Pandaemonium
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Post by Sanduleak on Jun 4, 2016 2:44:41 GMT -7
Sanduleak's day had started off normal enough, not a lot to complain about but still did so anyways as he drove through the city, eyeing potential new targets he could suggest to a team of maniacs. To say he was driving is a bit of a mistake though, in the red convertible the villain sat in the passenger side with the top down, while the elderly gentlemen, who had the misfortune of making a stop at the wrong place and time, drove with a colt revolver pointed at his thigh. It wasn't to hide the gun just let the Pandemonium member be lazy, his costume more than made up for the attention that the gun would've attracted. Said attention seemed to be the reason a dark van flew into the lane next to them with an open window. A slight eye twitch hidden by his mask was the only notice Sanduleak gave them until he saw the familiar uniform of a Keeper mook and what appeared to be a Molotov in his hand. The man had his arm back to throw and head out the window to make sure he was hitting the right target...oh it appeared said target was in a red convertible...with a revolver and ridiculous outfit.
"Don't you brats know not to play with fire, otherwise you're gonna get burned."
He yelled with a chuckled before there was a flash from his helmet as the thrower stopped in his motion and Sanduleak casually raised his gun to fire a quick beam of light at the bottle, it's contents spilling and burning the thrower but gaining no reaction until a few seconds passed. Then all hell broke loose. Apparently an on fire passenger causes a panicked driver, and apparently said driver had a car full of explosives which now were falling out behind while the van spun out of control in a mere moment the explosions had created a chain reaction that formed a ring of fire that was quite a bit bigger than the intersection it originated from. Honestly he hadn't cared too much about it until he realized, as his car stopped and 'chauffeur' ran as far as possible, that he was in the center of said 'ring of fire'.
"Welllllll shit, I feel this may be cruelly ironic in some way."
He finally took a step out of the car and noticed at least twenty car's worth of passengers all panicking and looking for a way out of the inferno. Well he could take credit for this stunt, leave out the keepers,...course that also meant being cooked and he surprisingly wanted to not become roasted anytime soon. With a sigh he raised both arms, causing his cloak to also rise and reveal fifteen winkling lights floating within said cloak, each resembling a four pointed gold star. After revealing his stars, and with a wave of his arm, they were off to form a wide circle on the inner edges of the fire.
"This is gonna be a pain...JUDGEMENT!"
Punctuating his yell with a downward swipe of his waved arm, each star erupted in a pillar of light the stopped the flames for a few moments before sparks began licking through. With a ninety degree twist of his downed arm the pillars extended arms to become cross-like and interlock making defense more effective. It was luck and the fact that his costume got hot as hell that he was temporarily shielding the civilians...least that's what anyone was gonna hear if he had anything to say about it...if he got the chance to. He attempted to focus on his wall of pillars, but the heat encroaching on his back and annoying thoughts filling his head made it more than difficult.
"Where in the burning hell is a Bulwark when you need em."
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Emerald City Bulwark
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Post by Titan on Jun 4, 2016 3:55:49 GMT -7
Titan was really busy lately. He had more than enough free time to go about superheroing this month without many hold-ups, and that meant more activity. His run-ins with Pandaemonium certainly tested his abilities, and his team-up with Blue Jay was quite an intense one. He was admittedly looking forward to taking it easy today. It was quiet anyway; no pressing issues that the other Bulwarks couldn't handle, and Titan felt he needed a break from scrapping with other supers. Then again, he did ponder what else he could do other than doing Bulwark duties. Hopefully an idea would pop into his head sooner or later.
However, all that went straight out of the figurative window when there was an incredibly loud explosion, which Titan reflexively rushed towards. When he got to the scene, it was quite a shock. An inferno almost entirely engulfed the street, trapping the people in the center of it. The panicked screams of the trapped and other bystanders filled the air, and the distant whine of a fire engine could be faintly heard. With the sheer intensity of the inferno, Titan was sure that a lot of people would be hurt before the fire department could arrive.
It was when Titan decided to go into action did he noticed that the flames were being stymied by some sort of...light. Looking around, he saw what he assumed was the person controlling them. He was wearing some sort of costume that included a mask and a cape. Must have been a Bulwark that was luckily close enough. Titan wracked his brain on when and where he met this particular person, as he was sure he knew everyone in Bulwark. Remembering the he did meet someone wearing a mask and a cape, Titan drew his conclusions and waved a greeting towards the fellow super. Growing to 25 feet and towering over the flames, Titan got to work pulling the people out of the fire.
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Pandaemonium
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Post by Sanduleak on Jun 4, 2016 14:53:34 GMT -7
One massive disadvantage of having a helmet that covered your head was freaking forehead sweat that you couldn't wipe away, and so had to shake like a stupid, he swore if someone didn't show up he may attempt to just put out the flames with some very violent means. Means he had ye to think of but he swore that they'd be violent. Thankfully some giant literally popped out from behind the flames and began pulling people out. Sanduleak figured he'd see the guy suplexing sky scrapers instead of picking out survivors...wasn't there a guy who did that in Pandemonium? This guy wasn't screeching like a banshee bout justice so he wasn't bulwark, and Sanduleak kept extremely close tabs on all Keeper's members and even if this guy was new he was extremely hard to miss. So that left only one choice. It was odd seeing him help but hey everyone had their own style in pandemonium, some were a helluva lot nicer than others, like Sanduleak....when he's in a good mood. As more and more people were pulled out, he let the flames close in a bit more so he could pull the pillars closer together.
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Emerald City Bulwark
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Post by Titan on Jun 5, 2016 22:54:04 GMT -7
Titan had to exercise some caution when pulling the people out of the deadly ring of fire. When he reached in, he could feel the flames licking at his arms, and the heat was strong enough that Titan could feel himself sweat from both the effort and the temperature. Meanwhile, the other super was continuing his work with trying to put out the flames, or at least stymy them enough to make Titan's job in rescue a lot easier. As Titan pulled out car after car, he kept in mind the fearful expression of the passengers. Even with Bulwark were saving people, the people of Emerald City were fearful of supers. Then again, the actions of some in Bulwark, along with the constant threat of the superpowered criminals did make it perfectly understandable. Once the vehicles were safely out of the ring, Titan got to work with the pedestrians. Once again, the giant grabbed them by the handful. With most of his work done, Titan shot out a thumbs up at the super still inside the ring, but relented from pulling him out as well. He assumed that the guy had something in mind.
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Pandaemonium
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Post by Sanduleak on Jun 5, 2016 23:30:18 GMT -7
Sanduleak wouldn't deny that he was slightly impressed at the big guy, wasn't bothering him and actually did get the people out fast. Maybe he'd keep a car or two to sell, that poor convertible wasn't going to be much unfortunately as it was now flaming wreck. Died how it lived, a hot ride. He chuckled, and knew he seemed insane as he stood in the center of the inferno laughing. At the giant's thumb up he took that as permission to go to step two, his eye's flashing twice caused four 'stars' to circle around him before he twisted his arm again, causing the pillars to bend over the flames and now surround the outer circle instead of the inner one, leaving Sanduleak in the center still.
"Well here goes nothing."
He slammed his palm into the ground causing the crosses to dash towards him from all sides and crash into the center. The flames flew upwards in a plume of orange and yellow fire, going above the giant in height before becoming embers that quickly died out. In the center was a mass pile up of cars, pushed away by a multi-colored bubble of light that revealed Sanduleak standing proudly in the center. Said pride was the only reason his legs weren't shaking like twigs, he could've escaped or destroyed the buildings but that wouldn't rival Giza or Aurora in flashiness and he had to at least to be king of that...didn't mean he couldn't almost piss himself though.
"OH YEAH WHO'S THE SUPER SUPER!"
And with that yell he fell backwards on his rear. Jeez he really needed to get one of the geeks at Pandemonium to make it his suit a bit more insulated and heat resistant. But at the least the fire was out and the keeper's were dead, with one more laugh he flashed Titan a thumbs up in return.
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Emerald City Bulwark
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Post by Titan on Jun 6, 2016 17:48:35 GMT -7
In a strangely theatrical manner, the super within the ring of fire made a display of their power, putting out most of the flames in the process. The process of doing so sent a jet of heat flying at Titan's head, with him barely recoiling out of the way in time. His mask was slightly singed, but he managed to avoid the worst of it. There wasn't much time to think of that for too long, as Titan's, and everyone in the area's, attention was drawn to the screaming super who was now standing in the middle of the street by himself. After yelling out some sort of odd non-sequitur, he collapsed onto the ground and gave Titan a thumbs up. Unfortunately, there was no time for celebration, as Titan could hear sirens in the distance, and they were getting closer. Grabbing the collapsed super, Titan rushed off to a safe spot. Once they were out of sight in an alleyway, Titan set down the barely conscious super and shrank down to his normal size.
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Pandaemonium
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Post by Sanduleak on Jun 6, 2016 18:30:44 GMT -7
Sanduleak picked up on the sirens and turned his head, noticing the squad of cards heading for him. Ugh he really wasn't in the mood to deal with a bunch of cops trying to kill him for saving people. Feeling himself being picked up, Sanduleak spared a glance at Titan, normally he would've argued against such a thing but it that would've taken too much effort at the moment. Once they were in the alleyway and around the same size, he began to release a bright light from his eyes, it wouldn't stun people but you couldn't exactly see through unless you had special eyes. With a sigh of relief, Sanduleak pulled off the glass cover from his mask and began taking in a few gulps of cool air. It was only for a minute as that's all he could pull off with the flash before he replaced the cover.
"Sorry it's just real fucking hot and it's not that I don't trust you in particular...I uh don't trust anyone cause of ya know mind readers and such being a thing, and uh thanks for the lift."
He continued to lean against the wall, he may have not had a super body but he could a keep secret identity at least.
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Emerald City Bulwark
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Post by Titan on Jun 7, 2016 18:25:27 GMT -7
As the two were now alone out of sight, the other super decided to use this moment to cool down and remove his helmet. He evidently didn't trust Titan with seeing his face, as a bright light that was irritating to the eyes was covering his face. From what Titan could see, he could only make out a very basic set of features that basically just confirmed that he was human. When the other super explained to him why exactly he summoned that bright light in the first place, Titan only gave a nod of acknowledgement. Secret identities were phenomenally important, and the risk of being outed as a super destroyed any chance of a normal life. Titan knew he wouldn't appreciate his real face being seen. Anyways, the guy deserved some privacy for the good work today; not only did he help save a lot of innocent lives, he managed to put out that fire. Though Titan did wonder what exactly caused it. That was up to the police to find out, really. Deciding to take his leave, Titan flashed another thumbs up and made his way out of the alleyway.
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Pandaemonium
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Post by Sanduleak on Jun 7, 2016 18:36:48 GMT -7
"That is so freaking cheesy you know!"
Sanduleak shouted at the man when he walked away with a thumbs up, he chuckled and shook his head. Guy was silent, appeared to have some standards or code as he could've easily taken the mask off when he was done with the flash but didn't, an alright guy that he'd chase after and buy (steal) a drink for if he wasn't so tired. How were the news people gonna twist this story he wondered, Pandemonium and Keeper team up to cause and put out fire to look like the heroic Bulwarks they truly aren't. He shook his head with a yawn and stood up, made him tired just thinking like stupid people, before walking out the alleyway and looking for the next ride he could hitch. Who knows maybe he'd see that silent giant again, except this time he could be causer of chaos instead of himself.
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