14th Invasion

[moemoetentacles]

[Today after school lets out, Squid Girl can be found on the front lawn of 452 Stone Street doing some combat practice - or rather, that's what she thinks she's doing.  To the casual observer, it looks more like she's dangerously flailing ten kitchen knives all over the place with her tentacles while yelling various things.]

"Hah!  Take that!  Feel the power of my Ten Bladed Whirlwind technique!"

[She alternates through a couple of different routines: stabbing wildly at thin air, hurling the knives into a nearby tree before reaching out with her tentacles to draw them back out again, and just spinning them around in a dangerous circle all around her body.  Someone might want to stop her before she hurts herself or somebody else.]

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[moemoetentacles.livejournal.com]

I don't want to kill anyone! I'm just trying to win a fight.

[flameyedhunter.livejournal.com]

"You realize the most direct method to winning a fight -is- to kill the foe, right? But.. if you're not trying to kill someone, ah.... well, I can help with that too. The concepts are the same but using knives is not exactly the best way to -avoid- killing someone in a fight. Sharp edges." [she gestures to one of Squiddy's knives]

[moemoetentacles.livejournal.com]

But he's going to use swords against me when we fight again, so I thought I should counterattack with something like that.

[flameyedhunter.livejournal.com]

"Who is he? Another part of winning a fight is knowing how best to defeat your foe."

[moemoetentacles.livejournal.com]

Gilgamesh, King of Heroes. Or that's what he keeps saying, anyway.

[flameyedhunter.livejournal.com]

[She sniffs]

"That's a pretentious sounding title for anyone who isn't a flame haze. What sort of person is he?"

[moemoetentacles.livejournal.com]

I dunno. Some jerk.

[flameyedhunter.livejournal.com]

[She chuckles briefly]

"Anyway, let's get back to teaching you how to beat him down then."

[moemoetentacles.livejournal.com]

Okay! So what do I do first?

[flameyedhunter.livejournal.com]

"Find me a long stick or mop handle so that I can swing something without hurting you badly."

[moemoetentacles.livejournal.com]

"Okay, hang on!"

[And into the house she runs, emerging a minute or so later carrying a mop handle. Where the rest of the mop went, who knows. She's got one tentacle tightly wrapped around all ten knives from earlier.]

"Here!"

[flameyedhunter.livejournal.com]

[Shana takes it in two hands, holding it like a sword. She squares up on Ika, yells a single word] "Defend!" [and hurtles towards her, swinging an overhand two-handed swing that if it connects with give squidgirl a good thump on her forehead.]

[moemoetentacles.livejournal.com]

"Ack!"

[Squid Girl wasn't entirely ready for such a fast attack, but she manages to get two tentacles out in front of her to defend by wrapping them around the mop handle and trying to push it back.]

[flameyedhunter.livejournal.com]

"Hmp!"

[Shana will wrench back on the mop handle, trying to use Squidgirl's manuever against her by reeling her in, then turning her side towards Squidgirl to deliver a brutal sidekick to her stomach.]

[moemoetentacles.livejournal.com]

[And here's where her inexperience comes into play. Shana's kick connects, causing Squid Girl's tentacles to unravel and drop the mop handle as she stumbles back.]

"Ow!"

[flameyedhunter.livejournal.com]

[Shana follows up mercilessly, plunging the end of the mop at Squidgirl's gut in an attempt to knock her down.]

[moemoetentacles.livejournal.com]

[THUD]

[flameyedhunter.livejournal.com]

"Not terrible. Get up and we'll do it again. Concentrate on multi-tasking with your extra limbs. My old... teacher Wilhemina used ribbons to fight similarly to you."

[moemoetentacles.livejournal.com]

"O-okay! Here I come!"

[She stands herself up, wielding four of the knives in her tentacles and keeping the other ones free. This time, she tries to use her extra appendages to bind Shana's limbs while she goes running at her swinging the knives.]

[flameyedhunter.livejournal.com]

[She'll backpedal and parry, trying to keep clear of the grabbing limbs, looking for an opening in Squidgirl's assault to poke her with the mop, hard.]

[moemoetentacles.livejournal.com]

[She does a little better at avoiding being hit this time, but after a while Shana does indeed find the opening.]

"Oof!"

[Squid Girl stumbles backward, clutching at her stomach. That kind of knocked the wind out of her a little.]

[flameyedhunter.livejournal.com]

"Better. You should probably take a break for a short time now. Pushing you after being bruised repeatedly will just make you fight sloppy."

[moemoetentacles.livejournal.com]

"R-right!"

[Still rubbing at the sore spot, she headed for the door.]

"...You wanna watch TV or something?"

[flameyedhunter.livejournal.com]

"I suppose. We should probably get some food."

[moemoetentacles.livejournal.com]

Do you like shrimp? We have lots of shrimp! It's all for me, but I guess you can have a little bit since you're teaching me how to fight and stuff.