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@@Colenso Rivers,

 

"Easy there," McNair said as he got up from the couch. "Was that stuff yours? I'm sorry it got wrecked."

 

McNair put his hand on Sevelance's back in an attempt to comfort him. He wasn't sure how he's react to it, but he could only hope he didn't lash out at him or misinterpret the gesture.

[Colenso Rivers 85]

@crispy fries

His weapons. The tools of his vengeance, destroyed. But then came the soothing tones of Krittius, telling him peace and giving him his blades. However, in his heart of hearts, he didn't want peace. He knew what he wanted, and these tiny blades couldn't help him. Then the boring one came to comfort him, laying his hand over his spines. Mc'nair. Yhis didn't calm him, but he felt like their attempts to comfort him shouldn't have gone unappreciated. He asked Krittius, "Make?" While one of his spines slipped out from under Mc'nairs hand and laying gently over it.

[DarkHaert 277]

Krittius eyed the parts, and then looked at the blades, "Well, what were they..." Krittius examined the blade fragments, and then noticed a particular blade edge piece, "It's a scythe." Krittius looked at Severance and then at McNair, "McNair, I think that once these are reforged, we're going on a trip. Damien will come too."

 

Krittius then heard something, similar to grinding coming from the garage door.

[crispy fries 432]

@@DarkHaert,

 

"Where can I get a weapon?" McNair asked at the sound of something grinding.

 

He didn't want to take any chances with whatever this thing was. There was no telling what could be making that sound, but McNair's gut was telling him that it wasn't something good.

[Colenso Rivers 85]

When the word scythe left Krittius's mouth, the spine let go of Mc'nairs hand and he nodded. Slithering up to him, he picked up one of the threads and said, "Bow."

He listened to the teacher speak to the others, but all stopped with the grinding noise. His eyes snapped on the garage door, and his spines lifted off his back.

[DarkHaert 277]

The grinding intensified and then stopped. Krittius said to everybody in the room, "McNair, find Damien, Severance, can you find a weapon?"

 

Then the grinding began again, this time a glowing hot orange line appeared, and while it was very slow, it was getting through.

[crispy fries 432]

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McNair looked around the room for a second before tearing a pipe off the wall.

 

"Hope that wasn't important," he said, turning back towards the garage.

 

With just a pipe, McNair was likely drastically unequipped to deal with whatever was making the grinding sound.

[Colenso Rivers 85]

The beast looked to Krittius and then to the glowing orange in a snap. He already figured it out. His spines on his back picked him up and he quickly crawled, over to, up the wall and onto the ceiling. The places where his spines had once stepped were covered with silver thread as he climbed on the ceiling above the garage door and hunched his body together to make himself appear smaller in a position ready to strike.

[crispy fries 432]

@@Watcher or Stalker?,

 

McNair ran out the door Damien had gone through, and was able to find him fairly quickly.

 

"Damien!" he shouted as he ran up to him. "Shit's going down. Something's going on the garage, and I think someone's trying to break in. We need to get over there quick and deal with it."

[Guest]

Damien gave a sideways glance at McNair. "Oh, yeaaahh I'd LOVE to help, but um, I think it's better if I stayed outside for now.". The fox began  walking away, before pausing to look over his shoulder. "YOU, however, really should get going and deal with whatever's down at the garage."

[crispy fries 432]

@@Watcher or Stalker?,

 

"What the hell do you mean stay out here!?" McNair paused for a moment. "Oh, I swear if you know what's going on, and if you're somehow responsible in any way, I'll take you in myself."

 

McNair decided to leave Damien and instead ran back to Krittius and Sevelance.

[Guest]

Damien shrugged. "Whatever you say boss."

 

He began skulking around the station, seemingly looking at the different vents and windows. 'I wonder if there's an alternate entrance into the garage...' he thought, idly fiddling with his knife. He carefully used it to pry open a nearby vent grate. He peered in. "Looks promising."

[DarkHaert 277]

Krittius looked as McNair returned, and then grimaced when he came alone. "Shit." Krittius said. He looked around and then put up his swords for a shotgun. "This is gonna be messy, but guess what, I'm gonna have to do the damn paperwork, so we fix this problem to minimize that stack."

 

The line was nearly cut.

 

Then the once metal garage door blasted inwards, filling the room with soot and dirt.

[crispy fries 432]

@,

 

McNair swore as he slid behind a wall for cover, awaiting the no doubt inevitable hail of gunfire. He was barely armed, but Krittius and Sevelance seemed to be on top of thier game. He would just need to do what he could and play it safe. McNair just hoped that Damien wasn't involved in this though.

[Colenso Rivers 85]

@Dungeon Master,

The dust, while obscuring the others vision, did nothing to hinder Sevelance, whom held his breath the moment after it exploded inward. His ability to see both infrared and ultraviolet light pierce through the cloak of debris. His two free fore spines touched their ends together before pulling apart, between the two a silver thread, which his spines reached down and placed across the entrance of the door at ankle level. After setting it there, he reared and waited, his predatory gears kicking in and saliva filling his maw.

[DarkHaert 277]

Something stepped into the room. A girl who was very frightened, and something else, which was hooded, held a gun to her back. "Stand down or I kill her. And trust me, I won't use this gun." The hooded creature said. "Where is Severance, Krittius, MacNair, and Damien. I want to see them now."

[crispy fries 432]

@,

 

McNair immediately dropped his pipe when the hooded figure threatened to kill the girl.

 

"Easy there," he said, putting his hands up. "I'm McNair. Whatever you want with me, you can have it. Just drop the girl."

 

McNair then realized that Damien was still outside, and hoped that wouldn't cost the girl her life.

[Colenso Rivers 85]

@, The beast scanned the situation. Dire indeed, but he felt confident in his abilities to pull through. It silently raised one of its extremely length claws over the hooded figure and positioned it just so, behind the spinal column in the neck. Severing it would cause the hooded figure unable to do anything with its body. But before he did so, he waited for a signal from the others.

[Guest]

Damien slipped through the vents silently. The entire scene came into view below him through a grate. As it turns out, he was directly above the space between the hooded figure and everyone else.

 

Of course, his sensitive ears heard the figure's demands: his voice echoed throughout the vents.

 

He moved away from view, deciding to skip his turn.

[DarkHaert 277]

@@Colenso Rivers,@@Watcher or Stalker?,@@crispy fries,

 

A faint whirring could be heard from the hooded figure. Then suddenly, he fires, and the girl slumps. Krittius shouts, "Why'd you do that?"

 

The figure turns up to Severance, and the figure's hood falls back, revealing an android's, "I remember you, all of you, my lord has to challenge you, roughen you up a little bit," the android laughs before looking at everybody, "and it's going according to plan. And I think the girl currently has forty-one minutes until she dies. So where's Damien? I miss him!"

Edited April 20, 2016 by DarkHaert

[crispy fries 432]

@@DarkHaert,

 

"Son of a bitch!" yelled McNair as he quickly grabbed his pipe and swung at the android's head in one swift motion.

 

Now that the girl was out of its hands, the android didn't have much bargaining power, and there was nothing stopping McNair from attacking it.

[Colenso Rivers 85]

@@DarkHaert,

Sevelance grabbed the machine in one hand and lifted it to his face. With his other hand he gripped its armed hand. Slowly tightening his grip, he hissed at the being extending his fangs and ready to kill it. He really didn't understand that this was not a living creature.  

[Guest]

Listening through the vents, the word 'lord' used in that context rung familiarly in him. 'Oh no.... There's only guy who calls himself that...'. Damien pushed himself back through the vents and kicked down the grate, the metal piece landing with a clang behind the android along with Damien himself. He held up his paws, motioning for everything in the room to calm the hell down.

 

"Alright alright guys the girl's going to be the least of our problems if you don't back down." He calmly said, speaking slowly. He turned to the android, spreading his arms as if greeting an old friend. "Hey... So... I'm guessing you're with Otaku? No no... Otaru? That was his name? How's he doing lately?"

[DarkHaert 277]

The android was thrown by McNair's pipe, and the pipe had a stratched the Android's face. Then the android found itself looking at Severance, before ripping itself away from snake. The ripped off parts of the android then seemed to materialize out of nowhere, however the scratch on it's face still remained. "I was built to withstand such attacks." The android then stared hardly at Damien, "Damien, you sly fox, what are you doing here? I thought the police would rather have hunted you down and locked you up. And Lord Ataru, he's less than happy with your existence. He's planning on having you brought to him. Probably to have you killed. And in case you've forgotten, my name is Trans." The android pulled a sawn off shotgun out of his leg. "So that's why I'm here, there's a bounty on your head now." Then looking at McNair, "You're strong has f*ck. The Lord is in need of powerful men."

Edited April 20, 2016 by DarkHaert

[crispy fries 432]

@@DarkHaert,

 

Without responding, McNair lunged for the shotgun, attempting to wrestle it from the android's hand. He didn't know who this Lord Ataru was or what his business was with Damien, but what he did know was that this android had just shot an innocent girl.