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A Shadowy Cabal (Mod Acct) ([personal profile] synergismus) wrote in [community profile] multiversallogs2011-05-27 08:05 pm

plot } the creatures descend.

Who: Everyone!
What: Creatures descend!
Where: All across the city, although attacks will be most fervent at its heart.
When: Friday/Veerdi evening and into the week.
Notes: Slow and back-tagging is, as always, permitted. If you are confused, look at these two posts for more information.
Warnings: Violence, creepiness, swearing knowing these characters.
On Veerdi, the presence of the creatures reaches a fever pitch. Something has provoked them into launching an all-out assault, though it is one that begins slowly. The pipe-crawlers, generally harmless though they may be, are seen across homes in Baedal, sneaking up through the pipes and into bathtub drains or sinks. They come by the dozens, and their keening makes most homeowners nauseated--but it's their appearance that leads to a number of distressed Network calls.

This is just the distraction for the rest.

The call of the crawlers draws in the armored, sickly creatures with the tiny primates carried inside of it. They are inelegantly lumbering, but much faster than one might expect, and certainly hostile. They trudge across the city, barreling over anyone who gets in their path and leaving them half-crushed in the street. They're certainly unsettling in their obvious unhealthiness, and the disease-ridden animals they carry are downright vicious, especially once they escape (messily, bloodily) from their fleshy cage.

It's the birds that are the worst, though; the cleverest, and the cruelest.

These strange black birds are resistant to typical attacks and flying in large groups. They descend on pedestrians, picking at their eyes and faces, ready to rapidly tear flesh from bone until there's nothing left but skeletal remains. They fly out of range when they can, only to divebomb anyone who might think they've escaped.

[identity profile] yourwonderings.livejournal.com 2011-06-02 09:34 am (UTC)(link)
"I can only imagine. I got here today, but like hell I wasn't gonna lend a hand. How long've you been here?" Jo asks, squinting her eyes slightly as she glances upward, for any sign of them. It's almost as if she expects them to swoop in at any moment's notice. Logically, she knows the horse would alert them of something if it were in their midst, but she's tense and on-guard.

Longest twenty-four hours of her life.
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[personal profile] suninhades 2011-06-02 09:59 am (UTC)(link)
"Three months." She sounds dry - not thrilled at all, no; Integra has somewhere to return to, and it's rather urgent. Out of the kindness of her heart (or rather, the notion that the discussion would take too long), she neglects to mention that she not only knows a man who's been here for twenty-five years, but that it's commonplace for people to stay forever. There's nearly three million residents in Baedal, and every single one of them is either an abductee or the descendant of one.

"You're to meet Dean Winchester out here, am I correct?" Look, their exchange was public.

[identity profile] yourwonderings.livejournal.com 2011-06-02 07:00 pm (UTC)(link)
The dryness doesn't faze Jo. Snark's one of her most prized weapons, and considering their predicament, she hardly holds it against anyone that chooses to use similar ammunition. She blows out a breath. She can't imagine herself here for three months, least of all forever. A stone sinks into her stomach as she more or less realizes it's fully a possibility.

Jo turns to Integra, slightly surprised, but she's already helped so Jo doesn't think to evade the question. It was also mentioned one had to properly lock things if they didn't want anyone to hear their conversations, but Jo was unconcerned with that at the time. "Yeah, I am. We know each other from back home. Not Bete Noire, but home. I asked if he needed back-up and he mentioned it wouldn't hurt."
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[personal profile] suninhades 2011-06-02 08:48 pm (UTC)(link)
"If he starts calling that hellhole home I'll give him an extra head injury to balance it out," she says flatly, which - well. Apparently she knows Dean by more than just his name, if she's speaking with that kind of candidness. She clarifies, "He works for my organization."

In the distance, an ambulance siren wails, and Integra pauses for a while to remain quiet and listen. The air is less still, now, and it puts her a bit more on edge. "He's been escorting civilians to safe zones. Do you need a medic?"

[identity profile] yourwonderings.livejournal.com 2011-06-03 02:13 am (UTC)(link)
Jo starts to smirk at the thought of Integra giving Dean a head injury. "Aim for the nose, he gets real prickly about that," Jo says matter-of-factly. In his defense, Jo hadn't even met him for five minutes before she threw the first punch so he wasn't really looking for it. ... In Jo's defense, it's Dean.

"I'm fine, I'll patch it up real quick when I get back at the Inn," Jo assures. It's not a serious injury. And it's about now she's starting to piece everything together. Who Integra is, what Sam's told her. "... Hellsing Organization. That's what Sam was talkin' about," Jo says with a nod. "He mentioned Dean trusts you guys a lot. If I can help, just let me know."

That means something to Jo.
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[personal profile] suninhades 2011-06-03 04:38 am (UTC)(link)
Integra manages a brief smile at that suggestion - mild as it is, it seems genuine, and perhaps like that's as close to displaying that sort of emotion as she gets. (It is.) There's clear familiarity there, enough to recognize the fondness of something like that, versus worry about Dean's ... maiden nose honor, or whatever.

"That's correct." For a moment, Integra pauses, and listens. In the distance... well, damn. She moves to re-arranged ties on her saddle, but continues speaking: "We're going to need to try and secure this area, but I imagine it's going to take something of an inter-departmental effort. They're coming from under the earth, and this is the epicenter. We need to get down there, but we can't end up trapped from both ends."

Integra hauls herself back up onto her horse with ease, and it shifts its weight, making a huffing noise. "There are crows coming this way." The cries - they're not quite human. And she can feel it, that tang of fresh blood in the air, permeating everything. She offers Jo her hand. "We'd better get you to Mr. Winchester."

[identity profile] yourwonderings.livejournal.com 2011-06-04 07:12 am (UTC)(link)
Jo allows herself the moment of silence when Integra does. She turns back to the woman, who clearly screams leader with every word and action. There's a second where Jo only studies her, taking in the words, quickly answering back once she's finished. "It's also going to require effort to get everyone to listen in their panic," Jo says, referring to the securing part, but she nods once more. She understands--and she's only been here one day, so she is deferring to this other woman completely. Only a short amount of time, and Jo can tell Integra knows what the hell she's doing.

"'Course they are. Damn birds." Jo has never been on a horse, but she's not about to show her trepidation now. Fear can be a tool, she has learned. Fear she can use to her advantage if she lets it drive her instead of cripple her. "I'm right there with you," she says, and she clasps Integra's hand with her own, using it to boost herself up, swinging her leg onto the other side as she hauls herself up onto the horse as well behind one Sir Integra Hellsing. Her gun remains at her side, and Jo will be at the ready should it be needed.

Universe, if you thought there'd be anything more fucking epic than this... well, then. You were wrong. Obvs.
Edited 2011-06-04 07:14 (UTC)
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[personal profile] suninhades 2011-06-05 12:09 pm (UTC)(link)
"Hold on," she says, and circles her horse, the destrier powerful enough to carry the both of them at a full gallop easily. "And don't worry about my hearing."

Translation: shoot the bloody hell out of anything she needs to, even if it's next to Integra's head. For a moment she's just quiet, sorting out in some far-off mental place where Alucard is; she's gotten better at this, over the past few months, communing with the devil while fighting for God. But that's handled, and there are cries of flesh-eating birds coming their way, so with a sharp motion, she spurs her horse and he takes off, speeding them faster and faster over cobblestone streets, towards the Train linkup.

[identity profile] yourwonderings.livejournal.com 2011-06-06 03:26 am (UTC)(link)
"In that case..."

Jo doesn't need to be told twice. She remains vigilant, shoulders stiffened, holding on as best she can while also keeping her grip tightened over the shotgun. Anything that so much as tries to approach them is blasted off immediately.

She does well, if she says so herself.