Friendly Neighborhood Crimestoppers [Invite]

Typical of Liari to be so naive about how things work. The majin actually believes that she knows how people function, how they think, how they behave. She doesn't realize that people have reasons for why they do the things that they do, and Derry's reason has always been centered around one single factor: Money. Everyone has their own reasons for why they do things, and Derry's reasons for being the way he is is centered around making money, and he plans on making as much as he can in any way possible, including playing dirty.

Then the majin continues talking, stating that his followers and friends apparently don't like him because he's 'mean,' further confirming that Liari knows next to nothing about him. He has earned his respect through his diligence, his will, his tenacity, never through acting kind. The most he's displayed to his goons was mercy, plus giving them their checks when they actually get the job done. Kindness and true respect is only reserved for his elites. Kane, Cassidy, Alto, even Kon all respect him and see him more than just their boss, he knows this. Even then, there is still one person who seems him more than just a boss to be respected...

She extends her hand out to him briefly, which Derry silently refuses, still glaring right at the naive Blueberry. She wants to turn him around so that he avoids tragedy later on in life... But it's been a fact that he's lived with all his life already. He knew the risk when he came into the business, and at first it was all about survival. Now he's doing it to thrive. So what if it comes crashing down? He'll survive, he knows that.

"Liari..." Derry mutters under his breath, his voice cold and harsh, "I appreciate the talk, but I've already charted my course. I won't divert. Now, will you get out of my way or stay? You know what'll happen if you stick around." He ignites two more fireballs in his hands, already making his decision. This was a waste of his time, but at least he'll give Liari her own choice to make: Leave or melt.

Well it seems like Liari's given up on trying to get Derry to follow in her own footsteps, though to the candidate it wasn't like she had a chance anyway. At least she understands and immediately springs back into trying to beat him down, flying up into the air and firing off two ki blasts, though something seemed a bit off about them. With his two fireballs in hand, Derry blasts each projectile with his fireballs, only to see that they just plowed right through his own. At the last second he jumps back a bit to avoid the incoming blasts, though when he attempts to move his legs get caught on something. He glances back down at the concrete beneath him, realizing that it was no longer concrete, but jello. She was going to turn him into goddamn jello?!

Liari goes on about wishing that Derry knew her mother and how he would've turned out better, but his mind was honestly still stuck on the whole jello thing. "Yeah yeah, I'm sure your mother was a nice person, but did you just fucking try to turn me into jello?!" Derry shouts. That pipe she just summoned is going to hurt if he gets hit by it, and he attempts to start moving around until he realizes that the jello beneath him was starting to rise up and grab hold of his legs, trapping him in place. As the blue majin sends her fist right at him, Derry had to think quick to get out of this literally sticky situation, believing that he might have something that could possibly help...

He aims both of his hands at the ground beneath him and begins letting flames loose beneath his feet, lifting him up in the air a little bit. The jello was still holding him in place, so he attempts to continue blasting the jello beneath him with fireballs until he was freed, narrowly making it out of the way before Liari could swing at him with the pipe. The alleyway would prove to be too claustrophobic for this sort of fight, so he's going to need to take this to the roof. There's a lot less places to hide up here as well, so perhaps he can get some more clean shots on her.

His feet touch the roof of the building that was on his right, Derry looking right at the majin before continuing, "Welp, I gave you a chance to just leave Liari, and you mucked it all up. Don't blame me for what happens next." He moves the palm of his hand to aim right at Liari as he fires off a single powerful fireball, looking to have this grenade-shaped fireball blow up right in her face. She better not avoid it, else there might be some collateral to clean up.

WC: 516

Active PL: 60,000

HP:  ▰▰▰▰▰▰▰ 164%

KP: 4/6

MP: 4/6

OOC Notes/Items Used: Derry spends 2 momentum to boost the power of Scorch Shot, which he is using against Liari, dealing a potential 50% (30,000) damage.

A sudden surge of power emerges from Liari, but Derry couldn't quite tell just how powerful she became since he hasn't put his sunglasses back on. It was certainly worrying, especially when she catches his Scorch Shot with her mouth and seems to swallow it, still baffling the candidate as to how majins even function. She begins to charge up and puff up until she unleashes a whole bunch of pink energy blasts from the holes in her arms and throughout her body, all heading right towards Derry. Before he even knew it Liari made her way right behind him, cold metal slamming into the back of the crime boss as Derry's body is sent flying towards the projectiles. He's going to need to think fast if he's going to get out of this one...

Derry faces his body towards Liari as his chest glows a bright pink, so bright that it could potentially blind the majin with the shining light as he suddenly moves out of harm's way almost instantly, leaving behind a small trail of pink flames from his feet. The blasts hit the ground, digging up a little bit of the rooftop he was on but didn't cause much in terms of actual damage. It might seem like she's opting to keep this as clean as possible, a restriction she's placing onto herself so that she doesn't wreck the place. Fortunately for Derry, property damage isn't something he doesn't plan on being so careful about.

Unfortunately he didn't have much time to think as the majin continues swinging away at Derry with that pipe, though this time he's expecting the all out aggression, opting to block the attack with his forearms, still sending him higher into the air, but reducing the incoming damage eh would've taken. Finally she seems to take a break from attacking him as she asks where all of the money was in destroying the city while believing that the one who loves Derry wouldn't have liked that. She's still hanging onto that little thread, eh? Perhaps it would be best that she never meets Hazel: She would certainly be a bit disappointed with who the demon is, not that Derry cares.

"Oh the money was made before all of this went down, Blueberry," Derry states to her, "The destruction comes from the fact that you've become a nuisance to me. You want me to stop destroying the city? Fine by me. All you have to do is either stand still or get out of my way!" As he shouts that last line, Derry aims the palm of his hand right at Liari once again to prepare yet another Scorch Shot, making sure to charge it up with some extra firepower to really send a message to her not to mess with him.

Liari's confidence... kinda fizzled when her counter-attack, one of her most VALUABLE TOOLS... kinda just bounced right off Derry as if it were nothing more than BB pellets. Her eyes widened HUGELY as Derry walked RIGHT through her energy-attack, the president then raising his hand up towards her and charging his OWN blast! Even if the majin couldn't sense energy... she could feel that. The small orb of power he cradled was MORE than enough to blow her in half, perhaps WORSE if it got any larger! She... She couldn't BELIEVE the gap was still so large! Yeah, she could (maybe) defend herself but the pink-haired President was still a full LEAGUE above her! Anger and frustration welled up inside, disgusted that even at her current level, Derry could fight her and STILL have more in reserve. 

"Rrrgh..." She rumbled, her aura flaring hotly around her! "...It your fault this happen, NOT mine! YOU should just stop! YOU should care more! Why you not-" Suddenly, Derry would fire his blast at the little blue girl, actually intending to blow her apart... AGAIN! But... But if Liari dodges... what would happen to the building she was standing on? Would it blow up? Would it drill right through? The majin just... couldn't take that risk! Crossing her arms over her face and chest, Liari stood her ground before-

In a HUGE flash of light, TIAMAT appeared before Liari, her aura as bright and shining as an angel as she caught the oncoming blast in a dome that surrounded them! The majin audibly GASPED at the radiant sight of her mother, glistening in a rainbow of colors having descended from the heavens to her side, the smile she had given Liari... bringing a HUGE wave of tears as well! 

"M.... Momma...?" She whispered as streams rolled from her eyes down her cheeks, the little blue girl stumbling back and falling on her rear in shock! Between the complete unexpectedness of the kai's sudden arrival and the JOY blooming in the majin's heart at FINALLY seeing her only real family again, Liari let out a SQUEEEEEEE of excitement! She KNEW her mother would arrive in time, she just KNEW IT! She had promised she would be here for her, she PROMISED and SHE KEPT IT! Her lips curled into a WIDE, toothy smile as Liari jumped to her feet, springing towards Tiamat and wrapping her arms around from behind in a big, snuggly hug!

...There was nothing in the universe that felt as good...

"I missed you!" She cried, pressing her face against Tiamat's back! "I miss you lots! I..." The majin blinked, remembering WHY her mother was here in the first place, Liari peeking her head around Tiamat like a scared child hiding behind her parent. "I hurt by HIM! He hurt me, he hurt city! Try to blow it up just now! You see for self!" She pointed at Derry down below as if to emphasize her point! "I try to stop... Try to help! He no let me... He try to hurt MORE... for MONIES!"

...Liari was once again left speechless, though, as Tiamat made her proclamation her heart skipping a beat in her chest as the kai threatened her DIVINE, MOTHERLY WRATH upon the mortal president! ...For her... There were a lot of moments with Tiamat Liari felt loved. When she and Tiamat snuggled together in the evenings sometimes... when Tiamat told her stories as she fell asleep... But those kinda paled in comparison to this moment here. Any hint of doubt in Liari's mind POPPED out of existence right then.

Tiamat loved her with such completeness, that she was prepared to vow eternal vengeance of her behalf...

"...I love you, momma..." Liari whispered... as Tiamat FIRED the blast back down towards Derry.

...Ah, warm fuzzies...

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...Oh.

"W-WAIT!" Liari exclaimed, shooting her head around Tiamat again and pointing in HORROR at the blast shooting down towards Derry! "I-IF THAT HIT, NO TELLING HOW BIG BLOW-UP IS! GOTTA STOP IT! QUICK!"

WC: 663
TWC: 5985

The familiar voice of Liari calling out to her was incredibly warming to Tiamat's heart. Just after Derry has been blown to bits and sent away, which she would not pursue, due to her needing to take care of her daughter, she would turn to the blue majin and kiss her on the forehead, hugging her back as now, the danger was gone, and she was reunited with the most precious thing in the universe. She smiled down at the tiny majin and gently passed her hand through whatever passed as the hairs on Liari's cute head. She had called, and Tiamat had answered.

'' Hey, kiddo! I missed you lots too. You wouldn't believe the trouble your mommy got into while on Namek, things got pretty heated for a hot minute back there!''

She would tell her adopted child, chuckling a little as her attention was brought back to the sound of leaking water... oh right, she should surely take care of that before it proceeds.

'' Excuse-me sweetheart, I must do something before we continue our little meeting... would you fancy some donuts? Man, I CRAVE donuts!''

She would say, parting away from Liari's hugs, and instantly creating a massive magical circle around her. Her magic activated, making the runes under her glow as the destroyed part of the road and alley began to re-assemble and reunite with all the missing parts, rebuilding the damage she had done with her barrier. Thankfully, there did not seem to have any casualties... she would have had to answer to her superiors if she accidentally killed someone, although she did take cautions with her attack not to. Even wounding badly a civilian would have been reasons for her to be sent back to the otherworld for a while... Anyway, none of that happened, and nobody would be able to tell the difference... hopefully.

After that was said and done, she would turn back to Liari, and look around her finally, now that everything was done.

'' I missed Earth, but where exactly are we? I did not exactly care where I teleported, due to the situation... also, thanks for calling me Liari, I think this President Guy is up to no good, and we'll have to do something about it...''

Speaking of, Derry has probably made his escape... she could not sense him anymore, and since she rebuilt the hole he made that she could now see without the dust in the air, he probably was already far from here... anyway, there was nothing much they could do at the moment.

Her attention wandered again for a while, then back on Liari, bringing a warm smile on her face. She seemed... well... something was missing on Liari... where was Kuzam?

'' Well, what are we waiting for? Donut and Hot chocolate, and we can catch up on what you've been up to, uh?''

She asked, trying to see if Liari would open up about whatever happened to her clone/brother/child/other personality person that she used as a scarf when they last met.