hollow plots and zombens

[made_up_names]

WHO: Peter Parker, Zomben, and all sorts of unlucky people
WHAT: Hollow!Uncle Ben (aka Zomben) has started to show up on campus. There will be an open comment (for generally being chased) as well as specific prompts for pre-plotted encounters.
WHEN: Very late on January 27th, forward dated to later in the week as well.
WHERE: Campus in general, also the gazebo in Soleil.

( Prompts are below so I can set up a general timeline-ish-thing! katoptron or Rho#9327 if you want me to set up something specific. Or just zoom yourself to the open comment and we'll just have some fun there.

I will match format, so if you prefer prose, prose away! )

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[made_up_names]

[ Right. Right. Ben needs this and so does Ben. He lays down the second one, then dashes to the next. His fingers are shaking by now; there's blood in the runes too. He can only hope that that makes them a little stronger? God knows his magical power is incredibly shitty so he needs all the help he can get.

But - finally, he lays down the last line. ]

I got it, I got it!

[ He turns back to Bee and Ben to see what - if anything - that actually did. ]

[thebreakfastbug]

[Lines of light race between each of the three points and up towards the center. Bee dives through them, grabbing his missing fender on the way out. Just in the nick of time, too, as shield walls build between the lines, trapping Ben inside a pyramid of light.

""TSCHE-CHU-CHU-CHU-TSCHE"

The armor transforms back into vehicle mode, still missing that fender. Bee climbs out of the car, and taps on the shield. Seems solid enough.]

Nice work Peter. You okay?

[made_up_names]

[ The Hollow roars again, bashing itself against the barrier. But - for the moment at least, it holds. Maybe it won't last, but for now it's good, solid. ]

I - yeah. I'm fine.

[ He stumbles back over to Bee, exhausted and bloodied but relatively unhurt. ]

That was a hell of a rescue.

[thebreakfastbug]

Bee shrugs. "My CO would've given me 7 out of 10."

Texting the relevant faculty to come and check on the trapped Hollow only yakes a few moments. Bee looks up at Ben, still curious about what caused all this.

"Mr. Parker? If you're awake in there, you want to tell me why you were trying to kill your own nephew?"

[made_up_names]

That's a damn good question, honestly. The Hollow is a bit too monstrous to answer clearly - it appears to get kind of incoherent now that it's a spider creature and not humanoid. Instead, it rumbles something about he doesn't belong here and he needs to come home.

A soft sigh from Peter. He rubs at this face, just. Exhausted. "That's all I can get out of him," he says, quiet. He's achingly fond of his uncle still, despite everything. "He doesn't want me here. So I guess he wants me dead. With him in whatever afterlife that is."

Despite the obvious horror, there's the slightest hint of longing in Peter's voice. He wants to have his uncle back, just not like this.