<strong>Hero Points:</strong>3 (Sleeping Wyvern)<strong>Luck Points:</strong>5/5<strong>Conditions:</strong>None<br/><br/>Cueball staggered back as the Sleeping Wyvern advanced with a body blow. At his peak he’d remain standing, but the earlier exertions caused him to tip forward from exhaustion, exposing more of his face to a strike. There was nowhere to dodge, and with a loud<em>smack</em>the biker fell backwards, groaning in pain.<br/><br/>“You idiot…”he coughed. “They’re all gonna come after you...after what you did…”<br/><br/>Cueball couldn’t finish his sentence before his head lolled over, his half-lidded stare evidence that he was down for the count.<br/><br/>The final Yakuza had run out of the building, and the flying sphere followed. Sounds of the guards from outside could be heard, although by what the Sleeping Wyvern could make out it seemed like nobody was in the mood to stay. Should he decide to check, the hovering sphere already made short work of the Advocates’ motorcycles, forcing the remaining pair to retreat on foot.<br/><br/><em>Sleeping Wyvern has enough time to look around the now-abandoned warehouse and Cueball’s belongings. He can also run after the remaining bikers or Yakuza, if he wishes to do so, but not both at once (not fast enough). Either way, he’ll learn the same information, be it via a cornered thug spilling the beans or looking over the map and burner phones in the warehouse.</em><br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Clues</div><div class="spoiler_body"><strong>Information:</strong> The Devil’s Advocates were having trouble with the Freedom League back east, but heard through contacts in the underworld that Emerald City was a safe place for supervillains on the run. The local Yakuza were losing ground, and in order to avoid the appearance of weakness sought to tap into the drug network of the Devil’s Advocates. Ideally this would create a valuable stream of income and increase both parties’ standing in the Emerald City underworld. The meeting is being kept hush-hush because both the Devils and Yakuza are still feeling each other out, and it’s better for the latter group to seize the initiative and make up for their losses rather than asking for approval from the other factions.<br/><br/><strong>Evidence:</strong> there’s a bag of a bright-red powdery substance in Cueball’s left jacket pocket. It doesn’t look like any common street drug the Sleeping Wyvern has seen before, and is likely the Feral of which he earlier spoke. Up to our hero if he wants to pocket it to analyze later or leave it as evidence for the police (who will need to be called in, given none of the people fleeing are going to do so).<br/><br/>Cueball’s War Axe is much heavier than a weapon of its size would ordinarily be. It’s likely made of a dense material that would make wielding it in battle impractical for those without superhuman strength.</div></div><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">OOC</div><div class="spoiler_body">Cueball Toughness 9, (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=153789)<br/><br/>Failure by 3 degrees. Staggered again, ends up KOed.<br/><br/>Ended up rolling these out of order, but realized the first Toughness save he’d make would KO him before any more actions could go off.<br/><br/>Gain 1 Hero Point for defeating the Devil’s Advocates and disrupting the meeting!<br/><br/>The 3 remaining gangsters are going to make themselves scarce. If you want to track them down or let them go you can do so without any further need for die rolls. Or just vanish into the shadows.</div></div><br/><hr/><br/><div align="center"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 18pt;"><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: impact;"><strong>Back Home</strong></span></span><br/>(https://i.imgur.com/SiSZtwM.jpg)</div><br/>Scene Music (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NzG_s3YRoAA)<br/><br/>Although Rakutsu endured far more taxing trials, the exhilaration from the fight combined with physical activity from regular patrols was beginning to catch up to him. He was able to make it home at an hour before Ryoko or Teruko would start growing worried, and had enough energy to go through the door, second-story window, or whatever other means he usually entered his home after completing his superhero shift as the Sleeping Wyvern.<br/><br/>The outdoor lights were still on, so he had no trouble finding his way through the dark. The indoor lights were also still on, although neither of his cousins could be seen. The door to his room and his mother’s remained undisturbed, although the sound of rushing water from the bathroom was the only thing breaking the ambient silence of the house.<br/>