Curse Descending

[dreamshades]

WHO: EDIT: Everyone!
WHERE: Heropa
WHEN: January 2nd 2016
WHAT: Klarion is causing havoc so you all get to bathe in some ominous green mist.
WARNINGS: some fighting and a curse

It's a fine day in Heropa, isn't it? The new year has come and so far nothing horrible has happened....

well, it's time to break that streak right off the bat. Something is going down in Heropa and causing some mayhem that only imPorts can stop! Oh no! Action must be taken against this threat! Clearly upstanding heroes will take flight and restore order. However you hear about it, from the locals, being there yourself or through the network news of this will travel.

Good, because that's exactly what it was supposed to do.

Because when the first problem settles....a new one begins.


(ooc: update: everyone may participate. Please refer to this update for the reasoning. Apologies for the confusion.

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[timecapture]

[Max has no idea what this is, but she knows well enough by now that this is bad news. Remembering what Jaime told her after the last time shit went down, she hastily packs a couple of light bags, not forgetting her beloved cameras, and starts running. She doesn't know what's going on, but she can help think of a game plan later.

Right now, though? Her instincts are screaming for her to get the hell out of dodge. She calls various people as she runs, leaving voicemails and warning them to do the same.]

Bravely ran away away...

[justanotherlink]

[Pacifica was standing outside of her house, on the sidewalk, frowning up at the sky. Whatever that network post had been about (and she wasn't stupid, she knew what had happened, she just wasn't processing 'someone was murdered' properly) it had clearly been important. And a threat.]

[So she'd come out to see what the heck was supposed to happen, and there was the giant evil cloud of death off at the other end of the city. Well. She didn't have any of those lovely flight responses so many others did. So she was just...gaping.]

ihu. <3

[timecapture]

[Who was that kid standing there? And why the hell wasn't she running? Max swerves, her breath hitching and sides aching, and grabs Pacifica's hand.]

Come on! Run!

[justanotherlink]

[She was nearly yanked off her feet when the girl tugged her along, and frankly, Max was lucky she didn't actually stop and demand to know what was happening. So she let herself be pulled.]

What? What's going on?!

[She was running while demanding. That was a step up, right?]

[timecapture]

I don't know, but we need to get out of here. Now.

[God, it's hard to talk and run. Even if she's more in shape than she was, it's still tough.]

We can figure out what to do, but we've got to make sure we survive long enough to do it, first.

[Probably not the nicest thing to say, but given the circumstances, sugar-coating it is probably not going to work.]

[justanotherlink]

[Luckily Pacifica is in the kind of shape twelve year olds are usually in, which is full of energy and ridiculous endurance until they suddenly aren't, so she keeps up admirably.]

Run now, figure it out later? You sound like Dipper.

[But she's running!]

[timecapture]

You know Dipper?

[Oh, Lord, she hopes the Pines twins get out safely.]

[justanotherlink]

What? Yeah. We're from the same to-

[She strips and almost falls and catches herself with a groan.]

Less talking more running.

[Yes she knows the talking is her fault. No she's not going to ever admit it.]

[timecapture]

Right.

[Thank goodness. Max is struggling to keep her breath as it is. She barely manages to avoid tripping, herself - there's got to be a faster way out of here.]

We need to get out -

[Aaaaand she trips. Good job, Max. Good job.]

- faster.

[justanotherlink]

[Pacifica even reaches out to try and help when Max trips. See, she's getting better at not being awful!]

Maybe we can hide at school it's only a couple blocks from here.

[timecapture]

[Max gives a grateful almost-smile, too exhausted to speak as she accepts the help.]

You mean Xavier's? I go there. It might be safe.

[justanotherlink]

Me too. [Admittedly what, six grades below her?] It's the closest place, at least.

We can't just run all the way out of town.

[timecapture]

No, we can't. There has to be a teleporter or something around here.

[justanotherlink]

Wherever we're going, you said we should hurry.

[Pacifica would've liked ot have been in charge, but the only thing she could come up with was the school.]

[timecapture]

It's just a couple of blocks, right? We can make it.

[And taking Pacifica's hand, she's off again.]

Come on!

[justanotherlink]

[Aaaaand they were running again. But at least they seemed to know where they were going this time!]

[And no talking, just running. Yay progress!]

[timecapture]

[Fortunately, they didn't run into any attackers, or anyone else who sought to impede their progress.]

We're here. We'd better get inside.

[And, leading the way...]

I'm Max.

[justanotherlink]

[Pacifica was in no hurry to wait out there, and ran after her, stopping ocne she was a decent distance inside from the door. Then she took a second to kind of, recover her composure before she turned back to Max. Okay.]

I'm Pacifica. Uh. Thanks for that.

[timecapture]

Nice to meet you.

[She’s just glad she was able to get someone to safety.]

Are you okay?

[justanotherlink]

Oh yeah. Completely fine.

[She's really not.]

I mean, why wouldn't I be? We just ran for our lives from some kind of evil...doom thing.

[timecapture]

... I see your point.

[Sigh.]

But seriously, are you hurt?

[justanotherlink]

Oh. No, no I'm fine. I mean, yeah.

[She finally moves back over to look out the window.]

I mean, as long as whatever is happening doesn't come here. You okay?

[timecapture]

Good. Do you... need something? Some water?

[Wow, this whole "rescuing people" business is awkward. She doesn't really know what to say.]

I'm fine. [Max looks out the window, still catching her breath.]

The mist looks like it's not gonna reach here.

[Thank goodness.]

[justanotherlink]

[Pacifica immediately laughs at that. Okay, yeah, she can feel the awkward. The laugh was actually kind of nice, really.]

I'm good. [A pause.] It's your first time running away from a cloud of doom too, huh?

[timecapture]

[Aaaaaaaaand Max is blushing. Whoops.]

Yeah. First time for everything, right?