Log:Pawns of the Ice Fox, Scene 1

Pawns of the Ice Fox 2007/01/01 	 SilverShadow Jennifer Kibin Rebound Allure Big Bad Wolf 1

Stephie is chatting to Ashton and Jace just outside the mall. She has a couple of shopping bags and looks in a good mood.

Ashton nods, saying, "Also a bit of more... accurate DNA than reconstructed from fossils or whatever, so I'm more agile now. Not as tough, though, but not being hit is better than being hit but being able to take it, I suppose."

Stephie says, "I think so."

Jace shrugs, "I actually consider the other way around...someone gets lucky you can take it.."

Stephie says, "I don't know. Myself, I'd rather not be hit at all!"

Ashton hmmms, commenting, "Though, still has it's limits, like me needing to be conscious..." Kibin shrugs at what Jace says, replying, "Still hurts if you can take it though."

Jace nods, "Well i've been in a few scraps...i love being hit and pushing through the pain...but i guess i'm a little unstable that way."

Stephie grins. "You said it, not me...."

Jennifer is jogging along the street when she sees the gathering and heads over to join the group, "Hi!" she says in a cheerful voice.

Ashton rubs his arm, commenting to Jace, "I, however, don't like pain, or people touching me in the first place." Ashton waves to Jennifer as she approaches.

Stephie waves back, no less cheerfully. "Hey!"

Jace grins and waves toward Jennifer, he mutters something tight lipped to Stephie

Jace whispers: Not a word about the other night...

Jace says, "Hows it going Jen?"

Jace says, "Your over your illness too? Doctor cooked something up?"

Jennifer smiles at everyone but goes straight over to Stephie and, if she allows, hugs her. "How is everything? Are you okay at home?"

Stephie hugs Jennifer. "Yeah - everything's - well, I think so, yes. Been a bit weird, but then I guess people act strangely when they're ill. I don't thing anyone blames me."

Ashton scratches his head again, curious, and asks, "What sickness are you talking about?"

Jace says, "Terrible flu"

Jace says, "Makes your mind all wiggly"

Stephie nods. "High temperature and what have you."

Ashton hmmms, saying, "Whenever I got the flu when young, I was just happy I could get out of school..."

Jace says, "This flu was terrible.."

Jennifer nods, "Yeah, it sure was."

Jace says, "More so when you didn't know who had it..."

Jace coughs a bit obviously

Ashton raises an eyebrow, but drops it and decides to put that into things that are best ignored for now.

Stephie says, "Well, getting out of school was good, but it's best if you aren't delerious."

Ashton shrugs, saying to Stephie, "I've never been delerious."

Jace nods, "I had the flu once so bad a few years ago....i was seeing things...terrible flu, took me a week to get over it

Jace thinks. o O (I still cant believe i said all those things..and it turned out to be Stephie...what a day..)

Jace says, "So...whats on the table for today?"

[To Ashton] Stephie says, "Well, you're lucky them - I'm surprised your transformation didn't have any such side effects."

says, "Well, I was just out shopping, myself."

Ashton says to Stephie, "There's a few... though not too serious, and easy to live with. I was going on a 'walk', though a lot of people just call it patrol."

Jennifer grins, "Just enjoying being able to get some decend hard exercise again."

Stephie cocks her head and gives Jennifer a look. "Are you trying to say something?"

Ashton thinks. o O (Wait... did both Jennifers get sick at once?)

Alex enters from Wharf Street North.

Ashton picks up his starguard communicator after something starting coming over on it over the radio. He listens for a bit, hmming, commenting, "Seems like there's a bulletproof wolf or something on Wharf St..."

Stephie says, "A *what*?"

Jace checks his watch..."Well damn.."

Jennifer grins, "You forgot to meantion it's also being described as giant, Ashton."

Ashton comments to Jennifer, "Well, yeah, if it's attacking you, I'm kind of guessing you'd describe it as giant."

Alex walks down the street and spots the familiar faces. He waves and walks over casually.

Stephie says, "Um - well - I guess I should be getting home...."

Ashton shrugs, running off over to North Wharf Street while pocketing his communicator.

Jennifer stops grinning, "Bad news, officer down, injured, severity unknown. It's heading north along Wharf street. Jace, Ashton, lets go. Stephie, it's not safe here. You ought to either go home or use my room at the Gym. You know where that is don't you?"

Ashton is already travelling over to Wharf street.

Stephie says, "Yeah, I'll find it."

Alex jogs over more urgently seeing that something seems to be going on. "What's happening?"

Stephie waves and hurries off, pretending not to have seen Alex, the faster to change.

Jennifer says, "Hi, Alex, giant bulletproof wolf running around in Wharf Street North. You should get home."

Jennifer says, "Hi, Alex, giant bulletproof wolf running around in Wharf Street North. You should get home."

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A 10' long white wolf, overmuscled rather like a LOTR-movie warg. It has particular large nostrils, and is smelling the ground as it comes along.

Alex nods to Jennifer. "Oh! Right... I'll take a shortcut..." He jogs into an alleyway and out of sight.

Jennifer looks over the wolf as it comes into sight. "I want first dibs on the pelt. That's a fireplace rug just waiting to be."

Ashton sighs, asking Jennifer, "What if we don't need to kill it?"

The wolf for the moment is walking along the sidewalk on the western side of the road, sniffing as it goes as if following a trail. Ironically, it's causing panic although it's not actually being hostile at the moment. Of course, the huge yellow eyes and big teeth dripping with blood don't make it look friendly. Sirens can be heard from several directions, notably to the south of it.

After a quick wardrobe change, Rebound runs to catch up with the others.

Kibin slows down after seeing the wolf, and changes into a form that's a little more combat ready. Kibin walks slowly towards the wolf, examining it to try to ascertain what it's doing.

SilverShadow mutters a dark incantation and is suddenly surrounded by shadows. "Reminds me of my old dog....". Shadow whistles to try and get its attention.

Jennifer tells Ashton, "Then we can tame it and I'll train it to lay in front of the fireplace. Extra body heat will make it great for keeping my feet warm."

The wolf seem content to track whatever it's tracking, not harming anyone directly - though a couple of people have fallen or been tramnpled trying to run away from it.

Jennifer walks straight over towards it calling out, "Okay, boy, STAY! SIT! Good dog."

Kibin sniffs around, seeing if there's any scent other than the wolf that is non-human or suspicious. Possibly what the wolf is tracking.

The wolf looks up when Silvershadow whistles, then its attention goes to Jennifer. It sniffs her.....

The wolf makes a low growl and goes back to smelling the street.

Kibin growls softly in frustration, not that easy I guess...

SilverShadow says, "Here boy....we'll get you a nice huge bone...dino sized....prolly not kibin.."

The wolf growls loudly at Jennifer while make itself look bigger than it is!

A police car is coming up from the south, siren blaring.

Jennifer feels the hairs on the back of her neck raising and snarls back at the wolf, surprised at the instant unreasoning hostility she feels and taking a few moments to regain her self control.

The wolf doesn't take kindly to Jennifer not backing down!

SilverShadow says, "Ohhh thats gonna have to be explained later..."

Rebound catches up to the others. "I'm not at one hundred percent right now, what with the cold weather. I'll try to help the bystanders, alright?" He looks to Jennifer to see if she's understood him. "Jennifer, you alright?"

Kibin comments to SilverShadow, "Probably the way she smells, there's a bit of tiger in her I think." Kibin watches, not wanting to interfere yet and mess things up...

Jennifer is facing the wolf, lips drawn back to reveal teeth and snarling at it.

Jennifer shakes herself, suddenly, and blinks,. o O(what the...? Oh, right, cats and dogs.) She covers her teeth with her lips and takes a step backwards, holding ready, "Guys, It's not going to like me. Somebody else better try the talking down routine."

The wolf snarls and leaps at Jenn, jaws, dripping blood mixed with saliva, going for the throat!

The enraged wolf attacks clumsily, but it's clear it's quicker than it looks!

Rebound tries to grab the Wolf, straining as he's barely able to elongate his arms long enough for his hands to meet around the girth of the giant wolf. "Oof. Glad to see you're still with us, Jennifer!"

Jennifer flows beneath the leaping wolf with feline agility dodging the attack as it bites at her throat, "Bad doggy. No supper for you."

Kibin comments, "Might it be better to leave Jennifer and the wolf alone? If Jennifer defeats it on her own, it's possible that it would just back down..."

SilverShadow levels his balled fist at the wolf and yells, "Dont you hurt her!" and fires a shadowbeam at the wolf!

Rebound's left grasping air and the wolf bounds out of his limit reach. o O ( Damnit... arms feel like cold taffy today. )

The wolf lets out a surprise yelp as it bounces backward into the road. Horns blare....

The wolf was knocked a good four yard, and is still sprawling, when the police car catches up. A polceman fires a shotgun through the window at the wolf, shooting something it's a bit hard to make out.

But he fails to hit the wolf.

Kibin growls at the wolf like the wolf did Jennifer, attempting to get it to back down.

The wolf is unimpressed, though some passersby are frightened by two monsters now. :)

Kibin notices that it doesn't work, so he spins around and hits the wolf hard with his tail, placing himself between the wolf and the policeman with a shotgun.

Kibin give the wolf a good solid smack. But it looks like the wolf is no more hurt than Kibin's tail.

Jennifer moves over to the wolf and tries to grab it around the muzzle and hold it down while stopping it from biting. "Ca;m down, I know I smell wrong. I feel the same about you but lets deal with this like rational monsters."

The wolf growls, and tries to struggle free, first just by opening its jaws and then by pawing at Jenn, always growling. His breath is terrible.

The wolf is strong, but Jenn is keeping a hold on him!

Rebound piles onto the Wolf as well, trying to wrangle the wolf's front legs with his pliant arms.

Kibin thinks. o O (Please don't ignore me, please don't ignore me... dang they ignored me.)

Jennifer is getting shaken around. She's a tiger that's got a wolf by the tail, in a manner of speaking, and letting go is likely to be problematic.

Rebound reaches one arm over the broad shoulders of the wolf and succeeds in grabbing its fore-legs. Now he holds on for dear life.

Jennifer tells Rebound quietly, "Hi, boss, I smell like cat. Wolfie here isn't going to calm down while I'm around. Sorry, should have thought this one out more clearly at the start."

SilverShadow moves to cover the Wolf in case it makes a break, "I cant help in the light guys...either sleeper hold it down...or bring it in the shade and i'll put it to sleep the hard way..."

Rebound grunts. "Well... maybe if we.. *oof* hold him long enough... he'll get tired!"

Kibin doesn't know of that much he could do, so he works on just knocking wolfie here out, with his tail so he doesn't possibly kill it.

The wolf uses all its might to get it's legs free, so at least it can move!

The wolf shakes Rebound off his legs, but his jaws are still held.

Kibin manages to hit the wolf with a resounding 'thud'. The energy from that hit tries to make the wolf go flying, if it wasn't for Jennifer resisting.

The wolf collides with a wall not far from SilverShadow.

The police car meanwhile has turned about in the street.

Kibin jumps at the wolf, spinning in midair and slamming him into the wall again with his tail. Or at least attempting to.

Kibin has his blow hit kind of uselessly against the worg this time. Yeah, he was better off with the big powerful hits...

Jennifer hangs onto the muzzle and this time also squeezes, "Sorry, wolfie, but you need to go sleepy-bye until we can figure out what's going on.

It's not clear if that hurt the wolf at all, though his jaws are still clamped shut.

SilverShadow takes his time aiming this time and bracers.....letting him zone in on the big wolf. "I hope this is all it takes!". He lets loose with the Shadowbeam!

The shadowbeam strikes home, leaving some strange burns and the smell of burning hair lingering in the air.

Kibin readies for another powerful attack, going to put all of his energy in this one...

Rebound's instinct is to jump over to the wolf. His first hop takes him all of four feet. He frowns and runs over instead and tries to reestablish his hold on the beast.

The wolf growls (muffled) and again tries with all its might to break its legs free!

Rebound's limbs stretch and flex as the wolf fights against him. He adjusts his stance to solidify his balance and tightens his grip.

The revving of a car engine indicates another peril - the police car is coming straight at the wolf!

Kibin manages through some feat of adrenaline and luck, to smash the wolf through the wall. Ooops. But wolf is knocked out at least...

Jennifer tries to gather her legs under her and pushing hard attempts to shove wolf and Rebound out of the path of the oncoming vehicle.

Kibin jumps out of the way of the car, by jumping over it. He's always wanted to do that.

Jennifer kicks Rebound and the wolf clear of the oncoming vehicle and then tries to roll clear herself, knowing she isn't going to make it but contented to have got the boss out of the danger zone.

Silvershadow gets himself clear; he probably wasn't at risk anyway. The car plummets, siren still going, between Jenn and the wolf, through some tables and chair and an interior wall.

The police car's horn joins the siren in endless noisemaking.

Rebound grunts as he's knocked out of the way. He pushes himself up on his elbows. "Jenn!"

Jennifer rolls back out of control and smacks into an interior wall, with sufficient force that the contents of the shelf about her head are shaken off and she ends up sitting amid a pile of fluffy toys.

Police radio is going mad. "Ned? Are you still there? NED?!"

Allure comes running up, and sticks her head round the hole in the wall.

Rebound clambers to his feet slowly. "Jenn?"

Jennifer is sitting up against a wall inside the store surrounded by a pile of fluffy toys, including one teddy bear draped over her head.

Kibin looks in the car to see if the officier is still alive, once the building has settled...

Jennifer says, "Yeah, I'm over here, Rebound. You okay?""

Allure grins at that sight of Jennifer, before she cathces herself. "Um - is everything in hand?"

Rebound says, "Yeah. Quick thinking."

The officer seems to be safely buried in an airbag. He's moaning, so presumable alive.

Kibin comments, "In my defense, most of the property damage was done by the car" Kibin is tired now, so he goes outside and sits on an untouched bench.

The police officer, actually, manages to scramble out of the car himself, if left so. "Where's that damn wolf?" he's mumbling.

Kibin sighs at the officier, standing up and going back in. "The wolf is knocked out now, and no danger to anyone."

"That thing ripped my partner to pieces!" He's got his shotgun still....

Jennifer stands, looking a tiny bit wobbly on her legs at first. Taking the teddy bear off her head she holds it in a hand and makes her way over to the car, "Where did you learn to drive, officer? I assume you did learn to drive?"She hands the police officer the teddy bear and shrugs.

Kibin says to the police officier, "Possibly because your partner attacked it first. Anyway, it's taken care of now, and I don't think it'll be waking up any time soon.

"I can drive just fine, missy - dammit!" Seeing the unconscious wolf, he aims the shotgun at its eye.

Kibin thinks. o O (Okay, probably not a good idea... gah.)

Kibin attempts to grab the shotgun from the officier before he gets a chance to shoot it.

Jennifer steps in between the officer and the wolf. "Put the gun down or I'll put you down. Your choice, and after you darn near ran over me I don't much care which it is."

The cop swears as the gun is taken from him, "Dammit, you don't mean you're going to let that monster live?"

Kibin shrugs at the cop after he takes the gun from him, saying, "No need in senseless killing." He glances at all the rubble that the car and to an extent, him did, and also says, "Or senseless property damage..."

Jennifer steps between the police officer and the wolf. "Due process. It's not up to us whether it lives or not. And while it's not a clear and present threat it's not up to you either. That's for judges and lawyers to decide. Your duty is to uphold the law not to act as judge and executioner."

The policeman goes from white to red - then puts his face in his hands, and looks like he might collapse.

Allure looks about. "I hope they're insured...."

Allure realises that she's probably more use keeping the policeman calm. Though he seems to have backed down now.

Jennifer steps in and holds the officer, supporting him. "It's hard to lose a partner. I know what its like. Honor his memory by remembering what you have both dedicated your lives towards." She leads him away from the crashed car and wolf to a seat somewhere close.

Kibin sits down in a seat as well. He doesn't sit as close to the officier, but still within earshot distance. Which is kind of larger for him than most people, though...

It's not long before the other police turn up. Mercifully no angry owners: turns out they're taking a winter holiday somewhere.

Back in the Gym Jessica uses her SGG comms to request an update of the injured/killed police officer's staus in the wolf incident.

Jennifer tells the officer, "I've just heard an up to date report about your partner. He's badly hurt but alive. He's going to be okay."

The police, naturally, want everyone's statement.

Kibin says to the police while making the statement, "Sorry about the property damage..."

He looks disbelieving. "But that thing tore his guts right out - he is? Really?" He looks to the heavens. "Thank god - thank god!"

Jennifer plays down her role in the incident, saying she just happened to get caught up in the whole affair by accident and was lucky that Kibin, Silver Shadow, and Rebound were on hand to save the day.

Kibin also plays down his role, mainly because he doesn't like reporters hounding him.

Allure has the decency to distract reporters with her eyewitness account, even if she couldn't join the fight.

"So," says the officer in charge - what exactly is that thing, and where did it come from. , o O (Tell me it's alien. I'd love to dump this mess at Starguard's door.)

Kibin says to the officer, standing up after he's rested, "Probably from another dimension, there's apparently a lot of extradimension things in this city."

Jennifer shrugs, "No idea. I was just going back to the Gym where I have a room and bumped into it in the street. Tell you what though, it had a purpose. It was following a trail of some kind, I'm pretty sure about that."

She has to Kibin, "You're Starguard, aren't you? Are you claiming this as yours?"

Kibin winces, he forgot about that. "Um, not in any way our fault, but Starguards responsibility to take care of the situation I believe..."

She nods to Kibin, "Well, perhaps they should get their butts over here then." To Jennifer she says, "yes, reports seemed agreed on that."

Kibin sighs, steps back, and then calls Starguard to come over here to take care of the unconscious possibly extra-dimensional wolf, then...

Kibin goes over to Jennifer after Starguard comes to pick the wolf up, and asks, "Why, exactly, did you growl back at the wolf?"

Allure says, "You growled at the wolf?!"

Jennifer gives Kibin and Allure a rather sheepish look, "Ah.. well.. I'm 15% Bengal tiger by genetics. That's a big cat, right. And a wolf, especially a giant wolf is a big dog, right? So..."

Allure says, "Oh... right...."

Kibin hmmms. He says, "Something I would have expected of me anyway, not you..."

Allure says, "Well, genetics can make a big difference, as you should know...."

Jennifer sighs, "If you watch, now you know, you'll see that cats will come up and rub against me purring. Dogs on the other hand mostly run away with their tail between their legs when they bump into me."

Kibin says to Jennifer, "No, haven't really noticed that. Though I do know for a fact the 15 bengal tiger is noticeable, so seems reasonable."

Jennifer nods, "Yeah, you spotted that early on. That great sense of smell of yours. The only visual trace is my eyes. That's how one of me New Blood team discovered I was metagentic. I stayed over at their house and got caught in the morning without my contact lenses in."

Kibin says to Jennifer, "Yeah, not so easy for me. Heh. That disguise thingie for me only works when I'm awake. So a couple of contacts doesn't work that well."

Allure says, "Well - I'm afraid I have to be going. Sorry I couldn't get here in time to help...."

Jennifer says, "On the other hand it isn't so important for you. Looking normal is just a convenience. With my siblings and me, if we're spotted for what we used to be half the police and armed forces on the planet tend to shoot first and ask questions later."

Kibin shrugs to Allure, grinning and saying to her, "At least you kept reporters away from me." Kibin raises an eyebrow(or a scaly patch above his eye) at Jennifer, asking, "Because of your heritage, I suppose?"

Jennifer nods to Kibin.

Allure hurries off.

Kibin comments, "I just usually get odd stares. Or sometimes children..."