Everybody Panic

[failgoyle]

[Sorry, network, you'll never know peace so long as Jules still walks Liminal Space. Have some more screaming.]

There's a Drow here and Zaknafein said they were bad news, and this one's got some kind of MURDERCAT and he just surprised me, and I don't know what I'm gonna do, and he ABSOLUTELY REEKS, this is what death smells like, I am pretty sure this is what death smells like...

BUT I NEED HELP!

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[aimedhigh]

I ain't sayin' they're not, just do it a little fuckin' quieter next time.

[fearinahandfulof]

It's not really the same, though.

[And Cassandra would know.]

[forcechanic]

If he didn't try to kill you doesn't that mean that not every member of the species is going to?

[hiding_honor_in_darkness]

You do not understand and I do not have the time to explain.

[neverfeltthatway]

I understand more than you might think. Here, it is you that doesn't understand.

I have warned you. Attack him, and I will stop you. [And, because it's fairly obvious the man won't listen anyway, he closes his eyes and taps into Zak's senses, getting ready to pull both him and whoever he attacks into a mind palace at the first sign of trouble.]

[failgoyle]

But that's like a smoke alarm you can just sleep through!

Then you end up dead and on fire!

[failgoyle]

You do realize that you've just called a bunch of people on this network arse-munches, right?

[failgoyle]

Okay! Okay! So I was reaching for dramatic hyperbole! Happy?!

[failgoyle]

But then why would he tell me that if it wasn't true?

[haveabiscuit]

You're a stranger. Very few people specifically pursue strangers, especially when otherwise occupied with figuring out where they are.

[fearinahandfulof]

[No?]

Why?

[forcechanic]

Warped perspective probably. I mean, an entire species being that bad?

[aimedhigh]

What the hell is a smoke alarm?

[hiding_honor_in_darkness]

-=zak doesn't bother to respond, he's already leaping into action in a very literal sense, though luckily it seems the fight seems to be over before it truly begins=-

[awitchdidit]

Well, that does mean it's only likely to hunt anyone as long as it's ordered. I'd much rather deal with a trained animal than a wild one.

[neverfeltthatway]

[Armin doesn't say anything more, only steeling himself to do what is necessary, and preparing to send a message to Thorne describing what happened and telling her to separate the bodies. Another message would go to Elphaba, since it seems likely she'll discover the scene first.

Thankfully, the fight ends a split second before he takes action, though he watches a few moments longer, just to make sure the danger has passed.]

[dino_zarf]

No cooks or accountants?

[That seems... unsustainable to him]

[solvethepuzzle]

I'm sure many things can, but was it behaving at all aggressively for it to earn such a moniker?

[failgoyle]

For effect!

[failgoyle]

But if you're crazy, then killing a random stranger makes perfect sense!

[failgoyle]

But who else would know better than a member of that species?

And there are some species that are just that bad! Like the True Fae, they're all universally awful...

[failgoyle]

But wild animals might just walk away! And a trained one is always gonna rip your throat out when ordered to by a crazy person!

[fearinahandfulof]

...But if you do that all the time, then people will stop listening.

[failgoyle]

It's the thing that makes loud noises whenever I try to cook anything because it thinks I've set the entire apartment on fire when it's only filled with smoke, really.

[failgoyle]

Unless they're murdercooks or murderaccountants, no!