It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

[misery_hates_company]

Who: Misery, Atsuro. Also: Now Open.
Where: The streets of Libra.
Summary: Okay, maybe this nigh apocalyptic people going crazy thing IS kind of Misery's business. To be fair, scorpions.
Warnings: SCORPIONS.
And this is why you shouldn't trust other people to resolve these sorts of situations.

Misery blasts a few more scorpions as she makes her way out of the apartment. She's not exactly sure when they started to show up, but they were here now, and being most troublesome to boot. Upon exiting, however, the full breadth of the situation begins to kick in; the little beasts are everywhere, and that's not even regarding the folks who are getting attacked by other folks. Or the ones running in fear from everything.

It's like the whole world has gone mad.

A few of the creatures skitter towards her, tails poised to strike. A few summoned blocks puts the fight out of them quickly. Still, she's forced to admit she can't work in this environment. She moves on, blasting any creatures -- or anybody -- that gets in her way. She's not trying for fatal force on the human ones... but she can't be blamed for her actions if they try too hard, can she?

Comments

[otakuro]

"Ah, you've got me figured out...!" Atsuro shakes his head ruefully as he backs away from the edge of the building with a wan smile. "Always be as useful as you can. It makes you less of a red shirt. Making sure people know your last name helps, too."

He pauses for a moment.

"If you've got somewhere else you want to be, though... Don't let me keep you. There's more to worry about in this city than one person."

[misery_hates_company]

She hems. "I want to get to the bottom of this mess. I'm sure you do too." She looks over at him. "You might as well come with me, hmm? Everybody wins! I suppose." She smirks. "Unless you want to stay up here until this entire mess is resolved cowering from bugs."

[otakuro]

"No cowering will be involved! Just a lot of screaming." Atsuro can admit his own shortcomings. "Probably like a little girl. ...Unless I'm calling out my attacks." It was best for Misery to know what she was agreeing to bring along with her.

"Alright, then. What's the plan? Teleport around and try to find where these things are coming from? I'm placing bets now on a giant scorpion that shoots these things out from its butt."

[misery_hates_company]

"My, aren't we honest about our inadequacies! It's almost refreshing." She looks. "Well, there's bound to be a source to all of this. I can support you with my magic for short periods of time. Perhaps if we gain even more height, we can visualize a distinct source of this nonsense." She looks out. "The sooner this is fixed, the better. I can't have madmen breaking into my apartment, and I can only make so many antidotes."

[otakuro]

"Maybe if we gain enough height, we'll reach the moon and we won't have to deal with this mess." Atsuro's strength is thinking outside the box. "I have to admit, I was beginning to doubt that there was any real problem in the last few weeks - but if this is the kind of thing that happens on a regular basis, I can see why they're dragging us into it."

[misery_hates_company]

"Tempting. Quite tempting. I'm afraid I don't think I could travel so far with the pair of us, however." She looks out. "Certainly, though, between those obnoxious twits in the Anoli and these monsters, this place certainly is a mess. How irritating."

She casts a spell, and again Atsuro is in the bubble. "Well, time's a-wasting. Let's get searching, shall we? The sooner we find the cause of all this, the sooner I can stop worrying about investing in bug spray. Oh ho ho ho!"

[otakuro]

"I'll have to leave the driving to you. Whenever you're ready!"

[And then suddenly... scorpion with fifteen breasts.]