speakofthe]

Look at this fucking idiot! Such a superior class of moron! Picking a fight against the only family with child because of a grudge literally no one on the team can fucking remember. Please tell me all the fucking gory details, wise Ichibei, because Axum remembers doing shit with or against anyone.

[rabukidastrophes]

Aah...? Mother might have forgiven your sins but that doesn't mean I have to. I don't care if that makes me an idiot or not.

But since I can tell you're so worried about the girl, we've already promised to leave her out of it, as long as she stands back. So are you going to keep being the sort of lousy piece of shit who hides behind kids? Not a surprise coming from Axum, I guess.

[speakofthe]

... first pick from our next two supply shipments. Immunity from retaliation for a month. One knife, twenty feet of rope, and a free feeding for your prime and one other family member off Axum's governess. That's all we can offer.

The covers your entire trading requirement for the season. Take the deal, fucking Ichibei.

[rabukidastrophes]

...hahaha, that is a pretty good deal. I guess you really didn't want to fight this early, huh?

Well, too bad. I really couldn't live with myself if I climbed in bed with the assholes who killed my family, you know? Too bad for you.

[speakofthe]

... I should be pissed, Ichibei. But I get it. You're just looking out for your family. Our prime's the same way and probably just as much of a ruthless bastard as yours. If he remembered shit like that, he wouldn't settle for less than someone's torso as his boat's fucking figurehead.

It'll be a fair fight. The fucking munchkin can't be involved. Agreed?

[holds out his hand to shake on it. his other tenses inside his ratty pockets. such words are seemingly killing his pride to say.]

[rabukidastrophes]

[dddubious, but he goes along with it, though with obvious hesitation]

...As long as she stays out of it, we won't attack her.

[goes to shake]

[speakofthe]

[clasps your hand good and tight, Ichibei. his word is like his honor:

absolutely fucking duplicitous and untrustworthy.]

[speakofthe]

[suddenly twists his torso to pull the Ichibei diagonally forward, attempting to make the (probable prime, too weak to be champion?) other man stumble to Hiruma's right side. it's not a fast or powerful maneuver, but hopefully wholly unexpected. his left hand tightens its hold around his only weapon, such a shitty knife with a broken one-inch blade, and aims down for the Ichibei's thigh.]

[rabukidastrophes]

[he's not caught off guard: spoilers HE REALLY DOESN'T TRUST YOU ASSHOLES. So no, not very unexpected. When he's yanked he resists briefly, then steps into it, wary look turning into a glare, and he swings his empty wine bottle riiiight at Hiruma's face, either not noticing or just ignoring the knife.]

[speakofthe]

[he doesn't have the reaction speed or ability to dodge a close-quarters attack, but that's fine. if someone's going to fucking feed off him, he's getting something nice and bloody in return.]

[rabukidastrophes]

[curses when he's stabbed, trying to yank his hand free so he can grab Hiruma's wrist and stop that wound from getting any worse.

But success or fail on that end he's just going to. Hit him again, merciless, some of the anger starting to show in his movements.]

[speakofthe]

[fucking grinds the knife around in a circle, the dull knife not slicing into the skin so much as it is pulling the wound's hole open wider with brute force. he leans against the Ichibei's side, aiming to upset the other's force of gravity and lessen the force of the blows.

unlike SOME PEOPLE, he isn't angry. he just has a fucking agenda now.]

[greygull]

[running into the middle of this, and using his momentum to push Huruma off of Kida, attempting to knock him over]

Why do all of you have knives?!

[exclusionsapply]

[ well I was also going to help pull people apart though more uselessly just slam in there so

just sort of sidling up in between people then ]

I don't have a knife.

[rabukidastrophes]

[kind of screamed a bit at that twisting cuz jesus, meaning he's really not that hard to throw off balance, stumbling back to avoid falling on his ass]

Volt!

[and_everything_nice]

[goddamnit you losers

taking a position next to Hiruma, brandishing her own knife now]

Lucky?

[greygull]

[once Hiruma isn't actively stabbing Kida, moving over to stand next to his prime, ready to fight if he needs to]

Are you done?

[speakofthe]

Is your prime?

[^ just a wild fucking guess]

[exclusionsapply]

You guys are really getting friendly . . .

[rabukidastrophes]

...yeah, we're done here. Let's go.

[greygull]

[holding out a hand to help Kida up]

[speakofthe]

Nice to fucking meet you!

[waves! but not the hand covered in blood, obviously.]

[speakofthe]

[and for the sake of keeping the feeding on screen, he licks the knife completely clean the minute he's tucked away into some convenient shadows.

it tastes sweet and coppery.]