Log:Send In The CLOWNs

CLOWN 2014/12/21 Matt Enforcer 1

It has been a slow night in the Bay. Probably the cold weather but not much crime of any sort going on. You are thinking of calling it quits on the patrol and getting back home to work on that history paper that's due after Christmas vacation when a call comes in over the police band. "Car 54, what's the status of that jewelry store alarm on Friday Lane?" There is a burst of static then the reply comes over the radio, "Um, everything's OK here. Just had a blaster malfunction." Then the reply of, "What? What blaste" which is cut off "Uh, never mind, don't come down have a, um, coolant leak." then "Who is this? It’s a crime to..." Then static fills the airwaves. All of them it seems.

Enforcer cringes slightly as his earpiece blasts static in his ear, dropping down from his swing line and landing lightly on a roof. He taps his earpiece a few times to cycle through the bands. All static. So much for Raven's theory that these were $25,000 worth of military hardware. He shuts off the radio with another tap and raises his left forearm horizontally as a holo-display pops up. He types in Friday Lane and searches for jewelry stores on that street. Once he's located the likely location, he lowers his arm to shut off the display, then raises his right hand to fire off his line gun. And off he goes!

As you approach the jewelry shop (Del Amico's Fine Jewelers since 1935), you see a police hover car idling next to a vintage looking VW Beetle from back in the 20th. One officer is next to the car struggling against some sort of sticky gummy looking mass of pink material that has pinned him to the side of the police car. The other officer lies on the ground, weapon still in hand, snoring softly with a goofy grin on his face next to door to the jewelry store.

The door to the jewelry shop is open and series of Christmas style toy soldiers, tiny guns over their shoulders and keys turning in their backs are walking out of the shop and into the open door of the VW Beetle with jewelry boxes in hand. Inside the shop, you can see a stunningly beautiful young woman apparently laying out cards on a jewelry counter, cards like you've seen your cousin use to tell the future. She is dressed in layered gypsy skirts with a low cut white blouse with lots of scarves and jewelry on including one holding back her thick curly dark hair (Attractive Appearance 3). You can also see a gentleman who face is painted up in classic clown style dressed in a checkered blue and green shirt of heavy cloth, with sky blue tights and shoes, lemon yellow gloves, and a typical multi colored and belled jester cap.

As you get closer, the young woman looks down at the cards, then up and out the door in your general direction. You do not think she sees you but she says, "Merry Andrew, a guest is coming." Her voice has a rich, warm Irish brogue to it.

Merry Andrew looks up from another counter where he was glancing into jewelry boxes, tossing some over his shoulder, and handing others to empty handed toy soldiers. "Really? Are you sure? This is not like your tip on the horses last week right?" His voice is cheerfully perky as he too looks out towards the doorway.

As Enforcer tries to get behind them to take them by surprise the Gypsy looks down at the cards and says, "He'll come in behind." She turns and is prepared for you though all she holds in her hands is a pair of dice. Merry Andrew does not seem as aware as she is.

Enforcer rarely just strides in through the front door. He drops down from a vent opening behind them after throwing down a silent smoke pellet to hide his entry point. All smoke and mirrors. Most people think he just appears out of thin air. He certainly gets caught by surprise that the Gypsy knew he was coming, and that he was a he. His hand moves to his belt beneath the cape to reach for something from his arsenal.

It is apparent that Merry Andrew cannot see you, but this does not stop the felonious clown from placing a hand on the counter which he uses to acrobatically hoist himself up and over to put the counter between himself and the back of the store. As he lands with a 'Ta-duh!' the clown sticks a flower into his lapel. He apparently took it from a pocket in his shirt.

The Gypsy rolls her eyes at the clown's flamboyance then just moves back towards the front door. It apparent these two have worked together before as they keep at least 5m distance from one another.

Enforcer's rises up from a hiding spot behind another counter near the back and flings his hand out towards the pair in an arc. Two pellets go flying, one for each of them.

The Gypsy snaps her hand and the pair of dice she was holding roll out one hand into her other. They come up a 2 and a 3 for 5 total. Even though they are so small, for some reason, you are aware of what was rolled. A green-and-black mist forms in her hands and shoots out at you as she says, "Hex I win, I guess you lose!" Her tone is cheerful and roguish.

The bolt misses you (Enforcer) and harmlessly strikes the wall behind you. Well, mostly harmlessly, it does leave a smudge like a poison face symbol.

Merry Andrew flips back head over heels in an extremely fine example of acrobatics. He again sticks his landing as he says, "Ta-duh!" then pouts as the Gypsy apparently stunned the audience. "Random, you always step on my best stunts," he grouses. "Oh well," he says with a grin. "Is a, hmm, short hero on our list?"

Merry Andrew reaches into a pocket on his shirt and pulls out a list that he glances at. "Um, let me see: got that, need a signed Harry Potter book, got that and that, oh got two of those, hmmm..." He looks over at Enforcer then breaks into wide grin, "Would you define yourself as a symbol of justice?" He seems to be waiting for you answer.

Enforcer raises an eyebrow by just a tick. "No," he says with a slight smirk. "You must be looking for someone else."

The Gypsy, or Random, as Merry Andrew called her definitely rolls her eyes this time. "Buffoon, we dinnae have time fur this," she says in her rich smoky brogue. The lass shakes her head as she grins at Enforcer. "Sorry laddie. I dinnae want to play right now." She snaps the dice from one hand to another again. Once again they come up a 2 and a 3 for 5. "Och, sorry 'bout this." The green-black mist fills her hands then shoots at you again.

The green-black mist misses Enforcer this time. But it does leave a smudge on the wall that looks remarkably like a yucky face symbol. Enforcer covers his mouth and coughs from the green mist that struck him earlier and throws the pellets he was still palming in the direction of the villains.

Throughout all of this, the toy soldiers soldier on carrying their jewlery boxes out of the shop and into the open door of the vintage VW.

The small pellet strikes Random and suddenly hundreds of high density polymer strands shoot out and wrap around her, encasing her in webbing-like cocoon.

Merry Andrew exclaims, "That is so cool! Of course, it lacks panache. It needs some pizazz." He seems genuinely excited by the results of you tagging his teammate. You can tell that Random does not agree by the scowl on her face.

Merry Andrew stops his acrobatics a few meters from Enforcer. "Well, I still think you qualify as a small hero. Even if all the Bard wants is a sandwich. Hmm, maybe is you were smaller..." He grins widely as the flower he put in lapel earlier squirts out a bright purple liquid at Enforcer.

The liquid misses you and has no effect on the wall beside you. Marry Andrew pouts at the lack of success. "Well, you still count, shortie," says the tall (6'2") and thin villain.

"Count? For what?" Enforcer asks after sidestepping the spray of liquid.

Merry Andrew grins widely. "As a short hero. Admittedly we'll need to add cheese and slather on some mayo, but it'll work."

Matt flies to the Jewelry store. It's near his new home and after hearing that Enforcer was already on the scene he could not be held back, as he arrives he sees a super hot lady showing some cleavage, and a clown...he likes hot ladies. even if they're tied up in some kind of polyester stuff, but he hates clowns. "Hey chuckles! here's an old clown trick!" from his hand forms..well, a hand, except only 2 fingers are pointed. Matt makes a pointing motion and the shadowy hand pokes for chuckle's eyes. Matt aims. fires. hits? right in the clown's eyes. "That's the ticket!"

Merry Andrew turns his head and actually raises his hand in the classic Three Stooges way to stop an eye doink. It does not stop the attack but Merry Andrew just blinks his eyes and says, "Hey! It worked! So cool!"

Matt blinks himself as Chuckles seems unfazed by the direct hit. "got jokes do ya?"

The clown shrugs and grins as he continues his acrobatic movements, "What else? I'm Merry Andrew, the Buffoon." He adds, "Tell me do you consider yourself a symbol of justice?"

Matt smirks, "Nope...not yet at least."

Enforcer warns Matt, "They're collecting some sort of list."

While she does not seem thrilled to be entangled, Random is trying to wriggle out of it, which given her style of clothing shows off a little skin. Random shouts out, "Toe Tapper, music please!"

And from what must be hidden speakers on the VW, a jazzed up version of 'Putting on the Ritz' blares out. And out of the car comes a tap dancing and spinning gentleman dressed in top hat and tails in a full tuxedo getup complete with cane. He’s really quite good at dancing.

Toe Tapper taps and spins his way towards Matt as he says, "Excuse me, sir, but you are not with UEMS are you?" His cane swings up and out as he speaks towards the young hero tapping him lightly on the shin.

Matt feels the invasion of his mind come at him, and he almost begins to fall into a Bollywood routine when his mental train locks down and he regains his senses ((now that would have been embarrassing)) but he says, "Toe Tapper was it?...good name....but I don't dance with just any pretty face you know?"

Toe Tapper grins right back. "Oh, I'm sure we'll dance in one way or another. Just wish you were UEMS. Ah well."

Merry Andrew turns his attention back to Enforcer. "Well surely. You don't mind if I call you shirley do you? Where were we, oh yes, a short hero. You don’t have any allergies do you?" As he asks another squirt of purple liquid sprays out at Enforcer.

The liquid splashes on Enforcer and seeps into his clothing or lands on exposed skin. Nothing seems to happen for an instant then Enforcer's POV shifts slightly. His clothes definitely feel looser now. All of them down to shoes and mask and undies. And it looks like to others that he may have lost an inch or so of height.

Enforcer tries to evade the stream of liquid, but he's just not fast enough. "I do mind. And stop. Calling me..." and then he starts to shrink down a little. "...short...?" he looks down at his armor, which is no longer form-fitting. "You have -got- to be kidding me," he growls.

Matt isn't liking the odds and has an idea, if he can think it he can do it...a giant hand grows from the asphalt, as the elements of earth heed his command, ((Grab the VW and throw it at Toe Tapper ))

Merry Andrew just grins widely. "Do I look like I kid," says the Buffoon.

As the giant asphalt hand under Matt's control grabs the VW, the car's horn and lights start to flash and blare.

The elements heed his command, but the car...is not normal, and it seems to fight the grip of the hand, and as the elemental hand throws the car at Toe Tapper the aim is somewhat fouled as the car fights...

The VW bug continues to honk it horn and flash its lights as it comes down on Toe Tapper. Much of the force of impact is prevented by two mechanical arms with four fingered gloves on the end that pop out of the VW's sides.

Toe Tapper shakes his head from the impact to the VW. "You alright, Tee Hee?" he asks of the car that is now on its side. A short honk is the only answer. Toe Tapper shakes his head then murmurs, "Guess I'll just have to treat you as UEMS then, hero." The dancer goes into an intricate series of dance spins and high kicks as he closes to connect with Matt. At the last moment, he feints into a low kick.


 * POW* ***is all Matt sees for a moment. he's only been hit that hard twice....both times by his buddy who is in the store...store..the flash knock out is just that, and even as gravity is claiming it's long lost claim on Matt he comes to his senses and realizes he just got the crap knocked out of him, and he flips midair and somehow makes what should have been a disaster into something salvageable....

Merry Andrew twitches an eyebrow. "No, a short hero the Bard said on the list. You are just too tall, kid. Nappie time!" And yet again the rose on his shirt squirts out that purple liquid. Alas the liquid splashes harmlessly on the wall again.

The liquid splashes harmlessly on the wall again.

Random has managed to get herself rocking back and forth. Which proves to be a bad idea as she tips over. "Well, shite," she says in her smoky Irish brogue.

Enforcer ducks down beneath the liquid spray and sprints forward to close the distance between him and Merry Andrew. As he moves, his hand moves to his collapsible staff and draws it from its holster. He clicks the mechanism that causes it to extend just as he's swinging up for Merry Andrew's jaw.

Enforcer solidly strikes Merry Andrew in the jaw with his staff and he is certain he broke something. It seems Merry Andrew may not wear armor of any sort. He definitely seems stunned by the attack if not when you struck him in the jaw then when he hits the ceiling and then falls boneless down to the floor.

The VW bug outside rights itself by pushing with its mechanical arms which then retreat back into the car.

Toe Tapper looks inside as he hears the absence of Merry Andrew's normal flow of talk. "Hmm, seems like we need to rumba." He jabs the cane in hand out at Matt but it proves to be feint as he instead runs into the building, leaps, tap dances across a counter, and comes down to try to touch Enforcer with the cane.

Enforcer gets tapped by the cane and expects it to hurt. But instead, he just blinks. And then his foot starts tapping against his will as if waiting for the beat to drop. And then he may be thankful for all his time in Swing Club, teaching him how to kind of dance. He suddenly starts going into a dance that would go great with electro-swing music, while swinging his staff like a performance cane and doing contact staff moves with it.

Matt is tired of this crap, and he just took a major hit, all of this is entertaining, but this carnival freak show has run its course. His hands, grow cold as he sees his best friend succumb to the dancing desire that threatened to overwhelm him moments earlier. They grow cold, then become sheathed in ice, his fists becoming weapons..he flies in, and tries to end this...

Random rolls back and forth on the floor. "Really? Tee Hee get me out of here!" she shouts.

Fists of frosty fury fall frightfully far from the dancer. Frightfully far because anything but a hit could mean disaster. The ice clad fists strike almost true, so close that Toe Tapper can feel the Arctic cold brush down his spine, but close isn't good enough...far from good enough

Merry Andrew shakes his head as he lies on the floor and then kippups back to his feet. "Ouch. Ouch Ouch ouch." he mutters. "I tink I bwoke a toof." He glares at the dancing Enforcer in the saggy clothing. "Bud, ya no for dat, its word id. Tee Hee, cambras." He grins through the pain. (Translation: But, you know for that, its worth it. Tee Hee, cameras.)

Enforcer shuffle steps and twirls his staff, rolling it off the back of his hand, and then going into a spin that swings it out in Toe Tapper's direction. Which seem to stun the tap dancing man for a moment.

Toe Tapper then shakes off the effects of the unexpected attack from Enforcer while a pair of mechanical arms stretches into the jewelry store and drags Random outside.

Matt calls upon the fury of fires that are burning inside of him fire and ice burn around each fist, the flame dances as well, like a thing alive enforcer seems to have things in hand inside so he hoes after the Decepticon outside.

Let angry fists do the talking...and they do, Fists of fire and ice slam into the VW's side panel, solid hit, but instead of it being thrown end over end, it stays put, a sizable dent now in its side but otherwise still running.

Merry Andrew looks at Enforcer for a moment then says with a gentle laugh. "Ah well, they do say dance is the meeting place of sex and violence." The clown then dances about acrobatically himself before releasing another blast of the purple liquid from the flower at Enforcer.

Enforcer is dancing his heart out, but still can't dodge the spray of liquid from Merry Andrew. And then...he's melting! Enforcer sinks down into the ground. And down and down, his cape pooling up around where his feet were. The same with his armor. His utility belt clatters to the ground, as does his staff. Afterwards, weighted beneath the heaviness of the cape and cowl, a very tiny, .25 meter tall Enforcer peeks out from under the hood, which is now practically a blanket on him on its own. While he has shrunk, his clothes haven't, leaving him without anything to really conceal himself. And then, there's still that urge to dance...

There is a tearing, ripping sound from inside the VW whose windows are all completely black now.

After a moment, the door to the VW pops open and Random steps out with a jaunty air. "So boyo, are you feeling lucky?" The remains of Enforcer's polymer are on her but her arms and legs as free. She grins up at you as she tosses the dice from one of her hands to another. The dice come up 1 and 4 for a total of 5. "What? Again? Must be me lucky day," she mutters as the green-black mist fills her hands then shoots at Matt.

Even tiny, Enforcer can be somewhat effective. Except that he's got no clothes that fit. But the utility belt sits around his feet. He leans over and yanks one of the pockets open and pulls out a knockout gas pellet. Just one; it's the size of a softball to him at this tiny size. He winds up the pitch and throws it at Merry Andrews while moving his feet to a beat only he can hear.

Not having to breath and being immune to poison, Matt wasn't too worried, but once in the mist, his body just starts to hurt...it’s not like the pain of being hammered by Mr. fancy dancing pants, but...it’s more a burning sensation throughout his body.

The miniature hero throws out the now football sized capsule at the now gigantic Merry Andrew. And it hits squarely on the Buffoon just in time for Merry Andrew to let out a huge snorting cough. Which apparently disperses much of its effects.

Merry Andrew does sniff and then blow his nose on a piece of paper afterwards. "My, that is whiffy isn't it?"

Toe Tapper looks down at Enforcer and then smiles widely. "Younger than I thought he'd be. Well, back in a sec." The dancer then speeds outside in series of tap spins and modern dance sprints until he ends up right next to Matt again. "Hello partner. I've come back to finish our dance," he says as he does a high leaping ballet move/spin a la Rodeo. Matt oofs... ((this guy kicks hard!)) up he goes again, this time he's staying there..

Matt says, "I'm sick of this..." as he rubs his side where he was just kicked. He wants to hurt that guy...bad...but the dancer is so fast...so he does what worked the first time...."Tee Hee...it’s nothing personal..."

Matt must be seeing double because he somehow missed the car! An asphalt hand rises next to the car, looks around like a periscope then sinks back down into the road as if it were never there.

When Matt fails to achieve any effect on Tee Hee, the VW bug plays a 'wah-wah' sound.

"Well, this has been fun and we must do it again sometime. Oh wait, selfie!" The gigantic figure takes out a PDA and snaps a shot over his shoulder that Enforcer just knows shows him not in good light. "OK, ta ta for now!" The manic clown then tumbles out of the jewelry store to the outside. "Oh, I'm getting dizzy, whoa."

Enforcer growls as he finally gets control of himself and stops dancing, pulling up his cape around himself futilely. He stares daggers at Merry Andrews. o O (I...am going to kill him. Forgive me, Sasha, but I swear, I am going to kill that clown...)

As Merry Andrew comes tumbling out into the jewelry store, Random looks up at Matt. "Ya ken I admire a man who doan give in. So, to show no hard feelings if your ever at the Inn Between Worlds, I might, might give ya a tumble." This offer does not stop her from tossing the dice from one hand to the other again. They come up a 3 and a 5 for 8. "Well, now, a good place to rest this is" As she speaks, a series of transparent walls forms around you with red pips on each wall locking you into place.

Matt can definitely gather that the dice are magical as is the dress Random wears.

Merry Andrew tumbles to the car then offers to help Random get in which she refuses after seeing the joy buzzer in his hand. She slips inside with a wave to Matt as Toe Tapper tap dances over to the driver's side door and gets in. Matt notices he makes no attempt to touch the steering wheel. As Merry Andrew starts to get in the car, Tee Hee shifts forward, then back, then to the side to stop Merry Andrew from getting in. The clown eventually gets one foot inside the car just as it then takes off at speed with Merry Andrew alternately yelling for Random to pull him in and just laughing uproariously.