Kamut
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Post by Kamut on Oct 18, 2008 9:54:14 GMT 1
Unfortunate. They just breached the veil. Nothing for it now, the humans have to die. Kamut silently rushes forward, supressing the urge to growl as battle heats his blood, and shifts instantly to his natural form. Knowing they can't afford to leave such obvious signs as bite or claw marks, he instead attempts to grab the nearest of the humans - the man still sat in his chair. Once he's got a hold, Kamut does his best to break the human's neck to give him a relatively quick and painless death.
((clinch the man))
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Kasiya
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Post by Kasiya on Oct 18, 2008 22:46:56 GMT 1
Not enough room!
With Kamut taking his war form and little room for maneuvring, Kasiya does the next best he can with what he's given, shifting forms and springing forward at the woman, atempting to grab her and smash her head against the floor/wall.
((Rage to shift to Crinos if it'll fit in the room, Glabro if not. Grapple.))
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Post by Shehrazad on Oct 19, 2008 10:58:12 GMT 1
A few well-chosen profanities escaped the man's mouth as the monster called Kamut lunged at him. He slipped backwards off his chair and managed to escape the clinch for now.
Despite the confined space, Kasiya manages to take his warform too, leaving just enough room for both of them to maneuver. The woman reached for her gun, but before she could fire the black Crinos form of Kasiya had already wrestled her to the ground. She could scream, however, although that didn't do her much good.
Kasiya's grapple is successful, you can start inflicting damage
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Post by Kamut on Oct 19, 2008 12:01:01 GMT 1
There really isn't much to do except keep trying, so Kamut does. He keeps advancing and tries to take hold of the man again, hoping the delirium would stop him from coming up with any better way of dealing with the problem.
((try again, nothing special here))
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Post by Kasiya on Oct 19, 2008 14:14:54 GMT 1
Sorry about this.
With a distinct feeling that he'll be seeing the guard again, Kasiya attempts to wedge his forearm under her chin and crush her throat, figuring a collapsed windpipe would be less a breach of the litany than smashing her head open or pulling her limbs off. Also, it had half a chance of shutting her up.
Plus, instinct said to go for the throat.
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Post by Shehrazad on Oct 19, 2008 15:10:22 GMT 1
The guard meanwhile drew his gun and fired a shot at Kamut as he advanced on him. The shot rang out through the noise of the female guard's screams and the breaking furniture. It missed Kamut and lodged itself in one of the screens, which cracked loudly and started smoking seconds later. This time Kamut managed to grab hold of the guard and keep a good grip on him.
The second guard's screams died down as Kasiya wedged his arm around her throat, and although he didn't quite manage to break her windpipe, he was doing a very efficient job of denying her air. She kept struggling as she gasped and coughed, fighting to breathe as he choked the life out of her.
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Kamut
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Post by Kamut on Oct 19, 2008 17:12:22 GMT 1
Kamut does his best to push the man against the door, holding it shut so anyone coming to investigate the screams and gunshots doesn't get themselves killed by threatening the veil. Once he has a solid grip, he proceeds to resume his previous plan and snap the man's neck by folding his head flat with his back.
((yay for clinching with strength 6))
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Post by Kasiya on Oct 19, 2008 18:41:33 GMT 1
With little option to continue, and a growing sense that he'd pay for this later Kasiya bears down on the poor guard, grudgingly accepting that it was more important to do the job cleanly than to put her out of her misery.
((Chokey Chokey Snap?))
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Post by Shehrazad on Oct 19, 2008 19:01:49 GMT 1
Kasiya heard a satisfying crunch as he pushed down further on the woman's throat, and she immediately stopped struggling. Her terror stricken eyes continued to stare at Kasiya, but there was no life left in them.
With one quick stroke, Kamut bent the other guard's head back and snapped his neck. He went limp and slouched to the floor, obviously dead.
There doesn't seem to be anyone outside the door, although there is increased activity on the some of the screens. One, in particular, shows a terrified young man running down a corridor, but not knowing what the building looks like on the inside, they can't tell where it is.
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Post by Kasiya on Oct 19, 2008 19:28:50 GMT 1
It was far from satisfying in truth. The woman had only been doing her job. She was merely caught up in something more important than she.
Still straddling her limp form, Kasiya makes the shift to Homid and closes her eyes before getting up and looking at the screens.
"That would be our friends."
He sizes up the female guard, wondering if her uniform would fit him, looking to see if she had one of the talk-boxes as well as a gun.
I wonder if we can help them from here?
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Post by Kamut on Oct 19, 2008 19:44:34 GMT 1
The witnesses dealt with, Kamut shrinks to his less obvious Glabro form. For a moment he considers the gun, but he doesn't see any real use in it. "That was unfortunate, but at least this does look like a security room."
He sets the body aside under one of the desk and examines the security monitors at Kasiya's remark. "Yes it probably is. If they've got a thorough security set-up, our friends may well have exposed themselves unduly. We might be able to do something about it from here... or they might have the tapes in a completely different room." But there's no harm in looking. Kamut takes a closer look around the room than the last few hasty and violent seconds had given him and checks if there's any sigh of where the surveillance would be recorded.
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Post by Shehrazad on Oct 19, 2008 22:30:05 GMT 1
Kamut's search turns up a number of video tapes which are filed by date and location. He also finds the slots where the current tapes are are being recorded. All are labelled by location and date too. Kasiya finds a radio on the female guard. He is somewhat shorter and broader around the shoulders than the woman, plus their shoe size probably wouldn't match. It might be a tight fit, but he could probably squeeze into her clothes if he feels like cross-dressing.
As Kamut searches for the tapes, more interesting things happen on the screen. First, the familiar form of Saxon appears, followed by a loud shrill alarm that Kamut recognises as a fire alarm. The cameras show a number people leave their stations. Shortly afterwards Saxon is followed by Nadya and Vasara. The camera shows some more people leave before the corridor fills with heavily armed individuals, blocking Saxon, Nadya and Vasara's path to the stairwell.
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Post by Kasiya on Oct 19, 2008 23:31:49 GMT 1
Leaving the cross-dressing for later, Kasiya instead scoops up the radio, pressing the 'big obvious button' tm that makes it work, he speaks into it, figuring that all the security personnel would have radios:
"Security Centre to Armed response team. Two more coming up the Stairs behind you!"
He figures it might work, might not. It'd do no harm, and by the time anyone got down to them he planned to be gone.
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Post by Kamut on Oct 20, 2008 15:32:06 GMT 1
Kamut ejects all the tapes, pushing the ejection buttons with a knuckle to avoid leaving any prints before taking the tapes out and holding them in a pile under one arm. While Kasiya is busying himself with distractions, Kamut tries to identify which floor the footage of the imminent firefight is coming from. Then it would only be a matter of retracing their steps to the stairwell.
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Post by Shehrazad on Oct 20, 2008 17:51:48 GMT 1
"Who the hell is this?" Came the angry reply. The cameras showed most of the people vacating the building slowly. The people who hung back were a guard, wearing the same uniform as the ones they just killed, and a number of men who looked remarkably like those about to enter a firefight with Vasara. Kamut discovered that the the camera that showed their friends was that of the first floor hallway, which suddenly lit up with gunflashes as Nadya and the guards opened fire. More pressingly, the second team, which also consisted of four men, seemed to be heading down the reception lobby towards the security room.
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