Episode 2: Utter Mayhem

[Meredith]

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Ren Lee

Location: Red's Office


Mood: Hurting


Status: Not exactly well.


Nearby: Morgan, Micheal, Laurent,


Tags: @welian , @King Of Imagination , @Sopranos


OOC: Smol, smol child.

Ren stared, blankly, at Morgan. She pushed the helmet to to the floor with a thud, holding it between her ankles, and taking the doughnut with shaky hands. She was still breathing fast. Resting the doughnut in her lap, she closed her eyes, tried to calm herself. Tears leaked from her eyes, but her breathing gradually slowed, and she brought the pastry to her mouth.


She had hardly taken a bite when the fire alarm started going off.


Moving slowly, deliberately, she set the doughnut down. She was still crying, she thought, but that was alright.


The pastry now on Red's desk, she opened her backpack, rolling the helmet inside. She seemed uncertain for a moment, before wrapping the doughnut in the accompanying napkin, and slipping it inside the helmet. She glanced up at Morgan, tilted her head, and grabbed onto his arm.


"We should go."


Her voice was low, raspy, almost nervous. She zipped up her backpack, hauled it up onto her back, tightened her shoulders. That's heavy. She forced herself to her feet, knowing her knees were week, and clutched to Morgan.


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[Necessity4Fun]

Cecilia Rizzo Pellegrini

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Location: AEGIS Training Facility 108 - Red's Office


People around: Mitch, Morgan, Gabrielle, Michael, Pretty green-haired girl (Ren), Red haired boy (Laurent)


Group: Spooky Scary Skeletons


Interactions: +EVERYONE+ @too much idea , @welian , @ViAdvena , @King Of Imagination , @Meredith and @Sopranos


OUT OF THE BUILDING, NOW!

Nothing.


No one turned to explain anything to her, they just seemed to keep with whatever they had been discussing. Was it that serious of a issue?


Soon, Morgan's actions towards the green-haired girl in the floor caught Cecilia's attention. The poor girl was shaking and crying!


Just what had Cecil missed in the short time she had separated from the group?


The Italian watched as Morgan attempted to comfort the girl. She would have done something, but she really didn't know what to do in the situation, yikes, she had absolutely no idea of what was going on right now!


While Cecil just stared at the pair filled with confusion, Michael had managed to keep calm.


In fact, he made very logical and useful first-aid statements and even took out a bottle of water to offer the poor girl.


The level of Level-headedness and knowledge he had presented was truly impressive!


Suddenly, an annoying sound started resounding in the building:


"W-What? Fire alarm too?", Cecilia let out surprised.


First a scream and crying, now fire alarms... What IS going on inside AEGIS today??


Almost immediately after the alarm, the green-haired girl, looking better but still shaken, gripped on Morgan and proceeded to get up.


Shaking her head to put her confusion aside, Cecilia quickly approached the duo and offered help too:


"Here, you can lay on both our shoulders if you need to. We'll help you!"


Just as she had finished talking, an unknown man, most likely a teacher she didn't know yet, carrying a girl, passed running in the corridor towards the entrance and gave the order to leave the building and move to the clinic:


"Okay! Everyone heard, let's all go to the clinic together!...", then she remembered her map didn't have the floor plan of the whole facility, just the building they were on, "...And, If anyone knows the way to it, I would be really REALLY grateful if you could lead us there..."


Then Cecilia leaned to the front a little for the green-haired girl to grab her shoulder easier. Two people would certainly be able to take her out of the building faster.

 

[Zahzi]

-Angel with a Shotgun-

Hunter RED Ward

Location: Baltimore Mall.

Nearby: Fallen Knight (@Teh Frixz )

Disposition: If you only knew the level of insignificance you rank before me. I know children worth more of my patience than this refuse.

The metal boxes from before retracted, revealing the two surviving, and clearly shaken hostages. The metal glided across the floor, moving in a snakes towards Red's feet. It circled around both him and the Knight, forming a wall and ceiling around the two. The darkness in and of itself carried a heaviness; One cold and foreboding in a manner that any sane person would recognize as imminent danger.

Click. Click. Click.




A single light flashed through the metal 'room' above the Knight- A lighter, one in the hand of Red. Within moments it made contact with a cigarette. The lighter's flame suddenly snuffed itself out, leaving only a faint glow from the now-lit Marlboro. It moved further away, the glow growing as part of the cigarette burned away with an inhalation from Red.

If the Knight was following the glow, she might be able to see the cold stare fixed upon her in the darkness.

"Seeing as your armor reacts to attacks in a manner similar to a Tank it's clear you have absolutely no grasp of physics or common fucking sense." spoke, his tone as frigid as his stare.

"In all my years. I have invaded foreign soil. Held the line against innumerable opposition. Destroyed cities. Established the life of communities overseas. I have killed more people than you ever see. And seen more friends fall than you could ever imagine." Another inhalation of the only thing keeping him from ripping the Knight apart..

"I have put down enemy combatants from Infantrymen, Shock Troopers, Snipers, to Tanks and Harriers. I have left entire countries in shambles without even using my powers. What's one more inept terrorist organization to my ever-increasing list of a carnage report?" He reached down, his hand latching onto the visor, attempting to rip it off to see the terrorist's face.

"You think Supers are abominations? You have no idea who I am and what I am capable of."



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[lazee]

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Location: What's left of Le Baltimore Mall


With: The survivors; Red, Eve, Gavin, Mon Cherie and Director Ward (@Zahzi @Aldur @Giyari @Manic Muse @Guilded Clover) and Minah, I guess


Mood: We've lost, but everything is going to be okay


OOC: Angels with a Shotgun

"But...I wasn't...H-How was I supposed to...At least I'm alive, Kar!...Fine, be that way! I love you too, sweetheart."And so a simple phone call home turned into bickering the moment his wife got on the line. Good grief. As Klaus hung up, another voice reached his ears, more gentle, but subtly commanding. Director Ward was contacting him, asking about a...mind-numbing agent.


"With all due respect, sir, the way I numb people's minds would result in death," the poison man stated bluntly, knowing his director would be able to hear him. Somehow. Klaus still supposed his presence was needed back in the atrium, so he got up and begun to walked there, but was interrupted by Audio's transmission once again. This time, it concerned Minah. Now that he thought about it, he had seen a huge flock of crows (she insisted it was a murder) flying towards the mall. She was certainly alive, but at what condition?


Transitioning from 'disgruntled disaster survivor' to 'worried parent' in a matter of nanoseconds, the German took stumbling around, calling out for her adopted daughter. Even though they had a very rough beginning, he'd be damned if he let any child of his get into trouble. Navigating the ruins was a hassle, but following the illicit trail of black feathers, he spotted her; behind a potted plant, crying and curled up like a baby.


Klaus crouched down and tried to approach her. She recoiled in response, making herself appear smaller. It was...heartwrenching seeing her like this, but she couldn't stay that way. He tried some soothing words in Indonesian and then Japanese; only then was Minah able to open up. The poor girl hugged her father, clinging to him for dear life and Klaus had no option than to return the hug. Still mid-hug, he held her up and put her on his back, now heading back to the atrium.


"Everything's alright now, Minah. And it's going to be alright," he lied blatantly to her. This wasn't the last they've seen of the Knights, far from it. Fitting of their name, they've started a crusade, one that would ravage more than just the belligerents. But his daughter needed comfort, not the truth, and it seemed that his white lie worked, seeing as she has begun to relax and rest easy on his back. It was a very cute sight, if a bit incongruent with their grim surroundings. Once the two got to the atrium, they most likely drew in a few confused glares, mixed in with amused smirks.

 

[RemainingQuestions]

Luci Tolbert

Location: Owing Mills Mall


Mood: Startled


Group:Angel with a shotgun


@'s: @Aldur, @Zahzi, @Teh Frixz @Manic Muse @Giyari @Lazy Rocktime @Guilded Clover

When neither of the teens responded immediately, Luci dropped his hand, and wiped it on his leg. It was so warm, and the stress was making him shiny brighter, and get even hotter. The people and panic certainly weren't helping either, and he could feel sweat trickling down his back. He needed to calm down and cool down, soon. When a somewhat familiar voice echoed through the entire mall, Luci was startled out of his thoughts. Luci was startled enough, even, that he took a step back and fell butt first back into the planter he had just crawled out of. "Awh fuck..." He mumbled before climbing back out again and patting his butt to make sure that there was no earth left on there.


With a grimace he looked at the two teens right in front of him. Medics seemed to be flooding the place, and Luci was overwhelmed and unsure of what to do, and so so warm. He wanted to wave at a medic to get here, to treat these teens that clearly needed it. Surely, however, there were others that were injured even worse. Sweat trickled down the side of his face, and Luci needed to eat something, and he needed to get colder. In the end, he didn't wave down a medic, but he did take off his jacket, and knelt down next to both teens, an expectant expression on his face. He knew he should help, but in that moment he had no idea how. So all he could do was sit down next to them, with an open expression and a bright glow on him.

 

[Dusky]

HANNAH SCOGGAN || SPYFALL || BATHROOM >> CLINIC

Interactions

@Manic Muse, @Suzuki Mine, @RemainingQuestions

Mentions

@DJ MagicHat, @Gus, @welian

The girl - Izzy, apparently - looks sheepish following the loud noise, saying it's her fault. Hannah can't quite work out why it would be her fault... was that Aaron that made the noise? He was certainly having a lot of issues with bodily functions...


When Izzy implores Hannah to accompany her to the classroom to get her clothes, Hannah nods. She feels uncomfortable at the mention of the other girls being mean, believing she is definitely not the right person to fight them off, but... clothes, at least, are something she knows. Besides, the kitten is so young and precious. It easy to want to protect her, even if she did just try to eat Hannah or whatever.


"Well, alright... I can at least be a second person, though I'm not much..."


Izzy bounces to the door to peer out and seems to stop, observing the area. Curious, Hannah tries to also get a look, but can't quite manage it.


"Hm?" she asks in her soft voice. "What is it?"


That's when the drones start, and with a yelp Hannah feels the water from the overhead sprinklers hit her. The day is not improving for her, not at all.


She thinks she hears her name, muffled by the door and the commotion. Then, more clearly, she hears Aaron addressing Izzy, saying she should get herself and someone else out of the stalls and to the clinic.


She feels like she's swallowed an ice cube whole. She forgot that they had left the classroom to retrieve someone else.


As if on cue, Sevan steps out of her stall with reassurances, saluting her. Hannah doesn't respond in kind, even eyeing the girl suspiciously. It's not really Sevan's fault Hannah forgot about her, but she still feels as though her privacy has been violated. After a moment, an older man - one can't always tell if it's a student or teacher here, but she's inclined to guess the latter - peeks in and offers his jacket to Izzy. It's only then that it occurs to Hannah that Izzy might be even more miserable than her about the "weather." It's not good, but she can't help but feel as though it's karma. A twinge of guilt strikes through her at the thought.


She steps through the doors with the rest of the group, pulling out her map to find the clinic before realizing how supremely bad an idea that is. Paper now soggy, Hannah groans. "Shoot," she says under her breath. With a sigh of defeat, she instead follows the man (who she is more and more certain is a teacher) to the clinic.


When they arrive, it's to the scene of Aaron ushering nurses into action with sure commands, the intruder from before looking decidedly worse for wear in his arms. Fear wells up in her chest strongly. "What happened...?" she wonders aloud, turning to the man who had guided them there - Denzil by name, though she hasn't learned that yet. He seems like he would know, she guesses.

 

[yoikes]

Mitch Castle


Current Mood: ??!


Location: Outside Mr. Red's office


With: @Necessity4Fun @RemainingQuestions @welian @ViAdvena @Meredith @King Of Imagination @Sopranos


Group: Spooky Scary Skeletons





As sudden as it is, the fire alarm suddenly starts blaring at the same time the water from the fire sprinkler rains down on them. Great, just great. She was about to lift her bag above her head, to cover her head from the water. But she hesitates, thinking about how long it would take to dry everything with a weather this cold. In the end, she cannot decide on what to do and stopped thinking about it and jog to catch up with her teacher and classmates.


Behind them, Mitch couldn't help but curious about the girl who may or may not passed out on Mr. Aaron's arms. Her clothes are somewhat... unusual, even by Aegis standard. She might or might not be one of the new students, since Mitch doesn't remember seeing her face somewhere before. Is she is, then what in the world happened inside the classroom upstairs, especially after Mitch notices how blue- instead of red- liquid drops out of the girl's body... Which triggered all sort of alarm inside her mind.


Who is this girl? A new student?


If she's not, then who is she?


What is she doing here?


I sure hope she's not an inspector from Aegis, sent to inspect us in secret!


And what about the fire alarm?


Is there is any way to stop this alarm?


What's up with that blue blood?


Demon? Supernatural being? Android?

 

[Gus]

Katherine Huang

OOC: @welian requested a reappearance of Huang the Conqueror


Location: Baltimore Zoo


Nearby: Various civilian casualties, and student in hot water


Mood:慑


@s @Bag o Fruit @KingHink @St Indigo @Suzuki Mine @Swoob @Teh Frixz @Unlimited @Zahzi @DJ MagicHat @Captain Hesperus

Katherine Huang was... the english word escaped her. 慑...


Appalled. That was the one. She had just returned from the zoo's back gate assisting civilians to exit the zoo in an orderly fashion. And what had she returned to find? Hundreds of millions of yuan in property damage, civilian casualties strewn about unattended, more birds than ever massing down the street, and no sign of a single student doing as she had asked. Scratch that. The one called “Danny” at least was trying to help somebody out of a lake of oily black goo in the car park. One student, at least, might be worthy of commendation. For the rest, disciplinary action will be taken; the only question now was how severe the consequences were to be...


“美国人.”


Barely a hint of responsible behavior amongst their entire people. Perhaps she should consider her father's offer after all? But first, she would acquit herself honorably in her current duties. To do so was a matter of basic professionalism, and her family's good name required no less of her.


Striding to door of the zoo's main office, she sliced off its hinges with an impatient flick of her left hand, whilst flinging it over her shoulder with her right. Inside she saw two zoo employees, a man and a woman, cowering by their monitors, observing the chaos, but too afraid to act. Huang narrowed her eyes at them.


“Where are your industrial hoses, for cleaning the cages?”


Almost instantly bored with them, she cast her gaze about the room, spotting what she needs in the corner.


“I see them, never mind. 谢谢您的辛勤服务，您的社区.”


Gathering up the coil of heavy hose and tossing it lightly over her shoulder, she spun on her heel and strode back into the zoo's courtyard, wishing she'd had the time to properly translate her parting thought into english. The irony was less biting if the targets of it didn't understand...


Ah, well. There were more pressing matters. As father always said, sacrifices were needed for the greater good, and to shame all the shameful behavior on display today would take more time than she had at hand.


Swiftly attaching the hose to a nearby zoo water main, she stepped through the break in the wall into the car park, stopping disdainfully at the edge of the lake of black slime. Turning on the water, she began to blast the oily sludge toward the storm drains. Recognizing the figures at the middle of the mess by their height and awkward stance respectively, she shouted at them, trying to keep her irritation in check and more or less failing utterly.


“Mr. McNabb! If it is not too much trouble for you, could you please take Ms. Crane down the street and investigate what is taking so long in subduing that bird-brain? Tell young Mr. Jordan he will be in real trouble if his efforts do not yield results shortly.”


She directed a blast of high pressure water toward the pair, partly to clean off the worst of the inky fluid, but mostly to move them on their way. She also directed a burst of water toward the girl Daniel is reaching for at the end of the ladder. Utterly covered, she would be unrecognizable if not for her clunky headgear.


“Ms. Victoria Beckett! Kindly stop fooling around and get up. Take Mr. Travis's hand! He is right in front of you. Thank you Daniel, for helping order the chaos as best you can! You are a tribute to our class, even if you are the only one.”


Slowly she advanced into the parking lot, spraying as she goes, alert for any more students, as well as any civilians in need of assistance. As she circled the area, nudging the some of the more stubborn sludge toward a drain, she spotted yet another wayward student, sitting up and rubbing his eyes, as if he had napped through the whole affair. Kyle Keysor seemed to have avoided entirely being besmirched by the oil, but she directed a rather prolonged spray of the hose in his direction anyway, in hopes of waking him up properly.


“Mr. Keysor, if you are quite done napping through this little crisis, perhaps you could help Mr. Travis with Ms. Beckett? She seems to be a little too fat for him to maneuver alone.”


Having renewed her students' focus on their tasks, she returned her attention to her own, utterly oblivious to any protests her actions may have drawn from those around her. Honestly, she could hardly bring herself to care what any of them thought, given their abysmal behavior. Even her irritation was more than they deserved. So she focused instead on the clean up, quite nearly forgetting the embarrassment their actions had caused her in the process.


There was a certain... meditative... quality to cleaning up the aftermath of a battle, one that in her experience, most supers were prone to skip over in their haste to attend glory seeking conferences with the press. Perhaps she should do a lecture series about the importance of participation in the clean up phase. It would go without saying in her home country; being part of the community means helping to make it pristine again. But perhaps these foreign youth could benefit from her insights. Surely, at least a few of them must be teachable? Lost in her thoughts, she almost missed the wallet floating toward the storm drain down the river of hose-water and sludge. Shutting off the water, she slid forward along the nearly clean asphalt, grabbed it up and flipped it open.


“Hm. Lucas Marsolet. Another disappointment. Fled from battle like a coward.”


She made a mental note to single him out for special condemnation when she returned his billfold to him.

 

[D. Rex]

Name: Victoria Beckett


Mood:Hurt and insulted. And cold and wet and blind.


Location: Baltimore Zoo


Company: Danny


Tags: @Bag o Fruit @Gus @St Indigo @Suzuki Mine @Swoob @Teh Frixz @Unlimited @Zahzi @DJ MagicHat @Captain Hesperus


Plot/Class: Community Service, Flight of the Valkyrie


Other:

Though she had not been able to get herself upright with the slippery nature of the oil but she had heard the clattering of something being thrown to the ground nearby, which was when she had heard his voice. Of all the voices she didn't expect, it seemed it was only Danny who had saw fit to offer assistance, which she was quite grateful for,even with the insult included. About a moment of feeling around in the direction of his voice, she felt the touch of fabric and took hold. After looping it twice around her forearm she did indeed pull, sliding towards Danny until she banged into the ladder. Feeling for the ladder with her other hand, she ended up finding Danny's leg and quickly moved her hand away after she realized it. Already it was helping her collect her position, though she didn't want to let go of the hoody yet, as it was currently her only link to anything stable at the moment. Even if it was Danny.


With the ladder now to hold onto, she had a much easier time getting onto her knees and getting herself upright, though the oily ichor would not do any favors for trying to stand or walk in her situation. "Thank you, Danny." She said sincerely with a touch of breathlessness. "Thank you, really." she repeated as she turned her head to hear what was transpiring between Mr. McNabb and Tabitha. The latter of which seemed taken care of at least.


This was at least a brief moment of relief until Mrs. Huang entered the scene. First, Victoria had felt even more relief now that she was finally starting to take charge of the situation... at least that was until was hit with an unexpected and lengthy burst of freezing cold water before she started addressing them. Now, disbelief was probably the overwhelming feeling for her. You see... it wasn't Victoria who had helped Tabitha, or actively helped people out of the zoo, or tried to talk to and be diplomatic with the zookeeper, or getting some students to go check and help Tabitha after she fell. No. It wasn't Victoria who was the only one being a good student here. It was Daniel. Who had spent his time cussing, punching cars, insulting, and just watching people walk out of the gate who was the good student here. Yes. Yes. He was such the model student. The only one, mind you! Clearly. Oh god did Huang's words cut into Victoria. It actually truly hurt. Victoria was...well speechless. Was really everything she had done just gone completely ignored? Was mocking her vision truly necessary? Even if now wasn't the time, she wanted nothing more to raise her voice in protest. The girl really could feel her face heating up at the injustice, while at the same time getting extremely cold from the winter air. Now not only soaked in the ichor, but in water to. Her stomach dropped and her clothes felt heavy. An even more sickening feeling came to her stomach when Huang's next words only compounded upon the insult. Fat, of all things...


So dispirited, freezing, and sopping wet, Victoria was now even more of a mess than before. Even with her face covered by the limiter, it was still pretty easy to tell it was red, and though her eyes could not betray anything, her frown was quite prominent. Once more she tried to wipe off her visor, to little effect. Better, but still little. Everything just smeared together, and to make matters worse, being soaked was starting to fog up the inside of her limiter. Now what... "Danny... could you take me too a bench or something, please? I... I need to get cleaned up." Well there was one thing she couldn't argue with... right now she was pretty useless. To be honest, she wasn't expecting him to help, but he had surprised her before to be fair. Still, the optimism from earlier was in very short supply. What now?


It was... getting pretty cold. Really cold.

 

[Lemon Boy]

KYLE KEYSOR

Mood: ANNOYED ACTUALLY NO, UTTERLY FUCKING PISSED AND DONE.


Location: Car Park


Company: Victoria and Danny. Others in the distance.


@'s: @KingHink @Captain Hesperus @Zahzi @Bag o Fruit @Gus @DJ MagicHat @Teh Frixz @Suzuki Mine @Swoob @Unlimited @welian


OOC: miss Huang please sit yo ass down

Kyle had just about finished rubbing his temples when they're famous vanishing act Teacher, Miss Huang, decided to reappear in the rudest fashion imaginable. She had decided it would be proper Teacher etiquette to practically insult each and every student she had brought here, who did more work than she did, and threaten punishment for it because a few things went wrong. Well, maybe a bit more than a few, but oh, at least no one was injured right?


WRONG.


In her obnoxiously blinding arrogance, she had just assumed that Lucas had decided to go and flee the entire scene. Sadly, he did not, because he met a much harsher fate. Even without that arrogance covering her eyes, she probably wouldn't be able to see his body, which may or may not have disappeared to god knows where. Though, he most certainly did have a witness who saw what had happened. She even insulted Victoria, the one who PRACTICALLY DID EVERYTHING, and gave all the credit to Danny. AMAZING.


Rubbing the bridge of his nose in a frustrated manner as he got up, soaking, he had mind to tell her a few things. Oh and he most certainly will, actually.


"Fucking, Christ woman." He stated very clearly towards Miss Huang, in a way that made him seem like an entirely different person. Usually, he liked to be calm and civil about everything but....This Miss Huang tested him. He raised his voice clearly so everyone could hear, even her.


"Um, first of all. If you were actually here like a competent teacher and looking after your students, like an actual teacher would, you would have maybe noticed that Victoria was the one here who did the most out of helping people without destroying stuff? Ya know, like the time she tried to help out Tabitha when she was practically drowning in giant clothes, which was my fault, or you know, talk the Zookeeper down when he was flipping his shit because we were trying to help. Oh wait, you didn't see any of that BECAUSE YOU WEREN'T WATCHING US. LIKE A NORMAL TEACHER WOULD." Breathing shakily, he was nearly done, nearly anyway. That wasn't all.


"Oh, and um, Lucas, the so-called "Disappointment" as you so arrogantly and ignorantly put it?


Yeah, he didn't flee. He got his FUCKING INNARDS ripped out of him and his eyes plucked out trying to save an Ostrich from electrocuting itself. I saw It, I think Victoria saw it and the ONLY HELPFUL TEACHER AROUND HERE, saw It as well. So maybe If you got rid of that blinding amount of arrogance and ignorance you have obscuring your vision, Queen of China, maybe you would of have actually known what had happened before assuming." Inhaling sharply, he breathed out shakily. "So yeah, have fun having a student death on your teaching record, you utter bitch." Staring daggers into their Teacher, he just breathed in and out.


"Yes, I will gladly, be done napping and help out. Thank.You. Very. Much. Oh and uh, You yourself don't look very slim wearing that stripper get up, Just wanted you to know." Practically storming his way through the wet sludge, he just came over to Victoria and began to help carry her. "Are you okay?...Um, there's a bench over there that isn't soaked or covered in Sludge that we can bring you to."


He was so done with today.

 

[DJ MagicHat]

Terrence Fowler - The Ostrich Whisperer


Location: Whatever's left of the Baltimore Zoo and surrounding area


Tags: @Bag o Fruit @Captain Hesperus @Gus @KingHink @St Indigo @Suzuki Mine @Swoob @Teh Frixz @Unlimited @Zahzi


OOC: I'm leaving this post open-ended on purpose. From here on out, the birds that are still alive are going to be trying to help out however they can. Please decide what that means to you, and feel free to write your next posts accordingly. Thank you for bearing with me through this, my first foray into the world of playing an NPC...while I was moving and getting settled into a new place, and all that came with that. :3


Terrence’s world was one of screaming defiance and a raging pain in his knee. At least it was, until there was another sharp pain accompanied by a muffled clang! of metal on metal.


Then Terrence’s world was one of multiple raging pains and a soprano screaming defiance.


Looks like he’d have to thank Mother later, after all. Despite his arguments involving male strippers and other indecent sorts, she had insisted that he wear that codpiece for protection, and for once it had actually come in handy...that was going to be awkward, to say the least-


As the spots began to clear from his eyes, Terrence finally saw what was going on. Really saw. It was...well, he was going to say ‘chaos,’ but that didn’t seem to cut it, now. There was too much going on for it to just be chaos.


As he looked around, he could only think one thing: This isn’t what I wanted. Not at all.


There weren’t many of his brethren left...but they’d have to do. He gritted his teeth and focused on one, singular thought.


It took every ounce of strength he had left, especially with his injuries. But he knew he had to do this one thing. This wasn’t right. Things hadn’t turned out like he’d wanted. And he knew if his revolution was going to be successful, he had to show his true intentions.


This was his chance to do just that.


Help them, my friends.


And then the world went dark as consciousness slipped away.

 

[Captain Hesperus]

Mood: - You Fuckin' Wot, M8?


Location: - Maryland Zoo, Baltimore


With: - McNabb, Lucas (RIP, bro), Victoria, Katherine, Kyle, Praxi, Eden, Tabby, Leon, Jordan, Crazy Bird-guy, Queen of China.


Tags: - @Bag o Fruit @Gus @KingHink @Ryuuko Shin @St Indigo @Suzuki Mine @Swoob @Teh Frixz @Unlimited @Zahzi @DJ MagicHat @Gus again


Other: -

Danny Travis

Like the mythical Lady of the Lake, Victoria grasped hold of his hoodie and started to haul herself to the ladder, even as Danny started to reel her in. She'd gotten herself onto the ladder, the thick gloop making sucky sounds as she extracted herself from it. Her obviously heartfelt thanks unconsciously caused him to smile and he was about to reply...


Then a jet of icy cold water lanced out and splattered the oily shit everywhere. Danny recoiled as his trouser legs and sneakers were first soaked by the water then liberally coated in the thick black gunk. He turned to see the Chinese freak wielding a fire hose and applying it to anything and everywhere the goop was.


"FUCK ME!", he roared, nearly losing his footing.


But for all his shock, he saw Victoria got far worse. The bitch had directed the water at the teen girl, nearly pushing her off the ladder and completely drenching her, head to toe. The icy cold water was swiftly followed by an equally cutting stream of abuse and insults. And worse. She was praising me? WHO THE FUCK DOES SHE THINK SHE IS?


Danny DID NOT want to be singled out as the one freak that did something positive. Bitch must want his dick or something. He had to fix that, right now. Otherwise Psycho Ward might get wind of it and then he'd have some pointed questions to answer. Questions he really didn't want to have to lie to. Psycho seemed to smell lies and Danny was sure he ate obvious liars.


He was about to direct a stream of abuse in response, mostly revolving around copious use of the 'c' expletive when the Narcoleptic Teen started off. His rant was truly inspired and Danny could only smile and applaud as the worthless little shit mouthed off at the bitch. Then, once he'd spent himself, he headed over to where he stood with the bedraggled Victoria.


"Congrats on that spine you obviously got for Christmas, freak.", Danny replied as Kyle drew near, "Though I think the Hong Kong Hooker's probably gonna snap it in two shortly."


He then turned to Victoria and said, "Unless you've got the power to resist hypothermia, I'd suggest not sitting on a fucking bench."


His eyes caught sight of a sign for the restrooms.


"There.", he pointed, before jogging over and retrieving his backpack.


"Take this and grab The Titeen before Pedo can whisk her away and do terrible things to her body. I think there's some clean clothes in there."


He paused and looked at a zipper at the very bottom of the pack.


"Stay out of that zipper. There is nothing in there that you want to see."

 

[Bag o Fruit]

Mood: Aha! Things to do!


Location: Baltimore Zoo (not much variation in this category)


Company: @Teh Frixz @KingHink @Captain Hesperus @St Indigo @Zahzi

Allen McNabb//Lazarus

"Thank you!"


Allen extended his arms and mechanically patted Tabitha on the back. Gently. "You are most welcome!"


"Thank you!"


"You are welcome!"


"Thank you!"


"Y-you are welcome!"


"Thank you!"


"You are waelcome!"


"Thank you!"


"Yu ah wulcem!"


"Thank you!"


"Er, wommomend" Lazarus began to see to the various maintenance tasks they had been neglecting in going along with Tabitha's repetitive conversational invitations, such as breaking up mucus clusters in Allen's nasal cavities, wetting his lips, clearing his throat. The process was interrupted by a sudden burst of cold water, taking care of activity number two, and surprisingly helpful in activity number one.


“Mr. McNabb! If it is not too much trouble for you, could you please take Ms. Crane down the street and investigate what is taking so long in subduing that bird-brain? Tell young Mr. Jordan he will be in real trouble if his efforts do not yield results shortly.”


"Of course Ms. Huang! It is good to see you again! I could not find you at the time, but I feel you should know-"


Lazarus then watched as the young Mister Keysor shouted at his teacher for about 2.5 paragraphs. They forgot to change Allen's expression from an amicable smile. Good gracious. It would seem something about Ms. Huang's requests has angered the students... Aha! Lazarus saw their chance.


Allen carefully put one foot in front of the other, taking the lead for Tabitha and en route to lie to Jordan Brahn. As he proceeded, a content smile on his face, he passed by the group of students with whom Lazarus expected Tabitha should reunite. As he passed, he stopped (an almost imperceptible change in speed), his head turned, and he said on behalf of Lazarus "See, children? Emotional. Composure." He winked, conspicuously, and continued off down the sidewalk towards Jordan.

 

[ManicMuse]

Post Details

The Saturday that was supposed to be, had clearly been shattered into a million pieces. It was as if they all had been cursed by some unforeseen deity. Izzy would have believed it. At least murder had not been added to her resume, today. Though, as she watched the other's in the hallway, she was worried it might be added to someone else's.


Izzy gapped at the madness from the sidelines, as the scene continued to unfurl. A giggle had bubbled up when Alexis got drenched. However, the joy was short lived, when the sprinklers quickly began to mist her as well. Doing her best, her body molded to the doorway. Working to use the door as a partial shield, she tried to keep out of the funnels of blasting water, the best she could. To make matters worse, the Alexis girl seemed even more upset about things than before. That did not bode well for anyone. Especially their unwanted guest with the cool gadgets.


Izzy kept herself planted right in the doorway of the bathroom, attempting to block out the blaring sirens; it was a losing battle. She was quite interested in what the other's were talking about. Her pale gaze kept flickering to the blue goo escaping from the girl's suit. Straining to listen in, both her wide ears kept flapping up and down at varying degrees, attempting to allow just enough sound in, to pick up on tidbits of the conversation. The strategy needed some refinement and if anything it was just giving her a throbbing headache.


"Avvecca!"


"clinic during fire drills"


"Ah, Isabelle!"


Unable to hear Hannah behind her, the young tween only remembered her previous task when she heard her own name tossed out by Mr. Mallory.


Turning about to shuffle back inside the bathroom, she was met by Sevan and quickly darted out of way, as she exited.


Now having stepped into blast range of one of the sprinklers, Izzy held both hands above of her face, trying in vain to somehow, stop the water from above. Having at least picked up enough conversation to know they were suppose to go to the clinic for a fire drill, she tried to be helpful.


"WE ARE GOING TO THE CLINIC! FOLLOW THE TEACHER!"


Forcing open her eyes, the drenched cat-girl only found herself standing alone with one of the instructors appearing to be offering a coat from the doorway and Hannah outside the bathroom behind him. Considering she was already drenched, Izzy ignored the offered coat but instead took Denzil's arm for guidance. With all this noise and rancid water flying about, her senses were discombobulated.


On their way toward the stairs for the first floor, Izzy tripped. Splashing down into the puddle of water, as she caught a glimpse of her pink lunchbox. Even after being flung at Mr. Mallory, it seemed intact. The goods within were sealed in plastic, which meant the food was still good. Izzy could feel her stomach growling with anticipation. Climbing to her feet once again, she continued to stick to Denzil, appearing to be imitating, a half drowned rat clinging to a life raft. All the while, her mind focused on the goodies hidden within the box and the hopes that the clinic would have a few spare blankets or towels.

 

[Teh Frixz]

Tabitha


Finally releasing the teacher who saved her and pulling the coat the rest of the way over her body, nearly over her face. It was a strange sense of pain, embarrassment, bodily chill, and just a weird sort of just being half there. She couldn't focus on anything, her mind drifting into a walking, talking unconsciousness.


Being led along, all Tabitha wanted to do right now was sleep. But even now people were talking, arguing, giving orders and directions. All of it flying right over her head.


"Does anyone have my phone? I just want to go home..."

 

[RemainingQuestions]

Denzil de Klerk

Location: Nurse's office


Mood: Tired and cold


@'s:@DJ MagicHat @Anomaly @Aldur @Giyari @Suzuki Mine @Manic Muse

With a drenched cat clinging to him Denzil made his way to the clinic. When he arrived there at least Aaron was making sure they payed proper attention to the odd girl. A thing that Aaron had thought of that Denzil never would have was the suppressor field, and Denzil felt the appreciation for his colleagues like a brick to the face. He felt shivers run across him as he passed between the main building to the nurses, and he knew that he would likely sneeze his lungs out tomorrow. Of course, just getting most of the upstairs students here wasn't enough, now they were asking what had happened, and Denzil didn't even know quite what had gone down. He rubbed a hand down his face, "honestly, eh, Hannah? I don't quite know myself."





He gently put a hand on her shoulder, and squished softly before dropping it again. "Try to find towels for yourself and you fellow students okay?" Denzil grabbed the strap of his bag tighter, and he could feel the stress of the day close in on his head like a vice. The situation was under control now, as well as it could be. He stepped back outside, and the cold and wetness made him shiver again. Luckily it wasn't raining, and Denzil lit a cigarette, feeling the warm smoke curling in his lungs, and the weight of today's events slowly became somewhat less heavy. Still, he only know very little of what had happened. What he did know, it didn't bode well. Not for any of them, not in any way. He sighed and the smoke clouded his face slightly.

 

[D. Rex]

Name: Victoria Beckett


Mood:Surprised and thankful.


Location: Baltimore Zoo


Companyanny, Kyle, Tabitha


Tags: @Bag o Fruit @Gus @KingHink @Ryuuko Shin @St Indigo @Suzuki Mine @Swoob @Teh Frixz @Unlimited @Zahzi @DJ MagicHat


Plot/Class: Community Service, Flight of the Valkyrie


Other:

She didn't know Kyle very well, except for what little she had observed from him today. From that little bit, she was certainly not expecting the reaction he gave to Mrs. Huang's unjust performance. She really didn't peg him the type to sound like that. To top it off, he was actually standing up for her. To be honest, it felt a little embarrassing and nice at the same time. It was a very kind thing of him to do, and Victoria really appreciated someone sticking up for her. But what did not feel nice was hearing that someone had actually died... She had seen him in a bad state, injured and who looked like he was being taken care of by McNabb... she had no idea... and it made her a little pale... swallowing hard, she wiped at her visor again, her hands this time a bit cleaner after having held onto Danny's hoody so tightly, finally... success. To a degree that she probably wouldn't be a hazard to herself. She could see their faces now, at least, and allowed herself to glance quickly at where Lucas's body had been. She couldn't make it out very well though.


Kyle came over, and she took a deep breath as he helped her to her feet. Danny congratulated the boy, and Victoria only nodded her agreement at the sentiment. Danny's suggestion about the bench was perfectly logical, though it was quite kind of Kyle to have offered to get her to one."I'll be fine, I think... I'm just cold. I can see a little bit now, at least." She said to Kyle. "No. You're right. I probably better not." She said to Danny, her arms tightening around herself in a useless effort to stay warm. Thankfully she had cleaned her visor enough that she could see where Danny was pointing. The restrooms. Danny then darted off and brought her his backpack. Telling her to take it...clean or not, dry clothes were quite enticing. And it was Danny of all people, yes he had proved her wrong several times in past few minutes, she still didn't expect him to be so generous. Whether his attitude was just a facade or how he really was, this did change her perception of him. However he acted, he certainly wasn't seeming so bad as he acted to be.


Taking the pack, she turned her head to locate Tabitha before turning back to the angsty teen. Yeah, one could only thank someone enough before they started to just sound silly, but she would do it anyway. "Alright... And thank you, Danny, again. I owe you more than one by now. I will take care of Tabitha. And thank you too, Kyle, for saying what you did. I really appreciate it" Victoria told them both and took a few steps away before turning her head back at Danny, "You know Danny, you really are quite a lot nicer than you let on. And I won't peek in the zipper." With that last compliment and a smile, she hurried towards Tabitha, away from the boys with the backpack in tow after taking a small detour to grab the shoes and coat of Tabitha that she had left on the curb.


Upon reaching the tall girl, Victoria slung the backpack over her shoulder the best she could and put her other arm around Tabitha to help do what little she could to keep her warm, and to lead her towards the restrooms. "Hey Tabitha, come this way. Danny is lending us some clothes, and we really need to get warm." She said softly, "I haven't seen your phone, it might have still been in your clothes when you changed unless you left it in your coat. But if mine still works, you are welcome use mine. But let us get you in some clothes first. Either way, I am sure we will leave very shortly, one way or the other."

 

[Gus]

Katherine Huang

Location: Baltimore Zoo Car Park


Nearby: Insolent students, helpful birds.


Mood:Amused at first, then shell shocked.


@s @Bag o Fruit @KingHink @St Indigo @Suzuki Mine @Swoob @Teh Frixz @Unlimited @Zahzi @DJ MagicHat @Captain Hesperus

Katherine Huang rolled her eyes, and muttered to herself “Guanyin grant me patience.” Student discipline at 108 was so lax as to be nearly non-existent. Left alone for all of five minutes, and they unleashed chaos, then whined about being left unsupervised. As if they had no choice but to destroy the zoo when asked to help evacuate it. Honestly, she couldn't help but chuckle to herself. Melodrama, hyperbole, profanity and self justifying lies seemed to be all they had to offer. Student death indeed. From birds? How ridiculous. Kyle obviously dreamed the whole thing. The fluffy hollow boned things were barely a challenge for normal humans, but for supers? Nonsense. Anyway, if Marsolet was eviscerated, where was his body? He'd turn up, she had no doubt of that. And when he did, she would make him sorry for his cowardice.


At any rate there was no sense in arguing the point. The other students seemed to have lost interest in any further assistance in cleaning up, and to be honest, she lacked the will to marshall them. Their morale was broken, and her patience was just about worn out. Fine. Let them nurse their wounded pride and tell themselves whatever stories they liked. She herself would like to be found helping when authorities finally arrived. (What was taking them so long anyway?)


She was about to turn the hose back on when she saw a curious sight. The towering column of birds down the street broke up and spread out. Katherine dropped the hose and dropped into a ready stance, prepared for battle. In honesty she welcomed the excuse to exorcise some of her frustrations on the feathered fowl flunkies, but the birds had other plans apparently. Two ostriches trotted up to her, bowed their head deferentially, and picked up the hose from the ground. Between the two of them, they got it aimed, turned it on, and picked up where she had left off, hosing down the parking lot.


Her jaw dropped. An army of pigeons began picking up trash and depositing it in nearby receptacles. Was she dreaming this? No! A pack of puffins was gathering up bits of concrete and doing their damnedest to reconstruct the parts of the wall that had been knocked down. Impossibly, a flock of sparrows, under the apparent direction of a crow and a bald eagle were tugging entire telephone poles back upright by cooperative tugging on the wires! Once set into place, woodpeckers went to work on the cracks in the poles, pounding them back into shape, while the sparrows tied off the wires above. Other birds were busily helping the wounded to ambulances which were at last arriving in the street. Following the multi-species crowd in a daze, she found her driver waiting for her among the emergency service vehicles, looking as dumbfounded as she felt.


For the first time that day, perhaps for the first time in her life, Katherine Huang had nothing whatsoever to say. She opened the door for herself and got into the back seat of her car, staring straight ahead. After a moment, her driver shrugged, closed the door for her, and got in front. Without a word, he maneuvered the car out into the street, and drove away.

 

[Captain Hesperus]

Mood: - +++Does not compute+++


Location: - Maryland Zoo, Baltimore


With: - McNabb, Lucas (RIP, bro), Victoria, Katherine, Kyle, Praxi, Eden, Tabby, Leon, Jordan, Crazy Bird-guy, Queen of China.


Tags: - @Bag o Fruit @Gus @KingHink @Ryuuko Shin @St Indigo @Suzuki Mine @Swoob @Teh Frixz @Unlimited @Zahzi @DJ MagicHat @Gus again


Other: -

Danny Travis

As Victoria gratefully thanked him and offered him encouraging praise, Danny fought to contain the blush that was rising.


"Oh shit... uhh... Whatever, fuck. Get off my fucking dick already, it's just some clothes, freak.", he replied, this time without much enthusiasm.


If there was a response to his abuse, he didn't hear it as his attention was suddenly drawn to the activities of the previously belligerent birds who were now totally Disney-ing it up by being helpful. A pair of ostriches (without their accompanying asshole riders) were hosing away the ruins of the dreamed-up clothing while other birds were enthusiastically effecting what repairs they could to the disaster area. Ambulances were on scene, as was a single fire-tender. The sound that came to Danny's ears next was the one he wasn't looking forward to.


Police sirens.


Many of them.


Like a phalanx of jet-black sharks, a half-dozen cruisers rolled into the parking lot, lights blazing and sirens loud. They split off and immediately pulled up in cardinal locations, covering the scene in front of the zoo. Doors opened and cops peeled out, hands on their holstered guns.


"Better late than never, I guess.", Danny sighed as he watched the officers cautiously approaching.


Long experience caused Danny to turn his back to them and theatrically throw his arms out straight from his body, exposing the limiter strapped to his wrist. He dropped to his knees, then brought his hands up to the top of his head, interlacing his fingers and keeping them extended. Heavy boots approached quickly from behind him and a hand clapped down on top of his hands.


"Not one darn day, Danny, not even one.", a familiar voice growled, from behind him.


Fuuuuuuuck.


Danny craned his head around to see a familiar keychain he'd brought as a Christmas present.


"Russ..."


"Shut. Up. Danny.", Russ Travis' voice was strained, like someone at the very limit of their patience. Danny could feel his brother's hand pressing down on his harder and harder, "Now get in the darn car."


"Russ! I didn't have anything to do with this, I swear!", Danny protested, turning his head, "I turned up and met the rest of the freaks, then this crazy motherfucker on an ostrich-"


"Get in the fucking car, NOW!", Russ barked and Danny's jaw shot open.


Ever since he'd become a cadet officer, and especially after their dad had been killed, Danny had noticed that Russ never swore. Not a 'fuck', 'shit', 'asshole', not even a 'damn'. But now, this? Danny mutely got to his feet and let Russ lead him to his cruiser.


"Danny, half the city is either exploding, on fire or both. There's been a serious incident at Owen Mills, at least a couple of deaths there, something like World War Five or Six is taking place at the Commonwealth HQ and now there's you and all this. I'm taking you to Mom's house. Do not argue with me or try to leave, or I'll call an APB on you for skipping out on a warrant."


They reached the cruiser and Russ fumbled with his keys to unlock it. Danny just leaned against the car, watching the mess in front of the zoo. The mall? Commonwealth House? What the fuck was going on?

 

[Dusky]

HANNAH SCOGGAN || SPYFALL || LOCATION

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Hannah jumped away from what Denzil surely had thought would be reassuring, then realized what he had intended.


"Oh! Sorry, I, um... Sorry." When he instructed her to find towels, she visibly perked up at the thought of being productive. "Yes, sir!"


There was a closet in the far right room, and Hannah made her way toward it. Sure enough, stashed in a corner of the closet was a hamper full of towels. Hannah dragged it out and towards the door, handing one of the neatly folded white towels to each person she saw - Izzy and Mitch, but not Aaron as he seemed preoccupied and not Denzil as he'd left the room. She stood at the door and handed out towels to people as the entered, sometimes saying things like, "Here, dry off," or "Here, have a t-t-towel," but mostly just not saying anything at all.

 

[welian]

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[welian]

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