El Guapo Grande merely stared at the tiny man.
"El Guapo Grande NEVER removes his mask!" was all the massive tower of rippling muscles said.
Jon shook his head nd chuckled some more. He stuffed the handerkheif back in his pocket.
"Fine," he said, "Have it your way. Did you at least get the bauble those Hellions stole? Or am I gonna have to sort through this rubble...?
MacMaetor's shoulders slumped as he took in the sheer size of the task that would create.
"Please tell me you got it."
"El Guapo Grande knows not of which you speak! He merely heard about a despicable clan of Hellions and decided to deal with them most hastily!" the large man exclaimed.
The aging detective gaped in slack-jawed horror at Guapo, looking back and forth from the hero to the pile of rubble. He put a hand to his temple, trying to think. Several times his mouth opened and closed in failed attempts at speaking, and his breath moved faster in his chest.
"This...?"
He pulled his hand away from his temple and made a loose fist, as if trying to grasp a thought, then opened his fingers again as it flitted away.
"That...?"
Jon pointed at the remains of the building and stared at El Guapo Grande in mute stupefication, tapping his foot and thrusting his open palm towards the rubble.
"This...?"
MacMaetor stormed back to his car, which the young cop had now pulled up to the front of the former building. The young man dug through the trunk to get some police tape to cordon off the area while Jon wheeled around halfway to his car and pointed incredulously at Guapo, shaking his finger in dumbstruck admonishment.
The Detective wrenched the door of the cruiser open so violently it bounced back and smacked him hard in the back of the thigh, he stumbled a bit as he grabbed the radio handset.
Jon cleared his throat.
"Dispatch," he said in a clear, calm voice, "This is 2249 over at the former Hellion hideout. Could you do me a favor and call up MAGI? Have them send one of their magic item locater people, please. Cause that'd be great. Thanks."
MacMaetor dropped the radio back into the car, and just kept staring at Guapo in utter disbelief.
"El Guapo Grande gets that expression a lot!" he exclaimed.
((I'm liking this pace a lot. 
It's not going at a snail's pace, but it hasn't gone post-crazy either. 
))
The painpipe extracted a hollow, metallic sound from R0CK0N's skull, flooring the Noise Tank, the neutron bomb only adding to his predicament.
"Owww, that's heavy!" he grunted, feeding excelsior into his body to dull out the pain, "But so is this!"
And as he pumped out a shockwave of sound that virtually rattled the air, he brought his swiper arm down on Wielder to try and slice him open from throat to groin.
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"Me want fight too!!" yelled Pain Killah and charged at the heros.
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"That's it man! Daaance to the muuusic!"
And with the huge distraction outside, 'Pariah' had no problems at all picking out exactly what he needed inside the store...
"If I had Force powers, vacuum or not my cape/clothes/hair would always be blowing in the Dramatic Wind." - Tenzhi
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Nena led the way to the entrance to the sewers, perhaps a little too cheerfully. On the way, she laughed and joked with Pariku, who seemed dry and otherwise occupied with a small glowing globe that he would speak into at intervals.
As she walked, those behind her could see the massive greatsword, nearly as large as she was, strapped firmly to her back. It glowed with a white energy, and the illegible words etched into it pulsed with power.
"Ah, here we are." Pariku finally piped up as they approached the large pipeline.
Japancakes.
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The radio in Jon's cruiser hummed to life with a twittering beep. The calm, professional voice of the dispatcher formed in the air.
"Car 2249, be advised: Fire and EMS are currently busy. Additional units en route. ETA 40 seconds."
Indeed, sirens could be heard at the edges of perception. MacMaetor didn't register the good news though.
"Busy?! How the hell are they BUSY?!" he screamed into the radio.
"Multiple instances of arson are currently being responded to," was the only answer dispatch gave. It was a pretty good one.
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Xander slouched as he waked, shrinking his profile even more. He couldn't imagine why anyone would go near the stupid sewers. If you ignored the bad guys that lived in them they were still damp, dark, deep, full of rats and bugs, slippery, and, worst of all, they smelled like [censored].
But, apparently, everyone was smarter than him.
"Perez Park isn't gonna be good enough for us," he complained to Stelleshand, "Noooooooooo.... We have to find the really stanky skanky skeevy Lost, so we're going to wade hip-deep through throw-up and fuggin dead goldfish."
Doing the right thing isn't always glamorous, the entity said to him.
"Well, it should be," the boy retorted.
As they gathered behind the gates of the main access pipe Xander chimed in.
"AT-less Park Sue-AHHHs!" he called out in the style of a railroad usher, "First stop, Hellions and pet alligators. Enjoy your trip, please stand clear of the floor, as it had been known to eat people and misplace luggage."
"Actually I'd worry more about pet squid..." Ryuji remarked.
"Nobody asked you," the boy snapped back.
Nena just laughed heartily.
"I'm so glad everyone's getting along!" she chirped.
"Ugh." Pariku facepalmed. The psychic clash between the members of this party was giving him a migrane.
Japancakes.
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R0CK-0N's scythe-like arm smashed into Wielder's chest, shattering several chunks of ice and leaving a long scrape in the metal.
"THE FORCES OF EVIL SHALL NEVER TRIUMPH!" Wielder shouted as he furiously beat on the Tank's head with his mace. "FOR THE MIGHTY FLAME THAT IS GOODNESS SHALL CONSUME THE RICKETY SHANTY THAT IS EVIL!"
Statesman said let there be heroes, and there were heroes.
Lord Recluse said let there be villains, and there were villains.
NCsoft said let there be nothing, and there was nothing.
"Please, everyone," said Reginald. "Calm down. If you would like to be killed by Lost because all of us are arguing constantly, then that is your prerogative, I suppose, but I would prefer we simply tried to get along."
"Tell him to stop it, then," Xander said angrily, pointing at Ryuji. "Every god damn thing I say he corrects, and it's pissing me off!"
"While he is being somewhat annoying," Reginald responded, "you are also being somewhat sensitive. I advise you both make an effort to get along a little better. I am sure you each have your own goals. . . your own destinies. Focus on them, not on getting the better of each other. We happen to be on the same side."
The young hero nodded, feeling somewhat vindicated that someone else agreed with him. Even if only halfway. But, like it or not, they were a team now, and needed to act like one. Paragons Sewers were far too dangerous to enter with a team divided against itself.
Xander seemed to swell and grow. His skin became noticably darker and his body faded more and more into transparency until it exploded in a blast of shadow. When the darkness settled down Starfall's ironically large "Dwarf" form stood at the gate of the sewer system.
"Let's get busy getting some answers then," he said in a somewhat deeper and more distant version of his own voice, one large claw-like hand yanking open the entrance.
"What the...", Liz gasped as she was manhandled by this ragged person, lifted unceremoniously and shoved tightly under one arm. And then the rushing of air and CRUNCH as the ragged figure impacted the roof across the street. She blew the hair out of her eyes and folded the shadows.
Discontinuity of the shadow walk, then staring down at him from from the top of an air conditioning unit nearby. "Don't touch me geki. Who, or what, are you?" Her black eyes drilled the raggedly dressed intruder, and she drew on the shadows around her for power as she raised her defenses, swirling strands of blackness circling around her.
Turning her head sharply as the warehouse behind them collapsed, and emiting a low growl. Momentarily distracted, swearing softly in Hungarian at the screams of the Hellions trapped inside.
"Ooooooooooh...." Nena said, clapping her hands, impressed at Xander's form. "Do it again!"
Pariku was too distracted to reprimand her, just goggle-eyed at the Kheldian's form. "F..f...Fascinating!!" he suddenly exploded. "I must apologize for my curiosity, young sir, but you see, I am a religious scholar, doctor, biologist, technology enthusiast and something of an anthropologist on the side, and I have never seen such a thing as a true Kheldian - though, I have seen their effects in the world I live in, as they are mentioned in many obscure ancient cults that have been mostly lost in time. I never thought I would truly get an opportunity to observe one in the flesh, or ectoplasm, or whatever substance makes up your physical being --"
"Gawd, stop being a nerd." Nena complained. "We're here to beat up some homeless, not go to school."
"You are utterly exasperating, woman." Pariku paused in his tirade to direct at Nena.
"Awh! Everyone says that..." she said modestly with a blush, clearly not understanding. "Come on Reggie, Xannie, Ryuji...ie!"
Japancakes.
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After-Image chuckled silently as she floated behind Nena. The living were always such great sorces of entertainment.
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Following her bomb, Rad Spike cocked her head and decided that her two earstwhile allies could use a bit of a pick-me-up with only a mild radioactive aftertaste. Pointing at them she sent a carefully regulated stream that triggered effects in their bio-chemisrty nearly identical to heightened adrenalian production.
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When in danger, or in doubt; Run in circles, scream and shout.
Reginald winced as Nena addressed him as "Reggie", but he had clearly heard the nickname before, and advaned into the sewer without another word.
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Discontinuity of the shadow walk, then staring down at him from from the top of an air conditioning unit nearby. "Don't touch me geki. Who, or what, are you?" Her black eyes drilled the raggedly dressed intruder, and she drew on the shadows around her for power as she raised her defenses, swirling strands of blackness circling around her.
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"Even." was all 'Pariah' said, and with that, he headed for the rooftop door on this building...
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As the gate came off, so did a bunch of Hellions - but they seemed to have no interest in fighting, fleeing for their lives from very familiar roars of, "GLOOOORBLE!!!"
"If I had Force powers, vacuum or not my cape/clothes/hair would always be blowing in the Dramatic Wind." - Tenzhi
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As the gate came off, so did a bunch of Hellions - but they seemed to have no interest in fighting, fleeing for their lives from very familiar roars of, "GLOOOORBLE!!!"
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((Murlocs? Ok, I will slap myself for that one... later))
Starfall was beaming with pride. He was getting plenty of attention from people who weren't correcting or protecting him for a change, and he kinda liked it.
Xander, look out! Stelleshand warned, and the Dwarf turned to see a stampede of Hellions pour out the open gate just in the nick of time to teleport to the side without getting trampled.
"I thought crap was supposed to run into the sewer," he quipped.
"Haha. I have never been impressed with this city's sewer systems," Reginald said as his jetpack activated and he rose into the air, out of the way. He readied an arrow with an explosive tip, preparing to fire it into the crowd of Hydra that was surely close behind the Hellions.
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R0CK-0N's scythe-like arm smashed into Wielder's chest, shattering several chunks of ice and leaving a long scrape in the metal.
"THE FORCES OF EVIL SHALL NEVER TRIUMPH!" Wielder shouted as he furiously beat on the Tank's head with his mace. "FOR THE MIGHTY FLAME THAT IS GOODNESS SHALL CONSUME THE RICKETY SHANTY THAT IS EVIL!"
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OOC: Ahem.
Statesman said let there be heroes, and there were heroes.
Lord Recluse said let there be villains, and there were villains.
NCsoft said let there be nothing, and there was nothing.
(Mind if i junp in. Im kinda new to Rping so bear with me)
A huge man rounded the corner of the Talos Island tech store. His massive frame was nothing but rippiling muscle. His head sported a dark green mohawk and a starburst tattoo on his left eye. His green vest was barely covering a large fist tatto the crossed his huge chest. As he rounded the corner, he saw a bunch of supers fighting. "Me want fight too!!" yelled Pain Killah and charged at the heros.
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