Windchill
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"Cold enough for yas?"
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Post by Windchill on Oct 14, 2010 20:22:23 GMT -5
"You want this guy restrained? Hey laughing boy, heal from this..."
Windchill clenches his fist, and a swirling breeze begins to circle Deadpool. Ice crystals begin to form in the breeze, and the air in the homeless shelter becomes significantly colder.
Deadpool's teeth begin chattering as the mottled skin on his face becomes almost waxy, then begins to show extreme signs of hypothermia and frostbite. Chilblains form around his mouth, eyes, and nostrils, as his nose swells, reddens, and freezes solid. His eyes grow dull as the fluids in them freeze solid. An ever thickening layer of solid ice begins coating Deadpool until he's frozen solid inside a block of ice.
Windchill looks at his horrified teammates as he shrugs Vendetta's grip off of his arm.
"I said it before and I'll say it again. We find out where Hammerhead lives, and we take this gang war right to him. Right up in his face. Either that, or we throw this assassin popsicle through his front window. I'm tired of playing around."
Windchill's expression has gone near feral. Somewhere under all this anger is the happy-go-lucky bass player that just wanted to relax and have a good time.
He's snapping.
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Post by Vendetta on Oct 15, 2010 11:57:54 GMT -5
Vendetta takes a quick look around at the others, and then grabs a nightstick and clocks Windchill across the jaw with a forearm swing, hopeing to knock him out. "sorry kid it's for your own good"
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Post by Dead Sidekick on Oct 15, 2010 16:29:01 GMT -5
Windchill drops like a sack of potatoes from Vendetta's surprise blow. He lays unconscious on the floor, bleeding a bit from his mouth.
Jenkins yells, "Whoa! You didn't have to... hey look at that!"
The ice encrusting Deadpool pulses and glows with a red light, a reflective effect from the amulet around his neck. The ice is not melting, but rather the light from the amulet is illuminating the ice that covers Deadpool.
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After a few minutes, over the noise of the chaos outside, the thumping whir of helicopter blades is heard over the homeless shelter. It sounds like it is landing nearby.
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Post by Vendetta on Oct 16, 2010 10:54:22 GMT -5
"That kid was cracking Jenkins - you and I both know what being a POW can do to a man, not to mention a kid. He had to be passified so we can get him to a place where we can get him some help." when Jenkins voice trails off he follows his gaze to Deadpool. "I'll have to look into that later." Hearing the familiar sound of helicopter rotors in the air "sounds like Evac has arrived - I'll go check" with that he heads to the door to look outside, keeping one pistol ready, but hidden from sight from anyone outside.
Seeing the bus where his bike used to be he sighed and shook his head. Thats going to cost me he thought to himself.
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Post by shockwave on Oct 16, 2010 11:33:09 GMT -5
"I don't think it was being captive that is having the biggest effect on him, he's still hasn't gotten over that kick injection. Seems that stuff is more addictive than anything I've ever heard of. Makes it even more dangerous to have on the streets. Add cleaning up the supply of that stuff to our to do list."
Shockwave begins to walk towards the door to see what is coming along with the sound of the helicoptor. "Sounds like we have more company. I'd rather not meet them in here where the residents might be hurt. Let's take this party outside."
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Post by Deleted on Oct 17, 2010 3:29:22 GMT -5
Solo looks at the frozen Deadpool. If the explosion didn't kill him, then that Ice will surely not do the trick. He needed to be restrained permanently. A regenerating assassin like him would do alot of trouble,"What do we do with our friend Deadpool?", Solo says to Shockwave as he follows him.
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Elixir
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Post by Elixir on Oct 17, 2010 12:05:02 GMT -5
"I'm going to stay here and keep an eye on Windchill, Flashdance, and the assassin. Give me a shout if everything looks legit."
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Post by Dead Sidekick on Oct 17, 2010 21:55:24 GMT -5
Elixir looks over Windchill. He's out cold (mind the pun) and his jaw is dislocated and fractured, if not broken (there's just no way to be gentle with a billy club...) He's going to be in a lot of pain when he wakes up.
Jenkins is pissed at Vendetta. He fumes at Elixir. "That asshole just knocked out the one person Spellbound's mother is expecting to talk to when she comes for her daughter's body."
Flashdance is still snoring loudly, on the floor and unwakeable.
Spellbound's corpse still lies under a sheet stained with dried blood.
Vendetta's bike is still mangled.
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Outside on a vacant lot next to the homeless shelter, a rather large cargo helicopter emblazoned with a "Paladin Institute" logo carefully manuevers to the ground. It is half-filled with crates, but Flashdance's Paladin contact Arc, in costume, steps out of the helicopter with two men in tunics with lab coats also bearing the Paladin Institute logo. both men are carrying breifcase-sized electronic / computer equipment of some sort. They crouch down until they clear the rotor wash and being trotting towards the homeless shelter's entrance.
The two men push past the heroes at the door and head straight to Flashdance.
Arc stops at the door with the heroes. "What the heck happened here? You are at dead center of one of the strongest localized paranormal events we've EVER recorded. Knocked everyone within at least quarter-mile unconscious and straight into deep REM sleep. The Avengers, Teen Titans, Fantastic Four, and just about every NYC superhero that can fly is dealing with the wrecks, fires, and trapped people around here. Most of the people are waking up claiming to have been attacked by mutants. It's getting ugly out there. We've got to get you out of here."
Tucking past the heroes, Arc calls out to the two men in lab coats.
"How's Leroy?"
"Still recording! Incredible! Never seen anything like it. The delta wave signature is consistent with other verified OBEs. The lights are on, but he's not home. Full astral immersion... and...."
He holds up a laptop-computer screen display showing (from a first-person perspective) Flashdance teleporting furiously as he smites away crowds of people with his baseball bat.
"FULL DREAMBRIDGE IMMERSION? He's waking those people up?!" Arc exclaims, almost giddy. "And we're recording it?!" she pumps her fist. "YES!"
Arc turns to the heroes, noticing the frozen Deadpool for the first time...
"Holy shit!"
She grabs a communicator from her belt and keys the microphone. "A.T.H.Q. this is Arc. Go to Encypt Key Lazarus 8-D." After changing a setting on her comm-link, she says "We've got another one of Jacobs' amulet keys. And Flashdance is verified OBE. Dreambridging."
The response came back "Dreambridging? Did you say dreambridging?"
Arc replied, "Yes. Confirmed."
"Vigil will be pleased we're not wasting his time... again."
"Yes. I'd say they've definitely earned their keep. How's that coming along?"
"Tower Two's complete. Setting up residential space is a lot easier than moving precision scientific equipment. Tower One will likely be done in a month."
"Good. We're on our way back."
Turning to the heroes, Arc says "We've got to get out of here. When traffic's under control, this neighborhood is going to be crawling with all manner of people with badges and jurisdictions and extrajudicial powers and enough plausible deniability to make SHIELD seem tame. I doubt you'll want to be here for that. Let's go. I'll fill you in on your way to your new headquarters..."
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Reen
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'Annoyances'
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Post by Reen on Oct 17, 2010 23:38:21 GMT -5
His fault. All his fault.
He thought he did something good for once, but as always it ended up horribly bad. Now with the full details on it, Rin's heart sank even lower than usual. He felt dreadful. He did so bad that he has made every good guy come save the people he injured, or even killed...
Rin stared into the ice, his emotion beginning to show on his face. He just wanted to get away from it all. For good. Perhaps if he was never here, none of this would've happened.
Guilt, depression, horror... it all mixed in and impacted him at once. For the first time in a while,he had emotion. He grinned. He had accomplished something he couldn't have felt in a very long time; True emotion. It felt amazing, though sicking at the same time. He began to giggle quietly to himself as he stared into the ice, the ice that he saw never ended. It continued on and on, and nothing was it it. All he saw was red.
Drowned in emotion, and quite enjoying himself, he rose from his sitting position and stood looking at the door with his freaky grin and the tilt of his head. Now was the time to leave. He stands up straight and turns invisible, making everyone forget he existed.
He had to enjoy this climatic feeling while it was still here, in his own world, with no one distracting him. He didn't know how long it would last until it would disappear, and he had to enjoy it while it lasted. Rin calmly walked out, still chuckling to himself, and stopped as soon as he passed Arc and the rest of the group outside. Then it hit him.
"They gave this to me..they can do it again....
The group of costumed people allowed him to feel something. Perhaps if he stayed with them, it could happen again...
"No...it WILL happen again."
Rin walked up into the helicopter where the three people exited and looked for a hiding place that would hopefully be near where everyone would be sitting. He would then turn off his invisibility, and wait patiently for everyone to arrive.
He became silent as the emotions seeped out of him.
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Post by Dead Sidekick on Oct 18, 2010 3:38:13 GMT -5
ooc: I need a FEAT roll first from Rin to see who I need FEAT rolls from to resist the effects and who's going to say Rin who?
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Reen
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'Annoyances'
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Post by Reen on Oct 18, 2010 9:30:11 GMT -5
Ba bam!
[attack=679795934698775]
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Post by shockwave on Oct 18, 2010 10:19:04 GMT -5
"We need to get this assassin contained. Whatever event put everyone asleep coincided with him coming in here. I don't know if he was the cause or not, but I don't want to take that chance. Unfortuanately, I was out too, so I missed what actually happened. Woke up in time to see him down. This was no normal sleep either. Something really strange was going on. Anyway, lets get moving so the people here can be left alone."
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Post by Dead Sidekick on Oct 18, 2010 20:44:26 GMT -5
ooc: Rin's Telepathic Invisibility power was attempting to influence too many targets simultaneously (-4CS) especially in front of the glowing Deadpool-cicle, so in a word, it fizzled. Everyone saw Rin walk out to the helicopter and get in, with a somewhat crazy grin on his face.
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Reen
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'Annoyances'
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Post by Reen on Oct 18, 2010 21:45:59 GMT -5
// Well then, using stealth IN the helicopter was a good idea Otherwise, CRAP! Wanted to make this more interesting.
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Post by Dead Sidekick on Oct 18, 2010 22:39:58 GMT -5
ooc: Rin's well hidden inside the helicopter, except that everyone saw him get in. Once the others get in the helicopter, they'll have to search for Rin if they're looking for him. He could go TP-inviso while hidden and deal with less minds simultaneously and stay hidden (as well as make the searchers forget what / who they're looking for) but that's a seperate FEAT roll to try later into the ongoing scene. Looks like I'm going to have to map out the new Angel Towers team HQ for our resident sneakfoot...
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