liebe_krieg: (So happy)
The Major ([personal profile] liebe_krieg) wrote in [community profile] capeandcowllogs2012-07-06 07:47 pm

This is the end, but still your need is driven on

WHO: The Major, the Doctor, and their game pieces. I.e. EVERYONE.
WHERE: Throughout the City.
WHEN: The nights of Friday the 6th to Sunday the 8th.
WARNINGS: Violence and death galore.
SUMMARY: The Major and Doctor Einsturzen go to war for fun, and drag the entire City along for the ride.
FORMAT: Whatever works!

Nightfall was marked by fire. The subway station at East 42nd Street and Park Avenue rocked as a series of explosives ripped through the tunnels, setting everything ablaze, lighting up the evening and filling it with the terrified screams of civilians. That was the first. It was starting.

Across the City, there was movement from the underground. Vampires in trenchcoats and gas masks emerged onto the streets, bloodthirsty and vicious. Hounds the size of bears or larger, barely recognizable as what they once were, prowled from the alleys, saliva dripping from their jowls. Children in canine masks darted across the rooftops. All the while, more explosions tore across the City subway systems, as if keeping time for the two monstrous armies marching towards each other.

Anything that stood between them would be consumed-- natives, ImPorts, businesses, homes. Nothing was safe. This war would be winner take all, a prize of bloodshed and destruction to the psychopath left standing. The nights to follow would be long and full of terrors.
onblackwings: (ઽ death from abooooove)

[personal profile] onblackwings 2012-07-08 10:25 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Listen to her, issuing orders as if she were the Highlord. Khisanth snorts, and doesn't bother turn her head to speak. She trusts her voice is large enough to carry. ]

Not yet. The west side is too volatile to cross. [ She's been keeping track of the gunfire tearing out from the windows on that side, and it's definitely heavier. And bullets, while not lethal, tend to be more painful than arrows.

She does dart in closer though, snapping at the nearest men even if it means coming away with a mouthful of mostly concrete and glass shards. These windows are too damn small.
]
gevurah: (bring it)

[personal profile] gevurah 2012-07-08 10:29 pm (UTC)(link)
[ She can't help a scowl. The longer they keep away from the building, the more her patience wanes. ]

I can get in if I'm close enough.
onblackwings: (ઽ ssssss)

[personal profile] onblackwings 2012-07-08 10:43 pm (UTC)(link)
You'll get close enough.

[ That in an annoyed growl, with her patience already running short. And all it takes to snap it, as it turns out, is one shot too many fired from the roof. She wheels away and climbs, doing pretty much the opposite of getting to the south side of the building, right up until she dives for the rooftop regiment with one of her deafening screams. First out is a blast of acid, which eats into body armor and vampires alike. She hovers low enough to facilitate any leaping off of her back, but is more intent on swiping claws and tail down at the remaining attackers. ]
gevurah: laughs he who laughs last (leaps from 1204830 feet)

[personal profile] gevurah 2012-07-08 10:55 pm (UTC)(link)
[ It irritates her, though she soothes it over quickly by reminding herself to stay focused on the task ahead.

When they dip low, she begins to slide down the rope. Any enemies who get close get a boot to the face or chest, knocking them off the building. She cringes when Khisanth lets out a scream, but says nothing.

Ugh, the smell is repugnant.

Finally, she takes the plunge, gripping either side of her cape to glide down. As soon as her feet touches ground she makes a break for it. Chances are Dick and the others are at the bottom of the building. ]
onblackwings: (ઽ strife)

[personal profile] onblackwings 2012-07-08 11:14 pm (UTC)(link)
[ It takes her a second to notice Batwoman is gone, lost in the lust of battle like she is. So many small bodies to rip apart, so little time. But she does notice eventually, and snaps her head around to relocate her. She's not particularly interested in keeping the woman safe, but she is Khisanth's best hopes of reclaiming Dick, Karkat, and James.

A thin jet of acid slams into the center of the chest of a Nazi darting toward Kate from the left, and Khisanth turns her attention back to her immediate fight. But with one eye on Batwoman, this time. There's no way she's letting her die this early.
]
gevurah: (fuck doors use windows)

[personal profile] gevurah 2012-07-08 11:19 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Her cape is drawn up to shield herself from any excess acid. As the creature falls, she veers her head to look back at Khisanth. To think here they are, side by side, when months ago chances are that dragon would have torn her to pieces for helping take her down.

She nods, a quick acknowledgement and draws her line to swing down the side of the roof and kick in a window. ]
batmantled: ([dick] untangle you from me)

[personal profile] batmantled 2012-07-08 11:37 pm (UTC)(link)
[ The sound of the glass breaking is what brings him out of it. On instinct he tests the cuffs; clenching hard against the give and fighting the swimming dizziness that says he’s been out a lot longer than the dim light in the cell would suggest. Compromised. Exposed.

Facts. He needs to link the facts together and think. Think like Batman. Batman in a cell with no cowl, no belt, no boots, and no communicator. ]
gevurah: laughs he who laughs last (surprise mothafucker)

[personal profile] gevurah 2012-07-08 11:50 pm (UTC)(link)
[ It takes additional time to locate where the hostages are, but Kate finds them eventually. For the most part, she's unharmed thanks to Khisanth. She moves quickly, setting up one of her little detonators to the door. She's no idea Dick's inside this one, so she quickly calls out: ]

Keep your back to the wall!
batmantled: ([dick] you call me weak)

[personal profile] batmantled 2012-07-09 12:35 am (UTC)(link)
[ The disorientation is bad enough that the voice isn't one he can place, though the tone is familiar. Someone coming after him. He's been out long enough that he's been missed.

He's not allowed a lot of movement in the bindings as they are, but he's done a lot more with less to work with. He pushes with his feet until he can roll a few more inches backwards. ]


I'm clear, just get in here!
gevurah: laughs he who laughs last (BELIEVE IT)

[personal profile] gevurah 2012-07-09 12:44 am (UTC)(link)
[ A split-second pause.

Dick.

She regains her focus almost immediately and moves back from the door as the flickering light on the mini-bomb switches to a solid red. ]


Better cover your ears.

[ The explosion isn't deafening, but it still shakes the walls and floor a little as it breaks a part of the door down. Weakened enough for Kate to kick the rest down.

She moves through the smoke and dust, never missing a step as she heads for Dick. ]


Are you alright?
batmantled: ([dick] everything you left me)

[personal profile] batmantled 2012-07-09 01:01 am (UTC)(link)
[ Covering up with his hands tied is a no-go, so he'll have to deal with the ringing for a while. He squints to see through the dust, but when his eyes adjust he can make out her movement. ]

Room service could use an upgrade.

[ Batwoman. Of course it has to be Batwoman. ]

I take it the blockade didn't last.
gevurah: (jeez dad)

[personal profile] gevurah 2012-07-09 01:09 am (UTC)(link)
[ She catches the cuffs and bends down immediately, pulling out a lock pick from her belt. ]

It's a hit or a miss out there.
batmantled: ([dick] reflections in the water)

[personal profile] batmantled 2012-07-09 01:27 am (UTC)(link)
They took the mask away but they couldn't see the benefit to offing me. Funny the way bad guys all think the same...

[ He's halfway rambling, rolling a little further onto his side to give her a better angle. It feels like he's had them on for days. At least as long he keeps talking they don't have to talk about...

...about whatever it is they can never seem to really talk through before she disconnects the comm. ]


...Wait, how many- is there anybody else being held...?
gevurah: laughs he who laughs last (fought crime before it was cool)

[personal profile] gevurah 2012-07-09 01:35 am (UTC)(link)
[ She finally unlocks the cuffs and pulls back to give Dick some space, though beneath her mask she frowns. ]

Do you think you've been compromised? I haven't seen anything on the Network or news about unmasking.

[ She pauses. ]

Six imPorts, but there are some natives in here, too.

[ Another pause. ]

He's already gunned one imPort down. Live on the Network.
batmantled: ([dick] stare into the night)

[personal profile] batmantled 2012-07-09 02:18 am (UTC)(link)
[ He hears gunned down before compromised can sink in, and for a second the shock (stupid, naive) is enough to freeze him halfway through sitting up and rubbing his wrists. ]

...Damn it. That's- [ Not surprising so much as disappointing. ]

No, I don't know what they... I mean, I'm assuming if it's not out there in public already they were holding it for leverage. Or-

[ His thoughts are a mess. Hundreds, maybe thousands dead by now because he couldn't hold it together long enough to make it count. He presses his hands to his forehead and tries to sort through the vague pieces of memory he has of that night. ]

What's the plan to get everybody out?
gevurah: (hydrology was the only good arc)

[personal profile] gevurah 2012-07-09 03:38 am (UTC)(link)
Onyx is taking care of the vampires outside. [ She offers a hand. ] I'll get the others out, but there are plenty of other fighters on their way. Their first inclination might be to storm the place since Stark sent the location. [ Which means any moment this place can become a war zone. ]

We need to move fast. Can you walk?
batmantled: ([dick] they painted up your secrets)

[personal profile] batmantled 2012-07-09 04:35 am (UTC)(link)
...Onyx? You're saying you brought- [ He takes the offered hand and still has to lean a little against the wall when he's on his feet. It's been at least a day, if he's this weak already. ]

I'm fine. If we work together it won't take long. Listen, I- [... oh right. ]

-I need something to put on.
gevurah: (otherkin cult??)

[personal profile] gevurah 2012-07-10 12:07 am (UTC)(link)
She was pretty insistent on helping for once. [ And with time against them, she wasn't going to argue or pass up "heavy artillery". Kate moves closer, pulling his arm around her shoulder and hoisting him up. ]

Do you know if they still have your uniform around here?
batmantled: ([batman] you were always so far away)

[personal profile] batmantled 2012-07-10 01:35 am (UTC)(link)
Explain it to me sometime. [ He lets her drape the arm and even leans on her a little. He just needs a minute, while he catches his breath. ]

Probably not anywhere accessible. But maybe if we improvise... [ He's lucky this version has the cape detached. He reaches for the fabric and tries to pull it apart with his hands, wincing a little because yep that kevlar's not going anywhere. ]

Tell me you brought something sharp.
gevurah: laughs he who laughs last (???)

[personal profile] gevurah 2012-07-10 01:46 am (UTC)(link)
[ She motions to the wooden stake attached to her belt. Plus, her gauntlets are sharp enough. ]

Let's get moving. I want to get all the others out as I don't think the others have a coordinated plan of attack. [ Incredibly worrying, as they might end up killing and hurting more civilians and hostages in this situation. ]
batmantled: ([dick] what if i make it right)

[personal profile] batmantled 2012-07-17 11:29 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Welp he takes what he'll just assume is an invitation to pluck the wooden stake out of her belt, then use it to carve a jagged chunk out of the weakest point of the fabric. Kate's words draw a bit of an incredulous stare. ]

Whose plan was that?

[ No time to cut holes for the eyes, so he ties it around his nose and mouth instead. It's not pretty, but it does the job for now. ]

I'll do what I can from this side if you can get to the other prisoners. What's the situation outside?