cityship: (Hal 9000 (Yes THAT Hal 9000))
cityship ([personal profile] cityship) wrote in [community profile] trans_92009-10-24 05:26 pm

Phase 2 - Running the Ratrace

You have my sincerest apologies, but I have my mission.

The traps start. Rotating blades coming out of the walls and floors and ceilings, jets of fire, lasers, holographic enemies. The clear walls of the maze let them see what's happening to everyone else.

The traps start, and they have to stay alive despite them. If they stop avoiding them, it's their own fault, you see, if they die. That makes it indirect enough for Stacy's Anti-harming-the-crew protocols to be avoided, as Hal, despite his reprogramming, still has to follow some constraints.

Please commence with killing yourselves by being in the wrong place at the wrong time.

The only chance the group has is if they work together to stay alive, and somehow they have to take out the shield projectors creating the maze even though they themselves are shielded...

[ooc: Cooperation is key, people. Hal can only adapt to one power/skill-set at a time, not all of them.]

[identity profile] twelvevoltman.livejournal.com 2009-10-25 02:17 am (UTC)(link)
Now is not the time to have a fangasm because omigod Batman picked me (even though it's awesome), or to be overwhelmed with terror because hoshit we're all gonna die, so. Off go those portions of the brain. Allen forcibly returns his breathing to normal.

"Got it." Allen stands beside Batman, just a hair shy of hovering. He turned off his fear, but that doesn't mean he turned off his urge to stay alive.

The dragon thing - that's not nearly so surprising to him as the sudden obstacle course (which he is NOT equipped to deal with). That gets a quick glance and a nod. Because it's cool. He'll comment to that effect if he survives this.
morphitudinous: (BLUE: Ranger-fu!)

[personal profile] morphitudinous 2009-10-25 02:39 am (UTC)(link)
Billy isn't doing anything of note just yet. He's haphazardly latching onto the rope, looking for another team member to anchor, and, oh yeah, trying to think of something.

Quickly springboarding across the ropes? No, he can't leave the others to die. Overwhelming the AI with unpredictable actions, causing its response to change? Possible, but he's not going to risk that without a millisecond more thought time. Sealing the floor? No time or materials.

He only has a few seconds more to act, and he knows it.

[identity profile] psi-flames.livejournal.com 2009-10-25 11:20 am (UTC)(link)
Jono moves over to Billy's side. Because he's at least talked to the guy once and that's more than can be said for pretty much anybody else here. I'll partner wit' you, he says, at least sounding like all his attention is right where they are. That's something, at least.

[identity profile] deadpan-shifter.livejournal.com 2009-10-25 03:41 pm (UTC)(link)
If he could, he would sigh. Blinking a slow, dragon-like blink, Caden's mind whirls into a modicum of action, pointing out several things at once. 1) The floor is rather ooky and inhospitable, 2) Batman's wonderful plan isn't very wonderful, 3) he himself has wings and (provided he morphs into his larger dragon form [him? Obsessed with dragons? Never.]) space enough for the entire team on his back. Above the ground. Away from the danger that HAL is providing for them.

A puff of smoke rises from his nostrils, and he grows, his scales expanding, catching the light in greater amounts. It doesn't look like he's morphed so much as sped up a typical growth process by about five years.

He snorts and noses the nearest person, who happens to be Jono, in the shoulder, whipping his tail around and wriggling his back, trying to say "Hey, you lot, get on unless you want to be... well, dead." He's not sure if it works, but it's worth a shot, and honestly, those batarangs won't last much longer.

[identity profile] hunters-luck.livejournal.com 2009-10-25 04:34 pm (UTC)(link)
It would buy them time, if nothing else, with the batarangs failing quickly. "If anyone needs help getting on our ride, I'll give you a boost." The smuggler and occasional Jedi had a few more tricks up her sleeve and wanted to make sure the rest were on the dragon first.
morphitudinous: (BLUE: Power pose!)

[personal profile] morphitudinous 2009-10-25 05:21 pm (UTC)(link)
The only dragon Billy had known prior to this was a bipedal mechanical device, so this is a new experience. Signaling to Mara with a shake of his head that he'd be alright, he mounts the dragon as carefully as a person in a hurry can.

"Grab onto me if you need to", he offers, arm extended to the others.
crusades: (whee!)

[personal profile] crusades 2009-10-26 12:18 am (UTC)(link)
Batman heaves himself across one of the recently opened caverns, the sickly green acid bubbling gently to itself. He doesn't need no flying dragons, honest.

In the meantime, he offers Allen a set of open arms to grab onto if the jump turns out to be a little too far for him.

"We need to get to the projectors," he observes, mid-jump, "If we don't, even the flyers are dead."

Because it's not like holes in the floor are the worst Hal can do to them.
Edited 2009-10-26 00:19 (UTC)

[identity profile] psi-flames.livejournal.com 2009-10-26 12:33 am (UTC)(link)
Well, some people aren't so good at the whole 'jumping across chasms' thing. And if given the choice, Jono will take the dragon, ta very much.

It's not the weirdest thing he's ever done in his life.

Jono grabs Billy's hand, letting himself be pulled up. He's a lot lighter than he looks like he should be. Can take out the projectors if I know where 'ey are, he broadcast to the team. 'Ave real good aim, too.

[identity profile] deadpan-shifter.livejournal.com 2009-10-26 04:08 pm (UTC)(link)
Squirming a bit as his teammates clambered onto his back, Caden grunted vaguely, smoke rising from his nostrils. This was more or less the first time he'd had 'passengers', but hey, this was the first time for being in a life-threatening situation, too. May as well make allowances for the... unexpected?

He flaps his wings experimentally, measuring how much of a difference having several adult-sized people on his back makes things before following Batman, eyes on the projectors. He registers distantly that he could make life easier and breathe fire on them, but the chance of burning Batman in the process is there, and also that would require cogent thought and planning when all he's capable of doing is playing Follow the Leader. Or... Passenger Car.

[identity profile] twelvevoltman.livejournal.com 2009-10-26 11:35 pm (UTC)(link)
Dammit. Athletics, not his thing. But long jumps - at least he has the advantage of a long stride here.

There are calculations of force and velocity as Allen backs up, all as effortless as his jump is not. He lands just short of the edge, scrabbling with his hands to hold on even as the wind is knocked out of him from the force and trajectory of his landing.

"Shit shit shitshitshitshit."

[identity profile] hunters-luck.livejournal.com 2009-10-26 11:41 pm (UTC)(link)
Mara twisted to face the scrambling man from the back of the dragon, one hand coming up as she remembered far too much time spent moving rocks while Skywalker mumbled hints and advice at her. Hints and advice that were not something she was going to worry about right now. Instead, she was going to put a lot of determination into this and try to levitate Allen to safety.

[identity profile] girl-of-steel.livejournal.com 2009-10-27 04:29 pm (UTC)(link)
Mara would have felt a blast of air swing by her, as well as a streak of red and gold mixed in with the colors of the plantsuit.

Supergirl reached out to grab Allen before he could actually fall.

"I've got you."

[identity profile] twelvevoltman.livejournal.com 2009-10-30 01:07 am (UTC)(link)
"Rescued by gorgeous women with superpowers. I'm back in my comfort zone."