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

[keywarding]

Okay. [There's not nearly as much cheer in her voice but it's still there, under exhaustion.

Once he starts to let her go, she's able to stand. Smiling at him softly before her arms lift to wrap around his shoulders this time. She's still awake. Tired but awake.]

Is this better? [Thank god she didn't wear a dress today.]

[strikeraid]

[ He shifts, putting as much of her weight as high up on his back as he can, then stands up, pulling in her legs. There. He'll have more balance from now on. ]

Yeah. Thanks, Holls. Just a little farther, okay? [ He goes into a run, urging energy from every burning muscle he has, then takes a huge leap, aiming to get onto one of the modules on the side of the robot's legs. This would probably be a lot easier if he could use his hands, but he definitely doesn't want to risk Holly falling off. ]

[keywarding]

Okay~ [She nearly singsongs her reply, her head resting on her arms which grip his shoulders tight. She'd been smart enough to lock her arms and thankfully she's fairly light.]

'm sorry. [Have a sleepy apology thrown in the mix. The jostling from him moving is keeping her awake at least.]

[strikeraid]

[ ... He's been saying it over and over, hasn't he? She's tiny. Basically twelve. She's too little. She shouldn't have to do any of this. They... couldn't have done it without her, of course, but if only he could have done more, echoed back just a little more power...

They got lucky. So very, very lucky. And he's going to make sure they stay that way. ]

We won, lil' sis. [ The words slip out before he has time to take them back. ] If we win, that means we don't have to be sorry about it.

[buildyourworld]

[ While the two of them are scaling his Gundam, Eugen is catching up on some much needed breaths to calm his nerves. A diligent student and researcher all his life, he has never gotten anywhere near this much action before and it's taking a toll on his sanity right now.

But once he pulled himself together, he catches sight of the girl he has been tanking with another guy, just in time to notice the National Guards and reporters with flashing cameras coming their way. With a frown, he opens his communication channel to them. ]

You two, come closer up to the torso. We have company. I'm taking you two to somewhere safe but I think it's better for you get in here that be out there right now.

[keywarding]

[He won't feel her smile, but she manages to almost nuzzle his hair in sleepiness.]

Oh- [The voice is familiar and she lifts her head a bit.] That's him.

[She's so helpful right, really.]

[strikeraid]

[ -- Hey, that tickles. He lets her bury her face in, though, the back of his neck warming as he hops up closer towards the torso, landing as close as he can, leaning on the robot for balance. Not a lot of ledges on this robot.

He wants to tell the guy to hurry up with whatever he's doing, but he also doesn't want to wake up Holly. After a moment, he kicks twice; but softly, compromising. Hurry it up in there! ]

[buildyourworld]

[ He would if he's not afraid of giving them a fright while he's in the middle of moving on his Gundam. Wouldn't want them to fall off the Gundam. However, Eugen does open the hatch of Virtue's cockpit to let them in. ]

Get in.

[ There's plenty of space in the cockpit, however, most of the space is in front of the pilot's seat where all the controls are. ]

Stand behind me. [ Not a lot of space but it's enough to fit two person snugly. ]

[keywarding]

[Oh wow- it's kind of like Unicorns cockpit, but not really... she's probably only thinking that because it's the inside of a robot with a chair and controls.]

Thank you~

[She waves to Eugen, her smile soft but tired. He looks at different than she imagined, but it's probably because his robot is so large.]

[strikeraid]

[ ... He's not sure if he likes this guy yet, but it doesn't seem like he's out to be unfriendly. He'll stare at the guy impassively, then hop into the cockpit, rolling Holly gently off his back and onto the floor between the seat and the back wall. HE IS WATCHING YOU, MYSTERIOUS STRANGER. HE IS WATCHING YOU CLOSELY. ]

[buildyourworld]

[ He nods to acknowledge Holly's gratitude but he's too anxious to actually hold a conversation right now. He notices the look from the boy but ignores him for now since he has more important things to do, like piloting the Gundam. ]

Hold tight. [ Once the both of them are inside, he closes the hatch of the cockpit. Eugen guns the control forward, moving the Gundam towards of the safe route he saw earlier, carefully avoiding law enforcers and civilians who are out on the streets. ]

[keywarding]

[Holly's watching the little bit of screen she can see from where Skyler set her down, leaning heavily against his leg before finally she's gone.

Sorry everyone, leave a message after the beat, Holly Avalon needs a long nap.]

[strikeraid]

[ Sleep well, lil' lady. When he feels her head on his leg, he'll crouch down and lean her on him more fully so he can protect her from any sudden robot movements.

He'll take this opportunity to glare forward, the expression blocked a little by his shades and bandanna. When he speaks, he's growling in his low Key voice. ]

Where are you taking us?

[buildyourworld]

[ Yes, do that and better hope no one try to stop the Gundam by doing anything drastic because it will not be a fun ride in that condition.

Eugen is not normally rude to stranger unless they give him reason to be but he certainly doesn't appreciates one being rude to him, especially in situation such as this. ]

Save your growling for someone who cares. [ Not looking away from the screen, he steers the Gundam off the current street when it's obvious he's being pursued by Guards. ] Getting you two out of here unless you want to taken into police custody.

[strikeraid]

[ Still not havin' it. He's not trusting this guy for a second, even though it looks like he's doing his best to get them all out of there. Things have been too weird and stressful already. ]

How do you know her?

[buildyourworld]

[ If Eugen is any meaner, he would have open the cockpit and throw him out for being such a rude and ungrateful ass. ]

Who did you think was taking hits for her when she's attacking the snake? Now shut up. You're distracting me.

[ It's a good thing that the Gundam is more efficient than normal vehicle or this will be a very long ride...]