Iron Station Savage Masks IC

[big teej]

Well well well...

"It's just as fun on the other side of the law, and you don't have to run from the cops. As often." Raphael says with a wink.

He finally breaks eye contact and heaves another great, thoughtful sigh. "I can promise to do everything I can to get AEGIS... or at least my team, on board with this." He runs his hand through his hair a few times. "But even if they won't help--" He puts his helmet back on and locks it into place and looks back at Menagerie. "Nightgaunt backs down from no one. I'll fight him all by myself if I have to."

He chuckles. "Besides. Upsetting people seems to be a real talent of mine lately."

"I need to get back to hunting demons. They need my eyes out there. Is there anything you need to do before I try to make this official?" He asks.

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Nightgaunt gives Menagerie Influence.

[InTheMachine]

Nightgaunt
Menagerie chuckles at Nightgaunt’s joke. “From what I’ve seen, most of the heroes run from the cops just as often as I do. Seems they don’t want to deal with the paperwork.”

She considers his words for a moment, then takes a deep breath and says, “I never thought that I could get out from under his thumb, but working with you, and maybe your team, it might be possible. I believe you when you say that you’ll fight him by yourself.” She stands, balancing on the edge of the balcony with the hero and holds out her hand, offering to shake. “Thank you, Nightgaunt.”

[HIDA]

Taking advantage of The Gator's divided focus, Goldheart levels a precise swing at their foe. The strike leaves another gash across the Gatormans chest!

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11 to Hit!
8 Damage with 2 armor penetration.

[InTheMachine]

Goldheart
The gator growls as Goldheart slashes him; he doesn’t notice Yuki leap at him from behind. She rakes her back claws down the gator’s spine, and bites at the reptile’s neck. The gatorman collapses and Yuki lands on her feet before changing back into her human form.

“Are you okay?” she asks as she skirts around the gator to stand in front of Goldheart. She wipes a little bit of blood away from the corner of her mouth with the back of one hand. “I saw one of these guys really chomp down on you.”

Initiative!
6s… Yuki goes and takes out the last gator!
Combat Ends

[HIDA]

"I'm fine." Goldheart says sheathing his sword and wincing slightly at the motion. "What about you? That gator tail across the face couldn't have felt great. You up to keep going? I'm not the best tracker and wondering around here in the dark alone don't sound like my cup of tea."

[InTheMachine]

Goldheart
“I’ll be honest, it didn’t feel the best,” Yuki says, massaging her jaw. “But I’ve had worse.”

She takes a few steps until she’s in front of the large steel door that the gators were guarding. There’s no visible handle. Yuki pushes on the metal, but it doesn’t move. “The trail of the Heart Eater goes through here, but this door isn’t budging. We could ask Drake to come down here and see if he can get in, or we can go back up to the street and see if we can find another trail. What do you think?”

[HIDA]

Goldheart
“I’ll be honest, it didn’t feel the best,” Yuki says, massaging her jaw. “But I’ve had worse.”

She takes a few steps until she’s in front of the large steel door that the gators were guarding. There’s no visible handle. Yuki pushes on the metal, but it doesn’t move. “The trail of the Heart Eater goes through here, but this door isn’t budging. We could ask Drake to come down here and see if he can get in, or we can go back up to the street and see if we can find another trail. What do you think?”

"Why would the gators be guarding a door with no way to open it. Maybe one of the has a way to. I'm gonna search them. Goldheart says, Searching the fallen foes.

[InTheMachine]

Goldheart
The hero searches through the gatormen’s pants pockets, but doesn’t find anything there except for an exceptionally shiny blue stone in the front pocket of the one who bit him. It’s about 3 inches in diameter and has a smooth spot worn in the middle.

“It could open from the inside?” Yuki suggests after scrutinizing the door again. “They could have been out here to guard whoever comes out.”

[PK-Leon]

"****! Get out of here lady! Run! Redline, we need some light!" She said, before reaching out mentally to see where the man's blood was concentrated.

"Showtime!" Redline exclaims without hesitation. He snaps his fingers and a bright cone of light manifests in the air above the two women, and moves to illuminate the darkness the abomination fled into.

The woman collapses just behind Gia and Louis, tears streaming down her face. As Gia mentally reaches out for the man’s blood, she finds it spilled all over the ground behind the park bench.

"She's in no condition to leave here on her own. I've got it covered though." Redline's body emits a brief but intense flash of light and when the light dissipates there are two of them in view.

"Miss it's probably in your best interest to come with me for now, it's not safe here." The first Redline offers. "Let's get moving or else we'll lose'em!", the second says to Mary as he moves in the direction of his searchlight.

[InTheMachine]

Redline and Bloody Mary
The woman reaches out for Redline’s hand and gets shakily to her feet. She follows wherever he takes her, numb to the world.

The sudden spotlight illuminates the harrowing visage of a Heart Eater. Blood drips out from between its black fangs. It screeches and leaps at the Redline near Bloody Mary, slicing at him with its razor sharp nails.

Initiative!
3s… the Heart Eater attacks Redline!
Initiative Resets!
Aces…
Kings… Redline has Initiative!
6s… Bloody Mary has Initiative!

[HIDA]

Goldheart
The hero searches through the gatormen’s pants pockets, but doesn’t find anything there except for an exceptionally shiny blue stone in the front pocket of the one who bit him. It’s about 3 inches in diameter and has a smooth spot worn in the middle.

“It could open from the inside?” Yuki suggests after scrutinizing the door again. “They could have been out here to guard whoever comes out.”

"What about this?" Goldheart says, producing the stone for Yuki. "This could be something cuz it definitely doesn't look like nothing. You seen anything like this before?" he says.

[InTheMachine]

Goldheart
Yuki reaches into her pants pocket and pulls out a similarly shaped stone, except hers is black and shot through with white veins. “That looks like a worry stone to me… just… big enough for gator hands.”

She looks sadly at the body of the gator she mauled. His chest just barely rises and falls as he takes a shuddering breath. “You should probably give it back to him.”

[Nightengale14]

"Showtime!" Redline exclaims without hesitation. He snaps his fingers and a bright cone of light manifests in the air above the two women, and moves to illuminate the darkness the abomination fled into.



"She's in no condition to leave here on her own. I've got it covered though." Redline's body emits a brief but intense flash of light and when the light dissipates there are two of them in view.

"Miss it's probably in your best interest to come with me for now, it's not safe here." The first Redline offers. "Let's get moving or else we'll lose'em!", the second says to Mary as he moves in the direction of his searchlight.

Bloody Mary knelt down in the mess of gore left by the unfortunate man, and the pool of blood began to vanish. It came up through the palms of her hands and the veins in her arms pulsed under her skin, her eyes turning a vivid red and her skin becoming a pallid gray. When the pool of blood was gone, a process that took only a few seconds, she stood and looked at the demonic beasts with a grin. With a slashing motion of her arms, she released the collected blood like a series of razor sharp crescents aimed right at them.

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7 to hit and 30 damage

[HIDA]

Goldheart
Yuki reaches into her pants pocket and pulls out a similarly shaped stone, except hers is black and shot through with white veins. “That looks like a worry stone to me… just… big enough for gator hands.”

She looks sadly at the body of the gator she mauled. His chest just barely rises and falls as he takes a suffering breath. “You should probably give it back to him.”

"Oh wow. Look at that. Here ya go. Sorry." Goldheart says, handing the gator back his stone. "Let's get topside and get that call out."

[InTheMachine]

Goldheart
Yuki thanks Goldheart and then transforms back into her wolf form. She sniffs the ground a few times and then leads him back up to the city streets.

Redline and Bloody Mary
Gia’s blades of blood slice through the Heart Eater, taking off one of its legs and an arm. It groans and hisses as its body fades into smoke. The black smoke flows sluggishly across the ground, heading deeper into the more shadowy areas of the park.

[HIDA]

Once topside, Goldheart hails on the open frequency.

Spoiler: Open Comm

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"Hey Gang Found a door in the sewer guarded by Some Gatormen. Took the gators down but The Door wont budge. Yuki says the trail for the Heart eaters goes past it. We're gonna try to find another way in. Goldheart Out."

"Hey Zodiac, Let's find another trail. They couldn't be guarding that spot for nothing."

[PK-Leon]

Redline's body double escorts the woman back out onto the main street bathed in city light and has her sit on the curb as he reaches out to Seraph.

"Hey Seraph, I've got a survivor here with me and she's going through a lot at the moment. What should we do?"

GiaÂ’s blades of blood slice through the Heart Eater, taking off one of its legs and an arm. It groans and hisses as its body fades into smoke. The black smoke flows sluggishly across the ground, heading deeper into the more shadowy areas of the park.

"Like we'd let you get away that easy!" Redline gives chase to the smoke with his searchlight overhead and fires off a stream of light into the black cloud.

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Redline fires at the roiling cloud of black smoke!
To Hit: 6
Damage: 15 Light Damage - Heavy Weapon

[big teej]

Don't let The Job get in the way of The Job

Nightgaunt takes Menagerie's hand. "It's a promise." He starts to say something else, but stops to listen to Goldheart. "If brute force isn't working, you're not using enough of it." He says chuckling. "Can we get a street address? We can form up and try again, I'm sure between all of us we can do something rather persuasive to that stubborn door." He mute's his mic and turns his attention back to Menagerie.

"Somebody else got lucky, they might need me to deal with it." He let's go of her hand finally. "So do we wanna do another rooftop rendezvous at a prearranged time, or could I, like, get your number or something?" He trails off with a nervous chuckle.

[HIDA]

Don't let The Job get in the way of The Job

Nightgaunt takes Menagerie's hand. "It's a promise." He starts to say something else, but stops to listen to Goldheart. "If brute force isn't working, you're not using enough of it." He says chuckling. "Can we get a street address? We can form up and try again, I'm sure between all of us we can do something rather persuasive to that stubborn door." He mute's his mic and turns his attention back to Menagerie.

"Somebody else got lucky, they might need me to deal with it." He let's go of her hand finally. "So do we wanna do another rooftop rendezvous at a prearranged time, or could I, like, get your number or something?" He trails off with a nervous chuckle.

"Yeah, You're probably right. But we're a a bit up the alley behind the Macy's We'll be looking for another entrance in the mean time." Goldheart responds

[InTheMachine]

Redline and Bloody Mary
“I’ll send over an officer,” Seraph answers. “They’ll take her to a mental health facility.” After a minute or two, Seraph continues, “They’re five minutes out. I had them send a female officer.”

Back in the park, the smoke fizzles away into nothing as Redline’s stream of light hits it. The air is still and quiet other than the trill of insects and the noise of the city.

Nightgaunt
Menagerie smiles at Raphael. “I think you’ve earned my number, bouille.” She tells him her phone number, then says, “Do you want to meet here tomorrow though? I prefer talking in person if you don’t mind. You can tell me how successful you were in convincing your team to help out a villainess.”

Three beeps sound in Nightgaunt’s ear. “You okay?” Drake asks over a private channel. “You’ve been out of sight for us on the ground for a bit now.”

Goldheart
Yuki sniffs around the block, but can only find the one scent trail. “Sorry Goldheart. I think this is the only way that’s close by.”

[Nightengale14]

"**** where did it go? Did we kill it?" Bloody Mary asked, looking around the quiet park. Was an attack going to come from behind? Was it hiding?

[big teej]

Romantic Lead!

Nightgaunt carefully types Menagerie's number into his phone and then slips it back in his pocket. "I don't mind meeting in person. Let's plan for it. But don't get mad if I bail out on ya, hero work has a nasty habit of wrecking commitments." He shrugs in a 'what can ya do' gesture.

Nightgaunt triggers his mic again to answer Drake. "Saw a civilian who might've seen something." He makes a disgusted noise. "They didn't. I was topping off the tank and about to take back to the air. Do you wanna hit this 'secret door' they've found?"

Back on the open channel, Nightgaunt continues. "Barring any objections, I'm heading to the Macy's." He glances at Menagerie. "not something I thought I'd ever say." He shrugs again. "I'll see ya. Be safe." and with that, he falls off the edge of the balcony and transforms back into a cloud of shrieking bats and takes off towards the edifice of consumerism.

[HIDA]

Redline and Bloody Mary
“I’ll send over an officer,” Seraph answers. “They’ll take her to a mental health facility.” After a minute or two, Seraph continues, “They’re five minutes out. I had them send a female officer.”

Back in the park, the smoke fizzles away into nothing as Redline’s stream of light hits it. The air is still and quiet other than the trill of insects and the noise of the city.

Nightgaunt
Menagerie smiles at Raphael. “I think you’ve earned my number, bouille.” She tells him her phone number, then says, “Do you want to meet here tomorrow though? I prefer talking in person if you don’t mind. You can tell me how successful you were in convincing your team to help out a villainess.”

Three beeps sound in Nightgaunt’s ear. “You okay?” Drake asks over a private channel. “You’ve been out of sight for us on the ground for a bit now.”

Goldheart
Yuki sniffs around the block, but can only find the one scent trail. “Sorry Goldheart. I think this is the only way that’s close by.”

"Don't sweat it." Goldheart says, waving off her apology. The others'll be here soon. Let's head back and relax for a second." It think we might be in for a long night."

[InTheMachine]

Nightgaunt
“Too bad,” Drake replies on the private channel. “We’ll meet you at the Macy’s. Shouldn’t take us too long. We’re at the North edge of our patrol route.”

Thermal in one of Nightgaunt’s many pairs of eyes pick up a bird-like silhouette diving off the side of the cathedral before it wheels into the air, heading south.

Team
“As long as the door is mostly metal, I can probably open it,” Mercury says on the open channel. “Polaris and I are en route.”

Harbinger comes over the line next. “Be careful down there team.”

It doesn’t take long for Polaris and Mercury to show up at the entrance to the sewer. The tall blond offers his hand to Goldheart as the two of them arrive. “Hi, I’m Polaris from South-side.” His voice contains a bit of accent that Goldheart can’t place.

Drake and Yuki exchange information about the door, and Drake nods. “Sounds doable,” he says. “Let’s wait for any others to show up. I know Nightgaunt said he was on his way. We have no idea what could be on the other side of that door.”

[HIDA]

Team
“As long as the door is mostly metal, I can probably open it,” Mercury says on the open channel. “Polaris and I are en route.”

Harbinger comes over the line next. “Be careful down there team.”

It doesn’t take long for Polaris and Mercury to show up at the entrance to the sewer. The tall blond offers his hand to Goldheart as the two of them arrive. “Hi, I’m Polaris from South-side.”

Drake and Yuki exchange information about the door, and Drake nods. “Sounds doable,” he says. “Let’s wait for any others to show up. I know Nightgaunt said he was on his way. We have no idea what could be on the other side of that door.”

Goldheart stands tall after leaning on the side of the building "Goldheart. Nice to meet you, Polaris. Thanks for the assist."

[big teej]

Proof of Concept

Nightgaunt's arrival is heralded by the shrieking of many, many bats that careen out of the sky and land in a heap that stands as the red & black clad hero.

"Are we all here?" He asks without preamble. "Do we all still have all our bits?" He holds out his hands and wiggles his fingers.

[PK-Leon]

"**** where did it go? Did we kill it?" Bloody Mary asked, looking around the quiet park. Was an attack going to come from behind? Was it hiding?

"Yeah, I finished it off... or at least whatever was left of the thing after you dismembered it."

Redline listens to the dialogue being exchanged over open comms and chimes in. "Mary and I just took care of a Heart Eater in one of the local parks. We'll make our way over to your position in a few."

He snaps and the spotlight dissipates as just as he emerges from the bramble. "We should get going, don't wanna keep the others waiting for us any longer. Besides, I have a feeling something nasty's waiting for us behind that door.", he says to his teammate.

Redline returns to the street and mounts his bike, waiting for Mary to do the same before taking off to their teams location.

Last but not Least

Redline arrives on the scene not long after Nightgaunt appears and parks his bike in the nearest alleyway. "You guys say 'Hey' to the River King for me while you were down there?" asks the team with a smirk on his face.

[Nightengale14]

Bloody Mary's eyes were still faintly glowing red when she pulled her helmet off and set it on her bike seat. "Can confirm, heart eaters don't bleed. Not a fan. Zero out of five stars."

[InTheMachine]

Team

Redline arrives on the scene not long after Nightgaunt appears and parks his bike in the nearest alleyway. "You guys say 'Hey' to the River King for me while you were down there?" asks the team with a smirk on his face.

“I think we’re all about to,” Yuki replies. “The gatormen wouldn’t be guarding a door in the sewer for nothing. Are we ready to go back down there?” She transforms back into the sleek black wolf and pauses for everyone at the entrance of the sewer before proceeding.

It doesn’t take long to find the large, plain steel door again. The three gatormen Yuki and Goldheart left, looked to have been dragged down further into the sewer judging by the thick trail of blood leading into the water.

Drake kneels by the door and places his hands on the steel. After a minute of intense concentration he says, “The door’s unlocked. Now we just need to pull it open.” As he pulls his hands away from the door, what look like silver ropes follow directly out of the steel. He tosses one to Goldheart and one to Nightgaunt, then replaces his hands and pulls out two more ‘ropes’, throwing them to Redline and Bloody Mary. He flicks his wrist and lines of steel aline on the left side of the door. “Are we ready for this? Pull on three.”

OOC: Roll Strength please!

[Nightengale14]

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