EM Metropolis

[Gands]

Metropolis. The city most held up to symbolize the American dream. Liberty and Independence, Delaware's motto. Held tightly to by Metropolisians (or Metropolites, the terms are in about equal use).
A city shaped by its savior, Superman. A symbol of how one man can accomplish anything, and do the right thing, despite the outside pressures of the world and opposition.
Not that Metropolis doesn't have its dark side, it's ugly side. Many of its villains sit in glass skyscrapers, enacting their evils from inside of board rooms and on conference calls
There's a dark side to Metropolis. It just gets a new coat of paint and some shiny chrome to hide it.

Welcome to Metropolis

This sandbox rp is part of the Epic Mashup Clan.
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[Gands]

Metropolis
Trask Warehouse

As Terry sneakily approaches and attacks the lone Sentinel, he notes that it is a smaller model, 12 feet compared to 20 for the others. His attack cleanly hits, but doesn't immediately subdue the unit. It seems to be partially insulated. This unit now starts firing at him. narrowly missing him, but disintegrates a four foot radius area of wall where he was.

Meanwhile the battle where Hercules was is clouded with gas, smoke and debris. The sounds of battle still go on though so there is hope that Hercules is still in the fight.

Quinjet.

The gruff voice of the pilot is heard.

" All you people strapped in ? Yah never can tell in our business right ? "

The big jet starts to take off, heading west at a slow rate at first, Grim's voice talking to local flight control.
Then back to the passengers...

"Which of you people has Stark's Gizmo ? Lets get your butt up here will yah ?

@The Wanderer @LuckycoolHawk9 @Camleen @Sir Kaltao @Michale CS

 

[Sir Kaltao]

"Huh. So much for a good run." Hellrunner shrugged as he depowered once again and walked up the ramp of the Quinjet. In just under a day he'd gone from a solo operation, to being in a very interesting and varied team. This Ultron had to be some serious bad news if Shield was rolling out all this for him. Maybe this meant the 'no kill' from Hercules no longer applied and he could dispatch his target like he wanted. That would be just perfect.

But in the meantime, he'd have to be a team player.

Joe took a spot next to Arcee, looking over at (her?) and asking with genuine curiosity. "You ever let people ride you? Or is that, ya know, insulting?"

@Arcee @LuckycoolHawk9 @whoever else is in the Quinjet.

 

[Camleen]

Wow… these fleshlings just seem to be coming out of nowhere suddenly. Her softly glowing eyes move to Stargirl as she makes her entrance. She is very brightly dressed. The woman settles down next to her, Arcee's eyes not leaving her. A little smile across her metallic lips, and she kind of motions to Stargirl as she speaks, her voice having that mechanical edge to it. ++"Name's Arcee. Cute outfit."++ She says with a nod.

She's not being condescending or sarcastic. She genuinely thinks the outfit Stargirl is wearing is cute.

Giant robot. Motorcycle. Alien. Killing machine. Spy. Ninja (according to her). And girly. All words that describe Arcee.

She shifts her weight a little as she sits there against the hull, as if she were trying to get comfortable. Which isn't wholly the truth. Her softly glowing eyes raise towards the ceiling of the Quinjet, and then towards the inner hull. Yes, it's larger than the average Quinjet, but she still feels like she's taking up A LOT of space.

Good 'ol Joe then sits near her, and she looks toward him with a warm smile. But she finds he's already looking towards her… and that look tells her that he wants to ask something. She's about to prompt him, but it seems to not be needed.

A little smirk draws across her features as she now crosses her legs at her ankles, her hands resting in her lap. ++"It doesn't take a lot to insult me. But plenty of humans have ridden me."++ and by plenty she means 2. ++"I am a motorcycle, after all."++ She leans towards him slightly (her arms crossing at her midsection), a little grin on her lips now. ++"Why? Wanna know what it's like to go really fast?"++ Her tone a joking one. Despite what they're about to get into, and despite what she witnessed with Deftwing… she can still make her Arcee-Style™ jokes.

And of course, she doesn't realize that she's really setting herself up for all kinds of sexual jokes. The whole riding her thing, and saying a lot of humans have. Luckily that's an aspect of their culture she's fairly ignorant of.


Tagging: @LuckycoolHawk9, @Gands, @The Wanderer, @Sir Kaltao, @Michale CS

 

[LuckycoolHawk9]

James Hunter and Felicity Smoak

" Tell Mr. Stark thank you for me. It was very nice of him for allowing me to have his tech." Felicity replied, taking the briefcase from Stargirl and looked at it. Of course, it was named after a woman. She should have know that it was going to be. Hopefully, Oliver wouldn't get jealous if she showed it to him later on.

Felicity opened the briefcase and placed the bracelets on her wrist. She was surprised by how generous he was and was in a little marvel of the tech. It was certainly nice.

" Felicity, I think our pilot wants you up front," James said.

Felicity nodded and went to the front of the plane.

@Gands @Camleen @Sir Kaltao @Michale CS @The Wanderer

 

[The Wanderer]

Terry McGinnis

Looking back at the now newly made hole in the wall. Terry's eyes were widened. 'Just how much firepower do these things have?" Seeing stealth was gone, may as well as notify Hercules of the Sentinel. "Think I found the one leading the other robots! Stairway!" He yelled, before diving behind whatever cover he could find. He was going to have to resort to keeping on the move least he end up like the wall. As he didn't know if the suit could handle a blast or two of that type.

Pulling out of three Batarangs. He threw them at the Sentinel before ducking back into cover. It didn't matter if the Batarangs hit. Terry wanted to see how fast this thing could react to incoming threats, and if it had more tricks up it's sleeve.

Bruce had told him once. "Get to know your enemy. Their style. How they function. Then you adapt to them and take them out."

@Gands
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Snake Eyes

Snake Eyes was going over his equipment, making sure they were in working condition.

Every so often casting a glance at the others conversing. They reminded him of the Joes, just with some "differences." He would've joined in, but being a mute kinda limits one in terms of making conversation.

But, the Joes would've told him to bond with his new teammates. As you want to know who has your back. And that they know you have their back.

Getting up from his seat, Snake Eyes walked on over to the group conversing. Sitting down across from them. First and foremost. Explain that he is mute. First he made a hand gesture, mimicking someone talking. Then he pointed at himself. Shaking his head. Snake Eyes dragged his thumb across his throat. Indicating that he had sustained an injury that rendered himself mute.

He hoped that the group could understand his gestures.
@Camleen @Gands @LuckycoolHawk9 @Sir Kaltao @Michale CS

 

[Gands]

Metropolis warehouse district
Hercules, lion of Olympus

Hercules was doing everything according to plan, or so he thought. He was holding the attention of the Mass of large robots. Mind you, he was taking his lumps, but the plan was to have Terry find exactly who he found.

The lead Sentinel continued to blast away at Terry, his agility seemingly the only thing preventing him from getting blasted. His electrical batarang had in fact done damage. He could see in his brief periods of being in one place little sparks coming from a crack in the unit's armor. It starts to fire with both hands, making things hard for Terry. His newest batarangs get blasted from the air by the second hand. It starts to smoke, a little whisp for now.


The Quinjet

As Felicity gets to the cockpit, Ben Grimm greets her with a friendly smile.

" Hiah toots ! Can yah get that damned gizmo working ? if so, plug it into the map array would yah ? Stark said he was pretty sure what we was lookin for would be West. "

@The Wanderer @Sir Kaltao @LuckycoolHawk9 @Michale CS @Camleen

 

[LuckycoolHawk9]

Felicity Smoak

Felicity awkward smiled back at Ben, as he seemed to be a nice enough guy to her.

" Yeah, I got it working. It was actually pretty simple to be honest," she admitted, as she listened to what Ben had to stay and plugged it into the map array to see what it would do.

@Gands @Camleen @Michale CS @Sir Kaltao @The Wanderer

 

[Michale CS]

Getting up from his seat, Snake Eyes walked on over to the group conversing. Sitting down across from them. First and foremost. Explain that he is mute. First he made a hand gesture, mimicking someone talking. Then he pointed at himself. Shaking his head. Snake Eyes dragged his thumb across his throat. Indicating that he had sustained an injury that rendered himself mute.

He hoped that the group could understand his gestures.

Stargirl smiled, and signed to Snake Eyes in American Sign Language, as she spoke aloud so that the others would know what she was saying: "Some of the people I help are deaf or mute. I taught myself ASL. Do you know it?"

@The Wanderer @Gands @LuckycoolHawk9

 

[Gands]

The Quinjet

It was smooth sailing so far. As the tracking device was plugged in, it seemed to dial in to a network of other detection devices. Plugged into a mapping device, the device started to direct the Quinjet towards Detroit.

@LuckycoolHawk9 @Michale CS @Sir Kaltao @The Wanderer @Camleen

 

[LuckycoolHawk9]

James Hunter and Felicity Smoak

" Oh look, we're going to Detroit.... I really don't like where this is going," James said, deducing from going up to the front to check the map and watching the direction of the plan. He hated Detroit. He hoped it was a quick trip, but he was starting to doubt it.

Felicity sat on the plane and waited for them to land.

@Michale CS @Sir Kaltao @Camleen @The Wanderer

 

[The Wanderer]

Terry McGinnis

As Terry ducked from cover to cover, he saw that agility was his strength at the moment. His regular Batarangs barely doing anything aside from being destroyed. So long range was out of the question. He did notice the damage from the electric Batarang. Terry began to form a plan in his head. If long range wasn't an option, he was going to have to get up close and personal.

Something he couldn't do while under fire. Pulling out a single regular Batarang, he threw it from cover. Before activating his cloak, and darting for someplace he could sneak to the lead sentinel. Using cover and the suit's abilities. Terry would eventually find himself behind the sentinel. He pulled out two more electric Batarangs. Leaving only one in his inventory. If his plan worked, he was going to need to refill on supplies.

He leapt at the sentinel. Stabbing both Batarangs into it. And basically holding onto the sentinel's back. Riding like some sort of jockey. He just had to hope this plan would work. As he was putting himself in severe danger......

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Snake Eyes

Snake Eyes watched before responding in ASL. "Yes. I do use ASL. But I am rusty with it. Prefer to use Morse."

It was true, Snake Eyes preferred to either use Morse or simple hand gestures over ASL.

@Michale CS @Camleen @LuckycoolHawk9 @Sir Kaltao @Gands

 

[Gands]

Metropolis
Warehouse district

Not far away, Hercules was still fighting the vast majority of the large robots. Just as he was being overwhelmed, he managed to throw a very large battle axe. It struck and stuck in the lead Sentinel that Terry was preparing to leap on. Distracted the sentinel looked away as Terry leapt on it, successfully stabbing into it with the battarangs. It quickly shorted out despite its protections against electrical current.

For a few precious moments, the other Sentinels seemed confused. This gave Hercules the chance he needed, and just like that, the battle was over.

@The Wanderer



The Quinjet.

The Quinjet flies for a while. Once past the borders of Michigan the pilot Ben Grimm starts to talk

" Well Toots, looks like Iron Man's Gizmo did its job. Looks like we're heading to an abandoned Chrysler Factory". He points this out on the "gizmo "

" Yah might want to go tell the others !"

@LuckycoolHawk9 @Camleen @Sir Kaltao

 

[Camleen]

Arcee sits there quietly, watching the exchange between Stargirl and Snake Eyes. She supposes the blond human didn't really pick up on her compliment. Doesn't change the fact she thinks her outfit is cute.

Her softly glowing eyes look between the two of them, and she smiles a little as she speaks. ++"So that's how you communicate?"++ She leans forward a little, watching Snake Eyes'… eyes. Or at least the best proximation she can get as to where they were. Mask and all. ++"Sorry, fella. I don't know that code of communication. I thought you were just trying to be cool when you gaze us the comms frequency."++ She then looks to Stargirl, and is about to say something… but that's when she hears the voices in the cockpit. Yeah she has pretty good ear… er… audio receptors. Kind of a necessity in her line of work.

Detroit… she's heard of it, of course. She even went there to scout out a possible 'Con base. She leans back a little, drawing one knee up and her arm draped over it. Her whole demeanor seems to change, as if she were mentally preparing herself. But she still keeps a warm smile on her lips, her softly glowing eyes looking amongst her new squad mates.

Tagging: @Gands, @LuckycoolHawk9, @Michale CS

 

[Michale CS]

Arcee sits there quietly, watching the exchange between Stargirl and Snake Eyes. She supposes the blond human didn't really pick up on her compliment. Doesn't change the fact she thinks her outfit is cute.

Her softly glowing eyes look between the two of them, and she smiles a little as she speaks. ++"So that's how you communicate?"++ She leans forward a little, watching Snake Eyes'… eyes. Or at least the best proximation she can get as to where they were. Mask and all. ++"Sorry, fella. I don't know that code of communication. I thought you were just trying to be cool when you gaze us the comms frequency."++ She then looks to Stargirl, and is about to say something… but that's when she hears the voices in the cockpit. Yeah she has pretty good ear… er… audio receptors. Kind of a necessity in her line of work.

Detroit… she's heard of it, of course. She even went there to scout out a possible 'Con base. She leans back a little, drawing one knee up and her arm draped over it. Her whole demeanor seems to change, as if she were mentally preparing herself. But she still keeps a warm smile on her lips, her softly glowing eyes looking amongst her new squad mates.

Tagging: @Gands, @LuckycoolHawk9, @Michale CS

"I might have some trouble communicating in Morse code, but I bet you could pick that up easily!" Courtney smiled; blushing a little still at the compliment she had received, at Arcee as she pulled up the simple code on her smartphone and showed it to the Autobot. "Simple flashes of light or short pulses of sound make up the code - the dashes are simply twice the duration of the dots - it's very binary."

@Camleen @The Wanderer @Gands @LuckycoolHawk9

 

[LuckycoolHawk9]

James Hunter and Felicity Smoak

Felicity walked to the back of the plane. " In case you didn't hear from super hearing or just walking around the plane, we are heading to an abandoned Chrysler factory in Detroit."

" Oh joy, Detroit and an abandoned factory....." James drawled sarcastically. It was very obvious he wasn't excited. If it was because of the actual city or the abandoned factory was uncertain though.

@Gands @Michale CS @Camleen @Sir Kaltao

 

[The Wanderer]

Terry McGinnis

Terry walked on over to Hercules. "You alright? You did take some hits from these things." He was checking on Hercules incase he needed medical attention.

These sentinels were more of a pain than the golem he fought at the pier. At least that thing was restricted to the tools it was given...

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Snake Eyes

Detroit. Snake Eyes had heard about the place from the other Joes from the various missions that took place there. Often to either interfere with Cobra activity or to lend their assistance if needed.

He got up from his seat, moving to the back of the Quinjet. Ready for deployment. Had the Quinjet been equipped with a wing suit, Snake Eyes would used it to be first on the ground. Not in a competitive sense. Rather, so he could scout out anything that could pose a danger to the team. Or relay valuable information to the others. There were parachutes, but he didn't want to waste one incase of an emergency.

@Camleen @Gands @LuckycoolHawk9 @Sir Kaltao @Michale CS

 

[Camleen]

Arcee's softly glowing eyes look towards Courtney as she speaks, that warm smile remaining upon her artificial lips. She leans a little closer to the human as she shows her smartphone, and she nods a little. ++"Huh… we do have something like that. A series of clicks that can blend into cosmic background noises."++ She now sits up, motioning to her. ++"So maybe after we're through here, I can learn a little of your Morse. Never hurts to learn new ways to communicate with the locals."++ She says the last part in a joking tone.

Felicity joins them in what has essentially became the passenger compartment, and Arcee nods a little. ++"That's convenient. If they're going to try… and fail… to use Deftwing's T-Cog… a place that was used to make earth vehicles might work."++ She knows, of course, it's super unlikely they could get it to work. Which is fortunate for everyone.

She is about to say something else to Felicity… but her attention is suddenly taken by Snake Eyes as he gets up suddenly and moves towards the back. Is he launching?

Awesome.

++"Okay."++ She says as she pushes herself up now to her feet. She hunches over slightly, still feeling like there isn't enough room in the Quinjet for her. There is, of course. She looks towards Courtney and Felicity, and then motions to Snake Eyes. ++"He seems the sneaky type. So'm I. Can't tell ya what to do, but if you all wanna stick in the transport for now… we can scout on ahead. More the merrier, though."++ She says with a nod and a little grin. Snake Eyes launches himself from the Quintjet… and Arcee is right behind him.

She goes into free fall, her eyes scanning the terrain they drop towards. She can't see much movement at all. Seems suspicious to her. Snake Eyes reaches the ground… and Arcee lands in a roll not terribly far from him. Despite the fact she weighs a lot (a girl never tells her weight, though) and fell quite a distance, her landing is made without much sound at all. Her form seems made for this kind of thing, for moving silently no matter the situation. She kneels near Snake Eyes, her glowing eyes scanning the darkness. She speaks into her communicator, her voice very soft. But loud enough for all those with one to hear of course. +"Transport, we've made landfall. Snake Eyes… tell me where you want me."++ She then looks towards him, her demeanor now a serious one.


Tagging: @The Wanderer, @Gands, @LuckycoolHawk9, @Michale CS

 

[Gands]

Detroit

Outskirts of the city.

As the Quinjet comes into the area, at least two of our heroes depart into the sky to land quietly near the appointed location. What looks to be an abandoned factory.



Assuming the bottom of the picture is south. Where do you go first. There is nothing obvious in the area.

@The Wanderer @Camleen @Michale CS @LuckycoolHawk9 @Sir Kaltao

It should be noted, that at this point, only Snake eyes and Arcee are heading to the ground / or on the ground.

 

[LuckycoolHawk9]

Felicity Smoak and James Hunter

James was quiet as the others left. He knew sooner or later they were going to land and it meant going into the area. The prospect does not excite him. " Sure looks creepy and abandonded. Oh joy."

" Well, it doesn't seem too unsafe," Felicity replied back to him.


@The Wanderer @Camleen @Michale CS @LuckycoolHawk9 @Sir Kaltao @Gands

 

[Breach]

Near the dark edge, where the sun light does not shine, came a being that look like it came from worst parts of hell it self. Dark suit coverd it`s body, that had iron chains wrap round it`s body. And finaly a red gaint cape, that look as red as the apple of eden. HE stares , with green burning eyes ,at the the factory and glares. He starts to float near the windows,with his cape covering his body to blend to the envoirment, and stares what is happening in the factory through a window.