Geraldine
Well, that certainly changes things. Before Ha could even begin her half-hearted, uninformed explanation to Daniel whilst trudging through a crowd, a series of tumultuous, confusing events took place— an evolved scuffle between obscure individuals, such as, as detailed by Salhaeja, a 'ruffian, yellow-furred Medei, prone to sizzling provocation'. Apparently, the described botched a robbery in broad daylight and a fight broke out, but it was interrupted by an trigger-happy executioner, of whom was *Then* Halted by a figure of incredible authority, according to the blade. This woman was O.S.A, a member of the Pacifica inner council, which she had no idea existed, but it sounded important. Sal also claimed that another estranged character showed up and disturbed the temporary peace, but Ha herself was now pervious to the rather glaring announcement made to the festival, pinning her sheathed blade in place as she turned her head to the direction of Akuko's booming voice. The woman initially stated the names of the offenders, not that they were all that interesting, though unique. Then, something about a. . . Fish? Finding a fish, like that one movie she saw the other day. Finding. . . Elmo? No, that wasn't it.

A game? Surely, Salhaeja had more vital motives for dragging her here. She wasn't angry at this, albeit, as much as she failed to understand— why?Honestly, she wouldn't mind participating in this contest, even if she wasn't a big fan of fish, but this was oddly trivial in natur– and there she goes, *Asking* Questions again. The most draining of exercises was, and would always be self-ponderment. 

That aside, she figured herself to be in a good position to find a partner, despite appearances tending to be poor advertisement on her behalf. Ha was much better suited as a combatant than a scavenger, granted, but perhaps an ally with actual flesh and blood would be of good service in this situation. Salhaeja would probably approve, anyhow. He had no reason not to.
Mildred
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[". . .SHE FOLLOWS THE GAME. THE GAME INTRIGUES ME."]
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Geraldine
In light of changed circumstances, she shifted her focus to this supposed hunt as opposed to her previous intention in accordance with Salhaeja. She'd keep her heavy smile, but the dullness of her tone despite the oppertunity of something plausibly fun remained. Her facial expression also kept itself inanimate, excluding the faintest grin and concealed by her sunglasses. Assuming he said yes, she'd want to partner up for convenience, and the fact that he didn't seem overtly judgmental of her, not that the sort of thing mattered aside from practical application. She began to wonder, if not too excessively, whether Salhaeja even knew what he was doing here, or why. Of course, it didn't really matter. It was just weird to her, and uncharacteristic of someone she was forced to know rather well. Regardless, she'd do what he asked, because she has to, even if it turned out to be a waste. Otherwise, she wouldn't do anything at all.

``". . .Oh, well, that looks fun. Are you playing?"``
Jane
*He looked up at the figure curiously, before turning back to Ha upon her questioning.* "It seems like fun. I'd be up for a challenge, even as odd as... The target is." *He scrunched his brow, trying to think of a single reason why a fish would be the focal point of a massive hunt. Best not to think about it too much, there was a price on it, and he was interested nonetheless.*
Christopher
While Starbi was passing through the sea of people to follow the lady, all he was thinking about was the sharp lack of positivity coming from her, he was curious to see if there was anything wrong, it's not like one to go out alone to a festival to originally bring cheer to others and remain unhappy, that's what Starbi thought, and he thought if he could figure out what was wrong, he's just that kind of person really, trying to make others smile.
It was then that the lady turned around, and that's when Starbi got to see her face, Starbi paused for a moment, staring at her. The lady could see him easily, it's not as if he wasn't blending in the crowd, someone like him is easy to see, not to mention the lingering atmosphere of cheer present, except faint now given the situation Starbi was in.
Kelly
*He was dragging his dark axe behind him, loud as it was no one would probably look at him, so he raised it up, slammed it down, and then let out a monstrous roar that could be heard all throughout the festival, even if this didn't scare anyone, a mouth a shining white teeth would be smiling at anyone who saw his face, he then kept moving as he only wanted to scare people not have to harm anyone.*
Bonnie
Hearing the monstrous roar he was reminded of the roar of engines, tanks, planes flying by, the mud and blood and the horrific screams of terror and pain he heard all over the trenches. *Can't think about that now, I need to keep moving. Find out what that was later but I can't get distracted now,* While still running and jumping from rooftop to rooftop, looking for a glowing koi. He didn't know what that was and what it looked like but he'll find out and hopefully not get arrested
Maureen
Making her way through the crowds of people, Athena sees Starbi in the distance and decides to go see if they have had any luck finding the Koi Fish or the person who made the announcement while keeping an eye out for a Glowing Koi Fish.
Once she reaches him, she asks "Heya Starbi, hows your plan going so far?"
Roger
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Turning his attention, once again, back to the task at hand, Gold's palms alight with electricity as he gives himself a little slap on the face to refocus himself *Again*. Time to head **North**.
Bonnie
Jumping roof to roof stopping only to look around at his soundings to search for the glowing koi fish he wondered to himself *I should get a gift for Max and Starry, Max destroyed his coat to help us with that goat guy and I held a gun on starbi, I like that guy he's pretty cool and I like his gloves,* While standing on the roof top he notices someone going the same direction as him being on the same rooftops he was just on. Knowing that the rest of the group went their own ways and none followed him, he drew his revolver and called out to the man "You there, state your name and business!" While focusing on his sights to make sure he has a clear shot if needed
Roger
Hearing the voice call out to him, Gold simply sighs before pointing the **Palm Gun** Back at William, turning to face him as he speaks in an intentionally inflammatory tone "Ma' name ain't ya' business! Ma' business ain't ya' business eitha'! What's it t'ya?"

`Okay, so we're doing this.`
Bonnie
Looking back at the man he responds "What it is to me is that you just started going my direction, I don't know ya so be a scab and scram will ya? I ain't got time for this and I don't know ya." William aims his pistol center mass ready to fire, cocking his hammer on the stranger. *Shit I don't have time for any of this, I need to keep moving and find that damn koi* Thinking to himself
Roger
"I ain't see ya' name on th' direction." Gold replies curtly, **Palm Gun** Beginning to spin up "Why don' ya make like a tree an' get lost?"

Seeing the revolver hammer cock back, Gold simply shakes his head "That ain't gonna work th' way ya' wan' it to."

*Tckeeeeew*

A noise emits from the **Palm Gun** As the center glows a white-hot blue, Gold standing at the ready "Look, either y' take the shot, or y' buzz of with th' rest o' ya' pals."

Gold suddenly looks a little closer at the gun, his bare right hand's pointer and middle fingers suddenly twitching.

*Chk*

A tiny, almost unhearable sound emits from William's gun as Gold stares him down "Take th' shot."
Bonnie
Looking at the man, getting agitated William responds with "I am too old for this, I have killed fair better man than you. You really want me to take the shot? Go first, let's make this as fair as it can be because I've always been fast enough." Reaching his left hand towards his back to unclip his bayonet ready to throw it towards the man *I don't want to kill this man but if he makes me I will and I'll make my apologies to the witch lady*
Roger
"That ain't gonna work eitha'." Gold warns, "Shoulda' at least tried t' take th' shot. Gone down with some honor in y' life. Some follow-through."

**PFFF** 

The **Palm Gun** Activates, Gold aiming directly for William's left thigh; the shot travelling at bullet speed. Seeing as they're within bayonet throwing distance, this would be an impossible-to-dodge timeframe, even with a sub-100ms response time like William's.
Bonnie
Seeing the blast of light William immediately dodged to his left, still getting hit in his left thigh, but he imbued his bayonet with fire magic and throwing it dead center towards his foe, firing 2 shots from his revolver at center mass
Roger
Unfortunately, the revolver bullets never fire.

The click from earlier implied but one thing.

**Gold turned the safety on.**

The bayonet, now mid-arc, suddenly stops in thin air, a thin bolt of white-holden electricity suspending it in air, electricifying the **Metal** Blade of the weapon and assuring its safe descent into Gold's open left hand, quickly tossing it to his right and playing with the blade as if it were a fidget toy. Gold whistles "Nice blade. Seen betta' though. Ya' an amateur at throwin' it."
Bonnie
Seeing his blade be caught so effortlessly he thought to himself *Amateur at throwin' it? I was part of the damn AEF I have the training from damn martial art instructors and I fought in a damn war and he thinks I'm a damn amateur* Coming back up he rapid fires his pistol while also imbueing his shots with fire magic to cause small smoke to attempt to get close for hand to hand
Roger
The first bullet to fire gets jammed just as it exits the muzzle, Gold holding his left hand up towards the gun, staring as the bullet simply sits there, colliding with the other few bullets and collapsing to the ground, a clear mental strain inflicted to do so, but a strain well-worth it.

As William approaches, Gold shoots 70 volts of electricity towards William's right leg to cause it to tense incredibly painfully, hopefully causing the assailant to drop to his knees or simple fall over from the sheer shock of it. Due to the shot from earlier, this would definitely make him much slower in his approach, allowing Gold a much more relaxed timeframe to do so, letting him attempt to alleviate the strain from catching the bullet just seconds prior.
Bonnie
Feeling the course of electricity course through his leg he grited his teeth saying to himself *I survived the trenches of France, the Aisne offensive, second battle of the somme and Saint-Mihiel, I will not be put down by some scab* Despite the immense pain and muscle contractions in his leg he tries landing a punch. Panting and out of breath he stands up taking a fighting stance and says "Quite hiding behind your magic sissy and fight me like a proper soldier." While blood is still dripping out his leg
Roger
Coming back a bit from the punch, Gold simply shrugs it off, replying with a low growl "Like ya' one t' talk, ol' man."

Stepping back to allow some distance, Gold once again shoots electricity at the ground between the two of them, this time intending to simply make space between the two, disengaging with William's bayonet still in hand. "Ya' attack *Me* Fa' walkin' th' same direction as ya'? Y' try an' shoot me, then call ya'self a 'proper soldier'?"

"Y'aint got any *Honor*, s' stop wastin' ma' time. Let the younga' generation have all th' fun." A warning tone. Clearly a few *Punches* Here and there aren't enough to phase him.
Bonnie
Looking at the man in front of him, he responds, "And what are you? Call yourself a soldier? You run and hide behind magic ain't gonna face me with fists and weapons, you ain't nothing but a scab and I've put many of your lot into the ground, besides you followed me first, run along like the kid you are, but i want my steel back and you owe me a new gun." Giving a small smile to the person in front of him, once again getting into a fighting stance allowing fire to imbue the small parts of his cuffs to aid in his attacks
Roger
"When did a' say a' was a *Soldier*??" Proceeding to back up further, faster, "I ain't owin' ya' *Anythin'*." Seems that that level of talk won't work either...

"Finder's keepers. Ya' threw it, I keep it. Spoils o' war, that sorta thing. 'sides, ya' ain't gonna win. Ya' left leg is bleedin' profusely an' ya' right leg is prolly buggin' ya' too judgin' by ya' goofy-lookin' walk. Should count y'self lucky that I ain't done *Worse*."
Bonnie
Staring at the man he says "No wonder you ain't no right man, and that blade is worth more to me than you'll ever worth in your whole life. You really think you can do worse to me, hell you don't know me at all." Despite the pain in his legs he sprints forwards closing the distance facing about to throw a few punches, due to his military training and experience fighting in close quarters either directly he turns William will be there to throw a punch from his trench fighting years with his new fire magic in his hands
Roger
Gold, watching the approach, simply steps back more and more as William attempts to punch, before shooting the 70 volts of pure electricity towards the man's punching, outstretched hand, attempting to *Severely* Weaken his opponent "Y' have __one__ last chance t' tuck y' tail between ya' legs 'fore I make *Sure* Ya' spend th' next few days in the E.R."

**Tkeeeeewww**

The **Palm Gun** Once again begins to glow. Should William attempt another punch, or make any *Silly* Movement, Gold would fire, simply staying out of arm's reach due to the difference of armspan.
Bonnie
Even in immense pain, William still stands and doesn't let up his attack, putting all his effort into one final attack, he rushes forwards moving out the way of the hand now glowing and reaches for his bayonet, to break it free and push himself and his opponent off the roof
Roger
Gold simply readjusts his posture, shooting the out-stretched hand, refusing to let go of the bayonet, yet stepping back of his own free will, harmlessly levitating off the side of the building.

Seems Gold got what he wanted either way.
Bonnie
Falling off the building and landing on the street below, William now highly bloody, messy hair and missing his hat proceeds to stand up now limping and highly injured, *I ain't down that easy* He said to himself, "Still hiding behind your magic huh? Well c'mon then let's keep goin'." He says while visibly beaten and damaged

William is hoping one of his comrades will see him
Roger
"No thanks." Looking down at William, Gold simply shakes his head "Got betta' things t' do." Before returning to the rooftop to make his escape, William now a few stories below and unable to reach him in time.

Gold steps into the middle of the rooftop, leaving William as if he were an afterthought and examining the new toy he just got his hands on, inspecting every small, intricate detail of it, before reaching his exposed hand out to touch the metal blade, "Could use a lil' bit o' personality..."

Slowly but surely, spreading from Gold's fingertips, the bayonet's color begins to shift; what once was a boring old metal now turned into a shimmering *Gold*.

"Betta'...."

`Now where were we?`

Beginning to walk back to the **North**, Gold makes his escape swiftly, not allowing much time at all for someone to accurately track him down.
Bonnie
William heavily injured looked around for where his hat landed, he would see it on the floor of the sidewalk, limping over while occasionally coughing up small bits of blood he picked up his hat and placed it back on his head. *Son of a bitch, now that guy has my bayonet and I'm here bleeding in the middle of the street.* He stumbles his way to the alleyway and takes his trench coat off, tearing it into pieces to bandage up his wounds like he's done so many times before *Now I don't have a coat great* While looking for a way to get back up on the roof, finding a ladder he climbs up with great effort, leaving blood spills that form a path from the street to the ladder. Making it back up he notices that the opponent has left and left his revolver on the rooftop, he walks towards his revolver still on the ground and inspects the damage. Realizing his pistol now has 2 bullets lodged in the barrel he fields strip it and uses the cylinder rod to remove the object in the barrel

He now sits on the roof alone, and bleeding
Jose
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"Daheh," Kuouo stared up at the sky, staring at the rivers of mana shimmering through the air of Sanctum Mesa as the resonance of Akuko's voice slowy faded away. "Ya drive a hard bargain lady." He said to himself through a cocky side-smile. "I've got some mana I wanna burn through right now anyways." 
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The bandit furled his fists tightly, squatting down and beginning the first part of ascent. He suddenly sprung upwards, catching the ledge of the market stall's roof and pulling himself up with ease. Twirling around and now facing the street, fiery mana pooled at the pads of his feet as he invoked 1/10th of *Blazestep*'s full potential in each paw. With a mere right step forward, the bandit propelled himself directly across the street towards the window of a small office building. 

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"Woooohooooo!"

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With his left leg now placed outward, his lower digits claw onto the narrow ledge of a window sill, followed by the bend of his knee and subsequent spring upward. With a whisper of *Infernium*'s name, it flew out of its sheathe, shattering a window to the fifth and final floor of the office, allowing the bandit to make his dynamic entrance with a vault and roll inside. Manuevering past empty cubicles and fake plants, the bandit made quick work of the plain obstacles and finally entered the stairwell on the opposite end of the floor. Kuouo swung the door leading to the rooftop open, now aided with a vantage point as he began mulling over his plan to capture the Koi fish.

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"Always nice t' get a workout in, daheh!" Kuouo rolled his shoulders and cracked his neck. "Now let's see how t' go about this.." Standing over the festivities, the bandit slipped the notepad out of his back pocket as Infernium suddenly slipped back into its sheathe. "Welcome back Inferny." He snickered to himself. "Now tell me, whaddya think of the situation?" The dagger laid attached to his waist in silence before Kuouo perked up. "Hmm, that's pretty true. I don't think there's anyone in the east — But there were two bozos just fighting over... North? I think?" Kuouo squinted his eyes and shook his head. 


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"Could jus' be another scrap though. But if there ain't nothin' in the east, I'll jot down their descriptions and see if they happened to get the lil fishy." Kuouo stuck his tongue out, scratching the base of his horns with the pen in his left hand as he doodled a fairly basic description of Gold and William. "So! We're gonna follow this magic trail east a keep high ground to keep an eye on things. Up 'ere, we're gonna have the element of surprise — Should anyone beat me t' the thing, daheh!"

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Kuouo inserted the pen through the rungs of the notepad before shoving it into his back pocket. Now aided by verticality, the bandit finally began his search for the Koi as he dashed from rooftop-to-rooftop, his eyes scanning the district in front of him from left to right to top to bottom to in front of him and the occasional glance behind to ensure he didn't miss anything or find himself being trailed.
Kelly
*Hearing that battle that had just occurred he ran back and looked around and jumped onto a roof same way as last time, he then looks at William and rushes over to him.* "What happened? All I know is I saw a bunch a stuff and then when I jump up here I see you nearly dead."
Bonnie
Looking at his comrade he responded with "Ah hey shadow man, I fought a guy and he stole my bayonet and I kinda fell off the roof, more like I jumped but same thing." Giving a chuckle mixed with pained grunts and coughs. William then says "I was thinking about buying you and starbi a gift, but looks like I don't have any much to give right now sorry about that bud." While trying to stand up but failing
Bao
*Somewhere within sanctum mesa...*

Endeven had just finished climbing up a seemingly infinite amount of stairs to the rooftop of a tall building. The sight was amazing and he could scout over the celebrating faces of both humans and medei. The fact that such an event is even possible astounded Endeven as he kept glaring through the streets. However this momentary peace and silence was about to be interrupted by a feminine voice.

** ```
"𝑬𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒅 𝒈𝒖𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑭𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒂𝒍 𝒐𝒇 𝑪𝒐𝒏𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆!!"```**

As the words of White September reached Endeven's ears, he paid close attention to every single word so he wouldn't miss any, since this might be an important announcement, but the more this voice spoke, the more Endeven's eyes widened in shock. It was broadcasting the rules of a game and challenging the attendees of the festival to participate in a brawl-out over a fish. To him this idea of motivating a big group of people to locate and then chase the owner of the spirit koi amidst the festival activities and crowds seemed like the idea of an absolutely maniac. As he stared at the night sky with a face frozen from astonishment, Endeven attempted to come up with a plan to end the hunt as quickly as possible as to keep the damages caused by this O.S.A-Game at a minimum. Before he could ultimately come up with a gameplan, the words that unleashed the challenge rang through his ears as he instinctively started running across rooftops towards the source of a shining light, which he assumed to be the location of this spiritual koi:

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"The Hunt begins... Now!"```**__

The beam of light split into three and Endeven decided to run towards the one south since it's the closest to his current location. Earlier, just until before he found his way up to the rooftop that he shortly rested on, Endeven took part in the work of maintaining the overhead lighting for the festival along with many other sorcerers. While he did so, he turned off his Oculus Accortex because it felt very safe around the festival just because of astra cantums strength in numbers. This let the mana from the previous casting regenrate quicklier, but Endeven no longer had that feeling of safety. 

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["Those O.S.A-guys keep getting brighter ideas. I'll just snatch the fish, disappear with the fish and win. If i do get into combat, it might not be too bad of an exercise."]
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A thought struck the sorcerer. If he could lead the koi away from the crowds, that would let him defend it without casualties. Endeven suddenly looked forward to the experience this could be for him , guarding the koi until either his mana reserve or the festival end. A breeze of wind hit his face, clearing it from most strands of hair that previously covered the pale skin. Bright energy flashed up on the center of his forehead. An energy unique to this specific **SOUL**, unlike any other **SOUL**. 

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["I will show them why Astra Cantum will remain at the peak."]
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Something is going on. The bright light makes it impossible to see, yet it's clear what's happening. Incarnation.

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"𝓞𝓬𝓾𝓵𝓾𝓼 𝓐𝓬𝓬𝓸𝓻𝓽𝓮𝔁."```**

As those words were chanted, the light had given birth to something new on Endeven's forehead. It became clearer to see with every second that more of the light faded. It revealed a shape that resembled an eye. It's pupil, a horizon of endless stars, was rapidly twitching into random directions while more of its shine dwindled. For a second it closed and stopped moving. Now it's open.
Kelly
*His eyes were shaking and his left hand was balled into a fist as his right hand tightened around his axes handle.* "You need to just lay down and do not get up whatsoever, you stay up here and do not fight anyone else, at first I was just gonna scare people, now it's game on." *He then jumped back down and went to go find whoever had done that to William.*
Bonnie
William now watching max jumping down reaching into his pocket to grab his cigarettes, just said "Good luck kid" While slumping over and passing out before he had the chance to even light his butt
Roger
Gold, forever on the search of the koi — a clear purpose set in his mind — could not care less if there was now a big target on his back. He was attacked first, not the other way around... Loyalty be what loyalty is.

Continuing further in his chosen direction, Gold hops down into a nearby street, deciding to attempt to blend in with local people, should there be any *To* Do that with, still toying with the now golden bayonet before sliding it into his utility belt.

`Kai's gonna freak out when I show 'er this.` He thinks to himself, chuckling absentmindedly; not a *Care* In the world.
Kelly
*Dragging his axe behind him, he walked angrier then before, he had gotten the pitch out of his hat aswell so both of his hands were holding a weapon, left had the axe, and right had the pitch.* "Y'know I never really thought of all to much, my strength nor my abilities, but now I have a reason to think about them, the sound of bones being crushed, the screams of agony and pain one can feel after having their arm's ripped off, the silence of a bullet going through someone's head, I can finally use my abilities for something, I don't give a shit whether I get kicked out or not, I'm killing someone tonight."
Roger
Keep on keeping on. Nothing to see here. Despite having been in a fight just recently, the only blow landed against Gold was... To his face. No bullets, no bleeding, no nothing. In fact, as there was no description given of Gold, and the bayonet was properly stowed away, there is no real reason for Gold to be suspected of anything at all other than perhaps getting into a scuffle at one point or another; whether that was due to the event currently going on, or already pre-existing, would have to be up to the eyes of the interpreter.
Bao
The sound of many steps and a fluttering robe was all that moved along with Endeven as he dashed from roof to roof. He put his right hand onto his forehead, where the Oculus Accortex was located on. When he removed his hand, the Oculus Accortex was sitting on his hand. After the right palm was placed on the back of Endeven's neck, the eye was left sitting there, partially hidden under his purple hair. With slight impatience, he mumbled to himself:

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["Not much longer until i arrive at that light beam's location.."]
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 He was mostly focusing on his surroundings, checking for other people that might've gained the spirit-koi's ownership already. While doing this, his creativity was running wild, thinking of ways to defend himself aswell as keeping the amount of spells used low.
Kelly
*He was still hunting for the spirit Koi as that's why he was here in the first place, but if anyone or anything came close to him, it'd be met with an axe slash or a gunshot that'd send them flying, he wasn't fully insane so he didn't just attack anything in his line of sight, but he was incredibly hostile, his weapons along with his mahoraga ish build, nothing would probably get to close to him.* "Wherever that bastard is when I find him I'm gonna chop his legs off, rip his arms off, and then gouge his eyes out with his own fingers, until then I'll just look for the spirit Koi."
Roger
Gold momentarily stops, searching in his pockets for his money, pulling out his wallet and pushing a bag of coins aside, walking up to a nearby vendor and purchasing a tornado potato.

Stepping back out into the street upon successful purchase, Gold takes a big bite and continues his search.

In other words

Gold eats.
William
*She grumbled a bit as seeing as she was being followed by this child, at least, what looked to be a child, she took a good few sharp turns throughout the winding crowd to lose him, ducking somewhat so that her easy to identify hair would be somewhat hidden. She didn't need someone questioning her and taking up her time for something she didn't consider important or useful.*
Christopher
Starbi perked up from Athena speaking, turning to his head to her.
"Oh, uhh.." Starbi's eyes moved back to the lady, seeing that she was going in another direction, Starbi was a bit surprised.
"I'll get back to that in a bit, I got something to do!" Starbi spoke with a determined smile painted on his face he's not gonna give up easily! It was then he abruptly began running through the crowds of people to try to catch up he was a bit slow but he's not cold on the trail yet. He tried to resonate with the joy of everyone around him while running, to try and locate the person quicker, it seemed to work, as he got a general direction of where to go, still right on track on following the person, his persistence influencing the atmosphere with a strong breeze of cheer!
William
*She hissed a bit as she could hear that whoever the hell this was certainly wasn't letting up. Couldn't have a day to herself without somebody trying to talk to her when she clearly wasn't interested huh? Maybe he just couldn't tell that and was painfully oblivious but she didn't seem to think a person could manage to be so stupid. She huffed, lighting another cigarette - the last one - from her pack to try to de-stress as smoke drifted into the air and she ducked into another alleyway to blend in with the dark. Perhaps, she could find a way around through the alleyway, a shortcut.*
Maureen
Athena seeing Starbi bolt into the crowds of people responded with "Alright, Keep an eye out for that koi fish while you're at it", Then she continued onto her adventure south hoping to find the Koi Fish along the way
Christopher
Starbi was still on the trail, even if he fell behind a bit, he was still on the track, he can't give up yet, he's already running! He's sure that this'll unfold quickly! Still resonating with the joy of those around, he deduced that he should take a left on the next alleyway, and so.. He did! Slowing down to then lightly skid on the pavement, turning to the left, and then walking into the alley, he was then slowing down, now walking into the alley, looking around to be shrowded in darkness, hm.. Does he not get deja vu? Perhaps that person was hiding, it was then that he smelt the smell of.. A cigarette burning, he then turned his head to the right, then turned around to look into a part of the dark, he found them, the sharp lack of joy of the festival, his persistence paid off in the end!
"Oh, there you are, hi there!" Starbi spoke positively, gesturing a friendly wave to them.
William
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- "Ugh. Why the hell were you following me. I clearly didn't want to fuckin' talk."
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*She grumbled and glared at him as she leaned against the wall. Her displease at him finding her was clear and probably stung like a wasp would as she blew smoke towards his general direction. Although not intentional for it to go in his face, she wouldn't care if it did.*
Christopher
Starbi's head tilted to the side as his expression turned to one of a confused one as the lady spoke, she seemed upset.
"Oh, well," Starbi spoke,
"I wanted to see what was up with you, I felt something was wrong earlier! I then saw you a little later, I was gonna go do something else, but.." Starbi turned his head to the side, then looked back.
"I instead followed you, I wanted to find out what was up!" He responded with a reassuring smile on his face, his joyful aura lingering over the alleyway..
William
*Her facial expression didn't change, still just as annoyed even with his explanation as she stared at him.*

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- "If I wanted to bother talking I would've done it myself now wouldn't I? Get lost. I don't enjoy large events like these and it's as simple as that. Just a gut feeling something would go wrong, but now, I'm just wasting my time. The only thing worth sticking around is to see what other rewards there could be past that fish as a pet."
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*She hissed a little as she clearly didn't like being asked what was wrong. There were numerous things that could've been wrong in this moment, she just had to pick the most relevant. Things that had been weighing down on her for years didn't matter when this damned festival was going to make her head pop with all the loud noise.*
Christopher
Starbi's face faltered a little while the lady was talking, listening to what she had to say, but he remained keeping his friendly demeanor to her.
"Well, even so," Starbi commented, "I felt your presence here in the festival before that whole contest came along, I don't know what my point is going here.." Starbi spoke with an embarrassed smile.
"But that's besides the point!" Starbi exclaimed with a determined smile.
"I'm not gonna be here while I leave someone alone by themselves while not being happy, there's no way I'd do that! I'm just that kind of guy, y'know?" Starbi let out a small laugh, looking at the lady as he spread his arms out with a smile of gold.

*"For the sake of what I believe in, I want to make sure that I try to make everyone I meet smile, including you! I can't give up until it's too late, life can be too short to miss the smallest chances that can matter, and it'd be too silly to not take those chances, otherwise, it might get bad in the long run, and that's what life is all about, taking chances, cause how would you know what would happen?" *

Starbi spoke, his face glowing in the dark alleyway with his closed eyes and wide smile, hoping that what he said at least cheered the lady up.
William
*She paused for a bit, muttering to herself and biting at the cigarette that hung loosely from her lips, but at least her annoyed look had gradually and slowly changed into a neutral blank slate.*

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- "Look, you seem like a nice kid, but your enthusiasm is wasted here. I don't need your help, I'm always like this. Go find the guys were hanging out with before, you're wasting your time and mine, I would at least like to try to find that fish."
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*She sighed as she did envy him some for how naive he seemed to how shit the world could be. How many things there were to be pissed or upset about rather than plastering a stupid smile on your face and moving on. Sometimes moving on was impossible, things would haunt you for years.*
Christopher
Starbi's smile faded a little as he opened his eyes to look at the lady, having an expression of unsureness, but retaining that signature friendly feeling as he listened to what she was saying, was she right? No, of course not, surely something got through to her! Starbi was sure of that at least,
"No time of mine is wasted! I make sure to look to any sort of branch of fate to see what'll happen! I don't regret coming here to speak to you instead of doing my mission! I branched off what I did and it paid off, if it means getting to at least speaking to you and have you at least listening to what I have to say, that's gotta mean something, right?" Starbi spoke rhetorically, having a mischievous but friendly smile on his face.

"I may have not done much now, but at least we got to speak with each other, and with that, it'll be easier when we get to speak next time! The future always lies ahead, and eventually, we all move towards it and see how it turns out! Whether that be in a minute, an hour, or an entire year! I'm glad I got to talk to you, my name's Starbi by the way! That's the ess to the tea, and to the aye are *Bi*!" Starbi spoke with a smile, following along with a cheerful introduction. 
"But, you probably heard my name while I was talking to that big group before, I can be a bit loud at times, haha.." Starbi spoke, trailing off with a friendly laugh.

"It seems that I best be going now, that's the least I could do for now," Starbi spoke calmly.

"But just wait, I might be seeing you very very soon, who knows how long!" Starbi spoke with a persevering smile.

"I'll see you around mysterious lady, I have a mission to carry out now!" Starbi spoke with a friendly wave, 

*"Keep on going, for the everchanging future! You never know, what lies behind won't always lie ahead, that is what makes the future everchanging, and life fun!"* 

Starbi added as he quickly paced out of the alleyway, not even asking for her name, sounds like him, heh.
William
*She stayed silent as she listened to him, not bothering to introduce herself as he was already on his way out. Why would she bother with her name? At most she would only give him her last name, she preferred it that way. Regardless, she sighed at him finally leaving her alone as she walked off. She wasn't sure how kids did it sometimes. Always being so kind and persevering despite her bitter attitude and irritated look. Seems even if Starbi got into a poor situation he would be positive, a skill that she never managed to obtain even when she herself was young for specific reasons. 

She grimaced a bit at partially remembering why she ended up like this, quickly turning and letting out a sigh to exhale some of the smoke from her cigarette. She stomped out from the alleyway now that she was no longer being followed and continued heading in the southern direction of the festival.*

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- ". . .Kids are odd."
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*She mumbled to herself rather than anyone in particular, she just didn't really understand Starbi.*
Kelly
*After a while of walking around he thought about just leaving the revenge for after the event, remembering the directions of the lights, he put his weapons back into his hat, jumped up, and used a type of air cannon from his hands to propel himself east.*
Kathleen
*"Saint Raphael, o' Archangel..."*
*"...Great healer of the sick, and dutiful protector of travelers..."*

The soft voice of a woman breathed a prayer, having — though somewhat late — arrived to aid William. Consciousness returned to the injured man as enchanted words of a divine prayer soothed his ears, an auric, golden energy granting a gentle warmth that seeped down to the very bone.

*"Turn now your merciful gaze upon this lost child of God."*
*"Now I pray for your intercession—"*

...Potent, were the words of her healing. It seems that the representative of the O.S.A, White September, did not merely speak idle words when she promised that lesser wounds would be tended to by on-site staff. Perhaps it was due to their preoccupation, or perhaps it was due to the fact that he remained isolated on a roof; all the same, William was healed, and rather rapidly. Now, though not all pain had left his body, he could open his eyes, the bleeding had stopped, and the pain of any bruising had waned considerably.

*"May your healing descend upon him."*
*"May you guide my hands with your mercy and wisdom."*
*"Pour into me — a vessel — the mercies of God—"*
*"...And grant me His grace to pour forth."*
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The spell met its end, and William was fully healed. Remarkable, considering what damage he had already taken — she was no doubt a ranked member of the *Vicariate,* Immediately identified by her distinct Catholic garb and tradition, yet her free and fluent use of magic. And fluent in magic she was; such a spell did not appear even to exhaust her in the slightest.

"...The damage on your body has been treated," She spoke, rather quietly.
"...But has not disappeared, entirely."
"It may feel it has healed in its entirely," She warned, "But it surely still exists."
"I would suggest you do not... Stir, too much. You may return to the Hunt — but... I would implore you to reconsider."
"If you get into another conflict, you could well open the wounds I have sealed."

Her voice was soft, reassuring, and almost melodic, made even more enchanting by the mana-suffused nature that permeated the prayer she had just spoken. The recovery of her patient — William — had accelerated to such a point that his vision had returned to a point of clarity. He could then behold his healer: a woman, draped in the traditional attire of a Catholic sister, donning a long, loose-fitting dress, a thin, white veil, and a rosary, clutched in her right hand and pressed against her chest. Her hair was a soft and light brown, and her eyes an identical color.

She gave a gracious nod, before standing upright. Upon William's confirmation, she would depart.
Bonnie
Staring at the lady in front of him William said, "Thank you for the heal lady but God has nothing to do with me, he forsake me a long time ago and I turned my back on him." Standing up and said, "Tell me true, if our God is just, why did he let us fight in a war that ended nothing?" Turning away from the figure he made his way down the ladder to return to the street saying under his breath, "In the mud and blood there shall be no peace not for us, not for our souls and mind." But before departing he left a gift, a gesture of thanks. A small smile and saying, "Names William by the way, if you ever need anything from me just remember that name." Leaving the rooftop with no other words to be said
Jane
*He turned to face Ha, shrugging his shoulders subtly.* "Since we already seem to paired up, I think maybe me and you could go looking for that fish. If you're alright with that, I say we could head East and see where that takes us." *He waited quietly for a response, shifting his belt and cracking his neck.*