Chapter 1; God Hunters

"I'd rather not fight the puppy but if needed I will take him down..." Tami says and plays with her weapon at hand, getting ready for a possible face-off with the wolf. She tries to get between the wolf and the girl.

"Calm now puppy..." Akane says, trying to think like her own wolflike self.

Eun watches warily for now, careful to make no movement that could be interpreted as a threat. If they can calm the wolf, that's one less problem to deal with. If not, then she's ready for what comes next. "We'll figure out which it is very quickly."

The others are dealing with the wolf. She moves back to the girl and slowly takes her hand she’s holding a spirit ward though. If this truly is not a real person it will burn.

Despite Akane's best efforts to calm the beast, whatever has gotten it riled up and angry is still having an effect on it. It's pause is momentary, almost negligible but it does provide an opening for everyone to react before it does. They see it's eyes snap to the girl, and are able to move before it lurches forward.

Akane stands in front of the wolf, defying it. While channeling her own wolfish essence herself. She seems to stare the threat down. Focussing on her own being. This could well be a battle of wolf versus wolf.

"Not on my watch!" says Tami and rushes towards the wolf, her spirit weapon at hand. She lets her spirit energy crystallize around her body and her skin frosts and sparkles under the lights.

The girl seems real enough and yet Mayumi sees no spirit within her. Is it possible that the Mononoke has stolen her spirit? If so, then the wolf must be defeated soon so that its master can be made to return this girl’s spirit. If not, well the wolf must still be dealt with and the Mononoke but, the girl will require spells or special treatment that will have to happen after the battle.

She turns from her position, raises her bow, then fires at the wolf.

Eun was caught off guard when this whole thing begun and hasn't had time to gather her spirit together as much as she'd have liked. It takes her a bit longer since she's an accidental participant in this whole thing. She thought when she was sent away from home that that would be that, so she's really not used to having this power yet. But there's no time for that now. The wolf is clearly not going to be pacified, so that's all there is to it. She leaps forward at the same time the wolf moves, and she strikes out with her staff.

Everyone rushes to their intended areas, except Mayumi who readies her bow. Taking a moment to brace herself, she fires but the arrow glances harmlessly off the wolf's fur. Eun has some more success, her staff striking the wolf with a dull thud. It's head whips round as thought it's about to counter attack, but something distracts it.

It shifts, pulling alongside the building to get past Eun, moving instead toward Akane.

"Woaw! Bad dog!" Akane yelps as the wolf attacks her and she tries to avoid it's attack by hopefully very gracefully jumping aside.

As Akane rolls alway from the attack, she stands up. Growling.
Her face has taken a fur-like shape, a snout, fangs, pointy ears. A big white tail comes from under her skirt.
She is just as wolf like as the beast they are fighting. She grabs Moonfang and swings it with extra force at the wolf.

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Tami focuses to crystallize her spirit armour.

Mayumi’s first arrow misses and she takes a moment to breathe in, then out, focusing her energies as she’s been taught. Then she fires again.

Eunbyeol is still on the defensive, waiting for the wolf's response. If they're lucky, they've convinced it not to fight. But she has the feeling they won't get that lucky.

The wolf readies itself to attack again, not expecting Akane's counter stroke. Her sword meets resistance when it hits the wolf's fur, but once it's pierced it it feels as though it's cutting through air. Warm blood, with a consistency altogether different from a human's, gushes out of the wound and splashes over Akane as the wolf roars in a pained response.

A wash of spiritual energy comes with it, and it feels almost as though you're all plunged under water, until the wolf lunges. Eunbyeol pushes Akane out of the way, but takes a grazing impact from the wolf's jaw's for her actions.