<div class="floatright">(https://i.imgur.com/jlrssl6.jpg)</div>Evelyn “Lyn” Eldridge, honor student, captain of the cheerleading squad, Catholic in good standing, and currently locked out of her Instagram account. The last one was particularly aggravating because she had a selfie to upload, and her phone had chosen now of all times to ask her to re-enter her password. A password that she had last reset months ago, clicked the "remember my password" prompt when it popped up, and then promptly forgotten about again.<br/><br/>"Reset password... security question... favorite animal..." Lyn muttered to herself as she tapped out L-I-O-N on the screen, grape-flavored lollipop held between her teeth. She sucked on the sweet treat impatiently as she waited for the reset email to arrive, while the real lion on the other side of the bars yawned in boredom, scratched itself, shook out its mane, and padded off to another shady spot in its zoo enclosure.<br/><br/>As she finally managed to upload her picture, she looked up from her phone just in time to see the cage bars exploding towards her, the cold ungiving steel knocking her head and making her black out from the impact...<br/><br/><hr/><br/>Lyn awoke feeling pieces of sugar on her tongue, sharp but sweet. She must have bit down and shattered the lollipop in her mouth. Her head throbbed painfully, and all the animal cries around made it sound like a... zoo, and made it hard to think clearly. Two people came to her aid, lifting the bars off her body, and strangely enough they were a pair of identical twins...<br/><br/>She blinked, realizing she was seeing double. "Rita?" She groggily got to her feet. "Something on my head?" She felt the top of her head, and touched something fluffy on top of her hair that wasn't there before. "What the f-" out came the phone, still functioning despite a cracked screen, to make use of the front facing camera. She herself looked as disheveled as Amrita, with dirt and cuts on her face, but unmistakably on top of her head were a pair of- "Oh my god what are those-"<br/><br/>Her panic was interrupted by a low growl as the lion stepped out of the bushes, flanked by a pair of lionesses. Lyn suddenly regretted some of the more irritating antics she had subjected the lion to in pursuit of the perfect selfie back when there were still inches of steel bars between them. Now that there weren't, she backed away slowly, arms held out placatingly as the lions started moving forward and around to surround her. "Easy there tiger, I'm top cat around here, back off..."<br/><br/>Easy there, Tiger: Intimidation 14, fail! (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=146159)<br/><br/>Unfortunately the lions proved unable or unwilling to listen her message, and Lyn suddenly grabbed Amrita's arm and started aggressively backtracking, just managing to remember not to turn her back to the predators lest she trigger their instinct to chase fleeing prey.<em>Oh my god, did I just to the raptor pose from Jurassic World? Nobody better recorded that,</em>she realized with a jolt of horror worse than that of being eaten by lions.<br/><br/>Luckily the lions didn't follow, and Lyn finally got the chance to take a breather and grasp the bigger picture. Silver bolts rained down from the overcast sky like lightning on steroids, and she realized that one of them must have struck the cage and exploded the bars. The zoo was in a state of pandemonium, panicked people and animals running back and forth alike, injured bystanders trying to stay out of the way.<br/><br/>The leadership she learned as cheerleader captain kicked in. "Rita, we gotta round up everybody and get them out of here to... to somewhere safer with less animals!" Lyn turned back to the scene of chaos, stepped onto a bench for the bit of extra height, and took a deep breath. "Everybody stop!" she shouted at the top of her lungs, her voice coming out unexpectedly like a lion's roar. To her surprise everyone did pause to stare at her. "Keep calm and... and we'll head towards the exit in an orderly fashion! Everyone who can stand, on your feet! And help anyone who can't!"<br/><br/>Crowd Control: Rally power 19, success! (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=146160)<br/><br/>"This way, follow me!" Lyn started leading the group of survivors towards the zoo's exit. She heard Amrita's cry of "Stop!" but before she could react, more bolts of silver lightning smashed into the ground, one of them even landing directly on the path ahead, spraying hot asphalt over the unfortunate group.<br/><br/>Duck and Cover: Amrita's Predictive Defense 16, fail! (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=146161)<br/><br/>Despite a few burns, the group pressed on towards the exit, only to find the route out blocked by an overturned bus. Refusing to give up so easily, Lyn started looking around for alternate ways around the obstacle, but before she found one, an invisible force started pushing the vehicle aside, to the loud protesting screech of metal against pavement.<em>This must be the work of a superhero! But here? Who could it be?</em>She looked around, but didn't see anyone who looked like they would fit the bill...<br/><br/>Street Sweeping: Amrita's Telekinesis 22, success! (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=146162)<br/><br/>Not one to look a gift horse in the mouth, Lyn ushered the group out of the zoo. She was about to leave too when a high-pitched scream made her turn back. A young kid, still in elementary school by the looks of it, had somehow gotten inside the chain link fence of an enclosure. Perhaps when the disaster started, he had worked his way in seeking safety... But now it was anything but safe, as a familiar-looking lion emerged from some bushes and started stalking towards the boy in the hopes of an easy meal.<br/><br/>Without a second thought Lyn ran back. Luckily she spotted a small hole torn at the base of the fence and dove straight for it. The edges of the chain link tore at her clothes but she made it through with only superficial scratches. "Go on kid!" she practically threw him towards the opening, and fortunately the kid was able to crawl through without too much problem whereas for a larger teen like her it had been a much more challenging fit. She held her arms up trying to make herself look as big as possible and shouted at the lion at the top of her voice. It actually worked, making the beast hesitate for a few critical seconds. Then the kid was through and she decided it was high time to get out of dodge! The moment she turned the lion leapt for her, and she could practically feel its teeth snapping at her heels as she scrambled under the fence, but somehow she made it out unbitten, the chain link rattling as the lion clawed and bit vainly in an attempt to get through to her.<br/><br/>Acrobatics to squeeze through 24 (fail against DC 25?) (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=146163)<br/>Use 1 point of luck to re-roll: 30, success! (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=146164)<br/><br/>"Let's go!" she grabbed the kid, lifted him onto her shoulders and ran for her life as more silver bolts hurtled down into the doomed zoo behind her.