[Ryan sees Min's face before he sees what he's actually looking at, and at first he wonders if it's something he said. Maybe pointing out the crowd was a bad move? He was just trying to say anything that would get Min to relax and let him help, and then he could worry about the rest later.
But then Min's yelling his name and pulling him back into the street so fast that they both fall.]
Min, what the--?!
[But then he hears it. Dozens of tiny, unnatural click-clacks on cobblestone and a mechanical whirring that feels too familiar.
He turns, and looks, and there's the tentacle-bot from the train a few feet away.
It's looking around as if scanning the area for something - for them, obviously.
A small crowd is forming from the passerby on the street, who mostly seem unsure whether to regard it as a threat or not. Monsters have been coming out of the portals, but so have pets and other things, and their first association is that it...sort of looks like a mechanical pthumerian? They're wary, but deeply curious.
Ryan doesn't have to be told twice though. His impulse is the same as Min's. They need to get the fuck away from that thing. The fear is pounding in his ears, threatening to overwhelm him - nononono he doesn't want to get dragged back to the train no, nope!!
He tugs on Min-Gi and points silently to a space in the crowd in front of them. It's lost sight of them for a second, so if they crawl right into the crowd maybe they can get away unnoticed? Hopefully?]
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But then Min's yelling his name and pulling him back into the street so fast that they both fall.]
Min, what the--?!
[But then he hears it. Dozens of tiny, unnatural click-clacks on cobblestone and a mechanical whirring that feels too familiar.
He turns, and looks, and there's the tentacle-bot from the train a few feet away.
It's looking around as if scanning the area for something - for them, obviously.
A small crowd is forming from the passerby on the street, who mostly seem unsure whether to regard it as a threat or not. Monsters have been coming out of the portals, but so have pets and other things, and their first association is that it...sort of looks like a mechanical pthumerian? They're wary, but deeply curious.
Ryan doesn't have to be told twice though. His impulse is the same as Min's. They need to get the fuck away from that thing. The fear is pounding in his ears, threatening to overwhelm him - nononono he doesn't want to get dragged back to the train no, nope!!
He tugs on Min-Gi and points silently to a space in the crowd in front of them. It's lost sight of them for a second, so if they crawl right into the crowd maybe they can get away unnoticed? Hopefully?]