Lord of the Avians
A Bank In New York
Elle turned at the noise, and saw a weird looking creature and a redhead.
"Brant, you can go. I'll take care of this myself!" she told the big man, who promptly broke a hole into the wall, and left.
"Come to save the day?" she said, before thrusting her arms foreword, sending a blue bolt of electricity at both of the new arrivals.
New York
A strange sound reached Celty's ears as she sat at the side of the street - lightning, and terrified screams. The yellow helmet swung around as she zeroed in on the source - a bank across the road. Even as she looked, she could see the bright blue flashes illuminating the bank's windows from the inside - and a pair of kids running towards the front door.
Wait, don't just - damnit! With a practised kick, Celty flipped Shooter's stand up and revved his engine, the bike letting out a braying cry as it sped across the street. While she had originally aimed for the front door herself, the sight of someone smashing their way through the bank wall made her quickly change course.
Celty shook her head in disgust as she came to a halt beside the hole, watching the man run. Paranormals using their powers to rob a bank - that was pretty damn low. The dulahan flicked her wrist towards the fleeing man. Two streaks of a misty black substance lanced out of her sleeve, coalescing into solid tendrils as they closed in. Aiming to wrap the shadows around Brant's ankles and trip him up, Celty would give the tendrils a sharp tug if they connected.
That done, she turned her helmeted head to look down the tunnel of broken masonry the man had left in his wake. On the main bank floor, a woman was facing off against the red-haired girl from before and a hulking, vaguely humanoid shape (presumably the boy). She vaulted off of the bike's saddle, but before she could react the woman fired a bolt of electricity at the kids. All she could do was summon two more shadow-tendrils and throw them at the woman in an attempt to bind her arms.
Stealth Bomber
London
"I'm fully aware of that," said Moby, "but I'm coming prepared in case there's a press conference. You see, I'm with this snowboard circuit called SSX, and they've held conferences in the hotel around here before. They always want us in full gear for those sorts of things. I know, a black ginger London guy like me stands out even more in this gear, but, well, yeah. Anyway, are you headed to the hotel as well?"
J-E-T-S JETS JETS JETS!
Loli Psychometer Level 7
Bank in New York
The creature, who was still Ben mentally, spun very fast, comparable to a very large armored ball rotating vertically in place, and deflected the lightning.
Gwen managed to avoid being hit because she was smart enough to move behind Ben before the lightning was actually shot.
Ben noticed the other person who showed up, and noticed they were helping him, "Hey there! Who are you? This is my bad guy!" he declared.
Token Loli!
Lord of the Avians
A Bank In New York
Celty's move successfully tripped Brant, and he fell hard, letting out a yell of surprise.
Elle, on the other hand, dodged the tendrils by mere luck, having ran for a hostage, who's neck she was holding with one hand, while the other was pointing at his head.Â
When Ben yelled at Celty, Elle turned towards the hole, eyes widening when she saw Brant lying on the ground.
"HOW DARE YOU!" she yelled at Celty, letting go of the hostage and firing electricity at her.
edited 18th Mar '12 9:41:50 PM by Falkon
Da biggest Warboss 'ere
London
"Hmm" Snake feigned interest as he thought over the legitimacy of Moby's story. He didn't know much about the SSX beyond the occasional background conversation he heard from people who were actually fan, and no one he worked with was one. If the man was a snowboarder for SSX, Snake had no clue, and he didn't want to break radio silence just to confirm the story. For now he would have to trust him. However, if the snowboarder was honest about why he was here, it did give Snake an easy way into the hotel.
"Yes, actually" told Moby "I'm here because of the" Snake paused and thought of his story for a second, breaking eye contact to make it seem like embarrassed hesitation "anime convention nearby. For a friend." Technically that was true, Hal wanted him to pick up a few things while Snake was in London, but it also provided a very good cover.
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Celty let out a sigh of relief when the hulking creature shielded both himself and the girl from the bolt, although that gave the woman time to avoid her shadows and grab a hostage. Luckily (for a given value of luck, anyway) she abandoned her human shield when she saw her partner go down.
Damnit, this lady's trigger-happy! As the woman started to point at her, Celty dropped into a roll, disappearing behind one of the ruined walls as the lightning bolt scorched the ground beside her.
Ultimate Weapons
TOKYO, alleyway
Kei was so focused on making her escape that she didn't notice her supposed rescuer. She heard the loud clang, sure. But she was too afraid to look back to see what it was. She just needed to keep moving, stopping meant getting eaten. And quite frankly, she did not find the idea of getting eaten appea- AH! She tripped, falling flat on her face. A small trickle of blood came out her nose as she tried to scramble away, only for her back to meet the flat of a wall. She must have gotten her directions confused in the fall.
She looked up in wide eyed fear. It wasn't the same girl as before, but the eye on her chest made it clear she wasn't human, "A-are you an oni? P-please don't eat me!"
Further down the alley, the growls and sneers of the oni that been chasing her could still be heard. It seemed the fire escape had not been enough to keep them at bay for long and the smell of her freshly spilled blood seemed to drive them in an even more frenzy.
TOKYO, outisde BABEL
Just as Minamoto walked up, Shiho put away a rather unsettling looking taser. "Looks like I won't be needing that after all, teehee~" Her smile was far too pleasant and cutesy for someone who was just holding a taser. One could guess exactly what she planned on using it for too, "Minamoto-san, you shouldn't keep a lady waiting. It's bad for your health."
edited 19th Mar '12 4:44:04 PM by FlameHaze17
Loli Psychometer Level 7
A bank in New York
"Whoa there lady, you should watch where you're throwing those things," He rolled into a ball and began to spin rapidly, before rolling straight towards Elle.
Gwen was directing people out of the bank while Ben made his way.
Tokyo, Outside BABEL
Minamoto shivered at the sight, "Hey, you don't just threaten people with tasers! That's unladylike," And especially with a cute smile, he added to himself.
"Anyway, have you seen Kaoru? She should be here too,"
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Lord of the Avians
Bank In New York
Seeing the thing roll towards her, Elle sent electricity directly beneath her, vaulting her over her opponent.
When she landed, she fired electricity at Ben again.
edited 20th Mar '12 2:40:23 PM by Falkon
Loli Psychometer Level 7
Bank in New York
When Ben missed the target he hit the wall and bounced off, before being hit with lightning again. This time it got through and he fell down from the powerful jolt, "OW! That hurt!" He stood back up, and powered up another roll, moving directly at Elle again.
Token Loli!
Lord of the Avians
A Bank In New York
Elle fired two bolts at Ben, and then fired two more, and then two more again, throwing as much power into each bolt as she could manage.
edited 20th Mar '12 7:35:54 PM by Falkon
Figure of Hourai
SATORI
"I am a satori, not an oni. Do I look like I have horns?" Satori asked, slightly annoyed. This girl... well, from the sounds of things, there still wasn't enough time to look and see if the girl knew why everything wanted to eat her, "Now, I think we should be getting away. I have no desire to eat any humans—"a rule a certain shrine maiden did her best to enforce"—and if you let me pick you up, I can get out of the range and paths of any oni."
KAGAMI
The purple haired girl couldn't think of much to say. Somehow, Konata had squeezed all of that into one suitcase and enough clothes to last her the trip so... why complain. She would complain if it got to two in the morning and she was being kept awake by the sounds of a certain midget tapping away on the screen, though. Avatar Source
"Of course, Satsuki-sama."
Vita, Tokyo
"A hotel? I don't know what hotel you're even talking about." Vita asked, raising an eyebrow. She recalled staying in a hotel when she had gone to Tokyo with Hayate, years ago, but she wasn't inclined to help the random guy who nearly knocked her down find it. "Whatever, you should be sorry."
Tohsaka Rin, Tokyo
"Are you sure about that?" Rin remarked, watching Shirou head out to the kitchen. Her teasing was playful, at the moment she was simply glad that Shirou hadn't gotten himself horribly lost and didn't have to be tracked down. She glanced at Saber and her smile grew a little. "Hungry, Saber?"
Izumi Konata, London
As Konata finished unpacking, a rather fun idea crossed her mind. It was always fun to do this kind of thing to Kagami, after all...
She picked up one of her manga.
"Hey, Kagamin, maybe you can borrow this for some late-night reading material," she said, with a catlike smile. The manga itself was... the cover was very much on the inappropriate side, and featured two girls. The "For Adults Only" label made exactly what it was even clearer, if the cover hadn't already.
Akashi Kaoru, Tokyo
It was about then that the red-headed Esper herself showed up. She'd been in time to see the taser, at least.
"Hey!" she greeted them, quickly, "What was up with that taser?"
edited 21st Mar '12 12:12:07 PM by AnnoR
"Oh, dear. The toad, the monkey, and the dog have all screwed up."
If the banging noises coming from the alleyway didn't make it clear to Caro that something was up, the growls and shouts certainly did. Cautiously, she moved forward off the street and into the narrow space between the buildings. It certainly didn't feel right, that was for sure. She could see two girls; one clearly older than her with long brown hair and a bloody nose, and another she wasn't so sure about, with short purple hair. While that wouldn't have been anything special on an administered world, here it seemed out of place compared to everyone she'd seen so far.
"Yup. That tasted purple."
...
Ichigo stared, wide-eyed, at the creatures in the alley. What the hell were they? Definitely not Hollows of any kind - he couldn't even detect their spiritual pressure. Did that make them weak, or...
Damn, no time. Those things looked mad, and they had been chasing those girls. Ichigo's hand flew to his back pocket, and took out his 'combat pass'. He'd almost left it behind, but eventually he had decided to take it. Best to have the thing when it counted, after all.
Slamming the skull-embroidered pass into his body, his black-robed soul emerged, large sword already in hand, while his physical body collapsed to the ground.
"I don't know what the hell you guys are supposed to be," Ichigo said, sword pointed to the creatures in the alley. "But like hell I'll let you attack anyone."
"Ah... right," Tsuna muttered. This was pretty humiliating, getting spoken to like this by a little girl. And Reborn expected him to be a mafia boss?
...No, wait...
Tsuna checked the area suspiciously, looking for an infant wearing a fedora or silly disguise only he ever seemed to see through. Reborn probably set this up or something, as another embarrassing test. 'If you can't deal with kids, you can't deal with a mafia family, now can you?' or something like that. Well, best not to give him the satisfaction.
"Ah, I get it now!" The young boy said with some confidence. "You're with the Vongola, right? Well, sorry, but I'm not falling for it this time! You can tell Reborn to come out now, as well!"
Roy Harper aka Red Arrow, New York, USA.
"Dammit..."
Red Arrow muttered to himself after he had earlier infiltrated an office building of a Canadian-based PMC in Brooklyn and went to use the PC of the president's office. The archer knew that the company was a front for the League of Shadows, thanks to daily surveillance after hearing rumors that the group was using PMC companies to hide their illegal activities by pretending to be contractors to gain funds for their operations.
"The shipment manifesto for the Shadows' forces is suppose to be here." The archer went over several word documents regarding any suspicious shipments from overseas.
"Here..." Red Arrow secured the manifesto when he opened the file, revealing some weapon shipments that were meant to be shipped to the state until it can shipped again. What the archer found suspicious was that there was a memo that opened with the said manifesto, electronically scanned as a separate file, which layed out orders to get the weapons ready for an immediate operation in the service of the master. It had the manifesto number used as a reference point.
Means that Ra's is involved.
While Red Arrow was downloading the files to a USB memory stick he brought along, the 18-year old man heard the sounds of an alarm blaring throughout the building.
I didn't do anything to alarm the guards...
edited 21st Mar '12 11:13:44 PM by Ominae
Angie Thompson (London)
Soon the nurse arrived at a busy area in London. There was a very large hotel nearby. Angie remembered being in this local region. She came here once for an overseas study for her nursing license.
She walked by, when something odd caught her attention. A man in snowboarding gear? In this season?
Right, there was supposed to be some kind of convention in the city soon. She wondered what it was about. Though she couldn't devote too much time on it, she was still interested in seeing its premise. She remembered going to big events with her father, when she was really young.
"Actually, I wonder if anyone in the hotel remembers me from before." She walked inside, past the snowboarder and his companion. Maybe someone that worked inside back then is still there, and also could tell her what's going on in the city.
Stealth Bomber
London
"Oh yeah," said Moby, "Kaori mentioned there would be a convention around here soon. She's one of the other competitors on the SSX circuit. Nice girl, but maybe a bit too energetic. She gave the higher-ups the idea to make custom anime boards for everyone, so maybe there'll be an SSX booth or something. Did I introduce myself?" The snowboarder extended a hand. "Name's Moby Jones."
J-E-T-S JETS JETS JETS!
Red Arrow, New York, USA
Red Arrow made his run towards the lobby of the 30th floor, where the president's office was after he got the needed files. So far, so good. He didn't have time to hang around otherwise he would be caught.
Arriving at the elevator lobby, the archer went to see if the coast was clear.
Then it hit him.
Squads of League of Shadows soldiers on the opposite side of the floor raised their assault rifles and began to open fire at Red Arrow.
"Shit!" shouted the auburn-haired man as he went prone, preparing his recurve-based bow and took one of his trick arrows from the quiver strapped on his back. FAMAS rifles. Same ones used by French security forces and some of ex-French colonies with some sold in Asia and the Middle East. Must be the ones they're trying to secure while under the company's legal clout.
edited 23rd Mar '12 11:23:18 PM by Ominae
Stealth Bomber
Moby, London
"You know what?" said Moby. "You can introduce yerself when we get inside. Come along then. We may as well get in the convention."
Moby turned and headed for the hotel doors. He spotted a woman who also seemed headed for the convention, so he opened the door for her.
"After you, miss," he said.
J-E-T-S JETS JETS JETS!
Red Arrow, New York, USA
Here goes nothing.
Red Arrow went to use a smoke arrow as fast as he can, using two of them with his recurve bow to temporarily blind the League of Shadow soldiers before using explosive arrows to take the armed soldiers down. He didn't have time to be pleasant. Right now, the archer needed to get his butt out of there before more armed men show up.
"Right!" Red Arrow used a zip-line arrow, aimed at the ground floor where there was a statue in the lobby area. He then fired the arrow and went to wait until the arrow was able to hit it before securing the zip line by tying the rope at the corridor railing.
Need to move now!
Red Arrow secured a carabiner on his web gear and onto the rope before he went to slide down to the ground floor. Following this, the auburn-haired man went to escape after dropping down safely from the rope after removing the carabiner. Red Arrow moved towards the underground parking area since the building's main and rear entrances were under lockdown with metal security shutters sealing them off from the outside world by heading towards the nearest fire escape.
Hopefully things will progress. If not... I fear that it'll die soon.
edited 31st Mar '12 3:10:32 PM by Ominae
Angie (London)
"Ah, thank you." It was the snowboarder. I suppose he was here for the convention? Perhaps hosting a panel or something?
She thought, you know what, might as well ask him. "Um, may I ask what brings you here?"
Stealth Bomber
"I'm here promoting SSX at this anime convention," said Moby. "It's this worldwide snowboarding circuit. We go all over the world, taking on the craziest tracks the world has to offer. We've earned a big Japanese fanbase, mainly because two of our eight riders are Japanese and every single boarder has an anime-themed board. There'll probably be a press conference, which is why I'm dressed for a race."
edited 1st Apr '12 1:33:18 AM by TestYourMight
J-E-T-S JETS JETS JETS!
London
Snake bumped into a man as he traveled, the modified M9 hidden under his coat jamming into his ribs and knocking the wind out of him. For a moment he thought he was discovered by a counter agent, and quickly looked over the guy he bumped into. Who was dressed in snowboarding attire. If he was a counter agent, he was one of the weirder one he's met. Though certainly not the weirdest by far.
"I'm fine" Snake answered, wondering what a snowboarder was doing here while shifting his pistol back into place. It would be months before snow fell, so perhaps he had business here? "A little early for winter, isn't it?"
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