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New England ☆ America ([personal profile] colonial) wrote in [community profile] towerofanimus2014-01-21 03:34 pm

I have, indeed, no abhorrence of danger

Characters: America, open
Setting: Tower staircase, nighttime
Format: action
Summary: America is being chased by a hellhound. Maybe he should stop going out at night.
Warnings: character death is very likely

[America stumbles up the staircase, sliding precariously on ice-slick steps before he finds his balance and takes the stairs as fast as his legs will carry him. The hellhound, fire and rage, is just behind him, but the snow slows it down and America has a head start anyway. Of course, it's so much larger than him, its paws carrying it so much more distance than America's legs, and every near-slip on the staircase makes his heart skitter painfully against his chest all over again.

He knows he shouldn't be out after dark, but this wasn't the first time he'd sneaked out. This is the first time he's run into anything like this--made of smoke and fire, nothing he can punch or throw. He clutches a yellow bunny hood in his hands--the speed was what got him such distance, but he can't go up the stairs with them or he'll slide right off.

The hellhound growls, and America whines. He's too scared to cry.]
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[personal profile] glassceiling 2014-01-21 09:13 pm (UTC)(link)
[Assassin is out at night, practicing her newly regained powers. After almost a month, a good amount of her powers have returned. She is weaker than she is used to, but she is no longer powerless.]

[As she slinks down the staircase, she trails blood behind her. It's the remains of the monsters that she has killed.]

[Her eyes go wide as she seems the flickering flames and the escaping child.]


...You! Child! What are you doing? What is that?
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[personal profile] glassceiling 2014-01-21 11:07 pm (UTC)(link)
[She hurries after him, reaching out with one of her arms to support and hopefully steady him.]

So it is one of the monsters that haunt this Tower? Is there no way to fight against it?
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[personal profile] glassceiling 2014-01-25 03:31 am (UTC)(link)
[She gives a dissatisfied grunt before she reaches at America with a bandaged hand.]

...Then, would you want me to carry you as we ran? It would be more efficient that way.

[Plus, she feels bad looking at him shivering and risking falling down the stairs.]
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[personal profile] glassceiling 2014-01-25 04:20 am (UTC)(link)
I understand.

[She stops, bends and scoops him up. She then starts running quickly, trying to make up for the time she had lost. Still, she can smell the smoke and hear the hellhound. And the bedrooms seemed so far away...]
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[personal profile] glassceiling 2014-01-25 04:33 am (UTC)(link)
[Her arms are a little stiff as she holds him since she fears possibly hurting him with her unique body. However, she still holds him tightly.]

[She considers the question for a second. Even without heightened speed or strength, her agility from her training is intact.]


...Yes, I believe so.
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[personal profile] glassceiling 2014-01-25 04:37 am (UTC)(link)
[She stares at the yellow bunny hood, not exactly convinced. But finally, she decides to have faith and put it on. Awkwardly maintaining her hold on the boy with arm, she frees one hand to take the hood and slip it on her cloaked head.]

When will it begin to work?
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[personal profile] glassceiling 2014-01-25 07:17 am (UTC)(link)
[The sudden boost in speed is a welcome one, and she doesn't even stumble as she zooms up flights of stairs.]

It does. Thank you for the help.

[Though, she can still hear the hellhound, even if it seems further away.]

So where did you get this cap from? Or were you the one who enchanted it?