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MarinaNova NPCs (marinanova_npc) wrote in marinanova,
@ 2016-04-04 11:02:00

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370 - Fear Itself: The Revenge

(OOC: EVENT INFO | RAFFLE THREAD)

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foreverjack
2016-04-04 02:49 pm UTC (link)

Jack is out and about, patrolling 'his' sectors (0-2), armed with his revolver and a big torch, with several smaller torches in his pockets to hand out to people who need them. He'll be battling raptors and hyena wasps, and will certainly run into the fray if he hears anyone scream, because even if *everyone* can come back from death now, old habits die hard, in his case literally.

There might also be moments when the fear comes close to overwhelming him. Last time this happened, it was Ianto's dead body he saw round every corner, in every shadow. This time, it's Ianto leaving him for Spike. Feel free to catch him staring into empty space with a devastated look on his face.

Considering that he's fighting a lot of wasps (and trying to shield other people from them), it's almost certainly a given that he's going to get stung at least once, so you may well come across him giggling uncontrollably and/or displaying any of the other side-effects. Stripping off because of the heat? Oh yeah. :-D

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chipswiththat
2016-04-04 04:45 pm UTC (link)

For the moment, Spike has abandoned the idea of carrying a flaming torch to ward off raptors in favor of moving quicker through the darkness. He can see as well as in broad daylight after all, the light was never for his benefit. The coat is back at the apartment too — you don't risk tearing a one-of-a-kind deal like that if you can help it and from what he remembers of last time this happened, raptors have a bite to them.

So, just him, t-shirt and jeans, hair slicked back and black wristband out and proud on his wrist when he stumbles into Jack's path, freezing immediately. Not part of the plan.

"Hey."

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foreverjack
2016-04-04 10:58 pm UTC (link)

He'd been vaguely relieved when the first crisis the Dome had seen in quite some time meant that his and Ianto's planned talk with Spike had been shelved in favour of patrolling and fighting raptors.

Bumping into Spike in the dark instead? Well, it actually makes him freeze for a moment because the reason he wasn't looking where he was going is that he was backing away round a corner from a gang of at least four raptors.

As ice-breakers go, it's a pretty good one.

"Hey," he says, after a moment, as the raptors round the corner too and come into view, shrieking and baring their teeth. He fires a couple of shots and one drops but the rest are getting too close now and he switches to the long kitchen knife (the longest he could find) in his other hand.

"How are you with raptors?" he asks breathlessly, slashing grimly as the raptors dive in.

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chipswiththat
2016-04-05 06:33 am UTC (link)

Oh thank fuck there's a situation to deal with. He'd rather face a hoard of raptors than attempt a civilised conversation with Jack right now as is evident in how he grins and vamps out rather than show any kind of concern for their safety.

"Oh, I can hold my own."

And into the fray he goes, with no weapons other than his fangs and fists. They've done him well so far and he has yet to find an opponent he can't beat by punching it in the face. Can't run out of ammo, either.

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foreverjack
2016-04-05 10:42 am UTC (link)

It's certainly a lot easier than having to talk. He's aware of Spike diving into battle beside him, and that's a relief too, because he wasn't sure he could fight off all three remaining raptors by himself and, okay, if he dies he comes back but if he dies before killing the raptors then they go off to attack someone else and that's not part of the plan.

Even with Spike dealing with two of them, the one he's fighting gets in far too close, simply because his kitchen knife just isn't long enough to do much damage without getting in dangerously close. He cries out as razor-sharp claws rake down his arm, sharp enough to shred even the thick wool of his coat and right through to skin. He holsters his gun and switches hands with the knife, and dances back to try and find another angle to come at the monster, grinding out, "I really need to try and request a proper sword for times like this!"

Then he's plunging at the raptor again, knife driving deep into its belly as it screeches down at him. It goes down, but the knife is stuck in its body and it's twitching too hard for him to get close enough to make a grab for it, for a minute.

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chipswiththat
2016-04-05 10:55 am UTC (link)

Hey, someone told him not that long ago that maybe he should try this hero thing once in a while and okay, it's not boring. In fact, he might be having a little too fun with it, tearing and punching at whatever part of lizard he can get a hold of, feeling a sense of liberation he hasn't experienced since he realized he can punch non-humans in the face without the chip acting up.

The thing about being dead is that you can have a big dumb lizard bite deep into your arm without it doing all that much damage, allowing you to punch it really hard in the eye until it lets go. It's a neat little tactic and one he's deployed without much thought about how long it takes to heal here. Still, if it works it works and before long he snaps the raptors neck, leaving one straggler left standing.

"Think you can head it off before it bolts?"

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foreverjack
2016-04-05 03:36 pm UTC (link)

Jack hasn't really cottoned on to the fact that Spike's doing this to help save other people rather than just because it's fun/he likes a fight/to save his own ass (delete as applicable). He certainly seems to be enjoying it, given the relish with which he's punching at the raptor and the glee with which he snaps its neck.

Spike's so gleeful that Jack doesn't even realise he's injured too. He flicks a glance back at him when he makes that remark, even as the raptor he felled finally goes limp and he darts in to retrieve his knife.

"Why, you going somewhere?" he asks glibly, diving after the straggler as it belatedly starts to turn and run. In fact, he ends up diving right onto it, clinging to its back and being dragged along as it struggles to get airborne with his extra weight on it, while he tries to get his arm underneath it to stab it somewhere the knife won't just bounce off.

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chipswiththat
2016-04-05 03:43 pm UTC (link)

Eh, he'll live. Or rather, he can't exactly get any more dead and a bite like this is more of a nuisance than a real problem. Maybe Ianto was right, maybe he really does have a type — immortal men with dramatic coats and fake names, was it? Funny how no one saw this coming.

"I've been told I need to learn how to share!"

And with Jack slowing the raptor down he can catch up and head it off, making a grab for it's jaw to wrench the head to the side. Lizard skin is thick and tough to get through but if you find the soft spot on its throat you can do enough damage and that's what he intends to do. It feels good to bite again, even if raptors taste disgusting.

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foreverjack
2016-04-05 04:26 pm UTC (link)

That gets him a much longer, assessing stare - or at least, as long as Jack can give whilst being hauled along by a raptor, which isn't very. He's still trying to find an angle to pierce its touch hide whilst dodging the long and pointed beak that's trying to turn and snap at him when Spike manages to grab it and bite it instead. Rather than being repulsed as some might be, Jack laughs, still clinging to it to try and help hold it still enough to let Spike do his thing. He has no idea if a vampire bite will be enough to kill it, but even if it doesn't, it's distracted the creature long enough for him to finally get his knife in between the scales and do some actual damage.