wooliefrand | IT'S CL-OVER

[A DISTRACTION TACTIC HAS BEEN FORMED

.............hitting a bush with a slingshot.

the wolves turn their heads toward the shrubbery. . .

. . .

And an inky mass ejects from them, completely demolishing the bush from the distance. They tilt their heads curiously. Maybe they just heard some birds or something??

But the one puts its head in the air, sniffing. Its nose goes to the ground.

It's walking their way.]

[ (garnet voice) ]

I think we're going to have to kill this guy.

[... oh.]

I... I think so, too.

[ takes out a baseball bat . . . ]

Let's make this quick.

Least we can say we tried the nice way.

. . . s'prob'ly the better option anyway.

Probably... but we still tried to be nice, so that should still count for something.

[ I don't think you guys tried very much at all ]

[ this was a lot for clover, okay ]

Then that settles it. Someone get the other guy!

[ And that's all the warning they get before Spinel nyooms toward the wolf sniffing for them, pipe at the ready, and goes for a hard swing at its mask. ]

[CLOVER!!!

Well!! The wolf looks up once suddenly the scent is right in front of him, and that silver pipe shatters the mask, along with the wolf's stability. It lets out a howl as its body contorts, multiple faces and snouts pressing up against its oozing body, as it blindly tries to swipe at her.

The other wolf perks up seeing this, running to help its comrade. . .before skidding to a stop.

Instead it turns to press a paw against the bramble, muttering something, as the thorny vines start parting. He is trying to get the FUCK outta dodge.]

[ MAKES A BREAK FOR THAT WOLF. or really, a break for the vines that are parting.

he's not actually trying to attack the wolf with a baseball bat, he will let this dude get outta dodge, but he will not let those vines close again if he can help it. ]

Edited 2024-07-22 00:27 (UTC)

[... Lyra's just gonna be singing some idol songs, here are some attack or speed boosts or something, because she's not an attacker and knows it.]

[ looks like everyone else has the attacking handled, so

teleports himself right next to the muttering wolf. can he hear anything decipherable? ]

[ He's not going to do much but provide backup for now, spiraling a cyclone of anemo winds around the oozing goo wolf. ]

So much for subtlety!

[The vines part, and that wolf TAKES OFF when one of them just fuckin teleports nearby (he would said some words in wolf language though none he'd recognize--yet), and with hannya coming at him with a BAT. . .Yeah he's off on all fours. The vines will start to close behind him almost immediately though, and more alarmingly, the wolf is running toward an alarm. A large bell with a rope. Probably yall should stop it.

AS FOR THE OTHER, the cyclone effectively tears the wolf apart, even though it's truly not dead, and bits and pieces of it reach for them, snapping, clawing as it tries to pull itself together.

But do you have time to deal with it?]

Subtlety is overrated, anyway.

[ gonna commit the alien wolf language to memory!

so, how big is the bell? can he port half the bell over to them? just half. ]

[ well he is going to LAUNCH HIMSELF at the wolf with the bat swinging like a . . . bat out of hell i guess. time to try and bash him in the head before he rings the alarm. ]

[ While Hannya deals with the wolf running off, Spinel wrinkles her nose at the asplodey wolf pieces, leaping back to put some distance between it. ]

Oh, ew.

[ Hopefully thwapping at them with silver makes them melt away.... ]

[and while they're dealing with the woofs -

Can he keep the vines open/slow down them closing with his gravity power, touching them seems like a Not Great idea]

[ guess this is where the Weeds come in. using his powers to try and make a kudzu shield to block the closing vines with his own little bump in addition to Nue's gravity, although no idea how effective that is with all the chaos going on. ]

[ As a last resort, he's also going to zoom through the vines and after the wolf, sending a gust of wind at him to hopefully toss him off of his feet before he can get to the alarm bell. ]

[she's still singing with the best of them here—GOTTA BOOST THE FAM]

[GAWD ALL OF YALL.

Half the bell gets TELEPORTED over to the entrance! And it's easily as big as he is!! The wolf skids to a stop being like ?!?! before Hanna just SMACKS HIM IN THE FACE WITH A BAT and before his body can do the body horror thing from losing his mask, Zenith's gust of wind blows him away. Spinel's silver pipe takes care of the remnants of the other, and Lyra out there STILL SINGING.

Weeds pull their weight though--the brambles are still trying to close, but between the force of gravity and the kudzu wall, they're able to keep it from closing back up and give everyone plenty of time to get through.

AND ONCE THROUGH...aside from the lookout that previously held the bell, there is another fence. One they can easily climb over, just like at the pasture. It looks like they have come through a back entrance, so hey! THEY ARE STILL IN STEALTH MODE.

And once they step over the fence, it's like stepping rough a shimmering illusion. The mist thins out, and they find themselves in the back alley of a city. They're in the shadows for now, but even from where they stand they can see.....sparse crowds of people shuffling through the streets. Most wearing masks, but still more-so humanoid than feral.

So they've got obvious options now. Try to blend in with the crowd, or--check out a convenient manhole near them.

Or some third option they may come up with themselves.]

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