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"HOBBES!" a tiny voice screamed out from above. Ears perking up, Hobbes looked to the sky and found his familiar friend up high in the wagon. Calvin didn't even wait to land, he just hopped out of the wagon and landed on Hobbes in a tackle-hug hybrid.
"You died!"
"It wasn't that b-"
"I DIED TOO!"
"What?"
"No one at school will believe this. Now that we're back, this is shaping up to be a good day. Are all the monsters gone!" Calvin asked. Hobbes responded by throwing Calvin off of him and playfully pouncing on him, just like he did whenever Calvin used to come home from school.
"Like any monster could ever hope to counter the feral strength and incomparable debonair of us tigers." Hobbes proclaimed proudly, standing atop of Calvin like he was an explorer planting a flag on a newly conquered land.
"Well, that alien thing seemed to do the trick." Calvin snarked. Hobbes plated his foot down harder on his friennd.
"That's not funny."
Suddenly an even more effective topic changer appeared, two of them in fact. Arcade noted that the little girl did not seem as enthused to see the group, but he had no idea what the problem could be, so he ignored that. He was more interested in the bug she wasn't afraid of.
"Have you domesticated that insect?" he asked. He supposed if Sloan had Snuffles then a pet bug wouldn't be too outlandish, but it was still odd.
edited 29th Jan '17 2:03:46 PM by Skooter910
I say that aloud too sometimes, just: "man, no life."
Just another guy
Viola I Ferris Wheel I Little Girls Talking About Big Bugs
"And my name is Viola, if anyone cares to know," I introduced myself after Ben introduced Plague Knight and Louie. So the doctor's name is Plague Knight? It sounded more like a title than a name, and a very odd one at that. I'm pretty sure people would at least raise their eyebrows at someone being called the Champion of Diseases.
Then, an adult man who looks more like an actual doctor than Plague Knight, inquired to me about the hornet I'm carrying around with me. Domesticated it? "Oh, no. I'm not the one who tamed it. This hornet belongs to the doctor, Plague Knight, here." I tried to motion towards Plague Knight. "Normally, it could fly on its own, but there's something wrong with its wings, so I'm carrying it around for the time being," Indeed, when I take a closer look at it, I noticed that its wings have been sliced. Probably from before.
... Well. That's going to be a problem.
edited 29th Jan '17 2:14:31 PM by JustSomeGuy732
"A post per day keeps the GMs away!"
Woods
Well, things sure had escalated. Garrett, increasingly displeased, looked between the boy who was still armed with a running chainsaw and behaving rather unhinged, and between the ghost facing off against an armored woman.
"Damn it... is this city getting to you?," he called out to Lewis. "What if something nasty hears us, comes along and jumps us while you're busy killing each other? Just leave her alone and don't egg her on."
He then carefully approached Morty, making sure to keep his distance from the whirring blade of death. "Boy?" he said in his best attempt at a soothing voice, not something he was used to. "I suggest you put that thing down... carefully... before you hurt yourself. Okay?"
edited 29th Jan '17 2:29:02 PM by Korodzik
Viola introduced herself, which made Arcade realize that he skipped that part. "And I'm Arcade," he said, distractedly.
Arcade's attention was mostly drawn to the bug's wing. He almost stepped closer before realizing that he didn't really know much about entomology. He knew how to treat a cazador or radscorpion sting, but he'd never been called upon to actually treat one personally. He reached into his pocket and pulled out a stimpak.
"I'm not sure if this would work on an arthropod, but if you need some medicine I can oblige," he offered Plague Knight. Viola mentioned that Plague Knight was a doctor, but given that he hadn't treated his pet meant that he either couldn't or hadn't tried yet, so Arcade decided that he might as well give him the possibility.
edited 29th Jan '17 3:23:17 PM by Skooter910
I say that aloud too sometimes, just: "man, no life."
Web Spidus
I listened to the others talk for a while. I couldn't remember what they talked about, though. However, one of the group talked 'bout findin' a place to stay fer the night.
So I began lookin' for something nice to stay. After that incident in that Bubba-Gump Shrimp, I knew where not to look. Eventually, I ran across this tiny, peaceful motel nearby the others. This place was called the Bates Motel.
Just as I was gonna tell the others of my discovery, the tiger man met this lil' kid. From the way they talked to each other, they was close like peas and carrots. I waved at the kid and asked, “You know each other?”
THE SLORG!
"I'm okay" Tommy said, looking more worried for See than himself. "... I'm feeling kind of tired too" he added a little quieter.
Louie perked up as Ben spoke. "Oh, so I'm in? I was worried you might not let me in, since I don't really have powers" Louie said with a big grin. He then turned his attention back towards Viola and Plague Knight, or rather the creatures they had, with a curious expression. "So are these things... Pokemon?" he muttered, taking a step forward to look at the baby hornet closely.
"I doubt they're from your world, if that's what you mean" Thomas pointed out.
Louie gave no response to Thomas, as he noted the sliced wing on the baby hornet. "I have a potion that might help; it's meant for Pokemon, so it might be close enough" Louie suggested, grabbing a spray bottle from his bag.
"Once the librarian is back, we can request free healing or healing items from her" Thomas said.
"Then why not try it now, and I can get a new one from her later" Louie counterpointed.
"Oh, that's a good idea actually" Thomas admitted.
Louie smiled just a tad smugly, and turned back to Viola and Plague Knight. "May I?" Louie asked them, holding up the spray bottle.
You are reading this.
Annoyed Mode: ON
I had to admit that had been a rather clever move... despite how petty Jackson's goal had been. Then again, this was coming from a man who was seemingly driven purely by lust, so it was not particularly surprising.
However, I was truly curious to see exactly how much punishment he was willing to take for such meager rewards. I already had a prepared energy ball in one hand which I had not been able to throw, so it was the perfect opportunity to begin experimenting.
"Of course I was right; I am a clairvoyant after all," I stated, gently placing my free hand on his cheek. "I am full of surprises that could simply shatter your mind."
It would have been ridiculously easy to make him suffer. With my hand there to hold his head in place if the situation called for it, there was simply nothing stopping me from pushing my energy ball into his skull.
Or so I thought.
'EUN! STOP RIGHT NOW!'
The energy in my hand dissipated suddenly, and instead of hitting Jackson with an energy ball, I hit him with an open palm. I was so shocked by that turn of events that I barely registered the arrival of an elderly man to the tunnel section where we both were. So while he rambled on about skinwalkers and his missing grandson, I tried my best to appease an irate martial artist.
'I did not know you were still awake.'
'I don't want to hear it, Eun! Just leave and stay quiet for now!'
'Are you sure? I can help you get this man off you if-'
'I said leave!'
I had never heard her so infuriated before. And the fact that she was awake and able to stop what I had been planning to do to Jackson carried a series of implications that could completely shatter our relationship, or result into something much, much worse.
I had never felt fear in my entire existence, but it was most likely not very different from the dreadful sensation I was experiencing at that time.
I was not even able to surrender control of Ara's body. She simply took it away from me, and somehow disrupted the transformation entirely. She recovered her normal hair and eye color, and the spectral tails simply vanished. And her eyes immediately focused on Jackson, shooting him a glare that could have easily made someone think she was planning to impale him with her own arm. But rather than do that, which I doubted she would have been able to do either way, she placed both of her hands on his shoulders, and both of her feet on his hip.
"Get off me."
She didn't exactly give him much chance. Instead, she pushed him off of herself with both her arms and her legs, causing him to basically be ejected upside down towards a wall, after which she brought herself back up to her feet to address the troubled scientist.
"I haven't seen many people today, but maybe I can help look for him," she offered, trying to calm herself down at least a little. "What does he look like?"
someone
Eve|Ferris Wheel
Eve was still musing when Viola arrived. Though she had never spent much time with Plague Knight, he seemed nice, if a little pyromaniacal. But Viola she didn't trust, and to be completely honest with herself, she despised her. Still she was carrying an injured pet? of Plague Knight's, so maybe she wasn't as terrible as Eve first thought.
Arcade's expression of surprise at the small? size of the hornet was strange, but he had mentioned mutated animals earlier. Louie's comment got her attention. So he was nice, just a little thoughtless and foolish. He should get along fine with Ben then.
"Why did you think that powers were a criteria?"
[TOP SECRET]
Happy Box Hater
Balloon Cart- Did you think he wouldn't notice?
Seiga might be suspecting something. She was laying on the affection way to thick. It was actually sickening. It was almost nauseating how insincere it sounded. But Lucas was always a terrible liar. He just needed to escape this dangerous situation in a manner that didn't seem forced. Otherwise, Seiga would either get suspicious or have her suspicions confirmed. He needed a justifiable distraction. In order to not appear like he was looking for an out, he asked an idle question to Seiga. Lucas asked "S-So... um... what did you run into today? I found a scary g-girl in some m-mirror building and a shape-shifter in a shrimp s-store."
Wait, a distraction had appeared. The tiger was reunited with a friend. Lucas started observing the scene intently. While it was initially for the purpose of avoiding Seiga's face, he found the dynamic between the boy and tiger quite amusing to witness in action. He felt that he had at least semi-successfully extricated himself from that situation.
OK, they needed a place for everyone to stay for the remainder of the day. With everyone's powers back, and Yoshika probably not needing sleep, it should be easy to sleep in shifts to prevent any problems with monsters that might be alive still. Lucas looked around for anywhere suitable or, barring that, makeshift coverings for just sleeping where they stood.
Why is a yam attacking me?
For the Horde!
Ben smiled at Louie. "Of course you're in! As long as you wanna do the right thing and help people in need you're in! Your Pecha is pretty cool." He looked over at Thomas. "Yeah, we could ask Miss Tairee to help. She's nice though she's bound by a lot of rules. Her boss doesn't let her do whatever she wants... which is a shame because she'd be an awesome hero...." He sighed and crossed his arms.
edited 29th Jan '17 6:43:30 PM by AllHailThrall
I can still hail the Horde even though the company has shamed us. Strength and Honor even if Blizzard has neither.
"Yeah, okay, but..." Rick trailed off as he realized the situation that he had just found himself in.
"... JESUS CHRIST!" he shouted as his mind quickly caught up with he was actually seeing. "''What the fuck - what - what the hell did I just walk in on here?!" he asked, disgust writ large on his face for the first time since the beginning of the day. Monsters, serial killers, evil statues, he could deal with but there were some things that even Rick Sanchez wasn't going to touch with a ten foot pole.
""Hhooooly shit. What the fuck - I mean - what the fuck.." he demanded of Jackon, jabbing a finger in the man's face. "She- she's like- okay I don't know how old she is but - jesus, I don't care *urp* I don't care how far you are from the cops, you can't just... you can't JuuuRUUUGHst do that!" he finished, belching a load of odious breath in Jackson's face as he delivered his crowning philosophical argument.
As Lewis and Kelsey argued, Morty had already picked himself off the ground - grabbing his chainsaw, he held it up in his arms and waved it in Garrett's general direction. "J-just stay back!" he screamed, his voice raw. "I-I-I'll stab you! I'll stab... I'll stab everyone!" he shouted, although by this point the threat was more than a little half-hearted, his voice ringed with sheer exhaustion.
edited 29th Jan '17 6:45:58 PM by Locoman
THE SLORG!
Jackson took the sudden slap rather well, but looked a bit surprised as he got tossed into the nearby wall, upside down. He recovered from that fairly quickly though, getting up and groaning a little as he rubbed at the back of his neck. "Seriously? You're mad because I fondled your breast? You chucked magic, exploding balls at me because I wasn't walking fast enough for your liking. Rather than, I dunno, just asking me politely to speed up!? And it's your fault anyway since I wouldn't have run into you if you hadn't done that!" Jackson protested at Ara. "And you're sending all these mixed signals and being like two different women at once? I mean I can dig a threesome lady, but you're crazy" he continued, before grinning and adding in a lower tone, "I like crazy."
Then he paused and raised an eyebrow as Rick decided to get up in his face. "Oh hey, you're that drunk old man from the grocery. How are you- wait" Jackson stopped, looked towards Ara, then back at Rick with a dumbfounded expression. "You're seriously playing the 'she's too young' card, on that?! Have you looked at her? What the heck is the age of consent in your universe, like forty?" he asked the old scientist.
"Because that's pretty much what your posters said, and that's the way Thomas described it too" Louie responded, pointing at Thomas somewhat accusingly.
"I was under the impression that we were not going to allow in people who were powerless, weaponless, and have no experience in a fight" Thomas replied, looking at Ben as an indication of that impression originating from his previous interactions with Ben. "After all, what would they do?" he pointed out, before adding, "Louie and I discussed getting him in via loophole with his pe- his friends; his 'Pokemon'."
edited 29th Jan '17 6:59:30 PM by FirockFinion
You are reading this.
"Okay - well - first of all.." Rick started to articulate a long and detailed argument that would flawlessly defend his point while simultaneously tearing down Jackson's preconceived and rather warped notions, stammered for a second, and then sighed in exasperation "...you know what? I honestly don't give a - *urp* I have better things to do with my time, so." In one smooth motion, Rick aimed his pistol at Jackson's head and fired a shot point blank at the man's forehead.
edited 29th Jan '17 7:56:56 PM by Locoman
Looked like Kelsey was getting her apparent wish for a fight now, at least that didn't include her critisizing Curly for how she was trying to keep Morty from getting hurt.
Wait
She grumbled under her breath as Morty finally pushed the line too far in his renewed his aggressive outbursts and swinging of the weapon. "Fine, enjoy your fight, whatever" Curly said offhandedly before she activated her boosters to get behind the raging teen and clock him on the head with a fist and no more than a "You need a time out" for explanation to Garret or anyone else watching.
edited 29th Jan '17 8:31:21 PM by BlitzTrain
THE SLORG!
"Wh-" Jackson started before Rick's laser tore a hole through his head. His body fell over and disappeared shortly after.
You are reading this.
"Yeah, look, okay," said Rick offhandedly as he kicked Jackson's body off to the side. "I knew you *urp* I knew you had him on the ropes or whatever but. Yeah." Rick gave the man's body another hard kick out of spite before it blinked away forever.
"Anyway. So, uh... yeah," he mumbled, taking a shot from his flask. "Look, I gotta *urp* I gotta lay it out for you here ,my grandson's kind of gone fucking insane and he's probably going to kill someone who's not a complete scumbag and that'll get my ass on the line, so I guess what I'm saying here is *urp* unless you want someone you care about to get chainsawed in half you'd better come with."
Gon, trying to defuse the situation... if he can
"Hey...!" Gon faced Morty, who he saw was getting a bit risky to the group. "Calm yourself."
He didn't want to use the rifle, but he'd be damned if he started a fight or something. Gon had to admit that he'd be a big help if was in his sane self.
"Don't do anything that can put us into trouble."
Morty's body went limp as Curly's blow connected with the back of his head; knocked cold, the boy went sprawling on the cobblestones as the chainsaw flew out of his hands and skidded across the cobbled walk.
Annoyed Mode: ON
"Don't call me 'that'; I'm not some random thing!" I exclaimed, stomping my foot on the ground. "And another thing, that actually wasn't me, and I-wait wait no!"
I had caught sight of the older man's actions, and immediately drew my spear to try to at least throw away his aim, but since my spear was on my back at the time, I was too late to stop him. Jackson was hit by the shot, and his body disappeared moments after it touched the ground.
I stared at the place where his body had collapsed for a few seconds, before I turned back towards the remaining man, who proceeded to talk about how his grandson had gone insane and he had to be stopped.
I felt my eye twitch a little.
"...what was that?!" I asked, pointing at Jackson's dying position. "I mean, I do think I should thank you for defending me, but... you shouldn't have just shot him like that! He was disgusting and obscene, but he was still a person!"
I stopped talking and started taking deep breaths to calm myself down. I tried to think about something that made me happy, like... the first time I beat my brother in a sparring match. It took me a little while, but it did improve my mood in the end.
"Sorry... I'll help you find your grandson, but that's as much as I'll be able to help you," I finally conceded, getting ready to move. "The day isn't over yet, and there may still be monsters around."
I would also probably have to explain that misunderstanding with Eun to Jackson when I had the chance.
"Pleasure to meet you, Sir Louie," Plague Knight greeted the Pokemon trainer. "I would shake your hand, but mine are full at the moment," he added gesturing to the plant child and the potted plant.
It was then Arcade approached. A fellow man of science, the alchemist most likely surmised, judging by his attire and his gait. The man offered Plague Knight some sort of odd looking syringue....and that was when the knight finally noticed the full extent of the hornet's injury.
"Oh dear," Plague Knight muttered. "The damage done to her wing looks to be near dismemberment," he said as he further examined the insect. "I think it would be best to wait until Miss Tairee comes back in order to fix this....."
Thomas suggested the same thing, but then Louie offered to use one of his potions on the hornet.
"Oh yes, good ahead," the alchemist said. While he was skeptical that the potion would actually work, Plague Knight was intrivued by the concept of a healing potion that could be applied directly onto a wound in the form of a mist. Far more trustworthy than via injection.
DAMMIT MARK, STOP HOTTING HELPY!!
Every word out of the woman's mouth was like a mockery of motherly love, exaggerated and childish. It might have been heart-warming, if he didn't know just who the person saying it was. Jack's shoulders hunched and tensed for a moment, before he took a moment to calm. He closed his eyes and focused on his magic, the coolness of it. Slowly, he calmed, knowing that a time would come, and he plastered a grin on his face as he turned to look at Seiga. He took in her appearance, making sure he'd remember it. "Yeah, she seems like a good kid. Really brave, and even in danger she helped fight against the monsters." Including you, the spirit spat internally.
The Guardian watched the reunion between Hobbes and Calvin with a mixture of emotions. It was sweet, but the casual way the boy spoke of dying worried him. This city was doing bad things to everyone, and the children would suffer the most. Pulling himself out of another dour mood, he instead turned to Tommy. "Alright, let's find somewhere to sleep."
A quick bit of searching found a small place called the Bates Motel, which was good. A motel meant rooms and beds. He pointed it out to Tommy, as he shifted See again. "There, we'll get some rest in there. Come on."
With See in one arm, and his staff in the other, the spirit started to jog slowly towards the building.
Gon, disposing of chainsaw
Gon walked towards the dropped chainsaw. He walked away from the group for a short distance after he got it.
The assassin dropped it to the ground and fired his beam rifle at it, hoping to tear it to pieces.
He didn't want to see Morty go berserk.
"Ah, look at that. Nice to see a bond like that in these dark times," she said to Yoshika, "Kind of like us, right?" Yoshika stared at them, and asked "Which one are you? I wanna be the tiger."
Seiga nodded and chuckled. "Yes, yes. Of course you can be the tiger."
Lucas asked a question about their adventures today, which honestly could've gone better. "I also met a strange ghost of a woman, very persistent she was. I'm not sure if it's the same one, however. Earlier there was..."
She noticed, near the corpse of that eldritch thing they killed earlier, a short and familiar body who was visibly lacking a head. Must've been done in by Yoshika too. She pointed at it and nonchalantly said "That one. Not terribly threatening."
Jack pointed towards the direction of a place to stay, and while its name made Seiga pause for a moment as she definitely recognized it, it couldn't be bad. Just a man with a knife shouldn't be a problem for sleepless things like them. "Lead on, then. As good of a place as anywhere," she said as she waved him on, following him inside.
Something was off...but if something was truly bad, she would have expected a swift death. The people in this City were so fond of killing people to settle differences, so if they didn't try to take her on their grievance must've been minor. Drawing conclusions should be done later rather than sooner, though. The night was still young, and she'd have time to watch them closely as they settled in.
Ben raised an eyebrow as Viola and Plague Knight approached the group. He noticed both the sapling and the hornet seemed to be doing all right, for now. He waved at Plague Knight. "Hey there," he greeted. "I haven't died all day," he explained. "Oh, Plague Knight!" he exclaimed, gesturing over at Louie. "This is Louie, he's a new member of the City Knights. Louie, this is Plague Knight," he introduced to the two of them. "He's part of the City Knights too."
edited 29th Jan '17 12:31:08 PM by AllHailThrall
I can still hail the Horde even though the company has shamed us. Strength and Honor even if Blizzard has neither.