Hiding away in the Fog (FI)

[ShadesofGrey18]

Giorno shook his head. "I don't know what you mean by our levels, but I know several people who would miss us. Mista, Trish... We're mafiosi. We stick together." The blond struck another pose, Gold Experience appearing behind him, fists raised.

Bruno just laughed. "I've died once already, kid. It wasn't that bad. Now, come on!"

Before either Italian could move in, however, Peacock showed up. And began attacking. Both men blinked, looking at the cyborg.

"...Wow." Giorno was the first to speak. And the first to act. "Alright then. Take this!"

Grabbing two bricks, Giorno hurled them at Chara with Gold Experience... the Stand's power turning the slabs of concrete into live scorpions. "MUDA MUDA!"

[gantzgun74]

Ari, standing up now that Peacock was dealt with turned to look at the group of kids close to age, giving them an odd expression. "I... Don't believe I gave my name no. Apologies for that..." He cleared his throat and nodded. "My name's Ari. It's nice to meet all of you-" That was about when the machine flashed and the yellow heart appeared over Kim's head... He approached to try and get a better look. ".... A yellow... Upside down heart-? What's all this about-?" He circled Kim, trying to get a good look at the yellow heart. It was a strange thing to be sure...

VWOOOP!!! "HERE! Let me get a good look too slave!" Ari's shadow suddenly standing up out of nowhere behind him and stretching up to get a good look at the heart likely caught a lot of people off guard, even if slightly.

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Chara was quickly zooming around as fast as he could, doing everything in his freaking POWER to stay ahead of Peacock's insane arsenal of attacks. "AGH!!! S-STOP THAT!!! CUT THAT OUT!!! CUT THAT-" A number of the scorpions landed on him and started stinging him. "............ AAAAAAAGH!!!!!!!!!!! ASDJF:DSLFNSLDFJ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

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CHARA
LV?
HP9066/?

ATTACK
- >ACT (Negative beeping sound.)
ITEM
MERCY

...............

CHARA
LV?
HP9062/?

ATTACK
- >ACT (SLICING SOUND)
ITEM
MERCY

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CHARA
LV?
HP9058/?

ATTACK
-> ACT
ITEM
MERCY

EXAMINE
TAUNT
TELL JOKE
-> SHAKE OFF

YOU START SHAKING OFF THE GODDAMNED FUCKING SCORPIONS CAUSE WHO THE FUCK EVEN FIGHTS WITH THESE LITTLE FUCKS WHAT THE FUCK YOU ARE GOING TO SHISH-KE-BOB THESE ASSHA-

"YOHOHO AND A BOTTLE OF ASSKICKING!!!" BOOM BOOM!!!!!!!!!!!

The cannonballs ricocheted and rocketed around him as Chara desperately dodged out of the way, removing the scorpions to the best of his ability.

[DanteMGalileo]

"O͞ka̶y,̨ ̨appa̢ren̵t̷l͠y͝ y͟el̕l̡o̢w̸ DOES҉ ͞do som͟e͟thįng,̵"̕ Phil said, placing a paw/hand under his chin. "B̸ųt͡ jùs̸t͢ ẃha̛t̀ ̴doe̸ş ͟i̵t̀ ̨mea̢n͢?"

"Looks kinda like a shooter!" Madison chirped in, surprisingly the demonic tone not speaking.

"Don't be crazy Madison," Li'l D said, "Hearts don' shoot!"

"Kim," Kam asked, "Are you feeling okay?"

"Yeah... I'm fine, just curious as to what the check this means," came Kim's voice from around the heart. "I feel... strong, though."

"St҉rong͟? W͠hat̴ ͝do yo͏u me͟aǹ?̸"

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KIM
LV1
HP 12/20

-> FIGHT
ACT
ITEM
MERCY

-> CHARA

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"Like... this!!!!"

FWOOSH!!

A yellow beam came from the inverted heart, aimed in Chara's general direction. Apparently the yellow button was a power-up...

[ShadesofGrey18]

Giorno grinned slightly. "Alright, now you, Buccellati!"

Bruno nodded, his Stand punching the ground, the black-haired man closing the distance using a zipper on the ground. Fists began to fly from Sticky Fingers towards the child to follow up on Peacock's attack. "ARIARIARIARIARIARIARIARI!"

Giorno leapt in to aid Bruno, his Stand's feet rapidly kicking downward as well, and a battle cry rang out, different from his last one. "WRRRRRYYYYYYYYYYY!"

[gantzgun74]

The cannonball attacks had been an intense barrage, followed quickly by the two mafiosi combining their attacks with Peacock's. "SONNOVA BITCH!!!!" He was slammed by the first insanely fast fist (-150) but quickly went to work avoiding them jumping over Bruno's attack-. ONLY TO HEAR THE ATTACK COMING FROM UP ABOVE. "AGH!!!!" He narrowly dodged by forcing himself downward, jumping out of the way as Giorno crashed down on the ground. "YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO DO BETTER THEN THA-"

ZAP!!!!!!!!!!!

THE BLOW STRUCK CHARA IN THE BACK, SENDING HIM SLIDING ON HIS FACE ACROSS THE CEMENT, BEFORE SLAMMING INTO THE WALL.

-50

CHARA
Lvl ?
HP 8,858/?

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Ari and Stan watched the show with wide-eyes.... "WHAT IN THE WORLD WAS THAT???"

....... Stan continued rubbing his chin a moment.... Then suddenly snapped his fingers. "AH!!! I think I've figured out what exactly we're dealing with here!" Stan's glowing eyes turned to Phil. "Interesting achievement human! You have created a device that allows you to manipulate the very nature of the human soul. I have no idea how you even KNEW the concept existed but you did it none the less! Very impressive."

.... Ari's expression just scrunched up in even FURTHER confusion. "The human... Soul-?"

The shadowy demon seemed to relish in the confusion. "Yes!" He then hovered over too Kim. "When visible souls resemble these." He points to the yellow heart hanging above her head. "Each soul has it's own special color and, there by it's own special property. While these properties are decided by the color and the traits they represent, I have heard tell that some souls can have any number of abilities."

..... Ari considered this... "I see...." .... Then his attention was all but lost when he saw Kam. "Oh!! Hey jeeze! I can't believe it took me so long to notice-! You look pretty hurt... Here, let me heal you up-"

"SLAVE I AM IN THE MIDDLE OF A- GACK!!!!!"

Stan was interrupted by Ari rushing to check Kam and prep a healing spell.

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Back in the alleyway, Chara pushed himself up with a vicious growl, turning to the Bruno and Giorno. "I'M STARTING TO GET REALLY TIRED OF-" He was interrupted when he realized Peacock was nowhere to be found. "Wait... Where's-?"

HE WAS QUICKLY SHOVED INTO A LEATHER BAG._{"HUH-!?!?!?!"}

"GOTCHA BRAT~!!! HEHEHEHAHAHAAHAH~~~~~~!!!!!!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA~!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" SHE PROCEEDED TO BATTER THE BAG WITH A BASEBALL BAT.

"OW!!! OWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

-100 -100 -100 -100 -100 -100 -100

"GET.... OFF!!!!!!!!" The knife beam blasted the bag apart and forced Peacock to jump back to avoid the brunt of the blast. "THAT'S IT!!! I'M GONNA RIP YOU THREE IDIOTS TO PIECES!!!!!!"

CHARA
Lvl ?
HP 8,158


-> ATTACK
ACT
ITEM
MERCY

GIORNO
BRUNO
PEACOCK
-> SPECIAL

You tilt your head playfully from side to side. Little do your IDIOT VICTIMS KNOW YOU ARE ACTUALLY PLOTTING OUT your next attack in that movement.

CHARA INSTANTLY STARTS SLASHING RAPIDLY, THE POWERFUL ENERGY FLASHES EITHER TAKING UP THE LEFT OR RIGHT SIDE OF THE ALLEYWAY WITH EACH SWIPE.

"AGH!!!!" Peacock quickly starts moving about, trying desperately to stay out of reach of each flash of energy and cutting beam.

[DanteMGalileo]

...

To say the very least, the kids were a bit taken back at what Stan had just said. "Wel̢l," Phil said, not really sure how to react to that. "̡I̵ d͟un̡n͡o w̸hat ̀y̶o̢u ̷m͡ęan̢ ͘by a̢ll ̛t̸hát ̴s͢oul st͜uff,̶ ͏b̛ut͝ ͟I͜ guess̀ ̛thi̡s mea̸ns ҉th͠is t̡hing ̀I thręw ͠t̸o͟ǵethe͟r in ̧t̸ȩn̶ ͏minu̧te͟s͝ is ȩffe͠cti̕ve҉ ̀ag͜a͢i͞n͜st ̵st́ab-h̀a̷p̨py ̧dow͝n̡ ͞t̀h̢ere?͟"

"Yeah, I'd say it is," Li'l D said as he snatched the machine out off Phil's paws. "But what red do?" He asked, pressing the button in question. A red beam shot out of the remote...

"Let me see that!" Kam said, taking the remote from the vampire. "This does seem kinda silly, but..." He pressed a darker blue button, sending a wave of energy similar to but distinct from the light blue one from earlier. "I'm not complaining if it keeps us safe- Thanks, Ari..."

"Lemme see that!" Now it was Madison's turn to play with the remote. The mummy hit a green button. "LET US DEVOUR THEIR SOULS! I like the green button a lot!" As the other four kids just gave Madison a look, a green beam shot out of the remote, following the blue and red ones.

"Let me see that" Came Kim's voice as she took the remote from the mummy. "Useful as it may be," the invisible woman said, firing another beam from the inverted heart, "It does seem pretty fragile, and we all know Philly Phil's stuff can get a little... unpredictable at times."

"L̶em͡m̶e s͞e̕e ̴t͢h͠a̕t̕," said the wolfman in question, taking the remote out of Kim's invisible hands. "͠Ki̸m's͡ ͢r̶i̴g̴h̴t.̕ My ̛s̨tu̕f̛f̕ d͏oe͡s ͞g҉e̶t ҉a lit̛tlȩ u͝np͠rędict͢a͢ble̵ ̡at̴ ̛t̀ḩe b͏e͜st̡ ̴of t͟im̛e̕s̛.͝.̀.̴"

[ShadesofGrey18]

Giorno jumped back as the knife beams began tearing through the alleyway, falling back, trying to keep a cool head; Bruno had unzipped the ground and dove in again to evade, but it was clear from what the blond could see that both he and his comrade were starting to tire... the cyborg girl didn't seem in as bad shape, but things looked very bad the way things were right now.

"We've got to do something! We might need to make a tactical retreat and reconsider our plan of attack!"

He'd already lost one hand and he really didn't want to create another one anytime soon.

[gantzgun74]

Chara huffed and puffed when his attack stopped, and it looked like none of the three before him was in any rush to atta-

WHAPOW!!!!! CUE THE BANJO SLAMMING HIM UPSIDE THE FACE.

-100 HP

Peacock then proceeded to strum a few strings as she approached with a maniacal grin. "You two can run if ya want. But me? I'm gonna keep giving this guy a piece of my mind~!" Chara growled angrily as Peacock started strumming HARDER. SOMEHOW, SOMEWAY, JAGGED MUSICAL NOTES PLAYED OUT OF THE BANJO, prompting Chara to move aside before they could cut into him. "What's the matter doc~? OUTTA BREATH~?"

Chara just grinned as the musical notes continued billowing around him. "IT'S GOING TO TAKE A LOT MORE THEN A FEW REALLY BAD NOTES TO TAKE ME OUT!!" He landed on the ground and prepped to jump the next blow- "CAUSE YOU SEE I-" A laser struck him just as he jumped-

His heart had turned red-

AND QUITE QUICKLY, HIS JUMP HAD BECOME EVEN MORE POWERFUL, causing him to SLAM INTO WHAT REMAINED OF THE FIRE ESCAPE HEAD AND BACK FIRST WITH A CLANG.

-100 HP "WHAT-?!?!"

"SUNNYSIDE UPSIDE YOUR HEAD!!!!"

CLANG!!!!! -300 HP

Peacock had been quick to take advantage of Chara's daze and NAIL HIM UPSIDE THE HEAD WITH A FRYING PAN CRASHING HIM CLEAN INTO THE WALL. "WH-WHY YOU-!!!!" The beam hit him again, once more turning his soul blue. Gravity caught up and he collided with the ground. (-15 HP) GRINNING DANGEROUSLY, Peacock followed up by following him with a- OH FOR GOD'S SAKE PEACOCK.

"GAAAAARBAAAAGE DAAAAY~." THE CHAINSAW WHIRRED.

CHARA NOW LOOKED MILDLY DISTURBED AS HE QUICKLY DODGED AWAY- Only for the chainsaw to nail him on the second swing. "NNGG!!! AAAAAAAAAAAGH!!!!!!!" VWIIR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Peacock took the oppurtunity and ripped into her opponent mercilessly.

-500 HP -50 -50 -50 -50 -50 -50 -50 -50 -50 -50 -50 -50 -50 -50

When Chara had finally burst Peacock away from him, it was CLEAR that he was feeling the heat, letting out huffs of breath, blood leaking from his mouth.

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WHAT THE FUCK IS HAPPENING?!?!?!?

CHARA
Lvl ?
HP 6,443/

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It was clear now, Peacock was starting to ignore the rules. She wasn't going to let Chara attack now that she knew what he was capable of. Chara was huffing and puffing labored breaths, already considering everything going on. ".... I... YOU.... YOU LITTLE-!!!"

Peacock just grinned smarmily. "You know what they say Chuckie~. Fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice~? TRY IT DUMBASS."

HE... HE HAD TO GET OUT OF HERE! HE HAD TO GET OUT OF HERE AND-

The green beam struck him completely freezing him in place and giving Chara a shield.

..............

PEACOCK GRINNED WIDELY...

THEN EXTENDED HER HAT AND HER FEATHERS.

"NO."

"YEP~."

"DON'T YOU DARE."

"TOO LATE! DOIN' IT!!! SCRATCH THIS STABBY!!!!!"

Peacock's powerful evil energy laser attack once more fired out with pure venom. Chara had managed to block most of the attack with the shield, but ONE PARTICULAR LASER PLOWED THROUGH THE SHIELD and grazed his side, cutting open a new gash in his waist.

"OOOOOOOW DAMMIIIIIIT-!!!!!!!!!!!!"

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- 700 HP -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1
CHARA STATUS: KARMIC POISON
Lvl: ?
HP: 5,718/?

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Back with the kids Ari and Stan watched as the kids argued over the remote, watching as they fumbled with the button and unknowingly firing off rays into the alleyway. When the two looked, they found the beans was having a devastating effect, throwing off Chara's strategy with each shift.

".....SLAVE..."

"Yes-?"

"IS THIS... IS THIS REALLY HAPPENING?"

"..... Yeah. Yeah I think it is."