06 | [Open] Please Come Help Kill This Monster

[talktothedoll]

Who: Mort Yokugawa, the monster he accidentally created, and whoever wants to come help him stop the thing.
Where: Various places around town, with the actual fight taking place in a park somewhere.
When: Early evening, October 10.
What: Mort accidentally created a monster and needs help bringing it down. Subthreads for tracking the monster, fighting the monster, and the aftermath inside.
Warnings: Monster-fighting might get messy.



When Mort woke up that morning, he had no way of knowing that today would be the day he'd accidentally manage to create a monster. He still wasn't too sure what had happened; he'd been examining the silver medal that had appeared in his pocket while he was visiting the Towers after showing it to Asuka, a coin slot had appeared on another bit of junk someone had left on his desk earlier that day, the medal had gone into the slot and created a monster somehow, that monster had been standing there before him. It had become quite agitated at all the screaming (Mort could really yell if he had to), trashed Mort's office, and exited through a window, leaving Mort stuck with one very big problem. He hoped others on the network would be able to help him out, because even if he somehow managed to keep track of the thing, he had no way of bringing it down.

((OOC: And this is the promised log portion of Mort's monstrous misadventure, with the call to arms network post here. I am not concerned with tagging order in the least. I'd prefer to keep the actual fight with the monster contained to one thread, and I'll NPC it as necessary. Other than that, go nuts, have fun, and please wait until I get the three subthreads up before tagging.))

Comments

[detectivetroll]

Well, operation 'keep the thing distracted so it doesn't focus for too long on one person' seems to be working, more or less, and the monster also seems to be injured.

Unfortunately, Nick's also out of ammo, and wishing he had a second weapon. He's always relied on hand to hand combat first, and his gun as back up, but now he's starting to wonder if maybe he shouldn't be exploring alternatives. Of course, that doesn't exactly help him at the moment, but - with the monster focusing his attention on Richard and the other gunman, Nick takes a moment to reload his gun.

And then goes back to carefully taking aim at the monster, this time shooting for the same arm that the other gunman'd shot at.

[flamberge]

That mace-like fist proves troublesome. It may not have hit Richard completely thanks to quick blocking, but it manages to graze his arm. A minor injury like that gets paid little mind to. A few quick jumps backward follow to allow for not only some distance between the creature and himself but for the shooters to get proper aim.

As soon as the focus shifts once again, Richard takes the chance to launch another attack. This time, he pushes himself forward with as much strength as possible. The sword is held straight ahead, if pulled back. Then, once within distance and using as much strength as possible, the sword gets thrust forward with the intent of piercing that already injured shoulder. It's a risky gamble, but a necessary one. Disabling one arm would make defeating it easier.

[dominateartimus]

With the creature distracted again, Xander sees a moment of opportunity and partially emerges from the shadow on the creature. He didn't trust himself to be half-way between states, but moves quickly to do what he planned.

He splashes the creature's face with the lighter fluid, aiming for the eyes and mouth and quickly snaps the fingers of his right hand. It takes quite a few snaps before a flame appears and he applies it to the liquid, making sure it caught ablaze.

[icy_heavens]

Toushirou isn't exactly sure what he can do at this point. He doesn't have his weapon, and there are bullets flying about. While he might be fast enough to dodge anything that isn't aimed right, he really has no reason to be in so close without his sword.

And seeing the thing use ice abilities makes him hesitant to try his own. Would they even work, or would it just shrug them off? Maybe it's better for him to stay out of it for the moment.

But he can at least get himself in front of the overprotective old guy and the knocked-out annoying girl in case they need a defense or something. And he'll get in front of them with a small burst of that speed ability he'd acquired in the mines; for all intents and purposes, it looks like he's teleported into that position.

[synonymouswithdookie]

Ray was only down to a few bullets, and because he was clearly brilliant, hadn't thought to bring another clip. Ah well. He'd reserve the last couple rounds JUST IN CASE, since it looked like sword guy and other guy guy seemed to have everything under control.

Oh yeah, and now the monster's face was on fire or something.

Yeeeaaaaah, Ray was going to take this chance to move around the critter and try to get another angle on it.

[talktothedoll]

Nick's focusing his fire on the monster's weakened arm was a good idea. It howled in pain, and the mace-like arm's movement slowed even more. Richard's lunge with the sword finished that arm off; it hung limply at the monster's side, and it seemed even madder than ever.

It might have tried to attack Richard then and there were it not for the sudden distraction that was lighter fluid to the face, followed by the sudden distraction that was fire to the face. It stopped trying to attack anyone in particular and instead focused on slapping itself in the face with its good arm in an attempt to put the flames out. It released a few puffs of that cold mist, but they weren't looking quite as healthy as they had been.

Mort glanced over at Toushirou as he checked over Asuka. "You should get out of here, please!" He still didn't like a kid being nearby, especially when that kid seemed to want to protect him. He was already dealing with one unconscious adolescent, and he didn't want two on his hands.

[icy_heavens]

Toushirou barely spares a glance back.

"If something gets fired in this direction, you're useless. I'm not."

That's really all there is to it. Can't the guy at least be happy he's not charging the monster? Honestly.

[dominateartimus]

The noise and being within very close proximity of the monster with it's face on fire was a bad thing for Xander. The monster wasn't exactly pleased with the group's attacks and he tries to block any swats that the monster unintentionally threw at him. His right hand still had a flame on his fingers and it hurt a considerable amount, he would need to put it out soon.

Just as he's considering grabbing that flailing arm to extinguish his flame, he's hit with several weaker waves of mist. That was a good sign to retreat and he's done his part of assisting. He moves back in to the shadow he came from, climbing down and leaving from a side that wouldn't get him caught in the cross-fire.