5th Bite - The Embodiment of Scarlet Devil

[badladyscramble]

[Early Monday morning, Remilia finds a package on her doorstep. Having long since decided it's no use fretting over these things, she opens it immediately - and as realization spreads in her mind, she grins wickedly and heads for the roof. Finally, something that can go right...]

[Action - All Day Monday, Around Town]

[Throughout the day, hints of red mist start to fill the town, spreading around out from Ricardo Street. Also throughout the day, Remilia can be found walking around with her parasol or at her usual hangouts (Sakuya, Flandre and Meiling's houses), seeming a lot more upbeat than usual and grinning far more than is possibly normal. She seems very pleased with herself.]

[Action - All Day Tuesday, Around Town]

[Now the town is entirely drowned in Scarlet Mist, cutting out much of the sunlight and leaving what's left of it deep crimson. Most people can only see a few yards, but Remilia has no trouble navigating through the red cloud that covers even over the tallest houses and buildings. Delighting in her freedom from the sun, anyone in the mist might hear a delighted, wicked laughter or spot a dark shape with large, bat-like wings flitting about through the mists. Feel free to call her out, or maybe she'll stop by herself when she sees those rendered helpless or frustrated by their surroundings.]

[Phone - Tuesday Evening]

Ahh, the world's so much better painted in red! Truly, a devil's delight. Much better than the boring white of all those houses and picket fences, don't you think? But~ I'm sure there are some of you who disagree, don't you?

You're welcome to come and find me if you dare to argue - the Scarlet Devil won't refuse a fun date~ Especially from a certain red-white miko, hmm? It's going to be a fun night.

[Action - Tuesday Night, 506 Ricardo]

[And in a relatively clear patch of the mist, Remi is standing on top of the roof of her house, posing dramatically with her wings out and hands folded before her chest, awaiting the night's entertainments. The thinning mist above her paints the moon a deep red, making for quite the silhouette.]

Hmhmhm, I wonder if she'll come~

[OoC: The Scarlet Mist mini-event has begun! The details can be found here, but basically red mist will begin filling the town on Monday; by Tuesday Morning, most of the town will be so covered in red mist, you can't see more than a few feet to a few yards at most. Feel free to respond to any of the prompts or make your own posts complaining about/dealing with the red mist.

It all goes away Tuesday night at midnight, after Marisa beats the crap out of her, so for anyone who fights her, just know she's either going to win or escape since her fight against Marisa will be the last one.

You can also come fight her faithful servant, Meiling, over here, as it's a midboss's gateguard's duty to take on anyone who wants to challenge the final boss.]

Comments

Bitch, it is ON.

[adropofjupiter]

[Sitting sideways on her broom, Marisa flies to the house having decided she's let Remilia have enough fun. She looks rather bored by the whole thing and is tending to her nails with an emery board when she gets to the house.]

[badladyscramble]

Oh? The red-white declined, so the witch has come to steal the spotlight, is that it?

[adropofjupiter]

[Still working on her nails.]

Don't you have anything better to do?

[badladyscramble]

Not really; this town is so dreadfully boring sometimes, you know? It's a nice night for a fun party like this, so why not?

[adropofjupiter]

[Marisa seems intent on making her nails real pretty.]

Put it away, ze. Don't be a broken record.

[badladyscramble]

I'm not about to listen to the demands of someone who's not even paying attention.

[adropofjupiter]

And what makes you think I'm not paying attention? It's called multitasking.

Besides, it's my fault I have to be here anyways. So how about you put the Mist away and we go have some of Sakuya's tea?

[Yup. STILL working on her nails.]

[badladyscramble]

I think a last boss would deserve your full attention, thief.

[ohhh, how she wishes she had a gungnir to throw right now]

[adropofjupiter]

A last boss from years ago. You're kind of a has-been, se. You're still the same and I've... I've just gotten stronger. One of those pesky things about us humans. We never seem to stop growing.

[She puts away her emery board and looks her nails over before sliding her gloves back on. Yes, she's still taking her time and not so much as even looking more than a glance here and there are Remilia.]

[badladyscramble]

What was that, human of barely a few decades? You truly are too bold.

[adropofjupiter]

[Marisa flexes her fingers, making sure the gloves are nice and snug.]

I basically said this is gonna be a lot easier than it was last time, ze. Even with the limitations of this place.

[badladyscramble]

Shall we see about that?

[In one swift movement, she grabs the nearby weathervane on her house, ripping it out with one hand and stripping it of branches of the other before throwing it right at the witch; a makeshift javelin.]

[adropofjupiter]

[Which is pathetically easy to graze. Really, Marisa didn't even have to pay much attention to it to let the thing fly past her.]

...do you seriously not even have your danmaku back? [yawn] How bothersome, ze.

[badladyscramble]

I don't need those flashy little games to defend what is mine, Thief. Shall I show you how vampires fought in the days of old?

[And that is one (1) remilia-shaped projectile flying at Marisa, as fast as any danmaku.]

[adropofjupiter]

[Four seals spread out behind Marisa with a wave of her hand just before she spiraled away from Remilia, letting the vampire fly straight into the explosive trap.]

Tell me, Scarlet Devil, do you know of Yuuka Kanzami?

[badladyscramble]

[Something the vampire flies straight into, without regard - she's really pissed now, and more interested in beating up Marisa than playing around or being graceful. It's not like something of that level can slow her down for long]

And what of the flower youkai?

[As the explosion clear, Remilia's clothes are tattered but she's quickly regenerating her many wounds from it]

[adropofjupiter]

[Marisa gets some altitude.]

Back before I met you, before I was even a full witch, I fought Yuuka. And we didn't use danmaku back then.

[Magic Sign: Milky Way]

I won.

[badladyscramble]

[God so many stars. Thank goodness Remi is nimble and tiny - even if she can't fire danmaku, she has back all her skills for dodging it, flying up towards the witch]

Hmph... then she's really more pathetic than I thought!

[adropofjupiter]

Yeah... you fight her and say that again, ze.

[Have a face full of arcing and converging thin green lasers when you come out of that spell card, Remi.]

[badladyscramble]

It's just a shame she isn't here then!

[The vampire's wings come up to shield her, spreading to disperse some of the blow, but she takes it pretty hard, tumbling back for a second before regaining her balance.

Still, Marisa isn't ignoring her any more and the danmaku is pretty nostalgic... she's still pissed though, and as soon as she recovers she shoots up towards the witch again, flitting about in a zigzagging pattern to close the distance]

[adropofjupiter]

I'm kinda glad she isn't, ze.

[Marisa throws some waves of stars as she starts to fly around, making Remilia chase after her.]

We got enough genocidal maniacs here. Even you would find that in poor taste.


...I thought you were faster than this.

[badladyscramble]

It's easier when I can fire back.

[Nonetheless, she has her full speed, so she's closing in quickly - it's just a matter of dodging around all the sparkly shit Marisa keeps throwing at her.]

[adropofjupiter]

[Four more seals, harmless right now, are sent toward Remilia. Once they pass her, they starts shooting multicolor star bullets at her in a bastardized version of Stardust Reverie.]

You should take this pointless mist of yours to the post office and trade it for something useful, ze. Seriously, are you trying to be a broken record?

[badladyscramble]

It's not pointless!

[Remilia charges through the seals, though she glances back when they don't explode or anything - just in time to see them start firing and work on dodging those. At least since they're behind, that means she can keep going forwards, but it's harder to keep an eye on both sides now]

[adropofjupiter]

And how isn't it pointless?

[The seals keep chugging out stars and then start to move side to side, altering the patterns. Slowly, but steadily, Remilia gets closer. Seems the witch is slowing down a bit...]