Something Wicked This Way Comes

[oleaeuropaea]

Who: Vash the Stampede, Kiera, Passenger, Wolfwood, and Zahilya. Plus some others if they want
What: It's time for a homecoming. Too bad the greetings won't be so warm.
When: End of September
Where: Around the Grove
Warnings: Gore. Character Death. Possession. References to holy imagery.

[As September draws to a close, the woods seem eerily silent. It seems almost as if the birds have stopped singing. They hold their breath, fearful of a predator stalking amidst the woods. Through the brush, maybe you’ll see it — feathers that stick up like blades. Once bright white plumage has been tarnished with dirt, debris, and perhaps even blood.

But you’ll have only a second to see it. For just as soon as contact is made at the edge of the woods, the creature bursts out.

Vash the Stampede has returned to Aldric’s Grove.]

Comments

[oleaeuropaea]

[Though a handful of swipes do manage to reach their target, it's clear that trying to do any meaningful damage isn't going to go well. A hiss leaves him, one full of absolute fury.

When he reaches the river, Vash stops short. He stares at the bird, before finally shaking his head. A dark, sinister laugh leaves him. He won't play their games. It might not be as satisfying as killing the little bird, neither would chasing them around and failing to target anyone else.

So he begins to back away. If he isn't mistaken, he hears someone elsewhere. They would be a far easier target, he's sure.]

[cryopathy]

[as torn up as kiera is at this point, they don't have the energy to follow him, to see who he's targeting next. they hardly have the wherewithal to flutter from roof to roof, back to the bar, to at least make sure luca is safe.

assuming vash is nowhere around here, and luca's middle-story window is cracked, they flutter in, their form becoming human again as they collapse to the floor, wounds on their hand, side, back, and leg still pouring blood.]