A New Day is Dawning (IC)

[RickAllison]

Tyler pursues the fleeing submarine and is rapidly gaining on it! Even better, being back in the water is helping him to get past his previous wound and his sight is fully restored.

Back land-side, Alloy and Spirit-Arm see the two other helicopters move to flank the pier area. They flip on floodlights focused on the two of you and are brandishing firearms, repeating their warning to surrender. They do not look particularly friendly.

[John Cribati]

Well, damn.

Alloy didn't exactly have the best track record with law enforcement- Not that she did anything overtly illegal (aside from the vigilantism), but she did have a habit of policing the police- but she never thought that they'd be shooting at her with fancy bullets!

She lands and puts her hands in the air anyway. She wants to yell up at them, but she'd probably be drowned out by the chopper blades.

Alright Arms, I say we go quietly and see what we can sort out.

[Halfelf ninja]

Spirit arm look at the helicopters, and then he wave his fingers, and a force field form around him he shout "get behined me! Run back to your place, hurry!" And stand between her and the helicopters, preaperd to fight. The momenet she get out of sight, he waves his hand again, and the hands fly toward the near building, and he swing away, still holding his force field around him as he jump toward the streets, and a single hand remain, wave goodbey to the helicopter and than disappere.

[John Cribati]

Alloy blinks. Looks at the force field. Then at the helicopters. And then Arm Dude. Considers her options.

... Or I can go quietly and you can... not.

She makes her escape to the sidewalk, where she has a seat against a building, doing her best to project an aura of "I am not associated with this person."

[Wabbajack]

Remedy swims to the surface while trying to keep track of her blade-wielding foe. As she breeches the surface with her camouflaged form she notices the helicopters. She turns towards the criminal she just fought: "Are those guys after you?"

[RickAllison]

Yo no les conozco. Perhaps they are SHIELD? Or Hydra? Or perhaps the police force does not exactly care for vigilantes. I know that el diablo de Nueva York and the man with unbreakable skin were not exactly welcomed by the police of that city either.

Spoiler: Combat Info:

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Spoiler: Initiative:

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Alloy: 30
Minotaur: 19
Remedy: 18
Matador: 17
Tyler: 17 <-- Current Turn
SFPD Helo 3: 17
SFPD Helo 1: 14
Red Bull: 12
SFPD Helo 2: 11
Spirit-Arm: 9

Spoiler: Current State of Players:

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Alloy: Normal
Remedy: Normal, concealed
Tyler: Normal (recovered from Affliction)
Spirit-Arm: Normal

Spoiler: Current State of Enemies:

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Minotaur: Normal, fleeing via submarine
Matador: At surface of water
Red Bull: Nearly blinded, fleeing

Round 3:

It is now Tyler's Turn

[Drakeburn]

Seeing the hairy minotaur on the submarine, Tyler swims to the front of it and presses his body against it, trying to put the submarine to a complete stop.

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Move Action: Swim to the front of the submarine.

Standard Action: Stopping the submarine.

[RickAllison]

Despite Tyler's efforts to stop the submarine, it just continues on with a little extra weight.

Two of the helicopters chase after the fleeing Spirit-Arm, but seem to be rather less nimble than the many-armed vigilante. If he continues fleeing, they will lose him eventually.

The third gets close to the ground and six officers with tactical gear on exit, weapons trained on Alloy. Just come quietly, and no one has to get hurt. You have the right to...The lead officer begins the spiel, though he is audibly nervous. Without heavy analysis, it is evident that the stating of your rights is more for his sake of being something familiar than for your knowledge.

Spoiler: Combat Info:

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Spoiler: Initiative:

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Alloy: 30
Minotaur: 19
Remedy: 18
Matador: 17
Tyler: 17
SFPD Helo 3: 17
SFPD Helo 1: 14
Red Bull: 12
SFPD Helo 2: 11
Spirit-Arm: 9 <-- Current Turn

Spoiler: Current State of Players:

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Alloy: Normal, surrounded by police
Remedy: Normal, chatting with the Matador on the water's surface
Tyler: Normal, trying to stop a submarine
Spirit-Arm: Normal, fleeing arrest

Spoiler: Current State of Enemies:

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Minotaur: Normal, fleeing via submarine
Matador: At surface of water, chatting with Remedy
Red Bull: Nearly blinded, long gone

Round 3:

It is now Spirit-Arm's Turn

OOC: If Spirit-Arm wishes to continue fleeing, it will go back to Alloy.

[Halfelf ninja]

Spirit arm look at alloy and then he turn around, grab her and then srround both of them with the force field if he can. If he cant, he just use the field as a "wall" between her and the cops and shout "run! Just run!" And

[Drakeburn]

Wow, this thing is really heavy, Tyler thought as he stopped pushing. The submarine was too heavy, and there was no solid ground to plant his feet on. As Tyler thought about it, he suddenly started to wonder about the submarine. Where was it taking the hairy minotaur to?
Curious, slowly slides down to under the submarine and grabs on while swimming with his legs.
Wherever this sub is taking the minotaur, Tyler intends to find out.

[RickAllison]

Combat Over

Tyler notices that the submarine seems to head out to sea, but turns north after a short while. Will he continue to hold on and find the enemy's secret base

Will Alloy allow herself to be arrested? And what is the secret behind these mysterious bullets?

Will Spirit-Arm outrun the police?

Will Remedy capture the helpless Matador? Or befriend him?

Will we find out what happened to Caramel?

Find out this week on: Insert Appropriate Superhero Team Name!

[John Cribati]

Exercising her right to remain silent, Alloy lets herself be led into the vehicle. It would be better to explain at the precinct.

[RickAllison]

The officers handcuff Alloy without struggle and wait for a prisoner transport truck as the helicopter is not designed for secure handling. Meanwhile, other officers cordon off the area and search for the other superpowered individuals.

[John Cribati]

Uh, are you guys actually from around here or...

Kalia had figured "Alloy" had enough presence that the local police force knew better than to use metal cuffs to detain "him." Of course, this could just be an "on-principle" sort of thing in itself, in which case she couldn't really judge; she was allowing herself to be arrested, after all.

[RickAllison]

A different officer cuts off the arresting one. Honestly, I hope you break them. Aliens like you should just get a bullet in the head. Damn freaks, tearing this city apart...

[Drakeburn]

Tyler keeps holding on underneath the submarine while he swims with his legs.

He wonders how much further it is before the hairy minotaur and his ride arrive at their destination?

[John Cribati]

A different officer cuts off the arresting one. Honestly, I hope you break them. Aliens like you should just get a bullet in the head. Damn freaks, tearing this city apart...

See those cops there? she points her chin in the direction of the police van she'd fished out of the water. They probably woulda drowned by now if I didn't show up. And given how much more sturdy that building is than it was before, I'd say I did more to put this city together.

Kalia regrets her choice of mask- one that covers her entire face- as she realizes she can't achieve the proper facial expressions to go with her sass.

In any case, for bonus security, she turns key parts of his firearm's internal mechanisms into dust.

Spoiler: Actions

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Metal Sculpt on this specific officer's weapon, to break it so it won't fire, but not in a way that is noticeable until he attempts to fire it.

[RickAllison]

When it was your cronies that put them in there and knocked the building over, I don't think you're in a position to talk. He turns to a crew of subordinates. Get the harbor patrol out and and trawling for the others. There's a bonus for anyone who captures these freaks!

[Wabbajack]

"Okay sword-guy, time for you to come with me and surrender to those guys. If it turns out they're bad guys just pretending to be good guys I'll free you again, promise. Which is weird but kinda what heroes do, right?"
Remedy tries to grab one of the Matador's arms and swim over to the shore.
"Hey! Over here, I've got one of the baddies!"

[RickAllison]

Get a patrol boat out there! Looks like we have another vigilante. Really. Used to be so simple. Criminals commit crimes, cops capture crooks. Easy-peasy. Now we've got Metal-Man and Color-Pants.

If nothing else interferes, Alloy is loaded onto a police transport with the Matador and Remedy, all in handcuffs. Unless Remedy or Alloy try to escape, which they are both likely capable of.

[Wabbajack]

Remedy let's herself be cuffed and lead into the transporter without resistance. Then she turns towards Alloy.
"Hi. Are you a villain or a hero? Also, are those guys good guys or bad guys?"

[John Cribati]

Alloy- Normal, Bound (But Not Really)- 1 HP

Kalia can't help but snort a little to herself. I knew you haven't been in the game long. I guess I'm what you'd call a hero. And these guys... I'm sticking with "@ss#0les" for now.

[Wabbajack]

Remedy tries to quietly slip out of her restrains. If that does not work she will just as quietly as possible pry them apart with brute force. Afterwards she absorbs the handcuffs into her belly - probably evoking either amazement or revulsion.
After this she goes even further and shapeshifts a fake pair of handcuffs around her wrists.
And all the while she quietly hums to herself.

Spoiler: Rolls

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Sleight of Hand to remove the handcuffs: (1d20+7)[13]
If necessary Strength to pry them open: (1d20+8)[17]
Then using Feature (Internal Compartment) to store the handcuffs.
Finally using Morph and the Clothing feature to make fake "handcuffs" (which will actually be attached to her body, being morphed bio-matter)
Deception (Disguise) roll to see how convincing they look: (1d20+28)[35]

[RickAllison]

Remedy absorbs her handcuffs and appears to create new ones. ¿Qué diablo es esto? Simplemente quiero liberar mi pueblo y estoy en frente de un monstruo extraterrestre, the Spanish swordsman laments.

Spoiler: For Tyler

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7 hours. 7 hours did this damned monstrosity weave through the ocean, making it difficult to track exactly where you are. You are certainly north, but how far? Oregon? Surely not far enough to get to Washington at this speed. Most likely you are still along California's coast, just very far from home. You feel the submarine start to descend, and a hatch opens along the sea floor right along the vessel's path.

Do you enter this mysterious gateway?

[Wabbajack]

"You know what, that's really rude. You spoke english a few minutes ago, so why switch back to italian or whatever that was? I mean, if you don't want us to understand just think it instead."
Remedy turns to Alloy.
"You agree that he's being rude, right metal-guy?"

[Drakeburn]

Tyler wondered why would anybody travel so far to do...... Whatever the matador and his bulls were doing in San Francisco.
Wouldn't be easier if they committed crimes not too far from their base?!

But they have finally reached their destination, and he didn't get this far just to turn back.

Tyler repositions himself to hide and hold onto the back of the submarine and follows it to wherever the hatch leads to.

[John Cribati]

Alloy- Normal, Bound (But Not Really)- 1 HP

Alloy just shrugs. He can speak whatever language he wants, though it would have been pretty rude to call us monsters before... she lowers her voice, whatever that was you just did.

[RickAllison]

From his perch hidden on the submarine, Tyler sees the vessel following a corridor inland, before coming to a wall with a logo that is both familiar and likely undesirable: A skull surrounded by tentacles, the emblem of HYDRA. The submarine begins to rise...

[Drakeburn]

Tyler's eyes widen with shock and fear at the symbol of HYDRA.
What had he gotten himself into?
This was way bigger than saving somebody from drowning, or stopping a purse snatcher.

When the submarine rises, Tyler goes back to hiding under the submarine. The last thing he wants is to get caught by HYDRA, and who knows what they'll do with him if they do.

[RickAllison]

Any luck with the raid? So much money. Matador captured, Red Bull missing. Did those Inhumans capture him, or-No. It was the police, and the Inhumans surrendered as well. This could be a great opportunity to rebuild our forces and dispose of that loose end. Do we still have those inside men? Yes, I'm sure we can reach out. If they won't join us, maybe we can find someone with Whitehall's old tricks.

Tyler recognizes the rough voice of the bull he had been chasing, but the other two were unknown. They seem to be decreasing in volume, like they are walking away.