Log:Capelli-Cangelosi War, Scene 5

Capelli-Cangelosi War 2016/10/28 	 Night Marshal|Detective Carpenter Cheshire Johnny Cho Sword Dancer Wolf Wild Bull Lia Daemon Magnitude Weakspot Ellbeth

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This district is home to Colonial Bay's large Chinese community; as much Chinese as English is seen on signs and perhaps more Mandarin is spoken. Most famous is Ming Street, curving round from Beach Street to Wharf Street, always full of tourists, especially at its northern and western end. This is practically a street market, with hawkers extolling their wares to passers-by, and signs and banners advertizing everything from fresh duck to herbal supplies, restaurants and bakeries and other businesses. The Heavenly Dragon Palace and the Buddhist temple are among the more famous sights. But perhaps true Chinatown is south and west of Ming Street, where the tourists rarely go.

An firefight at the yacht club between mobsters and plasma rifle-wielding assailants sends Detective Carpenter searching for the missing gunmen. That led him to the docks, where he found the plasma weaponry sellers...ACRO agents. Another firefight broke out.

...at which point, Carpenter heard from Sidewinder, the son of Sonny Capelli, who let him know that the buyer was one Johnny Cho. Mr. Cho is commonly seen in Chinatown, and rumored to be connected to the Triads. But it's unclear which of the two organizations in Chinatown he actually works for. Is it for Pride? Or for Tim Lee?

Carpenter spots Johnny leaving the Dragon Palace, one of Pride Tien Leung's known businesses. He crosses the street to intercept the man.

Sword Dancer is looking for a new place to live, her old apartment having long since been rented to someone else. Since Chinatown is where she was living before she's looking about here first.

Cheshire strolls down the street, parasol open and lying across one shoulder, causing people to give her a wider than normal berth. At the moment, she's not moving all that fast, so the non-Euclidian nature of her steps aren't immediately obvious. She stops and examine a display in a shop window, her head tilting to one side like a doll, her eyes switching colors. The store in question sells spices and traditional medicines.

After last week's shootout, biker bullying & car bombing Daemon has learned to pay special attention to Detective Carpenter when he sees him.

He's been spending a large amount of time in Chinatown looking for Johnny Cho so he might interrogate the man himself. So its no surprise that he sees the Detective as he too chases after Johnny Cho.

Daemon activates his Therma-Optic Nanocloak with Sound Dampeners and decides to stick close to the Detective- he seems to like getting himself in trouble. He doesn't indicate his presence to Carpenter though- the man might need an ace up his sleeve even if he doesn't know it yet.

Its only after getting behind the Detective that he too spots Johnny.

.o0(Shoulda stuck with you instead Detective...) he thinks to himself.

Ellbeth is taste shopping. She can re-create any food taste she has experienced, so trying all the new dishes on sale at the market stalls is a regular thing for her. It's something she does in every city and country she visits.

Carpenter reaches into his jacket to flash his badge. Before he pulls it out though, Johnny bolts down an alleyway! Carpenter shouts after him, "Halt! CBPD!" He gives chase, and the few folks in the immediate area scatter to get out of the way.

Lia is here with a dog, showing them the sights and smells of chinatown and all of its stuff. She's also here because she's running low on chocolate, and needs to acquire more of it.

Daemon sees Carpenter spook their prey before giving chase- he sighs (silently thanks to his sound dampening systems) before he too gives chase. Not wanting to give up his position he avoids moving by webline. But when Johnny cuts down an alleyway he can't help but smile.

There- with walls on either side and no foot-traffic on them Daemon is free to move at his fastest sans webline.

He breaks out into a sprint to get ahead of Johnny Cho. (31m Running)

Sword Dancer grins - looks like there's to be some excitement - and gives chase, leaping over the heads of the crowds as need be and tries to tackle the fleeing person.

Ellbeth is too old, at the moment, for anything as energetic as running. She lets her mind do the work, reaching out mentally to try and lock the running man's muscles.

Cheshire tilts her head the other way as she hears the commotion, a faint smile on her face. Which is the last thing the passersby see of her as she vanishes and reappears on top of a building overlooking the chase.

Caleb enters from MagLev System.

Johnny tenses up as his muscles start to lock. Only to be hit from behind by Sword Dancer. There's a loud crack..perhaps multiple broken bones. And Cho hits the ground with a thump. At the feet of the man that was just noticed by Daemon. Wild Bull.

Lia's ears pickup the sounds of someone shouting and of someone getting hurt. She lowers her ears and flares her wings out. Her body glows green, then vanishes, reappearing in the air up above the crowd, looking for the source of it.

Wolf has been sticking very close to Lia, having had friends go missing in this part of town. Having lost her, his teeth and fur are set nervously on-edge, tail threshing worriedly in short, choppy motions as he looks around wildly, trying to locate Lia while he also tries to take everything in.

Carpenter has his weapon drawn and he skids to a halt when he sees Wild Bull. "Oh... . Hey uh...I just wanted to question him. We should get him some medical help? Yes?"

Lia glows green, then reappears next to Wolf, and points. "This way." She says, hovering just above the ground with her wings.

Daemon is quite surprised by just how quick Johnny is- but being so close and still likely unspotted by Johnny Cho he decides to drop his cloak and snatch the legs right out from under Johnny.

But Daemon can feel others giving chase (thanks to his Nanoscale Trichobothria) not far behind him.

Since he can't be sure what side the other 'blips' on his awareness are & Detective Carpenter behind him he slows down- reactivating his invisibility. There he notices the others incoming- but more importantly, ahead a Meta named Wild Bull.

He leaps to the opposite wall and only then takes a look back to see what's coming his (and Johnny's) way. When he looks back to Johnny he sees him come to a halt and skid to the feet of Wild Bull.

He consults his MetaHuman database to see if this 'Bull' is going to be a problem.

Sword Dancer winces as she hears bones crack. She hadn't meant to be that violent - her ehthusiasm for action got the better of her..... "Aaah! Am sorry!"

Johnny groans on the ground. He winces each time he moves.

Wolf dashes after Lia, paws churning and his tail streaming out behind as he runs to keep pace with her lead (26m run xSPD6)

Wolf will toss a Heal his way, when no one's looking, if that seems approp and/or to stop the bleeding +trauma:

.o0(Yea.... that's going to be a problem.) Daemon thinks to himself. He skitters along the wall to try to position himself behind Wild Bull.

He lands silently, and from there deactivates his cloak- that way Bull understands the tactical position he's in. Considering the Bull's rep though, he isn't holding his breath for 'understanding'.

Wild Bull cracks his knuckles and walks toward Sword Dancer. He says something in Chinese to her.

Lia glances, her wings carrying her with her ears down. Little motes of purple magic swirl around her hand. She can't afford to use any of her powerful magic here, too many people nearby. But she isn't too sure which one of them is dangerous yet, so she holds off on actually using anything.

Wolf tries to remain between Lia and the dangerous person, intending to serve as partial cover for the diminutive Fae

Daemon pipes up from behind Wild Bull, "Why don't you Big Guy?"

Carpenter levels his weapon at Wild Bull, "Please...stand down. We need to get Johnny some help."

On the rooftop on the other side of the alleyway, Cheshire notices two more people. They come up out of a stairwell, onto the rooftop. Specifically, it's Magnitude and Weakspot, two more Chinese metas.

"You heard the Detective." Daemon says totally unaware of what's happening on the rooftops above him.

Sword Dancer whirls about to face Wild Bull, forgetting her mistake for the moment. Some dodging may soon be called for....

Sword Dancer looks at the over muscled man threatening her, and, knowing who she's facing, draws her sword from her bag. She says nothing, nor even makes a directly threatening move, but stands ready.

Cheshire observes the existence of two more metas. She flickers and appears on the opposite roof. Smiles, curtsies, before the pair.

Daemon hates standoffs like this, to his mind things are moving slower than a snails pace. So he decides to goad the big meta.

"This ain't Shanghai, Bull & I'm no slouch- plus you're surrounded. All we're trying to do is get Cho some help- you being conscious for it, well that's the only thing up for debate." He says putting his fists up- for those with excellent vision they will see his gauntlets shifting subtly- reinforcing his fists with plates of solid material across his knuckles.

Both Magnitude and Weakspot stop before they get to the edge of the roof. Weakspot stares at Cheshire while Magnitude speaks. She says in English, "Is there something we can help you with?"

Lia is just floating idly with purple motes swirling around her right hand, ready to strike at the first sign of a fight breaking out. But she's not going to make the first move.

Cheshire simply smiles enigmatically in response.

Wolf is serving as Cover for Lia and would Dive-for-intercept to take the damage of any attack directed at Lia if need be.

Wild Bull growls, though he's not enraged...yet. He takes a swing at Sword Dancer with a wide roundhouse punch, hoping to driver her into the wall next to her.

There's a spray of brick and debris as Wild Bull's fist crashes into the wall after sailing over Sword Dancer's head.

Sword Dancer smoothly follows the strongman's clumsy blow with a strike with the flat of her blade to his ankle, designed to trip him up.

Magnitude furrows her brow as she hears the fighting below. "What was that?"

Sword Dancer knocks the muscled man onto his backside. Since they don't seem to share a language, she just lets her look say that she could have done worse if she felt inclined.

Wild Bull topples to the ground...and he growls again. Yeah, knocking him down has made him madder.

Ellbeth blink teleports over to Detective Carpenter. "Good afternoon, detective. You do seem to live an exciting life, don't you? Can I be of assistance?"

Carpenter nods to Ellbeth, "Please...if you can defuse this somehow? That would be...great. I know this guy. He's really hard to stop."

Lia's purple motes solidify into a mass of magic. She doesn't know who this Bull person is, but he looks strong. So no binding him. Instead, she uses her only attack that won't cause scenery damage if she misses, a sleep spell.

Daemon sucks his teeth.

"Yeah- so big, and dumb. Check." Daemon says as Bull destroys the nearest wall taking a swing at Sword Dancer.

He ducks out of the way deftly as debris goes flying.

He figures now's as good a time as any to intervene, "Maybe we might want to adjourn to one of the local china shops?" He says as he throws a punch at the big Bullish man.

Millions of microsized robots leap into action. Some charging nanoscale capacitors, others spinning webbing ir applying it to the Sticky Disc being activated on the back of his hand.

At the apex of the motion, the Sticky Disc is ejected at high speeds towards Wild Bull, Chinatown Meta.

Ellbeth sighs, "I fear, detective, we have exceeded the critical mass for a safe meta gathering. I belief our best efforts now must be to reduce civilian involvement and wait for the chain-reaction to quiet down."

...and the electrical disc hurt Wild Bull, but not as much as expected. He grunts as the electricity courses through him.

Cheshire continues to smile enigmatically at the two metas. .oO (If I can keep them confused up here, then they're not getting involved down there.)

Daemon's eyes narrow as the Bull remains not only upright- but mostly unaffected by his charged attack.

As Bull's muscles twitch he says, "Hey look- Beef Jerky!" Daemon jokes.

Daemon follows up his pun with a quick punch- aimed at the back of Wild Bull's head.

Wild Bull seems to have lost any control after Daemon's punch. He's gone completely into a rage.

Carpenter says as an aside to Ellbeth, "Uh...this seems like the opposite of calming things down."

Weakspot keeps his eyes on Cheshire, but he moves toward the edge of the roof. Likewise, Magnitude heads to the edge as well, but she's far less concerned about Cheshire.

Magnitude looks down into the alley. "Is that Bull? I think it is."

Wolf is serving as Cover for Lia and would Dive-for-intercept to take the damage of any attack directed at Lia if need be. If Lia is not attacked, Wolf will cast Heal again on whoever most needs it

Cheshire speaks without moving her lips. "Why don't we all stay up here, rather than complicate matters down there." Her voice is soft, nearly uninflected.

Daemon is so far unimpressed with Wild Bull. He finds him wanting in a number of areas, but out of control- its hard to see why anyone would want such a liability in their operations. He knows he certainly wouldn't.

.o0(Still gotta appreciate a guy who can take a punch like that.) He thinks to himself idly.

He's alerted to the presence of others- above.

He avoids taking his eyes off the hulking cow-man though.

"Ah- so the rage issues are true huh?" Daemon says venomously- taunting the wild- well the Wild Bull.

"Seems like its time to see if we can carve off a side of beef." .o0(He's got enough meat on him anyhow...) He adds as he activates his Digistructed claws.

The tips of his fingers spark as the electromagnetic fields spring to life for a half a second before the plasmic inducers fill the fields with superheated plasma. 3 Fingers on each hand (thumb, first and middle) are alight with these claws as he tucks his other two fingers into his palm.

(...because this guy's too dumb to even be goaded properly & probably too tough to be dealt with any other way. I'm almost outta tricks.) he thinks to himself as he consults Wild Bull's entry in his Metahuman Database already knowing it isn't as helpful as he'd like.

With an aloof shrug- he takes a shallow swipe at Wild Bull to see how that works for him.

Daemon manages to draw blood from Wild Bull. Not that his target slows down at all.

Lia grumbles slightly when her sleep beam went clearly off target and landed harmlessly on the ground somewhere. She is a little rusty at this, isn't she? No matter, she charges and fires off another one. Hopefully with a little more accuracy this time.

Much like the electrical disk, the sleep beam doesn't quite have as much effect as hoping. But it does appear to have at least...some effect on Wild Bull.

Wild Bull stands up, having forgotten about Sword Dancer. He takes a swing at Daemon instead. "RAaaaauugggghhhh!" Spittle flies from his mouth as he throws the punch.

Daemon is hit by Bull. he clearly didn't calculate that correctly. He doesn't look like he's calculating much of anything after hitting the ground.

Ellbeth watches Daemon go flying. Which gives her an opportunity. She reaches out with her mind, and presents Wild Bull with an illusionary Daemon to punch at until he regains control.

Cheshire strolls to the edge of the roof, next to the other two metas, and looks down at the scene below. "My, my."

Sword Dancer, now Wild Bull is well and truly distracted and has made his move, moves in behind him to deal the mightiest blow she can. She's heard how tough he is and wants to make sure of this.

Cheshire continues to observe the scene below, as long as her roof-mates stat content to not intervene. If it looks like they're going to... well, then, things have changed.

Magnitude jumps off the roof...and shrinks on the way down, becoming almost impossible to spot.

Wolf dashes over and *noses* the slumped-over Daemon with careful concern

Cheshire starts to reach for Magnitude, but is too late. Shrugs. Looks over to Weakspot. "Oh well. It's her funeral."

Daemon remains slumped- he's there but clearly unconscious. That as a hell of a hit he took.

Wild Bull is actually knocked off his feet and driven down the alleyway, landing near Daemon. He shakes his head, trying to gain his bearings.