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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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[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.)]

[jotun]

[ Guard 1, meanwhile, continues the rapport with Andie—or, more accurately, tries to and fails. The presentation of her rapier startles him, and he fumbles to get a shot off, so much so that it fires into the ceiling (atk 13).

Guard 2 steps in closer to David as he lunges forward with his knife (nat 20 atk, dmg 4).

The Doctor’s threat seems to hold water with at least Guard 3 and Guard 4, allowing Natasha to slip in and deliver a brutal kick to the back of Guard 3’s knees. He looks worse for wear already courtesy of David’s onslaught, and now he’s just not having a good time.

Still, Guard 3 turns with his knife and makes a jab for Natasha in reply to her kick (atk 16, dmg 4).

Though frazzled by the Doctor, Guard 4 fires another shot at David (atk 22, dmg 6).

Undeterred by the growling threats, Guard 5 continues to slash at the Doctor, barely grazing him this time (atk 13, dmg 8). ]

[godoftableflips]

[ thor gasps as the dagger is embedded into his back, the sting of betrayal, of loki's bitter enmity, echoed in the pain coursing through him from his brother's chilling blade. ] All I wanted [ the words don't come nearly as easily as he wishes they would as he bites back the pain, clenching his teeth ] was for you to live as you would have died. Nobly, Loki. Instead, you fall back upon knives in the dark and treachery! [ the last word is punctuated by thor headbutting backwards (atk 23, dmg 12), sending a shockwave of electricity coursing through his body as he does so (11 electricity dmg). ]

[jotun]

[ ouch.

Loki doubles back at that, taking the full brunt of the damage. Before he goes back after Thor, however, he steps five feet to the side, turning the icicle dagger over in his hand. ]

Ah, that. [ He seems unbothered. ] Your beloved Midgardians tell a parable of a frog and a scorpion. Have you heard it?

[ambitionist]

[alex glances over towards loki like IS THIS BITCH FUCKING REAL RIGHT NOW. ARE WE REALLY HAVING FUCKING STORY TIME???? and then goes back to trying to strike at guard 5 with the knife still covered in his sexy blood. no wonder guard 5 is still after the doctor. this guy is a psychopath. (atk 27 (thx action point); 20 dmg FUCK YES PENTRATION AND A CRIT.)]

[asap]

[Andie does another twisty speed thing (tumble 20), then jabs him with her rapier again (atk 29, dmg 10 (or 4 if the tumble check failed)).]

[bowtimeandspace]

[ The Doctor shifts to one side, trying to avoid the guards attack, his eyes flicking over his teammates to see if any of them are in need of help. Not that it would come for him in the form of an attack. ]

You know if this is a typical Russian greeting they don't put this in the guidebooks.

[generaldavideus]

[Poor, poor Guard #3 is just taking the brunt of David's aggression here. His sword comes across as the guard takes the kick to the knees, looking to at least take him out of the running for now (attack 28, penetration damage 15).]

[krasnayapautina]

[That's one down. With that finished, Natasha is back on the move, this time in the direction of the other guard closest to her -- guard 4 (I think... /also consults map in private plurk) -- to start taking him on.

Her last kick to a guard had gone well, so she'll go with another one in guard #4's case. Hoping to use the kick to knock the wind out of him, she aims for the middle section of his body. (attack 18; dmg 7). ]

[jotun]

[ Guard 3 collapses to the ground, dead. Super dead. To his side, guard 5 also slumps to the ground, unconscious.

Guard 1 takes another shot at Andie, missing by a mile (atk 16).

Guard 2 continues to try and stab David, staggering straight past him because he’s worthless (atk 9).

Dodging Natasha’s kick, Guard 4 whips around and fires off a shot at her (atk 16, dmg 7). ]

[godoftableflips]

This is no story, Loki. Why must everything be a game to you? [ still, loki's not making a move, so thor hefts the hammer in his hand, stepping five feet back as well as if to start circling him. he does have an action readied, however, to trigger if loki attacks. if he does, he gets to make an attack of 30, dmg 29+6 electricity if it hits. ] You let these people's lives be pawns for your entertainment.

[jotun]

Why are you so protective of them? What have they to offer you?

[ ... "That I don't." Why do you love humans more than me? This is some Paradise Lost shit. As he begins to circle back, remaining opposite Thor as he shifts, Loki fans out into 5 Lokis again, making it impossible to see which is the original. ]

[ambitionist]

[alex doesn't really give enough of a shit to coup de grace guard 5, so he just moves right on to guard 4. while guard 4 is busy facing natasha, he places his left hand against the back of the guard's neck and does some of his psion-esque shit. (concentration 26) he's using stun, and rolled a 6 for dmg. so he ... bursts the guard's ear drums and makes him deafened. in addition to 6 dmg. yep. that happened. and prob hurt a lot.]

[asap]

[Andie's gonna continue fighting guard 1 in her zippy, obnoxiously movementy way (tumble 29, atk 19, dmg 7 if it hits).]

Isitjustmeoraretheyjusttalking?

[Cause she realizes she's not really good at measuring other people's speed but... it looks like Thor and the Lokis are having a pretty chill conversation. Also Thor and the Lokis would be a great band name.]

[bowtimeandspace]

[ The Doctor continues to not be wanting to do the fighting thing, so he merely shifts out of the way, moving closer towards one of the Loki's in the process. Is this wise? Probably not. This has been a tag. ]

[generaldavideus]

[If Natasha is going to go (to his) right, then David's gonna go left. He turns to face Worthless Guard #2, turning and slashing his sword up (attack 26, damage 5). Is it taking it easy on him because he feels bad for how much that shot sucked? Maybe. But he's still going to try and get so that he can help Andie out regardless.]

[krasnayapautina]

[She takes a step back after she's shot at -- maybe the Doctor has the right idea here JUST SAYING -- but then she tries another time to go after Guard #4, this time with a punch to the face, because he was just able to dodge her kick ... and she doesn't do a super awesome job of it (attack 5; damage 8 but I don't even think I needed to roll that because lol 5?).]

[jotun]

[ The good news is that David, Andie and Alex hit.

Guard 4 lets out a scream of agony at the “stun,” which bursts his eardrums and leaves him deafened, bleeding down his uniform—but still standing. Barely. Strangely enough, he is still fucking terrified after the Doctor’s shout, and that continues to translate given that Alex just ruined his poor Russian life. On the other hand, he still manages to dodge Natasha, taking a five foot step, and this time fires off a shot at Alex (atk 20, dmg 9). For Mother Russia!!

Guard 2 is fucking pissed at David for being the first person to hit him, so he knifes the guy (atk 19, dmg 2).

Guard 1 leans back, Andie’s attack barely scraping him before he steps back to fire at her, startled by her speed enough that he misses the shot (atk 19). ]

[godoftableflips]

[ thor looks left and right again, scowling at the loki-palooza goin on here. he's not very smart, ok, he can't tell the difference. he stalks in a slow circle, watching them for differences??????? 23 spot check idek. you decide how that works out for him. ] You know fully well why I would fight for them now. I thought you had changed, Loki. [ and he will punctuate that word by deciding that one of them looks faker than another one(????) and actually go for a fake loki, not one he thinks is real. hopefully. i mean that wouldn't really be horrible, he's been hitting loki with hammers anyway this whole time. but he will attempt to use his SHATTER SPELL strike with his... fist actually i guess, it has to be unarmed. (atk 28??? if it hits it counts as a greater dispel magic with a caster level check of 23??? ] That you understood!

[jotun]

[ Some families would say that it’s the thought that counts.

Unfortunately, that’s not the case for this family. When Thor winds up and hammers his fist into one of the Loki’s, it … turns out to be the real deal, and shatters the illusion projecting images around him with a crackle of green energy. He staggers back five feet, reeling more from the destruction of the spell than the hit itself (-2 dmg).

To be fair, he does realize that Thor was going for the fake images (sense motive 20 total), but this is Loki, after all. He’s less interested in admitting when he’s wrong, and more interested in causing the biggest diva fit possible. Rather than admitting that he knows it was a genuine mistake, he retaliates, stabbing forward at Thor with his icicle dagger (atk 31, crit on 19 so dmg 20 + 5 ice damage). ]

Oh, make no mistake, brother. I understand quite well that your loyalties lie with these apes. You plea ignorance, yet you decry my place in Asgard, my place on Earth!

[ambitionist]

[yeah well fuck you too, guard 4. he follows the guard's steps, then lunges at him with the knife still in his right hand. atk 24 (with an action point bc fuck that guy), 8 dmg.]

[jotun]

[ it's goin' down

i'm yellin' timberrrrrr

you better move

you better crash dramatically to the floor and drop your gun because your name is guard 4 and you're unconscious. ]

[asap]

[Andie yelps as she dodges the bullet, then makes what I'm assuming is a much less successful tumble check (tumble 17) before jabbing forward with her blade again (atk 20, dmg 4 if it hits).]

[bowtimeandspace]

[ Yay there are... Less Lokis. This possibly makes this easier for him. Or not. Who knows. Looking over, he tries to see the decanter (spot 17) and in the commotion runs towards it. ]

[generaldavideus]

[David just looks at that stab of nothing with a "that's the best you've got" sort of expression, before slashing back, clearly not deterred (attack 27, damage 5).]