(( please note .. this is a side shoot from the Party Time thread .. It occurs the following morning at 5:55am in Atlas Park ....anyone can jump in it is NOT limited to those involved in the Party Time events ... i have done this as a open RP thread as other may wish to follow up on the fall out from Party Time ...))
Malc's phone made its insistent whining sound , pitched , just right to drag him form sleep...
ya wha... oh Sally whaaz time ..., 5:20am .. but , but we are not on till 3:00pm ..message what message
Sally Travalli's tone of voice slowly got through to Malc , a mix of fear and hunger.. Some one left me a message .. she repeated in sharp spat out words ...Malc by now was tuned in ..this was Sally's deep poo voice ...
....the message says be at the intersection of 14th and Park in Atlas by 5:55am .... no I have no idea what's going on ....yes I think its worth checking out ... Why ! Why! .. because the f'King message was carved in to the armoured steel plated door of my apartment , ! that's why ...now get the van and the gear and pick me up .....
Malc already had one leg of his trousers on before Sally had stopped talking ... he remembered that door , the security firm had demmo'ed it firing at it point blank , barely a mark made .. who ever cut into it had some power.....
By 5:53am the crossroad junction at 14th and Park was full of cars at the start of Atlas Parks morning rush hour ... Sally and Malc where grabbing camera and sound gear from the TV Stations van , which Malc had pulled up on the grass on the Park side of the street , he hoped the Press Badge would ward off any traffic cops .....
Well what now .. Malc voice had picked up the emotion of Sally's ....its 5:55am now and nothings happened .. he continued half hoping nothing would ...
look Sally pointed to the junction ...the centre was empty .. all the four sets of light had stayed Red and no one was moving .....car drivers where already peering and frowning at the lights ....
Malc's camera man instincts cut in , he had the camera focused on the crossroad ,in wide angle , tracking back ..all with out concious though ... , his left thumb clicked on the sound recorder ...
Just as the first car horns sounded the still empty intersection filled with a glowing ball of brilliant white light ...Malc's camera's flare compensator when into over drive ....
The ball became some 15 feet across , flared brighter still , and vanished ...in its place hung a winged humanoid ....
As Sally's pupils recovered from the flare she beheld him , Justice Delivered , floating some 4 feet from the ground ..his feathered wing stretched out wide , slowly , very slowly making slight but powerful strokes in the morning air ....if seeing this creature again shocked Sally ..it was what was in its arms that held her attention ...
the figure of Justice looked , as always ,the same , a bald , naked but for a cloth kilt ,winged human with cloth and silver chain bound eyes , but this time ,in his out stretched arms , he carried something...
...over his long muscled arms was draped a great cloth ..black as midnight , it hung to within a foot of the road surface ... laid upon the cloth was a bed of flowers , white and gold lilies....
..and on the bed of lilies was a body , it worn the torn , burnt, blood stained uniform of the New Heroes Union ....
Justice's arms where angled so all could clearly see the body , as he hovered .
Slowly he rotated a full 360 degrees , letting all the car drivers see the head wound that had felled this now dead hero ....and giving Malc one of the best shots of his life , so far ...Was that tears on the face of Justice seeping from behind the eye covering ??
The car horns grew in volume .. and then faded and stopped ..as more and more drivers saw what the winged man carried ...
..with out any sudden movement Justice started to float along the road , meeting the line of stopped traffic on the Park road south ... he floated just high enough to clear the vehicles , the black cloth dragging over their windscreens ......
Sally and Malc kept pace .....Sally just controlling her breathing so that she could provided a commentary to this bizarre sight ....
.... the small section of Atlas has fallen silent .. drivers had got out and where standing watching , foot traffic to had stopped in awe .. and even the local gangers had silently slipped away ...
..Justice turned right and entered the great park by one of the gates in its metal fence ....
..people followed , adding to those already crossing the park to work ....
Justice reached the steps up to the massive statue of Atlas .. by now the crowd had grown and grown , PPD officers moved to try to impose some order , but where out numbered ...
..reaching the spot centred directly below the statues globe , Justice , gave a massive flap of his wings and in a swift movement lay the body on to the ground , some how the black cloth had spread itself fully out , making a perfect circle .......
....anyone and everyone pushed forward to see , only the unearthly presence of the winged man kept a open space around the body ...Malc's skills had found him a spot half way up one of the statues legs , his camera was locked onto the unfolding scene ....
Justice turned to face the City Hall Building both arms raised he set off a fire ball just clear of the dome .. the crowd gasped and cowered .....
You , You are to blame his ever powerful voice boomed out across the throng You who are meant to defend this city , You who sit in your offices and cut the funding to law enforcement , You who let the Zig become a joke ..
the voice drove out its message ... You who should have ensured that the criminal Dr Mechano was never free to terrorise this city again ... Well here is the price of your failures ...
here lays the body one one who tried and gave his all , one who has paid the ultimate price of devotion to his fellow man ...cut down , Murdered !, by Mechano's robotic legions .....
his name was Pious ..You will remember it ! ... I lay the blame at your door City Hall ...if there are any more I will show you what suffering is .......
Justice's right arm came up and bolts of fire struck the shrubs and bushes around the statue , a pair of them struck the city hall sign above the buildings door scaring and melting it beyond legibility ...
Citizens morn this day for Pious has give his all for you ......who will they let be next
Justice floated upward some 20 feet , and was enveloped in a ball of brilliant white light .. and was gone ......
Smoke from the burning bushes chokes the area around the statue and the silent form of Pious .....
(( please note .. this is a side shoot from the Party Time thread .. It occurs the following morning at 5:55am in Atlas Park ....anyone can jump in it is NOT limited to those involved in the Party Time events ... i have done this as a open RP thread as other may wish to follow up on the fall out from Party Time ...))
Malc's phone made its insistent whining sound , pitched , just right to drag him form sleep...
ya wha... oh Sally whaaz time ..., 5:20am .. but , but we are not on till 3:00pm ..message what message
Sally Travalli's tone of voice slowly got through to Malc , a mix of fear and hunger.. Some one left me a message .. she repeated in sharp spat out words ...Malc by now was tuned in ..this was Sally's deep poo voice ...
....the message says be at the intersection of 14th and Park in Atlas by 5:55am .... no I have no idea what's going on ....yes I think its worth checking out ... Why ! Why! .. because the f'King message was carved in to the armoured steel plated door of my apartment , ! that's why ...now get the van and the gear and pick me up .....
Malc already had one leg of his trousers on before Sally had stopped talking ... he remembered that door , the security firm had demmo'ed it firing at it point blank , barely a mark made .. who ever cut into it had some power.....
By 5:53am the crossroad junction at 14th and Park was full of cars at the start of Atlas Parks morning rush hour ... Sally and Malc where grabbing camera and sound gear from the TV Stations van , which Malc had pulled up on the grass on the Park side of the street , he hoped the Press Badge would ward off any traffic cops .....
Well what now .. Malc voice had picked up the emotion of Sally's ....its 5:55am now and nothings happened .. he continued half hoping nothing would ...
look Sally pointed to the junction ...the centre was empty .. all the four sets of light had stayed Red and no one was moving .....car drivers where already peering and frowning at the lights ....
Malc's camera man instincts cut in , he had the camera focused on the crossroad ,in wide angle , tracking back ..all with out concious though ... , his left thumb clicked on the sound recorder ...
Just as the first car horns sounded the still empty intersection filled with a glowing ball of brilliant white light ...Malc's camera's flare compensator when into over drive ....
The ball became some 15 feet across , flared brighter still , and vanished ...in its place hung a winged humanoid ....
As Sally's pupils recovered from the flare she beheld him , Justice Delivered , floating some 4 feet from the ground ..his feathered wing stretched out wide , slowly , very slowly making slight but powerful strokes in the morning air ....if seeing this creature again shocked Sally ..it was what was in its arms that held her attention ...
the figure of Justice looked , as always ,the same , a bald , naked but for a cloth kilt ,winged human with cloth and silver chain bound eyes , but this time ,in his out stretched arms , he carried something...
...over his long muscled arms was draped a great cloth ..black as midnight , it hung to within a foot of the road surface ... laid upon the cloth was a bed of flowers , white and gold lilies....
..and on the bed of lilies was a body , it worn the torn , burnt, blood stained uniform of the New Heroes Union ....
Justice's arms where angled so all could clearly see the body , as he hovered .
Slowly he rotated a full 360 degrees , letting all the car drivers see the head wound that had felled this now dead hero ....and giving Malc one of the best shots of his life , so far ...Was that tears on the face of Justice seeping from behind the eye covering ??
The car horns grew in volume .. and then faded and stopped ..as more and more drivers saw what the winged man carried ...
..with out any sudden movement Justice started to float along the road , meeting the line of stopped traffic on the Park road south ... he floated just high enough to clear the vehicles , the black cloth dragging over their windscreens ......
Sally and Malc kept pace .....Sally just controlling her breathing so that she could provided a commentary to this bizarre sight ....
.... the small section of Atlas has fallen silent .. drivers had got out and where standing watching , foot traffic to had stopped in awe .. and even the local gangers had silently slipped away ...
..Justice turned right and entered the great park by one of the gates in its metal fence ....
..people followed , adding to those already crossing the park to work ....
Justice reached the steps up to the massive statue of Atlas .. by now the crowd had grown and grown , PPD officers moved to try to impose some order , but where out numbered ...
..reaching the spot centred directly below the statues globe , Justice , gave a massive flap of his wings and in a swift movement lay the body on to the ground , some how the black cloth had spread itself fully out , making a perfect circle .......
....anyone and everyone pushed forward to see , only the unearthly presence of the winged man kept a open space around the body ...Malc's skills had found him a spot half way up one of the statues legs , his camera was locked onto the unfolding scene ....
Justice turned to face the City Hall Building both arms raised he set off a fire ball just clear of the dome .. the crowd gasped and cowered .....
You , You are to blame his ever powerful voice boomed out across the throng You who are meant to defend this city , You who sit in your offices and cut the funding to law enforcement , You who let the Zig become a joke ..
the voice drove out its message ... You who should have ensured that the criminal Dr Mechano was never free to terrorise this city again ... Well here is the price of your failures ...
here lays the body one one who tried and gave his all , one who has paid the ultimate price of devotion to his fellow man ...cut down , Murdered !, by Mechano's robotic legions .....
his name was Pious ..You will remember it ! ... I lay the blame at your door City Hall ...if there are any more I will show you what suffering is .......
Justice's right arm came up and bolts of fire struck the shrubs and bushes around the statue , a pair of them struck the city hall sign above the buildings door scaring and melting it beyond legibility ...
Citizens morn this day for Pious has give his all for you ......who will they let be next
Justice floated upward some 20 feet , and was enveloped in a ball of brilliant white light .. and was gone ......
Smoke from the burning bushes chokes the area around the statue and the silent form of Pious .....
and Malc's camera looks on ....