Log:Hippity, Hoppity, Easter's on its Way!

2013/03/27 	 Cecila Champion of Humanity Ellbeth Ghost Lia Lorelei Anthony Quinn|Quinn Scrapper Sukeban Titan 1

Scrapper arrives at the Guard headquarters and immediately walks over to her new bulletin board. A smile spreads across her face as she reads all the entries there.

Sukeban wanders in and salutes sloppily.

Ellbeth arrives before the scheduled start time of the meeting, carrying a battered travel bag festooned with stickers from many different locations around the globe. A smile lights up her face when she sees Scrapper already present. "I seem to be failing in my duty as your mentor, Jo. Unfortunately a rather important project has been monopolising my time of late. How are you getting on?"

Scrapper says, "The books you gave me really helped. It is refreshing to read a book on magic in English that contains more fact than fiction. I've been working on a dispel magic and something interesting called 'energy wasps' but I'm not sure either will be powerful enough for anything serious."

Cecila finds her way to headquarters after class and consults her PDA "What time is it?" to which it answers verbally a time 10 minutes early "Good... I'm not late... I just hope the Princess got the message I sent"

Ellbeth nods, "I'll be interested in seeing your progress. I'm travelling to Turkey next week. If you'd free you might find it interesting to accompany me. It will also give us some time together to sketch out a study plan for you." She nods, "Are you finding the yacht a comfortable place to stay and work? Harry and Max will assist you with anything they can. Max especially will, I'm sure, be a valuable friend to make."

Lia stretches in while in the form of some type of green magical-y substance, quickly reassembling Lia's normal looking superheroine self after arriving. She offers a wave to the others, "Hello." To those who can see magic, Lia, in green magical-y substance form or not, resembles a really powerful spell or some sort of being made of mana as opposed to anything else.

Lorelei arrives punctually at the time she called for the meeting. She looks perhaps a bit more relaxed than last time she was here. "Good day, everyone! Ellbeth, you made it! Do you have our little surprise?"

Scrapper says, "It is very comfortable and I can fly off it any time I want, so it doesn't really matter if it is at dock or not. I'm not certain how Turkey will mesh with the duties I am starting to take on here, however." She cuts the rest of what she is going to say short when the Princess arrives and bows. "Good afternoon, mlady."" Cecila waves to Lorelei and smiles some "Hey, you get the message I left yesterday?" she asks, after all it was an important piece of business that had to be dealt with

Lorelei says, "Probably - which message was this?"

Ellbeth nods to Lorelei, "Have I ever let you down?" she says with a smile. Opening her travel bag she lifts out a flat black case and flips it open. "I enchanted twenty. That's more than you asked for I know but they'll be going in harms way. This will give you replacements and spares for new team members."

Lorelei says, "Or temporary allies - excellent!"

Sukeban peers at the case

Cecila hmms "Oh I dunno only the one about some noble Lady Raeladtha Talendiel trying to steal your birth certificate and commit some forgery to change your birthdate"

Cecila still hasnt really got the whole fae pronounceation stuff down and probably mangled the name at least a little bit.

Ellbeth hands Lorelei the box. "Range is up to thirty miles on Earth-1 and double that on Undermoon and the Twilight Worlds. The communications should be secure, I used a version of the encryption system I developed for Star Guard Gamma."

Scrapper frowns at booth Cecila's pronouncement and the princess's comment about temporary allies. "If we hand them out, they won't stay secure long."

Lorelei says to Cecila, "Ok, thought that was the one you meant! But I'm not so good on tracking days, any more! Yes, I've been dealing with that most of the day. She's to be returned to Undermoon - everyone seems happiest that way, so it's not so much of a problem."

Lorelei says to Scrapper, "I didn't mean to just anyone. Trusted heroes, that sort of thing. Also, I'll have one, and so will my parents, so we can call you at need."

Lorelei says, "And by all mean, if you do lend one to someone, make sure you get it back!"

Scrapper gestures toward Lia. "I trust Quinn beside me in a fight, but put her and Jen in the same room with Quinn for five minutes and I'm almost certain he will have made blueprints in that walking computer of his for magic jumber cables. I have no idea what kind of recording equipment he carries."

Lorelei starts taking them out of the box and giving them to the heroes, one by one.

Lia hmms at the communicator she is given, examining it.

Cecila nods a bit and smiles "Yeah I kinda figured... you know she was badmouthing you quite a bit. For future reference, if we're sick of listening to a prisoner's babbling and bullshit can we get a blackjack and just knock them out?"

Lorelei says, "No. But thanks for the offer."

Ellbeth says rather sadly, "Lorelei, I really hate to deliver and run but I have to be elsewhere by midnight in Mumbai City. Got a demon to deal with."

Cecila looks only mildly disappointed at that, considering she knew the odds were long on that request being granted.

Lorelei says, "Ellbeth - how secure would you say they are from the technically minded?"

Lorelei says, "Oh - good luck with that."

Sukeban takes a communicator and shoves it into blouse

Scrapper mutters to Cecila, "accidents happen"

Cecila accepts a communicator and begins fumbling around with it to figure out how to get it to work as she speaks into it "Ooga booga, hello is this thing on?"

Ellbeth answers as she is making her way out. "From the technically minded. Totally. If anyone can crack these it will be a technomage. And I wouldn't put any money on him doing so."

Sukeban tries it out, [ Hello. Is this thing working? Are my words getting through? ]

 Lia replies, "I think I hear you."

 Sukeban says, "Hello. Is this thing working? Are my words getting through?"

 Lia replies, "I think I hear you."

Cecila is holding the disc up to her mouth "Wakey Wakey..." yeah someone might want to relay the instructions to her.

Scrapper reads the instructions and replies back into her own disk, "As long as you are touching it, yes."

 Lorelei says, "Loud and clear."

 Scrapper says, "test"

Ellbeth and Ghost cross paths as Ghost arrives a minute or two late.

 Sukeban says, "This is very unusual feeling."

Lia puts the disk communicator somewhere buried into her clothing.

Lorelei sends to Cecila, "Just touch it and think what you want communicate and to whom."

 Lia says, "It could be worse."

 Scrapper says, "although Thinking clearly without speaking will take some getting used to."

Lorelei says, "Ah, Ghost. We have communicators finally."

Ghost hurries in, "Sorry I'm late. Did I miss anything?"

Scrapper tosses a disk to Ghost. "Communicators."

 Sukeban says, "Good afternoon Ms. Ghost."

Ghost says, "Communicators? Excellent. The lack of them made co-ordinating difficult on our first outing."

"Oh duh... must be fancy pants communicator. Here I thought we were getting glorified walkie talkies" Cecila laughs as she attaches it to her somewhere "Weird... having other voices in my head" and of course everything she's saying is relayed over the communicator as well too for a moment before she fixes that "Ah there we go..."

 Lia mutters, "I need to be careful not to let my focus on spellcasting and talking through these communicators don't mix..."

Lorelei says, "So I gathered - did you do a debriefing? I was going to suggest it but then I got busy.... oh well, hopefully things have settled down now. The gate is repaired, the warehouse too, I've got rid of Thallion's band...."

 Scrapper says, "Sukeban, I don't think she's on yet"

Ghost looks at the communicator. "Uh, how do I use this?" she asks the room.

Lorelei smiles. "About the worst news today was the blaming of the rise in the price of chocolate this Easter on the new trade with Undermoon."

"Place it against your skin, and focus on trying to talk using it." Lia explains.

Scrapper says, "Skin contact and clear thoughts"

Ghost slips in into her tee-shirt and tries .oO(Testing. Is this being heard?)

Scrapper says, "Not yet"

"Thats ok... if you want a band I'm sure we can substitute" Cecila jokes as she mimes like she's holding a trumpet along with 'Doo de doo de' noises for a second or two and keeps up the joke for a few more seconds "Never said I was any good though"

Scrapper says, "and try not to scrunch up your face like you are on the toilet."

Ghost laughs.

Lia nods to Ghost.

Titan enters from Sandy Bottoms Island.

Lorelei grins. "And here's Johnathan. Come, get your communicator.

Titan is in the process of stepping into the room as Lorelei speaks to him. He smiles, "Sorry I'm a little late." He walks over, and takes a look at the communicator. "Thanks."

Lorelei passes Titan a disc. "Skin contact and concentration to use it. Glad of that, I've run out of ears too stick communicators in."

Lia offers a wave to Titan.

Titan waves to those here, and nods as the communicator is described? "Is it magic? Or just really high tech?"

Lorelei says, "Magic. So it works in Undermoon too - better in fact. It has a range of about 30 miles here. Drawback of magic is that we can't use satellites."

Lorelei says, "But I'll bet it makes it harder to hack."

Scrapper concentrates and nods, "That will do it. Don't wait for team missions to use these guys, consider any comments about cute guys to be required practice." she adds with a grin.

Titan raises a brow at Scrapper's comment. "Yeah...not happening. At least from me."

Lorelei says mock-sternly, "I should hope not!"

Lia snickers at Jo, and hmms at the communicator, then shakes her head deciding that isn't a good idea.

Scrapper grins at Titan, "Remember, it is thought activated."

Lorelei says, "I hope it's not that easy to trigger!"

Sukeban folds her arms, "Me either. I'm not into guys."

Lorelei shakes her head. "You walk in, Johnathan, and see what it does to the conversation?"

[To Sukeban] Scrapper says, "Good to know next time we are on a mission with 'Perfect Ten'."

[To Scrapper] Sukeban blushes slightly, "Uh, yeah. I'm engaged anyway, so Ten's off limits."

At this point Alwen comes running in, and curtseys. "Excuse me, but.... there's something strange... on the bridge."

Scrapper says, "Which bridge? The drawbridge of the one between island and mainland?"

Sukeban, grateful for the reprieve nods, "We should check it out."

"The big one! You can see from the wall,"say Alwen.

Cecila says, "Lets go check it out then I guess"

Ghost leans back in her chair... and goes limp.

Lia nods to Alwen and Cecila, turning briefly back into the weird green substance and going straight /through/ the walls, briefly reforming and unforming again as she travels to see if she can see what's being discussed.

 Scrapper says, "Jillian, since this is thought activated, can you still communicate with us?"

Titan raises a brow, but heads out to the wall to take a look at what Alwen's going on about.

Scrapper walks up, a couple steps in front of the princess.

Ghost flies at astral velocity to the bridge to see what the 'something strange' is.

Sukeban follows along after Titan

Scrapper mutters to Titan, "... close to... princess.... *supposed*... her..."

Ghost attempts to summon a messenger.

Ghost succeeds and instructs the messenger to find Scrapper and manifest so it can relay verbal comments back and forth.

Lorelei also heads to the wall to get a look.

Titan doesn't bother whispering when replying to Scrapper, "I've been at this long enough. I know what I'm doing, thank you. Rest assured, I intend to guard her to the best of my ability."

Cecila is following along as well with the rest "I wonder what sorta trouble is coming our way this time"

Scrapper mutters to Cecila, "... are... The... is... outside... that if... front... we need... to meet.... fae... to... whatever... if..."

A moment later a two feet high bipedal rabbit wearing a Tux with monocle and top-hat appears beside Scrapper. It looks a bit hazy and when it speaks the voice is thin and ghostly. "There are hundreds of small animals swarming across the bridge coming this way. They have no astral presence so are not real creatures."

Scrapper nods to Titan and Sukeban, but stays off the communicator so the Princess can concentrate on whatever is on the bridge.

Sukeban shrugs, "Besides, the ojou is a superhero, she can handle herself."

Scrapper says to the rabbit, "Remember the zombie statue? Do we have a repeat here?"

The rabbit adds, "They look like the chocolate rabbits I saw in the Mall shops. They may be images, or robots. I can't tell."

Cecila shrugs at Scrapper "Yeah, don't worry... I cant see a thing so its no problem I'll adapt" she keeps her feet in contact with the wall or ground to get a feel for what's going down as she double checks her seismic sense and hearing if necessary.

Scrapper smirks and says, "Sukeban, did you catch that? I think you are our best canidate to determine if they are hostile."

The rabbit doesn't replicate the original tone of annoyance as it relays, "I could empty my weapon and not make a dent in their numbers."

The rabbits keep hopping across the bridge, in neat lines, like a marching army. Luckily they don't seem heavy enough for this to be bad for the bridge.

Ghost shrugs, and manifests in front of the on-rushing horde, trying to see if the chocolate rabbits will try to attack her projection.

Titan mutters to himself, "I should have known there would be all kinds of weirdness here."

"Chocolate..." Lia mutters, throwdrawing a bag from...somewhere in her clothing, and eating a few pieces of it, before putting it back away.

The rabbits merely jump higher to leap over Ghost.

Lorelei says, "Well it's a new one on me."

The army of chocolate bunnies keeps on going, leaping any obstacles.

Sukeban nods and ignites as she lies to get a closer look.

"...Those things aren't magical..." Lia mutters.

Scrapper nods to Cecila after Sukeban takes off, "Don't let them leave the bridge without swimming."

Lorelei stares at them. "They... just look like chocolate to me."

Sukeban lands in front of the horde of bunnies

The white tux'ed rabbit asks Scrapper, "I can't do anything else here. I'll return to my physical form unless you want me to stay astral?"

Scrapper shakes her head, "No, thank you. We need your body."

The bunnies leap over Sukeban as well - but staying farther clear than they did from Ghost. These bunnies can jump!

 Lia says, "...I have no idea what sorcery this is, but, it doesn't measure as magical to me...I don't know what to make of these rabbits."

Cecila also pulls up some earth, being careful not to mess with any flowers "Alright... Don't worry I think we got this" she moves to join Sukeban at the gate "State your business here" she orders the army, ready to start delivering a smackdown if they ignore her.

The rabbit's tone is deadpan as ever but the words it relays carry their own message, "Scrapper, you could have worded that differently." Then it blinks out of existence.

Sukeban holds out her arms and ignites the air around her, out to 16m in all directions.

Scrapper scans the skies and everywhere except toward the rabbits, in case this is just a diversion.

All about Sukeban, where once there were rabbits, is now a pool of melted chocolate. But that wasn't the whole army, by a long way...

Ghost stirs in the chair back in the meeting room. First thing, check weapon is functioning, then start making her way to the castle gate.

Over a miniature drawbridge and beneath a purple flag with twin stylized moons, a door sized-gate leads into a tiny castle, perched on the cliff top.

 Scrapper says, "OOC: Sukeban is on the bridge. Cecila is between bridge and castle. Everybody else by Lorelei."

Lia shakes her head, and suddenly considers why she was standing around doing nothing. Lia dissolves into the green magical substance she uses to teleport, and tries going over the wall down to the bridge and out as far as she can before she becomes human-looking once more. She still seems less there than before though, flicking with a green tinge and transparent.

Ghost tells the guards at the castle gate. "Be ready to close the gate and raise the drawbridge."

The guards nod to Ghost.

Lorelei goes to coordinate with the guard.

Titan tilts his head, "I wonder if we're overreacting a little bit." He starts to look around for whomever might be controlling the 'rabbits'.

High above the city Quinn hovers. He's experimenting with a rapid deployment concept and uses minimal power to maintain his position roughly thirty thousand feet over the center of the city as he monitors the radio. As the call comes in over the police band he replies, "Say again? Sandy Bottom Bridge is being swarmed by Gunnies?" He does not bother waiting for a response however as he activates what he terms a 'high dive'. Jetboots flaring with full force he dives down at a dizzying angle for a moment before reversing directions to halt his breakneck speed as he slams to a landing with a thunderous boom.

"Oh. They did say 'bunnies'," he comments.

Most of the non-melted bunnies immediately jump over the side of the bridge, presumably to avoid the flames. Except for the four closest to the flames, who pull out chocolate eggs from, uh, somewhere and lob them at Sukeban.

Cecila stands her ground as the second line of defense behind Sukeban. Making some motions with her hands and legs moving things into better positions for herself as she waits to rapidly deal with any problems.

Ghost puts two and two together. Maybe she makes four. Maybe not. Complaints about the increased price and shortage of chocolate. Now lots of chocolate bunnies. Who's been buying chocolate by the ton? Well the others seem to be dealing easily with the bunnies. Let's go searching the info-nets for the buyers.

Sukeban is blown back 18m, but doesn't seem to have much hurt beside her pride, as the swirling flames around her cushion the blast.

Quinn looks out over the delicious chocolatey horde as he assesses the situation. "Sukeban," he says as he prepares to rocket forward, "Give me a second and then unload on my position."

Sukeban nods, "OK. If ya think ya can take the heat."

<Guard> Scrapper says, "okay guys, anybody remember the term 'terrain control' on the bulltin board? Now is the time to prove it."

Sukeban kips up and waits to see what Q has in mind.

Bootjets roar once more as Quinn takes back to the air, soaring above the festive army. He keeps his offensive systems set to strength as he says, "You know, Death by Chocolate is just a dessert, not a threat," while attempting to grapple with something that no one else can see.

Ghost looks at the screen of her PDA quizzically. Then settles down with her back to the castle wall and goes astral to visit the Undermoon warehouse to check the situation there.

Quinn seems to wrap his arms around something up there in the air, pantomiming the actions of wrestling with an invisible opponent. "Now, Sukeban!" he shouts.

Scrapper peers up at Quinn and says, "Titan, can you fly?"

Cecila looks over at Sukeban and uses the fancy new communicators thinking one <Lets both hit it now...>

Sukeban nods to Cecila. She snaps her fingers and a spark spirals toward Q, before detonating in a searing blast of flame.

Titan shakes his head, "Nope...just jump long distances."

Bard enters from Sandy Bottoms Island.

Quinn gets pushed around a bit by Sukeban's fireball but otherwise seems relatively unharmed as he tries to hang on to his target.

Cecila is unable to sense where the invisible man is but Q is certainly being loud and noisy so she just decides to unload on him and hope she hits whatever he's holding onto.

It's hard to tell what the hit does to the invisible guy. Except knock him and Quinn about again.

The hordes of bunnies gain the beach, hopping up its sandy shore and the rocks to the higher ground...

The invisible person suddenly turns visible, while attempting to shake off Quinn's hold. He proves a powerful man in a white, softly glowing outfit. "You are a traitor to Earth, Quinn, to side with these aliens and their minions. I'm surprised a man so intelligent could be so foolish!".

Sukeban shouts indignantly, "Hey! I'm no minion! I get a pay check!"

"Aliens?" Lia calls, then suddenly seems to think and consider the question, before muttering to herself, "Oh...right."

"Foolish?" Quinn says as the man breaks out of his grip. "Dude, I'm not the one with the theobromine brigade."

"The death by chocolate, as you say, would be a fitting end to these fairy aliens!"

"You know," Quinn comments, "there's a Lady that you really need to meet."

Ghost sees a target, and pressing her back firmly against the castle wall she braces and sets on the no longer invisible man, waiting to steady her aim before firing.

Scrapper says to Titan, "Stay with the princess" before leaving the wall to join Quinn in the sky. Unfortunately, she cannot maintain concentration on both her aerodynamic flight field and spellcasting so doesn't make it far before her spell goes off.

Little white arrows leap from Scrapper's fingers and whiz harmlessly past the man in white.

Lia hmms, shakes her head at what she's about to do, then firmly solidifies in the middle of the flames. From her hands, she fires a mystical blast of raw magical energy.

Lia's blast soars clear past him.

"Fools, fools and traitors, all!" roars the man in white. "To side with the aliens. But no matter. When I have mastered this power, I will return and champion the Earth. I am the Champion of Humanity!" And he waves his hand and a number of chocolate bunnies fly at the embassy wall - splattering into the words ALIENS GO HOME. And in the same instant the "champion" vanishes.

The remaining bunnies collapse into lifelessness, like they don't have Duracells.

Scrapper grrs as her spell misses. Leaning forward, her aerodymanic field flickers back into existence and she flies straight at the man in white in case he is just invisible again.

Scrapper turns to Q after her arms hit nothing but air. "He wasn't magical. Please tell me you can track him."

Sadly, the man is not to be found.

Ghost lowers her weapon and sighs.

<Guard> Ghost says, "Everyone okay? Anyone hurt?"

<Guard> Lorelei says, "All fine here. Any idea who that guy was?"

<Guard> Ghost says, "Not yet. But unless he disguised himself, and he didn't seem like the type who would, I imagine I can find out."

<Guard> Scrapper says, "Let the rest of us know what you find out, on the bulletin board if nowhere else."

Ghost goes to her nice new PDA and starts a search for images that match the person she saw.

Lia also sighs as the man teleports away.

Ghost shakes her head. "Oh... dear..."

Lorelei says, "Problem?"

Lia looks to Ghost, "What did you find?"

Scrapper says, "Give her some time. These things don't always happen in five seconds."

Ghost nods, "I'm afraid so, Princess. According to my results he's a member of Starguard in Washington."

Scrapper says, "... or not."

Scrapper says, "D.C. or state?"

Ghost says, "There's a difference? I'm a stranger here, remember."

"From Star Guard..." Lia mutters, not liking the sound of that.

Lorelei says, "I don't know the Washington Gammas...."

Ghost says, "Name is Howard Lowers. He's a member of Starguard Lambda. Washington. Any idea what that is?"

Scrapper says, "Well I know the local Starguard. At the minimum, a complaint can be lodged."

Lorelei blinks. "Staguard *Lambda*? Um... is that... no. Um, I don't know."

Scrapper hmms and says to Ghost, "Didn't you once mention recording equipment?"

Lorelei says, "Look it up. The Starguard departments will be explained somewhere..."

Lambda proves to be basically admin staff. Human resources and general clerical types.

"I don't even know what Washington is so..." Lia notes. Lia looks to Ghost as Scrapper asks about recording..

Ghost nods, "Yes. I have everything I observed in a POV recording. Except for when I was on the astral plane."

Scrapper says, "Great. No reason not to get Starguard Gamma involved. Can you make me a copy?"

Ghost nods, "Sure." She brushes her hair back and exposes a cyberjack implant behind her ear. Plugs a cable in from that to her PDA. Dumps the recording. Point your PDA at mine and I'll transfer the copy, Scrapper."

Scrapper smiles and hands Ghost her PDA

Ghost points the two at each other and infrared does the rest. Then she hands the PDA back to Scrapper.

Lorelei scratches behind her ear and looks away.

Ghost unplugs and slips the data cable back into the PDA case.

Ghost mentions, "Don't take that into the embassy. I leave mine at the gatehouse."

Lorelei nods. "Very wise. Though electronics seem to recover when taken outside again. Mostly"

Scrapper nods, says, "I'll take care of it right now." and teleports away.