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Alleyway Chargeback
Even Wing Feathers eventually return home after a long day.
No matter how gruesome your job turns out to be, or how horrific its environment is.
You always end up going to bed in the end, pretending it never happened.
For Duo, his path was down to safety also involved a risk of his life.
The Backstreets.
Duo
W Corp
Well. You sure made a mess.
There he would always meet the same opponent, drenched in crimson. Almost always surrounded by a massacre. Meeting someone from the Blade Lineage was already a sign to run away.
Meeting someone who mentored many of its members, however...
Bamboo Hatted Kim
Blade Lineage
Once again, the cat follows my trail.
...Should normally result in your immediate death.
Bamboo Hatted Kim
Blade Lineage
You know what they say around here. Curiosity kills.
But since Duo was a prominent member of W Corp's cleanup crew, to him this meeting was no problem at all. When the hatted one speeds, he blocks without any hesitance.
They have been crossing paths with one another for almost two years now.
Bamboo Hatted Kim
Blade Lineage
How many times have we met this month? Three? Four times?
Duo
W Corp
Only two.
Bamboo Hatted Kim
Blade Lineage
I must have missed a mark, then.
Steel clashes against steel. Lucky for the Feather, there were remnants of power in his own blade left. He parries, and Kim is thrown back by a force.
If they sat down together and talked it out, these two could admit that fighting was their favorite activity. A proof of strength within each other.
Duo
W Corp
Who messed with you this time?
Bamboo Hatted Kim
Blade Lineage
Just another pack of rats scurrying about.
Kim steps at the wall and thrusts his sword.
Bamboo Hatted Kim
Blade Lineage
They did not value their lives enough to beg.
Duo
W Corp
Hmm. That sucks. You probably taught them a lesson instead.
Bamboo Hatted Kim
Blade Lineage
Are their corpses not enough of a sign to that head of yours? Or do you too, not care for the worst?
Rather inconveniently, upon checking his blade, Duo knew he would have to lose this one. He wasn't going to go down just yet however.
Duo
W Corp
I do care. I care enough that my bosses decided to deploy me for more chaotic scenarios.
Duo
W Corp
You heard about what happened, right? The accident?
Bamboo Hatted Kim
Blade Lineage
Who has not?
Another block. Kim grits his teeth. Never will he admit how much fighting a Feather fills him with thrill.
All battles have to end somehow. Without death, or with death, they all end.
Silver overthrows blue. Standing back, Kim slashes again.
Duo
W Corp
Ah-!
And the Feather falls down. A large gash at his leg gushes out blood.
Duo
W Corp
...You beat me.
Bamboo Hatted Kim
Blade Lineage
Only because your weapon was out of it. That is not fair.
Duo
W Corp
Ow...Ugh, I can't walk back like this.
Duo could swear he heard a chuckle coming from his opponent, but being unable to see his face, it's hard to tell.
Bamboo Hatted Kim
Blade Lineage
You will live. If you wish, I could walk you back.
Duo
W Corp
That's a stroke of your ego, isn't it.
Bamboo Hatted Kim
Blade Lineage
Please, allow me.
Kim takes Duo by the arms and lifts him up. Though the Feather bleeds heavy, it wasn't going to end him.
Bamboo Hatted Kim
Blade Lineage
If I am going to kill you someday, I would prefer if you gave it your all.
Bamboo Hatted Kim
Blade Lineage
This was not your best. It's best I allow more time.
Duo
W Corp
Don't get caught, then.
Duo scoffs. He hates it when Kim's right. Today, he allows this defeat.
Because the next dance under the moonlight, he swears, will be much more grand.