slowmountain: (to be squashed: ANTS)
slowmountain ([personal profile] slowmountain) wrote in [community profile] smash_logs2015-10-03 08:09 pm

[Open] Sunday Strolls

Who: A Mountain, Campus and You.
What: Watch your heads, cause someone's not watching their steps. There's destruction afoot.
When: October 4th.
Where: All across campus.

As far as Sundays went, this one was pretty typical, despite the lingering blood moon that persisted well into the morning. If you disregarded that, you could certainly call it lovely. The air held the crisp kiss of autumn's chill, the breeze rustling the fire hued foliage of campus. Eventually the sun's golden rays chased away the moon, bringing with it the deep blue of the sky.

It was entirely possible to forget anything bizarre was happening on such a nice day. Monsters, earthquakes, pssht. Those didn't exist today.

At least not until the first rumble echoed off the edge of campus. And then the next. And the next. And the next. Each one closer, stronger, rattling everything that wasn't fixed in place. The more astute in their panic might have noticed that it was far too rhythmic in its shocks. It was like a heartbeat, or a particularly strong footstep down rickety stairs.

Or perhaps they just noticed that a huge foot had come crashing through the roof of whatever building they happened to be in. Probably a striking detail, that.

The mountains, it seemed, were out for a stroll.



The colossal beast was ambling without a care in the world. The school buildings it was walking over (and through) posed no issue for it. Clearly it was just enjoying the fine Sunday like anyone else would. The mountains it had apparently wandered down from must have looked too boring, or maybe that little wolf thing had been making too much of a racket.

Either way, it was here and it was peacefully walking directly through Smash Academy.

[Open log! You may want to react to the happenings, or help people evacuate! Maybe there's something to be done about the creature? Watch your step! Questions and plotting can be found here! ]
golonghorns: (Grimdark)

[personal profile] golonghorns 2015-10-15 12:26 am (UTC)(link)
Joel was used to keeping his eyes peeled for small details others might overlook. Despite the fact that the monster was going crazy and he was entirely unsure of how long they could expect the bike to keep moving smoothly.... he could see something shining up there.

"Get us close to the back of its head!" he said to Gordon. "I think I saw somethin' up there!"

He pulled a duct taped tin can out of a side pocket in his backpack. It was a nail bomb.
trustycrowbar: (Smarmy phase shift)

[personal profile] trustycrowbar 2015-10-19 04:28 pm (UTC)(link)
Gordon had, by that time, landed the bounding bike on their makeshift road with a thud that could knock fillings loose, bits of metal on the bike scraping the rocky armorescent plating and kicking up showers of sparks. Sorry, Zero.

"Hm?!" He risks slowing to a crawl for a moment to follow Joel's indication, and something else catches his eye. A rocky shoulder process that, as the beast raises his hoof, angles down into a ramp...

"Hold on. I've got an idea!"

Oh hell. He revvs the repulsor and aligns with the ramp in the scant second that the beast is resting. Then he punches it just as the shoulder flexes again, making their planned launch procedure suddenly and terrifyingly obvious.
awakeningwill: (downward stab)

[personal profile] awakeningwill 2015-10-19 05:50 pm (UTC)(link)
[Whoa, nelly. With the giant throwing back its head like that, the momentum sent Zero flying up into the air by his whip. He disengaged before he was flung too far off course, and before he was smacked around like a ragdoll. From the sky, he could see the slight glimmer amidst this dark, ominous patch on its head - was this another weak point? It had to be.

Charging his sword, he positioned himself above the mark (because changing direction mid-air was totally a robot feature) and thrust it downwards in a Sky Chaser stab. It was a strike strong enough to split stone on impact, surely it had to do some damage to this mountain.]
golonghorns: (Strained)

[personal profile] golonghorns 2015-10-19 06:05 pm (UTC)(link)
Shiii--

[Gordon. How did you get so good at being a daredevil hoverbike rider on the shoulders of a giant mountain beast? Was that a university level course offered at the school?

As they approached the back of the creature's head, he saw Zero aiming for the same glowy spot he'd seen. He brought El Diablo up, one handed, and loosed off a shot. The area was big enough that he and Zero could both attack it without any worry of him accidentally shooting Zero.]