[OPEN] Don't Paint a Monster

[redarm]

WHO: Noah Campbell & YOU
WHERE: Recolle Woods/Roads to other Regions
WHEN: Week of May 13
WHAT: Noah's decided to tackle painting the roads leading outside the city.
WARNINGS: Swearing, Monsters, Paint

I. Painting Near Town
[If you're near the edges of the city, you might see a teenage boy just outside the city limits, trying to paint and restore the roads. He's hard at work, regardless of anyone helping him or not. He's got one of those large brushes with him, gray paint dripping off the tip.

Help him out or try to convince him to come back into the city, though he'll be pretty stubborn about leaving.]

II. Monsters Whoops
[On the bright side, areas that are left unpainted are safe to walk around in. Nothing exists in these areas so there's nothing to attack.

However, at some point Noah's painting will uncovered something other than roads and plants. There's the sound of something coming to life, maybe a roar, as one of the monsters comes to life while still half unpainted. Noah stumbles back in surprise, trying to back away from the monster that's not so happy about its predicatment]

Shit!

[Help him out, uncover your own monster, or try to run for it]

III. We're Lost
[Did you think Noah would be good at navigation? Then you are a terrible fool. After a very long session of painting, they'll find themselves in some unfamiliar patch of road. Noah looks around, rather confused.]

Uh...does this look familiar to you?

[Congratulations, you're now lost with a person with zero sense of direction]

IV. Wildcard
[got another idea? then come at me!]

Comments

II. Mosters Whoops

[blondferret]

[Derek turns around from what he was painting and looks over at Noah. And then he notices the Stormbird. Holy Shit what is that? Derek quickly takes out his wand and points it at the monster.]

IMMOBULUS!

[His spell misses as the Stormbird rises in the sky.]

Shit I missed!

[redarm]

[OH NO A STORMBIRD. Noah is scrambling back, staring with wide eyes at the giant robotic bird spreads its metal wings and goes to the sky. Shit shit, that thing is massive. But Derek has a freeze spell so maybe--]

You missed?! But the thing is fucking huge!!

[HOW DO YOU MISS THAT]

[blondferret]

It happens OK!

[The Stormbird see's Derek with his wand and swoops down to attack him.]

[Alright, one more time!]

[Derek raises his wand and points his at the stormbird. When he feels the bird is close enough for his spell to hit, he bellows out the spell.]

IMMOBULUS!

[The storm bird stops in mid air and just starts to glide. Derek lowers his wand and rests his hands on his knees.]

Thank god...

[redarm]

[Way to go Derek!! Noah was so ready to grab Derek and dive out of the way, but the bird freezes and starts to glide out of harms way]

Shit, thank God...

[Time to actually BREATHE]

How long does that last?

[blondferret]

[Derek shrugs.]

As far as I know, as long as I want it to. But, I have had spells wear off in the past...

[Derek takes a step closer to examine the bird.]

It actually looks pretty interesting, when it's not attacking you that is.

[redarm]

[Well that's...not worrying. But while the bird is down and frozen, he's pulling out his supersoaker full of paint to help completely reveal this thing. It'll make it easier to fight if it does wear off]

Yeah, but I don't get it. Why are there giant robot birds acting like they're real birds?

[Says the guy whose best friend is a golem. But he'll start squirting paint over it, revealing its form]

[blondferret]

Probably what their programmed to do.

[Derek pulls out his own paint brush and starts flinging paint at the bird.]

I should have brought my broom. It would have made it way easier to paint this thing.

[redarm]

But who would program that...?

[Programming a giant murder bird seems like a really bad idea]

Yeah, probably. [He thinks he's talking about a normal broom really] Whatever. We just need to uncover enough so we can destroy it.

[blondferret]

A crazy mad scientist with no agenda?

[Derek finishes up one of the wings and starts painting the body more.]

So how exactly do you propose we destroy it? I have a fire spell that has some decent power behind it.

II. monsters whoops

[invocate]

[Li-Na almost drops her brush at the roar. And then she turns and spots the half-painted Faceless and drops the paintbrush for real.]

Noah! Look out!

[Activating her boots, she grabs a paint-balloon and hurries to help Noah. They can't defend themselves against it if they can't see where it is properly, so she hurls the balloon at the Faceless, trying to hit a spot that wasn't yet painted.]

[redarm]

Shit shit shit!

[Noah is jumping back, trying to get out of range of the Faceless's fists. Li-Na's balloon manages to hit an unpainted spot, revealing its shoulder and upper half of an arm]

This guy is huge!

[invocate]

Well, he is maybe the same size as the ogre I fought in Bosuma. We can take him.

[you know, the ogre that flung her against a tree]

Still cannot see enough of him...

[Li-Na fetches more paint balloons and tries to hit other spots of the Faceless that aren't visible]

[redarm]

Fuck...

[Right. the ogre that flung her into a tree. This will go great. But at least Noah can help! He steps back some before he grabs the supersoaker that was on his belt. Pumping the pressure, he'll start firing a stream of watered down paint at the faceless.

The faceless roars in response as more of it gets revealed, taking a swing at Li-Na this time]

[invocate]

[Look, she's learned from that fight. Plus she has techniques she didn't have then. Though... there probably isn't any water nearby, so Water Shackles won't really be useful, and without knowing what is around them she'd probably just run straight into a tree with Sound Shackles...

Thanks to Noah and his supersoaker, Li-Na is able to see the arm the faceless swings at her. Quickly ducking underneath, she slams a booted heel into the monster's midsection.

Which, in addition to knocking it back a little bit, mostly just pisses it off more.]

Hmm. So its the sturdy type.

[redarm]

[He puts down the supersoaker once the faceless is mostly uncovered. But he can't help but gawk at how it responded to Li-Na's kick. Damn, it barely fazed it.

Well, no sense in making her do all the work. He'll yank off his glove and activate his claw arm]

Shit. I'll try piercing it!

[GOING FOR THE CLAW STAB. In other, he shoots his hand out with the breaking some of that tough defense]

[invocate]

Yes, we need to hit it harder.

[Li-Na takes a leap back to give Noah room, then jumps into the air in order to deliver a kick to its head]

[redarm]

[He goes in for the swing! The claw hits, cutting into some of the armor will knocking it back some- leaving it wide open for Li-Na to kick]

Take that!

iii

[infreefall]

[ They both should’ve thought this through better because Ochako isn’t that great with directions either. At Noah’s question, she glances up from where she’s been painting. ]

Um…

[ Biting her lip, she looks around uncertainly. ]

No? Everything’s kind of looked the same since this started...

[redarm]

...Shit.

[He glances around too, biting the side of his mouth. Crap crap crap, he didn't mean to get them lost]

We might be lost then.

[infreefall]

[ Ah… oops. But Ochako won’t be discouraged so easily! It can’t be that hard to find their way back. ]

It’s okay! We should just be able to retrace our steps, right? We can follow the paint trail.

[redarm]

Oh! Good thinking!

[he glances at his phone. Yeah, it's starting to get late]

We should probably start doing that now then.

[infreefall]

[ Well, if they're done for the day. Brushing herself off, Ochako stands and takes a good, long stretch. ]

Time sure flies when you're painting the town, huh?

[redarm]

[he's putting away his own brush]

Yeah. But I think we got a lot done. And no monsters today either!

[infreefall]

Monsters? What do you mean, monsters?

[ Somehow she's come this far without seeing a single one?? It's a miracle, probably. Hearing about them makes her a little nervous, though... ]

Do you mean like... things from the other regions?

[redarm]

Uh...yeah? Sometimes they appear on the roadsides outside of town.

[...]

Did you not know that?