16790/Squirrel Drug War

Squirrel Drug War
Date of Scene:	20 January 2024
Location:	Strawberry Fields
Synopsis:	A bunch of idiot drug gangers got arrested. Squirrels kicked ass.
Cast of Characters:	Frank Noble, Doreen Green
Tinyplot:	Third Time's the Charm

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Frank Noble has posed:
Frank is, confused to say the least. He flew back from Paris with a bizarre package that caused more than a few questions in customs, and it didnt help that something seemed to happen most of the times when he tried to speak drowning out the noise. At the end of the day, the customs officials let the damn thing through out of mere frustration. His instinct was to come here, again and put the baroque but gorgeous golden little harp that looked like a doll or something extremely small could play it with extremely tiny knobs on a stump just outside the flower area. He set it down and looked around expectantly.

Nothing.
5rHe started to pick up the harp but there was a small spark on his finger, almost like it bit him. Eyeig the thing, he shrugged, picked up and left.

Not more than five mintues later, all hell broke lose.

First, a familiar Squirrel and Rabbit, the former with a panache little hat and cap, and the latter with a chapoe and montebank can chirping to each other with extreme excitement over the harp in heavily accented gibberish that was almost approaching human speech with squeaks and teeth nips and sighing but gibberish to others.

Two large groups of young men came to help out with the flower garden and shovels...only they werent helping with the flowers. In the snow, they began digging up areas where nuts were buried as one indigniant squirrel after another woke up and shrieked their outrage whilst the rabbit and monacled squirrel looked around with consteration about what was or was not going on.

The two groups of humans spotted each other and a small tightly bound package that looked to contain a white powder.

Knives were produced.

Doreen Green has posed:
Whoever had 'Squirrel Intervention' on their 2024 bingo cards... Wow, you're weird if you're anyone other than Squirrel Girl, because even she probably wouldn't of thought of this being a thing that would happen. But you still get to tick off that square regardless.

Doesn't change as this is exactly what is going on up in some of the trees. Doreen sitting in a bough, leaning back against the trunk, with Tippy-Toe on one shoulder. Monkey Joe stands on the branch in front of her, talking with various squirrels perched on the branchs around them. Some of the squirrels had gone to dig up some of their hibernation stash, only to get into something else entirely that turned out to be someone's hidden drugs. So now Monkey Joe was giving a PSA on identifying non-food items. If any of the squirrels that got into the nasty stuff need farther help, there is an animal rehibilitation sight that normally deals with animals that have been the pets or sidekicks of criminals but can probably help.

But Doreen's attention is pulled partially from the meeting when a park squirrel bounds up in a huff to tell her that the odd guy with the memory issue was seen going through the park. Which got her to her feet fast. "You got this Joe? Sounds like we've got the other lead to follow up." With that she bounds off across the bare treetops towards the flower gardens.

Getting there about just the same time as the human gangs are coming across each other, while the local squirrels are in a panic over the disturbance as well. Doreen stops on a treetop and hunches there for a moment. "Uh oh, this doesn't look good -- Oh hey, there's the magic dapper squirrel over there with a bunny, too."

Frank Noble has posed:
The Powder is quickly found to taste utterly disgusting but not cause heavy amounts of energy despite the intent. The squirrel and rabbit are utterly terrified until the Rabbit goes and begins to play the harp, for a bit all of the gangers stop and just listen as do several passerbies who take out their phones to film the oddness. This lasts for about a minute bfore they resume stabbing at each other with the knives whilst some of the others desperately apply shovels to the ground before the police arrive.

Oddly, the rabbit and squirrel seem to be ignored and not seen anymore by anyone as the tune on the harp strangely changes to a subtle, lofty thing though Doreen and her Squirrels can.

Someone is rather severely cut, and their bag of bundled white powder is taken.

Doreen Green has posed:
Tippy-Toe lets Doreen have a moment before sighing softly and jabbing her cheek. "Oh, right, focus." She considers a moment. "It's two gangs fighting each other, buuuuuut they could get severely hurt before the cops get here. Not to mention make a mess." Even bad people getting hurt for doing bad things when they could be doing things to make their lives better is something Doreen still doesn't care for.

But it's the dapper squirrel and harp bunny that she initially darts by. "Hey, hey, remember me?", which is directly mostly to the squirrel since he's the one she can communicate with. "Help you in a moment! Gotta protect those idiots from themselves!"

Which is said as that squirrel agility is put to use and Doreen lunges ahead... and chomps down on one of the thugs knife-bearing hands with her own buck teeth and bitey power. Tippy-Toe jumps off her shoulder going for another's face.

Frank Noble has posed:
The gang, frankly, doesnt know what hit it. They stop fighting each other and start trying to fight the heroin and her squirrel. What is more apparent is that there is an aura of....pandemoium around the area. Its curiously not affecting Doreen, but even her sidekick squirrels can feel something really off about the music.
5rThe Squirrel says, "I do indeed remember you. We're trying to keep them from damaging the harp so Hasbro is playing the medly of Noch Ledal. It will make them not notice us but it is....it may be making things worse." The humans around the park seem to exhibiting fight or flight mode with the gang being more agressive and the others are fleeing, including the cops.

The rabbit seems to speak something that a human could almost understand, its weird like the weird patois that the Squireel speaks of normal squireel and humanish sounds. "We need to get the harp to cover."

Doreen Green has posed:
Rabbit has a harp. So the rabbit is the bard? Hardly the strangest thing. The harp is important. "Got it!" Amusingly Squirrel Girl is one person no one is going to think odd of sounding like she's talking to herself, or will just assume it's her talking to squirrels.

As for pandemonium. Hah. That's just the start.

Tippy-Toe manages to avoid getting knifed and crawls under one goon's shirt. Which leads to a lot of flailing about and screaming as he's trying to get her back out, forcing his buddies to have to dodge him as much as the other gang goons. One does manage to jump Doreen from behind... but it's short-lived as she flips him over her shoulder and onto the ground.

He only gets a moment to groan. Which turns into a yowl as a half dozen other squirrels bumrush on top of him as he's prone! Between the music, Squirrel Girl's motivating presence, and their peaceful park being interrupted the squirrels are not to happy with these guys. Two more crawl up a punk's pantslegs much the same way Tippy did down one's shirt. Becoming literal anklebiters.

Frank Noble has posed:
Even by Doreen's standards, the number of Squirrels showing up is...impressive. These guys have managed to disrupt quite a few hoards with their obnxious little packages and the Squirrels are having none of it.

The Rabbit tips his cap to her as she accepts the situation and the talking Squirel says, "He thanks you."

The police have simply not shown up but the gang membes are fighting like corner ra...sq...people. A few squirels do get knifed and one is thrown into a tree. Its a lot more violent than it might be, but a portal opens up and three mice, also clothed walk out of it, assessing the scene. They immediately move to the harp and heft it up as one.

Doreen definitely has the upper hand on the goons but while the music plays they are simply NOT backing down, trying to get their weird little white packages that she can actually see on the side says, "Metformin" on one.

Doreen Green has posed:
Getting tossed into a tree is a bit rough but not too bad for a squirrel. Getting knifed is more severe. Probably not life threatening but definitely bad enough it will take time to recover from, and probably a trip to the afformentioned animal center to do so.

"THAT'S IT!" The gangers might live to regret that though. The squirrels came to help of their own accord (and bolstered by the music) to protect their home, but that doesn't make Doreen feel any less bad when they start getting hurt because these jerks are more focused on their 'Metformin' drugs and turf war. Squirrel Girl whirls around on her heel to punch another ganger, and when he reels back it's with bloody gashes across his cheek and probably a broken jaw, because Doreen used the climbing hooks on the back of her gloves like a pair of spiked knuckles. Another gets grabbed by her tail (people forget it's semi-prehensile) and swung around to try and smack his buddies away. "I tried to just take you down nicely for the cops, but you've crossed the last line! OPEN FIRE!"

Wait, what?... Okay, it's not guns. But it is squirrels up in the trees that start hucking pinecones at the goons!

And Squirrel Girl is mad. It's rare to see her mad like that.

Frank Noble has posed:
The Squirrels in coordinated form with nuts are a force to be reckoned with . Set to magically mayhem enahcned usic, its pure pandemonium. One of the mice smiles once the harp is through the portal and draws a small little rapier and begins cutting left and right. The gangers are finally broken though, the barrage of nuts hits them in places they didnt think were vulnerable but fury furry doom bombards them en masse.

Then the talking animals are gone, just as mysteriously as they appeared and the music itself is gone. That allows the police to enter the scene and begin mop up.

There is much cheering from the squirrels who feel quite proud though attend to their wounded. None died, but a few were quite severly wounded and will take time toget better.

Doreen Green has posed:
There's some witty saying about how you only have to worry about Canadians when they stop saying 'I'm sorry'. Which pretty well sums up the moment with Doreen when she stops holding back. In the end, and thanks to squirrels and other critters, the gang fight is finally put to an end.

Doreen sits down on top of one of the goons, and Tippy-Toe scurries over to retake her shoulder perch. To which Doreen looks around.. but doesn't see either Dapper Squirrel, Bard Bunny, or the harp they were protecting. "Guess they got it off somewhere safe. Good.... maybe next time we see them we can ask why it was so important." She turns back to Tippy. "Can you go back to the northern grove and check on Monkey Joe's group?" Tippy-Toe faux salutes with a paw, jumps down and scurries off to do so.

Doreen sighs and gets back to her feet, stepping aside with the remaining squirrels. "Com'n, lets get your wounded out of the way before the cops come, and see if anyone needs to go in for more serious medical attention."

When the cops do show up, get an account from the girl with the squirrel tail they've gotten somewhat use to seeing, and explain that Metformin isn't even that strong of a drug to be fighting over, barely nore potent than over the counter if at all...

Well, the gang goons are lucky by that point Doreen had calmed down. We will leave it at that.