Bramble Origins RP Part 4
[The bramble is still brambling and the vines are still raping. Guess who aren't doing their jobs?]

[Today however, it seems that the bramble has undergone somewhat of a diet. Its branches seem thinner, more responsive. More dangerous to your health.]

[But the vines have seemed to notice the bramble's newfound sexiness. Wrapping around its branches in a not too comfortable way.]

[The result? The bramble is now thrashing slightly. Sending shivers and minor earthquakes through the forest.]

[Mind giving it a hand?]

[Insert the fleeing yet again of innocent mammals and flying things.]
[The branches are quicker and stronger now, be careful~!]
August: Woah! Hey! What's going on? [Hastily packing up a half-filled thermos of Ovaltine] Arjun, you want the rest of the ham?
Arjun: You should eat more August! Mr.Edward said them branches are way stronger today, so you guys are gonna need loads of energy. Especially you since you're pretty thin looking.
*the branches from either side shake and rub against the trees to try to get the vines off of it*
*the trees are starting to buckle a bit from the force. the rubbing casts of some of the thorns however*
August: Okay, okay... [chomps on the ham and downs the rest of the Ovaltine, leaving a chocolate moustache] Hey, you think, the branches don't really like the vines either? Look over there... [Takes out swiss knife, unfolds the biggest blade, which isn't very big at all, and starts slashing at the vines, branch squeezed in between his neck and left shoulder]
*branch can feel the grip of the vines loosening. starts to move away from August then pins more of the vines against a treetrunk.*
Arjun: Pfft. [grins at the moustache. He turns over to the vines and retracts his large claws. He forces one vine loose from the branches and attempts to slice it. He seems to have minor difficulty in doing so, more than the other days.]

Hey they're pretty tough today. But look they're way less hostile then the other dies, it's almost like they're hugging the trees.
*vines start snaking towards the vine cutters. slithering on the ground till they get touchy with ankles*
August: Eurck. Nonononoogetawayfrommeee! [Stomping on the vines WITH MUCH VIGOR but trips backwards, continues stomping from the ground anyway]
Arjun: [simply retracts the claws on his feet and starts slicing them] August, why don't you use that cool magic stick of yours?
Arjun: Uh... [noticing him fidget around like a mouse] You want me to carry you or somethin' ? [laughs]
*bramble senses helpless thrashing and kicking on the ground. a branch lands between Arjun and August, pinning the offending vines on the ground*
*vines thrash from under the branch and try to pull themselves out from under it*
August: I-I might burn the forest... I thought it was okay, but it isn't... I didn't bring any small ignition spells...! [Still stomping away, then the branch falls on the vines] Woah, hey, we might have a friend here. Arjun, could I get on your shoulders? I could prepare some laser-fire-beams and take aim better.
Arjun: [continues slashing at the ,now incapacitated, vines hopefully stopping them. Turns to August when he feels the vines infront of them are now taken care of]
-Oh seriously ? Sure you can ! might get bumpy though. [crouches down]
*branches rub harder on the ground, trying to rip the vines apart with sheer force.*
Azazel: [on his phone, on the way, his hand. The other holding a rather large sword, approaching the scene] Yes, dad. I'm here. I know people have been getting raped, Mart's needing to Guidance councle more... Yes dad, I'll be fine....
*what about the vines behind them though?*

*a vine sneaks up to Arjun and pokes his shoulder*
August: Okay, okay! [Clamps himself onto Arjun's shoulders with his legs, then slashes at the vines behind Arjun, just deterring them than doing any real damage. He gets a stack of post-its and starts writing on them furiously with a black, red and blue mini sharpie] Hold on, got something here!
Arjun: Wahaha~ Take your time! [as he says this he's moving around trying to get rid of the vines coming at them, and shaking about while doing so]
*the vines recoil due to the slashing but then coil into a bundle then punch Arjun in the face when he turns around*
Azazel: [walking into the crowd moderatley surprised at how violent these things were getting, putting the mobile in his pocket. And weilding the huge-ass sword easily with two hands spotting August and Arjun? oh great it was those two weirdo's on campus..., he thinks before hacking away at the nearest vine]
*the vines sense another pesky hacker. while some of the vines distract Az, weaving and trying their best to avoid wide arcs of death, the other vines hide in the bushes, waiting to ambush*
Arjun: AUGH! [steps a few feet back in recoil but it doesn't make him loose his balance yet. He rubs his face with one hand and looks back at the vines oddly unfazed by the punch.] Haha, that's kinda cool! Plants where I come from don't do that!

[now he's on his guard, alert to sudden movements from the vines. He starts throwing quicker slices at the vines, moving around alot]
*the vines weave and duck, not minding the bramble branches too much as it's slower. they've had enough of being cut down and finally want something to grope and love.*
*the vines try to trip up Arjun*
Arjun: [jumps over the vines, but Augusts' weight when he lands makes him trip a little, almost making him loose his balance] Whoa! Y-You ok there buddy ? [to August]
August: Crapcrapcrap! You okay!? I'm good, good... Uh, a little more... and...! [The post-it he's just written on turns to ashes, while a small fire ignites a few inches from one of his palms] Okay, the laser's code is a little too long, gonna have to make do with this! [He starts handling the fire kinda like you would with a yoyo, his aim isn't stellar, but enough that he isn't burning the trees, but he's only really aiming for the vines away from them]
*sensing the vines lessening their grip on it, the bramble feels for the nearest cluster of the vines and wraps around them, tugging them off the ground and hauling them farther from Arjun and August*
*the vines which come in contact with the flame get singed then catch fire. the smell and smoke of burning plant drifts up to the treetops*
Arjun: [startled by the yo-yo fire] H-Hey c-careful with that ! [looks at the vines regress and directs his attention to the bramble branches, he crouches down and pets it amiably, ignoring the fact it has spikes on it, he's used to hugging Josephine after all]
Thanks for that Branch, that's really helpful. [smiles then stands back up. He points up to the vines]

Uh... want me to start climbing that, August ?
*when Arjun's attention is directed elsewhere, some vines use the patted branch as a springboard to jump onto August and tackle him to the ground*
August: Y-you sure you wanna climb that? And don't worry too much about the fire! It's not... way too dangerous! [Still doing his flame-yoyo exhibition, though with the fire visibly decreasing in size] A-aagh! [Gets tackled, then makes an audible thump on the floor, the yoyo-flame disappearing as he loses his concentration on it]
Arjun: [immediately turns around] WAUGH! [sinks his claws -both feet and hands into the vines pinning August down and attempts to rip them off of him using a considerable amount of strength.]
*hah! no more flame! the vines dogpile onto August*
Arjun: [ripping vines away as fast as he can -which is pretty fast-]
*branches around them try to help Arjun with the vine ripping*
*other vines snake to Arjun's ankles and with one swift pull, grab his ankles and forces the lion man off balance and try to drag him away from August*
Arjun: [plunges the claws of his left hand into the ground to stay where he is and scratches at the vines pulling him down, with his feet, one free arm and tries to rip some away with his teeth]
*the vines are getting more and more frustrated. But their numbers are thinning considerably.*

*to help Arjun, a branch wraps round his torso and pulls him up into the air, away from the vines*
August: AAAAHJDHBVJKADKHJSR [A post-it from the branch turns to ash while August's swiss knife blade discarded on the ground, extends into a saber, he continues to struggle with the dogpile of vines]
*August hears a whoosh as a branch knocks away the top of the vine dogpile, sending vines crashing into the bushes*
Arjun: TH-Thanks again! You're really on our side aren't you ? [pats it once again. He rushes back to August and holds his hand out to him to help him up] You ok there August ?
*for now, having enough of the raping back, the vines retreat to rape another day*
*branch likes the patting for some reason, feeling the vines, in this area at least, flee*
August: That was awesome! [Gets up, a little shaky from the ~loving~ beatdown. He strains and reaches to pick up the saber, then holds it like a broadsword due to his lack of strength, he straps the branch to the back of his belt] I'm good, thanks Arjun! So the thorns aren't really all that mean huh? Should we follow the thorns in?
*the branches rest peacefully where they lie, seemingly tired from the fighting. all around them though, they can feel the tremors of other vine vs bramble battles*
Arjun: [smiles] The branches are our friends, I can sense that they wanna help us! But I think they're in pain so we should return the favor by helping /them/ out as well. So yeah, if we destroy the vines around the branches we'll be doing our share.
[pause]
Do you have a hard time to use your magic or something? It seemed like it took a while to get something going. 'Cause If you use it at the same time i'm runnign around and attacking things, you can be like a sniper, or something.
August: I can do that, but... you think freezing them's okay? I got the best aim with that, but... the vines are part of the ecosystem, y'know? I can't kill all of them... unless it's okay, whaddya think?
Arjun: That might be best. If you freeze'em I can break them with my strength to be sure they're eliminated. Burning them runs the risk of the fire spreading around uncontrollably, and if that happens it'd be pretty bad for the animals that live in the area... and uh... for us to, yeah.
It ain't a problem to destroy the vines since they're a problem for the inhabitants of Ludus and they are dangerously overflooding the forest, as well.
*they start hearing loud headache-causing buzzing to the side*
August: [Face lights up in glee] Alright! I didn't know they were a pest! If I can just get on your shoulders ag--- Aaagh! [reflexively covers his ears, pinning the branch again inbetween his neck and shoulder]
*a small branch, tugs at the hem of August's shirt, trying to get his attention*
Arjun: [his ears are especially sensitive to high pitched noises and crouches down his hands covering his ears as hard as he can. He feels actual pain due to the high frequency of the sound] AAAAARRGGGHH!
*they can hear branches falling to the ground with a thud as the buzzing continues*
August: H-hey there, what d'you need? [Still clamping his ears shut]
*the little branch gestures to the source of the buzzing. when they look, the branches blocking their way retract and clear the way as if telling them to go there*
August: H-Here, you need it more than me [Pulls out his sound blocking wireless headphones then puts them on Arjun] C'mon Arjun, branches telling us to go over there... [Dragging Arjun by the hand once again, deeper into the forest]
Arjun: Mother of Sarjalim! M-MAKE IT STOP !! [really can't stand the noise. In sheer pain before he feels the headphones on his ears. He can still sense the sound but the pain is lessened making it more tolerable. He follows August his head spinning a little bit] TH-THANK YOU! [speaks abnormally loud because of the noise and because he has the headphones on]
Igor: *back to work at cutting down the branches. has headphones to cancle out the noise of his chainsaw. the branches seem weaker today than they were the day before. He's only on his 2nd chainsaw of the morning. sings tunelessly to himself* I ith working on tha grafeyard~ All tha lyf long theyyyy~

*the chainsaw digs into yet another segment of branch before he hops away again. another branch landing where he just stood. this brambleweed is retaliating to his annoyance.*
August: Just don't break them, Arjun! [Puts his hands down, getting used to the sound, damaging his ears all these years with blaring music actually helped, amazingly] Where are you taking us, your brambleness?
Arjun: [points to the man cutting down the branches] THAT GUY! TELL HIM TO STOP RIGHT AWAY, HE'S HURTING THE BRAMBLE!
*the brave little bramble points to Igor*
Igor: *as another branch smashes the ground where he just stood, whirls round in midair and cuts the branch off as well. he's pretty quick on his feet for one so small and fat*
August: Igor! IGOR STOP! [Tosses a rock at Igor]
Igor: *senses something flying towards him and quickly snatches the small rock in midair. landing gracefully on another uncut branch.*

*he stretches out his arm to the side and drops the rack to the side. he looks down at August* Yeth?
August: Don't hurt the bramble! It isn't killing us as long as we save it from the rape vines... You can chainsaw the vines, though.
Arjun: ... [can't hear much of what's going on]
Igor: *dances out of the way when another branch tries to knock him off. lifts one of his earphones up so that he can hear August better.* Come againth?
August: Chainsaw the vines, not the branches!!
Igor: *blinks* But thur, it ith my thuty to get rid of tha bramble ath well. *chops off another branch for emphasis*

Brambles: *have had enough and try to retreat deeper into the forest*
August: No! It's been helping us! It's not a bad bramble. Look, it's going away from you! At least, get rid of the vines first, we'll work on the bramble.
Igor: Tha vines belong ere, thur. Tha bramble doth not. *he looks around, eyeing the vines that are just on the outside of the clearing. He's been part of Ludus long enough for the vines to have learned to fear him.*

*Sides, he wasn't all that rapable. Detatchable limbs and ichor for blood and all.*
August: ... [Thinks for a while] C'mon, Igor, take a break for an hour, do it for me? [Boyish puppy kiddie smile]
Igor: *for an Igor: work > cute.* Thorry thur. Tha bramble hath to go. *follows the retreating branches*
[From the shadows lurks a figure, he's been staking out this place for days - hidden in the bushes. His body like a fleeting prescence. His cape flutters as his companion, a gray scottish fold has proceeded to chase butterflies below]

Caped Figure: [WHISPERED DRAMATIC MONOLOGUE, CHRISTIAN BALE BATMAN STYLE] Stood on Branches, watching. Whir of chainsaw better than music to ears. Watched people retaliate, felt clense - screams of students - suffocating. The Branches tear flesh and cloth. The branches tear the filth of the soul. Divided in opinions, the need to do something boils like pit in stomach. The branches will burn. [squints, and drops down from the branch, landing on his feet, making dramatic entrance]