endbringer, meet gun

[peterxy]

...Very unseasonable rains can be seen in the distance from the shores of Acapulco.

The Brockton Bay Protectorate starts organizing volunteers to be transported or teletransported in batches to it. Heroes, rogues, villains, anyone's assistance is appreciated. A rendez-vous point is set for non-Protectorate capes wishing to volunteer, and Protectorate capes are informed of the situation via communication devices.

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[thinkering]

"Soon would be good!" Lorica's voice says from her robot.

[mxglam]

"On it!"

The gun gets louder and brighter, its sound increasingly higher pitched, and Glam does their best to aim at Leviathan. He's not moving the second the gun finishes charging so Glam-

-shoots-

[peterxy]

A large laser beam appears, making a noise like a siren distorted to be much lower and louder than sirens ought to be as it travels the air. Its light visible even through the rain - Glam should really have thought of the rain problem, this was not well-planned at all - it hits Leviathan's left leg, causing him to lose balance and topple. The laser does some more damage to the Endbringer's hip and tail as he falls, but eventually runs out of juice.

Damage to the leg is... quite extensive, if nowhere near as extensive as Glam'd hoped. Still, several layers have been stripped off his leg and a deep gash is visible where the laser hit him while he was falling.

[thinkering]

"That was really good! Can you do it twice?"

[mxglam]

"Yeah! Charging!" They flick the switch again.

Okay, now people expected the mysterious laser to cause as much damage as it did, so it'd probably stabilize there...

[peterxy]

Leviathan is having none of it. He takes a few seconds to learn his new balance but then starts making what is apparently a beeline toward their building.

[alicornucopia]

Sanctuary hugs his basketball and starts praying loudly in Spanish.

[mxglam]

"Shit shit shit shit..."

[peterxy]

Leviathan is underwater, crossing the bay invisibly and-

very quickly. He's out of the water after one second, and has crossed the distance toward their building in less time than that.

[alicornucopia]

"Madre de Dios FIRE THE FUCKING GUN -"

[mxglam]

They do. It hasn't had time to fully charge - not even a half-charge - and Glam curses their power as they press the buttons to fire, spin around and grab Sanctuary to fly away from the Endbringer.

[peterxy]

Leviathan is hit in the face with the undercharged laser, and it burns some, but not enough for his plans of hitting the building with his afterimage to be significantly hindered.

[alicornucopia]

Sanctuary clutches the basketball. It shelters them from the worst of the wall of water.

[mxglam]

Glam for their part is hugging Sanctuary and flying away from the Endbringer as fast as they can. They don't even question if their suit's supposed antigrav would realistically carry them both, they just fly.

[thinkering]

"Can you put it together again somewhere? Now that you've done it once?" demands Lorica's robot, chasing after them.

[mxglam]

"If we can get lizard butt to not attack us as soon as we land somewhere, yeah!"

[peterxy]

Lizard butt seems to have lost interest in the two and has disappeared amidst the buildings.

[thinkering]

"Follow the bot!"

The robot leads them to a second-choice site across the bay.

[mxglam]

Glam follows.

"Where'd he go?"

[thinkering]

"Fucked if I know but I have a roof for you!"

[mxglam]

They land on the roof. "Tell as many people as you can that I'm building this here!"

[thinkering]

"What? Why? Do I need to evac the block?"

[mxglam]

"No, just do it! I'll explain later!" They might regret promising this, but to hell with it, they already made too many mistakes with this plan and it's an Endbringer.

They start making pieces appear again, much faster than before, some of them even already attached to other parts they had to attach manually the first time around.

[thinkering]

"I cannot waste people's time on keeping them apprised if they don't need to take cover, everyone has their own shit going on!"

[mxglam]

They groan but continue building, thinking fast and trying to decide. "Look, it's related to my power, I can't tell you right now but I swear it's important that as many people as possible know about this gun and what it's supposed to do!" Their eyes flicker to the tinker (the mask's drawing does not reflect this) when they say they can't tell Lorica at the moment.