Baltimore, Jenning's meeting about the Northwood Brawl

You are now known as OB|DirectorJennings
<Pink> I think we all know she's the director dude
<soulpelt|Wink> OB|DirectorJennings: shorten your name to OB|Jennings
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<Somecrazyguy> (give me a few mins, writing it up)
<OB|Jennings> (This is gonna be FUN.)
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<soulpelt|Wink> (OB|Jennings. Jennings/Paliza OTP)
<Proth|Precious> (JenningsXPrecous OP)
<OB|Jennings> (Fuckno)
<Somecrazyguy> After finding out about the situation developing in Northwood, you immediately decided to call a meeting with all of your capes present. Bramble and Barb are the first two to show up, immediately deciding on separate sides of the 'Command Center'.
<Somecrazyguy> Next to show are Topiary, Pinpoint, Nightshade, Burstnova, and finally, Palisade.
<Somecrazyguy> Barry looks towards you. "You've decided to take point on this one, I'll advise from here. Is there anyone else you want to call?
<Somecrazyguy> "
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<Somecrazyguy> You notice that none of your capes are talking to each other. A problem, maybe. Shit. You really should have met with your capes sooner. ||
<OB|Jennings> You can tell that calling in another, /outsider/ cape could be seen as distancing yourself from your own Protectorate, and that it might not go over particularly well, but losing because you did not have enough people at hand would be worse.
<Somecrazyguy>  (You can use first person, OB.)
<OB|Jennings> I speak. "Paliza would be a a good cape to ask to come along. He has shown willingness to fight the Ice Picks, and I want to continue making connections with local capes. The added muscle won't hurt."
<OB|Jennings> Talking to Bramble, then Barb: "Do you forsee a problem with integrating him into group strategies?" Bramble has a history of risky manuevers when he feels unacknowledged, and Bramble is the most likely to speak up if there is a problem. She is also most likely to take the leader position in the Protectorate.
<OB|Jennings> ||
<Somecrazyguy> Bramble shrugs.
<Somecrazyguy> Barb looks at you, confused. "We have group strategies? We haven't gone into the field together, yet."
<Somecrazyguy> She says it in a biting manner. Disrespectful, blaming you.
<Somecrazyguy> "So what, we're supposed to go into the field now, for our first time, dealing with..." She looks at the monitor. "Ten-plus capes? Are you shitting me?" ||
<Somecrazyguy> (Waiting on you OB|Jennings...)
<OB|Jennings> "We don't have enough firepower to arrest the group directly. What I want you to do, is stay on the sidelines, and if we see an opportunity, make a couple of arrests. "
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<Somecrazyguy> "Makes more sense, but that makes us targets. And in the meantime, people get hurt."
<Somecrazyguy> Pinpoint agrees with her. "Doesn't seem like the best strategy, leaves us open to get blindsided by anyone else joining in.
<Somecrazyguy> |\
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<OB|Jennings> "Do you have a suggestion? Splitting up, entering the brawl directly leads to you getting surrounded, and defeated in detail."||
<Somecrazyguy> Palisade steps forward.
<Somecrazyguy> "I can take most of them down, act as point. Are we going after everyone? Because that makes things easier."
<Somecrazyguy> Pinpoint smirks. "A little overconfident, but not wholly wrong. Palisade can take down most of these guys." ||
<OB|Jennings> "If you are confident in your ability to capture or take down most of them, we can afford to be less cautious. How does a sweep through sound? Charge in, foam anyone who falls, then step back?||
<Somecrazyguy> "Doable, but I can only carry so much foam." His suit is huge, but from what you understand, that's by necessity. Not a lot of it seems like storage space.
<OB|Jennings> "And if you had PRT backup?"||
<Somecrazyguy> ((I wasn't done.))
<Somecrazyguy> ((Please wait for the ||))
<OB|Jennings> ((Sorry.))
<Somecrazyguy> Topiary shouts from the back: "I want in on this. Been a while since Jubokko has gotten any action."
<Somecrazyguy> Barb glares at her. "I don't want her th-" Bramble interrupts.
<Somecrazyguy> "Let her do what she wants, Karyn. Christ."
<Somecrazyguy> More glares between the two. ||
<OB|Jennings> "The Youth Guard representative was very emphatic that Wards should not be in dangerous battle zones. This counts. How close to the action do you need to be, Topiary?||
<Somecrazyguy> "Fairly close. I give my minions commands via touch, so i can't be too far." ||
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<OB|Jennings> "I'm sorry, Topiary, but since Grindmauler, we have seen that this job can be lethal. I don't think the middle of a pitched battle is the best place for your abilities.
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<Somecrazyguy> (Waiting on ||)
<OB|Jennings> I turn towards Pinpoint, hoping he gets the hint: "Piinpoint, you will be watching from the side, far enough from the brawl. Will you require protection?" This will probably be annoying for Topiary, but she won't be able to say that this is not important.||
<Somecrazyguy> "I'd prefer a sniping position, and specific targets. I don't think I'll be very helpful at the start, but once things calm down I'd be more of an asset that way."
<Somecrazyguy> Topiary shrugs. "At least you learned from last time. Since I'm not involved, I'm going to the Wards' quarters. Come on Nightshade."
<Somecrazyguy> Nightshade nods, and follows her out. ||
<OB|Jennings> ((I meant for Topiary to guard Pinpoint...))
<OB|Jennings> ((Can't say anything, it would betray weakness))
<Somecrazyguy> (REDACT, then.)
<Somecrazyguy> (REDACTING FROM FIRST POST SINCE OB'S ||
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<Somecrazyguy> "Not the best plan. If I'm focusing on Topiary the whole time, I won't be very useful at anything else. I think I'm more useful as a lone sniper than as a babysitter, no offense Topsy."
<Somecrazyguy> She chuckles. "Dick." ||
<Somecrazyguy> (Waiting on OB|Jennings )
<OB|Jennings> Working on it!
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<OB|Jennings> Looking at Palisade, I try a different tack. "How's this, then. Palisade, you go down the middle, with our people who are more capable of taking a punch, then Squad One and Topiary, Squad Two and Bramble and Burstnova go after targets of opportunity.
<OB|Jennings> "Barb, how strong are your shields? Strong enough to go in with Palisade?"||
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<Somecrazyguy> "I can handle myself just fine, yeah."
<Somecrazyguy> Pinpoint coughs.
<Somecrazyguy> "Might want to bring the squads in too, if you're involving them." ||
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<OB|Jennings> "Barry, please call in Lts. Livvy and Jameson? They will be needed."
<Somecrazyguy> He nods, dialing from a nearby phone and doing so.
<Somecrazyguy> "They'll be here momentarily. Would you also like me to call Paliza?" ||
<OB|Jennings> "Yes, please."||
<Somecrazyguy> He begins dialing Paliza, as Livvy and Jameson show up.
<Somecrazyguy> "Reporting for duty, Director." Livvy starts, as Jameson stays quiet.
<Somecrazyguy> "How can we help you?" ||
<OB|Jennings> I stand up in respect for our squad leaders. Jameson has just lost Squaddie Peirce, I don't even know if any of them are capable of fighting yet.
<OB|Jennings> "We have a situation in Northwood. A dozen capes fighting it out on the streets. I'd like to know if your people are able to go around the edges of the fight, picking off stragglers. This is a lot to ask, especially so soon after your ordeal yesterday. I won't think any less of you for staying back.
<OB|Jennings> "Is this something the PRT Squads can do?"||
<Somecrazyguy> Jameson speaks up. "That's our B&B ma'am. Most of our training is in containment. I don't foresee any problems, especially if we'll have cape assistance."
<Somecrazyguy> Livvy chimes in. "We're in complete agreement on this. Just tell us when and where, we'll take care of it." ||
<OB|Jennings> "All right, seems we have a plan."||
<Somecrazyguy> Barb looks at you.
<Somecrazyguy> "So uh...Go?" ||
<Somecrazyguy> -||
<Somecrazyguy> "We...don't know who we're fighting. I'd kind of like a briefing on that." ||
<OB|Jennings> "Of course. I was getting to that. Janice?"||
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<Somecrazyguy> Everyone looks around, awkwardly.
<Somecrazyguy> "Should I call Janice too?" Barry says with a laugh. ||
<Somecrazyguy> (Barry is still on the phone with Paliza)
<OB|Jennings>  "Yes, please. In the meantime, Pinpoint, would you call up the cape that helped against Grindmauler? Perhaps she has information she is willing to share."
<OB|Jennings> ||
<Somecrazyguy> "Before I do that, Paliza needs transport back and forth from the scene, and can only be there for two hours. Is that acceptable?" ||
<OB|Jennings> "It is." Having more hands on deck is better than just acceptable. If necessary, I'll drive him home myself.||
<Somecrazyguy> He barks into the phone. "Is it alright if Jennings picks you up herself?" ||
<Pink|Paperdoll> (ahahahaha)
<OB|Jennings> (I did not say that out loud!)
<soulpelt|Game> ((oh god. perfection))
<Somecrazyguy> ((How could I resist?))
<Somecrazyguy> (In all seriousness, that's not happening.)
<OB|Jennings> (OH thank god)
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<Somecrazyguy> Barry arranges transportation for Paliza, before calling Janice into the room.
<Somecrazyguy> "I'm assuming this is about the Northwood situation?" ||
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<OB|Jennings> "Hello, Janice, and yes it is. What information do you have on the Ice Picks and the Crusaders? And do you have anything new on Blood FIst? If we are going to have more capes joining in the Brawl, it is likely to be them, going by the map."||
<Somecrazyguy> "Nothing new on the Fist, as of yet."
<Somecrazyguy> "All of our resources have been going after Grindmauler. Speaking of which, I have a file to show you, concerning that. Top priority, but we'll take care of this first."
<Somecrazyguy> "The Ice Picks are a smaller gang that's been aggressively taking territory, known for drug dealing and serious retribution. They originally had a 2 block radius, but in the last month they've taken most of Hampden."
<Somecrazyguy> "Serious threats include Sleetz, a shaker 5, striker 8. Cryokinetic. Wanted for questioning in a couple of murders, where the victims were frozen, limbs torn off."
<Somecrazyguy> "They also have a lot of rank and file, as well as Hobbler, a speedster with a prosthetic leg. We don't know much about him that's relevant right now."
<Somecrazyguy> "The Crusaders are a protection racket that tends to enforce brutally, killing more than a few criminals, but they've helped us out in a few class S situations."
<Somecrazyguy> "They keep a lot of their members under wraps, where powers are concerned. We know most about Templar, although she doesn't have a rating yet."
<Somecrazyguy> "She doesn't sleep, seems to be a brute on the same level of Alexandria, hits people with invisible weapons. Strong enough to send people through walls."
<Somecrazyguy> "They also have a case 53 seemingly made of fire, Pyromancer. He tends to burn down buildings of enemy gangs." ||
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<OB|Jennings> "What eyewitness accounts do we have on the fight going on now? What powers are being used by the unknown capes?"
<OB|Jennings> "Someone called this in, what did they say?"||
<Somecrazyguy> The satellite picture is on the screen, still.
<Somecrazyguy> "We've got at least 15 capes in there now, a few of them unknown."
<Somecrazyguy> "I can identify Sleetz, Speedbump (a case 53 hero, used to be one of the wards, went independant), Rhythm and Beat, Hobbler, Pyromancer, and Templar."
<Somecrazyguy> The rest, unknown."
<Somecrazyguy> The satellite images keep jumping forward, it isn't a steady stream.
<Somecrazyguy> Still pictures of the brawl keep flashing on the screen.
<Somecrazyguy> "We got multiple calls, mainly just saying the obvious. Cape fight in Northwood." ||
<OB|Jennings> "What can you tell us about Speedbump, Rythm, and Beat?"||
<Somecrazyguy> "Speedbump's been out of town a while, which is why he wasn't in the files I prepared for you. He must have just come back. He absorbs kinetic energy for later release, can use it for flight, projectiles, or impacts. Rhythm and Beat are a joke of a duo, really. A Shaker that weaponizes sound and a brute strong enough to through walls."
<Somecrazyguy> "They mostly just live off of uploaded videos from their website, tend to avoid gang fights. I don't know what the hell they're doing in this brawl." ||
<OB|Jennings> "Posie, perhaps? Or the Crusaders may have killed someone, and the rest of the cape community is not willing to take that lying down."
<OB|Jennings> "There is little way to tell, with no information."
<OB|Jennings> "Pinpoint, have you called Paperdoll? And Janice, have you talked to Storm Warning?"
<OB|Jennings> ||
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<Somecrazyguy> Stopping here for today
<Somecrazyguy> That took way too long :\
<OB|Jennings> Sorry, man.
<Somecrazyguy> It happens
<Somecrazyguy> Next session is where all the action goes down
<Somecrazyguy> Now that all the scutwork is taken care of
<OB|Jennings> Good, good.
<OB|Jennings> We're all gonna die.
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<soulpelt|Chayot> Still need me?
<Somecrazyguy> Nah
<soulpelt|Chayot> or tomorrow?
<Somecrazyguy> Might be on hold a while
<Somecrazyguy> next week is super busy
<soulpelt|Chayot> oh right
<Somecrazyguy> week after that is my wedding
<soulpelt|Chayot> wedding and shit
<soulpelt|Chayot> OB|Jennings: obviously we do an omake of Jennings and Paliza on a date
<OB|Jennings> O///O
<OB|Jennings> I was actually embarassed when Barr said that out loud...
* soulpelt|Chayot cackles
<soulpelt|Chayot> the thought of Paliza's muscles distracted you
<OB|Jennings> I did not say it out loud!
<soulpelt|Chayot> yeah Scrags goofed :P
<Pink|Paperdoll> heehee
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<Somecrazyguy> Come on
<Somecrazyguy> how could I resist
<OB|Jennings> It was funny.
<OB|Jennings> I admit, it was funny.