well for all the fighting this chapter gave me here it is. going to focus on a new story for a bit while this one percolates some more after this. I don't know when i'm going to get back to it other than later this year.
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Interlude: Tokyo
Mayumi sighed and leaned against the door to their apartment, closing it behind her as she changed her street shoes for her house slippers. "I'm home," she called out hearing her mother doing something in the kitchen.
Probably fixing her lunch, she thought before shoving herself off the door to walk further into her home.
"Welcome home dear," her mother called out. "You're home early, I thought you were going to go out with Eri, Kyoko, and Kaname after school?" Mayumi followed her mother's voice to the kitchen where the woman was sitting. "What happened to your clothes?" her mother asked in shock at seeing Mayumi in her gym clothes.
"Stupidity happened," Mayumi answered before sitting down with a sigh of dejection. "One of the other people in my year received a package from one of his usual suppliers, but it wasn't what he had ordered. So to ensure that it didn't disappear from his apartment, he brought it to school with him until he could call the shipper during lunch break."
"Alright," Ran said giving Mayumi a questioning look. "How does that explain you being in your gym clothes?"
"The object that he received appeared to be a thermos," Mayumi continued. "And to get better phone reception he stepped out into the hallway while he made the call. Realistically there was no reason for him to expect anyone in the classroom to disturb the thermos. I was in there with Eri, Kyoko and Kaname having lunch and finalizing some plans on where we were going when one of the other students decided to do something stupid. They bit into the super-hot curry bread that the school store sells and it was too much for them, but they didn't have anything to drink. So they opened the thermos and tried to drink the contents."
Ran Saotome was not a stupid woman, she knew that dangerous things could come in innocuous packages, and as those words left her daughter's mouth, her face fell as her heart constricted in horror. "How many were hurt," she asked, "and how many died?"
"The boy who brought it was trampled when everyone freaked out and fled the classroom," Mayumi answered. "And another had to be tasered to keep him from starting a fight in the middle of the situation, but no one died, even though the entire classroom thought they were going to."
"What was in the thermos?" Ran asked, her body relaxing from the tenseness that it had taken on as Mayumi had told her story.
"A biological agent to break up long chain hydrocarbons," she answered. "Those uniforms we wear have so much polyester in them they practically disintegrated, leaving probably half the floor's occupants in nothing but their underwear. The problem was that we thought we were going to die."
"And what is the fallout on that going to be?" Ran asked.
"Four confessions of true love," Mayumi answered, "with varying degrees of success, three breakups, two less virgins and one very bruised military otaku that has stated that he and his supplier are going to have a long painful conversation about ensuring they ship the right product to the right people."
"If you know," Ran asked now suppressing a grin. "What was he supposed to be receiving?"
"A bunch of different small things apparently, but among them was supposed to be a new pair of flash-bang earrings for Kaname."
Ran's eyebrows rose at that, "Flash Bang Earrings?" she asked, and Mayumi nodded.
"The hook in the ear is the pin," the teen answered. "They seem to be really effective as Kaname demonstrated one a few weeks ago. I'm going to go see what Akane is up to, and if I have any new messages."
Ran nodded and the teen left for her room where she booted up her laptop and accessed her PHO account.
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♦ Topic: There was a kaboom,
In: Boards ► North America ► United States ► Northeast region ► Brockton Bay
XxVoid_CowboyxX (Original Poster)
Posted On Jan 18th 2011:
There was what felt like, an earth shattering kaboom while I was heading to the gym for my daily workout just now, and there is a pillar of flame in the distance. Is there some kind of cape fight going on? I'm not going toward it but knowing would be nice.
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►Brocktonite03 (Veteran Member)
Replied On Jan 18th 2011:
Can verify, felt that in my office at the northern edge of downtown. Does anyone have any official word on the cause?
►Char
Replied On Jan 18th 2011:
Great, all the heroes in the region are dealing with the explosion in Ithaca, and someone decides to blow something up in town. Question, has anyone seen Lung rampaging again. Maybe he hit another Meth Lab.
►Only Oni (Verified Cape)
Replied On Jan 18th 2011:
Was not Lung. Was not I either.
►From_The_Core (Verified Noriko Takaya Fan)
Replied On Jan 18th 2011:
Perhaps we have a newbie flexing hir powers on a Merchant's lab?
Or on Uber&L33t, if the duo is doing one of their game-based heists.
►Leet (Verified Cape) (Verified Rogue)
Replied On Jan 18th 2011:
Wasn't us either, though i find it a little scary that Oni Lee is posting on the board.
►Only Oni (Verified Cape)
Replied On Jan 18th 2011:
And why should my posting here cause any concern.
►Leet (Verified Cape) (Verified Rogue)
Replied On Jan 18th 2011:
uh maybe because you are talking more here than in person
►Only Oni (Verified Cape)
Replied On Jan 18th 2011:
If i am seeing you over business there is no reason for me to talk, you should know why i am there
►Leet (Verified Cape) (Verified Rogue)
Replied On Jan 18th 2011:
Fair point.
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►Rune (Verified Cape) (Wards ENE)
Replied On Jan 19th 2011:
Alright, so I've been given permission to answer this thread. The answer is that there was an operation yesterday that had not been planned that caused the destruction of a villain's underground base. There were no survivors as the explosion's pressure wave blasted the flames out the main vent causing the visible flame pillar. It also caused the parking garage at the corner of Mercator and 12th to collapse. Thankfully there were no friendly forces trapped within the base when it exploded.
►From_The_Core (Verified Noriko Takaya Fan)
Replied On Jan 19th 2011:
'Base'? How big was the hideout, just to ask?
Some... let's call them Friends... I know, say that the only thing that would qualify as a hidden base is 'a Wannabe Snake Man-Cave Of Pettiness', but it should not be that big, right? RIGHT!?!
►Skitter (Verified Cape) (Wards ENE)
Replied On Jan 19th 2011:
From what I mapped out with my insects, it was an abandoned Endbringer Shelter. We've all been in those for Drills. Part of the reason it exploded was that I tripped the fail safes for the generator's fuel supply, almost a thousand pounds of propane fuel that for some reason vented not into the sewer system like it was supposed to, but through the ventilation system. The entire base went up like a Michael Bay special effects budget, and it wasn't accidental, there were apparently charges in the base and the parking garage that took out the supports and brought the whole thing down.
In short, the snake involved wanted to be able to blow that place up on command, that we did it was a complete accident.
►From_The_Core (Verified Noriko Takaya Fan)
Replied On Jan 19th 2011:
...
Ok, time to get royally drunk!
►Echiko ((Verified Weeb)) ((Mobuseka Overdrive))
Replied On Jan 19th 2011:
Yeep. And I actually looked at an apartment only a block away from there. Good thing I went elsewhere.
*shudder*
*twitch*
Beer. Need more beer.
►From_The_Core (Verified Noriko Takaya Fan)
Replied On Jan 20th 2011:
My Bro is drunk and I'm using his account to stop those samba-loving Friends of his from posting shitty memes. Does anyone know how I can introduce a cast iron frying pan to Coil's kneecaps, I want to remove his kneecaps privileges from the chaos the consequences of his action caused in my house?
►Viewpoint (Verified Cape) (Wards ENE)
Replied On Jan 20th 2011:
Coil is now behind bars under master/stranger protocols and has about a ,0001% chance of escaping his confinement,
Vista and my kidnapping wasn't exactly his fault, this time, but because the mercs worked for him, he gets to take the blame. The explosion is completely his fault.
►RGB_Katana ( (Verified Internet Connoisseur)) ((Verified Human))
Replied On Jan 20th 2011:
Anyone knows why I saw from my window the teen villain Tattletale dancing the Macarena on the street below my house?
►AllSeeingEye (Verified Cape)
Replied On Jan 20th 2011:
YOU SAW NOTHING
Edit:
Video or it didn't happen
►Regent (Verified Cape)
Replied On Jan 20th 2011:
I have $100 dollars if you have actual footage of that
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►AllSeeingEye (Verified Cape)
Replied On Jan 20th 2011:
Regent you 4$$
Ahem...
What you may or may not know is that I was recruited by Coil to work for him at gunpoint, if you did see what you claim. then it would have been because of the removal of ALL HIS MONEY while handing all his information over to the PRT, just as he went on the run.
See footage here of Ninjas and Vista chasing him down as he ran from the PRT HQ
►RGB_Katana ( (Verified Internet Connoisseur)) ((Verified Human))
Replied On Jan 20th 2011:
@ AllSeeingEye @ Regent: Here is the proof [Link], miracles of modern technology for the win!
►From_The_Core (Verified Noriko Takaya Fan)
Replied On Jan 21st 2011:
Head hurts, feel pain even while typing, have to slow down and use one finger per letter, but good to learn that at least someone else is enjoying Coil's suffering.
►Skitter (Verified Cape) (Wards ENE)
Replied On Jan 21st 2011:
take two aspirin and drink a gatorade, the reason you have a headache is because of dehydration, especially of electrolytes.
►From_The_Core (Verified Noriko Takaya Fan)
Replied On Jan 21st 2011:
But I'm not a combat cyborg like some of RGB_Katana's former coworkers, I do not need to refill a 'fuel tank' located in my spine with Gatorade to function!
►Tin_Mother (Moderator)
Replied On Jan 21st 2011:
And I think we've derailed far enough that I can lock the thread now, thank you all for your participation.
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Mayumi shook her head with a light chuckle. Akane had given her the entire rundown on what had happened the next weekend as well as a link to where they had televised the fashion show. As unsubtle as the callout was, Akane had been right, this Taylor had rocked the runway and she had asked Aunt Hikari to send her any pictures of the girl that she could coerce out of the photographers. Alas there were no new messages from Akane, so she pulled out her phone and started texting with the other girls.
Child of Nerima
Did everyone get home ok?
Battle Fan Beater
Yeah, Sousuke was kind enough to get me to the nurse's station before everything went poof. The rest of you?
Twin Tails
Fine here, though I caught word that there is some kind of Masher in the local park. Sounds kind of weird though.
Boy Crazy Man Fan
A Masher, do you know if he's cute?
Battle Fan Beater
Eri, this is one of those things that you don't ask if the person is cute, or handsome, or anything like that, you stay out of that park after dark and wait for the police to catch them.
Twin Tails
Besides, from what I was hearing he wears a horse head mask. Don't know why he would chase women down and force their hair into ponytails though.
Mayumi sighed and hung her head. "My friends are weird
Sgt Stupid
I will investigate and see what the issue is.
Battle Fan Beater
Sousuke, you will not do that, you will leave it to the police.
Sgt Stupid
But he could be a viable threat to your safety.
And with that the conversation between Kaname and Sousuke devolved into an argument of why he should and shouldn't investigate and if the Masher was deemed a threat, to remove him. Mayumi shook her head and turned her attention back to PHO and the thread that had just updated while she was distracted.
♦ Topic: The Cornell Incident
In: Boards ► North Americal ► United States ► New York
AverageAlexandros (Original Poster) (Cape Husband)
Posted On Jan 20th 2011:
So yesterday there was a very BAD explosion when the fusion engine/power generator at the particle physics lab at Cornell exploded. My husband informs me that this is not the normal thing that happens when a fusion reactor fails. (Contrary to popular sci-fi.) He also informed me that it had to be forced to happen, intentionally, and that we are looking for a blonde female approximately 20-23 years old that as of that point in time was driving a cherry red 1965 Chevy Bel Air that she stole from the professor that she mastered into blowing up the lab.
no other information is currently known about the subject, so please do not approach her and report her to your local police or PRT offices.
Edit: Image of suspect HERE and HERE
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►Brocktonite03 (Veteran Member)
Replied On Jan 24th 2011:
and of course everyone had to respond leaving us with the situation that was two Wards kidnapped.
►GstringGirl
Replied On Jan 24th 2011:
why would anyone do something like this
►Regent (Verified Cape)
Replied On Jan 24th 2011:
because my older sister is a genuine sociopath, the next question for me is, is she running from dear old dad, or working for him
►RGB_Katana ( (Verified Internet Connoisseur)) ((Verified Human))
Replied On Jan 24th 2011:
@ Regent Wait a moment, I think I have some surviving contacts to ask to. I will send you a PM to not scare anyone.
There is some talks among my housemates to get the hell out of BB.
I reiterated to them that none of us has the money to afford it, otherwise we would not be in five in a single apartment so to divide among us the rent.
►Miss Mercury (Protectorate Employee)
Replied On Jan 24th 2011:
@Regent
You said your sister, who's child are you? I'm assuming you are both 2nd gen triggers, and have you told your local PRT/Protectorate about who your sister and you are, who "Dear Old Dad" is?
►Regent (Verified Cape)
Replied On Jan 25th 2011:
@RGB_Katana
Thanks for the intel, my new boss will appreciate that, though knowing my luck your sources are the same as hers.
@Miss Mercury
Considering that when my previous boss was arrested
@All seeing eye convinced us to turn ourselves in to the PRT, yes they know who my father is, and what he's capable of. As for my sister i have given them everything I know.
►Cherish (Unverified Cape)
Replied On Jan 25th 2011:
Thanks a lot you little shite, i get clear of the old fart and can't even get any support from my little bro.
►Regent (Verified Cape)
Replied On Jan 26th 2011:
Cherish, you blew up a college, that was bad enough. The fact that you blew up a college that Lung's Daughter went to and in doing so killed her GF causing her to trigger, you have bigger problems than a bounty on your head and Pops on your tail. You might want to turn yourself in.
►Cherish (Unverified Cape)
Replied On Jan 25th 2011:
Well F*SK me running