[Issue 11] Let the Wild Rumpus Start

by **John Hino** » Mon Dec 03, 2012 8:27 pm

He angled towards Bear, hungry red eyes locked on her.

by **Byrna Cooper** » Mon Dec 03, 2012 8:30 pm

Bear circled away, hands on a sphere as she kept her eyes on the lizard thing.

by **Nick Varkan** » Mon Dec 03, 2012 8:50 pm

Nick gathered the thrown steel balls with his powers as he calculated how to help stop the altered John.

by **Byrna Cooper** » Mon Dec 03, 2012 8:53 pm

Something snapped into place, once bear saw the angles and horn pattern of the creature.

"Guys.. It's John! Be careful!"

by **Rachel O'Brien** » Mon Dec 03, 2012 9:03 pm

Rachel jumped back to be behind Bear, trying to look for a way to stop John's charge.

by **John Hino** » Mon Dec 03, 2012 9:04 pm

The beast slowed to a walk around them as he bristled with anger.

"Do NOT refer to me as that weakling!"

by **Byrna Cooper** » Mon Dec 03, 2012 9:19 pm

"John, what happened to you?" Bear asked, drawing his anger to her.and with no small amount of genuine shock.

by **John Hino** » Mon Dec 03, 2012 9:24 pm

"The hunter freed me," he answered, circling them with predatory intent.

by **Rachel O'Brien** » Mon Dec 03, 2012 9:29 pm

Rachel kept looking in his mind, finally she thought she found the right spot to make him freeze in place. She hoped. So she concentrated, and pushed.

by **John Hino** » Mon Dec 03, 2012 9:33 pm

He stopped abruptly, snapping his gaze in Rachel's direction.

"Releasse me you bitch!" he hissed hatefully.

by **Byrna Cooper** » Mon Dec 03, 2012 9:35 pm

Bear took the moment to step closer.

"John.. This isn't you.. You are a caring, gentle person.."

by **Rachel O'Brien** » Mon Dec 03, 2012 9:42 pm

Without releasing her mental grip, Rachel started trying to calm him down.

by **Trev Anderson** » Tue Dec 04, 2012 1:31 am

"C'mon John...we're all your friends..." Trev said soothingly, slowly stepping forward so he would be in a better position to blast him against a tree if he tried charging Bear and Rachel.

by **John Hino** » Tue Dec 04, 2012 11:33 am

"No! This is me. Me as I should be," he said, gaze darting to Bear, "Free from petty humanity."

Free Please at help last me...

by **Rachel O'Brien** » Tue Dec 04, 2012 12:21 pm

Rachel kept looking for ways to calm him down, to release the hormones that would gentle him, calm him, and slow down the ones that were making him aggressive.

by **Byrna Cooper** » Tue Dec 04, 2012 10:55 pm

"John, we care about you... I care about you.."

by **John Hino** » Wed Dec 05, 2012 11:09 am

John's mind fought hard, but was only thrashing in Rachel's web with less and less ferocity. It was working.

"No... you don't... no one really... monsters don't..."

by **Rachel O'Brien** » Wed Dec 05, 2012 2:34 pm

Rachel kept going, her mind straining as she held him, calmed him and looked for what else might be making him aggressive.

by **Narrator** » Wed Dec 05, 2012 5:54 pm

John's amygdala was heavily stimulated, heightening his aggression and causing his emotional responses to swing wildly. As well, his system was flooded with Ghrelin, which had manifested in a ravenous hunger and did not seem to be fading naturally. As a consequence of this, his pituitary was also working overtime.

by **Rachel O'Brien** » Wed Dec 05, 2012 6:03 pm

Rachel kept working, manipulating, soothing, calming him.

by **John Hino** » Wed Dec 05, 2012 7:46 pm

John grunted bestially and he shook his head as if to clear it, eyes closed.

by **Byrna Cooper** » Wed Dec 05, 2012 9:47 pm

"John, you will get through this.. We'll help you get through this.."

Bear's words were slow, soft, comforting.

by **John Hino** » Thu Dec 06, 2012 10:41 am

His hunger and aggression were waning.

"I can't... can't control myself... I'm scared..." he said, cruel angry tone fading.

by **Rachel O'Brien** » Thu Dec 06, 2012 3:16 pm

"Its going to be ok." Rachel said, letting her grip on John's muscles go. "You should stay calm, not as hungry, at least for a little while."

by **John Hino** » Thu Dec 06, 2012 4:45 pm

"Did I... hurt any of you?"

by **Narrator** » Thu Dec 06, 2012 5:46 pm

Rachel could sense a group of minds approaching.

by **David Renko** » Thu Dec 06, 2012 7:54 pm

Renko seeing the collar on John's neck and blissfully unaware of more things approaching walked up to John to examine it. He looked at the casing for the control unit itself and his gauntlet began to glow. He placed a bubble of slowed down time around the control unit as he tried slow whatever signals it was sending out and receiving to a crawl. He figured it'd give him a moment or two to perform his next trick.

"This might bloody well sting a bit," Renko said, "We didn't have collars to practice on before the mission or nearly enough time to study the blueprints."

Renko's gauntlets glowed even brighter before he ran a finger along the synthetic band around John's neck. John would feel a rather intense burning sensation as Renko's powers worked rapidly at aging both the band and the layer of flesh touching it.

by **Narrator** » Thu Dec 06, 2012 8:17 pm

It was fairly painful, but thankfully dulled by Rachel's efforts.

The band did manage to be aged to the point of fraying, the central module coming off in Renko's hand.

Though time was slowed on it, it did react, an indicator light flickering on in a baleful red, punctuated by a crawling, distorted...

"beeeeeeeeeeeeeep!"

by **David Renko** » Thu Dec 06, 2012 8:23 pm

As the device dropped into Renko's hand he directed all of his focus into slowing down the impending explosion.

"Bloody hell," Renko grunted as he tossed it to Bear, "Put it someplace away from here quickly."

by **Byrna Cooper** » Thu Dec 06, 2012 8:46 pm

John Hino wrote:"Did I... hurt any of you?"

"No. You won!"

Bear jumped, giving him a big, loving hug.

Before catching the collar bomb, and then throwing it straight up, as far as she could manage..

by **Narrator** » Thu Dec 06, 2012 8:55 pm

Which, though she did manage enough distance that it didn't harm them, still managed to be fairly loud and bright as it exploded.

by **Byrna Cooper** » Thu Dec 06, 2012 9:00 pm

"Okay, everyone knows where we are now! Get ready for incoming!"

by **John Hino** » Thu Dec 06, 2012 9:04 pm

John breathed out in relief, smiling at Bear. Well, trying to. It looked like a bearing of teeth.

"I thought I'd never be free of that thing," he said to Renko gratefully.

by **Byrna Cooper** » Thu Dec 06, 2012 9:09 pm

Bear got the gist of the attempt.

She turned and smiled back, before pulling out a day glo purple and pink sphere.

by **David Renko** » Thu Dec 06, 2012 9:10 pm

"Your welcome," Renko smiled, "Just try not get stuck in one again, mate."

by **Rachel O'Brien** » Thu Dec 06, 2012 10:50 pm

"Get ready." Rachel said, trying to see who was coming at them.

by **Trev Anderson** » Thu Dec 06, 2012 11:51 pm

Trev sighed in relief as John seemed back to (sort of) normal, but tensed up after the explosion and warning of incoming others. His eyes darted around, trying to focus his listening to see if he could at least hear what was coming before he saw it in the fog.

by **John Hino** » Fri Dec 07, 2012 10:51 am

John turned his supercharged senses to the forest, trying to smell who was coming.

by **Nick Varkan** » Fri Dec 07, 2012 10:55 am

Nick eyed the trees, tense and ready to strike with the recovered steel balls twirling over his head.

by **Ryan Gabriel** » Fri Dec 07, 2012 1:57 pm

"We'll at least I know that if it was Mr. Big Game Douchebag up there, he'd be being quieter!" Ryan called through the foliage, pointedly before whoever was up there could give him an ambush-hit.

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