TOKYO OPT-IN 3/4

[tokyodisa]

Who: Opt-in characters
What: Play telephone and fight a monster
When: Backdated to 3am, 21/July
Where: Tokyo... or is it?
Rating: PG-13

It's been hours, and the woman still hasn't come back. Zeiram is still out there, somewhere, in the darkness, and you're still trapped in the empty cordon. What are you going to do?

[ A GIFT | CONSTRUCTION SITE | RETURN ]

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[hellofist]

[Well. At least her plan worked, it's not focusing on the case anymore.

Mal grabs and Cass drops into a roll, coming up behind Zeiram and cursing him yet again for not having anything resembling body language for her to read. This could be so easy but nope, has to be a pain in the ass.]

You really suck!

[She swings the shovel again, but this time angled down to chop at the tentacle with the blade of the shovel.]

Get case!

[nothingtobelieve]

[Vicious has seen some pretty messed up stuff before, but that thing is still close to the top of the list. What the hell. No time for that, though. The other two are doing a good job of distracting it, so he goes for the case. He's plenty quick about it, too, a glint of metal in one hand, just in case that thing isn't as distracted as it seems when he goes to grab the case]

[zeiram]

[It manages to get a bite out of Cass before Maladict interrupts, which it is pretty mad about, by the way. Its tasty meal ruined, the tentacle quickly retracts into Zeiram's "hat," hissing. Its eyes stay open, red and glaring, and Zeiram stops to pull its cloak off and fling it to the side. You don't need to be able to read body language to tell that now it means business.

Underneath the cloak, Zeiram's body is relatively humanoid but covered in black cartilage and carapace like an insect, vestigial insectoid legs lining its "throat."

It notices Vicious and swings to face him, though the mask stays retracted this time. Is it smart enough to see the blade and know what it could do?]

[mal_addict]

[Mal casts a worried glance Cass' way, after all who knows WHAT a bite from that thing can do to a person. Noticing Cass isn't boiling or anything, she turns back to the matter at hand]

You okay?

[There, that's some offered concern, she'll just take a leap at Zeiram's back now, to try and keep it away from vicious]

Get the case and RUN.

[hellofist]

[No vital organs punctured, no veins cut. She can keep going with this, and the only response to Mal's question is a quick grin.

That was her plan, to jump on it. She really likes Maladict, this should go quite well. Putting herself between Zeiram and Vicious is easy enough, and now she knows where to aim with her shovel.]

Watch hands!

[Cause she's really going to slam it down on the white mask that just bit her, rude.]

[nothingtobelieve]

[If he has any concern for the women distracting that thing, it doesn't show. He doesn't falter one step, even when Zeiram turns towards him. With Cass and Maladict moving between it and him, he keeps the blade in his hand instead of risking hitting them with a throw as he grabs the case.

And once it's in his hand, he concentrates on getting the hell away. He'll worry about the other two once it's secure]

[zeiram]

[Zeiram is fast but not particularly agile, so Maladict is able to successfully leap on its back. It reaches backwards to try and grab her, but then there's Cass and that shovel, so --

The mask doesn't crack, so it's probably made of flesh, not an actual mask. But it does wail in pain, red lips opening to let out a keen akin to a baby's cry, if not for the flanging effect. But then Zeiram -- the other part of Zeiram, the part that isn't the mask -- roars and rushes Cass, moving to slap the shovel out of her hands.]

[mal_addict]

...Well that's pretty fucking creepy.

[Maladict's words are dry as ever, even as she clings on for dear life, trying to wrap her arms around it's...neck? Gods she hopes this is the thing's neck. Maybe she can break off its air supply, if it even uses air. It's a long shot, but she;s willing to take it]

lol oops I missed NO ONE SAW THAT

[hellofist]

[The shovel gets ripped out of her hands, leaving Cass with nothing but her bare hands a very, very obvious target. There's a chunk of concrete that Cass grabs up and throws, aiming for the screaming white mask and hoping desperately that Vicious can get the gun together and ready to shoot soon.]

nope c:

[zeiram]

[Zeiram brings up a hand to block the concrete, which bounces off harmlessly. Roaring again, it brings its arm across its body and swings it out to backhand Cass -- and if the way it slapped away the shovel like nothing is any indication, if she doesn't manage to dodge in time, she's going to go flying.]

[nothingtobelieve]

[He gets to what he thinks is probably a safe distance from the fight before he tucks his knife away again and puts the case down. Time to see what kind of gun they've been left, and hope he can get it together. He'd handled enough firearms to find them familiar, at least, and if he got it together, he had plenty of confidence in his marksmanship]

[tokyodisa]

[The gun is some kind of laser canon, so Vicious's marksmanship is pretty moot. Once he figures out how to put it together, all he needs to do is aim and blow the thing apart.]

[mal_addict]

[Well, her chocking idea is doing nothing, so Maladict tries to get a punch in on that mask, as she tries to hang on with her other arm]

Anytime you get that gun ready would be really great. I hope there's instructions.

[zeiram]

[Punching the mask, you say? The mask opens its jaws to try and take a chunk out of Maladict's hand.]

[hellofist]

[She just barely manages to get out of the way of that swing, but it still glances off her and not for the first time Cass is just very, very annoyed she can't read Zeiram. At least Batman isn't here to yell for going up against something she really has little chance of beating, but what else can she do?

Yeah, she's gonna have some fun bruises to go with that bite mark, but she's right back in, leaping onto Zeiram's chest to try and grab the tentacle part before it can bite Maladict too.

Yay teamwork!]

[zeiram]

[Then the tentacle twists around and tries to bite Cass instead. Stand still, tasty morsels!

Meanwhile, Zeiram swings its arm again, this time trying to slam a fist into Cass's back.]

[nothingtobelieve]

[The gun looked effective, he had to give it that. And he only stares down at it lying in pieces in the case for a few moments before he starts fitting the pieces together. It really wasn't all that hard, thankfully.

But it's also pretty obvious that if he just fires it off, he's going to hit the other two, as well.]

Clear out!

[Easier said than done, he's sure, but at least they know he's ready now]

[mal_addict]

[Maladict sends one more punch to Zeiram's mask, before grabbing hold tightly of it, pulling up, trying to wrench it away from Cass]

Go, I'll be right behind you.

[hellofist]

[The punch knocks her into Zeiram, which would typically be good if the idea was to stay and fight. She'd want to be close then, but now she needs to get away because whatever that gun is going to do, it's going to be powerful if it can stop this thing.

Mal pulls and Cass jams her hand up, aiming for it's eye slit again in the hopes that she can stun Zeiram and get out of the way. If it works, she'll sprint off and out of the way.]

[zeiram]

[It does work -- Zeiram makes an infuriated hissing sound but it lets them go.

It seems to know what's coming when the girls depart. It turns -- turns to face Vicious directly, tilting its head back and roaring as if to issue a challenge.

Easy target.]

[nothingtobelieve]

[Vicious is ready to be done with this whole mess. As soon as Maladict and Cass are free and Zeiram has turned its attention back to him, he aims and fires the weapon. Time to get this over with.]

1/3

[zeiram]

[It works, of course.

Zeiram's body explodes into a mass of flesh and fire, crumpling down into a smoking heap. But then...]

[zeiram]

[Then...

From out of the pile of burning flesh, something else arises. Topped by the "hat," a skeletal structure emerges. Spindly legs -- too many legs, too many limbs -- and a large, oversized ribcage. The sound of bone cracking is audible in the air as its new parts snap into place. It's still alive.

And it laughs.]

[97995]

[Right about then, there's a blinding flash of light and Iria appears on some scaffolding nearby. She takes a moment to quickly look around and figure out what's happening, and --]

Damn it. Shoot him again!

[She reaches inside her armor and pulls out a remote, quickly typing something in.]

[mal_addict]

[Nothing is ever easy, is it? Maladict catches her breath (a new and unsettling concept for her) before looking at Cass, leaving the thing to the guy with the gun]

You got bit, you holding up okay? [Because that is a lot of blood, she's almost GLAD she isn't herself right now or that'd have even more problems]