a_gentle_boy: (Wrath)
Lucas ([personal profile] a_gentle_boy) wrote2010-10-21 01:46 pm

Twenty-First PSI

[filtered and whatever]
[The voice that speaks into the phone is strangely calm.  After having suffered a severe shock and half-believing he had been transported back to Westport, Lucas wisely decided to remain at home.]

Please listen, everyone.  There are some things you should know about these people.

We called them the hazmat men when they first showed up in Westport.  They started off pretty slow and they weren't much of a threat, but as the days passed, they became much faster, stronger, and smarter.  I don't know how they'll behave now, but to be on the safe side, you should assume that they're at full power.

If you have to fight them, you should know that there's nothing underneath the suits.  Blunt force won't do anything and they won't react to getting hit.  What you need to do to break through -- stabbing or piercing or shooting works.  When the suit is opened, they release a lot of poison gas that can kill you if you're too close.  If you touch them or if you inhale any of it, the chemicals will burn you badly.  Some people died from the gas alone.

They attack with axes and they carry gas sprays with them.  Don't let them touch you.  The best thing to do if they're chasing you is to run.  They're not too fast.

[identity profile] hound-of-war.livejournal.com 2010-10-21 05:55 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh? So they can be defeated, then.

[identity profile] a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com 2010-10-21 07:42 pm (UTC)(link)
Uh-huh. It's like deflating a balloon made of poison gas. You shouldn't try it unless you have to, though.

[identity profile] hound-of-war.livejournal.com 2010-10-21 07:44 pm (UTC)(link)
Right, right. Of course.

[for him, have to is a very loose term. For instance, he may have to simply because he wants to.]

[identity profile] a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com 2010-10-21 07:50 pm (UTC)(link)
I mean it.

[Lucas is not convinced by that tone, but he lets the matter drop. Anyone who hasn't learned by now about how dangerous Mayfield could be wouldn't be persuaded otherwise by the wisdom of a thirteen year old boy.]