Geartopia : The Case of the Assassination Plot

[cityship]

||Attention, Attention. Would the following personnel please report to the Observation Deck. Please bring with you any weapons and tools you might need. Attention, Attention. would the following personnel please report to the Observation Deck:

Allenby Beardsley
Maridian Gladespring
Ellyn Vitner
Red Robin
Sam Winchester
Dean Winchester
Kanoe Zouichi

Attention, Attention, would the following personnel...||

Stacy's voiced called the entire crew, until all of them were gathered at the Obs Deck. Then, a dossier appeared on the screens, along with the image of a rotating planet.

Planet Designation: Geartopia
Status: Terrestrial, H-class.
Non-sentient life: Extensive flora and fauna.
Semi-Sentient Life: Yes.
Sentient Life: Homo Sapiens, Homo Animalia, Machina Erectus.
Water: 20.6% of the planet's surface.
Climate: Earth-like, Arid desert
Landscape: 70% Desert..
Air: Normoxic concentration.
Air Pressure: 101.3 kPa (kilopascals) = 14.7 psi (pounds per square inch)
Sky: Blue
Sun: A class G2V, yellow star.
Warnings: Wildlife, humanoids and plant-life can be hazardous.
Mission: Find out of town mayoress Nomalanga's suspicions of foul play are correct. Full shore leave will initiate once this is problem is resolved.

Once the entire team was ready, they were whisked of to the planet with little fanfare, their ship landing close to a town, where a woman...well not quite a woman, but a cross between a woman and a hyena dressed in a strange outfit, greeted them along with three other figures behind her. They had arrived near the end of the day, and the sun was beginning to set behind them, staining the sky a deep orange color.

She greeted them with a bow and a wave.

"I think you for coming 'ere just barely an 'our after I send out my distress signal." She mentioned for them to follow her, while the three other figures remained behind.

"I will make this quick, as we are short on time. My name is Nomalanga, and I'm mayoress of Utorian, 'ave been for the past five years. We have asked for a small team to aid us cause some of Snidley's damn dogs have been trying to upsurge the town from my grasp. "e's was the mayor before me, but was removed for having no 'onor. He still has control of some sections of the town due to loyalty and fear, and some townsmen still suspects I threw 'im out to get more power. Now 'e's trying to regain it all, but I have no proof except for a tip I was given by one of my own that says the attack's in two days and there's enough clues stuffed in the 'aunted cave to get the entire town behind me."

She pointed to a cavern on the far left, covered by the dunes of soil and desert sand.

" 'Alf the townsfolk believe the place to be filled with ghosts at night so no one enters unless they have to. But during the day we go in and get our supplies of underground water. The entire place is a maze. I wish I could 'ave send the distress beckon sooner, but we had problems with space pirates recently."

"There is also another problem...the tip also told me one of my own three is a spy. If you could also find out which one, we could end the terrible man's grasp on the town and myself. I am pretty sure they already suspect that I have doubts, but you may find clues inside the cavern. You can also speak to them and ask a few questions, but you should get into the cavern as soon as possible, as not to get too many ghosts attacking you. And there are also men-eating bears spotted inside. My people are strong, but our technology is nothing compared to yours. Once we have more time I can explain to you how I was able to contact you at all. But for now, I can supply you with guns and torches, if you don't have any."

She seemed like a truthful woman, even if her speech was strange and spoke of someone who had lived a harsh life, despite the clothing she wore.

"My three don't trust you at all, due to our stance with outsiders and our last distress signal falling into pirate ears. I understand if you refuse, but if you accept I will make it worth your while, and the rest of your comrades on your ship will be welcomed with open arms one justice and truth is brought to light. My people do not have much but we can offer clothing and animals from our lands in exchange for your services."

[And done! There is no posting order, feel free to all start you own threads to ask questions, or butt in each other's threads while they talk back and forth]

Comments

[nobel-berserker.livejournal.com]

Allenby growled quietly, but she had to admit there was sense in waiting to see what else they said. But if they move, if they try anything, they're mine dammit. MINE.

Or Mar's, or Ellyn's, fine. Or whatever little gadget Z had pulled out... well, there still might be a good excuse to get in there and pound the daylights out of these guys, never mind 'taunting' (although considering Mar, it might be some kind of magic brain-frying taunt and hey that might be fun to see). "Fine," she muttered, and strained her ears for any more talk.

[cityship]

The voices continued to speak, too engrossed in their game to notice much of anything moving by. By now they could see who they belonged too; one was a robot creature, huge just from the guess of how he was sitting. The other looked like a Bulldog with only a face a mother could love.

(Did we mention that Mal still had a bat attached to his hand. It hadn't moved yet.)

The two were playing poker and from the looks of it by the golden coins, the bulldog was winning.

"Yeah boss isn't a fan of the guy either. Thinks the minute he takes his child's life he'll probably go insane. It's too bad damn Langa took the other kids for hidding eh? But she's kinda stupid. We were smarter than her."

"It feels nice to be smart."

"Yeah well that's because Snidley's smart you idiot. Gotta thank the guy for being so secretive too, Langa might know his wife was pregnant, but she probably didn't think she'd given birth a two days ago and we'd forge her to keep pretending she still was."

"Yeah she must be so scared sitting in that dumb Langa's protection area still having to pretend."

"Yeaaaah. Full house."

"Oh goddamn!"

"Eh eh eh eh You're an idiot. Now gimme your coins."

[zouichi.livejournal.com]

Sounded like it was Allard's kid that they had hostage. But the robot guy was good. You could take off robot limbs and they wouldn't even bleed to death.

Zouichi quietly unholstered his gravity gun.

[seesbosscrotch.livejournal.com]

One hand gripped the hilt of his weapon tightly; the other was half-raised, just waiting the sign to slam the bulldog with holy magic that would force his mind into a state of paralytic meditation.

He wasn't gonna leave the kid no matter what.

[cityship]

The goons continued to play cards after this, not saying anything else that might be very informative.

...well unless if you wanted to know where the prettiest girls in town were.

[battorch]

Tim definitely wants to know

Tim kept his hand up in a universal, firm gesture of patience to the others. It was fairly obvious they were getting impatient, but he was determined to wait it out until they were sure there was no more information to gain. Which, apparently, there wasn't.

Tim just hoped no one-- kidnapper or otherwise-- got hurt.

"I'll set a distraction then," he said, prying a smoke bomb from his belt. Cause some confusion amongst the two criminals to give them a few more seconds to overtake them.

[zouichi.livejournal.com]

DO IT TIM

[cityship]

Well they heard the words Golden Mane

"What in blaz-" Both men didn't have time to speak as Tim's precise throw made the smoke bomb explode right under the table.

"GET THE GUNS!"

They could hear them grabbing said guns.

Shots were fired, although rather blindly do to the smoke. Some of them were pretty close to where the child was too...

[zouichi.livejournal.com]

Zouichi took immediate action, darting into the smoke and after the robotic henchman to tackle him and wrench the weapon from his grasp.

...also to wrench the arms out of his robotic circuits because clearly that was the best way to make him stop being a threat.

[battorch]

Tim was quick to swing himself over the edge, hitting the ground with a roll as he did so. One hand immediately flew up to launch his throwing discs at the men, aiming to hit their arms, to knock away the guns, using the lenses in his cowl to see through the smoke better than he would have without.

In the meantime, he detached his cape again, throwing it over the kid. It wasn't perfect, but it had some bulletproofing and could protect her from the smoke, if nothing else.

[nobel-berserker.livejournal.com]

"No you DON'T!" Smoke-bombing, cape-throwing, arm-wrenching... all it needed now was pair of fists! Which Allenby was only too happy to provide, launching herself forward at the dog-looking one and unleashing a flurry of punches.

Smoke schmoke.

[seesbosscrotch.livejournal.com]

"FOR ANASTARIAN!" Mar bellowed. In a flurry of motion he leaped in and in one smooth motion hurled his shield at the robot dude. Holy light shone around it; it flashed neatly past Zouichi, slammed into the robot, then ricocheted off to wallop the bulldog dude before bouncing back to the paladin's hand. In the meantime, he threw out two more spells off the GCD -- first, invoking a holy barrier around the poor kid which no physical attack could penetrate, then binding holy magic to forcibly taunt turn the attention of the bulldog creature away from Allenby and onto himself.

Then he swung his sword wide, sending a shockwave of holy power out that wouldn't hurt the robot, but would knock it senseless for a good seven seconds or so. More than enough time.

[combustible_me]

Seems like the others had the combatants well in hand. As much as Ellyn wanted to set the bulldog's tail on fire and smelt the robot--well, there was a precious, important cargo to get out of there.

"Yer prolly not gonna wanna stay there," she said to the bat on her shoulder. Assuming the little guy was still there.

Ellyn flashed to fire--the easiest way she saw to get through the combat zone without actually getting hit by anyone. Grabbing the bottle--it was important evidence, hopefully not shattered or cracked by gunfire--she tucked it in her robe for later, using Red Robin's cloak to wrap up the child. Seemed like it was still asleep--probably good for now. Though it was still concerning, sleeping through a firefight.

Well, that was something she might be able to handle later. Ellyn was going to wager that whatever the paladin had cast on the kid, would protect it from what she was going to do next.

Ellyn jumped from her position, cloak-wrapped, protected kid in her arms, and flashed to fire again, so it was a veritable fireball rushing over the heads of the others, and back to the corridor they'd entered through. A fireball carrying a particularly precious cargo!

(Not a real tag)

[cityship]

THE BABY DIED.

Okay now a real tag, sorry

[cityship]

Well they sure made a mess of the room, and the two men.

First, the robot man had his weapon and his arms torn from him for good measure. The fluid came out of his hand as a mixture of reddish blood and water, dripping to the ground. Inside, there was a baffling amount of gears and vein tubes. It clutched back in pain, as if Zouichi had ripped off a real arm. He moved his other arm to attack him, but Tim's disc swapped it away, as did the Bullman's gun, that fell off to the table underneath. Okay, he was the luckier one, until Allenby arrived and just let loose a flurry of punches on him. Didn't have much time to breathe as he got most of his face knocked in.

BUT THEEEN...

The shield knocked the robot to the ground, before slamming into the dog's head, and he bounces off from the table to the ground, knocking him down. The light did its effects and it looked at Mar, but wasn't attempting to get near him, running dizzily, before placing a punch and twirling around, falling to the ground.

Then the tiny bat creature finally leaped from his hand, right into the bulldog man's nose.

The other bat creature gave a tiny squeek, but instead of running for the hills as it was shooed away, it bured itself in her clothing as she fireballed her way out of there. Once she was over, he moved back to its perch, pitch black and shook itself removing the cinders off of its fur, looking alive and intact.

Squeak.

Using that many attacks and spells on two normal guys had pretty much cause an overkill. Just one of them could have done them in but with that entire combination, the men simply did not stand a chance.

[seesbosscrotch.livejournal.com]

Mar blinked.

"When did I become a hunter?"

[combustible_me]

For a moment, Ellyn stared, mouth open, at the bat on her shoulder.

Then she remembered just who she was carrying, and unwrapped the kid. She'd been trying to be very careful--if the bat survived, the kid should be okay too.

Ellyn hoped.

"Got the bottle near the kid too," she grunted. "Figured it might be a dose o' some sort ta keep it asleep or quiet."

[battorch]

Tim was bothered by the reaction of the 'robot,' and the fluid that looked suspiciously similar to blood, but he shook it off. He couldn't let himself get bothered by it. Especially not with what these men had done.

He was wary of Ellyn's reckless behaviour-- but she had gotten the child away and to safety, and frankly? That was all he really cared about, for now. Any warnings could come later, and were secondary.

Since it seemed that the team had thoroughly thrashed the two men, Tim quickly went to the bulldog bandit, pulling cuffs from his belt to secure him before he could think about escaping. He would, however, leave the bat on his nose. "We should secure them both," Tim said, reaching for some cable from his belt to pass off to whoever was willing to do the job (he didn't figure handcuffs were effective on a one armed robot).

[zouichi.livejournal.com]

Zouichi took the cable, and wound the disarmed robot's remaining arm tightly to his body. As for the arm socket, well...

He sprayed some sealant foam on the arm socket. There. Fixed!

"Either of you feel like talking?" Zouichi asked of the henchmen.

[cityship]

The bulldog spit blood on the floor. There's your answer.

[nobel-berserker.livejournal.com]

"'Scuse me?" Allenby grabbed the dog's collar and hauled him up. "You were so chatty a minute ago about your boss's plans."

She held up her other hand, flexing her fingers and curling them into a fist in front of his face. "We're all real sorry about interruptin' your break time there, so let's hear everything about it! ...Unless you wanna have another go. I wouldn't mind havin' another go, would you guys?"

[cityship]

"You ain't gonna get squat from us lady. You might be all scary and tough, but Snidley's much more scary than you'll ever be. Much better looking too."

Ooooh. Disssss.

[combustible_me]

"Ya know, I think yer boss'd look much better on fire. An' that goes fer th' two o'ya mooks as well. So ya really got a choice. Ya c'n either warble like yer li'l canaries now, or we c'n have a weenie roast, an' you two are th' weenies."

Ellyn shrugged, and looked at her little bat buddy.

[seesbosscrotch.livejournal.com]

"Seriously, my bat will attack you if you don't talk. Again." He pointed helpfully at his bad comrade.

[nobel-berserker.livejournal.com]

"Aw now, that just ain't nice. And I dunno about you, but I don't see Snidley anywhere around right now--but all of us are riiiiight here."

She let go of the henchdog and put a hand on her hip, shooting Ellyn a grin. "I always love a good cookout!"