Log:Sky High Heist

2013/07/07 	 Aoi Bifrost Fox Ten Porter Anthony Quinn|Q 1

''This gargantuan structure is the known as the Crimson Towers. Three tall buildings are connected by skyways and walkways. The tallest of the crimson tinted buildings is the cylindrical main tower which stands over fifty stories high. The second is the triangular tower standing about thirty stories tall, which in turn dwarfs the spherical structure that serves as the main parking structure. Residents live in the triangular and cylindrical towers.''

''There are many people who live here in Crimson Towers. The condominiums here are for middle and upper class citizens of Colonial Bay. The poor cannot afford such a luxurious place. There are fitness centers, pools, spas, and all sorts of other luxuries and services for all residents.''

A call goes out over emergency channels: a robbery in progress on the top floor of The Towers.

Bifrost goes flying for the towers. She was out on patrol (totally by coincidence), and heard the distress call! "I'm on my way!" she says, even if nobody can hear her. She stares through a window or two as she approaches, attempting to pick out approximately what's going on!

Working away at Quinn Tower Anthony receives the call that there's a robbery in progress at Crimson Towers. Fortunately for him at about ten times the speed of sound it is only a matter of a couple of seconds for him to cover the distance.

Aoi was in her lab when she heard the call over the police radio band. An instant later she's in her suit and racing through the tunnel to the secret exit, and hence to the Crimson Towers.

Ten was just out exercising - and where better to practice swinging than in The Towers, and especially among the interlacing walkways of the Crimson Towers? So she was in the area already, and now she's working on the hard part, swinging up to the top.

Aoi heads for the observation deck, thinking the jewelry exhibition is the most likely target of a robbery. .oO(I must find a way to fit a radio in this suit. Even if I have to diet to make room for it.)

NOt hearing the call, but noticing where Bifrost is headed, Fox follows, making portals to arrive beside the rainbow heroine and hop out to grab on when it's clear that Bifrost is not rushing past a spot at high speed. "Hewwo," she says cheerfully.

Porter has a scanner to listen for emergency calls, a teleporter, and ... some knowledge of the city. He could teleport outside the towers, but then there would be nothing to stand on, and gravity is really annoying. Almost as annoying as the sudden stop at the ground. He's not as quick to respond as Bee would be, but it still doesn't take long for him to materialize in the vicinity of the top of the tower.

Police are on the scene when the heroes show up. A couple of squad cars are parked on the ground below and a police hovervan is on the scene as well, shining a spot light on the darkened observation deck of the top of the highest part of the Crimson Tower. A number of figures move about in the darkness of the window canopied observation deck.

Ten thinks. o O (At least the police are clearly marking where to go!)

Bifrost lands quietly next to the police seargent. "What's the situation, officer?" she asks, setting Fox down next to her. "I heard the call over the radio, and thought I could come and lend you a hand." she says.

Ten attaches her staff high up the tower and retracts it, repeatedly, to gain height.

Aoi activates her quantum phasing and flies straight into the observation deck to determine the situation there.

The police sergeant says to Bifrost: "Someone's robbing the top floor of the building. They hacked the elevators, we can't get up there..."

Bifrost nods. "I'll see what I can do. Fox, hop on. I'll fly us up there. Think you'll be able to use your portals to get us inside without being spotted?"

Fox looks at Bifrost, then the police, points one arm at a nearby wall and makes a hole leading up to the one she made above. "Wait...vor...aaah...agaaaain."

Bifrost nods, and picks up Fox, flying through the hole and emerging slightly disoriented at the top of the building... She wobbles in the air a bit, and peeks around a corner, trying to see in the window. "Here, fox. can you see a safe place to go in?"

Aoi can see the burglars moving around in the darkness of the observation deck. There's eight of them, equipped with armored vests, rocket packs, and an assortment of guns from assault rifles to RPGs. One of the burglars says, "Ok, boys -- time to bug out! Take what you've got and get out of here!"

Ten pulls herself up to the top floor in a flash and looks in.

If you were to look up the word 'subtlety' in the dictionary and there was to be a picture next to it that picture would look absolutely nothing like Quinn. Since the police reports say nothing about any form of hostage situation Quinn comes in loud and proud. Slowing down to subsonic speeds as he makes his approach on the observation deck his armor glows with a dazzling light show as lasers stream off in hundreds of directions. Blaring from his speakers comes the crashing sounds of electric guitars and growling vocals:


 * ♪♫You're wondering who I am
 * ♫♪machine or mannequin
 * ♪♫With parts made in Japan
 * ♫♪I am the modren man
 * ♪♫I've got a secret I've been hiding under my skin
 * ♫♪My heart is human, my blood is boiling, my brain I.B.M.
 * ♪♫So if you see me acting strangely, don't be surprised
 * ♫♪I'm just a man who needed someone, and somewhere to hide
 * ♪♫To keep me alive-just keep me alive
 * ♫♪Somewhere to hide to keep me alive

A moment later the speakers and lightshow are shut off as Quinn channels all available energy to his artificial musculature and enters the building through the simple expediency of smashing through the window.

Aoi glances over at Q as he makes his **entrance**. "Not the sneaky type then?" She says, the words heard as a ghostly whisper from phase space.

Fox looks for a safe place to go in, saying, "Make...open." She uses one hand to indicate that it should be small.

Ten swings in the window conveniently left open by Q.

Fox waits for a hole to be made. Preferably a small one but comedically not understanding what she means is somewhat of a standard procedure.

Bifrost bursts through a window, attempting to be loud and obnoxious, not knowing quite how spectacular Quinn was. "HALT EVILDOERS!" she says, holding up a hand. "And give thineselves over to the law!"

Porter looks down through the glass roof at the burglars looking to make their getaway. He can't let them do that, of course. Best he can tell, they're packing alot of heavy hardware, which could be bad for everybody. Lugging all that gear, and whatever they're trying to get away with ... They'd be lucky not to knock a grenade loose, or have that big ...whatever it is get the safety and trigger bumped.

In his haste to pack up his gear, one of the bandits drops his rifle. It discharges, striking Q.

The bandits fire their rocket packs and take off. Blazing away with their weapons, they shoot out the glass and zoom off in seven different directions. That leave just one bandit on the observation deck.

The final bandit, the leader apparently, says, "Let's see if we can give you something else to think about." He readies his RPG and fires it at the police hovervan.

The RPG strikes the police hovervan, and it starts to list away from the tower. The pilot struggle to maintain control, but a secondary explosion takes out the power. The hovervan starts to fall to the street below.

Aoi says, "Shouts out, "I can catch the police hovervan. Just take that guy down.""

Ten just shouts, "Someone grab that van!" - once she realises she can't get it - and sets off in pursuit on one of the bandits.//192m NC Swinging - I just hope he has to land some time!

Ten just shouts, "Someone grab that van!" - once she realises she can't get it - and sets off in pursuit on one of the bandits.

Fox changes in size and fuzz again, rushing at the RPG bandit, pouncing on him and sending a fist into him at the side, taking care to avoid breaking him.

The leader tries to ward off Fox's attack with his spent RPG launcher, but he's too slow.

The bandit leader gets stuck by Fox's attack, his armor vest absorbing a lot of the blow. He manages to keep his feet.

Fox growls at the leader, "DROP IT!" with the sharp teeth and the staggering strength behind her blow. She is easily frightening.

Bifrost looks around at the chaos and carnage. Well... It looks like things are being handled here. Time to play clean up! At random, she picks the closest minion and flies after him. She grabs a piece of debris along the way, testing its heft and chucking it at him.

Bifrost strikes the burglar's jet pack, causing it to flare and smoke out. The good news is that he's not getting away. The bad news is that he's starting to fall.

"I've got the van!" Quinn shouts. "The rest of you try and take out this guy and his friends before they can get away." And with the Quinn is back out through the window, jets firing on full afterburner as he dives after it, swooping underneath the van as he tries to catch it.

The van slams into Quinn with a loud crash, evidently being a bit heavier than he had planned for. He's pressed down another half dozen meters as he tries to arrest the motion of the van and his jets roar as they try to compensate. Fortunately he and the van are still almost 100m up in the air.

Porter sighs when what happens isn't what he wanted to happen. Unfortunately, he's used to that. The burglars are starting to scatter, and he still doesn't want them getting away. They aren't the only things in the sky, though, not by a long shot. There are many living thing that fly, and many of them are basically incontinent. He focuses on one fathest from the heroic, continent fliers.

"Gah!" The fleeing burglar pulls up to a stop to try and clear his goggles.

Aoi switches to full flight mode after seeing Q has the van safe. She goes after one of the fleeing robbers aiming to simply smash into him when she catches up.

Aoi slams into one of the burglars and knocks him off course. He's still up, thanks to the armor he's wearing.

The seven bandits continue to make their escapes. One of them is blinded and doesn't fly away. Another flees 60m from Aoi. A third tries to get past Ten and to the water. A 4th, the one that Bifrost targetted, begins to fall to the ground.

The lead bandit drops his RPG. He backs away from Fox and looks ready to flee.

Fox moves to block his flight, literally, by tearing into the jetpack thing. "Stay," she growls, displeased by the RPG stunt he pulled earlier.

Fox's bone-hard claws shred through the jetpack, rendering it rent. She shows a grin, vaguely threatening with the teeth and the more claws available.

Bifrost dives at the falling Robber. She grabs him and rips the backpack off, intending to use it as her next bit of ammo. Then she hangs him up on a convenient flagpole. "I suggest you hang on tight until the cops come to get you." she says. "I would NOT try to squirm free." she says. "You might fall, and wouldn't that be a shame. You'd splatter like a raw egg, and I wouldn't be there to save you. Again."

Porter slowed one down and tries to add another that isn't otherwise hindered, though they could be getting too far away. Maybe this one will take a look back to check on his buddies (or for folowers) as just the wrong time. The sky in the city is not completely unobstructed. There are still things to run into.

Ten observes that the jet packs don't seem to be the most maneouvrable, so she tries to use her greater speed *and* control to get directly into the guy's path!

Aoi can't think of anything more useful than continuing with her previous tactic.

Aoi slams into the fleeing bandit and knocks him out. He starts to fall.

With all the space junk in orbit, poorly maintained aircraft, and slashed jetpacks around, shrapnel happens. A piece falls down and glances down Porter, but doesn't cause any major bodily injury.

With his hands full at the moment Quinn is unable to take up the chase with the fleeing burglars. Instead he heads towards the ground to set down the damaged hovervan in the first clear area he can find.

Three of the bandits zoom of into the distance with their jetpacks and whatever loot they managed to get.

Fynn leaves Crimson Towers and enters The Towers.

Wham! The bandit slams into Ten and is knocked unconscious by the collision.

The only one left to act is the bandit leader. With his rocket pack destroyed, he hesitates. He then turns and runs for the elevator.

Fox moves toward the elevator too, keeping pace with the bandit leader. If he reaches it, she does too. She is uncertain what he plans to do with it.

Ten, falling at the same rate as the robber, once shoots out her staff to the nearest building and swings over and catches him before either of them come to harm.

Aoi dives after the robber she just knocked unconscious to save him from a messy splat ending on the road below.

Ten says, "These guys are idiots to attempt this without parachutes...."

Bifrost dives for the blinded one, seeing the others are well in hand. "So where's your base?" she asks, shaking the thief roughly.

The bandit says, "It's close to the Transportation Nexus... but we all split and go our separate ways, until the next job!"