Sam laughed some as the people fled, moving to lean against a wall as he waited for Karia. He lifted Adrian up, turning him over so he had to look up at Sam.
"Anything to say for yourself?" He asked, smirking some.
God let him be more fun than Augustine.
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"Let me guess, you're here for the bottle of Eternity." Adrian stared at him critically. "Are you working with Harina? Impressive that she got someone so powerful on her side. Though, given what it is, I'd bet she would do anything."
"After Adrian? What for?" Moriarty's eyes widened. "Don't tell me, Ocean wants the–" She pressed her lips together. "Nevermind. I'll leave you two alone. Whatever happens to Adrian is none of my concern."
"Really?" Karia's eyes widened in surprise. He'd expected Moriarty to be a bit more loyal to Adrian, but this worked too. This way, he didn't have to kill her– something he had hoped would happen since he rather liked her. "Well, then. Have a nice walk back." He gave her a wave and teleported back to Sam.
"Hm? Never heard of it." Sam shrugged some, looking over Adrian. "And Harina would probably wish she was working with me- but no, she's one of my dolls now too. Tell me, though what is this 'bottle of Enternity?' I'm curious now." Sam looked up as Karia came back, pushing off the wall and moving over to his side.
"How'd it go?" He asked, glancing down at the mallet. There was no blood on it, though, which told a lot.
"Pft, you don't know what Eternity is?" Adrian laughed. "It's only the most sought-after substance ever. Drink it and you will become more powerful than anyone else. At least, that's what the stories say. I haven't actually tried it yet." He paused. "Hmm. You got Harina too. Interesting."
"Well, you got him!" Karia exclaimed, looking down at Adrian. "Aww, such a cute man, aren't you?" He looked up at Sam with a smile. "Moriarty was surprisingly agreeable. She was ever so eager to betray you, Adrian."
"Typical," Adrian sighed, not seeming very concerned about the whole thing. "She probably wants the Eternity for herself, and I happened to be the one obstacle keeping it from her."
"I don't really bother myself with that sort of thing," Sam said, shrugging. "I've got my knife, and I don't really care about being the strongest or whatever this stuff does. And yeah, I got Harina and Augustine, and now you." Sam looked to Karia, chuckling some.
"I can't tell who's been more boring, Augustine or him. At least Harina is fun." The man laughed again, rolling his eyes.
"What do you think of this Eternity stuff, should we bother getting it?"
"Yeah, that makes sense." Karia nodded.
"You got Augustine, too?" Adrian sighed. "Well, typical of them. Who are you getting next? I'm guessing you have a list. You have a list, don't you?" Adrian glanced over at Karia.
"Shush." Karia flapped his hand at Adrian. "He is annoying. He's not freaking out at all. I'm pretty sure there's something wrong with him." He made a face at Adrian. "Mmm, I don't know. It might be fun. Though that would mean I'd have to fight with James."
"I'm pretty sure there is, too. At Least Harina has had a proper response to all of this, hell even Augustine had the decency to be confused." Sam sighed, shaking his head. "Looks like Augustine gets to stay out for a while longer, then, unless we try to find someone who's actually fun." Sam let out a small breath again.
"Honestly I'm up for anything that could be fun right now."
"There's nothing wrong with me except for the fact that I'm much smaller than I should be." Adrian pointed out, his voice calm. Karia scoffed.
"Yeah, better to stuff him somewhere far away." He tapped his chin, wondering whether or not they should get the Eternity. Honestly, he was tempted. He'd heard stories about it, and it sounded like a really fun thing to have. Then again, it would make everyone after them. He didn't want more power in exchange for being chased everywhere. "Let's get Mycah first. I think that's who we said was next on the list?"
Sam frowned deeply, when Adrian spoke. He obviously didn't understand just was going on, then.
"I have no idea, I think so? Either way it doesn't matter much." Sam shrugged some, looking at Karia.
"And, I think it could be fun to show Adrian just what position he's in now. Perhaps he'll change his mind then~"
"Alright, then. This took so little time, I think we could at least check the place out. What do you think?" Karia asked, leaning towards Sam with a big smile on his face. "Oh, that sounds the best. He deserves it. Don't you, you little, terrible man?" His voice turned into one someone would usually use to talk to a baby.
"I think checking out the next place would be a good idea after we do this," Sam agreed. He thought for a moment as to what he would do, then smirked some.
"Here, hand me Harina," he said, holding his hand out for the mallet.
"Lovely!" Karia sang, handing Sam the unused Harina-mallet.
"That's a strange name for a weapon," Adrian commented, causing Karia to burst out laughing. Oh, what would he do when he realized?
"Didn't pick it," Sam said. "I figured doing it like this was cheaper than getting an actual mallet." Sam didn't wait for Adrian to get what was going on. He tossed the doll up some with one hand, using the other arm to swing the mallet. He connected solidly, Adrian's chest caving in from the blow before sending him flying across the courtyard.
"Wha–" Adrian started, his thought interrupted by getting launched through the air rather violently. Karia exclaimed in excitement, halfway draping himself over Sam's shoulder.
"That was the best thing I have ever seen. Oh, stars!" Karia started laughing. "You are the best person ever, Sam!"
Sam was laughing as well, letting the mallet hang on his other shoulder as he looked to Karia.
"I try my best," he said, still laughing. "So, shall we go scout out the next target?" He moved to pick up the trail of porcelain pieces, eventually picking up the very broken and very much still alive Adrian.
"Ah, yes. Mycah's on the other side of town, because everyone has to have their own little piece of territory." Karia rolled his eyes, then started thinking of places he knew that were close but not too close to Mycah's main headquarters. Adrian was silent as Sam picked him up, though his eyes were very wide and very confused.
"Of course," Sam said, shaking his head some. It'd be so much easier if everyone was just gathered in one place. He looked down at Adrian, raising an eyebrow.
"Yeah, he was broken even before this- Look, he's not even reacting to being smashed with a mallet and thrown across a courtyard!! So boring."
"So boring," Karia echoed, nodding in agreement. Adrian still didn't react to anything in a normal way, keeping quiet and confused. Karia sighed and held his hand out to Sam. "Well, shall we get going? I've got a good place."
"Most would be screaming in pain or some shit, but nooo…" Sam pulled a small pouch out of his pocket, putting Adrian's broken pieces in it and taking Karia's hand.
"Yes, let's." He smiled faintly, still dissapointed.
"Oh, it'll be alright." Karia sighed sadly and patted Sam's shoulder with his free hand. "We'll find someone more interesting soon enough." He gave him a smile, then teleported them both to a secluded alley near Mycah's headquarters.
"I'm sure of it, with your help," Sam said, nodding. He dropped Adrian in the bag too when they came to the alley, closing the bag and pushing it into his pocket, where it promptly dissapeared wherever the things in Sam's pockets went.
"So, what are we to expect of Mycah?" He had the Harina mallet in one hand still, just in case. Plus, it was fun to think he'd get to bash someone's head in.
Karia gave him a smile, then frowned. "Well, Mycah's very mysterious. I know they have this really loyal right-hand man with some very weird magical tattoos, but beyond that, I don't know. They mostly keep to themself, unless they're causing impressive amounts of trouble for Ocean. And other people too, I guess." He paused, thinking hard. "I think they also have the weird tattoos. Though that's just a rumor I heard once and can't be trusted."
Sam nodded as Karia spoke, thinking to himself.
"Any idea what these magical tattoos do?" He asked. He folded his arms, focusing as he thought of how they could go about this new fight, and hoping that Mycah would at least have the decency to be scared.
"I…" Karia trailed off, pondering the question. "I've heard a variety of things, some of them being that the tattoos act as armor, that they peel off and become guardians, or that put off an aura of fear so great that no one can approach." He tapped his chin. "They all sound made up. I guess we'll just have to play it by ear. Stay close to me, just in case we need to make a quick exit."
"Then again, being told there's a man who has a knife that can steal souls and force people to become conscious inanimate objects is something that sounds made up too," Sam pointed out. He nodded some, keeping close to Karia's side for now.
"No matter what, this should end up being more interesting than Adrian was."