event 001

[equi_nox]

[ Those at the top of Lux Spire may notice things creeping in the shade of plants. These shadows are tiny, reaching the size of rats and no bigger, but take all shapes and formations. Small they may be, but fearless and curious: some of them might snicker and whisper amongst themselves as you pass, while others skitter away underfoot. They seem unwilling to go near the fountain.

Elsewhere, the shadows may reach the size of a cat, and are a little more aggressive. The darkness doesn't seem to be taking kindly to this new cure introduced to the city, and while not ready to launch a full scale attack, they seem to be causing a nuisance to the local citizens in retaliation. As annoyed as they are, these people don't seem too happy to see newcomers - though no one will explain why. ]

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Back from my trip!

[quadrantguru]

[Karkat was about to say something. Surely he was about to comment on Eridan's ridiculous comment and also mention something about personality and how it pertains to these perceived powers, but then Eridan fell.

Karkat's first instinct is to run over to him, but luckily that instinct is burried deep down somewhere. Instead he laughs.]

Hey buddy, did you trip on air...what was that acrobatic stunt.

Awww yay! How was it?

[hawkfire]

[Bette shrugs her shoulders. She's good with computers and stuff, sure, but the technical stuff, that escapes her a little. Sure, she'd somehow managed to come up with her Flamebird persona on her own, along with all of the gadgets that went along with it, but she'd relied on grapple guns. This was something entirely different. ] I honestly left the design stuff to my Uncle Jake. I just rock it and fight crime in it. But you're welcome to poke around and study it if you want. Just, you know. Don't break it. [Because clearly, Uncle Jake is not here to fix it up for her.]

[When the little shadow rat comes barrelling out, Bette starts. She's faced worse, of course, but there's something to be said for the element of surprise. She yelps out loud and points at the shadow rat. She aims her flamethrowing gauntlet at the thing and throws out a stream of fire but nothing happens to the thing.] Great. My weapons are absolutely useless.

Aaaaaand Daniel remains largely useless - What can I say? he's a largely unathletic nerd.

[mechanacet]

[Startling out of his reverie at the appearance of the shadow-rat thing, Daniel watches as Bette tries to burn it to no effect. Finely tuned combat reflexes kicking in, Daniel reaches into one of his pockets and produces a rather large spanner.

Running up to the monster as the flames die away, Daniel takes a swing... And misses.

The Rat-Monster seems to take this as a personal affront and launches itself at the poor researcher, who begins to flail at it before being thrown off his feet due to the beast's collision with his upper torso. Thankfully, the monster doesn't get a chance to bite down as it's promptly dislodged by Cam, who seems to be a much more capable fighter than their creator.

The Rat-Monster moves into a clearer part of the tower floor to make some space for itself as Cam squares up to it.

Daniel is groaning from his position on the floor, his spanner lying discarded next to him.] Owww...

[whitescientist]

[ Eridan scuffles backwards along the floor in the most undignified manner ever before scrambling to his feet. ]

That little-! Right. That's it.

[ IT IS SO ON. He's noticed weapons don't seem to be doing much, so he makes a mad lunge for the shadow rat instead. Whatever he hoped to do - perhaps throw it off the building or strangle it or something - he never gets that far. A faint, shimmery bubble-shield sort of flickers in front of his outstretched hands and he staggers to a halt in shock, staring at them. ]

... Did anyone see that. [ HELLO ERIDAN THE RAT IS STILL THERE ]

[quadrantguru]

[Karkat stumbles, back, leaping and attempting to avoid the rat. However he watches his newly found aquaintanes and stares particularly at Eridan...]

What...what was that?

[hawkfire]

No, I saw it.

[Bette's by Daniel's side now, offering him a hand up.] Is that not something you could do before? [She may seem a little nonchalant, but then she's seen people do things back home, too. Of course, she hasn't yet realized that maybe she can do something herself.]

Wanna try it on the rat-thing again, though?

[mechanacet]

[Daniel takes the hand up, staring dumbly at Eridan's hands.] I saw it too... [A grin swiftly spreads across his face as he starts to come up with ideas.

Daniel begins to talk very quickly, reeling off a sting of barely comprehensible questions while piecing together something using bits and pieces from his many pockets.

Daniel appears to be entirely unaware that his hands are acting on their own as he does so. There is a faint, almost unnoticeable shimmer around his fingers as he twists a couple of wires together.]

Quickly! How did you do that? How did it feel? What were your exact thoughts just now? Has that ever happened before? What else do you think you could do with it? What do you think it's purpose is?

[Meanwhile, Cam is attempting to wrestle with the Shadow-Rat, keeping it away from the group while they catch their wits/bearings/whatever. However, due to Cam being smaller than the Rat, it is slowly starting to push the tiny robot back.]

[whitescientist]

Wh-what? No, I couldn't do that before! I- I mean, I'd have needed a wand for that, I don't -

[ Right, yes, rat still exists. Eridan awkwardly watches it struggle with the strange little robot for a moment and then sort of shakes his hands at them both. There's a weird shimmer, but not much else. He flashes everybody a helpless and confused sort of look (especially at Daniel's questioning). ]

I don't even know what I did! That ain't normal for me, ok? So I'm blamin' this place. Someone else try somethin' on the devilbeast, quick, before it gets away. Anyone.