Vincent Amorason (quitethecharmer) wrote in marvel_nextgen,
@ 2013-03-21 11:10:00

Entry tags:

antaeus, argo, eric phillips, iron dragon, jenny woolverton, nicholas salem, perenawska, team - champions, vincent vernard

Looking For Trouble (open to Champions)
Vincent strolled down the streets of New Orleans. It had been years since he'd been in the city. Sure, all the super teams had done their part in helping with recovery efforts, but he'd never seen the city as unspoiled as now. Hm. City. It didn't seem like the right word. It was more like a town that just stretched on and on. It was charming, that way. Food, alcohol, and people. Even without demigod senses anymore the air was rich with smells; it didn't smell badly, just enormously. And there was music. Music just about everywhere. It was a nice place to take it easy.

Of course, he wasn't there to take it easy. He'd picked up the trail of something during one of his meditations, headed from New York towards this city. Nothing so heavy on the mystical scale of things that he felt like he needed to alert Strange or Mistress Jennifer, or sound an alert, but just... something there. He'd grabbed his general gear and followed in pursuit of it. He hadn't been out in the field on his own enough lately, so a tracking expedition was certainly something he could use. Honestly, he was glad for the diversion. He'd been feeling stagnant as of late. Sure, school was progressing nicely, and he was even starting to make peace with his duties as the heir to Latveria, but he'd still been unable to shake the feeling that he was still just following a course someone else had set out for him.

Maybe... maybe it was time for something else.

His introspection is halted by a string of shrill squeals from a nearby bar with a 'Ladies Night' banner over the door. A bit off the pitch he'd expect for just drunken partying. Harmless but ridiculously bright bolts of green and blue light start hurtling out the windows and swinging front doors. He set his jaw and ran for the door, only to get bowled over by a sudden tide of humanity pouring out from it. He was completely blindsided, and ended up knocked on his rear. He caught site of the people fleeing. Each of them had something changed in their eyes. One green, one blue, devoid of any features. The partiers started going mad up and down the street. Senseless damage, tearing of clothes, and all manner of singing and screaming. Not malicious, but overwhelmingly vast, and spreading.

"...Oh Hel..." He knew what it was now, and he was going to need backup to contain them all.

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	perenawska 2013-03-21 10:55 pm UTC (link)
	Irina was sitting downstairs in the Champions HQ working on a bottle of vodka and surfing the web. (Reply to this)

	son_of_hercules 2013-03-21 10:59 pm UTC (link)
	Argo, meanwhile, was out walking the streets of the city. He loved this city, with its free flowing liquor and loose women. It was practically made for him! (Reply to this)

	warbird 2013-03-22 10:05 pm UTC (link)
	Eric was flying around the city enjoying himself. (Reply to this)

	tabula_rasa 2013-03-23 09:43 pm UTC (link)
	Jenny had made a stop on the way home from her new part-time job in a bookstore to pick up dinner and a treat for Yankee Clipper. She'd found she loved the oyster po'boy sandwiches at the counter not too far from HQ and made a stop there every chance she had. (Reply to this)

	sandcastlegod 2013-03-24 05:31 pm UTC (link)
	Corey was grabbing some seasoning at the store. (Reply to this)

nextgen_citizen
2013-03-24 06:16 pm UTC (link)

The riot started spreading through the city. Simple physical contact didn't spread the magical high, only attacks, whether violent or aggressively affectionate, spread the mania. The magical energy spreading through each victim also left the entire area abuzz with energy, blocking Vincent's attempts to call for help, and playing havoc with local technology. He manages to put up enough walls of force to at least keep the stampede going one direction.

Which, unbeknownst to him, is headed towards Champions HQ.

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	son_of_hercules 2013-03-24 08:27 pm UTC (link)
	Argo paused in his wandering, as he watched a mob of people crossing the street in front of him. That was definitely towards home, and only some of them looked like fangirls. "That... is probably not good." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	warbird 2013-03-24 11:43 pm UTC (link)
	Eric could see the rioting crowd from the sky. "That is really not good looking." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	tabula_rasa 2013-03-25 07:58 am UTC (link)
	Jenny watched a crowd of people acting very different from the usual tourists. They all seemed to be heading in a familiar direction. "Oh, this can't be good." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	sandcastlegod 2013-03-25 11:57 am UTC (link)
	Corey heads back home and sees the crowd. he'd at first thought hte screeching was mere Spring Break symptoms. But there's some definite other signs... And towards his beautiful, beautiful building. "...oh, hercules." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	perenawska 2013-03-25 11:27 pm UTC (link)
	Irina looked up from her web surfing. "What's going on?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	irondragon 2013-03-25 11:36 pm UTC (link)
	"Yes. It would be nice to know," Rose agrees catching the tail ed of Irina's question. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	tabula_rasa 2013-03-26 05:04 am UTC (link)
	Jenny managed to hurry home. "We've got trouble. There's something odd happening to people. Come on, someone could hurt." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	perenawska 2013-03-26 09:44 am UTC (link)
	Irina downed her shot and stood up. Hey, she was going to need the liquid courage. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

quitethecharmer
2013-03-26 07:32 pm UTC (link)

Vincent hastily drops the barriers now out of reach of the riot and tries to create a tighter area, even as the riot crashes into the Champions' property (unbeknownst to him) like a wave hitting the beach. They're going to tear their surroundings to shreds before too long, and who knows what they're doing to each other in the meantime. He's not sure what to do. He can't put them all to sleep at once, and if he can only do isolated pockets at a time, those still moving will trample those who aren't.

Biting his lip, he throws himself into the fray, calling upon Sigyn. He starts dispelling the riot magic from those he touches, then pushing them out through the barrier walls. He's not sure how long he can keep this up, however. Calling upon Tyr for strength would mean dropping the barriers, which is still out of the question.

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	son_of_hercules 2013-03-26 10:29 pm UTC (link)
	A great voice cried out. "You there! Are you behind this?!" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	warbird 2013-03-27 01:49 am UTC (link)
	Eric flies down to where the other Champions are. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	sandcastlegod 2013-03-27 07:36 pm UTC (link)
	"I don't think so, Argo," Corey says breathlessly as he hurries over. "I think that's one of the FF guys. But the way the situation is at this point... I don't know how to get in there. Not going to reshape the ground under a magic barrier (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	perenawska 2013-03-27 08:57 pm UTC (link)
	Irina moved to the doorway and took a look around. "Time to get to work." Time to get some of these people out of here and somewhere else. She formed the largest portal she could under them. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

quitethecharmer
2013-03-27 11:21 pm UTC (link)

Vincent turns to stare, incredulously, at... oh blast, he forgets his name, but he recognizes him from some heroic something or other. "What? NO! Of course not! They've been infected by a magical contagion! I can remove it from them, but it'll be a lot easier if they're not all trying to beat or screw each other senseless!"

He jumps out of the fray for a few moments, sighting the apparent friendlies and giving them leave to enter the barriers. "If you're here to help, have at it and get in here!"

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	warbird 2013-03-28 12:58 am UTC (link)
	"Would throwing Argo at the problem help solve it," Eric asks not really certain what he should be doing but he did like that solution from before. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	tabula_rasa 2013-03-28 12:34 pm UTC (link)
	"He'd never forgive you if you didn't," Jenny said to Eric. "We better get in there. If nothing else, between Irina's portal and plain knocking them out should help." Going into the barrier seemed like the thing to do, but she didn't want to get caught in the portal in progress. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	son_of_hercules 2013-03-28 10:05 pm UTC (link)
	"So... we have to hit them?" Argo said. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	perenawska 2013-03-29 01:06 pm UTC (link)
	"I'm just going to keep dropping them in portals," Irina said. She did just that. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)