15621/Critters in the park

Critters in the park
Date of Scene:	23 September 2023
Location:	Small park in Kingston Falls.
Synopsis:	Harry and Kimberly.
Cast of Characters:	Harry Dresden, Pink Ranger

---

Harry Dresden has posed:
It's a nice day for a walk in the park. Unfortunately when you are noted as the grumpy guy down the block that claims to be a wizard, most people tend to stay clear of you. A few people nod and even one person says hello to him. He mutters a return greeting and seems to be following some sort of talisman in his hand, scowling at it.

Pink Ranger has posed:
A nice day indeed, albeit one Kimberly wasn't quite sure what to do with herself. Training was done for the morning, there were no more competitions for the month and sadly her friends, even Tommy, were all busy. Seems to be that she'd have to simply enjoy the break alone as she jogged, hair tied back and her form wrapped in active wear comprised of a matched set of workout shorts in black with pink trim.

Harry Dresden has posed:
Something about the talisman almost glows....and then it does. He pauses and turns his attention towards his left and it glows even more. Walking in the direction he scowls deeper,"Something definately off planet making a print here." he mutters darkly.

Pink Ranger has posed:
Off planet? Well, that could cover a few thing in this world, from her usual foes to well...her. After all the magic of the Grid and the alien nature of the morpher was almost certainly supernatural or alien...or a combination of both.

Unaware of the wizard and his works, the Olympic gymnast and superheroine continues her way along.

Harry Dresden has posed:
Harry frowns deeper because that just seems to be his natural face. He moves furthur into the park to get a cleaner reading of the energies. He does glance as the young woman in passing, the talisman indicating her a little, but something up ahead hones it in.

Then, like something out of a sci fi movie the Putties arrive, an even dozen. They really have no interest in him particularly since they haven't seen him before. However they hone in on Kimberly and start to rush her.

"The hell?" Harry mutters and pulls the walking stick from the ground, starting to level it at them, only to pull off as he sees them go after her and make the big blast unsafe.

Pink Ranger has posed:
Well...most people would freak out, scream and cry or otherwise be a little unnerved by the arrival of sentient magic clay golems trying to murder you on your morning jog.

Kimberly? She actually just looks...annoyed as the creatures rush her, a moment to consider before she turns and runs off the path.

It might look like fleeing and it technically was...but it was also the perfect way to get them away from attacking any bystanders, out of the public eye as she prepared to do battle with them...and control their numbers a little as she whirled around and launched herself at the closest putty trying to navigate the trees.

Harry Dresden has posed:
From within his duster, Harry produces a thinner, shorter wand and moves after them. This isn't even the weirdest thing he's seen this week and it's only Monday.

When he runs into the area where Kimberly has chose to make her stand, he makes a wide angle step to fire from the side and behind the creatures for right now,"Fuego!" he growls and energy rises up from within and a fireball blasts a putty into oblivion.

Pink Ranger has posed:
A rush of movement, impacts that could shatter stone, anyone who could actually look close enough might realise that Kimberly's prowess wasn't just some impressively trained martial artist.

Of course, superhuman physicality wasn't quite as spectacular as literal magic fire blasts.

Kimberly actually ducks a little at the suddenly exploded foe before blinking a little at the sight.

She actually had met Harry in passing...but apparently the guy at the bar was a wizard of some kind.

Okay.

She'd roll with it and ask questions after the putties were shattered.

Harry Dresden has posed:
Harry is ok in a scrap...Ok not really. He takes a few more steps so she is nowhere near his range of fire at least now and three more putties run at him leaving the rest to converge on Kimberly with bad intentions. One rushes her from her right and another from her left.

Pink Ranger has posed:
Putties are thankfully not the brightest of foes, something that Kimberly had found out time and time again. They made good shock troops, but that was about it...

Spinning on her heel and sweeping low to send the puttie on the left tumbling into the puttie on the right before rolling into the motion to drive her heel into the stomach of the 'front' approach.

"Get back!" she calls after Harry, hoping the man could prevent himself from getting overwhelmed before frowning as she came to her feet. Ten putties she could probably handle, certainly with her whole team it would be a triffle, but throw someone else into the mix in danger and well...

Her hand dipped to the pouch on her arm that should have contained her phone...instead drawing out a strange metallic object into her grasp.

"Alright then, guess it's that time..."

Harry Dresden has posed:
They close on the wild wizard, but now that she is out of his blast radius, the larger staff comes to bear, levelled at the ones trying to close on him. The fireball is devastating and what follows next is no less impressive.

"Forzare!" he shouts and an invisible wave of energy wipes out two of them and knocks the other aside some, but it is still standing.

He hears her warning of course, but he listens like...well a stubborn man.

Pink Ranger has posed:
It was probably for the best that Harry could step things up and cover himself because...well, it made for a heck of a distraction. As the shockwave kicked up dust and dirt into the air there was a second explosion...but this was less like a blast and more like something being unleashed.

The wave of crackling pink lightning-like energy announced the end result of the words that had been drowned out by Harry's magic, but the figure-hugging nanosuit clad and helmeted form of the Pink Ranger was clear to see as she lept forth, her first blow immediately shattering the puttie she'd attacked.

The gloves were off now....or uh, on in this case.

Harry Dresden has posed:
He might not have heard the words, nor witnessed the transformation but that much energy around a wizard is impossible to miss. He wants to turn around, but one of the little foot soldiers is still in one piece and approaching the wizard catiously.

It jumps around, making noise and hopping like a mad alien ninja thing. Harry raises the hand with the walking stick to his forehead and wipes his brow. No people here other than himself and Kimberly, magic isn't infinite, and he needs to thin the herd as it were. From within his duster appears a .357 magnum. In true Indiana Jones style, he blasts that one to pieces and puts the gun away to turn and see what is happening with Kimberly.

Where Kimberly was, the Pink Ranger has emerged. That's a surprise for him. Now he has to make sure to keep his distance from her because there is no way that suit isn't Iron Man level tech.

Pink Ranger has posed:
For all its alien or advanced tech, it didn't seem to be shooting lasers or flying around, but the pink ranger was a blur of well-practiced superhuman strikes, easily cutting down putty after putty with each kick, punch, elbow, strike like it were nothing. The girl had been a little superhuman before the morph? Now the grid flowed freely through its protector.

As she knocked the next one into shattered concrete the armored woman turned to face Harry, tilting her head even as her helmet hid her expression.

"Did you just...shoot a Putty in the face with a handgun?"

Harry Dresden has posed:
Harry watches the young ranger with interest. He raises the blasting rod in preparation to take another out that isn't right against her. He is much more accurate with that than the pistol.

She probably doesn't need his help, but he stands ready if she does. When she stops to look at him and asks the question he shrugs,"Bullets take less time to replenish than raw energy."

Pink Ranger has posed:
Between the two of them? Well, the fight was going to be over promptly, the last putty shattered by a swinging roundhouse that ended the magical clay creature before Kimberly gives a little soft 'huh'.

"You know...it'd never occured to me that people would just...shoot them. But uh, I guess you're also some sort of magical guy too?"

Nice and specific Kimberly, well done!

Harry Dresden has posed:
He checks the talisman and nods,"They were the signal I had been chasing." he muses and puts the talisman away,"It is still picking up you, but I am OK with that."

He laughs softly and leans against a tree to catch his breath,"You'd be surprised how many times that has been helpful." he suggests,"Many times it saved my life because people don't expect it."

He takes a card from him coat pocket and sets it on a tree stump,"My information is there. If you get to close my power with short circuit everything on you and it's not deliberate, it just happens. A result of the primal nature of the power."