[Bakiri Retsu]

It'd been almost a week since the events of Operation Babel and the city was yet reeling from it. The amount of villains still on the loose was beyond count and the damage dealt -both physical and monetary- would take months if not years to recover from. The lives lost, those would leave a mark forever. Today, if everything went smoothly, Tokyo would be one step closer to recovering order. Officer Muramoto ran a hand through his hair.

"Any word from the capes?"

"ETA three minutes."

"Lock down the cordon."

"Yes, sir!"

Briefing after briefing had driven the point home that utmost care was required in this operation. Their target was highly dangerous, volatile in the extreme and projections for the amount of collateral damage that would result if they failed to capture -or 'neutralize', as some rumors had been circulating- her had left an impression on everything present. She had slipped up and the intel division had figured out both her identity and place of residence creating an opportunity that was unlikely to repeat itself. As such they'd cordoned off the entire city block and gradually evacuated most of the residents to refrain from tipping the target off. Now, all that was left was to take her into custody. Muramoto let out a long breath. An animal was at its more dangerous when cornered. Looking at the men to his left and right he wondered just how many would live to see tomorrow.

---

"Bakuretsu! You are surrounded, come out with your hands over your head!"

Retsu sighed as she put her coffee down. It'd been such a nice day so far too. No customers, money gained during Babel rolling into her accounts as it was gradually laundered and another batch of her arsenal replenished with a few hours of elbow grease. She should've known. Sending out a support request through ENKI she peered through the blinds of her front window and let out a string of muted curses. With just a brief look she spotted more than a dozen fully-armed riot officers and at least one Pro. Retsu doubted she had long to get ready but anything was better than nothing so she scrambled to grab her gear, taking a brief glance at her phone as she did.

'Capricorn is en route.'

'Minotaur is en route.'

'Loki is en route.'

Several more notifications came in as she grabbed grenades, guns and other items of convenience. She felt some kind of warmth deep inside upon seeing them. Gritting her teeth she channeled that burning rage into something productive and grabbed her megaphone off a nearby table.

"Come and get me, fookers!"

---

No conflict was as straightforward as it seemed. While the paragons of justice closed in on their target and villains streamed out of the shadows to oppose them others added to the chaos for a variety of reasons. Whether it was because of a grudge, to do what they believed was right or to alter the situation to their advantage various other parties were drawn to the fight like moths to a flame.

For Tokyo had many layers and no cordon could truly lock an area down fully. Whether it be from atop buildings to go over it, through sewers beneath the streets to go under it or along ill-watched alley ways and side paths to sneak past there were many ways to get to the meat of the matter. How this day would end no once could say, yet one thing was for sure. No matter the result, today would be a day to remember.

---

OOC: Hello and welcome to the 'Wired' raid. I hope everyone has a good time! This thread will be operating in rounds, each of which will last seven days. The next round begins on the 18th of November, you will each have until then to make your post.
For your first post, please detail your arrival and initial reaction to the scene!

Tags: Ghouligan Shō Matsui Rui Matsui Jaida Connor facade

[Rui Matsui]

An ENKI notification? She grinned wickedly as she looked at her phone's display, letting go of whichever scared civilian she was terrorizing at the moment, leaving them to run away and presumably call for cops that would never catch her. None of that mattered anymore, when someone pinged her through the ENKI system it usually meant fun times were ahead and that was all she could think about as she started heading towards the source of the ping.

Taking cover behind a car, Rui looked at the scene she was about to barge into further down the road. ''The fuzz.'' She hissed to herself, glancing at her phone again. ''Bomb bestie has been getting mega famous and blowing up like crazy! I should totes follow her example!'' Rui didn't look like a villain. In fact, between wearing shorts and a big gray hoodie, she was doing exactly nothing to mask her true identity. Not that it mattered considering how many times she had already been arrested. ''I'm gonna make so many besties today!'' She giggled gleefully before lunging out from her cover and dashing right towards the chaos. Sticking her arms out like she was imitating an airplane, she opened her mouth and began yelling at the top of her lungs.

''WEE WOO WEE WOO WEE WOO WEE WOO!!!''

ENKI's very own human-demon ambulance was here! Capricorn in the flesh! Although Rui always referred to her actual villain name, Mummy, even when talking with ENKI allies. Some of the villains who were coming to Retsu's aid might choose to sneak into the safehouse somehow, find a way around all the enemies that were surrounding the place. Not Rui. That wasn't her style! Her style was running straight at them, yelling as loudly as possible before coming to a stop and pointing at the nearest person that looked like they could be the leader of this whole operation.

''Hi besties!!'' She reached into her hoodie pocket and pulled out a small knife, which she brandished over her head triumphantly.

''I'm Mummy! I kill people!''

Bakiri Retsu
Jaida Connor
Ghouligan
facade
Shō Matsui

[Shō Matsui]

[newclass=".mainbox"]width:500px;padding:10px;border:solid 10px #cecece;background-color:#dedede;color:#000;[/newclass]
[newclass=".heading"]font-family:'Tangerine', bold;font-size:40px;text-align:center;border-bottom:solid 1px #949494;margin:3px;[/newclass]
[newclass=".innerbox"]background-color:#fff;padding:10px;[/newclass]
[newclass=".subs"]font-family:'Oswald';font-size:10px;text-align:center;[/newclass]
[newclass=".content"]font-family:'Lato', sans-serif;font-size:13px;text-align:justify;color:#1c1c1c;[/newclass]



[break][break][break][break]

[nospaces]

[attr="class","rain"]

[attr="class","main"]

[attr="class","img"]

[attr="class","title"]

Light and shadow are opposite sides of the same coin [break]
“We can illuminate our paths or darken our way. It is a matter of choice.”

[attr="class","text"]

Surprisingly the ENKI network was very useful to Sho. Not with his work, but with keeping tabs on his siblings. Rui used it frequently and during the original period where they signed up Sho made sure to note her name in the system. This way if any trouble came out of it he knew exactly where to find her.
[break][break]
It didn't help that every time she got involved with Retsu she'd either get herself arrested or in an unwinnable situation. So the alert for support at her place and the following notification of her en route prompted him to respond as well. He arrived as fast as possible to scout out the area, and the amount of police and pro heroes responding just meant that if Rui showed up she wo-
[break][break]
''WEE WOO WEE WOO WEE WOO WEE WOO!!!''
[break][break]
A heavy sigh escaped from him as he watched her run towards the danger from his vantage point. Covering his face entirely in shadows and manifesting his horns he'd move quickly, using his the extra appendages to move towards the closer building to Wired. He would then shoot out one of the arms fast enough to grab Rui, pull her through the darkness, and then bring her up to his level. Without a word, he'd cross the gap and use his blade to cut a small hole in the ceiling of Wired and he'd drop Rui in. Whether she landed safely or not didn't matter given her quirk and he would slowly descend. "Whats the situation?"

[attr="class","extras"]

Jaida Connor Rui Matsui Bakiri Retsu Ghouligan facade [break]
Word count goes here

✵

[newclass=".rain"] width: 450px; padding: 30px; background:url("http://backgroundcheckall.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/tumblr-background-theme-5.jpg"); background-size:auto; border: solid 1px #050505; [/newclass][newclass=".rain .main"] background:#141414; border: solid 1px #050505;[/newclass][newclass=".rain .main img"] width: 400px; height: 200px; padding: 10px;margin:10px;[/newclass][newclass=".rain .title"] padding: 0px 15px 10px; border-bottom: solid 5px #9ccbff;font-size: 13px; font-family:'playfair display'; color: #eee;text-align: center;text-transform: lowercase; letter-spacing: 1px; [/newclass][newclass=".rain .text"] background: #111; padding: 35px;font-size: 12px; font-family:'playfair display'; color: #eee;text-align: justify; [/newclass][newclass=".rain .text b"] font-size: 14px; color:#9ccbff;[/newclass][newclass=".rain .text i"] color:#9ccbff;[/newclass][newclass=".rain .extras"] padding: 20px; border-top: solid 5px #9ccbff;font-style: italic;font-size: 11px; font-family:'playfair display'; color: #eee;text-align: center;text-transform: lowercase; letter-spacing: 1px;[/newclass]

[Jaida Connor]

template by Punki of Pixel Perfect

sling shot

OKAY!

So she juuuuust finished up a keepin' it low-key kinda sorta patrol...noooooooow she could finally swing by Wired and grab some supplies to fix her phone! They had a lot of good word on the street about em' and seemed like they were really reliable for repair related things! Today was gonna be AWESOME! SHE'D FINALLY GET THE PARTS FOR HER PHONE AND IT WOULD BE FREE FROM IT'S MELTY BLOCKY STATE OF DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM! Adjusting the duffel bag upon her shoulder with a big ol' grin, she felt super accomplished since...well...she may not have bumped into any law breakin' jerks, she helped out some stray kitties! Getting them some food, water and building some make shift shelter in allies here n' there, it felt good to help the fur babies until she could scoop them up and take em'...

...especially since there were times where she wasn't sure how happy she could make people, namely her family...like she wasn't doing enough to make them proud of her. The accomplishments she told her mom, dad and popsidoodle didn't seem to hit like she expected. So that meant she just had to be better, but at least the stray animals she'd check on thought she was doing great things and their happiness kept her afloat on days like that. Days where she'd try to get in contact with her sibling or...well...anyone just to hang out, it was a lot of plans that would never happen and things fell through more than she could count...?

...the fur babies alawys greeted her with a sense of warmth.

Honestly, if felt like the only time anyone wanted to hang out with her was for alternative crime fighting activities...people she wanted to be friends with in the most genuine sense. Yet there was part of her mind that shoved the thoughts, such as maybe they just don't want to be friends with you into a dusty lock box in her head and abandoned it in the corner.

Deal with all the bad stuff later.

The bad stuff didn't exist right now.

All of those vigilantes she met thanks to Ghouls were just friends in the making, it would happen one day!

It was just going to take time...!

As she got closer, the goal of fixing her old phone for the sake of being a big ol' ball of sentimental pack ratting habits, those green optics took in the sight of police out the fricken' wazoo and her jaw dropped...

.....wasn't...wasn't that the shop she was headed to...?!

Literally reaching one hand up to her chin, she pushed her chin up to close her mouth and blankly stared ahead...

...taking out a phone with way too many charms than it had any right having, double checking the address as she looked up and down up and down and yup! Rinse and repeat the constant looking in complete and utter disbelief of what the fresh fuck was going on, looking at the contacts she had as she furrowed her brows for a moment...

...what if no one answered her?

Tacking away on her phone, she knew for sure there was one person in the whole wide world that she knew who would respond. Ghouls, he'd know what was going on...right? Okay...even if she wasn't totally sure if he actually trusted her...maybe taking a photo would provide enough foundation that something serious was going on? Taking in a deep breath, she poked around the corner and took a quick photo like god's strongest amateur paparazzi and tucked back away, shuffling like a crab as her lips stiffened across her face. Writing up a message in English he could translate into Japanese if he was so inclined, she was honestly in one hell of a rush!

hey dude some weird stuffs going on and idk kinda worried its dangerous to walk by myself rn.

Keeping it ambiguous enough in case the encryption wasn't as good as she hoped, she figured he'd probably play along in the cryptic nonsense approach. He seemed like a smart guy who could pick up what she was putting down...so she stayed hunkered down in her hiding place while waiting for her backup. If he didn't respond within a reasonable frame of time...well...she'd have to fly solo, she guessed...? Too bad most of her listen in tech was home and she really didn't want to bust out the fuck around and find out chart right now....nope! For now, she'd be rummaging through her brain, trying to figure out some kind of impromptu plan that wasn't too-too half-assed but might end up being that way anyway and---IT STILL COULD BE WORSE........

(bananaphone text boo doo doo doot doo doot to Ghouligan! obligatory tags to Bakiri Retsu, Rui Matsui, Shō Matsui, facade! Drip of the day!)

[Ghouligan]

Everyone deserves a day off.

Security work was hardly ‘work’ for someone as enthusiastic as Antoine, eager to put down any menace brave enough to stir the peaceful atmosphere of Bernie’s Burgers. The most difficult challenge was fighting the onset of boredom. His reputation preceded him. While there were few troublemakers in the first place, the restaurant had seen a steady decline in thieves and violent perpetrators. As a reward and as a way to save money, Bernard gave him the day off! Yet he succumbed to ennui all the same.

Heroes patrolled the city. Antoine took note of their general territories — with an established network to worry about, he scribbled notes on a napkin he pulled from his pocket. Heroes were a whimsical bunch but everyone had patterns. Today was about monitoring the system and finding the holes within it, the gritty little alleyways criminals hid within to hide from the institution.

Some were brave enough to venture into the light, the same fame-seeking types that desperately pined for the flashes of a camera. They cast away ideology and predicated their existence on the amount of attention they could garner.

Disgusting.

Still, the system would deal with them all the same. And if they found a way back into the world, if they found the call of renown and stardom too alluring, Antoine would put them down.

He’s on the way home when the message finds him. The way they spoke… Gadget? Looking over the photo, he recognized a few landmarks.

be there soon

When he arrives, things have escalated. Ghouligan puts his hand on Gadget’s shoulder, with an umbral finger raised to the crooked smile of his demon mask.

“What’s the situation?”

---

Jaida Connor | Bakiri Retsu | Rui Matsui
Shō Matsui | facade

[facade]

---

| Loki | @enki.admin
Location: why do you care? | Current Status: responding to valkyrie. reward for further backup.
Now Playing: The Lion King - Be Prepared

---

"Alright, here's the situation..."
A casual lie to get him out of some pointless admin meeting at UVS.

Aiden made a point of monitoring each and every ENKI request, even if many were inconsequential and minor. So, when Valkyrie of all people sent out a request for urgent backup, he was very quick to act. Seeing Capricorn as the first to respond made him pick up the pace. Blowing some money (and a 'favour') on the services of a teleportation quirker to arrive on scene faster than he'd normally be able to from his base in Akihabara, he surveyed the area from a shaded position nearby via cloaked drone. Aiden, now acting as 'Loki', pulled out his phone and sent out a message via ENKI. "Encrypted comms, everyone. I made this shit for a reason. Earpieces in, if you remembered to bring them." He looked out over the street at the scene unfolding. It was about what he'd expected, but the level of police response was surprising. Just how much had Bakuretsu let get linked to her? Well, not like he'd let one of his most valuable allies get got so easily.

He'd seemingly beaten Mummy to the scene, but was powerless to stop her from immediately running her mouth to the police. "Capricorn, I swear to fucking God." These guys knew subtlety like a slap in the face, huh? Pinching the bridge of his nose, Aiden took that moment of distraction as an opportunity. The drone got close enough overhead to establish a connection with the police's systems, and he was in pretty quickly. Just as fast as his ally had given the game away, though, she vanished into artificial shadow. Right, that would be Minotaur, then. A quick look over the area was enough to locate them again, making their entrance into the building already. At least he could count on one of these goons. Speaking of, "Got additional backup on standby, lotta jobbers keen to help for an incentive. Can't see any sign of hostiles up above, but a whole lot of guys on the ground and a super out front. Pig-speak says there's already more capes inbound, less than 3 minutes, so let's try to make this quick or it'll get messy instead. I'm on overwatch, for now." Loki adjusted his position to avoid a patrolling cop around the perimeter, then kept speaking. "Which means I'll keep an eye out for any snipers, supers, or indies. Tell me if I need to get in there on foot to brute force anything for an exit, or if you need bodies against the barricade."

Loki made sure his perch and escape route were secured before settling in to work some techno-magic. He wasn't planning to fight, only armed with a basic-ass handgun (one mag of ammo), his UnderControl kit and a makeshift taser, but made ready in case making an appearance (or a run for it) was necessary.

tl;dr
- Arrives on-scene, hidden for now.
- Assesses the situation via a drone, using this to gain access to the police's computer systems and/or phones while Rui briefly distracted them.
- Informs the guys that further goon backup is available if needed, and that he'll be on lookout and support for now.
- He's armed, but not (directly) dangerous to anyone above mook level.
Bakiri Retsu Rui Matsui Shō Matsui Jaida Connor Ghouligan

[Bakiri Retsu]

Angrily letting the megaphone drop to the floor Bakuretsu snatched her pistol from under the counter and moved further into the building. Sure, she was a violent lunatic but she wasn't suicidal, no point in staying where she can easily be shot. Not that she believed they had the balls to actually try that, Retsu snorted. If they did there'd have been no need to announce their presence. No, if they got their hands on enough intel to organize an entire fookin' raid Retsu was convinced they'd have a hunch about just how many combustible materials were in the building.

Rushing into her bedroom she slid to a stop on her knees and pulled a duffel bag out from under her bed with one hand. Her other one runs over the keypad of a small safe sitting on her nightstand three times, incinerating its contents. No way she'll be caught dead with those. Her brow twitched at the annoying sounds her phone kept making while she was trying to focus.

It takes Retsu a solid moment to realize Loki's speaking through it. With a grumble she slings a bandolier over her shoulder -the attached assault rifle slamming into her back as she does- before putting the phone on speaker and putting it in the pouch on the front, just above the trio of experimental explosive bullets individually strapped to it. Those would be saved for an emergency. She'd have to put them into the chamber by hand and quite frankly she had no idea whether they'd even work making them a major hassle at best and a good way to blow her hand up at worst. 

But she digressed. T'was a whole lot of effort just to carry her phone but it wasn't like she even had an earpiece. Or wanted one. Retsu knew first hand what technology could do when rigged and there wasn't a snowball's chance in hell she was putting a potential explosive in her ear. The corners of her lips twitched at the memory of what that could do to a person. Good times.

"Hey Rui," Retsu casually said from behind the counter upon seeing the horned menace fall out of the sky. Honestly at this point she was just glad Mummy didn't break the part of the ceiling she had to spend time cleaning footprints off -and that now looks way cleaner than the rest of the ceiling- but she digressed, starting to regret not putting security cameras on the front of her store. Sure, they'd be far more likely to be used against her given the kind of company she kept but they'd be damn useful right now to figure out what the coppers were up to. When Sho followed after his sister and asked his question Retsu looked him in the eye for a solid second with a deadpan expression before answering slowly and carefully, as if speaking to a child.

"Dere are fookin' cops all over the place."

------

"Movement up above. Over."

"Copy that. Movement inside. Over."

Muramoto replied back into his radio while swearing internally. To think he'd see the day where villains got organized enough to reply to a surprise raid this quickly. He sighed. His retirement couldn't come quickly enough.

"Mah, old man. Let's stop standing around and just get this over with. My girlfriend's gonna kill me if I'm late for our dinner date."

"With all due respect, Deadlock, the target is-"

"An explosive expert. Exactly. You wanna give her more prep time?" Deadlock replied with a wink while running a hand through his blond, cockatiel-like hair. He smiled as he put his hands together and separated them once more, a pair of translucent spinning orbs now between them. "Nothing to worry about. I'll cover those things before they go off. Ain't nothing going through these babies."

"Very well." Muramoto sighed back before pressing the button on his radio. "Muramoto to all forces. Tighten the cordon. Team one is engaging target, begin assault. Over."

Flicking down the face shield of his helmet he double checked the straps on his riot shield and firmly gripped his baton. 

"All right ladies and gents. Let's do this and be home by dinner." He spoke to the people to his left and right before stepping forth with his shield held in front of him. Squaring his shoulders he took the last step and kicked in the door like he'd done a hundred times before. He quickly discovered his riot shield wasn't bulletproof as he went down, the Pro next to him being clipped by a bullet to the shoulder as well.

---

"Loki, what direction's got the least coppers an' ken ya direct some goons ta come in from tha opposite one?" Retsu shouted into her phone while crouching behind the counter, bullet casings tinkling against the reinforced steel lining the inside of it as she slammed home another magazine. Masses of cops tended to arrive by bus making it easy for her to throw some people under there to make her escape. Pulling out her non-ENKI phone she made another call just as she heard a crash somewhere in the back. She swore. Clearly it wasn't just the front they were coming from.

---

TL;DR:
-Retsu gets geared up and incinerates the contents of a safe beside her bed.
-Greets Rui and Sho, politely informs them of the situation
-Pro Hero Deadlock shows off his quirk: the ability to create transparent spheres that can seal things inside of them
-Police begins the raid, attempting to enter the building from multiple directions
-First officer to enter was three days away from retirement, Pro also gets clipped in the shoulder by a stray bullet
-Cordon gets tightened, slowly moving the main police forces closer to the building
-Retsu asks Facade to send in some sacrifices to corral police away from her escape route and makes another call on her private phone

Tags: Rui Matsui Shō Matsui Jaida Connor Ghouligan facade

[Rui Matsui]

''I demand to speak to your leader!-'' Before she could make anymore such demands, Rui felt herself getting pulled up into the air, powerless against Sho's shadow appendage as she sailed through the air. It was a miracle she even managed to hold onto her knife!

When she fell through the roof of Wired, all of her bones broke with a sickening cacophony of cracks, only for every broken bone to heal right back up again a second later. ''Hey Bomb Bestie!'' She smiled up at Retsu, before looking at Sho with a pout. ''I was about to super kill 'em all! You would've been so impressed, I'm actually really powerful now!'' Once she was done throwing her little tantrum she stood up and brushed herself off. ''I bring valuable information!! There's- Yeah cops! And heroes too probably, I think you really pissed them off!'' She said gleefully, scouring the place for any stray can of beer or any sign of alcohol she could find at all. ''Oh right, I brought this..'' She mumbled to herself as she took out her ENKI ear piece and finally remembered to put it on. ''Wait!'' She held up a hand, before pointing to her ear. ''There's a bestie on the line!! He said something about 3 minutes!'' Rui felt like the smartest villain alive. Where would they be without her here?

''They're taking the fight to us! If we fight them in here they'll never see it coming!'' She had always wanted to be a part of a raid like this. ''Do I get a reward if I kill 10 of them, 50 of them? 100?'' She looked up at Sho eagerly, as if she was expecting him to feel particularly generous today for no apparent reason. With her knife in hand, Rui stood at the ready, ready to pounce at the next person to enter the building.

TL;DR: Rui gets picked up by Sho and dunked through the roof of Wired. She greets Retsu inside and immediately starts rummaging around for alcohol while getting giddy at the thought of ambushing anyone that tries to enter the building.

Bakiri Retsu
facade
Ghouligan
Jaida Connor
Shō Matsui

[Jaida Connor]

template by Punki of Pixel Perfect

sling shot

While waiting for back-up, it was like watching a car crash in slow motion that was somehow sped up to high hell and back like...holy shit on a crap cracker! WHAT DID THIS LADY EVEN DO!? That chick had good reviews and said she was really cool! Though it was starting to seem like it housed some sort of...uh.....mastermind? Was that even the right word for this?

Ring leader?

Leeeaaaaaader?

Boss?

Hunkering down to keep her and her vibrant ass pink hair that looked like someone dunked her with highlighter dye or something to look like she was about to start a punk music video about strawberry candy. Deadass, it was a miracle the gods said yes my child, you may have a good hiding spot, blessed be and amen or something! God daaaaaamn, it was a shame she didn't have her visor...! Well, that just meant making more stuff in the future that was more portable so she could easily drop some eaves on emergency lines. Using one of her burners hooked up without it felt...uh...dicey?

.....so folks who were DEFINITELY opposing the law were swooping in on the defense aaaaaaaaand a random blonde girl joining the fray was doing a REALLY good ambulance police car siren impersonation?! THAT was a talent right there, sure she could imagine some stuffy British judge dude on a talent show hitting her with the um, actually, that's the worst siren I've evah heard, but she had to disagree! Why did someone who seemed so fun to be around hang out with what was starting to look like some huuuuuuuge, big honkin' deal baddie?

This was a super difficult puzzle to piece together and it seemed like more reinforcements were gonna come along...but could they actually handle it was the big question here. Another big ol' question was trying to figure out how she was gonna explain this to Ghouls when he got here....

...listening in as best as she could among all the ruckus, she lightly puffed her cheek in thought...as if that was actually gonna help her hear better. The alias of the person was...Deadlock and......oh that sounded ominous! No wait, that was the guy he was talking to...wow what an omnious hero name, though! Crazy! ANYWAY! Now what else...? Hyper focusting as she continued to listen in from her hiding spot...something...something....explosives...movement going on...? Then she slapped her hands over her mouth, the Sherlock Holmes of Jumping to Conclusions in a Single Bound wondered if this place was rigged to blow up the whole block and THAT'S WHY the fuzz were involved!

THE ABSOLUTE BETRAYAL OF SEEMINGLY COOL REPAIR SHOP LADY SHE NEVER MET IN HER ENTIRE LIFE, DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANG!

Wait wait wait....waaaaaaaait what if she was wro---"EEP!" Letting out a squeak as though she was a frightened mouse, she frantically reached up to the scissors in her hair and then looked to the hand upon her shoulder...glancing up it to see, "Ghouls!" Wheezing out his name with a dash of panic, a sigh of relief escaped her as she gently tugged him down to get hunkered down a wee bit more out of sight juuuust in case! "Okay dude so allegedly there's a super dangerous person in that building!" Holding her hands up at level with her shoulders, she waved them a couple of times back and forth, swooshing them around as she spoke, "There's definitely some crazy shit with explosives going on, they said that word a lot, so I dunno if maybe that place is set to blow and that's why there's shady ass dudes popping out of the wood work? One of em' was really good at impersonating a siren, I thiiink...she's with them?"

Another sigh rustled itself out of the rubbery lass as she plopped her hands upon her cheeks while furrowing her brows, "Something's happening in three minutes...I dunno what, but it's best to assume less since we don't know what's going on in there and....dere's fooooooookin' cops eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeverywhere..." Moving her hands off of her cheeks, she carefully removed the launcher from her bag, which had a different design from the previous one. "...and I don't think they can handle whatever's goin' on..." Although she wasn't always on the side of the law, well...not in a way they approved of, it's not like she wanted to see folks drop dead for no reason.

Holstering the gun that was more of a taser than anything else at her hip, she gently bit her lip and glanced up to someone she knew she could count on, Ghouligan, "Maybe we can pose as newbie Pro-Heroes to slide under the radar, but if ya got a better plan or somethin', I got your back..." Offering a half smile, she...couldn't figure out a solid scheme since everything was so sudden. So trying to take advantage of the chaos unfolding seemed like the best suggestion she could come up with in the moment...

(Ghouligan - Bakiri Retsu - Rui Matsui - Shō Matsui - facade)

On this Episode of TLDR!

Jaida is trying to listen in on what's going on, hunkered down out of view and not getting 100% of the info, but doing her best to piece it together. Thinks Rui has a talent for siren noises!

Gets REASONABLY startled by Ghouligan popping up, reached up for the scissors in her hair to defend herself, but stopped asap since she saw it was the homie!

Gently tugged him down to keep him out of view juuuuuust in case and then abridged what she thinks she understands of the situation.

Put together a different design of her launcher to get ready along with holstering her zappy gun.

Suggests they pose as newbie Pro-Heroes to help intervene, but also open to any plans Ghouligan wants to offer and has his back!

[Shō Matsui]

[newclass=".mainbox"]width:500px;padding:10px;border:solid 10px #cecece;background-color:#dedede;color:#000;[/newclass]
[newclass=".heading"]font-family:'Tangerine', bold;font-size:40px;text-align:center;border-bottom:solid 1px #949494;margin:3px;[/newclass]
[newclass=".innerbox"]background-color:#fff;padding:10px;[/newclass]
[newclass=".subs"]font-family:'Oswald';font-size:10px;text-align:center;[/newclass]
[newclass=".content"]font-family:'Lato', sans-serif;font-size:13px;text-align:justify;color:#1c1c1c;[/newclass]



[break][break][break][break]

[nospaces]

[attr="class","rain"]

[attr="class","main"]

[attr="class","img"]

[attr="class","title"]

Light and shadow are opposite sides of the same coin [break]
“We can illuminate our paths or darken our way. It is a matter of choice.”

[attr="class","text"]

Having seen it quite literally 100s of times at this point, Sho was unphased by Rui's sickening display of rapid healing. From what he understood Rui was functionally immortal. He had seen her get riddled with bullets, bisected although that one was on him as friendly fire was off, and even poisoned enough to kill an elephant. All of them had varying periods of recovery, but she still recovered. Well, aside from the bisecting that was more emotional damage than anything else. "You weren't killing anyone. They were going to shoot you down and throw you in jail again." at least between the three of them, Rui was valuable in her utility.
[break][break]
Then there was Retsu. Unbelievable that she had managed to survive this long. He would stare unblinking as she answered his question with something equally stupid, as if she were talking to Rui. "I can see that. Why are they here? Is it just you inside? Are they after something you have? Any details outside of the obvious." he'd take the opportunity to look around. It was junky but lived in, which likely meant it was Retsu's home. He had never considered her having a home, instead just a bunch of safe houses rigged with explosives...which he couldn't rule out about this one quite yet. "I'm going to take a look, and no, you don't get any reward. Maybe she'll reward you if you patch her up this time." work mode Sho was a real piece of work, huh?
[break][break]
"I'm not going to walk around with a voice in my head, so Mummy, you'll need to relay whats being said." From a slightly obscured corner, he would stick his head out of the building just enough to see the crowd. '10 cops cars and at least one Pro Hero. Nothing that can't...wait.' his eyes narrowed onto two familiar figures. These were the two from the vigilante meeting, which made everything a lot more complicated. He'd return to the main area and walk up behind Retsu. "Mummy can handle the distraction. We're getting you out of here, now." A shadowy arm would extend back towards the ceiling and grab on. "Let's go" he'd extend a hand to take her up with him. Rui would be fine fighting an army if they couldn't suppress her quirk.

[attr="class","extras"]

Jaida Connor Ghouligan Bakiri Retsu Rui Matsui facade[break][break]

- Sho is very cordial to Retsu[break]
- He denies Rui a a reward instead throwing Retsu under the bus as is tradition.[break]
- Doesn't put on his earpiece, too paranoid for that ish[break]
- Checks the outside discreetly and recognizes Jaida and Ghoul (mostly Jaida)[break]
- Offers to extract Retsu through the roof and leave Rui behind as a distraction.[break]

✵

[newclass=".rain"] width: 450px; padding: 30px; background:url("http://backgroundcheckall.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/tumblr-background-theme-5.jpg"); background-size:auto; border: solid 1px #050505; [/newclass][newclass=".rain .main"] background:#141414; border: solid 1px #050505;[/newclass][newclass=".rain .main img"] width: 400px; height: 200px; padding: 10px;margin:10px;[/newclass][newclass=".rain .title"] padding: 0px 15px 10px; border-bottom: solid 5px #9ccbff;font-size: 13px; font-family:'playfair display'; color: #eee;text-align: center;text-transform: lowercase; letter-spacing: 1px; [/newclass][newclass=".rain .text"] background: #111; padding: 35px;font-size: 12px; font-family:'playfair display'; color: #eee;text-align: justify; [/newclass][newclass=".rain .text b"] font-size: 14px; color:#9ccbff;[/newclass][newclass=".rain .text i"] color:#9ccbff;[/newclass][newclass=".rain .extras"] padding: 20px; border-top: solid 5px #9ccbff;font-style: italic;font-size: 11px; font-family:'playfair display'; color: #eee;text-align: center;text-transform: lowercase; letter-spacing: 1px;[/newclass]

[Ghouligan]

No one thrives under pressure.

Some people crumble more quickly than others. To see success, you rely on tried and true methods — only through experience could you arm yourself against walking disasters. Ghouligan could see Gadget falter. She wore her heart on her sleeve and was pushed over the edge by the cops’ entry. They kicked the door down as they moved in. Gadget fell victim to the idea that because one could act, that they should act. It was rooted in the same burning passion that compelled her to challenge a dragon the first time they met.

“We’ll table that idea,” Ghouligan said. “The building is surrounded and there are explosives. They’ll be looking for a way out. And if they can’t find an escape route, then they’ll make one.”

Ghouligan was willing to die for what he believed in, but he wasn’t suicidal. Whether it was an oversight on Gadget’s part or she had a death wish, she still managed to propose a solid idea. But it was a matter of when to pull the trigger.

“A few of my cases have made it to the precinct. I have a reputation.” He may not have been famous, but if even one officer knew of him, then he’d be putting Gadget at risk, too. “In three minutes, you’ll give me an opening, ‘Pro hero.’ But I need you to understand one thing.”

Ghouligan ripped his eyes away from the scene and turned to Gadget, making sure she was looking at him, too.

“Do not compromise your position and put yourself at risk. Even if you think I’ll die,” Ghouligan said. “Because I won’t.”

It was an empty promise, but whatever kept her alive.

---

Tl;dr uh let’s wait the 3 minutes to see what happens before u serve as a distraction cos im lowkey famous babe hehe

---

Jaida Connor | Bakiri Retsu | Rui Matsui
Shō Matsui | facade

[facade]

---

| Loki | @enki.admin
Location: why do you care? | Current Status: responding to valkyrie. reward for further backup.
Now Playing: Shady Cicada - System Failure

---

Covering intel and recon like this was Aiden's absolute comfort zone, even if he somehow always ended up with the most chaotic group of maniacs possible. Such was the way with villains, right? Either way, he responded to Retsu's request quickly. "Looks like they're pincering from the front and back, least people covering side escapes through alleys or up above. Still no flying pigs, but that super is talking a big game. Sounds like his Quirk can make forcefields or something to contain explosions. I'd suggest close combat." He opened up his ENKI comms so that now all the goons waiting in the wings could hear him. Then, he addressed Rui. "Y'know what? Sure, Capricorn. I'm feelin' generous. ¥10000 per cop, ¥1000000 if you can take down the cape before the rest show up in about 2 minutes. You guys all hear that?" About as soon as facade had finished speaking, 20 or so street-level villains and thugs came out of the woodwork for a frontal assault against the police out front. About 5 skipped the queue and attacked from the building's rear, both groups trapping the police between 2 waves of resistance. "Course, you gotta live if you wanna get paid."

Loki then took a few moments to observe the carnage, listening to the others (or at least the ones that spoke over comms). "That oughta keep 'em busy for a bit. More enroute. Your exit route should be clear of direct threats, but note the guys at the front do have eyes on the roof, so keep your heads down." He had to focus on keeping his retail-grade drone from getting shot down by stray (or targeted fire), and so sent it down the street a little to clear the fight's airspace. What he wasn't expecting to see was the two vigis crouched around a corner, making their own observations. Aiden figured they'd be sharp enough to pick out his drone in a few moments regardless of where he positioned it, so he kept it overhead with both a view of the roof and of the vigilante duo. "Heads up, two more potential hostiles in the area. One of 'em looks like Ghouligan, so be careful. No clue who the other girl is, but if those two are working together then I'd watch yourselves around both. Demon mask and bubblegum hair."

tl;dr
- Tells Retsu they're coming mostly from the front, some from the back.
- "¥10000 per cop, ¥1000000 if you can take down the cape before the rest show up."
- Goon squad rolls up, frontal assault but still outnumbered for now. Keep heads down on roof.
- Sends drone a little bit down the street, sees Gadget & Ghoul chilling.
- Warns group about Gadget & Ghoul, doesn't think that they're just chilling.
Bakiri Retsu Rui Matsui Shō Matsui Ghouligan Jaida Connor

[Jaida Connor]

template by Punki of Pixel Perfect

sling shot

"..but Ghouls..." Furrowing her brows ever so slightly, she couldn't fight that slight pout invading her features as she looked towards the batshit bananas crap going on. The longer they waited, the longer those folks were at even more risk...right?

....so what if the sizzling bacon strips didn't do much for her?

They were still usually folks who put themselves on the line to protect those who were too scared to stand up, right? Not all of them were fantastic, but no cluster of people are perfect...but--she lightly reached across her waist to rub her arm lightly. Ghouls wouldn't just...make a bad suggestion. It was thought out, there was a sense of logic to it...a brand of logic she didn't quite grasp. His actions lined up with his words back then, he wasn't the sort to simply treat lives as disposable...

If he wasn't there, no doubt she'd probably start feeling too stir crazy to keep her butt parked here for long...or something.

One of her big concerns is if three minutes would be too late...

Taking in a deep breath, she steeled herself...assuring herself that his intentions were good, he wanted the best outcome as much as she did. For all the folks putting themselves at risk right now while they came up with a strategy, albeit a little half-baked...but at least they were aiming to have as good of a foot forward as they could. Even though her idea wasn't completely shot down, she'd have to hope that all her training to become a Pro-Hero was gonna come in handy enough to run this solo...er...solo-ish...again. A reject thanks to sabotage, but she carried her knowledge with her...enough to paint a decent decoy edition Pro-Hero.

Wait, what...?

There was something she had to understand?

But...the plan was straight forward, wasn't it?

Turning her focus with an air of curious confusion washing over her features, she couldn't fight the frown that crossed her lips...a knee jerk reaction of whispering softly, "Ghouls, ya gotta be kidding...please, I..c--" Biting her lip, stopping herself from saying the rest of her sentence, she had to invest every shred of trust in the fact he would keep his word.

They...still didn't have the chance to hang out, the opportunity to make an ally into a friend.

"...I can do that. Just..." Bringing him into a tight hug for merely a moment, "...keep your word, don't die." Letting go, she held up her hand and lightly booped his mask with the tip of her finger where his nose should be, a playfully stern air about her, "Not allowed, you're banned from death, Ghouls." With a playful lil blep as she got her shit together, bracing herself to be ready the moment Ghouligan gave her the signal to go forth and play Pro-Hero. A persona that would match this get up in a pinch was ready to rock n' roll...hopefully it would be enough when the time was right...

TLDR? In my kitchen? During this time of year?

Guys, listen, Jaida is just a goofy lil ball of sentimental beans.

Back to your regularly scheduled TLDR!

Agrees to be a solo Pro-Hero act, Ghouligan gets a free hug and boop on the mask.

P.S: Yes, yes she really just told Ghouligan he's banned from dying. Bless this friggin' goofus omfg.

[Bakiri Retsu]

Nodding along with Rui's rambling, Retsu pretended to pay utmost attention to her words whenever the horned menace happened to look her way, catching snippets of what she was saying in-between listening to the intel blaring out of the speakers on her phone courtesy of Loki. Her eye twitched. It was a challenge, that was for sure. Especially with Sho's barrage of questions arriving at the same time.

“Well, ta the first three questions the answer's ‘Just me.’ and fook if ah know about the last one.” She answered the man while pulling the assault rifle off her back and checking that it wouldn't jam on the first shot. ‘The obvious’ differed quite a lot from person to person after all. Retsu had no clue what her second in command meant when he told their subordinates to ‘stop standing in the fire’ whenever he finished bailing them out of jail but given how chided they tended to look afterwards clearly Hans's words made perfect sense to them. "Check f'r yerself if y’r so fookin’ curious!”

The words were barely out of her mouth when her front door was kicked in and she sent out a hail of gunfire, downing the first to enter and clipping the hero behind him in the shoulder while everyone else scrambled to drink cover. Switching out he magazine she shouted into her phone the moment it connected.

“Time ta pay up, Shrimpface! Do or die, y’r kids go boom if ah go out!”

The group of ‘willing’ ‘employees’ she'd acquired when she took out a rivaling crime family were all located rather close to her own HQ. Keep your friends close and your enemies closer after all. Of course she didn't actually have bombs inside of their new head honcho’s house that'd go off if her heart stopped. There was no way in hell she'd subject herself to the intrusive surgery of getting a sensor implanted to make that happen after all. If she went down though she obviously wouldn't be able to put in the code required to reset the 24 hours before they detonated nor stop the bounties on any survivors from being sent out, so even if she was just bluffing the results would be the same. But she digressed. Her anger was reaching its boiling point and she had more productive things to focus it on than the fates of people she didn't give a rat's ass about.

Opening her mouth to reply to Rui when the rest of Facade's sentence cut her off and answered the question. That... was a surprisingly generous amount. Her eye narrowed. What the hells was he trying to pull? She could understand being interested in keeping the healer on ones own side but even so Retsu couldn't help but wonder whether there was more to it and more importantly, whether not paying attention to it would come back to bite her. She let out a strained breath that was almost a hiss while her hand squeezed the handle of her rifle so hard her knuckles turned white. She didn't have the time to think about potential opportunism, if she didn't come up with a proper plan soon-

That train of thought too was cut off as Sho returned and started telling her what to do. Her face went blank at his words. For a brief moment she froze in place, one eye looking at his hand with an emotion she couldn't quite parse. Then, as she raised her gaze to look him in the eye, the emotion solidified and she discovered what it was.

'Ah, it's hatred.'

She was no stranger to anger but hate? Hate was rare for her. She despised a great many things, yes, but the times where she cared enough for something to morph into hate were few and far in-between. When she answered him it was tonelessly. Not through gritted teeth as before, merely distant and surprisingly even.

"Out of here?" She repeated after him. "Just like that? Nah. Nah, ah don't think so. Those fookers came here, into my house, expecting me to give ground just like that? They're going to pay. Ah ain't going just running from mah home. Not..." Not again. "...until ah've made them pay. What kinda coward would run from their own home without a fight? When ah leave, it'll be on my terms."

The straw had hit the camel's back, breaking something that could no longer be fixed. With an almost robotic motion Retsu set the switch on her gun to three round bursts. When the pigs out front finally regained their wits and launched their next attempt at an assault they burst in through the open door with far more caution, the first of the trio to enter holding his riot shield firmly in front of him and the second firing a stun round into Mummy in an attempt to get her off him while the final member of their team checked the other corner. Retsu didn't give a damn about their professionalism nor about the other two agents breaking the windows and sticking the barrels of their rifle through to aim at her and Gyrfalcon. She cared even less about the remaining ones dragging the downed chief and injured Pro away.

Turning sideways to reduce her profile she held her rifle with one hand and fired a burst at the first officer's head, the bullets going through his shield and impacting his helmet with a frightening level of accuracy while she stepped back through the door behind the counter and into her private workshop.

---

"Squad leader Muramoto and Deadlock are down, over!" Officer Haruka shouted into her radio while laying the latter down behind their squad car. Casting a look over the hood she caught the sound of another burst of gunfire and nearly rushed straight back into the fray. Her hands clenched and unclenched as she considered what to do, duty warring with care for her comrades. She couldn't leave the injured Pro by himself yet one more pair of hands might make the difference between life and death for her team. A cough caught her attention as Deadlock gave her a strained smile, his face pale and one eye shut while he kept pressure on his wound.

"Hey. It's just a flesh wound that I've got. I'll be right as rain in a moment, just need to sit tight until the arrival of-"

"Over there, get the fucker!"

The pair looked up at the sound spotting the veritable deluge of villains spilling out through what seemed to be every avenue of approach. Haruka swore while she began to drag Deadlock away with one hand holding his collar, the other threateningly pointing her gun at the approaching goons. Frantically the officer looked around to find any place where they wouldn't immediately be surrounded. There! An alley from which no goon had arrived yet. Unfortunately she didn't think they'd be able to make it there before the first villain reached them. She'd try anyway, what other choice did she have? Opening fire with her rifle she let loose with her stun rounds, desperately praying the alley would be clear.

---

Around the corner of the alley where a certain pair sat things were not remaining peaceful either. From the other end four more villains rushed in, their pace slowing but not stopping when they spotted Ghouligan and Gadget.

"Which side are y'all on?" A lizard-headed villain in biker's gear asked while pointing his sword at the two, ready to attack at a moment's notice should they give away that they weren't part of the reinforcements.

---

With near robotic moments Retsu grabbed a flash bang and tossed it through a side door in her workshop before closing the door once more. She could hear the group of cops on the other side scramble for cover, probably behind her couch or maybe they'd even overturn her table to hunker behind, the thought of either filling her with another gush of loathing. They were in her house. The place she lived, the place she unwinded, the one that was just hers. She was gonna kill all of them no matter what it took. Listening to Loki's words through the phone she almost scoffed.

Ghouligan.

She'd heard the name. Far more than she'd have liked recently, if she was to be honest. Several of her associates' families received some hefty life insurance payouts due to him. Retsu supposed she shouldn't be surprised he was coming for her next. 

...would she share their fate?

The question didn't last for even a second before she came to a conclusion. If they came to blows, would she lose? After all the shit she's dealt with recently? An entire crime family, a string of heists and robberies throughout the city, enemy after enemy and scheme after scheme coming after her and being left dead in her wake. After all of this, would she still lose to some jumped up do-gooder?

'Nah, I'd win.'

------

Tags: Rui Matsui Shō Matsui Jaida Connor Ghouligan facade

---

TL;DR:

-Retsu replies to Sho before opening fire on the cops
-Calls up an old 'friend' to send in a second waves of goons soon-ish
-Paranoia sets in and combined with the overwhelming amount of things going on tips her over the edge
-Cold anger sets in, declines Sho's offer and heads deeper into the building while firing some parting rounds at the next group of cops to enter
-Police get hit by the ambush, one officer tries to drag the Pro Hero towards the alley Antoine and Jaida are in
-Several of the villains Aiden called in arrive through the alley the vigilantes are in and confront them
-Retsu tosses a flash bang at the cops invading her house from the other side. Proceeds to not at all overestimate herself (/s) when it comes to her chances of taking on Ghouligan.

[Ghouligan]

Gadget seemed the emotional sort. If this were the comfort she needed to stay composed throughout the firefight, then Antoine would comply. It was easy to hide his discomfort. Behind his mask was only an imprint of a face. There were no eyes to betray him as his mind briefly wandered to the last time he let himself get close to someone.

It’s nightfall. There’s a campfire on the beach. Antoine can feel his smile as he glances at her silhouette, laughing at how burnt her marshmallows were. That’s so not edible.

A hug and a boop later, the pair were interrupted. Reinforcements arrived. They sprawled from every nook and cranny like the roaches they were. And Antoine remembers who he is; he remembers where he is.

It’s Japan. The sound of gunfire rings like church bells. The battle escalates. And whatever plans they had before were tossed to the wayside — heroism or not, these four needed to be dealt with. The chaos was an opening in itself, but there was still value in gathering intel from the heroes and the police. Gadget needed to press forward, even if it was the more dangerous path.

“It’s time,” Antoine said. He pulled out three pool balls. The cue ball, the seven, and the four. He glances toward the drone before looking back at the reptile. “I’ll take care of them.”

As the three spheres floated in the air, coated in the same black whisps comprising Ghouligan’s body, he’d give them the chance they deserved. With his cue stick readied it’d only take a moment to slam these into their ill-formed skulls.

“If you want to live, then you’ll tell me everything you know,” Antoine said. “Then walk away.”

---

- hugs and nostalgia
- notices drone and sends gadget ahead to their death
- threatens lizard&co, gives second chance to spill their intel and dip before they die.
- pool balls and cue stick ready to go baybeee

---

Jaida Connor | Bakiri Retsu | Rui Matsui
Shō Matsui | facade