Things fall apart [OPEN]

[wantsapprentice.livejournal.com]

WHO: SLADE (wantsapprentice) and ANYONE ELSE on this list
WHERE: All over downtown!
WHEN: TODAY!
WARNINGS: Violence, fire, and a batshit Slade!
SUMMARY: SLADE LOSES HIS MARBLES, AND PEOPLE COME TO KICK HIS ASS AND CLEAN UP THE MESS.
FORMAT: Quicklog! Tag yourselves in!

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DAMAGE CONTROL

[wantsapprentice.livejournal.com]

[The City's on fire, and people need saving!]

Re: DAMAGE CONTROL

[shiromadoushi]

[[this was the first time Bakura had ever taken an ACTIVE roll in rescuing, normally being the one on the sidelines or rushing in behind someone to heal.

But he couldn't heal.

Everything was on fire and he couldn't heal.

So, instead, he was flying through the destruction in Marvel mode, pulling people from wreckage, tossing away fallen debris. Every wrecked car caused a surge of panic in him and he tore quite a few of them open, checking for trapped victims. If he could get them to safety... if he could get them to where someone could heal them...]]

[dcushitkicker.livejournal.com]

[Once he sees the fire, Guy's in there, getting down and dirty and pulling people out of wreckage. It's crazy and it's dirty and there are people screaming... and he's smiling like a maniac. Because this is what he does. He's not a big thinker and he's not a big planner, but goddamnit, when push comes to shove, Guy Gardner is the one you call to get things done.

He notices the panicked-looking kid flying through the wreckage and swoops down, ringing up a couple of green elephants to help remove wreckage and shield the people below from falling embers]

Hey there kid! Need a hand?

[shiromadoushi]

[[looks up through the smoke, covering a cough before calling up]] Yes please! There's a family in here! [[He turns his attention back to the car that had flipped, trying to keep his panic down. He was already pretty banged up, singed from the flames, his hands burned rather badly from the wreckage he had gone through.

But it didn't matter. He had to save everyone he could!]]

[liverletdie]

[ Rocketing through the sky, Tony had been one of the first on the scene, already pulling random civilians from the fires and pulling explosive materials out of harms way, before placing them out of the fires. His weaponry wasn't as much use as his speed, and he was already practically skating across the concrete when a car flew (maybe from another explosion) out of nowhere, and he turned to catch it. ]

[beargodjunior.livejournal.com]

[American Son is on the scene. It's his first action scene and it's a big one with fire and explosions and people in danger. American Son's flight is shaky, but he flies to the flying car to grab the bumper when he realizes someone is on the other end of the car.]

Iron Man?

[His voice is electronic and strange to hear out in the madness, but it's unmistakable that Iron Man is holding the car steady.]

Re: DAMAGE CONTROL

[iamnotthemom.livejournal.com]

[ Superboy's on the scene, airlifting people out of burning buildings when one starts to collapse. He grabs onto it with his tactile telekinesis and literally holds it together. But it's huge, and he's not sure how long he can hold on - or how long until the fire reaches where he's touching it. ]

Somebody do a sweep and see if it's clear!

[misschocolover.livejournal.com]

[Megan does not handle fire well. Everything about it terrifies her on a deep primeval level - the smell, the heat, the crackle of wood bursting in the flames. It's very nearly overwhelming. But it's not yet so much that she can't hold her form for long enough to sweep through the building. Shapeshifting makes her fast, being able to seek out minds makes her search all the faster.

There are only two, in the same place thank the gods, their thoughts synchronized in fear, huddled in a hallway on the fourth floor. She homes in on those first, grateful they are the only ones she can sense. In a single fluid motion she's picked them up and thrust the three of them out the nearest window, the two small boys tucked against her chest as she shifts her way down to the ground again, taking supremely long-legged strides out to the street before calling up to Conner.]

It's clear! Let it go!

[caststwoshadows.livejournal.com]

Desire is not actually helping, or hindering. In fact, it's calmly standing, not too far away, smoking a cigarette, leaning back against a wall, wearing a white suit. It's tawny eyes are fixed on the scene, but it doesn't seem intrigued, or bothered in any way. Instead it just is, calm and collected, quiet and serene.

And smiling.

Tick-tock, time's up.

NOT QUITE DAMAGE CONTROL [EDITED AGAIN BECAUSE I AM A SPAZ HOLY SHIT]

[im-not-the-pope.livejournal.com]

From a rooftop only a few blocks away from the epicenter of destruction, Palpatine watched in cool contemplation as the fires raged through the city. Something had set Slade off...Palpatine cleared his mind, reaching out through the Force to the other man. What he found...an incredible sensation of loss, anguish, and rage. He laughed, leaning on his cane on top of the roof as he watched the chaos, as well as the various heroes rushing to stop it.

Today was going to be most entertaining.

After watching the blaze for a while, and seeing the various heroes begin to arrive to combat it, Palpatine decided on a new strategy. Perhaps this event could be used to gain information on one or more of the heroes that were flying about. He left the rooftop, and made his way a few blocks closer, until he was at the foot of a building that was just beginning to catch on fire. Looking up at it, he smiled. He had played the helpless old man before, he could certainly do it again.

He quickly made his way upstairs, into a room that was near a window. As the building began to blaze he kept his position, near the window, so that he could be spotted if need be. Also, in case a quick escape was necessary, he would be able to do that as well. Let them come save him.

AND HERE HE COMES TO SAVE THE DAY!

[liverletdie]

Tony was already rocketing away from his encounter with the "American Son" when he caught sight of a wrinkled old man by a window. The fires crept up the building, not even flinching at the concrete and mortar, tearing through them. He launched himself into the air, and was to the level the man was at almost instantly. "Back away from the window," he ordered, before extending his hand.

[ Power at 9% ] The information flashed before his eyes, and a quick burst, and the window was blown apart, and he reached out an iron hand towards the man.

"You should have evacuated, come on."

[cry-andletloose.livejournal.com]

[Alex was grimly assessing the situation. He knew he had the firepower to take on the figure shrouded in fire, but didn't have the range to do him any damage- he was simply too far away. So he hurled himself into the madness and the mayhem instead, grabbing civilians and rushing them out of the way.

Something was wrong, though, he could feel it. In any fight he could normally feel himself brimming with energy and power, ready to unleash it, but Havok felt abnormally weak today.

There, to the right. A kid standing shell-shocked and above him, a giant chunk of building debris falling. Alex yelled and shoved him out of the way, aiming his arms upward to plasma-blast the debris to pieces...

But nothing. No power came forth. And he was standing right in the way of being squashed...]

[idateforsupper]

[Alison sees him from far away and she rushes right up to him. Her powers upped her speed and she pushed him right out of the way, rolling with him. She sent a photon blast towards the debris, breaking it into smaller pieces as it hit the ground.

Ali was on top of him, her eyes wide as she looked down.]

Alex?! What are you doing?! Are you okay?!

[That scared her. He could have been killed!]

Re: DAMAGE CONTROL, X-Men orders

[thing4telepaths.livejournal.com]

[Scott is all over this, having already put out an all call for the X-Men to get on the scene ASAP. He's still speaking into the X-Men comm even as he fires his optic blast at falling debris.]

Damage control, X-Men! Evac civilians and keep the roads clear for emergency vehicles! Bobby, when you get here I want everything flammable frozen solid! Kitty, get to the other side of fires we can't.

Re: DAMAGE CONTROL

[canbleadernow.livejournal.com]

[Son of a bitch. Karla was going to try and spend some time in a relaxing bath pampering herself when some asshole had to go and set the city on fire. She was going to kill whoever was causing this.

Landing on the ground she started to clear a way through some of the wreckage looking for survivors and trying to clear a path for fire crews. With any luck maybe she'd meet a nice fireman to have some fun with and the day wouldn't be a total bust.]

Re: DAMAGE CONTROL

[swornprotector.livejournal.com]

The fire still rages after night falls, and Goliath is immediately at work, using his gliding abilities to reach humans trapped in tall buildings to help them escape their terrible fates.

There is much to do, and he has never been one to shirk from responsibility. Too many lives hang in the balance.

RANDOM ENCOUNTERS

[wantsapprentice.livejournal.com]

[Slade's in your City, burning your shit! Try and stop him, if you dare!]

[imonabike.livejournal.com]

[OKAY WHERE IS THE DICKWEED.

...But in all seriousness, Cole saw the news. Heroic instincts kicked in. He'd made fun of people like this in the movies, the ones that blindly ran towards danger and were usually the first ones to die. Now he found himself falling into this cliche, not that that was exactly on his mind.

So yeah, aimless wandering guy in a yellow jacket.]

[wantsapprentice.livejournal.com]

[HE IS CURRENTLY ON A ROOFTOP RIGHT ABOVE YOU. Seriously, a guy wrapped in a fiery aura isn't hard to miss.

And he's knocking down another building right now, how's about that.]

[dcushitkicker.livejournal.com]

[Guy's up in the air when he notices the flash of orange below. It's bright and shiny and it catches his eye.]

Hey! Hey, don't go running through there! Yer gonna get yer damn brains knocked out by flamin' rubble!

[He swoops down after the figure, glowing green.]

[wantsapprentice.livejournal.com]

[Slade looks up, amused more than anything else by the sight of someone coming to 'save' him. He doesn't even pause for a moment as he slams his fist into the ground, fire snaking out in a destructive line before the pavement literally heaves erupting in a conflagration of fire and shrapnel.

After that he leaps away, ready to hit his next target.]

WADE VS. SLADE LET'S GO!

[wadewilson.livejournal.com]

The big flaming guy bopping on rooftops. Last time Deadpool tangoed with one of this guy's creations, he wound up flaming himself.

This time, it's shishkabobby for this crispy creep. Bounding up from below, seemingly from nowhere comes a pair of stabby swords at his back.

"Great googly moogly, time for some Douchebag Friccasee!"

HELL YEAH!

[wantsapprentice.livejournal.com]

[It isn't often that Slade allows himself to cut loose and just enjoy what he does. Right now, though, in the midst of a raging inferno, he's in his element -- a true scion of Delirium for the first time since May -- and it's glorious.

Turning briefly at the sound of a voice calling out, Slade smiles beneath the mask, flames hot enough to melt metal already rising to his defense, wreathing his body in a bloodred aura. Slamming his fist on the rooftop, it promptly erupts where Deadpool's standing, peppering the area with flaming debris.]

THE TAKEDOWN (closed to the Titans)

[wantsapprentice.livejournal.com]

[Time to stop the madness.]

gfdkjfds *failboats*

[notlikeanyone]

[Yeah, that's enough explosions and fire, sir. It's very distinctive, and Tim is making sure that the team doesn't rush in and end up getting smacked around by Slade. He knows what that feels like.

With Megan and Kon on damage control where they're best suited right now - and he's glad Megan is out of the centre of things, although he'd have preferred her not to have to deal with fire at all - and Raven looking after Jericho at the hospital, that leaves them needing to be careful in how they approach this.

Tim knows he can only just match Slade in a fight if he goes all out, and then it's not a sure thing. But he's still not going to back down, especially since he has his team with him. So the first attack is going to be a smattering a ranged projectiles - freeze-Batarangs that he grabbed specially - thrown so that even if he dodges, Slade will have to take at least one glancing hit, and deal with the resulting ice burst. Small, but hopefully effective.]

Titans, let's go!