Echo Incursion 01 - Jurassic Gateway (August 10th, 2016)

[raisednpcs]

It's a particularly hot day in the Gateway City zoo. What else could you expect? It's not like it's not to be expected, it is the middle of August, after all. But there's plenty of things to see here at the zoo, and the visitors' center is air conditioned well enough.

Just a normal summer day in a typical summer vacation spot. Right?

Well, that's when things change. Those in the visitor's center would find the building changing around them. There's suddenly a dinosaur skeleton in the middle of the place, with the banner "When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth" hanging from the ceiling.

That's not all. The animal enclosures are now different. What used to be a pen for the african elephants now has very large, very long necked reptiles in it. A gigantic, meat-eating dinosaur just tromped its way out of the lion habitat it's too much too large for, and unfortunately for the people around it, its vision is based on movement. The monkey house? Well, those are velociraptors breaking out of it. The aviary? Now filled with particular aggressive flying pterosaurs.

These are just some of the creatures making their sudden emergence, and it's not long until they spill out of the zoo and into the city proper. Dinosaurs are now walking the streets of Gateway City.

Yes, indeed. Just a normal summer day.

[OOC: The new event is live! Please see this post for npc information and just what characters will have to deal with.]

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[peacefulwinter]

She's trying not to laugh at him any further, but his reaction is still kind of funny... "Heroes can't get hurt when they fall from the sky, right?" Which remains a cryptic answer, though now it's in the other direction. "I should explain some things about myself, later, but... now isn't the time." Not when she can still hear the crisis all around them.

"For now, we need to get out of here," she insists. "If we can get other people out of here, that'd be great, but I don't like leaving noncombatants standing around where something untoward can happen to them." She slowly starts to walk away, toward the city outskirts, before she looks back at her friend. "Come on, let's get moving! I can talk while we walk." There's some urgency in her tone, but she's trying to be patient. How well that's working... remains to be seen.

[sparklingscarlet]

Heroes? Blaise feels a little like Alice in Wonderland, where the rabbit hole only goes deeper. But, there was a promise for answers later; another assurance he's grateful to hear. Then he was being told to get moving and it catches him off guard.

"R-right!" Her urgency concerns him and he nods his head to her.

Blaise fumbles over himself a slight before keeping pace with Winter. 'Noncombatants' kind of stings his ego and he feels momentarily useless. But, he also knows it does no one any good if he tries to help someone only to get stuck in a worse situation himself, much less drag someone down with him. The only difference between now and just moments ago is the bracelet and Winter. While Winter might be able to do something, he has no special abilities, such as falling from the sky without getting hurt, that will be able to make a difference. He follows Winter diligently.

"Uhm... So, where are we going?" he asks like a lost child. It's the only thing he can think to ask amongst all of the chaos and bizarre circumstances.

[peacefulwinter]

The tug on her arm does indeed pull her right along, and she squawks indignantly for a second before she sees where they're going, swinging herself around and helping to deliver that strong kick into the side of the beast. Really, she's not sure how much damage such a thing will do, but it has to do something, right?

She'll argue about proper rescuing and/or protecting protocol later; it's kind of a special situation.

[charcoalfeather]

It would be a simple maneuver, Rakka figured, to divert the Triceratops somehow. Probably flip it on its back, or stop it all together with a high kick, something quick to subdue the poor beast.

That.... wasn't going to happen, as Rakka felt her entire concentration thrown off by Alexandra's tugging and pulling, making her stumble a bit until she catches herself.

"W-what are you doing? I'm trying to...!" No time, they were still in its path and the beast was upon them. "Hold on!" Quickly, Rakka threw her arms around Alexandra, making sure she was held tight. And she jumped, jumped higher then any human should be able.

But it's possible for a Precure like Cure Feather.

[jasminebloominginshadow]

Jasmine was already hovering off the ground, but getting out of raptor jump height seems like a pretty good move. Jasmine rockets up until she's well out of their reach, and then turns to Lily, looking exasperated.

"Did we just get tricked by overgrown scaly BIRDS?!" she screamed, sounding absolutely exasperated. "That... how the hell did that happen?!"

[charcoalfeather]

"Uh, okay." Rakka still wasn't entirely sure what Lily had blurted out... was actually coming from her. She knew that her friend could be quite the nerd sometimes, to rival her, but... Lily...

"Me too." She had seen the news, watched the confusion and panic going on, and had to get to Gatewater as soon as possible. "We have to make sure no one gets hurt, and keep these dinosaurs back!"

A slight pause. Then, almost alarmingly, "W-we're fighting dinosaurs."

[evowhisperer]

There were a few pieces of advice he would give anyone in this sort of situation: find a safe place. Lay low. Let in anyone who needs shelter, and wait out the disaster. He's no hero, and trying to do anything else would possibly just get himself or someone else seriously hurt.

All this advice is completely contingent on not being caught in the open from the very start. He's not unarmed, but powerful magnets like his are completely useless against beings with no metal in them. He has no time to stop and plan when he's running for his life. Great footsteps pound the pavement as the crowd he's in scatters, and he hears a sharp twist as the creature shifts direction to follow--

'Souten ni zase, Hyourinmaru!' A whisper of of something cutting through air, and then a huge impact, followed by an even bigger landing. Cesar slows, snapping around to look.

The dome-headed dinosaur is down. Ice and water have flown in all directions. In the air, like a puppet master conducting a show, Toushirou still holds his blade. Cesar stops and waves widely, trying to catch his attention.

[speedpariah]

"It's simple," he said. "We simply work together in gathering them up. Then, I use my speed to take them out of here."

[speedpariah]

This time, Weller saw them coming. He rushed back and forth between the raptors, trading high speed blows towards them (or trying to at least), before he felt another ebb in his speed and used the opportunity to dash back towards where Mina was.

Hopefully he'd managed to hurt them enough; he should, though, as at that speed his punches would feel like the swing of a very large hammer.

[jasminebloominginshadow]

Jasmine looked around. This wasn't really the same as fighting the santas and the grinches.

"Honestly, babe, it'd be like attacking a flock of pigeons with a hammer," she said. "We need to focus on getting people out of harms way...!"

[switch_over]

She took a moment to consider his idea. It was certainly practical, but it wasn't nearly as entertaining as batting around the little critters. She sighed and shrugged, she would just have to find other flies to swat later.

"Fine, we'll do it your way." Her eyes shifted to her monster. "Nakewameke, force them into a corner!"

The big lumbering shoe monster changed it's tactics on her command. It began to push the creatures toward a wall with a few swings of it's arms. Anything that tried to get past it was caught by it's lace tendrils and thrown back in with others.

[speedpariah]

"Do with it...?" Weller replied, sounding confused. "Study it, of course! Its behavior, its anatomy... these creatures are a whole new life form! They're the answer to hundreds of paleontological and biological mysteries...!"

[speedpariah]

With that done, Weller streaked forward, leaving a trail of crimson lightning in his wake. Once the beasts were clustered, he grabbed them into a large handful and dashed for a nearby parked car. He tore the door open, and then jammed the frightened, screaming creatures into it, leaving them trapped inside.

[switch_over]

Alexandra watched with interest as The speedster took the gathered up creatures and trapped them. With them out of the way she could focus on much larger prey now. She took a few steps toward him, but made sure her monster wasn't too far away from her at the same time. They had worked together, but that didn't mean she trusted him.

"There, happy now?"

[speedpariah]

Weller turned at the sound of her voice. Why was this young woman so annoyed? Had she just wanted to take her aggressions out on these things? He'd need to watch out for her in the future.

"It's not about whether I'm happy. Those things are contained. We both got what we wanted."

[guitar_case_vagabond]

Out of an entire city of small, helpless humans to vent its frustrations on the T-rex had made the choice to start a fight with one of the few who was not only willing but able to goddamned finish it. She'd taken a nasty hit herself but her own wounds are already closing up, disappearing back under unscarred skin.

The sight and sound of a roaring tyrannosaurus should be enough to make anyone or anything run for it, but as the dinosaur charges she runs forward to meet it head on with a yell that's drowned out by the overpowering roar. At the last second, she jumps up into the air, flipping the Scissor Blade around to its flat side and swings right for those open jaws.

It's just a question of who's going to win this clash.

[guitar_case_vagabond]

"I was thinking steak." Her grin grows a little and she plants the Scissor Blade into the ground, leaning on it. "But I guess you're right. Maybe we can hogtie it or something, leave it for the cleanup later."

There's still a lot more of these things to deal with, after all, and she doesn't want to spend all day babysitting the one she just knocked out.

[switch_over]

She nods but there's little commitment to the gesture.

"I guess so." Her eyes drift back over to the zoo, it looks like there are larger creatures starting to emerge.

"Looks like there are still faces that need to be smashed over there." She approached her Nakewameke which lowered it's hand, she stepped on it and allowed it to raise her up to it's shoulder. Once she had sat down on it she glanced over to Edwin again.

"Catch you later, Running Man. Unless you want to come too?"

[willdareanything]

It doesn't take very long at all before the offending car is smashed into a nice metal pancake. With that obstacle well dealt with it raises its head again to look for something else to smash... and then spots the tiny thing that had been bothering it far away and running for the hills.

That should be enough. Chasing off the bothersome pest but something... compels it onward. Something that won't be satisfied until the creature is smashed to paste under its feet. The ankylosaurus roars after Marina and then begins rumbling after her.

She's got a good head start and the first few steps are rather slow but... it isn't going to take too long before it starts building up speed.

[willdareanything]

The double kick strikes home with spot-on precision. The force of it is enough to knock the triceratops off the car and sending it stumbling away several steps. It's a good kick, maybe strong enough to crack a rib or two and the animal slumps down as its sides heave once or twice. For a moment, it's almost a pitiable sight.

... But then its head is up and looking at the two Cures. The light in its eyes burns brighter as emotions flickers across them. Pain, fear, anger. Hatred. It slams its feet down on the street with enough weight and power to crack the asphalt beneath them and roars at the top of its lungs. It's a... considerable sound.

And then it's moving. Charging straight toward the two of them with its head down and horns aimed to stab straight through them.

[dragon_blossom]

Okay just, excuse a snort of laughter from Marina over that one. "That's pretty accurate. Yeah, I guess we oughta just clear people out."

This is becoming their specialty, it seems. Good.

[dragon_blossom]

Nope this is the worst, she's going to be squished if she doesn't do something more than run away and fire off magic - because this thing doesn't seem to be tiring out at all. There's definitely dark juju afoot given how doggedly it's chasing her, and, with little other recourse, Umi calls out to Seles.

The dragon flashes into its mech form, and, soaring down across the city, skids to a stop in front of her. Another beam of light sucks her up into its body, and as she turns, she holds out a hand to try to cushion the dinosaur instead of letting it run head first into a giant metal leg.

[alilyinthemoonslight]

A smack of her heart brooch, and a shimmering cloak shoots out, draping over Cure Moonlight's shoulders. She finally releases a breath then that she'd been holding for several moments.

"Because the very last thing they are is stupid," Lily murmurs, eyeing the creatures. The velociraptors circle beneath them, staring up, hissing, clearly... contemplating. "...we've got to do something, though. If we just stay up here, they're going to go after others..."

Focus on the objective. Nothing else. Lily's attempting to focus on that, and just that, but it's difficult.

[alilyinthemoonslight]

Lily's just going to completely act like she said nothing. She's got enough to worry about beyond her looking silly, and a lot on her mind from this, and the last couple weeks altogether. But... she has to keep herself together, and focus.

She gulps a bit, and nods.

"Yeah. Dinosaurs."

She lets out a little breath.

"Is that any worse than Santa Clause and the Grinch, is the question."

[twinkletwinklesuperstar]

She's at least not mashed into the pavement by a big, stupid dinosaur foot but sadly the same cannot be said for her precious phone. As the dinosaur moves on, Twinkle pushes herself up to her knees to stare miserably at the smashed pile of plastic and circuitry that was once a cellular phone.

Just for a moment though before she balls up her fists and shouts after the ancient animal as it wanders away.

"Watch where you're going, you giant jerk!" ... Apparently she hasn't noticed somebody coming to her aid yet.