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The Hellions #11: Promethean Noon - Damascan…
Post by Meisha "Muse" Aisha on Jun 1, 2007, 10:41am
The Hellions #11: Promethean Noon - Damascan Hide
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Revenge truly is a dish best served cold… and with a renewed incentive, the Hellions meet a much belated visitor, bearing an old grudge with a new twist.
Guest Starring Darkstar, and with a special part from voice actor Kevin Michael Richards!
Written by: Greg Weisman.
Pencillers: David Hedgecock and Greg Guler (cover art)
Colorists: Dustin Evans and Stephanie Lostimolo (cover art).
Release Date: Friday 8th June, 10-11 PM Central (variable: player availability).
Re: Hellions #11: Promethean Noon
Post by Lisa "Nephy" Nephrahim on Jun 1, 2007, 11:00am
Uh… TBC? To be continued? Concluded? Did you mean TBA?
Re: Hellions #11: Promethean Noon
Post by Sir Nathaniel/Fang on Jun 1, 2007, 3:07pm
[Depends. Gen-X plans topic covers alot of shifting. I'm confused at this point. DN may have the next GX mission(When is uncertain), Amy after that, and Doodles at some point after that(Dates are currently shifting). I think. Unless the numbering system is off.]
Re: Hellions #11: Promethean Noon
Post by Sadie "Suicide Queen" Hannoura on Jun 1, 2007, 6:39pm
Actually, Doodle's mission aside (which was pitched about two months ago), I'm wresting control back of my title.
As far as when I'll run it, I'm just going to run Gen X whenever I'm up to it. If it clashes with NMW or Hellions, so be it. Smaller casts/participation are easier to work with anyway.
Re: Hellions #11: Promethean Noon
Post by Sadie "Suicide Queen" Hannoura on Jun 1, 2007, 6:39pm
Also, Marcus and I have rescheduled his event, due to his plans this month.
Re: Hellions #11: Promethean Noon
Post by Meisha "Muse" Aisha on Jun 8, 2007, 9:43am
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Re: Hellions #11: Promethean Noon
Post by Meisha "Muse" Aisha on Jun 8, 2007, 9:43am
[[The middle of the night.]]
The holder of the 'safehouse' had been a little less than forthcoming. With a little under a dozen small rooms being kept in reserve for 'supplies', Emma quickly 'convinced' him to give them up to the Hellions as bedrooms.
And now, she pushes the door to Alexander's room open, lingering in the doorway for a moment. Something flickers in the corner of her eye, a light in a shadow or a shadow in a light… She walks over to where Alexander lies and shakes him.
"Alexander! Alexander, wake up. There's a problem."
Alexander springs awake with little fanfare at the first mentioning of his name. He's a light sleeper. He looks up to find the source of the disturbance of his sleep - Emma. He's had a dream or two that started similar to this, but odds are the reality of the situation is going to veer wildly from what happens in his unconscious dreams.
Thank his various gods that he manages not to think about the aformentioned dreams at the moment.
"What sort of problem?"
Emma turns from him, trailing a hand along the wall as she takes a few light steps that lead her to his weaponry. She runs a hand down the sword, staring at it. Admiring it. A hand wraps around the hilt, grasping it firmly as she spins around again to face Alexander.
He has a moment to see her hand turn into a strange crystaline substance; almost diamond-like. It spreads up her arm and along her collarbone, running along her body as all of it turns into the magnificent substance.
It isn't something he has long to admire, as she runs the sword straight into his chest.
"This sort."
Re: Hellions #11: Promethean Noon
Post by Meisha "Muse" Aisha on Jun 9, 2007, 6:57pm
[Alright, start checking in.]
Re: Hellions #11: Promethean Noon
Post by Jesse "Masstress" Buchanon on Jun 9, 2007, 7:01pm
«Checking in as Jesse, and a guest spot with Squirrel Girl.»
Re: Hellions #11: Promethean Noon
Post by sam2 on Jun 9, 2007, 7:02pm
« My, it's that late already.
I'm going to run out, but be back in… last time I said 5, I was gone for more like 20. Well, I'm doing the same thing, so heads up. »
Re: Hellions #11: Promethean Noon
Post by Wreck on Jun 9, 2007, 7:49pm
[Here….sort of. More or less. Kind of]
Re: Hellions #11: Promethean Noon
Post by Meisha "Muse" Aisha on Jun 9, 2007, 7:50pm
[My, you inspire such confidence.]
Re: Hellions #11: Promethean Noon
Post by Sadie "Suicide Queen" Hannoura on Jun 9, 2007, 7:55pm
[I'll give you Noir, so…here.]
Re: Hellions #11: Promethean Noon
Post by Meisha "Muse" Aisha on Jun 9, 2007, 8:03pm
[Fine, then. But Tippy Toe pays the price.
I’ve spent my last nights
Strung up and pulled tight.
Holding out, sleeping proud
An answer comes without a please:
‘Do what you want.’
Hushed with a finger
Don’t say you’ll never when you might,
Or just another time.
This poison comes instruction free.
Do what you want, but I’m drinking.]
The Hellions endure their less than blissful states of sleep that this unkempt 'safe haven' affords them, tossing and turning and tossing again. It's not particularly uncomfortable, of course, but they can hardly complain, after being stuck in a bus for a couple of weeks, driving with only the occasional stop to refuel.
Of course, it would be a bit of a joke to say that they should be grateful. Each Hellion wakes up to sights unpleasant, to varying degrees.
Doreen wakes up to the sight of Tippy-Toe nailed to a wall, with the words 'come out and play, little Hellions' written on the wall in marker pen.
Wreck wakes up to notice a familiar bloody pendant around his neck.
For a fleeting moment, when Jesse wakes, the familiar sillhouette of her father seems visible.
For Torrance, the unpleasantness comes in what she sees before she wakes - Magneto, everywhere, while she drowns in shadows and despair.
Kee'an wakes up, and feels an odd itching behind his eyes.
[Weak, I know.]
Re: Hellions #11: Promethean Noon
Post by sam2 on Jun 9, 2007, 8:06pm
I try to get back to sleep, damn itching.
Re: Hellions #11: Promethean Noon
Post by Meisha "Muse" Aisha on Jun 9, 2007, 8:08pm
Concussive blast out of his eyes. Aren't superpowers fun? It blows a hole into the ceiling above Kee'an.
Re: Hellions #11: Promethean Noon
Post by Wreck on Jun 9, 2007, 8:09pm
Opening his teeth-eyes, Wreck glances down. Grabs the pendant in one motion and lifts it up, peering at it.
"Oh no, someone's giving me jewelry while I rest. The fright I feel is…."
And he slumps back down onto his pillow midsentence.
Re: Hellions #11: Promethean Noon
Post by sam2 on Jun 9, 2007, 8:10pm
"What the!"
I keep focusing on the cieling. hoping to blast whatever falls on me out of the way.
"AWESOME!"
Re: Hellions #11: Promethean Noon
Post by Sadie "Suicide Queen" Hannoura on Jun 9, 2007, 8:10pm
Noir bolts upright, drawing all of the shadows in, and letting loose in a blast of Darkforce at the opposing wall.
She clutches her father's dogtags as she wipes the sweat from her hair, her wife-beater nearly translucent from perspiration.
"What the Hell is that all about?"
Re: Hellions #11: Promethean Noon
Post by Meisha "Muse" Aisha on Jun 9, 2007, 8:13pm
All of the debris gets blasted away, but it becomes kind of apparent that it isn't stopping. The blasts, that is.
The image lingers even out of the dream, drifting away out of Noir's room, taunting her. What's more noticable is the despair; something that seems to grow stronger and stronger.
Re: Hellions #11: Promethean Noon
Post by Wreck on Jun 9, 2007, 8:15pm
Opening one eye again, Wreck's gaze returns to the pendant.
"….wait a sec."
He lifts it up again, opening the hatch. Stares at the picture inside for a moment, then glances around quickly.
"Kelly? Are you here?"
Re: Hellions #11: Promethean Noon
Post by Sadie "Suicide Queen" Hannoura on Jun 9, 2007, 8:16pm
Torrance scrambles out of the tangle of her sheets, scooting back against the wall, hyperventilating as if the room…no, the darkness was closing in.
She hasn't been nyctophobic since grade school in Melbourne. Barring no other recourse, she huddles into a ball and cries, then unleashes a scream of desperation into her knees.
Re: Hellions #11: Promethean Noon
Post by Meisha "Muse" Aisha on Jun 9, 2007, 8:16pm
Some of the blood on the pendant runs off of it onto his fingers, and his call rings out without reply into the empty room.
Re: Hellions #11: Promethean Noon
Post by sam2 on Jun 9, 2007, 8:18pm
They aren't stoping, but I don't really care. Hmm, maybe I don't anyway.
I close my eyes and call out.
"Hello? A little help? I've got some problems."
Re: Hellions #11: Promethean Noon
Post by Wreck on Jun 9, 2007, 8:18pm
"Hi, I'm a nervous breakdown. Have we met? Yeah, I think we have."
Wreck clambers out of bed, leaving the room and looking around for anyone in particular.
Re: Hellions #11: Promethean Noon
Post by Jesse "Masstress" Buchanon on Jun 9, 2007, 8:20pm
Squirrel Girl awakes with a start, and instinctively looks over to Tippy Toe's little bed. Her first thought is of fear and deep sorrow. She allows herself to mourn for her friend for a few minutes. Slowly, the rage of the feral squirrel takes over Doreen's body. Somebody hurt her friend. And somebody has to be hurt back for that. Squirrel Girl lovingly pulls her friend off the wall and lays him down in his bed, slipping the sheet above her face. She then gets dressed in her uniform and prepares to gather the team.
Jesse sleeps relatively peacefully.
Re: Hellions #11: Promethean Noon
Post by Meisha "Muse" Aisha on Jun 9, 2007, 8:22pm
[… I now feel rather guilty. About what just happened with Torrance, that is. Yeah, I've got a low threshold for emotional pain, even fictional emotional pain. So sue me. Denial makes everyone happy.]
Wreck runs into Emma in the hallway, blood dripping from her hands and a emptiness in her eyes. She doesn't seem to notice him at first.
The beams stop when Kee'an closes his eyes, but they start to feel like they're burning.
The despair seems to subside somewhat, but the room starts spinning around Torrance, and every face in every image seems to be distorted, shifting, taunting her.
Re: Hellions #11: Promethean Noon
Post by Wreck on Jun 9, 2007, 8:24pm
"Emma, there's something….."
He tilts his head. Stares at her bloody hands, then the necklace.
"…….oh, shit."
Re: Hellions #11: Promethean Noon
Post by Jesse "Masstress" Buchanon on Jun 9, 2007, 8:25pm
Squirrel Girl makes her way to Torrance's room, not bothering to knock. She opens the door right up, and finds Torrance sleeping in fits. She moves over to shake her awake.
Re: Hellions #11: Promethean Noon
Post by sam2 on Jun 9, 2007, 8:26pm
"Rrrr….."
I open my eyes again.
"Seriously, need some help over here. Eye beams going to bring this place down around us."
Re: Hellions #11: Promethean Noon
Post by Meisha "Muse" Aisha on Jun 9, 2007, 8:29pm
Emma snaps to reality with a shake her head, quickly making Wreck forget about the blood on her hands, and making it escape his 'vision'.
"There's what?"
Kee'an opens his eyes again, but no beams come out. Actually, he's still in bed.
Re: Hellions #11: Promethean Noon
Post by Sadie "Suicide Queen" Hannoura on Jun 9, 2007, 8:30pm
Torrance snaps awake, soaked in perspiration, and latches onto Doreen's arm, when her heart spikes in fear again, and she unconsciously sucks them into the Darkforce.
Re: Hellions #11: Promethean Noon
Post by Wreck on Jun 9, 2007, 8:31pm
"……what the hell was I going to say?"
He slaps a hand to his forehead, running it over his eyes.
"The necklace. I woke up and Kelly's necklace is around my neck. Covered in blood. Why were you walking down the hall like a reject from a Romero movie?"
Re: Hellions #11: Promethean Noon
Post by Meisha "Muse" Aisha on Jun 9, 2007, 8:34pm
Emma rubs her forehead, appearing somewhere between exhausted, and dazed and confused.
"I wouldn't think much of it. She isn't particularly careful, and she probably just cut herself or something, and then left it with you."
She drops her hand from her face, and stares past Wreck for a moment.
"I believe that Torrance is in need of assistance, though. The poor girl is having nightmares, or something close enough to it. She's being rather loud… at least, she was a moment ago. That's odd… I can't hear her anymore."
Re: Hellions #11: Promethean Noon
Post by Jesse "Masstress" Buchanon on Jun 9, 2007, 8:34pm
Doreen's in no mood for games. Mindful of her claws, her hand comes hard across Torrance's face.
"I don't want to hurt you, but this is a bad time."
Jesse gets up and out of bed. Her room is hot, and she wants some milk and cookies. After coming across Cadmus' room and finding his body, she gets to a PA system.
"Guys, get outta bed. Everyone to the kitchen, now."
Re: Hellions #11: Promethean Noon
Post by sam2 on Jun 9, 2007, 8:34pm
"Ah… Shit."
I try to go back to bed. Not the first time I had a dream like that.
Re: Hellions #11: Promethean Noon
Post by Sadie "Suicide Queen" Hannoura on Jun 9, 2007, 8:36pm
Torrance snaps awake, her Darkforce armor coating her body and a barbed tendril slaps Doreen away. She looks slightly more focused.
"Why are you in my room?" she asks, then tilts her head to the PA announcement.
Re: Hellions #11: Promethean Noon
Post by Wreck on Jun 9, 2007, 8:36pm
"Yeah, I know if I cut myself, the first thing I'd want to do is go find my boyfriend and leave a necklace on him while he sleeps. Er…..girlfriend. You know what I mean."
He turns toward Jesse's voice.
"Ah, hell."
Re: Hellions #11: Promethean Noon
Post by Meisha "Muse" Aisha on Jun 9, 2007, 8:37pm
"And it appears that there are more pressing matters." Emma nods at Wreck and then turns for the kitchen.
"Come along, dear."
Re: Hellions #11: Promethean Noon
Post by sam2 on Jun 9, 2007, 8:39pm
I ignore her and try to get back to bed. I was having a fun dream.
Re: Hellions #11: Promethean Noon
Post by Jesse "Masstress" Buchanon on Jun 9, 2007, 8:40pm
Squirrel Girl takes the hit and growls. "You're awake now. Come on, you'll find out along with the rest of us."
She heads for the kitchen.
Re: Hellions #11: Promethean Noon
Post by Meisha "Muse" Aisha on Jun 9, 2007, 8:43pm
Upon entering the kitchen, Emma turns to Jesse, being careful to shield the blood on her hands from all eyes.
"We're here now," she says, glancing around. "Well, clearly not all of us. And some seem to be more interested in sleeping." She shakes her head, and turns back to Jesse. "What's the matter?"
Re: Hellions #11: Promethean Noon
Post by Jesse "Masstress" Buchanon on Jun 9, 2007, 8:44pm
Jesse sniffles, and brings her arm across her nose. "Somebody attacked Cadmus. He's dead."
Re: Hellions #11: Promethean Noon
Post by Meisha "Muse" Aisha on Jun 9, 2007, 8:47pm
"Alexander?" Emma asks, sighing. "Jesse, that's ridiculous. Firstly, these grounds are magically protected. Secondly, no-one here besides that silly Prometheus Tech tripe knows that we're here. Thirdly, a death… is something very, very loud. I would have certainly heard it. We're all tired, dear, and it's been a long two weeks. Are you sure that you didn't dream it?"
Re: Hellions #11: Promethean Noon
Post by Sadie "Suicide Queen" Hannoura on Jun 9, 2007, 8:47pm
"That's bullshit, you can't kill Alex," and Noir slinks through the door, pushing past Jesse.
"This…this isn't funny…get me a med-kit. Get me a goddamn med-kit!"
Re: Hellions #11: Promethean Noon
Post by Meisha "Muse" Aisha on Jun 9, 2007, 8:48pm
[If that's her talking about Cadmus with the medkit, he's in his room. We're in the kitchen.]
Re: Hellions #11: Promethean Noon
Post by Wreck on Jun 9, 2007, 8:48pm
"Someone's also apparently kidnapped Kelly too and left a blood soaked piece of her jewelry on me while I slept. Not that anyone will care but me."
Re: Hellions #11: Promethean Noon
Post by Meisha "Muse" Aisha on Jun 9, 2007, 8:50pm
"Wreck, no-one is taking Hellions from right under my nose! Kelly and Alexander are both fine, I assure you, they will both be sleeping in their rooms, like we should be!" Emma snaps, visibly annoyed.
Re: Hellions #11: Promethean Noon
Post by Wreck on Jun 9, 2007, 8:51pm
"Alright, so let's just march Emma straight up to Helen of Troy's room and let her look at the body. Then she can yell at us that we're all just imagining that too."
Re: Hellions #11: Promethean Noon
Post by Jesse "Masstress" Buchanon on Jun 9, 2007, 8:54pm
Jesse:
"I'm gonna march my boot up your ass, Wreck!!!"
*Sniffle*
Re: Hellions #11: Promethean Noon
Post by Wreck on Jun 9, 2007, 8:55pm
"Goddammit, I'm trying to be helpful and failing miserably. Leave me alone."
Wreck sits on the floor.
Re: Hellions #11: Promethean Noon
Post by Jesse "Masstress" Buchanon on Jun 9, 2007, 8:56pm
Doreen:
"Somebody… Somebody killed Tippy Toe…"
Re: Hellions #11: Promethean Noon
Post by Meisha "Muse" Aisha on Jun 9, 2007, 8:56pm
"Behave, children. Come on, we'll go to their rooms and settle this. Then, we'll all go back to sleep."
Emma sighs again, before turning around and leaving the kitchen, waiting for the others to follow.
Re: Hellions #11: Promethean Noon
Post by sam2 on Jun 9, 2007, 8:57pm
"Zzzzzzzzz….."
« Just so everyone knows I'm still here, though I'm fine with Kee'an sleeping for now. »
Re: Hellions #11: Promethean Noon
Post by Meisha "Muse" Aisha on Jun 9, 2007, 8:58pm
When they get to Alexander's room, there's an odd smell, but as they open the door, Emma shields the pool of blood on the floor from their eyes.
Peering inside, they're greeted by an empty room.
"Satisfied, Jesse? I admit, I'm a little disappointed that Alexander would leave his room in the middle of the night, but there's no reason to believe that he has come to any harm."
Re: Hellions #11: Promethean Noon
Post by Wreck on Jun 9, 2007, 8:59pm
"Did anyone else smell something?"
Re: Hellions #11: Promethean Noon
Post by Jesse "Masstress" Buchanon on Jun 9, 2007, 9:01pm
Doreen is seething while Jesse gawks with the slack jaw of somebody who is extremely relieved.
Doreen:
"Well somebody hurt my friend in my room, I bet that hasn't disappeared."
Re: Hellions #11: Promethean Noon
Post by Meisha "Muse" Aisha on Jun 9, 2007, 9:02pm
"No. Now will you please go back to sleep, Jason?"
A rush of movement, completely blurred, covers something smashing through the wall adjoining Alexander's room to the next, and then continuing and smashing through the next wall, before taking into the air outside the building.
"Damn. Talk about bad timing. And I thought I'd get enough time to screw up the others a bit."
Re: Hellions #11: Promethean Noon
Post by Pester on Jun 9, 2007, 9:14pm
Squirrel Girl bolts through the holes in the building, and uses her squirrel speed in an attempt to overtake the fleeing man.
Re: Hellions #11: Promethean Noon
Post by Wreck on Jun 9, 2007, 9:16pm
"Screw up the what in the what?"
Re: Hellions #11: Promethean Noon
Post by Meisha "Muse" Aisha on Jun 9, 2007, 9:17pm
The fleeing whatever is already up, in the air, and far faster than Squirrel Girl.
Emma spins around and faces the rest, smirking and not even bothering to hide the blood on the floor or on her hands anymore.
"Oh, my. Well, it was going to come to this sooner or later. Sorry to flay and dash, but I really do have some rather pressing matters to deal with. You'll find a present in the communal room, though!" She kicks Wreck away and jumps out of the hole in the wall, gone before anyone can catch up with her.
Re: Hellions #11: Promethean Noon
Post by Jesse "Masstress" Buchanon on Jun 9, 2007, 9:21pm
Doreen runs to the communal room, assuming the rest of the team is following her.
Re: Hellions #11: Promethean Noon
Post by Meisha "Muse" Aisha on Jun 9, 2007, 9:25pm
There are two large boxes sitting in the room, waiting for them. Seriously, big. About six foot each. There's a note in between them.
I guess I probably ended up leaving rather hastily, didn't I? And without an explanation either, I'll wager. Well… I guess I'm sorry for that. A little, at least. You believe me, don't you?
Anyway, here's a present for you, to show that there's no hard feelings. Make sure you pick the right box, though! There's a surprise in each, but I'm not sure which you want!
So, here's the fifty-two dollar question; what's behind door number one?
Re: Hellions #11: Promethean Noon
Post by Jesse "Masstress" Buchanon on Jun 9, 2007, 9:28pm
"Make sure you pick the right box, though!"
Jesse picks the right box, afraid of what she'll find.
Re: Hellions #11: Promethean Noon
Post by Wreck on Jun 9, 2007, 9:28pm
"Yeah, I saw Seven. I'm not opening a frigging thing."
Re: Hellions #11: Promethean Noon
Post by Meisha "Muse" Aisha on Jun 9, 2007, 9:30pm
[I haven't seen Seven ;_;.]
A giant foam hammer springs out of the box like a wind-up toy and hits Jesse on the head. Another note falls out of it when the hammer springs out.
Wrong box, wingnut! Oh, and if it isn't birdbrain who opened the box; sorry. But, hey, you've gotta forgive me! I can't see into the future, can I? … at least, not like this.
Re: Hellions #11: Promethean Noon
Post by Jesse "Masstress" Buchanon on Jun 9, 2007, 9:38pm
Jesse is annoyed, at having apparently given too much credit to the intelligence of whoever put this trap together. She picks the other box.
Re: Hellions #11: Promethean Noon
Post by Meisha "Muse" Aisha on Jun 9, 2007, 9:43pm
The box falls apart, revealing a blonde woman in a black costume with a black star in the middle of it. She gives the appearance of one that is death and rotting slightly, also covered slightly in a strange sort of fungal growth that is almost imperceptible; possibly a part of the decay. Some might recognise her as…
[image]
… Darkstar.
Another note falls out of the box as she looks at them, a blank stare in her eyes, taking an aggressive stance.
Special delivery, right from the shadowlands, one rotting crazy russian lady! Have fun! I know I am!
Re: Hellions #11: Promethean Noon
Post by Wreck on Jun 9, 2007, 9:46pm
"Oh, that is gross."
Re: Hellions #11: Promethean Noon
Post by Meisha "Muse" Aisha on Jun 9, 2007, 9:47pm
She turns her attention at Wreck when he speaks, and a concussive wave slams into him, throwing him across the room.
Re: Hellions #11: Promethean Noon
Post by Jesse "Masstress" Buchanon on Jun 9, 2007, 9:48pm
Jesse attempts to weigh down the roof to bring it down on top of the woman, while Squirrel Girl uses the distraction to look around the box, trying to see where it came from.
Re: Hellions #11: Promethean Noon
Post by Meisha "Muse" Aisha on Jun 9, 2007, 9:50pm
The roof caves, coming down on Darkstar, who teleports out from underneath it. She reappears behind Jesse, but the light in the room disorientates her for a moment.
Doreen doesn't see anything odd about the box, or any hint as to where it came from. There is one more note, though.
Re: Hellions #11: Promethean Noon
Post by Meisha "Muse" Aisha on Jun 9, 2007, 9:53pm
There's always something to be said for cliche's, you know? I love them. Don't you? I mean, they're so perfect and traditional. I suppose that's why they're cliches!
So, the construction site it is, just two blocks from here. That's where I'll be after I've finished taking care of this other business. After all, I've been contracted for a job - your death! That's twice now I've been hired for that! Isn't that funny? Of course, I lost interest the first time when it was called off. But anyway, I've been contracted, and I usually like to finish what I start. Don't forget, I know where you live! So don't forget to come pay me a visit! Those of you who're still vertical, that is.
[Forgot to put this on the end of the last one.]
Re: Hellions #11: Promethean Noon
Post by Jesse "Masstress" Buchanon on Jun 9, 2007, 9:56pm
Doreen goes to pummel and awaken Kee'an.
Re: Hellions #11: Promethean Noon
Post by sam2 on Jun 9, 2007, 9:58pm
"AAaah! What the hell?"
I grab her.
"What are you doing?"
Re: Hellions #11: Promethean Noon
Post by Jesse "Masstress" Buchanon on Jun 9, 2007, 9:59pm
She plucks a handfull of feathers out of Kee'an's arm. "Come on, you lazy bum! There's things to do!"
Re: Hellions #11: Promethean Noon
Post by sam2 on Jun 9, 2007, 10:00pm
"FUCK! I'm up already. Hands off!"
I leap out of bed, strongly supressing the urge to return her favor. Maybe later.
Re: Hellions #11: Promethean Noon
Post by Jesse "Masstress" Buchanon on Jun 9, 2007, 10:02pm
Doreen leads Kee'an back to the battle, where Jesse is trying to weigh down specific portions of the crazy dead lady's brain.
Re: Hellions #11: Promethean Noon
Post by Meisha "Muse" Aisha on Jun 9, 2007, 10:03pm
Darkstar's screaming in pain, but it doesn't stop her from making a Darkforce pincer that grabs a hold of Jesse and starts squeezing, and then slams her into the wall before dissipating.
Re: Hellions #11: Promethean Noon
Post by sam2 on Jun 9, 2007, 10:05pm
"Wha? Hold on heavy lady!"
I bodyslam our enemy. Or try to anyway.
Re: Hellions #11: Promethean Noon
Post by Meisha "Muse" Aisha on Jun 9, 2007, 10:06pm
Kee'an's surprise attack drives her into the wall, and she drops off of it, onto the floor, passing out. The strange fungal growth shrivels and drops off of her body, and she returns to normal.
That is, not looking like a rotting corpse. Or a corpse at all.
Re: Hellions #11: Promethean Noon
Post by sam2 on Jun 9, 2007, 10:08pm
« Darn you for predicting my uncoming joke. »
"Huh. Well she's alive. That must have been one hell of a body slam."
I look at my hand.
"Do I have healing powers?"
Re: Hellions #11: Promethean Noon
Post by Wreck on Jun 9, 2007, 10:10pm
Having slammed into a wall and sat there in a daze since, Wreck shakes his head.
"Well, it's certainly a good thing I didn't do what I was planning and dissolve her. Yay."
Re: Hellions #11: Promethean Noon
Post by Meisha "Muse" Aisha on Jun 9, 2007, 10:15pm
[That's it for the night. Continues tomorrow. Mid mission social here, and mid mission OOC topic here.]
Re: The Hellions #11: Promethean Noon - Damascan
Post by Meisha "Muse" Aisha on Jun 10, 2007, 6:57pm
[Doibles.
Come on, check in, and we'll try to sort this out]
Re: The Hellions #11: Promethean Noon - Damascan..
Post by Jesse "Masstress" Buchanon on Jun 10, 2007, 7:14pm
CHECKING IN FOR HELLIONS.
Re: The Hellions #11: Promethean Noon - Damascan..
Post by sam2 on Jun 10, 2007, 7:36pm
« Grr… Looks like maybe another slow night. »
Re: The Hellions #11: Promethean Noon - Damascan..
Post by Jesse "Masstress" Buchanon on Jun 10, 2007, 7:44pm
«Yeah, there aren't really any players with Hellions around.»
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Post by sam2 on Jun 10, 2007, 8:00pm
« It seems a delay is in order. Maybe a time when Grey, TEO, DC, Amy, or any of our other Hellions might be on. »
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Post by Jesse "Masstress" Buchanon on Jun 10, 2007, 8:06pm
«As I recall, Sundays are awful for missions. Especially Hellions missions. We'll just put it off for a while, since the guy doing the mission went to sleep anyway.»
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Post by sam2 on Jun 10, 2007, 8:17pm
« Pff, he never sleeps. »
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Post by Jesse "Masstress" Buchanon on Jun 10, 2007, 8:18pm
«Oh yeah, you're right. He's currently in sleep mode, recharging his battery.»
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Post by Lisa "Nephy" Nephrahim on Jun 10, 2007, 8:51pm
« Replacing the delirium rods that animate his titanium mainframe. »
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Post by Pester on Jun 10, 2007, 8:53pm
«And as we all know, these rods must be inserted anally. All at once.»
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Post by Lisa "Nephy" Nephrahim on Jun 10, 2007, 8:58pm
« Classy, very classy.
Just beacuse Rowdy is desgined like that it dosen't mean all others are. »
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Post by Pester on Jun 10, 2007, 9:06pm
«Hey I don't design 'em, I just build 'em. He wants things up his butt, things up his butt is what he'll get.»
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Post by Pester on Jun 10, 2007, 9:07pm
«
"Master Pester, I do not require more delirium rods to function properly. I am already at optimal capacity. No, Master Pester, step away. Do not insert more rods into my rear entry port. Cease, and desist! NOOOOOOO!!!"
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Post by Lisa "Nephy" Nephrahim on Jun 10, 2007, 9:16pm
«
<_<
Damnit, where's Rowdy when you need him? »
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Post by Pester on Jun 10, 2007, 9:35pm
«He's… Recuperating…»
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Post by Meisha "Muse" Aisha on Jun 11, 2007, 6:45am
[I can imagine. That's… well, that's definitely whatever that was.
It's just as well, I suppose. My internet decided to fail on me again, for which I'm really sorry. It's both infuriating and somewhat depressing. I'm getting my service provider changed, which should help a lot.
But, yeah. Monday night… hopefully that will be better. It will cause a little havoc with the other Hellions missions this week (the next one being pushed to Wednesday, I suppose, and the one after that to Saturday… probably to end up suffering the same fate as this one), but there's not really an alternative, is there?
Let's hope it gets up and running tonight, then.]
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Post by Meisha "Muse" Aisha on Jun 11, 2007, 7:35pm
[Slippers at the door, coats to Mike the coat man, don't give your keys to the valet, we don't have one, it's just a steeking thief. Check in at the desk.]
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Post by Lisa "Nephy" Nephrahim on Jun 11, 2007, 7:43pm
« I'm very sorry, but I have no idea if I will be able to make it or not today. »
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Post by Meisha "Muse" Aisha on Jun 11, 2007, 7:44pm
[It seems like it has the makings of being another one of those days. Oh well.]
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Post by Wreck on Jun 11, 2007, 9:30pm
[Uh, yeah. Here now <_<]
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Post by Meisha "Muse" Aisha on Jun 12, 2007, 10:45am
[Okay, it looks like it might be 8 Central, so it's being placed there tentatively. If people are on earlier, then it'll run depending on their availability. Here's hoping.]
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Post by Meisha "Muse" Aisha on Jun 12, 2007, 6:50pm
Jun 11, 2007, 7:35pm, Meisha "Muse" Aisha wrote:[Slippers at the door, coats to Mike the coat man, don't give your keys to the valet, we don't have one, it's just a steenking thief. Check in at the desk.]
[This.]
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Post by Jesse "Masstress" Buchanon on Jun 12, 2007, 6:56pm
CHECKING IN
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Post by Wreck on Jun 12, 2007, 6:57pm
[Sorry, can't make it]
[I kid, I'm here]
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Post by Meisha "Muse" Aisha on Jun 12, 2007, 7:01pm
[…
I saw that in the ten most recent posts. Until I opened this up to post something else, I didn't see the last line of that post.
I hate you, dc. I really, really hate you. For that, Wreck dies in flames.
And just springs back to life the next moment >_>.]
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Post by Meisha "Muse" Aisha on Jun 12, 2007, 7:06pm
[Come on, one more person…]
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Post by Lisa "Nephy" Nephrahim on Jun 12, 2007, 7:09pm
« Okay, I'm here, quit IMing me. »
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Post by Meisha "Muse" Aisha on Jun 12, 2007, 7:14pm
[I IMed you once.]
[[Recap, for the old and enfeebled:
In the middle of the night, the Hellions all find themselves contending with their own, personal unpleasantness - except for Kee'an, who was granted his wish and then had it torn away. When Jesse finds Alexander, run through with a sword, she gathers the rest of the team in the kitchen. Insistent that Alexander is fine, a bloodsoaked Emma leads them to his room, where something bursts through the walls and takes off into the night.
Irritated by this, she pretty much states that she's been up to no good, kicks Wreck, and runs off herself.
Returning to the kitchen, the Hellions find a giftwrapped crazy Russian lady, who they *gasp* beat without killing her, and then read a note with instructions on how to find Damascus, the person who's arranged the fun night for them, so that he can kill them all to complete a contract. Oh, and if they don't turn up, he knows where they live.
Once the crazy Russian lady comes to, she vows revengeance on Damascus for slaughtering the Winter Guard. Oh, and you find out that Alexander isn't dead. More on this later.
They're now gathered in the kitchen.]]
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Post by sam2 on Jun 12, 2007, 7:16pm
« Yes. YOU did. »
"So, nap time again?"
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Post by Wreck on Jun 12, 2007, 7:16pm
"Bruce Campbell isn't answering his phone," Wreck grumbles before smacking his cellphone. "Or maybe reception just sucks when you're trying to call from the house of an oddball wizard type."
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Post by Meisha "Muse" Aisha on Jun 12, 2007, 7:18pm
[Oh.]
"Unlikely," I snap at the birdboy before turning to teeth-for-eyes. "Then I assume that your American heroes are not coming to our rescue. We take care of this ourselves, then."
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Post by Jesse "Masstress" Buchanon on Jun 12, 2007, 7:19pm
Jun 12, 2007, 7:16pm, sam2 wrote:« Yes. YOU did. »
"So, nap time again?"
«Oh, get off my balls Sam. :P»
Jesse sits and munches an apple.
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Post by Meisha "Muse" Aisha on Jun 12, 2007, 7:20pm
[Such a worrying thought ::).]
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Post by Wreck on Jun 12, 2007, 7:20pm
"That'd be easier if any of us had any resistance to telepathy. Otherwise, I'm not seeing why Emma doesn't just go 'har har, you think you're a can of spinach' again."
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Post by sam2 on Jun 12, 2007, 7:20pm
« No, I find I like it here. »
"I said nap time, not breakfest."
I make a grab for her Apple.
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Post by Meisha "Muse" Aisha on Jun 12, 2007, 7:22pm
"Do you have an alternative? I am not seeing one."
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Post by Jesse "Masstress" Buchanon on Jun 12, 2007, 7:23pm
The apple finds it's way soaring through the air with critical mass, toward Kee'an's face.
"I can't think of anything witty, so just suck it.
Anyway, that probably wasn't even Emma. Just some jackhole with no mental abilities."
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Post by Wreck on Jun 12, 2007, 7:25pm
"…..which begs the question, if it wasn't, where the hell IS Emma?"
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Post by sam2 on Jun 12, 2007, 7:26pm
The apple knocks Kee'an to the floor.
"In her room sleeping?"
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Post by Meisha "Muse" Aisha on Jun 12, 2007, 7:26pm
"That is for you to work out. The only 'Emma' that I know of to do with the X-men is Emma Frost of the Hellfire Club, and I hardly think that she would be given a position of care with children."
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Post by Wreck on Jun 12, 2007, 7:28pm
"Well, no one ever said Xavier wasn't insane, now did they?"
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Post by Jesse "Masstress" Buchanon on Jun 12, 2007, 7:28pm
"We aint children Red, and she's with us. So when we run off to stomp some human garbage, we'll be lookin' for her. Keep an eye out for a bleached blond with huge hooters, you can't miss 'er."
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Post by Meisha "Muse" Aisha on Jun 12, 2007, 7:30pm
I stare blankly at Wreck for a moment.
"Lenin's beard… that woman was given- no, never mind. That is not important right now. What is important is what you decide to do now."
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Post by sam2 on Jun 12, 2007, 7:30pm
"She's not really huge… Huge is easy. She's Shapely."
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Post by Wreck on Jun 12, 2007, 7:32pm
"Like we really have a choice in the matter. Let's just go charge off into whatever trap this ancient demonic hoodad has waiting and likely get ourselves killed. Fun, fun."
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Post by Jesse "Masstress" Buchanon on Jun 12, 2007, 7:34pm
"Huge, shapely, billowy, whatev. Let's just go find them now."
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Post by Meisha "Muse" Aisha on Jun 12, 2007, 7:34pm
"He may be intelligent and powerful, but he is also insane. I doubt that he will be that well prepared… and that is also what you must take advantage of, if you can. His insanity." I sigh and turn to them.
"Before we leave… what are your abilities? Forgive me if I do not recall them, I was a little… preoccupied."
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Post by Wreck on Jun 12, 2007, 7:35pm
"Um….I can't die. Which sort of contradicts my earlier whining, but whatever."
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Post by Meisha "Muse" Aisha on Jun 12, 2007, 7:36pm
"That is certainly… useful."
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Post by Jesse "Masstress" Buchanon on Jun 12, 2007, 7:38pm
Without a word Jesse flings a jelly bean at Darkstar's chest, giving it the weight of a medicine ball.
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Post by sam2 on Jun 12, 2007, 7:38pm
"Are you going to assult everyone?"
I'm still on the floor.
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Post by Meisha "Muse" Aisha on Jun 12, 2007, 7:39pm
The sweet knocks me back and I grimace.
"I… see."
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Post by Wreck on Jun 12, 2007, 7:39pm
"Also can disintegrate things on a molecular level. And I talk too much, but that's more of a psychosis than a power."
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Post by Jesse "Masstress" Buchanon on Jun 12, 2007, 7:39pm
Squirrel Girl enters the room with an alive and happy Tippy Toe on her shoulder.
"Hey guys! You wanted to know what we can do? I can talk to squirrels, and I have these cool claws!" She exclaims through adorably fanged teeth.
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Post by Jesse "Masstress" Buchanon on Jun 12, 2007, 7:40pm
Jun 12, 2007, 7:38pm, sam2 wrote:"Are you going to assult everyone?"
I'm still on the floor.
"You only hurt the ones you love, my chickenbutt."
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Post by Meisha "Muse" Aisha on Jun 12, 2007, 7:40pm
I nod at Wreck.
"Perhaps we will have more of a chance than I thought…" I glance at Squirrel Girl. "And maybe you should stay here…"
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Post by Wreck on Jun 12, 2007, 7:45pm
"No way. She took the lot of them all down by herself a few weeks ago. And Dr. Doom."
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Post by Jesse "Masstress" Buchanon on Jun 12, 2007, 7:46pm
Doreen and Tippy Toe both cross their arms and glare at Darkstar.
"That's right! We beat Maelstrom and Batroc, you know! Emma would save us, and we're gonna save her tonight!"
Tippy Toe's little head nods vigorously.
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Post by Meisha "Muse" Aisha on Jun 12, 2007, 7:47pm
"She took-" I drop my head and sigh again. "We should be going. I will teleport all of us there, but I will not be of much use for a little while after that. It is both mentally and physically wearying. Tell me when you are ready."
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Post by Jesse "Masstress" Buchanon on Jun 12, 2007, 7:49pm
Jesse bites a nail, and tosses Kee'an a fresh apple.
"We could sit around and spoon, if ya don't think leaving now's a good idea. You wanna be the big spoon?"
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Post by Meisha "Muse" Aisha on Jun 12, 2007, 7:50pm
"I think that delaying this seems pointless."
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Post by sam2 on Jun 12, 2007, 7:51pm
"Then why are you still blathering?"
I turn to Jesse.
"Chickenbut? Really? REALLY?"
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Post by Jesse "Masstress" Buchanon on Jun 12, 2007, 7:53pm
"Yes, dear. For the feathers on your butt."
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Post by sam2 on Jun 12, 2007, 7:54pm
"There are no feathers on my butt.
Are there?"
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Post by Meisha "Muse" Aisha on Jun 12, 2007, 7:54pm
A darkforce gauntlet wraps around my hand and I backhand Kee'an.
"Manners. From my perspective, I just watched my friends all get slaughtered. I am not prepared to suffer this indignity from you. Now be quiet and let me concentrate."
It only takes a moment to split the pathway - a portal appears in between us, and expands, spanning the room and teleporting us to the middle of a construction site, where I practically collapse.
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Post by Wreck on Jun 12, 2007, 7:57pm
"Oh yeah, forgot to mention I could have teleported myself. Whoops."
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Post by sam2 on Jun 12, 2007, 7:58pm
"I take it back, is everyone going to assult me?"
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Post by Meisha "Muse" Aisha on Jun 12, 2007, 7:58pm
Quite abruptly, a wrecking ball swings at the group from a crane.
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Post by sam2 on Jun 12, 2007, 7:59pm
Still lying on the floor after being attacked, I feel rather safe.
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Post by Jesse "Masstress" Buchanon on Jun 12, 2007, 8:00pm
"Ahh!"
Jesse jumps down on top of Kee'an, with a thud.
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Post by Meisha "Muse" Aisha on Jun 12, 2007, 8:01pm
The rest having moved to safety, the wrecking ball smashes into Wreck. The only one that can't die. How convenient. And a little ironic.
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Post by Wreck on Jun 12, 2007, 8:03pm
Wreck promptly dies, as most people would from being hit with a wrecking ball.
Then he gets up, dusting himself off.
"That tickled."
He tries to disintegrate the ball.
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Post by sam2 on Jun 12, 2007, 8:04pm
"Ah, this is rather nice."
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Post by Meisha "Muse" Aisha on Jun 12, 2007, 8:04pm
And then the ball disintegrates.
If they look past the crane, they'll see a strange figure;
[image]
with what looks like a trail of intestines wrapped around its neck, and a fair deal of blood around its mouth.
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Post by Meisha "Muse" Aisha on Jun 12, 2007, 8:06pm
[Okay, so here's the thing. Everytime something he says is in italics, it's just got slightly more emphasis on it. Like the italics are usually used for when regarding speech in the game. But when he says it in bold, it has the same additional emphasis, but it's said in a harsher, Kevin Michael Richards style way.
And, yeah, I decided that he's voiced by Kevin Michael Richards.
Oddly enough, I'm pretty sure I'm going to end up stealing a line or two at some point in this mission.]
"Oh, hi! You're here!" It looks at the intestines sheepishly.
"This, uh… this isn't what it looks like. Unless it looks like I got bored waiting for you guys and went for a little stroll, waiting for the first plump 'n' juicy little tidbit I saw and dragged the kid over here, ripping out her intestine and stuffing myself with her entrails while listening to her pray (by the way, she's really good at that, lovely voice, everything memorised to a fault)…" he pauses, wiping some of the blood away from his mouth.
"… In that case, it's exactly what it looks like."
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Post by Wreck on Jun 12, 2007, 8:06pm
"Well, aren't you just the purdiest thing? I think I wanna marry you, cousin."
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Post by sam2 on Jun 12, 2007, 8:07pm
"Ah, not so nice anymore. Wish I could move."
Also wish I knew what the hell he was talking about.
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Post by Jesse "Masstress" Buchanon on Jun 12, 2007, 8:07pm
"Oh… Oh… Oh, you're gettin' your ass kicked." Jesse stands up and rolls up her sleeves. "Oh yeah, you're gonna get raped. Go get 'em, Kee."
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Post by Meisha "Muse" Aisha on Jun 12, 2007, 8:08pm
[Left a line off of the last post on accident >_>.]
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Post by Meisha "Muse" Aisha on Jun 12, 2007, 8:09pm
"Hey! You go straight back to Shelbyville, sir!" he yells, and a piano appears over Wreck's head, falling on top of him.
"Hm… what to pick, what to pick…"
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Post by sam2 on Jun 12, 2007, 8:10pm
"Oh great, the greek guy all you girls drool over is gone, so now I get to be pulvirized by the enemy in his place.":
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Post by Meisha "Muse" Aisha on Jun 12, 2007, 8:11pm
His eyes fall on Jesse.
"Look, it's almost like the whole gang's here! It's a regular little reunion in here! All that we're missing is… Mom and Dad."
The ground spins in front of them and when the dirt dust clears, Jesse's parents stand there, looking at her a little blankly.
"Come give Mommy and Daddy a kiss, Jesse dear. They've been missing you oh, so very much."
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Post by Meisha "Muse" Aisha on Jun 12, 2007, 8:12pm
"Oh, and I guess we haven't got the red chick, or the french one, or the preppy kid, or the- hey, did that blondie turn goth wannabe turn whatever-the-hell-she-went-to-next ever off herself? I had money on it." He looks at the group expectantly.
"No? Aw, damn it! All that money… gone forever…"
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Post by Wreck on Jun 12, 2007, 8:13pm
Wreck struggles a bit beneath the piano, before teleporting out from under it.
"If it's any consolation, I kicked Preppy Kid in the knee and made him fall over. It was funny."
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Post by Meisha "Muse" Aisha on Jun 12, 2007, 8:14pm
"Drown the kids and shoot the neighbours! We've got a winner!"
He pauses and frowns slightly.
"Wait - did you record it, though?"
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Post by sam2 on Jun 12, 2007, 8:15pm
"Why can't any of you make sense?"
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Post by Wreck on Jun 12, 2007, 8:16pm
"You kidding? Xavier records everything that happens in his house. That perv."
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Post by Meisha "Muse" Aisha on Jun 12, 2007, 8:16pm
"YOU'RE A TALKING BIRD, AND I'M THE ONE NOT MAKING SENSE?!"
His face lights up after hearing Wreck.
"Eeeeeeeeexcellent. Oh, wait. I'm meant to do this."
Something taps Wreck on the shoulder.
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Post by Jesse "Masstress" Buchanon on Jun 12, 2007, 8:16pm
Jesse's mouth hangs open for a moment, before closing. Her eyes narrow, and without a word she pulls all the change out of her pockets. Screaming, she hurls it all at this big boney freak's head.
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Post by Meisha "Muse" Aisha on Jun 12, 2007, 8:18pm
Several of the coins tear holes through his head.
"Ow, ow, ow, ow, ow!"
The last one stretches a part the head like elastic and then springs back at Jessie.
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Post by sam2 on Jun 12, 2007, 8:18pm
"Yes, Spare change. That's excactly what this situation calls for."
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Post by Meisha "Muse" Aisha on Jun 12, 2007, 8:20pm
"You're mouthy," he says to Kee'an. "Stop being so mouthy!"
A Daredevil springs from the ground in the same manner as Jesse's parents, and slugs Kee'an with a baton.
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Post by Wreck on Jun 12, 2007, 8:21pm
"I really don't want to turn around, do I?"
Wreck turns around.
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Post by Meisha "Muse" Aisha on Jun 12, 2007, 8:21pm
"Oh, and that strapping buddy of yours isn't coming to help. Sparticus… is dead. About time, too. I hate that romy bastard." His tone shifts to a mimicking one. "I'm Spartacus. No, I'm Spartacus. No, I'm Spartacus! Grah! People who don't know where they belong hardly even count as people."
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Post by Meisha "Muse" Aisha on Jun 12, 2007, 8:22pm
Captain America (the same kind as Daredevil and Jesse's parents) decapitates Wreck with his shield.
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Post by Jesse "Masstress" Buchanon on Jun 12, 2007, 8:23pm
Jesse ducks under the coin and stands up. She looks around the area for any construction or destruction vehicles…
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Post by sam2 on Jun 12, 2007, 8:25pm
"Ooof."
Again I'm knocked down, but this time I manage to grab the baton.
"That hurt darnit."
As I rise, I throw it back at the Daredevil.
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Post by Meisha "Muse" Aisha on Jun 12, 2007, 8:25pm
Well… for starters, there's the manually driven bulldozer that attacked you with the wrecking ball.
"Me? I'm right where I belong. Beside you. Of course, I'm the undertaker." He paused, letting the silence drag out for a few moments. "You're just the taken."
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Post by Wreck on Jun 12, 2007, 8:26pm
Wreck feebly grasps around for his missing head, then slumps to the ground.
The body melts, and he pops up behind Cap, landing on his back.
"I always wanted to do this."
He covers a hand in entropy and plunges it through Cap's head.
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Post by Meisha "Muse" Aisha on Jun 12, 2007, 8:27pm
The baton drives Daredevil to the floor, Captain Ameica's head disintegrates, and Damascus shouts out.
"Hey! Do I hit your kids? Oh, wait… never mind."
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Post by Jesse "Masstress" Buchanon on Jun 12, 2007, 8:29pm
"Eeeeeheheheheheheee!!!"
Jesse giggles maniacally as she hops into the bulldozer, taking away it's mass until it's about the weight of a minivan. Then she guns it. She intends to aim it at the creature, floor it, then bail out in time to give it back it's normal weight.
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Post by Wreck on Jun 12, 2007, 8:29pm
"As far as I know, you aren't even contracted to kill me. I just joined this silly bunch last week. Wasn't around for whenever you did your whatever with whoever."
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Post by Meisha "Muse" Aisha on Jun 12, 2007, 8:30pm
A tendril spirals out of Damascus' forearm and runs down Wreck's throat, starting to suffocate him.
"Sorry, nothing personal. Just gotta do this if fire-stealing thingy place is gonna pay me. And, hey, I may be a demon, but I've come to like money!"
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Post by Jesse "Masstress" Buchanon on Jun 12, 2007, 8:30pm
Squirrel Girl stands tall atop some construction scaffolding, her tail flowing majestically in the wind.
"Come on, guys! Put your backs into it!" She leaps from the scaffold with a backflip, and aims a Flying Squirrel Kick at her enemy's head.
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Post by sam2 on Jun 12, 2007, 8:32pm
"Thanks, but I'd rather not be crushed to death."
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Post by Wreck on Jun 12, 2007, 8:32pm
Wreck waves his arms frantically.
Then stops, frowns and sends a shockwave of entropy straight along the tendril to the source.
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Post by Meisha "Muse" Aisha on Jun 12, 2007, 8:33pm
The bulldozer ploughs into Damascus and after a few moments of being pinned under it, he hurls it off wearily.
"Don't make me slap you, Jack! Get it? Jack? Slap Jack?" he breaks into hysterical laughter and the sighs when they don't seem to find it quite as funny.
"No-one has a sense of humour nowadays…" Three Spider-men rise and groan.
"Yeah yeah, you're hungry, I'm hungry. Do me a favour and eat each other," he tells them, pointing at the Hellions.
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Post by sam2 on Jun 12, 2007, 8:34pm
"Eat?
I have not in some time. Is he making us food?"
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Post by Meisha "Muse" Aisha on Jun 12, 2007, 8:35pm
"Yowch!" Damascus yelps, cutting the tendril off. He the catches Squirrel Girl's kick midair and throws her onto the ground.
"Hey, fur face! Yeah, you, you walnut brained, pygmied little oompah loompah! You're ruining the festivities! Why don't you take a trip?"
The ground beneath her rises to twenty feet and then vanishes from underneath her.
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Post by Meisha "Muse" Aisha on Jun 12, 2007, 8:36pm
Jun 12, 2007, 8:34pm, sam2 wrote:"Eat?
I have not in some time. Is he making us food?"
"-_-.
HIM FIRST!"
Two of the Spider-men jump at Kee'an, kicking out at him.
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Post by Wreck on Jun 12, 2007, 8:37pm
"Smuf me guf nah."
Wreck pauses, then tugs the rest of the tendril out of his mouth.
"So we didn't catch who exactly was paying you. I hope it wasn't Shinobi. His checks bounce."
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Post by Meisha "Muse" Aisha on Jun 12, 2007, 8:39pm
"Ah, no. I left Shaw ages ago," he says, looking up and twirling his finger in the air absent-mindedly, while another Spider-man punches Wreck.
"Something about stealing fire or summat like that."
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Post by sam2 on Jun 12, 2007, 8:39pm
"Hey! I said I was famished? My blood sugar's too low to fight!"
I try to bite one of the spider-men as they attack.
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Post by Jesse "Masstress" Buchanon on Jun 12, 2007, 8:40pm
Jesse will reduce Kee'an's and Wreck's weight so they can move more freely, as Doreen claws onto a piece of a nearby building.
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Post by Meisha "Muse" Aisha on Jun 12, 2007, 8:41pm
Darkstar, having regained herself a little, catches Squirrel Girl and sets her down.
"Oh, look, it's my buddy, buddy, gorgeous little sidekick!" - Damascus calls out.
"I'm not your sidekick, you disgusting little monster," Darkstar says with a sneer.
"Aw, quit pouting. You're just mad that I never let you drive."
The Spider-man arm crumbles into dust as the other punches Kee'an around the jaw.
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Post by Meisha "Muse" Aisha on Jun 12, 2007, 8:41pm
And move more freely, they do.
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Post by Wreck on Jun 12, 2007, 8:42pm
"Stealing fire? Sunpyre? Madelyne Pryor? Ooh, Summers would love that."
He throws a disintegration field around himself and lets Spider-man hit it.
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Post by Meisha "Muse" Aisha on Jun 12, 2007, 8:43pm
"No, no, some Titan or something."
Spider-man's fist disintegrates on the field, but another one rises behind Wreck and headbuts him from behind, hard.
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Post by sam2 on Jun 12, 2007, 8:44pm
Thanks to somebody reducing my weight, I get knocked twenty feet by Spider-man. With Dust in my mouth.
"Thanks a lot."
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Post by Meisha "Muse" Aisha on Jun 12, 2007, 8:44pm
Spotting Jesse, the Spider-man with only one hand leaps at her and tries to pummel her a little.
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Post by Jesse "Masstress" Buchanon on Jun 12, 2007, 8:46pm
"Oh quit bitching, you whiny little skank." In retaliation, Kee'an's feet join Spider-Man's chin in being giving a disturbing amount of mass.
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Post by Meisha "Muse" Aisha on Jun 12, 2007, 8:47pm
That particular Spider-man's jaw crumbles, and the rest of it follow. Three left.
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Post by sam2 on Jun 12, 2007, 8:47pm
"UWANGH!"
I am crushed by my feet's weight, which were above my head after landing.
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Post by Wreck on Jun 12, 2007, 8:49pm
Wreck does a full tumble due to being way lighter than usual, landing on his back.
"Alright guys, what exactly did you do to piss off Thanos? Fess up."
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Post by Meisha "Muse" Aisha on Jun 12, 2007, 8:50pm
The Spider-man fighting Wreck lashes out, trying to land another kick. The other one that was fighting Kee'an tries to land a blow, but stumbles over parts of its crumbled comrade.
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Post by Meisha "Muse" Aisha on Jun 12, 2007, 8:52pm
Darkstar swoops down at Damascus to attack him. The next moment, she's lying on the floor in a pool of blood, and missing an arm, making an admirable effort to keep from screaming.
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Post by Wreck on Jun 12, 2007, 8:54pm
"Well, that ain't goooooooood….."
Wreck stumbles back to his feet, but being headbutted by Spider-man apparently left him a little woozy, as he promptly tumbles towards Spider-man's legs.
Unfortunately, he had also thrown another field around himself, forming a pretty effective human buzzsaw.
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Post by Meisha "Muse" Aisha on Jun 12, 2007, 8:55pm
The Spider-man attacking Wreck crumbles entirely. Two left.
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Post by Jesse "Masstress" Buchanon on Jun 12, 2007, 8:55pm
Jesse: "Hm. Remind me not to try what that chick did. Yikes."
Squirrel Girl runs in to try and retrieve Darkstar, with Tippy Toe giving trying to console her.
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Post by Meisha "Muse" Aisha on Jun 12, 2007, 8:56pm
Squirrel Girl gets Darkstar out of dodge, but might I remind Jesse that there's a Spider-man attacking her from quite a while ago?
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Post by Wreck on Jun 12, 2007, 8:59pm
Getting back to his feet, Wreck looks about at the remains of Spider-man before shrugging.
"Yeah, I'll just pretend I meant to do that. Hey, whatever Starfire is paying you, we'll double it!"
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Post by Meisha "Muse" Aisha on Jun 12, 2007, 9:02pm
Damascus looks at Wreck blankly before answering.
"$25,000,000. $25,000,000, and I'll turn my back on Prometheus."
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Post by Wreck on Jun 12, 2007, 9:03pm
"Guys, lemme borrow your piggy banks. I'll pay you back."
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Post by Jesse "Masstress" Buchanon on Jun 12, 2007, 9:03pm
Jesse looks at the remains of the Spider-Man whose chin she weighed down, and was under the impression she shattered. She lifts her boot and stomps on it's head.
"Screw that. You give us Emma Frost back, and we might not kick your ass."
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Post by Meisha "Muse" Aisha on Jun 12, 2007, 9:04pm
[It was actually a different Spider-man, but whatever.]
One to go. The one attacking Kee'an.
"No idea where Frost is. Just know that Prom have her. Now, you gonna pay me, or do I have to kill you?" he sighs.
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Post by sam2 on Jun 12, 2007, 9:05pm
"Uh, yeah."
I stomp over toward the demon.
"I'm being payed by that Prom theus guy too. I also need money."
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Post by Meisha "Muse" Aisha on Jun 12, 2007, 9:05pm
[Someone might want to stop Darkstar from bleeding to death…]
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Post by Meisha "Muse" Aisha on Jun 12, 2007, 9:06pm
"Hush, Birdbrain. The adults are talking." Damascus backhands Kee'an through the remaining Spider-man, and into a very large rock.
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Post by Jesse "Masstress" Buchanon on Jun 12, 2007, 9:07pm
"Sure… We'll pay you. We just… Don't have it on us. Tell us where your bosses are, and we'll mail you a check."
Meanwhile, Tippy Toe and Doreen continue tending to Darkstar.
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Post by Wreck on Jun 12, 2007, 9:08pm
"I'm pretty sure I can swipe Xavier's credit card. What's the worst he can do, convince me I'm the reincarnation of General Custer and every person in Harlem is a dirty indian?"
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Post by Meisha "Muse" Aisha on Jun 12, 2007, 9:08pm
"Crazy. Not stupid."
He walks over to a massive rock right next to him and hurls it at Jesse.
"Die, die, die!"
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Post by sam2 on Jun 12, 2007, 9:10pm
"Damnit, Why do they keep doing that?"
I'm not too hurt. But still, being constantly thrown around stops you from being able to do anything of meaning.
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Post by Wreck on Jun 12, 2007, 9:12pm
"That's it."
Wreck teleports again, landing on Damascus' shoulders. He wraps a fist in entropy and drives it into his temple.
"Negotiate on the price or I give you the mother of all noogies!"
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Post by Jesse "Masstress" Buchanon on Jun 12, 2007, 9:13pm
"He's crazy, he'll do it!" Jesse says as she leaps over the rock.
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Post by sam2 on Jun 12, 2007, 9:15pm
"I'd do it, and I'm not even crazy."
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Post by Jesse "Masstress" Buchanon on Jun 12, 2007, 9:15pm
"He's got feathers, he'll do it!"
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Post by Meisha "Muse" Aisha on Jun 12, 2007, 9:16pm
"I'm a changeling. Even at my weakest as I am right now, no mortal is going to-"
As soon as the entropy touches its temple, it hisses and bucks Wreck off.
"This really isn't worth it. Not right now. Not while I'm weaker than normal. But I'll be back. Count on that. I'll get whatever family you've got left- your Hellions, and anyone else," he says to Jesse. "I'll get you through your girlfriend and friends," he tells Wreck, before turning to Kee'an. "And you- you… ah, it's not worth my time right now."
The ground begins to bubble beneath him, and as he slowly falls through it, he begins to fade away.
"Sorry my little chums, but I always laugh last."
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Post by sam2 on Jun 12, 2007, 9:17pm
"Ha, not me. I'm awesome like that. He can't even make a good threat."
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Post by Wreck on Jun 12, 2007, 9:19pm
"You do and I'll nuke this world and everything in it. Let's see you get paid then."
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Post by Meisha "Muse" Aisha on Jun 12, 2007, 9:20pm
[Sorry, I wasn't clear enough. He's gone.]
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Post by sam2 on Jun 12, 2007, 9:21pm
« You were. We're all just talking to ourselves. »
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Post by Meisha "Muse" Aisha on Jun 12, 2007, 9:22pm
[Ah, okay.]
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Post by Meisha "Muse" Aisha on Jun 12, 2007, 9:22pm
"I so wanna go down there and beat the crap outta some of them. I mean, sure, Ajax isn't around, but I can still take it out on the rest of them," Spur says to Swathe from their vantage point.
"We have our orders," Swathe responds stoicly.
"Fine, fine… Ugh, look. There he goes. Ugly bleeder, wasn't he?" Spur asks with a little grimace.
"I'm more concerned with the fact that he failed."
"Didn't he tell us something about being weaker than usual? Something about the jobs he took and a respite or something…" Spur shrugs.
"I'm not interested in excuses, and neither is she."
"Yeah… How's your arm?"
"It itches."
"Right, right…" Spur turns to leave.
A muffled band is heard as Swathe shoots Wreck in the head with uncanny accuracy, even from their distance.
"What? What was that about?!" Spur half asks, half exclaims, spinning around to face Swathe.
"What can I say? I'm a hypocrite. Let's get out of here."
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Post by Jesse "Masstress" Buchanon on Jun 12, 2007, 9:23pm
Jesse looks around at… Nothing.
"So we lost Emma, this Prometheus is still after us, and our new mommy lost an arm. We didn't get anything out of this. Could this suck any harder?"
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Post by Jesse "Masstress" Buchanon on Jun 12, 2007, 9:25pm
Jesse looks around at… Nothing.
"So we lost Emma, this Prometheus is still after us, and our new mommy lost an arm. We didn't get anything outta this. Could this suck any harder?"
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Post by sam2 on Jun 12, 2007, 9:27pm
"We could be dead.
Or maybe horribly disfigured."
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Post by Jesse "Masstress" Buchanon on Jun 12, 2007, 9:29pm
"Sure, but you're already pretty disfigured," She says as she gently pets Kee'an's head.
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Post by sam2 on Jun 12, 2007, 9:36pm
I throw my arm behind her, draging her into a hug.
"I know, that Terran brain has trouble sometimes. You've got it backwards."
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Post by Meisha "Muse" Aisha on Jun 12, 2007, 9:40pm
[This is done, but for the Epilogues;]
Epilogue One:
It's little comfort that they made it out of things fine, even with the influence. Things still could have gone terribly. Of course, if they did, it wouldn't mean that much… right away. I could fix it all. It wouldn't even take much effort.
It would take even less for me to be noticed.
No, that sort of action doesn't work at all. All I can do, for the most part, is watch. I hate it. Watching is so passive, but I'm bound from doing any more. Wretched little constraints…
"Stargazing?" The voice comes from my right, and I know who it is right away; one of the only things I hate as much as this helplessness. "I never took for being that easily impressed, Se-"
"Don't call me that," I interject, placing a finger to his lips. "Here, I'm Moira. Always Moira."
He smirks like he's in on some private joke, and pulls away. "As you wish. 'Moira'. What are you doing here? Don't you have business with the third face?"
"I already spoke with him, already took care of that." I take my eyes off of the stars and turn to face him, my eyes narrowing in suspicion. "What is it that you want, anyway?"
A quiet chuckle escapes his mouth and he turns so that I'm looking at the side of his face; turning to look at the stars I was just watching.
"A little mattter of curiosity is all. I was… watching, at orders. And do you know what I saw?" Rude. Rude, rude, rude, and arrogant. He won't even look at me while he taunts me. I can't stand him. I really can't. "You're not even going to afford a guess?"
I grit my teeth and speak through them. "I'm sure you'll enlighten me."
He chuckles again and finally looks at me. My eyes widen when I see the blackness in his, all colour fading out of it. Even with all of my power, it still startles me.
"Weakened. Convenient, isn't it? And when encountering those mortals you seem to be so fond of."
This time I'm the one to turn from him as I shake my head. "I have no idea what you're talking about."
"No. Of course you don't." That tone of voice. I hate that tone of voice. It's the only thing more infuriating than him. "Be careful. You wouldn't want to overplay your hand, now, would you?"
I spin around to face him, fire in my eyes. "Why did he even send you? Is the Tribunal's gaze so low that these matters take his interest?"
"Not exactly, no." He avoids my gaze like the coward that he is. "What may come of it does, though. But it's not on his behalf that I am here. This, for now, is a matter of the elders. The elders, and a game of theirs. I would advise you to stay out of their matters. Your power may dwarf theirs now, but I wouldn't put stock enough, in that status quo, to challenge their plans, their games, or their leisure."
"Why would I even do anything?" I ask indignantly. "It's in the word. Moira. Whatever is going to happen, will, without me lifting a finger. So why should I bother to?"
"True," he says with a condescending nod. "But on the other hand… why should you not? Be wary, 'Moira'."
He disappears in the next blink of my eyes, and I'm left alone again. Alone with the stars. And one by one, they go out…
Epilogue Two:
I hate that building, free of it now, out of it that office and that building and that woman hate it all the tedious timid facade the slow works underneath the cover of it all hate hate hate and now pain and hunger, hungry, I'm hungry.
I step out from behind my car when I see a man walk by… sinner. I can smell it on him. He enjoys the pain. Bathes in it, drinks of it to feed his carnal lust but its never enough never hungry still drinks and smiles.
I'll show him what hunger really is. How deeply I can drink.
He falters in his step and pales as realisation washes over him - it's over for him. For now. He gets one more chance - just one more - in service, and if he does well… he moves on. He moves past.
But I'll still be here. He falls into me - falls through me, and then he's gone. His soul is mine now. A part of me. But I'm still here, and I'm still hungry…
[Post-Mission social here.]
