plot: car monster in locke

[theearth]

Who: Characters in Locke, most pertinently the characters chosen for the takedown, and Geoff Benwick
When: May 31st, Saturday, around 4PM
Where: The streets of Locke City's urban areas
What: A car monster is on the loose in Locke, rampaging the streets, destroying property - and showing no further consideration for the citizens of the city.
Warnings: Violence, death.

[ OOC: For an overview, please see this plot post. Evan's player is organizing a failed takedown attempt here for anyone interested! Remember that there are two human casualties as a result of the car's rampage, including Network teenager Kaworu Nagisa.

The car monster is rampaging without concern for damage, either to itself or to anything around it, but it is avoiding damage that will take it out of action. Ramming property, causing car accidents, and leaving the road entirely to continue its race along the streets are all kosher. Geoff Benwick is in aerial pursuit, attempting to coordinate with reincarnates and law enforcement alike. ]

Comments

[sylvanguard]

[Ariel had been out doing some shopping for the condo, and had just stepped out of a cafe and started walking down the street when she heard the sound of distant destruction rapidly getting closer. A wave of people ran past her just as the sound of screaming tires and screeching metal reveal the hot rod ripping around a corner and leaping onto the sidewalk to avoid an intersection clogged by cars suddenly trying to avoid the death car's rampage.

With wide eyes, Ariel turned and began to run, trying to get out of the car's way. She found herself jumping over a parked car, sliding across the hood to land in the street at a crouch.]

[the_fist]

[You know who didn't gracefully jump aside from the death car? This guy. Gabriel had been walking home with some eggs he had gotten from the groceries--only spotting the car as it screeched down the street at the last second. Though his reaction was a bit off, he managed to secure the eggs by placing them on top of a parked car.

Just before the monster car clipped him and sent him spinning into the street.]

[sylvanguard]

[She peeks out from behind the car, just in time to see him get clipped and flung. Trying not to freak out, she ran towards him, phone out and ready to dial 911 while she assessed his injuries.]

Hey, you alive?

[the_fist]

Rrggh! [Gabriel stood up sharply, spitting up a bit of blood on the pavement. At best, he just had a split lip from that impact and part of that came from trying to tuck himself in and accidentally kneeing himself.]

You get the license plate number on that jerk, miss?

[sylvanguard]

[Holy crap he scared her as he stood up. She was expecting massive injury and trauma. Not someone standing immediately after being clipped by a car.]

Uh. no... I was too busy getting the hell out of the way. Dude do you think you should be moving?

[So not aware that he is a fellow numbered just yet.]

[the_fist]

Eh? [Gabriel looked at her, suddenly realizing that the situation was. His jaw dropped for a moment and as the gears turned, he was pretty sure that everything that just happened then was supposed to be impossible.]

Oh, it--didn't hit me directly.

[sylvanguard]

Still you were flung pretty far... [Well She isn't calling an ambulance at least so that makes her relax a little.] You must be pretty lucky then if a split lip is your only woe.

[the_fist]

Hey, hey. Don't worry about it. [He was beginning to look a bit more paranoid as time passed.]

I'm a lineback for LCHS, y'know--I can take heavy hits! [He said this all, not knowing who on earth this lady was.]

[sylvanguard]

[Ariel gave him a lslightly hostile, judging look. The kind of look that someone might give to a person who was in trouble. And then she just sighed and shook her head a little.]

Most linebackers would still be going to the hospital. But I'm not going to say anything.

[the_fist]

[Crap, that was the look his mom gave him every ten minutes.]

Er... I'm... Sorry?

[sylvanguard]

No need to be sorry. Dude you did nothing wrong. Just so long as you're okay.

[She tries to smile to show that it really was okay., but she is starting to fight the adrenaline high and then resulting panic from the car herself.]

[the_fist]

[Gabriel raised his hand up to touch the bit of blood that ran down from his eyebrow. He wiped it away from his eye as it suddenly got a bit thicker and closer to the lid.]

I'm... yeah, fine. I'm... Wait, are you OK? You're still breathin' really hard.

[sylvanguard]

Me I'm fine, Just adrenaline and stuff. I didn't get touched unlike you. Want me to take a look at your head wound? I uhm, know first aid and stuff?

[Really she'd feel better trying to look him over because holy crap. That car had been scary.]

I hope they catch whoever was driving that thing, road rage is not a nice trait to have.

[youngestone]

[Killian was in another shop not far from the café when he sees Ariel come out of the café and then have to jump over the car. He races out to see if she's okay, reaching for his phone just in case]

Ariel!

[sylvanguard]

[She was fine. Just a little scared and more than a little shaken up. She pops her head up to peer at Killian, both alarmed and surprised to hear his voice.]

Killian?

[youngestone]

Yeah.

[He hurries over, helping her up and pulling her into a hug]

What the hell was that? Are you okay?

[sylvanguard]

[Oh....a hug. she starts to blush immediately but hugs him back. But right now was not the time to be awkward.]

Brake failure maybe? I don't know, I could have sworn that I didn't see a driver, but there had to have been... it made the turn...

[She glances back the way the car had come, looking at the damage done to the sidewalk and to the building as it has made the turn. Cars didn't ricochet like a bullet so there had to have been a driver... unless it was sentient?]

[youngestone]

Ariel? There's aliens in the city and a giant snake destroyed most of downtown. Sentient cars are totally normal, comparatively.

[He pulls back a little to look her over, checking for injuries]

How'd you do that dodge?

[sylvanguard]

Ah right. I wasn't here for the giant snake and things were so quiet lately...

[Yep. She had forgotten most of it. With all her commuting and odd hours, she had not really been paying attention to the news much, let alone the aliens.] I'm alright, really. [She totally was. Not a scratch on her or a hair of her ponytail out of place. Though her heart was still going a million miles a minute.]

I don't know. I just... had to get out of the way as quickly as possible. Hiding behind another car just seemed to be the logical choice, so I made it happen.

[youngestone]

Huh. Well, you're not a smear on the pavement so hey, I won't complain.

[He finally lets go, though he starts to drag her back into the café]

C'mon, back inside where it's safe and I can buy you lunch or something.

[sylvanguard]

[she resists, looking at where the car had gone.] Shouldn't we try to stop it? I mean what if someone get seriously hurt or killed?

[She feels obligated as a numbered to help fight that thing or at least help anyone caught in it's path.]

[youngestone]

It's a car. We're both unarmed since, y'know, I don't bring my sword with me on errands. Should probably start though, Christ. Anyway, do we even know where it went? I was a little more focused on getting to you than watching where the car went.

[sylvanguard]

[Leave it to him to be the sensible one.]

My bow is in the trunk of my car... [Not that it's anywhere near them at the moment anyway.]

I'm pretty sure we only need to look for signs of people screaming and devastation to find where it has gone.

[However, she makes no signs of moving in the direction she thinks the car has gone. Instead she seems pretty easy to move towards the cafe again, realizing just then just how shaky she is feeling now that the adrenaline is wearing off.]

[youngestone]

After you eat something. Where is your car, anyway?

[sylvanguard]

I'm okay. Really. I just ate. I just need to sit a moment. [Sit and not think about how close she came to being run over. She looks over at him, and takes his hand, drawing some support from his nearness.]

I'm glad the car didn't get you either.

[And then so things didn't get awkward, she looks away out towards the street quickly, still keeping hold of his hand. Hers is still shaking a little, so she squeezes his to try and make it stop.]

It's a parking garage a few blocks away.