¤ 35 - It Came From Outerspace

[honorinflames]

[filtered to Natsuki... and fine, Katara too]

You better not have gotten bit. [aka, you two better check in. :\]

[he'd been holed up in his room, but with the way these things seem to be spreading, and how no one knows how to fight them... he decides to brave the halls and go hunting. On high alert, he's making his way along, listening to information filter over the journal as he goes]

Do we know anything yet? Where are these things even coming from? Are we sure it's not just--

[and then a tiny sound catches his ear behind him and he whirls! The journal catches the expected sounds of flame and tumbles to the ground. Over the frantic sounds of firebender vs. space lobster--] They're so fast!

[free for all lobster fight in the hallway!]

Comments

[sexyhitchhiker]

[another filter?]

Yeah, I'm fine. [rattled and angry, but fine. She's walking back up the stairs to the sixth floor and flipping through the journal and. Great. More ominous sounds.

Running back up there and dropping her journal to summon her pistols.]

Zuko??

[honorinflames]

[at the moment, whatever he'd been attacking is nowhere to be seen. But there are scorch marks on the floors and walls, he's standing poised with swords drawn, and looking paranoid.]

Watch out! There's one right around here somewhere!

[sexyhitchhiker]

[she stops, looking around warily and pressing her back against a wall.]

What do they even look lik - [and then she's unloading ice bullets at a black, moving thing that's scuttling about waaay too quickly.] Shit.

[honorinflames]

[he jumps and whirls to face what she's shooting at, but it's already scurrying out of range by the time he spots it.

And then, by the time he looks back toward her, there is something there to catch his attention--his gaze darting past her and up, over her shoulder]

[reaching to grab her wrist and tug] Stay away from the walls!

[sexyhitchhiker]

[she lets herself get pulled and falls into position. Back-to-back it is.]

Got any other great ideas? [there's absolutely no sarcasm here as she shoots at another moving shadow that might or might not have been just a shadow.]

[honorinflames]

[while he throws a bolt of flame at the thing that was over her shoulder... somehow climbing the wall??]

Not yet!

[sexyhitchhiker]

[she focuses on her part of the job, shooting continuously and finally manages to hit one with enough bullets that it falls to the floor, frost encrusting its shell.

And then it twitches.]

I don't think these things die! [so much shooting. Thank god she's got unlimited ammo.]

Action

[demontobeloved]

Where are you? Do you need any help?

[honorinflames]

Keep away from this floor! There's one-- [oh man, he pauses for a second]

...there's two loose on the sixth floor!

[demontobeloved]

[Pff. Keep away. Cole just shimmers on over to the Sixth Floor.]

Where are they?

[honorinflames]

[whoop, Cole almost gets a bolt of flame to the face as Zuko jumps and whirls toward the voice. Luckily Cole doesn't much look like a little gross space lobster, so he manages to catch himself]

--Where did you come from??

[demontobeloved]

Terrere Tower.

[He catches movement to his side, spinning and zapping an Energy ball in his hand and throwing it.]

Damn, I missed. Getting out of practice...

[honorinflames]

[--and he jumps a little, mostly because... that looks enough like how firebenders throw lightning to be a little unsettling.]

I mean... how did you get here?

[ugh, and then his attention is pulled to another shadowy corner when something catches his eye, and he throws a handful of fire--revealing nothing, of course]

[kungfuwitch]

Damnit. Where are you?

[She's already running down the stairs in her tower, heading for the lobby.]

[honorinflames]

I'm on the sixth floor! It's not safe!

[kungfuwitch]

[She's already on her way. She was on the fourth floor so it doesn't take her too long. When she gets there she's got her sword at her side, eyes wide as she looks around.]

[honorinflames]

[Zuko's in the middle of the hallway, blades drawn and trying to keep a paranoid eye on every shadow around him. When he spots her, he waves a blade in a 'get back' gesture]

Go back downstairs!

[kungfuwitch]

[She curses under her breath before rushing over] Not a chance. Why are you still up here?

[honorinflames]

Because there are still people on this floor! [--aah and he whirls a little to throw a handful of fire at a shadow that he swears just moved]

journal

[optimystic]

Zuko! [oh no, bro D: Ever since trouble broke out, Maya has been carrying around her baseball bat with her... so when she hears Zuko getting into a tussle she breaks into a run. Doesn't know where she's going, but whatever!!! She's going with all her might ;(]

Where are you? Are you fighting?

[honorinflames]

Maya! [oh jeez he should have checked in on her too] Stay away from the sixth floor!

[optimystic]

Why? Are you in trouble?

[honorinflames]

I'm fine, but it's not safe!

[optimystic]

[hnnng] I know that, Spike told me to get out of the castle, so I'm going to town soon.

I'd better see you there too, or else!

[honorinflames]

I'll... I'll be there when I can!


[--no he won't. he's going to stay here and get his dumb self bitten. :\]