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Post by Pee-Dee on Aug 3, 2012 12:32:50 GMT -5
Petunia quick-skips back as Xavier goes for her throat, bringing one arm up to block. She is more than reasonably certain she couldn't survive a killing blow, even if she could survive something less than that.
"Seriously?"
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Post by Phobia/Pierce Fobster on Aug 5, 2012 8:12:18 GMT -5
“Yes you can!” Pierce quickly tries to slip between Petunia and Xavier when the detective moves back, grabbing Xavier’s elbow. “My god, you stubborn git, will you just trust me?!” How in the world did he get stuck with this idiot again?
Why couldn’t it have been someone more sensible who shoved their way into Pierce’s quiet little life? And after all that trouble with stuffing him in a suit and embarrassing themselves in front of Rook...! Oooh, Xavier was going to be shunned for days after this was over!
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Post by Rampage/Xavier Goodkind on Aug 11, 2012 8:24:17 GMT -5
"Back off!" Xavier snarls to Pierce, though his furious gaze is fixated on Petunia.
No. No he is not going to trust Pierce! He is going to trust himself, and his gut is saying to murder Petunia. Horribly. Why can't Pierce trust him instead?!
A small part of him says that maybe he should listen to Pierce, and back off and see what he has to say, but the larger, angrier part beats it down until it's nothing more than a whimper. He will not be some obedient pet, forced to go against his own wishes and desires! He refuses to be controlled again!
Again?
Xavier feels a surge of dark rage that he can't remember the source of, and a deep hatred towards someone he can't remember, and it comes rushing out, misdirected at the man who only wants whats best for him. He slams his elbow back into Pierce as hard as he can, trying to dislodge him.
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Post by Spinister on Aug 14, 2012 21:06:00 GMT -5
Esprit emerges from behind her cover, hands up. She is moving slowly and not in a threatening fashion. Esprit reminds flatly, "You are resisting arrest."
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Post by Phobia/Pierce Fobster on Aug 17, 2012 15:48:47 GMT -5
“Xavier, please, I just- ”
Except it doesn’t feel like Xavier under his hands anymore. He doesn’t have much time to react to that though because the next moment Pierce feels the air slammed out of him and the snap of a bone breaking.
The man ends up on the ground a few feet away, clutching at his ribs and struggling to breathe. Get up! he wills his body. Rampage was here! He had to get away- had to-
He manages a terrified 'eep' despite the stabbing pain in his chest when Esprit shows up out of the blue. This was turning out to be a spectacularly sadistic nightmare.
OOC: Skipping Petunia due to time out.
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Post by Pee-Dee on Aug 23, 2012 17:18:57 GMT -5
"Seriously," Petunia says darkly. She darts forward, seizing Xavier by the shirt, hooking a foot behind his ankle to unbalance him, and flipping him over her hip so she can be between him and the guy he just did bad things to.
"You do not know when to quit, do you?"
Flinging of Rampage with player permission.
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Post by Rampage/Xavier Goodkind on Aug 25, 2012 14:42:45 GMT -5
The inexplicable hatred flushes away as fast as it came the moment Xavier hears that snap, and he starts in shock at Pierce for the split second before Petunia catches him off guard and sends him flying.
Hitting the ground, Xavier lies stunned, emotions in turmoil. Pierce is hurt. He- Pierce is hurt, and he stubbornly refuses to rephrase that. Pierce is hurt, and that is unacceptable. This is all... this is all the cop's fault. If Petunia didn't exist then none of this would have happened. He's going to blame everything on her and he hates her so much.
There's a length of rusted metal pipe on the ground near him and Xavier snatches it up as he forces himself back to his feet, his aches and pains melting away. He spins around, preparing to assault Petunia with his newly acquired weapon.
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Post by Spinister on Sept 1, 2012 18:53:43 GMT -5
Esprit draws her gun and holds it with both hands, pointed at the ground. She barks out in a harsh voice, "Sir, you need to put down the pipe and put up your hands. I will shoot if you attempt to use lethal force on my partner."
OOC: Sorry. I just can't make sense of her shooting right this second. Promise I'll shoot next turn!
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Post by Phobia/Pierce Fobster on Sept 2, 2012 21:13:53 GMT -5
Pierce wishes he can draw air into his lungs without his vision blurring horribly right now. He watches Xavier get knocked down by Petunia in a semi-panicked haze, struggling to breathe. When he finally does manage to catch a breath, he coughs it all out violently.
“Nh-” he manages, rolling onto his front and shoving an elbow under him. However, the sight of Esprit drawing her gun startles Pierce enough that he’s thrown into another coughing fit. He tries frantically to wave his free hand in an abortive gesture. He may have been Rampage, but that man was Pierce’s responsibility and he certainly can’t let him be killed!
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Post by Pee-Dee on Sept 5, 2012 13:31:03 GMT -5
Petunia doesn't entirely figure he's down, but his swing startles her. The pipe catches her in the side, and she stumbles in the direction of the blow. Pain twists her expression into a rictus, and she snarls. It's a wordless, hating sound; sanity flicker-flashes in and out of her eyes.
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Post by Rampage/Xavier Goodkind on Sept 5, 2012 20:57:15 GMT -5
Xavier's face contorts into a grin that's all bared teeth and wild eyes, his attention narrowing down to focus only on the body in front of it and the sweet pain bleeding freely from it. He wants to make it really bleed, all red and salty and oh so pretty. He feels a dark laugh bubble up out of his throat, loud and mad.
This is right and familiar and it makes him feel whole, the deep, buried parts delighting right along with the surface that is Xavier.
Pulling back his pipe, he makes to swing it right at Petunia's head.
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Post by Spinister on Sept 14, 2012 21:06:44 GMT -5
Esprit makes her shot with both hand son her sidearms, steady and exacting. She's aiming for the shoulder, or rather, where his shoulder will be in a moment, to stop that arm and knock him down.
Any witness will be able to say she aimed for the shoulder.
Clearly.
But even the best make mistakes.
And Decepticons don't aim for shoulders.
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Post by Phobia/Pierce Fobster on Sept 21, 2012 19:05:56 GMT -5
There are a lot of things that have and continue to shake Phobia. He doesn’t think he’s ever quite had the privilege of feeling his human heart seize in his chest though. The sight of a bullet making a gaping little hole in Xavier's skull was something he was rather hoping he’d never have to see.
“NO!” Pierce gasps in a panic, watching as Xavier falls into the Detroit river. “No--hk!” He struggles to get up but his vision abruptly blacks out from the pain.
OOC: Posing of Xavier done with permission.
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Post by Pee-Dee on Sept 29, 2012 14:14:53 GMT -5
The gunshot nearly deafens Petunia, then the threat is gone. She blinks, fighting-joy and pain-rage still roaring through her system. But he's gone. He tumbled into the river.
She shouldn't chase him. That would be bad.
She should go get her phone. Esprit might be worrying.
Esprit doesn't worry.
Esprit doesn't miss, either.
Petunia turns and carefully walks back to her phone, kneeling to pick it up. She wipes the screen and case off on her pants. She doesn't say anything. She's still trying to slow her heart and calm her breath.
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Post by Spinister on Sept 29, 2012 21:46:16 GMT -5
Esprit is about deafened, too. Human bodies are annoying. Her robot body would not have this problem. She does not put her sidearm away, but she does point it up and away from anyone. Esprit approaches Pierce cautiously. Does the man need help?
Yes. She will check if Pierce needs help first. Then she will radio into base and tell them that she shot a man and he fell in the river and could they get some divers?
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