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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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wormcan
"Armsmaster can hold off Lung, and he has something he thinks will work to win the fight. If he's wrong...Lung has fought whole teams in the past. You and Clockblocker have useful powers, they might let some Wards team go in once he's recovered."
witchwatcher
"And I'll keep getting stronger, thanks to Dauntless. Me fighting him in a month with a solid plan is much less likely to result in disaster than me fighting him now. It still grates."
wormcan
"We'll stop him.
You said you had fought him before, right? How was that one won?"
You said you had fought him before, right? How was that one won?"
witchwatcher
"Travelers showed up and engaged him. Who knows why. I ran while I had the chance."
wormcan
"By the time the Protectorate got there he was already powering down. Maybe we should try and talk to the Travelers, but Lung isn't so much of an emergency that we need to team up with villains."
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.
witchwatcher
"I'll go high, try to get eyes on whatever's going down, Browbeat and Vista stay low?"
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.