The Regal Rper
Mad Scientist
Daberino & Desmond
Mission Site: → North Cylinder
"Looks like they want to come with me." Came a nudge nudge from Daberino to the so called 'Grim Reaper.' Ignoring the fact Desmond was clearly trying to dissuade his more eager, more energetic companion (and clearly failing at it), the masked man caught the bottle meant for Death, then said: "Heaven knows he could use the boost. Isn't that right 'Grim'?" came a chuckle with a shake of the bottle. The smug tone did little to hide the innuendo.
Pushing the bottle of pills into his ally's hand then turned his attention back to the rest, Daberino turned those blinking yellow lights to focus on Desmond and Rally. "If you two are going to be coming with me then I'll have to give you a lift, which means we'll be moving really fast."
"Wait a minute." Turning his head to the right, Daberino saw one of Desmond's....copies glaring at him. The masked man's silence was reason enough for Wrath to continue. "Why should they go with you?"
"He's got a point." Pride pipped up as Desmond finally gave up and just let Rally drag him. "Why should he go with you? Besides, you haven't even told us what you want the boss and girly over there to do anyway."
Taking a second to fix his perfectly set tie Daberino responded. "I was about to, if he hadn't interrupted me." He added calmly, but from what Desmond could sense, there was a small flicker of annoyance. "Lily, right?" He said, switching his attention. "I'll be back to transport you soon enough. From the intel we have on you, I'd assume going out there" he gestured in the direction where Red's squad was, "wouldn't be the wisest move. Then again perhaps you could do something that could spice things up. As for you", he said turning his attention to Desmond and only him, who was now standing beside Rally, "explain to me that thing you did with Ignis. I have hunches, we have some information, but I need facts. And you can ascertain them."
He took a step forward and Desmond took a cautious step back while his twins; Wrath and Pride, took protective steps forward.
Not that it matters Daberino thought as his eyes skimmed the two boys in front of him like they weren't anything at all. "Well Des?" Daberino pipped up, waiting. Watching. Baiting, from what Desmond could feel from the tendrils that worked off his star night aura. "Are you going to tell me or do I have to...push you?" -fatigue hit like a bus- "To show me what you did to Ignis?"
The malignant intent was clear. Wrath took a malicious step forward, but stopped when he heard: "Okay."
"Okay?" Pride parrotted and his brow rose. "You sure. We do this....there's no going back, you know that right?"
There was a pause. Then Desmond took a step away from Rally and nodded, sweating, shaking. Still feeling the effects from his power almost taking over but still standing he thought of Zeus and Saint, of his father, and his old school friends, of his mom who was out there somewhere doing what he knew she did best and with a more determined nod he said "I'll tell you."
With a benign chuckle, Daberino tipped his hat up in respect. "Thank you for your cooperation. Now," the hat returned, "begin" he ordered.
"O-Okay...Ignis is the one we met in the hall right?" the mask nodded "Okay...um, well what I can do is uh, well my power involves me being able to see things."
"Yes, we know. The few training videos we found that weren't tightly locked display that. Go deeper." Desmond winced, more so at the commanding presence he felt in the aura than anything else.
"Right", he continued. "I can uh...well to put it simply I guess I'm best classified as a emotion reader? Uhhh a Empath class, I suppose."
"So you can....?" Daberino goaded.
"I can sense the emotions of any living thing, yes." Desmond nodded and wiped at sweat sliding down his temple. "If I wanted to...I could sense everyone's here at once. Um" he bit his lip, "the issue is to do that safely I have to uh..." he glanced at Lily then at Rally. He had heard what they'd said before he'd nodded off. He just hadn't commented on it.
"You need to be asleep" Daberino finished with a nod then decided to move on. From the look Wrath was giving him he could tell the boy wasn't exactly okay with his line of questioning. "What else? What of that thing you did with Iggy?"
"Well...that's kinda complicated. There's uh sort of a repercussion for me to use my uh...to use my full power I guess? I kinda need to be protected. If you want me to direct your team in where their targets are and inform people of any reinforcements that may come up, I need someone to stay by my side and protect my body....cause I can't really do that when I'm doing something else to preoccupy my attention." He glanced in Rally's direction. Then frowned when he looked back at Daberino, watching his aura writhe and curl like tentacles and tendrils that ignored the air. "That's why you want Rally to isn't it?"
"But of course. She's perfect at supporting the others from a distance while she's protecting you." He said with mirth. "Besides your copies can't do anything against even soldiers, and we both know that, don't we?" He didn't reply but Daberino didn't need one. "Well then that's settled then. I'll take you to a nearby location. Close enough for you to do what you need and keep an eye on our enemies. Rally", he said to the girl, "I'm going to take you and Desmond some place else. Lily", he said turning his attention back to the woman. "I'll be back for you in a few. You can tell me where you want to go while I pick these two up" He said as he moved past the twins, but not before flicking both Wrath and Pride on the forehead.
"Now then", he said placing both hands on one shoulder of the two kiddos. "I'll be back in a flash." Then they were gone in a blur of motion.
Running had never been Desmond's forte. Even when his training started with HQ, it never was his greatest skill. Having Daberino carry him and Rally both with ease while he ran in the open field like road runner ran from the coyote was both astonishing....and terrifying. "Kid, stop screaming, no one can hear you properly anyway don't you know physics yet?"
Desmond, still screaming, did not respond as he yelled his heart out. Luckily for all of them, Daberino shoved a wad of gum in his mouth and he was forced to chew as he ran.
"We're here." He let them go. They were near the northern cylinder and in the far off distance almost a soccer field away was someone , possibly a soldier or guard alerted by the alarm. Whoever it was Daberino was gone in a second, made a noise elsewhere and drew the guard's attention in a different direction before he was beside Rally and Desmond again. "Rally, do me a favor and watch the screamer here. I've got to get back to the others."
Then he was gone.
Interactions: BriiAngelic (Rally) Damafaud (Lily)
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Desmond
North Cylinder
Spitting watermelon flavored hubba bubba out of his mouth, Desmond collapsed to the ground with a heavy exhale and a cold sweat. "Oh thank God." He patted the street with a sigh, more content that his feet weren't shooting past the earth but were at least firmly touching it.
Sighing and brushing dreads out of his face, Desmond stayed silent for a moment. It was better to let his pounding heart settle than allow the lull of sleep to completely take control. Sitting, he waited a minute or two to calm himself down and let the overbearing pressure around him subside before he turned his attention away from the warm street he sat on and looked through his hanging dreads up to Rally.
"...Before I do this..." he said looking towards the distant building ahead, where he could faintly feel the presence of one or two soldiers. "....Why are you doing this?" He blurted out.
"Why are you putting yourself in danger like this Rally?" From his tone it was an honest question. "Aren't you scared of what could happen if they catch you? Of the danger? Of the consequences? I know you have a bunch of confidence in your powers and all but....why?" He asked frowning. Then took a second to rise to his feet. "Why put yourself in danger like this?" He sighed and rose to his feet. "I guess I can't talk much since I'm still here, but..." he looked towards where Red's squad was. Where he could faintly feel the trembling presence of Saint and others, "but I'm here because I want to stop my friends from doing something stupid....and uh...I guess you to....but still. You don't have to stay." He said firmly with a side glance back in Daberino's direction. "You could leave right now....and I guess I could find someone else to protect me, but at least you'd be out of danger right? You still have a chance. Once they see your face you know its over right? You know that you can't go back to whatever life you had before right? You'll be a criminal. You understand what I mean?"
He was right. The moment their identities were discovered they were screwed. Normal life or at least anything close to it wouldn't be easy to return to and he knew it. He still wanted to leave. He desperately wanted to leave. It's why Wrath and Pride had argued on his behalf in the first place, but he couldn't leave Saint and Zeus here. He didn't know what would happen to them or what could happen. How they would change, or how they'd turn out and it scared him to think that the two nicest people he knew could be monsters in the span of weeks with these guys.
"Look, Rally," he said when she was finished, "I'll be honest with you. I honestly don't care about this whole organization's agenda. Honestly" he said morosely as he looked at the ground, "I think this is just asking for bad luck. I can't speak for Saint or Zeus since I still don't know why they're doing this but...I know I don't want my friends getting hurt." He said with a small smile. "And that includes you to." He added, patting her shoulder. "So please, you have the chance, don't waste it. Take it and leave. Because if you stay you can't go back. And I'd really not rather have to see anymore pain or suffering from people I care about."
Then noticing a new presence rush by towards the outpost of guards ahead, Desmond sighed. "I guess it's time. If you do leave, could someone down here to watch out for me. I'd appreciate it." Taking a couple steps past her, Desmond knelt down, glanced Rally's way one more time with a small sad smile as he looked into her aura, then placed his head on the ground as the lull of sleep took over and he felt his power take control.
Guess I'll do my best to help.
Then in a second, he was soundly snoozing.
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Daberino
Mission Site
Kids these days Daberino thought as he took his time running back to Death's group. Moving only at the steady pace of a steady 30 mph, he couldn't help but chuckle at Desmond's reaction. Hope that one grows a thick tail soon or else he's going to regret stumbling into this group entirely.
He came to a turn and made a skidding halt that brought him not too far from Death's group....and a fox. For Daberino's part, he noticed the fox almost as soon as he came to a halt.
"...." He looked down at it. Studying it. Then he looked back at the others and then too Lily. "I leave for a minute and you all go and buy yourself a puppy." He knew it wasn't a normal fox but if this happened to be one of the new recruit's powers he might as well play along. "Hey", he turned to the 'fox' "you do realize if you plan on going after Iron Quad being nimble and lithe will be the least of your problems if he gets a paw on you right? Unless..." he squinted behind his mask, "....hmm" he hummed. "Are you here to help Mwah?" He gestured towards himself, and waited patiently for a reply. While he waited, he addressed Lily, "Lily, honey, baby, sweetie, where you headed? This taxi don't wait for no one and....what are you anyway?" His attention shifting back to the fox. "Are you male or female? Or is that sexist? Foxist? Nod once for male, nod twice for female." He said but the way he said it was more order than request.
"Y'know what never mind" he said moving towards Lily, no longer caring what she wanted. "Whatever or whoever you are, you follow me since I assume you have the grace of an angel and the speed of..." he paused then shrugged as he moved beside Lily. "I don't know something fast." Following that statement, he plucked Lily off the ground Princess style. Then after one long curious glance at the fox Daberino looked down at the woman in his arms.
"Madam" he said to Lily with a nod then turned his attention back to the fox. "Fox, are you going to follow or are you going to stand there? If you intend on following me, we're going after the physic. As soon as we know where she is. And Lily?", he said as he began walking forward "I would suggest you hold on tightly. Wouldn't want you slipping out of my grasp while I was in movement now would we? I will drop you off near by the Northern cylinder where Rally and Desmond are, closest to some of the guards there and you can take them out if you desire. OR", he added loudly as he walked past the fox and his pace picked up speed. "I can drop you off around Iron Quad, but chances are you will probably die if I do that." He said rather casually.
"Anyway, madam/mister fox, come with me." Then shifting Lily's position slightly so his grasp on her was a bit more secure, he took off at a steady gait of increasing speed. "Our first stop. That guard's face over there." He nodded in gesture towards the several spread out man shaped dots that was growing in size. And the one unsuspecting soldier they were zooming in on.
Interactions Damafaud (Lily) Xel (Emi)
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Zeus
Oil Rig →Radio Tower
For the most part Zeus had said nothing. The boat ride over had been uneventful, at least to him. Where in most cases he would try to strike up conversation and try to spark some sort of convo, right now he felt no such feeling of motivation or enthusiasm as he watched the rig slowly fade behind clouds of darkness.
Glancing over to his right, he watched the shortie tinker and tinker. She'd been working on that gun ever since she'd given out those tags to everyone before they departed and he wondered if her power magnified her intelligence or if she was just a hands on gal. To his left, Zeus watched the mutant girl, Aia, and her companion Vesper.
Man that is still so weird. It was not his first time seeing a lass naked and it apparently would not be his last. It was not everyday one got to see a adult naked female mutant and lived to tell the tale and as he stared at the weird mutant girl who would not stop staring at Data, he wondered what sort of debilitation had afflicted her to make her what she was now. From what he understood by just watching her, she understood very little. And if Zeus were being honest he wasn't sure if that was due to what he hypothesized to be the truth or if it were something else instead.
Glancing at the floating girl once, Zeus decided perhaps it was better that he just stay silent and watch the skies till the reached their destination.
"Hey guys", he said to no one in particular. "Hope you two stay safe ya hear?" Then with a deep breath and long buzzing sigh, he watched the clouds pass on by.
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Mentions: simj26 (Vesper) : Daniel Reaving (Aia) Lappi (Tesla)
Hearing the explosions resound in the distance put Zeus on edge. He had no idea what Red's group was doing. He had no idea what Daberino's group was doing. He had no idea what his friends were doing, and it worried him despite the fact both of them could handle themselves.
Kicking a pebble into the waves behind them, he watched the ship, their only means of escape, sail away. "Well", he said after a few seconds of silence, then just let silence take over again as he had nothing to say to anyone. He glanced Data's way once, then looked up towards the radio tower almost a hundred feet away Zeus wondered where the guards were for this place. It was weird if he were being honest. A hero outpost with no guards or no security guarding the most important pieces of equipment? He shook his head.
Talk about weak sauce. He thought with a sigh. It wasn't until he heard clambering that he noticed something hanging off a beam.
"Hey uh, kid?" he waved his hand to get Vesper's attention, "Don't you think you should like call her back down from up there?" He gestured to where Aia was hanging. "Aia!" Two voices mixed in one called. "Come down from there! How'd you even get up there anyway?....Hey are you listening?" He just sighed, she was too busy staring at Data to pay him mind. "Well, I'm not going to lie", he said to no one in particular. "This is kinda anticlimatic. I was expecting some guards or something y'know? But there's like....no one here? Did your plan work that well boss man?" He said to Data then rubbed his neck.
"Eesh" the voices buzzed quietly. He was hoping he could take some of the heat off his friends and by extension some of their allies. But if all the attention really was on them then well, this was going to be wrapped up pretty quickly. Turning his head left then right, he aimed to relieve a little stress in there and upon doing so caught sight of Omni and just took a moment to stare at her.
"Hmm" his voices hummed in her direction. "Not bad", he commented. She was frail but damn you had to appreciate how her gear hugged them curves. How had he not noticed the skin tight suit earlier? Would it be so wrong if he tried the moves on her or was that a violation of the brocode? He glanced at Zeke with a quirked brow. Then glanced at Vesper to see if she was gonna judge him since she kinda looked like the judgey type when she had the freaking holy halo floating over her head like that.
Taking an eye full of Omni, Zeus turned his attention away from her and decided he could always chat her up later. Sides, Zeke never said he was hitting on her. Fair game's fair game. He thought with a mischievous grin. Moving over to Tesla, he tapped her shoulder. That time she'd sent a shock his way he'd absorbed it. Nezumi hadn't. Whatever the case was, she'd wanted his attention earlier back on the rig. It was about time he found out why, while Data did his thing.
If there weren't any guards here he had no reason to really be on major guard unless one of his buddies needed help. 'Sides, he wasn't a tech wiz like Zeke or Tesla, or he assumed Omni. So if anything, him and the rest were probably just guards.
"Hey, Tesla right? What'd you want back on the rig huh? What were you trying to do, inviting me back to your place?" the buzzed voices asked. From behind his visor it was clear to see his brow was raised in curiosity. They'd been interrupted by the signal before they could talk and he hadn't really been in the mood to talk to anyone on the boat so it was best to ask now before he forgot completely.
'Sides, with how unguarded this tower is, they in the clear.
Interactions: Lappi (Tesla)
Mentions: B BlueClover simj26 BriiAngelic Elenion Aura Daniel Reaving