metropolis ♔ has it gone for good? or is it coming back around?

[wynn]

Fireside - Arctic Monkeys

WHO || Oliver, Felicity S., Emma F., Bo, Brantley, Lex Luthor
WHAT || The Knights investigate a connection between Luthorcorp and Sarandis' experiments on Andres
WHERE || Metropolis Kansas
WHEN || April 23rd, 2015
HOW || Actionspam

Metropolis is a bustling city even during these cold winter months, but they have no trouble finding the Luthorcorp building - because it literally towers over the skyline, dwarfing the Daily Planet nearby. It's still daytime when they arrive, working hours, and employees in well tailored suits hustle in and out towards elevator banks, past the front desk.

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[succubestie]

All I know is that it just stole my freaking weapon.

[She still has her gun, but she's Bo and...fuck that I guess. Since that horse monstrosity seems preoccupied with getting unstuck, she'll just punch it in the head (atk 25, dmg 9).]

[telepathy]

[ Hits! Centaur mad. Centaur ANGRYYYY. After pulling its hoof free, it takes another two-hoof-beatdown to Bo, this time both strike (atk 27, 21, total of 13 dmg). Get bent, gurl. He ain't having none of that. ]

Fabulous. Now it's armed. [ ThiS IS BULLSHIT. Emma tries to take a swing at the cat creature but honestly it's embarrassing. Realizing she's harmless and it can't do anything to get through her diamond skin, the cat creature

gives up on Emma and charges Bo. It gets its teeth into her shoulder (atk 29, dmg 12) and then rakes at her with both claws (atk 12, 21 for 6 dmg).

Not to be left out, Emma lets out a piercing shriek as the invisible creature gets another nat 20 to run her through with its sword. (Luckily, it only does 2 damage, but it's probably horrific to watch a sword cleave straight through Emma's entirely diamond body all the same because tHAT SHOULD NOT BE ABLE TO HAPPEN.) ]

[succubestie]

[Oh wow, yeah, Bo looks absolutely horrible, and she cries out (and swears) at least once or twice during that barrage of attacks.

She whirls around, trying to get an elbow in that cat's face because jfc get off her (atk 20, dmg 9)]

BRANTLEY WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING!?

[Maybe he can...hear them wherever he is?????

They're gonna die.]

1/3

[telepathy]

[ Emma takes a wild swing and a miss at her invisible foe.

By some miracle of god, the centaur crit fails when it goes for Bo, denying it its second attack as it idk rears up to hit her with its hooves and then

falls dramatically backwards. ]

[clarkfuckingkent]

[the only song cue you need for this tbh

There's a strange whooshing sound, any papers or light objects anywhere around the path from the door being thrown into the air. If anyone were to look back towards the door, they might notice it's been opened just in time a red and blue blur to zoom through and into the room. Coming to a stop in the center of the mess, there's half a second wasted for a dramatic glance around to assess the situation before he focuses his gaze on the flying creature attacking Bo.

So he rushes forward with that super awesome super speed! And punches it in the face! (attack 32, damage 26)]

[telepathy]

[ The blow sends the cat creature careening away from Bo, its wings pulling in tight around its body. It lets out a strangled growl of pain that sounds a lot like "oh no half my hit points."

It rallies, hisses, and goes for Clark like ?? any reasonable creature would? ? ? when it just got beat to shit. It presses its teeth into him for 13 damage, but as it raises its claws to scratch at him, they seem UNABLE TO PIERCE HIS SKIN ? ?? even as deep tears slice through his shirt. This is the most gratuitous action tag.

And that little invisible fucker goes for Bo while everyone's distracted, and Bo is barely clipped by her own sword for

1 dmg. ]

[succubestie]

[She blinks for a second because that horse didn't just fucking kill her.]

Hell yes!

[Thanks awesome super fast dude. You're the best. Although she swears as that fucking thing cuts her open. One hp matters when you only have 8 left....7 now.

If it stabbed her, she should have a decent idea of where it was so she shoves her elbow at empty air, hoping to hit it (atk 21, dmg 11 if it hits).]

[telepathy]

[ The tides have turned with Clark's arrival, and Bo manages to smack an elbow straight into the side of the reptilian dey creature's head. It goes unconscious and turns visible again as it collapses to the ground, as does her sword.

Snapping her attention to the shift around them, Emma turns back from diamond, no longer under direct siege. He's not a Knight, so she's not sure what to make of their back-up, but for now, she'll take it. Flesh once more, she can use her psionic abilities, including empathic transfer, hostile. Striding forward, she slaps a hand on the skeletal centaur creature, and her wounds vanish, appearing on the creature instead.

With a sad whinny, the damage inflicted on Emma is enough, when turned on the centaur, to drop it—unconscious, at least. It seems stable, just gravely injured. ]

[clarkfuckingkent]

[Bo's enthusiasm is met with the slightest twitch of a smile He's normally not big on revealing his abilities to... okay well he says he doesn't like to reveal them and then he does all the time, whoops.

Anyway... the point is, he's still fighting this cat thing until it stops trying to cut his shirt off of him. So here come two more punches! (attacks 23 and 29, damage 18 and 14)]

[telepathy]

[ Pathetic dying cat noises go here.

His fists level the beast with a sickening crunch of bone, knocking it back against the door of the tank it had come out of before it slumps lifelessly to the ground.

/init.

Right in time for Brantley to arrive any moment now. ]

[clarkfuckingkent]

[With all the monsters neutralized, Clark lets out a heaving breath, as if he actually was winded by any of that. He's not tbh. Glancing around, he looks at Bo and Emma, concern in his gaze.]

Everybody alright?

[succubestie]

I've been better.

[And it fucking shows, okay. She's got some pretty mean gashes in her skin, splotches of blood here and there.]

How does our rescuer feel about a kiss as reward for saving us?

[She raises a brow. HEY AT LEAST SHE'S ASKING. He was clearly a badass, he can take it. (unsure)]

[clarkfuckingkent]

[For as bad ass as he was in the fight, he doesn't look it at all now as he looks down at Bo while she makes that remark.]

Uh... [He lets out a nervous laugh.] No, that's-- I mean that's really not necessary...

[telepathy]

[ Tossing hair out of her face, Emma scoffs at the way Clark balks. ]

I think I'd prefer to settle for our rescuer's name.

[succubestie]

[She winces. From pain or hunger, we're not sure. Both, probably.

But she'll wait. Hopefully she doesn't jump anyone's bones while they chat.]

[clarkfuckingkent]

[He actually tries to think of a fake name and just... blanks (int 4 /scuff shoe).]

...Clark. [Glancing back to Bo, he notices that wince and looks concerned.]

Should we get you to a hospital? You don't look so good.

[succubestie]

Well, I'm going to go out on a limb here and hope that you're not here because you're anti-shadowkind and wanted to see if this place was hiring.

[Sorry, kid. She wasn't just asking because you're attractive. Again, she's pretty sure you can take a decent life force drain and keep ticking like normal. She'd rather not go to Emma, considering she took a beating too, even if she's looking better.]

I'm a succubus. I wasn't going to just reward you to be nice, but you deserve to know what you'd be getting into, even if I don't really bite.

[Charm 32 :)]

Well, not unless you want me to.

[clarkfuckingkent]

[Do you know what his will save was? It was a 10, Bo. This is called overkill. Or oversex. God damn.]

I, uh... [Another nervous laugh, this time trying really hard not to notice how super hot she is and failing miserably.] Sorry? Afraid I don't follow...

[His gaze drops from her eyes to her lips, then slightly lower to her chest, then snaps back up again. Damn that charm check.]

[succubestie]

[Her eyebrows lift and she chuckles a bit, which strains her injuries, but she takes that look as an invitation to start to saunter over, her hips swaying gently.]

The short version? I steal a little of your energy, and it heals me. We both enjoy ourselves, and I stop bleeding internally.

[Her teeth tug on her bottom lip as she looks up at him, her eyes flashing blue.]

Help a girl out?

[clarkfuckingkent]

[Damn that charm check. This is how Charming ended up on whore island gdi]

I-- yeah, I guess that... [he clears his throat] -sounds okay. What exactly do you need me to do?

[succubestie]

[Ah, yes. Good. Excellent. Time to get all up in his personal space as her arm loops around his neck.]

Come here.

[Time for a makeout sesh surrounding by horrific science experiments. It's fine. Don't even worry about it.

It's a damn good kiss, too (dex 15).]

[clarkfuckingkent]

[Uhm. Well. After freezing for a moment, he seems to figure out that this is what they're doing right now. His hands settle at her waist and he gives as good as he gets and then some (dex 21 thanks super powers).]

[fixyourproblem]

[He arrives just on time to see... that.... And he thought he would be the one to get to first base.]

Am I missing something? Or the monitor showed footage from alternate reality?

[telepathy]

Nice of you to join us. [ Ice fucking cold. Emma turns away from the show that Clark and Bo are putting on to look at Brantley, keeping her tone dry as hell. ] If you're referring to the eldritch abominations that Luthor had this lab working on, we've dealt with them. It looks as though they've been experimenting on sentient Shadowkind, trying to hybridize their traits somehow. [ yay arcane lore checks to identify that pixie and centaur are NOT in their natural states. ]

[fixyourproblem]

[He tried, okay? Not everybody has super-speed or can turn to sparkly diamond humanoid. At least, he managed to open the door for Clark. Though with his super power, he should be able to open it himself.

Brantley doesn't delve in arcane lore but he has met enough Shadowkinds to know a tiny bit about them, though he probably though the Shadowkinds are different because racial assimilation or something. (know 13)]

Dr. Janik said they were researching ways to meld Shadowkinds' genes to human. So they could make super humans that are resistant to diseases. He referred the Shadowkinds as animals. I don't think they are here by their own will. [He is skipping the part about Janik making them donor their organs for research purpose, cause Emma seems irritated enough and as much as he like diamond he doesn't want one smash his head.]