Euston Street Bridge (Pedestrian) [Partially destroyed/Read first post]

A small pedestrian bridge that extends across the Circular River. Its not shown on the map due to it being a pedestrian bridge only, no vehicles allowed to make use of the path. Crossing takes one towards the 'Raven's Gate District' side, which is (here)



UPDATE: Two sections of the bridge on the River Ave section were destroyed by Neptunes, and will need to be scaled by using the exposed 'I' beams, or by part of the roof unless it is managed some other way. Just for clarification, thanks

(from here)

From Sam's Sporting Goods, Saoirse rode like a bat outta hell! To avoid the converging hordes of zombies, she swerved her bicycle after forcing herself uphill towards Euston Street Bridge- a pedestrian bridge that linked this side of the city over towards the Campus, in fact, it was like a jog over to the campus from here.

She could see the bridge now...



She hopped off her bike, walking it up the steps. She was sweaty, jiggly... dirty, but she was safe... for now. She looked back... the horde far off in the distance, and she could see vehicles swerving as survivors tried to flee the city in a state of panic. "Christ... this is too surreal man, like... fuck...."

Saoirse pulled the bike along, around the steps, and began making her way across the long, narrow bridge. It was lit, so that was good. No one was using it either, which was also good. Her bike clicked as she walked it across, her head peering down over the deep water below her. "Fuck man, hope those things can't swim!" She shivered, feeling like she was still being watched. "Gotta calm down dude, you're losing focus... talking too much, gettin' jittery..." she says to herself, clapping her face. She took out a pack of cigs, and lit one up and inhaled.



She glanced down at the pack, and shook her head. "Running low... shit, I guess I could bum some off Dad... but, ugh... he likes Camels..." She sighed, rolling her eyes, letting ember at the end of her cig smolder a little, before she inhaled and then let the smoke flow out her nostrils. "Pheeew... okay... okay you got this." She comforted herself, sliding the pack into her pocket, and then continued walking down the bridge...

Saoirse O'Neil wrote:(from here)

From Sam's Sporting Goods, Saoirse rode like a bat outta hell! To avoid the converging hordes of zombies, she swerved her bicycle after forcing herself uphill towards Euston Street Bridge- a pedestrian bridge that linked this side of the city over towards the Campus, in fact, it was like a jog over to the campus from here.

She could see the bridge now...



She hopped off her bike, walking it up the steps. She was sweaty, jiggly... dirty, but she was safe... for now. She looked back... the horde far off in the distance, and she could see vehicles swerving as survivors tried to flee the city in a state of panic. "Christ... this is too surreal man, like... fuck...."

Saoirse pulled the bike along, around the steps, and began making her way across the long, narrow bridge. It was lit, so that was good. No one was using it either, which was also good. Her bike clicked as she walked it across, her head peering down over the deep water below her. "Fuck man, hope those things can't swim!" She shivered, feeling like she was still being watched. "Gotta calm down dude, you're losing focus... talking too much, gettin' jittery..." she says to herself, clapping her face. She took out a pack of cigs, and lit one up and inhaled.



She glanced down at the pack, and shook her head. "Running low... shit, I guess I could bum some off Dad... but, ugh... he likes Camels..." She sighed, rolling her eyes, letting ember at the end of her cig smolder a little, before she inhaled and then let the smoke flow out her nostrils. "Pheeew... okay... okay you got this." She comforted herself, sliding the pack into her pocket, and then continued walking down the bridge...

There was movement under the water after Saoirse looked over... the creature sensing another prey item wandering the bridge above. It could sense her, hear the spokes of her bicycle's wheels as she walked it across the long path across the width of the Circular River. She may have hoped the zombies couldn't swim... but she'd be remiss to think that swimming zombies would be the most of her worries... oh, no... far from that!

SPLASH!

A fountain of water raised high as the blue, warty creature leaped on top of the roofed in pedestrian bridge, grabbing the edge of the roof and swung its feet and body into an opening, landing just behind Saoirse!



"Croo...CROAkkk!" The beast bellowed, sounding like a bellows pumping air into a bull frog!





It stared at the woman, jaws salivating, standing roughly 5'5, its bulky, warty shape waddling as it showed itself to her, ribbiting again, mouth drooling... saliva dripping down its chin and neck as it reached for her eagerly!



"Ribbitribbitribbitribbit-!" Its bellowing voice sounding like a hive of crickets around a swamp as it widens its jaws, stretching saliva from upper lip to lower, bridging the slime from thick to thin strands as it lunged for the girl!

U331 wrote:

Saoirse O'Neil wrote:(from here)

From Sam's Sporting Goods, Saoirse rode like a bat outta hell! To avoid the converging hordes of zombies, she swerved her bicycle after forcing herself uphill towards Euston Street Bridge- a pedestrian bridge that linked this side of the city over towards the Campus, in fact, it was like a jog over to the campus from here.

She could see the bridge now...



She hopped off her bike, walking it up the steps. She was sweaty, jiggly... dirty, but she was safe... for now. She looked back... the horde far off in the distance, and she could see vehicles swerving as survivors tried to flee the city in a state of panic. "Christ... this is too surreal man, like... fuck...."

Saoirse pulled the bike along, around the steps, and began making her way across the long, narrow bridge. It was lit, so that was good. No one was using it either, which was also good. Her bike clicked as she walked it across, her head peering down over the deep water below her. "Fuck man, hope those things can't swim!" She shivered, feeling like she was still being watched. "Gotta calm down dude, you're losing focus... talking too much, gettin' jittery..." she says to herself, clapping her face. She took out a pack of cigs, and lit one up and inhaled.



She glanced down at the pack, and shook her head. "Running low... shit, I guess I could bum some off Dad... but, ugh... he likes Camels..." She sighed, rolling her eyes, letting ember at the end of her cig smolder a little, before she inhaled and then let the smoke flow out her nostrils. "Pheeew... okay... okay you got this." She comforted herself, sliding the pack into her pocket, and then continued walking down the bridge...

There was movement under the water after Saoirse looked over... the creature sensing another prey item wandering the bridge above. It could sense her, hear the spokes of her bicycle's wheels as she walked it across the long path across the width of the Circular River. She may have hoped the zombies couldn't swim... but she'd be remiss to think that swimming zombies would be the most of her worries... oh, no... far from that!

SPLASH!

A fountain of water raised high as the blue, warty creature leaped on top of the roofed in pedestrian bridge, grabbing the edge of the roof and swung its feet and body into an opening, landing just behind Saoirse!



"Croo...CROAkkk!" The beast bellowed, sounding like a bellows pumping air into a bull frog!





It stared at the woman, jaws salivating, standing roughly 5'5, its bulky, warty shape waddling as it showed itself to her, ribbiting again, mouth drooling... saliva dripping down its chin and neck as it reached for her eagerly!



"Ribbitribbitribbitribbit-!" Its bellowing voice sounding like a hive of crickets around a swamp as it widens its jaws, stretching saliva from upper lip to lower, bridging the slime from thick to thin strands as it lunged for the girl!

Saoirse heard the splash, and at first, looked down over the rail into the water. She thought something fell into the river, but then she heard the wet, rubbery sound of something flopping to her left...

Turning around fully, she gasped, eyes wide, her cigarette falling from her lips, hitting the ground and rolling away on the concrete slab she stood on. She... didn't know what it was, but it looked vaguely human... and also frog like? That was the best way to describe it. "Shit, did Cor lace my shit?" she says out loud, about to wipe her eyes to see if this was real when it turned to her, drooling.

Never a good sign, that... She gulped, before it made an eerie fucking noise with its throat! "Fuck this I'm OUT!" she screamed, turning swiftly feeling the webbed hand on her shoulder- from which she wrapped her arm around its slimy, wet forearm, locking it in place before turning swiftly and powerfully with her right leg! "HRAAAH!" She slammed the boot into the creature's slimy, cold ribs, releasing her grip and watching the animal- thing, launch back from such a concentrated and swift kick with her leg! "Don't fuck with me, I'm Irish, BITCH!" she spat, before the bravado fell, and she realized she needed to leave. NOW. She hopped onto the bike, pedaling like crazy to put as much distance between her and fish-frog boy behind her!

"Fuck man, zombies and now monsters?! What's next? A mother fucking T-REX?! Don't go Jurassic Park on my ass now, fuck me, Christ!" She screamed as she pedaled as hard as she could, her cigarette pack falling from her pocket as she flew down the bridge!

Saoirse O'Neil wrote:Saoirse heard the splash, and at first, looked down over the rail into the water. She thought something fell into the river, but then she heard the wet, rubbery sound of something flopping to her left...

Turning around fully, she gasped, eyes wide, her cigarette falling from her lips, hitting the ground and rolling away on the concrete slab she stood on. She... didn't know what it was, but it looked vaguely human... and also frog like? That was the best way to describe it. "Shit, did Cor lace my shit?" she says out loud, about to wipe her eyes to see if this was real when it turned to her, drooling.

Never a good sign, that... She gulped, before it made an eerie fucking noise with its throat! "Fuck this I'm OUT!" she screamed, turning swiftly feeling the webbed hand on her shoulder- from which she wrapped her arm around its slimy, wet forearm, locking it in place before turning swiftly and powerfully with her right leg! "HRAAAH!" She slammed the boot into the creature's slimy, cold ribs, releasing her grip and watching the animal- thing, launch back from such a concentrated and swift kick with her leg! "Don't fuck with me, I'm Irish, BITCH!" she spat, before the bravado fell, and she realized she needed to leave. NOW. She hopped onto the bike, pedaling like crazy to put as much distance between her and fish-frog boy behind her!

"Fuck man, zombies and now monsters?! What's next? A mother fucking T-REX?! Don't go Jurassic Park on my ass now, fuck me, Christ!" She screamed as she pedaled as hard as she could, her cigarette pack falling from her pocket as she flew down the bridge!

A sudden cracking could be heard ahead of Saorise, before the planking of the floor of the bridge exploded, sending chunks of wood and debris flying all around the river way, and for a split second, among the spray and splashing of the white agitated water, she would catch a glimpse of... something colored a hard, dark matte grey.

A similar explosion of wood and water had occurred behind her, catching the pursuing hunter, which with a loud, surprised croak, vanished, and the spray of white water turned a shade of pink, before it settled back into the river.

Now, with both sides of her egress now having a gaping two and a half meter hole, Saorise seemingly had nowhere else to run.

A hiss of water below would grab anyone's attention, as what appeared to be..... fins? began circling the stranded section of the foot bridge...

Random Mobs wrote:A sudden cracking could be heard ahead of Saorise, before the planking of the floor of the bridge exploded, sending chunks of wood and debris flying all around the river way, and for a split second, among the spray and splashing of the white agitated water, she would catch a glimpse of... something colored a hard, dark matte grey.

A similar explosion of wood and water had occurred behind her, catching the pursuing hunter, which with a loud, surprised croak, vanished, and the spray of white water turned a shade of pink, before it settled back into the river.

Now, with both sides of her egress now having a gaping two and a half meter hole, Saorise seemingly had nowhere else to run.

A hiss of water below would grab anyone's attention, as what appeared to be..... fins? began circling the stranded section of the foot bridge...

The circling Neptunes however, did not stay long, darting into the black water and running for the deep, as the air suddenly became colder, and charged. If Saorise turned around to look away from where the retreating sharks had taken of to, she would soon see at least partly why they had done so. Beneath the inky black water, showing quite visibly in the nights scarce light, was a bright cyan glow, and a strange looking appendage knifing through the surface towards her.



However, the most frightening thing about this approaching glow, was that small arcs of electrical energy seemed to dance along the waters surface in it's wake. So much so, that the air felt charged around her, making the hairs on her neck stand up.

Then, when it had got just close enough, the appendage stopped moving, and seemed to hang there for a few seconds, before it slid backwards, and into the water, while the great head rose up to meet her.



The Monsterous Shark's bright glowing cyan eyes looked at her, it's body covered with numerous protrusions, each one arcing and sparking electrical energy. It just floated there, staring at her, daring her to make a move or speak. Despite the strangeness of the encounter, there was almost a feel of intelligence from the creature.

Random Mobs wrote:

Saoirse O'Neil wrote:Saoirse heard the splash, and at first, looked down over the rail into the water. She thought something fell into the river, but then she heard the wet, rubbery sound of something flopping to her left...

Turning around fully, she gasped, eyes wide, her cigarette falling from her lips, hitting the ground and rolling away on the concrete slab she stood on. She... didn't know what it was, but it looked vaguely human... and also frog like? That was the best way to describe it. "Shit, did Cor lace my shit?" she says out loud, about to wipe her eyes to see if this was real when it turned to her, drooling.

Never a good sign, that... She gulped, before it made an eerie fucking noise with its throat! "Fuck this I'm OUT!" she screamed, turning swiftly feeling the webbed hand on her shoulder- from which she wrapped her arm around its slimy, wet forearm, locking it in place before turning swiftly and powerfully with her right leg! "HRAAAH!" She slammed the boot into the creature's slimy, cold ribs, releasing her grip and watching the animal- thing, launch back from such a concentrated and swift kick with her leg! "Don't fuck with me, I'm Irish, BITCH!" she spat, before the bravado fell, and she realized she needed to leave. NOW. She hopped onto the bike, pedaling like crazy to put as much distance between her and fish-frog boy behind her!

"Fuck man, zombies and now monsters?! What's next? A mother fucking T-REX?! Don't go Jurassic Park on my ass now, fuck me, Christ!" She screamed as she pedaled as hard as she could, her cigarette pack falling from her pocket as she flew down the bridge!

A sudden cracking could be heard ahead of Saorise, before the planking of the floor of the bridge exploded, sending chunks of wood and debris flying all around the river way, and for a split second, among the spray and splashing of the white agitated water, she would catch a glimpse of... something colored a hard, dark matte grey.

A similar explosion of wood and water had occurred behind her, catching the pursuing hunter, which with a loud, surprised croak, vanished, and the spray of white water turned a shade of pink, before it settled back into the river.

Now, with both sides of her egress now having a gaping two and a half meter hole, Saorise seemingly had nowhere else to run.

A hiss of water below would grab anyone's attention, as what appeared to be..... fins? began circling the stranded section of the foot bridge...

"Gotta... Pedal... FASTER!" She screamed, already hearing mister frog bouncing up again behind her- SMASH!

"What the?!!" She screamed, turning abruptly, causing the bike to tip over! "AH!!!" She winced, feeling her left leg scrape across the concrete, as her legs dangled now over a hole-

And there goes my new bike...

She watched with horror as the black and purple mountain bike descended the three or so meters down towards the water, only to be grabbed in the jaws of a large... SHARK?!



"Christ on a sticccck!!" She screamed, scrambling for the solid piece of bridge, her breasts dragging across the concrete as she clawed her way back, her leg, dripping with blood from the rough slide, her boots pedaling up as she pulled herself onto the firmness of the bridge, facing the large frog-thing-

SMASH!

It was a blur, but a Goddamn GREAT FUCKIN WHITE just tore through the bridge and grabbed that poor frog-like bastard in its jaws before diving back into the depths of the river! She knew what a Great White looked like, she'd SEEN SHARK WEEK! "Oh, fuck me, Still a Spielberg movie! I didn't ask for JAWS! GOD what's next? ET gonna beam down and eat my fucking face?!" She spat, as she scrambled up to the railing. She was surprised the bridge was still in one piece... but it was between the roofing, and some rails yet, that stretched out across to the other side. "Oh fuck that... I am not about to play trapeze with a pair of great fuckin' white sharks! Like what the fuck, this was fresh water last I recall!!" She screamed, huddling against the wall, watching as the fins circled the struts that held up her section of bridge, her 'island'.

Sersh watched them circle, as she looked at the metal beam that stretched across to the other side of the bridge, towards the direction she had intended to head towards. She snapped her head back down, as she climbed up onto the rail, vertigo hitting her hard as she watched the blood from her knee drip down onto the smaller, makeshift walkway across....



She knew from Shark Week, that the shark's nose is... powerful. It could essentially smell... the underwater equivalent at least, as single drop of blood at least as far as an Olympic style swimming pool. Given they were literally, underneath her feet? Munching on Mr. Toad, judging from the color change in the water? Yeah... they probably already thought she'd smell delicious!

"I'm not about to become fish food..." She gulped, reaching into her waist pack, grabbing the flare gun again. She pulled a few shells for it, stuffing them inside her bra, in case she needed them. She still had 4 of the flare shells left...

Darkstorm Zero wrote:
The circling Neptunes however, did not stay long, darting into the black water and running for the deep, as the air suddenly became colder, and charged. If Saorise turned around to look away from where the retreating sharks had taken of to, she would soon see at least partly why they had done so. Beneath the inky black water, showing quite visibly in the nights scarce light, was a bright cyan glow, and a strange looking appendage knifing through the surface towards her.



However, the most frightening thing about this approaching glow, was that small arcs of electrical energy seemed to dance along the waters surface in it's wake. So much so, that the air felt charged around her, making the airs on her neck stand up.

Then, when it had got just close enough, the appendage stopped moving, and seemed to hang there for a few seconds, beforeit slid backwards, and into the water, while the great head rose up to meet her.



The Monsterous Shark's bright glowing cyan eyes looked at her, it's body covered with numerous protrusions, each one arcing and sparking electrical energy. It just floated there, staring at her, daring her to make a move or speak. Despite the strangeness of the encounter, there was almost a feel of intelligence from the creature.

She held onto what little remained of the rail, as she began to cross the warped steel beam, with one hand on the orange gun. "Okay... okay... whhhhhhy are you doing this, you crazy bitch?! You know you can't fucking stand heights...! Shit me... shit me man, what the fuuuuuck...!" She whimpered, shivering wishing she had a cigarette- which were on the other longer stretch of bridge somewhere behind her, unbeknownst to her.

She gulped, watching the fins circling her... seem more aggressive?!

Then, they swiftly moved off...? She stood there, balancing. "What the hell...?" Saoirse blinked, before she felt her hair stand on end, the lights- that remained, began to flicker as well as those that lost their circuits after the sharks pummeled through the walkway- which was something she STILL couldn't get over!

She looked over to her left and froze. From the lapping waves of the Circular river, a large, glowing blue shape was swiftly moving below the bridge...



Wh-wha-what the hell is that now...? God, it better not be ET riding a fucking T-REX or I will seriously just skewer myself on this railing, right now! Saoirse half joked, not expecting an ET on a T-REX... however... she was terrified to find out what it really was. She watched the blue glow in the water draw closer... and then saw... sparks? No... sizzles. Of electricity. "Dude, this can't be... what am I looking at...?" She shakily asked herself, not knowing any creature that could do something so... unnatural. Then again, Zombies and Frogmen exist... so for all she knew it could be a water horse, or a kelpie or a-



-a ghost... shark? She blinked her eyes, really hoping her cigs weren't laced with LSD or she somehow inhaled too much of the same air as Cory. Something... was fucking off about that shark. It glowed, it sparked with electricity and it was still... still! Not moving, now standing beneath her, blinking up at her with large, doll like eyes...

It watched her... as she shifted her movement, and she slowly waved... watching its eyes react to her movements. She began to shimmy across the beam... slowly, the red head observing her observer to see how they reacted... though it was ballsy. Great, so if I fall, I'll at least be fried to death before I'm torn apart and eaten like a seal... granted... with how big that thing is below me, I don't think there will be anything left of my body, no blood, just... ULLLP.... God thats oddly hot, but not... what the hell am I thinking?! Fucking Christ, shut up and concentrate, you need to keep moving and watching your bala-!?!

She gasped as she felt the weight of the beam shift slightly, causing her to jerk about wildly accidentally, her bleeding left leg-



dripped down onto the creature's glowing face! She froze, watching it closely now with sharp, pin pricked, emerald eyes... Now the true test begins...

Saoirse O'Neil wrote:She held onto what little remained of the rail, as she began to cross the warped steel beam, with one hand on the orange gun. "Okay... okay... whhhhhhy are you doing this, you crazy bitch?! You know you can't fucking stand heights...! Shit me... shit me man, what the fuuuuuck...!" She whimpered, shivering wishing she had a cigarette- which were on the other longer stretch of bridge somewhere behind her, unbeknownst to her.

She gulped, watching the fins circling her... seem more aggressive?!

Then, they swiftly moved off...? She stood there, balancing. "What the hell...?" Saoirse blinked, before she felt her hair stand on end, the lights- that remained, began to flicker as well as those that lost their circuits after the sharks pummeled through the walkway- which was something she STILL couldn't get over!

She looked over to her left and froze. From the lapping waves of the Circular river, a large, glowing blue shape was swiftly moving below the bridge...



Wh-wha-what the hell is that now...? God, it better not be ET riding a fucking T-REX or I will seriously just skewer myself on this railing, right now! Saoirse half joked, not expecting an ET on a T-REX... however... she was terrified to find out what it really was. She watched the blue glow in the water draw closer... and then saw... sparks? No... sizzles. Of electricity. "Dude, this can't be... what am I looking at...?" She shakily asked herself, not knowing any creature that could do something so... unnatural. Then again, Zombies and Frogmen exist... so for all she knew it could be a water horse, or a kelpie or a-



-a ghost... shark? She blinked her eyes, really hoping her cigs weren't laced with LSD or she somehow inhaled too much of the same air as Cory. Something... was fucking off about that shark. It glowed, it sparked with electricity and it was still... still! Not moving, now standing beneath her, blinking up at her with large, doll like eyes...

It watched her... as she shifted her movement, and she slowly waved... watching its eyes react to her movements. She began to shimmy across the beam... slowly, the red head observing her observer to see how they reacted... though it was ballsy. Great, so if I fall, I'll at least be fried to death before I'm torn apart and eaten like a seal... granted... with how big that thing is below me, I don't think there will be anything left of my body, no blood, just... ULLLP.... God thats oddly hot, but not... what the hell am I thinking?! Fucking Christ, shut up and concentrate, you need to keep moving and watching your bala-!?!

She gasped as she felt the weight of the beam shift slightly, causing her to jerk about wildly accidentally, her bleeding left leg-



dripped down onto the creature's glowing face! She froze, watching it closely now with sharp, pin pricked, emerald eyes... Now the true test begins...

The immense creature's eyes followed the girl as she nervously waived at her. The eyes looked from the hands, back to the face. 'This one reminds me of the ones in white back home. Hina, Kama, The nice ones anyway.' the creature thought as she looked at her, cocking it's head sideways slightly like a puzzled yet curious German Sheperd dog.

When the girl's blood droplet hit her on the nose, the creature didn't seem to react, as the water was saturated with fresh blood anyway, plus, this creature learned long ago that humans, at least smaller ones, were not particularly filling. However, this one reminded her of one of her carers. That long wavy red hair...

Suddenly, the glow of the creature dimmed, and the various protrusions seemed to flatten against it's body, and also dimmed. The arcs of electrical energy stopped when this happened, like the creature was powering down it's electrical energy, and it seemed to swim backwards, slightly resubmerging it's head beneath the water, till only it's eyes and snout remained above water, looking at Saorise as she tried to shimmy her way along the damaged I-Beam of metal.



'This one reminds me of Hina... Hina was kind to me...' the creature thought, reflecting on her memories as a little pup. How this 'Hina' and a few of the other people in white coats didn't treat her and her kind poorly. Some of them offered food and pats, some even played with her in the water. She would do puzzles and perform amazing physical feats, or give her food if she found the right pathway to it.

Then those other humans in strange black clothes, carrying metal devices came in, and took her kind humans away. There was a lot of angry noises from them. One of her friends fell down after a bright yellow flash from a device the man in black used... and that one never got up again. he was dragged away... The creature didn't like those bad humans in black.

(OOC: ** Hina and Kama are Dr. Hinomoto and Dr. Kamura, nods to their players respectively )

Saoirse managed to keep her balance, thankfully. "Hah...hah.... phew..." she breathes. With her balance returned, she glanced back down at the shark who seemed to... well, for like, the lack of a better word, 'powered down'? It also seemed to recede backwards, still watching her in place. Movements that were not normal for a shark. Okay, weird... but it doesn't seem interested in me... yet. So long as it stays there and me up here, I'm fine wherever it staying. I don't wanna get wet right now... She thought, and continued the harrowing balancing act across the I beam. By mid way it groaned a little, making her dip down slightly, her large Milk Makers flopping as she did, making her feel that sense of vertigo again! "Shit-shit-shit-!" She spat quickly, picking up her pace, feeling like the beam was falling...! But it wasn't, just her fear making her believe so. She hopped across the rest of the beam, and landed onto the other side-

CRACK!

"-FUCK!" Sersh shrieked, eyes pinpricked as she felt the concrete break loose beneath her boots, the bridge sliding upward- because she was falling down! Luckily for her, she managed to grab hold of the ledge with her left hand, as her body swung and hung under the bridge! Dangling nine or so feet up from the deep water, and the creatures that lurk within it, she felt adrenaline rush through her system! "Okkaay... Okaaay, Sersh... y-you... you got this... jus-just sw-sw-sw-swing...." she stuttered, feeling fear creep through her as she looked down YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO LOOK DOWN! She snapped her head back up, the ledge feeling so far away, the flare gun in her other hand. She knew what she had to do, but was terrified and worried about her weaker hand's grip! She probably would have already pissed her pants if she hadn't used the restroom earlier! Her legs kicking, blood still hitting the water, and she was worried those other sharks might try to come back if not the one that was still observing her no doubt!

Don't panic! Just... pull yourself up, swing your other hand up... She told herself, and began to do so, swinging her right hand up, tossing the flare gun onto the solid part of the bridge, and used her now free hand to try and pull herself up! Now... grip the ledge. You can do this, you've done chin ups before! You never beat Kieran, but if you do this? You'll blow his record out of the water- DON'T THINK OF THE WATER! JUST PULL YOURSELF UP BITCH! She gave herself 'tough love' but the competitive side of her agreed with beating Kieran. "Okay... pull...!!" she grunted, as she felt about for some solid purchase, legs pedaling hard, flutter kicking as she tried to pull her fat ass up onto the bridge!

Saoirse O'Neil wrote:Saoirse managed to keep her balance, thankfully. "Hah...hah.... phew..." she breathes. With her balance returned, she glanced back down at the shark who seemed to... well, for like, the lack of a better word, 'powered down'? It also seemed to recede backwards, still watching her in place. Movements that were not normal for a shark. Okay, weird... but it doesn't seem interested in me... yet. So long as it stays there and me up here, I'm fine wherever it staying. I don't wanna get wet right now... She thought, and continued the harrowing balancing act across the I beam. By mid way it groaned a little, making her dip down slightly, her large Milk Makers flopping as she did, making her feel that sense of vertigo again! "Shit-shit-shit-!" She spat quickly, picking up her pace, feeling like the beam was falling...! But it wasn't, just her fear making her believe so. She hopped across the rest of the beam, and landed onto the other side-

CRACK!

"-FUCK!" Sersh shrieked, eyes pinpricked as she felt the concrete break loose beneath her boots, the bridge sliding upward- because she was falling down! Luckily for her, she managed to grab hold of the ledge with her left hand, as her body swung and hung under the bridge! Dangling nine or so feet up from the deep water, and the creatures that lurk within it, she felt adrenaline rush through her system! "Okkaay... Okaaay, Sersh... y-you... you got this... jus-just sw-sw-sw-swing...." she stuttered, feeling fear creep through her as she looked down YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO LOOK DOWN! She snapped her head back up, the ledge feeling so far away, the flare gun in her other hand. She knew what she had to do, but was terrified and worried about her weaker hand's grip! She probably would have already pissed her pants if she hadn't used the restroom earlier! Her legs kicking, blood still hitting the water, and she was worried those other sharks might try to come back if not the one that was still observing her no doubt!

Don't panic! Just... pull yourself up, swing your other hand up... She told herself, and began to do so, swinging her right hand up, tossing the flare gun onto the solid part of the bridge, and used her now free hand to try and pull herself up! Now... grip the ledge. You can do this, you've done chin ups before! You never beat Kieran, but if you do this? You'll blow his record out of the water- DON'T THINK OF THE WATER! JUST PULL YOURSELF UP BITCH! She gave herself 'tough love' but the competitive side of her agreed with beating Kieran. "Okay... pull...!!" she grunted, as she felt about for some solid purchase, legs pedaling hard, flutter kicking as she tried to pull her fat ass up onto the bridge!

The sparky shark may not have been interested in the blood in the water, or the smell of it... but one of the Gammas who took shelter on the shore from the Neptunes could smell the blood, and no longer feel the presence of the sparky shark (since she powered down). It made an amphibious sound as it leaped high, hopping over to the rubble, sensing the fluttering movement in the air above it as it perched itself atop some debris from the bridge. It looked up, unaware of the shark still present, who was half hidden, almost 'shyly' in the water. Given it did not feel threatened, the Gamma wet its lumpy lips before opening its jaws wide!



It leaped up like this, engulfing Saoirse's kicking legs up to her knees! It's large, webbed hands gripped her hips, as it now hung there, suckling the blood running off her leg, its own, warty body swinging with the now screaming woman as they swayed back and forth like a swing! Her silky, creamy flesh tasted succulent, and it began to move up her legs, pulling itself up to her juicy thighs! Her ankles were deep down its throat, unable to kick, legs pinned together in tight, slimy and intense humidity as a creature almost half her size tried to devour her whilst she hung precariously! It had a lack of teeth, the Gamma, so she could only feel the smooth flesh of its gummy interior, the short tongue slithering between her thighs, almost lewdly, as it lapped and enjoyed the taste of her pale, creamy flesh!

Saoirse O'Neil wrote:Saoirse managed to keep her balance, thankfully. "Hah...hah.... phew..." she breathes. With her balance returned, she glanced back down at the shark who seemed to... well, for like, the lack of a better word, 'powered down'? It also seemed to recede backwards, still watching her in place. Movements that were not normal for a shark. Okay, weird... but it doesn't seem interested in me... yet. So long as it stays there and me up here, I'm fine wherever it staying. I don't wanna get wet right now... She thought, and continued the harrowing balancing act across the I beam. By mid way it groaned a little, making her dip down slightly, her large Milk Makers flopping as she did, making her feel that sense of vertigo again! "Shit-shit-shit-!" She spat quickly, picking up her pace, feeling like the beam was falling...! But it wasn't, just her fear making her believe so. She hopped across the rest of the beam, and landed onto the other side-

CRACK!

"-FUCK!" Sersh shrieked, eyes pinpricked as she felt the concrete break loose beneath her boots, the bridge sliding upward- because she was falling down! Luckily for her, she managed to grab hold of the ledge with her left hand, as her body swung and hung under the bridge! Dangling nine or so feet up from the deep water, and the creatures that lurk within it, she felt adrenaline rush through her system! "Okkaay... Okaaay, Sersh... y-you... you got this... jus-just sw-sw-sw-swing...." she stuttered, feeling fear creep through her as she looked down YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO LOOK DOWN! She snapped her head back up, the ledge feeling so far away, the flare gun in her other hand. She knew what she had to do, but was terrified and worried about her weaker hand's grip! She probably would have already pissed her pants if she hadn't used the restroom earlier! Her legs kicking, blood still hitting the water, and she was worried those other sharks might try to come back if not the one that was still observing her no doubt!

Don't panic! Just... pull yourself up, swing your other hand up... She told herself, and began to do so, swinging her right hand up, tossing the flare gun onto the solid part of the bridge, and used her now free hand to try and pull herself up! Now... grip the ledge. You can do this, you've done chin ups before! You never beat Kieran, but if you do this? You'll blow his record out of the water- DON'T THINK OF THE WATER! JUST PULL YOURSELF UP BITCH! She gave herself 'tough love' but the competitive side of her agreed with beating Kieran. "Okay... pull...!!" she grunted, as she felt about for some solid purchase, legs pedaling hard, flutter kicking as she tried to pull her fat ass up onto the bridge!

The shark watched as the red haired girl tried to climb her way to safety, with curiosity. She was about to swim up to her, and give her a little nidge under her foot to help her up, when her senses, her smell, her sight, and her electromagnetic sensors all picked up on the Gamma that had made it's way across the broken section of the foot bridge towards Saorise.

Now, to Skybolt, the presence of another B.O.W was considered a free meal, especially since, beyond providing much needed sustenance such as protein and fat, B.O.Ws carried one thing that regular prey items did not, mutagen. And whether Skybolt knew it or not, her enhanced senses made her brain aware that the more of it she consumed, the stronger she could get.

U331 wrote:The sparky shark may not have been interested in the blood in the water, or the smell of it... but one of the Gammas who took shelter on the shore from the Neptunes could smell the blood, and no longer feel the presence of the sparky shark (since she powered down). It made an amphibious sound as it leaped high, hopping over to the rubble, sensing the fluttering movement in the air above it as it perched itself atop some debris from the bridge. It looked up, unaware of the shark still present, who was half hidden, almost 'shyly' in the water. Given it did not feel threatened, the Gamma wet its lumpy lips before opening its jaws wide!



It leaped up like this, engulfing Saoirse's kicking legs up to her knees! It's large, webbed hands gripped her hips, as it now hung there, suckling the blood running off her leg, its own, warty body swinging with the now screaming woman as they swayed back and forth like a swing! Her silky, creamy flesh tasted succulent, and it began to move up her legs, pulling itself up to her juicy thighs! Her ankles were deep down its throat, unable to kick, legs pinned together in tight, slimy and intense humidity as a creature almost half her size tried to devour her whilst she hung precariously! It had a lack of teeth, the Gamma, so she could only feel the smooth flesh of its gummy interior, the short tongue slithering between her thighs, almost lewdly, as it lapped and enjoyed the taste of her pale, creamy flesh!

However, restraint almost went out of the window entirely when the frog made it's attack on the girl. 'No, she not for eating! You are!' the creature's mind whirled as her jaw distended in a snarling look. But she also knew using the electrical ability would also hurt the little frail human, and she didn't want that. 'Old fashioned way it is then, hope your proud mom.' she thought, as she flicked her tail aggressively, and made her own lunge out of the water, bright cyan blue jaws agape, before they crashed into the side of the gamma's body, slamming shut like a giant bear trap, spraying it's blood and gore into the water.



The shark left enough of the creatures upper chest and head out of it's mouth to not hurt the girl, as she shook her head once, snapping the creature's lower two thirds off, before falling into the water with the shredded remaining two thirds of the creature flopping in her mouth, it's tattered skin and flesh visible as dark blotches between her glowing teeth. She shook her head only once or twice before the giant spasm of her gullet sent the remains to her stomach in a single swallow. Only when the girl was safe did she unfurl her electric coils, the bulbs illuminating and started generating energy again, warning off others to make such a foolish attempt.

She may not be amphibious like the Gammas, but she could fend off a swarm of the little froggies even from the water on land, as the sounds of distant thunderous storm clouds could begin to be heard....

"What the fuck?! Get off me!!" Sersh screamed, unable to flutter her legs thanks to them currently being occupied by the second, slimy frogman's gullet! She looked down, alarmed at the creature who managed to grip her hips with its weird, hybrid webbed and slime covered claws! "GET OFF MAN! GET THE FUCK OFF ME!!" She shrieked, wiggling her hips, feeling the toothless creature pull itself up her legs- the sticky, gross feeling of its humid throat, the moist undulating flesh wrapped around her calves and ankles! It was moist, tight and very hot where her ankles were and she winced as she felt the odd, slimy tongue slither between her thighs as its large mouth climbed up to her mid thighs! "How the hell are you even doing that man?!" Saoirse shrieked, swishing her hips side to side, her breasts pumping up and down as she felt her grip loosen due to the creature's weight! "N-no no no!!" she screamed, wide eyed, anxious, heart climbing into her throat! What the fuck man?! Am I seriously going to get eaten by Mr. FUCKING TOAD?! She mentally screamed, squirming violently before.. the hands around her waist dropped!

"Huh?!" She gasped, glancing down at the creature just hanging off her thighs. She could see blood gushing from below it, bathing the shark in crimson as its massive body dipped back into the brackish water. "Holy fuck it ate it!" Saoirse screamed with amazement! Did it save me or was that simply the Luck of the Irish? Yeah, I'll take whatever makes me live longer! Now... I need to seriously get my ass back up on solid ground! The red head began wiggling her hips, forcing her legs to spread and kick as she winced and swung her body forward and back! "C'mon...fucker! Let. GO!" she strained before swinging her legs forwards and under the bridge, the slimy frog's upper half launching off of her shapely legs, slime running down each of them as they braced the cooler night air once again!

Splash!

The Gamma's body hit the water, and she now hung there again, free to actually climb back up! "Eyuuugh... that's sick, yeugh...!" she complained at the feeling of the slimy goop running down her legs. She shook her head side to side, her ponytail swishing. "Okay, just gotta... climb up...!" She grunted, straining herself, her eyes shut tight, her teeth bared! She pulled herself up, slowly, managing to plop her double D's up onto the remaining half of the bridge, then, winking her green eyes open, she grunts as she slides her stomach up and over as well! "Almost, there-" she whimpered, chest flattening on the bridge's surface! She dragged herself across the concrete, kicking her legs furiously as if it were helping (despite it not). "---haaaa!" She gasped, throwing her guitar case off her back, letting it slide against the bridge before turning and laying onto her back! "Ha...hah.... ha....." she breathed in and out, her bosom rising and falling, one of the flare shells she had tossed into her bra coming loose, bounced off her sternum and smacked her in the face, making her lids twitch. "..ha-ow!...Hrmm..." She grumbled with irritated eyes. Sharks in the Circular River? Now she wondered if this creature that saved her was the infamous 'Vicki' the Victoria Lake, Lake Monster. No... that one's supposed to look like a Elasmosaurus, like Nessy according to the rumors... She corrected herself, then went still. Her large green eyes got very small as she had a sudden, terrifying thought: Oh my God...Is Vicki OR Nessy real?!

Gulping, as she pictured herself suddenly staring at a long dinosaur neck, a reptilian head looking down at her, licking its chops as she screams only to be clamped down to her thighs, lifted up and unceremoniously eaten! A bulge traveling down a long, waterslide of death...!

Silently, yet swiftly, Saoirse lifted her ass and back walked a few more feet, allowing her dangling legs to slid up onto the bridge fully. She lay there hands on her stomach, moving the flares from her bra back to her waist bag before that. "Shit man... monsters, cryptids... fresh water great whites. Zombies. Frog people? Dude, this is either one wicked ass acid trip or the world is more... dangerous than I would have ever imagined. Here I thought student loans are bad, at least they don't unfold themselves out of the envelope and try to rip your head off! No one's gonna fucking believe this, how will the man try to explain this shit dude? How...?" She says blinking. She needed a smoke...

She patted her pockets, and closed her eyes. "Shit..." she sighed, reopening her eyes half way. She felt as if she fell asleep, maybe she'd wake up in her bed? Or the distressed leather couch at work? She closed her eyes again...



The wind howled, and she listened past the sound of the waves below her. Saoirse could hear... that chorus of the undead once again. She slowly reopened her green eyes. "Oh gawd... it's real... I just... survived that. I'm alone. Alive... in the City of the Dead..." She shuttered at the thought. She shuttered, and felt hot tears roll down her freckled cheeks again. Her family were out there in this... fucking mess. God... Sean was hurt, Pat and Kieran are missing, Dad's hopefully still waiting for all of us at the Station. I gotta... I gotta get to them. I need to see them, need to be with them. Damn it, this fucking blows man! Shit... this is fucking FUBAR dude!!

Saoirse slowly sat up, sighing heavily, wiping her green eyes with the corners of her sleeves. She slowly collected herself, and checked her leg.



She'd suffered worse from mountain biking in the Akrlay, but she was worried if anything else out there would be drawn to the blood. She would need to patch it up, but the idiot she was, never bothered grabbing a medkit from Sam's! "Well, I ain't trapeze-ing myself back over to find out... hell with that. And fuck man!" she grumbled, tossing back her head! "My fucking bike! Ugh... well, at least my old one isn't on the bottom of the fucking river. Still, I liked those bikes... both of them! Shit, this fucking bites..."

She slowly pulled herself back up to her feet, still shivering as the slimy saliva of the frog man still coated her legs! That made her slightly worried as well... she'd have to disinfect the wound. She'd hazard a guess that the frogger didn't exactly keep his mouth or throat clean. If she learned anything from University, it was that bacteria was at its most concentrated in the mouth, even if you brushed. Human mouths were disgusting, if you think about it... She'd never French kiss a dude... not that she had reason to in the first place. Fucking ick, man.

She grabbed the flare pistol, and tucked it back into her bag, before picking up her guitar case again. She thought about it for a moment... and unzipped the bag. Saoirse pulled out the ebony electric guitar, and slowly began removing the six strings. She set them back into the back, zipped it up and slid the bag around her shoulder, strap between her breasts again. It was expensive... but she figured if it was between it and her life? She'll chose her life. She could always get a new guitar... a new bike. She held the improvised club by the neck, holding the wider end of the neck in her other hand, the axe like shape of the weighted end was now beside her face as she held the 'weapon' diagonally in front of her. She leaned over to the side of the bridge, just making out the faint glow of the shark. She still had a bit of a travel across the bridge... and she was going to hope it wasn't going to turn on her now... at this point, despite the rescue, she wasn't going to take any more chances. "Thanks..." she said softly to the glowing creature, before continuing down the rest of the bridge's length:

(to the 'other' side of the bridge... )