Reach City, year one: Orientation

OOC; alright I got who i needed to post, posted. Big one coming in so act fast! And important event means everyone in that section at least better read up.

Hero Orientation room;
-State of the room: Cramped and about to get either a whole lot wetter or a whole lot hotter.

*Battle with a machine:
Players:Ursa Rajom, Star Patrol members Sphinx and Trevor & friends

Trevor and the remaining group couldn't do much without risking friendly fire, Sphinx saw the swordsmen drop down, but the furry one pressed the offensive going in for heavy strikes which guaranteed that the Star Patrol member was not going to be able to safely fire from his perspective. Ursa Rajom was the stubborn fighter, but he was doing better than one would expect. The head kick and leg sweep combo connect, sending the robot prone but it tried to roast the werebear where he stood before it could be pushed further. Whether or not Ursa liked it though he found himself tackled out of the way by a draco kid, minus his big swords.

"Careful, that fire blast needs to go" he huffs before noticing his pant legs were on fire. Despite the mess everyone was in, the swordsman known as Fortune appeared to have an opening...if he wanted to try his luck.

*important event-Eruption fight:
-Players: Nicholi D. Trake, Trace, Emma, Blue Fang/Cody & friends

Eruption took everything the group had. No arrows from Emma or her siblings were strong enough to do more than burst into flames or embed inside the makeshift Obsidian flesh covering sections of his molten body. The giant mass of magma chuckles as he dares them to keep firing. Cody's retaliation proved no exception unfortunately- the crystal tips were powerful, and more accurate than his last attempt, but there didn't seem to be anything vital that their piercing weapons could damage.

"....rrr- " he starts to roar out when a something explodes on his face. The lone gunman Blue Fang had been waiting on needed to switch out weapons, but he came back with a mini-sized grenade launcher. The grenade itself exploded on contact with a great force and little shrapnel. The molten-man's face was distorted and pained, but he was far from done as he immediately strided forward to crush the man...except he didn't get far because outside forces had a counter attack ready.

"I'll need a sec Trace" says a young telekinetic to his new friend. Trace the devil's spawn had a very specific request and while Dave was willing, he had tired himself earlier in the fight with a telekinetic barrier meant to protect his friends from the first strike. "I got the plan though, just...real winded" he says, sweating profusely and unable to get higher than from his knees despite being in the middle of a mini-warzone. Luckily for Trace, someone else was on the job as another demon had a simpler solution. Nicholi D Trake's friend had an attack ready that could finish the job, but he wanted to do his best to avoid collateral. Trout the Atlantean held back a torrent of water due to possible victims in the way. However coaxing from his grittier friend convinced him that things would be much worse off if Eruption defeated the combating heroes and was able to do further damage. The fish boy's eyes begin to glow before a small swirl of water surrounded him.

"Back up a bit Nicholi" Trout suggests. He had been charging up the entire time, but now he was letting it loose as the surrounding water on the floor from the sprinkler's letting off swirled around his frame. Nicholi had best heed the warning as the water swirled up into a small cyclone before taking shape. To compensate for a skewed target, the cylindrical form of water took shape into a nasty undersea beast for all to see. Eruption was too busy having a case of tunnel vision to see the creature open it's gaping maw before Trout pointed menacingly at the lava man, sending it rushing right for him. The nearby fighters had to do their best to steer clear or be washed away because regardless the water creature would strike into Eruption and send him back through the hole in the wall he came from with unfathomable force.

*Dealing with other problems in the room:
-Players: South Star, Red Dragon, Animalius Rajom, Star Patrol member Kairi, Maria/Prometeo and Hirro Felidae & co.


South Star, Red Dragon, and Animalius were each in the middle of their own problems; South Star's load was only getting heavier as his friend Gravity Girl pondered the suggested. Sections of the roof were going to drop once their powers failed, and the two might not be able to stop them all. A controlled explosion might reduce chunks of concrete and wood into annoying dust rather than falling death but it was a risk.

"Let's do it, but...start small" she mutters, taking a deep breath. She was ready to take over the load while Orion got ready to blow things sky high. she nod silently, as ready as she'd ever be. As that happened, Red Dragon was tackling a more personal problem, but the woman he feared he couldn't save was slowly healing her wounds- though from her reaction she clearly wasn't her doing. As he asked what about Albatross, the head of the Guardians hero group, she coughs up some blood before motioning for her breast pocket.

"Radio...answ-" she says before passing out. She would pull through if Travis got her medical attention soon, but whatever was healing her suddenly stopped.

On the other side of the room was Animalius who was not having the most productive job. Ordered by his sister, he had a gaping hole he made to make sure nobody ran in and no villain ran out. Several civilians nearby attempt to run out of the hole and join a large mob of people heading northbound to the other side of the building. Though he was front and center, moreso than most, as a torrent of water seemingly came alive and crashed into Eruption. Although he had proven very tough he seemed to be dealt with for the time being...this was even more obvious to Kairi as she entered the Orientation room. While there was a wave of people still inside the immediate threat of the molten beast was gone. Though if there was any danger left, that just made it hard to spot. Several seconds later the large lupine Renard enters after her. His gun was at the ready, but he looks in in shock.

"Jesus hell, what happened in here?" his low tone briefly replaced by a shocked surprise. He didn't bring nearly enough equipment to be prepared for this.
..and then a chunk of concrete conked him on the head. He was fine, but he quickly looks up and went from shocked to fearful. He saw the roof was in tatters- cracks were everywhere, at least one support column was gone, and several pieces were already detached from the roof and only held up by...something not normal and whose to say how much longer that would hold. This was around the time Maria and and Hirro slipped between the crowd in the lobby enough to reach the Hero Orientation room. The first thing they spotted was Renard's horrified reaction through the open door...whatever made him scared was not good news.

Lobby;
-State of the room: Calmer now, but more splintered than broken glass.

*Search for the energy room:
-Player: Minerva Rajom


Minerva was looking for a proverbial needle in a haystack but after exiting the gaping hole made by her brother, she found an area marked employees only. It was as good a place as any to look, and if she kept at it she'd eventually find a room labeled generator. There would be various electrical equipment around so she could feasibly find what was she hoping to shut down. Though if she wasn't careful playing engineer, there could be a few consequences so caution was a must.

*Villain Orientation room exterior:
-Players: Krystal Felidae & friend(s).

Despite Krystal raising a good point, Tundra charged forward with intent to help the losing police officers. The second she was in range, a thick slab of ice appeared between the cops on the outside and the threats inside. It was fair cover for the three cops, but whatever was inside quickly began chipping away at the defense. Tundra takes a quick look inside the room but nearly takes a bullet for her troubles, forcing her to take cover near the outside of the room. Krystal could regroup with her ally or take her own peek and maybe get a better view on what was happening. Though, like Tundra, she might risk taking a bullet for her troubles.

"Damn, they got some firepower" Tundra growls as Krystal nears.

*Cafeteria/monorail station:
-Players: Scarlett the shark girl, Felicity Fortune, Kain & co.

Scarlett's nostrils were very close to the power of a shark but she wasn't in water- her olfactory organs were not the most effective sniffing through the air, but she found an odd scent somewhere in the last two cars. Given that about 6 beastmen were scouring that area, and her friend's annoyed demeanor as she watched them search, Tumbler was getting that as a general answer and little else. As Felicity soaked in what she was told and before Scarlett could inspect the proper area more closely everyone saw the 'creepy' man approach Tumbler. Though Kain's intent was veiled, the Asian woman had her eyes on him the moment
he stated to walk towards her. Tumbler was more patient in her demeanor this time as she let's him speak his peace. Calmly afterwards, she looks him in the eyes.

"Thank you for the suggestion, but unless you can smell out gunpowder at 10,000 paces, I highly recommend you wait for us to finish back where you were sitting before. Nobody here is getting any special treatment, and we're verifying safety for everyone here". Before Kain could try constructing a response, she was called over by two very large tiger beastmen. They whispered something in her ear, though anyone intending to eavesdrop would be a bit disappointed- the two feline's were fairly familiar with super hearing, for obvious reasons, and so they whispered extra lightly. Anyone trying to hear would only get a few disjointed words that had emphasis put on them but what was being told was clearly important.

Outskirts of Reach City;
State of the area: Spooky. Like Camp Crystal Lake spooky...

*Finding a way to the city:
-Player: The Dark Lizard & friend

The Dark Lizard's companion Rose was resting from practically saving the two, so she didn't have much more than a token complaint as Dark Lizard picked her up- she was even lighter than her size would imply. The trek around the building would be quite the exercise, the building was partially built into the wall that kept the rest of the island and the titular Reach City separated. 

"For the record, I have no idea where the city is. That's sort of what the rest of that Orientation was gonna be about" she grumbles. Though as she outwardly complained, Dark Lizard's eyes caught something interesting. Monorail tracks. They were heading away from the wall, which meant that maybe following that would lead them somewhere.

Ursa: He was slightly annoyed to be tackled, but understood it was an attempt to save him, so he didn't attack the tackler, he did however tried to attack the Robot's head, trying an axe kick at it. Assuming it didn't work, he would keep striking at it as much as he could, before flipping away.

Animalius: Ani did his best to let people who looked panicked get through, anyone who seemed malicious though... A gorilla would punch them in the face.

Minerva: She vaguely knew what they were... well, kind of. She'd been taught this stuff a few years ago. She tried to remember how air vents worked. she hypercharged whatever wire she thought it was, odds were she was right but there was no guarantee.

Scarlett: noted there was no way she could possibly hear it, so instead she decided to trust her superiors and keep searching.

Dark Lizard: "Don't worry about too much, we gotta find it eventually right? Besides, you're light as a feather, I could carry ya around the whole island before I get tired." He muttered as he ran, following the tracks.

Krystal regroups with Tundra where she was taking cover. "Really? What do you think they have; kinetic, plasma, magic maybe? Depending on the answer I think I can go in and be a diversion to get the those officers out safety." She would then also try to cautiously take a peek herself on how bad it was.



Hirro frowned, if something can scare a big fella like that it can't be good. He slows as he approaches the Lupine "What's the situation here?" at the ready with his ice energy.

OOC: Yay Reach Is back

"Damn." Blue Fang says as the sea creature made of water rushes towards the lava monster. Blue Fang reacts by grabbing Emma by the wrist pulling her back, and against him. He rises his shield, expanding his crystals from his shield, offering more protection for the two lean superhero. At the very least the shield will offer protection from direct damage from the attack.

Hero Orientation room;

-State of the room: Situation normal- except for the slowly collapsing ceiling. 

*Aftermath of a brawl:
-Players: Nicholi D. Trake, Blue Fang, Emma, Star Patrol, Hirro Felidae, Maria/Prometheus, Red Dragon, and Animalius Rajom & friends

Blue Fang's action just might have saved his and Emma's life. Both the gunman and Emma's siblings managed to more effectively avoid the water beast attack. Though the two avoided the waterblast being some of the closer fighters to Eruption meant that when he was hit, his outer shell exploded into shrapnel from the force. Fang feels the obsidian shards slam against his shield but they land on the ground bruised but unscathed.

"You ok sis?" Gigi huffs, worried and with a nasty gash on her cheek. he pulls Blue Fang off of her tries to help up Emma. The other sibling, Baz, helps up the flung Blue Fang, before clasping his hand and giving a short bow of thanks for saving his sister. As well as an apology for his other sister. The battle against Eruption was won, but the victor was unconscious. Young Trout was cradled on Nicholi's shoulders as the wolf demon catches a whiff of someone familiar. The feline officer from before was in the crowd and not too far off, in fact if he looked quickly enough he'd see her nearly struck by some falling cement and subsequently saved by a human. Missionary and two-thirds of Star Patrol try to figure out the next part of the plan, she frowns at where she was just standing before turning to Sphinx and Trevor. The fight was over, but the main problem was still at hand.

"Thanks, that was one of the most acceptable reasons a guy's grabbed me yet" she jokes, keeping her eyes to the ceiling. It was fine for now, something seemed to be holding it up, and it wasn't weakened to a large extent just yet. She quickly starts rounding up the wounded to try and fit them wit people who could lead them outside. Animalius was further away guarding the hole in the wall he made when Missionary noticed him and got an idea. "Hey you! We got wounded over here and we need a hand evacuating" she calls out, hoping he could file people out instead of...standing around. Not long after that the third member of Star Patrol, Kairi, began shouting and making it known that the roof was less than stable. Hirro and Maria quickly realized this as well whether or not they took the shouting seriously. The wolfman Hirro asked, turned to him before glancing back up.

"Whatever tussle they had in here is about to bring the roof down. Can you all help with evacuation? Or even holding the thing up..." he says hopefully, but judging by how he looked around for people to help away, he was doubtful of their ability to do the latter. While this was happening, the newcomer hero Red Dragon was trying to get veteran hero the Albatross on the line. In between frantic shouting he eventually gets a response.

"Hello? Rookie that you? Ok, calm down. I need you to do a few things for me, I need a pair of eyes in there. Do you copy? Aside from two cops who were supposed to run in and two volunteers who ran in after, I don't even know whose still in" she calls, luckily the radio was clear enough but he had a connection to the outside now.

*Keeping the roof in one piece(more or less)
Player: South Star & friend

South Star's plan was risky, he even noticeably dropped a few chunks of concrete as his friend Gravity Girl briefly loses control under the extra weight from him lessening how much upward force he was giving with his telekinesis. Slowly, the smaller projectiles *popped* one by one as Orion focused on destroying the threats. Though even this much was putting more strain than just holding up the ceiling with Cassie. He could keep going, but his practice with splitting focus between his powers was non-existent to untrained and his performance was showing as the medium sized chunks of concrete proved to take marginally longer to fully energize and prep for explosion.

*Fight with a machine
Players: Ursa Rajom, Fortune & friend

the machine as a worthy opponent, he probably could handle any one of the three warriors in one on one, but a numbers game could overcome most opponents no matter how powerful. Luckily the bot was no exception' it manages to quickly block the axe kick attempt from Ursa with a high block from it's metallic body, greatly bruising Ursa's heel and possibly impeding his movement, but not a second later Fortune takes advantage of the distraction and his sword cleaves right through the machine's torso...and the tip of the sword ends up an inch away from Ursa's extended pelvis. Drago winces, unsure if it was a near miss or if Fortune neutered another combatant but Ursa was fine...if left with a thought that Reach City was a dangerous place to not telegraph your attack to possible friendly fire hazards. However the robot's eyes blink out of color as he drops down deactivated. The fight was done, as was Eruption from an outside force, but not a half second later the trio hears shouting that the ceiling was coming down, which meant trouble was just starting(see Aftermath of a Brawl).

Lobby;
-State of the room: Home free...you hope.

*Cafeteria/monorail station:(that reminds me, if anyone knows how to get a hold of Lawman, please try to do so he added a bit to this scene)
Players: Felicity Fortune, Scarlet the shark girl, Kain, Trace & friends.

Kain's attempts to eavesdrop...did not go so well. His hearing was superior to that of a human, but it seemed these individuals were taking extra steps to keep their talks private and seemed experienced in doing so. He could only make out words that the beastmen were stressing syllables on, which meant he was making out a lot of vowels and little else, though there was some kind of concern given how everyone involved was taking it very seriously. Felicity was much closer to the talk and while her hearing was nowhere near Kain's she had a feeling that she could make it out...

"Come with me mam" one of the beastmen grunts. While the other two speculated, Scarlet knew exactly what the problem was first-hand. A briefcase in the middle of last train car stood under a seat. Several other of the beastmen were careful around it, quarantining the area. Frenzy was filled in that the bomb technician on-site was elsewhere and they didn't even know where to begin with handling the briefcase. It did have that odd scent the group as a whole was smelling, but nobody wanted to take initiative when the risk was being blown sky high. At around that time Trace the devil's spawn walks into the cafeteria after budging through some crowd to get there. His two friends helped Trace get their way through, and thinking the worst was over since they escaped before any announcements were made about further dangers, Derricks steps forward first.

"Here we are, food and transportation. we can eat and then get the first train out of here." the speedster grins, liking the food selection as he speeds off, careful of the crowds.

"Well...once it's not delayed apparently" Trace's psychic friend chimes in, noting that there shouldn't be this much of a stall if the train was in station.

*Villain Orientation room exterior:
Player: Krystal Felidae and friend

"What do they have? My guess is good ol fashioned led" she grunts. It was at least a worry to her despite her cryokinetic powers. Krystal's peer inside ends with her almost getting shot- or shot depending on whether or not she pulled back in time, though her 'aura' would at least lessen a hit from fatal to painful. In her glance she noticed a few corpses and a number of brightly colored and varied individuals either taking cover or trying to fire at a group of commandos in high tech combat gear and hiding behind some kind of energy shield as they fired on both the surviving villains and the incoming Police Officers.

*The Energy Room:
Player: Minerva Rajom

Minerva was in a bit of a pickle as she moved to overheat some important wiring. In a sense she had no idea what she was doing, but she went ahead and overcharged a wire anyways. She destroys the insulation and there was a light pop. Nothing in the room she was currently in did anything, so at the very least a different room was affected and a search would need to be done to make sure things went as planned.

Outskirts of Reach City;
State of the area: Something's starting to smell...
Player: Dark Lizard and friend.


The monorail tracks was probably the best lead the duo could have given the circumstances. Dark Lizard had a gut feeling it would lead to civilization, but Rose was still complaining.

"Hmm, with these biceps I'm sure you could but don't go calling me a twig" she grumbles. "Just keep on the road, and if any cops come by and stop us let's leave out the whole villain thing for now ok?" she sighs. As if on cue, DL's eyes spot something off in the distance, ground floor. It was pretty far away, but it was some kind of light source- an orange yellowish color flickering.

South Star's Cool Thing:
Orion stopped what he was doing and redoubled his efforts to hold the ceiling in place. "No. No good," Orion said, "I don't want to put that much strain on you any longer..." Orion had no concept that the battle around them had ended. His entire body surged with pain; the parts that weren't numb at least. He could only imagine how difficult this was for Cassie. "What... How else can you apply your powers? Could you, like, 'channel gravity' around an object, or... say, a person? I might have a better idea if you can."

Red Dragon's Cool Thing: 
Travis took a breath, and paused to remind himself how stupid his was. 'You're supposed to be Red Dragon. The legend. Not some rookie. Get it together.' Travis looked around, trying to take note of everything in the room. Somehow, his concussion was competently healed, and his mind was more focused than ever. He assumed that the two people he found were the volunteers, but he didn't feel like blurting out 'Oh I think they're dead' was the best idea. "Alright," Travis said, composing himself, "What do you need me to do?"