#khpd

[sunnymaki]

So I’ve been working hard on setting up the KHPD blog.

BLOG IS HERE

Only things on it are the art and the bits of story so far. The posts are in the format of 4 forum posts per tumblr post, titled as parts! There’s quick links to each part on the side under ‘Story’. Character profiles are under ‘Characters’. :D

I’ll be messing with the colour of the background and stuff tomorrow or something to fit the black/white/grey theme I have on the other site. :33

[khpd-unnatural]

Part Six

Annetta had braced herself for the incoming storm, putting her head in her hands and sighing as the other girl's volume increased once again. "Why does this shit always happen to me?" she muttered under her breath, listening half-heartedly to the tantrum occurring in front of her. Hearing the tirade abruptly stop, and a question aimed at herself, she looked back up at the girl. "Your... name?" Annetta cocked her head in confusion and squinted, trying to figure out when she might have said a name. "I didn't..." It suddenly dawned on her, and her face lit up like it was Christmas morning. "No way! Is your name actually Sheila? Like S-H-E-I-L-A?" Annetta's laughter was interrupted by a deafening bang on the other side of the wall opposite her. She jumped off the desk in surprise and shuffled backwards to crouch behind it as the wall continued to crack and shudder with each bang. "Is that your guy?!" she yelled over the noise, glancing between the girl and the center of the cracks. "You sure he's not trying to kill us instead of saving us?!"

"...Like S-H-E-I-L-A?" Chiela paused for a moment as she thought about this. 'Shiela', as in the stereotypical Australian term for 'woman'? She sighed and pressed a hand to her face. Another Aussie joke. Great. "It's spelled C-H-I-E-L-A." she grumbled through her palm as the girl began cackling. "But it's pronounced the same. I hate it." The end of her sentence was interrupted by a loud crash from behind her. She felt the impact through the wall of rubble and jumped away in surprise. She hadn't even noticed the other girl crawl behind the desk in fear. Was that the guy she'd spotted before? How the hell was he doing that? He couldn't have just picked something up off the ground and be swinging it or something.. That was way too heavy of an impact. Curious and also quite frightened - wanting to know whether they might be dead in a few seconds or not - she closed her eyes to concentrate on sending out a projection again. Her projection slipped easily through the slowly cracking rubble wall and glanced sideways at... no, she had no idea how to describe this one. Were those... bones? In the shape of some sort of... piston..? Practically a battering ram? She shook her head incredulously and stepped back in to the wall before letting her mind return to her body. "What ... the hell?" she said, deciding it best to join the other girl behind the desk. The way things were going, being directly in front of that wall when it finally cracked might... hurt quite a bit. Glancing at the girl as she slid in beside her, she shook her head and said "You don' wanna know."

Each moment between rams was increasing as time went on, Herb slowly feeling fatigue. "No problem...I could do this all day...Steve Rogers, 2016..." He murmured to himself. Hearing the two converse with each other inside helped to distract him(Plus, it was very amusing.) Then he felt something was off, and looked to his side. There was that girl from before...who'd just walked from the wall and then walked back in, hearing a faint 'What the hell' on the other side. "HAH, you have no idea." Herb wondered if the girl had the power to walk through walls, but shelved the thought for later. He kept smashing into the wall, feeling it give away more and more. Finally, he made enough of a dent that he could practically see through the cracks, though it was at that point that his bone ram decided to shatter. He looked down at the pieces with a disappointed stare. "You were my brother, Anakin. I loved you. "Eh, whatever." Though the rod itself was gone, he didn't need much more power to create a hole big enough for him(And presumably the others) to fit through. Soon, his whole right forearm was encased in the white material, and he reared it back, smiling. "Falcooooon...." "PUUUNCH!" The wall broke open, and he jumped into the room, his 'gauntlet' cracking and breaking into pieces. "HelloooAAAHAH OW." He keeled over, holding his right arm in pain. There goes my badass entrance.

"Falcooooon...." That wall was coming down, and it was coming down hard. Annetta peeked over the desk and peered through the dust when she heard a pause in the crashing and a yell. There was a decent hole in the wall, and she could see a figure behind it rearing back, presumably preparing to strike again. With a sharp yelp, she grabbed onto Chiela and tucked herself over the girl protectively, hoping the tiny desk would be enough to keep them safe from the incoming rubble. "PUUUNCH!" The wall was blasted open the moment she had flung herself over the other girl, eyes shut tightly, another yelp escaping her lips as hunks plaster and wood rained down around them. The noise quickly died down, and Annetta lifted her head to see who, or what had managed to do all that damage. She heard a voice greet them as the particles clouding the air cleared away again, and soon she could see him, standing amidst strange pieces of what looked like thick, white-ish stone, or wood. One man did all that, on his own? How...? She was shocked, frozen in place, and still wrapped tightly around Chiela in an embarrassingly intimate and protective position.

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[khpd-unnatural]

Part Five

Herb waited for the voice to call back, some signal of where it came from. Hearing a response(Oh cool, she's got an accent), he turned towards it's direction and saw a girl waving her hands, yelling at him. Seeing her move towards him, Herb mirrored her actions, jogging towards her but then stopping when all of a sudden, KERPLOOF. The girl was gone, and he was left frowning.. I didn't think I'd see something more weird than an explosion in the middle of a city today... All of a sudden, he heard more yelling coming from just a bit farther away, and he recognized the voice as the girl's. "Must be one of those super's..." Without a second thought, he ran towards the voice, making sure to take note of the types of stores he could see around him. He arrived at the store they were in, as evident by the loud screaming coming from behind the rubble. "Hey! You guys, it's me! You alright?"

"Ugh, with all the yelling and the angry..." Annetta groaned as the other girl berated her. "It was just a little can, okay? I don't know how your weirdness works, and I didn't mean to chuck it at you!" She wasn't wrong, this was the strangest day of her life, and she can't be expected to understand everything going on. Sure, odd things happened to Annetta all the time, but a girl who can turn into animals and duplicate herself was a whole new level of unexplainable. "Wait, a guy? So you found someone to help us..." she questioned slowly as the girl turned away and started yelling through the wall. "Oh... and I messed that up..." The realization finally hit her, the fact that she may have prevented their timely rescue. Who knows how long they will have to be stuck there now? All because of her own carelessness. Great, now I feel like a God-damned ass. Annetta ran a hand through her hair and looked down at her feet, somewhat embarrassed by her mistake. She let out an awkward cough and spoke up again, willing herself to not be rude or snarky this time. "Don't worry about it too much, Sheila, I'm sure he could follow your shrill voice from miles away." Damn it, fuck...

"Yeh, a guy." Chiela grumbled, turning to face the girl, glaring daggers at her. With a huff, she pressed her back against the rubble and slid down to sit again. Really, she knew she shouldn't be so hard on her. Chiela may not have been in a situation like this before, but she was at least somewhat used to things humans weren't generally used to, and because of this she learned to stay reasonably calm and accept the situation presented to her. So for someone who can't do that, it'd be quite a shock. Of course, there was also the fact that Chiela wasn't exactly human and this other girl had seen her not only change between a rabbit and a person, but also watched as she astral projected herself- twice. "Don't worry about it too much, Sheila, I'm sure he could follow your shrill voice from miles away," the other girl said, seeming honest this time. But her words were still quite snarky. Chiela frowned and crossed her arms. "'Shrill voice'? Really? I'm tryin' t'get us outta here, least you could do's just sit down an' shut your mouth, 'stead of sassin' me every other second!" she grunted angrily, 'taking it easy' on the girl thrown right out the window again. But then she realized what she'd just heard the girl say. "Wait, I don't remember tellin' you my name.."

Herb frowned and placed his ear against the wall, just to make sure that what he was hearing was coming from behind it. That's definitely loud, shrilly female screaming. He concluded, nodding to himself as he backed away. They probably couldn't hear him with how loud their argument was. Well, they would probably hear--Or atleast feel--what was about to happen next. "Alright, you can do this...You got this...You've done this before! On complete accident." Holding his arms out in front of him, he concentrated on the bones in them and felt them shifting and growing to his command. In a matter of seconds, the bones had grown out of his arms and formed, together, a large ram in the center with a piston-like joint. The ram drew back slowly, and at incredible speeds, the piston pushed it towards the wall with a loud BANG, cracks slowly appearing. He kept the process going, though saying he felt no pain certainly wouldn't be telling the truth. He had to bite down with all he could to keep from yelping in pain. 'Cause that'd be pretty embarrassing. Making a badass entrance and then going Ow, that hurt. 

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[khpd-unnatural]

Part Four

For a human, it would've been a gruesome sight. The wasteland, filled with corpses, blood, gore and the like with little hope. Many tried to save others trapped under rubble--Or even impaled through something, as hopeless as their situation seemed. Fortunately for Herb, he was no human. He could handle the gruesome sights that would've made others vomit on the spot. And yet he could never bear to turn his back on anyone that needed help, either. Such a strange feeling, though, being a creature that naturally thrived on negative emotions yet have a strong desire to help people, and in doing so getting rid of said feelings from the atmosphere. Maybe that's why he was so erratic, his sides of his coin warring against each other. Nonetheless, he found that he'd finally made it to the mall and looked up at the nearly desecrated building. Honestly, how the hell did it manage to survive the blast with how big it was? "Help! Anyone?!"

Clicking his tongue he reached down into his pocket before pulling out a toothpick and sticking it into his mouth, a means of calming himself down when all he needed was a clear mind and something to focus on. With each heavy step hitting against the ruins of crumbled stone and gravel, he looked around before reaching over towards his familiar neighborhood. An old beaten and rusted neighborhood which complemented the now ruined city. Hoping he could scavenge some stuff, the alchemist pulled out his keys and chucked it away seeing as there was nothing but rubble left from his home. Upon reaching the rubble of his home, he clapped his hands together before swiping his right arm towards the side. Air rushing with a cloud of dust leaving from its wake and clearly he could see at least some familiar things from his home. "Alright..... now let's check what's usable or not." Brushing his hands against some rubble he found a slick black pack and gave a soft grin. "Well there's that. Now to find the remains of my witchcraft and alchemy note." Taking the backpack, the witch slung it around his shoulder and lets it settle on his back before nodding, "Good as new, nice. Now than, to find some of my notes and get to the bomb site." Surely enough he scavenged a bit more, all serious to get the rest of his paper works. The notes giving off a source of researching of all he did mixing both alchemy and witchcraft at the same, fiddling with new methods and somewhat overwhelming negativity, usually causing him excruciating pain or of the liking. However that was until he heard the creaking of metal and stone, turning his head in the nick of time. "Shit!-"

Silence fell over the room once the Australian girl's double slipped through the wall. Staring awkwardly at the original still sitting on the floor, Annetta briefly debated pushing her luck and trying to approach the girl again. Even though she was slowly falling into a pit of boredom, and actually might be pretty hungry, her better judgement won out. "Ugh... Awkai lydy..." she sighs, in a terribly fake Aussie accent. "Ah'll beck awff..." Flailing her hands in the air to emphasize her point to no one in particular, Annetta hops down from the desk once more and begins to inspect the perimeter of the room. If she has to sit and wait for her 'down-under darling' to return and save their asses, she's at least going to pretend to be doing something productive... Tossing aside a broken wooden board in the far corner of the room, she finds a fairly squashed backpack. Eyeing it suspiciously, she quickly throws the rest of the rubble off the bag and over her shoulder. Annetta was eager to determine its contents, as whatever it held may be the key to their escape. When she managed to unzip the pack, however, it only held some clothes, a pair of dirty sneakers and an empty drink can... Letting out a cry of frustration, she whipped herself around and threw the can as far and as hard as she could. Her eyes opened in time for her to see the can bounce off the other girl's head with a dull tink before falling to the floor. "... Whoops," she whispered, cringing as she went back to scouring the room.

Slipping through some more downed beams, Chiela had only gone a few shops down before she heard a voice. Male, Brit.. he didn't seem panicked so much as concerned? She peeked around some rubble and spotted a man, scruffy beard, decent height... he didn't seem to put off by the bodies lying around... Chiela frowned. Should she be getting his attention? What if he'd been the cause of this disaster? What if he was looking for survivors so he could.. could finish them off... She shivered and shook her head. The two were goners if they stayed put anyway. She'd just have to take a chance with this one. She jumped into sight and waved her hands over her head to get his attention. "O'er here!" she called and then pointed behind her. "Just'a few shops down that way!" She moved to head towards him, meet him halfway, when suddenly she was looking across the room at the girl she was stuck with. Her head felt odd, like something had just bumped off of it. Glancing to her side she saw an... empty pop can? She let out a deep, frustrated breath and stood up. "Are you fucking serious? Did you seriously throw that at me? You better 'ope that guy knows where t'look!" She threw her hands over her head in anger and spun around, calling out again in hopes that the person would head in this direction. He hadn't been too far, so it was very likely he could hear her from here now anyway.

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[khpd-unnatural]

Part Three

Seeing a twin of this girl suddenly appear, as if her soul was just walking out on her body, was strangely exciting to Annetta. It was crazy, but she was beginning to get a grip on reality again, and this bizarre, yet somehow not-actually-very-threatening girl seemed like... a superhero or something! "Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhmygod..." she managed to breathe out as she rushed forward, eyes still as wide as when the rabbit became a girl. Well, two girls? Now the rabbit is two girls... Wicked! Annetta had only gotten within a metre of them, and the new girl just... disappeared. Like she'd never been there, and hadn't just been talking to Annetta, who definitely was not listening one bit. She abruptly stopped, a confused squeak escaping her throat as she blinked at the space the other girl once occupied.

"Shit- What the-" Chiela snapped back to her body, lifting her head and glaring in confusion at this girl. Through her brain fog, it finally dawned on her. This girl was the cause of her inability to use her powers. She let out an incredibly frustrated groan and pressed a hand to her face. "Okay whatever you're doin', you need'a stop." She said through her palm. "You canceled my projection. Somehow. I dun'no how, but you did." She glanced up at the girl. "You listenin'? Look, I need'a project okay? I've to see if there's anyone who could help us. Unless you can like... fly us outta here or some magic like that." She waved her hand towards the girl, a gesture meaning 'move'. "'n' I'm assumin' you can't so...back off."

Shuffling backwards upon the annoyed girl's request, Annetta's eyebrows scrunched together as she frowned in confusion. Her mouth opened and closed several times, trying to get some form of thought from her brain into speech. "Wh-... um..." She cleared her throat and tried again. "How could I be stopping your-... uh-... thing-a-ma-jiggy?" When she received no response apart from the girl closing her eyes, Annetta jumped back up on the desk, clicked her tongue against her cheek and huffed. She briefly glanced around the wrecked room once again, eyebrows and nose still scrunched in thought. Man, she's really annoying... but I can't piss off the only superhero I'll ever meet so... "I'm Annetta. Annetta Knight. Hot accent, by the way..."

Chiela closed her eyes, attempting to block out the annoying ramblings of the girl in front of her. There wasn't really any time for her to explain how her abilities worked, she was worried that the building might collapse completely on top of them in it's unstable state... and they had no food, water or any supplies in general. They had no idea whether anyone was coming for them, or how far the damage stretched. In fact, she wondered why the other girl wasn't showing to be concerned for their situation. Within a few seconds, Chiela was standing in front of her body yet again, but this time she moved around herself and pressed to the wall, away from the other girl as she spoke about... her accent? Oh, right. She had an accent. She'd moved to San Fransisco, taking a position as a student landscaping architect as she went through school. But she'd been born and lived most of her life in Australia and her accent was still decently strong to others. But 'hot'? Really? In this situation, to talk about something like that? She sighed and pressed herself through the wall and away from the girl. On the other side was ruins. Most of the mall's central walkway was intact but the arching ceiling had completely fallen in, dropping metal supports all over and littering the place with sharp glass... and bodies. There were people, young and old, just lying unmoving, bloody, lifeless...Chiela had to take a deep, shaky breath and try her hardest to look away, forget what she saw. She started down the walkway, glancing in any shop that hadn't completely collapsed in on itself, calling out "Help! Anyone?!" every few seconds. She just needed anyone to find her, anyone who could possibly move rubble to free the two of them.

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[khpd-unnatural]

Part Two

It worked. With a yelp, Annetta tossed the bunny into the air and instead grabbed onto her own bosom in a knee-jerk attempt to dull the sudden pain. She glared at the traitorous rabbit, a hurt expression overtaking her features. "What the hell, little guy?! I saved your fuzzy ass, dude, I thought we were buds!" She briefly rubbed at her chest, frowning as though her little 'frenemy' had hurt her very deeply. Crossing her arms protectively over her breasts, she huffed and stood from her position on the desk though she did not approach the animal again. Instead, she chose to continue berating the rabbit from a distance. "The ladies aren't for kicking, they are for loving and reveling in their glory. Despite their names, Xena and Gabrielle do not appreciate violence, Mister Buns!"

To Cheila's dismay, she was flung into the air, not just let go of. She flailed and landed somewhat roughly, scrabbling a few feet away and glaring at the other girl. What the hell? She thought bitterly. With a huff, she retreated farther into the room and away from this insane woman talking about her breasts like they were alive or something. Once she was a good distance away, she decided to try again. Just... just in case it would work and something wasn't terribly wrong with her abilities. She closed her eyes and concentrated hard on her human form, hoping so very much for it to work. A second later she felt the sensation of her hands pressed to the grimy floor, her clothes draping around her and her long hair brushing her neck. With a long sigh of relief, she stood up- albeit somewhat shakily. Her head was slightly fuzzy and she had to put a hand on a nearby, partially disintegrated desk to keep herself steady. "First." She started, rubbing the side of her head with her free hand, not even glancing at the girl. "I'm not'a boy. Second, ow? You've a bloody tight grip, lady."

"..." There were no words headed from her brain to her mouth. Despite all the thoughts racing through her head, the many questions suddenly springing to life, Annetta was speechless. She made a strange, strangled sound as she stared at the girl across the room, wide-eyed and frozen in place. Her brain was so flooded with information, she was too busy still processing what had just occurred to register that she was being spoken to. So... The mall was earthquake'd and... the rabbit is a girl? Or... the girl is a rabbit... Or something? Okay, the rabbit was a rabbit, and now the rabbit is a person so it's a person who is a person but they were a rabbit before and- "H-Holy fuck...?"

Chiela rolled her eyes and took a breath. She let go of the desk keeping her upright and took a few wobbly steps to the wall. Was there any possible spots for her to squeeze through as an animal? Would it be safe for her to be changing back and forth now? She might have knocked her head, this daze felt a bit more like a concussion than just nerves. If she'd even slightly knocked her head as a rabbit, it would have gotten worse changing back into a human. Ultimately, she decided against changing again. Maybe she could project and find someone outside? But how would they get in? What if no one was around? They might need a plan B if that didn't work. She let herself rest against the wall, sliding down to sit on her rear and fixating her eyes on a spot on the ground by her feet. It took a bit longer than usual, she assumed due to nerves or the bump on her head, but finally she was standing in front of where her body sat. "I'm'a see if I can't find someone-"

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[khpd-unnatural]

Part One

BANG! BANG! With a loud clang against metal, the manhole finally was forced open, the disc sliding away as Herb emerged from the sewers. "Fuck a duck, that was close..." Climbing out, he was glad to see that most of the dust had either settled or moved away, allowing some semblance of vision. Looking down into the sewers, he yelled out, "Hey, guys! It's safe, come on out!" People of all kinds slowly started climbing out, some staying to stare at their destroyed home in horror, others wandering off, perhaps to find more people. Herb, on the other hand, stared towards the direction of the blast, frowning. What could have possibly made such an explosion? Given that he was cloud-gazing right before he heard the loud noise, it couldn't have been a missile. He'd leave that question for later. Given that there was a catastrophe at hand, he'd rather focus on finding survivors and helping them out of any trouble they may be in. The noise of a cracking window alerted him, and he turned towards his first destination, clearly noticeable, not far away, yet blocked by many obstacles. "I hope that mall has food waiting for me." Herb began his trek, navigating around fallen rubble, beams, and the like as he made his way over to the building.

Hardened earth and pieces of soil dipped down onto Jadyn's jacket with his hand held above his head, keeping the dome in tact. Using his transmutation abilities to its finest to well secure a shield over his mortal being. Swiping his hands to the side the earth retracted back and back into the soils of the earth before widening his eyes on the ruins before him. Buildings crumbled down with a couple of dust piles gathering up around occasionally from presumably straggling survivors. With a soft sigh he looked down at his attired seeing his pair of headphones was still around his neck, he puts it on while tuning up to who knows what. Taking a couple steps he reached over towards an exit of the cemetery he worked at, or well.... what was left of it at least. "Oh it was going to be a fine and dandy day they said, we had some plans scheduled for you today they said. Well now look at all this, I'm going to murder whoever did this because I barely just had made it to a comfortable apartment." Seeing he was going to need more information, he swiftly regained his posture even he really didn't want to converge with people but information was the best choice. Taking his scenic route, she stuffs his hands down into his pockets while walking with his headphones sitting on top of his head, making way down the road, which ran down towards the nearby mall.

"Holy fuck..." Coughing and gagging, due to all the dust in the air, Annetta slowly uncurled herself from the ball she was in and poked her head out from under a desk. The last thing she remembered was someone screaming about a terrorist attack, and what felt like an earthquake hitting the building. She had flung herself through the rampaging customers and her equally panicked co-workers and rushed towards the parking lot entrance of the store. Desperately trying to recall anything from the earthquake safety lessons she had mostly ignored back in High School, all Annetta could think to do was hide under a desk. As she reached the large doors just beyond the checkout counter, she spotted something small and furry trembling on the floor. In one smooth motion, she scooped the critter up and barreled into the classroom. Keeping the animal wrapped tightly in her arms, Annetta dived under the nearest desk just as the rumbling and screaming reached its peak and the building all but collapsed around her. Now that the dust was settling, and the ringing in her ears subsided, she realized that the screaming was now nothing more than a muffled cry in the distance. She glanced around the destroyed room in awe, noticing that the only thing left standing was the simple wooden table above her own head. As if God had some vendetta against visual arts but felt that Annetta, with all the faked knowledge of art she spouted just to get this job, deserved to live. Checking the doors, she quickly found that she was stuck. Something much too heavy to move was barring the only exit. With the art store's classroom being on the inner side, she also had no windows to escape through. Annetta let out an agitated sigh and sat atop the pristine desk, unfolding her arms to inspect the warm creature she still held. "... I hope I'm still getting paid..."

The tiny bunny that was Chiela, shaking horribly in fear, opened her eyes slowly. Around her was destruction- at least from what she could see. Dust was still settling but not only had shelves fallen and desks and counters crush, but even the ceiling had partially caved in. Everything was in ruins. The person that had grabbed her as all the chaos started was gripping her quite tightly, making it difficult for her to breathe, she needed to get back into her human form, see if the girl was okay and figure out how to get out of this place. Figure out what had happened. That had absolutely not been an earthquake. Had bombs gone off? Terrorists? How far did the destruction stretch? How many people had died? How many survived? So many questions nagged at her. She closed her eyes again to concentrate on returning to her human form and... nothing. Nothing happened. At all. The girl stood and started wandering what she could of the room, as if looking for a way out. However, there seemed to be nothing. The girl seemed to give up and glanced down at Chiela, saying something about being paid. Cheila tried changing again, but again nothing happened. What was going on? She started to panic and wiggle around, trying to break free of the girl's grasp but her hold was strong and she was getting nowhere. Why couldn't she change back? What was happening? Finally she kicked out hard, hoping the strong rabbit legs would surprise her into dropping her.

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[sunnymaki]

HEY PEOPLE WHO seem to really like the KHPD story thing, would you be interested in following a blog about it? I’m hoping to get the clutter off of this blog but still get excited with posting about it.

There’d be the character pages for all 4, and the others (including baddies that come in) would be added as they joined the plot, probably would post the story like 4-5 forums posts in one, numbered and such so you can find them easily, ask box open for questions, posting my art of it there, etc.

For a little while I’ll prob reblog half of it back here anyway but yeah. Just wanted to know, would anyone be interested in that? :o