"They're just teeth and digestive tract."

[magicalworld]

WHO: Calvin and OPEN
WHERE: Near one of the City's library branches
WHEN: Wednesday afternoon, after school
WARNINGS: Pigeon and rat-related horrors
SUMMARY: Calvin's trip to the library is interrupted by swarms of homicidal vermin. Someone save him.
FORMAT: Quicklog! Calvin will be getting into trouble repeatedly, so multiple threads of multiple saves are great.

[See Calvin. See Calvin run. Run, Calvin, run from the vast, filthy swarm of pigeons cooing madly as they chase him down the street.]

HHEEEEEEEEEELLLLLLLLLPP!

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[cosmic_ring_hero]

[A figure in pink and black comes in for a landing in front of Calvin and lifts a hand as the jetpack he was wearing vanishes.] Hold on there, kid. Get behind me. I'll handle this. It's Freedom Ring by the way.

[Freedom Ring concentrates and forms a rather large net in the air for all the pigeons to run into.]

[magicalworld]

THANK YOU FREEDOM RING!

[Calvin bolts behind the superhero and clings rather desperately to his leg, watching wide-eyed as he creates a net out of seeming nothingness. The boy's pursuers fall to the ground in a tangled, fluttering heap.]

Wow! How did you do that?

[cosmic_ring_hero]

[Freedom Ring smirks as the birds are caught. He looks down at Calvin with an amused smirk.] I'm just that awesome, little man. You gonna be okay?

[He pauses a moment.] You know you probably shouldn't be out here on your own with all the rats and stuff goin' crazy...

[magicalworld]

I'm fine! I just wanted to get a book, that's all. I didn't know this many birds had turned evil!

[Calvin looks up at Freedom Ring for a moment before an idea strikes him]

Hey, I know! Why don't you just protect me until I get to the library? You can be my bodyguard!

[cosmic_ring_hero]

Yeah, this is kinda weird. That weird guy turning all the birds and rats an stuff crazy. [Freedom Ring shakes his head.] I run into that guy and I'm gonna kick his butt.

[He blinks several times at Calvin's idea and then looks up thoughtfully. He doesn't usually play babysitter but he's really got nothing much to do for the rest of the day until he decides it's time to go hang out with Tom so he shrugs.] Sure I guess. Let's get you a book and then get you home.

Which way is it to the library anyway?

[lyingbrat.livejournal.com]

[Guess who's running around in her superhero getup, helping people with their pest problems?]

Calvin!

[magicalworld]

Lyra!

[Calvin immediately focuses on what's important in this situation]

Wow, nice costume.

[lyingbrat.livejournal.com]

Thanks- watch out!

[Tossing a few pigeons out of the way with TK.]

What are you doing outside?

[magicalworld]

Yipe! [Calvin ducks]

I just wanted to visit the library! I didn't know it would be this bad!

I thought he might like this.

[pacifisted.livejournal.com]

You thought correctly!

[magicalworld]

[An enormous feline carnivore from the darkest nightmares of the ancient past! He's saved! Calvin runs heedlessly towards the gigantic cat and its prey, the pigeons hot on his heels.]

HEY! Big furry guy! I hope you're hungry, because I've got a whole buffet right behind me!

[Only when he's close to the big mass of claws and teeth does it occur to Calvin that he might count as edible too. Too late now!]

Eeeexcellent.

[pacifisted.livejournal.com]

[magicalworld]

Whoah.

[Calvin was hoping for help, but this is like watching a hurricane! A furry hurricane. He cowers behind the big cat, partly for safety and partly to keep from getting any julienned pigeon parts on him.]

[chasingspooks.livejournal.com]

[No good stupid rats. Probably plotting evil to take over the world, like back in Burden Hill. And getting help from those dumb pigeons too. Just his luck, some killer computer drops him in the worst City, and then the rats form some kind of uprising. What ever happened to the good ole days of just sleeping and eating, and not being attacked by the paranormal.

And oh what luck he has. Running into that werewolf kid being swarmed by birds.]

[magicalworld]

[Calvin's eyes widen with horror when he sees the adorable little pug in his path. And oh what luck he has, running into that dog that wants to kill him with silver while being swarmed by birds.

Caught between two sources of imminent doom, Calvin settles for screaming, panicking, and diving beneath a car in the hopes that the pigeons and the pug will distract go after each other instead of him.]

[chasingspooks.livejournal.com]

[The kid diving under a car was certainly a new thing. He was a werewolf, so shouldn't he have a little more backbone than that? Pugs grunted, his attention turning to the birds. He barked and growled, jumping at any that came near. Chasing birds was a very easy dog thing, and hopefully they wouldn't get the idea to swarm him.]

What are you doin', kid?!

[He calls out inbetween barks, glancing to the car for only a moment.]

[magicalworld]

[Calvin yells out from beneath the car.]

Hiding from you! And the birds!

[He wonders how the dog is going to kill him. Is there a way for pugs to shoot silver bullets? He decides that he doesn't want to find out.]

Please don't kill me! I didn't ask to be a werewolf! I don't want to be one!

[outspeeds.livejournal.com]

Hey, you're that -- Um, don't think I caught your name.



But now's probably not a good time, huh?

[magicalworld]

I'm Cal-

[Suddenly, alley! Calvin turns around, dizzy and confused.]

-vin. Impulse? What the heck just happened? Did you save me?

[outspeeds.livejournal.com]

Yep.

You're not mad, are you?

[magicalworld]

Heck no! [A little embarrassed that he had to be saved, but it's better than being pigeon chow] Why would anyone be mad?

[bestkindofcrazy.livejournal.com]

Duck, kiddo.

Ventas servitas.

[magicalworld]

[Calvin ducks and covers, but still sees the effects of the magic. Once it's over, he turns to see his pursuers scattered all over the place.]

Wow. How did you do that?

[bestkindofcrazy.livejournal.com]

Magic. We should probably get moving, they seem to regroup pretty quickly. Where were you headed?

[magicalworld]

The library! [Calvin pauses, getting an idea] Hey, if you're magic can you just teleport me there?