Day After Doomsday, Thursday, Per 2

[geniuswithasmartphone]

"Welcome to your final," Hardison said. "I never got an actual report from y'all, but just listenin' to you talk made it sound like y'all were plannin' to take the fight to those things out there. Unfortunately, you're all hungry an' pretty slow, so to represent that, I'm speedin' the monsters up a bit. They're stronger'n you an' now faster'n you by a decent clip, but you're still smarter'n them, so hopefully that'll be enough to turn the tide."

What the class didn't know was that Hardison had set up a timer for the sim; if they didn't head out and start their own attack by halfway through the class period, the monsters were going to attack the dorms. Surprise! But, hey, sometimes people needed a little kick or else they'd spend all their time planning and never get around to doing.

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RE: Re: Attack of the Killer Students

[geniuswithasmartphone]

The good: Raven's monster went crashing into several other. The better: Those were the monsters closest to her!

The bad: There was a third monster that managed to dodge out of the way. And it was still coming right for her.

Re: Attack of the Killer Students

[tigerundercover]

Of course it was! Raven had the barest moment to dream idly of a giant ice wall or some such thing rising up to block its path, but barring that -- Elsa didn't seem quite there yet with her work on her powers -- she jabbed with her drill again, letting out a muffled battle roar.

RE: Re: Attack of the Killer Students

[geniuswithasmartphone]

These guys didn't seem much like the dodging type, probably counting on their natural defenses and size to run right over whatever resistance they met. So it kept coming, seeming intent to try to knock Raven over with sheer momentum if it could.

Re: Attack of the Killer Students

[tigerundercover]

Okay. Okay, she could do this. She had plenty of size on her side, too, if not the momentum.

And just because they didn't dodge didn't mean she couldn't, right?

She lit one of her molotovs and waited until they were nearly on top of her, then suddenly shifted down into a rabbit, dropping the cocktail just as the cloth wick was burning down, and made a mad, leaping dash as far away as she could get it.

Maybe not her best plan, but it'd look damn impressive, right?

RE: Re: Attack of the Killer Students

[geniuswithasmartphone]

The monster stopped, looking around with almost comic confusion as his prey suddenly vanished. He reached down, snatched up the cocktail and stared at it, quizzically.

And then it exploded.

Most of the glass and debris bounced off the thick hide. But the creature had been holding the bottle close to its face when it shattered. And there was suddenly a high-pitched screech as glass flew into its face and eyes, shredding its hand.

Re: Attack of the Killer Students

[tigerundercover]

Well, it hadn't set it on fire, but Raven would take it. She hopped around to a nearby tree, shifted to a squirrel, scrambled up it, and leaped off a branch above the monster -- and shifted to an elephant on the way down.

It was not a trick she'd try anywhere but the Danger Shop. But she rather liked it anyway.

RE: Re: Attack of the Killer Students

[geniuswithasmartphone]

There was a wet squelch from where Raven's feet hit the ground, along with some disturbing bone-crunching noised. Gravity plus several tons of animal were no one's friend, really.

That was one monster down. Well-played, Raven. Well-played.