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Post by Big Martin on May 29, 2016 22:39:40 GMT -7
The sun was out and the Central Market bustling, shoppers and tourists mingling as they explored the stores and storefronts, gazing and gasping at the bright colors of the arts and crafts, the floral arrangements, the exotic fruits and spices all on offer. There was a lot to see here, and it made for a pleasant place to wander about, perhaps even pick up a few things if one had money to spare.
But this was no ordinary open-air market! For the gleaming jewels of Emerald City were laid out here for all to see. Rows and rows of gleaming scales and fins, salmon and haddock and cod and herring and tuna in their ephemeral state between death and the plate. The smell was hardly delectable, but in the hands of a skilled chef, these slimy aquatic morsels could turn the tongue into a veritable paradise! A signature of the Market, a surprisingly valuable commodity- and they were all right there, in the open, just waiting to be stolen away!
Hidden eyes were already watching this tantalizing prey, from gaps and crannies and rooftops were no ordinary man or woman was likely to see them. Hidden voices whispered, growing in tension as the time for action drew close.
"Bravo team in position. Eyes on the prize."
Roger that. Charlie, Echo?
"Teams Charlie and Echo ready, Big Martin!"
Wonderful. Begin the diversion!
A thin, high-pitched chorus of mewls cut through the chatter of the crowd, drawing eyes towards a small pack of extremely fluffy kittens who appeared to have just wandered into the middle of the street. People turned, shopkeepers turned, cooing and laughing and drawing their cell phones and cameras to get a shot of the strange event, some even drawing closer to try and touch the adorable creatures. Others, further from the sight, were still distracted by the commotion, wondering what everyone was gathering for.
This was only one pack among several, spaced out just enough that nobody would immediately notice anything suspicious. While the eyes of the crowds were drawn to these small and furry specimens, larger and meaner cats were slipping past like ghosts, sneaking silently from one hiding spot to the other, closing in on the storefronts. Working together, some watching while others moved, they closed in on the multitudes of fishy delicacies, leaping up and slowly dragging the first few from their proper place.
No matter how cute a kitten was, however, it could not distract a canny fishmonger for long. All it took was a pair of eyes to glance in the right direction, and the cry went out. "Oi! Shoo! Get off my fish!"
Normally, one would expect a cat to run at this point. Instead, they froze, and their eyes went to a large, one-eyed American Shorthair, who cursed. "Shit! We've been sighted!"
As bewildered fishmongers realized that the cat was talking, a silent order went out, rippling over the area as it was relayed to key cats, who in turn warned their fellows. No worries, I planned for this. All teams, initiate Operation Chaos!
(For those readers unfamiliar with the devious schemes of Big Martin, the point of Operation Chaos... was chaos!)
All over the marketplace, cats exploded out of their hiding places, ready to bite and scratch and stir the crowd up into a frenzy. In the midst of a riot, nobody would be able to stop the swift and agile felines and their cunning master from making off with the fresh-caught treasures of the marketplace...
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SCHEME: Create total panic, and steal every fish in the Central Market! Mwahahahahahaha!
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Post by Timezone on May 30, 2016 9:54:34 GMT -7
Timezone dashed out of a open fish market looking behind him, seriously!? A broom!? What was he, a cat? "I wasn't doing anything wrong, I was just helping you guys carry in the boxes of fish!" Sure he dropped the box and may have ruined a lot of fish, but it's the thought that counts! The man holding the broom, held his phone out with his other hand, probably a threat, Timezone finally left, looking around at the rest of the fish markets, he had to do something to help!
A collective "Awww!" caught his attention and he turned towards whatever the crowd of civilians were looking at. Kittens! There was kittens right there! He ran forward and picked one up, only briefly thinking about how this doesn't happen, well, ever normally. Suddenly a man yelled something about cats stealing his fish and Timezone turned, still holding the kitty. "Hey, shoo, shoo! Get away!" He yelled, preparing to fast forward, chasing off cats was one way he could help! A little voice piped up, "Don't yell at my parents!" "They're stealing I gotta... Wait. Did you just talk?" He must have tried time lagging too often, probably messing with his head again...
A huge screech erupted everywhere and like, hundreds of cats appeared basically out of nowhere, leaping towards Timezone and the civilians who begin trying to run away. Ok, to stop this just hit the cats, not too hard but enough to make them wanna run, yep perfect, just do that enough and they'll all run, easy! A civilian ran past, a scary looking tabby clinging to their head, first help the civilians! He dodged whatever cats attacked him, dropped the kitty, and jumped into a fast forwards, then grabbed the tabby who instantly scratched at him. He threw the tabby away, dashing again to help out someone being chased by what was basically a wave of cats. "Man... I never thought a superhero would have to save people from cats, not save the cats themselves!"
Opposing: While superheroes never saved people from cats before, there's always a first for everything!
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Post by Hellhound on May 30, 2016 12:32:44 GMT -7
Wow, today was actually both a peaceful and sunny day! Dining himself with a grey trench coat (from someone's else closest without his consent, of course) and a perfect top fedora hat that was just laying alone and homeless among the streets, Hellhound look like a small, but shady stalker roaming the city around this time; of course, he rather dress up like this at this time of a nice day than simply going about in his alter form as a red mutt causing those whom he promise to protect to try and shoot him, so one out of two is still good. Along his way witnessing shops holding interesting antics and wonderful street acts, his mind begin to wonder why hasn't he take a trip to the Downtown central market. Ever since he was born, not a single trip could be manage to visit the suppose "open palace" on his off days, so why not capture this once in a life time to get a moment there?
After asking bystanders its location, Hellhound gasps in awe of the crafts being display for onlooking to supply themselves, the sweet scent of fruits and the odd smell of dead eye fish populating stands and hot spices, and taking in the field of shade hanging over stands for others to shield themselves from the sun's bright light. He can admit that this place is like a palace, indefinably for newcomers like himself! "Next time I should bring a camera..." he joke to himself, smiling as owners of the stands shout out sales and their products they're handing out. Everything was going smoothly until a sudden touch breeze upon his legs, making the teen bellow out a yelp at the strange creature: a cat. A cat?!! Hellhound, while peaking around for for no witnesses, take the cat pressing o his furry legs and give it a kick on its side; serve that nasty feline for scaring him, even though that cat didn't do anything harmful to him, he just dislike cats.
Hellhound continue his quest through the open market when another pop out and another and another until his spot was seize with countless of hissing and sharp claws dangling from their paws surrounds him...Damn. "Was it because I kicked that guy? He was all up on me, I hate that!" he growl at them, but then he shut his mouth close when a closure appear: he was talking to some stray cats. Giving himself a quick face-palm, Hellhound peak through his fingers when screaming from the crowds merge from the civilians as cats as the size of a small dog soon hook on them, attacking them with their claws and digging through their skin! Even though this is a weird event, cats attacking his people without any remorse is something he have to take care of. If not, this day will be from peaceful...to CATASTROPHIC!
Opposing: Cats. Why did to have to be cats?
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Post by Lobisomem on May 30, 2016 20:33:12 GMT -7
Lobisomem genuinely wasn't planning a raid here, simply wandering through the market with a hot dog on a stick, eyes shifting as they searched for their next purchase.
Then a shit load of cats swarmed the market. Some dogs chased after a pair, quitting as they gave a barked in their direction. Soon enough, a small pack of dogs had gathered around, barking as if they had gone mad.
Lobisomem pulled a hoodie over their head as they watched, this actually looked kinda fun! Nobody was really getting hurt or anything!
They ducked behind a stand and laid in the hastily provided shade as they transformed. The sun scorched any exposed skin, but they made it out virtually unscathed.
The pack took this as permission to riot and promptly surged into the stands, eating anything they could get their teeth into. Lobisomem stomped forward, but made no attempt to scare the cats, announcing their allegiance.
One cat stared in utter surprise, "I don't believe it!" He laughed, "The dogs are helping! The kittens are going to flip!"
Supporting: Hey, dogs and cats aren't mortal enemies!
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Post by PANOPTICON Ver. 3.023 on May 31, 2016 22:41:04 GMT -7
PANOPTICON Ver. 3.023 online Running aberrant conflict search heuristic. Scanning satellite imagery... anomaly located. Beginning detailed analysis. Unknown phenomenon spreading in Emerald City, sector AL-39. Analyzing... analysis complete. Phenomenon is cats. Cataloguing contents of sector... Detected: 108,155 unpowered humans Detected: Four standard aberrants. See case files 1-4514, 1-5809, 1-5944, 1-6001. Conflict probability within next 60 seconds: 99.99% Beginning combat data collection. (The fight starts now! In public, post your reactions and responses to everything that has happened since your last post. Then, click here to PM the admins with the description of your action this turn. In that PM, also include which power type you're using and your choice of target. The next round will begin in 48 hours, or less if everyone's actions are submitted before then.) |
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Post by Big Martin on Jun 1, 2016 10:08:36 GMT -7
In the midst of the growing mayhem, one might have thought it impossible to hear anything specific over the noise. And this was true! When relying on ordinary human ears, at least. The pointy, flexible ears of a cat, however, were far more acute in their sensation. The moment a certain member of the crowd uttered the word "superhero," it was picked up by an attentive feline, who immediately alerted her commander.
"Big Martin, we may have an Interesting Person involved."
Already? Damn, they're fast. Anything else to report?
"Timothy says someone kicked him!"
Oh dear... Timothy, go help with the fish, stay out of the thick of things if you can. Everyone else, remember to watch out for enemy feet!
Notable as these small disturbances were, the arrival of hounds into the situation prompted a more severe reaction, with dozens of literal cat-calls ringing out: yelps of fear, cries of alert, and insults against dogkind. The initial alarm, however, quickly turned to amazement. Not only were the idiot dogs not chasing the cats and being a nuisance, as they usually would, they were helping! Perhaps, at long last, the rival species had found a common enemy in those who sought to keep the best food out of reach on dinner tables! The kittens flipped, but the rest of the cats sprang into renewed action.
In spite of their discomfort, the cats made no attempt to attack or disrupt the dogs- indeed, at the behest of their hidden master, they worked with the other animals, many of them jumping into the stands with the canines to help bring down entire storefronts under their combined weight. Nothing could stop this alliance!
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Post by Timezone on Jun 1, 2016 13:43:28 GMT -7
"Let go! Let go of that!" Timezone have somehow ended up in some sort of tug o war with the biggest cat he ever seen over some piece of salmon the guy behind him claimed is super valuable. Finally the cat let go, yelled and cursed at him and ran off while Timezone handed the fish over to the man. "Just get outta here and take your $1000 worth fish or whatever with you!"
Another civilian let out a scream, at least he thinks it's a civilian it might be one of the cats but he might as well be safe not sorry, so he jumped back into his fast forward towards the scream. He didn't get far, instead he tripped over something white and fluffy, was it one of the kittens? Instead the animal growled, a dog, what was a dog doing here!? "Wait where did you come fr- Oh come on!" He looked up and saw the cats actually helping the dogs get food from the top shelf, now dogs and cats decide to work together when he had to fight them!?
The dogs were nothing compared to the beast that appeared with them! He backed up in a rewind hoping it didn't see him, was it some sort of commander of the dogs? "New plan! Take care of the dogs and the cats, and don't get scratched or bit! Gotta be easy!" Yeah it would be easy 'cause he's a superhero! Some dogs and cats both noticed him and he dashed forward, realizing he have gone back into view of everybody here. Oh well, he'll deal with that later!
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Post by Lobisomem on Jun 1, 2016 17:29:28 GMT -7
Lobisomem clumsily stepped over a stand, trying desperately to not step on the swarm of creatures around their feet, mouthful of beef hanging from their jaws.
Despite their frankly odd circumstances, a giggle bubbled in their chest. By the looks of it, the cats and the dogs that were raiding the place were taking this really seriously, but come on! Cats and dogs working together just to eat!? That was hilarious!
They spotted their two opponents, a weird dog creature, and a boy blinking through the place so fast, their eyes couldn't keep up. They could definitely bet they had never dealt with this before, and Lobisomem supposed it was their job to make sure they didn't it out.
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Post by Hellhound on Jun 2, 2016 23:11:21 GMT -7
"GET OFF OF ME!!" growl Hellhound, dashing away from the group of the surrounding cats before. Claws marks was already printed on his skin and clothes, leaving tears and the smell of trash around his face as the cries of felines jumped him for kicking their friend; the pain was not much, but it did sting a little with the breeze blow upon his open flesh wounds by which a trench of blood stream down dip of blood from them. Damn these cats! Damn them all! Cutting across the now damage food stand and losing the raging felines, Hellhound spot of rave of cats and dogs cornering a group of civilians, bearing fangs and claws as the group shield their precious food from them to steal. They're just animals, no time for the Animal Right group to hang on to his mind.
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Post by PANOPTICON Ver. 3.023 on Jun 3, 2016 0:03:31 GMT -7
  PANOPTICON Ver. 3.023 analyzing combat data... --- Accumulation (Summoning) by Big Martin against Aggression (Subdual) results in SUCCESS, +10% combat advantage Accumulation (Information) by Lobisomem against @maneuver (Speed) results in SUCCESS, +10% combat advantage Maneuver (Speed) by Timezone against Big Martin results in FAILURE due to the target's equal-or-greater immunity granted by the Accumulation (Information) Lobisomem used Invalid action by Hellhound --- Current condintions: Big Martin and Lobisomem have immunity to Aggression (Subdual) granted by the Accumulation (Summoning) Big Martin used Big Martin and Lobisomem have immunity to Maneuver (Speed) granted by the Accumulation (Information) Lobisomem used Current advantage: Big Martin and Lobisomem have 20% Hellhound and Timezone have 0% Current openings: Lobisomem may BYPASS a chosen immunity of a chosen enemy at a cost of 15% combat advantage, removing it for the rest of the fight. (Click here to submit your next round's actions!) |
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Post by Big Martin on Jun 3, 2016 17:09:48 GMT -7
The enemy presence was becoming clearer, now, as the two heroes entered the fray, unleashing their powers upon Martin's horde with abandon. One, who looked like the corrupted spawn of an Alastatian and a Great Pacific Octopus, unleashed a powerful set of tendrils. The other, who looked... pretty ordinary, became nothing more than a blur, weaving between the cats too fast for human eyes to even glimpse.
But in spite of their flashy display, neither came close to halting the unstoppable feline onslaught. The octopus arms were powerful, but there were only eight of them, and against the masses of animals, there was little they could accomplish. As for the speedster, the dogs and their monstrous commander seemed to have him well under control, leaving Martin free to focus on the ongoing theft. Things were moving along quite well indeed!
Are the fish secured?
"Some of them, Big Martin! The humans can't stop us, but it'll take a while to get them all and Ferdinand keeps trying to eat them-"
No eating until the heist is done! You can stuff your faces once we have the goods- when we can share them evenly. For now, you must focus! This is a hunt, and we will not let a single prize escape us!
With renewed vigour, the cats darted back and forth, using the crowds as cover as they tracked down every fin, scale, and fishbone they could find.
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Post by Timezone on Jun 3, 2016 18:01:46 GMT -7
Timezone wasn't even sure his attacks were doing anything to stop the animals. Apparently not, 'cause suddenly the ocean of cats surged towards him alongside a group of dogs. He backed up, rewinding then looking around, "Seriously!? I'm exactly where I started this!" He was even next to the fish market he got chased out of.
Not only was the same group of cats and dogs still chasing him, it seemed the giant commander of the dogs was racing around, unfortunately very near Timezone himself. Ok, admittedly he had literally no plan, like, attacking the dogs and cats was sorta his only plan. "Alright Timezone, time to just wing it!" He dashed forward again, he was pretty sure he'd be good at winging it in this situation, it's not like he never tried this before!
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Post by Lobisomem on Jun 3, 2016 21:50:16 GMT -7
Lobisomem padded between the stalls, chewing on what resembled a cow. This was going fantastic, why the hell didn't they ever try this before!?
They simply backed up as the blinking boy shot past, carrying on his futile battle against the masses of cats and dogs. It was almost sad.
They didn't even pay much attention to the demon like creature trying to help, if it came near, Lobisomem would just bite him.
For now, they continued their raid, swallowing whatever they came across.
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Post by Hellhound on Jun 3, 2016 22:49:04 GMT -7
After he send the multiple animals away from his sight and mind, Hellhound walk towards the group of the owner stands, after he pull in his extra arms, just to make sure they wasn't hurt or anything; however, as soon as he approach them, not even half a feet close, the shaken up elders clutch hard on their food product and soon begin to strike down at the teen with the very food they promise to protect, believing him to be part of the troublesome mess! Tomatoes, chopped pumpkins, grapes and various of other items all catapult at his already swollen body with great aim and speed from such elders, leaving even more of a mess surrounding their broken stands and rotten streets, but mostly at the superhero. Having enough of their shenanigans, Hellhound accidentally blunder out an appalling snarl at the people made them hinder their attacks and crowd behind one another as if they knew he would pounce at them. Hellhound take notice of his mistake as his muzzle fall down, "Wait, wait, I didn't mean..." he stop suddenly; the move was already made. "Never mind. But DON'T do that again or you'll regret it!" he sigh, but his tone don't really mean it.
Leaving them behind, Hellhound move out towards the action of the battle and climb upwards on rather comfortable tent to scan across the event. There was countless of cats and dogs now working together (which is a very surprising, to be honest); screaming civilians running here and there; and a blur. What blur? The teen leap across the tent to get a greater sight, but it just made his smile bright. TIMEZONE! Great, another Bulwuk here!
He drop down from his position and try to make his way towards his team mate...until another sight capture his eyes, and it was the most bizarre thing around this mess! It looked to be a wolf but it seem like it's so much more. Regardless, that thing must be the captain of this cat and dog team up, so bringing him down may result in the rest to scatter about.
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Post by PANOPTICON Ver. 3.023 on Jun 5, 2016 0:13:22 GMT -7
PANOPTICON Ver. 3.023 analyzing combat data... --- Accumulation (Information) by Lobisomem against Interference (Reversion) results in SUCCESS, +10% combat advantage Aggression (Confinement) by Big Martin against Hellhound results in SUCCESS, +30% combat advantage Aggression (Subdual) by Timezone against Lobisomem results in FAILURE due to the target's immunity granted by the equal-or-greater Accumulation (Summoning) used by Big Martin , +10% combat advantage --- Current condintions: Big Martin and Lobisomem have immunity to Aggression (Subdual) granted by the Accumulation (Summoning) Big Martin used Big Martin and Lobisomem have immunity to Maneuver (Speed) granted by the Accumulation (Information) Lobisomem used Big Martin and Lobisomem have immunity to Interference (Reversion) granted by the Accumulation (Information) Lobisomem used Current advantage: Big Martin and Lobisomem have 60% Hellhound and Timezone have 10% Current openings: Lobisomem may BYPASS a chosen immunity of a chosen enemy at a cost of 15% combat advantage, removing it for the rest of the fight. Big Martin may CAPTURE Hellhound at a cost of 20% combat advantage, which will cause his powers and immunities to be treated as level 0 when suppressing other powers. (Future updates to this scheme will not wait on Hellhound to submit an action before being resolved. Click here to submit your next round's actions!)
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