Log:Superanimals!, Scene 5

Superanimals! 2007/10/11 	 Ellbeth Rakshasa Titan Sir Crimson "Hercules" "Mr. Elastic" 5

Evening on Main Street North: most people who work here have gone home, though of course some places, like the police station, are still fairly busy. The evening has brought with it a warm mist, making the shapes of the buildings slightly indistinct and glowing hazily around the streetlights.

Titan is coming off the Maglev, after having signed a couple of autographs on the trip into the downtown area. He smiles in a photogenic manner, and waves to the two fans he ran into. He then walks down the stairs to the street below.

Rakshasa is walking slowly down the street, dragging her feet after a long day working at Space Burger, she has a small backpack over one shoulder, a Space Burger bag in one had and a soda in the other. She takes a sip from the straw as she walks along, ignoring the looks from the few passerbys.

Ellbeth steps out of the offices of Montgomery and Associates after a long and tedious legal meeting with a prospective publisher. She yawns and stretches on leaving the building and spends a few moments in the coolness of the evening air deciding on a choice of venue for a coffee.

Carrying with clarity in the misty air an alarm sounds. It take a moment longer to place the source: the jail.

Titan turns to look in the direction of the jail, and then takes a running leap in that direction, arcing high into the air, and landing on the sidewalk in front of it with a loud thump, cracking the sidewalk slightly.

Ellbeth turns and starts walking in the direction of the jail in order to offer her assistance.

Rakshasa's ears twitch as she hears the alarm, "Huh. Sounds like trouble..." She floats up toward the nearest rooftop, looking for a place to change and stow her gear.

The alarm has attracted attention from the police station, too, and several officers are hurrying to lend assistance.

The empty roofs of the grand building afford plenty of place to change unnoticed, especially in the light fog.

Rakshasa drops her backpack and pulls out her battle outfit, stuffing a burger in her mouth and slurping down soda at the same time, somehow balancing them all as she changes.

Rakshasa thinks. o O (Having more power is good, but why the heck did I have to lose the ability to reshape my physyical form!)

Ellbeth thinks. o O (Max. What's the story on the big heavy guy leaping towards the jail? Can you see if you can find out a bit about him. Like is he a known hero or villain?)

Titan furrows his brow, and runs inside...definitely looking like a civilian, but hopefully the police won't accost him.

The police are busy talking about the situation into their radios, but only one word carries clearly: "metas".

No such luck - the police do call out to him. "You - stop where you are! Can't you see there's a situation here?"

Titan stops, and turns to look to the police officers, "Officers...I'm here to help. There was no time to put on a costume...clearly you were in need of assistance. Which way to the disturbance?"

Ellbeth arrives at the jail after Titan. "Officer, can I be of assistance?" She asks one of the more senious on hand at the first convenient moment she won't be interrupting him.

Titan follows up his statement with a comfortable looking smile. He clearly looks like he knows what he's doing, even if he's the least experienced of the metas who responded.

The officer is rather taken about by Titan's presence - and leaps (oddly) to the correct conclusion on seeing Ellbeth. "I'm sorry - I didn't realise you were ca- superheroes! Thank you, any assistance would be welcome!"

Titan nods, "Glad to be of help. Just...point us in the right direction."

"Some sort of breakout in the jail - some metas, they think they got in as visitors - report of explosions, too."

Titan nods sagely, and then starts to run off in the direction indicated.

Ellbeth follows Titan at the more sedate pace her age dictates.

The police move with the heroes to the jail.

Rakshasa belatedly teleports after them, making her presence known in a flash of light, "Fear for I am here! ... Wait, that's not right. I mean, have no fear, for I am here!"

Titan comes into the reception area, and looks around for the (hopefully obvious) threat.

Ellbeth asides to the nearest observer, be they meta or normal, "I always get a little nervous when I hear that said. It's tempting fate."

Rakshasa gets the guns of several edgy policemen pointed at her for her pains.

Ellbeth casts a spell of protection on herself

Rakshasa rolls her eyes, "Sheesh. Leave a city for a year and peopel forget you exist! C'mon, how coudl you forget a cute face like mine?"

The prison guards quickly try to explain the situation to the police. "A couple of meta are trying to a prison - or soem prisoners - out - not a meta, so not in the meta-proof cells. Also we have a problem with - look out!"

The guard is looking at a rat, which has just poked its head around the corner.

Titan shrugs upon seeing the rat, assuming that the guard is referring to something else. So, he moves past the rat, heading toward the cells...looking for the metas in question.

The rat takes fright at Titan's approach. And explodes.

Ellbeth is knocked off her feet by the exploding rat although her magical protection prevents her taking injury. "That was... unexpected."

Titan ends up getting blown back a couple meters, striking the floor. He looks...well, barely hurt. His silk shirt failed to deal with the explosion, though..and is now in tatters.

Rakshasa lets out an "oof!" as she is dumped on her butt by the blast. "Ow! My pride!"

Titan gets back to his feet, and shakes his head, muttering something in Greek as he stands back up.

The warden manages to keep his feet. "I said, look out," he says coldly.

Titan glances at the warden as he strides toward the cells, "So you did...so you did."

Sir_Crimson rushes into the jail attrached by the sound of alarms. He arrives just in time the see and hear the explosion. "What's going on?!"

"There were others, too," puts in another guard. "Exploding rats, that is."

Rakshasa looks at Sir Crimson, "Come quick! Exploding rats are making a prison break. Or breaking a prison. Something like that."

Striding to the cells isn't *that* easy. Unsurprisingly they've put a few locked doors in the way. :)

Ellbeth pauses for a moment, "It seems, from the sounds that are audible, that whoever or whatever is engaged in the prison break is intent on making their own exit. Thus we must go to them as they are not likely to be leaving by this route."

Rakshasa becomes slightly translucent and runs toward the cells, "Meet ya there!".

Titan soon runs into a locked door, where the guards call back to determine whether to admit him or keep the place locked down.

"Now just a minute!" says the warden, somehow morally offended by someone just walking through his walls.

Titan removes the shredded remains of his shirt, and looks back to Ellbeth, "Any suggestions?"

Ellbeth steps up to the locked door and while the guards are debating she runs her fingers around the frame. As she does a gateway opens through the door. "After you." She tells Titan.

Titan smiles. "Very nice." He steps through the gateway.

Ellbeth adds, "Sir Knight, so you wish to avail yourself of this passage before I release the spell?"

The warden stands flustered. Don't these people understand about walls? About locks? This strikes at the very heart of what a jail is all about!

Sir_Crimson follows after Titan, "Of course M'lady.":

Ellbeth adds, "Sir Knight, do you wish to avail yourself of this passage before I release the spell?"

Ellbeth steps through after Titan and Sir_Crimson. The gateway vanishes behind her.

Rakshasa stops when she sees...

The prison wall is cracked, almost down, as Rakshasa arrives. One guy is doing the damage, with mighty blows. The other stands watch...

Ellbeth leads the way through the locked doors and occasional wall on the way to the source of the noise.

... and sees Rakshasa approach. "Company, Hercules."

There's also a woman there - seemingly the one they're breaking out.

Sir_Crimson follows the lady mage and other heroes through the prison, "So did someone say exploding rats?"

Rakshasa waves cheerfully, "Hi! I'm Rakshasa, Demon of the Night, Bane of Men, Devourer of Souls, the Great Deceiver! Who are you guys?"

"You can call me - Mr. Elastic!" says the guy, rather cheerfully.

Rakshasa says, "Nice to meetchya! So, watchya doin'?"

"Bustin' someone out of prison!" says Mr. Elastic cheerfully. "You?"

Rakshasa says, "Stoppin' you from bustin' someone out of prison! Small world isn't it?"

"Don't see you doing much stopping!"

Rakshasa solidifies and her stripes begin to glow brightly as her skin energizes. A ball of bluish-gold energy forms in the palm of her right hand. She grabs it and it distorts into a 4 foot long spike of energy, which she hurls at Hercules.

Hercules hits the wall he was about to punch, hard. Ironically, that causes a bit more of the wall to break away.

Rakshasa says, "Oops."

"All right!" says Mr. Elastic. "Now let's see what I can do!" He accelates a big fist at Rakshasa.

Rakshasa bounces off the wall and lands on her hands and knees, "Ow. Not bad, not bad."

"Yes!" Mr. Elastic grins. "Stop me? Like hell!"

Rakshasa gets back to her feet and goes translucent again, "Still, I can take a punch, can you? And what about big and dumb over there?" She vanishes and reappears behind Mr. Elastic.

Mr. Elastic spins about to face Rakshasa. "Oh, too scared to take another punch?"

Rakshasa winks, "Too smart to when I don't have to."

Hercules gets up with a grunt. "Come on, no time for this, Elastic." He gives the punch of the wall all he has.

Hercules blasts a clean hole at the back of the jail. Doesn't look like the police have got round the back to cover it yet - just the usual perimeter guard.

Sir_Crimson's sword disappears and is replaced by a bow. A third arm of pure crimson energy appears with an arrow. In a blink it is fired at Hercules "Be aware you are trespassing as well as assaulting police officers and government property. If you do not stand down I may have to subdue or even injure you.more"

Seems Hercules can take it. Thoguh not his clothes, which are destroyed where the blast hit.

Titan moves through the gateway toward Hercules...shouting, "Miscreats! Surrender! You can't hope to escape!"

Both the villains hesitate a bit.

Ellbeth stays where she is. These no need to approach the villains. "First a temporary fix." she says and casts a Barrier spell across the exterior wall covering the break in it.

Ellbeth seals the breach in the prison wall with a shimmering blue curtain of magical energy.

The prisoner doesn't head for the gap in the wall after all, under the circumstances - indeed she's not sure where to turn. (Hold)

Mr. Elastic cries "No!" on seeing the replacement wall, and shoots a fist toward Ellbeth, hoping taking her down will remove the wall.

Ellbeth is slammed back into an interior wall and knocked off her feet once again.

Rakshasa looks indignant, "Hey! You hit a girl. Well, woman. An old woman at that!" She solidifies, her stripes glowing again. Another ball of energy builds in her had, turning into a 4 foot blade of energy as she grabs it. She slashes wildly at Mr. Elastic.

Mr. Elastic stretches to avoid the energy blade. "Hey, watch it with that!" He follows up with a fist at Rakshasa.

Ellbeth says to Rakshasa from her position on the floor at the foot of the wall she just slammed into, "While I appreciate your concern and desire to rebuke him for striking me I do prefer the term mature rather than old."

Rakshasa joins Ellbeth on the floor albeit in a different spot, "Noted. Actually I'm older than you anyway."

Rakshasa says, "Oh, and ow!"

Hercules gets up, looking frustrated.

Titan steps up to Mr. Elastic...and takes a mighty swing at the man. "Hitting your elders...bah!"

Titan misses horribly over the man's head.

Sir_Crimson glances back at the two women to make sure they are okay, "Don't worry I got them." His energy arm pulls back and launches another arrow at Hercules as he moves forward.

Sir_Crimson adds, "Eventually."

Ellbeth clambers back onto her feet and starts preparing another spell.

Outside, the closest watchtower can be seen exploding in fireworks as another rat goes up.

Ellbeth englobes herself in a second magical barrier

Rakshasa jumps back to her feet, "Ta da! Ring the bell for round 3!" She swings again!

Rakshasa jumps back to her feet, "Ta da! Ring the bell for round 3!" She flips the blade to an overhand grip and hurls it at Mr. Elastic.

Rakshasa watches in dismay as her blast hits the far wall, "Whoops! Looks like I'm a little rusty."

"You'll have to do better than that," smirks Mr. Elastic, stretching a fist to strike Rakshasa again. He seems to be enjoying this..

Rakshasa is knocked down on her butt again, "It's a good thing you hit like a girl. ... Wait. I'm a girl. Whatever. You know what I mean."

Hercules doesn't like the way the heroes are still outnumbering them, no matter how well Mr Elastic is doing. "Let's get out of here!" He strikes Ellbeth's wall, at full strength.

Ellbeth sighs, "Possibly a change of tactics is called for. Gentlemen, would you consider settling this by the outcome of a game of chess? Or perchance a game of poker?"

Hercules laughs - with a sort of surprised glee - as the wall drops.

Sir_Crimson's bow disappears as the energy in it folds back to form a solid coating around his right gauntlet, "You fellows aren't going anywhere I can't follow." He strides over to Mr.Elastic and attempts to give him a good jab.

Mr. Elastic looks a bit surprised as his body stretches to absorb some of the blow. And more when he starts bouncing round the room.

However, he manages to land on his feet.

Titan fails to act as his opponent goes bouncing away from him by surprise.

The woman prisoner darts outside the building while the going's good!

Ellbeth looks at Mr Elastic. "By Storm and Wind I summon forth the Spirits of Fury." she incants. A wind springs up around her and ghostly spirits flow in the air and swoop down at the villain.

Mr Elastic wasn't expecting that. He doesn't seem to be having so much fun any more....

Rakshasa pops back to her feet again and staggers slightly, "Heh. If you like that, you'll love this. I did say I was the Devourer of Souls didn't I? Oh, not to you that's right. Well, I am." Wispy tendrils of bluish energy drift out from her pals toward Mr. Elastic.

The tendrils latch on momentarily and pulses of golden energy flow backwards into Rakshasa, "Mmmm. Tasty!"

Mr. Elastic flees out through the gap in the wall! There's a loud BOING sound.

Rakshasa vanishes and reappears outside, a ball of energy crackling in her palm as she shpes it into a spike before hurling it, "Oh no you don't!"

Unfortunately, Rakshasa guessed he wrong direction. Mr E boinged *that* way, not *this* way - he's not in line of sight.

Nor is the woman, whom he must have picked up on the way.

Rakshasa swears, "Oh... Poodlesticks!"

Somewhere out of sight there's another boing as Mr. Elastic makes his getaway more secure.

Hercules tries to follow suit, jumping out throught he gap in the wall and over the fence.

Rakshasa fumes as she pops off in the wrong direction looking for the villains.

Sir_Crimson's energy steed appears under him as he moves toward the wall. The faithful mount flaps it's wings full speed as it chases after Herc. "Hold Coward! Face me!"

Ellbeth summoms a phamtom steed, a jet black tiger seemingly made of living smoke. She mounts it and sets off after Herc, fading from visibility as she starts to move.

Mr. Elastic is ready to meet Tim as he catches up....

Hercules swings wildly at Sir Crimson.

Sir_Crimson calls forth his energy sword and it flares up in his right hand. He swings it around at Herc as he ducks under his punch, "Villian you will not escape."

Ellbeth remains invisible and begins to study Hercules with care.

Hercules says, "I don't want to fight you. I have no argument with you. Just go, and you won't get hurt." But he hits out, nonetheless. He seems frightened.

Sir_Crimson sucks in a breath as Herc hits his stomach with a clack. He shakes it off quickly as swings again with his sword. "I do not seek conflict but you attacked the police. Stand down and surrender!"

"Well. If you insist." He strikes out at the knight again.

Sir_Crimson attempts to duck and swing again but takes another punch that lands on his armor with a clank. "What to they call you fiend?" He inquires with his blade.//EB 4d6 NND, def: pow def

Sir_Crimson attempts to duck and swing again but takes another punch that lands on his armor with a clank. "What to they call you fiend?" He inquires with his blade.

Ellbeth fades into sight as she dismounts the living smoke tiger and dismisses it. "He is no fiend, Sir Knight. He has shown reluctance to fight and Loyalty to an imprisoned companion. We find ourselves on opposite sides but there is much to commend in him. Yet we are on opposite sides so my spells are at your service." She once again summons a host of spirits to do her bidding and strike at the foeman.

He looks between the two and jumps to TIm and lashes out at him again, looking a bit desperate.

Sir_Crimson says, "Your words speak true M'lady yet he cowardly blew up police officers and...Oophhhh" He is cut off by another right hook. "That's it!" The energy fold back around his gauntlet and he tries a punch of his own.

Though he took that hit solidly, he's not budged.

Ellbeth continues to call up the ghostly spirits to strike at Hercules.

He strikes at Sir Crimson once more.

Sir_Crimson takes a good punch to the helmet and he falls back to the ground with a loud thump.

Ellbeth finally has a chance now the Knight and Hercules are separated to cast her blinding spell. She points her staff at the opponent and incants briefly.

Sir_Crimson shakes his head slowly coming back to consiousness.

Hercules makes a move to put Sir Crimson out for good - and in so doing triggers the spell.

Ellbeth sees a ring of light spring up around the figure of Hercules as the spell waits for the triggering condition.

He lands blinded where he jumped for, and decides his only bet is to try to follow through with the plan.....

Sir_Crimson rises to he feet and does the only thing he has the energy left to do. He attempts to circle around Herc quietly and swing at him with his energy sword.

Ellbeth summons more Spirits and send them at Hercules.

Hercules cries out in pain - he felt that.

Hercules doesn't seem to have much choice but to keep hitting the knight till he can see again.

Ellbeth summons even more Spirits and send them at Hercules again.

Sir_Crimson stumbles right into Herc's fist again and finds himself on the ground again.

Hercules attempts just to jump away at this point!

Sir_Crimson summons up what power he has left to create his energy bow and fire an arrow at the retreating Herc, "You...shall..not...flee."

Ellbeth is running out of magical reserves but she'll attempt once again to bring the fleeing Heracles to bay with a summoned host of spirits.

Ellbeth loses control of the spirits and they turn on her. She drops to her knees stunned by the power of their attack.

The blinded man bounds off, making good his escape.

Sir_Crimson rises to his feet slowly, "Well that could have gone better." He watchs the retreating Herc, "We will meet again." He moves to help Ellbeth.

Ellbeth is kneeling holding her head with one hand and keeping herself upright with the staff in her other hand."Are you a Christian man, Sir Knight?" She asks as he comes over.