[nico now has a gun in his hammerspace inventory wheel. that's pretty neat.
the potion bottle is hard to figure out, because it's such a weird consistency, but it seems a little like blood, maybe? or blood mixed with something else. the pink bits separate from the red, and if he holds it and rotates it, he can see the pink bits forming shapes. a cat's paw, a rhino horn, an armadillo tail.
huh, wild!
anyway, the house explodes.
there's a huge boom right outside the wall, and everything goes up in flames, blinding them both momentarily. a flash of heat overwhelms both of them, and the ceiling of the house caves in on top of them.
and see, this would kill someone normally, but. it doesn't kill the two of you. you're hard to kill, you always have been, since you can remember. an arrow hits you? no big deal. a sword stabs clean through you? eh. it hurts, but you heal fast.
so it hurts, but... you're not dead. you are, however, trapped under a bunch of rubble and burning building.]
[ okay, cool. he doesn't even get time to admire his new gun (sure) or even fully register the liquid (animals he recognizes, thoughts that this has to be a blood sample from their "monster") before the whole house explodes.
it's more innate instinct than anything that makes him move, potion in his pocket as he whips around to grab will and tackle them both to the ground. they are both hard to kill. they have both been raised and trained to fight, to know when there's danger and to work quickly to survive. it's unsurprising that he can see will doing the same and it's likely the reason they both collide and hit the ground, nico landing above him as the building caves in around them. the rubble falls over both of them and he grits his teeth to avoid from crying out at the impact because ow, motherfucker, ow. ]
Will! Are you okay? [ that's the first priority, never mind that he may be bleeding and bruised now. both of them are still trapped and the heat isn't wavering, the faint scent of smoke rising as he wiggles his wolf limbs uselessly to try and free them both. how buried are they actually. ]
[FUCK. this is bad. this is so, so bad. will acts on instinct - the file goes safely into hammerspace because that's just how animal crossing works - and lunges at nico to try to shield him with his own body, but of course nico is doing the exact same thing. they collide and go down hard, and will grits his teeth as his head hits the ground and nico lands above him and that stupid rubble covers them both.]
I'm fine--
[he's fine. he is absolutely bleeding and bruised and his fur is probably going to end up matted and gross, but that's not the important thing here. he wriggles a little, and manages to free his paw just enough to reach up for nico's face]
Are you? Did you - [he coughs. there's smoke in here now and he hates it.] Gods, I can't heal you like this...
[you are very buried! like under an entire roof. there is a whole rafter that came down and bonked both of them. so they're under that, and a bunch of rubble, with smoke curling up around them. the fire is spreading, too. you are burned and battered around, and probably missing fur in places. the balding came for you...
it'll take some effort to get out but it's possible. it'll fuck up your paws to do it, unless you can think of some other way to get out from the in-process burning-down house.]
[ well this sucks. they've both experienced a lot of pain before. they've fought in multiple wars. they were just in tartarus for hades' sake, they'd been battered and bruised and thrown around and nearly died multiple times.
and yet here they are. stuck without any sort of power, burning and buried but unfortunately alive. ]
I'm okay. [ he wheezes, because the rubble knocked the wind out of him and yet he's still leaning into the touch as if to reassure him. ] Don't think about that, we have to move. [ they can freak out about healing later? right now, they are buried as shit. he uses his shoulders to try and push some of the debris off, shifting to where the rafter drags over his back as he's working to push so they have room to move. he's going to try to access his shovel though to use and push some stuff off in addition to his paws. ]
What happened? How did the whole building... [ maybe focus on getting out, instead. but he's coughing as the smoke rises into his nose and he shakes his head. ]
[they do have to move. will knows that - it's not going to be good for their lungs if they just stay here in the fire and the smoke, especially since they're animals? animal lungs can be delicate? gods, this is so weird.
his fishing pole and bug-catching net will likely not be of much help here, so he will risk the damage to his paws as they try to claw their way out of here. when nico tries to push the debris off with his shoulders, he'll reach up to try to help shove it and the rafter aside.]
[together, the two of them manage to push and kick and shovel the rubble away from them. the smoke feels really horrible in their lungs, but it's fine, surely there won't be lasting damage. it takes a good couple of minutes to get free, but once they are, they can see that the whole house is completely destroyed, the remains starting to smolder.
they can also see a little cat with brown hair watching the house, and when they spot her, she startles and runs, seemingly frightened.]
[ MOUSE? maybe her hair makes her look like a cat.
together, they're busy digging themselves out slowly and it's when they're unearthed that he stands up and shakes himself off. he's still coughing, trying to clear his lungs and squint through his watering eyes. he's gently grabbing will's paw (both of which are probably shredded now, great) and the shovel goes into hammerspace again as they stand up in the wreckage. ]
I was wondering when we'd get to the part someone wanted to kill us. [ it wound sound more deadpan if he could breathe properly. give him a minute. ] Who allowed these guys to have bombs?
[ but he sees the mouse. and he frowns. ]
...can you walk? [ are you okay? nico's entire body has been crushed but it's fine, he's a cartoon animal somehow and he's not going to think about physics. everything is sore, but they gotta move. ] I think we found a witness.
their paws are absolutely shredded now, but he is not letting go of nico's paw, because being able to hold onto him is frankly more important to him than his own comfort at this point. he watches the mouse scamper away and tries to remember if that's one of the animals that was glaring at them on their way in, but he cannot, because his head is fuzzy from the explosion and also i'm too lazy to parent up and check. i think probably not though. i think i remember this mouse bailing on reigen's thead to head this way.]
I can - [he coughs] - walk.
[he will force himself to walk if he has to, and as he gets to his feet, he's looking nico over with concern. he doesn't want to force him, but they really do need to get to the bottom of this if they're not going to get blown up or shot with some other shotgun or. anything.]
...that one probably knows something, yeah.
[he agrees! time to shamble after the mouse like the wounded animals they are.]
[i'd like to thank both ty and britt for going with how i did in fact mean a mouse and not a cat and didn't even flinch
britt remembered correctly, a mouse did in fact bail on reigen's thread and come in this direction. earlier, before that, the alligator and dog tried to usher the mouse and deer away, but apparently were unsuccessful. those two are nowhere to be found, right this second. as far as you can tell.
anyway are you chasing this mouse because you are both absolutely faster than her, even while exploded. what do you do if you catch her?]
[ fuck you, mouse. they are chasing! they are running!
they. would reasonably recognize this mouse, huh? it hurts to book it (never mind the fact they're bleeding and he's dizzy) but the two of them are running after the mouse. where is she going? is she heading for her own house, or back to main street?
more than anything, when they catch up: ]
Rita! [ what if he yells and immediately tries to grab for her to stop her from running? bitch! don't try to bomb them and then run away!!! ]
anyway, will also runs after her and catches up to the mouse - when nico makes a grab for her, he will keep running to try to get ahead of her and stand in front, arms spread out to block her from trying to wriggle free and running off again.]
Come on, let's just talk. What was that about before?
when nico shouts her name, she stumbles, and nearly falls over on her face. thankfully nico grabs her before she does entirely, which means she makes angry little burbling noises, but it doesn't appear like she can say anything because yeah, her mouth is sewn shut. but she's not chained up in her front yard, at least.
with nico grabbing her by the arm and will standing in front of her and making sure she can't go anywhere... she tries to kick them. nyeh.]
[ he's startled by her mouth being shut, so much that she does land a hard kick to his shin. there's a shout of something very much not rated g (and in Ancient Greek no less) and he just. kicks her back on instinct? they're animals, nothing is real, and damnit rita! ]
[you know what, flurry's right. ignores my dice roll. rita's kick hits him in the nuts and it is only the semi-invulnerability that kept them from being instakilled by the house blowing up that keeps him from dropping to the ground right there.
instead, he sucks in a breath and doubles over, then lifts his head and just squeaks out a pained - ]
Rita, what the heck, we don't want to - [nico kicks her back] ...fight you.
[YEAH YOU'RE A FREE SPIRIT THE DICE CAN'T TELL YOU WHAT TO DO
rita is so good at kicking things, she just kicks the shit out of both of you with her tiny mouse leggies. getting yelled at makes her mad, and she lets out a little rage squeak and brings her mouse fists into it too, trying to whack the shit out of nico and headbutt will.
though, suddenly, there's two large shadows that come up over will and nico.
oh. that's where the alligator and dog went. and they have bats. thunder rolls in the distance, but it sounds like it might be coming from main street, this time. surely it's not because of reigen.]
this is probably not helpful when nico's ready to fight like the tiny, angry bat he is. but rita's busy trying to fistfight them and nico's ready to throw down when there are...
datz and hung. which is not super great. actually, this is bad. he hears the thunder and he thinks about main street, and he looks at will. ]
...what do you think? [ do we fight them? do we run for reigen? nico's always ready to fight if he has to but he is being (somewhat) polite and giving will the option for their next date activity as he's already shifting into a fighting stance while semi-blocking rita's punches. ]
[gods, why is this happening!! he hates this place. if they get back to oceanside and an*m*l cr*ss*ng goes on sale on switch he's just going to throw it in the garbage.
on the one hand, normally he and nico could probably take them. on the other, the two of them have just been blown up, while rita, hung, and datz have not; the newcomers have bats, to boot.
will eyes nico's half-ready fighting stance and, well, just sighs. deeply.]
Run!
[he runs at nico in an attempt to grab his paw and pull him away. if they were in better shape they could fight but nico already took the brunt of the building collapse for him; he's not going to stand there and let weird animal versions of their friends beat him up.]
which is fine, because the weird animal versions of your friends don't really want to hit you with bats. they look oddly relieved, when nico and will take off. carefully, datz picks rita up off the ground and brushes her off, while hung pats her on the back. they don't follow. for now.
[ this is probably for the best because nico is not actually in fighting shape, he is purely running on rage.
he kind of misses the wynn when he could disassociate and not think about weird animal versions of their friends and dead friends and missing nimonas and whatever they're running into here. instead, he's gripping will's paw and following after him. ]
We have to find Reigen and tell him what we found. [ to main street, perhaps? they should maybe look at the other shops, too. ]
[he nods, directing them to main street as they run, though when he glances over his shoulder to see if they're being pursued and sees that they are not, he'll slow to a walk so they can both catch their breath.]
Yeah. I think he was going to the... post office, wasn't it? And that's where the other stores were, too...
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the potion bottle is hard to figure out, because it's such a weird consistency, but it seems a little like blood, maybe? or blood mixed with something else. the pink bits separate from the red, and if he holds it and rotates it, he can see the pink bits forming shapes. a cat's paw, a rhino horn, an armadillo tail.
huh, wild!
anyway, the house explodes.
there's a huge boom right outside the wall, and everything goes up in flames, blinding them both momentarily. a flash of heat overwhelms both of them, and the ceiling of the house caves in on top of them.
and see, this would kill someone normally, but. it doesn't kill the two of you. you're hard to kill, you always have been, since you can remember. an arrow hits you? no big deal. a sword stabs clean through you? eh. it hurts, but you heal fast.
so it hurts, but... you're not dead. you are, however, trapped under a bunch of rubble and burning building.]
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it's more innate instinct than anything that makes him move, potion in his pocket as he whips around to grab will and tackle them both to the ground. they are both hard to kill. they have both been raised and trained to fight, to know when there's danger and to work quickly to survive. it's unsurprising that he can see will doing the same and it's likely the reason they both collide and hit the ground, nico landing above him as the building caves in around them. the rubble falls over both of them and he grits his teeth to avoid from crying out at the impact because ow, motherfucker, ow. ]
Will! Are you okay? [ that's the first priority, never mind that he may be bleeding and bruised now. both of them are still trapped and the heat isn't wavering, the faint scent of smoke rising as he wiggles his wolf limbs uselessly to try and free them both. how buried are they actually. ]
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[FUCK. this is bad. this is so, so bad. will acts on instinct - the file goes safely into hammerspace because that's just how animal crossing works - and lunges at nico to try to shield him with his own body, but of course nico is doing the exact same thing. they collide and go down hard, and will grits his teeth as his head hits the ground and nico lands above him and that stupid rubble covers them both.]
I'm fine--
[he's fine. he is absolutely bleeding and bruised and his fur is probably going to end up matted and gross, but that's not the important thing here. he wriggles a little, and manages to free his paw just enough to reach up for nico's face]
Are you? Did you - [he coughs. there's smoke in here now and he hates it.] Gods, I can't heal you like this...
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it'll take some effort to get out but it's possible. it'll fuck up your paws to do it, unless you can think of some other way to get out from the in-process burning-down house.]
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and yet here they are. stuck without any sort of power, burning and buried but unfortunately alive. ]
I'm okay. [ he wheezes, because the rubble knocked the wind out of him and yet he's still leaning into the touch as if to reassure him. ] Don't think about that, we have to move. [ they can freak out about healing later? right now, they are buried as shit. he uses his shoulders to try and push some of the debris off, shifting to where the rafter drags over his back as he's working to push so they have room to move. he's going to try to access his shovel though to use and push some stuff off in addition to his paws. ]
What happened? How did the whole building... [ maybe focus on getting out, instead. but he's coughing as the smoke rises into his nose and he shakes his head. ]
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his fishing pole and bug-catching net will likely not be of much help here, so he will risk the damage to his paws as they try to claw their way out of here. when nico tries to push the debris off with his shoulders, he'll reach up to try to help shove it and the rafter aside.]
Heard - [he coughs] ...that sound before. Someone threw something. A bomb?
[WHY. he looks concerned as nico starts coughing, and starts digging a little more insistently with his little lion paws to clear a path for him.]
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they can also see a little cat with brown hair watching the house, and when they spot her, she startles and runs, seemingly frightened.]
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together, they're busy digging themselves out slowly and it's when they're unearthed that he stands up and shakes himself off. he's still coughing, trying to clear his lungs and squint through his watering eyes. he's gently grabbing will's paw (both of which are probably shredded now, great) and the shovel goes into hammerspace again as they stand up in the wreckage. ]
I was wondering when we'd get to the part someone wanted to kill us. [ it wound sound more deadpan if he could breathe properly. give him a minute. ] Who allowed these guys to have bombs?
[ but he sees the mouse. and he frowns. ]
...can you walk? [ are you okay? nico's entire body has been crushed but it's fine, he's a cartoon animal somehow and he's not going to think about physics. everything is sore, but they gotta move. ] I think we found a witness.
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their paws are absolutely shredded now, but he is not letting go of nico's paw, because being able to hold onto him is frankly more important to him than his own comfort at this point. he watches the mouse scamper away and tries to remember if that's one of the animals that was glaring at them on their way in, but he cannot, because his head is fuzzy from the explosion and also i'm too lazy to parent up and check. i think probably not though. i think i remember this mouse bailing on reigen's thead to head this way.]
I can - [he coughs] - walk.
[he will force himself to walk if he has to, and as he gets to his feet, he's looking nico over with concern. he doesn't want to force him, but they really do need to get to the bottom of this if they're not going to get blown up or shot with some other shotgun or. anything.]
...that one probably knows something, yeah.
[he agrees! time to shamble after the mouse like the wounded animals they are.]
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britt remembered correctly, a mouse did in fact bail on reigen's thread and come in this direction. earlier, before that, the alligator and dog tried to usher the mouse and deer away, but apparently were unsuccessful. those two are nowhere to be found, right this second. as far as you can tell.
anyway are you chasing this mouse because you are both absolutely faster than her, even while exploded. what do you do if you catch her?]
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they. would reasonably recognize this mouse, huh? it hurts to book it (never mind the fact they're bleeding and he's dizzy) but the two of them are running after the mouse. where is she going? is she heading for her own house, or back to main street?
more than anything, when they catch up: ]
Rita! [ what if he yells and immediately tries to grab for her to stop her from running? bitch! don't try to bomb them and then run away!!! ]
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anyway, will also runs after her and catches up to the mouse - when nico makes a grab for her, he will keep running to try to get ahead of her and stand in front, arms spread out to block her from trying to wriggle free and running off again.]
Come on, let's just talk. What was that about before?
[
unless her mouth is sewn shut. is it?]
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when nico shouts her name, she stumbles, and nearly falls over on her face. thankfully nico grabs her before she does entirely, which means she makes angry little burbling noises, but it doesn't appear like she can say anything because yeah, her mouth is sewn shut. but she's not chained up in her front yard, at least.
with nico grabbing her by the arm and will standing in front of her and making sure she can't go anywhere... she tries to kick them. nyeh.]
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What did you do that for?!
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instead, he sucks in a breath and doubles over, then lifts his head and just squeaks out a pained - ]
Rita, what the heck, we don't want to - [nico kicks her back] ...fight you.
[okay. they're doing this.]
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rita is so good at kicking things, she just kicks the shit out of both of you with her tiny mouse leggies. getting yelled at makes her mad, and she lets out a little rage squeak and brings her mouse fists into it too, trying to whack the shit out of nico and headbutt will.
though, suddenly, there's two large shadows that come up over will and nico.
oh. that's where the alligator and dog went. and they have bats. thunder rolls in the distance, but it sounds like it might be coming from main street, this time. surely it's not because of reigen.]
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this is probably not helpful when nico's ready to fight like the tiny, angry bat he is. but rita's busy trying to fistfight them and nico's ready to throw down when there are...
datz and hung. which is not super great. actually, this is bad. he hears the thunder and he thinks about main street, and he looks at will. ]
...what do you think? [ do we fight them? do we run for reigen? nico's always ready to fight if he has to but he is being (somewhat) polite and giving will the option for their next date activity as he's already shifting into a fighting stance while semi-blocking rita's punches. ]
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on the one hand, normally he and nico could probably take them. on the other, the two of them have just been blown up, while rita, hung, and datz have not; the newcomers have bats, to boot.
will eyes nico's half-ready fighting stance and, well, just sighs. deeply.]
Run!
[he runs at nico in an attempt to grab his paw and pull him away. if they were in better shape they could fight but nico already took the brunt of the building collapse for him; he's not going to stand there and let weird animal versions of their friends beat him up.]
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which is fine, because the weird animal versions of your friends don't really want to hit you with bats. they look oddly relieved, when nico and will take off. carefully, datz picks rita up off the ground and brushes her off, while hung pats her on the back. they don't follow. for now.
where are you running to?]
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he kind of misses the wynn when he could disassociate and not think about weird animal versions of their friends and dead friends and missing nimonas and whatever they're running into here. instead, he's gripping will's paw and following after him. ]
We have to find Reigen and tell him what we found. [ to main street, perhaps? they should maybe look at the other shops, too. ]
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Yeah. I think he was going to the... post office, wasn't it? And that's where the other stores were, too...
[to main street they go!!]
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