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Post by Atomic Robo on Jun 15, 2015 13:16:04 GMT -7
Meanwhile, Chiaros sprinted through an alleyway and emerged around the same time as Sociri. Grinning, she lessened the gravity in herself a bit and pushed herself off the ground, drifting through the air and pushing herself closer behind Sociri as she edged across the front of the building. She was trying to keep quiet so she could sneak up on the peryton. As she landed just a few feet away she crouched down, careful to keep out of Soc's field of vision. She bent down and padded forward, as silent as the cats she resembled, before she leapt up and flung her arms out, shouting "RAAAAAUGH!" and growling as fiercely as she could.
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Post by Ian on Jun 15, 2015 13:37:12 GMT -7
Any sound of Chiaros's already-quiet approach was drowned out by the sounds of the city around them, and as such Sociri had no warning of her leap until she was interrupted from her search by her friend's voice shouting from behind her and, a split second later, echoed in her ear. Sociri shrieked and hunched over, sheltering her head under her upper set of wings. After a second she peeked over them and turned her head to look behind her. "Chiar-os!" Sociri complained, folding her wings again. "Nehhhh!" She flailed at her friend in mock annoyance.
(I'm just imagining what this scene looks like to anyone walking by.)
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Post by Atomic Robo on Jun 15, 2015 13:42:38 GMT -7
Chiaros joyously partook in the slappy right, flailing back just as much and leaning her face away so she wouldn't get slapped. Suddenly, the sound of Alan's voice interrupted them. "Would you two turn your comms off for two damn minutes?" He snapped. All joy was instantly sapped from Chiaros's face as she curled her lips up and stuck her tongue out, regardless of the fact that Alan couldn't see. The accompanying "nya!" probably got the point across though, but if it did she didn't know, since she flicked the communicator off then and crossed her arms haughtily.
Then she heard the screaming.
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Post by Ian on Jun 15, 2015 14:01:01 GMT -7
(Two college age kids having a slap-fight, this is us.)
Sociri laughed at Alan's complaint, breaking off her attempts to smack Chiaros back in order to shut off the comm. The sound of nearby screaming made her head swivel toward the source, her grin at Chiaros's petulant face disappearing. Why were they screaming? Surely it wasn't because of them? People had powers and would float, owls could turn their heads. This wasn't that unusual. Then others' voices joined the first, accompanied by the sound of crashing and cars honking. Definitely not them. Sociri looked back at Chiaros. "Y'think....this calls for us?" she said, a little hopefully, a little worriedly. Whatever was causing those noises was obviously very large.
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Post by Atomic Robo on Jun 15, 2015 14:06:57 GMT -7
In the distance, there was an echoing roar. It sounded kind of like Godzilla, but with more of a popping undertone and a high pitched, whistle-like sound punctuating its release. The result was chilling, and immediately following it came the sound of more distant screams. People on the street in front of them stopped what they were doing and began murmuring, glancing around in concern. Then, far off a building shuddered and groaned in distres before one of its sides crumbled in and the building collapsed in a puff of dust. Chiaros flinched at the implications of that collapse, gulping. "Yes," she murmured, "I think it does."
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Post by Ian on Jun 15, 2015 14:26:52 GMT -7
Sociri watched the building groan and then fall, felt the ground shudder slightly as a giant foot landed on it. "Hhhhh....yeah. Okay. Let's check it out." Soc's voice was quiet, her ears back as she moved her head from side to side, as if that would allow her to see what had just, by the sound of it, crushed a car. People, used to situations like this, began to scatter around them, running in the opposite direction. Sociri waited for a gap and spread her wings, leaping upwards, beating powerfully to get into the air. Once above the fleeing citizens, she tipped forward into a slight glide.
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Post by Atomic Robo on Jun 15, 2015 14:46:24 GMT -7
"Ay, ay!" Chiaros shouted after Sociri, waving an arm and doing her best New York accent. She rolled her eyes exaggeratedly. She had to run while Sociri flew over the fleeing civilians! How fair was that?! Not fair at all, she'd tell ya! Groaning, she began to run after Soc, hoping she wouldn't be too tired by the time they got to the scene of the 'crime'.
It seemed like it was after ages of following her four-winged friend from below that they finally arrived and the scene made Chiaros do a spit take- or it would have if she'd been drinking anything. There, in the middle of an open square and quickly rounding to face them, was what looked like a giant, quadruped dinosaur. Except when it roared at them, it showed off rows of massive, sharp pearly teeth, spittle flying everywhere. A few drops even landed on Chiaros, causing her to pin her ears back and grimace. "Whoa Bessie," Chiaros whispered.
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Post by Ian on Jun 15, 2015 15:18:54 GMT -7
Sociri landed and jogged a few steps to stand next to Chiaros. She turned, about to say something, but then caught sight of the dinosaur in front of them. "Holy shhhhhite," she hissed, blinking and flinching as it roared and spit flew far enough to reach them. The dinosaur was huge, heavily built, and best described as dangerous. It took a step toward them, and Sociri unconsciously leaned back. "Ah....what are we going to do about this one?" she murmured to herself, looking at the creature's thick scales and giant teeth.
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Post by Atomic Robo on Jun 15, 2015 15:33:54 GMT -7
"Uh," Chiaros responded helpfully. She lifted an arm, which the dinosaur locked eyes on. Waving it back and forth slowly, Chiaros watched in amazement as the beast huffed quietly, rumbling in response to the waving limb. In a split second she charged a small gravity bomb, gathering a condensed ball of gravity in her palm til it formed a tiny black hole. Releasing it, she chucked it at the dinosaur as hard as she could. The big scaly lizard didn't respond quickly enough to dodge and it landed it square on the nose, jerking its face downward and causing it to roar in outrage. It shook its head madly and snarled viciously, flaring the large red sail on its back like a murderous war flag. This was all the warning they got before it kicked off with its powerful legs and charged. "I think I just pissed it off!" Chiaros yelped, dropping the gravity surrounding her to a mere fraction of Earth's and jumping as high as she could and suspending herself there above the dinosaur as it continued on its warpath.
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Post by Ian on Jun 15, 2015 17:57:08 GMT -7
"Yeah. Yes you did," Sociri said, taking off after Chiaros as the dinosaur charged them, flying above its reach as its jaws snapped shut beneath them. The massive beast bellowed, and Sociri rolled in the hot air that buffeted her.
Righting herself, she frantically tried to think of something to call on that would help in this situation. Most weapons she could summon would only make the dinosaur angrier. Food, to distract it? Looking down its throat as it roared, Sociri decided that again, she wouldn't be able to get enough to stop or slow it down. If they could just....get it to quiet down, they could maybe find out where it came from, exactly what dinosaur it was....it didn't look like any she'd seen. Wheeling closer to Chiaros, she called, "Do you think a tranq gun would work?"
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