<div class="floatleft">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/c/c1/65259.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong>Julia Brown/Ms. Venus (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=347850.msg16403280#msg16403280)<br/><strong>Pronouns:</strong>She/Her<br/><strong>Location:</strong>Yellow Brick Road, Seattle, Washington<br/><strong>Date &amp; Time:</strong>March 24, 2014<br/><strong>Tagging:</strong>Open<br/><strong>Hero Points:</strong>1<br/><strong>Conditions:</strong>None<br/><hr/><br/><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=348757.msg16405300#msg16405300">Quote from: Outcast on 16-02-2023, 21:20:38</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote"><br/><br/><strong>Julia</strong> had not often had reason to regret the lack of opportunities to put her old skills and reactions to use... but she could be very glad she had them now.  Well, mostly.  In her case, the urge to undress was markedly less <em>helpful</em> than it had been when she routinely wore a super-costume beneath any 'normal' outfit... but casually controlled use of her super-strength and rapid assessment of injuries served her well, as did the ingrained assumption that 'normal' people would listen to her in a crisis.  In this case, at least, it held true even without a supersuit on show, with her stunned 'recruit' doing his best to comply with her instructions, while trying to both breathe somewhat normally and to banish the expression of slack-jawed astonishment that he wore.<br/><br/><br/><br/>But nothing had yet compared to the sights that began to emerge into view above the casualties and the rubble.  With those strange bolts of near-silent lightning still flashing out and down from the vortex of light in the sky, <em>strangeness</em> reached fresh heights on Yellow Brick Row.<br/><br/>To <strong>Claire</strong>'s North, and quite close to <strong>Julia</strong>, a black-clad figure was <em>rising up into the air</em>.  It looked to be a long-haired young man dressed in the sort of black-with-buckles finery that might come from Hot Topic.  As he lifted up, he spread his arms, shouting out something - and ribbons of black and dark green formed out of the dust-filled air, sweeping around him to create a set of robes and leather boots that might have come from a Peter Jackson movie.  An elaborate staff formed in one hand, as he laughed in what seemed to be sheer delight.  Another shout was lost in the background din, before a swift, broad grin flashed amidst his (now tidy, and much more impressive) goatee beard, then his voice boomed out impossibly loudly, with background hints of reverb and special-effects 'crackle'.<br/><br/><div align="center">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/2/24/LordEtheric.jpg)<br/><br/><strong>"<span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 14pt;"><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: georgia;">Lord Etheric has arisen!  Bow before him, peons!</span></span>"</strong></div><br/>Still farther South, people fleeing the octopus-creature were scrambling into a detour, as a brilliant glow over-rode the lightning flashes and the dust-shrouded daylight.  A figure - human(oid), perhaps wearing long shorts and a baggy t-shirt? - was wreathed in a startlingly white glow as it walked slowly out into the middle of the pedestrian thoroughfare.<br/><br/><div align="center">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/f/f6/Lightshow.jpg)</div><br/>Away towards the other end of the disaster-struck portion of the Yellow Brick Row, <strong>Iona</strong> and <strong>Julia</strong> abruptly realised that they could hear growling - swiftly followed by the creation of a new focus of screaming, scrambling panic among the survivors.  With a loud <em>thump</em>, a bizarre creature sprang into view, landing loudly atop the wreckage of a cafe's tables and chairs.  <br/><br/><div align="center">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/2/23/Mongoose.png)</div><br/>It looked to be female, and it was clearly wearing the ruptured remnants of mundane street clothes - jeans and a purple top - but it now sported a tail, claws, extended ears, eyes with animalistic slits, and what could only be described as striped <em>fur</em>.  The fluffy tuft at the end of the tail was twitching dramatically to and fro, while the open mouth - maw? - emitted a constant stream of snarls and growls, accompanied by droplets of spittle.<br/><br/>Safe to say, the creature looked to be exceedingly <em>agitated</em>.  And even with the backdrop of 'Lord Etheric', this furry new arrival certainly looked to be more than a little threatening.<br/><br/><hr/><br/><strong>OOC</strong>: Things get even more weird!  How will our heroines cope?  ;D<br/><br/>In line with the instructions in the relevant post (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=347842.msg16368191#msg16368191), please provide me with plans for what your characters would like to do.  If you give me options, then I will be able to do more with it.  As in the example, feel free to provide "<em>if this occurs, then I'll try this approach... if this other thing happens, then I respond in this different way...</em>"<br/><br/>You have perhaps as much as <strong>one round</strong> in which to plan, shout warnings, and so on, before the NPCs start taking actions.  Don't presume that you can have lengthy conversations with each other, but a <em>rapid</em> exchange of a handful of words apiece is feasible... as is shouting a short message to bystanders, yelling questions at the new arrivals, and so on.  But keep anything like that brief, please.  Any speech that runs into multiple rounds might well get interrupted by exciting developments!<br/>[/justify]<br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>It had been a long, long time since Julia had been in anything THIS chaotic, and now instead of no meta humans, there were a dozen all over the street!  Seeing Iona start to attract the more feral meta's attention, she called out "Keep doing that that, I'll back you up if you need it."  She wasn't anyone in particular, but she sure sounded confident.<br/><br/>Her eyes narrowed as she got a look at "Lord Etheric."  A new one on her, but she knew his type, and guessed that he had about five minutes of experience with those powers... and no common sense.  She had one bit of luck, finding a white leotard and sash blown out of a store window.  She stepped back into the alley and did a quick change, hiding her clothes, phone and glasses under a dumpster, then flew up to the rooftop level and out.  "Let's all take it easy, I'm sure we can straighten this out.  You could start helping your 'subjects now, there's a lot of people in need at the moment..."  It's at this point she becomes aware of how thinly stretched her improvised costume is!<br/><br/><strong>OOC</strong>Ms. Venus will try Fascinate: Persuasion on Lord Etheric, and Assessment too, keeping that going to tie up his attention if it works, doing fly-by attacks on him if it doesn't, getting a hundred or more feet past him each time, diverting to help Iona if there's trouble there.