[Action][Closed] Little girls shouldn't walk home in the dark.

[nowi_wins]

Who: Nora nowi_wins and Emil abhero 
What: A Vermedi encounter
Where: A local park
Warnings: Here be dragons Minor vandalism?

 

[Nora was supposed to be home from the mall an hour ago, so she's already in trouble. Who could blame her for trying to take a little short cut? She's currently cutting through a playground which is entirely too creepy. Why is stuff like this always creepy at night? And that feeling that she's being watched? Probably her imagination.

Right? But what the heck is that weird chirping sound? She turns toward the noise and then backs away. She was totally imagining a dark shape in those bushes. She hopes.]

 

H- hey! Is anyone there?

[Anyone besides horrible monsters, she means? Too bad the vermedi don't know that. ]

 

Comments

[abhero]

Don’t jinx it!

[Emil keeps running until there’s an entire block separating them from the playground. Then he slows down to walking, trying act nonchalant. Nothing to see here, just two random kids.

Having relaxed a little, he realizes that no matter how much he tries to pretend nothing happened, he doesn’t look like it. The Vermedi’s claws tore through his sleeve and left bleeding scratches on his shoulder, and Nora’s fire breath left a faint smell of smoke. He doubts the passersby would care, but the moment he gets home...

He looks down at the wound and makes a face.]

Crap, my mom’s gonna kill me.

[nowi_wins]

[Nora slows down when he does and tries her best to look casual. It would be more convincing if she didn't keep glancing behind them.]

Ugh, I know. I'll be lucky if Grandpa doesn't ground me for staying out this late. And it's not like I can tell him I ran into monsters on the way home....

[But then she notices the blood on Emil's shoulder.]

Oh my gosh you're bleeding! Are you okay?

[abhero]

I’m fine, it’s just a scratch.

[When you have the resilience of a Loony Tunes character, eventually you stop worrying about injuries. He knows the wound will heal completely by the end of the week, it won’t even scar. The only thing he’s concerned about is his mother’s reaction.

Grimacing, he moves the violin case’s strap to the wounded shoulder, doing his best to hide the damage.]

It doesn’t look suspicious, right? My mom knows but I don’t wanna tell her I ran into monsters, either.

[If she finds out something tried to kill him AGAIN, she won’t let him leave the apartment. She will bar the windows, change all the locks and hide the keys.]

[nowi_wins]

[Nora has managed to echo herself back a ridiculous amount of energy, but she's still just as squishy and fragile as a normal girl. She frowns and tilts her head a little.]

Umm, if you cover it up it doesn't look bad but.... doesn't it hurt?

[That violin of his looks heavy. That seems like a lot of weight to put on a wound.]

[abhero]

It kinda hurts a lot, actually.

[He may be resilient, but he can still feel the pain. He moves the strap back to the healthy shoulder-- covering it up can wait until he’s actually home.]

Still beats explaining it to mom.

[Come to think of it…]

Ooooh, I have an idea. How about I walk you home and we tell your grandpa I helped you? Like saved you from muggers or something. Then we both have an excuse.

[nowi_wins]

[She stops suddenly and turns to face him.]

Oh my gosh that is the best idea! If we do that, we both have the perfect excuse! And I bet Grandpa will call your mom and help explain things.

[Then maybe neither of them will get punished.]

And if they ask us about what the muggers looked like we can just say it was too dark to see them clearly!

[abhero]

[He nods enthusiastically.]

Yeah, it was dark and they had hoodies and hats and shit. It’s a flawless plan.

>[No one will ever suspect a thing until the guy who filmed the whole thing uploads it to YouTube]

[nowi_wins]

[Yeah, being internet famous is gonna put a damper on things.]

Perfect! It's totally airtight!

[Now that they have a plan, she's a lot more relaxed.]

So do you have any idea what those things were? I've never heard anyone on the network talk about furry monsters before.

[abhero]

Me neither--wait--

[He makes a face and runs over all the weird things he’s seen or heard about since finding the network, God knows there are a ton of these, and nope, nothing rings a bell.]

Yeah, no. I haven’t a clue. Maybe they’re possessed hairballs. You know, like that crazy car.

[nowi_wins]

Oh, right! I kinda forgot about the car.

[But she frowns, something doesn't sound right about that.]

But if they were possessed like the car, wouldn't they still be actual things? Like, the car was possessed, but it was totally still a car. I've never even heard of an animal that looks anything like.... whatever those were.

[abhero]

They could’ve ran away from a lab. Some mad scientist doing experiments.

[Come to think of it…]

It made the spring riders come to life. Maybe that’s what happened to the car.

[nowi_wins]

Hey, yeah! I bet that's totally what happened!

[Wild speculation is go!]

I bet those things are part of some kind of secret government project that got out of control!

[abhero]

Exactly! Which is why we have to extra sneaky. We both know what happens to innocent normal--well, sort of normal--people who get involved with secret government projects!

[Let's add some paranoia fuel to the wild speculations.]

[nowi_wins]

Holy crap! If they find out we killed some of their experiments they might try to capture us! And then we'll be the experiments!

[Perfectly legitimate fear if you ask her.]

[abhero]

[Emil agrees, it is super legitimate and makes 100% sense. He looks around to make sure no one overhears them. When he talks it sounds like he’s trying to yell and whisper at the same time.]

Yeah, and they’ll LIKE experimenting on us ‘cause we got superpowers! So we have to keep REALLY QUIET!

[nowi_wins]

[She glances around fearfully to see if she can spot any spies lurking in the shadows. ]

Shhh! I don't wanna get dissected!

[She's almost as loud as he is.]

[abhero]

[Emil waves his hands, still stage-whispering.]

NO ONE IS GETTING DISSECTED OKAY? LET’S JUST STAY CALM AND STICK TO THE PLAN.

[nowi_wins]

[She takes a deep breath, trying to calm herself down.]

Right. Right, we just gotta stick to the plan. Sorry.

[It has to work, right?]

[abhero]

[He nods.]

Right. Don't worry, it's foolproof.

[Now they better get going. Emil sets off without even asking Nora where she lives.

He's walking in the opposite direction.]</i

[nowi_wins]

Right, right. We'll be fine.

[She follows him for about five steps before she realizes.]

Oh! Um, hang on. My house is actually that way.