Things That Go Bump In The Night [character event]

[compassionlost]

Who: Hei [compassionlost] and anyone else
Where: Warehouse in the city. It's near to some houses.
When: Thursday 17th May, 12:03am.
Notes: He's as Hei right now, if you're curious. 'cos he's killing stuff.
It was late. The sun had long since set and the skies were void of anything, even the fake stars that only showed up from time to time, blanketed by cloud

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[defendingspirit]

Having been woken up by the loud thud on the roof of her apartment, Maya sleepily switched on a lamp beside her bed, curiously waiting for another such sound to follow. When one didn't, she relaxed slightly, figuring it might just be a cat or a bird. Nothing to worry about.

Then she noticed something from the corner of her eye - something that made her freeze - an eerie masked figure, on her balcony. She scrambled out of bed, still in her nightdress, turned her lamp off again and vanished into the kitchen, re-emerging with what looked like a wooden pole - hastily pulled off a mop, but it would serve its purpose. She silently eased open the sliding glass door leading onto the balcony, hoping she had gone unnoticed, and held the pole protectively in front of her and doing her best to look threatening (as much as her short stature and pink clothes would allow).

"Hey, mister!" she said, sounding decidedly more brave than she felt. "I'm gonna give you ten seconds to get the heck off my balcony before I call the police!"

[compassionlost]

Hei merely looked at Maya with little or no response - normally he would have just done as she'd said, up and leave, wanting as little attention as possible - but her loud voice probably had already alerted the one he was trailing, and the less civilians it killed, would be the best outcome for everyone.

Great, he thought, bemused. Now a civilian was involved, and he would have to protect her at all costs.

Tutting slightly, he looked back up - and soon enough, down came the contractor. "Get down!" he called to Maya, dodging the pole with adept ability and pushing her head straight to the ground, covering her from the blast that issued in mid air, seconds before where their heads had been.

[defendingspirit]

"Wha--?" Maya said alarmedly, not entirely sure what had just happened. Making a reach for her pole that had slipped from her grasp, she warily chanced a glance up and where the blast had just dissapated. "What's going on?!" Whatever it was, Hei seemed to have expected it... so did that mean someone was after him? It seemed that way.

[compassionlost]

"This is no time for talking," was Hei's response, calm and collected as usual. "Just get inside and stay quiet," he commanded, though part of him knew this was going to have little effect. The average human cared not for danger at all, even when it was staring them straight in the face.