peterverse | endbringer, meet gun

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...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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From:

mxglam

Glam follows.

"Where'd he go?"

From:

thinkering

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

From:

mxglam

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

From:

thinkering

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

From:

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.

From:

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!"

From:

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.

From:

thinkering

Lorica pauses, then she makes an exasperated noise and gets on the comm. "All capes be ready for another one of those lasers coming from west-northwest of bay, mark two upgrade, might boil the rain, might cause bits of Leviathan to enter orbit, twenty bucks says it gets rid of him no bet if it hits simultaneously with something -" That's as far as she gets before somebody kicks her off.

Edited Date: 2016-01-31 11:04 pm (UTC)

From:

mxglam

Yes! Awesome! Okay maybe it won't work completely but they'll hit again and it'll hurt the Leviathan more!

Building proceeds at an accelerated pace.

From:

peterxy

Leviathan is suspiciously silent and nondestructive.

...that is, with the exception of the hydrokinesis and torrential rain and non-tidal-waves.

From:

thinkering

"I'm getting chewed out for that, make it fucking good," Lorica mutters.

From:

mxglam

"I will," they promise.

Build build build!

From:

peterxy

Leviathan:

appears.

And his nature is being pretty fucking fast and vicious, if they're favoring one leg it's not immediately obvious. Someone hits him with a laser - that was probably Legend - and he's pushed back, but he dodges from the laser and throws his afterimage at the hero, who has to quickly dodge.

Shoreline recedes-

From:

thinkering

"This would be a good time."

From:

mxglam

"Fuckin' A!"

From:

peterxy

The FWOOM noise is noticeably louder and the laser noticeably brighter than before. Leviathan is hit on the upper-right part of his chest, and suffers significantly more damage than before, being thrown back a-ways. The shoreline stops receding and slowly returns to its normal (for the fight) position, no tidal wave.

From:

thinkering

"Gun's warmed up now," Lorica says, "so it should be able to do that again right away, shouldn't it, Glam."

From:

mxglam

Roll with it, roll with it, "Yes!"

From:

peterxy

Leviathan's not having any of it, and disappears amidst the buildings again.

Edited Date: 2016-01-31 11:22 pm (UTC)

From:

thinkering

"There goes twenty bucks," mutters Lorica. "Robots say he's that way." She snaps her fingers and the nearest robot hovers in Leviathan's direction, hovering to match as he moves.

From:

mxglam

Almost as if he noticed Lorica was tracking him, he starts speeding again, visibly using his afterimage on things.

"I can't hit him like this!"

Eidolon, however, seems to have gotten his hands on a laser power similar to Legend's, and both of them shoot around the wounds created by Glam's gun.

From:

thinkering

Lorica mutters into her helmet. The tracking robot lands on the nose of the gun. "Let it turn the turret! Grease it or something if it can't follow that quick!"

From:

mxglam

"I can make it turn that quick!"

They make a thing - it's not particularly clear what it is, but it has a pointy end - appear in their right hand and duck under the turret to do- something. It does become significantly easier to turn, though.

From:

peterxy

This will, apparently, not be too necessary. Leviathan disengages from the two heroes and starts making his way towards the bay again - not in their building's direction.