Torin

Most people, upon spotting a weird monster, would quickly obey the well intentioned instruction to get clear. Heck, most people didn't even need the instruction and simply ran, screaming in panic as the monster appeared.

Unfortunately for the silver-clad hero, there is one bystander who is, instead of running, staring at the monster with wide, amazed eyes, looking for all the world as if it wasn't a horrible monster that was threatening the world that had appeared, but something--

... actually no, Bakura was well aware of what this monster was. He wasn't stupid, after all! But that just made it all the more amazing to actually see one himself. The air around him almost seemed to sparkle with the utter glee in his expression, his arms pulled up to his chest and shoulders up~~like the members of his fanclub often did when they spotted him, actually~~.

So. Cool!

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...welp. This is not at all the reaction the silver-clad hero had been hoping for; he'd hoped for sensible running to safety. Only one thing to do now. He beats the monster back with his sword a few times--not hard enough for a permanent defeat; it's still too crowded to unleash the Torinity Strazor safely--and takes a step back. Red and blue wings appear from his back, almost as though they're some sort of energy projection, and he takes to the air, flying low, intending to grab Bakura and physically haul the boy away if he wouldn't run.

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... and the hero had wings???

The hero had wings!!

This day was getting better and better!

There's a small, startled "Aa--" as he's grabbed and the wonder in his expression shifts to a bit of confusion.

...Until he realizes that the hero is still flying which means he's also flying!

(and really, with how impossibly light he is, Torin may as well have been hefting a small child. Which. Honestly isn't that inaccurate.)

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Torin wasn't flying too high with the kid, just high enough to safely get him a couple of blocks away so he can set Bakura down before turning to fly off towards the monster again. It was stomping after the pair of them, so Torin didn't have quite so far to go as he'd like.

He touched down, wings vanishing. "Get to safety!" His sword was now in one hand, and with the other, he drew his GigaGaburevolver. Torin remained firm as he opened fire on the monster--he'd prefer to get everyone clear before he really got serious.

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Safety was the last thing on Bakura's mind, but out of deference for the super cool hero guy he did his best to half-hide behind a wall and watch what was sure to be an awesome battle from behind some cover.

...and also maybe take some pictures with his phone. ~~Because there was no way that Jounouchi would believe him without proof.~~

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"Hey!" the monster says angrily. "I'm the only one who's filming here!" It menacingly waves its arms around. "ACTION!"

And there's a flash, a puff of smoke, and a title card appears somewhere in the air. HOW DEBOSS WON THE WILD WEST briefly flashes in the sky. The silver-clad hero is no longer silver-clad but a winged bird-lizard-man now dressed in a sheriff's uniform (complete with cowboy hat). He's still holding his gun (close enough to be thematically appropriate), but his sword is for the moment nowhere to be seen.

The wall Bakura was hiding behind is now a rough wooden wall, and Bakura will find himself attired in Western-style clothing (also complete with cowboy hat).

The monster has for the moment vanished.

There's a sigh out of Torin. "I shouldn't have watched that DVD last night, my apologies. It appears to have given him some ideas." He's not making any move to holster his weapon, not yet. Not when he's expecting a stagecoach ambush or to suddenly be challenged to a shootout.

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Bakura blinks twice at his new outfit before applauding with a happy laugh. "Aaaa, this is so cool! Never done a Western themed LARP before!" he grinned, stepping out from his hiding spot. "Heeeeh, the boots even have those metal things!" he realized, lifting a foot up behind him and trying to peer at it.

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Torin still hasn't let his guard down. "This is not a game," he says sternly, "but I will do everything I can to keep you safe. You shouldn't have been swept up in this."

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The woman in the room rises to her feet with wide eyes, and then her eyes fly to the corner behind the monster.

And, if Torin looks, he'll see what she's looking at - behind the monster, there's a crib. And in the crib, there is a child that just stares at the monster, more interested than scared, but perfectly quiet.

And the woman tries to tear her eyes away from the child as quickly as she can as well, and looks to the second arrival instead. "I can't!"

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"Understandable." This is a rather sticky situation, to put things mildly. The stakes have suddenly grown far higher than Torin would like, but Torin's overall demeanor remains calm. He lowers his sword and calls out to the monster, "You do realize how unimpressive you are, don't you?" Witty banter is not his forte.

"What?!" The monster has failed to notice the baby there, and is now rounding on Torin.

"In all my years, I've never seen a Debo Monster quite as incompetent as you've been," Torin sniffs. "I don't even think you could throw me back out that hole you made. You haven't the strength." He's making no move to raise his weapon again. The helmet makes it difficult to tell where he's looking, and he's studiously trying to avoid looking at the child.

"Why you--!" The monster waves its arms around a bit before charging at Torin. "You'll be nothing but cut footage when I'm through with you!" And it charges at the silver-clad warrior, away from the child.

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Louise does her best to dive around the two fighting creatures and to Lottie's side. She'd just step through shadows, but with the now broken roof there are just none in the places that she needs them in.

She'll just have to hope that the fighters aren't actually interested in anyone else...

Lottie, meanwhile, sits in her crib very still, figuring that the safest thing for her to do right now is wait and watch. Wait and watch tends to be a good option most of the time.

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The child's remaining still is somewhat unusual, but it's not like Torin's spent much time around human children. He doesn't realize how unusual that actually is. For the most part, he's relieved. It gives him one less thing to worry about as he goads the monster back outside. They're grappling now--not Torin's favorite, but at least he's having some luck in slowly dragging it back out.

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They are blocking the exit, so Louise is just going to grab Lottie, lifting her out of the crib and into her arms, and look for another exit. The issue is knowing where the next shadow patch outside of the building is... Hm.

She slowly moves towards a window, keeping an eye on the two grappling people, hoping that the one who seems to be the bigger problem doesn't spot them.

Which with them moving around is, of course, more likely.

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Well, the child is safer than when they'd started this mess, that's good. It's still not ideal--he dare not use his GigaGaburevolver or any of the batteries until they're clear. He won't stand for that much collateral damage when there are still people nearby. (After the civilians are gone? So sorry but things are probably going to get a little wrecked in the name of continuing to keep people safe.)

They turn a bit as they're grappling, and--too late, the monster's spotted Louise and Lottie. "What's this? Hey, kid! What's your favorite movie!"

"Don't answer him!" Torin sees where this is going, and he does not like it.

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Lottie looks forth and back between the two of them and doesn't say a word.

It can be a bit hard to judge sometimes if she should answer direct questions or not, she
is too young still to really get the rules surrounding that, at least not to their entirety - especially because she has to learn the human rules and the fae rules of this at the same time. And they are quite different.

But right now, staying silent still seems to be the best option.

So she just clings to Louise. Who whispers to Lottie "get out" and takes a step forward towards the monster.

Lottie follows the instructions once her Fetch moves and starts scurrying away, crawling at high speed despite her age suggesting a more bipedal way of fast locomotion, moving across the floor and up a wall in the direction of where the monster and its opponent came into the room originally. There's a nice hole there that one can climb out of, after all. And with her actual body, hidden under the Mask of being just a normal toddler, it's easier to get to high speeds on all four.

Louise, meanwhile, glares at the monster. "Tell me," she addresses it, "do you dream?" There isn't much of a point to this. She mostly wants to distract it, and that was the first thing that came to mind. She needs to move a bit, now without Lottie on her shadow stepping away will be easier...

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Want some backup, Torin? Cuz after a moment of staring from the window of another dumpy building across the street from the one the monster just knocked down, and not believing what the eyes are even seeing for a good chunk of that moment, the Asset has decided that this is a good time to bring the sniper rifle stolen from Hydra out.

The Asset is a damn good shot, and aims for the thing's head.

Of course, bullets may or may not work on an actual honest-to-fuck monster with movie cameras for shoulders.

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The shot's good, and it hits the monster right in the head. It does not, however, just drop dead. That would be too convenient. When the shot hits, it throws up a shower of sparks and sends the monster flying backwards.

This actually makes Torin stop and turn in the direction the shot came from. "Ian?" he calls out, thinking it could only come from one of his teammates. The monster's down for the moment; there's a small bit of time to figure out where the shot came from.

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Who the hell is Ian? The Soldier doesn't say anything, because the Soldier is definitely not an "Ian" (that doesn't even cause annoying tremors in the brain the way "Bucky" did), but Torin can probably spot the sniper rifle coming from a window on the third floor. The Soldier isn't trying to hide.

The rifle isn't being aimed at Torin, at least, but rather at the fallen monster. Waiting to see if it gets up again.

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There. There's the rifle. It's not trained at him, so...fair enough. He can take the Debo Monster that's staggering back to its feet out before it can hurt anyone else...

...and then he can figure out who's shooting at the thing.

He brings his sword up as a transparent pair of red and blue wings flares into existence on his back. The sword makes three swings, sketching a triangle in the air. "Torinity Strazor!" And with that, he's flying at the monster and hitting it with enough force that it flat-out explodes.

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That is some of the weirdest shit the Soldier has ever seen. It should be packing up and getting the hell out of here, but it's (stupidly) fascinated. The monster was weird enough, but now some guy with wings and a sword that somehow makes the monster explode? What the hell.

So the Soldier is, in fact, leaning out the window a little when Torin finishes, trying to figure out what just happened and if that's something a thoroughly programmed human can learn how to do, or if you have to be some kind of magic person.

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The monster for the moment seems to be exploded...and so far there's no sign of Luckyuro rushing over there with Joyro to give the Deboss a second chance at building-sized mayhem, so Torin drops his transformation.

...not that a giant birdman is any more normal than a guy in silver spandex, really. But with his wings out, he's absolutely flying in the Soldier's direction now.

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