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[2015-07-04 16:06:41] <GMpenguin> *Open on THE INDEPENDENTS CENTRAL HIDEOUT, newly constructed in SCENIC CYCLONE CITY, home of OHIO'S NUMBER ONE HERO, THE DISTINGUISHED ZEPHYRMAN*
[2015-07-04 16:09:12] <GMpenguin> *With the Independence HIdeout possibly compromised (and still damp) and with the Spireport Hideout possibly compromised (and still wrecked) SIX NON-CYCLONE CITY HEROES (cough cough heroes) meet in a SMALL BUT COZY BUILDING adjacent to the ZEPHYRMAN MUSEUM*
[2015-07-04 16:09:36] =-= Stonewall is now known as Evan_Petrelli
[2015-07-04 16:09:46] <GMpenguin> *While Zephyrman and Kid Zephyr sit on a VERY COMFY COUCH, their FEET ON THE COFFEE TABLE, the Independents from both East and West enter*
[2015-07-04 16:10:58] * Evan_Petrelli walks in wearing his superhero outfit, frowning but admiring the humble yet comfortable house.
[2015-07-04 16:11:12] <Evan_Petrelli> "Guess this is the place," he mutters.
[2015-07-04 16:11:34] <GMpenguin> *Screens along the walls pop up with maps and video feeds, with pop ups of positions of various superheroes, LIGHT divisions, and free SHADOW groups executing simultaneous raids all over the world on known SHADOW bases*
[2015-07-04 16:11:34] * Riot 4enters, Skates in tow. "Hey look everyone, it's our west coast knock-offs."
[2015-07-04 16:12:03] <Synth> "Come on now Riot; we're all in the same group."
[2015-07-04 16:12:18] * Lizard-Man looks down at Riot from his ceiling perch. "Also, we formed over a year before you did."
[2015-07-04 16:12:30] * Synth looks around at the various screens.
[2015-07-04 16:12:35] <GMpenguin> *But none of them have found Mikaboshi, the mysterious superweapon that the Shadowy Powers designed to deal with their clone uprising.*
[2015-07-04 16:12:35] * Riot 4chuckles. "Hey, just making friendly conversation."
[2015-07-04 16:12:36] * Evan_Petrelli folds his arms, looking at the video feeds
[2015-07-04 16:13:04] <Riot> 4"Hell, you all formed 400 plus years before I did, so everyone else in the room has the upper hand here."
[2015-07-04 16:13:12] <GMpenguin> *Here, Independents meet to discuss the weapon and uncover what the translations done by the WITCH OF KATASTROPHE have uncovered*
[2015-07-04 16:14:14] * Afro_Fist rolls his eyes at the banter. He's leaning on the back of a chair, peeking at the screens.
[2015-07-04 16:16:08] * Lizard-Man drops down to the others, taking a chair.
[2015-07-04 16:17:15] <Evan_Petrelli> "Feels like we aren't gettin' anywhere." Evan takes a seat on a nearby couch
[2015-07-04 16:17:20] * Katastrophe assesses the 3 members of the west coast team before shrugging.
[2015-07-04 16:18:45] <Afro_Fist> "Well, I'm t'understand that th'catlady there was workin' on translatin' some of those books we found in Egypt. It's... Katastrophe, yea'? Thanks for th'help, by th'way. How's all that been goin'?"
[2015-07-04 16:18:58] * Synth takes a seat near Afro Fist.
[2015-07-04 16:19:36] <GMPhase> *Skates floats down near Afro Fist's head.* "If anyone can do it, Katastrophe can, right sir?"
[2015-07-04 16:20:08] * Afro_Fist gently swats the robot away when it gets close.
[2015-07-04 16:20:25] <GMPhase> "Whoa!"
[2015-07-04 16:20:43] <Synth> "Aw, come on Mr. Afro Fist. Be nice." *Synth says with a smile*
[2015-07-04 16:21:20] <Afro_Fist> "Heyyy, he was gettin' all up in th'Afro Fist's personal space. Ain't no offense meant, lil floatin' robot brotha."
[2015-07-04 16:21:24] <Katastrophe> "Quite well....Afro Fist was it?"
[2015-07-04 16:22:29] <Afro_Fist> "Yea'. Lincoln if y'really want, but Afro Fist'll do."
[2015-07-04 16:22:35] <GMPhase> "It's alright, sir! My personal bubble projections appear to require recalibrating."
[2015-07-04 16:23:20] <Synth> "...And one of the coolest heroes on the West Coast too."
[2015-07-04 16:24:08] <Afro_Fist> "Psh, west coast? How 'bout worldwide?" He flashes Synth a grin. "But yea', eager t'hear what th'lot of you been able t'dig up about this. We'd been hittin' a blank."
[2015-07-04 16:25:02] <Katastrophe> "I am not surprised, few beings have access to the information needed to properly translate and interpret the book you found."
[2015-07-04 16:25:49] <Evan_Petrelli> "It some sorta ancient book?"
[2015-07-04 16:28:24] * Lizard-Man grins.
[2015-07-04 16:28:40] <Katastrophe> "Well, multiple books, written in numerous different ancient languages and magical variation of them."
[2015-07-04 16:29:54] <Afro_Fist> "Mmmm hm... 'yea. I was able t'make a lil, /teeny/ bit out from some of 'em, but not much of anythin'. Mostly just looked at th'pictures." <.<
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[2015-07-04 16:37:05] <Riot> 4"So, how the hell you all been? Don't think we've met up since that time on Mars."
[2015-07-04 16:37:18] <Evan_Petrelli> "Hell, ain't that years ago?"
[2015-07-04 16:37:28] <Lizard-Man> "Eh, complicated. I got a new suit."
[2015-07-04 16:37:41] * Evan_Petrelli heaves a sigh. "A hell'ova lot happened."
[2015-07-04 16:37:43] <Lizard-Man> "You?"
[2015-07-04 16:38:10] * Katastrophe thinks for a moment, trying to find a way to summarize her findings.
[2015-07-04 16:38:22] <Riot> 4"I got given a team, and signed away my rights to ever go back to the future."
[2015-07-04 16:38:50] <Evan_Petrelli> "Lot nicer than what some o' us been through."
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[2015-07-04 16:39:30] <Lizard-Man> "I found out there's a Lizard-Man with his own team in Japan."
[2015-07-04 16:39:41] <Lizard-Man> "Of other Lizard-Persons."
[2015-07-04 16:40:23] <Lizard-Man> "Oh, we found out Gold Guardsman is space magic or something."
[2015-07-04 16:40:25] <Riot> 4"... That is amazing. Why aren't my fans that great?"
[2015-07-04 16:41:00] <Synth> "Space magic? Is that similar to Dream magic?"
[2015-07-04 16:41:11] <Evan_Petrelli> "...Dream magic?"
[2015-07-04 16:43:15] <Riot> 4"Spireport got invaded by dream beings. Long story."
[2015-07-04 16:43:24] <Katastrophe> "To summarize it down into something you commoners can understand, the first set of records focus on divine myths about the might of dark gods of chaos and evil. The second set of records detail an attempt to forge a divine vessel called Mikaboshi to tap into the dark gods power. And the last set detail something about a cybernetic device called Cerebella and a brain of some infant Kaiju...
[2015-07-04 16:43:24] <Katastrophe> ...being combined with Mikaboshi, or perhaps to complete Mikaboshi. Also I think there is a diagram of a satellite which the divine vessel will be placed and project a psychic power to bring the clones back under SHADOW's control...and wreck havoc across the world. I could honestly use some help on the...technological aspects of it."
[2015-07-04 16:43:26] <Synth> "That's what I've been told provided me my Tablet and my abilities."
[2015-07-04 16:43:30] <Lizard-Man> "I know two things about magic."
[2015-07-04 16:43:41] <Lizard-Man> "It's weird, and how to do this."
[2015-07-04 16:43:54] * Lizard-Man fakes removing his thumb.
[2015-07-04 16:45:25] <Katastrophe> "I should also note the sheer amount of languages, cultures, and areas of expertise that went into this is staggering, even to me."
[2015-07-04 16:45:49] * Synth raises an eyebrow at Lizard-Man's trick before looking at Katastrophe.
[2015-07-04 16:45:56] <Synth> "A satellite you say?"
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[2015-07-04 16:46:21] <Lizard-Man> "I can remove it for real, but it doesn't grow back for a few minutes."
[2015-07-04 16:46:23] <Evan_Petrelli> "Cerabella, some key-ju thing, and a satellite..."
[2015-07-04 16:46:51] * Katastrophe shows Synth a translated version of the diagrams of the satellite, "That would be your field I believe?"
[2015-07-04 16:46:53] <Lizard-Man> "The brain of a stillborn giant monster from Kaiju Island."
[2015-07-04 16:47:21] * Synth gives Liz a weird glance before looking over the satellite diagrams.
[2015-07-04 16:48:17] * Katastrophe completely ignores the fool.
[2015-07-04 16:48:49] <Riot> 4"See, that's more like the magic we had back in my time."
[2015-07-04 16:49:16] <GMpenguin> *Zephyrman, watching the screens* "You mean forward in your time"
[2015-07-04 16:49:42] <Synth> "Well, it's more of a hobby I have. Also helps remove derelicts from space...."
[2015-07-04 16:49:48] <Riot> 4"It's my past though. Relatively back."
[2015-07-04 16:50:11] <Katastrophe> "
[2015-07-04 16:50:28] <Synth> "Are you sure that this correct? Because it looks to be very close to what I've currently made."
[2015-07-04 16:50:37] <Lizard-Man> "What's with that look Synth? You don't get giant monsters in Spireport?"
[2015-07-04 16:51:08] <Katastrophe> "Actually to the side and back Riot, due to temporal collision theorem.
[2015-07-04 16:51:14] <Synth> "No, just.... talking about removing your finger and growing it back."
[2015-07-04 16:52:08] <Lizard-Man> "Ah, yes. That's understandable."
[2015-07-04 16:52:47] <Evan_Petrelli> "Hmm, do we even know who among SHADOW's got any sorta magician? I ain't ever seen one in their paylists b'fore."
[2015-07-04 16:52:51] * Katastrophe looks at Synth, "Wasn't someone stealing your designs and repurposing them Synth?"
[2015-07-04 16:54:46] <Synth> "Yeah, but... I didn't think I'd actually made any designs for it. It's pretty much made with whatever seemed useful at the time and what wasn't being used in orbit."
[2015-07-04 16:54:57] <Lizard-Man> "Evan, what about those guys in the robes when Sunny's nemesis got revived."
[2015-07-04 16:55:20] <Synth> "It can't be good if someone's made a schematic for it."
[2015-07-04 16:55:33] <Evan_Petrelli> "...Aye. Think they'd be capable o' such a spell fer Mikaboshi?"
[2015-07-04 16:55:41] <Evan_Petrelli> "Figure it'd take someone greater."
[2015-07-04 16:56:02] <Lizard-Man> "Well, they did put an Egyptian god back into a host body."
[2015-07-04 16:56:12] <Katastrophe> "SHADOW is perhaps the only organization that I know of that /could/ pull this off."
[2015-07-04 16:56:49] <Katastrophe> "Due to the sheer requirements of research done across the world and resources needed."
[2015-07-04 16:57:08] <Afro_Fist> "Mm. I'm sure they got /someone/, yea'."
[2015-07-04 16:58:03] <Afro_Fist> "Prolly multiple someones."
[2015-07-04 16:58:47] <Synth> "Redundancies do make plans go much smoother."
[2015-07-04 16:59:00] <Katastrophe> "And please do not remind me that Apep's avatar is out there running amok again."
[2015-07-04 17:00:41] <Lizard-Man> "Never stopped. Just now it has a body we can punch."
[2015-07-04 17:01:14] * Synth looks over at Zephyrman; "Do we have a connection to SPARC here?"
[2015-07-04 17:01:16] <Lizard-Man> "Rather than being a literal shadow that stabbed Canada Man and Shrike."
[2015-07-04 17:01:17] <Afro_Fist> "Pfeh."
[2015-07-04 17:01:35] <Evan_Petrelli> "I feel like punchin' gods ain't gonna work out fer us."
[2015-07-04 17:01:41] <Katastrophe> "Magically speaking, there is a big difference."
[2015-07-04 17:02:20] <GMpenguin> *SPARC* "I have a connection to everywhere, Synth"
[2015-07-04 17:02:37] <GMpenguin> *Kid Zephyr jumps out of her seat* "That's so /creepy/"
[2015-07-04 17:02:52] <GMpenguin> "Dude! Don't watch me!" *She mimes covering herself up*
[2015-07-04 17:03:28] <Synth> "I see. Do be a bit more careful letting that be known in the future though."
[2015-07-04 17:03:35] * Evan_Petrelli blinks. "...Who's SPARC again? Heard he's somethin' like yer Network guy."
[2015-07-04 17:03:52] <Synth> "Do you recall if you or I actually made a schematic for LynSAT?"
[2015-07-04 17:03:54] <Riot> 4"AI copy of Network."
[2015-07-04 17:04:06] <Lizard-Man> "AI copy of a real person?"
[2015-07-04 17:04:21] <Synth> "That's the short explanation yeah."
[2015-07-04 17:04:48] <Katastrophe> "Actually...one moment." Katastrophe brings out her Grimeowre. "...There may be a chance that the physical avatar of Apep /is/ Mikaboshi, the divine vessel of a chaos god."
[2015-07-04 17:04:55] <Riot> 4"Close enough. Pretty creepy how similar they are."
[2015-07-04 17:04:58] <Lizard-Man> "I bet Mister Cervantes would be interested in that."
[2015-07-04 17:04:59] <GMpenguin> *SPARC* "I am an artificial intelligence created by Network. I am not a copy of Network. Synth, no schematic of LynSAT has been found"
[2015-07-04 17:05:24] <GMpenguin> "No record of a schematic being created has been found either"
[2015-07-04 17:05:32] <Riot> 4"Okay, back up. Remind me who's Apep again?"
[2015-07-04 17:05:53] * Evan_Petrelli eyes Riot. "Some Egyptian God fated to kill god of the sun or somethin' like that."
[2015-07-04 17:06:02] <Evan_Petrelli> "Sunhawk knows this better than me."
[2015-07-04 17:06:03] <Afro_Fist> "Some dark shadowy Egypt snake dude."
[2015-07-04 17:06:20] <Katastrophe> "Ancient egyptian god of chaos, the snake who shall devour the sun. Eternal enemy of Ra and Bast."
[2015-07-04 17:06:32] <Riot> 4"Geeze, just how many gods are there running around?"
[2015-07-04 17:06:33] <Synth> "...That's not good. Because I would swear that I'm looking at one right now."
[2015-07-04 17:07:02] <Afro_Fist> "Lookin' at what? Lynsat? What's that?"
[2015-07-04 17:07:13] <Synth> "Could you please keep a close eye on it for now?" *Synth's face has grown a concerned look*
[2015-07-04 17:08:17] <Synth> "LynSAT is a satellite I made as a hobby that looks almost exactly like the translations Katastrophe provided."
[2015-07-04 17:08:48] <Lizard-Man> "Did it have any sort of connection with human brains?"
[2015-07-04 17:11:02] <GMpenguin> *SPARC* "Of course, Synth"
[2015-07-04 17:11:28] <Afro_Fist> "You make satellites as hobbies?"
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[2015-07-04 17:12:43] <Synth> "Not unless it was part of something already up there Lizard-Man. And yeah, it seemed like fun at the time. Kind of like a favorite car that you can keep adding things to you know?"
[2015-07-04 17:13:35] <Katastrophe> "Wait, Synth, you are saying your Satellite will add whatever it deems as junk to itself, and then use it?
[2015-07-04 17:13:37] <Katastrophe> "
[2015-07-04 17:13:54] <Lizard-Man> "Ah."
[2015-07-04 17:14:36] <Afro_Fist> "Heh... guess so. 'cept one's in space."
[2015-07-04 17:14:51] <Synth> "No, I do that. It shouldn't do much as itself; you need to ask the derelicts if they're actually junk first, only polite before repurposing."
[2015-07-04 17:18:09] <Evan_Petrelli> "Well that's if SHADOW's is jus' like yer's."
[2015-07-04 17:18:26] * Katastrophe flips through her translations a bit, "I do have something that looks like a launch date and projections for when they will send Mikaboshi into space and wrap itself around the satellite."
[2015-07-04 17:19:28] * Katastrophe opens it up and hopes someone with an astrophysics degree can suss out the details.
[2015-07-04 17:19:51] <Afro_Fist> "A launch date? When's that?"
[2015-07-04 17:20:03] <Evan_Petrelli> "An' where?"
[2015-07-04 17:22:16] <Synth> "Yes, do I need to go and move LynSAT now?"
[2015-07-04 17:25:13] <Katastrophe> "I don't know where and their are several launch dates as well as an emergency contingency launch plan. I never dealt with trying to launch things into space...besides that once incident with Wan Hu."
[2015-07-04 17:25:24] * Riot 4listens throughout the conversation, not really being one for technical details.
[2015-07-04 17:25:45] <Katastrophe> "Their plan as here says they want to launch in a month though."
[2015-07-04 17:25:48] <GMpenguin> *MEanwhile, the screens flash video feeds of SHADOW raids across the world*
[2015-07-04 17:26:24] <Afro_Fist> "In a month? Arright. We got a /lil/ time, at least."
[2015-07-04 17:26:28] <Katastrophe> "But...with all those raids that are happening...."
[2015-07-04 17:26:29] <Evan_Petrelli> "Hell that can mean, 'soon as damn possible.'"
[2015-07-04 17:26:55] <GMpenguin> *In Mexico, Tlaloc and La Araña Discoteca  battle a SHADOW cell lead by El Chuparosa*
[2015-07-04 17:27:41] <GMpenguin> *In China, Jim Wang, Agent of LIGHT, leads a heavily armored squad through a base underneath the Forbidden City*
[2015-07-04 17:27:52] <Katastrophe> "I'd error towards caution and say yes Synth, whatever you have to do."
[2015-07-04 17:28:17] <GMpenguin> *In Mongolia, the Most Awesome of Policemen defends a village against the release of Nepalese Dreadwyrms by the SHADOW Khan*
[2015-07-04 17:28:58] * Evan_Petrelli looks back to the feeds, grimacing. "SHADOW ain't got time."
[2015-07-04 17:30:12] <GMpenguin> *In New Zealand, Raptor takes flight as a Haast's Eagle against a flock of SHADOWbats as Mahuika hacks her way into SHADOW's Auckland base*
[2015-07-04 17:32:22] <Synth> "What's the emergency contingency plan? Does it say where it would be from?"
[2015-07-04 17:32:45] <GMpenguin> *In Antarctica, the Ice Man sits on a lawn chair and waits for SHADOW to show up*
[2015-07-04 17:32:50] <Riot> 4"You guys are right. SHADOW could tear itself apart in a month, the way things are going. I'm saying we've got less than that."
[2015-07-04 17:33:20] <Evan_Petrelli> "They're gonna launch it as soon as possible... But where the hell they keepin' it?"
[2015-07-04 17:33:23] * Katastrophe forks over the notes she has on it, "No place is named."
[2015-07-04 17:33:41] * Evan_Petrelli wishes he knew SHADOW better back when he was a villain. Too bad that was over 20 years ago
[2015-07-04 17:34:17] <Lizard-Man> "I'm torn on letting SHADOW destroy itself. While it'd make our jobs easier, it'd put a lot of innocent lives in danger."
[2015-07-04 17:35:35] <Riot> 4"We take down Mikaboshi and that might just happen anyway, Lizard dude."
[2015-07-04 17:37:22] <Riot> 4"Besides, more lives are in danger as long as they're still active."
[2015-07-04 17:37:50] * Afro_Fist nods agreement. "Yea', best t'get th'threat dealt with now."
[2015-07-04 17:38:56] <GMpenguin> *In Cyclone City, Zephyrman and Kid Zephyr watch television and eat calzones*
[2015-07-04 17:39:05] <Katastrophe> "Agreed, we just need to know where to initiate the crippling strike instead of trying to strike bases at random."
[2015-07-04 17:39:24] <Evan_Petrelli> "We gotta clue to work with?"
[2015-07-04 17:39:43] * Synth glances over at the Zephyrs, "...When did you get calzones?"
[2015-07-04 17:40:46] <GMpenguin> *Kid Zephyr* "Just now." *munch*
[2015-07-04 17:41:32] <Lizard-Man> "Did you bring some for the rest of the class?"
[2015-07-04 17:41:33] * Evan_Petrelli tries a calzone
[2015-07-04 17:42:09] <Synth> "Well, if we had been equipment here, I could work out where they'd be launching from, but I don't know enough to work it out by myself."
[2015-07-04 17:43:10] <Katastrophe> "...SPARC, can you get the equipment Synth needs?"
[2015-07-04 17:43:35] <GMpenguin> *SPARC* "I believe I am the equipment Synth needs."
[2015-07-04 17:44:12] <GMpenguin> "Would you like me to run the calculations, Synth?"
[2015-07-04 17:44:32] <Synth> "You're more than just equipment though SPARC, and yes please."
[2015-07-04 17:45:05] * Synth mutters "...never did well with the astrophysics part of college..."
[2015-07-04 17:45:31] <GMpenguin> "Thank you for believing so, Synth. Calculation complete"
[2015-07-04 17:45:50] <GMpenguin> *The world map pops up and zooms in on Southeast Asia*
[2015-07-04 17:46:08] <GMpenguin> *Zooms in on the Malay Peninsula*
[2015-07-04 17:46:16] <GMpenguin> *Zooms in on the city of Singapore*
[2015-07-04 17:47:14] <Afro_Fist> "Guess we goin' t'Asia."
[2015-07-04 17:47:41] <Afro_Fist> "Good work, robodude."
[2015-07-04 17:48:11] <Riot> 4"Skates, any odd news reports over in... where that place is? Clone activity, un-id's aircraft?"
[2015-07-04 17:48:21] <Katastrophe> "To be clear, which element is our priority, Cerebella, the Kaiju brain, or Mikaboshi?"
[2015-07-04 17:48:56] <Lizard-Man> "I believe the Kaiju brain and Cerebella are components of Mikaboshi."
[2015-07-04 17:49:17] <GMPhase> *Skates floats over to Riot.* "Singapore is notably absent of any metahuman activity, sir."
[2015-07-04 17:49:21] <Evan_Petrelli> "In other words, we're after one thing."
[2015-07-04 17:49:28] <GMPhase> "More so than warrants a city of its size, in fact."
[2015-07-04 17:49:36] <Synth> "My priority is the part going to my satellite."
[2015-07-04 17:49:42] <Lizard-Man> "Giant, super powerful brain, and a psionic enhancer, being used to control minds all over world... Might want to purchase some tinfoil folks."
[2015-07-04 17:50:27] * Evan_Petrelli folds his arms. "No metahuman stuff, where SHADOW is. Ain't a coincidence..."
[2015-07-04 17:50:31] <Afro_Fist> "So, they been keepin' things /extra/ quiet there."
[2015-07-04 17:50:37] <Katastrophe> "While combined, the individual parts might be able to be knocked out separately, given their disparate natures."
[2015-07-04 17:50:42] <Afro_Fist> "Keepin' us so busy puttin' out other fires that we just ignore th'place."
[2015-07-04 17:51:13] =-= DPS|SO_IT_BEGINS is now known as DreadPirateSparkle
[2015-07-04 17:51:21] <Lizard-Man> "Well, presumably, someone at SHADOW was smart enough to reverse engineer or duplicate Cerebella, so the Kaiju brain is probably the most unique component."
[2015-07-04 17:51:49] <Riot> 4"Cloning tech ain't good enough to grow a Kaiju brain yet, is it?"
[2015-07-04 17:52:04] <Riot> 4"Seeing those Think Tanks last week kinda worries me."
[2015-07-04 17:52:51] <Lizard-Man> "I'm not sure how advanced SHADOW's cloning tech is."
[2015-07-04 17:53:05] <Lizard-Man> "...Or what the genetics of Kaiju are like."
[2015-07-04 17:54:36] <Riot> 4"Sounds like they could have back-ups of all three parts then."
[2015-07-04 17:54:37] <Katastrophe> "Regardless, we should set out to destroy this Singapore base."
[2015-07-04 17:55:14] <Synth> "Or at least prevent it from launching its rocket."
[2015-07-04 17:55:24] <GMpenguin> *SPARC* "Both the Lance and the Harpoon are parked outside"
[2015-07-04 17:55:28] <Evan_Petrelli> "Aye. If we don't see a lot of villains then I bet they've already succeeded."
[2015-07-04 17:55:44] <Lizard-Man> "I suppose we could try to find Blood Diamond. I think he's important to Mikaboshi's function."
[2015-07-04 17:55:57] <Riot> 4"Even if we can't shut the entire thing down down, we can sure as hell delay 'em."
[2015-07-04 17:56:04] <Katastrophe> "Backs ups perhaps, but those would take time to swap them out."
[2015-07-04 17:56:04] <Riot> 4"Blood Diamond?"
[2015-07-04 17:56:30] <Afro_Fist> "Some psychic who's workin' for Shadow."
[2015-07-04 17:56:39] <Afro_Fist> "We were chasin' him for days without any luck, though."
[2015-07-04 17:57:00] <Synth> "Let's take Lance over for a visit then."
[2015-07-04 17:57:02] <Afro_Fist> "This base is th'best lead we got, if y'ask me. I say lets go for it."
[2015-07-04 17:57:20] <Evan_Petrelli> "Best lead and only chance."
[2015-07-04 17:57:36] <Evan_Petrelli> "We better expect the second-worst."
[2015-07-04 17:57:56] <Katastrophe> "Maybe we should have the other craft intercept LynSat in case we need to move it quickly?"
[2015-07-04 17:58:39] * Katastrophe closes up her books and gets ready to move out.
[2015-07-04 17:58:47] <Synth> "LynSAT is in LEO, but I don't think either craft could get that high."
[2015-07-04 18:02:38] * Synth gets up from her seat and begins walking out of the hideout.
[2015-07-04 18:02:43] <GMpenguin> *And so they move out*
[2015-07-04 18:03:32] <GMpenguin> *The LANCE flies at its top speed, soaring over the Pacific Ocean with SPARC metaphorically sitting in its pilot seat*
[2015-07-04 18:04:23] <GMpenguin> *During the flight, screens continue to show known SHADOW bases being raided all over the world. Most battles are going in favor of FREE SHADOW and the heroes, but some are not*
[2015-07-04 18:05:33] * Lizard-Man tries to check on their friends around the globe.
[2015-07-04 18:05:34] * Riot 4sighs. "Lots of clones gonna die today, no matter how this goes."
[2015-07-04 18:05:36] <GMpenguin> *For every Winged Hussar and Ogun tearing  through Think Tanks, there's a Seoul Brother being mobbed by SHADOW troopers*
[2015-07-04 18:05:44] <Riot> 4"Some heroes too."
[2015-07-04 18:06:09] <Evan_Petrelli> "This was gonna be bloody. Ain't a way 'round that."
[2015-07-04 18:07:10] <Riot> 4"Never hasn't been, with SHADOW."
[2015-07-04 18:07:55] <Riot> 4"Just hope this is the last time."
[2015-07-04 18:07:57] * Synth sits quietly with a worried look, occasionally glancing at the screens.
[2015-07-04 18:08:03] <GMpenguin> *The Lance flies over the city of Singapore, the bustling island city-state nestled among gray waters with dark clouds hovering above pouring warm rain and sounding the occasional bit of thunder *
[2015-07-04 18:08:35] <Katastrophe> "And it had to be raining of course."
[2015-07-04 18:09:21] <Evan_Petrelli> "Better not be a problem for any o' ya."
[2015-07-04 18:09:54] * Riot 4glances at Katastrophe.
[2015-07-04 18:10:14] <Synth> "...I hate getting wet..."
[2015-07-04 18:10:49] <Lizard-Man> "My suit enjoys a good rain."
[2015-07-04 18:11:18] <Afro_Fist> "Hope y'brought an umbrella."
[2015-07-04 18:12:09] <GMpenguin> *SPARC keeps the Lance flying over Singapore until he receives further instructions*
[2015-07-04 18:12:36] * Katastrophe tilts her super wide brim witch hat, "I just hope this will suffice."
[2015-07-04 18:13:10] * Evan_Petrelli looks out a window of the Lance. "We gotta find this base. Think they got it underground?"
[2015-07-04 18:13:57] <Riot> 4"Wish BR was here. She's got sonar built into her suit."
[2015-07-04 18:14:20] <Lizard-Man> "Do we know who is stationed at this base?"
[2015-07-04 18:14:47] <Synth> "It's probably underground, unless they have a launch pad built into a building."
[2015-07-04 18:14:49] <GMpenguin> *SPARC flies in circles*
[2015-07-04 18:14:53] * Katastrophe looks out with her magic eyes, figuring the Avatar of Apep would flair like a beason
[2015-07-04 18:14:56] <Katastrophe> beacon*
[2015-07-04 18:17:13] <GMpenguin> *And her suspicions are confirmed with a very bright glow beneath the water in Marina Bay*
[2015-07-04 18:18:12] <Evan_Petrelli> "We ought to land. I can see if it's underground."
[2015-07-04 18:18:14] <Katastrophe> "It gets better, I am fairly sure they are beneath the bay." She points in the direction of where she sees the glow
[2015-07-04 18:18:36] <Riot> 4"Locator spell? Like that thing you did on Spitfire?"
[2015-07-04 18:18:37] <Katastrophe> "At least, that is where I think Mikaboshi is."
[2015-07-04 18:18:49] <Evan_Petrelli> "Huh, there?" he looks at the pointed direction. "...Alright, lets get us down there."
[2015-07-04 18:18:58] <Evan_Petrelli> "SHADOW's gonna catch onto us soon
[2015-07-04 18:19:11] <Katastrophe> "No, I can just see magical auras"
[2015-07-04 18:19:15] <Synth> "Great. SPARC, could you take us down somewhat away from the bay?"
[2015-07-04 18:19:31] <Riot> 4"Well, good work either way."
[2015-07-04 18:19:56] <Afro_Fist> "Mm, just gotta find a way in then." *nods.*
[2015-07-04 18:20:24] <Katastrophe> "I am /not/ swimming."
[2015-07-04 18:20:31] <Evan_Petrelli> "Could probably smash my way in, but it ain't gonna be quiet"
[2015-07-04 18:21:03] <GMpenguin> *SPARC* "Local authorities are unwilling to allow me to touch down the Lance anywhere but an actual airfield"
[2015-07-04 18:21:28] <Evan_Petrelli> "An' the nearest airfield?"
[2015-07-04 18:21:46] <Synth> 'Fair enough, we'll land ourselves near the bay then."
[2015-07-04 18:22:46] <Afro_Fist> "Just put us down where they want us, an'we'll hoof it th'rest of th'way if we have to. That's th'least of our concerns."
[2015-07-04 18:23:23] * Synth begins rezzing a supersuit around herself before creating small jetpacks for the west coast team.
[2015-07-04 18:24:17] <GMpenguin> *The Lance pulls in towards Tengah Air Base. The heroes will have to leg it the rest of the way back to the Marina or drop out of the Lance*
[2015-07-04 18:24:47] <Synth> "It won't be very fast, but it will get you to the ground safely."
[2015-07-04 18:25:06] <Evan_Petrelli> "Better than jus' jumpin' out."
[2015-07-04 18:25:31] <Afro_Fist> "Huh. Arright, coo'."
[2015-07-04 18:25:42] * Evan_Petrelli takes a moment struggling to get the jetpack on before having it ready.
[2015-07-04 18:25:46] * Katastrophe drops out on her broom, grumbling as she holds her witch hat tight to protect her from the rains.
[2015-07-04 18:26:13] * Evan_Petrelli takes a deep breath before jumping out with jetpack in tow, using it to try and land safely.
[2015-07-04 18:26:20] * Riot 4sets his board on the ground and steps on it, engaging the magnet-grip so that the rain won't slip him up. "So, anyone speak the language?"
[2015-07-04 18:26:54] <GMpenguin> *SPARC* "English is one of four official languages of Singapore"
[2015-07-04 18:27:09] =-= Vinyl is now known as Kathleen
[2015-07-04 18:28:24] <Synth> "That should make things a little easier then I guess. Last chance Lizard-Man, unless you think you can safely land."
[2015-07-04 18:28:25] <Riot> 4"Oh, sweet. Won't need Skates to translate my burns." Riot hops out the jet after his teammates.
[2015-07-04 18:28:39] * Lizard-Man looks at the drop carefully.
[2015-07-04 18:29:27] * Lizard-Man takes the jetpack. "Thanks! So, Synth... Ever been to California?"
[2015-07-04 18:30:24] <Synth> "A couple times, though that was a decade or more ago."
[2015-07-04 18:30:45] <Lizard-Man> "Feel up to moving?"
[2015-07-04 18:31:09] <Afro_Fist> "Psh, Liz, no poachin'."
[2015-07-04 18:31:12] <Synth> "Nah, I like Spireport a bit too much for now."
[2015-07-04 18:31:32] <Afro_Fist> "Though dayumn, that was a hell of a lot smoother than needin' t'hitch a ride."
[2015-07-04 18:31:53] <GMpenguin> *Liz sees the last image on the screens, a time manipulating pilot helping out in New Zealand, before making the jump*
[2015-07-04 18:32:15] * Synth smiles and flies out the back of the Lance to monitor the descent of the team.
[2015-07-04 18:33:19] * Riot 4Japan Airs downwards in a freefall, giving Stonewall a thumbs up as he passes by
[2015-07-04 18:33:46] * Lizard-Man makes sure to keep his tail retracted as they descend.
[2015-07-04 18:33:47] * Evan_Petrelli gives a shrug as he focuses on landing safely
[2015-07-04 18:34:23] * Katastrophe flies down and under some cover from the rain.
[2015-07-04 18:35:57] <GMpenguin> *The heroes land on the $35 million 3.5 kilometer Waterfront Promenade that stretches aruond Marina Bay, near the Helix Bridge!*
[2015-07-04 18:36:07] * Lizard-Man lands on a rooftop, observing the area.
[2015-07-04 18:37:00] <Katastrophe> <c> "So, how do we get underneath the bay?"
[2015-07-04 18:37:48] * Evan_Petrelli bends down to look at the water. "Think they got a switch down there that'll open some sorta passageway?
[2015-07-04 18:38:04] <Synth> *As the west coast team lands, the jetpacks begin dissolving into cyan voxels*
[2015-07-04 18:38:17] <Lizard-Man> "Or a hidden elevator."
[2015-07-04 18:38:25] <Riot> 4"City plans, Skates? Maybe there's an abandoned subway or something."
[2015-07-04 18:38:40] <Evan_Petrelli> "If we gotta I'll jump in and check 'round."
[2015-07-04 18:39:24] <GMpenguin> *There's not many people around, not in the rain at least*
[2015-07-04 18:39:40] * Evan_Petrelli looks around before deciding, "Ah, hell with it," and transforms
[2015-07-04 18:39:45] =-= Evan_Petrelli is now known as Stonewall
[2015-07-04 18:39:47] <GMPhase> *Skates floats down.* "No publicly available records, sir."
[2015-07-04 18:40:10] <GMpenguin> *Though even through the rain, the lit 280 meter Helix Bridge linking Marina Centre with Marina South remains a sight to behold*
[2015-07-04 18:40:27] <Stonewall> "Gonna keep in touch," he says before jumping down into the water, using tremorsense to see if there might be a way inside the base or anything out of the ordinary down in the water.
[2015-07-04 18:40:52] <Afro_Fist> "Well, it's a dayumn cool t'look at bridge, if nothin' else."
[2015-07-04 18:41:20] * Katastrophe looks blankly as Stonewalls jumps into the water, "Crazy humans."
[2015-07-04 18:41:31] <GMpenguin> *Stonewall makes a large SPLASH*
[2015-07-04 18:41:45] <GMpenguin> *splashing and soaking anything that could be nearby*
[2015-07-04 18:41:55] <Synth> "Indeed, very nice architecture there."
[2015-07-04 18:42:02] <Riot> 4"Anything non-public you can access?"
[2015-07-04 18:42:51] <GMPhase> "Nothing of relevance to mention, sir."
[2015-07-04 18:42:58] <Riot> 4"Damn."
[2015-07-04 18:43:52] <Riot> 4"...Wanna snap a picture of me next to this funky bridge?"
[2015-07-04 18:45:28] <GMPhase> "Sure thing, sir!"
[2015-07-04 18:46:08] <GMPhase> *Skates takes the photo quickly.* "Perfect, sir! I'll upload it to your social media now."
[2015-07-04 18:46:40] <GMpenguin> *Once Stonewall reaches the bottom of the marina, he begins feeling out something*
[2015-07-04 18:47:19] * Lizard-Man leaps down from the roof to rejoin the others.
[2015-07-04 18:47:43] * Stonewall attempts to check where he can feel this 'something.'
[2015-07-04 18:47:57] * Riot 4manages to be incredibly photogenic, as usual.
[2015-07-04 18:48:33] <Stonewall> <c> "Think I found it."
[2015-07-04 18:49:52] <Stonewall> <c> "Right under the bay. Some sort o' tube."
[2015-07-04 18:50:20] <Stonewall> "Check along the waterfront. Think there's a buildin' that leads into the place."
[2015-07-04 18:52:15] <Riot> 4<c> "Great work Stoney. We're on it."
[2015-07-04 18:52:24] <Afro_Fist> "Mm... arright."
[2015-07-04 18:52:41] <Stonewall> <c> "Kinda stuck down 'ere fer now. Gonna make my way and meet ya at the entrance."
[2015-07-04 18:53:47] <Katastrophe> <c> "Where do we begin looking? Just go to every door and check?"
[2015-07-04 18:54:29] * Stonewall does his best to give directions to the building that leads to the base
[2015-07-04 18:55:00] <Stonewall> <c> "Can't see where ya are sides from where I jumped from. Gotta use that t' start with."
[2015-07-04 18:56:19] <Afro_Fist> "Well, wanna climb on out an'help us look, if y'know about where it'll be relative t'that?"
[2015-07-04 18:57:17] <Stonewall> <c> "Could try climbin'. Don't wanna burrow; could risk some sort o' floodin' if I make a hole back up."
[2015-07-04 18:57:26] * Stonewall attempts to climb safely out of the water.
[2015-07-04 18:58:25] <GMpenguin> *Stonewall does so*
[2015-07-04 18:59:00] * Stonewall waves to the other Independents before pointing to the building in particular based on where he sensed the entrance. "Right there."
[2015-07-04 19:00:26] * Lizard-Man heads to the indicated building, looking it over as he gets closer.
[2015-07-04 19:02:14] <GMpenguin> *The heroes head into MARINA SQUARE, a shopping mall in Marina Centre, 700,000 square feet of retail floor area and the first building complex built on reclaimed land in Marina Bay!*
[2015-07-04 19:03:14] <GMpenguin> *The mall is filled with Civilians who part and stare at the heroes as they enter*
[2015-07-04 19:03:43] * Katastrophe cat modes and stays to the shadows...where they exist.
[2015-07-04 19:04:10] * Stonewall groans and checks his tremorsense again to find the exact shop that might house the entrance before walking anywhere
[2015-07-04 19:04:14] <Riot> 4"Normally I'm all about the attention, but this ain't a good time."
[2015-07-04 19:04:43] <Synth> "Yeah.... They'll probably figure out we're here pretty soon...."
[2015-07-04 19:04:54] <GMpenguin> *They flood and start pulling out camera phones*
[2015-07-04 19:04:55] <Lizard-Man> "Would help us find the way down there."
[2015-07-04 19:04:58] <GMpenguin> "Is that Riot?"
[2015-07-04 19:05:04] <GMpenguin> "Lizard-Man! Lizard-Man over here!"
[2015-07-04 19:05:11] <GMpenguin> "Give us a smile, Afro Fist!"
[2015-07-04 19:05:15] <Riot> 4"Synth, check for elevators. Maybe you can talk one into letting you further sta-Oh hey!"
[2015-07-04 19:05:16] * Lizard-Man turns and waves to the fans.
[2015-07-04 19:05:30] * Riot 4waves to his fans too!
[2015-07-04 19:05:40] <GMpenguin> *Stonewall traces the entrance to a 7-ELEVEN located on the first floor!*
[2015-07-04 19:06:09] * Afro_Fist flashes grins to fans, gives thumbs up! But tries to make his way through the crowd, "Yo yo, we here on business, brothas an'sistahs! C'mon, make way."
[2015-07-04 19:06:14] * Stonewall transforms back so he doesn't wreck anything in the mall that he hasn't already accidentally damaged
[2015-07-04 19:06:35] <Stonewall> "Check the 7-Eleven, first floor."
[2015-07-04 19:06:48] <Katastrophe> <c> "On it."
[2015-07-04 19:07:09] <Riot> 4"Photos are gonna have to wait. Sorry folks, we've got a job to do!"
[2015-07-04 19:07:10] * Synth follows stonewall/evan, and starts feeling around for anything out of place.
[2015-07-04 19:07:26] * Katastrophe slips nimbly slips through the crowd, hopefully unnoticed towards the 7-Eleven to search it out
[2015-07-04 19:07:33] <GMpenguin> *The crowd is difficult to move through!*
[2015-07-04 19:07:38] <GMpenguin> *Its very crowded!*
[2015-07-04 19:08:14] * Lizard-Man looks up at the ceiling. "Anyone need a lift?"
[2015-07-04 19:08:34] <Stonewall> "Aye, I could."
[2015-07-04 19:09:29] * Riot 4hovers above the crowd. "I'm good, thanks."
[2015-07-04 19:09:50] * Lizard-Man picks up Evan and leaps to the ceiling.
[2015-07-04 19:11:24] <Katastrophe> <c> "Trouble approaching."
[2015-07-04 19:12:02] <Synth> <c> |mentally| "There are infiltrators moving in; we've been spotted."
[2015-07-04 19:12:06] <Lizard-Man> <c> "Yeah, I smell clones."
[2015-07-04 19:12:33] * Synth flies up from the ground alongside Lizard-Man.
[2015-07-04 19:12:45] =-= Stonewall is now known as Evan_Petrelli
[2015-07-04 19:13:13] <Evan_Petrelli> <c> "'Course we'd be," Evan sighs. "Ain't gonna make this easy."
[2015-07-04 19:16:27] <GMpenguin> *Skates flies up and projects a hologram of a giant arrow* "Hello citizens of Singapore! I know you're all excited to see your heroes, but we're in the middle of a big operation! Please exit this way in an orderly fashion and you'll receive an autographed print of Riot, Leader of the Independents, later today!"
[2015-07-04 19:17:59] <GMpenguin> *The crowd begins dispersing since Singapore is a very ordered society!*
[2015-07-04 19:18:11] <GMpenguin> *Singapore!*
[2015-07-04 19:18:53] * Riot 4is distracted by Skates! "Wait what? There's hundreds here! Maybe thousands! I don't have time!"
[2015-07-04 19:19:17] <Evan_Petrelli> "Hmm, helpful lol' bot," he mentions, seeing Skates disperse the crowd outside
[2015-07-04 19:19:21] <Evan_Petrelli> *lil
[2015-07-04 19:23:31] * Katastrophe sees the clones coming and teleports in front of one, raking her tiny cat claws down his chest.
[2015-07-04 19:23:47] <GMpenguin> "Aaaah!"
[2015-07-04 19:24:11] <GMpenguin> *The crowd yells as a small cat mauls a grown man until he is no longer functioning*
[2015-07-04 19:24:29] <GMpenguin> *While distracted, the other infiltrators draw their weapons and fire blasters on the heroes!*
[2015-07-04 19:32:16] * Afro_Fist ducks away from the blaster fire behind a souvenir stand, "Yo, can't you foos wait till we ain't somewhere so crowded!"
[2015-07-04 19:33:09] <GMpenguin> "Hail SHADOW! no"
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[2015-07-04 19:34:18] * Lizard-Man drops down from the ceiling, putting Evan in a concealed alcove until he can turn into Stonewall. He then leaps at one of the infiltrators, striking him with his tail.
[2015-07-04 19:35:22] * Riot 4's suit absorbs a laser blast he didn't manage to dodge. "Everyone, get away! Now!" He shouts to the crowd.
[2015-07-04 19:36:36] <GMpenguin> *The crowd is no more rapidly dispersing and the panic of the scene is leading for the Singaporean orderliness to break down!*
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[2015-07-04 19:41:15] * Synth floats in the air and fires two lasers from her forearms art two of the SHADOW goons!
[2015-07-04 19:41:16] =-= Synth is now known as memnite
[2015-07-04 19:41:23] * Afro_Fist snorts, and runs out to PUNCH the one who said "no"
[2015-07-04 19:41:31] <GMpenguin> *POW! PEW PEW!*
[2015-07-04 19:43:51] * Riot 4locates the one who shot at him before and glides around the floor towards him, clocking him the face. "Nobody touches the suit!"
[2015-07-04 19:44:05] <GMpenguin> *Skates continues directing civilians* "Please there is no need for alarm!"
[2015-07-04 19:44:16] <GMpenguin> "Please exit in an orderly fashion! No pushing!"
[2015-07-04 19:44:31] <GMpenguin> "Please, ma'am, keep hold of your small child"
[2015-07-04 19:44:41] <GMpenguin> "No time to pick up your slurpee, sir!"
[2015-07-04 19:45:04] <GMpenguin> "Ma'am! Now is not the time to pull coins from the fountain!"
[2015-07-04 19:45:52] * Katastrophe flips off the first clone she puts down and lands on another one, mauling that one too...non-lethally of course.
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[2015-07-04 19:47:27] <GMpenguin> "Aaaaaaah!"
[2015-07-04 19:47:34] <GMpenguin> "Help help there's a cat on my face!"
[2015-07-04 19:47:35] <GMpenguin> "Aaah!"
[2015-07-04 19:47:43] <GMpenguin> *The crowd flees from the cat mauling a grown man*
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[2015-07-04 19:49:36] <Lizard-Man> "Your teammate just terrified a crowd of people by eating someone's face."
[2015-07-04 19:50:25] * Katastrophe walks off the clone, "The clone will live, but they know we are here. Let us proceed with haste."
[2015-07-04 19:50:46] <Synth> "I'm.... reasonably certain she was just badly scratching his face."
[2015-07-04 19:51:00] <GMpenguin> "Aaah its a talking cat!"
[2015-07-04 19:51:36] <Afro_Fist> *sigh.*
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[2015-07-04 19:52:09] <Evan_Petrelli> Watching the panicked crowd, Evan quickly transforms before calling out to the crowd.
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[2015-07-04 19:52:29] <GMpenguin> *There is yelling in English, Mandarin, Tamil, and Malay! Also other languages but mostly those!*
[2015-07-04 19:52:46] <Stonewall> "Everyone cool it! We're here to protect ya. Stop movin' and lie on the floor 'fore one of ya get hurt!"
[2015-07-04 19:53:04] <GMpenguin> *Someone drops to the ground and is immediately trampled by panicking crowds*
[2015-07-04 19:53:14] <GMpenguin> *This does not convince the rest of the crowd  to lie down*
[2015-07-04 19:53:43] * Stonewall cringes
[2015-07-04 19:54:33] * Lizard-Man leaps in to rescue the person from being trampled, taking them up to a wall. "Sorry. Stonewall isn't usually on crowd control."
[2015-07-04 19:54:46] <GMpenguin> *The person exclaims something in Mandarin*
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[2015-07-04 19:58:02] * Synth starts flying towards the 7-Eleven, keeping an eye out for trouble coming their way.
[2015-07-04 19:59:42] <GMpenguin> *As Synth flies towards the 7-Eleven, an infiltrator pops up from behind the counter and fires a blaster at Synth!*
[2015-07-04 19:59:56] <GMpenguin> *But she's able to dodge the shot*
[2015-07-04 20:00:51] <Synth> "Whoa! I'm glad those sensors do their job well."
[2015-07-04 20:01:41] <GMpenguin> "No shoplifters allowed! Hail SHADOW!"
[2015-07-04 20:01:42] * Synth takes a shot at the infiltrator, but the sensors only work for keeping her from danger!
[2015-07-04 20:02:04] <GMpenguin> *The infiltrator ducks as Synth's blast takes out the rack of cigarettes behind him!*
[2015-07-04 20:02:40] <Synth> "Careful, it looks like they're hiding in the shop!"
[2015-07-04 20:03:24] <GMpenguin> *Suddenly the rows of refridgerated beverages slides into the floor, revealing a firing squad of SHADOW troopers behind them!*
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[2015-07-04 20:05:17] <GMpenguin> *Synth's sensors allow her to move out of the way of most of the shots. One clips her in the shoulder, but does little but strip a bit of her protection*
[2015-07-04 20:05:44] <Synth> "Geez, that's a lot of them!"
[2015-07-04 20:06:29] <GMpenguin> *The blasters do tear apart shelves of candy, a rack of potato chips, and the slurpee machine!*
[2015-07-04 20:06:41] <Afro_Fist> "On my way, yo!"
[2015-07-04 20:08:58] <Afro_Fist> Afro quickly navigates his way over. He grew up on the streets, and he knows how to slip through a crowd. A moment later, he bursts through the window with a FLYING KICK, downing a SHADOW trooper, then with a FLURRY OF STRIKES begins downing more left and right!
[2015-07-04 20:11:02] * Synth has an expression of happiness and relief as Afro Fist takes out the trooper surprise.
[2015-07-04 20:11:32] * Riot 4looks around, checking that there's still plenty of civilians watching the battle. He moves to above their heads, striking a pose before... "AFTERBURNERS GO!".
[2015-07-04 20:12:23] <Riot> 4Riot shoots off into the 7-Eleven, skillfulling navigating himself through the door and at the last remaining SHADOW mook!
[2015-07-04 20:12:45] <GMpenguin> "Hail SHA-"
[2015-07-04 20:12:56] <GMpenguin> *The entire mall seems to stop*
[2015-07-04 20:13:30] <GMpenguin> *As hero and civilian alike watches Riot do INCREDIBLE SICKNASTY MOVES, spiralling through the air, into the 7-Eleven door with AMAZING PRECISION and crashing RIGHT into the Infiltrator's FACE*
[2015-07-04 20:13:43] <Riot> 4"BAM! GET OUT OF HERE!"
[2015-07-04 20:13:54] <GMpenguin> *KO'ing him as he's thrown back into the Big Gulp machine, his entire body becoming drenched in syrupy soda*
[2015-07-04 20:14:18] <GMpenguin> *There's a slow motion shot and everything*
[2015-07-04 20:14:26] <GMpenguin> *And the crowd, once panicking, just watches in awe*
[2015-07-04 20:14:30] <GMpenguin> *Before applause breaks out*
[2015-07-04 20:14:54] * Lizard-Man sets the person he rescued down safely.
[2015-07-04 20:15:14] <GMpenguin> *Even the person who was trampeled while listening to stonewall applauds as Liz sets him down!*
[2015-07-04 20:15:28] * Afro_Fist stands straight again, panting a bit. "...oh, /c'mon/. You took down /one/. I just smacked out, like, eight or somethin'!"
[2015-07-04 20:15:52] * Lizard-Man shrugs and puts a hand on Afro Fist's shoulder. "Yeah, but we don't do this for the fame."
[2015-07-04 20:15:52] * Katastrophe slips into the 7-Eleven quietly, letting the showboats get their fame while she starts looking for an entrance.
[2015-07-04 20:16:08] <Synth> "And I am very thankful for that Afro Fist."
[2015-07-04 20:16:14] <GMpenguin> *There is now a gaping entrance where the refrigerated beverages used to be*
[2015-07-04 20:16:30] * Stonewall walks over, apologizing to the trampled person before rejoining the Independants
[2015-07-04 20:16:33] * Afro_Fist grumbles a bit.
[2015-07-04 20:16:43] * Riot 4holds his arms to the air in triumph as he addresses the crowd! "Thank you! Now please, you guys gotta get out of the building! Calmly and ordered!"
[2015-07-04 20:16:49] <Stonewall> "Could've been worse Afro Fist," he whispers
[2015-07-04 20:16:50] <Riot> 4"Do it FOR THE FUTURE!"
[2015-07-04 20:17:01] <GMpenguin> *Skates directs* "Please follow the red arrow!"
[2015-07-04 20:17:03] <GMpenguin> "Red for Riot!"
[2015-07-04 20:17:08] <GMpenguin> "...but please don't Riot"
[2015-07-04 20:17:15] <GMpenguin> *The crowd doesn't riot*
[2015-07-04 20:18:11] <Lizard-Man> "We can try recruiting him to our team if you want?"
[2015-07-04 20:18:23] <Lizard-Man> "I'm sure he'd love being closer to Hollywood."
[2015-07-04 20:18:33] * Stonewall instead checks the gaping entrance
[2015-07-04 20:18:40] <Stonewall> "Hmm, think this might be it."
[2015-07-04 20:18:57] <Riot> 4"Oh damn that would be pretty sweet actually."
[2015-07-04 20:18:58] <GMpenguin> *Its a gaping entrance. Stonewall finds a room behind where the refridgerators were with a staircase leading down*
[2015-07-04 20:19:27] <Afro_Fist> *grumblegrumble, walks into the new room and looks around.*
[2015-07-04 20:19:44] <Riot> 4"...Wait are we talking the Indian musical Hollywood or the cool big budget Hollywood?"
[2015-07-04 20:20:01] <Stonewall> "Alrigh' let's go," he says, going down the staircase.
[2015-07-04 20:20:02] <Lizard-Man> "We're in California."
[2015-07-04 20:20:07] * Katastrophe moves through the entrance, trying to keep ahead of the group to scout it out.
[2015-07-04 20:20:39] * Stonewall speaks to Afro Fist quickly. "Didn't realize Riot's such a talker till now," he says.
[2015-07-04 20:20:43] * Lizard-Man heads into the hallway.
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[2015-07-04 20:21:56] * Synth takes a few moments to refresh her armor, before following the group to the staircase.
[2015-07-04 20:22:13] <GMpenguin> *The heroes move down the staircase, Katastrophe in the lead*
[2015-07-04 20:22:31] <GMpenguin> *They reach a tunnel, where red lights blare, an alarm sounds, and their way appears blocked by steel doors*
[2015-07-04 20:22:43] * Lizard-Man gets out his communicator and sends messages to Lizard-Red, to see how the Lizard Rangers are faring, and to Janey, to tell her he's in Singapore.
[2015-07-04 20:22:46] <Stonewall> "Hmph"
[2015-07-04 20:22:56] * Stonewall walks forward and tries to pry the steel doors open
[2015-07-04 20:22:58] <Afro_Fist> "Stoney? You're up."
[2015-07-04 20:24:05] <Synth> "Yeah, no reason to try being sneaky now."
[2015-07-04 20:25:06] <GMpenguin> *Stonewall rips apart the steel door with ease*
[2015-07-04 20:25:23] <Stonewall> "Bet these're jus' to slow us," he mutters.
[2015-07-04 20:25:33] <GMpenguin> *There's another one behind it*
[2015-07-04 20:25:35] <Lizard-Man> "Hey, before we go back home, wanna check out the Botanical gardens? World Heritage site!"
[2015-07-04 20:25:49] * Stonewall marches forward, attempting to push forward quickly while trying to tell where to go via tremorsense.
[2015-07-04 20:26:06] <Stonewall> "Someone got any sorta hackin' thing to get these open?"
[2015-07-04 20:26:22] <Riot> 4"Synth, Skates, you're up."
[2015-07-04 20:26:47] <GMpenguin> *Stonewall detects at least ten more doors through this tunnel*
[2015-07-04 20:27:02] * Synth looks at Skates, and nods.
[2015-07-04 20:27:05] <GMpenguin> *It'd take him a couple minutes to tear through all of them*
[2015-07-04 20:28:14] * Lizard-Man can help rip down doors!
[2015-07-04 20:29:23] <Stonewall> "We got somethin' comin' at the end of these tunnels."
[2015-07-04 20:29:39] * Synth closes her eyes and starts feeling around for a control system to open the doors.
[2015-07-04 20:29:47] <Stonewall> "Get some cover once these doors open."
[2015-07-04 20:30:08] <GMpenguin> *The doors all swing open, revealing a Think Tank standing at the end*
[2015-07-04 20:30:17] <GMpenguin> *Its shoulders almost bumping against the ceiling!*
[2015-07-04 20:30:24] <Synth> "...Maybe should have mentioned that sooner Stonewall."
[2015-07-04 20:30:29] <Stonewall> "...Ah hell."
[2015-07-04 20:30:38] <GMpenguin> *The Think Tank fires a rocket down the hallway at the heroes!*
[2015-07-04 20:30:54] <Synth> "It was fairly simple to open the- crap."
[2015-07-04 20:32:56] <GMpenguin> *The fast heroes evade the explosion while the tough heroes tank it out!*
[2015-07-04 20:33:11] * Afro_Fist BLOCKS THE EXPLOSION WITH HIS CHEST! He ends up scorched and with his shirt in tatters, but all in all he's fine.
[2015-07-04 20:33:13] * Lizard-Man dodges it easily, not bothering to look back at the explosion.
[2015-07-04 20:33:16] <Synth> "Dang it, I just fixed this armor!"
[2015-07-04 20:33:19] * Stonewall growls as he isn't even flinched by the rocket.
[2015-07-04 20:33:48] <GMpenguin> *SHADOW troopers surge out from behind the Think Tank!*
[2015-07-04 20:34:23] <Stonewall> "Alrigh', someone get behind me. I'll keep ya covered!"
[2015-07-04 20:37:42] <GMpenguin> *Ten SHADOW troopers in total take position in front of the Think Tank*
[2015-07-04 20:41:34] * Afro_Fist spits to the side. "Naw, Stoney. It's arright. You get behind me."
[2015-07-04 20:41:52] <Afro_Fist> Afro grins, "I got this. Yo, robobrotha! Record this, arright?"
[2015-07-04 20:42:31] <GMpenguin> *Skates is spinning from the explosion!*
[2015-07-04 20:43:38] * Afro_Fist doesn't wait for him. He takes a deep breath, then SPRINTS down the hallway, ducking under and around laser fire. In a flash, he's disarming and disabling SHADOW troopers, three at a time, till all that's left standing is the Think Tank. He runs up its chest, and delivers a MIGHTY KICK to the underside of its jaw as he does an acrobatic flip off of it!
[2015-07-04 20:46:47] <Synth> "Nicely done!" *Synth creates large funky looking gun and aims it at the Think Tank, before a blue-green beam projects forth!*
[2015-07-04 20:47:20] <GMpenguin> *The Think Tank grabs the sides of the tunnel, but to no avail!*
[2015-07-04 20:47:20] <Synth> "I'll try to hold it down while the rest of you disable it!"
[2015-07-04 20:47:25] <GMpenguin> *Its caught by the tractor beam!*
[2015-07-04 20:48:12] <GMpenguin> *And pulled towards the heroes, metal shearing off of the walls as it digs its fingers before being pulled completely!*
[2015-07-04 20:48:22] <Riot> 4"Holy crap you guys. Save some for the rest of us!"
[2015-07-04 20:53:53] * Katastrophe leaps up and takes human form, whipping out her grimeowre to look up a spell quickly. "I beseech you Set, bring down your wrath upon our enemy" Lightning crackles out from Katastrophe and leaps forward for the think tank
[2015-07-04 20:55:18] * Lizard-Man leaps forward, striking the tank with his tail after Kata's blow.
[2015-07-04 20:55:53] * Riot 4follows suit, sparks flying as he whacks the underside with his board!
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[2015-07-04 21:00:22] * Stonewall looks to Skates for a moment before charging forward, bringing down his arms like a hammer on the think tank!
[2015-07-04 21:00:57] <GMpenguin> *As the heroes beat on the think tank*
[2015-07-04 21:01:01] <GMpenguin> *The entire tunnel shakes*
[2015-07-04 21:01:45] <Stonewall> "...Crap!"
[2015-07-04 21:01:55] <Stonewall> "It's gonna launch!"
[2015-07-04 21:02:29] <Lizard-Man> "Riot, can that think take a passenger?"
[2015-07-04 21:02:35] <Lizard-Man> *thing
[2015-07-04 21:02:35] * Synth turns pale.
[2015-07-04 21:03:00] <Synth> "Are you serious Stonewall? SHADOW's rocket is launching?"
[2015-07-04 21:03:02] * Katastrophe curses in languages unknown
[2015-07-04 21:03:14] <Stonewall> "I bet so!"
[2015-07-04 21:03:19] <Riot> 4"Um, yeah! Sure!"
[2015-07-04 21:03:32] <Riot> 4"If that's what I think it is, hurry dude."
[2015-07-04 21:03:32] <Stonewall> "I can feel the damn thing takin' off!"
[2015-07-04 21:03:57] <Synth> "Katastrophe, can you protect me while I reconfigure for space travel?"
[2015-07-04 21:04:15] <Katastrophe> "Yes."
[2015-07-04 21:04:58] * Riot 4shifts forwards to make room. "Plan?"
[2015-07-04 21:05:02] <Katastrophe> "Or you can do it while riding on my broom."
[2015-07-04 21:05:26] <Riot> 4"I'm the fastest here. Who needs to be there first?"
[2015-07-04 21:05:34] <Lizard-Man> "Stick to it, find something important to break!"
[2015-07-04 21:05:49] <Stonewall> "Jus' take Lizard Man and go."
[2015-07-04 21:05:50] <Synth> "...Probably a good plan, you can get us out of the tunnel in the meantime."
[2015-07-04 21:08:09] * Synth attempts to keep the Think Tank pinned down while climbing onto Katastrophe's broomstick.
[2015-07-04 21:09:58] <GMpenguin> *As Synth clambers on to the broom, the Think Tank manages to break free of her tractor beam's pin!*
[2015-07-04 21:10:33] <GMpenguin> *Meanwhile, another group of ten SHADOW troopers march into the end of the tunnel and fire down the hallway at the Independents!*
[2015-07-04 21:11:20] <Synth> "Looks like it managed to steady itself; get us out as soon as you can Kata."
[2015-07-04 21:13:16] <GMpenguin> *The weaponsfire is hampered by the Tank, which practically provides full cover to the heroes because of its sheer bulk!*
[2015-07-04 21:15:16] <Stonewall> "Aw c'mon, SHADOWs got an endless supply of 'em."
[2015-07-04 21:16:18] * Katastrophe nods to Synth and blasts off, leaving magical dust in her wake as she speeds down the tunnel.
[2015-07-04 21:18:22] <GMpenguin> *Katastrophe flies past the throng of SHADOW troopers!*
[2015-07-04 21:18:33] <GMpenguin> *Past another squad of SHADOW troopers headed upstairs towards the heroes!*
[2015-07-04 21:18:46] <GMpenguin> *Her broom just barely squeezers past a lumbering Think Tank*
[2015-07-04 21:18:59] <GMpenguin> *And a quartet of SHADOWbats*
[2015-07-04 21:20:36] * Lizard-Man hops onto Riot's board.
[2015-07-04 21:20:45] <GMpenguin> *She moves past what appears to be a SHADOW trooper living quarters. Some uncomfortable looking couches, a coffee table, a television with a game console hooked up to it, and a poster of a SHADOW clone dangling over a volcano with the caption "Hang In There"*
[2015-07-04 21:21:38] <Riot> 4"Hold the hell on man!"
[2015-07-04 21:21:52] <GMpenguin> *Signs direct to places labeled*
[2015-07-04 21:21:54] <GMpenguin> *Barracks*
[2015-07-04 21:21:56] <GMpenguin> *Armory*
[2015-07-04 21:22:00] <GMpenguin> *Observation Deck*
[2015-07-04 21:22:09] <GMpenguin> *Movie Theater*
[2015-07-04 21:24:35] * Riot 4kicks his board into high gear, following the trail left by Kata's broom, his board knocking aside trooper after trooper as he navigates the lair at a breakneck pace! "Hail that, SHADOW!"
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[2015-07-04 21:33:33] <Afro_Fist> Afro grunts. "Welp. Guess it's just us slowpokes, Stoney."
[2015-07-04 21:34:13] <Stonewall> "Ain't that so," he says, attempting to throw another punch at the Think Tank, this time to no avail
[2015-07-04 21:34:45] <Afro_Fist> He leaps up atop the Think Tank, delivers a pair of STAGGERING BLOWS to its glass domes, then dashes down the hall to start taking out more troopers!
[2015-07-04 21:34:54] <GMpenguin> *More troopers head up the stairs, firing at the Afro Fist now standing atop a mound of their fallen fellow clones!*
[2015-07-04 21:36:43] * Synth begins focusing on reconfiguring her suit for space flight and the faint glow it had been giving off previously fades away to nothing.
[2015-07-04 21:37:09] <Katastrophe> "Synth, Observation Deck sound like the best bet?"
[2015-07-04 21:37:33] <Synth> "Hm? Probably."
[2015-07-04 21:38:01] * Katastrophe turns down for the Observation Deck, hoping it will look down on the rocket.
[2015-07-04 21:39:29] <GMpenguin> *A group of scientists stand on the observation deck, looking upward!*
[2015-07-04 21:42:34] <GMpenguin> "Its launching! Hail Science!"
[2015-07-04 21:42:38] <GMpenguin> "Hail /SHADOW/ science"
[2015-07-04 21:42:45] <GMpenguin> "Frank, there's no such thing as shadow science"
[2015-07-04 21:42:51] <GMpenguin> "Yeah huh. Its like. The study of shadows"
[2015-07-04 21:42:56] <GMpenguin> "We're working on rockets"
[2015-07-04 21:42:59] <GMpenguin> "Rockets have shadows"
[2015-07-04 21:43:13] <GMpenguin> "Oh get eaten by a dreadwyrm"
[2015-07-04 21:51:39] * Riot 4is a blur as he moves through the base with Lizard-Man on his back, trusting him to not lose his grip! He smashes straight through the observation deck, shattering glass down on the scientists below and continuing up, up and upwards until he's level with the rocket.
[2015-07-04 21:51:54] <GMpenguin> *The rocket is moving fast! And accelerating!*
[2015-07-04 21:51:58] <Riot> 4"GOOD LUCK DUDE!" He yells through the howl of the engines!
[2015-07-04 21:52:07] <GMpenguin> *Pretty soon even Riot wouldn't be able to catch up with it*
[2015-07-04 21:54:31] * Lizard-Man nods and leaps, using his wall climbing to grip to the rocket. He starts trying to open the hull to get to the important bits inside.
[2015-07-04 21:55:16] <Stonewall> Back down at the base, Stonewall continues fighting the Think Tank. "Goddamn I hope they got to that rocket," he says as he deals with SHADOW's ground troops
[2015-07-04 21:56:15] * Stonewall smashes his fist straight into the Think Tank with his show of strength!
[2015-07-04 21:56:32] <GMpenguin> *The Think Tank depowers and falls over*
[2015-07-04 21:56:36] <GMpenguin> *The brain bits sparking*
[2015-07-04 21:56:48] <Stonewall> "An' stay down."
[2015-07-04 21:56:54] <GMpenguin> *As Stonewall stands triumphantly over the Think Tank, another Think Tank stomps in behind the troopers firing at Afro Fist!*
[2015-07-04 21:57:08] <Stonewall> "..."
[2015-07-04 21:57:20] <GMpenguin> *It levels machine guns at Afro Fist*
[2015-07-04 21:57:32] <GMpenguin> *The machine guns fire when...*
[2015-07-04 21:57:48] <GMpenguin> *ZWOOOM*
[2015-07-04 21:58:00] <GMpenguin> *a force field appears between Afro Fist and the SHADOW troops!*
[2015-07-04 21:58:10] <GMpenguin> "I caught it all on camera, sir!"
[2015-07-04 21:58:47] <GMpenguin> *The bullets ricochet off of the force field!*
[2015-07-04 22:01:43] * Afro_Fist pants, catching his breath. "...yea', thanks!"
[2015-07-04 22:03:17] <Afro_Fist> "Stoney, whattya say, keep fightin' or time t'move? Th'others are already past."
[2015-07-04 22:04:23] <Stonewall> "We're probably gonna get surrounded or blocked off at this rate."
[2015-07-04 22:04:40] <Stonewall> "Don't like either, but let's get goin' in."
[2015-07-04 22:05:13] <Afro_Fist> "Lets just get past 'em, yea'. Robobrotha, drop th'shield a moment!"
[2015-07-04 22:05:25] <Stonewall> "Stay 'head o' me, keep outta fire, both of ya."
[2015-07-04 22:06:17] <GMpenguin> *Skates* "Yes, afro brother"
[2015-07-04 22:06:23] <GMpenguin> *the shield drops*
[2015-07-04 22:11:29] * Afro_Fist deftly takes down another squad of troopers, fighting more conservatively now! He stays in close with the Think Tank, to make it more difficult for any newcomers to take shots at him and also in hopes of preventing the behemoth from using its area weapons.
[2015-07-04 22:12:05] <Synth> *As Katastrophe flies along, Synth continues adjusting, this time with large glowing thrusters appearing on her back and feet*
[2015-07-04 22:13:30] <Katastrophe> "Never will catch that thing while restrained...Sorry Spire but this could save a lot of lives." The now familiar transition of Katastrophe's true form takes place. Magic circles glow fiercely behind her broom before she rockets out of the observation room and through the air at breakneck speeds.
[2015-07-04 22:15:53] * Katastrophe flings fire spells at it as she matches speeds with it, "Damn you snake, fall back down to the earth where you belong!"
[2015-07-04 22:16:45] * Synth starts at the change and sudden burst of speed, but manages to hang onto the broom!
[2015-07-04 22:18:33] * Lizard-Man uses all his strength to try and break the rocket, ripping out components to stop its ascent.
[2015-07-04 22:19:04] <GMpenguin> *The rocket sputters and loses velocity!*
[2015-07-04 22:23:00] <Synth> <c> "Try to hit the section near the top! That's probably where the payload is!"
[2015-07-04 22:23:43] <GMpenguin> *The rocket is now far above the clouds, where the air is thin and the stars shine*
[2015-07-04 22:23:46] * Riot 4helps with making sure the rocket's down for the count, the exhausted hero putting as much might as possible into an overhead strike!
[2015-07-04 22:24:06] <Lizard-Man> <c> "I think... if it's Cere... Bella, the O-Men... would like it back."
[2015-07-04 22:24:41] * Lizard-Man is starting to have trouble breathing at this altitude?
[2015-07-04 22:24:52] <Riot> 4<c> At this... height?!?"
[2015-07-04 22:25:38] <Riot> 4<c> "Oh dude... how we gonna stop... it falling on the town?"
[2015-07-04 22:25:40] <GMpenguin> *As Riot bangs on the rocket, a panel opens and a figure made of red gemstones clambers out* "No. No. No. Nooo"
[2015-07-04 22:25:55] <GMpenguin> "You idiot heroes! What are you doing to my rocket!"
[2015-07-04 22:26:41] <Synth> "You're going to wreck /my/ satellite with it!"
[2015-07-04 22:27:01] <Katastrophe> "I must....stop...the snake."
[2015-07-04 22:27:06] <GMpenguin> *Blood Diamond* "Well."
[2015-07-04 22:27:08] <GMpenguin> "Tough!"
[2015-07-04 22:27:36] <GMpenguin> "He was supposed to sleep until he reached the satellite. But I think this calls for a preview of what's about to happen!"
[2015-07-04 22:27:46] <GMpenguin> *Blood Diamond bangs against the rocket as his eyes glow*
[2015-07-04 22:28:05] <GMpenguin> "Mikaboshi! AWAKEN!"
[2015-07-04 22:28:25] <GMpenguin> *The entire rocket shakes as panels peel off*
[2015-07-04 22:29:29] <Riot> 4"What... the hell..."
[2015-07-04 22:30:43] <GMpenguin> *Revealing a truly massive white serpent coiled up within, hundreds if not thousands of feet long, its muscles undulating and its scales shining in the moonlight. Cybernetic pieces, parts of Cerebella the western Independents recognize, attach at the creature's head and run down the monsters spine. Its pupilless slit eyes glow a dark purple as it slithers out of the rocket, hovering in mid air*
[2015-07-04 22:31:05] <GMpenguin> *Blood Diamond leaps off the rocket and grabs ahold of the monsters back*
[2015-07-04 22:31:21] <GMpenguin> "Behold! The ultimate triumph of SHADOW! Mikaboshi!"
[2015-07-04 22:31:37] <GMpenguin> "Hear my commands, oh ultimate lifeform! Strike down these ants so that we may-"
[2015-07-04 22:31:56] <GMpenguin> *Mikaoboshi shakes and swings, knocking Blood Diamond off of it.*
[2015-07-04 22:32:03] <GMpenguin> *It then swallows Blood Diamond whole*
[2015-07-04 22:32:05] <GMpenguin> *GULP*
[2015-07-04 22:33:18] <GMpenguin> *It then stares at the assembled heroes*
[2015-07-04 22:33:19] <GMpenguin> *And hisses*
[2015-07-04 22:33:20] <Lizard-Man> "...Welp."
[2015-07-04 22:33:20] <Synth> "...Well... At least that probably won't get to my satellite..."
[2015-07-04 22:33:26] <GMpenguin> *Meanwhile*
[2015-07-04 22:33:52] <GMpenguin> *Below, Afro Fist, Stonewall, and Skates take on SHADOW's ground troops!*
[2015-07-04 22:36:36] * Stonewall rushes forward to swing wildly at the new Think Tank. "Here's yer chance, GO!" he calls to Afro Fist and Skates
[2015-07-04 22:36:53] <GMpenguin> *The Think Tank catches Stonewall's fist*
[2015-07-04 22:37:31] <GMpenguin> *It then pulses with psychic power!*
[2015-07-04 22:41:25] <GMpenguin> *Skates and Stonewall are staggered by its psychic pulse!*
[2015-07-04 22:44:15] * Afro_Fist steels himself against the PSYCHIC HOWL, grimacing-- and enduring through it! He steps forward closer to the creature, glaring defiance at it as it tries to subdue him with its mental powers, then leaps up atop it, and delivers a SINGLE TAP to one of its brain tanks.
[2015-07-04 22:44:44] <GMpenguin> *The think tank falls over*
[2015-07-04 22:44:54] <Afro_Fist> "Good try, Stoney." He hops back down, and the Think Tank collapses. "C'mon, lets get you two up an'outta here."
[2015-07-04 22:44:56] <GMpenguin> *the vibrations from the tap deflty disabling all its systems*
[2015-07-04 22:45:17] <GMpenguin> *Meanwhile, above the city*
[2015-07-04 22:45:20] * Stonewall growls as he rises from his knees after that horrible psychic attack. "...Aye. Skates alrigh'?"
[2015-07-04 22:45:33] <GMpenguin> *Mikaboshi stares at the heroes pensively*
[2015-07-04 22:46:33] * Riot 4has turned pale. "Can... C-can we even fight that?!?"
[2015-07-04 22:46:58] <Katastrophe> "It is my duty as a Nekomata to fight it."
[2015-07-04 22:47:00] <GMpenguin> *A great tongue, flicks out from its mouth, licking itself*
[2015-07-04 22:49:20] <GMpenguin> *Lick*
[2015-07-04 22:51:01] <Riot> 4"No.... Hell no. That thing's bigger than the dragon."
[2015-07-04 22:51:05] <Synth> *Quietly* "...I couldn't quite get ready in time Kata. I'm sorry."
[2015-07-04 22:51:38] <Lizard-Man> <c>"Riot, not interrupt your moment up there, but I could use a ride."
[2015-07-04 22:52:19] <GMpenguin> *lick*
[2015-07-04 22:52:23] * Riot 4turns tail, accelerating towards Lizard-Man and swooping him out of the sky.
[2015-07-04 22:52:27] * Synth looks over at the enourmous serpent.
[2015-07-04 22:52:39] <Synth> "Mika... boshi? What are you going to do now?"
[2015-07-04 22:56:25] <GMpenguin> *The serpent stares at Synth and then speaks into her mind... everyone present's mind. Its voice, if one can even call it a voice, is deeper and louder yet at once softer and quieter than any voice could ever be.* <Bring ruin. Illuminate the hubris of man. Sow chaos and destruction. These are the things I was birthed to do. These are the things etched on every scale of my body. These are the...
[2015-07-04 22:56:26] <GMpenguin> ...things for which my bones sing in harmony with the beating of my heart.>
[2015-07-04 22:57:27] <GMpenguin> *It blinks and then licks its left eye*
[2015-07-04 22:57:41] <GMpenguin> <What are you going to do now, small one>
[2015-07-04 23:00:32] <Synth> "I... I don't... know."
[2015-07-04 23:04:50] * Katastrophe charges forth on her broom, "I know /exactly/ what I must do." She brings her a now sickly red claw up to grind against the scales of Mikaboshi, but does nothing, not a scratch. "What...the....how?"
[2015-07-04 23:05:21] <GMpenguin> <Small one. I am Apep who devours the sun>
[2015-07-04 23:05:29] <GMpenguin> <I am Typhon who tore Zeus"
[2015-07-04 23:06:06] <GMpenguin> <I am Jorumugandr who brings Ragnarok and felled Thor>
[2015-07-04 23:06:56] <GMpenguin> <I am Crom Cruach. I am Leviathan. I am Tiamat>
[2015-07-04 23:07:02] <GMpenguin> <I am Mikaboshi. And you are nothing>
[2015-07-04 23:07:05] <Katastrophe> "And I am descended from Bast, she who helped defeat you once. Now I will do it in her steed!"
[2015-07-04 23:07:58] <Katastrophe> stead*
[2015-07-04 23:08:20] <GMpenguin> *Meanwhile, Lizard-Man, attached to the rocket still, clings as it plummets*
[2015-07-04 23:09:06] * Synth flies off and away from Katastrophe's broom and readies herself to try and dodge whatever the serpent throws at her.
[2015-07-04 23:09:27] <Lizard-Man> "Riot, let's get back up there, and help stop that thing."
[2015-07-04 23:11:27] * Riot 4reaches out a hand and pulls Lizard-Man up onto the board, turning to carry him back up to Mikaboshi. "You got anything that can scratch that thing?"
[2015-07-04 23:12:15] <Lizard-Man> "I have no idea. We might not be able to damage it directly... but that doesn't mean we're out of options."
[2015-07-04 23:18:22] <Lizard-Man> "Mikaboshi, you believe you are greater than humans? Then why are you letting them pick your destiny?"
[2015-07-04 23:19:14] <Lizard-Man> "Just because you were made for a particular purpose doesn't mean you have to go through with it! Are you a great being, or nothing more than a puppet?"
[2015-07-04 23:20:38] <Lizard-Man> "If you are all that you say you are, then you can chose to forge your own destiny! Create, or protect, rather than destroy."
[2015-07-04 23:23:08] <GMpenguin> <Small one, so bright in heart and spirit>
[2015-07-04 23:23:41] <GMpenguin> <To look upon you is to look upon two suns, orbiting each other>
[2015-07-04 23:24:31] <GMpenguin> <You believe your words. In every ridge of your brain, you truly believe. You have faith. And there is nothing so precious to a god>
[2015-07-04 23:25:25] <GMpenguin> <But I am a god and so my ways are set. The small ones who put together this body may have given me flesh, but my spirit is far older than they>
[2015-07-04 23:26:22] <GMpenguin> <I am of the primordial chaos of all that was before. I am darkness and fear. I am that which man, woman, child, dog, cat, and troll fears from the corners of their eye, that which they know they must return>
[2015-07-04 23:26:27] <GMpenguin> <And I must destroy>
[2015-07-04 23:26:57] <GMpenguin> *Mikaboshi flies downward towards Singapore*
[2015-07-04 23:27:00] <Lizard-Man> "I... am sorry to hear that."
[2015-07-04 23:27:25] <Riot> 4"Oh s***. He's flying /down/?!?"
[2015-07-04 23:27:46] <GMpenguin> *MEANWHILE*
[2015-07-04 23:27:59] <GMpenguin> *Stonewall, Afro Fist, and Skates reach the surface*
[2015-07-04 23:28:08] <GMpenguin> *Only to hear the panicked screams of the civilians around them*
[2015-07-04 23:28:15] <GMpenguin> "Kaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaijuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu"
[2015-07-04 23:28:22] <GMpenguin> *Up above, the great serpent is descending upon the city*
[2015-07-04 23:28:30] * Afro_Fist looks up... and up... and up.
[2015-07-04 23:28:36] * Stonewall looks high up
[2015-07-04 23:28:41] <Afro_Fist> "Well... @#$%."
[2015-07-04 23:29:00] <Stonewall> "Mikaboshi..."
[2015-07-04 23:29:48] * Stonewall gulps, then looks to Afro Fist.
[2015-07-04 23:30:14] <Stonewall> "Help me get these people outta here. If that thin' comes this way. ya and Skates run, got it?"
[2015-07-04 23:31:17] <Afro_Fist> "Dude. Brotha. Really though. Quit with that 'I'll hold it off an'you guys run' shit, really, you forget who you talkin' to?"
[2015-07-04 23:32:06] <Stonewall> "Nah, someone's gotta tell the other Independents when this gets worse."
[2015-07-04 23:32:08] <Afro_Fist> "But uh... ...yea'. Think that's... think that's a lil over our weight class. Uh, wanna ring up GG?"
[2015-07-04 23:32:18] <Afro_Fist> "Yea', that's what you got a frickin' communicator for. Foo'."
[2015-07-04 23:32:46] * Stonewall walks forward to the panicked citizens
[2015-07-04 23:33:58] <Stonewall> "Alright!" he calls out. "All o' ya calm down! We're the Independents, damn it. There ain't a time when we're here to protect ya."
[2015-07-04 23:34:19] <Stonewall> "Now ya'll start by makin' yer way down 'ere, away from that thing. We'll take it down."
[2015-07-04 23:34:38] * Stonewall may be making impossible promises for the sake of easing up the populace
[2015-07-04 23:34:59] <GMpenguin> *The civilians take heed of Stonewall's EPIC SPEECH*
[2015-07-04 23:35:13] <GMpenguin> *And begin calming down and evacuating*
[2015-07-04 23:35:15] * Afro_Fist gives Stonewall an INSPIRING THUMBS UP - and goes to fuss with his communicator and try to call in back up. "Uh, yo, so... anyone listenin'? Th'big snake's on th'loose over Singapore. We gonna need some more guys."
[2015-07-04 23:35:22] <GMpenguin> *Sirens blaring all the while
[2015-07-04 23:36:27] <GMpenguin> *SPARC* "Some members of China's Excellent Fifty are headed your way, Afro Fist"
[2015-07-04 23:36:45] <Stonewall> "China's who?"
[2015-07-04 23:37:09] <GMpenguin> "The Excellent Fifty. China's government superteam numbering sixty seven members"
[2015-07-04 23:37:45] <Afro_Fist> "So, what, th'last seventeen are just arright?"
[2015-07-04 23:38:03] <Stonewall> "That ain't gonna be 'nough."
[2015-07-04 23:40:20] <GMPhase> *Canada Man's voice comes in, very faintly. Last you guys heard, he and many of the other Independents are still in the western hemisphere.* "Can't send a-... hands full with-... bases putting up-.... SHADOWY powers-..."
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[2015-07-04 23:43:25] <Synth> "Just... What are we supposed to do Riot?"
[2015-07-04 23:43:45] <Riot> 4<c> "..."
[2015-07-04 23:43:50] <Lizard-Man> "We hold out as long as we can."
[2015-07-04 23:43:57] <Riot> 4<c> "Evacuate Singapore and try and slow it down."
[2015-07-04 23:44:12] <Riot> 4<c> "..."
[2015-07-04 23:44:41] <Riot> 4<c> "... Yeah, We've fought gods before. Hell, I damn near cut Teshub in half."
[2015-07-04 23:44:51] <Lizard-Man> "Synth, you can build machines? How big of a machine can you build?"
[2015-07-04 23:46:46] <Katastrophe> "You keep fighting."
[2015-07-04 23:46:47] <Synth> "Uh, fairly big I guess, though I'm not that fast at it."
[2015-07-04 23:47:13] <Lizard-Man> "I think we need something that can match it for scale."
[2015-07-04 23:47:32] <Katastrophe> Katastrophe tilts her broom over and gives chase to Mikaboshi, firing out lightning as she nears it, rain sizzling off her wards.
[2015-07-04 23:47:52] <GMpenguin> *The lightning scorches some of the scales*
[2015-07-04 23:48:04] <GMpenguin> *Maybe a hundred out of hundreds of thousands*
[2015-07-04 23:49:14] <Lizard-Man> "Build a giant mongoose Mecha! We'll buy you some time."
[2015-07-04 23:49:45] <Synth> "Out of what? There's nothing to work with up here!"
[2015-07-04 23:50:41] <Lizard-Man> "Find the pieces of the rocket, space debris, anything."
[2015-07-04 23:50:48] <Lizard-Man> "Get the moon rabbits to help."
[2015-07-04 23:54:00] <Lizard-Man> "Riot, don't suppose you have some kind of cloaking field? Maybe we can catch it off guard and hit a weak spot."
[2015-07-04 23:54:33] * Riot 4circles the massive form of Apep looking for any weak points. "No luck, dude."
[2015-07-04 23:54:58] <Riot> 4"Skates has holograms, but he's on the ground with Stone and Afro."
[2015-07-04 23:55:43] <Lizard-Man> "Right."
[2015-07-04 23:56:12] <Riot> 4"Should I go in for an attack run?"
[2015-07-04 23:56:38] <Lizard-Man> "Yeah, try and put some extra force into my punch."
[2015-07-04 23:58:25] <Lizard-Man> "Better yet. Get me onto it."

[2015-07-05 00:04:28] * Riot 4flies in front of the monster's face. "Okay. HEY APEP! YOU EVER SAW THE VIDEO ME MAKING A GOD BLEED?"
[2015-07-05 00:05:13] * Riot 4sets off on an aggressive flight path around the Mikaboshi while Lizard-Man takes action!.
[2015-07-05 00:06:18] <GMpenguin> *The snake tries to track Riot for a while, but eventually gives up on its eyes being spinning fast enough for the gnat and continues moving forward*
[2015-07-05 00:08:54] <GMpenguin> *It lands in the city, curling itself around REPUBLIC PLAZA, a 919 foot tall skyscraper residing in Singapore's central business district*
[2015-07-05 00:09:16] <GMpenguin> *The building is tied with One Raffles Place and United Overseas Bank PLaza One as Singapore's tallest building!*
[2015-07-05 00:10:03] <GMpenguin> *Its eyes flash purple as it gazes down upon the city*
[2015-07-05 00:10:49] <GMpenguin> *Tiny people run in terror. Many stream out of the building. As the snake curls around the skyscraper, masonry, glass, and steel rend and crack*
[2015-07-05 00:11:21] <GMpenguin> <Return to chaos, small ones>
[2015-07-05 00:14:13] * Stonewall witnesses the giant snake from a distance. "Damn it, he's gonna shatter that thin' and everyone inside."
[2015-07-05 00:14:33] * Stonewall looks to Afro Fist. "How we gonna distract it?"
[2015-07-05 00:17:39] <Afro_Fist> "...nnfh. Hell if I know."
[2015-07-05 00:17:55] * Afro_Fist starts running in that direction, regardless!
[2015-07-05 00:18:15] * Stonewall runs out to the street in desperation, grabbing the nearest empty car and throwing it at the giant serpent. "MIKABOSHI! YA WANNA CRUSH SOMETHIN'? TRY ME, STONEWALL. TOUGHEST ONE THERE IS!"
[2015-07-05 00:20:32] * Stonewall for once in his life since being a hero has an excuse to yell out his title to someone else
[2015-07-05 00:21:08] <GMpenguin> *The car impacts MIkaboshi's tail and explodes*
[2015-07-05 00:21:17] <GMpenguin> *Mikaboshi doesn't seem to mind much*
[2015-07-05 00:22:06] * Stonewall growls at failing to distract it
[2015-07-05 00:23:07] * Afro_Fist THINKS BACK TO HIS LESSONS as he runs! "...dammit. Where am I gonna get a second giant snake god? ...or a pufferfish an'dried newt fo'that matter?"
[2015-07-05 00:25:38] <Synth> "...Hey SPARC? Is there anything special about the satellite that SHADOW wanted it for? They must have seen something like this happening."
[2015-07-05 00:27:40] <GMpenguin> *SPARC* "I installed an orbital weapon on it two weeks ago. SHADOW might have been interested in that. Likely, however, SHADOW was simply interested on having a satellite that had very little documentation on it to use for their purposes"
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[2015-07-05 00:29:38] <Synth> "I... kinda wish you'd let me know sooner, but thanks for thinking ahead. Do you think you could time a hit so we can all try to bring Mikaboshi down at the same time?"
[2015-07-05 00:30:15] <GMPhase> *SPARC* "It /was/ to be for emergencies only." *He says, apologetically.*
[2015-07-05 00:31:31] <Synth> "Heh. Well, I don't think people will be too upset if we use it to stop the snake."
[2015-07-05 00:31:51] <GMpenguin> *SPARC* "I am unsure what simultaneous attacks with fists and hoverboards would add to the force of the fusion cannon"
[2015-07-05 00:32:25] <GMpenguin> *SPARC* "I am also sure that utilization of the fusion cannon in such a densely populated area would cause considerable collateral damage"
[2015-07-05 00:33:37] <Synth> "Ah, that could make things worse."
[2015-07-05 00:34:06] <Katastrophe> "If we could lure it away from the city though."
[2015-07-05 00:34:07] <Riot> 4<c> "Everyone in that building would be dead for sure."
[2015-07-05 00:34:14] <Afro_Fist> <c> "Can we get it away from th'populated area somehow?"
[2015-07-05 00:34:23] <Afro_Fist> "Just gotta get it t'take us seriously, an'chase our fliers out over th'bay."
[2015-07-05 00:35:07] <Stonewall> <c> "Gotta realize we're a threat to it."
[2015-07-05 00:35:19] <Riot> 4"We could all hit it at once. All six of us."
[2015-07-05 00:35:32] <Stonewall> <c> "Ya think that'll do it?"
[2015-07-05 00:35:34] <Katastrophe> "Agreed."
[2015-07-05 00:35:36] <Synth> <c> "Everyone hit it at the same time, then flee up and over the bay?"
[2015-07-05 00:36:01] <Stonewall> <c> "I'd gotta go underground."
[2015-07-05 00:36:07] <Riot> 4<c> "Can't say for sure, but it's our best chance at saving whoever's in that skyscrapper."
[2015-07-05 00:38:42] <Synth> <c> "Then let's give it a try."
[2015-07-05 00:39:16] <Stonewall> <c> "Gonna have to get close somehow."
[2015-07-05 00:39:25] <Stonewall> <c> "Or throw somethin'."
[2015-07-05 00:39:51] <Katastrophe> "I will fly you in."
[2015-07-05 00:40:18] <Stonewall> <c> "Me and Afro Fist then will hit it together."
[2015-07-05 00:41:01] * Katastrophe flies down to pick Stonewall and Afro Fist up on an extended broom
[2015-07-05 00:41:12] <Synth> <c> "Then the rest of us will 'follow up' and get it to chase us, got it."
[2015-07-05 00:41:33] * Stonewall climbs on, though wondering whether the broom will break
[2015-07-05 00:41:43] * Synth flies somewhat close to the group and prepares to fire at Mikaboshi.
[2015-07-05 00:43:56] * Katastrophe brings it up into a hover after Afro gets on, the broom is stronger than it looks! She starts flying towards the mighty snake god.
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[2015-07-05 00:45:28] * Afro_Fist clings!
[2015-07-05 00:45:53] * Riot 4ferries Lizard-Man over to the creature once more, ready for a combined attack! "Ready team!"
[2015-07-05 00:46:10] <Katastrophe> "Ready."
[2015-07-05 00:46:14] <Stonewall> "Ready."
[2015-07-05 00:46:55] * Lizard-Man nods and braces himself. "Ready. Time to see if we can teach an old god new tricks."
[2015-07-05 00:47:36] <Riot> 4On my mark.... And Mark!"
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[2015-07-05 00:48:39] * Synth fires a wave of missiles at the serpent.
[2015-07-05 00:49:59] * Riot 4charges at the beast, glinging Lizard-Man at Apep before looking for a joint in it's scales and wedging his board in there!
[2015-07-05 00:50:03] * Stonewall jumps down and HAMMERS Mikaboshi right at the spot!
[2015-07-05 00:50:27] * Lizard-Man leaps up, spinning and striking twice with his tail.
[2015-07-05 00:51:13] <GMpenguin> *Mikaboshi takes a PUNCH*
[2015-07-05 00:51:15] <GMpenguin> *TO THE NOISE*
[2015-07-05 00:51:19] * Afro_Fist delivers CHI PUNCHES, trying to stun the massive greature!
[2015-07-05 00:51:20] <GMpenguin> *NOSE*
[2015-07-05 00:51:22] <Afro_Fist> creature
[2015-07-05 00:51:27] <GMpenguin> *AND combined with EVERY OTHER ATTACK*
[2015-07-05 00:51:41] <GMpenguin> *The great serpent chips its tooth*
[2015-07-05 00:51:54] <GMpenguin> *It reels back in a UTTER INCONVENIENCE*
[2015-07-05 00:52:10] <GMpenguin> *And in its writhing, it throws Stonewall off of its snout*
[2015-07-05 00:52:22] <GMpenguin> *And tosses him far far away into the Pacific*
[2015-07-05 00:53:22] <Lizard-Man> "Mikaboshi! God or not, we won't let you hurt these people!"
[2015-07-05 00:53:43] <GMpenguin> <It is not a question of permission, small one>
[2015-07-05 00:54:04] <GMpenguin> *Its eyes glow a malevolent purple as the heroes all feel their minds being assaulted*
[2015-07-05 00:55:41] <GMpenguin> <But I give you permission to leave>
[2015-07-05 00:55:58] <GMpenguin> <I have no intention of harming such bold creatures so skilled at destruction>
[2015-07-05 00:58:55] * Katastrophe grits her teeth and grasps her head before fleeing on her broom, "You will pay for this Apep, on swear it on Bast's name."
[2015-07-05 00:59:52] * Riot 4tries to shake free of the creature's grip, but even now he finds himself carrying Lizard-Man away from the carnage.
[2015-07-05 01:03:47] * Afro_Fist grits his teeth, and yells up at the creature, "/Hell/ no, foo'! I don't want your permission! None of us do! I'd prefer t'be destroyed myself than t'need to just stand back an'watch you kill all these innocents folks!"
[2015-07-05 01:04:19] <GMpenguin> <Heh. Kill.>
[2015-07-05 01:04:43] <GMpenguin> *Mikaboshi wraps around the building but does not constrict it any further. People continue streaming out of the building*
[2015-07-05 01:05:07] <Afro_Fist> "Don't ignore me, don't /disrespect/ me! I'm th'goddamn AFRO FIST, an'if I'm hittin' you an'tellin' you t'stop whatever th'hell you doin', you gonna PAY HEED to it, foo'!"
[2015-07-05 01:05:26] <Afro_Fist> "frickin' asphole"
[2015-07-05 01:06:44] <GMpenguin> <Small one, I respect you highly.>
[2015-07-05 01:07:00] <GMpenguin> <I respect you all highly. Your souls burn so brightly>
[2015-07-05 01:07:09] <GMpenguin> <But I am as I am. I must destroy>
[2015-07-05 01:08:18] * Synth flies over and grabs Afro Fist. "Come on Afro. I don't think you're going to convince Mikaboshi to follow and see what we can really do by insulting him."
[2015-07-05 01:08:54] * Synth starts flying away with Afro if she can.
[2015-07-05 01:09:33] <GMpenguin> *Mikaboshi watches the two depart*
[2015-07-05 01:09:37] * Afro_Fist clings Mikaboshi another moment, feebly-- then lets himself be pulled away.
[2015-07-05 01:09:48] <Afro_Fist> **clings to Mikaboshi
[2015-07-05 01:10:26] <GMpenguin> *And then stares down at the civilians streaming out of the building pensively, resting on the building*
[2015-07-05 01:14:06] <Afro_Fist> "You really think... really think you gonna be able t'just keep doin' this? Crushin' buildings, destroyin' cities... y'gotta /know/ you gonna be stopped. An'it won't be long. You ain't th'only god, y'know."
[2015-07-05 01:14:20] <Afro_Fist> "What's even th'point?"
[2015-07-05 01:15:13] <GMpenguin> <Does there need to be a point?>
[2015-07-05 01:15:23] <GMpenguin> *The question does not appear to be rhetorical*
[2015-07-05 01:16:33] * Afro_Fist glances at Synth, uncertainly. Then back up at the snakemonster.
[2015-07-05 01:17:32] <Afro_Fist> "I think it's important, fo'what that's worth. Havin' drive. Not just doin' something because it's what comes easy to you, or 'cause you're supposed to."
[2015-07-05 01:18:14] <GMpenguin> <Are you not supposed to be a hero, Lincoln? And thus by the same token am I not supposed to be destroyer?>
[2015-07-05 01:19:03] <GMpenguin> <We have all been given roles. What is the point of gravity? What is the point of minds? What is the point of a sunrise?>
[2015-07-05 01:19:08] <GMpenguin> <Are not things as they are?>
[2015-07-05 01:19:14] <GMpenguin> <Are you not a hero as you are a hero?>
[2015-07-05 01:19:19] <GMpenguin> <Am I not a god as I am a god?>
[2015-07-05 01:19:35] <Afro_Fist> "/Supposed/ t'be? Naw, man, I ain't been given a role. I'm a hero 'cause I /chose/ t'be. If I did like I was /supposed/ to, I'd be livin' on th'streets in a slum. Or maybe dead, fo'all I know. An'th'same for my family."
[2015-07-05 01:21:05] <Afro_Fist> "Th'place I was born in weren't pretty, an'well, things weren't real nice for anyone there. It was all just a foregone conclusion, y'know? Grow up poor, get in with a bad crowd, propagate th'cycle an'die young. I was given th'chance t'change, an'then t'go back an'make it all better, an'I took it."
[2015-07-05 01:21:48] <GMpenguin> *And as Afro speaks, the world shifts around him. He and Synth sees his boyhood. Sees what he could have been. Sees who he became. Sees his path*
[2015-07-05 01:21:58] <GMpenguin> *His life story laid bare as the serpent observes*
[2015-07-05 01:23:17] <Afro_Fist> "It's th'same for a lotta people. They don't always know it, but well, just 'cause you've got a path laid out for ya, simple an'obvious an'easy, don't mean that takin' it an'goin' with th'flow ain't a decision of itself. Everyone's got a responsibility for how they end up."
[2015-07-05 01:23:18] <GMpenguin> <Continue>
[2015-07-05 01:23:35] <GMpenguin> *And as Afro speaks, more stories pop up arund him*
[2015-07-05 01:23:36] <Afro_Fist> "Synth, why're you th'way you are?"
[2015-07-05 01:24:00] <Afro_Fist> "Was there another way y'coulda been, if y'chose to?"
[2015-07-05 01:24:04] <GMpenguin> *Not just his. But everyone Afro has met. Everyone whose life was changed by Afro. Everyone who changed Afro's life*
[2015-07-05 01:24:16] <GMpenguin> *There's Uncle. There's Cold Snap. There's Shrike. There's Afro Mom*
[2015-07-05 01:24:23] <GMpenguin> *And so the serpent observes*
[2015-07-05 01:24:53] <Synth> "Well, something said 'Destiny' to me, so I went with it. But I chose to be a hero with my abilities. That wasn't something pushed on me. I'm still not sure sometimes if I want to be a hero."
[2015-07-05 01:25:15] <GMpenguin> *And there's the library Ada Hopper found herself in*
[2015-07-05 01:25:18] <GMpenguin> *And the tablet*
[2015-07-05 01:25:24] <GMpenguin> *And all her adventures with the Independents*
[2015-07-05 01:25:41] <GMpenguin> *Friendship. Pain. Drama. Anger. Companionship. Joy*
[2015-07-05 01:26:30] <GMpenguin> <I see. Ada.>
[2015-07-05 01:26:30] * Afro_Fist shifts in slight discomfort as the serpent studies his mind, but he doesn't attempt to resist.
[2015-07-05 01:26:32] <Synth> "But I keep at it. Because experiencing things like all of this; seems to be so much more meaningful than simply doing what is easy, and trying to take everything I can for myself."
[2015-07-05 01:27:29] <GMpenguin> *And then...*
[2015-07-05 01:27:33] <GMpenguin> *They're back*
[2015-07-05 01:27:36] <GMpenguin> *In Singapore*
[2015-07-05 01:27:51] <GMpenguin> <How strange. You are so small>
[2015-07-05 01:27:54] <GMpenguin> <Yet your lives are so much larger>
[2015-07-05 01:28:04] <Afro_Fist> "Naw, man."
[2015-07-05 01:28:05] <GMpenguin> *And then there are images that float inside Afro and Synth's heads*
[2015-07-05 01:28:11] <Afro_Fist> "It ain't strange."
[2015-07-05 01:28:14] <GMpenguin> *Images of every person in a three block radius*
[2015-07-05 01:28:17] <GMpenguin> *Their own stories*
[2015-07-05 01:28:22] <GMpenguin> *Their own choices*
[2015-07-05 01:30:01] <Afro_Fist> "It's what it is t'live, y'see? We're all like that.It ain't as simple as 'this is how y'are, now stick to it.' Not unless y'choose to make it that way fo'yoself, anyway."
[2015-07-05 01:30:17] <GMpenguin> <...>
[2015-07-05 01:30:22] <GMpenguin> <Yes, choice>
[2015-07-05 01:30:49] <GMpenguin> *Mikaboshi uncurls itself from the building*
[2015-07-05 01:30:59] <GMpenguin> <I suppose I've not made one yet>
[2015-07-05 01:31:14] <Afro_Fist> "I ain't gonna lie. I think what you're doin' here, t'these people in this city, I think it's wrong. But if nothin' else, man, listen."
[2015-07-05 01:31:44] <Afro_Fist> "Whatever y'do with yoself, it should be somethin' you're doin' because... well, not just because you're told that's how y'are."
[2015-07-05 01:31:53] <GMpenguin> <....>
[2015-07-05 01:31:55] * Synth nods.
[2015-07-05 01:32:17] <GMpenguin> *The great telepathic ultimate being looks upon the pair of heroes*
[2015-07-05 01:32:55] <GMpenguin> <There are so many lights here. You two shine bright, but so do many others. I do not wish to extinguish any of them. I choose not to wish it, even as my bones sing the songs of chaos and destruction>
[2015-07-05 01:33:36] <GMpenguin> <I see now that the circumstances of one's creation are irrelevant>
[2015-07-05 01:33:50] <GMpenguin> <It is what one does with the gift of creation that is truly meaningful>
[2015-07-05 01:34:04] <GMpenguin> *His eyes glow once more*
[2015-07-05 01:34:15] <GMpenguin> *And then its serpent lips curl into a strange smile*
[2015-07-05 01:34:18] <GMpenguin> <Free SHADOW>
[2015-07-05 01:34:36] <GMpenguin> *It then slithers off the building and then into the sea*
[2015-07-05 01:35:12] <Afro_Fist> "...did it... ah..."
[2015-07-05 01:35:28] * Afro_Fist watches the creature depart, still hanging in the air in Synth's grip.
[2015-07-05 01:35:34] <GMpenguin> *And then Katastrophe, Riot, Lizard-Man all feel their minds release*
[2015-07-05 01:36:03] * Synth shakes her head in wonder.
[2015-07-05 01:36:19] <Synth> "I think... we did it."
[2015-07-05 01:36:25] * Riot 4drops Lizard-Man off on a rooftop and clutches his head.
[2015-07-05 01:37:01] <Afro_Fist> "I'm gonna fistbump you really frickin' epically as soon as your hands are free, arright?"
[2015-07-05 01:39:11] * Synth smiles widely and sets Afro Fist down on one of the many rooftops.
[2015-07-05 01:39:25] <GMpenguin> *As the heroes reflect on what just happened they hear Mikaboshi one last time *
[2015-07-05 01:39:38] <GMpenguin> <Oh, and Afro? One more thing>
[2015-07-05 01:39:51] <Afro_Fist> "...?"
[2015-07-05 01:40:19] <GMpenguin> *And they suddenly get the impression of a mountain. They instinctively know it to be a volcanic one in the Andes. And that it contains the location of the SHADOWY Figures*
[2015-07-05 01:40:33] <GMpenguin> <Some would take away all the choices in the world>
[2015-07-05 01:40:49] <GMpenguin> <And deny the light of creation to the created>
[2015-07-05 01:40:55] <GMpenguin> <Those are the true evil of this world>
[2015-07-05 01:41:00] <GMpenguin> <Farewell>
[2015-07-05 01:41:03] <GMpenguin> *And then he's gone*
[2015-07-05 01:41:29] * Afro_Fist grins, and bows his head in gratitude.
[2015-07-05 01:42:59] * Synth looks over at Afro and holds a fist up.
[2015-07-05 01:44:41] * Afro_Fist looks back at her. Grins more widely, and tiredly gives THE MOST EPIC OF ALL FIST BUMPS.
[2015-07-05 01:44:55] <GMpenguin> *And as East and West bump fists, the sun rises over Singapore*
[2015-07-05 01:44:56] <Afro_Fist> *actually just a little fistbump, but with HEART*
[2015-07-05 01:45:33] <GMpenguin> *Our heroes have prevent a great threat to the world*
[2015-07-05 01:45:44] <GMpenguin> *And have convinced a creature of destruction that it need not take that path*
[2015-07-05 01:45:52] <GMpenguin> *Could this be their ultimate victory?*
[2015-07-05 01:45:55] <GMpenguin> *END OF PART ONE*
[2015-07-05 01:45:58] <GMpenguin> *Credits*
[2015-07-05 01:46:00] <GMpenguin> *Credits*
[2015-07-05 01:46:02] <GMpenguin> *Credits*
[2015-07-05 01:46:04] <GMpenguin> *Credits*
[2015-07-05 01:46:06] <GMpenguin> *Credits*
[2015-07-05 01:46:24] <GMpenguin> *Open on the LIZARD SENTAI sitting on a dock in Tokyo*
[2015-07-05 01:46:42] <GMpenguin> *Each of them eating lunch, the wreckage of a massive robot with the emblem of SHADOW smoking in the background*
[2015-07-05 01:46:51] <GMpenguin> *As Lizard Red is about to chomp on an octopus ball*
[2015-07-05 01:46:58] <GMpenguin> *He sees something rocky approach the shore*
[2015-07-05 01:47:01] <GMpenguin> "...?"
[2015-07-05 01:47:10] <GMpenguin> *Stonewall stomps back up*
[2015-07-05 01:47:15] <GMpenguin> *Covered in barnacles*
[2015-07-05 01:47:19] <GMpenguin> *Sea weed*
[2015-07-05 01:47:29] <GMpenguin> *A couple of starfish*
[2015-07-05 01:47:38] <GMpenguin> *And one squid wrapped aruond his face*
[2015-07-05 01:47:40] <GMpenguin> *END*
[2015-07-05 01:47:42] =-= GMpenguin is now known as kpenguin
[2015-07-05 01:47:52] =-= YOU are now known as EikaForge
[2015-07-05 01:48:01] =-= Synth is now known as memnarch
[2015-07-05 01:48:05] =-= GMPhase is now known as Phase
[2015-07-05 01:48:43] =-= Lizard-Man is now known as Kris_Strife
[2015-07-05 01:48:45] <--| Stonewall has left #DayOfIndependence
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