nextgen_misc (nextgen_misc) wrote in marvel_nextgen,
@ 2013-04-20 21:14:00

Entry tags:

ben parker, daniel grimm, dante coleridge, elaine wingfoot, ellie rasputin, plot - "open mic night", rufus drake

Open Mic Night at the Screaming Banshee
It was Open Mic Night at the Screaming Banshee, a nightclub in new York, and open to all ages. Bands, singers and poets from all over the city were in attendance. The place was crowded, loud and the people were having fun.

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	rocky_2 2013-05-06 04:54 pm UTC (link)
	Daniel was really not into their music. They weren't bad, but they weren't good either. Then he starts feeling... tired, maybe? He's not sure what it is - other than being really bored with terrible bands. Whatever it is, he's finding he's really struggling with paying attention or wanting to do anything just at the moment. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	mad_skills 2013-05-07 12:37 pm UTC (link)
	Dante had gone still and quiet as he listened to the music. His eyes were starting to glaze over just like the rest of audience. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	ablaze 2013-05-07 09:50 pm UTC (link)
	Rufus hadn't really been paying attention to the music but had seemed to have lost focus on everything now. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	gammagamer 2013-05-08 12:39 am UTC (link)
	And the constantly winding trails of Elaine's brain thread through the patterns of what she would generally consider adequate, but uninteresting, music, focusing on it completely, tuning out anything but her analysis, sitting there blankly. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	trojan_rabbit 2013-05-09 10:02 pm UTC (link)
	Trojan Rabbit continued the song. The beat picked up and the lead singer went out into the crowd. He started picking pockets. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

onthewall
2013-05-12 02:24 am UTC (link)

Music can only block out so much, because even the hypnotized Ben can't ignore that annoying ringing for long. Soon enough he's focusing on it, and it seems louder and louder to him, until he's so focused on it that it manages to block everything else out, even the song. Ben's hands go to his ears to try and block it out, trying to fend off what could be a terrible headache, until a part of his brain reminds him why exactly his spidey sense would be going off. Danger.

All of a sudden his head jerks up and he looks to the others and around to see what the danger could be. Only to see them all sitting there blankly while some guy went and picked pockets. Shoot. Well...had to wake them up so they could save the day right?

Another quick look around, then Ben slides under the table, kicking off his shoes and street clothes once he's there. Luckily he'd been web slinging earlier today and had the uniform on underneath. He stuffs his street clothes into Elaine's guitar case and nudges her foot, figuring she might be the easiest to get out of this if she hadn't already done so on her own.

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	gammagamer 2013-05-12 02:28 am UTC (link)
	Processing, processing, rhythm and tone and something hitting her foot and --- somethign hitting her foot. Some just nudged her in the foot. Analyze room and it's because ... "--they're robbing the place. Daniel. Daniel." She shakes him. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

onthewall
2013-05-12 02:33 am UTC (link)

"Playing distraction, get the others out of this," comes a whisper from under the table before Ben, now in his Spider suit, crawls out from under the table, staying out of the line of sight of the one picking pockets, before suddenly leaping onto the table nearest to him. "Wow, I know concert ticket prices are like daytime robbery but you guys really take it to a new level!" And he shot out a web line to try and nab the thieving lead singer's hands.

Guy in black and red spandex should be distraction enough he figures.

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	mad_skills 2013-05-12 07:00 pm UTC (link)
	Dante continued to stare at the band and tapped his foot along with the music. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

rocky_2
2013-05-12 07:39 pm UTC (link)

Something is going on, and something in the back of Daniel's skull is giving him a headache. He's still trying to process, figuring out exactly why he doesn't hate this music - all the more reason it went right past any defenses. The headache is definitely starting to get to him though, and... he's not quite sure what, but he's getting a feeling like that commotion nearby should be important.

He's just not quite there with figuring out why yet, though.

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	gammagamer 2013-05-12 09:04 pm UTC (link)
	Elaine nods to ... Spider-Man, apparently, and looks to the others, still not roused. She sets her hands over the ears of the nearest person at the table, to dampen the sound of the music, and looks him intently in the face. "Wake. The Heck. Up," she mouths distinctly. "Robbery in progress." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

rocky_2
2013-05-13 12:55 am UTC (link)

Given that he'd expected to be discussing music, Daniel sat between the Elaine and Ellie - so easy enough to cover his ears. That's enough to shake him out of it.

"Wait... what's..."

And there's people robbing folks while the music plays. This is somehow terribly familiar.

"Oh, that's /it/. It is so Clobberin' Time!"

He smashes the table in front of him as a quick wake up call to everyone else as he rises. The music has sapped his focus enough that he's a long way from full, or even typical power, but its still plenty to shatter the wood.

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	ablaze 2013-05-13 01:06 pm UTC (link)
	Being made to listen to music he does care about was really annoy Rufus in the back of his mind. So when he's finally snapped out of it Rufus is rather mad. "I am so burning some stuff for this," Rufus says rather annoyed giving of waves of heat. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	mad_skills 2013-05-13 08:29 pm UTC (link)
	Dante jumped when Daniel smashed the table. "What's going on?" he asked a little confused. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	gammagamer 2013-05-13 08:37 pm UTC (link)
	"Robbery. Also Spider-Man." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	shadowkitten 2013-05-14 03:45 pm UTC (link)
	Ellie snapped out of it when Daniel smashed the table. "Someone's robbing Spider-Man?" Okay, so she was still a little confused. Just a bit. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	trojan_rabbit 2013-05-19 11:51 pm UTC (link)
	The lead member of Trojan Rabbit continued to me move around the club, robbing from the patrons. The other members continued to play the hypnotizing music. Webbing covered his hands and Duane was stopped in the middle of grabbing a guy's wallet. The other band members saw what had happened and started moving to help their bandmate. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	onthewall 2013-05-20 06:10 am UTC (link)
	He was more than strong enough for the next part. Ben yanked the web line and aimed to throw Duane into his bandmates that were coming to help. "No crowd surfing!" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

rocky_2
2013-05-20 04:14 pm UTC (link)

So, they somehow ignored the whole table being violently shattered thing. Apparently they're really into their music - which is unfortunate, because their music isn't that good.

Daniel rushes the stage. The music has had a definite sapping effect on his will. He's not near as strong and fast as he's used to, but he's still a lot faster than any Olympic athlete.

"Stage rush time!"

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	ablaze 2013-05-20 04:21 pm UTC (link)
	"And here I was thinking it was time from some pyrotechnics," Rufus says before throwing a fireball at one of the speakers. It might not have been as powerful a fireball as he would have wanted since the music was effecting his control. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	mad_skills 2013-05-20 06:27 pm UTC (link)
	Dante rushed toward the stage as Rufus' fireball whizzed past him. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

gammagamer
2013-05-20 11:28 pm UTC (link)

"Ladies and Gentlemen, please remain calm," Elaine announces, trying to avoid a panic by the audience as they come to awareness. "But please stay out of the crossfire, and you should probably check for your belongings, which we hope to return when the perpetrators are dealt with." Here's hoping barely being out of a trance lends a little extra calming influence to that.

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trojan_rabbit
2013-05-20 11:43 pm UTC (link)

The shattered table got the attention of the bartender and he picked up the phone. Duane tapped the heels of his boots and gas started coming out of his boots.

Bo turned up the volume on his keyboard and hit a high note. The sound coming from the keyboards was ear piercing and people not covering the ears or wearing earplugs, as Trojan Rabbit was doing, would be in pain.

Sheena dove out of the way of the amp now on fire.

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	rocky_2 2013-05-21 05:52 am UTC (link)
	The piercing wail got Daniel's attention and broke his charge before he quite reached them. His momentum carries him into the stage, smashing into the front of it with more splintering wood - possibly a distraction, but not quite what he'd intended. He's still operating at quite a bit less than optimum capacity, but he's still a pretty decent little wrecking ball. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

onthewall
2013-05-22 12:18 am UTC (link)

Ben let go of the web line holding Duane to send him flying at the stage and his bandmates. Unfortunately he realizes while he's sent the guy leaking gas towards the rest of his band...Daniel was also at the stage. Well...in it.

"Whoa!" He shot out webbing from both of his wrists to try and snag Daniel and pull him just out of the way of the gas. "Talk about stinking up the place guys."