Monday, April 14, 2014

[Heromux] Trillion Dollar Shotgun Over the Fireplace

Summary: Jack Hawksmoor delivers an ominous warning from the Economy...to the Economy.
Location: Upper East Side
Date: 2014.04.14
Emitter: N/A
Players: Kilroy Capital Conneticut, Jack Hawksmoor
NPCs:
Groups: Magic and Mysticism
Tone: Social
Rating: Public


Kilroy has been learning to listen to the Economy...he's practicing. It's why he hasn't studied the occult yet, to keep his mind open to its speech but its alien, even for a spirit and he can only hear so much. There are...rumblings...echoes of something in the distant future it keeps trying to warn him about, similar to what it told him about his father, but his father is dead...so what could it be?
The pull is insistent, however, and he begins to look about a large city square, bustling with people, moving towards Jack.
Guy who talks to the economy, meet guy who talks to cities. Currently pretending to be...well, not quite a bum, but he's in an alleyway, not wearing shoes, and reading yesterday's paper. Which would sort of point in the vague bum direction, if not quite arrive there.
Kilroy looks up at Jack. Grandpa always taught him that the most innocuous of beings were usually the most worthy of attentions. He nods to Jack, "Er...Hi." He considers a moment, listening to the Economy which is just basically saying 'talk to this guy'..."So...my name is Kilroy and you are?" Notice anything cosmically weird lately? Are you a God? Metahuman? Do you have the secret map to Xanadu? How does one start a conversation in which there is no subject....
The paper is dropped, to reveal a pretty nondescript face. Dark eyes peer at you for a long moment. "Jack Hawksmoor." MYabe he's heard the name. Maybe he hasn't. Jack tries to avoid such things as fame.
Kilroy is looking backwards at Jack's purchases over the last few weeks. What does this guy eat? Freegan? People? He is curious, but looking for something to say. As he does though, in the whispers of the city, even as an anthropamorphic construct, it becomes clearer to Jack. This man is the Economy, little known to most but on some fringe ideas...a legendary figure, long thought dead. And the Economy is speaking to New York...it is saying..."Your father will return....and the People Who Aren't Will Walk if He gets the True Coin." Hokey right?
Kilroy considers, "Er....so...I was kind of...told....to...find you. Nice to meet you Mr. Harkmoor." He has no idea who Jack is. He doubts he has any idea who Kilroy is. "Feel...any...I dunno...impending senses of doom?"
Jack Hawksmoor arches an eyebrow. Then he falls silent for a moment. Well, except that for that moment his right eye glints red in a disturbingly Terminator-esque fashion. Jack Hawksmoor blinks. "New York likes you," is the first thing he informs Kilroy of. "Oh, and watch out for coins. Trillion dollar coins. City seems to think there is one somewhere around."
Speechless. Kilroy's ...flattered. "Really?" He hasn't been feeling really popular lately for a lot of reasons, but knowing...someone...something...likes him is ...helpful. "Trillion dollar coins? They MADE it? Could they be that dumb?" He looks worried. VERY worried. So much POWER in one concentrated area...
"Also, your dad might not be quite as dead as you think." He shrugs. "City's not always right. She only knows what flows through her, and sometimes it's lies, sometimes it's illusions. She still likes you."
Silence. Awkward silence. That's...good and bad news. Good for the part of Kilroy that naively believes he can reform his father. Bad for...well, almost everyone else, including Kilroy. "Are you a priest to the city?" Jack Hawksmoor's eyes have now returned to normal. He considers that. "Priest, nah, priest implies I bow down and grovel and worship and stuff. I just talk to cities. It's a handy trick."
Kilroy says, "Hah. Well you've got a point there. The Economy is too...well...inhuman to really worship. I don't expect salvation there, but I think I use the term 'priest' in the granting of powers sense. And yes, speaking to spirits can be a very handy trick. I'm supposed to eventually learn to talk to any spirit, but right now I'm still getting a hang of just the one for the most part. I owe you a debt Mr. Hawksmoor. If cash is ever an issue, I can easily provide you the means to obtain what you or the city needs."
"I'd imagine you could. You talk to the spirit of the economy?" He's not at all surprised. If cities have spirits, then why not other things? Including entire spheres of human endeavor.
Kilroy says, "Yeah. I suppose it might be harder with the economy because, really it's the economy of...well...everywhere. Like this planet, this galaxy, alternate timelines, the future, the past...all of it. So its a bit like the shiny red ant in the ant farm talking to a six year old."
Jack Hawksmoor laughs at that. "I can imagine that. But it also strikes me as highly useful." Ultimate insider trader. "Good job you don't seem inclined towards crime."
Kilroy frowns a bit at something there, "Let's say some consider me a criminal, but I believe in the Declaration of Human Rights, and I follow the law, so long as the law is actually applied. Corruption gives me a lot of leeway...and ...well, when you say 'insider trading' I can see just how inside it has been lately. Too much. Way too much. They're lucky I don't go all robin hood on their asses, but too much of that doesn't solve anything."
Jack Hawksmoor nods. "I suppose some places could use a bit of judicious...redistribution of wealth." And he could do some pretty good insider trading himself. He just generally doesn't.
Kilroy says, "they could, but that's not my job. My job is to fix the 'metaphysical stuff' the clogs in the drains, the unnatural disruption. Humans deserve freedom to have their own decisions made for them. I'm not God, I only serve one and if he's content to let them do things their way then so am I. I find other ways to tilt the balance."
"I don't claim to be God either." Although he's been accused of it. "I just do my job. And sometimes that means tilting the balance a little, I suppose." Ultimately, he's pretty sure they're on the same side.
A small smile and smirkish grin graces Kilroy's lips,"Sometimes that's all you can do. I help the underdog as much as I can without turning over the apple cart. Do you have..like...a cellphone or some method of contacting you? Do you serve all cities or just New York?"
"Any city, but I can only talk to the one I happen to be in." He tugs out a business card, tossing it to Kilroy. "If it doesn't work, means I ain't in the United States."
Kilroy nods and hands Jack a card with a magnetic strip, "It has $20,000 in it. Untracable. If you withdraw $2.14 I'll know to contact you. Nice to meet you Mr. Hawksmoor."
Kilroy says, “Anywhere.”
Jack Hawksmoor takes it. If any of the money disappears otherwise, then it will probably show up as a donation...or as coats in a homeless shelter. Jack does things like that.
Kilroy salutes and walks off, "Good shepherding."
Kilroy has been learning to listen to the Economy...he's practicing. It's why he hasn't studied the occult yet, to keep his mind open to its speech but its alien, even for a spirit and he can only hear so much. There are...rumblings...echoes of something in the distant future it keeps trying to warn him about, similar to what it told him about his father, but his father is dead...so what could it be?
The pull is insistent, however, and he begins to look about a large city square, bustling with people, moving towards Jack.
Guy who talks to the economy, meet guy who talks to cities. Currently pretending to be...well, not quite a bum, but he's in an alleyway, not wearing shoes, and reading yesterday's paper. Which would sort of point in the vague bum direction, if not quite arrive there.
Kilroy looks up at Jack. Grandpa always taught him that the most innocuous of beings were usually the most worthy of attentions. He nods to Jack, "Er...Hi." He considers a moment, listening to the Economy which is just basically saying 'talk to this guy'..."So...my name is Kilroy and you are?" Notice anything cosmically weird lately? Are you a God? Metahuman? Do you have the secret map to Xanadu? How does one start a conversation in which there is no subject....
The paper is dropped, to reveal a pretty nondescript face. Dark eyes peer at you for a long moment. "Jack Hawksmoor." MYabe he's heard the name. Maybe he hasn't. Jack tries to avoid such things as fame.
Kilroy is looking backwards at Jack's purchases over the last few weeks. What does this guy eat? Freegan? People? He is curious, but looking for something to say. As he does though, in the whispers of the city, even as an anthropamorphic construct, it becomes clearer to Jack. This man is the Economy, little known to most but on some fringe ideas...a legendary figure, long thought dead. And the Economy is speaking to New York...it is saying..."Your father will return....and the People Who Aren't Will Walk if He gets the True Coin." Hokey right?
Kilroy considers, "Er....so...I was kind of...told....to...find you. Nice to meet you Mr. Harkmoor." He has no idea who Jack is. He doubts he has any idea who Kilroy is. "Feel...any...I dunno...impending senses of doom?"
Jack Hawksmoor arches an eyebrow. Then he falls silent for a moment. Well, except that for that moment his right eye glints red in a disturbingly Terminator-esque fashion. Jack Hawksmoor blinks. "New York likes you," is the first thing he informs Kilroy of. "Oh, and watch out for coins. Trillion dollar coins. City seems to think there is one somewhere around."
Speechless. Kilroy's ...flattered. "Really?" He hasn't been feeling really popular lately for a lot of reasons, but knowing...someone...something...likes him is ...helpful. "Trillion dollar coins? They MADE it? Could they be that dumb?" He looks worried. VERY worried. So much POWER in one concentrated area...
"Also, your dad might not be quite as dead as you think." He shrugs. "City's not always right. She only knows what flows through her, and sometimes it's lies, sometimes it's illusions. She still likes you."
Silence. Awkward silence. That's...good and bad news. Good for the part of Kilroy that naively believes he can reform his father. Bad for...well, almost everyone else, including Kilroy. "Are you a priest to the city?" Jack Hawksmoor's eyes have now returned to normal. He considers that. "Priest, nah, priest implies I bow down and grovel and worship and stuff. I just talk to cities. It's a handy trick."
Kilroy says, "Hah. Well you've got a point there. The Economy is too...well...inhuman to really worship. I don't expect salvation there, but I think I use the term 'priest' in the granting of powers sense. And yes, speaking to spirits can be a very handy trick. I'm supposed to eventually learn to talk to any spirit, but right now I'm still getting a hang of just the one for the most part. I owe you a debt Mr. Hawksmoor. If cash is ever an issue, I can easily provide you the means to obtain what you or the city needs."
"I'd imagine you could. You talk to the spirit of the economy?" He's not at all surprised. If cities have spirits, then why not other things? Including entire spheres of human endeavor.
Kilroy says, "Yeah. I suppose it might be harder with the economy because, really it's the economy of...well...everywhere. Like this planet, this galaxy, alternate timelines, the future, the past...all of it. So its a bit like the shiny red ant in the ant farm talking to a six year old."
Jack Hawksmoor laughs at that. "I can imagine that. But it also strikes me as highly useful." Ultimate insider trader. "Good job you don't seem inclined towards crime."
Kilroy frowns a bit at something there, "Let's say some consider me a criminal, but I believe in the Declaration of Human Rights, and I follow the law, so long as the law is actually applied. Corruption gives me a lot of leeway...and ...well, when you say 'insider trading' I can see just how inside it has been lately. Too much. Way too much. They're lucky I don't go all robin hood on their asses, but too much of that doesn't solve anything."
Jack Hawksmoor nods. "I suppose some places could use a bit of judicious...redistribution of wealth." And he could do some pretty good insider trading himself. He just generally doesn't.
Kilroy says, "they could, but that's not my job. My job is to fix the 'metaphysical stuff' the clogs in the drains, the unnatural disruption. Humans deserve freedom to have their own decisions made for them. I'm not God, I only serve one and if he's content to let them do things their way then so am I. I find other ways to tilt the balance."
Jack Hawksmoor nods, and then vanishes back behind yesterday's paper. Hopefully anyone who saw the exchange won't think it was a drug deal or something.

[Heromux] Scavenger Hunt Part 3

Summary: The group heads up into the alps.
Location: The Alps.
Date: 4.14.2014
Emitter: Kilroy
Players: Lunair Weir, Kilroy Capital Conneticut
NPCs: Zaraquoy Cordiroy
Groups:
Tone: Social
Rating: Public


After loading up on way too much equipment, Kilroy managed to hire four porters who happened to be close friends of Zaraqouy. He also managed to reduce what was in his pack to manageable minimum, while at the same time working to ensure Lunair's pack allows her sufficient mobility should she need it.
The air flight to the Alps is easy, but from there things are...more gray. They contact on of Zaraquoy's contacts, a man by the name of Smirch who sits in his own office in a shack way up in the middle of nowhere. Solar power and a satellite dish show a surprisingly sophisticated readout. "The comb?" Smirch rubs his chin, "Yeah, I've known a few folks to go looking for it around here. This is an area popular with villains and their henchman often engaged in 'side business' if you get my drift so it's moved from location to location, but I do believe I might have a guess as to its last location..."
He takes out a large map with intricate markings on it and points to a mountain twenty miles in the middle of nowhere to the north east, "This guy...no one knew his name, but he stole a lot of stuff in the time that the comb was last seen. Most of the other leads haven't panned out, and while aerial sightings showed his lair somewhere in the area, no one has ever found it."
Lunair's a bit boggled at how much equipment there is. But she will do her best to carry some of it. She just has to remember that pride goeth before a fall and she doesn't really need to show off for Kilroy. She'll do her best to help out where she can. for her part, she listens when dealing with people. Kilroy is blessed with the social skills in the pair. She hms softly. A glance to Kilroy. "Hopefully that doesn't mean..." Active cells of who knows what out there.
Otherwise, she is quiet, looking to where he points. Her eyebrows lift. Aerial views, but no one found it? "What stopped them?" She asks quietly.
Smirch shrugs, "No one knows. One day there were explosions and lights up in the mountains, and suddenly all the crimes stopped. We're kind of curious about it, but after the years passed away, it-"
Zaraquoy grins, "It's totally irrelevant! We have an area. I'm sure we'll find it with my impressive skills." He winks at Lunair.
Kilroy is more introspective and silent for a moment. He finally says, "Gmm....We're not prepared for combat." Obviously two of them are, but the civilians don't know that. "We see any trouble, even a hint, we come back and get some ...I dunno, heroes out here."
Zaraquoy frowns but doesn't say anything.
Smirch nods with a bit of respect, "If I had to guess? I never looked in a series of caves right here, but it'd be a likely spot for a 'lair' if I was gonna make one."
Lunair listens, nodding. "I see." She is quiet a moment, then her eyes widen at Zaraquoy's grin and wink. She smiles politely. "Well, that's good." She'll... quietly go with that. She looks to Kilroy. She'd probably rather not have more people knowing her powers and talents, anyway. "Sounds fair enough." Also, having civilians in a fire fight tends to end all kinds of badly.
She peers to where Smirch might make his lair and hms softly. "That would make sense as to why crime in the area stopped, in a way."
Zaraquoy waves a hand dismissively, "We'll be able to handle anything that comes along." He grins. "Why do you think we brought along the dynamite?" He grins at Lunair's reaction, winks at Kilroy in a slightly different fashion and heads out.
Kilroy really wonders at the wisdom of hiring the man, and shakes his head as he heads out as well.
Outside, everyone is packing up their gear while Kilroy does the same. A pair of skis and goggles don his face and he looks at Lunair, "Are you OK skiing? We can use the snow shoes if you aren't comfortable with that."
The great irony here is that Lunair is probably twice as murderous as Zaraquoy at minimum. But she'll play the part of helpless girlfriend. She wonders though, too. Dynamite? She's fierce, not suicidal. She smiles at his grin. "Of course." And she looks to Kilroy.
Lunair certainly has her concerns. She will pack up with the others, and help as she can. She'll get her goggles and she looks to Kilroy. A pause. "I will give it a shot. I've only skiied a little," She admits. But she is willing to try. "I'd feel bad if we had to slow on my account. I can switch to snow shoes if it doesn't work out," She promises.
Kilroy is fairly skillful at skiing, given his father's lifestyle before he found out who and what he was. He nods to Lunair and says,"Skis are faster but we'll take care. You go ahead after Zaraquoy." He says softer, "Probably better to put our heavy gun up front if something does happen anyway. Maybe pull Zaraquoy off a cliff..." he smirks.
Oh, Kilroy. Lunair nods. "Sure thing." She will do as he suggests. Then, in a softer voice, she stifles a giggle. "Sure thing." She quirks a half grin. His smirk is so adorable. She can't help it. And somehow, the mental image is making it worse. Triumphant Kilroy with Zaraquoy flying off into the horizon! Oh my. Well. Kilroy is still #1 to Lunair, at least. She's truly a team player. Mostly.
The group begins to ski through the mountains. At first, it isn't too difficult, because they can follow a militia trail beneath the snow. In the middle of the day, the sun heats up making the snow slush which is cold and annoying but Zaraquoy pushes the group forward until the group is forced to put on snow shoes to climb up a fairly steep hill. Progress is slow but steady.
Lunair goes along with the skiing business. She is cold. And a little annoyed. At least they eventually switch to snow shoes. She holds her position in the middle where Kilroy asks (and in, coincidentally, emergency Zaraquoy launching position).

Friday, April 11, 2014

[Heromux] The Status is VERY Quo

Summary: A Genoshan strike team attempts to gather evidence of Russian war crimes but fails.
Location: Sevestapol, Ukraine
Date: 2014.04.11
Emitter: Kilroy
Players: Abigail Boylen, Lunair Weir, Kilroy Capital Conneticut, Pietro Maximoff
NPCs: 8 Galliath Clones, Russian Sailors, Kl't'wew'as'aiath, Providence
Groups: Genosha, Team: Genesis, Magic and Mysticism
Tone: Heroic
Rating: Public


He could sense them burning the evidence one note at a time. Until now, he'd been content to bide his time and let people make foolish decisions, but now they're destroying the evidence of their crimes and Kilroy will have none of it. Taking Mittasurie's advice, he has called allies and is planning a direct strike. If he's going to be terrorist scum, then so be it...at least he'll be terrorist scum for the right reasons. "The mission, should you choose to accept it, is to preserve anything and everything that points to the evidence of their crimes against mutant kind within the facility. There are 400 guards, 10 I suspect of advanced nature, but I don't know everything. There are financial records for certain, likely also lab results and other political memorandum. We want it all and to show the world the darkness of their actions." He is, for the first time, wearing a uniform of Genosha, including scarlet Kevlar armor, without the 'origami' look he often has, though the armor is there, coins and all but now invisible to the naked eye.

The base in question is on a small island, two miles from the port. It's a jagged rock, jutting up from the Black Sea like a finger being poked by some long sleeping titan. Stairs, carved out by ancient settlers wind around the island with two freight elevators bolted on its side. Advanced radar detection and other sensors sweep the area. It's a satellite research facility, where blood samples and other materials were sent for analysis. It's very heavily defended, with plasma artillery and a naval vessel nearby for shore defense. In short, it's a fortress. Kilroy and Lunair are approaching on a stealthed speed boat.
The world stands still for someone like Pietro Maximoff.
Only moments ago he was standing on the Crimean front dressed in an empirically cut Genoshan officer uniform and now he's in something a bit more practical for a mission which calls for digression. Black armored front with streaks of greyscale bolts running down his chest, sides, arms and legs. His face is uncovered, his eyes are not hidden. The cold nature of his impassively hard expression is the testament for exactly how little he seems to care for the humans organizing inside against mutant kind.
He is a sentinel.
Where there was nothing before, the shock white haired son of Magneto stands with his arms clasped behind his back and his eyes looking over the building a few yards from where they have gathered with a calculated observation of details. "Terrorism is perspective." Said in a voice that drips with disdain for such overt classification.
"When the world sees the horrors perpetrated against mutantkind they will have little option but to acknowledge the heroism of those who fought against it."
Lunair cares. She does. And she's likely used to fighting. It's been a part of her life for years. Direct strikes are nice and direct. Usually. She has her armor on under a light long coat to keep herself from getting too damp. Her expression shifts at mention of lab results. That's not something she wants to think about. She seems surprised by his uniform, but Lunair trusts Kilroy deeply. She grunts softly. She seems sympathetic enough, but it's hard for her to process. Still, that voice is familiar and she might even recognize the white haired gentleman. She seems surprised. For now, she lets Kilroy do the talking since Deadpool banned her from dialogue briefly.
(pause)
Even though it was a pretty good thing since Lunair is kind of /bad/ at it sometimes.
Kilroy is not Batman...or Umoja. He's not really a master tactician, but at the rate they're burning papers there isn't time to consult one. As soon as they are in range, he doesn't even wave his hand. Two of the soldiers on one of the guns suddenly start choking...invisible salt in their nose and mouth...not enough to kill, but enough to sting and make their eyes water...then two more soldiers. But though the boat is stealthed, it is still seen and an alarm is klaxoned through the facility. The guns on the boat and above the island are brought down since they had pointed skyward; terrified of the Master of Magnetism.
Kilroy says, "We'll see." He doesn't want to be rude to Pietro but he is...in a very very foul mood.
Those are some large guns. Do you know what guns don't like? Water. Guns do not like water. Cloud 9 sees all those guns get pointed at the boat and she focuses. Clouds start to form inside the barrels of the guns, complete with ice crystals meant to gum up the works. She does this all from the relative safety of her cloud, because snipers, above all else, really don't like direct conflict. They tend to be squishy and go SQUISH when something tougher than a fist strikes them. No, she'll stay up here and let the apparent strike force that's on it's way (what luck is that?) do the...strike force-y work.
These soldiers are little more than annoyance to the mutant known as Quicksilver.
At least, that's what he would say if anyone asked him. Long ago he learned the importance of 'image' and 'theatrics'. Like his father, he knows the value of fear. As all the alarms begin to sound he takes off in a blur. The speed at which he moves desolves the distance between himself and the fortress and he vaults straight up one wall topped by a gun nest and slides easily through the single slit openning with a twist of his body. Standing amongst the humans suddenly, startlingly.
His fist hammers into one of their chest with force amplified directly by the speed with which he can throw it. An penny falling from the Empire states building can burrow itself into a man's skull, it is said. The truth of that is irrelevant, the punch is enough to throw the man against the far wall before anyone is able to bring a weapon to bare on the 'terrorist' that's suddenly appeared beside them.
When those weapons 'do' rise, Pietro is moving, ducking beneath the fire effortlessly with a tucking of his shoulders and a twist of his abdomen. He comes up with his palm slamming into another guards jaw and his hand closes around the man's face as he continues to turn and hurls him into the last of the three.
"Apes."
For salt was once part of sala-- Ooooh. Lunair gets it now. She's doing her best to catch up on years of social development. But that is forgotten now. Lunair is but a humble metahuman (at least, as far as she's ever known and been tested), and sadly an awesome body and/or regen factor are not on the list of potential or current powers. It sucks to have totally missed out on the super soldier gravy train, but that's how it goes. Squishy she be, and squishy she shall be. Like an angry M&M, a slight shell and soft inside, even.
Fear has its uses and places. Even if a story isn't TRUE, the fact one might take pause and frown at it - who wants a penny embedded in their skull or worse? Also, they are wise to fear Magneto. All Lunair's heard and seen has portrayed the dude as a pretty solid badass. That, and metal is ubiquitous, even within the body. That thought alone might bring a pause in heartbeats. Yikes. Although, his brother was a nice enough dude provided you didn't get on his bad side. Nevertheless, Lunair is here and in the fight. She keeps that shockwave staff over her shoulder and hefts up a rather large gun. Today, it's all about shockwaves and lasers! Not lethal, but rather painful and will clear a path handily.
Kilroy grins and says over the comm...rather pleased that the boat has made it as far as they have. He can tell they have unknown support on the guns and isn't sure how it was achieved...but he does answer Pietro, suddenly smiling in spite of himself, "Now Now Quicksilver...My grandfather knew some apes. Apes were good friends of his...these goons are no ap-HOLY ELEPHANTS! Heads up there is something under the -" And like that, a result of one of the 'experiments', the 10 'powered' individuals being paid, literally in monopoly money rise out of the ground...8 feet tall, all cloned from the same mutant, a glittering green collar on their neck, created by Collar of the same name, one of the masterminds behind the tyrants in Genosha before Mystique and Magneto cleared them out. Two of them unleash a wide spread cone of sonic energy at the speedster while two more turn towards the boat. Kilroy steers it hard to the left but the boat is torn to shreds.
Pietro doesn't often engage in banter mid-brawl. His jab was intent and a very pointed dictation on his opinions of these individuals as they fall before the abilities of a superior individual.
Him.
His fists clinch inside the armored gloves as he regards the rumbling and rise of 8 foot tall super clones and narrows eyes at the audacity of these peons to use genetic modification and manipulation to create abominations of this sort.
The sonic energy hits the wall of the gunnest where he'd dealt rather effectively against the guards and shatters it into rumble, but Quicksilver has already vacated by the time the first pebble falls.
The world stands still. He could be walking amongst them and they would move at a snails crawl to his eyes. Turning his deep blue eyes across imperfect mesh of green flesh, their motions so slow he could stand for minutes observing the intricacy of their power's manifestation.
The point of it is, he has time.
Better still, he's accustomed to having it and knows how best to use it. He brings his hand back and throws it forward without all the dramatics of 'hai-yas', to put the full force of his speed enhanced punch right alongside the left ACL.
Cloud 9 sees the boat get ripped in two. Ohh, that looked painful. The cloud creator focuses and creates a pair of clouds underneath Kilroy and Lunair, picking them up and bringing them into the air safely, up on the level with her. "Thought you two might like a hand," the woman comments. "Just tell me where you want me to drop you off and I'll do it". Which she will do once given the command.
The woman then reaches behind her back and pulls out her pulse rifle, setting it to 'stun' only. Still packs quite a punch. She shoulders the rifle and starts launching blasts down at the mutants, trying to knock them out. The blasts, from what people can see, come flying out of one of the clouds.
Lunair also missed out on cool travel powers. Lunair seems startled, as the fellows unleash attacks that tear the boat to shreds. Her and her coat go flying. "Look ou-" She's worked hard to look after Kilroy. And then suddenly, freaking cones of sonic. She might even like Sonic's milk shakes but sonic energy is just unpleasant. Sometimes, it is frustrating to be limited to destruction and weapons in terms of fighting. At least she can swi--
"Hi. Thank you." Kilroy and her are safe, then! She still has her weapons and will cheerfully pick herself up, pull the staff off over her shoulder and wade in. Righto then. She's wielding a cat motif staff that generates shockwaves. Things are going flying. "Sorry." It is kind of loud, isn't it? It is.
The mutant collapses on impact from the speedster, totally outmatched. His leg crumbles and he bellows in pain. For a brief moment, all of them clap their hands together in a unique blend of super slap and sonic burst but their focus is quickly diverted as stun beams bolt from the heavens. Sailors on the Russian naval vessel shoot back but the shots all go wide. Others are working to deice the cruiser's main gun. Two more have an anti tank missile up but haven't yet detected anything since the radar operator keeps sneezing salt from his nose. "**It's horrible...make it stop!** (In Russian)
Kilroy puts his hand gently on Lunair's shoulder, attempting to reassure her as they are rescued that she has his full confidence as he smiles at Abigail,"Thanks for the rescue. If you can set us down at the entrance to the building over there..." he points to a small 'radio shack', "There's an elevator there that will go down. They're destroying evidence of crimes against humanity." To Kilroy, mutants are human just as he is. Human is human.
The hypocrisy of Pietro is that he does not think that he is human. At least that's been his doctrine for years: he is better than them. This is all a case of fear of what is superior and to him, that's sad.
Which is exactly why he's never had a problem destroying them when the mission called for it. These things, however, are not human. Not once he sees those collars. All evidence they have suggests that the collar is useful only against individuals with an X-gene. He is no more disgusted to find out a mutant is being cloned... but now he's angry that his brothers (clones that they might be) are being controlled.
The crumpled sonic mutant laying at his feet is given a head tilted examination, but he ultimately leans down with a finger vibrating so finely that it may not even be possible to see it moving at all. The results of touching that collar is readily apparent. Unless the creators have done some serious engineering changes, it will crumble into bits, freeing the controlled mutant formally wearing it and bringing one more soldier to 'their side'.
If that happens, "Welcome to the fight for your own freedom. Release your brothers while we take care of your captors."
If not? Well, it will be disappointing, but he'll simply have to punch the creature until it stops moving.
"Well then, allow me to grant you the gift of cover. Name's Cloud Nine, by the by," Cloud 9 says. She raises her hands up and, out of the water, a massive wall of fog rises up, tall enough to completely cover any buildings in the area. It's also thick enough to make it hard for anyone to see and to mess with targeting systems. "I'll drop you off by the door and keep an eye out for you out here for a pick-up, unless you need someone who can read Russian inside. Speedboy down there one of yours I take it," the woman says.
Regardless of the answer, Cloud 9 will direct the clouds carrying the two others down to the indicated building, well-hidden because of the cover. If there are any guards, she'll helpfully snipe them before she drops the other two off. If they indicate they'd like help, she'll join them inside. Lunair is somehow alarmed as things get fired up on a bigger scale. Antitank? And ship's guns and mutant soldiers. She smiles faintly at Kilroy and nods. "Yea," The smile fades when what's being hidden and destroyed is mentioned. Superiority is lost on her. She knows people are afraid of her and what she does and what she can do. People sense a predator in their midst. And she is no doubtedly such. All of the genetic variants confuse her, but she has powers and that makes her different. "Pleased to meet you, Miss 9. I'm working on a new code name because of butt jokes and a guy with bots." She states simply.
Both compelling reasons for a code name change. But for now, she is more serious. And if she can or sees Pietro fighting, will boggle a bit. She trusts Kilroy and/or Cloud 9 to do their thing (if that includes following) as she dismisses the laser gun for something a bit more traditional. And electric. It'll hurt but the lethality should be low, at least. "We have to go quickly, whatever we wish to do. But onward, into the beech." Unto the bre-- oh, Lunair.
The collar's engineering has changed...a lot. It's the most advanced design Pietro has ever seen and it HAS been hardened but not a sufficient amount to withstand his touch. The giant blinks a moment and yawns. He seems...confused. At first he doesn't quite comprehend Pietro's words but takes them at face value. "Collar bad?"
The other seven don't give him much of a chance to respond and attempt to attack both quick silver and 8, but 8, free of the collar is a better brawler than his brothers and frees yet another.
There are no guards near the radio shack and Kilroy nods, "You can call me Kilroy. I suppose I should have a codename. I'm considering 'The Invisible Hand'...My old one belongs to someone else, and I'm still not sure he'd approve. But Kilroy will do just fine Ms. Cloud. And if you'd like to join us it would be much appreciated."
Using a one shot gizmo he borrowed for the mission, Kilroy connects a card taken from one of the guards decommissioned by Pietro and connects it to the security latch on the elevator. The doors open, as it slowly begins to descend with Lunair, Kilroy and Abigail (and if he joins them Pietro). There are two guards once the elevator opens behind a bunker, but both have been knocked unconscious by large invisible rocks.
It's the 200 guards lining the hallway between them and the main office with plasma rifles pointed at them that are a bit of a problem.
A massive barrage of rifle fire, intense but hardly accurate opens fire at the elevator doors, lessened a bit by an invisible rai stone between them and the doors, but that won't stop them all....
Pietro lets his new companion handle the brothers, left to multiply as one becomes two and two becomes four... their abilities are trusted in as much as his own mission lies deeper inside the bunker. Ultimately, they are footsoldiers and their existence is only as important as the completion of th emission.
If they survive, they will find a welcome to Genosha, if they do not... they will be honored for their sacrifice. Everything is perspective.
Quicksilver joins the trio at the doors in the blink of an eye. Standing with his attention focused forward and no outward introduction of who he is. Whether this is because he is waiting for what surprise awaits them on the other side of the doors or pure self importance is up for debate. What remains true is his expression: Distant disinterest.
He's here, however. So that likely speaks volumes on his inner dedication to what they're doing. Even if outwardly he plays the part of a prick quite well. An expression that not even two hundred humans with plasma rifles can ruffle.. even if he may well feel that tingling sense of concern when they open fire on them upon contact.
He dances off to his left foot to dodge the initial barrage, then to his right, weaving his way between dangerously red fire. He doesn't slow down to consider the options, rather, his brain puts it all together as quickly as a super computer deciding the mathematical equivalent of two plus two. If there's one thing he's learned about humans, it's that when they have superior numbers they have a hive mind of confidence that borders on insanity. Use that to your advantage and you cripple them easily. In theory, that's effective, but he's usually not facing 'quite' so many as two hundred.
He slaps at the barrel of one plasma rifle and turns it towards another further down the line, then another, pushing and pounding on the humans up close where they're forced to forgo their ranged weapons or risk friendly fire.
Ducking to one side of the elevator to avoid getting pelted with plasma blasts, Cloud 9 reaches out with her abilities to form tiny 'mini-clouds' inside the guns of their enemies. Thick, wet fog clouds meant to wreck the delicate devices. Another cloud is generated in Pietro's wake, this one lifting the enemy soldiers up and slamming them against the ceiling as best she can, trying to knock them out if they don't fire on each other or get to the group with their fists first.
It's chaos. It is absolute chaos.
The speedster's move of the barrel and speed is indeed sufficient to cause most of them to stop, if for no other reason than they don't want to hit their comrade, but the turned gun does still cause several burns at the densely packed individuals. The clouds concealing the dense corridor cause even more chaos as the panicked soldiers begin firing at each other, often badly, and the sheer fire of the lightning gun begins knocking them down in droves.
To put it bluntly, the route like scared little girls. But Kilroy is not joining them. He instead instantly notes in the magical little map in his head when "Sergey Isanopov" instantly changes from that to "Kl't'wew'as'aiath" which sounds like a demon name if he's ever heard one. There is a rasping sound as the demon says in spirit speech, "And now Kilroy Conneticut you shall pay w-" and doesn't even finish his sentence as he is silenced with a mouth full of salt and buried under a one ton rai stone. Not dead, but there are likely a few broken bones.
There is a smell of smoke from down the corridor.
Quicksilver fights on until the line of soldiers breaks, only then does his quick moving hands and feet stop to regard his surroundings. He'd done so prior, obviously, but small details were naturally missed in all the chaos. Most notably, the smell of smoke further down the hall.
Whatever happened with the demon is given an ounce of his attention, since it is truly not something you get to see everyday. Never the less, a mission to accomplish, no matter how interesting one small piece of it may be.
Instead of bolting off like a lightning strike, he walks purposefully down the hall. Stepping out in front of the group as someone use to leading from ahead of soldiers, rather than back behind them. He may not have given a single order this entire time, but every bit of his demeanor suggests, possibly even in error, that he believes that he is wholly in command of this little taskforce.
Such a nice guy.
Lunair is trying not to kill people. Trying. It's a bit hard, even in the chaos. Still, she keeps from getting hit and that Kilroy and Miss Cloud seem to be in one piece. And then SUDDENLY, A WILD GIANT ROCK APPEARS. Whomever used that as money must've been really awesome or a firm believer in rock solid investments. Her eyes widen. "Wow." She hopes never to be on Kilroy's bad side.
And the smoke. She wrinkles her nose. "I guess that'd be where the burning is," She offers quietly. And well, she'll just follow Kilroy and Quicksilver. She is a follower today, given that for some folks - this is very personal. She keeps her weapons with her.
Kilroy is obviously distracted...normally everything he does is invisible. He doesn't even remember to destroy the Rai stone behind him but when he smells the burning, unlike Quicksilver *HE* runs for all the speed his merely human legs are worth, "No! Nononononono!" As Cloud asks which way, Kilroy motions with his hand, not really minding if Quicksilver takes command (like he could stop him if he wanted to anyway) but his primary focus is on the documents, around one corridor then down another, there are flames...tons and tons of flames, but a rain of pennies and shells and pearls (invisible this time) help put some of them out. There are still flames but it looks like there are computers, file cabinets and loads of other evidence of both Ukrainian and Russian duplicity. The motherload!
Quicksilver will never admit that he followed summons lead, no matter how obvious it might be. However, when Kilroy rushes after the flames, Pietro takes off in a blur towards the fire that has the man so upset. He barely even considers the fact that fire will hurt him and instead runs right into the middle of it and starts spinning in a pirouette. Like a cyclone in the middle of orange flickering flame, sucking the oxygen out of the room into the middle of this growing funnel cloud that is one shock haired mutant.
Cloud 9 looks at the various bits of evidences and creates a cloud. This one is under the piles of evidence, which she lifts up with the cloud. "We need a door that leads upwards," the woman says. And she'll also be ready to pick everyone else up with her clouds with the full intent of flying them all out of there. She's ready to get out of here as soon as humanly possible!
Fire is bad. And Lunair only has limited water cannon action. She's not a hose, after all. She runs along after Kilroy, also at human speed. Which must seem megaslow to anyone with speed powers. She'll not interfere with fire extinguishing efforts, although she does watch the doorway for them. "Do we have a way to take this place fully or at least pull the evidence?" She asks quietly. An entire base of antimutant terrorists is not likely to go down lightly. Especially not one willing to use cannons on a Magneto.
Kilroy smiles as Quicksilver puts out the fire...every last bit of it. He listens to Lunair and furrows his brow, "I'm not..." then he beams as Cloud 9 begins to lift the evidence on a cloud, "There you go dear. Best. Forklift. Ever." He begins to run to put more cabinets on the cloud. They did it! This was going to work...and then....and then...
There was a brilliant white light, akin to the sun...a glowful warm feeling filled the room, whispering and soft...and a voice, audible only to Kilroy says in his mind, "Providence suggests there is a natural order young man. Your ripples in Serbia have crossed the line...and now you pay the price for it...' and just like that, one might even say miraculously...the room is empty...not even ash remains...the cabinets are gone, the computers are gone...and not a shred of paper remains.
Oh but wait, there's more. One of the unconscious sailors on the boat outside gets up, eyes glowing red and points one of the now thoroughly deiced guns at the facility.
"**What are you doing?!**" One of the other sailors challenges him but too late...the mighty plasma cannon on the deck of the ship burrows deep and hits the buried fuel tank inside of the facility...shaking the entire island. Eight free Goliaths jump into the water, as do many of the slowly awakening guards above, but fire begins to move down the elevator shaft and down to the facility underneath the island...
Kilroy just..sits in shock. This cannot be happening!
See, Pietro finds himself in a pickle. On the one hand, he has a Genosha teleporter in his comm unit built into the right breast of his armor, just beneath the shock plate. On the other... there's these three people here. Outwardly, he's a stone wall of disdain for anything or anyone that, to all observation, aren't him... but inwardly?
He sighs over this mental decision he has to make, one that might take an other person minutes to make, but even if he sat and thought about it at length would only be seconds to him.
The world stands still as he makes his decision.
"Your sacrifice will be noted." He says to the trio and smacks the transporter button on his breast.

... That's one option that plays out in his mind.
It isn't the one he actually picks.
Pietro sighs and the mask cracks. He rushes at the open doorway and out into the oncoming flame. As he speeds through it, the air used to fuel it is caught in his wake and drug in the opposite direction. Could he have possibly survived that?
"Right. The evidence is gone," Cloud 9 says, creating a cloud do descend on the room, just to make sure they hadn't been illusioned away. "We should get to safety. I'll give you all a lift". She creates another cloud and, if there are no objections, fully intends on flying them back out and up the elevator shaft to safety.
"Well, crap." Lunair is miffed. Annoyed. That was evidence! And poor Quicksilver. She doesn't know the guy well, but he seems good at heart. Even if he's all *aloof* *fabulous hair* *aloof aloof super fast yes* sometimes and it baffles her. "Don't we have witness accounts?" She asks quietly. Then her eyes widen as things begin to go south fast. "We should pr-- what she said." Lunair is about making sure none of them get killed.
At first Kilroy does not say much. At all. He merely steps on the cloud and whispers in response to Lunair as she speaks, "Yes. Some won't believe them, but there is still evidence, but not like this." Would the Portal of Zentral work on Heaven? Could it really be Providence? How could this be "Good"? A million questions whirled through his mind but Kilroy hadn't given up, not by a long shot.
The fire whirled and followed the speedster up the shaft, clearing the way for the cloud with the trio on board. The demon seemed annoyed that he hadn't killed Kilroy and fired the gun again for good measure before he was tackled by a bunch of conscious Russian soldiers...Though singeing that perfect silver hair, the speedster had indeed likely survived.
Quicksilver, moments later standing on the Crimean front once more, considers what exactly happened back in that bunker. Clearly there were things he needed to discuss with his father. Even with a war raging, soldiers firing in pitched skirmishes, the speedster had little pause to consider intricacies with as much depth as any arm chair general safe on the rear echelon. His mind just worked faster.
Because the world stands still for him.
The mask has returned, even that momentary small crack snapped out of his expression with years of discipline at never letting anyone see what really resides within him. Only a glimpse to the wrong enemy could be disastrous.
Up and out they go on the clouds, and Cloud 9 actually splits the clouds up into three and kicks them into overdrive, creating little cloud 'safety belts' for the other two as she turns up the speed to around 6,000 MPH to get them flying out of there just as quickly as possible. She'll drop people off wherever they'd like, of course, and then be on her way. She wasn't planning on sticking around for now. Though she had a feeling she'd be seeing these people again.
Lunair seems to think well of those here. She seems sympathetic and a bit sad. Even worried for the speedy guy. She looks to Cloud 9. She isn't sure. She is quiet too, nodding at Kilroy. "I don't know," Is all she offers quietly. With that, she will quietly appreciate the ride, "Thank you." And go with them. She might see them again, she might not. Fate is strange that way.
Kilroy has Abigail drop them off in Genosha, ensuring clearance along the way. He also hands her a plastic card with a magnetic strip, "1 million, untraceable by nearly anyone in the world. Genosha pays its debt, and you have my personal gratitude Miss 9. I shall not soon forget it." He kisses Lunair as they step off the cloud and briefly confirms that Quicksilver is OK. He would NOT want to have that conversation with Magneto....
He looks upwards, towards the clouds and smiles...oh it's on alright. He's getting that evidence back, no matter what it takes.

[Heromux] Back from the Storming Brink

Summary: Kilroy is on the verge of actions he knows he will regret and seeks a sounding board for clarity.
Location: Safe House, North Gotham
Date: 2014.04.11
Emitter: N/A
Players: Kilroy Capital Conneticut Mittasurie
NPCs: Some Lawyers, a Doorman
Groups: Team: Genesis
Tone: Gritty, Angsty
Rating: Public


Kilroy looks over the river front. Troubled. Very troubled. His hands are behind him as he looks out on the waves washing in the distant sea and then open and then is informed by the doorman that Mittasurie has arrived. He has the doorman buzz him up. A choice needs to be made, and he needs another perspective. An outside perspective.
Mittasurie Looks up at the building before he before walking. He nods to the doorman as he lets him in. Once in the building Mitt follows any instructions that would of been given to find Kilroy location. Mittasurie walks in behind Kilroy taking in the view before speaking" You seem quiet for someone wanting to meet what's going on" he states with a look of concern.
Kilroy says, "I need perspective. I need as unbiased a perspective as I can find. Doctor Umoja is very wise, and has lived a long time, but he isn't the right person to answer this. Lunair...Lunair I trust and I think there is something growing there. But I need the perspective of a moral person, unburdened by loyalties to the world or to me. I have a perspective, and want a moral perspective. From outside the world even better. There are some decisions I've known I'm right on, but future ones...I am...annoyed...and hurt. This is the way super villains are made. And I don't want to take that path, but ...decisions need to be made. How familiar are you by now about Earth politics? Our nation states?""
Mittasurie Listens quietly locking his eyes and ears on Kilroy and his words. With each word his concern grows seeing a friend a moral impasse is not something he ever thought of happening. He shakes his head finally to the question of earth's political and nation and states." I'm am still very new to it still. I have seen pieces of information in passing about a man named Magneto fighting for his people that are thought held on false pretense but nothing more then that. Are you involved in this plight? If so I can only say that to do stand for the innocent being held to meet the goals of a greater power I would fight to protect those in need."
Kilroy nods, "It's...complicated. Where to begin..." he holds up a piece of paper, "This is a letter from my lawyers that one of my companies, Sheer Accounting, has had several government contracts suspended because of my economic advice to Genosha. Apparently that country, the one that Magneto rules, is on a 'terrorist watch list'...they don't know, almost no one knows about my powers or The Economy, but my actions as Kilroy Conneticut, while low key, are not beyond the ability of law enforcement to find out. Bearing in mind that I have, essentially for free, found out criminals, tyrants and warlords and brought them to justice when no one else could...but God forbid I offer economic advise to a nation full of poor mutants and suddenly I'm persona non grata. My lawyers can probably fight off the charges, keep it ambiguous...I'm not a US Citizen after all, but ...I feel...betrayed. Greatly betrayed, and I'm inclined to take to take revenge. But I have great power. Awesome power, and it is not my place to use it irresponsibly, like my father did. My grandfather is gone. But...I'd like to share two stories with you...to help you understand where I'm coming from on this. Do you drink?"
Mittasurie Listens intently while at the same time trying to make sense of it all. He nods to the question of drink before speaking" Yes i do whisky is my preference but I'll take any drink that is available. I think I'm going to need to hear these stories before I can make and moral judgement.
Kilroy nods and pours Mittasurie a glass. "Good." He pours himself another glass. The good stuff. "The first is about my grandfather, the first priest of the Economy. He helped America. A lot. There was a great war between almost every nation in the world. And the battle on the home front was as important on the world stage. He helped them find money where they wouldn't have it. Defuse war profiteers jamming up productions. Thousands, maybe millions of lives saved. He also worked with a lot of heroes...stopped Russia later in the cold war...he did a lot of good. He earned trust from a select few. But to win the war, they dropped a powerful bomb, called an atom bomb. A fireball literally miles across. But then they foolishly kept testing it. One place, called Bikini Atol, was 'saved' by the United States and the people who lived there were forced to move. But there were invisible people there, called the Spirit People, who did not want to move. But the army couldn't see them and they didn't believe they were real. So to test an even more powerful weapon, more powerful than they would ever need, they destroyed these islands. My father never forgave them for that, which is why while I love America, we're not Americans anymore. Our country is a tiny island in the pacific no one has ever heard of." He takes a shot of Whiskey.
Mittasurie Sighs with disbelief as he listens to the story hearing about weapons of mass destruction and saving of peoples lives. His eye then narrow at the words of even more powerful weapons being brought to the field. The idea of an entire cove of islands being destroyed to take warfare further make Mitt's skin crawl and he becomes even more discussed by the fact these spirit people were taken out in the process. He takes a shot of whiskey himself before speaking." Please go on I want to hear more."
Kilroy says, "The second is about what the United States has done in the time since. They're a nation that tries to be moral. They helped out an isolated city state called Berlin that was surrounded by a tyrant. They organized boycotts against that same tyrant with an economic system that involved taking rather than allowing someone to earn. But the thing is, that men will be men...and so dark lines were crossed and compromises made. It was called the Cold War, and the United States and her allies won. At great cost, and not without help from my father and grandfather. Despite all they had done, my grandfather helped the US win the war because they were the most moral country in the situation. Then the crash..." He sips his whiskey, calming but become more resolute, "A group of evil men flew one of our flying machines into a building, killing thousands. It stung the United States because after they won the war with the Russians they thought they were invulnerable. They weren't...so they were scared. People do dark things when they're scared. That's why there were lessons learned...for example in the United States, mutants, those born with magic, were able to be persecuted and at one point they built robots simply to kill them. But in theory they got over this. In theory, they passed laws forbidding registration of mutants or those who wear masks to fight evil...but the fear of the crash has had the United States government do terrible terrible things. Torture, false imprisonment, lies. I know. I can see ALL of it, because I can follow the money. I know the filthy lucre that has passed hands...and now that government is corrupt, more corrupt than it has ever been. The poor have nothing...the rich have everything. Among the most poor on Earth are mutants...and Genosha treats them well. The United States supports several nations of immoral character, with evil dictators, including theocracies. Russia is even worse and has invaded another country. But Russia was one of the countries that fought in the great war in my first story, so they have a permanent seat on the UN security council...but Genosha does not. Genosha, which used to treat mutants as slaves, as commodities to be bought and sold..."
He takes a deep breath, "There's a lot. It's a lot to take in. But let's summarize shall we? Russia has no moral authority here. They broke international law, but now the majority of earth's heroes are against Magneto...even though HE is actually following international law. And I could accept that...but now? Now that I'm being called a criminal merely for offering economic advice? From people with no moral authority whatsoever?" He stands, clearly angry, "I am...inclined to show them just how evil they are. But I am ...unclear as to just how far to go to do that.""
Mittasurie nods his head with thought his right hand hand coming up to rub his chin as he does so. One point he see's that Russia is in the wrong for it's past needs and the US for supporting them against a place of solitude for the mutants wishing to leave a life without pointed out for being different. This Magneto is the binding point in Mitt's mind in all of this." I see were your coming from this is a very hard choice to make. On one hand you have the people placing you on the hang man's noose for doing something that is right but on the other hand they don't view this Magneto as man of peace but a man of carnage for his past deeds let me think."
Kilroy nods and finishes his whiskey, pouring another glass, "Magneto has done things, terrible things. I'm under no illusions there. But he's not as blind to non mutant kind as others might think and concerned for their plight. He is not as violent as others think nor is he as craven. Moreover...unlike the JLA or Shield or anyone else, the thing is he doesn't merely sit by and watch it happen. He is ACTING rather than Reacting. The United States allied with a dictator and evils many times to win the peace...Russia is ruled by a very dire and evil dictator just as bad as Magneto...who wants to take Land. All Magneto is doing is freeing captives who, under the UN Declaration of Human Rights, have every reason to enjoy peace and freedom. The only reason the UN isn't siding against Russia in this is because Russia has a seat at the security council...because they fought in a war 70 years ago...and won."
Mittasurie nods again letting all this information seep into his mind and making as much sense from it as he can he can not claim that his thoughts are right but he feels an agreement that someone must pay for these deeds." I'm not of this land or world so I can't say I'm the best counsel for this plight. But I feel to put people in bonds for the sole purpose that they are different is wrong; I lived with elves all my life and if they treated me poorly because I was different I would not be here today. But with all master minds I feel their is something our eyes are not seeing that needs to be found out did Magneto truly find these imprison comrade in this prison for mutants?"
Kilroy says, "He did. I have seen them and talked to them personally. I have seen the bills paid by corrupt men conducting unspeakable experiments. I have seen the politicians pulling a blind eye to the suffering of an entire people that did not offer them a strategic advantage. The mightiest 'heroes' on earth are going to end up doing nothing but being tools of the status quo and elite rich men who see people as things rather than living minds. Wittingly? Probably not. But the result is none the less the same. The question is...how far do I go? How far am I willing to show them that they're wrong? I certainly know that at minimum I've chosen a side of dark gray compared to their own dark shade of gray and mine involves helping the oppressed...the question is...this is not stopping a bank robber...this is international politics, and war...and if we're at war...do I truly treat them as hostile soldiers? They have minds more intelligent than mine and still don't see, so how would reason sway them?"
Mittasurie Eyes seem distant and he lets Kilroy's words sway him. The thought of a puppeteer pulling strings making his puppet dance for amusement comes to mind from all these words. But people are not puppets they are living things that demand respect."I then if these people of high standing refuse to see reason we find a way to cut their strings so to speak from the shadows then watch as they no longer can fool the heroes they plan to use to strengthen their standing is what I would do."
You say, "Is it that easy? I've looked. I think this is more because they just don't like him and want it to be about black and white, with the Red White and Blue on the side of good, and the evil mutant tyrant on the side of bad, ignoring the plight of those in between. I have met some of these people, and they're GOOD people. I don't want to do something I'll regret. I certainly know I can't beat them in a fight...but...I guess..." he sighs, "Let's assume there no strings...there is no secret master deceiving the heroes into serving people ready to make a fast buck on a pipeline or a handshake with Russia in the background but that they honestly are just...acting in a manner I disagree with....do the laws of heroics apply...or the laws of war? And how much offense am I justified when they attack me as 'evil' when they act with no moral authority on their own?"
Mittasurie says, "I see so in this act you see a possible that you may need to throw away your moral compass so speak. To fight above their level when they use gods like the heroes of today against you and even though they feel it is right for their land and you feel your doing right yourself what is right as a whole. This is a question of when a unstoppable force meets an immovable object I would say gather your allies pool your resources and push to protect what you value most of this land and rally people that feel the same to your cause."
Kilroy says, "hmm..." he considers, "You are right. Moreover by discussing it with others I can avoid the desire I have within me to retaliate personally...I have always been proud of my grandfather in me...what I didn't know was how much I had of my father..." he nearly crushes the glass in his hand, "How much I want to show them how wrong they are....curse them....but I'm not going to do that." He takes a deep breath, "That would be wrong. As wrong as what they're doing. But Genosha needs to be protected. That much is sure." He smiles and puts his hand on Mittasurie's shoulder, "Thank you. Thank you for listening to me and helping me make this decision.""
Mittasurie Smiles and brings his hand up on top of yours to share the sentiment." You are most welcome friend Kilroy I hope to be able to help with your cause is some way let me know I do not find myself enjoying taking on fellow heroes but if their is a chance to shed light on what is wrong or unjust I'll be there."
Kilroy says, "I will speak to Umoja. I am concerned because he has ties to a powerful branch of the US government. At least I believe he does, so he may take the side of the JLA on this...but at some point if I am to be on the team I should be up front on my thoughts on this. And maybe they can shed light on other things as well. It's worth a shot."
Mittasurie says, "I see Umoja as wise and a understanding person I know he will not turn from a friend in need unless there is a very good reason. I and the others I feel same they will hear you out and I will stand by and push for it with my all my might."
Kilroy nods, "In the end, at the least we can try. And they might think of something I have no considered."

Tuesday, April 8, 2014

[Heromux] Scavenger Hunt Part 2

Summary: Lunair and Kilroy acquire a guide.
Location: Zaraquoy's Outfitting
Date: 2014.04.09
Emitter: Kilroy
Players: Lunair Weir Kilroy Capital Conneticut
NPCs: Zaraquoy Cordiroy
Groups:
Tone: [Romantic] [Comedic]
Rating: Public

A short journey later, the two heroes find themselves in a shop labeled, "Zarakoy's Outdoor Adventures" with a larger than life caricature of a gentlemen with aviator goggles, a fedora and a ridiculously large duffle bag filled with all kinds of adventuring gear. Kilroy looks dubiously from the picture to Lunair and shrugs, "He did come recommended as the best in town..."
Lunair seems amused. It's almost like Manly Mansome the Adventurer is offering to sell stuff. She has to hide her smile, and resist a giggle. She trusts this. She glances at the picture. "If nothing else, he ... knows how to project an image?" She offers helpfully. "Then again, I guess you have to love it to dress like that." A grin. She looks to Kilroy. "Uhm. Do you think we need fedoras?" Uh oh.
Kilroy says, "Well, I'm sure our marketing preference will be of vital importance to us as we venture out into the wilderness..." he smiles and shakes his head.
As Lunair asks the question, Kilroy is about to answer when a man matching the cartoon EXACTLY including what might be called a caricature of a face with a rough hewn lantern jaw, strong nose and piercing eyes and stubble...only he's three and a half feet tall. "HELLO THERE...are you the folks interested in the alps?" He strides boldly over and looks up at the two. "And of COURSE you need Fedoras. We happen to stock hats as well.""
Lunair smiles, "... yeah." he seems to agree with Kilroy. And then suddenly, the fellow himself appears. She jerks, startled. She's tense for a moment, but mercifully Lunair's trained past fighting when startled. "Hello there," She offers quietly. Her eyes are wide and she looks to Kilroy. He is the brains of this outfit. "I see. That's um, good to know."
Kilroy considers what he's going to say for a long moment before finally stating, "I've been told you're the best."
Zarakoy beams, "I am the best!"
"We are going to a specific part of the alps. We're not particularly experienced outdoorsmen, and I'd like to equip us for the journey."
Putting his finger to his nose, Zarakoy beamed, "But of course. Can you show me where on a map?" He pointed to a large map of the alps...that he just happened to have mounted on the wall.
After being slightly nonplussed for a moment, Kilroy gestured with his hand.
"Gadzooks! Those are the Kilatarian Alps! Home of the rare Alp Yeti."
"The...what?"
"The Alp Yeti."
"Aren't those a Himalayan thing?"
"They migrated and formed a colony in the Alps. They're highly dangerous."
Kilroy is having second thoughts at this point, and looks at Lunair.

"..." What. Lunair was amused and startled at first. And grateful for Kilroy's ability with people. She nods as he explains. The ... rare alp yeti? Squint. Lunair seems somehow kind of dubious. One, do yeti really exist and two, is it wise to annoy an entire colony of them? She looks to Kilroy. "How were they found there?" She asks quietly.
Zarakoy beams, "I'm glad you asked! Why just two years past, I was shepherding a group of tourists trying to recreate famous expeditions from others; the great explorers as it were, until one spotted a fruit tree he was dying to sample. Lo and behold we went down a path and were attacked by dangerous creatures! Half of us were eaten, but when the authorities arrived, no trace of them was found. Not wanting to damage their tourist industry, the Swiss Government disavowed all knowledge of their existence." He started scribbling on a sheet of paper and handed it to Kilroy, "You need this. All of it. And you'll need a guide. Someone who is an expert on the area. Someone who speaks the languages."
Blink. Lunair seems surprised. "I see." frown. Lunair seems - uncertain about this. She looks between the two as Kilroy gets a sheet of paper. "Oh. That's handy. Thank you," She smiles politely. While what he says is true, a guide is handy, she's dubious about this yeti business. "So there's a colony of hostile yeti to beware of. That's er, good to know." She's polite, at least and a fairly well mannered mercenary. Lunair is just sort of gobsmacked and uncertain what to do with this.
Kilroy is a bit uncertain himself, but he has a nagging suspicion. He hasn't said anything yet. He looks over the list and nods to the man, "Well it seems quite thorough. It's a bit expensive but that's not really a problem really..."
Something lights up in Zarakoy's eyes as he says, "You know, there have been a large number of super villains in this area of the mountains as well. All kinds of dangerous traps laying around. You know, the truth of the matter is, you don't just need a guide, you need the BEST guide. Unfortunately, I'm not available, and I do admit that I don't know who else could do it. But I still have some contacts in the area that I can provide for you."
Kilroy knows EXACTLY what Zarakoy really wants here, or thinks he does and doesn't immediately reply. There is an awkward pause. This continues continuing.
Lunair is a bit weirded out and she's not certain herself. As Zarakoy's eyes light up. "I see... Contacts would be handy." And it's hard not to feel a little protective of Kilroy. A lot, maybe She isn't sure what Zarakoy wants. It's lost to her. She seems confused, and looks to Kilroy. At the awkward pause. "What woZarakoy beams radiantly and says, "Well if you insist, who am I to refuse such a wonderful lady?" He writes up a piece of paper and hands it to Kilroy, who takes it and arches an eyebrow. He can literally make money grow on trees but this..."$50,000?"
"Look son, if you had a giant 'S' on your chest, I'd say 'sure, go play with the Alpine Yetis of Death'" When did the 'of death' get added to their description, "But as regular folks, you have to know, no responsible guide would let you just wander in there. I know I'm the only one qualified BUT, I also know I'm the only one qualified."
"$10,000." Kilroy folded his arms. It was the principal of the thing.
"Do I look like someone in a bazarre son? I'm the best there is in the city and I'm offering you two weeks of my time, shutting down my store. Plus expenses."
"WHAT expenses?"
Zaraquoy handed Kilroy a sheet of paper, preprinted.
"This is...rediculous."
"Take it or leave it BUT" he lifted his finger just before Kilroy was going to speak, "All the contacts on that list? They're good friends of mine."
Kilroy shut up. He looked fumish but silent for a moment and then said, "Write it up in an invoice." uld that cost?" She's a bit blunt, but so little in this world comes free. She doesn't mean to cause offense, and a nod at Kilroy. "Thank you for the list."
Kilroy shows the bill to Lunair. It's a lot. Tens of thousands, but some stuff she would recognize as highly advanced military gear from her merc work. That part at least is solid.
Zarakoy smiles, eyes flashing at Lunair, "Well anything for a lady." He winks and proceeds to write the contact names. Every once in a while he looks up at Kilroy.
Kilroy finally sighs and rolls his eyes. He says, very reluctantly, "Are you SURE you aren't available as a guide?"
Lunair blinks. Military gear? Her eyebrows lift. She glances to Kilroy. Yeah, it seems solid enough but ... geez. Then a pause as Zarakoy smiles. His wink makes her blink. Oh. Then Kilroy speaks and Lunair finally gets it. She gives him a grateful look. At least one of them has something approaching social skills. It's hard to resist the urge to hug him to bits. "Ah."
"Look son, if you had a giant 'S' on your chest, I'd say 'sure, go play with the Alpine Yetis of Death'" When did the 'of death' get added to their description, "But as regular folks, you have to know, no responsible guide would let you just wander in there. I know I'm the only one qualified BUT, I also know I'm the only one qualified."
"$10,000." Kilroy folded his arms. It was the principal of the thing.
"Do I look like someone in a bazaar son? I'm the best there is in the city and I'm offering you two weeks of my time, shutting down my store. Plus expenses."
"WHAT expenses?"
Zaraquoy handed Kilroy a sheet of paper, preprinted.
"This is...ridiculous."
"Take it or leave it BUT" he lifted his finger just before Kilroy was going to speak, "All the contacts on that list? They're good friends of mine."
Kilroy shut up. He looked fumish but silent for a moment and then said, "Write it up in an invoice."
Wait. Is Kilroy being skinned on her account? Lunair looks worried and glances between them. "I'm sorry," She offers to him, whispering. She didn't mean to be the cause of this. Was it her? She looks like a dog who just wet the floor, ears drooping with guilt. Hopefully this guy is the real deal. She seems uncertain, looking to him.
Kilroy smiles at Lunair warmly, "It is most definitely NOT your fault that this man is trying to charge outrageous prices. I assure you."
Zaraquoy seems...horrified at Lunair's reaction, like he had just kicked a dog on the floor. "Wait. Wait. No." He sweats a little, "No need to fret little lady, I could probably lower my fee to say...."
Kilroy snaps, "$22000?"
"$22000 seems quite reasonable. I do have other store employees after all."
Aw. Kilroy is so sweet. She smiles back at him, then she looks apologetic to Zarakoy. "You are both kind to put up with me, thank you." And hey, she bought Kilroy an opening. Lunair is happy for that at least.
Zaraquoy winks at Lunair, "Well glad to be of service miss...what did you say your name was? You have the prettiest eyes by the way."
Kilroy seems...nonplussed by this and considers saying something...but doesn't. He does nod though.
Lunair pauses. She seems surprised. "My name is Lunair. Pleased to meet you. And thank you, that's very kind of you to say," She smiles politely at Zaraquoy. She's well mannered, but a part of her feels uncertain. Poor Kilroy. Nevertheless, she goes along with it, nodding.

Sunday, April 6, 2014

[Heromux] (Cutscene) For Want of a Nail...

For want of a nail the shoe was lost.
For want of a shoe the horse was lost.
For want of a horse the rider was lost.
For want of a rider the message was lost.
For want of a message the battle was lost.
For want of a battle the kingdom was lost.
And all for the want of a horseshoe nail.


8 looked at the the little blinking red light with some trepidation. The AI assisting him with administrative duties was quite good. In fact, it could usually do the job without him, and he wasn't cut out for this. It wasn't his background.

He was a warrior, and scout. Like everyone else, he had been born in a vat and fought every day of his life since he was four years old. At the age of eight, he had been forced to fight, and kill his way out of twenty of his compatriots. Then he had become a one. Every day he had trained until he became a three.

Benevolently, the deaths stopped when you became a three...after that work for Clients did that. You fought and fought until enough missions raised you to become a four...five...and so on, until now.

Being an 8 was about more than killing. You had to see the bigger picture until after a number of years you were uplifted to a nine and got to serve in the Nine Prime Worlds. With real people. 8 couldn't even imagine how awesome it would be to see reality like that...

Someday...someday...(sigh)

Apparently, the account belonged to a "Cold Hard Cash" who was a magic user. Well that explained a lot. Magic users of a certain grade caught the attention of reality because of their perpetual fight with the enemy. Apparently, Mr. Cash was keeping his sector off Auction by 'blessing' the entirety of the nine prime worlds...but something had interfered with that. And he hadn't filed the paper work when a 12 of 3's had gone missing. Well, that wasn't good. Not good for the inhabitants of 6161241241251 that was...

Whistling contentedly to himself 8 began to fill out the inquiry form to determine if indeed Mr. Cash was dead....

[Heromux] Bankrupting Cold Hard Cash One Node At A Time

Summary: Team: Genesis strikes at Cold Hard cash were it hurts his pocket
Location: Lower Metropolis-enemy strong hold
Date: 04/04/2014
Emitter: Kilroy & Lunair
Players: Mittasurie & Kilroy Capital Conneticut & Lunair Weir
NPCs: Ninjas of a Mysterious Origin
Groups: Team: Genesis
Tone: Heroic
Rating: Public


Kilroy has cleaned up nearly all of the hostile magic caused by the death of his father and the destruction of the Excelsior. Now comes the matter of undoing his father's dark apparatus. And so it is, that Kilroy and Mittasurie find themselves in an elevator going up towards a secure floor. This is not something to be entrusted to mercenaries...he needs to get in range, past security and close enough to work numbers to disrupt the network. He needs someone else to do most of the fighting and Doctor Umoja recommended Mittasurie. They haven't met, but Kilroy trusts Umoja's reference.
"Nice to meet you. Did Umoja explain the basic mission parameters to you?"
Mittasurie Nods his head to Kilroy question as he watches the numbers change of on the elevator display" Yes I'm to take care of distracting the enemy buying you time to take care disrupting the network correct?" As they come to floor level Mitt summons two katana to each hand one blade black the other a crimson red then takes a stance for battle.
With a gesture of his hand (which is totally unnecessary but feels cool to do) he suddenly armors up in a chain mail suit made of coins and sundry other materials. To get through security he had to leave his Kevlar behind. "That's about the size of it!" He grins in the Samurai warrior style origami paper construct underlined and enhanced with metal. "You can call me the Economy while I'm in this guise." Two jade Yen appear in his hand which he tosses at guards, one hitting its mark and hitting him in the face.
Mittasurie Admires the transforming of the armor made of coins as Economy changes. Mitt’s eyes focus on the guards and counts their number then moving with great speed moving striking with blade to the guard's weapons disarming them before striking with a kick or a punch as he comes across each enemy to send them reeling from each strike." I am The Crimson Shadow"
Lunair is always in awe of Kilroy and his powers. Although, she's figured out one way or another - possibly being told by Kilroy, that stuff is going down. Fortunately, there's a roof and some repelling on in. She also feels more than a little sympathetic, for him having to take apart that engine of destruction. Whatever is being held off, she intends to hold off. She has that cat staff (staff with a round ball with cat ears and a tail) with her and the dreaded - dubstep. Because dancing is hilarious. And she realizes Kilroy's objection to killing. "Hey!" Time to deal with GUARDS!
Kilroy smiles, "Scarlet Arsenal? Crimson Shadow? I can do that..." All the paper components of his currency turns to purple paper currency. Kilroy smiles as Mitt takes down the guards and takes cover behind the desk. Four more guards with assault rifles approach on the glass. Two of them have their backs to Lunair as she comes down from the Roof. Kilroy says, "Checking out for a bit" and begins to move large sums of money around in his mind to charitable accounts or those from whom it was stolen while the two unconscious guards groan on the ground.
Mittasurie Focuses his mind quickly on the new arrivals surrounding them in a circle of darkness not wanting to blind his allies. He then teleports above one guards placing his feet down on his shoulder before he aims a quick strike to the back of the guards head. He then back flips silently behind two other guards and attempt a meeting of the minds with a head to head bash.
Lunair smiles back and nods. She will take advantage of the fact that two guards have their backs to her. Lunair is here to help, it seems. And she was totally told by Kilroy and Umoja. She takes advantage of the fact that the guards have their backs to her and swings her staff hard. WHOM! A shock-wave is generated, knocking them into the wall. They go flying and smack into the nearest wall, before falling over, groaning.
"Hello!" She's cheerful enough, even if she's finding nonlethal work still a bit of a challenge. And the guards have rifles. Lovely. Well, time for some dubstep and shock-waves. One of the guards is immediately gobsmacked by Mittasurie. The second guard kicks him awake and uses some kind of a stim pack...but just as he gets up, they are hit from behind on Lunair at precisely the same moment Mitt knocks the heads of the other two together. Well....that was easy right?
Meanwhile Kilroy continues to move funds. Its unbelievable how much his father had built up and this was just one of his many MANY nodes. What could he possibly have been intending to do with all this cash? Better to remove it from the machine just in case...
Cold Hard Cash is, like son like father, just as paranoid....no, more paranoid, and just as out of the box....which is why he set up a contingency plan. There is a brief surge of amber light from what seems to be an innocent piece of artwork on the wall and ninjas begin pouring through the wall. They assess the situation and a barrage of throwing stars instantly hails towards the two heroes.
Mittasurie Growls lowly as his ears hear the sound of barging foots step from within the darkness of his circle. The sound of throwing stars soaring through the air makes Crimson Shadow take to the air. His hands moves with the speed and blur then thrust down in the direction of the ninjas and their projectiles. Fire cascades down melting the projectiles as they fly through it.He then lands out of sight to access the skill of these new foes.
Lunair seems surprised by Mittasurie, but she says nothing. She doesn't bother ninja. It tends to annoy them. She pauses for a brief second at the glow, then ducks for it. Fortunately, she was wise enough to wear body armor at least, though it means the shock-waves and dubstepping stop. Lunair reckons that Cold Hard Cash and Kilroy must be paranoid. Have to be. Money for armor is just - wow. It boggles her.
And then they have to worry about being duct taped to things and kept hostage to make money. It must be a worrying life. Suddenly, ninjas! That's where those stars came from. "Are there even this many ninja in Japan...? Baffling, that. But fortunately, she's wise enough to stop with the dubstep gun and go for something like an ice gun. Painful, going to cause no end of slip and slide, but people aren't going to be murdered at least. Bonsai! No wait, was it bonsai? ban ... shoot.
The ninjas babble something back and forth to each other. Whatever it is, is most definitely NOT Japanese, but they draw melee weapons and charge as it becomes obvious that their shuriken are doing no good. Four or five of them slip and fall at the ice, while three more step on top of them and launch a well coordinated strike in multi-kick at Mittasurie. Individually their skill is not that good but who ever trained them was a master and has made the sum greater than the whole of their parts.
A smile would be seen on The Crimson Shadows lips if it was not hidden in a crimson scarf as he watches the three ninja's coming his way. Hearing the sound of the other ninjas slip and fall lets him know Lunair can handle herself so he focuses on the enemies ahead. Dark pools gather on the floor as tendrils snatch the legs of the attacking ninjas aiming to send them falling flat onto each other.
Lunair can handle herself. She's squishy, and a younger fighter, but she seems decent at what she does. She looks surprised as they step on one another. "Wow." Rude. And a bit sad! Poor stepped on ninjas. Nevertheless, they seem to be very good at fighting in groups and they are coming in close. She will have to ice the floor as she can. Any who get too close meet the shock-wave end of her cat staff. WHOOM!
... they can't dodge shock-waves, right?
The ninjas are getting in close to Lunair but slip on the ice as they do so. Then they sneer and click their heels together as tiny tips appear on their feet, bladed. This lasts about three seconds until Mittasurie whips them backwards. The ninjas stepped on try to get back up but curse as they fall on the ice again and have to deal with the tendrils. It's a rather comical situation until another ninja steps through the wall behind Kilroy and shocks him into unconsciousness.
Mittasurie Continue to move quickly even as the ninja fall to his darkness. His ears hear the sound of a body falling he quickly moves through the surroundings to see Kilroy down to yet another ninja. Rage fill his eyes as he runs to his allies aid. He aims strikes with his blade's back full force hoping to completely knock out the ninja before he can do further harm to Kilroy.
Ack! Lunair did not anticipate them having portals. She is trying to keep the ninjas away from the front side, although seeing Kilroy get zapped into unconsciousness out of the side of her eye upsets her. It upsets her a lot. "No!" Grrr. It's frustrating and upsetting. She bolts towards the ninja, though Mittasurie is likely faster. Frustrated, she will at least try to keep them off the front side. Even if she moves backwards towards Kilroy and the portal as she does.
The ninjas are pretty relentless, though several are struggling with ice and tentacle. So far, about 8 of them are in play although a few are coming up the rear. 12 ninja, ah ah! They are readying some smoke bombs, and go after the trio as the one near the portal starts to drag Kilroy. He looks up and gets nailed in the face with the back of a blade. Flop.
Mittasurie as soon as his blade hits and the ninja is prone. He checks Kilroy for injury's once certain he is just knocked out from the shock. He takes a full battle stance by Kilroy's side with the intent to guard him with every fiber he can muster from this attack of so called ninjas. Blades fully out stretched eye combing the area as well as keeping an eye on Lunair encase she needs his aid.
Ninja chase fights are a thing to behold. Individually, the ninja aren't so awesome. But together, helping one another over the ice, shoving those knocked aside by darkness or shock-wave, a few ninja make it. The last 4 manage to pop up behind Mittasurie, two lunging for him with both katana drawn with the other two trying to grab Kilroy and drag him towards the portal. He's not heavy (Kilroy, that is), but full grown men still aren't exactly tiny, either. The two trying to melee Mittasurie are fairly talented, assisting one another. But they are still above average at best. College ninja, if you will.
Lunair herself seems a bit busy shock-waving the last few coming from the front. "Again!? Give him BAAAAAAAACK!"
Eye widen was he turns just in time to see the 4 ninjas make their appearance. He moves as fast as he to put himself between Kilroy and his kidnappers but is stopped by 2 of the 4. Forced into close quarters he blocks both blade strikes with his own two blades. The only difference is his is super heated with flame being that his sword are made of magic they are not affected by fire his steel blade melt like butter. He uses his fists wrapped around the hilt of his blades to punch both ninjas at the same time as their blades brake if he knocks them both out he will then quickly give chase to the other 2.
Fire and ice! The two were not expecting his blade to be super heated, startled as theirs melt like butter. Uhm. Huh. Normally that works. They look to each other, only to look back and get punched in the face. They fall over, probably predictably. Lunair is guarding Mittasurie's back and walking backwards to try to help. She's keeping them at bay, although there's not much they can do about Cold Hard Cash's machine for now.
She glances over her shoulder to see how Mittasurie is doing, although the two dragging Kilroy off look startled then double time it away as best as they can. One takes him in a fireman's carry, while the other flings some shuriken at him in a gambit to stop him.
ducks low as the two ninja's fall expecting a counter attack from the remaining ninjas. Moving quickly on his feet deflecting shuriken coming at his face and arms with his katana any shuriken that hit his chest simply seem to hit a barrier and fall to the ground. As The Crimson Shadow picks up speed and draw even closer to the two he charges at then aiming to spear one ninja into the others ribs as he lifts Kilroy into his fireman’s carry.
The ninja seems surprised as his shuriken falls or hits a barrier of some sort. He was moving back to guard the one carrying Kilroy, but it seems he's kebob'd not unlike barbecue and disappears into the floor, as they do when killed or captured. Simply disappears. his comrade follows suit, as he too, is impaled. By now, Lunair's clearing or cleared out most of the others who fade away as they fall unconscious.
"Did you-" Her question is answered as the Crimson Shadow picks Kilroy up. Relief is evident on her face. "Oh, phew."
Mittasurie He watches the ninjas disappear and Kilroy lands into his arms just as he disburses his blades to catch him. He pulls himself from his low crouch to a full stance turning to Lunair as he does to see if she OK only to see the matter in well at hand a look of of confirmation is given to her at he look down to Kilroy who is safe and sound.
Lunair nods, as Mittasurie confirms that Kilroy is safe and sound. "I guess we should take him somewhere safe, did he mention - anything about what to do if we couldn't take care of the machine?" She asks quietly. Otherwise, she will make sure none of the ninja reappear as they leave
Mittasurie Shakes his head no" The plan did not account for this I botched this. I should of covered him better now I don't know what to do about this network." His head lowers with shame and thought as goes through the events that lead to this.