After a long day out dealing with various... things, more specifically related to getting in contact with someone he knew forever ago, Eilam was dropped off at King Penguin Park and is currently sitting quietly on a bench while staring up at the night sky. It was quiet, a relaxing night, just... well, he could easily fall asleep. He had his coat off at the moment, folded up nearby, his clothes currently a simple pink dress shirt with a stark black tie and pants, and a pair of nice dress shoes. In general, as usual, Eilam looked rather 'business formal', but that was what he preferred.
There were even a few people milling about in the park, though mostly couples or people out for late-enight exercise.
Between the space botany class, final exams and nearly getting attacked by an alien plant that irritated her more than scared her, An was feeling quite exhausted lately..
Enough so that she had struck out on her own, without Ail's guidance, seeking some viable targets to feed off of. The Makaiju wasn't looking too hot lately either, and it was about time they got serious. Aint no way they're gonna let some other weird alien plants steal their energy!
It was a bit tricky for her to summon a cardian on her own. She lacked the flute to bring it to life, and instead had to rely on simply yelling at the card which was much less receptive than the gentle charms of Ail's flute.
However, it's finally popped out of the card, but what a scrawny looking cardian! Why, it looks like a giant mouse! It'd almost be cute if it wasnt so darned big!
Probably wont take long for most people to spy a horse sized mouse scampering around the park, especially when it rushes at a mom and her stroller at break neck speed, leaping upon the mom and attempting to drain her energy!
Jiaying Maki had been at the library, using it as a quiet place to study and a convenient place to both stay away from her geekery and research some things ranging towards the esoteric. Initially she had been on her way home, but she had taken some time to sit at the park and read her strange books about strange topics. She's just lucky it wasn't dark and they weren't astrophysics books really.
The giant mouse chasing someone down is caught out of the corner of her eyes and honestly, she assumes she was imagining things. I mean, really who expects to see a giant mouse. Giant monster? Sure. Really it's the screaming and the fact that it's a stroller involved that makes her realize something is up. She ties her bag shut, sets it down and begins to run towards the mouse with the idea that it's a mouse! If it smells a predator it'll run right? Not that she smells like one right at this exact moment.
"..."
Eilam was just about to try and close his eyes to rest a bit only to hear something strange. Something running. He didn't quite know what it was until he raised up and started to look towards where the sound went, but even when he did, he kept staring. What? A giant mouse? Even with his knowledge of magic(Hey, it exists!) he had no idea what to even assume was going on.
His first instinct was to reach into his pocket and pull his phone out, starting to thumb through to try and find Homura's contact information. She was magic(y), right? To some degree. Just what he didn't know. But she seemed to know things! Or maybe Reiko... but could they even get here in time? Someone had to do something, right? He saw something kind of running towards it, but it was just one girl(?). Maybe they were magical too!
All the while he sat there mentally monologuing to himself before finally convincing himself to push upright to a stand and start walking over. There was no way he could chase the thing down, but maybe if it was distracted and he could get close enough, he might be able to do /something/. As he started to walk over he grabbed his stave, working to twist a part of it to uncap the hidden compartment inside to retrieve the weapon tucked away in it. ...who knows if it would even do anything to the giant mouse(monster).
Unfortunately, when Jiaying runs towards the cute mouse, it doesnt seem intimidated at all! At its current size, it probably thinks all the little people are pieces of walking cheese or something! Fortunately the distraction is enough for it to drop the woman and her stroller, unconscious but thankfully not dead, and spin around to face the girl that runs towards it.
It's cute little pinky nose twitches and it lets out the most adorable little 'squeak!' before it runs towards the girl, then leaps into the air, attempting to slash at her with very long, very sharp claws!
Jiaying Maki is happy that she got the mouse's attention for a moment or so before she realizes two things. The first is that she's gone and forgotten to remove her tags. There's also the fact that she's not wearing her lucky coat. Which is unlucky because the coat is lined with a bunch of spells that she's sure would be helpful sooner or later! Still, that's neither here nor there as the mouse is running right at her. She quickly tears a tag away from behind her and drops it to the side, her form blurring briefly before a faint mist dissipate's away from her, leaving a pair of foxy ears and tail on full display!
She continues her run straight towards the mouse and goes into a classic baseball slide to get under the leap before scrambling to her feet unceremoniously. Should she pose? Probably not, with some focus, her arms draw some of the mist that had been spilling off of her and filling the air around her to coelesce around her arms in facsimile claws. She's currently trying to ignore a long scratch down one arm that's mixing red with that grey-green.
Well, that was an improvement if nothing else. The mother was left alone and as Eilam got close, he looked the woman over before trying to shoo her away to safety. Then his attention was back towards the MOUSE, because mouse alone is not big enough a name, and noticed finally it seemed to be Jiaying? The stave pulled apart, Eilam got the long thin estoc out and let the walking aid go, once again working on sneaking up behind the beast. If it was so distracted with Jiaying, then perhaps it wouldn't have a chance to react to Eilam getting close enough! Because Eilams intention? Get within range and drive the blade into the soft part of the mouses back leg, to try and hinder its apparent ability to run so fast. Then again, it's a monster, and might not even rely on logic!
"Squeak!" the mouse cardian misses hitting Jiaying, and it looks a bit surprised, as it turns around to face her, only briefly confused by the mist. The distraction is also enough for Eilam to sneak forward and hit it with his blade. Unfortunately, its hide is pretty darn tough, and it only scratches its tough hide, drawing some blood, enough to annoy it but not seriously hurt it. Hey, it's a super powered youma, afterall! The mouse does utter a slightly pained squeak! however, slowing down enough to turn around and lick its wound!
"C'mon!" yells a certain voice from a nearby tree as a pink haired girl with pale green skin watches the fight intently, "Mousa, you can do better than that! Get rid of them!!" The mouse responds with a little whimpery squeak, and An sighs, fumbling in her pocket for something. "Ugh! You're hopeless! Here!" And she tosses a gigantic, pizza sized chunk of cheese towards the mouse.
With another nose twitch, Mousa scuttles quickly towards the chunk of cheese, squeaking gleefully as it swallows it in one gulp! Now that its appetite has been satisfied, it turns upon Eilam now, and with an angry (but somehow cute sounding) squeak, it rushes at him next, swinging out its massive tail and attempting to whip at him, or failing that, entangle him, with it.
Jiaying Maki has her own ideas about what needs to be done, sort of forgetting that Eilam is there or more accurately, never noticing him right away you know, giant rat and all. When it runs off, she calls out, "He-hey! None of that, get back here!" and chases after it! She's streaming that clinging mist behind her now, the stuff clinging to her like a cloak at times.
Her ears were canted towards the voice, but she's thinking she doesn't have any time to investigate it. Instead, if she gets in range, she tries her own pounce! Jumping at the creature with her arms and by proxy, those magically created claws, much like Eilam whom she notices a touch late, she's aiming to catch it's back or if nothing else, a leg to slow it down.
"...so why are we dealing with an overgrown Rattata?" Eilam remarks dryly, after his attempt at doing something was largely ineffective. Perhaps if he had a real sword and not a glorified poker to threaten others with as needed, or the strength to really /use/ it, it might have made a difference. Instead, someone throws cheese, and there's shortly a giant tail coming his way.
In some part of his mind, as the tail travels his way, he hears 'Tail Whip lowers defense!'
*THWOCK*
Eilam has fainted.
Once Jiyang climbs on its back, Mousa utters a startled squeak, and sota...Bucks, like a squeaky bucking bronco, eventually grinding hard against a nearby tree in an attempt to knock Jiaying off its back.
Meanwhile, it seems that Eilam has been hit head on by its vicious tail and so it rushes after his unconscious form next, regardless of if Jiaying is still clinging to its back or not, and attempts to dig its claws into his shoulders, to pin him momentarily to the ground as it attempts to drain his energy through its claws.
An meanwhile, watches impatiently from a nearby treetop, wishing this could be over with sooner rather than later. "C'mon, Mousa, hurry it up! I have an exam tomorrow!" with a sigh, she turns away, "Well, I'll meet you back at home!" and with a poof! she teleports away, leaving Mousa to take care of the girl on its own.
Jiaying Maki tries to dig those magically created claws into the creature and lasts all of a few seconds before she's thrown off and lands in an ungraceful heap. Scrambling ot her feet after she catches her breath. She brushes herself off, makes sure she didn't break anything too important and runs straight at the mouse again, attempting to rake it's sides with those claws. Should that not work?
Well she's kind of out of ideas for anything new quite yet, the creature is rather single-minded and there's only so much she can do, especially with the zombie-not-zombie guy being knocke out by a tail whip. That's weak! Weirdly, she doesn't seem too worried about him initially., though as it digs those claws in she stabs with bow claws and tries to rend outward, hoping maybe that'll get it off.