PLOT: WISE SNAKE'S EMERGENCE

[theearth]

Who: OPEN.
When: March 9th, Sunday, daylight hours.
Where: The business district of Locke City.
What: An enormous snake monster is pissed.
Warnings: Violence.

[The alien explodes silently - but it explodes.

First in a small cloud of hot (rose-scented) gas - those there to watch its final moments will want to step back.

A ripple in the air pulses - heavily - from where it once was, with absolutely no sound and color, but penetrating force. Anyone standing within two miles of the point of origin will feel a push, with those closest guaranteed to be knocked off their feet and temporarily dazed. Cars swerve and crash. Staff in the nearest office buildings launch into disarray. There’s no shielding from the blast - it can be felt through walls, through structures, in the air, and underground.

And it is felt underground.

The entire business district starts to shake, abruptly, jarred to a stir by some movement. It rises over the span of a long half-a-minute to the magnitude of December’s earthquake.

Tuning Towers experiences the worst of it - windows are smashing and objects are shaking loose and falling from the upper floors.

It finally ends - with screaming - as the head of an enormous pink snake breaks the lobby floor.

It flows its way quickly out of the hole it’s made, breaks itself another hole ever so politely through the main entrance doors, which were not meant to accommodate a twenty-foot-tall-and-wide exitor, and as it draws the last of its tail out after it, the quaking dies down.

It’s now roaring its way through the streets of Locke City’s business district - all several hundred meters of Wise Snake, emerged in the flesh (or stone?).

No regard for the walls of buildings, streetlamps, civilians, stopped and blindly pulled-over vehicles, anything else on its course - in a frantically-awakened, unrestricted rampage.]



[ OOC: This is part two of the Season 1's finale. The first - the assault on the farmhouse - is here; pertinent plot posts one and two. ]

Comments

OPEN~

[charcoalfeather]

[Rakka had been walking down a street, simply enjoying the calmness of the moment, when the earthquakes struck. The ground had shaken underneath her feet, throwing her and her to the ground. The world seemed to spiral out of control in the girl's eyes and it didn't seem to end.

But it did. It ended and Rakka managed to sit up just in time to see the massive snake emerge from his hole.

The first thing Rakka did was scream, scrambling over herself to get up and run. She'd rather be anywhere else than here. Thought of her wings surfaced suddenly, images of flying, or falling coming with them. She wanted to fly so badly.

She made it about ten feet before realizing something startling.

Her hat. She left it behind.

With a whispered "shit!" Rakka turned back and rushed towards the snake and its minions, pulling her hoodies up over her head to at least try and obscure the glowing ring. Somewhere in the commotion, she had pulled her magic staff out of her bag. Raising it to the small stone snakes that slithered towards the people, she let blast after blast of lightening go. This qualified for training, right?]

[jasminebloominginshadow]

[focus on who was important. Go after the people who were important to her. Focus on nothing else.

That's what Jasmine had told herself when this all started.

But what Marina had told her earlier... it still weighed heavily upon her mind. She had watched someone die...

... and when Jasmine saw Rakka running INTO the chaos, she couldn't help but be reminded. So she gave chase]

What are you doing?! You'll get... killed?

[okay, wow. That girl was firing lightning]

[charcoalfeather]

[Yeah, see that walking stick with the duck handle? It was firing lightening.

A wizard did it.

In the middle of her barrage, she kneels down to grab her hat, her halo quite clearly visible at the moment. Jasmine's voice pulls her away from it for a second though, glancing behind her at the woman.]

W-what? It's okay, I-Uh!

[Unfortunately, that gave a stone snake enough time to sneak up on her and head-butt her to the ground. That looked like it hurt. And more were coming.]

[jasminebloominginshadow]

... You... you have a fucking halo...

[that was all Jasmine was able to get out before the snake headbutted the other girl. Jasmine's lips curled into a snarl and she leaped at the snake, throwing her fist forward and sending it flying through the beast's skull]

[charcoalfeather]

[Yes, she has a halo. That was a thing.

She also had quite a few bruises now because of monster snakes, and now it seemed she'd be getting a lot more.

And then Jasmine put her fist through the snake's head.]

H-holy shit! [To put it bluntly.]

[jasminebloominginshadow]

[Jasmine panted heavily, glaring at the snake she'd just destroyed, and then turned to the ones that were advancing, firing off several dark energy blasts from her Dark Tact to take out a few more]

You think you can make some more of that lightning?!

[charcoalfeather]

[DUDE. MAGIC POWERS]

Uh... [Just scrambling for her magic stick and pointing it at the snakes.] L-look out!

[She focusses, and bolt after bolt of lightening flies out of the end of the staff. Some miss the snakes, some don't. Hopefully it helps.]

[jasminebloominginshadow]

[Jasmine lets out a cry as she feels the energy spark against her arm, but it does end up taking out at least two snakes. The rest, Jasmine targets with several more energy blasts]

You're... not really used to that, are you...?!

[she's not mad, just frustrated, but it may be hard to tell from her tone]

[charcoalfeather]

S-sorry!

[No, no she's not. Man, she just got this thing and she has to use it against monster snakes. How ridiculous is that?]

[jasminebloominginshadow]

Don't apologize!

[Jasmine practically snapped at the other girl, and instantly regretted it. But then... then she had an idea, and ran behind her]

Okay, NOW fire off your attack... I'll fire around you. Trust me, okay?

[charcoalfeather]

Uh... r-right!

[Well, she couldn't really say no.

Finally getting up into a crouched position, Rakka readied herself before firing on the advancing snakes once more, this time less cautiously now that Jasmine was out of the way. She was hitting quite a few more snakes now.]

[jasminebloominginshadow]

[and before long, they were taken care of. Jasmine let out a satisfied sigh, and clapped Rakka on the back]

Good work!

[charcoalfeather]

[She's nearly pushed to the ground, but Rakka manages to keep herself steady and get to her feet slowly. Her hands clutched the staff tightly, kind of like a security item.]

Y-yeah, thanks. If you hadn't been there, I would have probably...

[jasminebloominginshadow]

... Hey, don't think like that.

[Jasmine continued to smile]

But... I'm glad I could help you. Do you need help finding shelter...?

[originaloddcouple]

[Baseball bats and a backpack full of blunt objects in hand, the Dians raced around a corner. Plan A: help as many people as they can! Plan B: ...they'll work on it.

Wouldn't you know it though, they immediately spot Rakka and her little snake problem. They don't recognize their pal underneath the hood. They do recognize that someone is in need of a helping hand. With that thought in mind, they race toward the snakes with a resounding battle cry.]

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!

[charcoalfeather]

[The battle cry does not go unheard. Even in the booming chaos of the sight, Rakka has to turn her head for a moment when she hears what sounds like two people screaming towards her.

And, as luck would have it, she was right.

For a second, she simply watched them in curious confusion. What snakes she didn't blast apart with lightening seemed drawn to the sudden shouting as well.]

[originaloddcouple]

[Racing toward the snakes, the couple each wham one in the head.

Isaac's bat immediately breaks into two. The snake does at least seem... dazed, so he proceed to keep hitting it with the broken bat.

Miria, carrying a metal bat, knocks the snake down on the ground in one shot. She also keeps hitting hers, just to be safe.

Yeah. This was a good plan.]

[charcoalfeather]

[Well, it's better than what Rakka's plan was, simply running into the swarm to retrieve her hat.

Which she did, mind you. Finally picking it up, she pulled her hoodie back, exposing her halo for the briefest second, before placing the cap back on as tightly as it could. No more falling off here.

Of course, the snake that's currently being beaten by Miria can't really do anything right now. The other one sees an angle though. Despite being hit repeatedly with a broken bat, it tries to retaliate with a head-butt.]

[originaloddcouple]

[Miria seems pretty content to keep busting up the snake as it starts to fall apart a little.

Isaac, on the other hand, isn't doing quite as well. The headbutt connects and Isaac collapses backward in pain.] GAAAGGH!

[Miria spins at the noise in horro.] Isaac!

[She starts to head in his direction when the other snake whams into her. She collapses as well and her bat rolls away from her grip.]

[charcoalfeather]

[Rakka watches as the two go down. Something boils up inside her, it makes her scowl.]

G-get away from them!

[With surprisingly strength, Rakka gets to her feet and lets the staff loose on the snakes, blasting two of them to bits and scaring off a third. It's not long before they start to scatter.]

[originaloddcouple]

[Miria slowly lifts herself off the ground just as Rakka BLASTS THE HELL OUT OF THOSE SNAKES. Rising over to her feet, she races over to Isaac.]

Isaac?! Are you alright?

[Isaac nods as he pulls himself up.] Yeah, I'm fine.

[They turn in awe as the snakes slither away.]

Hey! Great job, buddy!

That was really good work!

[charcoalfeather]

I, uh...

[Geeze, all she did was make some stone snakes explode with her lightening stick. It's nothing.]

T-thanks. You guys were in trouble, and I had to try and help.

[originaloddcouple]

You don't need to be modest!

That was incredible!

You really save our hide!

[charcoalfeather]

[Geeze, all this appreciation. Rakka's not used to it. A smile appears on her face, however small.]

I... I was only trying to help. It's nothing, really.

[She coughs a little, wiping some dust from her clothes with her hat. Her halo bounced with the motion.]

But thanks a lot.