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Who: Anyone
When: Day 70, morning
Where: Anywhere
What: Look around! Run into each other! Get cleaned up!

[ So it's been a day since the HQ was moved, and everyone has no doubt been enjoying the sunshine and the lifting of that oppressive gloom. Some have even started to get things cleaned up again. Appropriate for chaos to be followed by order again, hm? Those who are interested in grabbing some cleaning supplies will notice that Eizon has actually generously set out some already by his shine, today.

For other people still exploring, some may notice that a lot of vines fell away when the HQ was uprooted, and people searching around outside will see that about where level 4 starts, some of the wall looks different--a weaker texture, actually more like concrete that was filled over something. There also seems to be remains of twisted metal scaffolding or railing in some places, all along two stone ledges that trace around the half of the HQ opposite the window side. Perhaps these were once balconies?

In any case, be careful while you're out there, it seems like a lot more Red Lizagons are around this high up in the canopy! Some of them even seem extra mad. Maybe the HQ squished some nests?]

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[He's not there! You successfully dived under him and escaped the pounce, but he's had ample time to blend back in with his surroundings. He probably didn't get far, but do you really want to take your chances?]

Where..did it go?

[Leo takes several steps back, body twisting left and right as he looks completely around himself, each step cautious. He stabs into the moss to his left once with the tip of his sword and finds nothing.

He'll have to make a bigger 'bang', won't he?

Jabberwock's summon is brief, considering there isn't enough space for him in here. It's long enough that his claws and chains rake at the mossy ground and stab into anything remotely covered in the green carpet.]

Edited 2012-08-17 02:39 (UTC)

[and that gets it up, but it's right next to you, having had enough time to get it's feet under it and ready itself for a pounce, so as Jabberwock scratches around the ground, the lion pounces making to bite at your neck, which it will then snap and use to kill you if it connects]

[The moss lion connects solidly with the weight of a small horse slamming into Leo's shoulders, and he's got just enough time to get his left forearm up as a shield, pressing it forward to block the jaws with his bone and flesh, the hilt of the sword and his fist slamming into the side of the creatures head as it pins him.

Leo's screaming. There's no way not to cry out, but it's pure adrenaline now. The pain is more a pressure that he can't ignore. He wrenches his right arm back as far as it will go, and plunges the sword into its side repeatedly in sharp stabs, knocking into bone like branches when he pulls back again.]

[the lion whines in pain, chomping down on your arm just as that last strike of the blade reaches it's lungs, killing it slowly as it bleeds out and blood makes it's way in, drowning it slowly, the strength disappearing from its limbs, the body sinking down to die on top of you, whining in pain at each breath before it finally dies, all it's weight on you, nearly crushing you]

Edited 2012-08-17 03:05 (UTC)

[ Jabberwock didn't have time to react, and faded as the danger passed.His arm should be gone. This he realizes right away, and it's only luck that he shoved so hard that it slammed into the back of its jaws, and nearly went into the moss lion's throat rather than the sharper front teeth. The weight knocks everything out of Leo, who's concentrating on the rather small measure he can raise his chest to force oxygen into his lungs.

With a wet slurp and gurgle of something he doesn't care to know, he jerks the sword back out of the feline, and lowers his arm exhaustively. After a full minute trying to regain his strength, he shoves and shoves and shoves and gets absolutely no where trying to get the cat off of him, only gaining some much needed deeper breaths until it drops back onto him. In angry retaliation, Leo yells at the cat and beats along the jaw line in a temper tantrum.

When that energy ceases, he uses the time to gather the useful things Ygin asked for. He can't tell that the heart is still beating - as Ygin said it would (he'll get that last) - but he beats out a tooth, and has to slice a claw off, nicking up Elliot's blade, because it's the only thing Leo has to use. Some of the damp moss drips onto him, and he considers some of the mossy fur that's already been sliced off. His arm is still caught in its jaws as the cat's body shifts into rigor mortis. He's too alarmed of possible danger to close his eyes.]

[Tali's spent the last little while exploring with Shepard - not hers, but familiar, something to get used to - and getting up to the usual trouble that any Shepard attracts. Thankfully it hasn't been so bad, though. Hearing commotion had her headed for the site of it at top speed, though, because damn if she's going to let those kids Shepard picked up get into any serious trouble. Not on her watch. It takes a bit to get to the point where she can see at all what's going on, but then she's calling out to him, even as ashe scrambles to get closer, omnitool at the ready.]

Leo! Is that you?

[It hasn't been too bad, but he's still worn from using his biotics a bit too much, thanks to this damn powercap. Still, he hears the commotion and runs along with Tali to see what that's all about. He pulls out his shotgun as he comes up on the scene, but instead of seeing an attack happening as he gets closer, he spots Leo on the floor with a dead Lion on top of him.

He scrambles on over, setting his weapon to the side, pulling at the damn thing to get it off of him. He makes sure to be careful in the process.]

[He's dazed still, the remainder of a concussion and after exhaustion of the fight. It takes him a few seconds to register people, let alone faces or voices.]

Tali..... [Leo's eyes open and focus, dark pools with golden hues dotted around them like lights, until they catch the armor and the back of the other's head.] .. Chris.

OW!

[His arm is still is still stuck in those jaws, and as you try to drag the beast off, his limb is jerked with it. His whole body shudders with the nauseating pain of a broken limb. He can hear the heart still beating, mysteriously, since he's quite sure the moss lion is dead.] I can't get ... this off. My arm..

-- I n-need the h-heart still.

[Not far behind the commander, Tali drops to her knees at Leo's side, putting a hand on his shoulder briefly, the one accompanying the trapped arm.]

Just stay still, we can help. [His shoulder gets squeezed, and then, regardless of what Chris is up to, she'll be starting to pry those jaws apart. Someone else can worry about collecting bits, she's more concerned about the fact that Leo is clearly in a lot more pain than he should be.]

[He's not really concerned about the body parts, either. That can wait. For now Chris will hold the body of the the Lion so it doesn't move too much while Tali tries to pry off the jaws -- also so he can pull it off of Leo as soon as she gets his arm free.]

It's almost over.

[With a sickening crack the jaws finally unclench and Leo's arm slides out and its weight drops fully into Tali's hands. The punctures toward his bicep are quite clear, but it's the way forearm's bones grind in a crushed manner that seem concerning, blood and lacerations aside.

As soon as his arm is free, he can feel Chris jerk the lion away. There are many stab wounds along its side, puncturing the lungs of the creature until it drowned in its own blood. It wasn't a pretty death, and it wasn't quick. He has enough mind to talk, so he must be thinking partially straight.]

Shepard... Elliot are coming,, down.. I fell. They're coming. Ambushed. Need a second.

Don't worry, Leo. It'll be alright. [She's not actually sure of that, not when she knows exactly nothing about medical care here, but she's going to be as hopeful as she can, anyway. And maybe look to Shepard in a 'how can I fix this now?' sort of way.]

We need to get him out of here.

[She'd heard Leo's earlier scream from where she was helping Elliot down and comes stumbling out now, a few more scratches a grazes to add to the swollen welt marks from the branches. She is unharmed otherwise. Exhausted, but unharmed. Elliot, however, from the way she's got his arm over his shoulder and his foot raised off the ground, didn't have such luck.

She spots the dead lion first, then Leo, then Tali, then Chris and although stuff obviously went down, she's relieved to see them all breathing and moving.

Elliot is pulled over and helped to sit next to Leo, because she knows he'd create if he wasn't, cracking her neck with a groan. She'd say something, 'I'm glad everyone's still alive,' or something similar. But her throat's given up and there'll be time for questions later.]

We have to take him to get healed--

[Chris looks up when he sees Jane and Elliot, looking like absolute hell. He can't help but give her a, what the hell did you guys get yourselves into this time lineface...but he's actually glad they're not lost in nature somewhere in a predicament like Leo's in.]

[Later.

She nods at the suggestion of healing, managing to croak out something that sounds like 'Dellen', crouching down next to Tali and looking over Leo's arm, then to the moss lion and back to him, eyebrow raised. There are scorch marks on the ground nearby, but she's too busy eyeing the stab wounds and wondering if he'd managed it without Jabberwock.]

[By the larger than sword width holes in the moss, the answer is clearly no. He did not manage this alone without Jabberwock to help, even if the role was minor. The moss lion, though, .. the sword is covered in blood all the way up to the hilt, and those wounds look just right.

All he wants to do is sleep right now, but he presses himself up regardless of any fussing from anyone else. Leo finally gets enough oxygen to speak, his breath catching up with him, lungs and body protesting angrily.]

It's not life threatening.. my arm, mostly. I'll heal on my own..

[There's visible relief when he sees Jane and Elliot looking the same as they did before - even as that is pretty horrible. It means they didn't run into anyone else. Curled up in Leo's hands, are pieces of the moss lion that he'd agitatedly beat out until he ran out of steam. All he does is leeeaaan until he hits Elliot's shoulder and look at Jane, then Chris, Tali. All living. That's good.]

The heart- [He can't really adjust his arm out of pain, even the position for so long cramped it up, but he keeps it close. It still needs bandages for now. Blood loss and exhaustion with Leo are the first concerns.]

Take the meat... anything else.

[he's tired, exhuasted even, but he's happy everyone is okay, that they all managed to live through this without any horrible wounds.

A few broken bones he can live with, and so he's just going keep quiet and let those that are not as injured lead though he does nudge Leo with that shoulder he's leaning against in a -

Hey.. glad you're okay!]

[Tali looks between Jane and the boys for a moment as they quite obviously check in with each other, then glances at Chris before her attention focuses on Jane. Her tone is obviously concerned.]

How are you holding up, Shepard? I don't need both of you passing out from exhaustion while we try to get Leo and Elliot somewhere to rest safely. [Even if she doesn't know where that'll be. The apartment? One of the gods? Aside from a few minor suit ruptures and scrapes, she's probably in the best shape of all of them right now, but the one least qualified to direct any sort of operations here.]

[Clears her throat before answering, though her voice is still rather ropey.]

I'll manage. Let's get what Leo needs and get back. I don't doubt this corpse will attract other things to us if we don't hurry.

[She stands, scooping the sword from next to Leo and moves over to the dead lion, hovering the tip around its body, looking for the best place to get the heart. Settles for the area around its stomach, plunging the blade in with a grimace and slicing it open. She's really regretting not adjusting her Omni-blade before she came out. A pair of hooked-blades aren't very good for butchering.]

[His eyes start to close and he jerks. His head is starting to throb now, and it hurts to keep his eyes open. The pain is starting to radiate from his arm as nervous energy and adrenaline drains from him.]

What happened to Isabella?

A pack of lizard-things. That's why we fell behind. One got her arm. I took her back before I came to find you.

[looks over at Shepard] Will she be okay?

[then an arm is going around Leo's waist, keeping him upright] Leo...

[he's frowning now, worried that his original trust in Leo's healing wasn't a good one]

You're swaying, do you need someone to carry you? Don't lie.

[Also looking at Jane for confirmation on Isabella's status, before he looks back to Leo. Even if it's nothing life threatening, he's still in crappy shape. He then looks around at everyone else. Yeah, we're all in pretty bad shape. Save for Tali.]

Someone should carry him. He'll be too slow on his own.

She was her usual self. A bit unsteady on her feet but she should be able to get healing befo-

[She's on her knees now, hand inside the lion rooting for it's heart. And seeing as it's still beating, it isn't hard to find. She recoils as her hand touches it. Does that mean it's still alive?]

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