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Capital H Mods ([personal profile] capitalm) wrote in [community profile] capitalh2014-05-03 03:47 pm

SCARY TOWER SIEGE #2

Who: Downtown LA Rescuers/Captives
Where: That tower that just hatched from that office building.
When: Saturday March 15th, around 6PM for when they appear.
What: A creepy looking tower hatches out of a downtown office building and superheroes come to fight it and save its captives.
Warnings: Violence, body horror, mind control, fucking creepy bullshit.

A spiral tower looms ahead, the rubble of its shattered camouflage still littering the ground. Civilians panic, the streets crowding with an unexpected traffic jam. Cyborgs flood the streets, and defensive fire opens from above.

Eventually, you break into the inside of a vast tower, like a tall layered cylinder of steel and black metal. You can see a seemingly endless height above you, and an endless depth below. Each layer is lit by a ring of multi-hued light that seems to bleed into the black material below it, like veins into flesh. A circle is cut through each layer from the tower's top to bottom, and occasionally a vast black form will rise and fall between layers - a mass of black metal with lights like eyes and grasping mechanical hands. Sometimes it takes captives with it.

Cages line the exterior walls like an arena, with other restraints set up on the layered floors outside. There is a tone of clinical order and structure without, though the black metal leaks a substance almost like the sweat of an animal. Cages open and close themselves, and smaller machines and familiar looking cyborgs wander the floors. Entire cage sections can be removed mechanically and taken to lower levels. Muffled voices and the animal cries of captured strays can be heard around the shaft, as well as the rhythmic hum of vast machinery down below.

There is no natural light here, and the tower's shaft travels far beneath the earth.

[OOC: There will be specific mod NPC posts made within each rescue log for dealing with the central hub of the AI. Remember, if you want to fight one of the Nightforce, ask a mod.]
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[personal profile] nailsandglass 2014-05-20 08:00 pm (UTC)(link)
[She looks down as he explains himself, before giving a small nod. She wasn't going to make promises that she wouldn't stay out of the fray, but she could at least acknowledge that was right in assessing she didn't have any experience. This and her fight with Airachnid were really the only nonhuman threats she had ever faced.

When he holds out his hand and introduces himself she looks at it for a moment, clearly surprised before finally taking it and giving him a small smile.]


I'm Matilda.
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[personal profile] crotcharrow 2014-05-21 09:59 pm (UTC)(link)
[He gives her a small smile, shaking her hand briskly, and then letting go to ruffle her hair. ]

Nice t'meet yah, Matilda. [he glances back once more at the door, to make sure its holding.]

You got somewhere to go? I can give you a ride.
Edited 2014-05-21 21:59 (UTC)
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[personal profile] nailsandglass 2014-05-22 03:08 pm (UTC)(link)
Hey! [She doesn't really mind though, in fact the hair ruffle makes her smile widen a little. It falters a little at the question though. What exactly should she say? In all likelihood he wasn't go to leave her alone, and would probably want to ensure she got back to her family. It didn't really seem like she had any option other than the truth.

With some reluctance she shook her head.]


I don't have somewhere to go.
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[personal profile] mockingjaded 2014-05-22 05:34 pm (UTC)(link)
Katniss aims an explosive arrow for the base of one of the bars, and then the top. The dual explosions go off messily, but in the end she's able to kick out the bar with a well places boot. With Nessa's reduced size, it's enough to get her through.

"Come on, let's go," she says. She tries to be gentle, but there is only so gentle one can be when the air is so oppressively tense.
crotcharrow: (&wanda; not sure about this family thing)

[personal profile] crotcharrow 2014-05-22 08:37 pm (UTC)(link)
[Well that gets her a frown. A really big one.]

Wait, what d'you mean? You run away from home, kiddo?
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[personal profile] nailsandglass 2014-05-22 09:38 pm (UTC)(link)
[Matilda wished she had. It would have made her feel more in control of what was happening. She gave a shake of her head, pursing her lips and fidgeting her hands.]

My family did.
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[personal profile] crotcharrow 2014-05-23 08:26 am (UTC)(link)
[there's a pause. A significant one, like he's trying to process what she just said, but because he's a speedster, he already processed it about thirteen times.]

They left you? Who even does that?
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[personal profile] nailsandglass 2014-05-24 02:14 pm (UTC)(link)
[Matilda isn't really sure how to answer that. In the end, it hadn't been all that surprising that they would do that. She just sort of gave a helpless little shrug.]

I think it's for the best.
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[personal profile] crotcharrow 2014-05-24 09:42 pm (UTC)(link)
[he puts a hand up to stop her.]

So wait. Wait. Lemme get this straight. You have no where to go because your parents straight up just moved away without you? And on purpose? Not like a Home Alone whups-we-forgot-a-kid kind of deal?
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[personal profile] nailsandglass 2014-05-24 10:26 pm (UTC)(link)
[Way to rub salt in the wound, Tommy. Matilda grimaces, but nods at him.]

They never liked me much. [Meaning that Tommy was right on the dot with his conclusion]
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[personal profile] crotcharrow 2014-05-24 10:35 pm (UTC)(link)
[It takes a lot for him not swear. He takes in a deep breath and then runs a hand through his hair.]

Right.

[he stands up, and scowls at the door.]

So you're gonna come stay with me, okay? [he looks back down at her.] Because thats messed up and I'm sure as hell not leaving a little kid out here on her own.
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[personal profile] nailsandglass 2014-05-27 07:30 pm (UTC)(link)
[Matilda looked at Tommy incredulously. She'd been expecting him to take her to some police or some orphanage, not take her in himself. Then again, maybe it was just her wishful thinking interpreting it that way. He might just mean it temporarily.]

Stay with you? With your family?
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[personal profile] reluctantproxy 2014-05-28 09:05 pm (UTC)(link)
"M-- er, Starbreaker!?" He grunts, leaping out of the way of Milly, and then once more away from yet another cyborg. Then he suddenly remembers Eusine. "And you-- Both of you, what are you guys doing here?! Are you working together??" He lifts up two cyborgs and smacks their heads together.
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[personal profile] crotcharrow 2014-05-30 10:24 pm (UTC)(link)
[He laughs, shrugging.] I know what it's like to have a sucky family. But don't think we're living anything fancy. It's just me and my friend, Aña, living in an abandoned warehouse.

[You're not really selling it, Tommy.] But we eat cake for dinner and have room for someone small. At least until you figure out what you want to do. I'm not just gonna leave you here.
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[personal profile] superball 2014-05-31 08:20 pm (UTC)(link)
"We're rescuing you, of course! As well as every other victim of this foul plot!" theatrically declares Eusine in-between two shots. The first one short-circuits a cyborg's legs, but the second narrowly misses and Eusine is forced to rocket out of reach to avoid getting smashed into yet another wall; better equipped or not, he still doesn't have anything to protect him if he gets hit, and he still hasn't completely recovered from the previous beating. If possible, he would really like to keep all of his ribs in one piece.
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[personal profile] nailsandglass 2014-06-04 06:56 pm (UTC)(link)
[An abandoned warehouse was certainly a lot better than what she was used to, and when he mentioned cake she couldn't help but smile.]

I think I'd like that.
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[personal profile] bombsheltered 2014-06-04 07:35 pm (UTC)(link)
"Don't worry, Neku, we've got you! Mysticalman, look out!!"

Milly picks up one cyborg and hurls it at the one threatening Eusine, knocking them both into malfunction territory with one hit. She pumps her fist victoriously. "All right! Not too shabby, if I do say so myself... Neku! Are you hurt at all?"
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[personal profile] crotcharrow 2014-06-09 04:10 pm (UTC)(link)
[He rubs the back of his head and gives her a grin.]

Okay. Good. I gotta find our roommate, too. She's out here somewhere. [he grimaces a little.] But I want you safe. So we're gonna get you set up at home and then I'm gonna come back out here. That cool with you?
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[personal profile] nailsandglass 2014-06-10 01:19 am (UTC)(link)
[Matilda wants to argue and say that she can help, but this guy is fast. She would probably just slow him down so have a moment's hesitation she nods.]

It is.
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[personal profile] crotcharrow 2014-06-13 10:20 pm (UTC)(link)
[He ruffles her hair again and then looks back to the door as the scrabbling starts. They'd need to move quickly--he's not sure how much longer that door will hold and isn't really willing to take many chances.]

Aaand, I think that's our cue. You ready to go, kiddo?

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