A Bizarre New World, Chapter One: Cat’s In The Cradle

[Tami]

A shriek of pain came from the rear as Flors gun misfired, prompting the man to release George's grip in order to tear open his pants and ditch the defective weapon. By doing this, the Florida Georgia Line seemingly vanished as items once blocked by the field were sent hurling out the back of the open emergency exit... people included.

Jinny felt her grip slipping, yet stubbornly she refused to give in to gravity or the inevitable. She thought of Jamie and Debra, would they survive? What of the others?

One hand slipped off. She screamed in pain and frustration as she struggled to hold on with just the remaining hand.

One jolt from the bus and she was falling backwards towards the open emergency exit doors.

By chance or luck, she manged to grab the back of a seat, a pain running through her shoulder as she did, but the force of gravity dragged her backwards, her grip losing the fight centimeter by centimeter.

[Noldere]

The bus suddenly lurched once more, this time all the gravity heading towards the rear and yet there would be no major impact. The jostle of the shocks informed them that they had found solid grounding again, yet it was as if they were driving vertically up into the sky. A casual glance would show that they were right, as Toby was defying the laws of physics and was barreling vertically up a building.

As the smoke began to clear and Gula began to once again feel as though she was being pulled in an abnormal direction, she took a moment to look outside the window to her left and became confused. If she was seeing things correctly, the bus and everyone currently within were all evidentally immune to the laws of physics as she knew them, since no bus she'd ever heard was capable of moving up a building like this one was.

"How-"

It was all of first question to come to mind that she could speak before the one aspect of physics that was still functioning in this madness asserted itself and Gula fell towards what somehow was technically both the floor and exit of the impossibly upward bound vessel.

"Awawawa- oof."

For an instant or three, Gula flailed about as she fell, before she smacked face first into a nonvisible yet resilient... something that interposed itself between her and the duo- and what lay beyond them.

Whatever it was that stopped her fall, Gula felt it reliable enough that she actually took a moment to check her face for signs of blood or bruising-

A shriek of pain came from the rear as Flors gun misfired, prompting the man to release George's grip in order to tear open his pants and ditch the defective weapon. By doing this, the Florida Georgia Line seemingly vanished as items once blocked by the field were sent hurling out the back of the open emergency exit... people included.

-something which turned out to be a mistake as the very instant she did so, something caused the man who had the gun earlier to get rid of it- which somehow made the solid nothing disappear and- with nothing between her and where gravity wanted her to go- put Gula once more on a downward descent.

The good news was, she was at least of a presence of mind to attempt to grab something this time.

The bad news was that a certain duo ultimately were in the way of the best chance she had of not being ejected from the bus she technically wouldn't mind exiting in literally any other circumstance.

OOC: Totally not intentional body press on Flors / George as she tries to land on and grab hold of their seat?

[Sub-Zero MKA]

A shriek of pain came from the rear as Flors gun misfired, prompting the man to release George's grip in order to tear open his pants and ditch the defective weapon. By doing this, the Florida Georgia Line seemingly vanished as items once blocked by the field were sent hurling out the back of the open emergency exit... people included.

Somehow, the gun the guy had been holding and tucked into his pants misfired. He probably shot his dick off, but that was the least of everyone's worries. The misfire must have done something more, because whatever was protecting him and the other one from literally everything except the smoke from their cigarettes went away. With it went the only thing keeping everything not bolted down from getting sucked out of the open emergency door.

Sandra's muscles bulged as she held on for dear life. "SCHEISSE! ¡Alguien ayúdeme!"

It wasn't like anyone else was in any position to help her. I have to close that door somehow. But how? She wasn't sure if she was strong enough to close that door, even if she could get to it safely. She was only a few rows away; if she let go, she was going to get sucked out of the door and fall to her death.

**** that. There was no feasible way she could do anything without killing herself. Meaning she was stuck until that goddamn lunatic righted the bus again. ****.

[Jcogginsa]

Somehow, the gun the guy had been holding and tucked into his pants misfired. He probably shot his dick off, but that was the least of everyone's worries. The misfire must have done something more, because whatever was protecting him and the other one from literally everything except the smoke from their cigarettes went away. With it went the only thing keeping everything not bolted down from getting sucked out of the open emergency door.

Sandra's muscles bulged as she held on for dear life. "SCHEISSE! ¡Alguien ayúdeme!"

It wasn't like anyone else was in any position to help her. I have to close that door somehow. But how? She wasn't sure if she was strong enough to close that door, even if she could get to it safely. She was only a few rows away; if she let go, she was going to get sucked out of the door and fall to her death.

**** that. There was no feasible way she could do anything without killing herself. Meaning she was stuck until that goddamn lunatic righted the bus again. ****.

"We need to close that door some how!" John called to Sandra. He was close by her, so they might be able to acomplished something if they worked together

[The Dog]

Jinny felt her grip slipping, yet stubbornly she refused to give in to gravity or the inevitable. She thought of Jamie and Debra, would they survive? What of the others?

One hand slipped off. She screamed in pain and frustration as she struggled to hold on with just the remaining hand.

One jolt from the bus and she was falling backwards towards the open emergency exit doors.

By chance or luck, she manged to grab the back of a seat, a pain running through her shoulder as she did, but the force of gravity dragged her backwards, her grip losing the fight centimeter by centimeter.

The sound of Jinny screaming broke Jamie out of her self-imposed delusions. Unbuckling her seatbelt, she managed to turn in her seat and look down to see her kind sister hanging from the back of one of the seats, gravity trying its best to pull her down.

"Jinny!" Jamie cried in horror, before grabbing her backpack and tearing it open to search for something, anything to help the imperiled woman.

'Phone charger... change of underwear... lighter... History of the Joestar Family... Rope!' Pulling the length of rope from her backpack, Jamie stared at it in confusion for a moment, trying to remember why she carried the rope with her.

'Right! Parents always said to carry a length of rope. Best not to think why they did so.' Jamie decided as she quickly tied one end to the leg of her bus seat securely and the other into a loop big enough to fit around the imperiled woman's chest.

"Jinny! Quick, put this around you so you don't fall to your death!" Jamie called as she dropped the loop toward Jinny to save her.

[Sub-Zero MKA]

"We need to close that door some how!" John called to Sandra. He was close by her, so they might be able to acomplished something if they worked together

"Are you fucking crazy?! The moment I let go, I'm getting sucked out the door!" She looked back and, again, saw nothing but the ground gradually getting smaller and smaller. She also saw the side of the building. That crazy ************ was driving the bus up the side a building.

How?

What the **** was going on? How was that even remotely possible?

Ignoring that, it made her realize that their nightmare could be forcibly ended soon. "He's driving up the side of a building. He has to reach the roof eventually. When he does, we can all escape through the back door."

[Tami]

The sound of Jinny screaming broke Jamie out of her self-imposed delusions. Unbuckling her seatbelt, she managed to turn in her seat and look down to see her kind sister hanging from the back of one of the seats, gravity trying its best to pull her down.

"Jinny!" Jamie cried in horror, before grabbing her backpack and tearing it open to search for something, anything to help the imperiled woman.

'Phone charger... change of underwear... lighter... History of the Joestar Family... Rope!' Pulling the length of rope from her backpack, Jamie stared at it in confusion for a moment, trying to remember why she carried the rope with her.

'Right! Parents always said to carry a length of rope. Best not to think why they did so.' Jamie decided as she quickly tied one end to the leg of her bus seat securely and the other into a loop big enough to fit around the imperiled woman's chest.

"Jinny! Quick, put this around you so you don't fall to your death!" Jamie called as she dropped the loop toward Jinny to save her.

"No!" Jinny screamed, "Save yourself! You'll just be pulled out with me!"

[Yun Lao]

As the smoke began to clear and Gula began to once again feel as though she was being pulled in an abnormal direction, she took a moment to look outside the window to her left and became confused. If she was seeing things correctly, the bus and everyone currently within were all evidentally immune to the laws of physics as she knew them, since no bus she'd ever heard was capable of moving up a building like this one was.

"How-"

It was all of first question to come to mind that she could speak before the one aspect of physics that was still functioning in this madness asserted itself and Gula fell towards what somehow was technically both the floor and exit of the impossibly upward bound vessel.

"Awawawa- oof."

For an instant or three, Gula flailed about as she fell, before she smacked face first into a nonvisible yet resilient... something that interposed itself between her and the duo- and what lay beyond them.

Whatever it was that stopped her fall, Gula felt it reliable enough that she actually took a moment to check her face for signs of blood or bruising-



-something which turned out to be a mistake as the very instant she did so, something caused the man who had the gun earlier to get rid of it- which somehow made the solid nothing disappear and- with nothing between her and where gravity wanted her to go- put Gula once more on a downward descent.

The good news was, she was at least of a presence of mind to attempt to grab something this time.

The bad news was that a certain duo ultimately were in the way of the best chance she had of not being ejected from the bus she technically wouldn't mind exiting in literally any other circumstance.

Gula strikes Flors, the impact enough to throw him out the back. George, curled up in the back seat, was ultimately unaffected, although that might change now that Gula occupied the seat next to him.

'Right! Parents always said to carry a length of rope. Best not to think why they did so.' Jamie decided as she quickly tied one end to the leg of her bus seat securely and the other into a loop big enough to fit around the imperiled woman's chest.

"Jinny! Quick, put this around you so you don't fall to your death!" Jamie called as she dropped the loop toward Jinny to save her.

"No!" Jinny screamed, "Save yourself! You'll just be pulled out with me!"

As Jamie and Jinny sought to save the former, they would quickly realize they had forgotten someone: Domo. Having been braced this entire time behind them, the large man crawled upward, seizing Jinny before whipping her into a nearby seat. Bloodied yet unphased, the man reached his charge and was beginning the process of unbuckling Debra from her seat.

"Are you fucking crazy?! The moment I let go, I'm getting sucked out the door!" She looked back and, again, saw nothing but the ground gradually getting smaller and smaller. She also saw the side of the building. That crazy ************ was driving the bus up the side a building.

How?

What the **** was going on? How was that even remotely possible?

Ignoring that, it made her realize that their nightmare could be forcibly ended soon. "He's driving up the side of a building. He has to reach the roof eventually. When he does, we can all escape through the back door."

It was around this time, amidst all of the conflicting chaos, that Toby had reached the zenith of his ascension. With the succession of front and rear tires kicking off the upper ledge of the building, the bus had begun sailing over the top of the small apartment building they had climbed. Sandra's words rang out throughout the cabin of the vehicle and regardless of what logic the others might have held previous, they instinctively knew they needed to get out of the bus immediately.

[KingofPie]

"Are you fucking crazy?! The moment I let go, I'm getting sucked out the door!" She looked back and, again, saw nothing but the ground gradually getting smaller and smaller. She also saw the side of the building. That crazy ************ was driving the bus up the side a building.

How?

What the **** was going on? How was that even remotely possible?

Ignoring that, it made her realize that their nightmare could be forcibly ended soon. "He's driving up the side of a building. He has to reach the roof eventually. When he does, we can all escape through the back door."

It was around this time, amidst all of the conflicting chaos, that Toby had reached the zenith of his ascension. With the succession of front and rear tires kicking off the upper ledge of the building, the bus had begun sailing over the top of the small apartment building they had climbed. Sandra's words rang out throughout the cabin of the vehicle and regardless of what logic the others might have held previous, they instinctively knew they needed to get out of the bus immediately.

"Yeah...yeah, yeah, good idea," Miguel agreed, wiping the sweat from his brow as he began to make his way towards the emergency exit, following the others. **** this bus!"

[Jcogginsa]

John Let go, and jumped out the Bus door. It was a short jump. The last thing he wanted was to overshoot it and jump off the building.

[Sub-Zero MKA]

It was around this time, amidst all of the conflicting chaos, that Toby had reached the zenith of his ascension. With the succession of front and rear tires kicking off the upper ledge of the building, the bus had begun sailing over the top of the small apartment building they had climbed. Sandra's words rang out throughout the cabin of the vehicle and regardless of what logic the others might have held previous, they instinctively knew they needed to get out of the bus immediately.

"Yeah...yeah, yeah, good idea," Miguel agreed, wiping the sweat from his brow as he began to make his way towards the emergency exit, following the others. **** this bus!"

Just as Sandra thought, the bus lurched forward again. Yet, she didn't hear the screech of tires touching down on the roof of the building that maniac had been driving up. Yet, they were still sailing through the air.

...

They were sailing through the air.

They needed to get off. Right then.

Sandra sheathed her knife and quickly scrambled toward the emergency exit. Without thinking - because thinking about it was going to make her hesitate because jumping out the back of a fucking flying bus was fucking stupid - she leaped out to the roof below.

[The Dog]

It was around this time, amidst all of the conflicting chaos, that Toby had reached the zenith of his ascension. With the succession of front and rear tires kicking off the upper ledge of the building, the bus had begun sailing over the top of the small apartment building they had climbed. Sandra's words rang out throughout the cabin of the vehicle and regardless of what logic the others might have held previous, they instinctively knew they needed to get out of the bus immediately.

Jamie turned to Domo and asked "Do you have Mom, Domo? Do you need any help?"

[Tami]

Gula strikes Flors, the impact enough to throw him out the back. George, curled up in the back seat, was ultimately unaffected, although that might change now that Gula occupied the seat next to him.





As Jamie and Jinny sought to save the former, they would quickly realize they had forgotten someone: Domo. Having been braced this entire time behind them, the large man crawled upward, seizing Jinny before whipping her into a nearby seat. Bloodied yet unphased, the man reached his charge and was beginning the process of unbuckling Debra from her seat.



It was around this time, amidst all of the conflicting chaos, that Toby had reached the zenith of his ascension. With the succession of front and rear tires kicking off the upper ledge of the building, the bus had begun sailing over the top of the small apartment building they had climbed. Sandra's words rang out throughout the cabin of the vehicle and regardless of what logic the others might have held previous, they instinctively knew they needed to get out of the bus immediately.

Jamie turned to Domo and asked "Do you have Mom, Domo? Do you need any help?"

Jinny knew she owed Domo a big debt, but she also knew that it was time to go. Making her way to Jamie, "Let's get off of this Roller Coaster." Offering her sister a hand as she spoke.

[Yun Lao]

Jamie turned to Domo and asked "Do you have Mom, Domo? Do you need any help?"

Cradling the woman in his hands, the large man said nothing, only loosening the tension in his body, causing both him and Debra and drop down through the exit.

There wasn't much time left, everyone would have to make their move now or never.

[Cthulhu_of_R'lyeh]

A cackling bullet shot out of the emergency exit, cigarette smoke giving the illusion of exhaust.

... Vivian had left the bus.