Julia
Steel Scavengers
Dread Metal Derby - Lytala slums
Affected RP'ers: @Neo Emolga, @Velocity

There was too much fire. WAY too much fire. The burning wreck of the peaceslayer had turned the entire block into a blaze, and it was threatening to spread even further. At least the smoke was going up into the sky rather than hanging around in the streets. It's smell seemed to permeate everything, but thankfully it wasn't messing with Julia's visibility. Just the small blessings in life, not having smokescreen problems in a burning hell inferno of a dread metal destruction derby.

"You'd think this was coalrock city." Julia muttered as she observed yet another building starting to catch fire. That place had coal dust everywhere. It was almost impossible to buy matches and other fire starters because no one wanted to be held responsible for selling to some immature kid who started a wildfire. She, like most starting mechanics and forgers, had needed to steal fire-starters until she'd gained enough respect in the community to be able to buy them. I wonder if anyone from the market is watching this She pondered as she took another turn, still not seeing any new victims. Maybe o'l Talin the toxicroak was, he had a tv in his shop. then again he might have already forgotten this whole festival was going on. Old fart couldn't even remember where he put his helmet half the time.

Now that she thought about it, Julia wondered if Theo was watching her. She was pretty sure the safe house had a TV in it somewhere. Probably on some special hacked network so they wouldn't be traced to the location. Knowing him he'd probably be out of his mind in worry every time Julia had gotten near an enemy vehicle. She could picture the quilava pacing around in circles in front of the TV, talking to himself under his breath, trying to reason away his worries. The image saddened Julia, made her wish she could be there with him to keep him comforted. She certainly was going to need something very durable to be her stress reliever when Theo's event came around.

Imagining she was looking into the eye of a camera, Julia gave a smile and a wave before focusing again on the road. She revved her engine sightly as she went around yet another turn. Only this time, there was someone around it. The sight of the armored Hearse caught Julia off guard. Yanking the wheel sideways she swerved to avoid a collision, resulting in the Iron Giant Fish-tailing into the street and coming to a stop. Her angle could not have been worse. In somewhat of a panic Julia grabbed the Shotgun's joystick and fired as many close range shrapnel rounds as she could while her other hand yanked the car into reverse. Backing up only ran her into a building, but it gave her enough wiggle room to be able to turn around properly. She was at too much of a disadvantage now and needed to get away, or at least turn it into a chase scene where she could clog them up with tar.

As Julia spun the wheel as far as she could and hit the gas, she heard another sound from farther down the street. Risking a backward glance Julia saw, a good distance behind the hearse, Raul! Raul and his armored motorcycle The Hornet, Looking somewhat battered up but still working. The Furret, looking somewhat odd through his bullet proof glass bubble, was speeding toward the hearse, machine guns blazing. In an instant Julia switched tactics. She slammed on the breaks, turning slightly to block as much of the road as possible. Seizing joysticks with both hands Julia fired Tar everywhere: between her and the hearse, around the hearse on both sides, but mainly she worked to cover as many of the hearse's windows and doors to block visibility. The other Joystick sent a steady stream of flamethrower onto the hearse.

The hearse only seemed to have one gunner. They'd have to choose between Raul, speeding toward them from behind, and Julia in front. If they wanted to attack and break out through Julia, they'd have to get through all the hot, sticky tar she'd laid down, as well as Julia's guns, while risking letting Raul get close and do some point-blank shooting damage with his machine guns. If they wanted to focus on Raul, well, Julia hoped his stunt driving skills made him a master dodger.