prepare for trouble

[waltharius]

Who: TWO large monsters duking it out, Walter trying to stop the one he's responsible for, and OPEN FOR DAMAGE CONTROL/FREAKING OUT
What: A hair monster and a stone bird wrecking a European capital
When: April 3rd
Where: Central London
Warnings: Destruction and chaos

[ He wanted some reflection. Some personal time. And he'd never been to London before. Spontaneity wasn't really Walter's thing, but he went, early in the morning so he could spend the afternoon and the majority of Good Friday in the capital.

If he had known how things would've turned out, he would've stayed at home. He would've never left his house again, because clearly, he cannot go anywhere without ruining absolutely everything.

He's unleashed the creature below London, and a colossus. Here, in the flesh (stone??). It just came out of nowhere, under him even. He didn't even have a chance to cling to its fur before it threw him off. Right at the hair. And evidently, that was considered an offensive move, because the hair went for the confused, thrashing colossus.

It all happened pretty quickly. In the end, London Bridge station is completely upended, the citizens are panicking, and there's a massive rock monster being throttled by hair. It breaks free after a bit of struggling and rises into the air, circling the emerging creature. The lights in its eyes have gone from blue to red.

After crawling out of some debris, Walter coughs and sends out a frantic network text. ]

MONSTERS IN LONDON

ANYONE IN LOCKE I NEED MY SWORD AND MAYBE MY BOW OR IF YOU HAVE A BOW I

I JUST NEED HELP ASAP PLEASE I AM GOING TO LONDON BRIDGE

THE SWORD IS IN MY HOUSE MY ADDRESS IS [HERE!!]

Comments

OFFENSIVE

[waltharius]

[ (almost) indestructible divebombing giant stone bird or mass of living hair: pick your poison ]

OPEN

[waltharius]

a; NEED SWORD

[ He's at the aforementioned bridge, watching the colossus soaring above anxiously. Lots of people are crowded around him, just as transfixed, and many others are fleeing. It's absolute chaos, and he's nearly sent over the edge a few times.

He's waiting for someone -- anyone -- to deliver his sword. He repeatedly checks the network for some kind of answer. Maybe they're not even bothering with network correspondence?? They know where he is, and time IS kind of the essence. ]

b; GOT SWORD TIME TO GO

[ He's no fearsome warrior, and he's got no idea how to get its attention without arrows, but he's hoping the colossus will swoop close enough to grab ahold of it. One in a million chance. A bow, or some other projectile would be really, REALLY useful right about now. ]

a

[scarlet_devil]

[Well, no worries there, Emi was moving immediately, rushing at her considerable top speed straight from her mansion to the teleporter, and from the other side to make a quick stop at Walter's house to get the weapons, then hurry back to the old school and through the teleporter to London.

Given that her top speed is close to the speed of sound, it wasn't too long before a new, bat winged figure appears in the sky, heading directly for London Bridge.]

[waltharius]

[ By then, people have noticed the weird black marks streaking down his face, and they're letting him have some space. For once, he's totally fine with that. He sticks out a little better in the panicked, flailing crowd.

Somebody in said crowd spots Emi before Walter does, and they point. He's hoping this is his special delivery and not a third threat, but given his luck, he wouldn't be surprised if it was the latter.

Still, since he's hoping for the former, he waves both arms frantically. ]

[scarlet_devil]

[Hopefully the fact she had brought her parasol shows that she's not an attacker. but anyway, she is heading right for him holding a sword.

His sword, that is. She just stops short and lands at the last second.]

...So I hear you need this.

[waltharius]

I -- yes!

[ GOOD. Dear god. ]

I need it to -- this thing, the flying thing is going to have, um -- spots on it, spots we need to attack. And I need that to find them.

[ The colossus divebombs some of the hair monster's creeping strands, but it seems more of a threat then an attack. ]

[scarlet_devil]

Then you need me to carry you up to fight it. [A statement of fact here, as she hands the weapon over.]

Let's not stand about, I'm ready when you are.

[notbloody]

I will get the sword!

[Floweregg is a go.

She is in Locke City anyway, so she heads straight to the assigned house... Just that Walter's parents only see a cute dog and when after a while of petting her and fussing over her she manages to get away and go find the sword, she can't find it and opens a feed again - under his bed so his parenst won't find her.]

Where is it?

[waltharius]

[ He has to yell over the chaos. ]

Closet, but --

[ ... ]

You don't even have thumbs and oh my gosh be careful, my -- the cat -- !

[notbloody]

It can't be bigger than a broom, and I can drag brooms!

...What cat? I only saw your parents... [Okay looking around worriedly now]

[waltharius]

But how far?? And if you don't see it, someone might've already...

[ DEEP BREATH. Focusing on getting her out of the potential immediate danger. ]

Pumpels. He likes to hang around my room, waiting for any opportunity to get in. You should get out as soon as you can.

[ Is that her imagination, or is something mrrrrowing nearby? ]

[notbloody]

I'm not afraid of cats!

[...Though uh. With how he acts she's really getting nervous.]

DEFENSIVE

[waltharius]

[ evacuate civilians/panic ]

[grannyfucker]

[Jovan was only here to explore the place he was supposedly from in a past life. Kind of. He's pretty sure the accent is Irish, but it's not like Ireland is an echo zone. This is as close as he's going to get.

And he knows he got an echo when he went down to an Underground station with all the hair in the tunnels, but he just doesn't know what. And it's not like he's got a lot of time to figure it out, either, because now there's a giant monster. In fact, two monsters. Two monsters fighting each other.

If anyone asks in the future, Jovan will say he didn't piss his pants, but it would be a lie.]

HOLY FUCKING SHIT!

[He shrieks, his voice going shrill, and then unleashes an unholy screech when he sees the monsters shift. A chunk of building gets taken out, a huge piece of debris falling over ready to land right on him. He throws up his hands in terror.]

JESUS CHRIST NOT AGAIN!

[What he doesn't realize is that a large, sturdy shield materializes in front of him at the last minute.]

[notbloody]

[When the dust has settled around him, a puppy will walk up to him and sniff.]

It is very bad behaviour in humans to mark your home range, my mistress says.

[grannyfucker]

[Jovan braces for death, curled up into a little ball. However, after a truly terrifying few seconds of shaking and scraping and shrieking, things seem to settle down. Yup, this is it, this is the afterlife, Jovan thinks. I've been hit hard enough that I've died proper and I can never be revived again. This is it.

Then he hears something. His eyes fly open and he whirls around to see who spoke to him--a puppy. A puppy surrounded by rubble, next to him, who still has a body and is still alive.

Jovan doesn't even question a talking animal, he starts laughing deliriously. He spots the shield in his arm.]

Holy shit! Ahaha, holy shit, I'm still alive!

[Then he looks up and shakes his fist to the sky.]

YOU CAN'T GET ME THIS TIME, YOU ROCKY ALIEN FUCKS!

[Sorry, he's gotten a little carried away.]

[notbloody]

...Those are rocks, not aliens.

[This guy really has lost his mind, hasn't he?]

[grannyfucker]

Well, whatever the hell it was, it didn't kill me!

[He looks back up to the sky and shakes his fist.]

Hear that? NOT TODAY, YOU BASTARD!!

[notbloody]

...You should really pour some ice water over your head.

[She'd do it but she's a puppy, there are obvious logistical issues here.]

AFTERMATH

[waltharius]

[ one partially destroyed city later. get medical attention, get interviewed, process what just happened ]

to Walter

[notbloody]

[There is a bit of commotion outside of his hospital room, and then a white ball of fur shoots through the door and jumps on the bed, and a moment later has crawled under Walter's blanket.

There are voices and running outside, and both are clearly headed towards this room as well. THERE IT WENT, they say, HOW DID A DOG GET INTO THIS PLACE]

[waltharius]

[ Walter's awareness is pretty limited. He remembers a few things post-Colossus slaying. Primarily, the decision to handcuff him to his hospital bed. "You understand," they said. After the events of the day, watching his skull sprout horns was enough to put them on edge. He does understand.

But he is awake and (somewhat) aware when Floweregg burrows into his blanket. She's on his non-handcuffed side, and he reaches into the blanket to pet her. And confirm that she is not a hallucination. ]

[notbloody]

[She wriggles in and under his arm, so when two nurses storm into the room it only looks like Walter is holding his arm at a slightly odd angle under the blanket. One of them asks Walter:]

Did you see a dog come in here?

[waltharius]

Dog...?

[ Just that much was difficult. The rest is going to have to be communicated non-verbally. Walter shakes his head, trying his best to look confused. He points with his... not-so-free hand, directing the nurses to the right of his room. Dog? No dog here. But he TOTALLY DEFINITELY ABSOLUTELY saw something dart that way!

He's partially banking on their reluctance to approach him. Maybe that'll actually work in their favor. ]

[notbloody]

[The taller nurse sighs with annoyance but marches through the room and out of that other door. WELL THEN LET'S GO.

Floweregg waits before their steps can't be heard anymore before poking out her head from under the blanket and peering up at Walter.]

Why did they put you on a hand-leash?