30 Ghosts [text; fail locked to Youmu, open to delayed action from roommates]

[schrodingersghost]

[Danny sneaks silently toward the front door of the apartment, hoping to avoid waking any of his roommates up.  Casting one last look around the dark apartment, he quickly types and sends a short text message before stepping through the door into the hallway.]

[text]

Hey Youmu, it's time.  I made it out.  Meet you at the Hydroelectric plant?

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Comments

[yiban-youtiao.livejournal.com]

All right, Danny-san.

[Give her a second she has to hobble over there.]

[action]

[invisibill.livejournal.com]

[When she arrives Danny is there waiting in ghost form, perched on top of a large pile of rubble.]

[action]

[yiban-youtiao.livejournal.com]

[Youmu is either floating or...walking, slowly, it's hard to tell exactly what she's doing. She's not putting much weight on her bad knee, though. And she's armed, though carrying her swords around was practically second nature.

She spots Danny without too much difficulty. The ghostly blob floating over Youmu's left shoulder floats up over her head, as if watching.]

You seem to have gotten up there just fine, Danny-san.

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[invisibill.livejournal.com]

[Danny stands up and jumps off the pile, floating slowly to Youmu's level. He doesn't land, choosing instead to float about a foot off the ground with his legs bent slightly.]

Flying has always come to me the easiest.

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[yiban-youtiao.livejournal.com]

What else can you do, while airborne?

[Youmu has started to lift off the ground too, though not nearly as high.]

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[invisibill.livejournal.com]

I can use any of my powers when I'm in the air.

[Danny starts ticking the powers off on his hands as he lists them.]

Intangibility, invisibility, I can create shields and throw blasts of ectoplasm, the ghostly wail...

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[yiban-youtiao.livejournal.com]

[omai.]

Ghostly wail?

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[invisibill.livejournal.com]

Yeah. It's my most recent power, but I'm not going to even try to pull it off until I have better control. This city is already damaged enough without me helping.

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[yiban-youtiao.livejournal.com]

...I can only imagine.

[Youmu is picturing one of those screaming ghosts sailing across the sky like a comet that made her want to hide somewhere.]

What are your aerobatics like, Danny-san?

[A bit of an odd question, but when your would is full of flying people that solve everything with bullets it seems very necessary to ask.]

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[invisibill.livejournal.com]

[He shrugs and drifts up slightly.]

Last time I clocked myself I was getting close to hitting the 200 mph mark. And I was pretty good at dodging attacks. Though I'm probably horribly out of practice now.

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[yiban-youtiao.livejournal.com]

I may be able to help with that.

[Youmu's myon drifts down to her side now, about the same level as her swords.]

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[invisibill.livejournal.com]

Really? That's great. I mostly had to learn on the job before.Great for motivation, not so great for getting non-lifethreatening practice in.

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[yiban-youtiao.livejournal.com]

Danmaku is nonlethal. [...theoretically! It just hurts.]

Please watch yourself then, Danny-san.

[No sooner has she said this than Youmu's ghost half arcs in front of her in lieu of a sword. Fist sized, arrowhead-shaped motes of light, glowing purple-white are cast out of it like sparks--and they dart right at Danny.

They're fast, but not terribly so.]

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[invisibill.livejournal.com]

[Danny wastes precious seconds staring at the attack, but at the last moment his entire body turns translucent blue as he turns completely intangible.]

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[yiban-youtiao.livejournal.com]

[Now it's Youmu's turn to stare.]

...you're not supposed to do that.

[CHEATING WAS AGAINST THE RULES]

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[invisibill.livejournal.com]

[Danny shrugs as his body becomes solid again.]

I did mention I could become intangible.

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[yiban-youtiao.livejournal.com]

You won't be able to practice that way.

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[invisibill.livejournal.com]

It is one of the ways I dodge. But note taken, I'll try to focus on the other parts.

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[yiban-youtiao.livejournal.com]

[...details :|]

Are you ready, Danny-san?

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[invisibill.livejournal.com]

Go for it!

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[yiban-youtiao.livejournal.com]

[HERE COME THE BULLETS, DANNY

More of the same, really--well, there are two ranks of them this time. Myon makes two passes. But they are otherwise identical.]

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[invisibill.livejournal.com]

[This time Danny is a little more prepared... and so is the large dome shaped translucent green shield that flickers into view around him.]

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[yiban-youtiao.livejournal.com]

[The outermost bullets are deflected by the shield, simply dissipating when they get some distance away. The ones that strike the shield head on seem to fizzle and...stop in place, as if unsure what to do next.

After a moment, they too disappear.]

Again.

[A new wave of bullets appears; this time not as a straight line, but more of a proper barrage.]

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[invisibill.livejournal.com]

[Danny holds his hands out in front of him, palms flat and facing forward, and frowns in concentration as he reshapes the shield into a more powerful and solid flat circle in front of him.]

[Locked to Danny and Donny, 99%]

[techoutmystaff.livejournal.com]

... We need to work on your locks.