Session Start: Fri Aug 22 17:18:21 2014
Session Ident: #MotorCity
[18:44] <Pink> When last we left out heroes, they were near downtown, at a lightly trafficked corner. Adonis had just taken a call from the console, who suggested that they find somewhere safe for Omen to join in.
[18:49] <soulpelt|Adonis> Adonis frowned and called down. "Come up here, Omen. You can hover, and you didn't state a height limit." Might as well test out her abilities to an extent. Very slowly but to know what she could do on the fly and what she couldn't would be good to know.||
[18:51] <Teruzi|Omen> Omen tries to take a step towards Adonis but it takes her a moment to realize how to move in the correct direction. "Wow". Slowly but surely she gets to Adonis||
[18:53] <Pink> A few folks take pictures, and there are some kids now who are less scared than interested in the new cape- but the excitement seems to be dying down, and traffic has otherwise resumed.
[18:53] <soulpelt|Adonis> Once the statuette was on the roof of the business he said, "Change back so I don't have to relay messages. I'll keep an eye out." He turned away, eyes scanning, the street below, the distance and the entrances of the alleys.||
[18:54] <Teruzi|Omen> "ok". Omen turns back into her human form, carefully staying away from the edges of the roof. ||
[19:00] <Pink> It is a fairly low building, but it is still a bit of a rush for someone unused to it- she's not gotten the chance to really play with her power, before, to show off.
[19:01] <soulpelt|Adonis> Adonis noticed a big guy in a black hoodie. Two options spring to his mind, either a 'cape watcher' one of the spawn of PHO... or a low level thug who thought he could make quick game here and instead found him and a newbie. Adonis decided to leave it be for now, lest it be the cape watcher have yet another PR incident.||
[19:06] <Teruzi|Omen> Omen squints. "what are you watching?". ||
[19:07] <Pink> "So," says Cueball on the headset, "...am I on? Hello, you getting me Omen?"
[19:07] <Teruzi|Omen> "Oh hey!". Omen clumsily tries to regain her composture. "I, uh, thought you heard me before"||
[19:08] <soulpelt|Adonis> "A potential problem. I'll handle it." Adonis said watching the man, trying to get a bead on his body language. He had a feeling that it was a thug. However the cape watcher would be an annoyance for Omen. She wouldn't be used to them.||
[19:09] <Pink> The disembodied voice laughs. "Sorry, must be some interference. We lost a lot of towers recently, you... well, anyway, just checking in on you guys. How's the weather up there?" The voice is playful, bit of a southern accent, and it fits its owner well- bouncy.
[19:11] <Teruzi|Omen> "Kinda chilly, should've weared pants under the costume. Not me greatest idea." Omen looks at Adonis for a moment. "Wait, what potential problem?"||
[19:13] <Pink> A laugh. "Yeah, well, at least you didn't get stuck with a miniskirt for a costu- did you say problem?" All business. "Anything to report?"
[19:13] <soulpelt|Adonis> "There's either a thug down there or an annoying 'cape watcher'. Honestly I want the former, I'd have an excuse to foam him up." Adonis said, crouching down like a cat ready to strike its prey. "Like I said I'll take care of it."||
[19:14] <soulpelt|Adonis> "Not a problem just yet, Cue Ball."||
[19:14] <Teruzi|Omen> "should I ... , oh lord, should I change back?" Omen briefly reconsiders her life choices.||
[19:15] <Pink> The guy in question hasn't moved, even to get a better view of the heroes- he's below and facing slightly away from them. Might be checking a cellphone, but that isn't pointed at them, either.
[19:18] <soulpelt|Adonis> "No, you wouldn't be much good in your statue form, too slow for chasing, plus the drop would break your legs" He spoke shaking his head. "Just stay calm. If the he starts something I'll take care of him." He held up an arm and the foam sprayer nozzle popped out.|
[19:20] <Pink> PRT branding had strictly limited where he was allowed to install nozzles.
[19:20] <Teruzi|Omen> Omen was happy that God had send Branding people into the world||
[19:26] <Pink> "Talk to me, guys. Everything ok?" Omen's headset gives the 'private' tone, then, "Don't let him bust up some guy unless he gets in your face. We don't have enough people to let him get his shiny metal daffodil suspended."
[19:28] <Teruzi|Omen> Omen looks at Adonis for a moment. "Maybe he's only watching? I, uh, don't mind. I have mask so ..."
[19:30] <soulpelt|Adonis> "Hey I'm not like that... well okay it happened once! Goddam 'fanboys'..." Adonis grumbled. "Situation is under control Cue Ball. The guy is just standing there texting on his phone." Adonis COULD remotely hack into the phone, see if there was anything suspicious but that would be 'invasion of privacy.'.|
[19:35] <Pink> "Well, all right. Just give a heads up if you need. Console out." 12There is a loud, obnoxious 'grrrrrrrrrOWR' sort of sound, faint at first and growing as a bike shoots down the sparsely trafficked street. He's not a very considerate driver in other ways than that, as well, cutting off a small german automobile and accelerating at a yellow light.
[19:40] <soulpelt|Adonis> Adonis looked suddenly at the bike. The guy wouldn't make it in time, and going by the speed of his vehicle the man didn't much care. "I'll be back, going to stop a rather big dumbass from killing himself or others. He then jumped off the roof, avoiding the people below. Adonis readied the foam sprayer. It would be a simple manner to create a wall of foam to
[19:40] <soulpelt|Adonis> stop the crazy driver, and it would be harmless to the driver and his vehicle.||
01[19:42] <Teruzi|Omen> "what" Omen, more out of anxiety than fear, changes into her idol form, gently floating to the floor.||
[19:43] <soulpelt|Adonis> "I'm going to stop him." Motioning his head to the speeding driver. "From killing any of these people." He motioned his head in a circle.||
[19:45] <Teruzi|Omen> "but he's over there and we ... uh, hurry?" Omen watches with interest||
[19:48] <soulpelt|Adonis> As soon as she said 'hurry' Adonis started a gout of the foam, it hit the asphalt expanding rapidly. He was 80% sure the foam would stop the bike, other 20% was the bike went on, covered in foam and eventually crash.||
[19:50] <Pink> A line of foam squirts out, the momentum shoving the cyborg back- he needs a lot of pressure to shoot that far. The result, whether or not is it effective, per se, is certainly dramatic. A blobby line cuts across the street, one basketball sized blob expanding on the hood of a car moving in the opposite direction while the rest begins to swell across the path of the bike. Fortunately, it has ...
[19:50] <Pink> ... a moment to begin setting before the bike's impact, which allows it to swell enough to envelop the front wheel.12 Unfortunately, while this certainly stops the bike, it does not stop the rider, who goes flying with the checked momentum of his vehicle. Well, on the bright side, when the bike flips it doesn't actually come free of the foam, so it doesn't fly after and land on him.
[19:52] <Teruzi|Omen> "oh thank God the bike didn't hit him" Omen begins a light run to the site of the crash, worried about the biker.||
[19:57] <Pink> Fortunately, nobody at the intersection was distracted enough to plow into the smear of biker as they got the green light- though one more car going the other way gets gunk on a wheel as can be heard by the thathum thathum thathum until they manage to pull over, one wheel well entirely filled and smoking from friction. Omen makes it over to the guy quickly, with no incident, not even tripping ...
[19:57] <Pink> ... on her robes- but he looks like he's in bad shape, even thoguh he wore a helmet.
[19:57] <soulpelt|Adonis> Adonis closed the foam sprayer and opened the dissolver on the opposite arm. He moved quickly to retrieve the biker from the road, hitting the bikes wheel with dissolver. He then grabbed the bike and pulled in over onto the sidewalk. "Cue Ball see if you can a cop and ambulance over here. Reckless driver who's likely hurt."||
[19:58] <Pink> Yes, a reckless driver.
[19:58] <Teruzi|Omen> Omen shots Adonis a look. "Reckless driver!?".
[19:59] <Teruzi|Omen> "Hey, are you ok?" Omen kneels besides the poor sap.||
[19:59] <Pink> And about then is when the horns start, with the entire intersection other than one turn lane pretty much blocked and most of one lane foamed. "You're... an angel?" gasps the helmeted rider as she kneels over him.
[20:00] <soulpelt|Adonis> "Yes, running down the streets at high speeds, with the obvious intention of not slowing down." Adonis said, looking over the idiot, he knew the human body inside and out and as such he looked first for obvious wounds. He raised the sprayer again and went to removing the rest of the foam.||
[20:02] <Teruzi|Omen> "Ha, no. Not really. Don't move now" Omen tries to remember what little first aid she knows. She first looks for blood.||
[20:04] <Pink> -HRRRRRRNK HRRRRRRRRRNK- That said, almost as many folks as honk are leaning out of their cars with cellphones out. Adonis' enhanced hearing can pick out some speculation as to which criminal the biker was among the curses, while Omen has to settle for a hubhub as she focuses on the driver. He's in bad shape, beat up, looks young. The helmet has a big scrape down the front, with the visor ...
[20:04] <Pink> ... attached only on one side. And yeah, blood- he lost a whole side of his shirt, and looks like that arm is broken, too.
[20:05] <Pink> "-lo? Units are en route. Update me?" That's Cueball, on the comms, and she sounds confused at the sudden turn. "I thought you were supposed to just take the new girl out and show her around!" she says wryly.
[20:06] <soulpelt|Adonis> "Broken arm, major lacerations, minor concussion perhaps." Adonis said in a bored clinical tone. "Yup, I'm going to get chewed out for this. " He growled at Cue Ball. "Tell that to speed demon here." He looked down at the boy, careful about moving his arm. "You boy, what the hell were you doing? Trying to show off?"||
[20:07] <Teruzi|Omen> "Adonis I need help" Omen covers her ear attempting to better hear Cueball. "Um, Cueball the driver is bleeding and I think his arm is broken". Omen tries hard to remember what she learned about first aid, but the sight of blood and the arm makes her feel dizzy and disconnected.
[20:07] <Teruzi|Omen> "I don't know what to do"||
[20:08] <soulpelt|Adonis> "I'll handle it, Omen, get away and catch your breathe and calm down." Adonis commanded. He didn't need her to get sick.||
[20:10] <Pink> The rider isn't responding. On the other hand, a siren is faintly audible- one of the benefits of being in one of the less depopulated areas of the city. "Omen, can you handle traffic control?" Cueball asks. "I can hear some horns, and you have to make sure the ambulance can get through."Her voice is calmer now, encouraging with a bit of urgency- she can probably hear the panic in ...
[20:10] <Pink> ... Omen's voice. "I just need you to stay calm."
[20:12] <Teruzi|Omen> "yeah. Yes, I can do that." Omen stands up and looks at the cars. She turns into her alternate form, a slight aura seeping from her. She raises her voice to be heard. "Please, make way for the ambulance". As she says this she floats slowly into the air, making gestures with her pieces.
[20:13] <soulpelt|Adonis> Adonis gently removed the boys helmet and slapped his cheeks to keep him awake. "Keep awake, son, don't need you dying on me." He was glad Cue Ball had Omen direct traffic, girl had just gotten her first taste of the cape life.||
[20:15] <Pink> It is indeed basically a kid under the helmet, eyes unfocused. Doesn't even blink as the scary metal claws(inside the manicurd white hands) slap him.
[20:18] <soulpelt|Adonis> Well shit. Adonis spoke louder and slapped him again. "Kid I need you to focus on me. Can you tell me your name?" He wanted to see how severe this concussion was. Goddamit he other people. Especially young like this guy.||
[20:21] <Pink> There sure are a lot of cameras pointed at Adonis, though the angel is getting more attention overall. The ambulence actually is making decent headway, as Omen's rudimentary traffic direction eases the congestion a little.
[20:26] <soulpelt|Adonis> Adonis knows this will be a PR nightmare. Lots of time spent filling out paper work, paying medical bills, but better one guy hurt than him and a family in their car. He checked the boys pulse, seeing how strong it was, his breathing seemed steady. One finger opened to reveal a small light, used for looking within himself most of the time and shined it in
[20:26] <soulpelt|Adonis> the boys eyes, seeing if they contracted.||
[20:26] <soulpelt|Adonis> *followed the light
[20:26] <Teruzi|Omen> "I see the ambulance" Omen turns back into her human form, grunting as she makes contact with the floor. Gotta float lower next time||
[20:29] <Pink> The ambulence crew seems fairly prepared for all this- this might not be the first time Adonis has decided to play traffic cop. In any event the guy seems barely conscious, if at all- though he does manage to twist to stare at Omen as he is carried past.
[20:32] <Pink> Shortly thereafter, both police and an unmarked PRT car arrive. "Omen, you still there?" Cueball asks as Adonis is swept away to make his statement.
[20:33] <Teruzi|Omen> "I'm here Cueball". Omen sits down on the sidewalk, her brief transformation having calm down her some.
[20:33] <Teruzi|Omen> ||
[20:48] <Pink> "I'm on the line with them now, you can debrief when you get back to HQ. Is everything all right there?"
[20:51] <Teruzi|Omen> "Uh, I think I'm kinda lost. And the police took Adonis. Can I ride the ambulance? ... I just want to do something" Omen stood up, scanning her surroundings, looking away from cameras.||
[20:54] <Pink> "Hold on. Can you manage flying? I have another car... They can pick you up on the other side of that building, the one with the... bakery? Think you can manage that?"
[20:54] <Pink> She can faintly hear the sound of typing.
[20:57] <Teruzi|Omen> "uh yeah, I can handle that" Omen smirks under her mask. "I'm the slowest flier ever, though". Transforming into her statue-self, Omen lifted herself from the ground, going to the bakery. ||
[21:06] <Pink> "Trust me, I've seen worse," she drawls. "Like that time Adonis got shot out of a sewer pipe, covered in... well, y'know. Pheeeeeeew!" typetype. "Okay, they should be in position by the time you get there. How does it feel to see your first action?"
[21:11] <Teruzi|Omen> "I feel odd, I was panicking before. But when I changed ... yeah, I could breath easier." Omen realized that she didn't really have pockets in her costume, and so didn't carry any money to get some bread. This made her sad. She searched for the car that Cueball sent for her.
[21:34] <Pink> As the headset is swallowed up into her statue form, Cueball's voice is drowned out- but it's probably okay, she'll be expecting that. They'll go over comms procedure again, and review traffic control, but all in all... wow, it's pretty cool to be floating in the air, even if everyone's staring at her. Fortunately the bakery is only one storey tall, so it doesn't take long even at a walking ...
[21:34] <Pink> ... pace to clear it.
[21:40] <Teruzi|Omen> Omen once again descends into the ground, where she turns into her normal form and waits. She gaves a shy wave to the people that are looking at her. Hoping that the PR will convince whoever made her costume to give her freacking pockets.
[21:40] <Teruzi|Omen> ||
[21:47] <Pink> "...a flying goat," 12Cueball's voice continues, having apparently not noticed being cut off. "So can you see them?" An unmarked car sits idling in the alley behind the buildings.
[21:51] <Teruzi|Omen> "I see 'em, uh, them." Omen gets close to the car, glad to be out of the streets and away from prying eyes.||
[21:53] <Pink> A rear door unlocks for her. One agent at the wheel, another in the passenger seat fiddling with their phone. "Omen?" he asks.
[21:56] <Teruzi|Omen> "yeah, nice to meet you" As Omen entered the car, she wondered if every patrol would end with Adonis causing a traffic accident. She hoped not.