I1: Into Action Is Their Cry

by **Kara Vanderbilt** » Fri Feb 20, 2015 3:47 pm

"Yeah it's a... very fulfilling career path. You'll be in corporate in no time with your smarts."

by **Narrator** » Fri Feb 20, 2015 3:48 pm

"YOUR... SMART..." the creature says, turning to Kara since she's making a compelling case.

by **Kara Vanderbilt** » Fri Feb 20, 2015 4:05 pm

"Yeah, yeah. Just follow him. Don't worry, I got your back." she says, pointing at Will since they're much closer to that end of the street.

by **Narrator** » Fri Feb 20, 2015 5:43 pm

Sadly, the creature seems to be looking more at the motion of Kara's hand than where she's pointing.

It holds up its own massive, rocky hand and mimics her motion.

by **Kara Vanderbilt** » Fri Feb 20, 2015 6:23 pm

Kara blinks, then decides to try turning around and slowly walking away, trying to make the thing do the same in the other direction.

by **Narrator** » Fri Feb 20, 2015 8:55 pm

The creature goes to follow her, in large, exaggerated steps.

Like a toddler's idea of sneaking.

by **Kara Vanderbilt** » Fri Feb 20, 2015 9:00 pm

When she notices the thing following her she walks a slow, careful curve to turn around without having to walk right past the thing. Her face turns into an apologetic cringe when she looks at Will and heads towards him.

by **Narrator** » Fri Feb 20, 2015 10:08 pm

The creature turns as she goes around, still focused on her.

Ultimately it mirrors the apologetic cringe to Will.

by **Will Stanton** » Sat Feb 21, 2015 3:08 am

"It's all OK, we're all good here, right? We're all good. Let's come on now, getthearmoredtransportvanready, step out of the alley, and we're all happy and good here."

by **Nick Varkan** » Sat Feb 21, 2015 10:27 am

Nick caught what Will said.

"On it," he radioed.

He flew back to the barricades and Agent Greaves.

"I assume you brought a containment vehicle, yeah?"

by **Narrator** » Sat Feb 21, 2015 6:06 pm

"Warded and ready," Agent Greaves says.

"No luck herding the damn thing into it, though."

Meanwhile, the creature takes another couple steps towards Kara and Will.

"GUHD. HEEEEERE..."

by **Kara Vanderbilt** » Sat Feb 21, 2015 6:38 pm

"That's it, that's a good mindless drone. Come on, we'll have you serving up fries in no time." Kara says, continuing to lead the thing down the road.

by **Nick Varkan** » Sat Feb 21, 2015 7:55 pm

"So far so good at least on our try. Where is it?"

by **Will Stanton** » Sat Feb 21, 2015 8:23 pm

"We're coming out. We're going to get some coffee, and maybe a cheeseburger."

by **Narrator** » Mon Feb 23, 2015 3:13 pm

"It's that big armored thing over there," Agent Greaves says, gesturing to a truck with one end up against a gap in the barricades.

The creature continues to follow Will out, but then it seems to spot the barricades and who's waiting behind them.

"CHEESE... BURGER?"

It looks about in confusion, increasingly agitated, something vaguely coming up in its primitive memory but not quite connecting.

by **Kara Vanderbilt** » Mon Feb 23, 2015 3:15 pm

"Yes, those guy are gonna take us to the cheeseburgers."

by **Will Stanton** » Mon Feb 23, 2015 3:22 pm

"It's all good, we're all fine here. We're pals now, right?"

by **Narrator** » Mon Feb 23, 2015 4:31 pm

Sadly, this doesn't seem to calm the creature down.

"NO CHEESEBURGER NO!"

Then, a blast emits from the hole where its face should be, knocking over some of the barricades.

by **Kara Vanderbilt** » Mon Feb 23, 2015 4:37 pm

"God damnit. Can we get some cheeseburgers here? And maybe decorate the big scary truck?"

by **Will Stanton** » Mon Feb 23, 2015 4:40 pm

"Woah!" Will cried, diving out of the way of the blast. "No need to get startled Nickgetreadytoblastthethingifittriesthatagain, we're all OK here."

by **Nick Varkan** » Mon Feb 23, 2015 4:49 pm

"I don't suppose you have rock monster chow on hand?" he asked Agent Greaves.

by **Narrator** » Mon Feb 23, 2015 4:51 pm

"They don't eat, so far as any observance we have on file."

by **Nick Varkan** » Mon Feb 23, 2015 4:58 pm

"Time for a new plan people. Rocky here doesn't eat," he radioed.

by **Will Stanton** » Mon Feb 23, 2015 5:01 pm

"I figured, Nick," Will whispered. "Just luring the thing out."

by **Narrator** » Tue Feb 24, 2015 2:12 pm

"OH KAY HEEEERE?" It asks, still looking agitated, the hole in its head hissing and sparking as it looks between Will and the open truck.

by **Will Stanton** » Tue Feb 24, 2015 6:22 pm

"Yes, it's OK. We're friends here; no one wants to hurt you."

by **Narrator** » Thu Feb 26, 2015 2:54 pm

And that was about when the creature let loose with a concussive blast from its face, aimed at Will.

by **Will Stanton** » Thu Feb 26, 2015 3:33 pm

Will took it dead on, slamming back into the building behind them. "NNNF!"

by **Nick Varkan** » Thu Feb 26, 2015 3:41 pm

"Damnit!" Nick swore, taking off for the action. Immediately he flung a barricade at the creature.

by **Kara Vanderbilt** » Thu Feb 26, 2015 4:51 pm

"Shit!" Kara jumps back a little while both her ribbons spring out from her wrists where they'd been waiting like coiled springs, aimed to slam into the creature's shoulder to possibly knock it over.

by **Narrator** » Thu Feb 26, 2015 4:53 pm

The creature stumbled back as Nick hit it with a barricade, the beam from its face sputtering and ceasing for the moment. Thus off-balance, Kara manages to yank on it, resulting in it landing on its rear, cracking the pavement.

by **Will Stanton** » Thu Feb 26, 2015 7:48 pm

Will slowly scraped himself off the building, literally, and staggered back onto the street.

"Keep him in the contained area!"

by **Nick Varkan** » Thu Feb 26, 2015 8:07 pm

"Any ideas on how to actually do that?!"

by **Will Stanton** » Thu Feb 26, 2015 8:12 pm

"With extreme force!"

by **Kara Vanderbilt** » Fri Feb 27, 2015 11:22 am

"Can do!" Kara says, whipping her energy ribbons around to slam them into the creature's chest to knock it on it's back entirely.

by **Narrator** » Fri Feb 27, 2015 1:27 pm

The creature is struggling to get up just as Kara hits it, knocking it prone. Cracks spiderweb across the pavement around it at the impact. Flailing, it begins firing beams from its face wildly.

by **Will Stanton** » Fri Feb 27, 2015 2:16 pm

"Nick, try to stop those from hitting anything!"

by **Nick Varkan** » Fri Feb 27, 2015 2:56 pm

Nick focused and created a telekinetic shield in front of the creature's face to hopefully absorb the beams or at least weaken them while he thought of a less taxing solution.

by **Narrator** » Fri Feb 27, 2015 3:35 pm

It's possible, though it's not easy. Each blast kicks at Nick's shield with the force of a beanbag shotgun.

by **Will Stanton** » Fri Feb 27, 2015 4:19 pm

Will charged in, shifting his hands into a comically oversized mallet to smash against the creature's head.

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