here comes the sun

[brushy]

Who: falco grice (grice), shōyō hinata (asas) & amaterasu (brushy)
What: this is a catch-all for april! various closed prompts and one that's open for ammy (wonderkind), please refer to the character's specific top levels and headers! if you'd like to plot something out, hmu @ the plotting post or liberos!
When: april!
Where: throughout trench!
Content Warnings: violence, harm to an animal, will add more as they come (also see headers)

falco | shōyō | amaterasu

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[monoceroscaeli]

[He gladly takes the opening, amazed at the gale that blows away the poisonous attack as he runs and slides to put his hands in the sake, letting it flow upwards and down the snake's gullet. He leaps up and dodges the head hurtling down from its position as it slams into the ground, turning his head to take Ammy's direction to run up the demon's body. He sprints after her, careful not to slip as he makes his way up the neck of one of the heads, the weapon on her back being unleashed over and over.

It's gorgeous in its display if he's being honest, the flames of the divine weapon scorching across the air as it doles out punishment.

His double bladed hydro polearm appears in his hand, and he torques his body to deliver a fatal blow to the bell that cracks it completely, as a fire breaks out in the center once it's broken. He leaps back, shielding his eyes and not quite understanding what they'd done. Had they defeated it?]

Hey! [He calls to her, confident now in how she's communicated with him that she might understand him.]The wind that blows here still carries the scent of battle- were we able to break its barrier by destroying that bell?

[brushy]

[ amaterasu snarls louder in response to the other, a loud, gargling bark over the echoing signs of a bell cracking from top to bottom. yes, that was the answer. the bell was the source. of course, the serpent isn't down yet. the ground beneath their feet begins to tremble and quake, black iron scales begin to shiver and wave with the muscle it covers.

the wolf pounces off the back of the beast before they rise, snapping part of her helper's, be it an arm or armor, between her jaws to tug out of the way. orochi still had it in him, and now all heads rise in spitting anger. ]

I am not dead by your likes. Darkness will always prevail.

[monoceroscaeli]

[Ammy grabs a hold of his sleeve and he feels himself getting tugged away in the nick of time, as Orochi raises from the ground to stare them both down. Childe looks back up at the demon, eyes narrowed but glowing with excitement. There was still more fight to be had, and he couldn't of asked for a better opportunity.]

I don't think you've been in too many battles then if you think that, [says the young man,] because what difference does it make between good and evil, light and dark...you're just one more foe to slay, ahahahahaha.

So make sure you're entertaining.

[The grin on his own face drips of bloodthirst, glancing over at Ammy. Let's do it, let's take this guy down. It'll be fun.]

[brushy]

[ childe almost sounds like waka there, for a second, and the can't help but to gawk a little. yes, gawk. just stare with wide eyes and a gaping maw, but— well, no time for staring! they had a snake to fry. well, eight snakes.

the round is the same as the last, sans the nasty barrier keeping them from slaying the demon clean. the helmet that represents darkness throws buds, plenty of them, all pulsing with something nasty inside their blooms. ammy can do this one, using bloom to bring one to a full, enriched blossom that shows nothing but beauty. letting them open on their own would crack open a cursed zone. but if childe can manage the serpent opening its jaws— she can handle the others. ]

[monoceroscaeli]

[He catches her gawking at him. Good! He likes it when people gawk at him. He likes the attention, because he's a brat.

He dodges when the cursed buds come down, not letting the divine power that Ammy uses to make them all bloom into dazzling blossoms distract him from their goal. That sake gets forced down the gullet of the demon's head again, and now with a gleeful laugh that's coated with bloodlust, he goes after it with blades drawn and fierce strikes as the head crashes to the ground.

He'll have to put this down in the books as one of the strangest fights he's ever had, and one of the most entertaining, too.]

[brushy]

[ they're almost there. the head childe fights takes a nasty blow, and ammy herself focuses on bringing the remaining heads to the ground. with electricity, with inferno, with wind. one more barricading shot at the bell, well—

child is doing a fantastic job, holding his own. as orochi drops to expose his fractured bell, amaterasu only stares at the other fighting with her. well, go on. deal the final blow! ]

[monoceroscaeli]

[Oh, he would love, love to do that.

Leaning back, his right leg bends downward in a half crouch while he sticks his left leg out in front of him to balance himself, a bow appearing in his hand to replace the hydro blades. Hydro energy splashes all around him, as if he were the vortex of a storm in the middle of the ocean, aiming right at the bell.]

Celestial Voyager!

[But once the arrow is released, it's really not an arrow at all, but the hydro mimic of a giant narwhal who is his constellation in the night sky, Monoceros Caeli. It seems to breach the ocean he's created under his feet, slamming into it and shattering what's left.]

[brushy]

[ it was a beautiful and triumphant display. it wasn’t all the time that amaterasu could sit back and enjoy the imagery. the shattering of ice-like fractures of water, the deliverance of judgement and the dissipation of darkness. orochi roars his very last before all of his needy sounds cracks. his heads fall, his scales peel away, and his body leaves like ash in the wind.

with his defeat, the wolf throws her head back and yowls, long, triumphant and congratulatory. even moon presence seems to shine stronger. ]

[monoceroscaeli]

[Standing back up, he grins wickedly at the slain foe, as it flicked away into nothing. What an exhilarating battle, despite its strangeness and ridiculousness of having to get it drunk in order to defeat it. But nonetheless, he still enjoyed it.

His hand finds his hip as Ammy does her victory howl, walking up to her and really taking the time to examine his ally in this fight.

A wolf, with red markings all over her body, fur taking the form of flames that protrude from her shoulders, joints and tail with a weapon that thrummed with power as it burned brightly atop her back, rainbow colors flowing downward towards her tail. He doesn't dare touch her, though he doesn't fully understand what he's looking at, he doesn't want to risk it right now.]

You know, we make a pretty good team.

[He grins at her, even if the light radiating from her body kind of hurts his eyes to directly look at her.]

[brushy]

[ yes, that they do. excellent job, you hungry lad! amaterasu stands before him with less of the look of a feral beast and more of a . . . happy, tail-wagging dog.

who is approaching him with a panting, canine grin. she's getting too close to him to readily be ignored, but at least, from body language? she's completely friendly. ]

omg that icon is so cute

[monoceroscaeli]

[Oh, here she comes. That's a happy dog if he's ever seen one. Even as she approaches, he doesn't move, not afraid. Just unsure if he should...

His hand reaches out tentatively, before beginning to give her a good scratch between her ears. Those red markings don't look like paint or anything, as if he roots themselves were red. And somehow, he's not surprised.]

Haha, you know, for a magical battle-ready wolf, you're pretty cute. Since I'm pretty sure you can understand me, what is it? Magic? An innate power granted by the gods? Or perhaps divinity itself?

she has many 🥰

[brushy]

[ amaterasu’s ears make way for much loved petting, allowing her tail to rob back and forth now that she’s pleased with the praise. she listens, attentively, and with every possibility childe mouths, she stops breathing, closes her maw and tilts her head just enough to show question.

once he gets to “divinity itself”— she barks! woof! ]

ugh ammy you're the best

[monoceroscaeli]

[His eyes widen, though they are not of surprise of being in the presence of a god, but rather, the fact that this wolf he's just met is a god.]

Well I'll be. I guess the bright light should of tipped me off from the start.

[One eye closes as the other one squints, as he looks directly at her again. Ammy, you are truly the best flashlight in Trench. He sits down on the ground now, to start giving her some good full body rubs since it seems like she's enjoying this.]

Perhaps I'll introduce you to my friend here. In my world, he's the god of the wind and freedom- the sacrosanct Anemo Archon. We go drinking from time to time, haha. I bet he'd love to meet you.

🙏🙏🙏 (and think we can wrap up here!)

[brushy]

[ a friend! of the wind, no less! she’ll have you know, she too is friends with the god of winds. amaterasu summons a gentle little breeze to convey . . . something, about the wind, with her grin and panting. she’s having the time of her life with these full out body rubs!

itch here, and there—! she’d love to meet your friend, and she’d love more rubbies, please. ]

sounds like a plan :D

[monoceroscaeli]

[The wind makes his long bangs swish to the side, laughing when he realizes she's done it- and keeps giving her those good rubbies because she deserves them.]

Sounds like you're interested. Alright. I'll introduce the two of you later. But for now, let's rub that tummy too, haha.

[And he pet her for as long as she wanted before parting ways. He'll be able to find her later- he's Fatui, he can find anyone.]