Mission: How To Save Cash? The Monster Mash

[Teh Frixz]

Time: 0945
Place: Downtown Baltimore, M&T Bank.
Involved: Lemon Boy , JustNicole , The J


The sun was brightly shining down on yet another morning in downtown Baltimore. Chilly outside yet the sun had just moved into position to send out the lovely morning rays that would catch one at the wrong angle and blind them with golden warmth. Irritating yes, but it signaled a seasonal shift in the weather and truth be told, felt good while standing in line at the bank.

25 s Charles St. Downtown Baltimore was the home of one of the larger banking centers in Baltimore, M&T. Making up nearly a quarter of local market shares, a long line just after opening was the norm. All tellers were busy and the line snaked all the way back to the door. One of the bank employee's had even gone out and setup coffee and some donut holes for the waiting customers in order to preemptively placate any morning hunger pains their guests might have had.

As the sun continued to rise, several of the monitors set on repeat with offers of refinancing and personal loans were fully glared out and the entire lobby bathed in a sort of soft golden glow. A sense of peace and normalcy fell on the room, destined to fade out with the aging of the day.

Unfortunately, the actual destiny of this moment was about to come to an abrupt end. Next door in the still closed Subway, several bricks shake loose from the wall and the floor buckles. A strong tremor but not enough to be felt at the bank just yet.

Back at the bank, a customer accidentally snags the chained pen provided, sending dozens of small steel beads across the bank floor, rolling to a halt against the feet of the customers in line....

 

[JustNicole]

Julie ScottsLocation: Middle of Line -> Food Table
OOC: Mmm Donut Holes

Julie impatiently tapped her foot as she stood in the middle of a long line of customers waiting to arrive at the window. Ugh. This line was taking forever! Her aim had been to arrive in between the morning rush and the lunch rush, but apparently there was a mid-morning rush too. To think she wasn't even here for real banking business. I mean, it wasn't like she had any money to her name or in her account. Hell, she didn't even have a banking account yet. That was the whole reason she was here!

Most of the other people in line occupied their time looking down at their phones as their method to alleviate the boring queue. Again, though, no money and "homeless" means no phone! Yay! Instead, Julie found herself staring at the monitors, watching the same messages loop by over and over again, messages with phrases Julie didn't even understand. Even after a few minutes she found those weren't enough to distract her either.

Tapping her foot, it seemed like the line still wasn't moving. She shot a glance over at the table of donut holes, feeling a soft rumbling in her stomach as her mouth salivated a little bit. It had been so long since she had anything closely relating or even resembling a donut, but to do so would require to her to basically give up her place in the line. Shaking her head, she refocused her gaze away from the donut holes to resist the temptation. She was already in the middle of the line. There was no sense in losing her spot now. Surely the line would start moving soon...

It was then that the Julie heard the sound of beads rolling across the floor as a line snapped with at least a few "Oh come on"'s muttered audibly. Well that settled it then. This line was just doomed to never move or have every form of misfortune befall it. If she was going to have wait all day anyways, she might as well do it on a full stomach for once.

Stepping out of the line, she moved over to the food table, joining the much smaller queue for those that moved by in a jiffy. Most of the customers were grabbing a paper plate and one or two donut holes from the giant pile, as if to say that while they enjoyed the taste, they weren't going to be that seduced by the sweets. Julie, though, was certainly seduced. She grabbed a paper plate and covered it with 20+ donut holes, far more than anyone else had gotten.

As some of the other customers sent judging gazes accusing Julie of gluttony, Julie stuffed the first two donut holes into her mouth and began to devour them, proud of her new conquest. Those people at least had access to three meals yesterday. They could fuck right off with their judgements.

 

[The J]

Hadrian Alburn
Entrance > fooooooooood!

Banks weren't exactly a place with which Hadrian was familiar. He'd been sent to get an account set up at the nearby M&T, but he had no idea what he was doing, so a hastily-scribbled note was his only guide as to what to ask for. He was going to be given grants of some variety by whoever it was
As he walked through the front door, he observed that there was a long, slow-moving line which went to what were probably the tills, but what caught his attention much more fully were, at first, the monitors. Christ, they were almost flashing too fast to read. Was he meant to take all that in? Was it vital information? Was it literally useless to him? It sounded all very complicated, deals about mortgages and other unusual words he wasn't sure he even knew.
The food table, though... that took his attention quite forcefully, nearly snapping his neck as he did a double-take. They just... gave out food? For free? He wished he'd come to banks before!
Striding over, he came in line behind a woman who was taking about twenty of the snacks, so he figured that was normal, and did the same before he began wolfing them down. They were damn good, and filling too! Though, he supposed, he was getting some funny looks, as was the woman beside him. Eh, he thought, not like either of us did anything wrong. They are free to take.
"I can't help feel like people aren't taking too kindly to our appetites..." He said quietly to the woman, in a conspiratorial tone.

 

[Lemon Boy]

Urial Ursler​

Urial had decided to go to the Bank today, hoping it to be a normal one to do some mundane things. Well, one of those things wasn't mundane as it was slightly stalkerish, but that could be addressed another time. It wasn't like he was planning on any malign intent on the person he was "stalking" he was simply making sure she was in good spirits and good condition. It had been a year since he had helped her after she had been left for dead beside the road in the Spring of Texas and she was in bad condition back then, but it was nice to see that she was doing well for herself now..well...better than usual anyway. He assumed she was doing good at the moment by the look on her face as she voraciously stuffed donuts into her gullet, Urial just inconspicuously watching as she practically stole half the food from the table onto her plate. Soon, she was quickly mimicked by a boy who seemed to also think it was a good idea to stuff his mouth as well full of food.

God knows what they were doing to their hearts, but he didn't need any future vision to tell that they'd get heart disease eating trash like that. Though at the very least she was getting some food, she certainly looked a fair bit skinny and her clothes weren't exactly in the best condition. She also had a certain smell to her, which wasn't exactly a good one. His attention to the two of them, however, was drawn away ever so slightly as he just noticed the small metal beads rolling across the floor. The desire to chase them began to fill his thoughts, but he suppressed them, though, he did allow himself to stop one rolling close to him by placing his paw on it, giggling quietly to himself as he rolled it in the opposite direction. He found himself finding great amusement in such simple things sometimes.

Looking towards the front, of the line, which was quite a distance because of the sheer length of it, he looked towards the Bank Employee dealing with the customer at hand who had snapped the beaded pen, who thought it a good idea to go and get another one, everyone sighing in unison and things were delayed even further than they already had. Looking back at the two teens stuffing their faces, Urial felt the urge to join them. Sure, donuts and coffee weren't exactly the healthiest for a dog, but it's not like they'd kill him immediately like chocolate or something. He'd stick with the jam ones. Hopping out of the line, a few of the customers watched as the dog casually made its way towards the food table, two golden arms extending themselves from his backpack as he quite casually took a Jam-filled donut and some coffee for himself, taking off the cap and lapping some of it up as dogs do, making sure not to spill it everywhere whilst doing so.


"I'd be careful with taking all the donuts. They're not exactly the healthiest thing ya know. You're also correct about people not appreciating your appetite. Just be sure not to take too many, someone might complain and send Security...which is what happened last time and that just ended up being one giant mess."
Urial took a bite out of the donut, acting as if a dog casually making banter with two teens beside a food table was a totally normal thing people should expect to happen.

 

[Teh Frixz]

Avoyelles Aubin-Mignault​

Ay noh use prablly all scured out y'alls mind en wantnen to screem 'n yell 'n holler fer the lawwww. But'n yeh naow? Can't be lettin' yeh go en do all that. Hopen' ain't hurtin none o'yall. Jes hang tight.

Not that it came out like what she was thinking. Working at Subway had the effect of numbing the senses to even some of the most terrible things humanity had to offer but maybe this might have been a little much for them to deal with. What it sounded like was an inhuman mouth gurgling and growling softly in their ears as the beast rounded up the employee's and set them in the cramped backroom, ropes deftly wrapped around their bodies and gags stuffed in their mouths.

Aveey came in before they got there, climbing out of the Baltimore sewer system to hide in the Subway until dawn. When the employee's showed up, it was easy enough to snatch them up and subdue them. Hell, one of them passed out with not a scream to be had. Just the way Avoyelles wanted it, for now at least. With another growl towards the tied up former Subway employees, she stepped out from back room and into the middle of the dining area. The brick facade was a shared wall with the bank next door, Aveey had checked it out earlier this month and got a free bag of chips out of too. (Some nasty greek flavor or something but eh, free was free). Running a clawed hand over the wall and yanking down a poster, the six of her fingers tap out a little tune before bracing herself.

Inside the bank, there is a whiff of something in the air. Like a freshly shelled crab or oyster which was odd for this time of year. Enough to maybe put a plug in voracious appetites. Whatever it was, it didn't match well with the soft morning inside the bank. And neither did the sudden earth shaking roar the broke the polite silence! A ferocious bellow followed right after and down came the wall. The wall wasn't so much torn down as a hole was blasted through it. Chunks of drywall and ripped apart wall studs are thrown into the customers as Aveey launched into the lobby. The creature was hunched over, still brushing against the ceiling. An inhuman mouth of tentacles that shook as the beast roared. Nearly as wide as it was tall and gifted with inhuman musculature, the beast carried a large sack in its right hand.

Without waiting for a reaction, that was sure to come, Aveey bounded across the room. Tearing apart both a support column and wrenching the desk up and out of the floor, Aveey ignored the crowd and moved right back towards the open vault. Once inside, claws hook into the deposit boxes within, the beast pouring the contents of which into the sack while continuing to roar.

So far so good, a classic robbery. Aveey's laughter and adrenaline translating into louder and more fearsome roaring.


JustNicole @St Sin@The J

Spoiler

 

[JustNicole]

Julie ScotttsLocation: Food->Ground->Monster's Back->Inside the Vault in Front of the Monster and it's Treasure
OOC: Please no one cry godmodding and autohits. I checked with Frixz first.
OOC2: This is like in John Wick when they do the thing that pissed him off (no spoilers), minus the badassery and general carnage which Julie could never accomplish

Julie had just been trying to mind her own business. Not that she wasn't a sociable person, but really all she wanted to do was take in and enjoy the delicious donut holes without having to carry on a conversation with anyone. Fate, however, seemed to have other plans in mind. It seemed no sooner than she started to enjoy her easily earned conquest before someone tried to do exactly that. In truth, Julie hadn't even stopped to look up at the others passing by in the line or the table around her. Her head had been staring down at her plate, trying to speed run her way through the treats.

The "conversation" began right after Julie had just stuck two more donut holes in her mouth, one on each side of her cheeks. Looking up in surprise at the unsolicited conversation, Julie imagined she looked something like a chipmunk with nuts in its two cheeks. She might have thought the image was funny herself, if it hadn't been for the fact that she had all too recently go toe to toe with several of those vicious beasts. Since that park, her view on chipmunks had certainly soured.

Swallowing whole the two donut holes in her mouth to try and converse, Julie coughed slightly as the size of the objects caused some disturbance going down her throat. Normally, this would have gone away as is had it not been for the fact that at that exact moment a fucking dog walked right up to them and talked. Of course, Julie had met a talking dog before at Training Facility 108, one of the teachers in fact, but she didn't know there were more of them! The shock sent more coughing out of Julie as she doubled over momentarily trying to clear her throat while at the same time keeping a firm hand on her plate of donuts like they would explode if dropped.

After a few seconds, the coughing mercifully subsided. Julie mercifully tried to regain any sense of composure she had left, taking in the two new "people." She hesitated for a moment as her gaze swapped between a particular donut hole on her plate or the new arrivals. Did she really want to sacrifice politeness for food? No...but at the same time, the food was so damn good.

In that indecisive moment is when the unthinkable happened. Before Julie knew what was happening, she heard a huge roar, then literally saw a wall practically explode, spewing items everywhere. In all of this immediate destruction, Julie was so focused on maintaining a grip on her plate of donut holes that she failed to look up in time to dodge a broken wall stud that slammed into her gut, immediately knocking the wind out of her as she fell to the ground.

Recollecting herself, Julie looked from the floor at her dropped plate and scattered donut holes on the floor. There was chaos as folks scrambled for the door whilst the monster, yes there was a monster now too, apparently moved for the vault. Julie could only watch in sheer horror as the feet of those terrified patrons crushed her donut holes which had wound up scattered across the ground when she dropped the plate. Each crushing was like a stab in her soul, sending Julie into an immediate pissed off and adrenaline fueled state. This monster picked the wrong fucking day to mess with Julie. This was made even worse for coming between Julie and her precious donut holes.

With fire in her eyes and a rage in her soul, Julie's eyes locked on the monster's back as her powers surged through her body. Julie kicked up to toss the wall stud off of her as the floor began to rapidly began to become closer while at the same time looking as if the exit to a cave as her well-worn, to say the least, t-shirt failed to shrink with her. Less than a second later, out shot one pissed off wasp flying on a direct collision course for the bank robbing tentacle monster.

Not even giving the monster the chance to respond, Julie sprang into action. Flying like a rocket, she somersaulted at a 45 degree angle across the monster's hunched back, while as she tumbled she sent a strong direct melee zap with each hand to the monster's skin. The momentum from the tumble was angled to carry her right across the monster's shoulder blades where she picked her flight up again, firing a strong shot at close range against the monster's left shoulder. Then, now in between the monster and the vault, Julie flew up right to eye level with the monster, sure to have at least got its attention.

Crossing her arms in front of her, Julie glared with her eyes and the now seemingly giant head of the monster. "You picked the wrong fucking morning to piss me off. Normally, I'd try and reason with you to fuck off and stop this shit, but now I'm feeling like releasing some steam. Still, I'll give you one chance to surrender. I'm already pissed off you made me lose my donut holes, and my period started today. So, go ahead, make my day. " Sure, it was a cheesy line, but she hadn't exactly had a lot of practice at this whole laying down an ultimatum thing.

 

[The J]

Hadrian Alburn
Food! > No food!

Hadrian felt a little bad when the woman started coughing - she'd probably tried to speak or something, forgetting about the doughnut holes she'd used to stuff her face.
"Oh man, are you alright?" He asked her, waiting for her response.
His mind was rather effectively taken off of her plight when he heard a voice in his mind... and it felt like it was coming from a dog next to them. What the hell? he thought, Is this some prank? Someone playing a sound by my ear?
His idea of a prank was proven wrong when the dog spoke again... in his *mind*. He couldn't see a speaker anywhere nearby, and he could *feel* that it wasn't something he heard with his ears.
"You... you can talk? In my mind?" He asked the dog, dumbfounded. "Wait, can you hear my tho-" Hadrian began saying before an enormous roar filled the bank, and what seemed to be an explosion tore into a wall, flinging chunks of it everywhere. A stud barely missed Hadrian's head, and he ducked reflexively a bare moment later.
A huge monster had torn into the bank, with some sort of tentacular face, eyes all over its body, and massive claws on its hands, one of which held a massive sack. It lumbered forwards, tearing through a support column and going for the deposit boxes, chucking their contents into the sack.
Finally, Hadrian processed all of this. The creature was robbing the bank, and he had to stop it. He flung his bag off of his shoulder to his feet, unzipping it to retrieve a one-handed axe. He'd kept it on him, to remind himself of the consequences of going too far... and because it was a damn good weapon, which he kept sharp.
Looking back up to the creature, it seemed he'd missed something whilst trying to use his bag, and the screaming and roaring must have muffled what had happened... but someone out of sight was talking down the beast. A security guard? Before she finished he started running at the thing, hefting the axe in both hands. He wasn't listening to her little spiel, but he timed his attack nearly perfectly to swing right as she finished. The blade was aimed at the thing's arm, and Hadrian was hoping to hack it at least partially off. One couldn't be very careful when dealing with enormous tentacle monsters, so he figured maximum force was a good start.

 

[Lemon Boy]

Urial Ursler​

Location: Bank
People Around: Hadrian, Julie & Aveey
Mood: Cautious but calm

Violence isn't always the answer

Urial was 100% sure that Baltimore was a beacon of weirdness, crime and irregular events happening. His life before going to this city was relatively normal, as normal as one can get anyway being a talking dog, cat or bird, but now things had just decided to become rather erratic the moment he set foot in this city. Well, at least he had yet to experience a single boring day here. He had been planning on perhaps helping Julie with her choking on donuts after stuffing them into her mouth, or Hadrian asking questions about him talking to him through his mind, but then a Monster ever so casually decided to just appear, burst through the wall and send pieces of said wall flying everywhere whilst sending a hefty amount of the occupants within the bank go screaming and running once they got to their feet. Urial himself quickly moved out of the way of most of the pieces of wall sent flying towards their direction, with a few hitting his nose and face which was annoying, but he shook it off as he watched Julie seemingly disappear, though it was made obvious that she didn't do
that as Urial caught sight of her incredibly small form flying towards the beast that had burst through the wall. In his moment of processing all of it, however, he quickly found Hadrian pulling a goddamn axe out of his bag and charging straight for the beast, plunging it straight into the monster's arm.

He was going to send this child to Red's class so hard.

Julie seemed to be doing the smart thing and at the very least, trying to talk it down, though even he couldn't make out much with the commotion of screams in the background and her rather dismal size not being of much assistance with his endeavors to try and hear what she was saying. Either way, it was probably smarter than what Hadrian was doing, which seemed to be an "Attack first, ask questions later" method to use, which was terrible in most instances.

"Where did you even get that axe, is it even legal?!"
Urial projected his thoughts outwards in general, staring at the monster directly, thinking for a moment. Surely it couldn't be some sort of lab experiment gone wrong, those things were far more idiotic and murderous in intent. This one, however, seemed to have purposely ignored needlessly killing anyone at the bank or attempting to take any hostages either, which would be odd for a typical mindless monster to do. Clearly, this was a Super of some kind. Right, okay, so this could be dealt with through diplomacy..it would just be a bit harder thanks to the actions of Hadrian.

Sending a telepathic message to just Hadrian & Julie, he made his plans on negotiation quite clear with his tone
"Right, so this clearly isn't your run of the mill lab experiment gone wrong or genetic monstrosity, It's thinking for itself and doesn't seem to have the typical instincts associated with a normal beast, animal, monster or whatever you'd like to call it. I think It can be reasoned with, malign intent doesn't seem to be its goal, it didn't make a single attempt to attack the people fleeing when it clearly had an easy opening and chance to simply kill them all and then make it's way to the vaults. Smells like a Super to me with a rather interesting power and If you just stood down and laid back on the whole, trying to kill it, especially you boy, I'm sure we can come to some sort of agreement or understanding that's a win for both us and them. They don't seem like they can communicate in that form, but that doesn't matter to me when I can just telepathically talk to them and allow them to do the same to me. Give me some time and I'm sure this situation can be solved without any lives being lost. Don't do anything rash, don't attack them no matter what, just talk peacefully and this'll be solved soon."

Ending his message to the two of them, he then made a "Mental Chatroom" between both himself and the odd super, allowing him to communicate with her through his telepathy and her to communicate with him as well.
"I know you aren't some mindless beast and I know you're not here to cause any harm unless its truly needed. I don't know the exact reason you're robbing this bank, but I know for a fact than you can certainly do better than this. Is it truly all that satisfying, living your life on the run and through crime, with the risk of being found out something you truly want to keep doing for the rest of your years? I'm sure that if you forgave my two friends here for attacking you, especially the one with the axe, we can come to some sort of agreement if you just stopped for a second and let us talk this out. No one needs to get hurt, you don't need to keep living this life and I am sure I can get you a much brighter future, only if you allow us to talk for just a second. Please?"

 

[Teh Frixz]

Avoyelles Aubin-Mignault​

These things had a certain rhythm to them, robbing a bank that is. It had different beats and cues than a gas station and was really different than robbing an empty house. In a way it was less complex, but on occasion things got weird. Like if they had an armed security guard or if an armored truck was unloading but Aveey had chosen this particular bank as it didn't have any of those things going on. No, the normal way things went was She yelled, people ran, she took money and hightailed it back into the hole she'd made into the sewers to shed. She'd even laid out clean clothes and a backpack to hide her loot in at her own leisure. But it seemed that things were about to become really really complicated today.

A few sharp beats of pain, similar to being stung by the hostile wildlife around her home as child ran through her. Enough to get her attention but not enough to slow her down from pouring box after box into the sack. The words did stop her for a second but she played it off without looking up. Maybe some kid had a stun gun birthday present and had zapped her, whatever she was sayin too about fighting and her food could take- OW!!

Her tentacled face turns with the rest of her body following. Someone had taken a damn axe and hit her with it. Not like a stupid little tap too, like someone trying to kill her. Looking down at the impact wound she could see a nice sized gash in her exoskeleton. The impact and shock of the feeling felt like someone unexpectedly sucker punching a joint and making the limb go numb. The arm pain subsided into a throbbing numbness. The axe itself couldn't embed so easily in her carapace but had split her armor fairly well. Rounding herself on the source, it seemed a fairly brave and ruggedly handsome man had attacked her. It was a sight to see, the idea of it stunning her for a moment. Most of the yankees she'd run into up here pissed their pants when she roared. He was probably up here travelin or something. Part of her wished she was the damsel but that quickly vanished as the pain from the axe flared up again. With surprising agility, she snatched up the man and threw him, axe and all, out the vault towards the door.

Mah apologey, chere!

She doesn't look back to see how he landed, hopefully well, but turns back to the vaults, digging out the next wall of boxes. Coins, papers, cash and gold fall freely out of some as the monster continued working through them at practiced speed that came to a sudden halt as a voice too close to home popped up in her head.

I know you aren't some mindless beast and I know you're not here to cause any harm unless its truly needed. I don't know the exact reason you're robbing this bank, but I know for a fact than you can certainly do better than this. Is it truly all that satisfying, living your life on the run and through crime, with the risk of being found out something you truly want to keep doing for the rest of your years? I'm sure that if you forgave my two friends here for attacking you, especially the one with the axe, we can come to some sort of agreement if you just stopped for a second and let us talk this out. No one needs to get hurt, you don't need to keep living this life and I am sure I can get you a much brighter future, only if you allow us to talk for just a second. Please?"

Well damn, somethin was in her head now. Probably the reason why the stinging stopped, some other thing was here. She wasn't a hundred percent sure how to communicate back, if she could at all but she'd heard someplace that being loud helped. Stopping her theft to focus on responding, Aveey does her best to respond.

"AH BE TAKEN ALL DIS HEUH LOOT TAH BE FINDIN A PLACE FIR SLEEP, ME! Y'ALL RUNNIN IN HEUH STANGIN MEH LIK'N SUM OL'ANGRY DAUBER AND SWANGIN YEH AXE LEFNRIGHT CHIPPIN' AT MEH ARM. DUNNO HOW Y'ALL BE WORKEN TINGSOUT BUT BANK'LL GIVE YEH DOLLAS BACK, DUN WANNA HURT YA PO' LETTLE AMI ANY MO. IMMA TAKE DEESTINGS AND RUNNOFT SOON. SAOW BEGAWN LETTLE HEAD LUTIN!"

It was a concise enough explanation of why she was taking it and why they shouldn't bother stopping her. She'd be gone quick enough and the bank insurance would cover them if they were losing money here. Nobody had to get hurt at all, she didn't want anyone to get hurt. They shoulda run like the rest of the people. Complicated robbery indeed!

Lemon Boy The J JustNicole

 

[JustNicole]

Julie Scotts
It took roughly two seconds for diplomacy to fail. Julie had been there giving her ultimatum, and next thing she knew the monster was turning from an axe literally lodged in it's side. Who the fuck brought an axe to a bank? What kind of paranoid person did that? Julie moved upwards slightly to see the view, the gashing hole in the skin and the boy, the other donut eater, holding onto the axe.

Then, the dog spoke. That dog was no ordinary dog. It was one smart super. That voice, now that Julie heard it again, seemed familiar. It was hard for her to put her finger on it, but the voice seemed to resonate inside of her memories. It was like she had the voice faintly before. Julie wondered...

Catching herself out her thoughts, Julie had to snap herself back to attention, remembering that there was indeed a robbery going on. One blink of her eyes, and the next thing Julie knew that boy was all the way cross the room flying towards the entrance. It appeared this super didn't take too kindly to being jabbed with an axe. Julie had to admit on that, she couldn't fault them.

There were a lot of things Julie wanted to do. Her blood was practically boiling, but she had to keep a cool head. She couldn't hear nor tell what conversation was going on between the likely super and the super dog, but she wasn't going to let the super keeping stacking up money in preparation for an escape.

As the monster super bank robber went to go lift another box, Julie landed on the creature's hand, and touching the skin let loose a zap like a mother slaps a child's hand to scold it before jumping back into the air to dodge any incoming slaps. "If you make another move to stack money, I'm going to hit you someplace it really hurts next time. Stop moving, and listen to that voice in your head talking to you."

 

[The J]

Hadrian Alburn
Instant Karma

Urial's telepathic message barely had time to register. Hadrian had just realised that his attack had not been as effective as he'd hoped. All it had done was dig into the arm about a quarter of the way, most of the blow only serving to open the thing's armour.
The betentacled monster rounded on Hadrian and flung him bodily through the bank. He'd just been thinking how maybe his attack had indeed been a bad idea after Urial's mental monologue, but now adrenaline and instincts took over. As he arced through the bank, he brought his elbows up above his head as he smashed through a ceiling beam feet-first, legs crumpling in many more directions than they should have been able to. As he hit the ground sliding, he dug the axe's blade into the floor, tearing carpet and digging into floorboards to arrest his momentum.
His legs completely shattered, he tried to stand before they flopped over like soggy spaghetti, landing him back on the floor. He could feel several ribs crunching and poking into his lungs, his right forearm had fractured, and a prod found a hard mass in his abdomen - probably internal bleeding.
Hadrian looked back to hear the monster yelling something unintelligible at them before the invisible woman's hardened response. Returning to himself, he stretched forwards and pulled his leg outwards, hard. A few crunches and clicks later, it had set itself, and after repeating it with the other leg, he managed to stand. His forearm had done much the same as his legs by itself, and his lungs and organs had puffed out to reset the rib's locations before flesh calcified around them to act as an internal cast.
Breathing heavily for a few moments, Hadrian realised he still had his axe in his hand. It must have been well-made to stand up to abuse like that, though he imagined that the blade was now well-blunted.
Hang on, he thought, the monster spoke. It wasn't just unintelligible roaring. The dog was right, it was at least somewhat intelligent. He would have felt bad for slicing its arm open if it had done any real damage, not to mention the whole being tossed through the building part.
Hadrian jogged back to the vault where the monster stood with... whoever it was speaking.
"Listen to the lady," he said, "I don't have to slice another bit of you open if you just stop."

 

[Teh Frixz]

Avoyelles Aubin-Mignault


Okay, that was it. Voice in her head or not, another gawd damned mystery sting and chastising like she was a bebe taking candy from a shelf. It was enough to raise the ire of even the calmest individual. Even the return of her brave chere was frustrating as apparently she wasn't as strong or as scary as she thought she was.

A sharp barking roar emits from her throat. The translation of which was something along the lines of...

"DAS IT! Y'ALL PUSH TAH HARD! PIC KI TOI!"

Grabbing her bag tightly she ran and ran hard. Barreling forward into the handsome man, doing her best to minimize impact and damage with a little sidestep through the vault door and out into the trashed lobby. The hole in the wall she'd entered from had light shining through it like an exit so that way she went on her path back the the sewer entrance behind the Subway.

The J JustNicole Lemon Boy