Hunting Exorcists: A Real Witch Project [JT, R, Closed]

[Dia Cuir]

It had been quite a while since Dia had had a new mission. Truth be told, ever since she had gone all buckwild in that warehouse, she hadn't been getting as many assignments as she had wished. But as it were, she was finally getting a new assignment! She girl grinned from ear to ear, beside herself with excitement as she arrived atthe spot to meet her new partner. Supposedly it was a fullbringer named Blair? The girl was supposedly in Xcution since she was real young. Dia didn't know how long she'd been in it, but supposedly it had been a while, right? A real Veteran of sorts.

Supposedly the only bits she'd heard about blair was that she was a bit odd. Strong, but not strong at the same time. She honestly got that a lot about fullbringers, they were a pretty odd bunch. Dia herself was all decked out and ready for a mission. Wearing a snappy suit, as well as her usual backpack so that her damn wing wasn't out and in the open. It was always stuffy to stuff the thing into the slit she made in the backpack, but it was better than telegraphing what she was. She even had sleek gloves and a pair of sunglesses. All in all, she felt pretty fucking prepared~ Nice digs made by one of the outfitters. Ms Nara or something. Presumably her partner would be similarly garbed? Or in the same category.

She let her mind wander a bit as she stood at the very entrance to the station. A train station. They were gonna head north deeper into Germany. thinking back to the briefing, she did find herself a bit concerned. A rash of these Exorcists had begun showing up. Humans toting around souped-up weapons designed to slay spiritual beings had been on the rise. Apparently the incident she'd had was not an isolated one. There was supposedly a big ol base of them in the area, west of a mining village that the train would be taking them to. She and Blair were to stake the place out, and try not to get pulled into any sudden messes.

She always felt nervous before a mission, but this one was a bit on the deep end. She wound up fighting guys before, but htey had always been thugs and such, people unaware of the spiritual side of things. She'd also fought some hollows. But this was something else entirely. She had to admit that she felt weird. And if they DID get caught, there was no doubt that these punks would try to take them out. but they had a job to do, right? And an important one. One they trusted even they low level swords to do.

The idea made her smile, welling up with pride. Ignoring the fact that probably there were nests like this all over the world, and that probably much bigger members were being deployed to other areas with a bigger danger rating. But she didn't care! It was big for her, so she was psyched~ She immediately began scanning the crowds again, grinning as she eagerly awaited her partner's arrival. This was gonna be SIYUCK!

[Blair Aldaine ❅]

Ah, yes. Her first mission since being recruited. Blair had learned a lot in this short time. She was told she was a Fullbringer, something she still didn't really understand, and actually managed to feel how much stronger she'd gotten. Like, literally. She could physically lift way more than her small body should allow, especially at her age. She was in high school! She still felt very human and didn't actually have any powers, but she could sense things. She felt things she never realized existed. The training she'd done with Hibiki was useful, to say the least. And then Xcution found her. Sort of.

She was in a probationary period. Blair was told that she wouldn't be able to talk to any of the higher-ups until she developed her powers a little bit more. She needed to figure out how to activate her Fullbring, a word she only learned recently, to be considered a legitimate member. But what they promised her was protection. Hibiki told her that protection would be important because being spiritually aware at all made her a target. That was enough to scare her. She'd already been through enough. She didn't want to become anyone's target. So, obviously, the only logical thing for her to do was join an organization.

Now, here she was. The blonde looked down at her hands and sighed with disappointment. She was partnered up with this other girl named Dia, whom she'd never met, and she knew she'd basically be like an anchor. Not in a good way. She'd be thrown into battle or something, puncture a hole into their ship of teamwork, and sink it into the sea of failure. That's how confident she was in herself. She knew development was important, but she didn't even know how to develop! No one was there to train her. Hibiki up and ran away somewhere, and Blair knew nothing of contacting dead people. That's what Shinigami were, right?

Anyway, standing there and doing nothing wasn't going to fix her problem, either. Blair rolled her eyes. She suddenly realized she'd been standing outside of the train station for, like, a year and a half. Well, it felt like that long. She walked slowly up to the front doors and opened them with extreme caution, not wanting to draw attention to herself. Her eyes were squeezed shut until she opened them one by one and glanced around quickly. She didn't recognize a single person in there. Actually, that was probably bad. All she had to go off of was a basic description of her partner.

"Hmm... Okay, so I can sort of sense people around me. I might be able to try something. The worst thing that could happen is that I just don't do it right and then the only person who knows would be me. Right? Oh, whatever. I know her name. I can just scream it."

But she didn't. Not yet. Instead, she reached with her Energy Sensory and felt the people around her. It wasn't the strongest ability in the world, but it was enough for her to tell whether someone was a plan human or not. Luckily for her, it didn't take too long to find the girl she was looking for. Dia Cuir. She didn't know what the girl was due to her lack of experience with practically any other race, but she could tell Dia wasn't human. Blair ran for her with a smile of pride on her face. She couldn't help but feel a little excited that her sensory actually worked.

Dia would see Blair dressed casually in brown boots that reached up just below her knees, denim shorts with black leggings underneath, and a pastel pink sweatshirt. Her hair was pulled up into a side-ponytail while her bangs remained hanging in front of her face like usual. Her bright red eyes caught sight of her partner as she took notice of what the girl had with her. She didn't bring any tools or anything with her because, frankly, she didn't know if she needed to. Dia, on the other hand, had a backpack. Blair sweated and looked awkward for a brief moment. Oh, awesome. I'm under-prepared. That's so great. What a good first impression, she thought to herself sarcastically. This was destined to go swimmingly.

"Dia, right? I'm Blair! But of course you knew that. I've been paired up with you for this mission! Oh, but you probably knew that, too. Shoot. Okay. God, sorry. I'm just not so great at introductions and sometimes I get to talking fast if I'm nervous, but I'm totally not nervousbecause I definitelyknowwhattosaytoyourightnow--" Blair paused before her stammering got any worse. She was careful not to smile too widely. She didn't want to startle Dia with her fang-like incisors. "I'm new."

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{Blair's Stats}

Strength - 100 Points

Speed - [300] = 200 Points

Spiritual Pressure - [200] = 300 Points

Reiatsu Strength - 300 Points

Light Aura - 50 Points

Dark Aura - 50 Points

Instinct - 100 Points

Senses - 100 Points

Energy sensory - 105 Points

Healing Expertise - 0 Points

Total SP: 1,205 Points

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{Blair's Skills}

[Weapon: Explosives] {1}

[Martial Arts: MMA] {1}

[Analyzing] {1}

[Strength of Will] {1}

[Acrobatics] {1}

[Dia Cuir]

Dia had been keeping an eye out for her partner, expecting them to just walk up nice and stealthy like. You know, like an assassin. But instead she was tacken a bit aback when suddenly Blair came CHARGING TOWARD HER! She let out an ACK! In surprise as the girl came to a skidding halt, tensed up for a moment as she scanned the girl's getup. Well dang! Maybe she had gotten preferential treatment? Or maybe the kiddo hadn't actually gone and geared up for the mission.

Dia frowned a little and peeked over her aviators, taking a moment to listen as Blair.....well....expressed her nervous excitement. Dia couldn't help but chuckle just a little when that last bit came out, shaking her head a little and grinning from ear to ear. "Shit, you sure are wound up eh? You need to relaaaax girl. You remember the mission right?" She chuckled, putting an arm around the girl's shoulder and promptly strolling into the train station with her. The carefree nakka completely ignoring any notion of personal space as she pulled Blair along.

Or well...tried to For just an instant she would pause, struggling until Blair finally went along with her. "Shit, you may be small but you're sturdy as a brick. But like I was saying. You gotta relax see? We're not on any kinda battle mission or anything, daddio. We're just on recon. Scope out the place. Nothing to it. So all we gotta do is act natural, see? Trust me.....Blair right? Trust me Blair, you'll find that most jobs us swords get just involve taking out some thugs or someone that people want dead. Normie shit. And we got plenty on your run of the mill normie thug." She assured the girl.

It wouldn't be long (Assuming Blair's compliance) that they would be nearing their train. They still had a good hour before the train left the station, so Dia was in no hurry if Blair wanted to stay put for a bit. "Lemme tell you. My first mission? Easy as Pie. Just some drug dealers some guy wanted outta his neighborhood. I just waltzed in, and bam! Popped them in the head! Ish.....area. Some body shots too, Won't lie, I'm not the best shot. But even a low-key girl like me I had better reflexes and hearing than some human. I couldn't take on a serious hollow if it'd a killed me back then. But humans ain't nearly as tough as a hollow. And that's all we're hunting. Humans."

Humans with weapons and a vendetta against the spiritually aware. Humans that specifically were prepared to murder people like Shizuka and Satsujin. But uhhhhh she kept that outta this. that was the main branch, and they were visiting a side branch of this whole Exorcist operation. But the down and dirty of it was that she wanted blair to relax, loosen up, and just enjoy herself! If the girl kept her jitters then it no doubt would not end well for them. The poor girl stuck out like a sore thumb with all that worrying.

She looked over her shoulder, to see if she could check the time when suddenly she saw those teeth and JOLTED, almost falling over as she looked straight ahead and muttered under her breath. "Shit Mike. Er.... Say hello to Mike, Blair. He's right behind us. You won't see him though. He's in stealth mode at the moment." She explained as she almost forgot that she had her little entourage with her. Mike always liked to spook the fuck out of her.

Mike was swimming behind them, eyeing the crowd around the two. The shark was technically in another plane of existence, similar to a hollow just peeking through from the valley of screams. Of course it was also possible that Blair would think that dia was fucking crazy, but well, she'd find out about what Mike really was later on in the mission no doubt. "Any tails, Mike?" She asked quietly, but Mike affirmed that there were none. To which she nodded lightly along. "Gucci. Looks like we're in the clear Blair. Did you wanna board, or did you have anything you needed to do before we set off?"

[Blair Aldaine ❅]

"Shit, you sure are wound up eh? You need to relaaaax girl. You remember the mission right?"

Blair looked embarrassed. "Remember it? Yeah, I do!" She took out her phone and opened her Notes app. "I made sure to write it all down in here. I'm not too sure how useful I would be to you, though. I suppose part of this whole deal is that we need to get stronger? I don't even... I'm not really too sure what that even means."

She was such a newbie. And it was obvious. An obvious newbie was likely to get the two of them killed and it made her stomach turn. She didn't like that feeling at all. It was as if someone stabbed her, gutted her, flipped her organs, and stuffed them all back in with a really bad seal-up job. Dia seemed inviting enough and pretty friendly, so Blair's anxiety somewhat subsided. Not a lot, but a little. Her partner was also doing her best to calm the poor girl down. It was helping, but the small bit of fear that remained wasn't going to go anywhere soon. The comment about Blair being sturdy did make her laugh a bit, though.

Plus, Dia made everything seem so easy. Blair followed along and they soon approached their train, but Dia was telling some story about her very first mission and how the whole thing went. Wait a minute. The blonde paused and looked shocked, though directed her attention towards her partner. Did she seriously expect the two of them to kill people? Was that really what Xcution did? Why on Earth did she ever agree to do such a thing in the first place? She didn't know it was going to involve ending someone's life! She thought it would be like an arrest! There was still so much she didn't know about this organization. It seemed like she needed to find out all she could, and quickly.

Hunting humans, on the other hand... There was no way. Blair would never try to kill a human. She imagined it from time to time, but didn't everyone? If they were particularly frustrated with someone or whatever, the thought may pop into their minds. She felt like that was normal, sort of. But anyway, deciding that detail was less important. Blair needed to focus. Well, she needed to at least try. Honestly, she was just nervous. It was her first job, Dia was already more experienced than she was, and her confidence was pretty low. But Dia's sudden jolt sent a spark of panic through Blair's spine as she frantically looked around in every direction.

And promptly saw nothing. Who was she supposed to greet, exactly? No one was there. Dia seemed to be able to tell someone was, but Blair couldn't. She let out a brief sigh of relief and rolled her eyes. She was already on edge. That sudden outburst didn't really help all that much. The Fullbringer directed her attention back towards Dia and admitted that she was ready to board the train, so she made her way up through its entryway and got her things settled, what little things she had. Blair packed light because she wasn't actually too sure what to bring in the first place. After finding an empty seat, she sat down.

"I'm sorry for being the way that I am. I'm really not always this awkward, but I'm extremely new to this whole thing. I'm not used to all these terms and conditions. Speaking of conditions, actually, did you really mean that we'd have to kill people?"

[Dia Cuir]

Dia blinked a bit at that and rubbed her chin thoughtfully. As they boarded the train she did think a little about this. The girl certainly seemed kinda shaky for an actual member of Xcution. Especially seeing her expression when Dia mentioned killing people. Was she even in Xcution properly? She'd heard of prospectives, but didn't they usually get tested before being let in? This was certainly a difficult situation. She eyed the girl for a moment and did find it odd. The girl was really sturdy, and she seemed pretty sharp as well despite all that nervousness.

What on earth was it that she'd been doing? She was a skinny girl, not the kinda chica who looked like they hit the gym all the time. Which meant that the girl's strength was in her spiritual body. What on earth had she been doing to develop that? Had she been fighting hollows? People? Hmmm, she wasn't sure. Sometimes the spirit was funky, and it developed somewhat independently of other qualities. Even shifts in personality could drive it. Or just being in dangerous situations. Thoughtfully.... Dia raised her arm, and then CHOPPED the top of her head! Almost an instant later, she felt a KICK n her forearm, both eyes widening for a moment.

UM OW?! She felt her entire forearm buzz with the recoil. CUTBACK?! she gingerly removed her hand from the girl's head and grunted a little. "Erghhhh, ow. Alright. WOOF, So you got quite the spirit on ya kiddo. So your soul has matured plenty. Seems like it's just the rest of ya that isn't catching up." she mused, peering in and getting in Blair's face as she eyed them scrutinizingly. However, it was then that they arrived at their cabin. Dia opened the door for her partner and let the gal in before following inside.

She took a moment to eye around the outside, and then locked the door, rubbing at her bruised forearm. Thank goodness she didn't hit her that hard. She was about to speak up again when she heard Blair speak up again. Dia paused, looking owlshly over her shoulder at the girl as they asked that incredibly innocent question. Shiiiiit. "We may. Like I said. We're just here to scout stuff out. Keep an eye on things and see what's going on. IDEALLY we shouldn't have to lift a finger. But if these guys find us. We definitely will have to kill em. they're an Exorcist group, who thinks that most of Humanity's problems comes from people like you an me. People with spiritual abilities." She explained.

As she spoke, she shut the blinds to their car and promptly peeled her backpack off. And Blair would find out what was really in that backpack. Seeing the slit in the belly of the backpack, she would watch as Dia's wing spilled out and into view, the rattle of chains audible as she would bear witness to Dia's hell limb. an almost angelic wing sprouting from her back. Dia sighed and yawned, stretching her wing out a little before winking roguishly at Blair and flexing a bicep. "Fuckin rad, amirite? I'm a Nakkabakjki bye the way. Half demon. Demons sometimes come up to the real world, and well...being evil and all that shit. They tend to kill and rape a lot of humans, and sometimes it takes. Then you wind up with freaks like me." She noted, a clear lack of any kind of shame very evident. Dia seemed almost proud of what she was.

She took a moment to think... folding her wing along her back as she sat down on one of the benches, trying to think how to explain this to Blair. "Xcution is kinda a funky place nowadayys. Ages ago it was an assassination organization. But these days we handle all kinds of things. Like these Exorcists for example. Given their way? You. Me. Anyone. Man. Woman. Child. Elder. They'd round es all up, put us in a hole, pour in gasoline, and then watch us burn tae fuck. They think we're evil or some shite." She growled as she spoke, a bit of her scottish accent peeking out before she got herself under control. She looked back to Blair.

She smiled, relaxing just a little. "I know being an assassin sounds pretty scary and difficult. But it's not like we're pros yet or anything. We handle little stuff. Whatever we're told, to make sure that scumbags wind up dead or too injured to keep doing fucked up shite. We're not heroes. But ah like tae think we do a world a good. Ye kin?" She smiled reasonably and reached out to pat Blair on the head. "Don't worry yer head. You're new. So if push comes to shove, I'll make sure to pick up any of yer slack, yea? You can just make sure to smack anyone who comes up behind me!" She offered, in hopes of lessening B lair's paranoia about failures and the like. She honestly wasn't great at comforting anyone. But she was doing her best!

[Blair Aldaine ❅]

The poor girl's heart sank. She could practically feel it happen and it didn't make her very excited. Like, really? Actually kill someone? She couldn't. Yeah, sure, she was sturdy and all. Dia had made that obvious when she tried to hit Blair. But that didn't mean she was invincible. She was pretty unsure about this whole thing. She didn't know if she actually wanted to be involved anymore, but Blair also didn't want to let Dia down. Some part of her deep down inside was somewhat excited about the chance at a new journey, like some kind of adventure she'd never be able to forget. But the other part of her was so against hurting someone with her own two hands that it made her pause.

She only just recently found out that she was a Fullbringer. She'd trained briefly and managed to get a bit stronger, but she had no powers. Could she even develop those? She had no clue. Blair wondered about all of this as she peered out the window of the train. Sighing, Blair hoped she would get through this mission with at least a little bit of her sanity left. It was odd how this whole situation worked out. She got called out on some kind of internship once her abilities started developing through this organization, but she knew nothing about them. Then she got paired up with Dia for what felt like no reason, but she was thankful to have someone similar to her. Maybe it meant they could relate a bit more.

Then the blinds were shut as Dia removed her backpack, exposing her single wing. Blair's eyes went wide with surprise as she tried to hide the absolute shock she felt at this display. She seriously didn't have anything else in there?? It was just a wing? Blair was so confused. She had no idea what was going on. She assumed this girl was a Fullbringer and maybe had some kind of item that was large enough to keep in that baggage. But no! Probably! She turned out to be something else entirely. Dia stretched and flexed a bit before talking to Blair, explaining a few small details of her origin.

"Fuckin rad, amirite? I'm a Nakkabakjki bye the way. Half demon. Demons sometimes come up to the real world, and well...being evil and all that shit. They tend to kill and rape a lot of humans, and sometimes it takes. Then you wind up with freaks like me."

"I wouldn't call you a freak, exactly. But I've never heard of or seen someone like you before. It's... interesting? I think? And also super weird, actually. I'm sorry," Blair responded awkwardly.

"Xcution is kinda a funky place nowadayys. Ages ago it was an assassination organization. But these days we handle all kinds of things. Like these Exorcists for example. Given their way? You. Me. Anyone. Man. Woman. Child. Elder. They'd round es all up, put us in a hole, pour in gasoline, and then watch us burn tae fuck. They think we're evil or some shite."

"Oh," she said, shifting in her seat. Blair looked upset. "I didn't know any of that. Actually, I don't really know a lot of things. You seem like you do."

"I know being an assassin sounds pretty scary and difficult. But it's not like we're pros yet or anything. We handle little stuff. Whatever we're told, to make sure that scumbags wind up dead or too injured to keep doing fucked up shite. We're not heroes. But ah like tae think we do a world a good. Ye kin? Don't worry yer head. You're new. So if push comes to shove, I'll make sure to pick up any of yer slack, yea? You can just make sure to smack anyone who comes up behind me!"

Blair laughed. "Well, okay. I can maybe punch a guy or two."

Dia was succeeding in making her feel better. If this was going to end up being how her life goes, then she needed to suck it up like a real woman and learn how to defend herself. Maybe this Nakkabaki could help. She thought she was going to have a better opportunity with Hibiki, but that didn't really work out. She didn't know where he even went. He disappeared just as soon as he came into her life and there was no way of finding him. So Blair was left to fend for herself again. But if Dia was so sure of the two of them succeeding, then that helped. And when all of this was over, she might know how to actually fight a bit.

"Thanks, by the way. I'm normally a lot more bubbly than this, I think. But I'm not super confident when it comes to fighting. My backstory is also not as fun as yours. I had a normal childhood and was raised by wealthy parents, so it's boring. Oh! But I did have a Shinigami as a friend as a kid. I didn't know what she was until, like, now. But it's true! What are your powers like? When do you think I'd get mine?"

[Dia Cuir]

Dia could see the crestfallen look in the girl's expression. But truth be told, it was going to happen sooner or later. No point in just keeping her in the dark right? Plus Dia wasn't no liar, she was going to be honest with the girl. She even smiled, even as the train shifted slightly, and the sensation of it beginning to move began. Huh, time really flew by. All the same, she watched as the girl went through this track of emotions. Despair, consideration, determination. The sight of it brought a slow smile to Dia's face and she leaned in, lightly patting the girl on the cheek as she gave a chuckle. "Yer adorable ya know that? Sayin I'm not a freak. Precious indeed." she hummed, sighing and shaking her head before she turned and looked out the window. The Train was picking up speed now. It wouldn't be long until they arrived.

She looked back to Blair and listened as the girl apologized and such. Even going so far as to talk about her backstory. Dia herself just smiled calmly at that and thought back to her father's death. Unfun times.... But all the same, she reached out and patted the girl on the shoulder. "My powers are kinda complicated. I'm a fallen angel child, you see? What with the wing. I guess my mom was some kinda seraph or something in hell. I actually wield light powers, and theyre stronger against evil, wouldn't ya know." She chuckled, smiling a bit ruefully at the irony.

She didn't mention her mod soul powers. At least not yet. She honestly didn't even know how to begin explaining that one. She didn't even fully understand it at that. But all the same, she paused as she looked out the window again. It wouldn't be long until they reached their destination. She reached into her breast pocket, folding her wing behind her as she began to read from the pamphlet. "So supposedly this is supposed to be some kinda research facility. Supposedly there are three of these things, we got the easiest one supposedly." She mused, rubbing her chin thoughtfully as she narrowed her eyes at the paper.

Then she looked to Blair and smiled. "So we have two objectives. Essentially just stake out the area. Presumably theres' nothing that's gonna make us ac tually go anywhere near the facility. We're just going to be checking out the facility, and reporting to Xcution about how things are going for a few days while they prepare a strike team. Or second objective is conditional. If it seems that any shipments are heading into the facility, we are to disrupt it and keep it from reaching the facility itself. So any big vehicles that look like it's toting a lot of stuff. If necessary, they want us to go in there and mess stuff up, at least to hamper them long enough for the strike team. So like...stopping the vehicle and fucking up the driver. Or just going in and causing havoc." She noted with a smile to Blair before looking back to their sheet.

"There's some supplies hidden in a crate off the dock near a lake. The lake itself has been abandoned, so it should be easy for us to sneak over and snag the stuff. Weapons, clothes, disguises, explosives. All our secret agent needs~" She grinned, clearly reveling in this secret agent gig she was on, elbowing Blair playfully. "And that's the gig! We scope shit out, keep any transports from getting into the facility. And worst case scenario, we set off a few bombs in order to make sure that they can't do anything until the big guns arrive." she noted, smiling to Blair as if it were the easiest thing in the world.

Stepping forward, she put a hand on Blair's shoulder, making her focus on the nakka. "Listen. I dn't really got any answers. I myself am kinda new to this spiritual stuff. But I'll tell you one thing: you can do this. It feels scary. You may even cry or vomit at some points from the fear. But you're like me. Like a lot of sprirituals. When you feel in danger. When the chips are REALLY down. You'll find the strength to do what you need to do. I promise. And if that's not enough? You'll have my strength too." she noted, grinning and giving the girl a roguish wink to emphesize her confidence in her words. "Got it?"

[Blair Aldaine ❅]

"Hmm. Alright! I got it."

Blair appreciated the kind words. Even if she thought she was heavily screwing up, Dia didn't feel that way. This was a good experience for her, and she wanted to try to convince herself of that. It was just difficult because she'd never done anything like this before. She barely knew about the spiritual world and the only two who really ever hinted at being aware were her guard and maid. But even they weren't very open and Blair certainly didn't talk to them about her enhanced abilities. Though, if they were anything like her, that would explain their unnatural talents and why they're so good at fighting.

The blonde glanced out the window and smiled genuinely. "I can always take someone out. Not for nothing, but I'm a pretty good athlete. I expect some of the people we meet to be like us, but hopefully I can overpower them enough as I am to distract them, if nothing else. That may help."

She was also aware of the amount of support she was receiving. She was incredibly thankful because she understood how annoying it must be to be partnered up with someone as useless as she was. She didn't even understand why Dia got hurt earlier after the punch. Like, that's how new all of this really was. She was confident that she'd gain all the knowledge she'd need after some time, but the time was the hard part. She wanted to be fully capable now. But, of course, patience mattered. She could be patient so long as her own powers came to fruition one day. She had no idea what they were or what they could do, but she hoped they'd happen soon.

But dwelling on that in the moment wouldn't help. The plan was simple enough and Blair was ready to execute it. Dia seemed to have a pretty good head on her shoulders when it came to strategizing, so Blair decided to follow her lead. Perhaps the future would be different and they could split the rolls fairly evenly, but it was going to have to go this way for the time being. Besides, Blair didn't mind taking orders. All knowledge was good knowledge, and sometimes it was easiest to learn through example. Dia could lead the way and Blair would certainly follow behind as closely as possible.

Blair's ears twitched. "Sounds like we're getting close. I didn't even realize how much time had passed. I'm thinking we can sneak into where we need to be easily enough, but what do you think? If you have a better idea, I'm totally listening."

They always ran the risk of being caught. The likely case here was that these guys were also spiritually aware and probably more accustomed to that version of the world than these two were. Well, certainly more so than Blair. They would know what they were in just a second and their lives would be at risk. That couldn't be allowed to happen. So running in with their guns blazing was obviously a no-go, but they could try their hand at sneaking around. With little stealth training, Blair would be an easy target, but it also depended on where they were. It might be something worth looking into.

[Dia Cuir]

Dia grinned and laughed aloud as Blair mad such a big production about it. She got up and slipped her backpack back on, grinning from ear to ear. "HAHAHA! I like you, girly. You got a real weirdness about ya. But yer overthinking things." She smirked and patted Blair heartily on the back as she then gave the girl a wink. "One thing at a time." She advised as the train slowly began to come to a stop They had arrived at their destination.

Looking out the window, Dia could see that it was an incredibly small town. Almost nothing, like some sort of mining village. There was a main road up to the mountains, but other than that it was very desolate, and even the mountains seemed all but unoccupied. From the outside you wouldn't even know there was a facility on the inside. However through the door, the pair would hear an odd noise. Children?

Out in the hallways of the train, doszens of children were cheering happily now that they had reached the destination. They had heard a couple here and there, but it seemed that there really were a LOT of them on the train. Which seemed a bit surprising. These kids sounded like they were even younger than Blair. Dia got up and peeked out the window and saw a few adults gently guiding the children off the train. It seemed like they would have to wait for all this nonsense to end before they could get off the train.

"Huh, weird place for a field trip. then again I do remember going into some kinda cavern when I was little. There might be some kinda old mine or something for all these kids to see or something. Hahah, I remember they gave us these little sivs and had us look for gems by straining dirt through em." She chuckled fondly at the memory as she sat down across from Blair. But of course, if Blair herself was taking a look, she might notice something that Dia hadn't.

All of the children were wearing essentially rags. Almost as if someone had just plucked them off the streets.

[Blair Aldaine ❅]

Blair quieted down in response to Dia's suggestions. She wasn't trying to be annoying or anything, but she wanted to feel way more prepared than she felt in that moment. Between the two of them, Dia actually had powers. Blair was just weirdly strong and fast and could, like, feel things. And see them. Well, not perfectly, but she did pretty okay. Dia, on the other hand, would actually be able to defend herself if she got stuck in trouble. This blondie wasn't so lucky. She'd probably end up being more useless than anything, but she understood that she needed to train in order to get better. This counted as training, right?

It was funny, though, when Dia mentioned mining things. Sort of mining things. It was basically cheating, but Blair wouldn't say a word. In fact, she'd done something very similar when she was a kid and her parents took her to some weird gemstone hunting place. That sounded weird. No one hunts for gemstones. What would it even be called, then? Ugh. Blair mentally shook herself and tried to come back to reality. Paying attention was important and she needed to remember to always be on her toes. Otherwise, she may not live to see another day. Wasn't that kind of dark? If she wasn't careful and cautious all the time, she'd die. No one would be there to save her. She had to take care of herself.

The Fullbringer tilted her head. Actually, this was interesting. These kids didn't look like normal kids. Not exactly. They looked like kids, but maybe homeless. They were all wearing rags and didn't seem to have any parents close by. This was worrisome. No child should be left abandoned and unguarded, especially not homeless children. Then again, if they died, the world would have fewer people and they wouldn't have to worry about being homeless anymore. Sure, that thought was extremely unethical and immoral and probably some other third thing, but it was also true. And, come on! They went to Soul Society when they died! Jeez. Even death was hardly real.

"Dia, why do you think these kids are so poorly clothed?"

She hoped that would spark some interest within Dia to want to investigate further. It may mean nothing, but it could mean everything. Blair had watched enough Brooklyn Nine-Nine to be able to realize that something was off. There was always more to the story, right? Why would homeless children be all over the place? What reason did they have for being there aside from simply irritating the ever-loving crap out of Blair? There had already been multiple instances where the poor girl had to hide the fact that she was rolling her eyes. She didn't care much for kids. She barely cared that there were any around.

[Dia Cuir]

Dia was still sortof reminiscing about her old school days when Blair spoke up. The girl tilted her head, glancing a bit more closely at the children as they moved in. Blair was.....right. They were all ratty and stuff. Dia furrowed her brows just a little and scooted to the side a bit so she could look more closely. Among the children were some ...older men and women? They seemed to be herding the children forward. Strangely enough. But there was something else that both girls would notice.

The Children were spiritually active. The faintest flickers of spiritual powers. Even Dia could feel their spiritual pressure just a little, They all were excited, making joyful noises as they were herded forward, and of course, as Dias looked closer, her face suddenly grew a bit ...pale. She went very quiet as she gently reached out, taking Blair and pulling her toward the window, moving the blinds so that she could point to the shoulder of one of the adults that was herding the children. Just as she slapped the Brochure up onto the wall beside the window.

The ones herding the kids had the same insignia as the Exorcist organization, and Dia's expression turned hard, and even angry as she stared out the window. Her voice low. "You remember what I said? About what they would do to spiritual beings like us? Those kids have spiritual talent....probably too young to hide it..." She murmured softly as she glared through the window and then turned her back on it, picking up her backpack as she stared out the window.

This was..... not good. The Exorcists had a practical horde of spiritual children on the train, and she'd bet buttons to gold that they were going for that facility. She slipped her backpack on, pushing her wing into it as she felt....tense. "This is...... well a bit complicated. I think that these kiddos count as cargo that we should be stopping getting to the facility. Fuck.... We need to get the stuff from the dock.... but these kids are probably going straight to the facility....." She stared out the window, sweating just a little.

"I dunno what we should do here.... We can't let those kids get to the facility, but we need our shit if we're gonna take on those assholes...." She looked to Blair and took a moment to consider. There was no right answer here. If they attacked them now, they would be unprepeared, and they might just flop. On the other hand, they could get their stuff. Have a chance of saving some of them, but who knows what might happen to some of those kids before they got back from the docks. Dia took a slow, steady breath as she glanced at Blair and folded her arms.

"Welp. Thems how things are looking. You don't have any powers. Sure if it was just a supply truck maybe with my powers we could fuck it up. But we need equipment to deal with those guys. And I dunno if we could stop all of em goin. We need our shit. Waddaya think Blair? How do you wanna play this? I'm not gonna act your superior on this. We need to make this decision together. What should we do?" She asked a bit solemnly. It was not a decision that was going to go well. And this was.... this was a sudden uptick. No doubt Blair might even feel like throwing up.

But this was important. Dia's laid back expression was gone now. This was business. And business that had her feeling more serious than usual. She had to know what this kid had in her. Unfortunately it seemed like things were going to be escalating... a lot faster than she had expected. Looking over her shoulder she could still hear the kids. They had.... at least a few good minutes before those assholes out there had them all rounded up and off the train. It was time for Blair to grow up and show what she had. If she had the guts to do this or not. Even if she didn't that wasn't a problem. After all, that kinda thing could just be hammered into you. But for now...well it would show how much weight Dia was gonna have to pull on this.

5 Exorcists visible.
20 odd Orphans.

[Blair Aldaine ❅]

Blair frowned. She knew what the right answer was and hated herself for it. Dia was right, though. Blair had no powers and didn't even know how to activate them. As it was, she didn't have anything she could use as an upper hand, and especially not against adults. She was still a kid. Plus, she was stuck between a rock and a hard place. There were too many other variables. Too many people. Too much to consider that would end up ruining their mission. And Blair... She was just a human. She was stronger than average, faster than most normal people, but still just a human. She wasn't like Dia. She wasn't as strong as her.

Actually, she was quite weak when she considered it all. She was only able to sense other spiritual beings, and even then it was just barely. But Dia believed in her at least a little and that helped. Well, sort of. She still expected Blair to make a big decision and turn some tide or something crazy, but she was scared to do that. She wanted to be more confident in her answer but all she could do was sigh. They weren't going to be able to help these kids right away. That would mean suicide and major exposure to non-spiritual people. It was too risky even if it were possible for them to take on all of the bad guys. Blair couldn't stand that thought.

"You and I both know what we need to do. We can't take them on. We need weapons. I have nothing on my own," Blair started, holding out her hands to Dia to express her point, "and I can't keep relying on you just because we're similar in rank. We have to leave them for now."

She hoped Dia would understand. It was a tough choice to make, but it was the right choice. They might not be able to help every single child, but they could go get things to better prepare themselves and do their best to prevent this from happening ever again. That was the whole point of being a good person, right? You have to do what's right, even if it's hard. You can't always save everyone. But the problem there was who would be the ones counted out in that saving? These were kids. Leaving any of them behind was going to haunt Blair for the rest of her life, but she couldn't think about that right now.

"Come on. We need to lay low, but we have to be quick. You know better than I do the path to take to get our things, but we have to come back here once we're geared up. We might not be able to save them all, but... we have to try something."

She'd heard stories of other people who were able to make these decisions so easily. They could watch people die and understand that it was a necessary thing. Sometimes it might even be merciful. Blair just wasn't like that yet, though. So this entire situation was difficult for her to process, especially at her age. She should just be in school! But here she was, out on a mission, risking her life and potentially many more. So this was her start. Blair glanced around the crowd and found a small path that she and Dia could slip through. She motioned towards it with her eyes after grabbing Dia's attention with a light tug on her shirt. She needed a bit of navigation help, but she knew this would be the best choice.

[Dia Cuir]

Dia smiled softly enough as she watched Blair, grinning from ear to ear as she saw the rage, the indignation, but also there was that understanding that was important. That no matter how fucked up a situation was, one couldn't lose sight of where they were, who they were, and what they were capable of. And that was important in this line of work. ESPECIALLY in this line of work where this girl would have to force her way through a lot of hard stuff. She reached out and smiled, patting the girl on the shoulder.

The truth of it was that she was glad Blair had made the decision. She herself.....had learned that the hard way. And in fact, if Blair had chosen to just fuck it.....well she would have learned the hard way anyway. Dia didn't believe in making the false illusion of choice. She had every intention of following through. And thankfully Blair had chosen the right one. She only wished she herself had made such a choice back when she first started this gig. Before she had her cool powers.

"A solid choice. I'm proud of ya. It's a lot of decisions like this you gotta face in this line of work. BUT~ At the very least, we can give them a bit of trouble~ Mike." She smiled, looking over her shoulder at the shark that Blair herself wouldn't be able to see, swimming through subspace around the Nakka. "Won't be able to do more than one hit. Otherwise they'll catch on. And it's gonna be a rough time anyway for them~" Dia noted with a roguish grin, promptly turning around and instead of opening the door, opened the window to their room.

It was all too easy to do a bit of a twist and a shimmy and drop down next to the train itself. This was out in the wilderness so there were no walls or anything constraining the bare track, and once Blair followed along, she would lead the girl around the train, making it to the very front of the massive vehicle. Until finally Blair and Dia were at the very front of the train, ahead of all the others, blending in with the people milling about. The Door hadn't even been opened yet, so all the people were still inside.

Dia smiled at Blair and wiggled her brows. "Ye see girly~ Just because we can't fuck em up right now. Doesn't mean we can't give em a parting gift." She whispered, glancing at the door to the Train car. There was a slight....something. It would be hard for Blair to know what it was she was looking at at first. After all, it wasn't often that shark's teeth suddenly manifested in thin air. And then....WRENCH! The Door suddenly distorted as those teeth PLOWED into it, warping the metal inward and then SCRUNCHING, the teeth bending the metal inward and promptly trapping the inhabitants of the train inside. All with Dia and Blair still being a good 15 meters away~

She winked at Blair as those teeth then immediately vanished back into thin air, as if nothing had done the damage. "Just cuz we can't kill em now, doesn't mean we can't slow em down~ Now let's get goin to the Docks." She chimed, promptly takingBlair by the hand and leading the way out of there, as people around them went fucking nuts at what had just happened, nobody paying the pair any mind as they headed off and to the west. The Docks themselves were not that far off, and the town was.....honestly a small and boring place. Aside from the base in the moutnains and the docks, the place was pretty much nothing. IT wouldnt take them long at all to get to where their gear was stashed~

[Blair Aldaine ❅]

At least Dia was supportive. Truth be told, Blair was pretty insecure about her ability to make decisions. As it was, without any actual abilities, she knew that she was as good as dead if she didn't get something to back her up. Dia was as close as she came to having her own personal weapon, but that was only because they were partners in this. Blair assumed Xcution was good about partnering up weaker humans such as herself and stronger people, relatively speaking, like Dia.

Although Dia was actually pretty strong. She had abilities developed already, though the human wasn't completely sure what those were. Actually, come to think of it, Blair didn't know much about Dia's background and she wasn't sure that Dia knew much about her own. But, of course, that would need to be a discussion for later. Right now, Blair didn't have much time to process anything other than reacting to Dia's actions. She wasn't kidding when she said it was going to be rough.

"Wait. Are you planning on doing something to distract them? I figured we'd be able to sneak away or something."

Blair followed Dia as she made her way to the front of the train. She watched silently as her partner made a threat and was suddenly startled when she saw the teeth. Did this have to do with Dia's powers? With what she was? Though Blair could sense more than average humans, she still wasn't certain on what races existed and what powers they had. That would come later with experience, probably. But this was remarkable! And it made her jealous. Even after the teeth crunched down and trapped the people, Blair stared in awe at what was done.

Once Dia had finished up and the teeth disappeared, the two of them were on the run again. As Dia grabbed Blair's hand, Blair blushed briefly and very willingly followed suit. She didn't want to be less than supportive, but for now, the safest thing to do was to simply go along with her partner. Luckily, the trip wasn't far. That was good. Blair had been on her feet basically all day and she didn't have the stamina built up yet to cope with the large amounts of travel.

"Okay, so we go to the docks and grab our stuff. I guess the next best course of action would be to return to where we were and track down those people. I don't know if we'll have lost anyone by then, but if I had to make a choice, I would say that some of them would be a necessary sacrifice. I hate that. I really do."

Within a few more moments, they arrived. Blair glanced around, looking for the sign that showed her where everything was hidden. When she came across something promising, she moved the lid off of a storage bin and uncovered some large green duffel bags. She tilted her head and grinned slightly, proud of the fact that she's actually a bit smarter than she thought. At least she could sniff things like this out and not look like a total idiot. She was small, but she wasn't stupid.

"Okay, here we go! I've never actually practiced with, like, any of these before. Well, no. That's a lie. I've used a gun but that doesn't mean I'm great at it. Although..." Blair picked up a pack of small sticky bombs. "I do know how to use explosives."

[Dia Cuir]

Dia smiled as she followed along with Blair, focusing as the two of them rushed to the docks as fst as they could muster, panting just a little as they soon found the little stock of equipment. The transformation was absolute as Dia GRINNED from ear to ear at the sight of the duffel bags. She promptly opened one up, pulling a pistol from the contents and letting out a pleased little sigh, smooching the shell ejector. Clearly she was a lot more comfortable when she had a weapon on her person. She eyed the contents of the bag a little. Some firearms, a rifle for each of them along with the smaller arms. The plastic explosives, as well as earpiece communication devices if they had to split up. Everything some sabatours would need~

"Fuck I really need to buy myself one of these to have for real. A shame they're so fucking expensive." She murmured, shaking her head and pocketing one of the handguns after turning the safety on, glancing at Blair and lifting a brow. "Huh, neat. Gonna just glaze past why you know how to use plastic explosives, cool? cool. As for the shooting, don't worry about that. Our reflexes are well beyond what normal humans are most of the time, so we should have no trouble outshooting them." She pointed out. She had rarely had much issue with human gunners in the past, unless it was a machinegun. Then that shit hurt. She frowned, rubbing the spot in her neck she'd been shot in the past.

"Alright, so we have our equiptment. So now we have to figure out our plan of attack. I got no idea how long that door is gonna hold those fuckos. They could be on their way to the facility already if they had the right tools available to get out. So I think just realiztically speaking.....we may wanna head right to their base. If we can blow the entrance before they can go in, we can stop their supply line, also we can keep an eye on them. There's a chance they could lead us to like....I dunno like a secret tunnel or some shit. We only got intel on the most obvious bits of the base after all." she reasoned as she opened up the brochure, peeling off the secret flap so that it opened up into a map of the area, with intel on the facility that they'd managed to get on the installation.

" But uhhhhhh, beyond that I really dunno. We're kinda already escalating past the 'keep an eye on them' phase." She murmured, rubbing the back of her head. As good as Dia was about focusing on the mission and doing as she was told. It was situations like these that had her stumped. She didn't know how to come up with ideas on her own a lot. She could gin stuff and just kinda go with the flow. But that wasn't the smartest thing to do in this situation, and she very much knew that. They needed an actual plan, and as strong and confident as she was, she wasn't much one for big plans, not when there were casualties on the line she actually cared about. And for once, there WERE humans she didn't want to die.