13961/A random walk in the woods

A random walk in the woods
Date of Scene:	17 November 2021
Location:	Breakstone, Westchester County
Synopsis:	While hiking, Megan is caught in a storm, falls and hits her head. Kit and Austin try to rescue her but there are misunderstandings.
Cast of Characters:	Pixie, Sentinel (Dallas), Kit Killovarras

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Pixie has posed:
It's probably a bit late and a bit cold for someone to just go randomly walking in the woods. But Megan had somehow falling while hiking earlier, and hit her head.

When she wakes up at the bottom of a shallow crevice, she groans and rubs the painful bump on her head. At least there's no bleeding or broken bones. The thick, spongy grass must have broken her fall. But dammit, now she's kinda confused and lost...And who is she and how'd she get here anyway?

"Uh, hello? Anybody..?" she asks in a panic, looking around. Oh, there's her backpack over there, the contents spilled on the ground. when she rises to her feet, scrambling to find something that might jog her memory, her ankle gives way and she winces. "Ack!" it doesn't look broken, but it's painfully swollen. She must had sprained it!

Sentinel (Dallas) has posed:
Austin Dallas had actually been out for a hike despite the chill in the air. It was getting too cold for Austin to go out much at all considering his heightened senses made anything much below freezing feel like daggers agienst his skin, so he was taking this one last chance. Tina, for her part was dressed rather subdued today, in a simple pink dress and sunglasses as she hung onto his shoulder.

~Uh, hello? Anybody..?~

Austin paused at the call for help and the Monkey just sighed. The young man had a hero complex about a mile wide. It had gotten him hurt on more then a few occasions, nearly killed on a few others. And yet he didn't hesitate. "Hello?!" He calls out into the air. "Can you hear me? If you can keep talking."

Pixie has posed:
Megan Gwynn meeps, peering up at the top of the cliff. There's someone up there, but it's hard to see in the dusky twilight. If only she had something bright..ahh, there's a flashlight! She reaches for it, and flips it on, flashing it around. "Hey! I'm down here! Eek, I think I hit my head and twisted my ankle. Can you get down here?"

She's wearing fairly thick clothing. A pair of jeans, a pink shirt, a black cardigan over that, and a short grey puffer jacket over her wings. Oh right, if she had wings, she could just fly. But they're well hidden underneath her jacket, and she doesn't even know she can fly.

Ahh, the irony,

Sentinel (Dallas) has posed:
Austin Dallas sees the light and nods. Of vourse he can see about as well by the moonlight as most folks can in the day time, but the glow of the flashlight give plenty of illumination to pinpoint her. "Yeah I can see you, we're coming down, Try not to move around too much if you hit your head. I'll call 9-1-1, you might need a neck brace or something." He glances at his friend on his shoulder, "Go down to her, keep her company till I get down there." He instructs and then adds for Megan, "I'm sending a monkey down to you, don't panic."

Pixie has posed:
Megan Gwynn has already climbed to her feet, but is now leaning against a tree, rubbing the back of her head and using the tree trunk to support her sprained ankle. "Ouch, I don't think it's serious. Just a sprained ankle and a bump on the head." she pouts. Rubbing the back of her head. Then blinks in surprise. "Wait what..A MONKEY!?" okay, what the heck!?

Sentinel (Dallas) has posed:
As Austin carefully winds his way down, his heightened sense of sight, touch, and even smell allowing him to detect firm hand holds and bypass less secure ones, Tina scrambles down...like a monkey.. to check on Megan. she does this apparently by crawling onto the girl's lap, putting her hands on her hips and chittering at her. As if to ask, "What the heck do you mean what the heck."

Kit Killovarras has posed:
There is quiet, then there is dead silent.. Kit falls into the second category, especially where he might have to tap into his instincts to get around. Shortly after Austin starts his descent, a pair of glowing, violet eyes peer over the drop into the crevice... Glowing, violet eyes on a creature that isn't hiding it's height right now.. or it's body shape beneath bulky clothing..?

Without much thought for the drop, the large creature just sort of hops into the crevice, landing with a quiet thud in a crouch a dozen or so feet from Megan, then casually starts strolling towards her. As he approaches, he offers a little smile and a wave, though if the poor girl doesn't remember him, the small gesture might be easy to misconstrue.

Pixie has posed:
Megan Gwynn meeeeps as she shines the flashlight on the monkey, who crawls into her lap. And is she wearing clothing?! Still, Tina is a well behaved and extremely clever monkey, obviously, and Megan can't help but giggle and relax as she reaches out, trying to pet her. "Hi, wow you're really cute. What's your name?" although she does pout a bit. "Awe, but I don't speak monkey, what's she saying?" you know, in the off-chance that austin might actually understand monkey-talk.

Aaannd then there's a very tall, very feline, very humanoid but definitely not human creature walking towards her. Megan knows Kit, but right now, she's lost her short term memory. And she positively screams.

"Aaaaah!!! It's a monsterrr!!"

Sentinel (Dallas) has posed:
For the record completely misconstrues the other's intentions, and having that afore mentioned hero streak, more muscles then brains, and a background in MMA, he reacts allot faster then he things. Throwing himself off the wall of the embankment he was crawling down and launching his not unimpressive body towards kit's center of mass. For her part Tina is the only one keeping her head screeching "Wait I think he's friendly..." but since on one there speaks Monkey this is not very effective. where is a Dolittle when you need one?"

Kit Killovarras has posed:
Theres the scream he is so used to, gut coming from a friend? Theres a moment when Kit stops and gives a confused look and doesnt even notice the mound of person that lunges at him and...

CRACK!!!

There's a wet, crunching pop when Austin colides with the yeen and he issues a sound like a cross between a roar and a scream!!! There is no resistance, there is no fight, just the massive creature crumpling into a pile of pain and sudden sobbing...

Something is remarkably wrong with this...

Pixie has posed:
Megan Gwynn meeps, glancing from Tina to Austin as he crawls down and backs away from Kit. "Leave me alone! Who..What are you?" and then, ahh, the stress and her head hurts again and how long has she been down here? Megan...Suddenly passes out, from the cold and exhaustion, the pain of her head and probably fright too.

Sentinel (Dallas) has posed:
Austin Dallas was already moving to move into a lock that would have cut off the blood to Kit's brain and quickly left the other mutant unconscious...when Kit starts crying. It's not a normal reaction and it makes him hesitate. Makes him more take in the situation. And of course gives Tina an opertunity to bound over and smack austin in the side of the head. "Uhh.. You a friendly?" he asks rubbing the spot that the Capuchin hit him.

Pixie has posed:
Megan Gwynn is still unconscious and looking pretty beat up. She's also shivering but unresponsive.

Kit Killovarras has posed:
Kit would respond with a string of expletives that would make a sailor blush, if only he were capable! He tries to speak, he really, REALLY does! But all that comes out is a choke and a sob, strained breath and what sounds like a badly wound canine whining.

Eventually he starts shaking and it becomes very, very evident that if he weren't being held up, he'd probably be on the ground doubled over himself.

Eventually though, something else starts to happen.. He's still not breathing right, his shaking is getting worse and he's starting to relax in a weird way, but there's a sudden jolt of energy through his fur, all over his body. It's not an attack, it would even pass over Austin harmlessly if he keeps hold of the creature, but it slowly starts to get more frequent.

Sentinel (Dallas) has posed:
"Oh, shit.." He mutters and of course releases the furry mutant as quickly as he can. "Okay, call 9-1-1. that was the plan from the start.." He mutters, digging out his phone... and of course the screan is cracked from him crashing to the ground.

Kit Killovarras has posed:
About the time that Austin notices his phone is cracked, there's a sudden surge of energy from the Aardwolf, electricity surging from him as a bright white flash suddenly lights up the area! By the time anyone would be able to see again, Kit would be on the ground in a ball, gripping his ribs as he shivers, but for the most part his breathing is leveling out.. slowly.

There's one last yelp from him as something on his left side visibly pops back into place, or at least back into where it's supposed to be. He'll survive, but with how much pain he's in, he wont be getting up for a while.

Sentinel (Dallas) has posed:
Austin Dallas lets out his own blood curdleing scream, falling to his knees and pawing frantically at his eyes as if clawing them out would end the pain he is suddonly in. He falls over to his side rolling back and forth clutching his face. His hyper sensitive eyes so over stimulated that all the can do is send white hot pain to his brain.

Kit Killovarras has posed:
It would be a few minutes at least before Kit could get himself moving enough to move his paw into his pocket, pulling out one of the burner phones he carries around with him. He'll shakily dial it out as he drags himself to his knees.. 9-1-1.. He's going to fight himself every inch, every breath and when the operator picks up? "H..Help.. Br-reak.. stone.. Hiking.. Tra..Trails.." He's going to shakily rattle off the coordinates, almost as if he knows them from memory somehow, then drop the phone between Megan and Austin.

It'll give him maybe five to ten minutes before search and rescue, or maybe the police would find this place and even in as bad of shape as he's in, he doesn't intend to be here when they show up.