Chapter I: Bluff City Blues

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Pyretta

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Alec

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(OOC: Switching from the more omnicient POV to third person for each hero as they see, hear, or don't notice things going on around them.)

Alec Stewart:
Getting back up to his feet, Alec quickly checks over the jumper to make sure that he isn't seriously injured. He see's the man is in a mix of shock and confusion, still trying to comprehend what had just happened, stairing up the side of the building. However, Alec's attention is drawn to something strange to the north, beyond the crowd, the barricaded area, and the traffic jams. Two security guards cross the street. Although they don't seem to indicate anything wrong, something seems to be out of placed when the armored car they are leaving begins to drive off.

Captain Komodo:
As Zach begins scaling the outside of the Peabody, he can see flashes of light continuing to pelt him, reminding him of his days in sideshows. He's part of the spectacle, and the crowd seems to have that familiar mix of awe and jeering as they watch him.

Chocolate Thunder:
Joe sees the police swarming to the woman who has been carried down to street level, quickly followed by paramedics. The green avian flies out of sight to the East as it rushes towards the other end of the Peabody hotel. Cameras and phones flash constantly. If this is a movie, the crowds probably have ruined the shot with the ammount of light polution they've thrown into it. Joe notices the cops begin to look more agitated, but has to remove an earplug before he is able to make anything out. One of the police is speaking into his radio, "This is unit 771, we are on Second, just south of Union, but we are unable to pursue."

Cyberhawk:
As Curtis nears the Eastern edge of the building, he can see to his horror that the other jumper has already gone over the side. However, as he reaches the edge, he sees that instead of a splatter on the lower roof, someone actually seems to have caught the man. However, Curtis attention quickly turns to the north, as he notices an armored car pulling away from a bank up third street. However, the guards seem to have been left behind as they cross the street.

Mocking Bird II:
Reaching the ground, cops and paramedics rush to take a look at the visibly shaken woman. They seem both frantic and releaved trying to keep crowds back, but happy that no deaths happened on their watch. RJ overhears a radio frantically going off from several of the officers.
"This is unit 506, an armored car is leaving the First Tennessee Bank on third heading north. It left the guards behind just like the last robbery! I'm stuck in gridlock and am unable to pursue."
"Unit 506, acknowledged. Any units able to pursue in the vicinity of north third, please acknowledge."
Several units report in, but all seem to be pinned in by the crowds or the resulting traffic.
One of the officers stands up, answering into his radio, "This is unit 771, we are on Second, just south of Union, but we are unable to pursue."
Frustration shows through on the part of the cops.

Pyretta Blaze:
Angelina pops her head through the skylight yelling at the ruffians and wondering how bad the dents will be in the top of the car. As she looks through, her attention is pulled to someone scaling up the side of the Peabody hotel, and another person flying above the hotel on bright green wings.

[Renegade]

People jumping out of buildings. Guards not doing their jobs. Must be Common Sense Is Extinct Day or something.

Taking a deep breath, Cyberhawk made a power dive straight down toward the crowd, pulling up just twenty feet above their heads to avoid crashing into them as he sped toward the truck.

"BEEP! BEEP! Nothin' ta see here anymore, folks, just go about yer business. Yeah, ah can fly. No biggie." he called out in a flippant though disdainful tone.

[The Omen]

If you need me to answer any questions, contact the boys over at the south main station. They know how to get in touch with me.

Mockingbird fires off his grapple and starts swinging northward - calculating the best escape route through the "disrupted" traffic patterns caused by the crowds and blockades - to head the armored car off at the pass.

ooc: Reason (+ Engineering?) FEAT roll:
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[The Omen]

ooc: oh, crap...and the agility FEAT for the grapple. (spending karma)

[attack=835147126311874]

[Relic]

Jun 24, 2013 12:43:37 GMT -5 The Omen said:

(spending karma)

ooc: good call, given the roll result
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With a quick glance to the Sanchez bros. (making sure they see him), Joe takes out his smart phone and pretends to take a call. He's still not sure if he's ready to get involved in something like this; or if he should even get involved at all. But he'll look out to the street below again and scan the area from his somewhat better vantage point.

He'll look for anything else unusual (aside from green-armored birdmen & rope-swinging buccaneers), like folks or cops on the run, fast-moving vehicles, rapid crowd dispersal etc. He'll also note helicopter movement, both cop and media, to see if any of them suddenly break off or seem to be moving in pursuit.

Intuition (and/or Telescopic vis) FEAT: [attack=554355526828531]

[Ferine]

Aj continues to watch the green winged flying person and the one scaling the hotel wall. With that she slips back into the car and closes the sunroof and the window to her driver and changes into her Pyretty Blaze outfit. She tells the driver Frank to go home as she slips out the door and heads toward the Peabody hotel.

[Vendetta]

Jun 23, 2013 22:10:31 GMT -5 shockwave said:

Alec Stewart:
Getting back up to his feet, Alec quickly checks over the jumper to make sure that he isn't seriously injured. He see's the man is in a mix of shock and confusion, still trying to comprehend what had just happened, stairing up the side of the building. However, Alec's attention is drawn to something strange to the north, beyond the crowd, the barricaded area, and the traffic jams. Two security guards cross the street. Although they don't seem to indicate anything wrong, something seems to be out of placed when the armored car they are leaving begins to drive off.

Alec gets up with a curse under his breath and attempts to catch the armored truck on foot.

[The Omen]

Jun 24, 2013 13:04:15 GMT -5 Relic said:

ooc: good call, given the roll result

ooc: yeah...I figured that would be the most dramatically inconvenient moment to fail a roll and acted accordingly lol

[Dead Sidekick]

"At least they're not shooting at me, yet..." Zack muttered to himself, climbing up the side of the Peabody as fast as he could, coming up on a third of the way up to the roof. "But then again, would they really shoot anyone off a building when they're trying to stop suicides?"

Zack's intent was to get to the rooftop for a better view. People seemed to be jumping off from this side of the building, so maybe he could get up there and stop them. Or at least secure this side.

New intuition FEAT (from 3 to 6 stories up)

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[Renegade]

Hmm... That truck weighs over three tons. With mah armor, it can tear me apart as it runs over me if i just stand in stand front of the thing!

Time for a change of tactics. Can't really rely on that bouncing circus clown.

With that, Cyberhawk slowed his speed and landed upon the roof of the armored car.

[Relic]

ooc: lovin' this scenario and setting, but it seems to have stalled out somewhat; anyone know if all's well w/the GM?