Log:Talking Rats

2005/09/27 	 Eleven Fate Flare Lorelei Redwolf Greenwolf Fist Celestra 1

'Editorial note: This scene is part of a plot run by Bilbo in 2005 (I have dated it Sept 27, perhaps inaccurately, but I'm pretty certain it was then or within the next week). I'm not aware of the details of the greater plot, and couldn't stay right to the end of the scene, but I thought the log worth posting for those interested in the origins of Colonial Bay's sentient rat population. --Stephie'

RedWolf is hidding out watching what she is sure is a Tophat gang hideout.

Rachel is leaning next to the door of the icecream palor soothing her worries with a chocolate icecream

Eleven is at the Seafarer getting some calamari.

Lorelei is heading to the beach when she spots Rachel ans waves.

Rachel waves some to lorelei as she licks her icecream

Lorelei heads over to join Rachel. "Hey, how's it going?"

Rachel glances around a bit for the trail of drooling boys before awnsering "A long long day," she sighs "What bout you?"

Lorelei nods back at the drooling boys. "Long too, in a way." She sits down across from Rachel. "Oh, any news on the costume?"

Rachel reaches into her pocket and pulls out two sheets of paper handing them to her

Lorelei takes the sheets of paper and looks at them.

Eleven dips calamari sticks into marinara sauce and then munches on them at the Seafarer.

Lorelei blinks on looking at one piece of paper and turns to the second.

The sound of rapidly exploding fireworks. . . . or gunfire intermingled with larger explosions and a sizzling like a downed electrical wire suddenly erupts a mere three blocks away from the pier. Three small streams of black smoke begin to rise over the rooftops.

Lorelei looks up sharply in the direction of the noise.

Rachel looks towards the sound of noise as well her eyes flaming slightly as she looks to lorelei "Shall we go investigate?

RedWolf listens to her SGG comm unit and her radio scanner, hoping to find out what is going on before she abandons the stake out of the Tophat's hideout.

Eleven takes his calamari sticks and rushes over to towards the balck smoke to see what is going on.

Lorelei nods, tucking the pieces of paper away quickly.

An unarmed Clasher, his left-arm punctured through by something that left a pencil-thin hole charred black behind, runs around the corner and comes into view of the waiting heroes. He pauses for just a moment, then starts stumbling towards him, gasping, "I give . . . just get me out of here . . ."

Rachel shakes her head slightly in shock at the clasher rushing over to him "Okay, what is going on?"

Lorelei runs out of the ice cream shop after Rachel, and had been about to ask the same question.

Fate comes in from the amusment pier, feeding a corndog to SonGoku and notices the commotion.

Eleven catches up to Fate and eyes the corn dog. "That's not brown spicy mustard. How could you do that to your dragon?"

Rachel waits for the clasher to respond looking around a bit

Bilbo The Clasher, whose name is proudly displayed on his jacket as 'Hardstop', looks wildly around, gasping, "They're going to kill everyone. . . They lied! They said they could handle them. But . . . than the big guy showed up and swept the floor with them. Its carnage. We're getting torn apart . . ."

Lorelei says, "Calm down. Who lied? Who's killing who?"

Rachel looks surpized but lets lorelei do the talking

Fate chuckles, then says: "He's plenty spicy enough as it is. What's going on over there?" as he presses forward.

The Clasher wobbles a bit, then slumps to the ground, one hand clutching over his injured arm. "Never should have trusted those damn mercs. First that trio of braggerts put a dozen of us in the hospital, then they offer to make amends by helping out take out a Tophats drug caravan. Bragged about all their high-tech power armor, but the big boss tore them to pieces. Left us facing a barrage of military-grade energy weapons all on our own. The bastards."

Eleven replies, "Looks like Clashers are getting killed. Let's go stop the massacre."

Rachel nods and holds out her hand to lorelei waiting for her to take it before quickly flying over to the scene

Lorelei takes Rachel's hand.

Fate trots forward as he gesticulates and chants, trying to call forthe his globe of protection.

Eleven accompanies Fate to the scene.

As the intrepid heroes approach closer, they can see the occasional energy blast flying into the sky or across the street from around the corner of the block. The bullets, of course, aren't visible except when they richochet off lampposts and burrow into walls with little puffs of dust. Human screams of pain, at least a half-dozen can now be heard. Approaching any closer would risk exposure to stray fire.

Fate takes the risk.

Flare keeps on going trying to put Lorelei more behind her to protect her

Eleven goes to take a peek at what is going on.

Eleven and Fate peek around the corner and see a scene of carnage. Fist-size pieces of black and white power armor litter the streets - the same pattern as the trio of mercenaries known as the Discount Dangers. Three middle-age men wearing only boxer shorts are lying motionless in the center of the shattered armor, bleeding from dozens of thin cuts. A half-dozen clashers are lying slumped against nearby walls - often times the walls have become depressed or cracked from the force of their impact. A pair of brown sedans are merrily burning, one lying upside down, the other on the side, in the middle of the street. The front of a small deli is also enveloped in flames. Through the flames blocking the only apparent exit, a pair of elderly women and a middle-aged balding man in a blood-stained white apron are huddled in the far corner of the tiny shop. Two blocks away, straight down the street from the carnage, is a single large U-Haul truck accompanied by a single brown sedan both are moving at high-speed away from the battle-scene. The only moving people still visible is a single Top-hat with a rifle huddled behind one of the burning sedans, trading fire with someone huddled behind the second-story window of a small clothing resale shop.

No, the visible tophat rifleman is not in a straight line to the U-Haul from your current position - you are also still flying at roof-top level so he is at a downward angle to you, about 12" away from your current position, Flare. The Tophat Gunman is 11" away from the streetcorner that the rest of you are peering around, and the burning sedan is providing partial cover for him.

Flare says, "Okay hun I'm gonna set ya down near the top hat, do you think you can stop him from firing?""

Lorelei says, "i guess we'll find out...."

Fate runs towards the deli, prepping a spell.

Eleven races forward and fires a shot at the Uhaul or Brown Sedan's tire (whichever is closer and larger and easier to hit).

Flare nods and flys droping lorelei about 5" from the top hat behind cover before speeding off after the U-haul

Lorelei collects herself and walks hurries ot bring herself into the guy's line of sight. "Hey there," she smiles, "why don't you just put the gun down?"

Eleven aims and shoots! *Blam!* The bullet flies straight into the right rear tire of the Brown Sedan. The sedan spins to the side and lies horizontally, blocking the road. Only the Uhaul Left..

Flare speeds towards the u-haul coming up besided trying to clip one of the tires with a flaming fist

The Tophat furrows his brow as Lorelei speaks to him. He hesistates for a moment, then slowly lowers his gun and sets it on the ground. Unfortunately, at that very moment, a barrage of gunfire erupts from the second-story window towards the now defensely tophat!

Fate casts an ice bolt at the flames in the deli, hoping to extinguish them.

The Tophat gasps in surprise as a single bullet strikes him mid-chest. He falls down with a thump, gasping for breath. He feebly lifts the side of his jacket, revealing the forcefield harnass underneath. . . . which, judging from its dented state and the lack of the characteristic blue glow, hasn't been working for some time.

Lorelei screams, "No!" She doesn't think to stop to see if she can help the man - she knows nothing of first aid - she can only think he's dead or dying, and it's her fault! Sickened and enreaged, she runs for the building from which the shot was fired.

Eleven says, "ok im done for now?"

Fate casts an ice bolt at the flames in the deli, hoping to extinguish them.

Fate sprints forward as a temporary path is cleared through the flames, beckoning to the harried occupants to run through to meet him, but plunging through himself if they don't.

The elderly women and deli manager rush out through the temporarily opened path in the blaze.

Flare grins droping low to rip apart the front of the van alowing it to use it's own forward momentum to add damage to her strike to the tires//Pushing H0to hand attack Ocv 12 Damage 9d6 +any from the van's momentum shield at 14/14

Flare's flaming fist pounds into the front of the Uhaul van - and it crumbles inward just as it is designed to do in the event of a crash. Black smoke starts to rise from the hood as the humming engine dies. However, the van still seems to be rolling forward.

Eleven was about to continue chase but that Top Hat got shot and Lorelei is running into the building! He has to go to check to make sure the kid doesn't die!

Eleven's examination of the injured Tophat reveals the bullet just nicked one of his lungs, but seems to have avoided damaging any major internal organ. While a pretty nasty wound, it doesn't look like its life threatening and a quick bandage is enough to keep him from bleeding to death before an ambulance can arrive.

Lorelei stops her mad charge at the building, realising it makes more sense to try to stun the sniper from here, and strikes one of her poses from the middle of the street.

Lorelei strikes her pose - and no one seems to be opening fire on her from the window. As to what exactly that means. . . its tough to say.

Eleven quickly does the aid to the top hat and tells him to stay low and under cover while ambulance arrives.

The back of the Uhaul snaps open and three Tuxes surrounding by a blue glow fly straight up into the air, gently glowing wooden crates trailing behind them. Then, a figure in massive black powerarmor steps out of the van behind them. A thin glowing red line along where his eyes would be intensifies its glow at the same rythm as a resting heart-beat. Twisted silver cables can be seen at the armor's joints. Meanwhile, a pair of suits, each carrying a bandoleer of grenades and energy rifles, scramble out of the Sedan.

Eleven frowns. "Great.. outnumbered and outgunned.."

Fate hurries the frightened citizens to the nearest (non-flaming) cover.

The distant sound of approaching police sirens can be heard.

Eleven runs towards the villains since the top hat seems to be stable now.

Lorelei reckons these new people on the scene are a greater danger than the sniper! She closes to the building though, so that the sniper won't be able to see her, before striking a pose toward the imposing figure in black armour - as the one that frightens her most!

The Figure in Black stands there, motionless, at Lorelei strikes the pose.

Both the Riflemen pull grenades from their bandoleers and hurl them at the approaching Eleven!

A pair of kinetic grenades explode at Eleven's feet. Twin domes of blue energy erupt upwards and wash over Eleven.

Jack grimaces as the pain washes over him. "Frickin retards..." he keeps hold of his gun and is determined to continue..

The figure in black powerarmor suddenly rises from the ground, flying after the trio of Tuxes for 10", before pointing a single hand at the nearest enemy - the gun-wielding Eleven!

A massive blast of blue-white energy ploughs into the street next to Eleven, raising a small cloud of dust as it pulverizes the cement.

The Tuxes simply continue flying away at high-speed with the crates trailing behind them.

Fate approaches cautiously, crouching and trying to stay behind debris/cover, making the mystic motions and sounding the arcane syllables to invoke his magiks.

The ground at the riflemen's feet looks like its wet with something. . . They don't seem to notice however.

Eleven runs fowards a little bit and aims at the gas tank of the car. *BLAM!* Another shot fires out towards the sedan which the top hats are using as cover. They have their shields on right? That should help protect them.

Eleven doesn't seem fazed by the explosion has he races onwards towards the fleeing villains. Perhaps this will get there attention.. (Hence making them look back towards me and lorelei and fate..)

The two riflemen stumble back as the volatile hydrogen fuel explodes in a bright yellow burst. Their rifles go skittering several feet away as they stumble back.

Lorelei is more sure than ever the figure in the power armour is the one that needs stopping! Also that she *really* doesn't want to get any closer to him - so it's striking a pose again.

Again, Lorelei poses at the power armored figure. Again, its impossible for her to tell whether she is having an effect underneath all that hardware.

However, evidentally they are in no mood for a fight, because the figure in black armor turns from the scene and jets off after the fleeing tuxes, who dip down behind a nearby skyscraper to cut off visual contact (Tuxes and Black armor flying 20" further away. Tuxes now out of sight, Black armor is still visible.)

Eleven frowns and gives chases leaving the explosion behind him. No time for the lower levels. Time for the big poppa! The asian gunman bursts into a sprint trying to chase the armors down.

Lorelei fears that the tuxes have got away with, well, whatever all this was about, but there's not much to be done but to try to down Black Armour - and at this range the same again is the only approach. She strikes yet another pose. If it doesn't do anything to Black Armour, at least it should entertain the bystanders.

The Black Armored figure is swooping down to sneak out of sight behind a building when something suddenly goes wrong. His flight falters and he collapses on top of the roof of a ten-story building, lying motionless.

Fate pokes his head out from cover now, and emboldened, (but not foolhardy) moves cautiously forward, formulting yet another spell by voice and gesture, focusing eldrich energies as it coalesces around him before striking out at the downed gunman.//Mana Storm: 2d6 EB (NND, Area Effect, Hex, 0 End, Autofire Defense is Power Defense or Anti-Magic. Split, 1d6 to each, attempting 5 hits.

The two riflemen manage to stumble to their feet and head over towards where their rifles are lying. The roof suddenly shudders and the black armored figure falls straight down through a hole torn in the roof beneath him!

The mana storm only hits one of it's intended victims, but it has the desired effect on him at least as he slumps forward, hitting the ground hard.

Eleven runs towards the building to see where the Black Armor went. (no damage for falling through the building huh?)

The sound of something heavy hitting the ground and shattering comes from the far side of the building Eleven is approaching.

Lorelei, no longer being able to see Black Armour, poses for the remaining rifelman.

The remaining rifleman collapses unconscious.

Eleven runs around the bilding to see what crashed!

Lorelei says, "I'd better go check on that black-armoured guy!"

As Eleven runs around the building, he catches sight of one of the large wooden crates that had been hauled out of the Uhaul by one of the Tuxes. It appears to have fallen to the ground from a great heigh and shattered like an egg. It appears to have been packed with hundreds of glass vials of a milky white substance, which are even now spreading out into an expanding pool - and dripping down into the sewer!

Lorelei runs off in that direction.

Eleven frowns as he can't do anything about that now. He goes inside to look for the Black Power armor.

Lorelei thinks. o O (I don't know if he's likely to recover or not, but I may be needed if he does....)

An ominous animalistic squeeking echoes from within the sewer as Eleven leaves.

Eleven rushes up the stairs to look for black armor.

As Eleven rushes up the stairs, he hears explosions and shattering glass - coming seperately from each side of the building. Lorelei catches sight of a beam of blue energy pulsing out from the eigth floor from two sides of the building as she approaches.

Eleven heads over to source of the explosions, hopefully he is able to find the black armor.

Lorelei pauses and looks hard in that direction, trying to make out what's going on - and maybe potential targets!

Lorelei resumes running toward the building.

As Eleven climbs out of the eightfloor landing, he sees a short cooridor leading to a pair of elevators and a large open hallway leading deeper into the floor. A half-dozen office workers are frantically pressing on the elevator's buttons.

Eleven asks the office workers, "What's going on?"

As Fate is finishing entangling the riflemen, the police finally pull up next to him.

Eleven says, "Have you seen a black armored individual, and if so, where is it!?"

A young secretary, her mascara streaked with tears explains in a loud hysterically high voice, "Something fell through the roof and there was this glowing man who flew in through a window and they starting firing these blue things that broke all the furniture!"

Eleven asks again, "Where!?"

Eleven says, "Where is the thing that fell through the roof!?"

The secretary hastily explains, "You take the main cooridor to subhall B, then you take a left to subhall F, then follow that to the main junction. Thats where I saw him last . . ."

Eleven nods and runs to where the secretary saw the black armored man last. He shouts at the workers, "Use the stairs!" as he races onward.

Despite the potentially life threatening danger, Eleven hears several of the folks grumbling about having to walk down stairs like it was the dark ages as he runs away. When he reaches subhall F, however, he spots something unusual. A window has been shattered, the edges of the glass melted. By turning, he can see a long cooridor leading to a four-way intersection - and at the opposite end of the building, another broken window like the first.

In the very center of the intersection is a pile of rubble, and in the roof, an opening very clearly shaped like - a tophat!

Lorelei checks round the whole of the outside of the building - hald expecting to find evidence of escape in another direction.

Outside the building, Lorelei finds no sign of her prey.

Lorelei heads inside and eventually to the 8th floor then.

Fate and SongoKu try to catch up to Lori.

Eleven tries to climb up to the top.

Eleven accidently grabs a still live electrical wire as he is climbing up and falls back down again after he gets a nasty shock.

Eleven is determined and continues to try to climb up again.

Eleven tries again?

Eleven manages to grab an even higher voltage wire and again falls back down.

Yet again, Eleven grabs hold of a high-voltage electric wire while trying to climb up.

Finally, Eleven manages to climb his way up onto the roof. Sadly, by this point, his hair is standing straight up and the odor of roasted meat clings to him. Also, parts of his hair seem to have actually melted together. When he finally gets up on the roof, there is no sign of the fleeing villains.

Eleven sighs and looks from the vantage point see what the birds eye view of the situation is. Going to look n, e, s, w...

An opening appears to have been blown in each direction in the side of the building. Its impossible to be sure which, if any, the villains fled through.

Eleven heads back down to check the dropped crate and stuff. Maybe they went to the sewers?

Eleven begins climbing down through the hole, rather than taking the conviniently-located stairs. Luckily, he avoids the live wires. Unfortunately, he slips and lands on a particularly pointy bit of rubble with his shin.

Eleven grumbles and goes down to examine the crates.

Only a single crate lies shattered on the sidewalk. The squeeking sounds much deeper than it dig mere moments before, but the source still can't be seen from the surface. Most of the crate's contents appear to have poured into the sewer.

Eleven goes down to explore the sewer.

Eleven thinks. o O (This is not my day...)

There is a loud scampering as Eleven goes to remove the sewer grate. As he looks down, he sees the milky substance has mixed with the sewer within. There are no visible signs of rats, but the paw prints leaving the area seem much larger than the ones approaching.

Eleven decides this has been too much for him and doesn't go on further. He sits down besides the sewer crate and picks glass and pointy things out of his shin.

Lorelei says, "What's up?"

Eleven says, "I have no idea where that Black Armored person went."

Eleven frowns and mopes there.

Lorelei frowns. "He's not still in the building then?"

Eleven says, "I have no idea."

Eleven keeps his eye on the exit.

Lorelei thinks.

Lorelei says, "I'll go and ask nicely."

Fist pokes around, trying to find signs of what the fuss was about. Eleven would know. She heads for Eleven, and on arriving, waves.

Lorelei goes and looks for some helpful people in the building to search the place for the baddies for her. :)

Eleven nods at Fist. His hair is melted together, his suit is smoking from the electricity. The guy looks like a mess.

The entire office security staff quickly volunteer to do just that for Lorelei! There is much jostling as they head towards the elevator.

A pair of tiny red beady eyes look out from a storm sewer grate across the street at Eleven.

Lorelei hopes that if not there, *someone* will have seen the escape.

Fist touches Eleven's hair, frowning slightly. All messy, he is, and she isn't really sure as to why.

Lorelei waits for security to return. :)

Eleven frowns and looks back at the tiny red beady eyes.

One of the eyes wink at Eleven, then they disappear from the grate.

Eleven blinks and heads over to the grate and looks in again. "Did you see that? Those eyes!!! They winked at me!"

Eleven is asking Fist that.

Fist walks with Eleven, looking completely lost as to what he means. She crouches, peering into the grate he has his attention on.

There is a soft distant squeek from inside, and just a glimpse from a disappearing rat's tail

Fist nods. OKay. So it was a rat. She stands up, moving around Jack to look him over concernedly.

Eleven frowns and tells Fist, "I think some sewer rats got drugged up.. " He points to the broken crate near the first grate. "We were chasing tophats and this black armored person. He crashed through the roof of that building that Lorelei is in.. but I have no idea where they are now.. The black amored person that is.." Jack seems demoralized today.

Lorelei stayed in the building, where security can find me.

There is a sudden crackle from within the building as a security guard goes flying out through a previously unbroken window and then hangs in mid-air over an 8-story drop while surrounded by a soft blue glow just over Eleven and Fist's heads! There are the sounds of shouting coming from the eigth floor!

Fist looks at the crate, shrugging slightly in lack of knowing. Then the dangling man in blue glow is right above her, shouting, and she's off! Up the side of the building she scales, finding handholds in improbable places.

Eleven yells into the building to tell lorelei, "8th Floor!"

Eleven looks around for some kind of thing he can use to give the person a soft landing.

The captive security guard is turned so he is head down as Fist climbs up. She spots a pair of figures at the far end of a long hallway. One, dressed in a tuxedo with odd bulging metallic gauntlets an feet has a hand outstretched towards the dangling security guard. The other, in massive black power armor is about to dive out of a window on the opposite side of the building.

Eleven goes to check out the dumpster and rummages to see if they will help with a softer landing.

Lorelei hurries up to the 8th floor. Using the elevator if it's still working and seems faster. :)

The elevator seems to be in good working order.

Fist charges and leaps at the black armored figure - and its like charging a brick wall. Fortunately, neither of you go out the window. Unfortunately, he doesn't look fazed by the attack.

Behind Fist, the dangling security officer is suddenly let go as the Tux that Fist ignored raises one fist and a hand made from glowing blue energy reaches out to grab hold of Fist!(Telekinesis, 30 str, Grab)

The blue glow grabs hold of Fist and squeezes. . ..

Eleven rolls the garbage dumpster over to catch the falling man. Hopefully its soft and not hard...

Either Fist doesn't notice, isn't hurt by it, or does not care enough, but she's keeping her grip on the armor. She looks a bit determined.

The security guard falls into a dumpster filled with rotten tofu and eggnoodles with a loud splat. This is quickly followed by the uncontrollable vomiting of the lucky guard.

Eleven sighs a sigh of relief as the guard doesn't die from the fall. He quickly rushes up the stairs to go help his companions.

The dark armored figure turns his head so the glowing red line where his eyes should be focuses on Fist. A ghastly black glow forms around him, and twisting tentacles of shadowy mist pluck at Fist, trying to pry her off him. (Dark Figure trying to break grab.)

Fist looks angry at the guy who has her in his blue grip. She looks kind of like she'd like to say hello to him, to those who have met her enough.

The tentacles manage to pry Fist free from the dark figure. A harsh electronical laugh echoes from the figure, "Foolish girl. No one can contain my power. My Tophats shall rule this pitiful city with the power of my new strength drug! Mere fists will be useless against my new minions! So says, the mighty and powerful Lord Hatter!"

 Fist says, "(In a voice that is obviously not Fist's): "...power of my new strength drug! Mere fists will be useless against my new minions! So says, the mighty and powerful Lord Hatter!""

As Lorelei reaches the eight floor, the elevator springs open. Meanwhile, Eleven is still running, pantingly, up the stairs yet again.

Lorelei runs in the direction douttless helpful people will point her.

Fist twists and turns but can't break free of the relentless blue grip.

Eleven shouts to Fate, "Fate help me over here!"

Eleven waves for Fate to come help him.

The Dark Armored figure leaps out the window, flying straight out 40" at Non-combat speed. Evidently he doesn't believe any threats remain here, with Fist wrapped up. The Tux, meanwhile, flies out 10" from the edge at a slower speed, his eyes focused on Fist as his telekinetic fist again squeezes.

Fate sprints towards Eleven when he hears his cries, gathering his globe of protection as he does so.

Tony enters from Wharf Street North.

Lorelei notes the retreating Dark Armoured figure and doesn the posing thing again. If she can do it once, she can do it again, and when he's flying may be the best time...

Tony enters the boardwalk from the street, stopping as he notices the group of people down the way. He quietly watches from a distance, looking over the people.

Eleven tells Fate, "I have no idea where the Black Armor guy went! Fist and Lorelei are up there!" He points to the 8th floor."

The tux stumbles suddenly and the blue glow arround Fist abruptly fades. He stays on his feet, but seems to have had his concentration broken, at least momentarily.

Tony sees a chaotic mess. A 10 story building has its windows blasted out in 4 directions on the 8th floor. Eleven and Fate are outside where a garbage dumpster has just been used to catch a falling security guard. People are exiting the building and two villains have flown out of the building!

Celestra enters from Wharf Street North.

Fist doesn't hesitate once dropped. She intends to get this flying tuxedo man and hug him the way he hugged her. Only her plan involves using herself as his pillow on the way down... she leaps.

The Tux is knocked to the ground and held securely by Fist. However, he doesn't topple out the window, rather simply falling to the floor like a limp rag.

Fate finally makes his move! With a sweeping gesture and a sharp commnad of power, he urges the magiks to bring the black armored figure low!

The Tux begins spiraling downward with Fist latched securely onto him. His uncontrolled boots occasionally give out a halfhearted blast of kinetic force to slow his descent with very limited success.

Lorelei imagines random pigeons dropping from the sky.

Several small pigeons drop suddenly from the sky as Fate's mana storm goes off target of the rapidly fleeing master villain!

Fist lands, winded momentarily, coughing. (recover from Con Stun)

After the impact, the Tux is very limp and seems quite tendorized.

Eleven runs to the other side of the building to chase after the Black Armor. Damn.. too late!

SonGoku flies out after the fleeing figure and concentrates on him, focusing his natural powers, trying to ensnare him in it's coils.

The blast of flame harmlessly flies by the fleeing Lord Hatter.

Fate yells out: SonGoku! No! You're too close! If he catches you he'll have all MY power as well!

Lorelei attempts the old "Hey, over here" trick, shouting as loud as she can, to get him to look back so she can do her posing.

The Lord Hatter, instead of turning around, focuses on putting even MORE distance between him and the PCs, diving in through the window of a nearby building, and judging by the resulting sound of crashing and shattering furniture, flying straight through.

Fist stands up with her catch, looking him over. He has toys? If he has toys, he'll be relieved of them.

Lorelei wonders about doing a press realease calling him the Mad Hatter to try to annoy him out of hiding. :)

Fist brings Tux over to Eleven, who is smarter in matters of the toys, much like everyone else she knows.

Tony's attention moves towards the blue-haired girl, his brow quirking slightly.

Eleven takes the toys and examines them. He interrogates the Tux when he is lucid again.

Lorelei plans *not* to investigate sewers. May help in interrogating prisoners. At least if she has any idea what to ask.

Eleven eyes Tony as he approaches Fist. "What are you doing? Can't you see its a mess here?"

Tony

''Broad shouldered, this man stands with a rigid posture. His black hair is cropped short atop his head. A strong jaw-line frames his face, which is supported by a large neck. Dark brown eyes peer out from beneath two thick eyebrows, one of which is split by a small scar, and separated by a crooked nose, apparently having been broken a few times. Thick-cordered sinew cover his arms, which end in large, thick-fingered hands. His trunk-like legs easily hold his frame, which appears to be in peak physical condition. He wears a white muscles shirt, which clings tightly to his olive-skinned torso. His baggy jeans hang low on his hips, and black Doc Martens house his feet. ''

Fist seems to have a tuxedo guy! And she's showing it to Eleven, and she looks like she really has no idea what to do with him.

Eleven eyes Tony as he looks over to Fist. "What are you looking at punk? Never seen a blue haired girl before?"

Fate and SonGoku help the rescue workers search the rubble, looking for survivors.

Fist shakes her head to Eleven, showing a smile. Tony is actually someone she recognizes, once she sees him.

Tony glances towards Eleven, "Actually I did...the other night..." Glances to Fist and back to Eleven, "I was just noticin' she wasn't what she seemed.."

Eleven grins, "Yeah, what else is new in this city?"

Eleven examines the gauntlets and boots. He tells fist. "I dunno.. Might need a doctor or something to figure this out."

Tony chuckles. "Ain't that the truth...knew I liked this city for somethin'"

Celestra flies in on her patrol and seeing the trouble and looks around.

Eleven waves Fate over. "Hey you are a doctor right?"

Fate says, "No, but I play one on TV." He grins. "Yes, I am. But not really a physician. I know a little first aid though."

Eleven points at the gauntlets and boots that seem to be grafted to the skin of the Top Hat, tuxer. "What do you make of this?" He nods to Fist as she seems to know Tony. "A friend of yours huh?"

Fate squats next to the ganger and takes a look.

Motioning toward Tony, Fist offers a pleasant smile. But a shrug to go with it. While she doesn't know him well, he's left a nice impression at least.

Eleven looks around. "Where is Lorelei? She ok?"

Lorelei comes out of the building as if on cue. She looks fine.

Tony looks over the chaos along the boardwalk, he is looking slightly confused, though the origin of his confusion is not clear.

Lorelei, indeed, seems to have come through another fight with barely a hair out of place.

Eleven smiles, relieved that Lorelei is fiiiiine. Seeing that everyone is ok, he'll depart to see if he can track down the Black Armored villain. "Lorelei, see what info you can get from the top hats. Ask them about The black armor guy and the drugs.. Fate will help.. I'll be back soon."

A dirty white rat climbs out of the still open sewer grate and looks up at Eleven. It rises up on its hind legs, using an old rusty nail propped up under one of his front paws to steady himself and begins actually slowly walking towards Eleven!

Eleven stops in his tracks. "What the heck.. " He takes his gun out and points it at the Rat.

Lorelei nods and goes to question the prisoners. Despite the lack of a comfy chair.

Crouching, Fist examines the rat, kind of curious. The monkey talked. Maybe the rat will too.

Fate blinks. "I didn't even realize I got hit!"

Eleven looks over to Songoku. "Hey dragon. you got yourself a snack here!" Eleven grins evily at the rat.

The rat drops to the ground, bowing at Eleven's feet. A thin rough animalistic voice comes from it, "Hail oh Great God of All. I am unworthy of being blessed by your sceptre of fire!"

Eleven blinks. "What the!?? It talks!! Damn.. "

Eleven lowers his gun. Can't kill sentient beings and all.

Fate glances at Eleven. "There something you haven't been telling us? Oh GREAT one?"

Tony rubs his eyes and shakes his head. His confusion seeming to rise as the rat appraoches Eleven.

Fate grins.

The strange milky-white fluid from the crate visibly stains the rat's paws and patches of his fur.

Eleven shrugs. "Are you playing a joke on me doc?"

Fate says, "Not me!"

Eleven frowns. "Rat.. you must have ingested some of those drugs.."

The rat hastily but politely explains to Eleven, "Oh Great God of All, do not punish me for daring to approach. Your many worshippers hope for permission to approach to pay respects to your wonderous glory!"

A little odd, but understandable. Eleven did something really nice and the rats are thanking him. Fist gets this much. And that is all she gets. At least they're friendly and grateful for what he's done!

Lorelei mutters, "That or we've been ingesting drugs...."

Celestra shakes her head at the scene.

Eleven seems shocked. "Many worshippers!?" The asian gunman frowns. "Just how many of you got drugged up? Damn that old lady didn't get smarter with those drugs.." He nods in agreement to Lorelei. He thinks a bit and tells the rats. "Look, you dont need to worship me. How about you guys tell me wher ethe Black Armor guy is and We'll call it even?"

The white rat looks confused, "Forgive me, lord. But I know not of who you speak. I will summon the others. Perhaps they may aid you." He taps the rusty nail twice on the road and suddenly dozens of rats pour out of the nearby sewer grates and swarm in front of Eleven, each dropping something from their jaws at his feet. A shiny pebble. A small corroded coin. A nice piece of rotten fish or piece of an apple core. Then, each takes his place, neatly lined up in a block twelve rows wide, in front of Eleven while the white rat paces in front of them keeping an eye on them. He whispers up to Eleven, "I stood where the blessed water was most pure. Those who were far from the source are . . . not as bright."

All the rats show signs of being stained by the milky-white fluid from the shattered crate.

Eleven blinks at the sight of all the rats. He glances over to the others for help.

Fist looks unhelpfully cheerful. To her this seems to be pretty okay.

Tony stands dumb-founded, mouth open as he watches the rats file into formation.

Eleven thinks. o O (I might have gotten electrocuted one too many times..)

Lorelei thinks. o O (People tend to test drugs on rats. If *this* is the effect the drug has on rats, someone must know this? Indeed, it's probably the intended effect of the drug?)

Eleven tries to flee from the Rats and resume chase of the Black Armor.. "Look you guys are wasting my time. I have a villain to catch."

The rats follow along behind Eleven as he flees, calling out, "Give us your blessing, oh lord," "Let us worship you, great one!", and "How may we please you divine one?" but are easily outdistanced.

Eleven thinks. o O (Whew.. Those are scary critters...)

Fist uses this moment to escape as well. Off she dashes, up the side of a building in a show of improbable climbing, finding unlikely handholds and scaling at a fast pace. Once up there, she dashes and leaps, away!

The other rats quickly begin climbing back down into the sewer, leaving only the white one behind, who hangs his head sadly.

Eleven looks for traces of the Black Armored Madhatter.

There is another hold on the opposite side of the building Eleven saw him fly into - but after that, the trail gets cold.

Eleven returns to the scene to let Lorelei and Fate know that he lost the Black Armor's trail.

Celestra circles the area in the air, "So what is going on other than rats swarming one of the city's biggest rats.

Lorelei makes her apologies and rushed off to do her homework. Dad's been noticing she's not been as studious as she used to be....