Bedknobs & Bookstores by Axiom | World Anvil

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Thu 15th Sep 2022 04:27

Bedknobs & Bookstores

by Axiom Hadrian Avner Foster

Here we go again, sent off on a mission to rescue "Peculiar" items from a Bookstore at Fort Collins. Why are we here? Shouldn't we be looking at the cannister mutagen that has been used against us at least twice? Nevertheless, here we are.
 
The building is on fire and the smoke is causing confusion and possibly hallucinations as some ghostly dogs are moving throughout the smoky area. The dogs start attacking us, I force shield up it takes a bite at Barry the Blaster guy. Not drawing blood, Barry almost laughs at it. He retaliates and knocks the beast out, it disappears into the fog, I think I hear it crashing along the ground. My Penetra vision allows me to see through the fog and the dog's tongue is lolling out of its mouth, looks like it may be out for a bit.
 
Suddenly a red motorcycle comes tearing onto the scene, and its driver seems to be dealing with its own demon mutts.
 
I flee into the ground and move towards the building, my team seems to be getting swarmed by these mutts, but I'm certain that Frankencrock can take them down, cause he's a scaly lizard and a large one at that!
 
The motorcycle comes around again pursued by mutts, but the driver seems to have lost control and goes crashing into the bookstore. I see the driver, also all dressed in red, get up and start looting things within the bookstore. "Hey, those are our items your looting Red Riding Hood," But she can't hear me, being underground as I am. I figure I should grab some of those items myself - I send my telekinetic hand to grab things as well.
 
The dogs start chasing after Red Riding Hood, they must be able to smell her or something. I can't see her but the dogs can sense her.
 
I snatch a plain looking cup, it looks like its wood, but isn't being consumed by the fire, I drag it out and place it on the trellis across the way.
 
The upstairs window breaks and somehow the bike that had crashed into the bookstore is now firing up and outside the bookstore. That doesn't make any sense, but there it is!! I try to disable the cycle by shutting it off, but Red Riding Hood just fires it up again and takes off again. Note to self, you need to practice with messing with vehicles so they can't just ride off into the sunset!!
 
I turn my attention back to the bookstore and grab another item out of the store. Then a third item.
 
As the IERA agents head into the building, I'm dragging another item out of the building, and suddenly a giant cockroach comes tunneling through the ground after me. I tunnel out of the ground and superleap to where I'd placed the items. The roach keeps following me. I grab the items and leap away from the following bug. It attempts to follow but I get away, score a success for IERA!!