in the spirit of halloween; OPEN

[amberhearted]

WHO Alexander & u
WHERE ALL AROUND LOCKE CITY
WHEN 10/7 (evening) and 10/9 (all day)
WHAT Alex falls out of a tree, gains the ability to transform into a bat, but sadly does not realize this ability until two days later.
WARNINGS Bats???

I'm breaking these up into several scenarios. Each will be limited to one thread, but if you want to do a group thing then I am down for that!

Comments

[shiromadoushi]

[[He can't help but make a bit of a face at that. What, are you afraid of this thing or something, Hajime? C'mooon!]]

Because it would have bit someone's face off rather than try and hide on the ceiling fan... Now put that chair down already. I've got it, it's not gonna get out.

[[He's curious at the noises, though.]]

I'm going to take him outside, okay? See if he's hurt. See what kind of bat he is... some of them get pretty big, after all!

Okay if I go out the back, so I'm not peering at a bat in front of the store?

[amberhearted]

[ 'put that chair down'?! holy shit, hajime, what are you planning to do with it?

nevermind, he's just going to stay quiet and let bakura spare him from hajime's bugfury. egads. ]

[chalicejoker]

[Hajime sets the chair down with a slight growl. Sorry, Batlex, crazy bug instincts gotta do what they gotta do.]

Let me go on ahead and get my mom out of the way, then, because if she sees it again, she's going to start screaming again.

[Absolutely no one within a three block radius wants that. He grabs the umbrella as he rushes out there to tell his mother that yes, the bat had been taken care of, no, he did not bash its skull in, and that his crazy friend wanted to check on it so she maybe should get out of there for a bit. At least it'll be all clear when Bakura gets out there with the poor bat, because everyone back there decided to vacate the area.]

[shiromadoushi]

Like I said, it's not going to get out...

[[But he waits, then heads back]]

Sorry for all the commotion! The problem is being taken care of!

[[and with that, he steps outside with a sigh]]

All that fuss over a bat... C'mon you, let's have a look, okay?

[[carefully shifting the hoodie to get a look at the thing while still keeping it wrapped up enough that nooo face scratching can happen]]

[amberhearted]

[ he understands the fuss tbh. not only is he a big bat (ergh), but he's an odd acting one, and odd acting is always suspect for rabies.

since it's pretty obvious bakura carries no ill will towards him, batlex just stares right back at him. it's the bat equivalent of :T. ]

It's become such a running joke it became reeeaaal :D

[shiromadoushi]

Mmm... you don't seem rabid or anything... Or at least you're pretty calm. [[he shifts a moment, pulling out his phone to start googling stuff.]]

Not a fruit bat, too big for that I think... [[mostly talking to himself now. A pause as he peers a bit closer.]] Aaa! [[one moment, checking---]] Un... vampire bat, definitely. I didn't think... [[aaaand more googling.]] You're pretty far north, huh? Escaped from somewhere, maybe?

[chalicejoker]

[Rabid or no, Hajime is waiting with that umbrella in case the bat needs a good smackdown. He's holding it in his left hand while his right keeps dropping to the spot on his waist where his card box would be were his fancy transformation belt visible.]

A vampire bat? Do not say anything of that sort to my mother. I'm pretty sure it would take us a couple hours to calm her down. I'll tell her it was a big fruit bat.

[He is continuing to scowl at poor Batlex with no idea of what's really going on here and will be so very sorry once he realizes.]

I don't like it--it's too suspicious, given everything that's been happening.

[amberhearted]

[ ... is he seriously a vampire bat...

he is done with life. ]

[shiromadoushi]

Don't worry, I'm not planning on mentioning it to her. Or mentioning the bat at all to her, really. [[a small smile. He knows most people don't like them, sadly]]

And it's not acting like any of those cave bats did. It's being really calm, not that it's not being chased. Pretty likely he escaped from the zoo or something.. maybe some sort of center or something like that. Or even could be someone's pet. I'll call around and check.

[[a pause to muse]] I wonder if it's hungry maybe...

[chalicejoker]

Well, if it is, don't look at me. It probably couldn't handle green.

[Even if he still looks sour about the whole thing, that Hajime is willing to make a joke is probably a good sign that he is coming out of KILL ALL BATS crazy bugman mode.]

[shiromadoushi]

[[a promising sign! Bakura rewards it with a smile]] Wouldn't think of it. Don't really want it feeding off a person anyway. Was thinking maybe a bit of raw meat. You've got scraps or something, right? If it's fresh enough, it should be able to get what it needs from that.

[amberhearted]

[ ... hajime's blood is green...? dang.

is it goopy like bug guts?

the batlex wonders. ]

[chalicejoker]

Yeah, hold on...I'm guessing it can't eat fish. I'll grab some beef.

[He'll dart inside and come out with a styrofoam container. At this point, anything to get the horrible flying rodent out of here sounds good.]

[shiromadoushi]

Likely not. [[and he'll just check the bat over a bit more while Hajime grabs that.

He glances over, peering to get a glimpse in the cooler ]]

Just a small bit. Since they just need the blood in it, if I read that right. Hopefully it being cold won't be any trouble...