Someone Give The Girl a Hug [or a Fight] Already

[booyaka_boom]

Who: Selphie and Anyone Else
When: Afternoon
Where: Park!
Style: Whatever you want you get.
Status: Open Sesame Street

Selphie was counting down the number of close friends that she had left. Think of all your friends, think of the people here who want to help you, that's the kind of things that people said to those who had a friend return home. That's almost what Guy had said to her when Kenshin left. Sure. And one of those few friends who had tried to help was back home. Disappeared. Gone - and Cain had been so helpful to her, and so friendly too. He was the first person in a very long time to open their doors to her, to treat her like a wanted guest.

This time, Selphie's energy is channelled into sheer anger, at the lovely park, of all places. If Vatheon was a person, Selphie would have slaughtered them. As it was, she has drawn a shaky outline of a human figure on a tree in the park, and has started directing heavy blows at it with her nunchaku. The young woman is getting so worked up that the occasional burst of fire appears - enough to burn the bark for just a moment. Here's hoping she doesn't start a forest fire.
 

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[formerabyssinian]

Aya had to pass by the park for some groceries he was running out of. Seeing a small plume of smoke form not too far away made him concerned, so Aya went over to see what was causing it. It was more like a wisp of smoke, but...they were under the ocean. What in the world is happening.

What he found was Selphie hard at work with her nunchaku. It was pretty impressive to watch, but there was quite some fury behind her blows. He knew that sign all too well.

He walked over, but kept at a distance. If he didn't get noticed by her after a few more moments, he would make himself known. For know, he'll watch. Selphie had said she was a soldier, too, so this was a good way to see her skills without being too invasive about it.

[booyaka_boom]

At this point, Selphie was so involved with what she was doing that she really wasn't paying attention to her surroundings. Possibly a bad thing, but hey, it was Vatheon, and she doubted she'd be under attack any time soon.

However, she was so completely in full swing that she neglected to stop herself from wasting her energy on her magic, and...oops. There goes a fire spell. The tree caught light immediately, and that had Selphie back to reality in an instant. It took her a moment or two of fumbling with her weapon before she was able to manage a small blizzard spell to get rid of the flames.

[formerabyssinian]

Whoa! Okay, that was pretty scary and amazing, particularly the freezing of the flames. He didn't understand what was going on. Did she know some sort of magic?

"Remind me not to get on your bad side."

[booyaka_boom]

Already on edge from the near forest fire, Selphie was startled like crazy when she heard someone speak. She visibly jumped, dropping her nunchaku, which she quickly bent to recover.

"Oh! Aya! Heh..."

[hecklinghare]

It was hard to miss the sounds of the poor tree being whacked to death. The scent of singed wood was even harder to ignore. Especially if one had a nose like he did. Bugs was watching Selphie from a rabbit hole he'd just dug up, chewing thoughtfully on a carrot and wincing every time a bit of fire came out.

Obviously the dame was mad.

Throwing caution to the side, as usual, Bugs climbed out of the ground and walked casually towards her.

"Didn't tink ya could hit like dat, doll."

[booyaka_boom]

Selphie noticed something appearing out of the ground from the corner of her eye. She held her breath for a moment, waiting to see if it got any closer. Soon as she heard his voice she spun around, nunchaku ready to whip out and hit him. "Whoa! And I nearly hit you!"

[hecklinghare]

He doesn't seem too put of by the almost attack. He just shrugs and eyes the tree again, "Uh...ya know...people round here sure do take tings out on da scenery."

[booyaka_boom]

"Sorry!" Selphie did look very apologetically at the large rabbit, lowering her nunchaku to show that she didn't mean any harm. "Well... I gotta take it out on something!"

[waywardtomato]

With as much of a commotion as Selphie had been making, she was bound to have some folks come to investigate. Maybe not so much expecting one of them to pop her head down from one of the nearby trees. How long she might have been up there was anyone's guess.

"Whatsa matter, Phie-Phie? Was that tree a meanie?" Edward asks, her arms hanging down below her head as she hangs there. Ed's small brown corgi Ein walks out from below the tree Ed was currently hanging from, his expressive eyes showing a surprisingly large amount of sympathy for a dog.

[booyaka_boom]

Selphie froze the instant that she saw the girl. She didn't think there was anyone near by, let alone that there might be someone sitting in the trees. Selphie just stared for a moment, horrified by how close she might have been to getting her hurt.

Her eyes move between Ed and Ein, and she takes a small step back from the tree, "I guess...?"

[waywardtomato]

"Do not stop just because Ed is here. If the tree is bad, Phie-Phie should beat it up!" Ed smiles while upside down, then swings and drops from her place in the tree, landing surprisingly catlike on her feet.

Ed saunters over to her dog and throws him into the air and catches him on the way back down. The dog seemingly was quite used to this as he does not react other then to adjust himself in her arms once he is caught. Ed smiles at Selphie, with Ein held in her arms.

[booyaka_boom]

"Oh! No...it's okay. I think I'm done." Actually, being caught out by Ed doing this was so embarrassing, and she didn't want to appear so violent around her. Selphie lowers her weapon, swinging the chain back and forth across the ground, smiling slightly as she looks at them both.

[immoralflame]

Wandering for the sake of wandering, and it's an uncomfortable state of being for someone like Sol. He's only so content to laze around in one spot, especially after the last two "curses" Vatheon's dealt out. Which is why he winds up meandering through the park, some place he hasn't figured from top to bottom (he's getting as antsy as some of the kids here, he thinks, and it's worth a half-assed laugh). Pretty sure he knows how zoo animals feel, though. Damn.

At least he's not suffering the same need for ridiculous expenditure of energy as some, though it is what causes him to stop ambling about for a moment. Waste. Hand in his pocket, he just sort of watches; the flames are reason enough to stay put. Not his business, but fire and vegetation don't get along. But for chrissakes, a tree? Really?

"Doubt it's ever done much more'n let you breathe, kid." Really must be feelin' the caged animal thing if he's willingly engaging with anyone. Tch.

[booyaka_boom]

Fortunately, Selphie was taking a pause between casting spells when the stranger approached. She had taken a step back from the tree, taking a moment to catch her breath. It was hard work, attacking the living daylights out of a tree.

When Selphie turned towards the speaker, she was still in a battle stance, nunchaku ready to hit out again. She glanced him over quickly, then gave a quick shrug before lashing out at the tree one more time. "Breathe? Really? In this bubble?" Though she did feel pretty bad about the state it was in.

Sorry, I fell off the face of Vat for a while there ;;;;

[immoralflame]

Fortunate for their surroundings, anyway. But that "hard work" was exactly why it was pretty pointless to go through with it. Accomplish nothing but wasting energy.

Normally, Sol wouldn't have bothered with anything remotely like this; he wasn't a babysitter, and normally--as in, when not trapped in a godforsaken bubble--he'd have better things to do. But without that and wanting to avoid any possible far-reaching trouble?

"'Less they're filterin' oxygen in through th'ocean, an' I ain't seen any evidence'f that."

No worries! ^___^

[booyaka_boom]

At this point, Selphie just doesn't actually understand how they've come to talk about oxygen. She'd been so deeply in the zone of the killing the crap out of the tree that she wasn't ready for having to switch back into actually having to think.

Her nunchaku fell limp in her hands as she just looked at the guy for a moment. "Well, I can stop, if you're worried about me killing everyone... Or, y'know, if you're worried about the tree." Excuse the teasing, but Selphie didn't think he looked like much of a tree-lover.

[savemegermany]

Despite his responsibilities with the bakery, Italy tended to wander. He liked the park. It was a great place to eat pasta. Today was no different, as he approached the park armed with a container full of fresh pasta and wine.

And so he spotted Selphie~

Italy was quite oblivious to her anger, choosing to approach and offer a rather large (nearly a pounce) hug with a loud greeting, "Seeelphiiiee~!"

[booyaka_boom]

Oh dear God, Italy. You'd better watch out! Selphie was just about ready to swing hard at that tree when he came over, so the nunchaku has stretched itself out.

Selphie yelped and stared at Italy with wide eyes, unable to hug back until the end of her weapon hits something, and hopefully not Italy.

[savemegermany]

Nope, it was Italy. Clocked him square in the side of the head like an idiot. He stumbled backwards, dropping what he was holding and falling melodramatically onto the grass.

It was okay, though. He knew she didn't mean it. He got beat up all the time, anyway.

[cheapshinigami]

[Tatsumi is walking by the park when he sees Selphie attacking a random tree. That is odd, but at least it seems she's not harming anyone? Either way, he wonders if he can help in some way, so he comes closer.]

Miss, are you alright? Do you need help?

[booyaka_boom]

*Selphie's nunchaku had just hit at the tree, sending two chunks of bark flying off and landing between Selphie and Tatsumi's feet. She looks down at the ground, then back up at Tatsumi*

Uhm...yeah. I mean, I'm okay..

[cheapshinigami]

[He picks up the chunk of bark and looks at it.]

Did something happen to you, Miss? Or just... training?

[champ_coordinator]

Wallace couldn't resist bumping into Selphie in hte Park. It was a nice sunny day and the mood was very uplifting.

"Hey, Selphie! How are you?"

[booyaka_boom]

Selphie, on the other hand, was far from being in a sunny or uplifting mood. She turned towards Wallace then, holding her nunchaku at the ready. "Oh....hi."

[champ_coordinator]

"Hello, Selphie. I hope I'm not disturbing you at all." Wallace saw her nunchaku and smiled. She did like using those, he noticed. "Are you busy practicing?"