monsters and the kids who become them and the people who fight them

[theguideless]

Date & Time: 9/2 – 9/12, various times
Location: All throughout the city
Characters: See tags
Summary: A lot of people have to put up with an increasingly unstable kid
Warnings: Fightytimes violence, body horror, dead things



IN THE FAR-REACHING FUTURE OF AN ALT-EARTH, MONSTER-BASED ATTACKS ARE CONSIDERED ESPECIALLY RIDICULOUS. IN EXSILIUM, THE DEDICATED TRANSPORTS WHO ENDURE AND INVESTIGATE THESE VICIOUS HAPPENINGS ARE MEMBERS OF AN ELITE SQUAD KNOWN AS EXTRA-UNLUCKY BASTARDS.

THESE ARE THEIR STORIES.


The following threads coincide with the established timeline posted here and are arranged chronologically for participants' use if need/want be.

Comments

[ex_bandai157]

[ Barnaby carefully gets closer as well, drawing level with Adam and trying to get a closer look at Martin.

(See, he wonders, if this is the person - the thing - whoever did all that damage to the car, then where's that power now?) ]

[theguideless]

Sthh– [he wheezes, starting to turn himself, pushing on the ground with his palm. he freezes, seeing himself reflected in the metal. his breath catches and chokes, and his eyes dart up to the owner, petrified.

why–?!

another beat. the drumming in his ears gets heavier. fear begins to wash into anger, his mouth tugging, exposing those growing, sharpened teeth.]

[neveraskedforthis]

You killed a man. Are you aware?

[ that doesn't look good, and Adam is more than tempted to take a step back. Several steps, in fact; he's had to deal with heavily augmented humans before but this is entirely new and such an unknown factor. ]

Can you even talk?

[ good thing he has Barnaby right next to him because fuck he's actually a little nervous here, not that it shows. ]

[ex_bandai157]

[ That really doesn't look promising, no.

He tenses, readying his stance to spring into action if necessary. His Hundred Power's still active, so he's not worried about having the speed or strength should it come to a fight, but there's still the time limit to consider. ]

[theguideless]

[he's gotta breathe sometime, and so he does – a sharp intake, enough to slide his other hand underneath him and push himself up, eyes darting from the blade to the...

glowing guy.

monster.

Martin's muscles coil, and he springs, launching himself at Barnaby, claws and teeth bared.]

[neveraskedforthis]

Son of a bitch!

[ yeah well his intimidation tactic didn't turn out to be very effective, it looks like. does he really have no choice but to drive those ceramic blades through that boy--

either way, he hopes you're prepared to deal with this, Barnaby. ]

[ex_bandai157]

[ Well, this is embarrassing. He'd been leaning his weight forward to intercept any possible attacks for Adam or attempts at escape. Ths means Martin may just reach his target, because Barnaby loses seconds that could've gone into something a little more sophisticated than taking a few steps backwards and realizing that if he does more than that, he opens up an escape route. ]

[theguideless]

[better and better. small as he is, Martin easily darts through that opening, twisting himself and pointing his palm toward the pair he'd just escaped.

really, two birds, one stone: in launching that lance, Martin is pushed further away, while giving malicious parts of him the satisfaction of at least trying to skewer something as he escapes.

but he isn't wasting time to find out; he's more scared than anything, and flee takes the forefront.

and so he does.]

[neveraskedforthis]

--!

[ Adam's reflexes are augmented, and he's used to dealing with people that are a little more than human, but this is still something else. He doesn't even think about going after Martin; right now he's just focused on keeping the damage as minimal as possible.

Again, on all sides. So he's going to play the hero here by instinctively pushing against Barnaby to get them both out of the line of fire, and that seems to work, for the most part. Nobody's skewered--but the lance does graze one of Adam's mechanical arms and then his waist.

The latter is a little bit painful, and the damage registers immediately and is displayed for him. ]

Shit--

[ So now all that's left to do is watch the boy flee and hold his side. ]

[ex_bandai157]

[ Time runs out on the Hundred Power as Martin makes his escape, blue glow gone as quickly as it came. Despite that, he moves to chase after the retreating figure - lance or no - and it's only Adam's push that really stops him

It's just as well that no one's skewered, but the Adam's reaction is a concern - there's no point by then at trying to chase after whoever that was without his power, especially when it's hard to see how bad the injury might be in the dark. ]

Are you hurt?

[neveraskedforthis]

[ Pointless.

Adam doesn't even attempt to go after Martin, it'd be way too difficult to follow his trail in the dark now, so he just hopes he won't be looking for another victim. They should probably try to figure out the kid's identity, too... ]

I'm fine.

[ He turns off the image capture; that should have been enough. His other hand is still clutching his side, and the blade is retracted. There's definitely some blood, though it's probably hart to see. He goes to lean against the nearest wall and slowly sits down. He's doing a pretty good job of not looking too affected by the wound. ]

It needs a few moments to kick in.