It is a Double Treat to Deceive the Deciever - Epic Crossover Event

[Michale CS]

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Atlantic City is a resort city on New Jersey's Atlantic coast that's known for its many casinos, wide beaches and iconic Boardwalk. Established in the 1800s as a health resort, today the city is dotted with glitzy high-rise hotels and nightclubs. In addition to gambling at slot machines and table games, the casinos offer spa treatments, performances by famous comedy and music acts, and high-end shopping.

Zoom in on the Royal Flush Casino - Currently run by five people:

Rayleen Thorne - The Queen of Hearts

Jonathan "Jack" Hart - The Jack of Hearts

Harlan King - The King of Hearts ( Harlan has no powers, unlike Rayleen and Jack, unless being rich is a power. He's the money behind the casino. )

Cassandra Sandsmark - Fomerly Wonder Girl now operating as the Ace of Hearts. She's befriended Rayleen and only dons the "Ace" costume for public appearances related to the casino/hotel.

Mark Tennyson - 10 of Hearts Ex-Con, trying to make things right ( According to him ). Has the ability to split in to 10 distinct versions of himself. He's a part owner because he invested his whole trust fund but currently works as the entire waitstaff in the bar and grill in the Royal Flush Casino.

But into the hotel one day, walked two unmistakable rogues, who give Rayleen and Cassandra reason to worry...

That's where you, our Heroes come in. Sign up for this event on the Discord Server or by conversation with @Michale CS or @Gands

Can the Heroes find out what Arcade and Riddler want with this casino and Atlantic City as a whole and stop their plans?

Private Event for Members of the Epic Mashup clan only. Want to join this? Join there!​

 

[Mook-LandStrider]

Invader Nara

"Hmm... I can do this. My Zhoot Cruiser is not far from this location. I can also assume other persona if so need be. My ship comes equipped with a full array of devices that we may need. But, it will be obvious the moment I begin my movement to begin dismantling their network if there is a subversive underlying plot to this.... Nygma character." Nara finished. The last of the words sliding off her tongue with obvious distaste.

"As for the other, perhaps we can play ego to ego. These individuals must be full of themselves to be doing such a thing in the first place." Nara spoke. Her Irken elite training coming into play. "Sow discord and distrust. Play one against the other, while they work together it is likely there are apprehensions. No partnership between two chaotic individuals is ever fully trust worthy. We can exploit this."

@Drixe @Gands @Sonevar @Michale CS @York @LuckycoolHawk9​

 

[Michale CS]

Looks like the Sentinel had her work cut out for her, though admittedly she was caught a little offguard by Stephanie's spontaneous Shaggy impression. (Granted she probably would have laughed in a more light-hearted scenario.) Nonetheless though, she cracked her knuckles and nodded.

"Let's hope it's not... Family business." She said, rather gravely.

While naturally, they'd have to find out for themselves, the Sentinel had a distinct feeling that Nygma and Arcade might just have an ace in the hole... In the form of hostages, but hopefully it wouldn't have to come to that.

The Lady offers a bemused smile at Steph's comment "Although I do find the antics of the Era-stunted ameture mystery solvers to be most entertaining and diverting, I was endeavoring to make my point come across more clearly..."

The Lady's refined cadence slides seamlessly into The Babydoll's jarring New-York-ian " 'cause as adOOOOrable as the cutesy talk'n puppy is... 'Ruh-Roh Raggy re need Relp' is sometimes kinda hard ta make out... ya know?"

"Yeah, well... I should go in my civvies, but I'll keep a few surprises on me. We going as the security firm hired by the Royal Flush, right? Or... if you wanna get sort of on the sneaky side.. I got a couple of these..."
She opened her duffle bag and showed a couple of berets with a familiar, if disgusting to many, logo on them.

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"We could pretend to be those creeps and try to convince her that metahumans were behind the attack and as an outspoken proponent of the Superhuman Registration Act, she's a target? And yeah, I got em off of guys who were too unconcious to complain about me taking them. When I heard I was coming here to Atlantic City, I did my research on who else was around and brought a few disguises-" She gave Nicola an exaggerated wink then, because, Disguises, Scooby-Doo.

"But it's up to you, Lilly."

"Think of this like an Impulse Drive. Just made smaller by technological means and constructed by a non physical species. It is on a timer, I believe I can disarm it, given time." Nara finished.

"I'm gonna take your word on that. Let's just... get going huh?" Rayleen responded to all the antics paying most attention to Nara talking about disarming the devices.

Meanwhile...

"Fuck off, Bullock. I been clean for two years and you can't make... me... talk?" Something Bullock had pulled out of his pocket and showed the former 'delivery boy' for both Falcone and Cobblepot at the same time, changed his tune really fast.

"Fine. What didya wanna know?" the Stoolie, whose name happened to be Daniel, finally acquiesced. That used to be a joke, Stoolie Dan, for those who knew the reference.

@Angelic Fusion @Drixe @Gands @LuckycoolHawk9 @Michale CS @Sonevar

 

[Drixe]

Harvey smiled and held the address to the guy doing his ex-wife in front of dan. "Now before you go take care of bussiness, i just need to know where nigma is staying. Im sure we both don't like him in town, let us take care of your problem for you". Dan thinks about the deal, the riddler isn't exactly friends. But I mean that's not a man you mess with.

 

[LuckycoolHawk9]

Lincoln Campbell

Lincoln listened to the plan that Grady had presented and paused. " Grady, are you sure that there isn't anywhere else I won't be more useful? I mean, they dislocated a whole Ferris Wheel by themselves. Maybe we should look at areas near the pier to see how close they would be. Are we going to do that after we investigate the pool?" He asked.

@Gands

 

[York]

Replies

The Lady offers a bemused smile at Steph's comment "Although I do find the antics of the Era-stunted ameture mystery solvers to be most entertaining and diverting, I was endeavoring to make my point come across more clearly..."

The Lady's refined cadence slides seamlessly into The Babydoll's jarring New-York-ian " 'cause as adOOOOrable as the cutesy talk'n puppy is... 'Ruh-Roh Raggy re need Relp' is sometimes kinda hard ta make out... ya know?"

Invader Nara

Listening to all the humanoids speak Nara waited. Gauging her answer while all the while keeping her alien form hidden. They may know she is in a disguise, but... surprise is best left to that... a surprise. Smirking the Invader realized she was going into her head and came back in time to hear her name. Looking up Nara fixed her eyes on Grady and listened. "Conference room.... sure." she responded before the others spoke up.

At the mention of devices Nara's Sir Unit revealed itself. The robot opened its chest to show the device inside of it. Nara glanced over and then at all the other faces. "This is what went off when that wheel hit the water. It's a brilliant piece of four dimensional technology." Nara rolled her eyes at the word brilliant. Trust be told, she hated the device and those that made it. "Think of this like an Impulse Drive. Just made smaller by technological means and constructed by a non physical species. It is on a timer, I believe I can disarm it, given time." Nara finished.
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Grady Murtaugh aka Corvus

He listened intently to everyone as they made their points. Watching Detective Bullock leave without much ado to scare up some information.

He then turns to Nicola.

"I don't think your wrong on either of those points. First, we know Nygma's partner is quite successful on his own. Why bring Riddler on board at all? Few people know much at all about the assassin known as Arcade. He, like Riddler is dsmned smart, and has his own big ego. Second, if you believe you can lure one of them in, to our advantage, thats great. But, bear in mind the time involved. Perhaps you can use what they've already done ?

As far as those devices Miss Nara, can you rig up a portable detector ? I am certain, these guys will have a backup plan ? There are probable some scattered in the city somewhere, so that lives can be threatened. "


@Drixe @Sonevar @Angelic Fusion @Michale CS @York @LuckycoolHawk9

Invader Nara

"Hmm... I can do this. My Zhoot Cruiser is not far from this location. I can also assume other persona if so need be. My ship comes equipped with a full array of devices that we may need. But, it will be obvious the moment I begin my movement to begin dismantling their network if there is a subversive underlying plot to this.... Nygma character." Nara finished. The last of the words sliding off her tongue with obvious distaste.

"As for the other, perhaps we can play ego to ego. These individuals must be full of themselves to be doing such a thing in the first place." Nara spoke. Her Irken elite training coming into play. "Sow discord and distrust. Play one against the other, while they work together it is likely there are apprehensions. No partnership between two chaotic individuals is ever fully trust worthy. We can exploit this."

@Drixe @Gands @Sonevar @Michale CS @York @LuckycoolHawk9​

"Yeah, well... I should go in my civvies, but I'll keep a few surprises on me. We going as the security firm hired by the Royal Flush, right? Or... if you wanna get sort of on the sneaky side.. I got a couple of these..."
She opened her duffle bag and showed a couple of berets with a familiar, if disgusting to many, logo on them.

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"We could pretend to be those creeps and try to convince her that metahumans were behind the attack and as an outspoken proponent of the Superhuman Registration Act, she's a target? And yeah, I got em off of guys who were too unconcious to complain about me taking them. When I heard I was coming here to Atlantic City, I did my research on who else was around and brought a few disguises-" She gave Nicola an exaggerated wink then, because, Disguises, Scooby-Doo.

"But it's up to you, Lilly."




"I'm gonna take your word on that. Let's just... get going huh?" Rayleen responded to all the antics paying most attention to Nara talking about disarming the devices.

Meanwhile...

"Fuck off, Bullock. I been clean for two years and you can't make... me... talk?" Something Bullock had pulled out of his pocket and showed the former 'delivery boy' for both Falcone and Cobblepot at the same time, changed his tune really fast.

"Fine. What didya wanna know?" the Stoolie, whose name happened to be Daniel, finally acquiesced. That used to be a joke, Stoolie Dan, for those who knew the reference.

@Angelic Fusion @Drixe @Gands @LuckycoolHawk9 @Michale CS @Sonevar

Harvey smiled and held the address to the guy doing his ex-wife in front of dan. "Now before you go take care of bussiness, i just need to know where nigma is staying. Im sure we both don't like him in town, let us take care of your problem for you". Dan thinks about the deal, the riddler isn't exactly friends. But I mean that's not a man you mess with.

Lincoln Campbell

Lincoln listened to the plan that Grady had presented and paused. " Grady, are you sure that there isn't anywhere else I won't be more useful? I mean, they dislocated a whole Ferris Wheel by themselves. Maybe we should look at areas near the pier to see how close they would be. Are we going to do that after we investigate the pool?" He asked.

@Gands

Argent Sentinel (Lilly Briant)
@Angelic Fusion @Drixe @Gands @LuckycoolHawk9 @Michale CS @Sonevar

Lilly rubbed her chin, while she seemed a little apprehensive about associating herself with the "Friends of Humanity", but all things considered... It would make the most sense to pose as members of that particular organization, as it would be the most likely to get through to Dillard, or at least get her out of town.

"Let's... Go with your plan for now." She said, though she tapped her chin for a moment.

"But, we should be on guard. If our enemy is confident Dillard will stay around... They might have a hostage." She added.

While they would have to cross that bridge when they came to it, she figured it wouldn't hurt to start thinking about a backup plan or two, just incase plan A went south, so to speak.

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[Sonevar]

THE Harlequin
The movie starlet sultry tones of the Harlequin answered Grady "The trap itself is simple enough. If the Hotel has around 10 Grand of petty cash, or the necessary toys are available already, a clone of the Hotel's system can be set up, then looped in on itself to make a convincing, yet close-able cage in about 6-8 hours" She leans back crossing her legs...

"As for the bait, we use my own intrusion" She pauses her face falling slightly "That is assuming that the Hotel is willing to let its reputation take a ding by admitting to such... However, if they are willing, then we can lay a realistic trail to our bait. We let the employees and other password holders know that they need to change their passwords because of an attempt to get a free room which was ultimately unsuccessful, which since Mr. Murtaugh is now handling my accommodations, is not a lie. We let the rumor mill do its thing, meanwhile I plant a false file in the trap server of the 'new password format rules', you know... must be so many characters long, must not contain special characters, must have at least one number, etc. This way it's not so simple and easy as handing them a password list which might be viewed suspiciously, also it's a puzzle and a challenge which might appeal to an associate of E's, and... it IS how I got in..."

 

[Drixe]

Seeing Dan's reluctance to dropping a dime on nygma ,Harvey decides to sweeten the deal." You still have a file back in gotham right? Be shame if your information wasn't correct. Make it hard for a dirty cop to track you down for falcon. One quick call and your "off the record" .Harvey smiled , as soon as he got back to Gotham he and falcone were at war. Might as well help dan by clouding his trail, tieing more of falcones time and money on a hopefully futile task.

 

[Michale CS]

Seeing Dan's reluctance to dropping a dime on nygma ,Harvey decides to sweeten the deal." You still have a file back in gotham right? Be shame if your information wasn't correct. Make it hard for a dirty cop to track you down for falcon. One quick call and your "off the record" .Harvey smiled , as soon as he got back to Gotham he and falcone were at war. Might as well help dan by clouding his trail, tieing more of falcones time and money on a hopefully futile task.

"Y-yeah, you know I'm not a violent man, Bullock. It's why I left all of my baggage back in Gotham. I'm clean now..."

He sighed. "Fine. Toss in a bus ticket to Albany and you got yourself a deal. Otherwise I'm in the wind like the hurricane they named after you."

@Drixe

 

[Mook-LandStrider]

Invader Nara

The Irken couldn't contain her smirk. "Yes, I believe it is best if we were to get started." Nara spoke before looking to the dwarf. "Bazzle, prepare the cruiser. I will vox you when I need you to bring the ship." Not waiting the Sir Unit made its way from the room in an orderly fashion. With her minion now gone the Irken turned her attention to Rayleen "The deal was finished. I would like the technology promised." Nara spoke with no emotion in her voice.
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@Michale CS

 

[Michale CS]

"Let's... Go with your plan for now." She said, though she tapped her chin for a moment.

"But, we should be on guard. If our enemy is confident Dillard will stay around... They might have a hostage." She added.

While they would have to cross that bridge when they came to it, she figured it wouldn't hurt to start thinking about a backup plan or two, just incase plan A went south, so to speak.

"Yeah?!" Stephanie scoffed. "I wouldn't put it past Dillard to be working with them. Remember, neither Riddler nor Arcade are metas."

She lead Lilly down to the garage, where she had parked the Ricochet, which had been recently modified to allow for two to ride - if they were about as close as motorcycle driver and passenger got, and maybe a little more. "I figure we can drive close by, close enough for my remote to work in case things go bad, then we can call Uber to go the rest of the way to the resort. Unless you're not confident in your biking skills?"

@York

With her minion now gone the Irken turned her attention to Rayleen "The deal was finished. I would like the technology promised." Nara spoke with no emotion in her voice.

Rayleen smiled. "If you recall the exact wording, it was... we will definitely point you to where you can get the tech for NAOMI. Consider this pointing..."

She handed the card to Nara. "Email that address. I know it says recruiter but that's just to throw people off. use 'NAOMI' in the subject line, and mention you were given the address by the Queen of Hearts, and that will open negotiations between you and Stark."

Rayleen breezed by the rest of them nodding at Grady and Nicola. "If you'll excuse me, I think I have a trap to set."

@Angelic Fusion @Sonevar @LuckycoolHawk9 @Gands

 

[Sonevar]

Nicola smiles like a cat in cream and starts looking for the IT department so that she can start setting up the clone server. She starts mapping out the loophole architecture on graph paper, the Lady going through multiple scenarios (and multiple pages) as the progress bar slowly ticks on the cloning process.

 

[Gands]

Grady Murtaugh aka Corvus

Grady seems to be still thinking.

"Nicola, please mind your time and good luck "

" Miss Nara, I will have you listed as one of our consultants for purposes of a consulting fee. Don't forget those portable detector units please. Also, if you don't mind, can you exchange phone numbers with Lincoln ? "

With that, he and Lincoln go down to the pool.

@Sonevar @LuckycoolHawk9 @Michale CS @Drixe @Angelic Fusion

 

[Drixe]

Harvey nods getting 3 c notes and showing them to him " good to hear dan, here go in style. But first I'm going to need the dirt on nygma. Oh and where do you want falcone spinning his heals Chicago, metropolis? Could have a flying boy scout take care of your problem."

 

[Mook-LandStrider]

INVADER Nara

Stareing the Irken had been played, but it was not a total loss. The information provided was enough. Nara did not know what this email was but, was going to make it a priority. Nara took the number from Lincoln and was even more dumbfounded about a phone number. Either way she would find out what they were.

Leaving the group Nara set out immediately to her ship. "Bazzle!" Nara voxed "Bring the Zhoot cruiser. We have work to do. And find out what this email and phone are. It seems vital to whatever we must do." Nara voxed the Sir Unit. Walking out of the casino Nara made her way into the open as the personal spacecraft descended. The ship made no noise as it hovered in its cloaking form. Casually walking down an empty stretch of street she suddenly disappeared from view as she entered the ship. Taking the controls the ship caused a small and brief gust of wind before taking off.

Now above the casino Nara looked about before bazzle approached from behind. "Master, I have information vital to our-" The Sir unit spoke before Nara cut in "Speak.". "Failsafe measures detected! Immediate attention required." It spoke. Nara narrowed her eyes as the Sir Unit opened its chest. Taking the weapon out of the Unit's chest she examined it "Failsafe location?" Nara asked as her disguise fell and her Pak unit opened. Tools shootout attached to several arms as she grabbed it with one of the mechadentrites. Occular impalnts activating the Irken zoomed in as she began to pick apart the weapon. "Failsafe mechanism....." Nara mumbled before a cable shot out of the bottom of her Pak and attached itself to the weapon. "Coding identified.... and... ohh.. timer reset to... 200 years sounds okay." Nara said a smirk forming. "I have cut the failsafes route to the trigger mechanism." she continued on before just taking it into her hands. "Done. Stow it in the back Bazzle. Lets hope you can locate the failsafe on the others faster." Nara commanded.

Turning her attention back to the ship itself she turned the seat around and took the helm. "Bazzle, track the energy signature of the Impulse Drive's power source." Nara commanded her Sir unit and waited as the results began to appear.
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@Michale CS

 

[Michale CS]

Harvey nods getting 3 c notes and showing them to him " good to hear dan, here go in style. But first I'm going to need the dirt on nygma. Oh and where do you want falcone spinning his heals Chicago, metropolis? Could have a flying boy scout take care of your problem."

Dan smiled. "Metropolis. And, here's the place..."

He handed him a card.

On the back was a phone number and a website address.
"No idea what SOSH stands for but it's an architecture firm. I dunno, but I think he and that redhead nutball own it. Probably not officially, you know, but they definitely walked in like they owned the place. It's on Atlantic, on the corner of Presbyterian, just before you get to Crown Liquor."

@Drixe

 

[Michale CS]

Turning her attention back to the ship itself she turned the seat around and took the helm. "Bazzle, track the energy signature of the Impulse Drive's power source." Nara commanded her Sir unit and waited as the results began to appear.
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@Michale CS

Soon, Bazzle found the information...



@Angelic Fusion

 

[Drixe]

Harvey handed the man his money and shook his hand for probably the last time." Take care dan" he said before walking to safe place to inform gordan of his " new assignment ". That and have Dan's information altered." Hey JIM, how's it going? Look something came up in Atlantic city.....you know let me just start from the begining.

 

[Mook-LandStrider]

Invader Nara

The locations streamed to her occular implant and the scale of the plan began to reveal itself to her. Smirking she did admire its complexity. Either way, it did not matter anymore. The moment of admiration died in a well executed military drill as she began to open up communication channels within her Zhoot Cruiser. Broadcasting signals to the phones of those working with her she used her ship as a central point. "Bazzle, input the data you collected. We need the source." Nara spoke.

Having the broadcasted numbers added to her ship she dialed up their phones. To those who answered she was brief. "I have linked your communications system to my ship. This will form a secure connection and instant connection, I doubt they have jamming equipment to rival Irken technology." Nara spoke. "Either way, I have the locations of all devices. The downside is the moment I begin to move I will have to reveal my ship. It will be disguised but, it will be obvious... if you look hard enough. Subtly will be lost and we will need to begin to act. Respond when you wish for me to start." Nara finished. Turning in her chair she brought up a map of the area and the locations listed. "Form an optimal route. Calculate time required... approximate to the minute." Nara said to the Sir Unit.

@Michale CS @Gands @York @LuckycoolHawk9​

 

[Sonevar]

THE Harlequin
The Baby Doll listened to the call as she was attaching cabling to series link several hard drives for the funhouse that The Lady was planning, then she ponders...

"Ya know, since we's in the big shiney city, can we wait 'til one of the places on the strip sets off the light show and use it like as cover for the 'Not 21's' fly'n saucer? That way even if people sees it, they just think it's an extra gag or promotion that somebody's do'n?"

 

[Drixe]

Harvey finishes the call with gordan, and almost 30 second as later he gets naras call. Not sure exactly what's it about he says" Ah ok sure.." thinking next time stay until the end of the meeting. He puts up his phone and heads over to city hall to pull records for sosh.