Rail Memorial Park
Now that the Brit stopped his unbearable whining, Levi Solomon could finally concentrate. Definitely gonna have to pay for blowing up the tacky man's sweet bod with a grenade. On the good side, the red ghost looked deader than dead. Might have been the British gentleman used some sort of psychic connection to the red ghost to transfer some of his wounds to the other guy, but that shit didn't make any sense. Donatello's followers couldn't pull shit like that; they were only good for summoning zombies and other bad stuff. Still, it looked like Levi could get in clean.
He acquired his shotgun and started closing in on the Brit. "THIS IS FER BEIN' A PANSY-ASS, YANKEE SYMPATHIZIN' SUNUVABEESWAX!"
He held the gun aimed towards the damn biscuit-eating hipster. *BOOM*
How many shots was that? Shit!
edited 13th Jul '14 5:43:21 PM by CathariSarad
Uniscorn decided to do some last minute grocery shopping which, in his world, meant buying some more bubblegum. Pretty much only so he had a prop to delver the awesome "chew bubblegum and kick ass" line with. And if he should happen upon any would be robbers or even other superheroes, all the better. So, he decided to head to the nearest convenience/grocery store around.
Pascal Couvert was having a bad day. And not just a 'oh no i spilled apple juice on my shirt' bad day, either. He had set out on his evening walk, joined a massive super-brawl only to be told rather gruffly that he was getting in the way (he especially remembered the word "clusterf**k"),had a breif conversation with a potential criminal, and still spilled apple juice on his shirt. This called for candy. As he entered the convenience store, he noticed two things. First, that the cardboard display case used for chocolate was completely bare (NOOOOOO!) and second, that there seemed to be a unicorn with an eyepatch browsing the junk food aisles.Wow,, he thought, I have some messed up priorities.
Convenience Store
At that very moment, the door swung open, and a young woman in a business suit and sunglasses sauntered casually into the convenience store. She was accompanied by a tall man in an equally snazzy business suit. The woman casually approached the counter and leaned against it. "Chili dog and a strawberry smoothie. Make it snappy," she stated. When the terrified cashier prepared the food, he was surprised to find that the woman actually paid for her meal. She turned to start to leave with her food when she saw the two heroes there. She and her supposed bodyguard stood silent for a moment, watching the two.
edited 13th Jul '14 11:09:53 PM by AllHailThrall
I can still hail the Horde even though the company has shamed us. Strength and Honor even if Blizzard has neither.Riza — Rail Memorial Park
Riza raised her eyebrow when her spikes and the grenade seemed to lack any effect, but then she noticed the large zombie practically blowing up. Buffeted by the shock wave, she nonetheless smiles. It seemed like the necromancer was using his minions' energy to protect himself. Ergo, when he'll run out of minions he'll start getting hit.
So she flicked the braid around again, sending a volley of acidic spikes toward Deadneck and hoping that no-one would deflect them away by mistake.
Computer Problems
A twinkle appeared in Shadid's eyes when he saw a quiet warning appearing on the side of his screen. Access to the computer's systems allowed him to see when someone connected to it, the same way someone controlling a wifi network would be able to spot what devices were connected to it. An unknown user appeared, and Shadid quickly stopped all operations... except for one simple thing.
A small partion of his program continued to copy the files, but this one was going through an alternate server, one hidden inside the city, in a location he could easily see from his building. A lone warehouse once belonging to a grocery which had been abandoned in the past few years. Whoever was trying to back trace the hacker would find their systems pointing at that warehouse... and Shadid would be able to corner said person there.
Meanwhile, the rest of her program, now operating from those servers, started doing something else. Whoever was going after him had essentially opened a way for him. So whilst this person was distracted focusing on the hacker trying to steal Rossum's files, the rest of the program would now try to hack this visitor, to try and find where this new signal was coming from.
Shadid had, unknowingly, left a few holes. He was still connected to the cellphone- someone could use that to find the original source of the hacker. And whilst he was so concentrated on hacking this new visitor, the program copying the files went completely unnoticed, left to its own devices, open to any attempts at counter-hacking...
The Flying Suplex
"Uh, maybe the guy who was yelling about protection and is now using a bad taxes excuse- which is really bad, by the way- is the bad guy?" Jessica asked, her hands behind her back, a bracelet having appeared over her wrist which was now calling any nearby police officers.
Vigil, cyberwarfare at Rossum labs
Shadid would find that, as soon as he tried hacking into the new user, he would run into more than a few snags. The encrypted signal was being bounced off of a relay inside the Rossum building, to another out in the city, then to another and another. A few relays in, and something noticed his intrusion. That arm of the network purged itself and closed down, and the connection started bouncing between another set of relays. At the same time, massive walls of encryption swung into place. The amount of security was, quite frankly, excessive in complexity and volume.
One thing could be gleaned from this, though. The reaction times on display here were orders of magnitude faster than anything a human could be capable of.
"Damn, he's on to me, back-hacking me now." Vigil's synthetic voice carried hints of both irritation and amusement. "He hasn't cut his link, though."
The AI started the process of locking down the Rossum's network, but before she did she slipped a little something into her opponent's file-siphoning program. One of her non-sentient "helpers" sliced through the connection and grabbed as much location data as it could before Vigil slammed the doors shut on the Rossum network, powering down external routers and isolating the building from the outside. A few IT techs and workers browsing facebook would be inconvenienced, but the only data leaving the lab was via her own secure relay system.
"OK, everything's shut down. Breach is plugged. Uh, apologise to your IT guys for me?" Vigil reported to her friend as she looked over what she'd grabbed from her last-minute snatch-and-grab. Preliminary analysis - The hacker had gotten in via Max's father's cell phone. The signal had been relayed through a station situated in a long-abandoned warehouse on the other side of town.
Interesting... Vigil pondered, starting an internet trawl for info on the warehouse and a sweep of the Rossum network for any nasty parting gifts.
edited 15th Jul '14 12:01:27 AM by gaunt88
TFS - Daniel
Daniel had chosen to stay silent as Durga, Richard and the robots argued about whether or not The Flying Suplex needed to pay protection money. Though once Durga let loose and attacked the head robot, Daniel joined the fight by opening fire on one of the 'bots carrying a tommy gun.
Alleyway - Witchfinder General
As Kelsey ran, Hopkins began to march after her at a steady pace with his sword clenched firmly in his hand. As he walked, the witchfinder drew one of his pistols and fired a warning shot over the girl's head while shouting "You cannot run from your judgement witch! Best to face your death with dignity than die a coward!"
Convenience Store - The Great ZOLTAN
It was the perfect plan. He'd been planning it for weeks. He would wait for people to actually be in the store, rob it blind, and make a getaway to a remote alley somewhere. Soon the city would be on a man-hunt for him, he'd be rich for the next few days, and he'd get some good bubblegum while he's at it! Straightening his hat he kicked the door open. Or waited for it to open, he didn't know if it was an automatic door or not! He strode past the Black Queen and her large friend, and pounded a fist on the counter.
"Cinnamon!" When the clerk just stared at him for a few minutes, he groaned loudly, grabbing and slapping the offending piece of confectionery on the counter. When it was ringed up and the question 'would there be anything else?' was asked, ZOLTAN immediately whipped his hat from his head, stuffed a hand inside, and pulled out a pistol. "Yes! ALL of your money and-slash-or cash!"
The Flying Suplex - Sir Fortesque
During his day-long patrols of Rail City, Arthur Fortesque just so happened to clipclop past the restaurant itself on his trusty horse. Hearing the commotion inside he decided to halt his steed, tying it's reins to a nearby street-light. "Stay here, Buttercup! There's potential danger afoot!" With his shouted warning to his horse, who chewed lazily on a stray flower growing much too high, the knight drew his sword and shield and made his way to the entrance of The Flying Suplex.
Pascal stared blankly at Zolton for a few seconds, then snickered.A gun? That's it? He nudged Uniscorn and pointed. "What is this, supervillian's first robbery? HA!" He pulled out his brush." Think I've got time to do my theme song before I go Batman on him?"
edited 15th Jul '14 9:53:39 PM by WaffleLight
Alleyway
Kelsey shrieked as the shot whizzed past her head, running faster. She turned the corner to reach the alleyway... what?! A fence?! She stopped, backing up against the fence in utter terror. She looked at the amulet again.
"A thousand days... a thousand nights.... lend to me your.... ancient lights!!" she finally managed out. A radiant light filled the alleyways, as Kelsey started to levitate and glow. Orbs of energy circled and engulfed her and her appearance begun to change. Finally, the light dissipated, and Garnet floated there. "Get away from me!" she shouted, her hands beginning to glow with a pink-red light.
Convenience Store
Regina looked at the two, then at this wannabe robber. "I can handle this." She lowered her sunglasses and smirked at him. "Look, darling... you're in over your head here. Why don't you move along so I won't have to tarnish that pretty little face of yours? Sound like a plan?" she asked with a bit of a purr in her voice. The bodyguard looked a bit upset, but otherwise stayed motionless, crossing his arms and glaring at the newcomer.
edited 16th Jul '14 6:49:11 PM by AllHailThrall
I can still hail the Horde even though the company has shamed us. Strength and Honor even if Blizzard has neither.Convenience Store
The thing The Great Zoltan didn't plan for was for there to be two (three?) supers in the store as well. The gunfire caused him to flinch so bad he almost lost his grip on his pistol, but he quickly regained his posture and turned to face the two. "Ha! You simpletons and your cheap threats! Nothing can deter THE GREAT ZOLTAN from his desires!" To make a point, he cocked the gun and stuffed it directly into the clerk's forehead. "I bet you are some of those SAPS that actually care about a low-income employee such as this one! Do not do anything stupid or the behind of the counter gets a new paint job!" Concluding his shouting to those two, he dramatically pointed his finger towards Miss Black Queen, which drooped slightly upon seeing her friend. "Uhhhh...You! However, do not seem like the one to care for lives." While he said that astute observation, another him seemed to melt out of the first, nearly exactly like the original Great Zoltan, but minus the hat, which it plucked off the head of the first and began emptying the contents of the register into.
edited 16th Jul '14 6:31:17 PM by TruthHurts22
Convenience Store
Pascal was a little shaken by the fact that this robber was apparently willing to take a life to get what he wanted, and , furthermore, able to produce copies of himself. So, Pascal did what he always did when he needed to stay calm and confident- fake it till ya make it! Putting on his best jaunty expression, he laughed and shook his head. "Seriously,man? Holding the cashier at gunpoint? This is robbery 101."He leveled his paintbrush. "And it looks like you and the cashier are both getting new paint jobs!" He sprayed green paint at Zolton at maximum output, hoping to knock the gun out of his hand or at least blind him for a minute.
edited 16th Jul '14 7:38:12 PM by WaffleLight
Rail Memorial Park
Deadneck got up and was about to say something when he was buffeted by shotgun fire from Levi. The officers that the knight had been ordering around also contributed a few shots at the lich. When the barrage was over, he seemed to be short one arm. The empty sleeve of his robe hung loosely, while his left arm plopped down onto the ground below in a few pieces.
In the explosion, Susano’o had been showered with shrapnel, and the overpressure wave had send him flying off to the side, leaving him worse for the wear. But it also meant he was conveniently far enough away to avoid having any of Levi's shots hit him, saving him from suffering any mortal wounds.
"You insolent Irishman, you'll suffer for that," he said. "Bees, was it? No problem." He pointed his remaining hand down at his severed left arm, and it festered apart from the inside out. From it, several dozen angry bees emerged. The summoned swarm flew towards Levi.
When she reached the edge of the park, the orb had no physical changes when Alannah stepped into the sunlight.
"That won't work, girl, you-" The voice said into her mind. Then it immediately made some sort of coughing sound and continued Talking... hard... need... closer."
Convenience Store
Regina was about to lay on her charms a little more when out of nowhere, she was drenched in green paint. All. Over. Her suit. She writhed a bit, seething as she turned. "You.... uncouth.... ruffian! Do you have any idea how much this suit costs?!" she growled. Her food was ruined as well. Just perfect. And she was still hungry. "Come, Knight. Let us take our business elsewhere." She stormed out of the convenience store, leaving green footprints as she did so. The large bodyguard walked out after her, shooting a look at the Cartoonist.
Regina knew exactly who to have the Pawns target next. A plan began forming in her head.
I can still hail the Horde even though the company has shamed us. Strength and Honor even if Blizzard has neither.Convenience Store
Unfortunately, The Great Zoltan didn't have the privilege of not being the main target of the fire-hose strength blast like Regina had. Being caught off guard by said blast, The Great Zoltan was shoved backwards, off his feet. Of course the only thing behind him at the time was the counter, and behind that was the clerk/his double, so The Great Zoltan was toppled over the counter and crashed into the two. The grouped continued their collective journey when gravity kicked in, and were immediately pulled downward. The good news; The Great Zoltan did drop the gun. The bad news; he dropped it when he flipped over the counter, and thus still had it. The Great Zoltan and his double both poked their heads over the edge, the original shouting, "Hey! You ruined my costume!!" and the double saying the exact same thing except with 'his' instead of 'my'.
Convenience Store
Two of them? It's gonna be harder to hit em both a once... Pascal grinned like a madman. But that's exactly the kind of challenge I love in a fight! Pascal leaped straight up and grabbed hold of the lighting fixture. Repositioning himself, he sprang off it with his brush morphing in to a giant sharpened pencil in midair. "Thematic Pun!" he yelled , swiping at the 'original' Zoltan with his pencil and delivering a flying kick of justice to the other.
Rail Memorial Park
Must... resist... Nic Cage reference....
"YE CALLIN' ME AN IRISHMAN? AH AIN'T NO PIG-SMELLIN' IRISHMAN! AH FOUGHT THE RAPHAEL-WORSHIPPIN' BASTARDS IN 'NAM! YOU'RE A GODDAMN IRISHMAN!"
And then he saw them all flying towards him. Levi Solomon commanded the orb to move right before him. He couldn't remember much about bees, except that he fought them in the Vietnam War against the Irishmen. They were giant bees, roughly the size of minivans. He had no idea whether the blinding light from the gift would have any effect on the bees. Still, he felt many, many painful stings. *BOOM*
Goddangnammit!
Damn beesting made him shoot the ground.
"FOOKIN' HELL YA SODOMIZIN' SCONESHITTER! AH'M GONNA GOUGE YER SPLEEN OUT WITH A SPOON! WHAT KINDA ARSE MAKES BEES SHIT OUTTA HIS MANHOLE?"
While struggling with the bees messing up his movements, Levi pulled out another grenade with his right hand, moving the shotgun to his left. He activated the grenade and then dropped it on the ground slightly in front of him. He then made a mad dash to his left, hoping to get away before the grenade exploded. Hopefully, this would get rid of the goddamn bees.
edited 19th Jul '14 1:38:43 AM by CathariSarad
Rail Memorial Park
Apparently, acid was the way to go; the skeleton was missing a large part of his lower left torso. Riza smiled. “Got you, you pile of bones,” she muttered. Since the Lich was preoccupied, she flicked her braid again, launching another barrage of acidic spikes at him, and started aiming her sniper rifle again.
On empty crossroads, seek the eclipse -- for when Sol and Lua align, the lost shall find their way home.Convenience Store
The Great Zoltan and his double had enough common sense to not keep their valuable body parts out in the open and thus had ducked by behind the cover of the counter. While one continued to stuff all the money they could into the inter-dimensional hat portal, the other managed to pick up his weapon again. Neither were much interested in whatever Pascal was doing. Well, not yet anyways. Having secured the funds (and slipping an extra $10 into the clerk's pocket for the good performance) The Great Zoltan stood, turned to face the only other in the store, and immediately vanished into thin air. Unfortunately his double was then socked in the jaw by the flying kick, and fell to the ground again.
"Hey! You stop that!" The Great Zoltan had popped back up near the entrance, donning his hat once more. "I will not tolerate an uncouth ruffian such as yourself harming the likeness of THE GREAT ZOLTAN!"
Convenience Store
The Great Zoltan wasn't very happy with seeing himself, swollen jaw'd and dirty, being used as a projectile. The Great Zoltan was also once more knocked off of his feet by the collision of him and his double, but luckily The Great Zoltan managed to catch the flying clone and straighten him on his feet. "Am I okay?" He asked directly to his double, which promptly blubbered out something about doves and hot fudge. It then melted into a black puddle. The Great Zoltan turned an angry glare at Pascal and straightened his hat. "You IDIOT! This would have been an easy robbery! Steal the money at fake-gunpoint, tip off the clerk to play it up for the cops, make a clean getaway and hide out until the search was done in a rundown Japanese restaurant off 6th street!"
Sure, he could've gotten away at that point (he was right by the door for crying out loud) but there weren't many days that a super hero without big, flashy powers was available for a fight. A fair enough fight for The Great Zoltan to win. The Great Zoltan dashed sideways, into one of the aisles and towards the back wall of the store. Once there he let loose a whole slew of clones...well, two, to be exact, both of which tried to flank around either side of the Cartoonist.

Alleyway
Kelsey quickly turned around, too terrified to speak. This man was going to try and kill her! She stood there in silence for a moment or two. If she was in a more lucid state of mind, she probably would have used these "last words" to transform into Garnet and fight him. But she was too scared. Before she could even utter a word from her trembling lips, her quivering legs were already beginning to have her turn around and make a beeline for the other exit.
As she ran, she tried to look at the amulet again, hoping she could just make out the words, and even more still, hoping she could shake off the fear long enough to be able to enunciate the words properly.
edited 13th Jul '14 11:07:21 PM by AllHailThrall
I can still hail the Horde even though the company has shamed us. Strength and Honor even if Blizzard has neither.