Log:Fire Flight, and Lowers' Powers

2013/04/03 	 Cecila Champion of Humanity Ghost-2 Lia Lorelei Rapthennograp Scrapper Sukeban Titan Anthony Quinn|Quinn 1

Ghost returns from Undermoon, and sets off from the portal beneath the bridge to return to the castle for a rest. She's only been gone an hour or so Earth time, but has been active for much longer and is starting to feel it.

Scrapper says to Lia, "Yes, that's the part you are avoiding talking about."

Titan waves to Ghost, "Hey there." He then slides his hands into the the front pockets of his jeans, and glances toward Lia again, just to try to get an impression of her condition.

Lia looks at peace in Scrapper's arms. Lia turns to Ghost and offers a wave, "Hello there. The doctor gave me a pill. I'm fine now."

Scrapper says "Good." Holding up Lia's communicator, she says, "Want me to hold onto this or do you think you will be okay for a while."

Sukeban wanders in, "Yo."

Ghost says, "I'm glad you're feeling better. I was worried about you, Lia. Now... I'm off to sleep for a week. Don't wake me unless the world is coming to an end of something of the same magnitude happens.""

Cecila has made her way to the embassy and maybe the headquarters area. After all there was some sort of meeting scheduled for today.

Scrapper shakes her head, "I believe the princess was expecting us. Sleep after."

"I think I can handle it." Lia notes, looking to the communicator.

Ghost looks at Scrapper. "My life she can have. My sleep, never." But she sighs and sits on the stands with a weary nod.

Scrapper hands Lia her communicator back. "Let me know if I need that back. I don't want to upset the princess."

Lorelei enters in time for the meeting, smiling. "Good day, all - I've got a surprise for you."

Scrapper waves to Cecila and Sukeban, "Everybody ready to go inside?"

Ghost smiles, "A weeks paid leave?" She says jokingly.

Scrapper swaps places with Lorelei's post and continues on.

Ghost picks herself up and walks inside.

Lia reattaches her communicator, and decides she prefers remaining in Scrapper's grasp, thus, she stay there.

Sukeban snorts and brushes by Scrapper to head inside.

Cecila smiles a bit and hmms "Sure, as long as that surprise isnt a bunch of ninjas attacking us or something crazy"

Lorelei says, "I'm afraid not, Ghost. Though if you can figure out the time sheets you can claim for the time you spent in Undermoon on Undermoon time.... I think you'l need your headware to do the calculations though...."

Lorelei says, "And no, the ninja surprise isn't till nex - um, forget I said anything."

Lorelei says, "How was your mission, Ghost?"

Ghost says, "Very successful, Highness. The meeting developed a number of promising stratgies. You have the right man for the job in the Duke. He impressed me immensely."

Lorelei indicates the seats, waves to the servants to see to the drinks. "Excellent. They say his father was the greatest warleader in history, I from what I gather he's not far behind."

Sukeban plops down on a chair

Ghost sits a little heavily and shifts to the edge of the chair so she has to stay alert... or fall off.

Lorelei stalls for time a bit, so the 'surprise' can get in plae. "Any other news from Undermoon?"

Cecila parks herself in one of the chairs and relaxes a bit as she waits to hear what the meeting is about.

Titan has been quiet for a bit. He takes a seat as well.

Ghost says, "I didn't really see anyone else, Highness I went straight to the Duke and stayed there until the meeting was comcluded. My apologies. Oh. I was pressed into bringing back some mail. I dropped it off at the mailroom."

Lorelei thinks. o O (Poor Ghost, she looks ready to drop. But I did want to show this to the team all at once.)

Lorelei says, "Thanks.... " She peeks out the window. "And now - if you'll all come outside - my little surprise!"

Scrapper dutifully follows the princess out. She doesn't look like a little lady that likes surprises.

Ghost follows the pack outside.

Cecila shrugs a bit and stands back up and follows everyone else. Not sure what the surprise is.

Titan gets back up, and follows the others outside.

In the courtyard is a most remarkable carriage, four-wheeld, sleek in design, with line reminiscent of a bird. More striking is that it is hitched to a sleek, giant bird, itself in all the colours of flame. The driver, however, cannot be described as sleel: and odd little fellow, about 4' tall, with a very long and large nose and ears to match.

Lorelei says, "What do you think?" She grins. "There can only be half a dozen such carriages in all the Twilit Worlds!"

Sukeban scratches her head, scattering embers, "Uh... It's nice?"

Lia looks to the pheonix from her position, staring at it curiously, much more interested in the bird than the carriage.

Ghost says, "It's beautiful. But will it fly?"

The bird cocks its head, seemingly interest in Lia too.

Titan nods. "If what I heard yesterday is true, I bet it does."

Sukeban says, "I like the colors."

Ghost looks at Lorelei, "You're not going to show this off and not let us have a flight are you, Highness? Where are we going?"

Lorelei says, "It will fly, indeed - how fast, I can't tell you, but I don't think there's much in the Twilit Worlds that flies faster than a giant firebird. And it can travel the ways between worlds too. The carriage is of dwarven build, designed to work with the firebird's natual magic. And the driver - may I intriduce Raptlennograp - is a goblin: only goblins have ever been able to tame firebirds."

Scrapper starts to comment then shuts up. Obviously her grasp of Undermoon politics is flawed.

The goblin tips his hat in somehow amusing manner.

Ghost nods to the driver, while wondering about having a goblin carriageman in the midst of a goblin war.

Lorelei catches Scrapper's look and says, "Not one of the Wyrmwood goblins. But you're right, goblins aren't very popular in Undermoon right now. One reason I thought he might be better off here."

Lia hmms at the goblin, and shrugs. She's in the same boat as Scrapper

Titan nods as well to the driver, and looks up at the bird curiously.

Lia resumes looking af the firebird, much more interested in it.

Cecila shrugs a bit "So it's a creature-drawn carriage... Pretty cool, since I guess cars break down here or something?" then she hears someone mention flying and bird pulled "Oh god... a flying carriage... I'd almost perfer walking..." it's obvious she's got a dislike or phobiaof flying then turns to the firebird like it might actually understand her though it could easily be directed to the goblin as well "No offense, just personal preference is all... I like my feet on the ground"

The bird, by the looks of it, is "just" an oversized, brightly colored bird, and not a bird of prey either. No sign of particular intelligence or such.

Scrapper nods in dawning comprehension. "Where are we headed?"

"I assure you, miss, that my driving is perfectly safe," says Raptlennograp in a huff.

Scrapper assures the goblin, "as bodyguards, a little paranoia can be considered a job requirement."

Lorelei smiles. "I had no particular trip planned today, though I rather expected you might want to take her out 'for a spin'."

Ghost chuckles and tells the driver, "Cecila has an Earth affinity. You could be the safest driver in all of the Twilit Worlds. She'd still perfer to walk. Now me, I can hardly wait to try it out."

Sukeban shrugs, "Ya want to pay us to go on a joyride, I'm not goin' to complain."

Lia hmms, and nods to Lorelei, "Well, I'm up for that."

Cecila realizes she might have made a mistake and tries to correct it "Naw it's nothing to do with paranoia... It's just me and gravity have an understanding... I dont try to break the law, and gravity doesnt try to break my neck" she laughs a bit nervously, besides part of it could be the fact she cant see a thing hundreds of feet in the air either.

The goblin scowls at Scrapper. "Do you want to proof of my qualifications? Do you want to see the treaty by the terms of which I serve King Zoramin?"

Scrapper grins at the goblin, "My lady's assurance is all the proof I need."

Rapthennoggrap grins at Cecila. "My loyalty is to the law of Zoramin, not gravity."

Sukeban snerks, "Feel free to ignore the chibi if she's annoyin' ya, we do."

Scrapper says, "I have really got to find out what a chibi is one of these days. ... buty I suspect I am better off not knowing."

Lorelei smiles. "I'll leave you to your ride - enjoy yourselves. Oh, but I suggest not going to anotheer world - Rapthennograp isn't a worldwalker himself, so he can only take you be routes he knows. You'll want a proper worldwalker to go anywhere father than Undermoon."

Cecila smiles at that "Nice... well yeah, like the others say, I got an affinity for the earth so being in the clouds doesnt feel natural at all" she confesses that much "But I'm sure you're a great driver, after all they wouldnt let just anyone drive the Princess around" and yeah seems like she actually likes the goblin a bit

Titan nods to Lorelei, "Would you like one or more of us to stay here?"

Lia hmms at Sukeban, tilting her head slightly, "I am curious too, of what chibi is..." Lia also nods to Lorelei, then looks at Titan, considering his thought.

Sukeban shrugs, "Closest I can come in English is 'shorty'."

Lorelei shakes her head. "No, there's no sign of trouble here - and my parents are back, so I want to spend some time alone with them." And if there is any trouble, you'll be able to get back extra quick in that thing!"

The goblin's ears twitch at the word "shorty". "What was that?"

Lia giggles at the definition, looking to how she's being held my Scrapper at the moment, then back to Sukeban, "It's kind of ironic, that you call Jo here 'Chibi' then..."

Sukeban grins, "Not you, Bakemono-san, yer fine."

The goblin nods. "Hop in, or on if you like the fresh air! And tell me where you want to go! I've been studying your Earth maps, you'll be glad to hear!"

Scrapper grins, "On is good"

Ghost steps up into the carriage, "I haven't so somebody else will have to pick a location." She sits and nods contentedly, "Comfortable seats."

Lia nods to Scrapper, "I agree."

Sukeban climbs on top, "Cool. Let's go to Osaka. I've been dyin' for some fresh takoyaki."

Titan waits to see where people sit...with a good three passengers getting up on top, he decides to sit inside with Ghost.

"Osaka - that's in Japan, right?" says the goblin. "Or some other Osaka?"

Lia looks to Sukeban, "Also, you seem to call everyone by a psudonym, I am now somewhat curious of what you would call me." Lia also gets on top by proxy, because of Scrapper, though she full heartly wants to ride /on/ it as well.

Sukeban says, "Yeah, Japan, Honshu, the main island, Kansai region."

Cecila takes a deep breath and feels around for the step up with her foot, she's obviously not liking this one bit and makes sure to get a spot in the middle of some people and away from any windows since she doesnt need a window seat that's for sure.

Sukeban looks at Lia, "Yer Saki-chan."

"Everyone ready?"

"Saki-chan...This name, I kind of like it. What does it mean?" Lia asks, smiling at Sukeban. Lia also wrapper her wings around her body-least the get blown around in the wind. Lia calls, "Yeah, I'm ready."

Sukeban raises her fist in the air, "Yo!

Sukeban grins, "It means, uh, Little Imp. More or less."

Scrapper says, "Isn't saki an alcoholic drink?"

Lia nods, shrugging, "Fitting, though, I'm more faerie than Imp. But eh."

Ghost looks over to Sukeban, "Don't stop there." She points to Titan, and then to herself.

A mere word from the goblin, and the huge bird lauches itself into the air. Other than the jerk at thi initial launch, the ride is surprisingly smooth.

Up the bird and carriage fly, out of the castle, which suddenly seems much smaller, and stull higher. But the carriage is moving only at the sort of speed a car (or indeed bird) might. Japan is a long way off at this speed.

Titan smiles slightly, and says to Ghost, "I'm not sure I need another nickname, honestly." He grabs the seat initially, but then relaxes when he feels the ride it going to be pretty smooth. He takes a look out the window.

Scrapper smirks "Oni?"

Sukeban says, "Ehhh? What a pain... Ok, yer Yuurei-san. He's just Tai-tan.""

Ghost asks Sukebanwith a smile, "Yuurei-san means?"

Sukeban shrugs, "Just Ms. Ghost, really. Don't have enough of feel for ya for a real nickname."

Raptlennograp looks over hiis shoulder, and say, with surprisingly idiomatic Engllish, "Hold on to your hats!" And he holds onto his.

Sukeban remembers something, "I used to be called Anego 'big sister' by my gang. To my face. Behind my back, I was Onihime. Other gang bosses usually called me O-baka-chan."

Sukeban holds on!

And then the bird, the carriage, the passengers all seem to melt into flame. Well, sort of. Everyone is still distinct, still solid, it's mroe like some sort of flame effect has been added to them.... and the Earth spins away under the carriage at a much greater rate.

Lia tightens her grasp on Scrapper, unless Scrapper put her down at some point, then she just tightens her grip in general.

Ghost nods to Sukeban. "Long established habit. I was smaller and weaker than anyone else my age on Derwood. I did my best to never be noticed. Hence why I got called Ghost. Like most habits, it lingers after the reason for it has vanished."

The earth and the air rush by at speed, but somehow, even for those on the outside, the ride remains quite calm.

Sukeban looks around, used to being on fire, "Cool.":

Lia is somewhat startled as she 'sets on fire'-she's more used to just becoming wavery and blurry. "Oooooh..." She smiles looking at her hand, her wings, to Scrapper, then to Sukeban, grinning all all while.

Titan blinks, and holds up his hand to look at it while the fire effect continues.

Ghost winces and shouts in Sercian accented Fae, "Ease the angle before we bur...." Then she sighs, "That caught me out,. Sorry. That's not something you are relaxed about seeing when you're used to making re-entries from orbit."

The goblin chuckles. You get the impession he likes the reactions he gets from first-timers.

Titan apparently gets a text. He pulls out his PDA, and responds to it, sending a message back. It takes him a little bit, given the weird halo effect there is to everything.

Cecila might be a bit more trippy if she was able to see. As it is she just holds onto her seat and tries to wait it out

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Sukeban sits on top of the carriage happily eating takoyaki and warm sweet potato that she got from a street vendor.

Ghost is also eating, having purchased some of the dishes on sale.

The city comes into view, Chesapeake Bay before it. The island and the The Towers standout particualr at this range.

Lia is eating chocolate, who would've thought.

"Almost home!" calls the goblin cheerfully.

Titan furrows hsi brow, "I'm somewhat surprised that I don't get motion sickness riding in this carriage." He continue looking out the window at the ground.

As you come into the city, there's a big flash of light somewhere over the CBSU campus.

Sukeban says, "Whoa! What was that!". She taps the goblin on the shoulder, "Head over there!""

Ghost more than half expects to see a large tall cloud starting to form in the shape of a muchroom.

The goblin nods, aims the bird, and hence the carriage, over toward the campus. Looks like there's some kind of meta fight going on. Or rather, looks like there was. Just about as soon as you're close enough to see the figures - and dropping out of fiery speed - one of the figures is blasted hard into the ground, leaving a big crater, and doesn't get up.

Ghost says, "Anyone recognise the combatants?"

The other figure - in white, with a white sword and shield - flies down toward the crater.

Cecila tilts her head "Huh... what's going on?" she asks

Ghost says, "I knew them. It's the chocolate guy, Howard Lowers. He's attacking Superhuman, a hero I met in the Gym a couple of days ago."

Cecila lets her hands loose from her seat for the first time since she got back on the ride and punches her hands together "Alright... lets go beat him into submission. Lets not let him get away a second time"

Sukeban ignites her own flames, "Time for round two!"

Ghost says, "He's flight capable. No height advantage. Titan, do you figure you can hold him if you can grab him? If so, Sukeban, if you gets a chance see if you can blast him into the ground near Titan. Cecila, do you need him on the ground to be effective youself>"

"Remember, this is a luxury carriage, not a war chariot!" cautions the goblin.

Lia's hands spark with her green magic, nodding to Sukeban. Lia also hmms, and responds to the Goblin, "Got it."

Ghost nods, "Can you drop us nearby and then get to safety?" she calls up to the driver.

"I'll take her as close as you like if you can get off in flight!"

Ghost activates her navy armor and checks her Spetdod is loaded and ready.

Once they're close enough, Lia releases herself from the ride, taking to the sky.

Ghost says, "I can't. Who can exit in flight?"

Titan nods. "Assuming I can grab him, I'm sure I can hold onto him. He can't be that strong, I'd think."

Titan says, "I'll also be fine getting dropped off in a flyby."

 Ghost says, "Flyers, get above him and blast him down. Let's give Titan a chance to grab hold."

Cecila says, "Depends on how close we are to the ground... I'm quite willing to you know jump out, the ground cant hurt me too much"

 Lia says, "Got it. Anyone need a lift?"

Ghost says, "Can you fly-by for the rest to exit and come to more or less a stop at a safe distance for me to exit. Then get yourself and the carriage to safety?"

The gobin nods. "Wiil do!"

Sukeban leaps off as they get close.

 Sukeban says, "Was already thinkin' of that Ghost! I'll try to keep him grounded!"

Ghost looks to Cecila, judging the moment, "Cecila.. go.... Now!"

With the campus so close to Downtown and Quinn Tower Anthony is quick to arrive on site. In fact it probably took him longer to change into his armor than to fly the distance to the campus.

Cecila takes a deep breath and launches herself out of the side. Looks like she's putting plenty of trust in Ghost... or her ability to take a crash landing.

Ghost thinks. o O (I love these people. Please don't let any of them get hurt.)

Anna has accepted an invitation to join this location...

Anna has arrived...

Lia is the first strike, and from her hand shoots a narrow beam of potent magic-her default attack.

Lowers can still be heard gloating as people jump out. "You call yourself 'Superhuman', mortal, but I, a human, bested you easily - Whuh?"

Lia makes sure to aim towards the ground

Lia's blast soars right past Lowers, leaving a nice hole in the ground. Lia grumbles.

As people leap out, the goblin guides the flying carriage down to land at a relatively safe distance.

Sukeban soars above Lowers leaving a trail of flame behind her, flames swirtling around her. "Yo, Usagi-kun. Yer real opponent is me!" Flames spiral around her arms and blast toward Lowers!

Ghost hops out of the carriage and yells to the goblin driver, "Go. Find somewhere safe. The Princess won't be happy if we break her gift first time we use it. Then she lines up of Lowers, bracing her aim against a convenient object, and taking whatever cover she can as well. Her Spetdood lifts, and she tries to fire a sleeper needle into the target. If from the side or back, all the better.

Sukeban's blast knocks Lowers downward, but only by a couple of metres. Still, it puts him off-balance.

Lowers frowns (lowers, indeed!) as the needle stings him.

And as the others are distracting Lowers, Anna's climbed to the top of one of the buildings on the campus and is taking aim at him... Steady, steady... Wait for a shot...

Titan jumps out, attempting to pass by Lowers on his way down to the ground. He reaches out to hopefully grab Lowers on the way by, figuring he'd better grab the crazy guy before the villain gets his wits about him.

Titan lands with Lowers in tow, and glances toward Superhuman, "Lowers, you're a menace. To everyone. Not just your targets."

"YOu again? These alien have you totally brainwashed!"

Titan squeezes Lowers in a bearhug-like grip. "Me again? I didn't even fight your 'bunnies'."

"I thought your beef was against the Fae of Undermoon," Quinn says. "Nice to see that you're an equal opportunity bigot." And with that he cuts loose with a double dose of neural blasts, emitters giving off a high pitched whine as he attempts to overdrive them.

Sukeban points at Q, "That's who yer thinkin' of Usagi-kun."

"I thought your beef was against the Fae of Undermoon," Quinn says. "Nice to see that you're an equal opportunity bigot." And with that he cuts loose with a double dose of quantum bolts, emitters giving off a high pitched whine as he attempts to overdrive them.

Titan grimaces and holds on tight while Q blasts Lowers.

Cecila crashes into the ground in what looks like a rather catastrophic hit as she creates a bit of a crater herself and then stands up covered in her shell of earth "Wow this guy really needs a reality check... if I was a doctor I'd be prescribing some sense knocked into him but he's gonna get some either way" and with that she slams her foot into the ground which releases several boulders which fly at Lowers with full force

The glowing circle in the center of Quinn's chest flares brightly, evidently extra-dimensional energies finding Lowers no more appealing than anyone else in the vicinity, and the twin bolts smash into Lowers, nearly knocking him from Titan's grasp.

 Ghost says, "Check your angles before firing."

 Cecila says, "I didnt hit Titan did I?"

 Ghost says, "No, you didn't Cecila. Good shooting. But if any of those had missed you would have done."

 Sukeban says, "Eh, Tai-tan's a big boy. He can take a little collateral damage!"

Lowers roars. "Bah - you're swarming like flies - mindless drone of the the alien queen!" Ok, so he's angry enough to mix metatphors. "But I have power
 * and* right on my side." He glows white - then there's a BOOM!!!

Titan keeps a hold of Lowers, and stays on his feet as the explosion washes over him. "You have cosmic power, and that was the best you could do? I'm going to plant you in the ground. You know that, right?"

 Cecila says, "Dont worry those are just warning shots really not heavy hitting... unless someone is kinda weak. If Titan keeps him still he's gonna be hurting something bad in a few seconds."

Scrapper returns from the carriage with her aerodynamic bubble around her for added speed. Extra force limbs appear at her sides and help Titan grip. "You aren't escaping so easily this time," she says.

Lia hmms, gets a bit closer and throws another magic blast at him, still hovering in mid-air with her wings beating rapidly. She makes sure it's angled direclty above him.

Lowers says to Titan, "You know what? You may be a dupe, but you're right. I'm acting like a rookie. Power to do anything and the first thing that comes to mind is to hit things. I still need to learn to use it better...." And say that he fades to transpaecncy and sinks through the arms of the people holding him and into the ground.

Titan grimaces, "Well, that's a problem."

 Titan says, "I think we need to get the sword and shield from him. I suspect that he changed the unicycle to match his world view."

Titan turns in place warily, waiting to see if Lowers makes another appearance.

Ghost stares at the ground, "How .. did .. he .. do .. that.?"

Ghost comes out from cover and heads to Superhuman. "Sorry. I didn't get a good enough look at his aura to send a messenger after him."

Titan shrugs, "Cosmic power? I don't know...that seems to be the catchall for 'I can do whatever I put my mind to'."

Ghost heals Superhuman first, does a paramedic check second.

Scrapper says, "What is the use of having multiple arms if I can't hold onto anything?"

Titan looks at his scorched clothing. "I really need to start wearing an actual resilient costume."

Superhuman takes a while to come round, but seems uninjured as such. "Ow..." she comments.

"Oh yeah I'll cosmic power him one up side the head" Cecila stomps on the ground repeatedly and unleashes some anger as rocks and such shift and shuffle under the ground... Those above ground it probably feels like a brief localized earthquake for a few moments before she stops "Damnit... next time I'm just gonna hit him like a ton of bricks... or maybe I'll hit him with a ton of bricks if they're conveniently around"

Ghost looks over at Titan, "That gives me an idea. I'll try a scrambler needle next time. But, honestly, I can't think of any way to stop him doing that. You guys are awesome, genuinely awesome. I'm amazed. But seems like the bad guys are also awesome too."

Lia becomes green and flickery, flying down and partly through the ground, then returning to the top of ground, "Like that." Lia notes, looking to Ghost.

Titan nods with a smile to Ghost, "Well...thank you. But yeah...that weapon he has is the key, I think."

Ghost smiles at Lia's demo. "Any chance you can teach me how to do that?"

Titan says, "Then again, it could be his armor. Which would be...difficult to take away, to say the least."

Superhuman rubs her head. "That guy really didn't like me!"

Ghost has a second thought, "Or, Lia... any chance you can teach me how to stop someone doing it?"

Lia hmms, "I'd need to know how your magic works, though, I was a spellcrafter. Reversing the ability though...it could work, actually..." Lia chinrubs, and hmms, flying closer to Ghost.

Ghost yawns.. "Whichever, though. Tomorrow. I'm out on my feet. Just want to say, good show."

Superhuman goes on, "Even when I explained that I didn't think I was better than humans and only called myslef Superhuman because I was pretending to be human, you know, a human only super, it still made him mad."

Superhuman flies off unsteadily into the upper atmosphere, the better to regain her strength in the sunlight.