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The pale grey of her clothing masked her presence as she crossed the litter strewn street, the sound of violence was always a magnet to Ravenna Krone . Her pupils widened to take in what fun sceptical was being offered, staring in through one of the Dirty Duck's now fractured windows .

Her mind was already working on four levels , one ,revelling in the carnage and brutality displayed by the combatants , two , gauging if , and when her medical skill may be used to turn her a profit from the fracas , three , did she need to invoke her protective wards, at least to avoid scattering drink splashes , and four would this little war provide her with material for her current building project, she still need that good quality left arm ....

As a miss thrown stool shattered upon the wall to the left of the window , Ravenna decided that with all the broken glass , that this was not the best place to observe from .. so with a burst of speed she flew into the Duck and sort the safety of the high roof space , from which to view the entertainment ....

a very nice idea ,

as to a plot / reason ...a fun silly plot a group of us chat-RP'ed a while ago was .."the night Pocket D's supression field went down " a bunch of mildly drunk heroes and villain mixed together suddenly find they can blatt the person next to them ..

however take it to a PvP zone and Bar room Brawl time ..

From the hidden bunker the word sped out ..seek for signs of Mechano , large bounty on offer to the first to tag him …..


..a large distant from the bunker Doctor Slashshade ,stared at a memo page , remembrance of the pain of torn off limbs floated across her mind ..further tempering the hardness of her hatred .. slowly she crossed her laboratory to a alcove containing a extreme example of her work …

Her voice ,still marred by the damaged vocal cords her screams of pain had made when last she had encountered Edward , spoke a few commands of activation ..and the cyborg skeleton stirred into life .

“time to find you some suitable flesh my dear “ she whispered running a hand over the metal ribcage …… from her back her servo arms shivered and shook as the pain washed over her yet again ….

A pair of miss matched eyes scanned twenty HD display screens , each offering a different feed , some raw data , some images , a couple news feeds ….
The mind behind the eyes drank in the reports from across Paragon and the Isles , so from hacked CCTV , others from well places lookouts , so curtsey of Paragons famed TV news crews ….
A thoughtful look passed across the scared features of the face illuminated by the constantly flickering screens ….
A number of metal fingers tapped a keyboard and one screen displayed a file and a list of names …..
In a voice expectant of obedience a order was issued ..” bring me the Meat Doctor Slashshade ..and find out is one Smeg-Face is still alive , if so bring him here as well…it seems as if that wicked Edward Mechano may have presented us with a opportunity to repay him ..”

Strangelet switched on her freshly repaired UV unicomms unit .." i wounder if anything interesting is happening she mused " as BODICIA's alert squaked out of the speaker ...

"oh Frek , i hope no ones hurt bad , now where can i change .."

moments later , with a matter-energy exchange completed , Strangelet appeared 34 cm above the Unity Plaza paving stones ...
" better , still needs work " she muttered landing gently and heading off towards the Towers doors ....

At the very moment Sean started to struggle with the controls , the combined mass of Rik ,Mr Lumps , Assasions body and Cyber-Widows head , disappeared from the flying base , by sheer fluke , a million to one chance , this change in total mass of the base provided Sean with the extra 0.149932781 seconds he needed to figure out the controls .....oddly, for those who study such odds this amount of time gained by Sean means that Rik and the other contributors to the mass , did not appear on the planet Earth ,as the total mass of the planet did not increase , which would have given Sean 0.00000000001 seconds less time to save the day .

Personaly i prefer the events to take place outside the main gaming zones , Halloween and the xmas ones effect the global game play , if they where tucked away in Pok D or some other event zone then they become much more user friendly , or maybe turn them into an event arc , with lots of repeatable missions ..then the rest of us can get on with the normal game ...just my two cents ...

" i will find my own way home thanks " Rik shouted ..leaving Gemme in Seans'care he tucked Cyber-Widows head under his left arm ..and picking up Assasions body by the neck with his right Rik wandered out of sight deeper into the ship ...

Rik move up to Comms , " ill take her , you do that bending trick on Tims's Cell and un link him ..your techy .."

Rik again move inhumanly fast a grabbed Assasions body ..a complete check ((including a sneaky breaking of a few vitals )) for any signs of life where made . . " now dont you see Sean , i told you at the start of all this ..kill them .." Rik turned his gaze on to MasterMode ...Mr Lumps eyeless head followed Rik's

Part of the issue is that CoX does not make characters take any weakness or disadvantages ...even as a concept background ...read most peoples Bio's and some how 99.98% of the hero population is immune to mind scans ...

one of the best parts of Champions PnP game was you had to take weakness to build a toon ..you got build points for each weakness...

may be we should all agree to write up our hero/villians weakness ....after all , all the best comic characters seem to have a few ...oh and being human does not count if you can take a minigun burst at point blank range and still beat up the gunner .....

perhaps add a section to the handbook char template

ok now my fire /fire tank has dependants her family .she is the also solo wage earner

i have one char who has to answer for all his action to his boses ..or will loose his powers ..which works well as he is my one god like toon..in fact he is conceptualy more powerful than the average god ..and gets away with it ..

i have a char that is dead ...try interacting with the modern world when all the data says you are dead ..no id no credit rating , no tax code ...

...just my two cents oh and BTW Happy New Year

Rik , never one to take a unnessary risk ,made sure Cyber-Widow was truely out of it , by using Mr Lumps and his fists to seperate her head from body ....tucking it under his left arm ..

then hearing Coms words about acid and gas Rik removed the heat from the area ((freezing Rain)) , and re-routed the air back towards Assasion (( gale )) ....

Rik blured ((steamy mist)) and sped across to the dangling Cyber-Widow , drawing up mattter to encase her ((fossilize)) Rik unleashed a barrage of fist ((flurry + sands of Mu + hasten )) ... and called over Mr Lumps to add to the pummeling ....

"well we learn by doing , " Rik walked up to the force field , and seem to stare into nothingness , he became quiet and with out the smallest of motion .

Riks voice cut the air like a chainsaw "hey guys look it is Mr [censored] , ..and as for unwelcome , baby you aint seen nuffink yet .."

Mr Lumps step out of nothingness to stand behind Rik , the stone figure seemed to peer over its shoulder as look to where Tim and Gemma lay , the stone hands flexed and locked them selves into fists ...

Rik face had taken on a frowm , to him self the mumbled " just this once , come let me ,just him .."

Riks arm shot out .." one thing i cant be having ,thats a [censored] flying on its own gases .." (( snow storm ))

Rik had made his way to the side wall and was leaning on it , seeming both relaxed and at the same time deep in thought ...

Mr Lumps and become still as a rock beside Rik ....

" can we help them or not Sean .. we need to move forward ..."

" well i was thinking Zoots in Atlas , do you know it ?
they do good food too , i am starving after all that action ..." Hellskeeper popped a stick of gum ...

Hellskeeper slide her left hand fromher pocket , "Gum ?" she asked everyone as she offered round a pack of sugar free double mint ...

" dont dance ! what are you dead boring or some it "

Rik trailed behind Sean watching how Sean dealt with the pods .....

Meanwhile Mr Lumps slowly placed his foot on the head of the fallen XYY-004 , and slowly started to crush the bots skull ..

" we could make some ..no no may be not .."

Rik did a rapid scan of the room ..

" this looks techy , over to you Sean .."

Rik relaxed and started peering at the dead robot ...

"Hmmm " Hellskeeper pondered .." as long as the ghost has cash i dont see any problem " she planted her hands deep into her jacket pockets , adopted the hunched striding walk of the young and headed for the appartment ..." mind you they dont like people dancing on the tables so you will have to behave .."

"freck no i hate the Pok ..i worked there for a few weeks , a total dive .." shot from Hellskeepers mouth , "i know a good beer house in Kings ...but they will not let a Troll in.."

Hellskeeper flicked a magic switch and was back in her street cloths ...

"Well there is a decent bar in Atlas where i can get a staff discount if you want .."

is there a issue getting on to union ...i keep getting lost db server ..but only on union

Hellskeeper sent the axe back to where ever it came from and let her flames die away , gave ** shrug , and joined the others returning to the site of the stranded appartment .

"so any hope of a coffee some time soon ,i am parched"

"you sure you want to do this mercy trip Richie ..i dont think we would have faired so well ?"

the cold iron axe remained ready in Hellskeepers hands and her flames burned blood red as she stood watching the pale woman ...waiting for Richie's reply ...