The Keepers
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Post by Azoth on Nov 14, 2016 19:18:01 GMT -7
The stabbing pain in her leg took a momentary spike, the likely fault of the black smoke that fell upon her. She was about to act reactively, again removing the cloud, when she realized it was… helping her. Healing the wound. Azoth let it be and gritted her teeth through it. Pain overwhelmed her ability to do any more than create the bandages, leaving Rainfall’s bullets free to do as they were shot, without any hindrance from the Keeper, but between the bandages and Nemesis’s aid, the wound had stopped bleeding.
A second gunshot rang out, and where this one fell made Azoth’s eyes widen. It was one thing to shoot her, but to see the broken circuitry - she had already gone through this once. She was not going to lose him again. Hatred, mixed with a fear and panic drawn from from the past, emanated from Azoth, and fell upon the malefactor.
“You.” Her voice was ice cold. “Geata has caused no one harm, yet you shoot with the intent to kill. You have attempted to kill someone dear to me.”
Azoth forced herself up on her elbows, her brow tight and gaze locked on Rainfall. She opened her mouth to speak again- but a message from Phenomenon cut her short. Azoth’s fists tightened and her jaw clenched, but her gaze dropped to the side. The volume of her voice followed suit.
“Leave. Now. Before we decide to cease peaceful measures. This is your last chance.”
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Post by PANOPTICON Ver. 3.023 on Nov 14, 2016 19:46:46 GMT -7
PANOPTICON Ver. 3.023 analyzing combat data... --- Interference (Reversion) by Nemesis against Phenomenon results in SUCCESS, +5% combat advantage Interference (Depowering) by Rainfall against Phenomenon results in SUCCESS, +5% combat advantage Accumulation (Information) by Azoth against Maneuver (Alteration) results in SUCCESS, +10% combat advantage Maneuver (Field) by Geata against Rainfall results in SUCCESS, +25% combat advantage Azoth Geata and Phenomenon have reached 100% combat advantage! The inside of the news station has been locked down against further hostilities. This front is secure for Team Management. The final victory count is two fronts for Team Management, winning them the megascheme! All participants receive 10 Notoriety for their part in the battle. Phenomenon receives an additional 10 Notoriety for his Intimidation trait. An0nymou5 receives an additional 30 Notoriety for his Terror trait. --- Analyzing possible outcomes... 1. Focus on making sure the reporters report everything, regardless of the bias of their bosses. This will make the city's dealings more transparent for everyone. Effect: +180 additional Notoriety each for An0nymou5 Aurora Disicio Azoth Dullahan Geata and Phenomenon Special Effect: Information options in all schemes (not only Keeper schemes) will specify what type of information is being offered (dragon, metaplot, or information about specific supers)2. Put the reporters to work focusing more on dragons. They might be able to uncover some useful info. Effect: +25 Keepers, Pandaemonium Prestige, +10 Unaligned Prestige Special Effect: Each monthly newspaper will contain a dragon stats hint3. Put Azoth's supreme information processing capability to work micromanaging the reporters. She should be able to maximize their usefulness. Effect: +90 additional Notoriety each for An0nymou5 Aurora Disicio Azoth Dullahan Geata and Phenomenon Effect: +12 Keepers, Pandaemonium Prestige, +5 Unaligned Prestige Special Effect: Azoth can choose one of the above special effects (but not both)As the one who started the megascheme, Geata gets to make the choice.
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The Keepers
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Post by Geata on Nov 16, 2016 19:40:27 GMT -7
Geata found that a lack of anything was something that was hard to respond to. He was just alone with his thoughts, acutely aware that his death was just minutes away if things weren't fixed. Luckily, Phenomenon's telepathy helped to break up the monotony of waiting for an impending doom. The voice and following stimuli were like a godsend, if slightly unexpected and overwhelming. The directions to Dullahan were equally appreciated.
Before making his exit to the outside world, he sent the masked man another mental message. I'll leave the talking to you two, he thought. While we're here, might as well make some use out of the situation, yeah? I bet the reporters could probably do a decent amount of research into dragons. If we get them to do that for us, we'd be better off when the time comes. And then, he dropped through a portal, landing about ten feet in front of where Dullahan supposedly was.
Above him, in large block letters, appeared a message written in portals. Each portal led to a different section of the news station wall, and the letters were five feet tall, the bottom of the letters two feet above the top of his jar. The message itself was a short, simple word. He thought it surmised the situation fairly well, so nothing more really needed said.
The word of the day was "Help".
Taking option 2!
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Pandaemonium
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Post by Aurora Disicio on Nov 16, 2016 22:05:44 GMT -7
Aurora was dumbfounded. The heroes...they actually listened. They didn't attack, they just stood around in their vain attempt to be menacing, with only the easily counterable super with the insects even trying something. She had to take a moment to rub her eyes and squint just to make sure she wasn't missing something obvious here. For once, it looked like the news station was going to get off easy and they wouldn't have to rebuild again. Satisfied, she leaned back and stared at the other supers with a large smirk on her face.
With in minutes, a message constructed entirely of portals appeared. Aurora's smirk vanished and was replaced with a deep frown. Without wasting a moment, she climbed off of Dullahan's bulldozer, landing on the ground with a metallic clang as her boots hit the sidewalk.
"Dullahan! Go make sure everything's okay. I'll hold down the fort here!"
At this point she was about ready to blow a hole in the side of the news station, but given how much effort she just put into causing no damage (and succeeding no less) it seemed like it'd be a waste to do that. Aurora was pretty sure she could hold the other supers back at this point, and Dullahan was the one with all the life support systems anyway. It was better that he go.
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Emerald City Bulwark
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Post by Rainfall on Nov 17, 2016 8:04:19 GMT -7
The villains had seized control both inside and outside the station. The police would be on the scene soon, but Rainfall doubted the cowards would be able to stop whatever the Keepers had planned. By the look of things, Pandaemonium was involved as well, which only made things worse. The gunslinger chewed her lip, wondering whether she should try and move in again.
With the distraction caused by Nemesis and her own smoke grenade, she'd managed to escape the newsroom and bust a way open for others was well- but even in the chaos, she could tell that not nearly enough of the hostages had made it. Part of her had wanted to return and deal with things herself, but she couldn't win against so many. Besides, the villains had implied that they wanted the journalists as more than just meat shields, so there might be a chance this could be resolved without further violence.
Nevertheless, she was quite tempted to put a bullet in Aurora Discio, or see how much damage she could do to Dullahan's machine. The Keepers might be scum, but Pandaemonium were monsters.
Rainfall was currently crouched on the side of the building, clutching her hunting rifle with both hands and seemingly defying gravity, though her posture indicated that she wasn't free from it entirely. More like something was holding her up. She'd chosen the edge of the edifice that lay in the shade, which made her dark clothing less visible while still giving her a decent view of the villains outside.
If they'd been injured, she might've had a go at taking them down. As it was, it looked like the supers outside had hardly put up a fight, leaving Rainfall just as outclassed here as she would be in there. Shame, but all good hunters had patience. She stayed put, keeping an eye on the situation as best she could while it all unfolded. She'd get another chance, someday.
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