[Event // Action] Backdated to yesterday.

[heartcorrupt.livejournal.com]

[Those who have managed to break out into the Quad amongst the chaos have found a rather... unusual and perhaps terrifying scene. Some monsters are screeching and twisting in agony as their bodies slowly dissipate into data, while others seem to be missing some part of their body entirely. Even the Quad itself has suffered some of the damage, with the trees and other plants missing entire hunks or parts of themselves, while some -- like the monsters -- are still slowly deleting piece by piece.


Tobias has gone into what can only be counted as an utter panic. The biting cold and sudden surge of creatures has terrified him to the point of blank-minded preservation, and he's resorted to using the power he'd been hiding for so long. Anyone who gets near him will clearly be able to see that his right hand to a few inches above his wrist is no longer flesh -- instead, it seems to be made of what can only be described as purple 1s and 0s along with what seems to be glitched up tiles of ground or water, all arranged in a hand-like shape. Whatever this weird hand is, he's using it wildly, grabbing anything that gets close, which causes whatever it is to fall into the deletion pattern until it manages to wrench away long enough to break contact.

Tears are streaming down his face, and his voice is hoarse, as if he's already been yelling for a while now.]

Espio! Daddy! Mom! HELP!

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[redcinemareel]

[Grell isn't too far away and whips his head around. He's facing his own dragon, but Toby in danger is far more important!

The dragon goes in to chomp on Grell in her moment of distraction, but the redhead is already out of sight. He's suddenly in front of Toby, his back to whatever enemy there is. It wouldn't matter in the end.]

TOBY! [He kneels and looks over the boy, seeing how distraught he is. He notices the hand and scrunches up his eyebrows in curiosity.] What happened to you?

[A roar behind him makes Grell turn to see a T-Rexaur behind him. SIGH. He rushes in before vanishing, only to appear above it and-

BZZZZZZZZ

A fountain of blood taller than three full grown adults erupt from the monster, covering the assailant carelessly. He's used to it. He goes back to where he was, not wanting to be too far away from Toby in this state.]

Are you alright?

[heartcorrupt.livejournal.com]

Don't touch it!

[Coming to his senses, he quickly presses his hand against his chest as hard as he can. As it's a part of him, he's immune to the effects, and it doesn't do a thing to his own clothing or body, though the effects of what it HAD done is still scattered around.

He didn't want Grell to see this, but it's far too late -- and even if he wanted to hide it, the bracelet was lost hours ago in the scuffle. It's clearly not in the quad anymore.]

[redcinemareel]

Fine then. [Toby's response was not what he expects, nor is that hand. He'll ask about it later. It isn't really the time to go into details about it with so many enemies around. Most of which were pretty much matching Toby's hand. He's seen code like that on computers, being the computer science specialist in training he is. Yes, the monsters are data, but...this all seems off.]

Are you alright? [His question went unanswered.]

[heartcorrupt.livejournal.com]

[He nods a little, sneezing and shaking his head. Beyond some torn clothing, scratches, and frozen blood, he seems mostly unhurt, though whether the violent shivering is from the cold or something else is impossible to tell.]

[redcinemareel]

Good. [Takes off his coat and puts it around the boy.] We should get you inside and possibly to a nurse. [Lifts a finger.] No objections.

[heartcorrupt.livejournal.com]

[The coat is warmly taken. The order, not so much.]

I can't!

[redcinemareel]

Didn't I just say no objections?

[fierybluebird]

TOBY! [Swoops in carrying Espio and goes to kick the hell out of anything that even thinks about attacking his son.]

[heartcorrupt.livejournal.com]

[IT'S MARCO AND ESPIO BOTH, oh thank the fuzzy pink Pokemon that's as close to his world's god as he knows.]

[fierybluebird]

SKREEEE!

[Ever hear an angry phoenix in Papa mode? It can be pretty intimidating.]

HOPS ON IN CUZ...JUST CUZ

[redcinemareel]

Look at your father in his blaze of GLORY! [WAVES with a dreamy sigh.]

HI MOMMY

[heartcorrupt.livejournal.com]

D...Daddy. Espio.

[He's half frozen but so happy, can you see it?]

[turnip-rage.livejournal.com]

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Toby! Are you okay?

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After all of the above logs?

[whiteloyal.livejournal.com]

[Nina walks up beside Tobias, a black feather came loose from her wings and slowly drifted down between them.]

Are you doing alright?

In the dorm, then, I assume.

[heartcorrupt.livejournal.com]

[He sniffles.]

I'm cold.

[whiteloyal.livejournal.com]

[She settles beside him and drapes one of her large black wings over his shoulders.]

Do you want to find a jacket?


[Nina looks around to find a safe place to make a fire.]

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[He recoils and scrambles away from her, holding the glitched hand against his chest and sneezing. The feathers were warm, but there's no way he can let her get close to him right now.]

No.

[whiteloyal.livejournal.com]

[Nina's not offended by the action. She's had worse reactions before. She remains where she was and sits on the ground.]

Are you sure? I want to help you.

[heartcorrupt.livejournal.com]

[It's not you, trust him.]

I just want to stay here, where I can't hurt anyone.

[dragon-savior.livejournal.com]

[Now the desert heat? Ryu was used to. The cold was beginning to slow him down, but not before Tobias' scream tore through the air. It only took a few seconds for Ryu to dash onto the scene, as he was sweeping through the Garden.]

Tobias? You alright?!

[heartcorrupt.livejournal.com]

[Ryu gets a choked cry. No, he is not all right. Not in the least.]

[dragon-savior.livejournal.com]

You'll be alright... Don't worry, nothing will happen to you.

[The hand thing has him a little creepy, but now isn't a good time to ask.]

Instructor Snow has the infirmary barricaded. I'll take you there, and you'll be safe, alright?

[heartcorrupt.livejournal.com]

No!

[He's trying desperately to hide the hand from Ryu. He wasn't supposed to see it.]

[dragon-savior.livejournal.com]

Tobias, I promise it will be fine. Just come with me, alright? You'll be much safer with Snow than out here by yourself.

[heartcorrupt.livejournal.com]

[He's shaking his head pretty hard. You probably won't win this one, Ryu.]