And we have our first PC monster

[nomen_est_numen]

[After hearing about the monsters and witnessing Ran's pyrotechnics, Shen went on to see what all the hubbub was about. He's already encountered civilians screaming and running from horrible slime creatures and another one beating a giant bug senseless with an umbrella. In some ways, it looks like someone took 'normal day in Sirocco' and cranked it up to eleven.]

[He rounds the corner and passes a cafe with a giant hole in the wall and is nearly to the end of the block when the wave of dizziness hits him. He staggers and leans against a lamppost. Panting and nauseous, he has maybe a moment to wonder what the hell is happening to him before he blacks out.]

[Instead of falling to the sidewalk like any normal being, however, his senseless form twitches violently and, with a terrible wet cracking and a tearing of fabric, he changes, transforming into a ten-foot-tall monstrosity. Two pairs of sparse, pointy wings beat the air while a third pair curl inward, the claws at the end twitching. The feet develop foot-long talons, the legs bend unnaturally at two pairs of hips, the tail becomes a thrashing, barbed whip. Three glowing red eyes flick open and the beak opens, displaying row upon row of sharp teeth, emitting a horrific, multitoned squawk.]

[This creature that used to be Shen gouges at the sidewalk with its talons as people flee, screaming. Its wings snap outward and it takes to the air. Is it leaving the city?]

[No such luck. It folds its wings and dives, talons outstretched, into a crowd that attempts to scatter. Its shriek can be heard for nearly a mile.]

Comments

[nomen_est_numen]

[He wobbles dazedly.] I did? Terribly sorry, old chap, won't happen again... I hope....

[A thought pushes its way into his consciousness.] I... won't end up a giant monster again... will I?

[third_alternative]

[Rex walks over to where the other monster he knocked out earlier is.]

Probably not. At least, I don't remember anyone ever becoming an EVO twice.

[He lays his hands on the other creature's side and cures it as well, all glowing tron lines and grotesque transformation back into something human-looking.]

[not_good_not_wicked]

[Human-looking, but very wobbly. Unlike Shen, All her stuff is torn and battered but still at least covering her up. The only thing that came through unscathed is her hat, which somehow isn't even dirty.]

...The hell happened?

[third_alternative]

Not much, you just turned into some laser monster thing for a while there.

[not_good_not_wicked]

A...laser monster...?

[third_alternative]

Or something. I don't know, all I did was kick it over.

1/2

[not_good_not_wicked]

[She surveys the damage from her monster fight with Shen.]

You mean I could cause all of this?

That is...

[not_good_not_wicked]

SO AWESOME!

[third_alternative]

...Okay yeah it was pretty cool. Watching two EVOs duke it out is way better than any movie!

[not_good_not_wicked]

I bet I was totally kicking that other monster's butt.

[third_alternative]

Actually, you were kicking each other's butts. Until I got there, anyway.

[not_good_not_wicked]

Whaaat? Lame!

I mean I guess it's good that we didn't set the whole town on fire, but...

[third_alternative]

Are you kidding me? The part where I came in was the best part of the whole fight!

[not_good_not_wicked]

Well of course you'd say that. Bet you'd be singing a different tune if it had been YOU as the giant monster.

[third_alternative]

Doubt it. Besides, I wouldn't be a giant monster in the first place!

[not_good_not_wicked]

Sure thing, keep telling that to your...

guhhh...

Think I need to lie down for a while. Took a bit more out of me than I thought.