Godzillaaaaa [open to multiple]

[has_a_horn]

There's something new about the city this afternoon. It's not particularly hard to miss. At about noon, a giant scaled figure emerges from the Hudson River, emits a loud screeching roar, and heads for central park.

It's Godzilla, straight out of the 1954 Toho film.

Or, rather, that's what it looks like. Gabriel has a scheme, and this scheme involves in-fluxing a little bit of fun into this city with a grand-scale illusion. His idea of fun might need some work, by human standards, but this is exactly the thing for him at the moment. There are news reports on the radio and television, both in English and in Japanese, but they aren't given by any newscasters anyone in New York might be familiar with, because Gabriel is projecting them.

As Godzilla shakes the water off it's back and walks onto the island, Gabriel pulls out his phone and texts Peter. He really needs him involved with this.

[ooc: Godzilla will make his way across the city, having a good smash. Feel free to run into it anywhere. As this is Gabe's illusion, any interactions with Godzilla will be controlled by Gabriel, even if he's not nearby. People Gabriel doesn't like might want to avoid getting underfoot, or else they'll feel the bone crunching effects of being stepped on, even if nothing has actually happened.]

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[powerdealer]

Staring at the lizard, it hits him how ridiculous this situation is. His archangel part-time roommate was just murdered by Godzilla. And he still had time to give an inspiring speech. Of course he did, it's Gabriel. Of course he had to go out with a huge pop culture reference.

Seth isn't feeling particularly inspired though. Mostly he's feeling pissed and shell-shocked. And then he's feeling panicked and over-heated. Pure instinct makes him raise his arm to shield himself, making himself intangible, though he doubts it will work. For a moment he thinks it does, but then he realises that's not what's holding off the flames.

Gabe's last way of rescuing Seth, then. The thought that this stupid, bloody lizard has cost the life of someone who actually looked out for Seth, in his own obnoxious, cheesy way, brings the anger to forefront again.

Seth takes out another arrow, pulling it back in a fluid motion and aiming for just a moment, trusting Gabriel's word that his will is enough, and lets it fly straight at Godzilla's eye. "Fuck you too," he breathes, because Gabe would've wanted a one-liner.

[has_a_horn]

And what a one-liner it is. Gabriel is so proud. The arrow hits true, disappearing into the flesh of the creature's eye. Godzilla staggers back as if it was a much larger blow, roaring in pain and whipping it's head back and worth, as if it is trying to dislodge the arrow.

The area of scales around Godzilla's eye begin to shift color, sickly green turning to a burning orange that spreads. The eye, already punctured, is replaced by a burning ember as the rest of the body transforms, burning away from the inside. It's a horrible sight, but it doesn't last long. Godzilla staggers and falls, in the process falling into a building that crumbles at the impact. The monster is dead before it hits the ground.

[powerdealer]

Seth watches in disgust and relief, wincing as another building gets hit. He wonders if Gabe got the strength to teleport away before he hit the ground...
Once Godzilla has hit the ground and the building underneath his feet stops trembling, he walks over to the edge, peering cautiously down the side of the building, but it's impossible to tell if he can see Gabe's body down there.

His eyes move to the giant lizard corpse. That's gonna be one hell of a clean-up job...

"Fuck me..." he comments numbly, taking a ragged breath before looking around, then heading for the door that presumably leads to the stairs.

[has_a_horn]

As Seth starts to walk away, sad music starts to play. It builds in volume quickly and seems to be coming from nowhere in particular.

As the music comes to a close, Gabriel appears behind Seth, sitting in a row of plush red theatre seats. He applauds, grinning.

[powerdealer]

Seth stops when the music plays. No. No, this is getting ridiculous. He looks around, but there's nothing to be seen.

Until, of course, he hears applause behind him, and he whips around.

"Gabe!" His face breaks into a relieved grin. However, the smile quickly starts to fade when he realises this surely isn't Gabriel narrowly avoiding death. There seems to be nothing wrong with his powers now, after all.

[has_a_horn]

He jumps up and the row of chairs disappear behind him as he goes. "Seth!" He grins and hugs Seth, then pulls back, holding him by the shoulders. "That was an amazing performance."

[powerdealer]

Seth doesn't exactly hug back, but he doesn't push him away either. His expression has turned serious, though. Performance. Of course everything's always a performance.

"You weren't really in danger, were you?"

[has_a_horn]

Gabriel smiles and pats Seth on the shoulders before he drops his hands. "You're a smart one, Seth. I've always thought so." He shakes his head in answer to Seth's question while he jogs over to the still crumbled edge of the building where he'd staged his death. "Nope. My tragic death was the setup for the heroic climax. That's some quality storytelling right there, don't deny it."

He turns towards Seth with a grin on his face. "Come on." He holds up his arms, miming a bow and mimics Seth's voice. "'fuck you, too'. That was great."

[powerdealer]

It's not hard to tell that Seth is not as amused by this as Gabriel is. In fact he's so baffled and, well, angry, that he's having trouble even coming up with something to say.

"That's... That's not storytelling, that's being a dick to your friends," he answers angrily.

[has_a_horn]

"What?" Gabriel scrunches his face up, confused at Seth's reaction. "You just starred in your own personal monster movie. You didn't have any fun?" How could he not have fun with something like this? He'd even given him tragic motivation for the final scene. How is that not awesome?

[powerdealer]

"Oh, yeah it's fun to think billions of people are in danger, and then on top of that, that your friend just died," Seth answers sarcastically, throwing away the bow and quiver, even as he assumes they're illusions too. "You can't just use people as your puppets and expect them to like it!"

[has_a_horn]

Gabriel can't help but let his mouth tick up into a pleased smirk. "You think of me as a friend?"

[powerdealer]

Seth just stares disbelievingly at him for several seconds, then reaches up to rub his temples with one hand. "For fuck's sake, Gabriel..."

[has_a_horn]

Gabriel chuckles and steps over so that he can throw an arm around Seth's shoulders. He jostles him a little, in a friendly way meant to shake Seth of his reservations. "Come on, let's go back to mine. We can have a drink. Have you ever invented a cocktail? I think it's time the world had a new one."

[powerdealer]

Seth shrugs him off, shaking his head, and heads for the stairway again. "I have somewhere to be," he answers coldly. He knows he could ask Gabe for a lift, but he doesn't much feel like it at the moment.

[has_a_horn]

Gabriel frowns as Seth walks away, but he doesn't make to follow him down. "Sure. Another time." In the next moment, the illusion of Gabriel disappears from the roof.