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Who: Eusine, Miko and (eventually) Neku
Where: makin' my way downtown
When: a DRAMATIC, DANGEROUS NIGHT full of TERROR aka March 11 probably
What: The Mysticalman and Miko are both investigating the cyborg situation. Neku gets caught up in the excitement and by excitement I mean everyone but Eusine gets their ass kidnapped because we can't have nice things.
Warnings: evil cyborgs and people with a fondness for reckless self-endangerment
When confronted with the threat of hideous mutant beasts, a reasonable man might barricade himself at home, find reassurance with a group of friends, or perhaps even try to figure out where he put his blasted shotgun since last time the aliens invaded. What a reasonable man most certainly would not do, however, is run right into the middle of the fray out of sheer unbridled curiosity despite having powers that roughly have the destructive power of a wet fart.
It will come to absolutely no one's surprise that Eusine is not a Reasonable Man.
He had noticed the odd increase in pet disappearances those past few months (when you spend as much time looking for magical beasts as he does, you tend to end up in strange corners of the internet,) but he'd chalked them up to the work of some kind of carnivorous mythical creature. Nothing could possibly have prepared him for... this. "Mutant cyborg" seems too nice a description, really. These things are messed up.
When he spots a particularly nasty snoutless dog-machine hybrid, he decides to investigate more closely, grim curiosity stronger than the feeling of revulsion brewing in the pit of his stomach. He lands in a nearby alley, just around the corner; you can't exactly take a good look at something when you're zipping past with rocket shoes, and no one will say the Mysticalman is not thorough. When he's confident he's found a clever hiding spot (behind a mangled, upturned trashbin - whatever happened here?) he opens a compartment on his left gauntlet, taking out what appears to be a small pair of opera binoculars, and begins spying on the unsuspecting monster.
There's no way anyone - or anything - can spot him, really. Men in bright spandex and capes are notoriously inconspicuous.
Where: makin' my way downtown
When: a DRAMATIC, DANGEROUS NIGHT full of TERROR aka March 11 probably
What: The Mysticalman and Miko are both investigating the cyborg situation. Neku gets caught up in the excitement and by excitement I mean everyone but Eusine gets their ass kidnapped because we can't have nice things.
Warnings: evil cyborgs and people with a fondness for reckless self-endangerment
When confronted with the threat of hideous mutant beasts, a reasonable man might barricade himself at home, find reassurance with a group of friends, or perhaps even try to figure out where he put his blasted shotgun since last time the aliens invaded. What a reasonable man most certainly would not do, however, is run right into the middle of the fray out of sheer unbridled curiosity despite having powers that roughly have the destructive power of a wet fart.
It will come to absolutely no one's surprise that Eusine is not a Reasonable Man.
He had noticed the odd increase in pet disappearances those past few months (when you spend as much time looking for magical beasts as he does, you tend to end up in strange corners of the internet,) but he'd chalked them up to the work of some kind of carnivorous mythical creature. Nothing could possibly have prepared him for... this. "Mutant cyborg" seems too nice a description, really. These things are messed up.
When he spots a particularly nasty snoutless dog-machine hybrid, he decides to investigate more closely, grim curiosity stronger than the feeling of revulsion brewing in the pit of his stomach. He lands in a nearby alley, just around the corner; you can't exactly take a good look at something when you're zipping past with rocket shoes, and no one will say the Mysticalman is not thorough. When he's confident he's found a clever hiding spot (behind a mangled, upturned trashbin - whatever happened here?) he opens a compartment on his left gauntlet, taking out what appears to be a small pair of opera binoculars, and begins spying on the unsuspecting monster.
There's no way anyone - or anything - can spot him, really. Men in bright spandex and capes are notoriously inconspicuous.
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"Are you insane?! It just hit an entire wall of these, what do you think a single brick will do?!" he barks, despite being sorely tempted to chuck a brick at their opponent himself - even if only to try to get it off Neku's back, the cyborg having been strangely single-minded about attacking him ever since he showed up. Not that he particularly enjoys getting assaulted by mannequin-like monsters, but the fact the creature won't even acknowledge him anymore is a bit insulting.
Actually... the cyborg's one-track mind might be an advantage. If he could blind the creature for a moment and then set up a hologram... yes, it might just work.
"Listen, I've got a plan!!!" he shouts at Neku, as he unhooks his cape and hurriedly pulls a great length of rope out of a gauntlet. "Try to keep its attention for a little longer!!!"
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She doesn't attack again (for now) but she doesn't put the brick down either; if she's going to try again, she'll need to wait until she gets a better opening. Unfortunately she hates waiting.
She raises an eyebrow at... whatever it is Eusine is doing with the cape and rope. "Whatever this plan is, it better be good; that thing isn't letting up."
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Unfortunately for Miko - and fortunately for Neku - he doesn't bother explaining his plan further before setting part 1: cape boogaloo into motion; all he gives her is a cryptic wink, before putting his so-far useless rocket shoes to use. The jets sputter for an instant, light illuminating the alley in short, blinding bursts... and off he goes at high speed, trailing his long flowing cape behind him.
He raises his arms, and for a fraction of a second it looks like he's going to succeed in throwing the thick fabric at the cyborg's head... but despite the distraction the creature is once again too fast, and it's with astonishing reflexes that it grabs Eusine's leg in mid-air before flinging him into a wall, turning the rockets' momentum against their owner. His body hit the bricks with a worrying thud before falling to the ground; he still appears to be conscious, but barely.
Talk about anticlimactic.
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That moment of doubt leaves him frozen, which gives the cyborg enough time to turn around and deliver a punch right to his gut, knocking the wind right out of him. He crumples to the ground, gasping for air...
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No sooner has the cyborg's fist made contact than Miko hurls the brick in her hand at it. "Hey! Leave him alone!"
The brick narrowly misses its target, clattering harmlessly to the ground; she tries to charge the monster, but it spins around once again, and there's little she can do to stop it as it grabs onto her, twisting her arms awkwardly behind her back and pushing her to the ground.
Struggling quickly proves to be ineffective, even more so when something sharp presses into her neck - there's a quick pinch, like a shot, and after a moment she falls limp.
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If you can even call that "watch". His head feels strangely light, black dots swimming in and out of his field of vision, and his back screams in pain with every little movement. He's barely holding onto consciousness, and devoting all his remaining energy to not letting go of it. Fainting here and now, in the middle of cyborg territory, would be a death sentence; the one they fought might seem interested in capturing people alive - or some people, at least, as the monster showed now interest in kidnapping him, which he will definitely feel slightly offended about later - but it might not be the case for all of them.
He doesn't want to die alone and broken in a dirty back alley, this much he knows.
The second he regains his sense of balance (after the most anxiety-inducing half hour of his life,) he kickstarts his rocket shoes and flies away as fast as he can, as far as he can, his movements erratic as his injured body struggles to keep up with the effort. He will definitely come back to save his companions of misfortune. He wouldn't be able to live with himself if he didn't. But first... he'll need a weapon effective against those things, and he has an idea that might just work...