Thread: Exploring the Underground (Chris/Nos)

Chris shrugs at the gentle comment, then crowches, "I don't know, they seem to be doing a pretty good job" he says putting a hand out to one of the mice. He snaps his hand away as one of the mice lunges for it, teeth bared, "see?" he says, looking at payton. Chris takes the leather glove off, then pricks his palm with a fang, he breaths out soft squeeks at the mouse, the mouse aperently conviced Chris is a friend curls up on his palm, drinking happily, "I think I'll keep him"

Peyton smiles at Chris and blushes a little.

"Pets are always good, they were all I had after mother and father died."

She looks sad a moment, then looks at the other two mice.

"I wonder if I could find a cage for the other two. I love having animals around."

"Yeah, I guess pets would give a constant factor to this new life of ours", He stands and slips the ball of fur into his pocket along with his hand, "Well, if you intend to take them, you should do it now, I don't think it would be to hard to find a cage, but I could build you one if you need it."

She smiles when he mentions making a cage, scoops up the last two mice and puts then in a pocket.

"I'll give you some crackers when we get back to my room."

She stands and looks at Chris.

"Where to now?"

Chris walks to the door, noting the rats scattering as he opens it, "Let's see, we were going this way." he continues in the direction they were going, leading Payton again in a laberynthine pattern, it seems like he has done something like this before.

As they turn a corner, they see an unnatural amount of light coming out of one of the tunnels, they turn the corner to see a girl and a boy about 12 years old facing off against three large snakes, "Jack, kill it, kill it" the girl screams, hiding behind the boy. the boy is brandishing a steel pipe at the snake and the girl is holding a flashlight.

Chris obfuscates, pulling shadows around himself, and steps forward silently. He stays almost invisible in the dim light untill he steps in front of the children and the flashlight beam hits him, the effect on the kids is instant, and he picks up the dropped pipe as they scramble further behind him and toword Payton.

His silhouette cast outward apon the snakes from the light of the flashlight, he stands solidly, as if a wall, between the kids and the snakes as they hiss at him, the pipe hanging limply in his hand.

Peyton stands there, when the kids run towards her she can only look at them.

"What are you two doing down here?"

The mice in her pocket start to move around as they hear the hissing of the snakes. She looks towards Chris, worried. She takes the kids heads, and holds them close to her body.

One of the snakes leaps for Chris, and there is an audible crunch as Chris bring the pipe up and the snake bites down on it. Chris flicks the pipe forward hard and sends the snake flying into one of the others and the go tubbling down the tunnel.

as the other snake lunges, Chris is unable to recover quickly enough to block, but as he braces himself for the bite, the mouse leaps out of his pocket and goes to work on the snakes eyes, this give Chris enough time to wind up and slug the snake down the tunnel after it's companions.

chris puts a hand down and the field mouse scurries up to his shoulder, "I told you they did well by themselves, though I don't think they normal fight snakes" he nudges the mouse under the chin