[H-B] The Dark Night (Vaylin & Helene) fin

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Prompt 2: Bat Behemoth

Construction, deforestation, typical Destiny City mishaps–you never know what you’re going to get around here. It starts with a squeak in the sky, and the flapping of heavy wings. If it’s dark enough, maybe you don’t even see the giant bat descending on you. They were pests a few years ago but seemed to have cleared out for the most part–except for a stray one here or there. This one is large even by comparison. It has an eight foot wingspan–a behemoth, growing fat and large in the years since the bats last descended on Destiny City. Maybe you’re lucky, maybe it just swoops by.

Maybe it’s hungry, or mad, and you look like a prime target. If it attacks, you’re in for a rough time. Scratches cause an itch that might last for up to a day, but the bites are the worst. Being bitten by these bats leaves two small marks that will itch for a few hours. Then, exhaustion and fatigue sets in and you become extremely sensitive to external stimulus; skin feels like it becomes overheated in sunlight, bright lights are painful to the eyes, and smells and sounds can seem overwhelming. The victim will feel constantly cold and hungry, no matter how much they eat or drink. They may also be prone to agitation and bouts of violence. These afflictions may last only a few hours or a few days and then suddenly disappear.

(Being attacked by the bat can be counted as a battle once per character provided there are at least two powered characters involved; no matter how much you seem to damage the bat, it will always fly away and hardly even seems worse for the wear. You cannot track it or severely damage it. This prompt can be used for the battle or the afterwards of being attacked, or anything else you might be inspired to play!)

Vaylin headed deep into the forests to perform energy generation tests. She wanted to do these tests far from the prying eyes of the city and far from innocent humans in case anything went wrong. She found a clearing she felt was a safe distance from the busy streets of Destiny City. She was about to set up her experiment when she noticed a nearby aura signature on her ComTech she looked up and spotted a draconian looking alien senshi moving through the foliage.

She had seen other alien senshi moving about the city before but she never really had a face to face with these other extraterrestrial visitors. Setting her stuff down she stood up to greet the alien man. "Hello there!" She called out in a friendly greeting. She did have her weapon at her hip just in case this unknown senshi was looking for conflict however she didn't expect it to come to that as this senshi didn't appear to be corrupted by chaos. "It's always a pleasure to meet a senshi. I'm Corporal Vaylin of the Vanguard of Velencya." She offered her hand to the stranger.

The young Corporal was so focused on the senshi in front of her that she didn't notice the shadow high above her that was beginning to block out the moon's light with its massive wing spawn. She didn't noticed the massive bat that was approaching her with crazed and hungry eyes.

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[Noir Songbird]

Generally, Helene didn't like being away from Kaifeng, now that he had him back in his life. In general, solitude felt especially uncomfortable after having found companionship again. But, on the other hand, Lianli had an entire life and things he had to do that did not always need Huanxi hovering over his shoulder.

And, with little else yet to do on Earth, Helene found himself bored, idling away hours at home while Lianli worked on his projects or tended to his family or any of the myriad other things that were technically solo endeavors and that did not require supervision from his Senshi.

So, patrolling it was, surveying areas he and Kaifeng had not yet found their way to together, and it was his first encounter with someone else who was clearly not human.

She was not a Senshi, that was easy enough to ascertain, or if she was, she was not currently in her Senshi form. Her outfit looked distinctly not like the clothes Helene had become used to seeing, either, as if he needed more proof.

None of the words that she used ot introduce herself meant much of anything to him, but he still nodded politely, even if there was a moment of puzzlement at her extended hand, but--ah, yes. The traditional greeting of this world. He extended his hand and shook hers, as awkward as it felt for him.

"Sailor Helene, of Inhibition. A pleasure to meet you, Corporal Vaylin." It didn't matter if he didn't know what they meant, it was only appropriate to be respectful of her titles.

It was sudden, the darkening above them--and under other circumstances, Helene would have been politer, but he noticed the change, and frowned, and looked up in time to see the overly large bat that seemed like to swoop in on them both.

Centuries of experience took hold.

"Above," he called, and then he grabbed her arm with the intent to yank her, and move himself, out of the way of the creature's predator-dive.

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The Senshi of Inhibition, Vaylin stored away that knowledge. She felt it was a good idea to know the powers that were moving about the human city. "So what brings you to this planet...." Vaylin stopped short as she noticed the alien man's eyes no longer focus on herself but instead looking at something above her head.

Just as the young Corporal realized something was wrong the alien senshi yelled a warning and grabbed her arm pulling her forward. She moved with the motion as her Vanguard training kicked in. She rolled forward as she felt a rush of air above her. She looked up and locked eyes on the attacker, some gigantic version of the earthly winged creature called a bat. She had noticed a human preoccupation with these creatures especially some human hybrid called a 'bat-man' she wondered if this monstrous creature was connected to that.

Moving in a flash she had removed her short sword from her hip and activated its energy blade. She flung the sword at the creatures chest, it tore through the night air like a small star as it buried it's blade in the monster. The bat began to thrash wildly as its senses were all reversed. "Hit it with you're magic!" She called out to the other alien. She prayed he had some spell that could either defeat the monster or at least make it retreat.

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[Noir Songbird]

She was quick to react. Good. Whoever her people were, they were clearly fighters; Helene was glad that he would not have to deal with this strange creature with the aid of someone fumbling around, the way he had the impression so many of the Senshi and Knights reborn on Earth had to.

The universe had changed so much. But at least he was lucky, tonight.

She did not have to make the suggestion more than once; with the bat-creature disoriented and confused by whatever magic her sword produced, it was easy to focus. Aim. Call on his magic as he was so used to, even if sometimes it was sluggish to respond. This time, though, it seemed the urgency was enough to spur it into proper functionality with no fuss.

"Inhibit Impulse," he said, and it itched to hae to declare his spells like he was still in training again, but such was the disruption that Chaos had caused.

Fortunately, it worked--or at least it seemed to. The creature thrashed, confused, and then seemed to decide that the two of them were too dangerous to make into a meal, and it peeled off into the night.

"Come--we should leave, in case it returns. We can talk elsewhere, and I will gladly answer your questions."

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She watched the alien man weave his spell and whatever it did sent the monster into retreat. "Nice shot!" She held out her hand and focus on the special crystal she had attached to her weapon calling it back to her hand. She caught the flying sword and deactivated it's blade reattaching it at her hip.

She turned to the man, he made a good point about moving in case the monster returned. "Sure just allow me to clean up my equipment." She said as she picked up the alien machinery she had brought for her experiments. She placed her device into subspace for ease of transport.

"Did you have somewhere in mind?" She asked as she followed the alien Senshi.

Noir Songbird

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