Log:A Sense of Order, Scene 3

A Sense of Order 2018/02/09 	 Dreamgirl Judith Solomon Gaia Revenant Polaris Cadmus Triumph Anvil Topaz Emi 3

The student quarter is north and west of the CBSU campus, and is entirely dependent on the university for its flavor, but its flavor is different. Much of it, especially in the back streets, is cheap housing, with students being the main tenants. On the three main roads, though - Courtland Way heading east, Harrisburg lane northwest, and Stardancer Boulevard south - are one or two grander buildings, most notably the stadium on Courtland and hospital on StarDancer. Along these roads, and scattered through the district, are other services such as students attract: fast food establishments, second-hand stores, laundromats, convenience stores, doughnut shops, and a small park.

The average age of people on the street is markedly lower than elsewhere in the city, whether walking, cycling, hoverboarding or just hanging out.

A week ago, there was a dimensional shift in the student quarter. It was a side effect of the actions of Lazare, the Anarch of Chaos. The end result was that several heroes were shifted to another dimension, one where Order ruled with a harsh fist. Schools were Re-education facilities. Curfews and metahuman registration were the norm.

Fast forward to today, when that dimension's version of SGG opened up a portal to our world and stepped through, looking to bring in the supposed spies who had arrived from here. Unsurprisingly, a fight broke out.

Triumph is engaged in combat with Solomon, though Dreamgirl - wearing the form of Polaris - is trying to distract the young interloper.

Revenant is recovering from taking a strong draining hit.

Cadmus is being squeezed by Judith.

Polaris had disappeared, with no obvious trace.

Anvil is fighting Gaia currently, as is Topaz.

And Emi was helping to herd students out of the area, many of whom were stupidly trying to film the fight.

Gaia motions to Cadmus with an open hand. Her fingers start to squeeze as if wrapping around something, before she raises her hand to the sky. The very earth and ground rises up in slabs to try and encase Cadmus.

Gaia motions to Topaz with an open hand. Her fingers start to squeeze as if wrapping around something, before she raises her hand to the sky. The very earth and ground rises up in slabs to try and encase Cadmus.

Topaz gets grabbed by the ground beneath her, "You're delaying the inevitable."

[NPC]Anvil sees Gaia grab Topaz with earth, and his arms morph into a sledgehammer as he swings at Gaia. "Think you can take on multiple of us, huh?"

[GAME] 12d6 HTH

Anvil again misses, though by more than his first swing did.

The wildling teen ducks and slides a step to the left as the sledgehammer hand sails overhead. "Yes," Gaia answers overconfidently.

Topaz glows brightly as the earth surrounding her explodes outward, sending rocky shrapnel in all directions.

Topaz flies upward, moving away from the ground, getting a good 5m in the air.

[NPC]Triumph smiles as he sees Dreamgirl-Polaris. "Help me take this guy down, and we can...chat for a bit." He then moves forward to attack Solomon. His non-shielded fist glows with a red energy as he takes a swing.

[GAME] 12d6 Martial Strike, OCV 9, DCV 10

Triumph's strike is...quite solid, sending Solomon backward to land on the ground. He definitely looks like he hits harder than his counterpart in this dimension.

[NPC]Revenant lashes out in all directions, knowing that his own team is safe...drawing energy from everyone and everything in the immediate area. "Everyone should stand down. We just want to take the spies into custody."

[GAME] 4d6 Drain END, 256m radius

Solomon- who is completely unconcerned with Triumph's punch takes it hard to the face and is sent flying. Over confident? Probably. He grunts as he hits the ground- bouncing once before comign to a stop.

Emi staggers, and her eyelids grow heavy. "U-ugh. I've got to get out of here..."

Wisps of energy draw off of everyone in the immediate area. Several students collapse near Emi.

Solomon stands up, dusting himself off as he sneers at Triumph. "Alright chump." He turns his head to the left, popping his neck. He reverses the motion as he takes a couple of strides straight for Triumph. "I'm gonna kick yer teeth in and then I'm gonna take that fancy glowing fist of yours and I'm gonna shove it up yer ***." At least he's got a plan?

He charges- closing the gap between them and bringing his fists up into the air- aiming to bringing them down on Triumph's shoulders.

Triumph gets his shield in the way, but he's knocked off his feet. He hits the ground, and rolls back to a fighting stance. "That the best you've got?"

"Aww no buddy- I'm just getting warmed up. Just trying not ta kill ya." Solomon grumbles. 'No fun if you die early."

Dreamgirl is disappointed that her attempt to distract Triumph was far from successful. So on to plan B: saying, "Take down him? Where's the fun in that?" she throws herself at Triumph with a grin.

Triumph chuckles, "Seriously? Right now?"

Dreamgirl grins. "You have something better to do?"

Emi grabs two nearby students and a blue glow surrounds her and them. "Crazy people endangering everyone..."

Gritting her teeth when her energy is pulled from her again, Judith is trying to explain to folks how they are screwing everything up. "We need to coordinate and stop..." she pauses, shakes her head, "to stop... oh fuck it. That's it!" she calls out. She turns, dragging Cadmus with her in her hands as she turns and sprints towards Revenant. "HE NEEDS TO GO DOWN!" she yells as she raises Cadmus up like a baseball bat behind her shoulder, swinging him towards Revenant's torso as hard and fast as she can manage.

[NPC]Polaris appears next to Dreamgirl, who has apparently gotten her...attention with the obvious play for her lover. Her hands glow brightly, and a large energy lance issues forth at Dreamgirl.

[GAME] 12d6 Blast vs. ED.

Polaris's blast doesn't have the impact she was expecting. "< Expletive >. < Constant string of expletives >."

Dreamgirl seems unaffected by the blast but for a bit of swaying. Shejust says with a wicked edge, "Let's face it, you're outclassed. And surplus to requirements."

Cadmus goes unconscious...or at least compeltely limp as he strikes Revenant. Energy is drawn off of the shapeshifting robot at the point of contact, while Revenant is sent flying.

Revenant lands on the ground, and doesn't get up.

Gaia feels her energy waning and looks to Revenant as he drops. Good. The students are safe now. Electricity begins to form over her right hand, along with a crackling warning. She takes a few steps in Anvil's direction as she winds up. And there's the pitch! A bolt of lightning flies at the metal man

Anvil's form actually creates a hole for the lightning to travel through, and then reforms into his humanoid shape.

Revenant shakes his head, trying to clear it as he becomes concious again. He looks around, trying to get his bearings.

[NPC]Topaz sees the danger that her leader is in...and considers protecting him. Only...she doesn't. She instead goes after Gaia again with a blast of golden energy.

[GAME] 12d6 Blast vs. ED.

The energy blast washes over Gaia, making her disappear in the light briefly. When the light disappears, she's still standing. Smoldering. But standing. And looking annoyed.

[NPC]Triumph sees the two women in front of him about to fight. . o O (That'll sort itself out, I think. Gotta deal with the big guy.) He moves toward Solomon again, preparing to when the larger man will strike.

[GAME] Half move, holding a half.

Solomon grumbles, as he expects Triumph to keep at his attack. But when Triumph merely watches and waits on him to make a move.

He narrows his eyes at the super soldier and then lunges at him- trying to grab him as quickly as he can.

Triumph gets the shield in the way, deflecting Solomon's hands away from him. "Need to be quicker than that."

[NPC]Polaris keeps up the pressure on Dreamgirl, figuring that she'll drop eventually. She lets loose with another blast of energy. VORP.

[GAME] 12d6 Blast vs. ED

Dreamgirl does nothing but grin. "My turn."

Emi and her two passengers vanish.

Having pummeled both of her targets, Judith gets a smirk on her face that fades away when she sees Revenant sit up, "Oh no you don't." she mutters as she drops the limp form of Cadmus unceremoniously to the ground. She takes a half step and reaches to heft a car that is heavier than she remembers cars being. But she lifts with her legs after all.

She rushes towards Revenant and brings the car up and then down.. front first. On the tail bumber is a sticker that reads: I BRAKE FOR BOOKWORMS

Amplitude says, "Hits."

The car comes crashing down on top of Revenant. The pavement cracks, and there's no movement underneath the vehicle.

Dreamgirl, still grinning, winds up for a huge punch on the woman she resembles.

Polaris ducks back as Dreamgirl misses. "Tough. But slow...in more ways than one."

Gaia circles a little to line up a building behind Topaz. She twirls her hand a few times, air swirling around it before she thrusts the hand forward at her, sending a wind tunnel towards her.

Topaz is sent tumbling, but doesn't seem overly hurt by the wind strike.

[NPC]Triumph follows up with another strike at Solomon's stomach.

[GAME] 12d6 Strike, OCV 9, DCV 10

Solomon shakes his head. "Not about speed here taday. You're playing a loosing game. Your friends are all going on the defensive- same as you. This isn't your home turf and you know the clock is ticking." He says, talking trash as he circles Triumph as if playing with his food. "I'm not paid ta think mind you- but I'm thinkin' this wasn't supposed to be a delayed mission. In. Out. Hopefully totally unnoticed- but the bystandas were all recordin' dis. Uploadin' it to SocMed accounts." He cracks his knuckles, enjoying his taunting.

"You have those where yer from right? SmileBook, Instachan? Doesn't matter. Ya look like a smart kid. Not gonna stop me from kickin' yer *** even if yer clock wasn't windin' down."

Maybe he should have been swinging instead of taunting because he's caught square in the stomach by Triumph's blow.

He let's out an 'Oooof' before chuckling. "Gonna have ta be stronger than dat kid." He says, before aiming a right cross stright for his jaw.

Triumph is knocked backward, but again the brunt of it hits his shield. "You're making a wrong assumption here..."

He manages to spring back to his feet easily.