Belly of the Beast [Open]

People on the streets of Jump City made it a point to stay away as a giant of a man made his way passed. He was over eight feet tall, had flaming red hair, impish amber colored eyes, and of course- was built like a freaking tank! He liked to call himself Inferno, and though he had only been in Jump a short time, Inferno was making a name for himself in the criminal underground; both good or bad.

Today, Inferno was not out to rob a bank, a store, light a fire truck on fire, or anything that broke the law. He wasn't sick or going soft, but by the gurgling of his stomach, it was obvious he was hungry. "Let's see... what do I feel like today?" Inferno asked no one in particular while passersby gave him a wide berth. He didn't have an answer right now, so he decided to do what that tucan said on TV. Inferno was gonna follow his nose.

There were a few good aromas floating around, but one just smelled alittle better then the others. Now he came to a cross walk, and while normal people would push the button and wait, Inferno was on a quest! And he ignored the cross walk and casually strolled by where a car had to slam on the breaks. The driver had been about to honk the horn but quickly distracted by Inferno's massive size. "Oi, I'm walking here!" Inferno bellowed, bringing his fist down onto the hood of the car until it sank into it. The car was now essentially ruined as Inferno left like nothing happened, feeling quite content with the knowledge that he had just created a traffic jam as he continued on his quest for food.

After a couple more minutes of following smells, Inferno finally found himself inside an all you can eat buffet. "Jackpot!" Inferno booyahed, squeezing through the door (which was hilarious) and making his way to a cashier. Have you ever seen a deer in the headlights? Well, when he saw Inferno coming, that's what he looked like. "Normally I don't do this but... I'm in a hurry and wanna avoid the crap," Inferno said and actually PAID for his meal. Too bad it was like releasing a bull into a china shop.

Grabbing a PITCHER of soda, Inferno found a table and then proceeded to gather up food on his tray. Have you ever seen the leaning tower of plates? Now you can say you did. Once he had enough food for awhile, Inferno took a seat and began to chow down!

To say Atilla the Hun had better table manners then Inferno would be putting it mildly at best. He was shoveling food in at an almost constant rate, ignoring the stares of astonishment and disgust he was getting. Inferno could care less what people around him were thinking, all that mattered at this moment was eating! And man was he hungry. You would think he would have to slow down at some point to avoid getting an upset stomach, but he seemed to want to get this done with as quickly as possible. Hot date perhaps?

Inferno being Inferno of course had no idea that he had been followed, didn't notice when Arachnikid came inside, and even though Arachnikid was talking TO HIM, Inferno took a moment before he even realized someone else was there. And when he did, Inferno burst out laughing. It wasn't Arachnikid's quip that he found funny, he literally thought Arachnikid himself was funny looking. Actually, Inferno liked the hoodie, but the giant bug-like goggles were just too much.

"Ain't it alittle late for Halloween little man?" Inferno quipped in response, clearing out the last of his plates. He then finished off the pitcher of soda as Arachni most likely responded, and released a great mighty belch that made plenty of heads turn his way. "Aaahh, that hit the spot. Now, what'd you want shorty? I don't have all day to play so make it quick," Inferno said rising to his feet, having to look down at Arachnikid. There was definitely an... OBVIOUS difference in height going on here.

"Oh, so just cause I'm different ya gotta brand me a criminal? It wasn't me I tells ya, it was my evil twin!" Inferno replied in an overly dramatic fashion. Inferno was either oblivious to the seriousness of the situation or his actions, or he simply didn't care... AT ALL. Not like any babes got hurt or could have gotten hurt. "But I've had enough of you. It was refreshing after a big meal but I don't got time to mess with you any more," Inferno added as he popped his neck and started to head toward the door. It would be asking too much if this didn't turn into a fight, but Inferno did not consider Arachni much of a threat at the moment.

Inferno had already put Arachni out of his mind, already thinking ahead to his date later this afternoon. Yes he could see her now, long black hair, beautiful lips, pretty eyes, soft smooth skin, a rack to die for, legs that went on forever- his daydreaming shattered just as easily as the plate did. "You accuse me of vandalism? You just broke a plate. Someone should run your scrawny butt in," Inferno bellowed, but he hadn't seen how Arachni threw the plate so was still vastly ignoring his presence. "Buzz off ya insect before I open up a can of Raid," Inferno quipped as he squeezed through the door and headed out onto the streets. Atleast now Arachnikid didn't have to worry about some customers getting caught up in a brawl.

Inferno was not allowed to day dream again, he now had an unwanted pest problem that demanded his attention. "So? I'm in a rush right now. Not like anyone got hurt and I sure as hell don't give a rat's ass about some dude's car," Inferno replied, quickly growing irritated. So the little pest could jump over him? Now THAT was impressive, but he really did not want to deal with this crap right now. "And some little dweeb in a spidey suit ain't gonna get in my way either," Inferno added as he kicked off into the air. Arachni wasn't the only one who could go flying through the air, Inferno's super strength did allow him to leap over buildings of a certain size. Perhaps not a skyscraper but he hadn't tried yet either.

In either case, Inferno literally leaped over Arachni and gotten plenty of distance that would hopefully give Arachni the hint. But since Inferno was so large, it was still easy to spot him from a distance. "I swear that kid is asking to get his face rearranged," Inferno grumbled, HOPING he had seen the last of him.

And just as Inferno dreaded, his pest was still on his trail. "Geez, take a hint kid. I don't want ya following me," Inferno growled, pushing a hand out toward Arachni and lanced a stream of fire from his hand toward the strands of webbing. Which Inferno would quickly notice not working so his next tactic was to put some more distance between them. This time he landed onto a building and began to leaping from rooftop to rooftop. "Kid, you are seriously beginning to try my patience. If I didn't have a date I'd stop right now and slam you head first into a building," Inferno called over his shoulder as he tried to get away from Arachnikid.

Inferno was not gonna tolerate this irritation. It wasn't technically going against his code to endanger lives of kids cause he was sure the dude had to be in his teens. And teenagers could be real pains at times. "You asked for it then pal," Inferno called out, skidding to a stop after landing on his latest rooftop. Grabbing one of those little cooling units on the roof, he easily ripped it from it's bearings and hurled it at high speed toward Arachni. In the likely chance that it would miss, Inferno grabbed another one and threw that one too. He did this multiple times until Arachni had presumably landed, where he then roundhouse kicked the air while creating fire from his foot in order to launch a wide arc of fire hurling at him.

He still had some time to get to his date if he legged it after dealing with this rube. But only if he went down quick enough.

Many things could be said about Inferno. Intelligent may not have been one of them, but even HE managed to piece enough together to come up with a rough guess that he had not just easily gotten rid of his problem. If the dweeb could swing from building to building like Tarzan, and do parkour off of fast flying cooling units, there was no way in hell he had been taken down that easily. That didn't mean he had any idea what the little bug dude was planning, nor was he close enough to determine if he had actually somehow fallen to his doom.

SO he had a brilliant plan. He bent his knees, and kicked off to propel himself into the air AGAIN. This time however, the roof actually caved in alittle from where he had been standing to give you an idea how much force he used to kick off. He went flying toward a skyscraper and you may be wondering at this point what his plan was. His 'brilliant plan was to either A): Take a shortcut through this building, or B): lose bug dude by smashing through the building. In either case, Inferno's weight plus his velocity was more then enough for him to crash through one of the glass windows of the office building. Ignoring the startled screams of the office workers, Inferno scrambled to his feet and made a mad dash in a random direction.