And instead of feeding Charisse the spoonful, Ai ate it and swooped in to kiss her. She could vaguely taste Charisse's bread pudding. After what seemed like an age, she pulled away and whispered into Charisse's ear.
"Dummy. Why did you wait so long to tell me?"
Then, Ai leaned back, acting as if nothing had happened.
"Tastes sweet, right?" said Ai, cheerfully.
She ate another spoonful, taking careful measure to savor the taste. She cracked a smile.
"Now that we've exchanged saliva, I hope you're prepared to take responsibility for everything that you've done to me."
Bark Bark Man
It was absolute bliss. Charisse's mind went absolutely blank for the few moments the kiss lasted. She earnestly wished it had lasted longer.
She had never felt happier than she did at this very moment in time.
There were a few coos of empathy from their "audience", but a few of the older patrons seemed downright appalled.
"I just... I didn't know you might have felt the same way..." she said, awkwardly.
Charisse didn't reply, she just put more pudding into her face. She had forgotten what the mousse tasted like, that hadn't been what was on her mind when it happened.
"Take responsibility? Did I do something wrong? Oh No Oh No Oh No Oh No Oh No-" She put her head into her hands, and shook her head. Her voice trailed off.
edited 12th Sep '14 12:00:09 PM by amporiusrex
"Gimme your pants.. and now your other pants"
Bark Bark Man
Outside the Rose Arbor, Noon
"Well, now that I think about it, it won't still be open. That's one of the targets, love, remember? Lovers wanted us to take care of the person in there. I owe her a favor, so it's a shame the place won't last too much longer." replied Strength. She looked wistfully down upon the ship-restaurant. It looked delightfully fancy and pretty enjoyable. A damn shame.
"That would explain why I didn't know. An Unofficial target. Regardless, the others have been set up, so the distraction is good." Justice began, before turning on his communicator, "This is Justice. The Spread has been set. 5 of Pentacles, Queen of Swords." With that cryptic message, he motioned for his fiancée to follow through.
She pressed a button, and a series of explosives went off.
'Main Street
"This is Sun. Acknowledged."
Explosives 1-3
A bomb detonated in a building's center, blowing out windows and sending office desks, chairs, and filing cabinets hurtling out the window. This rain of debris sent the paradegoers into a panic. Everybody present began to flee in the overwhelming fear of the possibility of more bombs. Parade floats and banners were left abandoned as people sought to save their own lives. Of course, the second thought on everybody's minds was the culprit. Was it the White Fang? Anti-Faunus Radicals? An unknown third party?
Two more bombs went off, serving only to increase the fearful hysteria. In the chaos, Sun and Judgement lept into action. Having spotted their target in the crowd, they rushed in. Sun planted her hand forcefully on Weiss's shoulder while Judgement went in for a tackle.
'Hey! Unhand me you-" Weiss managed to say, before having the wind knocked out of her by her capture. Her assailants made off quickly with their objective. Alexia and Alfred would have a limited time to act.
"Al! We have to do something to help!" Alexia exclaimed, yanking on Al's arm.
Carnival
Explosive 4
Another explosion, this time centered on the supports of the ferris wheel. Thankfully, it had been out of order for the day. However this did not stop one simple fact: it was still a huge metal wheel. The ferris wheel rolled off its supports and began causing wanton destruction on the buildings nearby. Something was amiss; a ferris wheel should not have this much degree of movement.
Atop the ferris wheel was a lone figure, currently running along the circumference of it: The Arcana, Chariot. An especially energetic girl, Chariot found this incredibly fun. The delight she found in destruction was off-putting to say the least. She was currently using her Semblance to alter the friction of certain parts of the wheel, giving her maximum control over it.
Inside the Rose Arbor
Explosive 5
The ship rocked violently with the explosion, throwing table, food, and patron alike to the floor. Water flooded from the ship's bottom as it sunk rapidly; a large portion of it's underbelly had been taken by the explosion.
The time for pleasantries and fun was over.
Explosives 6-13
The rest of these explosions went off in miscellaneous parts of the city, their intention only to cause chaos and serve as a distraction while their true goal was achieved.
edited 14th Sep '14 10:36:54 PM by amporiusrex
"Gimme your pants.. and now your other pants"
The rocking of the ship toppled Ai's mousse off the table, where the glass shattered. Ai breathed deeply, closing her eyes, to calm her anger. It was only very rarely that Ai actually got mad; the last time had been during initiation, and now the alcohol in her system was releasing some of that old, deeply repressed angry Ai from four years ago, before she learned that being a jerk doesn't make you a lot of friends.
"Ruin my perfect Lovers' Day, will you? We'll see," she said under her breath, her voice a little more crass than usual.
Ai stood, balancing herself perfectly with her tail.
"Our rematch will have to wait," she said, calmly. "I knew this day was coming. Going by Major Arcana, that's 22 highly skilled terrorists out there doing who knows what misguided nonsense. It was only a matter of time, really," she said.
"We should make sure everyone gets to the lifeboats."
edited 15th Sep '14 12:03:56 PM by opnerf
Main Street
As the multiple explosions and panic had erupted all along the city, Alfred continued requesting Alexia to stop grabbing him, though after the explosion it was mostly so he could get the hell out of the place. He realized quickly as Schnee was kidnapped that he was likely going to have to save her and soon enough the princess did demand they do so.
But of course he was not going to give in so goddamn easily to her demands yet. Struggling slightly, Al got out his hand out of Lexi's grasp and glared at her. "Fuck that, I'm not going to risk my life just to save a stupid prissy noble just because she's your friend, I'm your bodyguard, not hers. Now let's get out of here before things get ugly. I'm not going to have my employer die on me before I even got my damn job."
Al turned his head from side to side, surveying the area and the situation, looking for the quickest way to escape somewhere safe.
edited 15th Sep '14 1:29:50 PM by LiorVal
Thankfully for Ai, Charisse was not the most perceptive of people. Well, at least not whilst not on the hunt. She swallowed her own spoonful of bread pudding, then opened her mouth cheerfully and closed her eyes to receive the pudding.
How nice of Ai!
edited 11th Sep '14 1:48:23 PM by amporiusrex
"Gimme your pants.. and now your other pants"