Cry, 'havoc', and let slip the dogs of war

[neverquitedies]

Characters: The Angels (angelicmutation) and anyone who cares to join.
When: Starts July 8th, but will go on for awhile.
Where: Everywhere
Rating: R for gore
Summary: Yuca has unleashed Angels on Adstringendum. Defend yourself, hide, or die.

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[angelicmutation]

Won't this be a touching family reunion?

It hardly even looks like a wolf anymore though (or maybe it was a dog. Who can tell?). The transverse process of each vertebrae had spiked up, fanned out, and gone through the skin, sending a row of sharp, reinforced bone down its back. There were three rows of teeth too many, growing out down the gums until the bottom row had simply pierced through the lip all the way around, the claws far larger than they should be.

The angel had grown into a massive size, almost four feet tall and easily longer. Bone reinforced its chest like an exoskeleton, and jutted out from seemingly random places along its body. It seemed to have been injured before it met Akira- it's head was bent to the right slightly, as if something large had crashed into it- but this only served to grow spikes of bone out of the exposed part of its neck. Whatever injury it had, it had healed and been made more dangerous because of it.

Quietly, it leaped down to the street at the sound of Akira's voice, landing with a graceful thud, yellow eyes staring him down with an animalistic hunger.

[not_a_damn_dog]

It had definitely been a canid at one time or other, that much he was certain of. That just made him even more enraged. He kept the blade perched on one shoulder, waiting for it to make a move.

"So where's your maker, pal? Don't suppose you could tell me?" he spat, "God, these things smell awful. Alright, don't keep me waitin'. Bring it on."

[angelicmutation]

The creature gave Akira a quick once-over before darting in for the attack. It was fast- faster than it looked, with all its odd spikes and components, and in no time, it had closed the distance between the two of them before lunging forward with a ragged snarl, aiming to get it's layers of teeth around some part of Akira's flesh.

[not_a_damn_dog]

"Sorry, I can't afford to be lazy, today!" he growled, jumping and turning over the beast's head, bringing the massive weapon straight down toward the crown of it's skull. "You're makin' me late!"

[angelicmutation]

The wolf snarled and jerked backward, the blade slicing cleanly through the bone and muscle of its snout. Growling again, it pulled back, now a few inches shorter (but already healing), and plenty angry. Reaching out a massive paw, it aimed to slice straight into Akira, claws outstretched and needle-sharp.

[not_a_damn_dog]

There was no retreat in Akira. He was too pissed off and in far too much of a hurry. His image blurred as he dashed , moving under the blow and spinng at the waist, aiming to slice the appendage off.

[angelicmutation]

The movement was just what it had been waiting for, giving Akira the distraction the beast needed in order to jump away, the slice from the sword cutting into its belly, but not with the speed it needed to cut the monster in half, not yet.

The wolf seemed more intent on getting a little bit of distance so it could regrow its teeth than it was concerned with attacking again, and it backed off, spikes of reinforced bone already jutting out of where its jaw used to be.

[not_a_damn_dog]

Retreat wasn't a possibility in this case. Akira was giving chase the moment he missed, already upon the beast again and aiming another blow straight at the head.

[angelicmutation]

The blow would probably have been enough to decapitate a normal man, but when dealing with an angel, it wasn't quite enough. The skill did fracture badly and blood spurted out of the open wound, but didn't shatter. As Akira hit it and the beast decided that it had recovered enough, lunging forward to bite at the flesh on Akira's arm, the aim a little skewed due to the currently impacted brain.

[not_a_damn_dog]

Akira dashed backward as teeth raked across his arm. The creature had created a deep enough wound to give him pause, driving him to put distance between them.

"Ah! Shit! You fucker!" he growled, looking at his wound as it started to repair itself. "When are you things supposed to run outta' gas, anyway?"

[angelicmutation]

Apparently never. As Akira backed off, the angel also took the time to recover, bone shards from the skull chipping out, growing wildly as it attempted to knit itself back together.

But it didn't waste time like that, and lunged right back in with a snarl, Akira's blood on its maw.

[not_a_damn_dog]

Akira took his moment. There was no way something that size could change direction in mid-air. He rolled under the best, using his body weight to add torque as he swung up, aiming to slice the beast in two, down the middle.

[angelicmutation]

The blade cut cleanly, slicing through flesh and bone as the beast screamed, front paws taking off running as the back collapsed, along with the tail.

Bone started growing from the remnant of the spine as the angel ran, growing and growing with an alarming rate until it skittered across the rooftop, branching out, twisting around. Muscle branched out, climbing across the bone and twisting itself into a new set of steely back legs.

It spun to face Akira again, snarling hard, blood and saliva dripping from it's fangs.

[not_a_damn_dog]

"Alright, that's it. Come on. I'm sick of all this jumpin' around shit. Come on. I'll end this now, regardless of what you're up to."

[OOC: Bisect means to split down the center, rather than cut in half at the waist.]

[angelicmutation]

It raised its head and howled, snarling, waiting for Akira to make the first move.

[[ooc: I guess it was just miscommunication then, I'm aware of what that means.]]