"Gli farò un'offerta che non potrà rifiutare."

[sharktrash]

Who: MANTICORE and Roy Mustang
What: the violence-worshipping band give the warm-up band's guitarist an offer he can't refuse.
When: 17ish?
Where: someplace a gig can take place. Vista City Mini Amphitheatre? idk
Warnings: language? probably?? SQUALO? idk will add as necessary

(( There are four main sections you can post your toplevels or tag in to:
- before Manticore's performance (watching Roy play, generic shenanigans, forcing him to stay onstage after his band's done),
- during (if you wanna play out making music and/or stage shenanigans!),
- after (the final verdict) and then, finally,
- dragging their catch back home and staging THE INITIATION CEREMONY. that's right MANTICORE is lowkey a frat house.
Have fun! Threadjacking encouraged and expected! Basically, go wild. ))

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fourth task (Ryuko)

[sharktrash]

[droppedthread]

[Ryuko has been mostly... watching this magic unfold from the sidelines. And trying very hard not to laugh. She found a pair of meat scissors and sort of... disassembled them so that one half is in each of her hands? That's way cooler than swords or knives. And she had to go along with the theme at least a little, right?]

So... I gotta think of some shit for you to do. I guess I'm last?

[She looks around. Yep. Looks like.]

[snapcrackleburn]

Yes. What task do you have for me?

[Roy smiles at her but he's starting to look a little worn. Far more mentally than physically. He reaches up to his ears to turn the earrings now adorning his earlobes as instructed earlier.]

[droppedthread]

Alright, uh...

[Jeez, he does look a little worse for wear, doesn't he? Ryuko sighs and puts away the scissors - they looked dumb anyway.]

You think you can take a hit? I'm pretty good at punching shit.

[snapcrackleburn]

You want to punch me. That's uh... To be fair that's closer to what I imagined this initiation to be like. [ At least it will be over after this, right? ]

How well I can take it is really going to depend on where you punch me. I do have muscle but... I'm not going to make the mistake of underestimating your punching power.

[droppedthread]

[Well hey, taking her seriously scores a couple point right out of the gate. Or... stops them from being taken away.]

I'm not gonna try to wreck your face or anything. We need that. Just uh. Stand still.

[And she is going to punch him square in the stomach. It's not full protag strength like she used to be able to manage, but it's as strong as her current body can manage. No holding back on a bandmate. But he at least shouldn't end up with broken bones or anything.]

[snapcrackleburn]

[ He gives a loud grunt and his hands go straight to his stomach. He was right not to underestimate her power. He bends forward clutching his now aching torso but he stays on his feet. ]

Ah ha. Good punch. [ His voice is a little weaker as he huffs that out. Very slowly he stands up straight again. ] That's a nice, quick final task. I applaud you for keeping it simple.