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

[deadelfwalking]

[Koltira has been searching for Martin ever since he left Ico with Ashraf. He's frustrated by the lack of progress in this regard, but also determined--relentless, as always. He's about to turn and head in a completely new direction when he hears the gunshots.

Swearing to himself, Koltira hurries towards the sound, but it takes him time to reach the scene. Too much time. He sees Martin, enraged, and then he sees the girl--wounded, bloody, a gun in her hand.

He shouts.]

Stay down, girl!

[and then he rushes towards her, standing in front of her, brandishing Byfrost.]

Martin. I'm here for you.

[theguideless]

[the trespasser only enrages him more, gives him something more substantial to lash out at. ignorant to the blade or the force wielding it, ex-Martin twists away from the mess of crates and conjures, no longer the massive projectiles he'd struggled with in the past. just the bare-boned basics, hardly refined for anything but a fast throw with a sharp end. it suits his needs – piercing and impaling, pinning meat into place for convenience. he intens much the same now.]

[rota]

[When the newcomer places himself between her and the boy, she thinks ruefully to herself that she's the one who's been needing saving ever since she arrived in Exsilium and she's rather tired of that. However, she knows it cant be helped, and she grits her teeth in irritation.

She wipes her cheek clean of blood as much as she can.] He's far beyond any rational thought.

You know him as well I take it? [Or is it knew?]

[deadelfwalking]

[Koltira blocks the initial attack with the flat side of Byfrost's blade; however, it's clear that Martin's speed and agility have increased exponentially since their last encounter. He grits his teeth as he's pushed back from the force, and then makes to advance, to fill Martin's entire line of vision with this hulking elf. A frigid gale kicks up around him, swirling ice and rime around his body, forming crystals over his skin and armor.

He glances over at Naoto.]

I do. Please, try not to move.

[Koltira turns back to Martin, his legs apart, his body oriented in a defensive stance.

Focus on me. Let me bear your hunger, your rage. I will be the bloodied shield.]