Lindsey Majors (not_a_doll) wrote in dc_nextgen,
@ 2011-03-26 22:39:00

Entry tags:

inactive - doll-woman, inactive - plasmoid, inactive - sucker punch, plot - "dance with the devil", team - doom patrol

We're Hunting Devils, huhhuhuhuhuh
Well. This had turned into one more insane adventure. They'd gone to investigate UFO sightings, and instead run into a group of campers who'd encountered "monsters" in the woods. One had already been made off with, and now another one had as well. They'd fought, and then the last one of the creatures had jumped into the woods and vanished without a trace.

Lindsey looked around, using her sensors to try and find any sign. So far, she was coming up empty.

"Open to suggestions here," she said o Roger and Johnny.

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	dc_misc 2011-04-03 01:41 am UTC (link)
	The creature that had escaped them came out of the woods, looking around carefully, approaching the ship cautiously, as a person might. It was not the walk of an animal. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	sucker_punch 2011-04-06 11:46 pm UTC (link)
	"Um...what the fuck is that?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	check_my_flow 2011-04-07 05:11 pm UTC (link)
	Roger's already out in the open when the creature arrives. He gestures for the girls to stay where they are. "If I die, make sure they use my graduation picture for the funeral.." He approximates non-threatening gestures and approaches the creature. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	not_a_doll 2011-04-07 08:56 pm UTC (link)
	A spaceship, the way the creature moved... dammit, none of this was adding up to anything she liked. More and more, they seemed to be getting answers to questions they didn't ask, and never ones they liked. "Something about this feels wrong..." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	dc_misc 2011-04-07 08:58 pm UTC (link)
	The creature looked in Roger's direction and tilted its head slightly, then barked at him, waving a hand as if to warn him off. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	sucker_punch 2011-04-07 10:26 pm UTC (link)
	Johnny wasn't stupid. She was a carnie. She knew things and could usually see a con a mile away. "Yeah, this...this is a setup. Has to be." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	check_my_flow 2011-04-09 05:23 pm UTC (link)
	"Yeah... Yeah, I see your point." Roger nods to the barking one. "But we just need to sort out what's going on." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	not_a_doll 2011-04-10 02:08 am UTC (link)
	"We're being played here... but by who?" Lindsey asked, quietly. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

dc_misc
2011-04-10 02:13 am UTC (link)

The ramp of the space ship opened, and another one of the creatures came down it, exchanging noises with the other one in a fashion that was clearly communication.

The one on the ground pointed to Roger again and growled. The one on the ramp came down, looking the both of them over, then spoke, the sound slightly mechanical, as though coming from a machine, cutting through the growls.

"Why are you following us?!"

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	sucker_punch 2011-04-10 09:55 pm UTC (link)
	"I frankly don't care so long as none of them come after me with a knife and fork...oh hey they're talking." Johnny semi-hid behind Lindsey. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	check_my_flow 2011-04-21 11:08 pm UTC (link)
	"We are professional weirdness investigators!" Roger proclaims. "Duly appointed by questionable authority figures to look into reports of 'monsters' in this vicinity." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	dc_misc 2011-04-21 11:13 pm UTC (link)
	The creature growled, its lips curled in disgust. "Monsters? You could call us monsters?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	not_a_doll 2011-04-21 11:14 pm UTC (link)
	Once again, Lindsey had the feeling that something had gone seriously off the rails here. "...Um..." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	sucker_punch 2011-04-27 11:56 pm UTC (link)
	"People tend to call anything they don't understand monsters, pleasetobenoteatingmekthx." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	dc_misc 2011-04-28 11:18 pm UTC (link)
	The creature looked from each one of them to the next. "We do not eat sentient beings," it growled. "We are a peaceful people. We only attack those who would do us harm." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	not_a_doll 2011-04-28 11:21 pm UTC (link)
	"Wait..." Lindsey started. "So... why were you attacking the campers?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	sucker_punch 2011-04-29 11:16 am UTC (link)
	"I think they were out to do some fishing, not hunting," Johnny offered. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	check_my_flow 2011-04-30 12:45 am UTC (link)
	First step, empathize with the suspect. "We can help you. First, we need to know, in as much detail as possible, your first encounter with the humans." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	dc_misc 2011-04-30 03:09 am UTC (link)
	"My people have been coming to this planet for centuries," it growled. "At times, it has been peaceful. At times, we have been hunted. This time... was one of the less peaceful. They attacked us not long after we left our ship. They killed T'ch'k. They started this, not we." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	not_a_doll 2011-04-30 03:10 am UTC (link)
	Lindsey frowned. "...Just once, I'd like something to go as planned." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	sucker_punch 2011-04-30 03:12 am UTC (link)
	"So....if I went to shake your...hand you wouldn't eat me? Things like to try to eat me." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	check_my_flow 2011-05-12 11:35 pm UTC (link)
	Roger extends a bandaged hand. "My name is Roger Smith. We work for an organization tasked," he's pretty sure Cadmus got orders from the government, or at least clearance, "-- with investigating unusual occurences. We just want to make sure no-one else gets hurt, human or otherwise." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	dc_misc 2011-05-13 12:12 am UTC (link)
	The alien extended its own hand, taking Roger's and shaking it. "I am J'kar. I am glad you could be reasonable. Far too few of your kind are. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	not_a_doll 2011-05-13 12:13 am UTC (link)
	This was going too well. If history was any indication, something bad was going to be happening right now... Lindsey's head jerked around as her bionic hearing detected footsteps... (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	dc_misc 2011-05-13 12:14 am UTC (link)
	The hunters appeared behind them, weapons at the ready. "Told you," the lead one said, "if we followed them freaks, we'd find the other freaks." He pointed his gun. "You folks gonna step aside and let us do some hunting? Or are you a bunch of tree-huggers too?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	sucker_punch 2011-05-13 01:43 am UTC (link)
	"I actually don't hug trees. I'd hurt them too much." Johnny kind of glares at the hunters. "This is uncool." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

check_my_flow
2011-05-13 09:03 pm UTC (link)

Roger stops in his tracks. He leans his head forward and his shoulders start to shake.

There's a gurgling of semisolid matter from underneath his bandages, approximating something as close to laughter as a turkey is to a dinosaur. Same shape, horrific differences.

"You... you think we're freaks?" He manages to state, as the bandages start parting.

"YOU DON'T KNOW THE HALF OF IT."

Roger explodes out of his containment array, bolting across the ground in the shape of some kind of serpent, right at the hunters.

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not_a_doll
2011-05-13 09:40 pm UTC (link)

Trapped in what was essentially the body of a high tech Barbie doll, cut off from her husband and children, working for people whose morals she was beginning to question more and more... Lindsey's hold on her humanity is a precious thread.

She doesn't take kindly to people trying to snip it.

Before she realized she'd done it, she'd uprooted a tree, improvising it into a missile.

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	dc_misc 2011-05-13 09:42 pm UTC (link)
	One of the hunters opened fire on Roger with his rifle, while the others dove out of the way of Lindsey's tree. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	sucker_punch 2011-05-15 01:08 am UTC (link)
	This was just bullshit and Johnny was done with it. Angry, she charged right towards a hunter with her poison hand ready to strike. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	dc_misc 2011-05-15 09:38 pm UTC (link)
	The alien shouted a warning to the creatures still inside the ship, warning them not to come out. Even as it bellowed its own challenge to the hunters, jumping toward one of them. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	check_my_flow 2011-05-20 05:26 pm UTC (link)
	Roger goes right for the alpha male of the group, relying on his studies. Break the group's spirit, and they'll go down. He doesn't even bother letting himself adapt, he just washes over the thug and starts cutting off his air. "I'm not asking nicely... I'm TELLING you all... Drop. Your. Weapons." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	dc_misc 2011-05-20 09:43 pm UTC (link)
	The man struggled in Roger's grip, gasping for air. And then one of the others gets stupid. He fired his rifle but this time it expelled, not bullets, but a blast of laser fire at Roger. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	not_a_doll 2011-05-20 09:44 pm UTC (link)
	"...the hell?" Lindsey gasped, even as the other two started firing on her and Johnny. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	sucker_punch 2011-05-31 12:01 am UTC (link)
	"Whatever this is, I want it over now." (Reply to this)(Parent)

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