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Grendyne groans and starts pulling on her boots when the alarm goes off. Again. She quick-marches to the broom hangar, sits on her machine and is handed a plethora of loaded weapons by attentive corporals.
"Two flyers in one day? They're getting way too common."
"It's worse," the commander informs them, "South Karlsland got hit with three at once. We're taking Lytee's express and sleeping there. You can sit out if you absolutely need to, but Freya's still recovering so we could use you as a comms relay."
"No, I'll come. I just reserve the right to complain about it."
The 42nd United Forces Witch Wing takes off and assembles into a perfect synchronized formation as Lytee charges her teleport power.
...This is not South Karlsland wilderness.
[note: halfway through this thread I created a unique account for Grendyne. Do not be alarmed by the change in account. -Rockeye]
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witchwatcher
"From what I could see, Trickster and Genesis kept him busy by swapping the two constantly. I almost wish I'd taken the time to copy Trickster's power, but I was too busy being injured and fleeing, so. You're right, though, worrying about it doesn't really help."
wormcan
"What we can do is keep going after the ABB members who aren't Lung and Oni Lee. Give them less backup and support, and they'll attack other gangs less if they're having trouble handling their own territory."
witchwatcher
"I'm not sure I like that there's such harsh penalties for drugs here. Dealing them, sure, but taking them... I shouldn't talk politics. We'll keep the pressure up, then. I'm off on patrol, see you later."
wormcan
Her partners this time are Browbeat and Vista. It's a pretty normal patrol, boring except when it isn't.
They get called in to a disturbance in Merchant territory, to the extent the Merchants control territory. No reports on whether capes are involved. Their patrol is the closest, and also a fast-moving one.
They get called in to a disturbance in Merchant territory, to the extent the Merchants control territory. No reports on whether capes are involved. Their patrol is the closest, and also a fast-moving one.
wormcan
It doesn't take long for them to get there. There are, apparently, capes. Two of them, not really going out of their way to crush their opponents but not taking care to avoid hurting them either. They're surrounded by glowing blue shapes that look like hexagons around them regardless of what side they're viewed from. Several Merchants are on the ground with injuries from reflected bullets.
witchwatcher
Anyone carrying a gun gets potshot stunbolts fired at them from above, just about impossible to dodge. Most of them hit, but when the bolts start getting reflected she puts up her own shield and radios to the other two, "Any ideas on how to beat those shields without hurting whoever's inside?"
wormcan
The shields aren't permanent, but they go back up every time something shoots at them.
"Oh, it's Uber and Leet. Don't worry, not a threat." A beam of colored light flashes from one of the animal-costumed villains, and veers harmlessly into a wall. "It'll probably just stop working any time now."
"Oh, it's Uber and Leet. Don't worry, not a threat." A beam of colored light flashes from one of the animal-costumed villains, and veers harmlessly into a wall. "It'll probably just stop working any time now."
witchwatcher
"You sure about that? No, wait, I see it. Yeah, that's an unusually scattered tinker power. We should probably follow 'em until it does break, make sure they don't hurt anyone."
wormcan
Now that all the people shooting at them have been stunned, the shields are down. There's no obvious way to tell whether it's broken.
"We're not here to listen to insults, agents of Andross!" The taller villain jumps and kicks Browbeat, and bounces off. It ends up looking like he did it on purpose, but as attacks go it was toward the ineffective end.
"We're not here to listen to insults, agents of Andross!" The taller villain jumps and kicks Browbeat, and bounces off. It ends up looking like he did it on purpose, but as attacks go it was toward the ineffective end.
witchwatcher
Magically loud voice time. "Who the hell is Andross? We're with the Wards. You'd better just stand down, it'll be easier."
wormcan
"They're staying in character." Browbeat makes sure to talk where the hovering recording device can see him. "They know they're mediocre as capes, so video game themes are their way of attracting attention. Andross is probably the villain of today's."
witchwatcher
"So... They're not doing anything particularly villainous besides self-defence." Which reminds her to start up Angel's power, aiming it downward, hopefully preventing anyone on the ground from getting worse. "Do we take them down or not?"
wormcan
"We take them down, yes." He taps his earpiece. "This is Browbeat, we're engaging Uber and Leet." Everybody involved is completely unconcerned.
"We're raiding one of Venom's bases, what does it look like we're doing?" Leet's voice is not exactly quality for the stage. "We're the ones with the heroic quest, if you're looking for villains try them."
"We're raiding one of Venom's bases, what does it look like we're doing?" Leet's voice is not exactly quality for the stage. "We're the ones with the heroic quest, if you're looking for villains try them."
witchwatcher
Halfway through Leet's first sentence, the nearby puddles slither up to the duo's feet and freeze in a cone of ice about calf-high. Uber might be quick enough to dodge out of the effect. Then she hits them both with gusts of wind, and tugs at their gear with telekinesis.
wormcan
Uber avoids it. Leet doesn't.
Uber runs up a wall and strikes at Gren, falling short when the distance to her steelwing abruptly increases. Meanwhile, a triangular flying vehicle drops from above and hovers just in front of Leet. Extremely conspicuous laser guns start glowing but don't fire. "We've got you outgunned. Surrender!"
Uber runs up a wall and strikes at Gren, falling short when the distance to her steelwing abruptly increases. Meanwhile, a triangular flying vehicle drops from above and hovers just in front of Leet. Extremely conspicuous laser guns start glowing but don't fire. "We've got you outgunned. Surrender!"
witchwatcher
A brightly glowing blue shield goes up, covering all three Wards. "I held off Behemoth's lightning with this. You surrender."
wormcan
Pieces of spaceship start distorting. Some fall off. Vista gives no outward sign of having had anything to do with this.
"Then in that case we are at an impasse. We can't compete with you physically, and you're no match for our brains."
"Then in that case we are at an impasse. We can't compete with you physically, and you're no match for our brains."
witchwatcher
Gren shores up the ice around Leet, and tries to catch Uber by turning the ground under his feet to quicksand. At the same time she rushes forward, covering the distance in a tiny fraction of a second with a touch of Vista's power, and delivers three stunbolts to him from point-blank range.
wormcan
Uber does a barrel roll. He dodges the first two, but takes the hit from the third while at the top of his leap. He falls onto the vehicle. Between struggling against the ice and heat the spaceship probably wasn't designed to produce, Leet manages to break free. He makes it to the top of the ship, hangs on to Uber, and shouts "see you later, noobs!" as they get launched more or less straight upward.
witchwatcher
That was a mistake. Gren follows them. Unless that... Thing... Is as fast as Eidolon, she can catch it between fast-flight and space-warping. She follows it through all the evasive maneuvers they pull, ready to stop them from falling to their deaths when it finally breaks down.
wormcan
As soon as it's out of line of sight, Vista can't tell where to shrink space and where to expand it. Browbeat is irrelevant even sooner. It's still slower than she is, and she can follow it close enough to catch them without too much trouble.
Leet wakes up Uber, and immediately tells him that they got the dramatic exit for the video. They give it as much speed as they can, just in case Gren happens to be at exactly her top speed already.
Leet wakes up Uber, and immediately tells him that they got the dramatic exit for the video. They give it as much speed as they can, just in case Gren happens to be at exactly her top speed already.
witchwatcher
She was not at her top speed already. A cloud forms in front and around them, and Gren tracks their position through another power.
wormcan
This fits surprisingly well with their next move. The spaceship suddenly slows and stops, reversing whatever it uses for propulsion. They, on top of it, keep going, hoping it can splatter against her Behemoth-proof shield as a distraction.
(It turns out it's hard to intentionally cry precisely one tear while in freefall, but Uber settles for saying "Goodbye, Arwing" and saluting it before taking care of the landing.)
(It turns out it's hard to intentionally cry precisely one tear while in freefall, but Uber settles for saying "Goodbye, Arwing" and saluting it before taking care of the landing.)
witchwatcher
She does a barrel roll. No sense wasting mana on a shield when you don't need it. Also, what landing? They're hovering in the air, trajectory disrupted by a copy of Vista's power. Then they're hit by half a dozen stunbolts each and gently set down via telekinesis.
"I got em," she reports, including the address.
"I got em," she reports, including the address.