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Re: 2000/1/08-09 Poison Pen Weekend
« Reply #80 on: October 21, 2015, 05:16:49 AM »
Horizon sighs deeply. Perceptive, this guy. He hops onto the treetop and waves lazily. "Hi. You should really watch where you throw things."

"Who're you?" He takes up a fighting stance, "A villain? Yellow Streak will defeat you and your obscene woman!"

Horizon senses numerous shapes approaching beneath the treeline, some kind of man sized flying creatures, judging by the speed, likely attracted by the noise.

Kiley responds by... seriously considering the question. Albeit not in a very serious manner. "Uh. Hm. I guess we did literally go for dinner and a movie?"

Jennifer gives her an open mouthed look as her expected retort falls completely flat, the grabs Kiley to knuckle her on the head "You're really that dense, Kiley. That's a date!"
Everything is edible. Just that there are things only edible once per lifetime.
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Re: 2000/1/08-09 Poison Pen Weekend
« Reply #81 on: October 21, 2015, 01:07:21 PM »
"...Yellow Streak? Really?" Horizon makes a face behind the safety of his helmet. "Well, listen. I'm gonna leave, like Whipcord did, and like I strongly recommend you do before the dinosaurs show up. I'm not really interested in fighting, but if you want to posture more, let's do it somewhere a little safer." Without waiting for a response, he starts heading in search of a way out of the distortion.

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Re: 2000/1/08-09 Poison Pen Weekend
« Reply #82 on: October 21, 2015, 08:15:13 PM »
Kiley allows herself to be manhandled, the key to not having her power go off at the drop of a hat. "Well, yeah. Duh. That's why I mention it." She rolls her eyes. "But, like, I never really thought about it? So, I dunno. Are we automatically a thing if we just hang out all the time? Do we qualify when we make out? Like, where's the cut-off point?"
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Re: 2000/1/08-09 Poison Pen Weekend
« Reply #83 on: October 22, 2015, 09:45:20 AM »
"...Yellow Streak? Really?" Horizon makes a face behind the safety of his helmet. "Well, listen. I'm gonna leave, like Whipcord did, and like I strongly recommend you do before the dinosaurs show up. I'm not really interested in fighting, but if you want to posture more, let's do it somewhere a little safer." Without waiting for a response, he starts heading in search of a way out of the distortion.

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"Yep!"Yellow Streak gives Horizon a suspicious look, but does not attack, "...what dinosaurs?"

Leaping away from the incoming dinosaurs, Horizon doesn't seem to cross the Distortion boundary yet. Looks like a big one.

This was a good move, as a flock of flying dinosaurs explode from the treeline and make straight for Yellow Streak. "Fuck!"

Kiley allows herself to be manhandled, the key to not having her power go off at the drop of a hat. "Well, yeah. Duh. That's why I mention it." She rolls her eyes. "But, like, I never really thought about it? So, I dunno. Are we automatically a thing if we just hang out all the time? Do we qualify when we make out? Like, where's the cut-off point?"

"When you bang. Duh." She spins Kiley around, "You aren't THAT dense, are you?"

Kiley is getting the feeling that their absence is likely to be noticed by now. And also Jennifer's too handsy.
Everything is edible. Just that there are things only edible once per lifetime.
It's a god-eat-god world.

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Re: 2000/1/08-09 Poison Pen Weekend
« Reply #84 on: October 22, 2015, 09:56:38 AM »
Horizon bites back an I-told-you-so. He keeps moving, skipping lightly from treetop to treetop while sparing a glance back to make sure Streak isn't being eaten. Brute or no, the guy might need a hand.
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Re: 2000/1/08-09 Poison Pen Weekend
« Reply #85 on: October 22, 2015, 10:01:41 AM »
"Well, okay, easy then. We haven't, so nope." Kiley struggles, as much as necessary and as little as possible. There could be worse places for her power to go off on her, but still. "Stop it... come to think of it, aren't people going to start looking for us sometime?"
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Re: 2000/1/08-09 Poison Pen Weekend
« Reply #86 on: October 22, 2015, 10:04:42 AM »
Yellow Streak IS being eaten, if largely ineffectually. One of the dinosaurs is gnawing on his leg with a toothy beak as it flaps frantically to keep a grip. Looks like he might have a light bruise. From an attack that hit hard enough to snap wooden poles. "Ow, fuck!"

"Well, okay, easy then. We haven't, so nope." Kiley struggles, as much as necessary and as little as possible. There could be worse places for her power to go off on her, but still. "Stop it... come to think of it, aren't people going to start looking for us sometime?"
"Tch."

Jennifer releases her prey, "What's the worst that could happen?"
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Re: 2000/1/08-09 Poison Pen Weekend
« Reply #87 on: October 22, 2015, 10:05:58 AM »
Kiley shrugs. "They could panic and call a rescue team and it'd be super awkward for everyone?"
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Re: 2000/1/08-09 Poison Pen Weekend
« Reply #88 on: October 22, 2015, 10:17:37 AM »
"Oh like I care!" Jennifer, despite her words, takes a breath and dives back down to the entry tunnel.
Everything is edible. Just that there are things only edible once per lifetime.
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And to the mercies of a moment leaves; The vast concerns of an eternal scene.

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Re: 2000/1/08-09 Poison Pen Weekend
« Reply #89 on: October 22, 2015, 10:34:05 AM »
He'll be fine. Horizon keeps running in search of the boundary, keeping half an eye out for more dinosaurs that might have heard the noise.

...goddammit.

Horizon spins around and heads back toward the fight, such as it is, ready to apply the time-honored combat style of beating a dinosaur with another dinosaur.
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Re: 2000/1/08-09 Poison Pen Weekend
« Reply #90 on: October 22, 2015, 10:40:33 AM »
After Jennifer dives under, Kiley surreptitiously pulls her flashlight out of her chest and shines it along the roof of the cave, in the general direction of the dark end of the cave. She doesn't dwell on it long, though, just a curious glance before she stows the light again and follows.
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Re: 2000/1/08-09 Poison Pen Weekend
« Reply #91 on: October 22, 2015, 10:44:09 AM »
Kiley sees little, even with the better light, just more steam, glowing slightly in the flashlight's beam.
Diving down and rejoining the group, she can see Jennifer's already swum off to pester some of the boys.

Still handsy.
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Re: 2000/1/08-09 Poison Pen Weekend
« Reply #92 on: October 22, 2015, 11:15:49 AM »
He'll be fine. Horizon keeps running in search of the boundary, keeping half an eye out for more dinosaurs that might have heard the noise.

...goddammit.

Horizon spins around and heads back toward the fight, such as it is, ready to apply the time-honored combat style of beating a dinosaur with another dinosaur.

Horizon's touch hammers into the beast like a train's impact, flinging it spinning off into the distance. Which was good. Yellow Streak on the other hand, takes the opportunity to swat at another dinosaur in slow motion, which the beast neatly evades.

The rest of the flock descends upon the pair, biting furiously, but only leaving bruises upon Yellow Streak. Horizon fares less well, as a pair clamps onto his jacket and teeth cut through, though they didn't get a good grip.
"Ahh, fuck fuck fuck! Get them off me!"

OOC: Flying Dino 1: Bruise x1, Dazed, flying 250m away and likely not coming back.
Dinors 2-8 are still present
Yellow Streak Bruised x3, still mostly fine
Horizon Bruised x2,Dazed
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Re: 2000/1/08-09 Poison Pen Weekend
« Reply #93 on: October 22, 2015, 11:26:02 AM »
Horizon winces as the dinosaur bites down, though luckily the bite isn't as bad as it could be. "Hey! Be ready to move, got it?" Without waiting for a response, he bursts into a slightly slower run than usual, slapping Yellow Streak on the back in passing to hurl the hero away from the birds mobbing him.

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Re: 2000/1/08-09 Poison Pen Weekend
« Reply #94 on: October 22, 2015, 11:28:03 AM »
"-Wha?!" Yellow Streak doesn't resist, and accelerates as if Horizon hit a marble. He turns into a literal streak of yellow as he rockets skywards and abruptly vanishes.

Now it's just Horizon facing seven angry ancestors of birds, which flap furiously after him.
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Re: 2000/1/08-09 Poison Pen Weekend
« Reply #95 on: October 22, 2015, 11:35:25 AM »
Horizon runs for it. One of the dinosaurs wrenched something earlier and it's slowing him down, but propelling himself forward with gravity pulses is still enough to keep him ahead of the flock long enough to hit the treetops, crouch, and leap skyward in a high arc.

Hopefully he comes out somewhere a little safer than this, and not, say, in front of an oncoming train.
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Re: 2000/1/08-09 Poison Pen Weekend
« Reply #96 on: October 22, 2015, 11:36:40 AM »
Horizon emerges back in normal reality...in front of an oncoming train, though it's frozen and immobile due to it's middle carriages being within the Distortion. It looks like the train he was riding earlier.
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Re: 2000/1/08-09 Poison Pen Weekend
« Reply #97 on: October 22, 2015, 11:40:15 AM »
That's lucky. Sort of. Lucky by today's standards, anyway. Horizon moves off the tracks and makes for the roofs. Time to find somewhere with a good view and take a breather.
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Re: 2000/1/08-09 Poison Pen Weekend
« Reply #98 on: October 23, 2015, 04:36:45 AM »
Roofhopping goes well, with no sign of Yellow Streak, though he spies Whipcord lurking around, the other villain seems mainly preoccupied with rebuilding her clothes behind a chimney than looking out for other roofhoppers. So far so good aside from the evil stripper.
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Re: 2000/1/08-09 Poison Pen Weekend
« Reply #99 on: October 23, 2015, 01:11:52 PM »
Well, as long as she doesn't start trying to take his costume apart, Horizon doesn't much care. It's not like he's a hero, despite all the dinosaur-punching he just did to save Streak's neck.

...oh damn, he probably went flying, didn't he? Whoops. He's probably fine.

Horizon settles down to rest for a little bit, keeping an eye on Whipcord in case she tries anything funny before he moves on.
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