savetheearth | [Mission 3 - Nuisance] Action

[Action around Locke City]

It wasn't until recently that Anthony finally gained an understanding for exactly how destructive, and annoying, the strange little monsters infesting the city were. Sure, he'd caught the news here and there and watched the network, but from a distance it didn't seem so bad. That was right up until his hoodie was set on fire while he was sitting on a curb taking a break. The heat and flash of flame were noticed quickly enough that Anthony was able to pat it out before it caused more than a singe, but even so the threat was clear enough. Now that he was back on the street for the time being, suddenly everything was more dangerous that ever before. Exactly what he wanted to deal with right now.

He jumped up, spotting the tiny lighter as it fled into the bushes. Foolishly Tony gave chase, intent to stomp out the animate lighter before it could cause more harm and of course blundered directly into the now burning bush. He gave a shout of surprise and pain, hopping away as he was singed and lightly burned. The fire spread quickly in the still-dry plant, too fast for him to reasonably attempt to put it out. Someone was just going to have to call the fire department or bring an extinguisher, because he certainly did not have any way of doing either of those things at the moment. Besides, as soon as he spotted that lighter moving off again he was after it like a dog on a scent.

Once a threat was established and an 'enemy' detected, something clicked over in his mind that Anthony just couldn't quite turn off. A level of focused aggression that was almost frightening when he wasn't in its thrall. The opportunity for a fight became the most thrilling thing he could imagine, even if only against a lighter that was mostly harmless until it caught something on fire. Eventually he was really going to need to learn how to control himself.

Unfortunately for him self control was the furthest thing from his mind, so as he gave chase again, this time over park benches, rails, and even out in the road completely blind to traffic. Eventually he lost sight of the lighter, but worked up as he was he was quick to go after any further nuisances he encountered. A mob of toothpicks, the occasional pencil erasing crosswalks, running away from exploding Altoids. You name it!

[OOC: Basically feel free to bump into Tony (or nearly run him over) at any point in his adventure against madness! IDK I am so bad at open posts please help yourselves.]

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Is it just me, or are these things getting worse? First lighters, then toothpicks and magical pencils? This is getting out of hand. Anyone got any tips for dealing with these things. A repellent, maybe?

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

It can't be good for your health, over surprise stimulation. Just think about it, eventually we're going to forget how to be surprised and then we'll be bored as hell. Man nothing makes sense anymore.

nah man cause then it'll come full circle and stuff thats normal now will be weird, and then we can be surprised. "LOOK, IT'S RAINING WATER AND NOT KNIVES. HOW SURPRISING". thankfully it hasnt rained knives yet but you get the idea.

im not complaining its awesome

'Today I saw the ice cream truck and it wasn't being driven by a unicorn!' Like that? You better knock on wood quick, man, if it starts raining knives I know exactly who to blame. Can you imagine it? Hah, it does sound pretty awesome.

JUST LIKE THAT. and oh god. what have i done...

it's totally awesome

Hurry quick, take it back before things get even worse. Everyone here is either some kind of superhero or straight out of a comic or movie, I swear.

I TAKE IT BACK IMMEDIATELY!!!

it's pretty awesome you gotta admit.

Good, good, maybe we'll be okay. It is pretty awesome. I'm a little jealous. Can't even use my sword after all.

i doomed us and then i saved us, go me.

well, maybe you'll be able to soon. i mean shit. seems dumb to give you a weapon you can't use

That's a lot of work for one day. You're telling me. So far all of my echoes have been pretty damned useless, I gotta luck out sooner or later, right?

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