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Post by Shehrazad on May 23, 2006 20:38:54 GMT 1
The howls got quieter when they got closer. Before Abby could get far, three figures could be seen approaching. Two of them were definitely Crinos Garou. The third, the one in the middle, is either a very large and ugly homid, or a Glabro.
"Well, good evening, angel." he says, silkily, looking up at Abby. "I see you found our cub. They have a way of getting lost, don't they? Well, we'll just take the kid back to her family, and you can run along and do owl's bidding. How's that?" [/color]
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Post by Abigail Lindermann on May 23, 2006 21:09:40 GMT 1
Fuck... Abby thinks to herself as she spots the trio.
"Owl's bidding?" She says, gaining some more height, "Well funny you should say that, Owl's the one who wanted me to find this one."
She cocks her head towards Anna.
"And I'm sure he'd back-up his favourite little rodent killer..." She says, hoping that her Totem would back her up, at least.
And with that, she tosses them a little gift...
(*sigh* Now for the complicated crap... Spending 3 Rage for extra actions. Regular action, toss explosive, spending a Willpower on it. First Rage action, shoot. Second Rage action, shoot. Final Rage action, shoot some more. All shots will be directed at the left-most Crinos, if/when he falls, Abby will aim for the other Crinos, then the middle guy.)
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Post by Anna on May 23, 2006 22:14:41 GMT 1
Anna recoiled in horror as Abby opened fire, shielding her ears and ducking more out of instinct than anything.
Shift to monster, shift to monster.
The other two large ones were coming her way... this wasn't good. For some reason, she trusted Abby, no matter how crazy she seemed. And if Abby thought these guys were a bad idea, so did she.
Shift to monster, dammit.
And suddenly, she did. Her Crinos form was white as snow. She felt more hostility build up inside her than she'd ever felt in her life. She bared her teeth and snarled at the two other monsters.
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Post by Blake on May 24, 2006 2:40:53 GMT 1
Blake quickly finds the source of the howls and groans to himself, as he hears what the one has to say, thinking “ah man, this ain’t good… three against one.” Blake notices the other girl who seemed to be cringing, suddenly transform into her Crinos form… “Ok… Two… But those three…” Blake takes a deep breath, and focuses… he knows he’s already made his decision… simply to act upon it now… Blake races forward, shifting to his Crinos form as he moves. Blake feels the changes, feels the shift of his jaw, the rusty auburn hair all over his body become fur, the claws grow… *Racing up on the “ugly” looking guy, Blake aims a savage strike at the Glabro’s neck, hoping to break it or worse.* (fast... merciful…destroy the tainted… and protect these two)
(Shift to Crinos/Rage point for extra attack, one Willpower point to use Kailindo to strike at the Glabro’s neck)
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Post by Shehrazad on May 24, 2006 8:47:04 GMT 1
Both of the Crinos werewolves charge. They can't get to Abby, but they don't seem to want to. Their orders were clear.
The left one never gets to Anna. The "bomb" lands at his feet and blasts him off them. As he gets up Abby places a bullet through his chest and blasts it open. He drops again, and this time he doesn't get up.
The other Crinos grabs Anna and holds her down, despite her futile attempts to flee. Abby turns her gun on him, but the first bullet only nicks his shoulder. The second one embeds itself in his side, but he turns around, using Anna as a shield against the flying gunner.
The one in Glabro definitely wasn't expecting to be attacked from behind. He joins his mates in Crinos, but it is obvious he is not the designated warrior of the pack. With his back turned he doesn't see Blake's claw rake, which tears through his hide and slashes across his neck and back. He howls in pain and turns around, baring his teeth and lunging at Blake.[/color]
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Post by Abigail Lindermann on May 24, 2006 15:46:03 GMT 1
Waiting for the split second of Anna's opponent having his line of sight blocked, Abby calls upon a neat trick she picked up soon after her First Change.
Shimmering slightly, she goes into 'Predator' mode, not quite invisible, but damned close to it.
Moving across the Umbral skies, she slings the AK47 back over her shoulder, and whips another dangerous-looking device from her dufflebag.
Always wanted to act the hero... She thinks to herself.
She swoops. Makeshift bomb held tightly in her left hand, she reaches out to grab Anna by the scruff of the neck with her right. As she does so, she lets the bomb drop, praying to Owl that it didn't detonate before Abby and the girl were clear of the blast area.
(Okay, so basically a 'dive-bomb' attack. Spending 4 Rage. Standard action, Blur of the Milky Eye, equip explosive. First Rage action, swoop. Second Rage action, grab Anna. Third Rage action, Drop bomb, fly away. Final Rage action, fly away s'more... If this doesn't go according to plan, chances are Abby, Anna, and/or the attacker will become a fine red paste...)
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Post by Blake on May 24, 2006 17:51:15 GMT 1
Blake feels the racing of his heart, the adrenaline, as the fight is joined. He has the opponent’s attention. The scent of blood and something burnt is in the air, and Blake, focused as he is on his opponent, hopes that the other two are fairing well against the other two Crinos. As “Ugly” turns to face him and lunges, Blake executes a whirlwind kata, making use of his opponents lunge in an attempt to through “Ugly” off balance and keep him on the defensive
(Standard Kailindo whirlwind attack on Glabro -“Ugly”)
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Post by Shehrazad on May 24, 2006 20:31:52 GMT 1
Abby grabs hold of Anna, for a split second she and the Spiral play tug o' war with the cub, until Abby drops the explosive. The Spiral notices Abby's not about to let go one second too late. He lets go just as it goes off, and the momentum sends Abby and Anna flying a few feet into the air. The Spiral howls and shifts to Lupus. By the time the smoke has cleared he has disappeared
Blake's block pushes Ugly back a few feet. The blast shakes them both a little. Upon hearing the blast and the howl, Ugly breaks into a run, shifting to Lupus as he goes.
Knocked off balance by both the blast and the momentum, Abby finds it hard to stay in the air. Both she and Anna crash onto the ground, but being in Crinos, neither of them is really hurt.
3 levels of bashing damage should teach you.[/color]
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Post by Abigail Lindermann on May 24, 2006 21:28:05 GMT 1
While Abby's plan hadn't gone exactly as planned, she could still feel all her extremities, so it was good enough.
Dusting herself off, she looks down at Anna. Kid looked a little tussled, but she'd be fine. Helping the girl to her feet, she gave her a nod.
"Sorry 'bout that," She growled, "But at least you're safe."
It isn't until she looks around that her mind registers Blake's presence.
"Hey buddy, thanks for the assist," She calls out to the newcomer, "You okay?"
She then realises that the other attacker isn't lying dead at their ally's feet, but is quickly fleeing the scene.
"Shit," She mutters, "One sec, gotta get that one."
She nods to the retreating combatant before taking to the air once again. Sliding her rifle off her shoulder mid-flight, she grips it firmly and prepares to introduce some copper-coated gifts to the poor guy's back.
(And trying to heal some scrapes and grazes...)
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Post by Blake on May 24, 2006 21:43:19 GMT 1
Blake staggers a moment before catching his balance, and takes a step to follow “Ugly”, who’s already setting some distance, then reconsiders… these two’s safety is more important right now. Blake turns back to the two women, shifting back to his Homid form, and “clears his throat”” Umm you two ok?” Blake watches as the one with wings fires at the retreating “ugly” “ I really don’t think we should stick around here any longer than we have to…””Oh… sorry, I’m Blake, Blake Richter.” Blake offers a friendly smile, to the young woman with the wings…and an AK47, while keeping note of the white Crinos, to both reassure himself she was ok, and not thinking him one of the assailants.
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Post by Anna on May 24, 2006 22:01:03 GMT 1
Anna stood up, feeling rather stiff and looking shocked. She rubbed her shoulder where she had landed. She looked up as Abby took flight again.
She really is crazy...
When she saw Blake she took a few steps back.
He's on our side? "Who were those guys..."
Unfortunately at that moment her question is drowned out by the sound of gunfire, and she shields her ears again.
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Post by Abigail Lindermann on May 24, 2006 22:28:52 GMT 1
Some people would think twice about shooting someone in the back... fortunately, Abigail Lindermann wasn't 'some people'.
As the Garou fell in a heap in the Umbral street, a pool of blood quickly spreading from its many wounds, Abby touched-down. There were still a few rounds in the AK's magazine, so she leveled the barrel at the guy's head, smiled, and fired.
Wiping a smear of the guy's blood from her face, she ejected the magazine, and tossed both it and the rifle into her dufflebag, before heading back to Anna and Blake.
"Sorry 'bout that," She says, a polite smile on her face, "Didn't want him getting away."
She scans the area where her bomb had detonated.
Must've been more powerful than I'd thought... She thinks to herself. Not even any fleshy gibblets left of the guy.
Shaking her head clear of such thoughts, she looks at Blake.
"Blake," She nods in greeting, "Pleased to meetcha. I'm Abby," She nods to the girl, "This is Anna."
Turning to Anna, she shakes her head.
"Those guys?" She asks, "They were what we werewolves call 'motherfuckers'."
She leaves it at that.
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Post by Blake on May 24, 2006 23:26:43 GMT 1
Blake snorts in response to her description of the Spirals, and mutters “Tainted dogs” (it’s almost a growl).
Blake nods back to Abby. “A pleasure to meet you Abby, and I’m glad I was able to lend a hand”
Blake glances at Anna and nods to her. “you ok?”
Noting that Anna looks ok, if a bit worried, Blake looks back at Abby “we really should be going, there could be others” “ I’d be happy to accompany the two of you to someplace safer.?."
Blake glances from Anna to Abby.
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Post by Anna on May 25, 2006 7:54:04 GMT 1
Anna looks eager to leave too. The problem was she didn't know how. Abby had roughly explained the concept, but doing it was a whole different matter altogether. Besides, she had some questions that needed answering first.
"But they looked like us... I mean they could change into monsters. Are they... are they werewolves then?" she asked slowly, pausing a little before asking the scariest question. "Why did they want me?"
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Post by Abigail Lindermann on May 25, 2006 9:59:43 GMT 1
Slowly shifting back into her homid form, Abby nods to Anna, sliding her dufflebaag off her shoulder as she speaks.
"When you shift," She says, rummaging through her belongings, "You'll be naked. My clothes've been 'dedicated' to my body, kinda hard to explain, let's just say they shift with me..."
She finds what she's looking for, and pulls out a musty, worn-out old trenchcoat.
"Here," She says, tossing the trenchcoat in Anna's direction, "This'll do you 'til we find you something better. As for the goons who were after you, I'll fill you in when it's a little safer."
She turns to Blake.
"Anyway, yeah, we'd better get outta here," She says, "Thanks again for the help, and yeah, you can tag-along if you like."
She flashes him a cheeky smile, throws an arm over his shoulder, and starts walking.
"Anna," She calls out over her shoulder, "Think human thoughts, concentrate, you'll be right. And don't worry, we won't peek."
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