The Vault, Somewhere, Sunday Morning

[not_a_whiner]

The vault door stood large and broad in the hallway - so large and broad that it was as if the corridor itself had had to grow several sizes to accommodate it. It was a dark red, and its surface was almost completely smooth but for the slots where three keys would fit.

It exuded quiet menace.

[ hold on for the ocd up! ]

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Re: A Change of Weather

[thehugemistake.livejournal.com]

"Hey, it's OW MY FACE!" GOB yelled. Because now he had a blade in his face. "COME ON!"

Re: A Change of Weather

[suitably_heroic]

"I'm really not in the mood," Atton said conversationally, stabbing him in the shoulder next. "So I'd really just like you to die."

Re: A Change of Weather

[thehugemistake.livejournal.com]

"I've made a huge mistake!" GOB cried as the blade went straight through. "Just chop my head off! Or, let me eat you! One or the other!"

GOB was the best vampire.

Re: A Change of Weather

[suitably_heroic]

"How have you lived this long?"

Atton, stop chatting with the guy you were stabbing.

Re: A Change of Weather

[thehugemistake.livejournal.com]

"By not getting stabbed by crazy people," GOB said. "Look, I don't even have to kill you all the way. I could drink your blood, you drink mine, and then you're a vampire, too! You'd be great at it!"

Re: A Change of Weather

[suitably_heroic]

He totally would be great at it, too!

"I don't know. I'm not much of a joiner these days," Atton said. Sorry about the lung, GOB. And the mixed signals re: your impending death.

Re: A Change of Weather

[thehugemistake.livejournal.com]

GOB gasped for air for a moment before remembering that he didn't breathe anymore, and his lungs were mostly there for show. Well, not show, since you couldn't normally see them. You probably could now, though.

Anyway, once he realized that nothing was going to happen to him from that except pain, GOB lunged for Atton's arm, teeth first. This guy just plain deserved to get bit by this point!

Re: A Change of Weather

[suitably_heroic]

Sure. Piss off the guy who practically fed off anger.

Atton snarled as the teeth sank into his arm. Damn it, that was his stabbing arm-- he brought his knee up towards GOB's gut at top speed. He was not going to die to some rakghoul wannabe, damn it.

Re: A Change of Weather

[thehugemistake.livejournal.com]

"Unf. Kmmf mmmon!" GOB said, although it was muffled by Atton's arm. He was hanging on for dear unlife and trying to drink as much as he could, like a lamprey at a bar.

'Should've gone for the head when you had a chance!' is what GOB would have said if he weren't in so much pain and trying to drink.

Re: A Change of Weather

[suitably_heroic]

Stupid dark side gloating tendencies! Why? WHY?!

Atton punched him in the head. He had told him to go for that.

Re: A Change of Weather

[thehugemistake.livejournal.com]

That loosened GOB's grip a bit, but his teeth were still in the arm. It actually took him this long to realize that he had Atton in a good position for a more conventional attack as well as getting his suck on, and yes that's how he phrased it in his head.

Since he wasn't really going to turn his head right now, GOB lashed out blindly with a vamp-strength punch somewhere in the vicinity of Atton's chest.

Re: A Change of Weather

[suitably_heroic]

That was going to hurt if it connected. And Atton was already feeling woozy--

Of course, it also meant GOB was overextending himself. Atton grabbed his incoming arm and gave it a big ol' yank. Breaking it was just an eye for an eye, right?

Re: A Change of Weather

[thehugemistake.livejournal.com]

That wasn't an eye for an eye at all! That was an arm for an arm, head, shoulder, and head again!

Still, it got GOB to let go of Atton's arm. "Come on," he whimpered as he tried to pull his arm free. Which was a bad idea because that hurt.

Re: A Change of Weather

[suitably_heroic]

Atton was going to let that go because that made it easier to stab GOB in the head. Should've done that in the first place. ... okay, he had, this was just a more dedicated stabbing.

Re: A Change of Weather

[thehugemistake.livejournal.com]

GOB's brain was barely working at this point. Less than usual. He'd been stabbed in the head twice, come on. Even vamp healing and all that blood he just drank couldn't do too much for him right now. With with what motor control he still possessed, he aimed a punch (with his working arm) at Atton's crotch.

When in doubt and unable to think much, rely on instinct.

Re: A Change of Weather

[suitably_heroic]

THAT WAS JUST BEYOND THE PALE, MAN.

"Schutta," Atton hissed, doubling over.

Cutting GOB's head off with that knife was going to take some effort, but he was going to damn well try.

Re: A Change of Weather

[thehugemistake.livejournal.com]

While Atton was doubled over anyway, GOB aimed another punch to his angry little head. 'I'm winning!' he would have said if his speech center hadn't been stabbed!

Re: A Change of Weather

[suitably_heroic]

And with that, Atton went crashing to the ground. Ouch.

Re: A Change of Weather

[thehugemistake.livejournal.com]

GOB could do this! He could actually win a fight and totally eat someone that he caught himself!

He tried to jump on Atton and plunge his teeth into his neck. For victory! For breakfast!

Re: A Change of Weather

[suitably_heroic]

Thanks for taking the bait, GOB! Now it was about twice as easy to use the knife to cut your head off!

Okay, it still kind of sucked, but it was easier. Atton had applied himself to the task now, though, so he was going to have to see it through.

Re: A Change of Weather

[thehugemistake.livejournal.com]

GOB had made a huge mistake.

He would have said so, too, except for the speech center thing. And now his throat being opened slowly but surely.

But he would have his revenge! As he exploded into dust, he had the smug satisfaction that Atton would have him in his sinuses FOR DAYS. Just try and sneeze him out!

Re: A Change of Weather

[suitably_heroic]

Atton sneezed. Then he sneezed a second time. He stumbled up to his feet, because if a bleeding gut wound wasn't going to keep Atton Rand down, then neither would impromptu anemia.

He sneezed a third time.

"I'm really angry now."