The graveyard: Sunday Evening

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Considering the last time Mel was in the graveyard it led to... something HORRIBLY WRONG, she was bound and determined not to let it lead to anything remotely containing alcohol.

"Chances are we won't find anything," she said to her patrolling companion, "but when you're a slayer you have to patrol. Even if there aren't any monsters out here to try and kill you."

[ooc: for the_merriest but open to anyone who likes hanging out in graveyards]

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[the_merriest]

"Is it a practice-thing? Like, keeping your skills up? Or you're being the first line of defense?" Rikku fell into step with Mel, the godhand strapped right where it belonged on her arm. Because she used any excuse to check it out of storage, that's why.

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"A little bit of both," Mel replied. "Xander, he's one of my watchers, has a vampire hunting holographic training program that I'll be using for real training. Mostly the nightly patrols are just for chatting and snacks lately."

After glancing on the thing on Rikku's arm a couple of times, Mel had to ask. "Okay. What does that gadget do?"

[the_merriest]

"Oh, man, I didn't bring any snacks!" Rikku shook her head. "But I've always got plenty of chatting. Could you use the danger room, too? And I have holy water, but I don't know if ours is different than yours."

She grinned. "This is my godhand! It's an ancient legendary weapon of sharp pointiness. Does way more damage than it's supposed to. I can run up to things and slash them and also steal their stuff. I love it."

She held out her arm and began fiddling with the buckles on it. "Do you want to try it on?"

[cantjossme.livejournal.com]

"Sure!" Mel said holding up her axe. "This is supposed to be an ancient and legendary weapon. Though mostly its ancient and less legendary because not a lot of people know what it is."

[the_merriest]

"Oooooh. You know, I'm not sure if anybody knows about this, either, but there was a weird place in the forest we had to go to with a sigil or something to wake it up, and ... it was really weird." Rikku shrugged, finishing the straps and handing the contraption (carefully) to Mel. "But I guess it's supposed to be mine or something, and that kinda made me feel better. Like maybe there is such a thing as fate after all. That's when I started thinking we were gonna win, you know?"

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"Yeah. Fate," Mel said with a slight frown before shrugging it off.

She took the godhand from Rikku and offered her to hold the axe scythe. "The scythe itself was made by some sort of guardian for the slayers. I'm the most recent one to get it."

[the_merriest]

"Sorry. I, uh, didn't mean that like a religious thing." Rikku pronounced 'religious' as if the word tasted bad. "Just that I started to think maybe the idea that things are meant to happen wasn't all full of crap. If that's not stupid."

She lifted the so totally an axe scythe and swung it vaguely. "Whoa, slayers have Guardians!? That's what I did! I mean, for a Summoner, not a Slayer, anyway. And whoa, the balance on this thing ..." She made a few more sweeps with it, nodding appreciatively.

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"Ahhh. No. Not religious," Mel said shaking her head. "Apparently a lot of the slayer's have destinies. Most of them don't end well. But yeah, that scythe is just awesome."

Mel had strapped the gauntlet on by this point. "But I gotta love this thing."

[the_merriest]

"Oh." Rikku nodded a bit quietly. "I'm ... I'm sorry to hear that. Summoners, uh. It wasn't a destiny thing, but you either died trying to save the world, or you managed it, and doing that killed you. Not fun either way." She shook her head. "We changed it, though. So that's good, right?"

She grinned. "Yeah, it's - I'm not a sword kinda gal, and I don't do magic. I just crouch low and do spinny cuts and I used to have, like, really simple claws? And this thing is kinda, like, Dooooom Claw 3000 or whatever. So great." She stepped away a bit to swing the scythe around in a circle, fencing against an imaginary foe. "Hey, is this sharp bit on the other end - can you attack both ways!?"

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"Yep. The handle is made of wood so it's perfect for impaling vampires," Mel replied. "Plus it's mystical somehow. Don't ask me what it does other than being pretty cool because I don't know."

[the_merriest]

"Does only wood work on vampires?" Rikku was now moving it both ways and trying to find a rhythm for it. "That's a shame, then you can't slice 'em up with the scythe part."

And she laughed. "My, uh, godhand has some weird powers, too. I don't understand it? But if I use it, then enemies drop more money, for one thing. There's a luck randomizer or whatever and ... how does that even work?" She shook her head. "Man, weapons. You know?"

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"Drop more money?" Mel said now looking at the gadget even more interested. "Rocketship! I wish I had one of these back when I was on the job."

[the_merriest]

Rikku giggled. "Fiends kinda evaporate when you kill 'em, but sometimes they leave behind a little money or something. So I got real good at swiping things out of their pockets first. If you do it right you can make it all one move. ... You have a rocketship?"