A Far Cry from Normal (Gil & Neysha)
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				Title: <strong>A Far Cry from Normal (Gil &amp; Neysha)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Gilgameshian</strong> on <strong>25-08-2015, 21:34:44</strong>
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				Mutation. A concept often talked about by scientists who have more time on their hands than research. The idea that people can become something more than just normal. Acquire powers beyond what most could ever explain. That wish became a reality in the last century or at least widely known. Heroes, and villains, with powers that were difficult at best to explain began popping up the world over.<br><br>Leon Bishop was one such man. He dressed like a normal person: blue jeans, a shirt emblazoned with a New Orleans Saints symbol, and a simple black jacket over it all. Every morning when he looked in the mirror he saw the same man looking back through dirty blonde hair that was barely kept in line. Leon looked the part of one of the many normal people in the wake of this mutant advent. But he was far from normal. Normal would be a man who happens to be talented at basketball or mathematics. Normal was a guy who went to school to further his education. Normal was not a man who could lift a car with his mind for a little exercise.<br><br>The streets of his town, a little out of the way place a few miles away from the US capitol, were about as crowded as could be expected. A few storeowners had music blaring from their shops while the lone preacher took to his soapbox up the road. He fought the urge to indulge in the various coffee shops that lined the sidewalk as he made his way to the park. A morning jog as a part of his simple routine to keep his body as sharp as his mind if that was, indeed, possible. The thought had worked so far though as he was well toned but not featuring the bulging muscles of a bodybuilder gone too far thankfully. He nodded and waved to a few of the shopkeepers and people who passed as they saw him every morning and were at least acquainted.<br><br>If everything went according to plan he would do a lap or two around the spacious park and then return home. But today was not his lucky day. Though he was not telepathic his power was mental related. He could sense something was very off in the air. The first half of his lap was calm even if the clouds covered the sun granting some oddly moody lighting. His sixth sense, as it were, came to fruition when something seemed to warp the air itself. Since was still pretty early in the morning only a handful of people were in the park so he jogged toward where he felt the disturbance had to be coming from.<br><br>With a spare thought he created a telekinetic field around his body. It would be invisible to the eye but it would protect him from surprise attacks. The last thing he needed was to get taken out by a mugger with a lucky shot or something. Thing is that with the trees around here being moderatly thick someone could be hiding just about anywhere and surprise him. Leon just hoped that whatever was causing this disturbance came in peace. He really didn't want to have to start his day off by smashing someone through a few trees.
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				Title: <strong>Re: A Far Cry from Normal (Gil &amp; Neysha)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Neysha</strong> on <strong>25-08-2015, 22:37:07</strong>
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				(http://static.comicvine.com/uploads/original/13/132823/3743509-tsukuri.jpg)<br><br>For a stealth based martial artist, Tsukuri reacted poorly to finding herself suddenly thrust into the middle of some random neighborhood park. Clad in her red and black armor and with her katana blade already drawn, it would've been awkward to say the least. But the fact that she had a large duffel bag of money stuffed with cold, hard cash was disconcerting to say the least. She wasn't sure how much money she had, but the duffel bag easily weighed a nudge over fifty pounds so she was guessing at least a half million dollars minimum in raw paper stacks of US dollars. She was in the midst of her escape when she suddenly found herself rather oddly, in the middle of a park instead of running down a back alley. <br><br>If that wasn't bad enough, she came face to face with a pair of police officers on a bike patrol through the park that just pedaled into view a mere thirty meters up the trail. She didn't bother zipping shut the duffel, the large stacks of green easily seen by the officers casual glances as they skidded to a stop with their brakes and Tsukuri frowned. She would've zipped up the duffel... but she couldn't since it was overstuffed. She sure as hell wasn't planning on being randomly teleported to some park she didn't even recognize as part of her escape plan. She glanced over and noticed one of the two bike cops was a woman. <br><br>"Sorry about this," the highly trained villain then said to the female cop as the two police officers kicked down the stands. The male officer reached for his gun as the woman reached for her shoulder radio with one hand, and a taser with the other. Tsukuri meanwhile had already shrugged off the duffel and in the same split second, drew her sword as she sprinted straight towards her targets.<br><br>"POLICE STOP THERE!" the male officer shouted, not even having the chance to get off of his bike as the woman started to announce the police code of what they had encountered as this unknown woman, obviously a supervillain they were unfamiliar with from the look of her, sprinted towards them. The cop drew his pistol out in the time it took Tsukuri to close most of the distance and noticing she had her sword drawn, he didn't hesitate to warn her again but instead took his finger off of the trigger guard, flipped off the safety and took aim at her center body mass. <br><br><em>Pop. Pop. Pop.</em><br><br>Her head disappeared in a flash of the pistols recoil but after firing three rounds in rapid succession, he noticed his target had literally disappeared out of sight. Out of the bottom lid of his peripheral vision, he saw a flashing blur of red and black and realized a moment too late she had sprung into a forward roll, ducking under his gunfire and then concluded her forward roll by extending her feet out and kicking them upward, connecting her feet with the chest of the cop and imparting enough force that sent him flying clean off of the seat of his bicycle. He flew backwards into the air in a lazy arch, crashing back to the ground about fifteen feet away with a pained groan.<br><br>"211 in progress at the Park of-," the female officer then said as her eyes grew as wide as dinner plates as she saw her partner practically launched into the air by the double kick. She aimed the taser at Tsukuri while trying to finish her dispatch as the villain regained her footing. A pair of electrified staples launched outward from the cops taser at an uncanny speed that was hard to track with the naked eye but for an almost superhumanly skilled martial artist like Tsukuri, she swatted the taser cords aside with an almost casual ease while simultaneously delivering a perfectly executed side kick into the side of her adversaries ribs with an almost bone crunching force. <br><br>The second cop let out a squeal of pain as her ribs cracked from the perfectly delivered side kick that knocked her clean off of her standing bike and onto the ground, writhing in pain. "Again... sorry... Nothing personal," the obviously slightly gender biased villainess then said as nearby joggers and parkgoers immediately noticed what was happening. Many were running. Many others had their phones out. Some were just staring and watching from a safe distance as Tsukuri dispatched of the two cops with professional ease. She spat on the ground. This wasn't good. Not good at all.<br><br>Sprinting back to the duffel bag, an idea formed in her head. Why run with fifty pounds of cash when you could bike away....
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				Title: <strong>Re: A Far Cry from Normal (Gil &amp; Neysha)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Gilgameshian</strong> on <strong>26-08-2015, 06:34:10</strong>
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				Leon still had no idea exactly where he was headed as he moved further into the park. He had just felt something off and needed to check things out. Perhaps it was an enhanced spacial awareness due to telekinesis but he couldn't say. Narrowing his eyes he managed to make out the shape of man moving through the air. It was not someone willingly moving as if doing some sort of odd sport. The popping sound of gunshots just clicked in his mind. He had written the noise off as a kid with a cap gun or something similar. That was gunfire because that man was a cop.<br><br>With no time to waste he jumped up off the ground then fired a blast of telekinetic force against the ground slingshotting him into the air. The field around his body broke what few branches were in his way. The view would be breathtaking if he wasn't as focused. As it was he looked down from his position in the air toward the officer. He could make them out as the man hit the ground and had the wind knocked out of him at the least. Another cop was there and he had reached the apex of his TK jump right when he saw the red and black dressed figure delivered a painful kick to knock the cop off her bike.<br><br>Bystanders and joggers stood at various distances around as he tried to use his precious few seconds to figure out the best plan of attack. He needed those people to get out of there but he couldn't just throw them with his power. They stood to get hurt just as much from his overt use of power as the dark clad figure. Still he needed to do something.<br><br>Reaching out with his TK he gripped a sturdy tree and used it to yank himself forward. His trajectory placed him over the figures head and onto the opposite side of the path that the cops had been on perhaps four or five steps away. With his field up he slammed into the tree and caused a loud crack to follow the crash of his arrival. It slammed down after a moment falling away for him as he faced the woman, he could now determine her gender as he got a good look at her, and grit his teeth.<br><br>"Who the hell are you," he said as he raised his fists as if to try and fight her like a brawler.<br><br>He couldn't win a fight up close if, as he supposed by this point, that she had managed to either dodge the gunfire or simply take out both cops with such ease. Keeping his telekinetic field around his body he could absorb more than a few punches thankfully. For now he had to wait to see how she reacted. She had, it looked like, been eyeing one of the bikes and he noticed the duffel bag in her hand now. Great. A thief who happened to dress like a ninja of some sort. What was the world coming to?<br><br>Briefly he ran through scenarios in his head. His eyes flicked from her to the bikes to the money and back in rapid fashion. His mind ran on all cylinders because, up until now, he had never been in a truly threatening situation and, truth be told, he was not afraid of her yet. However good she might be at fighting he could probably keep her away. It was very difficult for most people, he had discovered, to fight what they could not see.<br><br>"And don't try to run," he added as he came to a conclusion.<br><br>The best strategy was to let her dig her own grave. He would react to her movements until he got a grasp at the very least on what she could do. Let her decide the way he would fight. The best offense is sometimes an impenetrable defense.
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				Title: <strong>Re: A Far Cry from Normal (Gil &amp; Neysha)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Neysha</strong> on <strong>26-08-2015, 18:47:26</strong>
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				Tsukuri didn't even notice the man call out to him despite his destruction of a nearby tree. She couldn't of traveled far, metahumans were like a dime a dozen here as well. She wasn't here to hold a Q &amp; A for random New Orleans tourists and when he brought up his fists, she ignored that as well. Picking up her bag, she immediately sprinted for the police bike and threw a leg over it before finally noticing this fool in the jeans and Saints shirt suddenly threatened her even more directly. "Listen brat! Get out of the way before I hurt you! Understand!" she hissed at him dismissively, clearly not finding anything measurable as a threat in his appearance or stance as she began the process of biking towards, and then past him, the money duffel slung across her back.
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				Title: <strong>Re: A Far Cry from Normal (Gil &amp; Neysha)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Gilgameshian</strong> on <strong>26-08-2015, 23:04:09</strong>
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				Apparently crashing down from above and uprooting a tree didn't bother this woman. Well, if she was going to almost casually disregard him then he wouldn't regret making her hurt a little. She went for a bike and he made no move towards her as she did. He didn't even mind when she started biking away. Leon held out his hand and used his telekinesis like an extension of his hand. With a rough pull of his hand the band of psionic energy should act like an invisible clothesline to knock the unsuspecting woman off her bike with a surprise attack.<br><br>His follow up, whether it failed or succeeded, was to immediatly reach out with his TK to grab and pull the duffel bag of money towards him. If she was holding on then she would jsut come to him he thought to himself.
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				Title: <strong>Re: A Far Cry from Normal (Gil &amp; Neysha)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Neysha</strong> on <strong>27-08-2015, 01:03:55</strong>
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				She saw him reaching out with his hand and immediately ducked her head almost working off of instinct, as if afraid he was going to hurl something at her, or fire a weapon, or discharge some sort of beam of energy from his hands. Regardless, the result was the same as she dived beneath the telekinetic ribbon of force that was intending to knock her clean off of the bike and she began pedaling even harder, hoping to leave these interlopers far behind. But she had barely made it a few more meters when she felt a tug on the sling of her duffel before suddenly feeling the duffel bag being yanked backwards, like someone had simply reached out and grabbed it. Grunting, she realized she couldn't do anything but go with the momentum and pushed her hands off of the handles and kicked her feet off of the pedals, letting the bike continue to spin down the road a few more feet as she executed a perfect backflip in midair, shrugging off the duffel bag before landing in a crouched position, one hand reaching behind her back and drawing her katana.<br><br>Her eyes immediately turned to the guy in the Saints shirt, already knowing he was responsible. With the duffel bag landing on the ground nearby, Tsukuri already assumed this interloper had some sort of esoteric power and decided the best way to finish the impudent man off was to close distance and start slicing. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: A Far Cry from Normal (Gil &amp; Neysha)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Gilgameshian</strong> on <strong>27-08-2015, 01:37:51</strong>
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				She ducked under his attack which was unexpected but whatever training she had was top quality. He would not be able to win so easily like the other times he had used his TK. When he pulled the bag she came with it so he needed to think on his feet. Leon wasn't sure of what to do with her coming at him so quick. So he did the first thing that came into his head. Since she was holding onto the bag he pulled harder so the bag would not come just to him but go flying by him at high speed and slam into a tree. She might get a swing in with the sword she was carrying though.<br><br>With little time to get more crafty be brought up his arm and covered it with a telekinetic shield hoping that she would either fly by with the bag or slash against his shield.<br><br>"Can't you just give up already," he called not pleased about fighting against a sword wielding maniac.
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				Title: <strong>Re: A Far Cry from Normal (Gil &amp; Neysha)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Neysha</strong> on <strong>27-08-2015, 02:12:36</strong>
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				She thought she had shrugged off the duffel since it would slow her down but that clearly wasn't the case. So as he reached out to pull the duffel off of her again, she instead bent forward and let the bag of money literally fly off of her back. As soon as she was unencumbered, she charged towards him as he pulled the bag past himself and had it crash against a nearby tree. the high speed impact caused the bags contents to partially explode outward, sending hundreds of large denomination bills flying out of its confines and scattering across the park ground and fluttering about in the air. <br><br>"YOU FIRST!" Tsukuri then roared, cleared a bit peeved at witnessing her haul being wasted as it was littered on the ground behind him. She brought the sword down, intent on cleaving off his arm, only to find it deflect off of his telekinetic shield. So instead, a moment later she followed up with a front kick to the heroes gut. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: A Far Cry from Normal (Gil &amp; Neysha)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Gilgameshian</strong> on <strong>27-08-2015, 02:44:45</strong>
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				Her sword came almost as fast as the bag of money that was being carried by the wind now. Money lined the sky as she bounced off of his TK. It was a godsend because the blow would have cut his arm clean off. She was good with a katana and he was not as surprised as he might have been. Before he could react though she kicked him in the gut. The TK absorbed the force of the blow preventing him from being hurt but it still knocked him off balance.<br><br>"I can't surrender to a weaker foe," he said as he brought his hands up.<br><br>He fired a point blank shotgun style blast of TK aiming for her chest the goal of which was to stop her offense. Mainly by knocking her backwards from the concussive force of the blast. He needed to be on his feet and prepared rather than taking blow after blow from her sword and skills. More accurately he deduced that this would be a battle clearly in his favor if he could keep her away a whittle down her strength.
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				Title: <strong>Re: A Far Cry from Normal (Gil &amp; Neysha)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Neysha</strong> on <strong>27-08-2015, 03:16:29</strong>
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				The concussive blast slammed into her chest, knocking the breath out of her as she was hurled back. Tsukuri managed to roll with the potentially devastating blow though, twisted her body into a backflip before landing on her feet again and without the slightest bit of hesitation, reaching into her boot and with a flick of her wrist, hurled a small knife towards the impudent heroes face. If it struck home, good. If not, it would provide enough distraction for her to close distance as she spurred herself forward again. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: A Far Cry from Normal (Gil &amp; Neysha)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Gilgameshian</strong> on <strong>27-08-2015, 03:38:06</strong>
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				Like that she was away from him and he got his feet back under him. No rest for the wicked however as the knife came right for his face. He shoved it aside with his mind then noticed she was following.<br><br>"I hate it when they don't learn," he said before blasting the ground this time to kick up a ton f dirt to block her vision and perhaps stop her advance.<br><br>After that he tried to take advantage of the distraction to shoot himself forward with a TK blast behind him for quick acceleration to high speed and aiming a shoulder for where her stomach was last he saw. With the barrier still around his body he should be able to take the hit if she still tried to hit him. If she didn't swing and just dodged? Well, he thought to himself as he figured that scenario, well he might just end up ramming into another tree across the path.
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				Title: <strong>Re: A Far Cry from Normal (Gil &amp; Neysha)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Neysha</strong> on <strong>27-08-2015, 04:05:16</strong>
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				She leaped above the plume of dirt that erupted before her and thus also managed to soar over his attempted shoulder rush meant to smash into her as well. When she landed back on her feet, she noticed his dash forward had essentially meant they had switched positions but he had literally knocked down a sapling instead of herself. If it wasn't for the fact that hundreds of thousands of dollars were on the line, she almost would've laughed.<br><br>"Speaking of learning..." she stated dryly as she closed in on him again, her sword thrust in front of her as she tried to take advantage of the fact he had just flattened a tree and was hopefully at least a bit rattled by that. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: A Far Cry from Normal (Gil &amp; Neysha)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Gilgameshian</strong> on <strong>27-08-2015, 04:10:06</strong>
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				Son of a bitch.<br><br>Leon cursed himself as he went flying through to empty air noticing at the last possible second that she had jumped over the dirt. The tree hit and his lungs were none too pleased with the sudden stop. He gasped for air for a second and barely looked over his shoulder when he saw her closed in on him again. No time for finesse this time.<br><br>He fired off a large telekinetic burst from under the ground and blasting everything around him upwards violently as the force shoved everything toward the sky. Even the tree he had knocked half out of the ground shook and barely remained on the ground. So much for avoiding heavy property damage.
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				Title: <strong>Re: A Far Cry from Normal (Gil &amp; Neysha)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Neysha</strong> on <strong>27-08-2015, 05:29:30</strong>
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				The miniature earthquake is something that didn't so much surprise Tsukuri as much as it was something that simply overwhelmed her. She started to leap as soon as she felt the ground go unsteady, but she was already off balance by the time she was in the air and when her feet touched the ground again, she was almost immediately taken off balance. As the ground thundered strong enough to cause the very trees uproot, she found herself hurtled end over end out of control as she was suddenly more concerned with not being swallowed up by the ground itself as opposed to the fight she was in or the money she once had. Soon enough she hit the ground hard, her head bouncing off of the hard, destabilized ground and immediately her vision started to blur as her brain felt like it was rattling inside of her skull. The skilled martial artist was already trying to shake herself free of the numbing tendrils of unconsciousness as she was battered and thrown about helplessly by this strangers formidable display of telekinetic power.
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				Title: <strong>Re: A Far Cry from Normal (Gil &amp; Neysha)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Gilgameshian</strong> on <strong>27-08-2015, 05:41:13</strong>
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				The attack worked thankfully and he watched the woman get tossed into the air. She struggled but she was still conscious even after hitting the ground. A good well placed hit might knock her out but he had no intention of getting close. Even stunned like that her reflexes might be on point enough to mess with him.<br><br>So he did the next best thing and hit her with a flurry of TK punches aimed at her chest. The goal was to knock the wind out of her before the final attack which was a large TK hit to her head akin to an hammerblow intending to knock her clean out while she was still out of it. The thought of the stungun the cop had popped into his head but it wouldn't work and he wasn't going to shoot her. So this way he might get her unconscious and let the police or someone else handle her.
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				Title: <strong>Re: A Far Cry from Normal (Gil &amp; Neysha)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Neysha</strong> on <strong>27-08-2015, 05:57:12</strong>
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				Tsukuri never had the chance to recover as she was suddenly battered into submission by the invisible blows of telekinetic force. She tried to throw up her hands and arms in defense, only to find the concussive strikes bypassing her all too physical defenses. Within moments she was pummeled into the throes of unconsciousness, beaten insensate as her adversary took full advantage of her rattled and concussed state. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: A Far Cry from Normal (Gil &amp; Neysha)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Gilgameshian</strong> on <strong>27-08-2015, 06:04:02</strong>
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				Leon waited for a moment as his hail of attacks subsided. She had tried to defend but he could strike about as fast as she could and from any angle. Without telekinesis or telepathy herself she would not be able to predict his attacks. When she slumped to the ground unconscious he moved forward cautiously at first. The bystanders had scattered except for a few brave fools with phones out who, thankfully, couldn't get a good shot on them.<br><br>Leaning over Tsukuri with his barrier still in place he tried to remove her katana and take it himself. If he managed that he would believe she was truly defeated and then sigh in relief before sitting down on the ground to collect himself a little.
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				Title: <strong>Re: A Far Cry from Normal (Gil &amp; Neysha)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Neysha</strong> on <strong>03-09-2015, 16:27:00</strong>
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				(http://images6.fanpop.com/image/photos/35900000/Marvel-Shadowcat-random-35920048-466-700.jpg)(http://img15.deviantart.net/662a/i/2012/281/3/f/illustrious_bits___pixie_colored_by_dalexisstpierre-d5h80q9.jpg)(http://img4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20100916211358/marveldatabase/images/3/38/X-23_Vol_3_1.jpg)<br><br>Just as soon as he sat down, he heard a rather youthful voice suddenly popping up. "That was awesome!" a young woman with pink hair and gossamer wings gushed, as she walked with steady feet over the suddenly unsteady and uneven ground that had been created by his use of telekinetic fields upon the earth itself, causing a lot of the nearby park to be churned up into chunks of dirt, grass, rock and uprooted trees. Behind the brunette woman, two other ladies, all of them wearing black and yellow costumes with the X on the belt buckle, approached him. Despite the uneven ground, each of them seemed to find sure footing easily enough, thus indicating they were either naturally agile, or well trained and experienced, or both. <br><br>"Well the property damage could be a little less," the brown haired girl then pointed out with an errant shrug as she moved to the front of the trio and looked Leon in the face. "Still nice work with the ninja."<br><br>"When it comes to property damage, there is no such thing as too much when ninjas are involved," a dark haired young woman with gauntlets over her wrists then stated dryly as she then gazed at the unconscious villain. "I don't recognize her."<br><br>Kitty paused, and gazed on her as well. "Neither do I," Kitty then said, rather curious as to who this individual was. But first thing was first, to introduce herself to the proverbial hero in question. "Nice work by the way," Kitty then said, without using any qualifiers this time as she extended a hand out to him. "Name's Shadowcat. This is Pixie and X-23," she then added, referring to the pink haired and dark haired women respectively. "Codenames obviously. What's your deal?" she then asked, before nodding over to the unconscious ninja villain. "And who is she?"<br><br>"This better not be another domestic dispute like with that Absorbing Guy the other day," X-23 then said with a frown. "Supervillain domestics are the worst," she added with disdain. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: A Far Cry from Normal (Gil &amp; Neysha)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Gilgameshian</strong> on <strong>04-09-2015, 00:33:44</strong>
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				Leon pivoted around holding the woman's sword up as if it could defend him. Of course he had already sheathed it so it would prove to be of little use. What he saw was three women approaching him. One walking with...fairy wings? The other two were walking on uneven ground as if it were flat almost too. They all had the X symbol on them somewhere and he tilted his head. Lowering the katana to his side he smiled as the pink haired girl claimed it was awesome.<br><br>"It wasn't that hard," he said shaking his head as he looked back at the unconscious woman "but it was a pain to interrupt my day."<br><br>He let them talk for a bit before they looked at him again. Clearly these were people who knew what they were doing. Experienced in apprehending human, or superhuman, threats maybe? Clearly the girl with fairy wings was a mutant or something so he had to assume the others were. When the brunette reached out a hand to him he took it and gave her a nice firm handshake.<br><br>"I'm Leon," he said then looked at the ground "I'm a mutant like you all I think. Telekinesis is my talent I guess you could say. Never really tested to see how much I can lift or anything though. Ninjas aren't that bad if they can't touch you after all."<br><br>He let go of Shadowcat's hand and smiled at Pixie and nodded at X-23.<br><br>"I can honestly say I don't know her," he said turning for a second to look at the villain "but she's from somewhere else. I could sort of feel something bending in the air. Like a really strong pull on the park or something. Maybe she teleported or something?"<br><br>"And I was just out for a walk," he said "but she seemed to be as confused as I was when she showed up. She took out two cops while holding a large bag of money over her shoulder. She appeared over there."<br><br>Leon pointed them in the right direction though they had moved a fair bit since then due to the fight.<br><br>"Is this kind of thing normal for you three," he said "and, if you don't mind me asking, what's with the X symbols? Part of a vigilante group or something?"
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				Title: <strong>Re: A Far Cry from Normal (Gil &amp; Neysha)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Neysha</strong> on <strong>04-09-2015, 06:18:31</strong>
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				X-23 was already slapping the cuffs on her when she looked up at Leon. "Does she have any superpowers that you know of?" she then asked, sniffing the air a bit.<br><br>"Yes we're mutants," Shadowcat said as she withdrew her hand. "And the X is kind of our symbol. We're members of a special team of gifted individuals known as the X-men. We're also students at a school exclusively for mutants known as the Xavier Institute for Gifted Youngsters," she then added, realizing he must've known next to nothing about them and frowning, knowing a lot of mutants slipped through the grasp and were never even contacted by the Xavier Institute unfortunately. "We've all been trained, but it's clear you have done a great amount of work in honing your own gifts. Is that natural?" she asked him.<br><br>Nearby Pixie was kneeling beside one of the police officers, monitoring him to make sure he wasn't seriously injured, as the other one, still groggy, was radioing for backup. "We're going to have to leave soon!" Pixie then stated to her companions, apparently revealing they now had a time table for some reason.
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				Title: <strong>Re: A Far Cry from Normal (Gil &amp; Neysha)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Gilgameshian</strong> on <strong>04-09-2015, 07:03:27</strong>
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				"Superpowers," he said "I don't think so. Maybe something to do with her physical strength or speed at most. That might just come from training though honestly."<br><br>Leon brushed back his hair as Shadowcat spoke.<br><br>"Oh, right, X-men," he said as he tried to remember "I've heard a little about you all but only little bits from online or the like. Funny running into you all here."<br><br>He played it off cool but he was genuinely happy to run into other mutants. Rarely if ever did he have the chance to interact with people gifted like him. She said they had trained but he had just kind of figured things out himself. Maybe with some training he could really progress. That would require going with them of course but they hadn't offered or anything. But who was he kidding. He had to try at least.<br><br>"Natural, I guess," he said "I've just kind of used them since I can remember. Made me look stronger and faster than I really was. Saved me in a few bar fights a year back or so."<br><br>When Pixie spoke he looked over at her.<br><br>"You all are leaving," he asked before stepping forward "I'm coming with you. If I stick around here everyone's gonna know what I can do. And I'd rather spend my time practicing instead of pushing the news cameras away from my window."
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				Title: <strong>Re: A Far Cry from Normal (Gil &amp; Neysha)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Neysha</strong> on <strong>04-09-2015, 16:45:34</strong>
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				"Yeah," Kitty said with a grin, fluffing her own hair as if mimicking him, or perhaps because he did so she was doing it subconsciously. "We aren't exactly public, but we are real," she then said as Pixie got up and nodded, confirming the cops here would be okay, at least long enough for the appropriate authorities to arrive.<br><br>When he said he was joining them though, all three of the girls exchanged curious glances, and for a moment a pallid atmosphere clung to the air as they all looked uncertain. But then, almost simultaneously, Kitty and Pixie both grinned while X-23, clearly more aloof, picked up the now handcuffed Tsukuri and showing off some rather impressive strength, hoisted her over her shoulder with only a slight grunt of exertion. "Of course you can come," Kitty then said. "You're a mutant and you obviously seem to be on the right side already," she then said when Pixie cleared her throat, reminding Kitty of something. "Oh right... we won't be going back to the mansion though. We kinda... are doing a special mission." She paused... then shook her head, waving off her own concerns that were still unknown to him. "Don't worry, you can come along. See our secret fun clubhouse!"<br><br>"We should get moving," X-23 then said. "If this ones a teleporter, we need to get her in containment sooner rather then later," the dark haired mutant then said, as Kitty nodded and beckoned for them to follow her. <br><br>They took a short sprint through the now largely abandoned park, making a fast approach towards their secret transport. Whether it was going to be a helicopter or plane or hovercraft or spaceship, Leon clearly wasn't sure. Needless to say, when Kitty withdrew a pair of car keys and remotely unlocked the doors to an Audi CUV, she glanced back at Leon and shrugged. "Sorry... we don't always get the fancy stuff. But this is a luxury model," she then said, before running towards the car and unnecessarily sliding over the hood of the car to reach the drivers seat. <br><br>"You can have shotgun!" Pixie then said, slapping Leon on the shoulder as she clambered into the back while X-23 wrapped a blindfold around Tsukuri's eyes and unceremoniously tossed her into the trunk before climbing in herself. <br><br>"Seatbelts everybody!" Kitty then said, as she shifted the car to drive and they pulled out just as the first police sirens were drawing into view. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: A Far Cry from Normal (Gil &amp; Neysha)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Gilgameshian</strong> on <strong>05-09-2015, 07:52:33</strong>
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				Leon noticed that she brushed her hair just after he did. He wondered, for a split second, if her power was mimicry or something similar. He might have to ask them later. It would be nice to know that kind of thing if he was going to work with them.<br><br>"I get it, you guys are like the mutant version of secret agents or something," he said "that makes it easier to think of. As long as I get a nice outfit with an X I'm in."<br><br>Leon was going to help X-23 with the woman but she hefted her easily and he smiled at the dark haired woman. She was strong and seemed like the most straightforward of the bunch. He liked that in a woman. Pixie, on the other hand, seemed to live up to her name. She seemed to have energy to spare and he wished he could share some of that. Kitty was a bit harder to read but she was the leader of the group easily. She had a certain aura around her that made you want to follow her commands just because they made sense to. A natural leader.<br><br>"Special mission huh," Leon said as they headed through the park "I think I can handle it."<br><br>When Pixie offered him the front seat he took it. The car wasn't exactly what he was expecting but really he should have. What secret group would have something as obvious as a private mini jet or the like to get around? How would people not notice something like that. Leon clicked his seatbelt into place as she pulled away.<br><br>"So I guess I have two questions for you all," he said as he positioned the woman's katana on the floor in front of him with the hilt tapping against his leg still "the first is what exactly do you all do? I mean, I told you I'm a telekinetic so I need to know what you do for the double team attacks right? Secondly, when do I get a codename? Leon won't cut it for long I think."<br><br>He had seen X-23 unceremoniously drop the ninja in the trunk but paid it no mind. It was the right thing to do and he had nodded to X-23 to show that he approved of the tactic. He didn't think she was a teleporter, or she would have used it in the fight with him, but better safe than sorry after all.
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				Title: <strong>Re: A Far Cry from Normal (Gil &amp; Neysha)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Neysha</strong> on <strong>06-09-2015, 18:49:18</strong>
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				Pixie was the first to respond, and of course she skewered the obvious fact as she leaned forward in her seat and let her wings flutter. "I also have pixie dust," she then said. "If you're naughty, you can witness the effects firsthand," she then added with a teasing giggle as she continued to flap her wings so fast they almost generated a low level buzzing sound before she stopped and sat back against the seat, a small smile on her face.<br><br>As his vision panned over to X-23, she just raised one of her fists aimed up in the air, knuckles facing outward and suddenly sprouted two blades that instantly shot outward from the top of her hand, cutting through her own flesh to do so as she didn't even seem to bat an eye or wince from the pain. After silently showing off her twin adamantium blades, they withdrew just as quickly back into her hands and arms and he saw the small incisions in her skin where the blades came out of rapidly seal back up, indicating a healing factor of some sort. <br><br>Kitty however waited until they were at a red light before she turned to her side, facing Leon and suddenly leaned back. Which was impressive since she was already sitting against her car seat. But almost nonchalantly, her body literally passed through the leather drivers seat until her head and upper body appeared sprouting out through the backside of the chair and she winked at him. Then just as the light turned green, she shot back forward, sititng up straight and pushing down on the accelerator with her foot. Returning to her original form, Kitty then sat back against the seat with a sigh and explained herself in one word. "Intangibility," Kitty then said as they turned off one of the main roads and started to drive off into an open fenced off area filled with warehouses, shipping containers and a highway overpass covering part of the area. <br><br>It looked like an almost standard hideout area, which made sense. What were they going to do? Live inside a mountain? Or space station? Or have an airfield underneath a basketball court?<br><br>"The Xavier Institute has a hidden hangar under the basketball court, but not us so much!" Kitty then said with a smile as a guard at the booth waved them down at the fenced gate. Kitty rolled down her window.<br><br>"Worthington Industries," Kitty then said to the guard, showing the guard her pass. <br><br>The doe eyed female security guard nodded and smiled, buzzing them in as the fenced gate automatically rolled open and allowing them inside of the large industrial park. Whether a luxury crossover with four young adults dressed as superheroes aroused the guards attention certainly couldn't be seen from looking at her taciturn face, but regardless Kitty didn't seem to bother explaining any of it, at least not yet as they drove through. It took another minute of driving under the shadow of highway overpasses, around more storage warehouses and parked shipping containers, and even over a few railroad lines, before they pulled up to a line of dockside warehouses surrounded by yet another fence, this one at least twenty feet high and covered in platic privacy sheeting with a gate. This time it opened automatically as soon as the car drove close. "This is our headquarters," she then said as she pressed a button on a remote she produced from her pocket and a warehouse door opened up, the car driving in. <br><br>Inside of the warehouse were several stacks of crates, some of them marked with Worthington Industries, others with other random companies and one or two with faded SHIELD logos. They drove to the center and then suddenly the center floor gave way as he realized they were parked on a massive cargo style lift elevator that slowly descended downward into what a proper secret base should've looked like. As they descended, Kitty glanced over to Leon. "I don't need to tell you that this is all confidential and if you tell anyone, I'll have both Pixie and X-23 demonstrate their powers on you right?" she then said with a nonchalant smile that belied the fact she was absolutely serious.<br><br>The elevator came to a stop a moment later as she drove off the lift platform and into a small parking area. A few other vehicles, including some sporty sedan models and one armored car, were parked nearby.&nbsp; Just beyond the parking spot was a large secure double door with a security console that seemed to lead to the rest of the secret clubhouse. "This is nothing, we also have a cool ramp we can drive out of for rapid deployment!" Pixie then chimed in as Kitty parked the car and unlocked the doors. She... of course, phased right through the drivers side and headed to the console. <br><br>"We also have a VTOL jet in the neighboring warehouse. It's next to a basketball court we built," X-23 then stated sardonically.<br><br>"Yeah... back at the Xavier Institute it was the sport of choice," Pixie then explained, clearly showing she wasn't that big a fan of it herself.<br><br>The other two seemed to disagree based on their body language alone as Kitty accessed the security console and several security measures before the doors automatically slid open and they stepped inside. The base itself was a large open chamber, well lit with white paneling. The entire central area had various gear, exercise equipment, furniture and storage containers spread about, as well as a few computer workstations. On the far side was a large flat screen television, a white board and several desks and chairs laid out, likely for briefings. "And to the right," she then said, gesturing to her hand to the right hand side of the chamber. "We have the dormitories." There wasn't much privacy though beyond hospital style curtains that seemed to wrap around each of the 'dormitories' which consisted of a rather nice looking bed, a tall closet and wall locker, and a small workstation. <br><br>There were also two separate rooms. "On the left hand side, through another security door, is our detainment area. Forcefields. Interrogation room. One way mirrors. The whole thing. On the right hand side is the access corridor to the other warehouse where the boat spillway and warehouse hangar is. There are several other points of exit as well, we can go over those later!" Kitty then said with a smile as she turned to X-23, who was still hauling the unconscious Tsukuri over her shoulder. "Laura... if you can take the bad ninja to containment one?" Kitty then said. "I want to go over a few more things with our new friend here," Kitty then said, nodding for Leon to follow him over to the briefing area. <br><br>"Also multiple exits. On the right hand side is a tunnel access to the other warehouses. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: A Far Cry from Normal (Gil &amp; Neysha)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Gilgameshian</strong> on <strong>06-09-2015, 20:01:00</strong>
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				Leon was not all that surprised to see the wings were not all that Pixie had to her. She seemed to be a little flirty too when she mentioned pixie dust like that. He gave her a confident grin as she mentioned being naughty to see the effects. A single raised eyebrow accompanied his smile as he turned his attention from the pink haired woman towards the less talkative one. X-23 seemed to have a straightforward power. Claws of some sort of metal and the ability or heal at least small wounds or more. Probably made her the front line fighter for this group. Finally Shadowcat showed off her power. While the other two were met with a smile or an understanding nod hers was met with more genuine shock.<br><br>Leon resisted the urge to reach out and try to touch the seat to see if a trick was being played on him. Even if he was a mutant and knew about them there was a part of him that thought that this was crazy. He collected himself quickly and put a hand to his chin as she mentioned intangibility. Facing forward once more he took the time to process all of this. Based on their powers X-23 was the fighter, Pixie was the support, and Shadowcat was the leader and the escape. Of course her power could be used in a fight but it was less obviously geared towards it. Considering his own power he was the all around type. He could go hand to hand with someone, if need be, or fight from afar. Shield someone with TK or move people into more or less advantageous positions.<br><br>"Good to know my power works pretty well with everyone else's," he said with a nod "I can fill in whatever gaps we need with my TK easily enough."<br><br>The hideout was pretty typical looking as they rode up. He paid little mind to the guard as they passed but listened to Kitty speak. The Xavier Institute was the real HQ while this was a base for whatever mission they had to handle. Surrounded by warehouses and crates marked with various groups, including SHIELD which he knew a little of from various online sources, he got the feeling that his was a cover. Sure enough it was as they started going down a large elevator in the middle of the room.<br><br>"Trust me, the last thing I need is trained mutant agents hunting me down," he said "I had enough trouble dealing with a supremely talented ninja."<br><br>Leon felt a little tense for a moment before Pixie broke the silence with a joke.<br><br>"A cool exit is exactly what every team needs," he confirmed before looking at X-23 "I guess they spared no expense."<br><br>He was a little surprised by what Pixie said.<br><br>"Not a fan of basketball," he said "I would have figured with the ability to fly you would have an easy time winning. I know I can make a shot from anywhere on the court."<br><br>They all had exited the vehicle and he was taking in the base proper. This had rather barebones living space, as he discovered, but otherwise seemed to have more than enough to prove worthwhile. It might be a bit odd sharing a sleeping space with so many other woman and not a man in sight but that wasn't a problem. He wouldn't be a man if he didn't just go with the flow when three beautiful women asked him to stay with them after all. The various rooms or areas would take a little getting used to but this was some high tech stuff so they were clearly prepared.<br><br>"Sounds good," he said as Laura was told to take the other to containment "I'm ready to find out exactly what kind of mission you've got going here. A good chance to put my talents to good use."<br><br>Leon moved to take a seat in the briefing area so that she could tell him whatever she needed to though he kept an eye out to see if Pixie followed or went elsewhere. He places Tsukuri's blade up against one of the desks. He had planned on keeping it nearby. Sort of like a trophy but more because he wanted to see if he could use it in conjunction with his TK.
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				Title: <strong>Re: A Far Cry from Normal (Gil &amp; Neysha)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Neysha</strong> on <strong>10-09-2015, 03:17:25</strong>
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				Kitty nodded and bid him to take a seat in front of the big screen as she scooped up a remote and hooked up the television to a nearby computer. Sitting down beside it, she pulled up a image on the television of a map of the United States side by side with an image of the globe at large. "So you already heard of us. The X-Men. We fight on behalf of a better world for humans and mutants, and spend most of our time smacking down intolerance and bigots from both sides," Kitty then said with a smile. "Though we've never really outed ourselves to the public, after years of fighting bad guys in rather public spectacles, the Xavier Institute of Higher Learning and its sponsorship of the various X-men squads has become something the general public is aware of now, as well as a fair number of our more famous members."<br><br>She then grinned. "That's where this team comes in. We operate under the operational name of X-Factor," she said, rolling her eyes a bit. "Until we get something better. It's our job to do the covert operations on less combat intensive missions that allows our younger students and members to gain valuable experience in the field," she then explained. "Our current mission however is something that you seem to have stumbled upon yourself and that we couldn't disclose in public." She punched a few more keys and brought up a map of numerous incidents. "The Fantastic Four noticed it first and Susan brought it to Professor Xavier's attention. It wasn't anything to worry about too much until recently," she then said, as red indicators started blinking on the map. "Each one of these is a slight interdimensional fissure. A tear in the space-time quantum barrier between dimensions and yes, I have no idea what that means either. Buuuuuuut apparently it could theoretically cause... well gateways or portals from one parallel world to gain access to another. We noticed another one in the park today and responded to it when we found you were already there." <br><br>Kitty then paused. "The thing is, these things pop up so fast and are so instantaneous and microscopic that nothing but trace gases and ambient energy has come through that we've detected so far. And while we aren't sure... we're wondering if this ninja you were fighting might not come from this neighborhood. Hell... we weren't even sure you were from around here... but ummm... we did a background check on you while watching you work," she then said with a slightly sheepish grin, revealing they had actually watched him work instead of interceding as soon as they arrived. "Not saying that we wouldn't of helped if you weren't. You weren't the one beating up cops and stealing bags of money after all."
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				Title: <strong>Re: A Far Cry from Normal (Gil &amp; Neysha)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Gilgameshian</strong> on <strong>10-09-2015, 22:47:19</strong>
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				Leon sat down as he had been asked to and examined the TV. She started by telling him things he knew of a little already. The X-Men were a group of mutants who were a sort of police force for peace. They were still attached to the school, presumably a cover for new mutants to learn, and some of the members even he recognized after seeing a picture. It was difficult for him to think of himself as one of them now but that would come with time he supposed.<br><br>This particular team was for the younger and junior members to cut their teeth with smaller but more covert strikes. Lesser known people meant it was easier to blend in unlike, say, Cyclops or Wolverine who were well known now. The mission specifically was more surprising. He nodded as she spoke and looked intently at the TV. So the dimension split was what he had sensed. It had been moving or shifting space which messed with his TK field. The idea of reaching into another world was crazy but plausible too. If there were powers out there that could make new worlds or connect them he would be even less surprised.<br><br>The first reaction to her admitting that they had been watching him was a sigh and a shake of the head.<br><br>"You mean you could have stepped in at any time," he said with a raised eyebrow "I might not have had to knock over that second tree if you'd have helped."<br><br>He smiled for her though. Leon didn't really mind since he knew now that they had to assess the situation and he had, honestly, had it pretty much under control anyways. At least now he knew they would work together instead of letting someone handle it all by themselves.<br><br>"Ok, so basically someone or something is opening little rifts to other worlds, maybe, and we're supposed to track those down and find the origin. And deal with whatever comes out of the rift too?"<br><br>He leaned back in the chair and scratched his chin.<br><br>"Has any other person come through the rifts or just the ninja," he asked.
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				Title: <strong>Re: A Far Cry from Normal (Gil &amp; Neysha)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Neysha</strong> on <strong>13-09-2015, 04:28:07</strong>
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				"Just the ninja so far," Kitty then said. "Which is why it's so disconcerting. Something like that has never happened before," Kitty then explained. "I don't suppose she cast any suspicion... beyond being a bank robbing ninja, when you encountered her did she?" Kitty then asked, knowing they'd have to interrogate her sooner or later regardless and find out if they could get the truth from her as well. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: A Far Cry from Normal (Gil &amp; Neysha)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Gilgameshian</strong> on <strong>13-09-2015, 20:03:08</strong>
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				"Maybe it is the start of something more," he said looking at the map.<br><br>He thought back to when he first interacted the ninja. She seemed as out of sorts about being there as he had about her just showing up.<br><br>"She seemed to be just as surprised to be there as I was to see her," Leon said "it certainly didn't seem like she had expected to use interdimensional transit as a getaway."<br><br>He waited for a minute as he tried to think of anything else.<br><br>"Is there a pattern to where people are appearing or something that we can use to be there when the next instance happens?"<br><br>If they could get ahead of this, or know when the next incident would be, they could prepare. Or at the very least he would know how long he had to get used to these women before jumping into a fight. He would have to think about how integrate himself into the team. The first step was probably figuring out how the hell they passed the time down here or if they went up to the city above more often.
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