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Date Posted: 19:40:39 03/20/04 Sat
Author: Ajiki, Miteli, Kemeru
Subject: Like a flash to the past--
In reply to: Atumi 's message, "Perhaps I am just as cruel as my opponent..." on 18:57:40 03/20/04 Sat

We've done this before. Be swift. Be careful. Stay close. Act--

We've done this before, you said. We know what we're doing. We are a unit -- no need to act like one, mri'fai. We don't need a lecture.

Would you two stop talking? I gotta concentrate. These guys are fast!

Silence falls over the three-way network of telepathy that links the trio. They're not late but hidden, as well-hidden as many of the enemy had been, naught but faded shadows amidst the gnarled limbs of old, old trees. Each with a strength, each with a weakness... each with years of experience in fighting large numbers alone. (Though one of them has a bit less in the way of 'years'. ^_^;;) Each massively outnumbered... but they aren't individuals right now. They are one.

I see a tan, guys. Kinda greyish, kinda pale. Older male. Let's get him!

Midnight eyes flick rapidly amidst the flying bodies until they lock onto li'sai's chosen target. A once-warm, clay-hued gaze finds the same enemy instantly, and a voice rings out over the network.

Please, remember -- these are not spawn. These are 'kar! Do not kill anyone unless absolutely necessary. A pause. Are you hearing me, Miteli?

Uh-huh. Sure. Right. No killing...

They aren't against stripeds: there are two in the pack. Control yourself, mri'fai. Please.

Silence again. Silence as a petite, brassy form zips from the depths of the shadows into the filtered sunlight and strikes out with jaws and foreclaws at the targeted tan, who whirls and dodges neatly, only receiving a thin scarlet line down his flank and haunch. Kemeru lands easily on a tree trunk and launches herself again as the other tan turns to face her--

Ajiki attacks from the target's left, his heavy blade digging into flesh only shallowly as the swift beast jerks away. It twists mid-air to meet Kemeru's lunge, and blood flows freely from the female as she receives a deep stab right behind her shoulder -- but her longclaws dig strongly into the male's chest and thrust him backwards. She lands on a lower branch, panting, and slides into the shadows to heal herself. Ajiki is already gone again, and as the targeted male flips himself and prepares to land on the nearest tree trunk--

Lightning-torn tar erupts from the very same tree, all sharp edges and sinewy muscle, and the tan whips his tailblade in desperation, green eyes widening in shock as he realized that he's been engulfed in a supremely well-planned attack. Miteli's own jagged blade parries the strike and his fangs sink into flesh just behind the skull -- if he bites down forcefully, the tan will die.

MITELI!

The tan's momentum knocks both of them into the tree trunk, and Miteli scowls as he tries to fight his instincts. Lip curling high, he digs his claws into the rock-hard bark and slams the tan as hard as he can into the tree. The sound of shattering bones and popping joints is loud in the striped's ears, but the tan lives; the tan-black drops the unconscious, broken body and fades into the shadows as the tan lands painfully on a slightly lower branch.

Miteli...

Sorry, 'Jik. I forgot myself for a moment.

Hey guys? I see another tan...

And so the trio, hidden once more and already re-healed from the four-second battle, target the next.

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