Pandaemonium
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Post by Aurora Disicio on Aug 19, 2016 8:01:09 GMT -7
There never seemed to be enough stuff. Every time Aurora went on a raid to get more materials for the reconstruction of the docks it seemed like she had to turn around and go on another because something else was needed. It was exhausting, but watching the docks come back to life, possibly even better than before, was rewarding enough that it didn't bother her too much. Some of the requests she got were petty, but she had ways of making sure it was clear that the requester should not ask for such things again. For the most part, the requests she got were legitimate and she was happy to fulfill them.
Right now was going to be a pretty basic raid. It was a small plaza of stores, and she could practically smell how much of a corporate shithole it was from across the city. There was a Whole Foods, and Apple store, a Comcast service center, a Starbucks and numerous other places that could undoubtedly deserved to be smashed with impunity. Aurora saw no problem with moving their goods to places where they were really needed. Given how much they took advantage of the people that lived on the docks, it was only natural that they be forced to help the people they took advantage of. By the time she was done, most of the stores would lose a great deal of their stock because she wasn't limited by what she could carry. She was more than willing to take as much as she felt she needed.
Her aurora streaked across the sky, arcing like a giant rainbow as she made her way from the docks to the plaza. Aurora told everyone within ear shot what she intended to do today, so she expected a reasonable crowd backing her up. As she got closer to the plaza, her aurora spread, moving around like food coloring in water until it covered the sky above the plaza. As usual, she was willing to give the shoppers some time to flee before she started enacting violence on their corporate overlords. Once she was ready, she dropped down onto the pavement below with a loud clang. The first target was the grocery store as food stocks were starting to run low.
SCHEME: Raiding a whole bunch of stores for their stuff to take back to the reconstruction effort at the docks. The first target being getting stupidly overpriced health food.
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Unaligned
And I'm hungry like the wolf
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Post by Lobisomem on Aug 19, 2016 8:29:36 GMT -7
Feeding was always kinda humiliating, not to mention painful. The food streaming down their throat felt like sandpaper, they might as well have been eating rocks for all they tasted the food. The grocery store wouldn't mind a while stall of food going missing, right!?
Their ribs showed uncomfortably, they had been transforming way too many times, they supposed this was punishment for being a hero too many times. It hurt. Luckily, almost all humans had run, so there wouldn't be an accident. Only the morbidly curious stuck around, filming the scene of Lobisomem feeding in plain day with bated breath, clearly expecting some excitement.
Suddenly, the sound of screaming filled the air, of something far more terrifying than a hungry beast. Aurora. Lobisomem rolled their eyes, curling their lips as she approached, what was she here to destroy this time?
They trotted out, ignoring the gasps as the filming humans got a exclusive closeup of their strange mash of scales and fur, staring up at Aurora. Apparently, they still held a grudge over various fights they had participated in against her, as their vision fogged up with red. They launched upward, pulling themselves over a roof until they were nearly eye level with her.
Their mouth yawned open, providing a horrific sight of their many fangs, "What...are you here...for? This...is my territory!" She could steal from anywhere else, but not here!
Opposing: A beast needs their territories!
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Pandaemonium
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Post by Limen on Aug 19, 2016 8:50:37 GMT -7
Limen had been on her way to rob another food truck. The stock of food she kept up in the rafters of the dojo was starting to get low, and her makeshift fridge of a plastic box hidden in a nearby cold river had recently spoiled, and that meant it was time again to get a couple bags of luck. Her sources had said a truck carrying groceries was likely to converge in a rarely-visited area of the docks at a convenient time today, and so she had taken her motorcycle, the last of her jerky for breakfast, and had been off.
But then happenstance had her running into Aurora (not literally, thankfully) and, as it so happened, Aurora’s present goals aligned pretty well along with hers. Also, Limen had been conveniently absent from most of the efforts to rebuild the slums and a couple of people were beginning to be slightly discontent with that. She needed another instance (or an instance at all) that she could point to if someone asked her accusingly what she was doing to help. Joining in the raid was the equivalent to handing in a paper one wrote for a different class in for another teacher’s assignment, but Limen could live with that.
Plus it was raiding a grocery store (and friends) with Aurora. How could that not be a good time?
Limen was a short ways behind Aurora as she had to take the public road, which was infamous for drivers who didn’t know how to let a speeding motorcycle swerve past them. Aurora’s aurora had increased the speed at which shoppers were returning to their consumer lives elsewhere, meaning the resulting traffic jam had to be negotiated by clever use of the sidewalk. Limen parked her bike directly beside the window display of Whole Foods. It felt like meeting an old friend one had only been receiving letters from, coming to the store like this. Or, perhaps more accurately, someone she’d grown to know about by illegally stealing their letters to other people.
Limen ran up to Aurora, her bow already in her hand, and shot her a quick smile. Her sights had already caught Wolf Friend, standing threatening-like up on one of the roofs. Her bow was not drawn, but she purposefully positioned herself so it was clear whose side she was on.
“I’ll keep people off your back so you can bulk purchase, but anything I grab is mine, yeah?” She didn’t need much. Just a couple of reusable bags full and a bit of fun and she’d be plenty content.
SUPPORTING: There’s something ironic about ‘Whole’ Foods losing all of its stock.
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The Keepers
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Post by Geata on Aug 19, 2016 9:49:17 GMT -7
Geata looked down at the shopping center, and he couldn't help but feel a twinge of distaste. He had been in the docks, once again lending a hand in the reconstruction efforts, when he overheard Aurora saying something about a supply run. He decided that, at the very least, he could follow along for a little bit. He was pretty curious about where she would go, and more so curious about how she acted out in the field. So far, she earned points for both. Absolutely worthless for-profit organizations that could totally stand to lose a few bucks to feed the needy? Giving the poor civilians warning and time to clear out before their day got even worse? Geata was happy to help.
And so far, people involved seemed interesting as well. Not to mention himself and Rainbows, there was a chick with a bow who circumstance demanded was from then on to be referred to as Robin Hood and a wolf with scales that Geata was pretty sure was Lobisomem. Very interesting indeed.
Geata emerged from a portal in the air and dropped down behind Aurora. "Reporting for duty, Cap'n Sparkles," he said with a mock salute. He then extended his hand to the archer. "It's a pleasure to be working with you today, Robin Hood. I'm Geata."
SUPPORTING I'm helping
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Emerald City Bulwark
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Post by Nemesis on Aug 19, 2016 12:25:02 GMT -7
Nemesis understood that if she drove around downtown, eventually she would find a crime in progress. She expected to wait a lot longer before discovering anything, but fate was on her side today.
It didn't require much effort to see Aurora's sparkles from a distance. There was no mistaking that power for anything else. It belonged to that magician's asshole girlfriend, Aurora Disicio. Even the smallest reminder of that day would have managed to upset Nemesis, but this? Her eye narrowed as she sped through the traffic in a hurry.
Pandaemonium was up to no good, as always. Her body was shaking from an odd mix of excitement, fear, and rage. Today would not be a repeat of what happened during the mayor's speech. This time, she was going to protect her fellow unpowered from the supervillain menace. It didn't matter that no one was around to be physically injured. Stealing everything in sight could just as easily ruin some employee's life, and she couldn't let that happen. Regardless of their reasons for being here, that Pandaemonium scum would not be allowed to achieve their goals.
After parking her motorcycle on the side of the street, Nemesis removed her helmet and tossed it aside. She'd worry about finding another one later. Unlike the giant wolf over there, her voice wasn't loud enough to yell at those three gangsters from here. She didn't expect anyone to actually hear her, but she threatened them nonetheless.
"Prepare to die."
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Aw, what's wrong? Don't you trust me?
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Post by An0nymou5 on Aug 20, 2016 2:12:11 GMT -7
Out in the corner of the street, a man sniff deep in the air of the day: “Ah, nothing like a relaxing day of grocery shopping,” he said to himself. He then took out a small list on the piece of paper from his pocket:
“Let’s see: I need to get some foods for the fridge if I’m going to survive the month, and some detergent to remove some annoying stain out of my clothe. What else do I need?”
As he walked down the street of downtown, he suddenly hear a loud commotion right around the corner. He looked up from the shopping list and see a huge crowd running away from something. As soon as he looked up to the sky, he could finally see why they were running; that unmistakable flashy hypnotic color can only mean one thing. He let out a sigh and shook his head:
“Don’t these people ever take a break from all the trouble-making?”
He then quickly dashed through the panic crowd and quickly turned the corner, only to see the target of Aurora’s latest scheme was the very supermarket that he was heading toward. It’s one thing to disrupt his peaceful day, but it’s another thing to wreck the place where he got his food. Where else would they offer some nice deal on whole food these days? The market price on food had been sky-rocket thanks to that stupid dragon attack, and now Aurora’s wrecking the place is going to make shopping even more expensive than before.
Thus, Anonymous make his way through the people’s wave and dashed into the small alleyway, hidden from view before changing to his anomalistic form before making his way to the supers’ congregation.
OPPOSING: who know, maybe the shop-owner can cut a deal and get 100% off on everything I buy today for helping him deal with the problem, even if he doesn’t know about it himself
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Post by PANOPTICON Ver. 3.023 on Aug 20, 2016 2:28:47 GMT -7
PANOPTICON Ver. 3.023 online Running aberrant conflict search heuristic. Scanning satellite imagery... clear. Scanning public security footage... anomaly detected. Beginning detailed analysis. Unexpected structural damage alert in Emerald City, sector AM-39. Multiple aberrants detected on interception course. Cataloging contents of sector... Detected: 85,053 unpowered humans Detected: Four standard aberrants. See case files 1-5606, 1-5809, 1-6006, 1-6168. Detected: One anomalous aberrant. See case file 3-0508 (cf. 5-0193). Conflict probability within next 60 seconds: 99.99% Beginning combat data collection. (Click here to send in your actions! |
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Pandaemonium
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Post by Aurora Disicio on Aug 20, 2016 18:39:51 GMT -7
The smirk on Aurora's face vanished once her entourage showed up. And people wondered why she seemed to hate everyone. She sighed and her expression flattened as she looked over her shoulder at her current supporters.
"Don't call me that. I am Aurora Disicio. And I thought I made it quite clear that this was a community effort for the collective," she looked at Limen. "Just consider it a community activity, a bonding effort for the sake of Pandaemonium unity and harmony. Something to do to prove that we can work together. Now hurry up, I have a lot of other things I need to get done."
Aurora motioned for them to head inside, and waited for them to walk past her before heading in herself. The giant wolf thing made her quirk a brow, but it was hardly even worth addressing. It was a fucking grocery store, people came here all the time. Trying to claim it was just stupid.
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Pandaemonium
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Post by Limen on Aug 20, 2016 21:02:06 GMT -7
Limen’s grin only widened at her own words being thrown back in her face. Clever play, but she still wanted her string cheese.
“Got it, Cap’n Sparkles.” Limen said with an official-looking nod. Two other supers had shown up to top off Wolf Friend - it was always easy to tell because they were the only ones not running away and/or recording them with their phones - and one more unknown had come to join their little entourage.
“Pleasure to make your acquaintance, Skeletor.” She said to the apparent ‘Geata’ in a similarly serious tone. “I look forward to seeing your skill in battle.” She took a step forward as their Captain seemed to command, but hesitated. Her face was grave. “Keep an eye out for the fresh fruit, my fellow super. Bananas are…” she shuttered. “I’ve seen too many felled by their deadly forces.”
He wasn’t Pandaemonium, she’d know him if he was, but he also seemed to at least sort of know Aurora. Or he was just the overly friendly sort. Either worked for Limen, and she was happy to have a new skeleton battle buddy along. With that, she began off at a jog towards the store, slowly coming into a run.
“Don’t forget, I love and accept you!” She called over her shoulder as she ran at and crashed through the sliding doors who were just a little too slow to avoid such a fate.
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The Keepers
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Post by Geata on Aug 20, 2016 21:53:28 GMT -7
Geata was shocked. It finally happened. He met a person out in the field who had a sense of humor that wasn't absolutely sadistic. The only reason he wasn't grinning at Robin Hood's response was because of how surprising it was. It was amazing and he already decided that they would get along swimmingly. It was great and his mood was significantly improved, even after seeing that they had even more company, namely Anonymous.
The whole thing just kept getting better and better.
"Watch out for kiwis!" He shouted back to the archer. "They're absolutely ruthless!" He decided not to comment on the last thing that was said, seeing as of how he had no clue who exactly it was directed at, but he did turn to Aurora. "Sorry," he said sheepishly. "I was just trying to joke around." With that said, he opened a portal in front of himself and stepped through, entering the building in a considerably less flashy way than Robin Hood decided to.
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Unaligned
Aw, what's wrong? Don't you trust me?
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Post by An0nymou5 on Aug 20, 2016 23:49:23 GMT -7
Anonymous finally get into the supermarket when he saw Wolfie is standing there, looking rather contempt about the situation. Judging from their train of thought, he could guess they weren’t too please with Aurora’s present here either. And of course a familiar female Bulwark with that weird eye is here as well; not really that surprising considering they’re in Bulwark’s territory. As he looked over to Aurora, he saw two more familiar faces aiding her rampage: Limen and Geata.
“Tsk tsk,” Anonymous shook his head, “really Geata, to think that you’re here with two lovely ladies when you already have dear little Misty with you? For shame, Mr. Two-timer; she trusted you with all her heart. Well, whatever part she has that could actually feel compassion anyway.”
He then looked around the supermarket; just because he’s here to stop these Pandaemoniums from destroying the place, doesn’t mean he can’t do some window-shopping. When he heard Limen and Geata talked about fruits earlier, he realized something very importance; he pulled out his shopping list and a pen to jot down something:
“Mental note: need to get some bananas and alcohol for a certain someone to trade with.”
Once he finished, he put the paper away safely in his pocket. He then turned toward Limen:
“I see you’re still going around robbing food per usual. Honestly, does the Pandaemonium not have enough food to feed you all or something? I know you all hang around the slum all the time, but seriously.”
He ignored Aurora for now; she’s beyond reasoning with anyway. As far as he can tell from her brain pattern, she only has two different emotions: piss-off and annoyed. Talking to her would be like talking to a very stubborn mule, so there’s no point.
He shook off the bunch of junk thought in his head; this isn’t the time to get distracted. If he want to continue shopping here in piece, he better deal with these three quickly before they bring this whole place down to ruin. And the last time he checked, food isn’t come cheap for these pass few months.
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And I'm hungry like the wolf
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Post by Lobisomem on Aug 21, 2016 10:22:28 GMT -7
Nope, even talking didn't seem to be surprising to her, Lobisomem couldn't believe she wouldn't believe their warning. Damn it. Then they'd just show why you listened when they spoke.
They could smell the scent of various people, shooting a glare at their two other enemies, two other people who they didn't really want to fight. They could also smell a woman who had attempted to stop the attack of the mayor, and the faceless man was unmistakable, even if they hadn't seen him in a while.
No hunger gnawed at their side, the foot resting easy in their stomach, all that was left was a possessiveness over the store and a fury that told them to clear away everyone. Their mind was foggy, but hunger no longer dictated their mind.
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Emerald City Bulwark
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Post by Nemesis on Aug 21, 2016 14:23:48 GMT -7
Nemesis entered the supermarket, placing a gloved hand against the sliding glass door. The broken pieces flew back into position and reaffixed themselves. Her other hand moved to cover her good eye, as she sighed deeply. It hadn't even been a minute and Pandaemonium was already causing a mess.
She didn't need eyes to see where everybody split off to. From what she could tell, there were only three enemies around. Okay, considering how they only needed two in order to beat her last time, she couldn't underestimate the difficulty of the situation.
Unlike before, she did notice two other supers could make this an even fight. A vague memory caused her to believe that the wolf and the faceless man were on her side. Since they weren't a part of Bulwark, Nemesis had no intention of trusting them any further than she could throw them, but any help was better than going alone again.
The boy that traveled through portals would be the hardest opponent to eliminate. Keeping track of his movement was simple enough, but he could always pop in to help his idiot friends. If he saw her coming, there wouldn't be any chance of stabbing him before he ran away. She needed to find a way to pacify him before worrying too much about the others.
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Post by PANOPTICON Ver. 3.023 on Aug 22, 2016 5:20:06 GMT -7
   --- PANOPTICON Ver. 3.023 analyzing combat data... Accumulation (Information) by An0nymou5 against Interference (Obfuscation) results in SUCCESS, +10% combat advantage Accumulation (Information) by Lobisomem against Maneuver (Alteration) results in SUCCESS, +10% combat advantage Maneuver (Field) by Geata against An0nymou5 results in SUCCESS, +25% combat advantage Maneuver (Alteration) by Nemesis against Limen results in SUCCESS, +25% combat advantage Aggression (Confinement) by Aurora Disicio against Lobisomem results in SUCCESS, +30% combat advantage Aggression (Subdual) by Limen against An0nymou5 results in SUCCESS, +30% combat advantage --- Current conditions: An0nymou5 Lobisomem and Nemesis have immunity to Interference (Obfuscation) granted by the Accumulation (Information) An0nymou5 used An0nymou5 Lobisomem and Nemesis have immunity to Maneuver (Alteration) granted by the Accumulation (Information) Lobisomem used Current advantage: Aurora Disicio Geata and Limen have 85% An0nymou5 Lobisomem and Nemesis have 45% Current openings: An0nymou5 may BYPASS a chosen immunity of a chosen target at a cost of 15% combat advantage, removing any matching innate immunity from that target for the rest of the battle. Lobisomem may BYPASS a chosen immunity of a chosen target at a cost of 15% combat advantage, removing any matching innate immunity from that target for the rest of the battle. Geata may REGROUP at a cost of 30% combat advantage, cutting the other side's combat advantage in half. Nemesis may DISARM Limen at a cost of 5% combat advantage, removing one of her powers or immunities for the rest of the battle. Aurora Disicio may CAPTURE Lobisomem at a cost of 15% combat advantage, causing their powers to stop contributing combat advantage for the rest of the battle. Limen may BANISH An0nymou5 at a cost of 50% combat advantage, removing him from the battle immediately. (Click here to send in your next round's actions!) |
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Post by Aurora Disicio on Aug 23, 2016 0:44:24 GMT -7
Aurora rushed into the supermarket, her boots sounding particularly loud and obnoxious against the hard floor. She took a moment to survey the situation. There weren't too many civilians left inside thanks to the warning she always gave with her aurora. Her entourage was handling the people that insisted on fighting them for some reason, as if there was something wrong with taking from the haves to give it to the have nots, so she was free to go about her business.
"I'm going to head to the meat section. Geata, you take care of the canned goods, my power isn't as good at carrying those and they last forever. I'll head to the produce section after, and you should grab anything in boxes or containers. Avoid grabbing too much that needs to be kept frozen. Limen, help Geata. Geata, you can transport everything to that warehouse in the back of the docks, I've been using it to store food and I have have a few freezers and refrigeration units set up."
Without waiting for an affirmative, she ran off towards the meat section, quickly turning much of the food there into sparkling particles. She left some behind, but not a lot; 10% at most. While she was there, she also picked up a lot of bread and other freshly baked goods since they were next to each other, showing no concern for the people that were trying to stop her.
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