poly_chromatic | Entry 557; Day 1192

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That's enough tries now to know the truth: my shots are doing nothing against them. But they're still milling about below the window here and shouting up at me and even trying to shoot back at me. Or, well, I'll call it that.

They haven't very good aim, though, I have to say.

He-Who-Kills has, for lack of a better way to put it, taken over one of them. It doesn't matter especially, but it means that they may be more vehicles than machines themselves--which is a more grotesque thought, I suppose.

Riff, as I said, He-Who-Kills has taken one of these things for himself and is guarding the opera house for us--he's hunting the things, and I think he's enjoying himself for it. I have no doubts about him--unless these creatures should organise themselves and attack him all at once. I've heard that these things, given their wheels, can't go up stairs. If we need to, we'll go up to the higher floors or even the roof. I don't know if this is true. I think we'll be fortunate to hear any answer at a time like this. We're better off here than in the streets, though.

Rosella, if you're in need of a place to hide, and you're near enough to reach the opera house safely, we'll shelter you here gladly. But if you're in the Warehouse, I know it's well guarded and well warded, and I'd as soon have you stay there as try to reach us here. We may use this place as a fortress, but we still have to fight to defend it.

I've never seen stupider or more willfully violent creatures than these. I've seen monsters in my time here in the City, but very few that seem to have no other purpose than to destroy anything they come up against.

Rumours are flying, such as one can hear, and I need to know the truth:

These machines--can they or can they not climb stairs? Or, rather, can they reach the upper stories of buildings?

~C.
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[ooc: Cain will just...stay inside for the duration, thanks. No need to shoot him with plungers and zap him with whisks. He hasn't yet found HWK's body--mostly because he's been occupied, but he may yet. HWK, being what he is can do some cool stuff. Go HWK.]

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They can fly. They don't have to climb stairs. Brilliant on your friend for managin' to hunt them though.

That's what I was afraid of. I'd heard they couldn't climb stairs, but I was afraid they might be able to do something like fly. But perhaps they won't be able to fit through the windows. I suppose you've seen them do as much already--fly, I mean.

He's rather remarkable like that, really.