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Post by Ramulus on May 11, 2012 15:29:44 GMT -5
Rasul casts a particularly foul look when the rider begins to ramble nonsense. Costigan literally beats him to the punch and Rasul simply lets go before the force can drag him along, and laments, "Nevermind."
Dry ice? Oh, that's nasty! Rasul turns towards Costigan.... and spots the two goons turning towards them. Concern fades from his face and replaces with a calculating harshness; To Donal he says, with an implying head-nod to the guy he punched, "Hey, don't you hate it when trash falls from above? Help me here." Acting accordingly, he leaps over the downed black rider and begins the attempt to throw him down the aisle towards the other two.
There is room for Costigan to lend his strength.
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Post by Hellbender on May 17, 2012 18:35:01 GMT -5
"Yeah, Ah do." Costigan smirks and grabs the rider by the seat of his pants and one leg, easily hoisting his end and boosting it down the aisle. The combined efforts send the downed rider flying through the air and into the face of one of the charging riders. They both fall down in a heap..but only for a moment.
The other rider gracefully dodges, leaning back out of the way like he's on Bullet Time, then leaps forward in a long jump that puts him within sword's reach of Rasul and Costigan. The katana flashes out like a striking snake and Costigan snarls and yanks his head abruptly back; a thin red line oozes across his throat. Then the sword dips and flashes toward Rasul....
--- Sorry about the delay. Note: the bad guys have inhumanly high agility, and Rasul may discover that they are quite strong, though well inside "very fit, weightlifter human" range. They just seem rather slender to be able to pump that much iron...
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Post by Ramulus on May 22, 2012 7:25:21 GMT -5
Their enemies are indeed quite strong and very agile for their appearance. If they can gang up on Donal and Rasul, that would be a big problem.
The oncoming attack forces a surge of adrenalin into Rasul's blood. He steps quickly but doesn't really make a full attempt to dodge. After all, the rider is making a move at him. The sword might find some skin, perhaps a bit of flesh, and drag through a piece of sleeve or blouse front of the chest. With one solid step and a nasal snort, Rasul claims any katana-swinging space and answers the bold assault with an upwards strike straight to the throat...
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Post by Hellbender on May 22, 2012 18:09:54 GMT -5
The guy on the floor with the smashed faceplate looks like he's trying to get up; Costigan stomps viciously on the rider's throat and he stops trying. Patience and restraint went out the window when the riders tried to kill him; were he normal, his throat would have been sliced from ear to ear by that sword strike.
Rasul's throat strike lands square on the rider's larynx; biker's leathers don't include a gorget. He staggers back, choking, no longer quite so graceful.
Costigan twists slightly and kicks Rasul's rider in the side of his knee with brutal force; bones crack audibly under the impact of steel-toed boots.
"Someone oughta call MCU," Costigan gets out as he fights. "''m busy right now."
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Post by Ramulus on May 25, 2012 18:54:26 GMT -5
When Rasul's hit connects and sends the rider staggering it feels like clearing up from a clouded mind previously unnoticed. Rasul takes a quick but deep breath of air, conflicted. He feels somewhat guilty.... before he remembers that he's fighting for survival here. Then Costigan moves in to deal with any sliver of guilt by breaking the rider's knee.
Rasul cringes for a moment, then shakes it off. He wrestles the sword from the rider, an action that should cost no effort when ones knee is broken. "Suppose at least one visitor slash professor is that clever." Speaking of which... the number of people in the room is dwindling fast. People are still hasting to make an exit, and he shouts a short order at the stragglers to call the police department. (Unless MCU is something different)
By now the two remaining riders have gotten up. Rasul snarls at them, "I'd consider whether I don't have somewhere better to be in your case!" It's a warning. Or advice, or inquiry.... Rasul doesn't seem to care whether they'll run away or not. It'd be so... messy if they don't. Humans generally try to avoid messy, so Rasul will just try to avoid it too.
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Post by Hellbender on Jun 1, 2012 19:31:27 GMT -5
Rasul wrests the sword away from the now-gimped rider as his leg collapses and he falls.
"Our quarry is getting away," one of the remaining two says in that harsh voice they seem to share. "Forget these, and hurry." Still, he does not leave the other, yet.
"These peons have dared to raise hand against their betters!" the other retorts, raising his sword--
Costigan slams his chin with a brutal uppercut, sending the rider over and back with an audible crunch. "I'm no one's peon!" Costigan growls.
The other rider steps back and raises his sword vertically, in salute. "You are no peon," he agrees. "You and your companion are worthy warriors. We will remember you, and in time make our revenge."
With sudden grace, he darts down the aisle, belatedly following the other five in pursuit of their quarry.
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Post by Ramulus on Jun 2, 2012 15:58:42 GMT -5
Rasul glares at the riders and he inches forward a bit when Donal downs the other, like a hound willing to attack. But for now their victory is assured as the last enemy breaks off the attack. Six got away, so what? There are four here who are their trophies, their defeated enemies. Four! Rasul holds back a pleasant purr drawn from both victory and the adrenalin burn deep within his muscles.
"Of course you will" He sneers, "thanks for the warning!"
A hero would go after the black rider to save the professor. Rasul/Ramulus is not a hero. He's also human. He feels on his shirt and his fingertops return with a slight wetness. The wetness is also red. "Ah, that last swipe got me" He notices, and doesn't seem to overly stress about it while he searches for the cut. "What about you, Donal?"
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Post by Hellbender on Jun 18, 2012 18:45:53 GMT -5
Donal rubs his throat and winces; his fingers come away covered in blood. "Close, real close. Blade didn't cut through muscle, quite, or Ah woulda had a second smile there."
He glares after the departed bikers, trying to fight back the urge to charge after them and make sure there was no "next time", ever. Too many witnesses, and even Victoria doesn't know all his secrets--or so he thinks. He has a deep hunger for battle, unrestrained with all his power unleashed like when he and Tessan fought the Sub-Atlanticans--but orders are orders, he's here to do a job, and hunting down souped-up hit teams isn't it.
He looks more closely at Rasul and notes the dripping red. "You okay?" Donal asks, genuine concern in his voice.
---- I'm sorry, I completely forgot I was up here. Feel free to poke me when that happens.
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Post by Ramulus on Jun 19, 2012 14:52:43 GMT -5
Rasul huffs when Donal reveals his damage, "Son of a [beep] was going for kills. It's a good thing he won't be walking anymore."
The cut on his chest is not bleeding profusely, but it's also not a papercut bleed. Having pried into the torn fabric by now to examine the cut, Rasul frowns a bit. But then he shrugs and says casually, "Hm-yeah, I'll be fine." He pads his pockets for a handkerchief, finds one (which is more like a cloth he uses to clean dirt-covered equipment with) and presses it against the wound. "Have a standard medic kit in the car, it'll be fine. It also has iodine, for that cut of yours"
Wrinkling his nose, he listens for sounds of help arriving. Then he turns to the fallen 'ninja' wannabe and mutters, "Might as well see what we were dealing with?"
No problem! I'll alert you next time.
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Post by Hellbender on Jun 19, 2012 20:11:02 GMT -5
Costigan stands up, listening. "Cops are on the way. Hopefully, they brought an EMT or two. We might not have been the only that got in the way of these bastards." He nudges one of the two downed figures with his foot. "Coulda sworn we knocked down more than two. Tricky bastards; Ah think they played possum on us and slipped away."
He bends over and pulls the motorcycle helmet off, revealing a very pale, delicately beautiful male face, surrounded by long, flowing, platinum-blond hair. If Donal were an animé fan, which he is not, he might describe the man as bishonen. He frowns; something still doesn't seem right about the picture he's 'seeing'. Gently, he brushes back the long hair, revealing a very slightly pointed ear.
"Well, he looks more human than the last bunch of weirdos to crash one of my jobs," Costigan mutters.
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Post by Ramulus on Jun 20, 2012 4:01:01 GMT -5
Looking around the room, Rasul makes a noise of disgust, "There were four... two got away. Hope they rot somewhere." His frown deepens as Donal removes the helmet and reveals the pointy ear, "I.....don't think that's human..."
And that is worrisome. "Whatever did you do to start attracting nutjobs?" It was a rhetorical question. Rasul is way to busy making sure that they don't get attacked or something by someone plotting revenge. He's not making any move to leave the area. No, he's going to guard these two to ensure the police can take them in.
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Post by Hellbender on Jun 30, 2012 6:43:08 GMT -5
Sirens wail in the near distance; the police are already on the way. Someone, several someones, thought to call 911--after all, isn't that what you're supposed to do when a bunch of armed crazies crash a peaceful meeting? First on the scene, however, is Campus Security--they were closer. They are still too late to do anything beyond pick up the bodies and take witness statements.
But that's a bit later. At the moment, Costigan frowns and says, "Wasn't doing anything. Got called in to consult on a mine flooding problem, which turned out to be an invasion of homicidal merpeople. Technically, they were there before Ah was, but the mine and the miners were there before they were, and they didn't have no title to it, so Ah figure they didn't have any business flooding it and killing people."
One of them isn't going anywhere except to the morgue--having your throat crushed will do that. The other guy has a broken knee and can't crawl too fast, but should probably be watched anyway.
--- Head toward wrap?
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Post by Ramulus on Jun 30, 2012 12:57:39 GMT -5
The look TM that Rasul gives to Donal could be roughly transcribed as 'are you [censored] kidding me?'. He coughs, an action that makes him winch, "Merpeople? Bub... I didn't have enough beer yet to hear those kinds of stories. Should introduce you to a pal o'mine, keeps going on about werebears up those mountains North of here. You, him, a few bottles of premium Scotch and a campfire. I'd be having an amazing homage weekend to boyscouts right there; Ghost stories all around."
You see... knowing that he actually is a darn right extraterrestial makes Rasul take the snark to stories like this. Because most normal humans do. And Ramulus loves having something to snark about.
"Well, between werebears and merfolk, these guys don't sound so alien anymore" Rasul mumbles, nudging any crawl out of the live rider with a boot. "unless they turn up to be what? Vampires?" He laughs it off before glaring at their captive, "You stay right here waiting for the officers, Blondie." Yes, Rasul is a bit gloating. His chest burns with pain. Gotta get his mind off of it.
Soon campus security arrives, followed by the police, and our (questionable? unsung? In denial...?) heroes hand over their captives as the scene fades out.
Wrap sounds good! Loved playing this thread, thank you!
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