"Kum awn." One Troll beckoned as they all fled into a sewer grate.
((May I jump in. I promise my new 1-2 character only rule will apply here. I think Darkvapor and Static would be perfect...))
The fleeing Hellions didn't stand much of a chance. Any that stepped on the ground within three feet of Ryuji froze solid, causing even more panic.
Then he saw the Hydra.
In a second nearly a dozen ice spikes surrounded Ryuji, seeming to protrude from him above his clothes. The spikes themselves weren't as frightening as what they really did: each one contained enough of Ryuji's frigid aura that anything that touched them would eventually freeze solid even after they ceased contact with the spines. The effect was even faster on things that had a higher concentration of water within their bodies.
((Well, I suppose it is an open RP. Just don't pull any more of your over-the-top stunts here, aiight? 
And Khel, yes, I'd like to reply, but I'm still waiting on what Crimson's 'unidentified' character is doing:
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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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I replied:
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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...
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...and haven't heard anything further yet. 
Now, I will move that along eventually if Omen doesn't post, but I don't just want to cut someone out just like that.))
No Hydra came form the gates. They seemed perfectly content to stay inside the sewers. However, form the volume and frequency of the gurgling roars, there were many, and they were spread throughout the entire sewer system.
And they would atack on sight, though they seemed more interested in just preventing people from coming through their general area than actually pursuing them...
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"Irrelevant." 'Pariah' said to Elizabeth, turning and walking towards the edge of the roof of the three-story building.
It seemed very clear he intended to jump...
"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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Now that the building obstructing the view of the Trolls from El Guapo Grande had been...taken care of...El Guapo Grande finally noticed them jumping into a sewer grate.
If there's one thing that offended the senses of the glorious El Guapo Grande, it was Trolls.
"HALT VILLAINS!" El Guapo Grande shouted as he chased after them.
Seeing the hydra, After-Image held out her hand, calling forth the chill of the grave around the area. Slowing and weakening her foes even as she clouded those around her in a vail of shadows.
Pinnacle
Heroes
When in danger, or in doubt; Run in circles, scream and shout.
"Hmmm," Reginald said. "I suppose I should use a little trick I learned from the Darkness."
With that, he disappeared. Thanks to the cloaking device built into his armor, Reginald was now almost completely undetectable. Unseen, he crept into the sewer entrance, ready to fire if something came at him. . .
OOC: -_-;;;
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.
"You're all under arrest!" Nena cheerfully exclaimed to the fleeing Hellions. At the oncoming 'glorble', she blinked.
"Oh, hey!" she said with a smile. "Time to play some booger-ball!" With Ryuji and After-Image freezing on either side and Reginald fading from existance a little ways away, she grinned at Xander. "Come on! You can be on my team!"
With that, she charged forward with a confident smirk, meeting the wave of Hydra head-on with a broad sweep of her greatsword.
Pariku's hands erupted into flame and his eyes narrowed behind his glasses. He didn't want to disrupt the others' ice, but rather sought to compromise the structural integrity of the Hydra.
"The light of the Sun will expose all iniquities..." he chanted.
Japancakes.
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Starfall nodded at Nena, sidestepping into the sewer entrance and warping his massive-looking bulk several yards forward, directly into the center of the blubbery sea of walking blobs. As he reappeared he slammed his fist down on the nearest Hydra Spawn, his other hand snatching another firmly by the top of its head.
"Hey Nena," he called to make sure he had her attention, "Batter up!"
He hurled the Hydra into her 'strike zone,' ((oooh, the puns)) chuckling smugly to himself as it tumbled end-over-end.
Keep yourself focused on your task, came the thoughts of Stelleshand, Your form is durable, -not- invincible. Rememer to use your foes strength against them.
"Oh, right," he said.
After the big blob of mucus passed through the pipe,Ryuji leapt into the sewer pipe behind Starfall and began launching spines from his hands like daggers at the Hydra surrounding him.
Each one they hit began to freeze, and in seconds were basically giant boogersicles.
The huge man looked oddly at the Freakshow telling him to dance. He stopped, stared at the ground, shrugged and looked at the heros he was currently charging. Grunting to him self, he returned to charging but this time at the hero with the pipe. Rocketing into the air, Pain Killah came down with both fists ready to smash into the pipe man.
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A few of the Hydra seemed to be dropping for no apparent reason at all. Anyone who took a closer look, though, would realize there were arrows imbedded in their backs.
"This is far too easy," Reginald said to himself, floating invisibly in midair and preparing to snipe another one. "But I am sure things will get more difficult soon."
"Youse givin' me a headache..." R0CK-0N blabbered, barely able to stand now. Still, he gave it one final go, coming at Wielder with his hammer arm as Pain Killah struck...
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The heroes would find the sewers absolutely FILLED with Hydra. Where they had all come from was a mystery, but they seemed intent on guarding the entryways to the abandoned sewer network.
Indeed, in front of each stood a Kraken, blocking the door with its massive bulk.
Something was up down here - the Hydra had chased all normal occupants of the sewers out, follwing what had to be some nefarious purpose...
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'Pariah' was done. He heaved up his pack and headed for the back of the tech store, intent on making a getaway out the back door while the fight was still going in the front...
"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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"Weeeeeee-haaah!" Nena sang out as the greatsword neatly cleaved through Xander's 'pitch.' Sure, it got Hydra goosh all over her, but that's what life was all about!
Advancing forward surely, she swung the sword at a wide arc, slicing through three of them in her path, and then whirled to thrust at a fourth. She was enjoying herself immensely.
Suddenly they began accellerating forward a lot quickly. Xander and Reginald, since they were deeper into the sewers than the others, could see a wall of magical flame near the back line of the Hydra. The fire cages were swiftly melting the gelatinous creatures even as Pariku chanted and prayed.
Japancakes.
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"TREACHERY!" Wielder roared as he went down, bowled over both by R0CK-0N's and Pain Killah's attack. "I CANNOT SUCCUMB SO EASILY TO THE WILES OF EVIL!"
Struggling back to his feet, clanking all the while, Wielder went at Pain Killah, his pipe leading for an uppercut smash.
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.
The Trolls were too quick, diving into their sewery home.
"There are far too many of them," said Reginald. "I have an idea. . ."
He hoped he could pull this one off, he was still not fully used to his new weapon. . . but with any luck, Xander had the creatures' attention. He tensed, and then his hands blurred as arrow after arrow was drawn, nocked, and fired impossibly fast. Arrows rained on the Hydra below.
Starfall pulsed with darkness, a wave of roiling mire flowed out from him until it washed over all the nearby Hydra. The darkness not only coated them, it penetrated their essence as well. When Stelleshand gave the signal Xander recalled the mire. It returned to him quickly and violently, and with it came small chunks of the hydras lifeforce. Each small piece meant little individually, but the sum total of them boosted Starfalls power geometrically.
The Kheldian beat the Hydra ruthlessly with it's mighty fists for a moment. Then he noticed several of the Hydra advancing on Reginald and Pariku.
"No you don't, he called, bombarding them with a wave of torment guaranteed to hold their attention.
Alexander, Stelleshand prompted, altering the boys perceptions so that he noticed the Krakens. Plural.
"Uhm... guys... we have a problem here," he said gravely.
"Hmph," Ryuji said, noticing the astonishing number around and in front of him.
With a bit of focus, all the spines protruding from him launched in every direction, hitting some hydra and freezing them solid, and some hitting the walls and floor.
"If you're standing in goo I recomend you stand on something hard. Things are about to get REALLY cold in here," Ryuji announced to his teammates.
That was when Ryuji used his Frozen Tundra technique. All at once, any form of liquid his spikes or his body was touching froze solid. Instinctively Ryuji zipped up his heavy jacket and put on his hood and goggles. It was like someone had thrown a dozen canisters of liquid nitrogen into the room. Of course, Ryuji made every effort to not freeze his teammates, so the frozen area only extended for about a 12 yard radius.
Nena looked on in awe as Ryuji deftly froze a good large area - herself included. She barely had time to scramble up onto a sewer catwalk to avoid the rapidly expanding wave of ice.
"Brrrrr!!" she complained. "It's colder than home, here!" Even her armor was chilled quite well.
The paladin paused and glanced back and forth.
She stuck her tongue out.
"Waaaaaaaaaah!" she cried out, mere moments later, her tongue stuck to her sword hilt. "Mah hung fo sick hoo sode! Hawafuuuu!!! Wake en kan oth!"
Pariku glowered at the girl and shook his head, beginning to make his way over.
"It's inconceivable how stupid you are." he grumbled under his breath, his left hand hot with flame. He snapped a small ice spike off Ryuji as he walked by.
"Pardon, but I must borrow this momentarily. I apologize for the inconvenience."
Holding it over Nena's tongue, his hand erupted in flame, melting the water and sending it over the point of stickage, freeing her.
"Yay!" she squealed.
Pariku growled and began marching back to where he had been, pausing to look back and glare at her. "Now don't do it again."
"Uh-" her tongue stopped three inches from the hilt, her eyes wide, caught.
Japancakes.
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Despite the obvious peril, or perhaps because of it, Starfall facepalmed at Nena with a sad sort of laugh.
After-Image giggled, the sounds echoing hollowy. She had been fairly relaxed occassonally pulling the life force of the hydras and transmitting it to her companions, as such, she had watched Nena's actions. Spotting the Krakens, however made things a shade harder.
Deciding to get more directly involvded, After-Image literally split in half, each side forming the missing one in short order. A sharp eye would notice the left one was a few shades darker and seemed even less substantcial then the right. As the spectral image (Dark servent) moved off, channeling netherworld energies into a Kraken. After-Image positioned herself in the thickest part of the fighting and opened her mouth.
The high-pitched, soul-sheering wail rocketed from her. The concussive soundwaves disrupting the Hydras and shacking their simple minds focus. The effort weakened her enough that she faded from active participation for a short while.
Pinnacle
Heroes
When in danger, or in doubt; Run in circles, scream and shout.
(OOC: Well, Ryuji doesn't actually have any spikes left on him, in fact he probably won't be able to freeze anything else for the next 10 minutes or so. And ROFL too )
Ryuji cocked an eyebrow at Nena.
"Kids will be kids I guess," he sighed, "Still better than kidsicles..."
Meanwhile the glorious El Guapo Grande was hopelessly lost. He had already delivered extreme justice to seven Skulls, fourteen Hellions, twelve Lost, thirteen Vahzilok, and two hundred thirty-nine clockworks since he entered the sewers. It did seem odd, however, how they had all been running TOWARD him, usually they ran AWAY from him!
Elizabeth appeared in front of the rooftop exit door in a puff of shadow, leaning on it.
"Not so fast. Hanging out in a Hellion hideout, that MAGI happens to be very interested in, on a night where all sorts of other unusual goings on are happening. I'm thinking those officers downstairs may want to have a word with you."
"And that psycho bringing warehouses down, too, she thought to herself, watching the ragged figure carefully.