TRAIL #14 [action/video] 4TH WALL

[trailweblaze]

[video]

<sub>[The video starts with 'Gear bouncing over the ground, as if it was dropped which it probably was if you consider what comes into view.]

[Perched on top of one of the high buildings typical of Saffron City is something large. Something enormous with big, black claws and small, green-glowing eyes, and it's leering right down at you.]

[There's a horrible sounds as the strange abomination leaps, the views is jumbled as the 'gear is hastily picked up and then abruptly turned off.]</sub>


[action]

A WILD STONE JAGUAR APPEARED

>Fight >Poké
>Item >Run

Can't escape!

Tulio and Miguel are running for their lives anyway because there's no stopping this thing. It seems to have it's lock-on targeted on them, and it's relentlessly crashing everything that gets in its way to get to them.

_{(Or, ignore the immense jaguar made of stone and ungodly magic and just have nonsensical 4th wall fun with us anyway /o/)}

Comments

[exeggutorhead]

[Wow you guys, and Envy thought he got into trouble a lot.]

[He catches up to them easily, now that he can run at his full speed, and keeps pace.]

What did you guys do to piss that thing off?!

[usedmask]

Ho-lee SHIT! [It's not like he hasn't taken on bigger, but he also doesn't have the magical Mayan mask of steroids and snark. K, running from that now.]

[wants_the_gold]

Can we ever meet up when we're not being chased by something?

[greatbigrock]

Ha ha, very funny.

<sub>[NO WE CANNOT.]

[That's muttered out while trying to get his breath back and stay out of sight of the damn thing.]

[.. and in his usual manner, it takes him a second to realize that oh wait YOU.]</sub>

... wait. Chel?

[greatbigrock]

_{[Good call, my friend, good call. You'll be getting some company in that running business.]}

Run run run run run --

_{[Yeah just please to get out of the way, all of everyone. It's hot on their heels, but at least it's big and a little slow around the corners, so Tulio will be trying to get into an alley or something. If he can FIND one.]}

[greatbigrock]

_{[Oh stop looking so damn EFFORTLESS, Envy, that's not helping at ALL.]}

We stepped on its tail? How the hell should I know?!

_{[Funny story? He really doesn't have a clue. Ah, canon points.]}

[wants_the_gold]

Nah, I'm her evil twin sister- of course it's me! Thanks for noticing.

[Oh, right. Giant jaguar of doom. Chel's just... gonna duck behind you now, Tulio, hope you don't mind.]

So, what crazy evil witch-priest didja piss off this time?

[greatbigrock]

<sub>[No, that's totally okay, actually, he'll be backing into whatever hopefully-will-do cover they've found too, keeping a hand on her arm as he watches the outside and keeps listening to see where the crazy stone abomination is.]

[Frowns distractedly, though, when she says that. Fun story: he has no clue whose jaguar this is or why it's doing what it's doing. Oh, canon points, you so funny.]</sub>

So that's-

_[...]

It's his? Tzek- .. what?

[wants_the_gold]

... Seriously?

[And in an almost furious whisper, because dude, that thing's hearing is ridiculous, considering it's made of stone.]

Are you mental? How do you not remember a thing like that coming after you?

[greatbigrock]

_{[Oh PLS, he'll match that town in an equally whispered frustration.]}

Oh believe me, there's no way I would forget something like THAT.

_{[Complete with throwing arm out in a loose gesture at somewhere-in-the-distance where that thing may or may not be.]}

But I've never seen it before in my LIFE.

[exeggutorhead]

[He can't really help it! At least he's not actively teasing them with it this time.]

Well what is it?! [He looks back over his shoulder as he runs.]

Some kind of Pokemon?

[wants_the_gold]

[Chel leans back a little, crossing her arms under her chest.]

Yep. Mental.

[Sometimes, Chel wonders why she hangs around with these guys.]

Okay. So you're just gonna have to trust me when I say you've seen it before, and beaten it. Got any good ideas? Or a cliff? The bigger the better.

[greatbigrock]

<sub>[Because they're charming. And hot. She might as well admit it.]

[He stares at her for a moment, though, because beating that thing? Hahaha ... yeah, no, seems kind of impossible. Also, she's clearly the crazy one here, not him.]</sub>

Right. Of course. Excellent.

You wanna know my plan? It's called stay down.

_{[That's plan A. He'll get to something decent in a sec, but he's out of touch with MONSTROUS STATUES, so excuse him.]}

[usedmask]

[There is no way in hell Rick would try and outrun that. He'll be ducking into a nearby alleyway as well.]

[greatbigrock]

_{[Ah yes, there's that. He can have points for not being a douche with it, yes.]}

If it is I don't want to find out what the hell it'll do once-

<sub>[ROARRRRrrr thump thump]

[Yeah, cringing, shutting up, and trying to find an alley or other cover or something.]</sub>

[greatbigrock]

_{[Oh hey, the stranger found one! EXCELLENT he'll just be huddling in with you, then, breathing rapidly and basically climbing past you further into it. It's narrow, with containers and stuff, smells a bit foul, but the alternative is way worse.]}

[exeggutorhead]

[Envy thinks ducking into an alley sounds like a fantastic idea. Maybe he'd be able to fight whatever that thing was, maybe, but he'd really, really rather not find out right now.]

[So once there's an available hiding place he's going for it, reaching to tug Tulio's arm as he turns, just to make sure he's following.]

[greatbigrock]

<sub>[And he'll follow, not complaining or anything. Isn't trust nice?]

[With someone else leading he takes a brief moment to look behind them, and the stone jaguar looks as furious as something with a face of stone can, but also like it can't take turns very quick.]

[So there's that, at least.]</sub>

[usedmask]

Ow! Damnit, watch were you're- [THE GLASSES, YOU HAVE DISLODGED THEM.]

[greatbigrock]

<sub>[WELL GEE EXCUSE HIM]

[He shoots him a look, opens his mouth to probably go what?, then cowers instead as there's a rumbling sound from outside the streets. See, glasses? Not high on the priority list.]</sub>

[exeggutorhead]

[Very!]

[And there is definitely that. Envy leads them to the place he spotted; a narrow alley, barely big enough for two people to walk side by side in. With luck, that'll provide an obstacle to the jaguar for a while, at least.]

[It's only when they're well into the alley that Envy stops, although he had kept glancing back to make sure he wasn't leaving them behind. No way is he going to do that. He isn't out of breath at all, and leans against the wall as he looks at Tulio, glancing him up and down for any injuries, and mutters.]

How long was that thing chasing you?

[greatbigrock]

_{[He slumps against the opposite wall immediately, chest heaving as he sags against it, trying to regain his breath. He lets a shoulder tense up in a halfway shrug and doesn't look directly at Envy when he answers, sounding exasperated,]}

Uh, I don't know. A while.

<sub>[= no clue.]

[He takes another moment to stretch out, which causes a loud groan.]</sub>

I think it chased us past Goldenrod.

[used_trick]

[Giant kitty rampaging through a large city, causing massive amounts of chaos. Of course Harley would be there; any other time, there would be a good 40% chance that she would be involved in causing it somehow.]

[She can appreciate the work of others, though. So for the moment, she's just perched on the roof's edge of one of Saffron's many buildings. With a large tub of popcorn.]

DODGE AN' WEAVE! CATS GET CONFUSED BY THAT KINDA THING!

[greatbigrock]

<sub>[Wh- ... oh it's YOU.]

[Her voice calling out distracts him to slow down as he tries to find the source for it, and when he sees her he's about to yell something back at her, but then there's a roar from behind him and he yelps, clicks his mouth shut and sprints forward.]

[After a while, he reluctantly 'dodges and weaves', too. ... and it does help, which kind of pisses him off even more than if it hadn't.]

[So he does NOT look too happy when he finds cover, at least momentarily.]

[Enjoying the show, Harley?]</sub>

[wants_the_gold]

Fine.

[Stay down is not a terrible plan. Not particularly useful, but not terrible.

And because the third wheel- or lack thereof- does need to be noticed at some point...]

So um... Where's Miguel?