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[jotun]

WHO || Loki Laufeyson & Natasha Romanoff
WHAT || Kidnapping.
WHERE || Moscow, Russia
WHEN || Night of June 7th onward.
HOW || Actionspam

[ The teleportation spell brings them to a chilly, but recognizable destination. Though it isn't exactly the same as the city that Natasha may recall, the Kremlin is impossible to misidentify, and that's precisely where Loki is headed.

Natasha's free will is returned to her the minute they arrive, leaving her slightly disoriented, and potentially questioning why she had even listened to his demands (pending a reasonable wisdom check). They touch down 500 yards from the front of the Kremlin. ]

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[ambitionist]

[yeah loki is the only one grinning sry2say. alex is just like is this bitch real.] You know, I gotta ask. Why Russia? It's a fucking shithole. And I'm Russian, which means I get to say that.

[jotun]

[ ignoring you, bitch. :( how dare you insult his taste in countries.

Instead, Loki hones in on David, studying him with great interest. After all, he seems to be the leader. ]

Perhaps I'd merely hoped for greater planning to go into this rescue mission of yours. I'm certain Natasha hoped for the same.

[ He looks back at her, folding his arms behind his back. ]

Or perhaps she really hoped you wouldn't come at all. Interesting, isn't it? That it isn't her call that brought you here.

[ Tsk tsk. He smirks. ]

[generaldavideus]

[Yeah, it is super interesting, but that's something they'll hash out later. When this is done and David can yell.

Right now, however, he's casing the room, his eyes looking for windows and exits before they fall back to Loki again (spot 12). It's not a lot of time but he's hoping to glance some kind of entrance for Thor for when they give him the signal.]

I work better on my feet. Makes me less predictable.

[jotun]

I don't recall a considerable amount of thinking in New Delhi.

[ sick burn.

There are two doors in the room—the one David came through, and one off to Loki's left/David's right, far in the back beyond the guards. Along the back wall is also a large pane window. ]

[generaldavideus]

[He'll tip his head to the window, more for Alex or the Doctor's benefit but he'll make it seem as though he's just being a smartass - because he's going to be.]

You liked our plan for the decanter enough to hijack it. I seem to remember you waiting for us to make our move before you even tried.

[ambitionist]

[wis 15; he gets the message.] My plan, actually. You're welcome, by the way.

[jotun]

I couldn't allow you to interfere. Once your plan was in motion, my hand was forced.

[ Though that does get Alex a second look. ]

I'm afraid your plans end here. You have no moves to make, and the board is mine.

[generaldavideus]

[And David hopes that Alex is sending that text message, as his brow furrows a bit.]

There's always another move.

[ambitionist]

[HE'S TEXTING OK. but he got a sleight of hand 5 so it's probably pretty obvious what he's doing. oh well. at least his txt speed is like 500 wpm. he texts thor and tells him to come in through the window. he can do that right????] Or we could just throw out the whole damn board.

[jotun]

[ well Loki didn't crit fail, so he saw that. ]

Are you familiar with the phenomenon experienced by war veterans? Many of them report that old battle wounds flare up when the weather's shifting. A matter of barometic pressure, you see. [ He paces around the desk, coming to a stop about ten feet from them, gaze landing on Alex. ] Well I have this knife in my back that tells me when a storm's coming.

[ He pulls a dagger very suddenly from his belt, and before a word further can be uttered, he flings it at Alex (sneak atk 22, dmg 27 w/penetration). The dagger buries itself straight through Alex's hand in his coat pocket, and into his abdomen, pinning his hand there. That's what you fucking get.

Roll init. ]

[godoftableflips]

[ mercy - hurts

a crack of lightning appears outside the window to illuminate the heft of the blade in alex's hand. with an 18 strength check, Thor comes crashing the window, electricity sparking in the air around him, running up the length of his arm and crackling about Mjolnir. he lands on the ground beside david amid shattered glass, and raises his head to glare at loki, hot rage thundering in his eyes. ] Your rule here ends, brother. [ crashing through the window was his move action, so he's going to throw Mjolnir as his standard (atk 36). if the hammer hits him, he is knocked backward 100 feet. if he hits a wall before the 100 feet are up he takes 1d6 damage/10 feet he would have kept going. i'll let you decide how big this room is :) the hammer strike itself does 35 + 7 electricity damage.

that was his surprise round.

he follows this up by charging after loki, and as long as the room ended somewhere within 80 feet, he'll make it to him. he'll expend another mythic point to make it a fleet charge and grant himself another attack, catching mjolnir as it flies back through the air towards him and then swinging it at loki's head (atk 43, 32 dmg + 8 electricity dmg). this is followed up by another swing (atk 35, 27 dmg) sorry bro... ]

[jotun]

[ About that.

The room is a clear 100 ft. across, but Loki is about halfway through it, standing dramatically in the center of the room (50 ft. from Alex, 20 from Andie).

Or so it appears.

When the hammer slams through him, however, he isn’t knocked back: he’s destroyed in a burst of light. Fifteen feet to the left, he reappears, unharmed (courtesy of 1 mythic point), and whips his head around just in time to make smug commentary— ]

Ah. The cavalry.

[ — and catch a hammer to the face to take the full damage of Thor’s follow-up attacks. He staggers back, dazed by the blows but still standing (fort 24). Reaching up, he rubs his jaw and lets out a dry chuckle. ]

Always leading with the hammer. I do believe father hoped you’d outgrow that.

[ Holding out his hand, a gust of cold air swells in it and gathers in a cloud of whispy frost, forming into a dagger. He stabs forward the moment it’s formed (heroic surge to get an extra standard action), plunging it into Thor’s abdomen (atk 21, 19 penetration damage + 7 cold damage). He leans in close, sneering. ]

[ambitionist]

[ thor is so sexy, that was almost worth it.

almost. because OH JESUS. he doesn't scream, just makes a gaping dead fish face. the pain. he feels it right in his abdomen. he doesn't pull out the dagger (yet) because he knows that's an awesome way to be a quentin tarantino extra, but he is gonna take one of those cure moderate wounds potions he got from piffy. thx piffy you're a gem. so that'll be +15 hp. ]

[asap]

Thor!

[Andie swings at guard 1 but misses (atk 15).]

[bowtimeandspace]

[ he watches, quick as it all is, turning his head swiftly to check on Alex, a step towards him and hand on his arm. ]

You okay?

Isn't it lovely to see siblings getting on.

[generaldavideus]

[David turns to cover both Alex and the Doctor. He's also incredibly grateful for these uniforms having swords to go with them, because he's already drawing and swiping at Guard #3 (attack 22, damage 3), trying to draw the attention to the giant with the sword and a nice high number of hit points.

Hi boys.

Please ignore my injured teammate back there, okay? Okay.]

[krasnayapautina]

[Natasha uses the opportunity of the disruption provided by some badass she doesn't remember know crashing through the window to move away from Loki and closer to her teammates. This is also a really unfortunate time to find herself weapon-less.] Please tell me someone has an extra sword or something. [hi guys. Natasha missed your faces tbh.]

[jotun]

[ Guard #1 takes a 5-ft. step back to fire off a shot at Andie (atk 24, dmg 9).

Meanwhile, Guard #2 pulls his combat knife and lunges at David (atk 14), barely missing.

Guard #3 pulls his knife as well, with better luck (atk 22, 6 penetration dmg).

Guard #4 steps back and pulls his rifle up to shoot at David, but the bullet goes high in his surprise and fires off through the doorway (atk 11).

Lastly, Guard #5 goes for the Doctor with his combat knife (atk 12). ]

[godoftableflips]

[ the knife slips right between the plates of his armor, and he hisses against the chill of the weapon's bite, grimacing at loki, even as he pulls away, one hand clutching at the wound. i actually rolled for him to come up with a witty retort and he crit failed so instead he just lets out a noise that is sort of like GRARGH!! and not even a word, as he brings the hammer down again. twice times. (atk 34, dmg 43+3 electricity) (atk 42, dmg 25+5 electricity)]

[jotun]

[ Thor's hammer crashes through another illusory duplicate as the real Loki teleports immediately behind him. Chuckling, dagger in hand, Loki drives it into Thor's back. Leaning forward, he lowers his voice and mutters tightly. ]

Is that any way to show how you've missed me? [ The attack from behind is as powerful as it is jarring. (atk nat 20, penetration damage 27 WITH A DAGGER JESUS, + 4 ice damage.) A chill spreads from the entry point of the blade, stiffening and blackening muscle with frostbite. ] What of the tears you shed to mourn me, brother?

[ambitionist]

[he replies to the doctor between clenched teeth:] Oh yeah, it's fucking heartwarming. [and gives him a nod. he's not dead. that's … a kind of okay. and then, feeling less like his insides are gonna spill out better from the potion, he decides to go for it and pull out the knife in his hand/abdomen. and tosses it from his left hand to his right. that's a quick draw, folks. he then takes a slash at guard 5. (atk 22; 7 dmg) ]

[asap]

[Andie lets out a pained yelp when the bullet hits, then moves forward again, keeping her sights on guard 1. She's also using dodge on him, so that's +1 to her AC against his attacks. She does a complicated twisty roll thing at high speed (tumble 29) to rob guard 1 of his dexterity. Then she slices at him with her rapier (atk 15 action point says 21, dmg 6).]

[bowtimeandspace]

[ The Doctor manages to lunge out of the guard's way in just enough time, and as he does his eyes darken, taking a step back. ]

I really wouldn't if I were you. Or your friends here. [ The Doctor isn't a fighter, not really, but be dangerous? He has his moments. (frightful presence against all opponents within 10ft, will save DC 17.) ]

[generaldavideus]

[See, Guard #3? Now you made him mad. He looks down at the knife and then back up at him again, before slashing hard back at him (attack nat 20, 28 total, damage 18). There's also the Doctor doing his intimidate thing, so he's going to try not to get in the way of that. At least the other three are still focused on him.]

[krasnayapautina]

[Natasha approaches Guard #3, flanking him. She'll aim a kick at Guard #3's knees, hoping to bring him down to the ground to put him at that disadvantage. (attack 20; damage 3.)]