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[ The boy who appears on the screen looks to be very far up in the air, right around he gathering of storm clouds, and on the move. Occasionally, a flash of gold metal can be seen in the video. He looks a little bit frazzled and a lot excited with a dash of terror. ]

Hey guys! I think it's time to saddle the wagons and circle the horses or whatever that saying is. There's monsters that seriously need to be made into monster mash! And I kind of miss the snow if this is the alternative.

[ There's a roar and a creak of metal before an entirely different sort of roar sounds. An arrow whizzes past Leo's face, just barely missing him. ]

Uh, this mostly for Percy & Annabeth (hi Annabeth!) but I'm multitasking a lot of things right now and maybe this can kind of be a warning that if you can't or won't fight, maybe you should stay inside! And don't worry, Percy, Festus and me, and maybe others, we've totally got this under control!

[ There's a crooked smile and another arrow whizzes through Leo's wayward curls just over his head before the feed cuts out to the sound of another roar. ]

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Uh... you safe? Because you need to stay safe and there's bad stuff going on outside.

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Oh hey. If I bring them to you can you, uh, you know, do what hero-types do? [ Kill them. He means kill them. ]

Cause... incoming! [ From up above there's a woosh of air. A massive golden dragon is swooping down with one of the creatures held in its metal jaws. Yes, the dragon is metal. At the helm, Leo waves excitedly to her. ] You ready to make some monster mash??

Uhhh, I guess that kind of depends on what kind of hero stuff is actually required. [ Because yeah, she totally gets it, she just...hasn't ever encountered specifically this sort of thing before and doesn't really know where to start...

But when she looks up and sees him waving at her from on top of one of the things, a surprised laugh escapes her and Laura runs a hand through her hair, shaking her head as she grins up at him. ]

Ready, sure. Able? We'll see. Bring it on.

You can do it! I have faith. Plus, you look totally hero-y. [ He knows better than most how kick ass girls can be. He's underestimated a girl exactly one time, many many moons ago, and learned that lesson pretty fast.

The creature roars and struggles in Festus the dragon's giant metal claws. The claws have punctured the creature's wings so that it can't fly. Leo brings Festus down lower to drop the beast just a foot away from Laura. Then Leo circles above, straining his neck to look down and hope he didn't just kill someone. It might not have operational wings, but it still has claws and teeth. ]

Come on... come on.... [ This is said to himself as he urges her to be heroic. ]

[ While Laura doubts the "hero-y" look of herself, she appreciates that at least he's not discounting her because she's a girl. That's a mistake a few too many people have made in her life and she's never really been all that shy about setting them straight.

She honestly has no idea how best to take this thing down, but her best guess is its underside. Everything is more vulnerable on its underside; it's the reason animals won't roll onto their backs until they trust a person not to hurt them. ]

Move. Make sure you get anyone around out of the way.

[ Because, for all she knows, they're surrounded by spectators; she's been paying more attention to the beast than her surroundings.

Laura sustains a pretty nasty swipe of claws to her shoulder, but as it starts to bleed, she looks more annoyed and put out than in pain, even though it hurts like a bitch. She swipes back, catching one of its eyes and her stomach turns as she makes a sound of displeasure at the resulting sensation under her fingers and the cry of pain that escapes the beast. It's not going to just roll over, she knows, so she's got to find a way to get close enough to flip the damn thing over. The strength to do it is there, but with the way it's flailing certainly isn't helping her cause.

Her shoulder is already starting to heal, the bleeding having stopped and even though the pain is still there, Laura fights through it and ducks her head to avoid claws to her face as she jolts forward and lifts the beast like it's nothing, tossing it a few feet away and flipping it onto its back. Its body shape makes it difficult for the thing to roll back over and Laura approaches again, this time with the upper hand. ]

Sorry, buddy. Killing people is not cool.

[ The words come out quietly and almost apologetically as she tears at its stomach with clawed hands of her own. It's clearly in pain and it's slowing its fight, but in spite of the pool of blood forming around it, gushing from its chest and stomach, it doesn't seem to want to give up. ]

Oh, come on, are you kidding me?

[ The good news is that Festus's metal claws have punctured the beasts' wings enough that it can't fly away from Laura. The bad news is that it's hard to play crowd control when you're on top of a giant metal dragon flying the skies. So any spectators are going to have to use their brains and run.

Although, Leo doesn't see many people milling about. Most have holed up inside, thank the gods.

Leo both is and isn't surprised to see her heal so quickly. He likes people with super powers. That means he doesn't have to worry about them so much. ]

It's usually the head or the heart! Sometimes hearts and heads, although not in this case. You can do it! I'm gonna get another one!

[ Leo and Festus are flying upward and upward toward the hoard of beasts. Festus's fire can burn their thin wings off but that would send a number of them tumbling to the ground. He needs to wait and see what happens when Laura finds the sweet spot. So Festus clomps another of the beasts in his metal jaws and they begin to descend again. Leo cranes his neck to check on Laura. ]

[ Laura looks up when he says he's going to get another one. She hasn't even finished off this one and she still hasn't figured out how. Is he suggesting she ought to just reach into the beast and drag out its heart? Because that feels very...villain in a fairytale to her; she's not really sure she's got the stomach for all that. ]

Killing me, here, kid...

[ That's more muttered to herself than aloud specifically for him to hear, but it's still aloud all the same. Here goes nothing...

Laura closes her eyes and wrinkles her nose as she tears further into the beast, a gag reflex being choked back when she can feel more fleshy bits catching under her claws. The beast, finally, goes still and Laura staggers back, shaking her arms in a jerking motion, sending excess blood flying off of her. ]

Gross...

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