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Post by Rampage/Xavier Goodkind on Jun 23, 2012 10:12:34 GMT -5
Xavier is debating whether to mock Petunia or to try and sneak around the building and surprise her, or possibly a mixture of both, when the phone in his hand starts ringing.
Giving the phone a startled look, Xavier proceeds to glare at it before stepping out into the space between buildings and promptly lobbing the ringing chunk of technology at Petunia's head. Or at least in her general direction.
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Post by Pee-Dee on Jun 25, 2012 13:36:48 GMT -5
Esprit: 1 Xavier: 0
Petunia both ducks away and reaches out to catch her phone. There's a brief moment where she looks like she's flinching away from the phone she's holding up, then she flips it open. "Hey, this is Petunia Dahlia, I'm in the middle of a potentially, scratch that, definitely dangerous situation right now. How can I help you?"
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Post by Phobia/Pierce Fobster on Jun 26, 2012 8:25:38 GMT -5
There is the faint sound of a phone ringing in the distance from the same direction as the shouting had come from. Odd. Pierce braces himself against a light pole and tries to catch his breath.
He knew where they were and which direction the sound was coming from, but there was a dead end in front of him, a fence and the open water behind it. He backtracks, heart pounding in his ears. What a lovely day to find out your navigation skills were terrible as well.
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Post by Spinister on Jul 1, 2012 12:11:55 GMT -5
"Keep the line open. Tell me where you are when it's safe for you," Esprit says calmly. Hopefully Det. Dahlia can recognise Esprit's voice over the phone. These are the perils of not saying much!
Did she just see the skinny librarian? Maybe Esprit should try to find and follow him...
She slips out of view. She's not cloaked. She's just using camouflage. Cities are full of handy obstacles.
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Post by Rampage/Xavier Goodkind on Jul 1, 2012 21:43:23 GMT -5
Xavier follows the path of the phone, irritated that Petunia is bothering to answer her phone in the middle of dealing with him. Rushing forward, if he manages to reach her he intends to swing a fist and smash the stupid phone right into the side of her head.
Snarling abuses, he shouts at her to shut up as he attacks.
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Post by Pee-Dee on Jul 2, 2012 16:14:52 GMT -5
Det. Dahlia recognizes the ringtone, even if she doesn't necessarily recognize the voice. "Kay- ack!"
Petunia ducks almost too late, so she gets punched high enough not to hit her cellphone. Black explodes across her vision, and she drops her phone. There's one terrifying moment where she's completely disoriented- She lashes out with a fist, meaning to drive Xavier back. Then, as the disorientation passes, she steps forward, aiming another punch for his gut.
Neither punch is pulled, not even the instinctive amount most humans use to avoid breaking their hands.
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Post by Phobia/Pierce Fobster on Jul 2, 2012 18:40:33 GMT -5
Oblivious to Esprit, Pierce pelts through the alleyways, tracking Xavier’s familiar presence, wringing his weakened senses for any traces of it.
With his senses so dampened however, he doesn’t entirely expect the fight that he was walking into. He skids to stop some distance away, paralyzed in panic and choking for breath at the sight of his boyfriend swinging at the detective.
“Xavier!” he squeaks. Then louder, his voice cracking and utterly unused to louder volumes, “Xavier! Stop this right now!”
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Post by Rampage/Xavier Goodkind on Jul 9, 2012 15:19:31 GMT -5
Skipping Esprit due to time out.
Petunia's fists hit hard, once in the chest, once in the stomach, and Xavier doubles over, retching. The pain radiating from the blows fades quickly, however, and he straightens in time to spot Pierce over the Petunia's shoulder. All his possessive, protective rage boils up hotter than ever, and he screams at the man.
"Get out of here! Goddamn you-!" Trailing into expletives, Xavier snatches for Petunia's shirt, trying to swing her around and send her tumbling further down the alley between warehouses and place himself between her and his boyfriend.
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Post by Pee-Dee on Jul 14, 2012 12:33:25 GMT -5
Xavier does swing her around, but when he lets go to send her tumbling - Petunia grabs onto his shirt. Her grin is wide and wild, something in her eyes too like what Xavier might feel during a kill.
"Not getting rid of me that easily, boyo."
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Post by Phobia/Pierce Fobster on Jul 15, 2012 10:48:01 GMT -5
“If this is some misguided attempt at protecting me, I’ll have you know I do not appreciate it!” Pierce yells back.
“Xavier, please!” he pleads, looking around for anything he could use. Nothing but garbage bags and pavement around here. Clenching his fists, he starts to approach the detective and his boyfriend. He wasn’t as powerful as he was as a machine, but he’d never needed to be powerful to know how to fight. Breaking up a fight was somewhat new however.
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Post by Spinister on Jul 15, 2012 14:48:31 GMT -5
Esprit catches up behind Pierce. She hides behind a dumpster, watching the scene. Esprit should probably try to arrest someone, but more to the point... Dahlia should be trying to arrest someone.
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Post by Rampage/Xavier Goodkind on Jul 16, 2012 18:29:12 GMT -5
"Go away!" Xavier snarls at Pierce, stumbling with Petunia. He doesn't care whether or not Pierce appreciates it. Xavier protects what's his and he'll do it his way, dammit!
Glaring at Petunia, he growls, "I'm going to get rid of you permanently!" That said, he attempts to smash his forehead against hers. He will be happy when his thumbs are pressing into her eyes and she's bleeding pain and fear of death, and no sooner.
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Post by Pee-Dee on Jul 19, 2012 11:38:13 GMT -5
You would think blunt-force head trauma would make things worse for Petunia, not better. But she's always been a perverse little thing.
Stars explode in her eyes, and something clicks over in her head. 'You've got to offer an arrest before they can resist it.'
"Assaulting an officer? You are under arrest, bucko. Step back and put your hands on your head."
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Post by Phobia/Pierce Fobster on Jul 23, 2012 7:51:43 GMT -5
Oh thank goodness, the officer seemed to finally have come to her senses! Now that only left Xavier- which is really the difficult part.
“Xavier, listen to the officer and stop fighting,” Pierce tries, moving slowly closer to the two with the intention of putting himself between Petunia and his boyfriend. “Please?”
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Post by Rampage/Xavier Goodkind on Jul 28, 2012 22:11:50 GMT -5
Skipping Esprit due to time out.
Xavier's own head is ringing a little from the headbutt, and it takes him a moment to parse what Petunia is saying. Under arrest...?
He is absolutely not, in any fashion, going to let himself be arrested. That is likely to turn out very, very badly for his continuing to be in a close relationship with Pierce. This situation is just getting worse and worse. He snarls, "Goddammit, Pierce! I can't be arrested!"
Rather than put them on his head, Xavier's hands aim straight for Petunia's throat, ready to elbow his boyfriend out of the way in he needs to.
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