30th Howl [Action | Open | Backdated to 2/12]

[professorwolf]

Who: Randall Lyall, the wolf version, and OPEN
When: All night, starting two hours after moonrise
Where: Around the city
What: Full moon came a little early this month...

The full moon was on Friday. Lyall was prepared for it, had people coming in, had called Reilanin to see if she was coming, all that. What he was not prepared for was, two nights early, the moon rose and he felt it, felt the change starting without any warning beyond that. The ability to change outside of the full moon, without the control learned from centuries of fighting the change, came with it the drawback of having to fight it for all the nights around the full moon, as well.

He managed to make it off the couch and right into the doorway of his secured bedroom before he lost what little control he had left, and the wolf took over: the angry, hurting, moon-mad wolf who only wanted to attack, kill, and preferably eat whatever, or perhaps whoever, he could get his teeth into.

It took him a little while to get out of the house, once he'd finished healing, but one broken window later, there was a sandy-colored wolf prowling the streets, loose and hunting and completely unafraid of people.

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[professorwolf]

The offering was accepted: Lyall chomped down, hoping to break through to something more meaty. It didn't stop the wriggling, but it did at least stop the attempts to bite. Now he was just trying to get his feet under him, and tug his new prize with him.

[chalicejoker]

It took Hajime a moment to realize that the wolf actually wanted to try dragging him along by the wrist blade. He had to wonder where, exactly, Lyall thought he'd take the big bug. "Oh, no, you don't." He was determined to carry Lyall home successfully, all the while hoping no one actually saw him. The "Lord of the Bugmen" incident with Shou at the drive-thru was still unfortunately fresh in his (and Twitter's) mind.

[professorwolf]

Not seeing him really wasn't an option at this point: there's the shouting, the snarling, and the fact that they're not exactly on the edge of the city all meant someone was seeing this. And Lyall would not be coming easily. When he realized he wasn't getting anything edible out of the blade in his mouth, he finally let it go and started clawing at the pavement in an attempt to get free.

Perhaps interestingly, he wasn't actively trying to attack Hajime except incidentally in an attempt to get free. Giant bugs, after all, did not smell like food to a werewolf.

[chalicejoker]

Hajime was at least glad he didn't seem to be on the menu, though that didn't help him in keeping a grip on the squirming wolf. It also didn't help him deal with the fact that there were people around. Going through the drive-thru in the back of Shou's car following the incident at Elian's house had been bad enough.

But this? This was a whole different level of dealing with the public. He was a giant bug carrying a wriggling wolf around a crowded city area. Great. He was just going to walk down the street while holding this snarling wolf while being a gigantic roach-man like it was the most normal thing in the world. Even if he knew they were getting photographed and he was wondering if he should start snarling at people to get them to run the hell away.

But a panic would attract the police. That wasn't good. So he'd play it casual. "What?" he snapped at someone who was about to take a picture. "The dog got out. It's not that hard to understand, human."

He was very glad Lyall wouldn't remember any of this later.

[professorwolf]

Oh, he might remember some of it... it'll just be fuzzy and confused, and the words won't have made any sense. For now, though, there were people about, just across the street and down the sidewalk, and he wanted them. Lyall's struggled renewed even stronger at the sound of the voice, Hajime's voice or not, and the scent of someone close enough to get that good picture.

His teeth came down on whatever of Hajime he could reach, all reservations of not-prey thrown to the wind when he was obviously going to keep him from said prey.

[chalicejoker]

And of course, there were the inevitable photographs on the Internet that Hajime would have to explain. But for now, he continued trying to keep a grip on Lyall.

This became very difficult when Lyall chomped down pretty solidly on his left hand. Hajime roared a curse in his monster language, and the suddenly dropped the wolf out of "hey, my hand just got chomped" reflex.

[professorwolf]

And with that, Lyall's paws hit the ground, and he's off running again-- not so much at any human in particular, just, at the moment, away from Hajime. There isn't much to his wolfish brain, but he does know if he's caught again he might not get to hunt any more, so his goal is now not to be caught.

[chalicejoker]

Hajime's going to try to keep up with the wolf as best he can, but it's hard. He's clutching at his still-bleeding hand in an attempt to stop from leaking green everywhere, and he's also having to dodge the would-be paparazzi. He's afraid he's going to lose the wolf--all it takes is one distracting idiot with a cell phone.