Aww, Sollux's first power outage

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 Characters: Sollux and YOU!
Setting: Library, near computer terminals
Format: I'm going for prose, but will follow your lead.
Summary: Techie over here has his first power outage, and he's not happy about it.
Warnings: Language due to a very angry Sollux.



Sollux had never really had a power outage before. It never really happened to him, because frankly he doesn't trust his city's power grid and uses his own energy. Somehow. It's a sub-effect of apiculture networking, okay. So when the Tower's energy fizzles out, the annoyance he always feels when dealing with this aggravatingly primitive (and yet stubbornly resistant) computer terminal pretty much bubbles over.

"Dammit!" he yowled at the computer, pointedly ignoring the little 'Silence is Golden' plaque on the wall. (So ironic. Dave would be proud.)

Comments

Excelleeeent.

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If Sollux is looking in the direction of the noise, he might see a faint flash of purple light.

There's another crash, as whatever made the previous noise is knocked into a wall.

"Grrr..."

More footsteps.

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Unfortunately, Sollux was occupied with grabbing a stool at that instant, so he saw no such flash. He did, however, pick up the crash and subsequent shaking of the whole damn place, as well as the footsteps which were definitely coming towards him.

Shit. Shit. Shit.

He really wanted his shuriken right now.

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The footsteps continue, accented by faint, shaky breathing.

Said footsteps stop just in front of Sollux. Thankfully, the creature's just as blinded as he is by the power outage, so he can't see the troll.

Don't move, don't make a sound, maybe he'll go away...

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"What in gog's name is that?!"

Someone hasn't watched enough horror movies. All he can see of the creature is a faint area where the darkness is deeper than normal, but if that was what was making the noises...

e is ready to fight with his big, mighty, wooden blunt weapon. And he is probably going to lose.

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The question brings a grunt from the creature. It draws an arm back, and swings it at the source of the voice with a snarl.

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Sollux's fighting instinct (and darkness vision) kicked in at that moment, and despite being scared out of his wits, he swung the stool blindly at where he thought the creature was coming from, seeing the lump move and lunge like it was about to attack. Hopefully it would knock the bugger out.

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Congratulations, Sollux. You have managed to break a leg of the stool, and piss off the already-irritable dinosaur monster. Its head rolls around a bit, then it lets loose a bestial roar, throwing a punch at the troll.

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Wuh-oh.

Sollux can't react in time, and ends up taking the punch right to his chest. He is pretty much thrown backwards onto the table; the only thing preventing him from falling down on the other side are a couple of computer monitors blocking his body's trajectory.

Kicking it, he knew, would be a bad idea, so instead he tries to get to his knees on the table, preparing to use the computers in whatever way might be necessary -- including blunt weaponry. Not like they're good for anything else anyway.

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The beast moves forward, and is stopped by its waist bumping the table.

It reaches down, feeling the structure there, and growls. The purple light happens again - the armor on its thighs moves back and combines, expanding into a heavy tail. The creature spins around, swinging that tail to strike the table.