savetheearth | prepare for trouble

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!!]

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[And the first weak spot's taken out... good.

It did look impressive, given he was able to run up the colossus' back like that, well until it turned and forces Emilia to get in close to Walter before he falls...

And if it slams into that building, he most certainly will, by the looks of things.]

[ He tries to haul himself up and roll to safety before the collision, but he can't quite make it. Any normal human probably would've been crushed by that impact, but Walter is just knocked off his perch. Seemingly, anyway.

If this was some sort of game he'd be down to low health and a completely depleted grip gauge. He lets go and tumbles down with the debris. ]

[If it were a game, there wouldn't be backup in the form of Emilia around.

She certainly wouldn't be, at this very second,diving recklessly into the falling debris to catch him before he goes splat. And that's something she'd rather avoid.]

Hold on!

[ He does hold on. Maybe a little too tightly. Even though he is incredibly battered. His own black blood is mixing with the colossus'. ]

One -- one minute --

[ Rest. Rest is needed. He's panting and struggling to keep a firm grip on the sword. ]

[It took her a second to realize that she did in fact catch him. That's some grip he's got, though, and the scent of blood is making her hungry.]

...Let's not wait too long. We're not done yet.

Just the minute...

[ And he is a man of his word. And a man worried about the mass destruction being caused by a disoriented colossus ramming into buildings. A minute is all he takes, breath slowing down, muscles tensing. He is ready. As he'll ever be. ]

The wing.

[Well then, in that case, she'll be ready to return to the fray the moment he's ready.]

Right. [With powerful flaps of her wings, she charges towards the great beast, aiming for the wing Walter was trying to get to before.]

[ As soon as they get close, the colossus starts to furiously flap its wings. Perhaps it's intelligent enough to recognize their strategy. Perhaps it's just trying to gain some altitude.

Either way, this is making it hard to approach. Each flap sends a mighty gust of air at Emi and Walter. ]

[And of course that meant Emi was buffeted by the wings, kept from getting quite close enough to let off Walter. Just how intelligent was it, really?]

[ Eventually, it does start to glide again, though erratically. There's a lot of weaving going on. Nothing can be that easy. ]

Thi... this should be good enough.

[ He's dizzy and exhausted, but ready to take out this wingtip. ]

[She gets in as close as she can to the wing, trying to keep level with the weakspot on this wing and make it easier for Walter to simply hop off and strike another blow...]

Let's finish this.

[ Once the opportunity's there, Walter hops down and stabs the sigil. The leap-stab is almost overkill -- Emi already decimated this wing. All it needed was a tap from the sword.

The bird colossus is apparently especially sensitive to swords in its wing. It rolls, and Walter is left dangling upside-down for a few seconds. He holds on this time, wondering why it's not dead yet. Does this thing have three weak points?? If there was one on the one wing, then...

A flash of light from the sword confirms it; there's one last spot on the opposite wing tip. He gestures wildly at it, just in case she somehow missed that beam. Once the colossus levels out again he sprints across its wings. If Emi can deliver some kind of blow, they'll only need one more stab to take this thing down for good. ]

[Well, that would make sense that there was a weak point on the other wing. Thankfully he didn't fall off again, so she could focus on finishing off the colossus from here on out...

The beam was indication enough. Resummoning Gungnir, she sends it sailing into the monster's last weak point with a mighty throw.]

That should make things easier!

[ Much easier, although the colossus spins again and shrieks, spraying more blood. During the barrel roll, Walter ends up bouncing across the wing and grabs on near the severely damaged weak spot.

If anyone ever asks him, he'll say he did that on purpose.

One he feels secure, he prepares to deliver the last strike, waiting for it to soar above the river again. In the short term, this seems like the best place for it to fall. The city itself is only partially evacuated.

Once he feels like the timing is right, he unleashes the final blow. The colossus' eyes grow dim as it begins to fall from the sky. ]

[Yeah, she was sure she almost got swatted out of the sky by the colossus' huge wings as did it's spin.

Better to crash into the Thames than anywhere else, of course. And now that Walter has finished it off, it's falling. The vampire offers her hand to him as soon as she could.]

[ Holding on to Emilia sounds way, way better than crash-landing into the Thames with the colossus. He instinctively grabs ahold of her hand, leaving the bird to sink, before he realizes that...

Well. The thing that happens whenever his past self defeated a colossus? He can see a mass of black overtaking the final weak point. He knows what this means. ]

Y-you should put me down... now. And get away.

[ Trying to stay quiet. Kind of succeeding. ]

[Of course she began to head to the river bank as soon as she had him. Hopefully she can put him down on dry land before whatever that black stuff is gets to them.

Once she does, she backs away a little uncertainly.]

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