Shopping Disaster.
This was the first time Cielo had been brave enough to stray far away from Redfield Apartments by himself. He'd left Naomi and the Tribble Trio in Sera's care, packed up his side bags with candy for the journey, and headed out.
Cielo didn't get as many odd looks as he thought he would. After all, he saw people with hair crazier than his; lime green mohawks that stood straight up, weird makeup on their faces, and strange clothing. This all intrigued Cielo. He wandered into some random gothic shop (something not unlike a Hot Topic), and took his sweet time looking at all the funny t-shirts, painful-looking jewelry and other objects.
That was when Cielo saw the TV in the corner. A music video from some run-of-the-mill goth rock band was playing, and the pale-faced frontman was floating in a glass cylinder filled with some sort of liquid, with all sorts of tubes coming out of his arms, chest and back. It was so familiar... his head began to throb and a high-pitched noise filled his ears. This... this had happened before. To him. He couldn't say when or why, but it made him feel... not himself.
Cielo dropped the few things he had in his hands and stared at the TV with wide eyes, that flashed a piercing blue. The mark on Cielo's leg started to glow, and the blue lines began to snake over his body...
Nobody noticed Cielo until he was half-transformed, bearing the large wings/claws of Dyaus. He hissed and spun around, using his wings to knock over anyone and anything near him. His head pounded with splitting pain, and it felt like his Atma mark was on fire. Losing grip on his humanity, he leapt up and glided onto the counter of the store, hissing menacingly at both the employees and customers.
He was about to jump down and let his Atma feast on one of the customers when someone yelled at him. The voice was so faint, he hardly heard it. His control was fading fast, and he couldn't tell Dyaus to stop, for it was a policeman that was yelling. He felt himself transform the rest of the way into Dyaus, and speed through the store at fullspeed. He crashed through the store's display window, and out into the street.
The gut-wrenching cries of a wounded beast echoed throughout the streets as several policemen opened fire on Dyaus. Most of the bullets missed, but one managed to hit his thigh. Such a minor wound would not stop the Father of the Sky; he roared and several bolts of lightning rained down from the sky onto those who had raised their weapons at him. The attacks weren't strong enough to kill, but they sure would hurt for some time.
That's when he decided to make his move. He swooped down and dug his talons into the leg of one police officer, knocking him down to the ground. His teeth sank into the officer's upper arm, but he didn't rip a chunk out. A bullet hit him in the side, knocking him away from the terrified officer.
Dyaus flew higher in to the air, although was having trouble staying aloft. His injured side was listing a little, but he managed to fly away fast enough to where people lost track of him. He found the orange flag waving victoriously out of the Embryon's apartment, and flew as fast as he could to the window. He crashed right through it, leaving shattered glass and spatters of blood on the remains of the windows, on the wall and all over the floor.
The beast skidded to a halt near the couch, breathing raggedly, ready to snap at anything that got near it...
((Open thread. Characters can participate at their own risks; a finger or two may be lost if they're not careful...))
Cielo didn't get as many odd looks as he thought he would. After all, he saw people with hair crazier than his; lime green mohawks that stood straight up, weird makeup on their faces, and strange clothing. This all intrigued Cielo. He wandered into some random gothic shop (something not unlike a Hot Topic), and took his sweet time looking at all the funny t-shirts, painful-looking jewelry and other objects.
That was when Cielo saw the TV in the corner. A music video from some run-of-the-mill goth rock band was playing, and the pale-faced frontman was floating in a glass cylinder filled with some sort of liquid, with all sorts of tubes coming out of his arms, chest and back. It was so familiar... his head began to throb and a high-pitched noise filled his ears. This... this had happened before. To him. He couldn't say when or why, but it made him feel... not himself.
Cielo dropped the few things he had in his hands and stared at the TV with wide eyes, that flashed a piercing blue. The mark on Cielo's leg started to glow, and the blue lines began to snake over his body...
Nobody noticed Cielo until he was half-transformed, bearing the large wings/claws of Dyaus. He hissed and spun around, using his wings to knock over anyone and anything near him. His head pounded with splitting pain, and it felt like his Atma mark was on fire. Losing grip on his humanity, he leapt up and glided onto the counter of the store, hissing menacingly at both the employees and customers.
He was about to jump down and let his Atma feast on one of the customers when someone yelled at him. The voice was so faint, he hardly heard it. His control was fading fast, and he couldn't tell Dyaus to stop, for it was a policeman that was yelling. He felt himself transform the rest of the way into Dyaus, and speed through the store at fullspeed. He crashed through the store's display window, and out into the street.
The gut-wrenching cries of a wounded beast echoed throughout the streets as several policemen opened fire on Dyaus. Most of the bullets missed, but one managed to hit his thigh. Such a minor wound would not stop the Father of the Sky; he roared and several bolts of lightning rained down from the sky onto those who had raised their weapons at him. The attacks weren't strong enough to kill, but they sure would hurt for some time.
That's when he decided to make his move. He swooped down and dug his talons into the leg of one police officer, knocking him down to the ground. His teeth sank into the officer's upper arm, but he didn't rip a chunk out. A bullet hit him in the side, knocking him away from the terrified officer.
Dyaus flew higher in to the air, although was having trouble staying aloft. His injured side was listing a little, but he managed to fly away fast enough to where people lost track of him. He found the orange flag waving victoriously out of the Embryon's apartment, and flew as fast as he could to the window. He crashed right through it, leaving shattered glass and spatters of blood on the remains of the windows, on the wall and all over the floor.
The beast skidded to a halt near the couch, breathing raggedly, ready to snap at anything that got near it...
((Open thread. Characters can participate at their own risks; a finger or two may be lost if they're not careful...))