More Meteor Showers Bring Even Stranger Powers. (O/A)

[Rikki Tikki Travi]

PixelMuse

Trinity saw the beam of light. "Okay I'll see you shortly." She waited for her response then hung up. "Heather, you see that column of light? That's Liv. Head over there and we'll land and drop everyone off and then we'll figure out what to do next."

Heather saw the light and was about to nod her head when she remembered that Trinity was on it. "Er, got it." she confirmed.

With as much grace as she could muster, the dragon began her descent toward the island.

Two of the four newcomers broke off from the group and went up toward what was left of the floating island. The other two continued their pursuit.

Freya brought a hand up to get a better look at their flying adversaries. "It looks like we're only gonna have to deal with two of them." she shouted.

On the ground, Rydia was glaring daggers at the helpless gun girl. "Now you're chatty?! Not when you couldn't move, or when my dog has his jaws around your neck, but when your "sisters" are coming?!"

She thought about it a moment more and turned her head toward Liv.

She whispered, "I say we leave her and retreat. She's just toying with us to get out of being executed."  

[PixelMuse]

Trinity heard Freya. Then she saw two of the persuers head over to the island with the column of light. Damn it! She turned toward Heather's ear. "Heather you've got two asailents on your tail. Try your best to quickly get us over to the island. Don't worry about the priests and soldiers, they'll be sticking to you literally because I've manipulated their shadows so. Take evasive maneuvers if you have to no one is going to fall off."

Trinity then ran down her neck and next to Freya, "Looks like two of them are heading to the floating island. Why would they do that? There's nothing left. Thoughts?" That question was not only for Freya but to the ancient within.

((OOC: edited per Rikki's request.))

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Nova Blancke

Rikki Tikki Travi

 

[Nova Blancke]

Liv's gained something akin to a smirk as she listened to Rydia. She had her own idea.

"Fear is a good motivation. How about I just take your power for myself and then leave you here? Or I take your power and take you with us? Either way....you'd be defenseless but at least you'd still be alive. If you value your life anyway." Liv told the girl.  

[BeaMichelle]

Theresa's eyes shot open with a mix of fear and fury. She was the only one that really used the power. The child just cried and whined. In Theresa's mind, losing power would be akin to losing her life.

She gagged when she made a sudden move and pressed the dog's teeth against her throat. "Wait, you don't have to do that. If helpless is what you want, fine. I'm not fond of being in control when I'm in this much pain anyway."

Theresa closed her eyes like she was falling asleep. Her hair didn't change color due to Liv's bubble blocking the physical change. The mental change, however, went off without a hitch.

Thea blinked as her eyes took in the light. She could feel something bad on her neck. She immediately began to cry again.

"Owie. It hurts." she whined.  

[Rikki Tikki Travi]

PixelMuse

Trinity heard Freya. Then she saw two of the persuers head over to the island with the column of light. Damn it! She turned toward Heather's ear. "Heather you've got two asailents on your tail. Try your best to quickly get us over to the island. Don't worry about the priests and soldiers, they'll be sticking to you literally because I've manipulated their shadows so. Take evasive maneuvers if you have to no one is going to fall off."

Trinity then ran down her neck and next to Freya, "Looks like two of them are heading to the floating island. Why would they do that? There's nothing left. Thoughts?" That question was not only for Freya but to the ancient within.

From within the shadow realm, Sill was able to see what the others could not. Her brother's enormous mass was shrinking.

"The other two must be backup for Eclipse. Either that or they are there to get someone they came for that we have not thought of yet."

Heather swallowed hard. After a deep breath and some inner confirmation she went into a nose dive.

Carak released the girl from his grasp and sat back on his haunches. He started panting and looked up at his master.

Rydia looked at her dog curiously before sighing, "M'yea, she's harmless now. He only acts that way around children."

She shook her head and asked Liv, "What do you think is her deal, anyway? I've never seen one person with two people inside, that can switch like that outside of my Aunt Freya."  

[Nova Blancke]

Huh...guess it wasn't just an act....

"I dunno...defense mechanism or something. Daedelus had something to do with that I think.....at least we know the...adult her wants to live. She knows I can end here when I want. She might know more about Eclipse. And now I know what she values. Let's take her with us..."

Meanwhile Theo called Gidget.

"Hey, you got a moment? Long story short, island is falling, gonna cause tidal wave...killing a lot of people. Do we have planes to get them out of there or do I need to contact Charles Ray? He offered help."Theo asked after he gave her a moment to respond after his first question." Sorry for dropping this on you like that but I just don't know everything about this place yet.  

[Rikki Tikki Travi]

Freya heard what Trinity had said about the shadows keeping them secure, but it didn't matter to her fear of heights.

"Nononononononononononononono!" she rattled while wrapping herself around one of Heather's spikes like a snake.

Heather leveled herself out at the last possible moment and spread her wings so bring a sudden, jarring, deceleration to their drop. She beat her wings a few times as they reached ground, blowing up a cloud of sand.

The two pursuers dropped down within the sand cloud and stood tall as they stared down Heather, the people on her back, Liv, Rydia, and their fallen older sister.

The one with blonde hair giggled behind her mask, which was adorned with a crown around the left eye hole. The one with dark green hair placed a hand on her hip and sighed. Her mask had what looked like moons around her left eye hole.

Rydia coughed and spit as the sand dusted them. She looked past the dragon that had put itself between her and the two newcomers. "Well...She wasn't lying about other girls coming." she muttered to Liv.

Freya was still sputtering and hugging Heather's spike for a few more seconds before she cracked an eye open to see that they had landed.

She opened both eyes wide and looked around. Feeling the eyes of judgment on her, she casually uncoiled herself from the spike. She adjusted her clothes and coughed into her hand before muttering, "That never happened. I ain't scared of s**t."  

[The Count of Monte Carlo]

Rikki Tikki Travi

"Ooph!" Gidget exhaled sharply. She knew he would like the gift, but she wasn't expecting him to react that way. She relaxed and settled into his grasp.

"Glad you like it. I was wondering how I was going to be able to sneak it under your nose, but your little trips provided juuuust enough time to get it done. I was hoping to show it to you under better circumstances though. Y'know, when you're ride isn't looking like...that." she commented with a nod toward the bike that had seen better days.

Ako loosened his grip as she explained her gift, realizing that he was acting like a child. He kept one arm around her waist and turned to look at the bike and the shop again. At her nod towards the battered bike, he managed a wry smile. "Well, all she needed before was a tune-up and oil change. Now we get to play with all the toys. I'd say the timing's damn near perfect." He said, giving her a one-armed squeeze.  

[Deora_Alvarez]

Kerana

"Sounds as good a place to start observing social interactions." Kerana took a moment to tell Alec what they were up to. They stopped by her dorm to get her hat and whatever else she needed. She wrapped her tail around her like a shaw or a boa. They arrived to the elevator that would take them to the surface. "Okay, here we are... the elevator to the surface. Excited Damian?"

Rikki Tikki Travi

Damien looked up to Kerana and did his best to look pleasant.

"Only slightly. I have retained some memories from Shane Morris, but he lived in seclusion for the latter part of his life. Print and televised news paints a dismal picture of our place in this world. I am hoping that reality is a better gauge for how we are treated."

Deora shot a concerned look at Kerana before speaking to Damian as they waited for the elevator. "One of the first things you've got to work on, kid, is how to speak..." She searched for the least offensive word she could, "...normally. I get that you aged super fast, but I think it'd be best if you tried to speak, well, the age you look. People might get freaked out hearing a kid speaking like a college professor."

((I didn't miss anything, right? Isn't Damian supposed to look like a kid? I'm afraid I may have some characters mixed up.))  

[Rikki Tikki Travi]

((You are correct. Damien has the physical appearance of a ten year old.))

Damien brought his thumb and forefinger up to his chin as the thought about what Deora said. He thought back to the different television shows he watched that had ten year old characters on them.

He looked up to Deora and said, "No problemo, dude. I can keep my brains on the DL, yo. I'm cool, I'm cool."

"How was that?" he then asked.  

[Rikki Tikki Travi]

The Count of Monte Carlo

Ako loosened his grip as she explained her gift, realizing that he was acting like a child. He kept one arm around her waist and turned to look at the bike and the shop again. At her nod towards the battered bike, he managed a wry smile. "Well, all she needed before was a tune-up and oil change. Now we get to play with all the toys. I'd say the timing's damn near perfect." He said, giving her a one-armed squeeze.

Gidget had been smiling the whole time until he gave her a little squeeze. Something in her triggered and she felt what little food she had in her stomach start to come up.

With something that sounded like, "HermyURP!" she excused herself and ran to the closest trash can and thew up.

After a few seconds she spit in the can and cursed, "Dangit, I just can't shake this thing."  

[Nova Blancke]

Liv shielded her eyes from the dust and held her breath to avoid breathing anything in. She did see Freya being very.....heroic. She turned away and looked at the new arrivals.

"I guess not. Think you can take her out of here? I got these two covered." Liv said. She then fully turned to face the two.

"Seriously...you think giggling behind a mask is supposed to make you sound all cute or something? Because girl....it ain't working. So Imma give you one warning. Don't. ********. With me .Right now. I ain't in the mood."  

[Rikki Tikki Travi]

Rydia slid out of Liv's grip and limped toward the crying girl. She whistled to Carak and said something in Elvin. Carak barked and started to drag the girl away from the scene.

Heather widened her stance and glared at the two girls. A small burst of flame plumed from her flared nostrils as she lowered herself to allow the others to climb off.

Freya slipped off and walked over next to Liv. She slammed her knuckles in front of her, bursting with a golden aura.

The giggling blonde leaned toward her sister and asked, "May I play with the animals, Luna?"

The stoic Luna sighed and shrugged. "Sure, Chariot. Besides, I think the pretty one needs to be taken down a notch or two. Her confidence is pissing me off."

"But first, Rock failed. She has do die now." she added.

Luna unstrapped the rocket from her back and held her hands out to her side. Four small metal balls bubbled out of her hands and began to float around her like moons revolving around a planet. They looked like floating, baseball sized Pinballs.

One of the orbs rippled and shifted into something resembling a mini Death Star Pinball. It glowed red for a second before firing a concentrated beam of red light at the heart of the crying girl she called "Rock."  

[BeaMichelle]

Thea sputtered and cried while the dog dragged her. Then she heard a few familiar voices.

"Oh no. Not them!" she bawled. Those girls were always so mean to her, even though they were sisters.

Through her veil of tears, she could see something glowing. She knew what was coming, and she threw her hands up to try and stop it. She knew she couldn't, but she couldn't help herself. She was so scared.  

[Deora_Alvarez]

Rikki Tikki Travi

((You are correct. Damien has the physical appearance of a ten year old.))

Damien brought his thumb and forefinger up to his chin as the thought about what Deora said. He thought back to the different television shows he watched that had ten year old characters on them.

He looked up to Deora and said, "No problemo, dude. I can keep my brains on the DL, yo. I'm cool, I'm cool."

"How was that?" he then asked.

((Thank you. It's good to know I'm not losing all of my marbles.))

Deora did her best to keep from laughing at the boy's attempt. She didn't doubt it was his best attempt, but it was painfully far from passable. She had to wonder what combination of shows had given him the idea that that was how kids spoke. Was that a "No problemo, dude?" Was that from the Simpsons?

Barely keeping a straight face, she cleared her throat to suppress a giggle. "That was... pretty good. It needs work, but it's a first step. What do you think, Kay?"

Kerana