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Colin Starfury ([personal profile] freedom_engineer) wrote in [community profile] thebastion2014-02-28 09:54 am

Day 163, Closed | WE HUNT!

Who: Colin Starfury, everyone who responded to his rallying cry
What: Hunting a Gasfella for a fallen friend
When: Day 163, "Oh God" Early
Where: The Skyway
Format: Whatever the heck you want, we're all big kids here
Open: Closed to those who responded.
Warnings: Violence, oh boy is there gonna be violence. Also, this thing has killed one person already, so there's that.

He'd gathered his crew. He'd interviewed Rin. He'd examined Night's body, the wounds she'd suffered. He had all the evidence he'd be able to get here, and now it was time to head out. He'd grabbed his pistols and an ammo belt, wearing both openly. Also, he'd fashioned a bandolier some time ago to carry grenades, and today was the first time he was going to wear it out.

He wasted no time in getting everyone who said they wanted to come. He was mindful of the residents who didn't want anything to do with it, those who needed only to sleep and mourn. But for those who were going to hunt this thing down, Colin was there, waking them from their rest and rousing them to meet at the Skyway entrance.

There, he set out what was coming in what he hoped was easily understandable terms.

"Okay everyone," he announces. "Our first stop is where this all went down. We need to find more information so we can track down the creature. Rin tells me it was a BIG Gasfella, different coloration than the ones we normally see out there. She'd tried to talk to it, and it attacked them mercilessly. It didn't want them there."

His eyes narrowing, he continues. "So we're going there, we're going to find what it was guarding, and then we're going to find it. We are going to give it one chance to surrender, and if it does anything other than lay down its weapon and put its hands in the air, we are going to kill it so certainly that it will have to crawl into its afterlife."

He looks at Nanaki briefly, then he looks at Paarthurnax and Alucard. "Again I'm going to say... No eating this thing. It tore apart two full-power demons, I don't want anyone getting close enough for a hug, because that will open you up to all kinds of hurt," he explains. "We can inflict plenty of harm WITHOUT opening ourselves up to close range attacks."
superdrowningskills: (So done with this...)

[personal profile] superdrowningskills 2014-03-06 05:53 am (UTC)(link)
[Alucard continues to keep his distance, although he holds off on casting another spell for the moment. He too wishes to know the answer to the little dragon's question.

It's not the smell that's keeping him back here. Really it isn't. ...Well, okay, maybe it is a little because of the smell, but he does need to actually breathe to cast spells.]
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[personal profile] stormsinbraids 2014-03-06 06:11 am (UTC)(link)
Tris really thinks they should find out what those rocks are that the gasfella is protecting before anyone goes running to them. As it is, Colin plans to head over, which means that something to keep the gasfella from following him.

There's enough fire down there still that she could probably work with it. At the moment, she's taking some of the wind that Paar's wings stir up and guiding it toward the gasfella. One hand free, just in case, and a quick spin of her fingers will cause a whirlwind to disorient it if the creature goes after Colin.

"I will cause it to get a bit windy for the creature if he tries to follow him. I don't think we'll need that rock.."
therealprotagonist: (Definitely not a gecko!)

[personal profile] therealprotagonist 2014-03-06 07:58 am (UTC)(link)
[Raimundo isn't unfortunately as lucky as some of the others. That first comes at him and it comes in fast. He tries to use wind to blow himself back out of range but it isn't enough. It connects and sends the teen flying. He hits the ground hard, bounces, hits again and starts skidding across it...and toward the end of the Skyway.

Someone going to catch him?]
dragonform: (015)

[personal profile] dragonform 2014-03-06 09:17 am (UTC)(link)
There's something to be said about a dragon that size. Ryu stops his icy assault and turns to the direction Rai seems to be flying. It's not the fastest body, but Ryu charges ahead, trying to outrun how fast Raimundo is moving and stop him physically with his body. He has no doubt he can stop Raimundo from falling off the Skyway, but the question still remains if he'll get there fast enough.

He's gonna try though, as he exhales a blast of steam and charges off in that direction, hauling with everything he can muster with such a large body. There's also the matter of the strange voice in his head, but he can't be sure about that. Not when everything is so chaotic and someone is in immediate danger.
Edited 2014-03-06 09:18 (UTC)
findsrisks: (WAIT!)

[personal profile] findsrisks 2014-03-08 06:00 am (UTC)(link)
"I'm fine, don't worry about me!"

She's already seen how this fight will go, barring any huge changes as a result of her warnings, so she knows where not to stand. But there's too much going on at once. Everyone is shouting and fighting, and it's hard for Nanaki to keep focused. But somehow she does see that Raimundo fell and is skidding off the Skyway, and she focuses in on that.

Sorry Colin, she's taking off running towards where Raimundo is falling. Ryu will probably get there before her, but she's still going to try.

[personal profile] bastionpc 2014-03-08 06:20 am (UTC)(link)
There's no immediate reaction to Kitten's words. Ippo is doing far too good a job at distracting the upset Gasfella and it's still doing its damndest to swing its ax right into the boy's flesh. Good thing the little dragon does that spell. As its weapon shatters and falls apart in its hands, the Gasfella gives a grimace and for once pauses without being set on fire or electrocuted. It even seems to float back a moment, hands lowering to its sides and clenching.

For the first time in the battle, it looks... conflicted. As much as a Gasfella possibly can look, anyway. Kitten might get some more words, but they don't seem necessarily directed to her as something the Gasfella just seems to be 'muttering' to itself.

Mine, mine, mine, mine...

It's obviously fighting the urge to retreat now that its weapon has been robbed from it. Its hooded head jerks back and forth as it does its best to keep an eye on every member of the group, not knowing who to focus on most. At Colin's words, however, it snaps its head towards the engineer and bends down to grab a hefty stone that fits well in its palm. The action is distinctly threatening, although it's hard to say if it's focusing on Colin because it understands to some degree what he's saying.... or if Colin is just the loudest motherfucker on this piece of land right now with the rest scattered as they are.
windgod: (Seriously?)

[personal profile] windgod 2014-03-08 06:32 am (UTC)(link)
[Well, the injuries the Gasfella has sustained hadn't made it any less a threat, but it did make it's movements a lot more telling, giving Ippo a lot of time to dodge between it's strikes; he wasn't attacking anymore, perhaps a small jab here and there to keep it focused, but now he knew that it was fighting for something...he wanted to know what exactly, maybe a part of him even needed to know. Thankfully Kitten's spell turned it's weapon into a pile of scrap metal, and for the first time since it had fallen from the sky, the Gasfella seemed to be hesitating...at least until it picked up a rock and focused it's attention towards Colin.

Without a second thought, Ippo dashed past the Gasfella and skidded in front of his friend, putting his hands up and tensing up as he prepared to smash the rock to bits should it be thrown; maybe a useless gesture, but he'd rather Colin have someone between him and a potential projectile than not at all.
]

Alright...it's not attacking now, maybe we can end this without any more injuries now.

[That hurt him...it hurt him inside to say that about the Gasfella, the creature he wanted dead more than anything in the world; but Colin was right, Night wouldn't want him to become so bent on revenge that he was blind to the truth of things. Obviously, this Gasfella had something it was protecting that was worth killing over...Ippo just wanted to know what exactly it was.]
therealprotagonist: (Ow girl! You hit hard!)

[personal profile] therealprotagonist 2014-03-08 07:22 am (UTC)(link)
[The monk keeps rolling. The others don't reach him in time but Rai isn't about to just go over the edge. He looks like he is about to go over when he catches the edge. He yelps, the pull causing his broken ribs to hurt even more than they were before. It was like he was being stabbed by long claws into his left side. He looked up and hoped someone was coming to help pull him up.]

H-Hey! A little help here! Please?!

[personal profile] bastionpc 2014-03-08 04:17 pm (UTC)(link)
There's a pause as it seems to consider what Colin's saying... at least, to anyone that isn't Kitten and Alucard.

...What is it saying?

Because wow, Colin, do you never shut UP. That is a lot of words, and it seems the Gasfella understands very few, if any, of them. Either way, it seems to decide it doesn't care for all that chatter so, yes, Colin, your predictions are very right.

There is a large rock flying at your head.
skysung: (angry)

[personal profile] skysung 2014-03-08 04:39 pm (UTC)(link)
Kitten panics as she sees the rock rushing toward Colin, whistling shrilly. The sound may be mildly unpleasant for anyone hearing it, but Kitten knows stones. She knows the different types, she knows their strengths and her weaknesses The only thing that could make her fail to destroy this one is aim or timing, and she's fairly certain she has those correctly. She holds her breath, hoping that Colin will be hit with nothing more than a few slower-moving bits of gravel.

Then she rounds on the Gasfella, scales going red in anger and smoke streaming from her nostrils. They were the antagonists before. She could hold her temper. But Colin is a friend, one of the only ones she has here. Kitten is careful to speak so that everyone can hear her, her anger obvious. "He was telling you to drop the rock if you wanted to talk rather than fighting! It was an offer of truce!" A very rude one, but an offer nonetheless. "WHAT ARE YOU PROTECTING?!"
Edited (HTML is forever the bane of my existence) 2014-03-08 17:51 (UTC)
windgod: (Sadness)

[personal profile] windgod 2014-03-08 06:40 pm (UTC)(link)
[Ippo saw the rock flying towards him and Colin, triggering an immediate action as he took a more streamlined stance...only to watch it get blasted apart by the small dragon; the noise she made to do it was enough to make Ippo want to grab his ears, but he kept himself focused enough to bat away any bigger pieces that might be left. This...wasn't working, they were still threats to the Gasfella, no wonder it was still attacking; as much as Ippo wanted to be a threat, he sighed and looked back at everyone.]

I don't think it understands us...but maybe it'll understand actions.

[It was worth a try, and at the very least it could only lead to horrific injuries; totally worth it, right? Ippo took a step forward and began to undo his Gauntlets, slowly setting them both on the ground as he raised his hands in front of him; both palms extended towards the Gasfella to show he was rather unarmed as he approached slowly and spoke even slower. Maybe it wouldn't understand him, but maybe it would understand the intention behind his words; or maybe Kitten would bother translating for him. Either way, his voice was softspoken, but definitely clear enough to be understood.]

Mr. Gasfella...sir. I'm putting down my weapon, I...I'm done fighting you. Right now...I just want to know why you felt the need to...to...

[His voice hitched in his throat, he hadn't exactly admitted to himself that Night was dead since the incident; as if holding off saying it would somehow magically bring her back, or that she would be awake and apologizing for worrying everyone when he got back. That's now how things were though, she was gone and she wasn't coming back...just saying it in his head was enough to make the tears flow freely, but he wasn't going to back down from the Gasfella now, not when it was right there in front of him.]

Why did my friend have to die?
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[personal profile] daughterofursa 2014-03-08 06:58 pm (UTC)(link)
"You idiot," Zuko hisses under her breath. She'd backed off after Ryu's ice blast, in part because she was definitely not expecting him to turn into that, but mostly because firebenders and ice don't mix particularly well either.

Now, though, she's moving back in, hoping to be close enough to snag this fool out of the way of the attack she's sure is going to come. Zuko doesn't believe those hesitations on the Gasfella's part have involved any consideration of not harming them; it was just reconsidering its odds against them. Ippo is offering himself up as an easy mark, and it'll weaken their fighting strength.
findsrisks: (you can't be serious)

[personal profile] findsrisks 2014-03-09 06:27 am (UTC)(link)
Nanaki lets the others deal with the Gasfella for the moment. With it's weapon gone, the future she had seen has definitely been averted for the time being. For now, she focuses on getting to Raimundo and grabbing his arm, so she can help him back up.

For someone who looks tiny, she has quite a bit of upper-body strength.

"Come on, I've got you."
superdrowningskills: (grim)

[personal profile] superdrowningskills 2014-03-09 06:57 am (UTC)(link)
[Alucard knows well enough that Ippo is a capable fighter even without a weapon, but... Well, deep down he worries. Add that to everything going on around him and he might just be paying a little less attention to his own safety than he should be.]
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[personal profile] dragonform 2014-03-09 08:16 am (UTC)(link)
With Nanaki catching Raimundo, he's nearby if they need a bit more muscle to pull him but, but Nanaki looks like she has it well in hand. Even so he turns and offers the end of his tail. With the two armored notches at the tip, it should be easy enough for Raimundo to get a grip if he needs the extra lift. Ippo's actions earn

He examines the rest of the battlefield in the meantime, steam rising from his mouth. He lets out a rumbling growl, glancing in Colin's direction. Most of his dragon forms don't allow him to speak normally, so he's hoping Colin will catch that Ryu is looking to him for what to do next. He's none too pleased with Ippo letting his guard down, but if the Gasfella makes a move, then Ryu can give it another gust of ice or present himself as a bigger target. That pickaxe may have been able to crack the armor on his back, but the Gasfella seems a bit less dangerous without it.

At the same time, Ryu can feel a familiar sense of displacement. The transformation will only last so long, so he's hoping whatever he needs to do with it can be done before it runs out.
skysung: (among friends)

[personal profile] skysung 2014-03-09 03:33 pm (UTC)(link)
She still wants an answer from the Gasfella, but Kitten would never refuse protection to a friend. Kitten stays as far out of the fight as she can manage while making her way to Colin. "I'm at the limit of my destructive magic here. I could perhaps manage one more spell, depending on how my first attack was classified. I am not a very good guard at the moment."

She thinks for a moment, then offers as she reaches his side, "I can make you invisible, if that would help." Unless Colin protests, Kitten will put a subtle and fairly complicated illusion spell over him, making him vanish from view.

The small dragon will also warn their companions of what she's doing, so that no one worries when they can't see him. Kitten can sense her own magic as easily as breathing. She won't lose track of Colin and can make sure that no one's attacks take them near him.

[personal profile] bastionpc 2014-03-09 07:07 pm (UTC)(link)
To no doubt the surprise of all the naysayers, the Gasfella doesn't make an attempt at beating Ippo to death.

Which isn't to say it's actually calm. In fact, there's still that air of hostility and aggression hanging about it like a heavy cloak. If its attempts at weaponry hadn't been thwarted time and time again, it's probably obvious to the group that the enormous creature would still be making a go at separating their various body parts from one another. As it is... While there's still its fists, it's obviously not comfortable without a mining tool in its hand. To Ippo's good fortune, it just hovers in place and gives him dirty looks although its hunched shoulders belays its uncertainty.

Its gaze goes from the Raimundo rescue effort to Ippo and back again a few times as it tries to gauge the situation, not immediately answering Kitten's questions or even commenting on the dubious offer of a truce considering the OBVIOUSLY untrustworthy individual. The hostility radiating from it only seems to get more noticeable when it glances to Alucard and Zuko.

Guess which one of you are on its shitlist. Guess.

So many people to keep track of means it does lose track of Colin for that one moment, but the second it realizes where the man is heading- Kitten and Alucard are going to get a terrifying scream.

LIARS! LIARS FULL OF FILTH AND RUIN! GET AWAY, GET AWAY, IT DOESN'T MATTER, I WILL KILL YOU It whirls around only to crumple a bit it seems, one hand going to its gut. The momentary pain doesn't distract it for long; no more ax means less weight. More things to do with its hands. It bends down, fingers digging into the earth before it suddenly launches itself forward back towards the rocks its so aggressively defending. This makes for a faster way of traveling than just floating along, especially with the Gasfella's immense upper body strength.

GET AWAY!

If Colin can manage to ignore the giant Gasfella bearing down on him in short time, then his scan might pick up that these are definitely the sort of rocks that belong deep underground instead of floating in the air. There's also something else deep within the large piece of former cave- seems like the sort of composition Shards usually have. Considering Windbags are like pinatas full of Shards, this is probably not surprising. The energy of the shards does seem to be blocking something else, however... Hard to tell this far away even for Colin's advanced tech.
windgod: (Seriously?)

[personal profile] windgod 2014-03-09 07:23 pm (UTC)(link)
Damn!

[Whelp, that definitely looked like a clear case of fission mailed; the sudden movement snapped Ippo out of his sadness and on pure instinct he was pushing himself back to slide next to his gauntlets, the weapons getting snatched back onto his arms in record time...he'd had plenty of time to practice before they left after all. Whatever headway they had made...it just seemed like the Gasfella was more interested about the rocks it was protecting rather than being any kind of civil...whelp, at least he could say he tried.

Now it was time to focus on keeping the rest of the people here alive, and considering it was bearing down on Colin, Ippo acted as fast as he could. With a slight weave of his body to get some centrifugal force going, he leaned on the balls of his feet and dashed forward; his momentum carrying his dash far quicker than he might normally move as he dashed off towards Colin and the Gasfella. He wasn't worried that Colin could hold things down until he got there, but with this new hesitation in his heart, he would have liked to know just what the stakes in this fight really were...
]
superdrowningskills: (grim)

[personal profile] superdrowningskills 2014-03-09 07:24 pm (UTC)(link)
[Well, that escalated quickly. In a split second decision that everyone may come to regret, Alucard loudly repeats verbatim what Colin said about the Gasfella's mother in the hopes of distracting it for a moment. Yes, including the bit about it being a hulking, stinking half-wit.]
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[personal profile] wayofvoice 2014-03-11 06:00 am (UTC)(link)
[Somehow, Paarthurnax isn't particularly surprised that Colin is the one to trigger the Gasfella into action again. There's not much he can do as of current. Ippo and Colin are both too close- if he were to use one of his Shouts at this height, one of the others might get caught in it. This may require more finesse if Ippo doesn't reach the creature first and if Colin has no tricks up his sleeves..]

[Which he probably does, to be honest. Still, Paarthurnax calls to his rider.]


Strunjud.

[Just that- he has a feeling she knows how to handle herself just fine.]
skysung: (held close)

[personal profile] skysung 2014-03-11 03:33 pm (UTC)(link)
Kitten closes her eyes immediately, but she still winces at the light through her eyelids, and much moreso at the sound. She leaves her eyes closed for a minute, blending her scales into the rock around her from memory; she can adjust it slightly once she looks again. This is pure camouflage, a physiological change rather than a magical one. She says softly to just Colin, "My hearing is also more sensitive than human, not just my sense of smell. I'll catch up in a moment."

She opens her eyes cautiously and improves her camouflage before taking off after Colin. He has a head start, and Kitten's legs aren't long. Keeping up with Colin was hard enough. Catching up is harder, and she's grateful for four legs to balance on.

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