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[Fred, as seems to be normal for him on the network lately, is upset. Distressed, even. All right, let's be honest: he's panicking. He's also pretty out of breath, like he's running while he's talking.]

Help! Somebody... I think... I think they turned my mom... into a monster.

[He just pants for a few seconds, then gulps and goes on.]

I dunno... what to do. She's chasing me, and... and I just... don't know. Help...

[OOC: So my original plans for the execution of this Mystery Event have been foiled by RL imposing on the other player, so here's the improvisational version. Feel free to try to get information or give advice, but PM/ping/PP me if you want your character to actually join in. Any action stuff I want to do in a single thread, probably with one or maybe two other characters. I have no clear idea, at this point, how this is all going to go down, but acto the mods' message Fred's mom'll end up dead within about a day no matter what happens.]

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W-- what!?

[Her niece? A... what!?]

No. No.

I'm coming.

[GETTING IN THE CAR AND COMING NOW. She pauses and... and...

She won't take one of the live blades. But she does pick up a heavy wooden practice sabre, the kind they used to train children with. Just in case.]

Aunt Maya?

[He fights the urge to tell her to stay away; she's already involved in the network stuff, it's not like he's getting her into anything, and besides this affects her more than most people.

His voice is still broken up by breaths, but his mun doesn't feel like including all those ellipses.]

Uh, okay. I'm on Maadim Lane, heading toward the Dead District. Whatever happens, it'll probably be less obvious there.

I'm in the car.

[but man this service is convenient, it's picking up from her phone.]

Can you tell me more about what's going on? What happened to your mother?

I don't know! She went for a walk, and when she came back it was... wasn't her. Her face was all sharpened out and her arms were longer and it looked like she had paint all over, and she was talking about colors and improving me and I ran and...

[This is not a calm, happy Fred. He's on the verge of tears, while also running for his life.]

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Monster...What the hell.

[It takes him several moments longer before he says anything further. He doesn't buy 90% of what's on that network, but can anybody fake that kind of panic?]

Can you get away from her?

Trying!

[Fred can't keep the note of impatience out of his voice, even through the panic. He'd think it would be obvious that he'd try to escape.]

Doesn't seem like she's getting tired, though.

[Whatever is going on, it sounds bad. Suzaku still has his doubts, but...]

What area are you in?

On Maadim, right now. It's not far from Seventh. I think if I head for the Dead District whatever happens won't be as obvious.

[Maybe they'll have to fight, maybe she can be trapped or calmed down or who-knows-what... but no matter what, it'll probably attract less notice there than in a residential zone or the more public areas.]

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[Crap. More monsters. Crap, crap, crap. And this time, it wasn't one of them. Not one of the network. They were striking out at family. Hajime's got to take a couple of deep breaths before he can try talking to Fred.]

What...what kind of monster did she turn into?

[There's a pause as he tries to think of a way to say this that isn't going to sound insensitive.]

If it's anything insect-based, I can give you a pretty good idea of how her senses are interpreting things. Give you a chance to hide so you can plan better.

[There's another pause. When Hajime next speaks, he's trying to sound as reassuring as possible.]

Transforming doesn't hurt, you know.

[His hadn't. He didn't know about this one. Maybe it was more like Lyall's werewolf transformation, which was brutal. He didn't know...but he hoped, for Fred's sake, that he sounded convincing enough with that.]

Uh...

[Is Fred supposed to know about types of monsters? Is that a thing now, that he missed out on somewhere? He tries to figure out how to answer.]

No, she's not like a bug. Mostly like herself, except more colors and kind of stretched.

[It's not a very good description, but at least it should get the not-in-your-mentioned-area-of-expertise message across.

The next part of Hajime's message startles Fred a little.] But... how do we get her back? She's not acting all like herself, and I don't want her to stay a monster. Especially if she chases instead of hides.

[It doesn't even occur to Fred that some of that might sound insensitive. But let's be honest, he's not thinking all that clearly at the moment.]

[Hajime is assuming there are types of monsters...the group's got a werewolf, a zombie, and a bug-man, other types do not seem as though they would be a stretch of the imagination.]

You're not going to be able to do anything for her if she catches you, I'm guessing.

[He's wracking his own memories of being a rampaging monster. It is the only frame of reference he has.]

Your best bet's probably some sort of distraction...give her a target she'd rather attack instead. Is there anywhere nearby you think you could get her contained? Closet, storage shed, anything?

Um... [Fred looks around briefly.]

I don't see anything.

[After a moment:] How would I trap her without trapping myself too?

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See Fred. See Fred run. Run, Fred, run!

Fred is running from his mother. She is not looking too great. Her arms and facial features look stretched out, and her head and hands are covered in many colors. She wants to catch Fred.

Fred does not want to be caught. He is a little faster than his mother, but he is getting tired more quickly than she is.

[OOC: Action responses to migrate here, please, in a single thread.]

Perhaps foolishly, Maya parked the car first. She feels a bit silly, with a wooden sword in one hand and live steel at her hip (she thinks, absently, that she somehow managed to grab the damn costume sword, Nerida's sword, instead of a more practical fencing saber).

She hopes she won't have to use them.

Suzaku here? He is running too. Only he's running at a speed that could beat machine gun fire. He's not really sure how it works, but given the neighborhood he's headed to, he doesn't bother with his motorcycle.

He rushes because he doesn't know what to expect. Turning a corner, he slides several feet, kicking up gravel and flailing to stop himself before slamming right into the side of somebody's car.

"Damnit-" Suzaku growls, pushing himself up and looking around.

Well, there's the owner of the car. Beautiful. Rather than address that ding he just caused, he looks around for someone running from...he doesn't know what the guy's running from. "...You get that call too?"

She'd listened to the whole post in the car, so while she was a bit startled by someone else showing up, when he spoke she recognized his voice.

"I did. The woman who turned into a monster is... ..."

She took a deep breath, then let it out slowly.

"She's my niece. Fred is my grand nephew. And all this has been so unbelievable but when family starts telling you that something's gone wrong..."

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