The Marvel Kombat Roleplay {complete}

[RazzleDazzle]

=||Heart of the Dragon||=
Daniel Rand
/Rand Corporation\
|| I R O N F I S T ||
-I hold back the storm when nothing else can-
Marvel Utopia || ReVRp

-[at Shaw Industries]-

says to ..:: Luck Be A Lady ::..: *Uses this as a location for a Saturday soiree of the rich and famous! Danny was back in town, a fact that hadn't yet made its way through the gossip circles of the idle rich or captains of industry of the big city. He had just arrived back in the country a day ago, made brief contact with the Rand corporation and found a whole string of problems there, both personal and professional, that would need to be sorted out. But that would all need to wait, he was on the trail of something dangerous. He had returned to America for the first time in many years (after a disappearance vaguely and badly explained by his company) with a purpose beyond his business interests. Nobu Yoshioka was here, in New York City, Danny was certain of it. Danny had emerged from parts unknown following the trail of The Hand, specifically the branch controlled by Yoshioka. The man had taken something incredibly dangerous, and immensely powerful from K'un Lun, and Danny was determined to get it back before the Hand could use it for their nefarious ends. Unfortunately Yoshioka was being rather more clever than Danny had expected, moving the item as art, a precious gem hidden amongst other priceless jewels being put on display tonight as part of a charity event for the rich and powerful in the penthouses of Shaw's skyscraper. And so Danny put on his -other- costume, the fine expensive Italian suit, dapper coiffed hair, and handsome pretty-boy smile to gain entry to the event. He was currently being forced to employ his rusty people skills to make small talk with various vapid ultra-rich attendees so he could move about the party on the top floor to stake the place out, get a sense of who was attending, what security...and await his chance to slip away and find access to the floors below where the jewels and art were being prepared for display in hopes of locating the powerful talisman he sought to recover. He moved through the crowd, fortunately not running into many who knew him, or at least remembered him after all these years. Scanning the crowd carefully, looking for Yoshioka, or any other sign of Hand presence.

..:: Luck Be A Lady ::..
The Black Cat
: Felicia Hardy :
~bad luck makes for good stories~

-[at Shaw Industries]-

says to =||Hear of the Dragon||=: she certainly hadn't heard that you had returned - though to be honest, she hadn't heard that you had gone missing either. In fact, the name Daniel Rand hadn't even registered to her since they were mates at school. So, how coincidental that Felicia happened to be at the same swanky soiree, personally invited by Shinobi Shaw. She was with him now, looking like delectable arm candy as he worked the room. Dressed in a form-fitting black dress with a side slit all the way up to her hip, her lush white hair twisted into an elegant chignon with one thick curled tendril kissing her cheek. Though she was Shinobi's date for the evening, it was not her only motive for attending. In fact, the real reason for her presence was nearly identical to yours - schmooze the crowd, case the joint, gain access to jewels and art. Her employer had heard of the rare and precious gems that would be displayed and requested that she acquire a few of them for his collection instead. Felicia laughed coyly at something Shinobi said, then excused herself from the small group on the excuse that she needed to powder her nose. As she strode toward an exit into a corridor where the lavatories were, her gaze darted around the crowd, connecting with yours for a mere millisecond before moving on. She didn't recognize you*

=||Heart of the Dragon||=
Daniel Rand
/Rand Corporation\
|| I R O N F I S T ||
-I hold back the storm when nothing else can-
Marvel Utopia || ReVRp

-[at Shaw Industries]-

says to ..:: Luck Be A Lady ::..: *He awkwardly makes it through a few brief chit chats with other guests. Fortunately the dumb rich playboy facade comes in very handy to put people at ease, cover all kinds of problems that may otherwise arise in conversation, and really made old ladies think he was adorable, and younger ladies focus on his fortunate good looks. He passed by you, eyes meeting as he flashed you his mask-smile and nodded. After your eyes leave him, his gaze gives you a once over, admiring the art as it where. Then as we passed each other he stole a gaze back. And that form-fitting dress showed off that ass and a sudden bolt of recognition hit him. That ass! He turned and spoke**...Felicia?

..:: Luck Be A Lady ::..
The Black Cat
: Felicia Hardy :
~bad luck makes for good stories~

-[at Shaw Industries]-

says to =||Heart of the Dragon||: Damn, so close. Another five feet and she would have been out of here and could go about her clandestine business. She gave a bit of a huffy sigh before she turned around to see who had called her name - fixing a pleasantly fake smile upon her face* Yes? *it took her a moment, but the plastic smile slowly melted into a real one as she recognized you* My, my, my, if it isn't little Danny Boy, all grown up. *Felicia took several steps back over to you, pressing up against you as she rose up to grace each of your cheeks with an airy kiss* Fancy meeting you here. *kisses bestowed, she takes a half-step back. A slow grin curled her lips as she looked you over*

=||Heart of the Dragon||=
Daniel Rand
/Rand Corporation\
|| I R O N F I S T ||
-I hold back the storm when nothing else can-
Marvel Utopia || ReVRp

-[at Shaw Industries]-

says to ..:: Luck Be A Lady ::..: *He tore his gaze from your ass, then other ample curves once you turned to face him. Berating himself for the mental slip, he was also moments way from business before he had become distracted. But, looking at you, he had to admit the distraction was a good one. Always a beauty, his mind flashed with some fun teenage pursuit memories, that dress was certainly accenting the bold mature Felicia. As you pressed against him with the graceful movements that used your distracting curves fully, he was reminded vaguely of a martial artist using their body to devastating effect. He was foggy headed a moment, and used his airy playboy cover once more* Yeah, fancy. Who can pass up a party like this, all of the.....very fine..."art" on display *He raises a brow, gaze brushing liberally over your cleavage in a suggestive glance. He stood straight, his body filling the suit well. A bit suspiciously well, hiding new muscles, hardness beneath. He tried to think how best to slip away...and if he really wanted to. Talking to you again made going up against deadly ninja assholes suddenly much less appealing. But alas, work* * I'm back in town for a while. It's been a while. Maybe we could have coffee...or dinner. You could show me around, help me get re-familiarized with the city...the scene...my penthouse maybe * He gives you a wink, laying the randy playboy personal on thick, pretty sure it will send you desperate for the nearest exit*

..:: Luck Be A Lady ::..
The Black Cat
: Felicia Hardy :
~bad luck makes for good stories~

-[at Shaw Industries]-

says to =||Heart of the Dragon||: *her brow rose imperceptively and she laughed* You aren't already familiar with your penthouse? *and although it was nice to see you again, you being here put a slight hitch in her plan. She had work to do, before Shaw wondered where she had gotten off to. Opening her small clutch, Felicia pulled a business card from its depths before snapping the purse closed and tucking it under her arm once more* My number's on the card. *and before she gave it to you, Felicia pressed a kiss against the blank back of the card, leaving a red stain of her full lips against the white surface. The front simply read "Felicia Hardy, Antiquities." She offered it to you, a sparkle in her dark eyes*

=||Heart of the Dragon||=
Daniel Rand
/Rand Corporation\
|| I R O N F I S T ||
-I hold back the storm when nothing else can-
Marvel Utopia || ReVRp

-[at Shaw Industries]-

says to ..:: Luck Be A Lady ::..: *Well...he hadn't expected that to work quite so well. He didn't realize your cover was even better than his that he was likely being set up to be robbed next. He just chalked it up to his charm and accepted, rather cockily, that you were only mortal after all, hehe. He took the card, grinning with appropriate levels of leeringness as your lips press to it suggestively. Placing it in his breast pocket, hand over his heart as if protecting it with most sincerity and importance as he bowed to you while you turned to make your get away* We will talk soon then, dear Felicia...* and grinning, and grinning...annnd....you slipped away and the sexytime playboy hornyman face fell away immediately. He moved quickly in the opposite direction. Slipping out of the populated party areas, finding access to an internal building point. Utility shaft, elevator, something to get to the blacked out lower levels housing the jewel displays currently not open to the public. As he worked a grate open he also shed his fancy clothes, revealing his sleek dark green bodysuit beneath*

..:: Luck Be A Lady ::..
The Black Cat
: Felicia Hardy :
~bad luck makes for good stories~

-[at Shaw Industries]-

says to =||Heart of the Dragon||: Felicia had slightly better tech than you...and she had swiped Shinobi's keycard earlier in the evening, which would grant her access to the desired level from the elevator. Once inside, she scanned it quickly, then pressed her thumb against the pad - she was wearing a silicone sticker of Shaw's thumbprint over hers, which she had lifted from him at an earlier time in preparation for tonight. As the elevator began to move, Felicia quickly stripped off her dress and changed into a black catsuit with bits of white fur at her wrists and the backs of her calves. She zipped it up and adorned her face with a black mask, shook her white hair free from the sleek chignon, pulled on long black gloves with retractable claws, and ...just to be cute, she added a pair of black cat ears on a headband. She touched one of the ears and it sent out a signal that would scramble nearby electronics, disabling security cameras. The elevator opened on the appropriate floor, though for a moment it looked empty inside. But then, Black Cat swung out through the doors, once she had determined the place was empty, landing gracefully on her feet. Her discarded dress was hidden away in her bag, which was tucked behind a secret panel in the elevator. She stalked through the darkened room, sticking to the darker shadows just in case - moving unerringly toward her goal*

=||Heart of the Dragon||=
Daniel Rand
/Rand Corporation\
|| I R O N F I S T ||
-I hold back the storm when nothing else can-
Marvel Utopia || Imaginechat

-[at Shaw Industries]-

says to ..:: Luck Be A Lady ::..: *See, this is why he needs to make some friends and do some team ups. Swiping keycards and bypassing security in a semi-legit way had not occurred to him even remotely. He had become a highly trained super chosen one ninja dude, and his confidence in his stealth blinded him to easier routes. Lessons in humility to be learned! He arrived somewhat behind you, gaining entry to the same floor as you but from another room. He moved quickly, utterly silent, blending through shadows. Quick as a Snake, calm as still water, quiet as a shadow, all that water dancer shit Arya learned, that was Danny now, unleashed in his sleek dragon suit, cowl covering his face. He was fully himself now, in his element. The floor was dark, various exhibits set up along the walls, a few free standing in the middle of the rooms and halls. He became aware someone else was already here. His sixth sense ringing. He carefully made his way through the maze of the quiet dark rooms, until he came upon the glass display case containing a fist-sized emerald rock. Exquisitely cut, it's many facets reflecting the dim night lights that managed to filter in through the windows. It was extraordinarily expensive looking, held in an ancient looking engraved setting, and it had a certain allure to it. Like something that called to you just out of the range of hearing. Something that would trouble your dreams. It had a power. It was what he had come across oceans and continents, back to his home town, to find. The stolen mystical talisman taken by the Hand. And between it and him was....an insanely hot chick in a sinful tight black bodysuit and long flowing snowy hair? That was...unexpected. He spoke in a low voice, disturbing the still of the silent dark rooms* Well, this is awkward. Both of us here for the same jewel. Both of us in our PJ's. What are the chances?

..:: Luck Be A Lady ::..
The Black Cat
: Felicia Hardy :
~bad luck makes for good stories~

-[at Shaw Industries]-

says to =||Heart of the Dragon||: *Black Cat had unsheathed her claws, sharp enough to cut glass and was about to get to it when all the small hairs on the back of her neck stood up. She hissed and whirled around to greet you, one hand raised with her claws out* These aren't my PJs. I sleep naked. *pause, eyeing your outfit, her eyes lingering over the dragon print on your green suit* The dragon egg jewels are over there. Help yourself. *she lifted her chin slightly, indicating another display case with ornately carved and decorated marble eggs* This one is mine though.

=||Heart of the Dragon||=
Daniel Rand
/Rand Corporation\
|| I R O N F I S T ||
-I hold back the storm when nothing else can-
Marvel Utopia || Imaginechat

-[at Shaw Industries]-

says to ..:: Luck Be A Lady ::..: Normally I would -love- to make you happy babe, but that one is leaving with me. Trust me, you don't want it. Very bad mojo. *He watched you move, studying reflexes, stance, balance. He took one step in your direction, then stopped, looking over his shoulder into the darkness. Through his teeth you heard him hiss* Shit!*Then instead of continuing toward you he quickly pivoted, spun as a deadly looking long metal dart at the end of a chain whip slashed through the air he was standing in a split second before. He bent backward to plant his hands behind him and then kick up to a handstand, springing away to land on his feet again in another spot, each time just a split second ahead of the spike tipped chain whip. Suddenly his for arm and hand flared brightly, and he grabbed the chain whip in mid air. Wrapping it around his fore arm as the metal hissed. Each time he wrapped it around again pulling the whip shorter and shorter, and dragging the assailant out of the shadows. A man in full body ninja coverings, all dark red. Then a few more identically dressed ninja dudes with swords, sais or chain whips also drop into the room. Intent on retaining the big emerald gem of mystery*


..:: Luck Be A Lady ::..
The Black Cat
: Felicia Hardy :
~bad luck makes for good stories~

-[at Shaw Industries]-

says to =||Heart of the Dragon||: *she sprung up as well, flipping herself over the glass display case to use it as cover from the lashing of the chain whip. Luckily, it seemed to keep you busy and you were keeping whoever was wielding it busy, so Black Cat kept busy as well. Thus, by the time you had pulled the red pajama'd ninja out of the shadows and his friends had joined the party, the glass display case had been cut and the green gem had disappeared. She popped back up and rested her elbows on the display case, propping her chin up with them - and also showing inordinate amounts of cleavage, of course* Oh, did you invite your friends for a slumber party? Well, I hate to be a party crasher, so I'll just be on my way. Toodaloo boys! *she pushed off the display case, wiggling her fingers cutely at those assembled and turned to walk away.... she doubts any of you are going to let her get away, but hey... a girl can dream, can't she?*

=||Heart of the Dragon||=
Daniel Rand
/Rand Corporation\
|| I R O N F I S T ||
-I hold back the storm when nothing else can-
Marvel Utopia || Imaginechat

-[at Shaw Industries]-

says to ..:: Luck Be A Lady ::..: No! Wait you don't understa- *He gets cut off as two more chains come slashing out at him. Another on his glowing arm, and the third around an ankle that jerks him hard in the other direction. He is forced to deal with these guys before he can focus on you. He grunts and flexes. His glowing arm flashing brighter as he grips and pulls hard on the two holding chains lashed around his arm. The chains melt and break off. He spins and punches the chain at his ankle shattering it as well. He leaps into action, dropkicking the first assailant in the face. Quickly spinning in a series of spin kicks and legs sweeps at the next. Two of the ninjas come after you, since you had the precious precious gem of mysterious powers! But clearly the time for sneaking was past, the time for fast escape however loud it may be was at hand. They leap and dive at you, swords swishing toward you. They did not intend on having prisoners when this fight was over, just bodies to make disappear*

..:: Luck Be A Lady ::..
The Black Cat
: Felicia Hardy :
~bad luck makes for good stories~

-[at Shaw Industries]-

says to =||Heart of the Dragon||: she rolls out of the way as the two ninjas leap toward her, their swords slashing down. One of them hit an ancient wooden totem pole, the blade sinking into the wood and getting stuck. Black Cat leapt to her feet, one arm raising up over her head. She tsked loudly as the ninja tried to pull his sword from the pole* Well now, that's just bad luck. *she grinned and a cable shot from her wrist, a grappling hook opening as it flew up up up through the air, wrapping around a metal beam. The other ninja whirled and slashed at her again, just missing her legs as she was pulled up into the air. She gripped the metal beam and swung herself up, flicking the cable to unwrap it as it retracted back into her suit. Nimbly, Black Cat ran along the narrow beam as the two ninjas did that side to side leaping thing to get up on the beam to follow her. She glanced behind her and scowled, scanning the artifacts below as they passed under her to see what she could use. The ninjas behind her were getting closer and at the exact moment the first one reached for her, Black Cat leapt off the beam, somersaulted in the air and landed gracefully on her feet. They followed suit - the first one slashing down as he falls toward her. She reaches behind her and grabs a Caravaggio painting, bringing it over her head and using it as a shield as the sword rips through it, slowing its momentum enough so the blade misses Black Cat. She kicks out with a foot, slamming it into his gut and he lurches back into his partner. She brings the ripped painting down over his head, trapping him for a moment within its frame while the second ninja skirts around his partner. But she's on the move too, jumping up and darting along the top of display cases, giving a glance your way to see how you are faring*

=||Heart of the Dragon||=
Daniel Rand
/Rand Corporation\
|| I R O N F I S T ||
-I hold back the storm when nothing else can-
Marvel Utopia || Imaginechat

-[at Shaw Industries]-

says to ..:: Luck Be A Lady ::..: *Now that he is focused on the attackers instead of you, he was settling in to deliver a fantastic ass kicking. These were just foot soldiers, basic HAND fodder. They were fine enough, highly trained as sasins that could give most a run for their money. But the Iron Fist was made to cut through fodder like this. He moved with a graceful precision. His glowing hands deflecting, striking. His legs sweeping, kicking, blocking and propelling him into leaps. His body twisted, arched and contorted as he lay into the ninjas. Of course the Hand's best weapon was numbers, and more...and more of the dark red clad attackers began to fill the room. Danny growled to himself. Smashing his glowing fist into one, propelling him into a group of newly arriving ninjas to topple them like bowling pins. He rushed them and laid into them, his body the only weapon he used, never bothering to pick up any weapons of the fallen. His fists were more powerful, his body trained to a deadly edge none of their blades or blunt instruments could match. But he knew it was time to go, these guys could turn into an endless horde. He wasn't here tonight to destroy a nest of Hand, just to get the item back out of their grasp. He swept the area around him clear to give him a second to look around to find you, fearing you had already escaped during the interruption of ninja attack!*

..:: Luck Be A Lady ::..
The Black Cat
: Felicia Hardy :
~bad luck makes for good stories~

-[at Shaw Industries]-

says to =||Heart of the Dragon||: she saw your glowing fist smash into the ninjas coming toward you... you seemed fine, you could handle yourself. *G* Time to make her escape while all your new friends were keeping you busy, before they noticed her. She just had to lose the one on her tail, so to speak. Black Cat flicked her wrist and the fine cable came out again, this time wrapping around one of the red ninja's legs. She gave it a yank, then flicked it so it unwound, the movement sending him sideways through the air to "drop" in on some of his friends that were attacking you. Then, in the same graceful motion, she sent five sharp darts flying from her claws. They peppered the window, cracks forming a spidery network between them, a pre-shattering before she leapt off the display cases in the next instant, tucking herself into a ball as she burst through the window and out into the night. The grappling hook cable saved her again as it shot up and gripped the edge of the building's rooftop and Black Cat scampered up the side of hte building, vaulting over the ledge and on to the rooftop. By the time any ninjas followed her to the rooftop, she would have used Shaw's keycard to get back into the building using the roof access door, down the stairs where she calls the elevator from an appropriate floor... changing back into her party dress and twisting her hair back up neatly. By the time she rejoins the party, she looks like she never left... and it's only been like, what? 20 mins? *G* Hangs on Shinobi's arm for the rest of the night*

=||Heart of the Dragon||=
Daniel Rand
/Rand Corporation\
|| I R O N F I S T ||
-I hold back the storm when nothing else can-
Marvel Utopia || Imaginechat

-[at Shaw Industries]-

says to ..:: Luck Be A Lady ::..: *Cracks a few heads, spines and sternums and makes my escape, though I dont bother returning to the party. Goes back to Rand mannor to figure out how to track down the hot busty cat wench to get my magic gem back before the END OF THE WORLD happens! bum bum bummm*

[RazzleDazzle]

=||Heart of the Dragon||=
Daniel Rand
/Rand Corporation\
|| I R O N F I S T ||
-I hold back the storm when nothing else can-
Marvel Utopia || ReVRp

-[in a restaurant/cafe]-

says to ..:: Luck Be A Lady ::..: *So, dinner at last! Danny had cleaned up nice again for you. Looking his best with all that money he had lying around and could never seem to spend enough of. He met you at the door with a charming smile and flattered you appropriately, the beauty, the poise, the fashion, all that was Felicia Hardy! Leading you to our table in the middle of the restaurant, raised up a bit from the other tables to give us a semi-private VIP table all to ourselves amid the other patrons of this ritzy joint on a Saturday night. The full gentleman treatment, helping with your chair etc. He orders some wine for us then smiles over at you* Well. Felicia Hardy. I'm glad I ran into you the other night, it's been too long. How has the big city been surviving you while I've been gone Felicia? *He grins, raising a curious brow. And outside, on rooftops and dark alleyways surrounding the restaurant...lurks the Hand. Many many of their agents out tonight. Clad in their dark red ninja garb, lurking in the darkness. They draw closer...and closer to the target. Slipping into the building like rats, finding every possible entrance and exit, every nook where they can slip in or you could slip out. Drawing closer as their noose tightens...awaiting the signal*


-|| Guns . N . Rosie ||-
-Rosalyn Diaz-
|Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.|
Marvel Utopia : ReVo
Should we shoot them?

-[at Shaw Industries]-

says to .|.Avening.Archher.|. Cl: skulking around here with you- not necessarily at Shaw Industries itself, but in the general vicinity. There had been chatter about a break-in at Shaw a few days ago, coupled with some citizen videos on social medias that showed shadowy figures leaping across rooftops. She wasn't saying it was ninjas, but...... Actually, every other lead they had come across had lead nowhere, to a complete dead-end, which made Rosie sort of doubt this whole escapade. But she persevered for two reasons. First, she had told you she'd do this with you. Second, it was more exciting than anything else going on to be honest. *G* BUT that was about to change... they both receive news of an attack on the helicarrier and Rosie huffs - those dumb ninnies can't even take care of themselves for one evening* Well, I guess that's our cue....*she stands from her crouched position, stretching her arms up over her head and lifting up on tiptoes to ease her cramped muscles before she turns back toward the transport*

..:: Luck Be A Lady ::..
The Black Cat
: Felicia Hardy :
~bad luck makes for good stories~

-[in a restaurant/cafe]-

says to =||Heart of the Dragon||: *she had made full use of the hour before your car arrived to take her to dinner to clean up as well. She wore a different black dress from the other night at the Shaw Industries soiree - snug against her feminine curves, two black ribbons of fabric creating a halter neckline that gave you only a very modest glimpse at cleavage, but left her bare completely bare. Her white hair was braided into a crown around her head, the ends cascading down against the bared expanse of her back. Her hemline was much shorter tonight as well, and she wore a pair of strappy black high heels, leaving her much of her toned legs and thighs exposed. She slid gracefully into the chair you pulled out for her, crossing her legs beneath the table and leaning forward slightly as you took you seat and struck up polite conversation* Oh, it can barely keep up. *she grinned, taking a slow sip of the wine as she looked over the the restaurant* How have you been? You must travel abroad often for Rand Enterpises? I bet that's lovely. I don't often get to leave the city. *she pouted slightly, her pink lips pursing cutely at you, enjoying the company and the fine restaurant and completely unaware that it isn't going to last*

.|.Avenging.Archer.|.
Clinton Clint Barton
.|.OG.Hawkeye.|.
::SHEILD Agent::
::Archer|Marksman|Spy|Cool Guy::
The City is falling, we're fighting an army of robots, and I have a bow and arrow. None of this makes sense.
.|.Marvel.Utopia.|.

-[at Shaw Industries]-

says to -|| Guns . N . Rosie ||-: To be fair, he was starting to doubt himself. No reappearance of ninja’s after he’d been kicked off a building, smashing into a Prius, disoriently fighting the cops and getting arrested. Had it all been for naught? Had he had some sort of dehydrated fever dream? Cause his “crusade” to fight ninjas that were plaguing Brooklyn, much less New York, was seeming quite foolish to Clint as well. Yahweh be praised that they had a reason to escape, lest he feel super stupid and useless. Even Clint rolled his yes.

“I put my efforts towards one other things for ONE night…. What do you think it is? False alarm or real deal?”

He rolled his shoulders and followed her to the transport.

“Might just have to call it quits on this, Rosie. No sign of red draped ninjas for a while now. Maybe I am getting old…”


=||Heart of the Dragon||=
Daniel Rand
/Rand Corporation\
|| I R O N F I S T ||
-I hold back the storm when nothing else can-
Marvel Utopia || ReVRp

-[in a restaurant/cafe]-

says to ..:: Luck Be A Lady ::..: *A MODEST glimpse at your cleavage? At that spectacular cleavage? Just a glimpse? That was like throwing down a challenge: How to get more than a glimpse- the epic quest. Danny took more than sip, then another. Not having had wine, alcohol or really any kind of delicious processed foods in years. His body was a temple and all that. But man that tasted good. He smiled looking across the table at you, the soft murmur of other patrons in the restaurant around us. He reflected on how...nice it was. Normal. It had been a long time since he'd had "normal". Here with fine food, a fortune 500 company with his name on it, ... a drop dead gorgeous girl to woo. Maybe this wasn't all bad. Maybe...but no, he had his own path, he knew that. An important one. But for tonight...for tonight he could indulge. He grinned and took another drink. If only he had a spider-sense, a dragon-sense? What a cool power to have, and it would be great right about now. Suddenly the ceiling blasted open and plaster rained down on the table between us. Followed by the thud of two Hand assassins, hands full of deadly gleaming blades. Fortunately Danny has quick reflexes and he manages to dodge a swipe at his head. Reacting quickly he yells* My god. Felicia! Quick, Run! *Then he acts as if scrambling to try and get up to run away, and "accidentally" upends the table sending the ninjas tumbling/spinning off and away from you. He stumbles again and further knocks the table into them, making them crash from the raised level we were on, into another table making more people scream. Danny spotted more of the assassins slithering into the room like cockroaches. Yelling at you to run, really wanting you to get out and not see him defend himself. He knew they were here for him, to kill him now that he had emerged from K'un-lun. He quickly fell into Drunken Master Kung Fu, stumbling about, getting his legs tangled with a chair,, tangled up with another person, accidentally falling over a table and causing knives to go flying. Each move a carefully calculated martial art move to make him look like a bumbling idiot, while still dodging deadly slashes or blows the assassins send his way, stabbing, kicking, smashing them with chairs. He was able to keep them from killing him for now, and give you time to run. The Hand weren't actually here for him...they were here for you. But this bumbling asshole date of yours was bottling them up , keeping them from getting to you for a moment. Outside dozens and dozens more swarmed the rooftop and the outside walls of the place, smashing through windows to gain entry*

-|| Guns . N . Rosie ||-
-Rosalyn Diaz-
|Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.|
Marvel Utopia : ReVo
Should we shoot them?

-[at Shaw Industries]-

says to .|.Avening.Archher.|. Cl: Oh Clint, you're only as old as you...*she reached the transport first and turned back to deliver the rest of her quip, trained eyes scanning the rooftops out of habit. She stopped abruptly mid-sentence, her eyes narrowing a bit and she took a step over toward the edge* Clint... can you see this, or do you need your old man glasses? *because several rooftops away there seems to be a collection of forms amassing... and while it's dark and they are quite a ways away, there's the slightest tint of red to the crowd.* I think you just got lucky... *she motioned you over, gesturing across the way. Those ninnies might have to take care of themselves tonight. But she'll let you make the call, you outrank her*

.|.Avenging.Archer.|.
Clinton Clint Barton
.|.OG.Hawkeye.|.
::SHEILD Agent::
::Archer|Marksman|Spy|Cool Guy::
The City is falling, we're fighting an army of robots, and I have a bow and arrow. None of this makes sense.
.|.Marvel.Utopia.|.

-[at Shaw Industries]-

says to -|| Guns . N . Rosie ||-: "YES! Ugh, hrm. Yes. Finally.”

He swallowed his excitement and moved to the edge of the building with her, adjusting his “old man glasses”. More Stark tech. They were incredible glasses that could help him with aim, though he didn’t need them. They were used for various other functions, with multiple vision modes and HUD style information graphs. They also allowed him to zoom in rather closely. The optics were great. So great in fact he could see that the hints of red were indeed ninjas. He readied a grappling hook, before taking a second. What if the helicarrier really needed them? Well….they should likely do better than a generic award message. Plus, if Cap was around, they had friggin’ Cap! Clint saw no reason not to proceed until further notice.

“Let’s crash the party.”

And Comic book magic takes them to the scene of the action!

The Black Cat
: Felicia Hardy :
~bad luck makes for good stories~

-[in a restaurant/cafe]-

says to =||Heart of the Dragon||: *a slim white brow perked as you drained your glass and poured yourself another... apparently not much has changed from your younger womanizing, drunken prep school days, despite the fact that you were CEO of your own company and all that. But alas, a quiet normal night was not meant to be. The ceiling opened up and ninjas rained down upon them - eliciting screams from the other patrons, chaos ensuing. Shit, they had found her!! How had they found her?? Felicia leapt from her chair, knocking it over behind her (and coincidentally thwarting an attack from behind) as you started stumbling around and upending the table, etc. No, she had to get you out of there before you got hurt. You ordered her to run and she heeded your advice - but she planned to come back; she wouldn't leave you to these pajama'ed fools. She darted through the fleeing crowd rushing for the door and made a quick detour to the coat check. Several seconds later, Black Cat emerged in all her black catsuit and wild white hair glory... rushing at the first ninja she saw, leaping and driving her feet into his chest before flipping over backwards and landing on the back of another, wrapping her arms around his neck. He tries to flip to throw her off, but Black Cat's claws rake along his back, shredding his PJs. She lands in a crouch, then sweeps her foot out, knocking him down. Quickly, she darts back to the seating area of the restaurant - hoping that Danny fled with the others, but worried that he was apparently too tipsy on two glasses of wine to do so.*

=||Heart of the Dragon||=
Daniel Rand
/Rand Corporation\
|| I R O N F I S T ||
-I hold back the storm when nothing else can-
Marvel Utopia || Imaginechat

-[in a restaurant/cafe]-

says to ..:: Luck Be A Lady ::..: *Danny "stumbled" about a bit more, "accidentally" helping others get out as more ninjas poured in. Then he grabbed one Ninja and fell into a roll with him, making it look like the Ninja tossed Danny through a wall into the kitchen. Which he used to scramble away, flare up his fists to battle mode and tear away his expensive suit. Putting his mask hood in place he came rushing back. A particularly Large ninja man had thudded into the room, hugely muscled, shirtless, covered in cool ninja tats. Iron Fist comes up behind him, delivers an eponymous fist right to the lower back which sends the ninja-giant flying across the restaurant and smashing out the window to tumble to the street. Then he spots you, the fucking hot cat lady in the leather and -much- more than a glimpse of cleavage. His mouth falls open as he yells** YOU again? Man, do I have groupies already? *His glowing forearm swings up to block a bow staff, splintering it, without looking he then whips the fist out the side to smash the face of the ninja who had attempted to deliver the blow. Walking toward you as he parried , smacked and flipped Ninja out of the way. His foot kicked a serving tray, making it spin up into the air where he grabbed it, quickly using it as a sheild to block 3 s trikes, then smack it loudly into the face of another attacker* You here to give back that Gem babe? That thing is nothing but bad mojo. I'd be doing you a big favor taking it off your hands...bb*Backpedals as nunchucks come helicoptering in just past his face. Knee to the belly, knee to the chest, extended leg to deliver kick to the face to send the ninja head over heels backward*

-|| Guns . N . Rosie ||-
-Rosalyn Diaz-
|Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.|
Marvel Utopia : ReVo
Should we shoot them?

-[at Shaw Industries]-

says to .|.Avening.Archher.|. Cl: now that's what a girl likes to hear. Rosie gave you a grin before you comic book magic took them to the midst of the action. They literally dropped in on the rooftop ninjas from above, Rosie's feet smashing one in the face as she falls on him and he crumples. Unfortunately, her stunt draws their attention and the rest of them turn in unison and look at her.... and you. Phew, luckily she's had two practice sparring sessions with Cap lately. This sound be easy, right? Looks over (or up if you stayed above on a neighboring rooftop for archery range?) and gives you a grin and a thumbs up. This was going to be funner than any date she's had recently*

|[-Man Without Fear-]|
DareDevil
Marvel Utopia : REVO
..it is better to be feared than loved if you cannot be both..

-[in a restaurant/cafe]-

says to ALL: He had been trailing that Black Cat figure for awhile...it had appeared she was having dinner with some guy...He stood silently crouched down...he couldn't hear their conversation but that wasn't to important right now...she had intrigued him a few nights back at a chance meeting at the cemetery...he was gonna wait her out and follow her see what she might be up to...suddenly his head jerks up in the distance not to far away he can hear rustling sounds and footsteps...they were running and whoever it was there were a lot of them...they were hoping onto the roofs and crashing through windows...there were a few standing on his side of the roof...he steps out of the shadows..."Little early for Halloween isn't fellas?" He really doesn't give them time to take action as he is tested from the start...he manages to block an incoming right punch from one of the ninjas...grabbing the wrist he pulls him forward and delivering an uppercut sending his opponent sprawling backwards and stunned...the other two quickly approach...he had to be careful and concentrate...he needed to focus on their movement the slightest sound could hinder him or help...he can hear the patrons of the restaurant leaving...he quickly does a handstand as he leaps forward using his hands and bring his legs and feet together...he aims for the mans face...his feet connect under the chin laying him out...no sooner to his feet when the other ninja comes at him...he goes for a shot with his left hand blocking it he he delivers a strike to the ninjas chest to send him backwards...a crescent kick later finds it's mark on the side of the ninja's head...he falls backwards and goes crashing through the skylight crashing down onto a table below...

.|.Avenging.Archer.|.
Clinton Clint Barton
.|.OG.Hawkeye.|.
::SHEILD Agent::
::Archer|Marksman|Spy|Cool Guy::
The City is falling, we're fighting an army of robots, and I have a bow and arrow. None of this makes sense.
.|.Marvel.Utopia.|.

-[in a restaurant/cafe]-

says to -|| Guns . N . Rosie ||-: Clint sailed across the way and dropped on one ninja, coming out of his take down in a roll and turning to unleash an arrow that shot a net around the man’s body. Then he was turning and notching another arrow, raising it and glancing over at Rosie as she gave him that thumb’s up. No, this was way more fun than just sitting at home or on the helicarrier. The ninjas began to swarm, the dark red of their uniforms almost blending into the night but he could see them. Most were dressed in cloth, carrying weapons of steath, but a large figure, at least seven feat, with a mask and armor came walking forth, surprisingly quiet. Until it began to swing a mace in it’s left hand, the eyes that looked upon them dead and cold as it whisked through the air and began to pick up speed. A command was shouted, guttural, animal, and the ninjas lept and Clint and Rosie, that larger fellow twisting that mace in an arc and swinging it wide despite its comrades…

..:: Luck Be A Lady ::..
The Black Cat
: Felicia Hardy :
~bad luck makes for good stories~

-[in a restaurant/cafe]-

says to =||Heart of the Dragon||: she rushed in, leaping up on the tables and leaping lightly from one to the other, dodging various punches and kicks as she darts past the ninjas. Running across tabletops, she makes it to the bar which coincidentally also happens to be the highest place she can stand on in the restaurant. Walking along its length, Black Cat kicks at glasses that had been left behind in the rush to escape the ninja attack, each glass sailing through the air and smashing into a ninja's head.* Hello again... are you following me? *she jumps up and grips the rack that the wineglasses hang from and swings out, kicking another rush of ninjas back* I'm flattered, really... as for the gem, of course you can have it back. *Black Cat somersaults off the bar, a cable shooting from the wrist of her costume and wrapping around the large crystal chandelier in the middle of the room. Using the momentum from her jump, she swings around in a circle, her legs kicking out and her feet smashing into the encroaching ninjas as they creep forward, "running" along on their faces. As she makes a complete circle, the cable uncurls from the chandelier and snaps back into her wrist and she lands near you*...for a price, of course. *for now, she'll fight alongside of you, united against a common foe. But don't touch her gem. *G*

|[-Man Without Fear-]|
DareDevil
Marvel Utopia : REVO
..it is better to be feared than loved if you cannot be both..

-[in a restaurant/cafe]-

says to ..:: Luck Be A Lady ::..: He saw you and took the opportunity to leap down...he actually landed on the guy who crashed through the table...he would offer a smile but it wasn't in him to do so...or was it? Never a dull moment in this city he nods and looks to the other gentleman taking care of ninjas...

-|| Guns . N . Rosie ||-
-Rosalyn Diaz-
|Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.|
Marvel Utopia : ReVo
Should we shoot them?

-[in a restaurant/cafe]-

says to .|.Avenging.Archer.|. Cl: hmmm, she'll let you take the big guy. *G* You are more senior than she and have been at this longer, right? She rushes in, pulling the two guns from her holsters and firing at the ninja horde - though they're just ranquilizers for anyone worried that she's killing people in cold blood, wussies. The mace swings wide and she ducks to avoid getting brained, slamming the butt of the gun into another ninja's face. And while there are quite a few converging on the SHIELD agents, the other half of those on the rooftop seem to be disappearing through a hole. That's probably where they need to be if they want to do more than just fight the Hand, if they want to see what the Hand is actually DOING. She switches to the SHIELD comm, a bit breathless as she fires another round of tranqs at the wall of red pajamas* They're entering the building through a hole, about fifty feet in front of us. *though with your fancy old man specs you probably saw that before she did*

=||Heart of the Dragon||=
Daniel Rand
/Rand Corporation\
|| I R O N F I S T ||
-I hold back the storm when nothing else can-
Marvel Utopia || Imaginechat

-[in a restaurant/cafe]-

says to ..:: Luck Be A Lady ::..: (And the DEVIl!)*Well that...wasn't out of the question actually. He had more than enough money to pay you anything you wanted to return the gem so he could get a handle on the madness. K'un-Lun was in great danger every moment the gem was loose in the world. But still...it didn't sit right. It was the moral of the thing, just paying some thief to get it back! Then another guy in mostly red came crashing through the ceiling to stick a sick landing and join the fray. Danny looked over at the guy* uh....Spider-man? * There was shooting somewhere outside. Probably the cops responding to the ruckus. Then Iron Fist disappears in a sudden wave of red garbed Hand peons that come flooding through the various holes in the ceiling/skylight/ventilation shafts. The bright glow of his fists shone through cracks in the Hand-pile on as he struggled somewhere within the mass of ninja assholes dogpiling atop him*

.|.Avenging.Archer.|.
Clinton Clint Barton
.|.OG.Hawkeye.|.
::SHEILD Agent::
::Archer|Marksman|Spy|Cool Guy::
The City is falling, we're fighting an army of robots, and I have a bow and arrow. None of this makes sense.
.|.Marvel.Utopia.|.

-[in a restaurant/cafe]-

says to -|| Guns . N . Rosie ||-: It was easier to look at it as justified and not cold blood when you were a government agent and also….. ninjas. But he’d dropped bodies with less discrimination than this. Darker times and they weren’t current. He’d fired three arrows in the time it took the larger warrior—couldn’t quite say he was a ninja, could you?—and took out two of his compatriots while hitting the mace welding villain underneath his armpit where no armor protected him. It didn’t seem to do anything so Clint was diving out of the way, only to roll again, then again, notching and releasing an arrow at various figures that swung swords or staffs at him. It only took a few swipes before he was just loosing unto vital organs and not feeling bad about it.

“Lead the way! I’ll cover us.”

Bolo arrow. Explosive arrow. Taser arrow with electrical chain link capabilities. He was tossing everything at them as he moved towards that funnel she’d found, not commenting on whether he’d been privy to it or not. No, he was starting to tap into the trick arrows as these ninjas were becoming craftier, more resilient.

..:: Luck Be A Lady ::..
The Black Cat
: Felicia Hardy :
~bad luck makes for good stories~

-[in a restaurant/cafe]-

says to =||Heart of the Dragon||: (and DD) The devil, you say! *that wasn't Spider-Man, didn't you know one friendly neighborhood superhero from another? Black Cat rolled her eyes and turned toward DareDevil, gesturing at you as you disappeared under a red wave of ninjas. * Please excuse him. That glowing stuff is probably addling his brain. *she gave Daredevil a cheeky grin, looking over at Iron Fist (well, the pile on top of Iron Fist) for a moment longer before sighing* I guess we should save him? *she did a cartwheel across the backs of several of the dogpiled ninjas, her feet slamming into ninjas as she flipped over, knocking them back and off the pile. She didn't have time to wonder what the devil of Hell's Kitchen was doing in such a swanky neighborhood, but maybe they could catch up after this!*

-|| Guns . N . Rosie ||-
-Rosalyn Diaz-
|Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.|
Marvel Utopia : ReVo
Should we shoot them?

-[in a restaurant/cafe]-

says to .|.Avenging.Archer.|. Cl: easier said than done - these guys were THICK. She took a brief second to admire your handiwork and marvel that you weren't pulling your punches...er arrows. *G* Those new punks Fury had brought in couldn't say the same. She rushed forward, firing indiscriminately until she was out of ammo, then just pummelling with the empty guns when she was. She has extra ammo, but she needs a moment to reload. She gets pushed forward, hit from behind, causing her to stumble and fall... right through the opening. She meant to do that! *G* Rosie rolls as she lands, now inside the building - though the ninjas were still running, down the stairs? No way, she would take the elevator. She hit the button, then kicks out at another ninja who tried to come at her, shaking her head* Use the stairs like the others, this is my ride! *she hopes you are right behind her, because when these elevator doors open, she's not waiting for you*G* DING! She darts in as they open and bangs at the button to close the door with one hand while pulling out more tranqs for her guns with the other. She sees you coming toward her and barely make it as the doors close. Rosie grins over at you, pushing the button for the main floor* Going down?

|[-Man Without Fear-]|
DareDevil
Marvel Utopia : REVO
..it is better to be feared than loved if you cannot be both..

-[in a restaurant/cafe]-

says to =||Heart of the Dragon||: He blinked...I mean you couldn't tell but he blinked when you called him Spider-Man... " I don't shoot webs kid" He smirked slightly..."The name isn't important right now anyway. It looks like we have more friends coming to dinner." He could hear the ninjas dog piling you but he made no move to help out...he had already caught a glimpse of your powers...something told him these ninjas probably didn't stand a chance...these guys where just showing up out of every nook and cranny...he could hear what sounded like someone yelling orders or something...quite frankly he wasn't even sure who the person was he just wanted the person to shut up...he grabbed a platter from a table and threw it like a Frisbee at the person he heard a thud as the voice shut up...there were still the ninjas to deal with...as the cat moved to help you he had her back as he grabbed the batons he carried and as the cable came out he quickly wraps it around the neck of a ninja and holding onto him as his partner goes to strike only to have him hit his comrade...

Cat: He offered a nod to you and listened to you slip off to help Fist..."I've got your six" he disposed of the other two he had been with...he would reach out and grab a ninja by his head and slam it off of the table...he hears a groan and thud... "Who are these guys anyway? Are they upset you didn't invite them to dinner?"

.|.Avenging.Archer.|.
Clinton Clint Barton
.|.OG.Hawkeye.|.
::SHEILD Agent::
::Archer|Marksman|Spy|Cool Guy::
The City is falling, we're fighting an army of robots, and I have a bow and arrow. None of this makes sense.
.|.Marvel.Utopia.|.

-[in a restaurant/cafe]-

says to -|| Guns . N . Rosie ||-: Clint came falling through not long after, landing on his back, but springing to his feet in an impressive show of flexibility and acrobatics, disengaging something from his bow before dodging away. The cord that had followed Clint had been taut and now the larger, mace swinging figure came tumbling to the ground in a loud thump. He let loose an arrow that was a cluster of mini missiles as more ninjas fell through that opened up entry, landing around their larger, armored friend who slowly rose and pulled the arrows from his armpit and neck. Throwing stars were wisking past Clint as he did a baseball slide inside the elevator and kicked himself to hug one side of the wall.

“Updownjustclosethedamneddoor!”

-|| Guns . N . Rosie ||-
-Rosalyn Diaz-
|Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.|
Marvel Utopia : ReVo
Should we shoot them?

-[in a restaurant/cafe]-

says to .|.Avenging.Archer.|. Cl: thud thud thud, three throwing stars whizzed in and embedded themselves in the back wall of the elevator just before the doors closed. * ok, ok, they're closed, boomer, sheesh. *she quickly reloaded the guns (maybe with REAL bullets this time, would that impress you? she wonders) before reaching for the throwing stars and wiggling them free from the wall. They might come in handy against whatever scene they find on the other side of those doors once they are on the main level. The terrible instrumental elevator music plays and Rosie just stands around* So... I guess there really ARE ninjas in New York. *the elevators reach the bottom floor and DING! the doors start to open*

=||Heart of the Dragon||=
Daniel Rand
/Rand Corporation\
|| I R O N F I S T ||
-I hold back the storm when nothing else can-
Marvel Utopia || Imaginechat

-[in a restaurant/cafe]-

says to ..:: Luck Be A Lady ::..: (et al) *Danny was free a moment later, thanks to your help, DD holding off other incoming swarm and our government funded friends spreading carnage up on the roof, Danny did the glowing fist thing and sent the rest blasting out away from him. He took a breath as he stood up and flexed to re-center his chi or whatever. His fists were glowing brighter now, bones glowing through the hands and arms. He frowned, getting really annoyed at these bastards. Suddenly the air shifted. The Hand stopped pouring into the badly damaged restaurant. Those that could still move actually slinked back. Then outside the broken windows the crackle of electricity grew louder. Floating form came in through the window. A middle aged asian man with a very severe look. Red Tattoo of clan marks visible up the side of his neck. He was wearing a different kind of ninja garb, more armored, but still in Hand colors. He floated there with the electricity crackling around him as he looked the group of ninja-foiling New Yorkers over. He was Nobu Yoshioka, general of a faction of the Hand, and the man who had stolen the gem from K'un-Lun, before you stole it from him. He sneered and spat words at the heroes in the restaurant "Troublesome little fools. This destruction, so unnecessary. And you do not even know for what you fight" He grins wickedly, showing sharpened teeth as he points at Iron Fist "Save you, my friend. Or so you think. But the traditions are in effect no longer. The Tournament draws near...but no longer with the Immortal Weapons battle for the honor of the Seven Cities. No... I have allied with a new realm. An ancient realm long forgotten. This Tournament will be bound by the laws of the elder gods, the ancient warriors of times before history. I will get that gem back...and none of you will survive the maelstrom to come when the Tournament begins, and my masters win control of this pathetic weak dimension for all eternity!" *He waves a hand, lightening firing into the restaurant at the assembled heroes. And whoosh. Nobu vanishes, the dead hand bodies turn to smoke and mist. Silence*

.|.Avenging.Archer.|.
Clinton Clint Barton
.|.OG.Hawkeye.|.
::SHEILD Agent::
::Archer|Marksman|Spy|Cool Guy::
The City is falling, we're fighting an army of robots, and I have a bow and arrow. None of this makes sense.
.|.Marvel.Utopia.|.

-[in a restaurant/cafe]-

says to -|| Guns . N . Rosie ||-: Excuse him for not wanting to get caught by ninja stars or throwing daggers or what have you! He moved himself to a sitting position, catching his breath before he looked at her and forced himself up to his feet. Not because he had to, to save face. He was totally fine. Not winded. Nope. One hundred percent. He checked his arrow reserves, his backup weapons as the elevator moved.

“You know how bad I’m wishing that I’d overdosed on mushrooms or something? But nope. I gotta be right about friggin’ Ninjas.”

He was readying another arrow, looking over at her and yes, he appreciated the real ammo. These red garbed individuals were not fighthing to subdue, or incapacitate. They were making kill strikes. So Clint had no issue putting them down in return. The door opened and he was prepared to shoot, but there was nothing, at least not directly before them. But they could hear a fight happening. Looking sidelong at Rosie, vision hidden by his dark glasses, he shrugged broad shoulders and moved out into the hallway beyond the elevator, clearing both sides before continuing forth and then picking up a slow jog towards the restaurant. A ninja brawl in the middle of a classy New York restaurant? Bold. But it wasn’t long before they were accidently stumbling across a few random Hand figures and Clint had to loose an arrow to drop one. Well, now they were in the fight with these other three.

..:: Luck Be A Lady ::..
The Black Cat
: Felicia Hardy :
~bad luck makes for good stories~

-[in a restaurant/cafe]-

says to |[-Man Without Fear-]| D: It's just sour grapes because I took something they wanted. But I got to it first. *she shrugged, seeming unconcerned that her little heist had caused all this destruction... The ruckus made further commentary impossible - she was thrown back as Nobu Yoshioka appeared admist a crackle of electricity. She doesn't understand what he's yammering on about - elder gods and immortal weapons and seven cities... but he seems to be addressing Dragon Pajamas, so she bets he knows. Her eyes narrow as she looks over at Iron Fist during Yoshioka's pronouncement, then flips over backwards and out of the way of the sudden lightning strike. Well, he certainly knows how to make a dramatic exit, that's for sure.....

-|| Guns . N . Rosie ||-
-Rosalyn Diaz-
|Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.|
Marvel Utopia : ReVo
Should we shoot them?

-[in a restaurant/cafe]-

says to .|.Avenging.Archer.|. Cl: makes us get there just as Yoshioka makes his appearance and does his evil villain monologue bit where he reveals his plan to the heroes so they know what's going on.... BUT they remained out of side around the corner, emerging only AFTER he makes his pronouncement and the lightning flashes and he's gone. No sense in showing ourselves to the enemy. In the silence that followed, Rosie picks her way across the restaurant floor littered with ninjas, her guns drawn as she walks toward the three costumed vigilantes* Rosalyn Diaz, SHIELD. Stop where you are!! *she calls out, keeping her guns trained on the others as she advances*

.|.Avenging.Archer.|.
Clinton Clint Barton
.|.OG.Hawkeye.|.
::SHEILD Agent::
::Archer|Marksman|Spy|Cool Guy::
The City is falling, we're fighting an army of robots, and I have a bow and arrow. None of this makes sense.
.|.Marvel.Utopia.|.

-[in a restaurant/cafe]-

says to -|| Guns . N . Rosie ||-: They were missing the big, juicy bits but there was still a trail of dead, or seemingly dead ninjas. Hopefully the big guy from upstairs hadn’t managed to work the elevator, or neither had the rest of his cronies. If you jumped around swinging katanas and six pointed stars as weapons you shouldn’t be allowed to use an elevator…oh….wait.


Clint hung back, moving to flank Rosie and keeping his bow raised, an arrow notched and some pressure applied but not drawn back until she gained the attention of any one of the three invidividuals. He was never good at that side of agent-ing. He wasn’t so much an officer of the law as he was, well….. call it what you would. He covered Rosie in this, studying the individuals as his glasses worked to try and configure their faces to a database, though the masks obscured its attempts.

=||Heart of the Dragon||=
Daniel Rand
/Rand Corporation\
|| I R O N F I S T ||
-I hold back the storm when nothing else can-
Marvel Utopia || Imaginechat

-[in a restaurant/cafe]-

says to -|| Guns . N . Rosie ||-: *Iron Fist stands glaring at Nobu, bad news on top of bad news. He holds up a glowing fist to absorb some electricity shot into the room when Nobu makes his exit. ...then cops show up! Great. Perfect. Fine. He turns to you* Uh...Hello..officer. I can explain, see...*He suddenly smashes his wrists together creating a blinding flash of light from his powers. To cover the exit of himself, and whoever else may need to run away so they don't get disbarred from law practice or thrown in jail for multiple larcenies! But I'm sure we will run into each other soon enough!*

-|| Guns . N . Rosie ||-
-Rosalyn Diaz-
|Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.|
Marvel Utopia : ReVo
Should we shoot them?

-[in a restaurant/cafe]-

says to .|.Avenging.Archer.|. Cl: the sudden flash of light in the room blinds Rosie for a good minute while the costumed crusaders do their disappearing act. She turns away, shielding her eyes with her forearm, but by the time she can see again, they are gone.* That never works. *she grumbles, spots swimming before her vision. Rosie turns to you, a disappointed look on her face* We should have shot them. *but heyyyyy, good news! You were right about the ninjas and now we even know WHY they are around. Whatever "immortal weapons," "tournaments," and "elder gods" meant. It didn't sound too good to be honest, but hey.... at least you weren't going senile in your old age. *G* She looks around at the mess left behind and sighs* How do you think they fared on the helicarrier without us? *L*

..:: Luck Be A Lady ::..
The Black Cat
: Felicia Hardy :
~bad luck makes for good stories~

-[in a restaurant/cafe]-

says to =||Heart of the Dragon||: escapes with you....and also FROM you, hehe

.|.Avenging.Archer.|.
Clinton Clint Barton
.|.OG.Hawkeye.|.
::SHEILD Agent::
::Archer|Marksman|Spy|Cool Guy::
The City is falling, we're fighting an army of robots, and I have a bow and arrow. None of this makes sense.
.|.Marvel.Utopia.|.

-[in a restaurant/cafe]-

says to -|| Guns . N . Rosie ||-: The flash caused a reaction in his glasses to dim the damage to Clint’s eyes, and minimize the actual blinding effects so he was reacting quicker than Rosie, but not enough to actually catch the glowing fisted man or the woman in black as they escaped. And from there, it seemed no ninjas had stuck around to fight, or be captured and interrogated. This was rookie shit. A rookie mistake. He wasn’t senile, though! Clint looked at her and shrugged.

“Haven’t checked my messages…. If it’s less than ten, everything’s fine.”

-|| Guns . N . Rosie ||-
-Rosalyn Diaz-
|Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.|
Marvel Utopia : ReVo
Should we shoot them?

-[in a restaurant/cafe]-

says to .|.Avenging.Archer.|. Cl: *we can capture one of the ones that Rosie tranq'd back up on the roof! The ones down here are dead by the costume crusaders' hands, or that lightning from Evil Asian Guy. But maybe there's at least one just unconscious back up on the roof. Rosie laughed, picking her way back toward the elevator - she wasn't sticking around to clean up this mess. The actual cops would be here in like three more seconds. Let them deal with it. * That's good advice. Come on boomer, let's go see if the big mace guy is still up and kicking. *or any of those others. Maybe Fury wouldn't be mad they missed the helicarrier ruckus if they brought home a ninja*G*

.|.Avenging.Archer.|.
Clinton Clint Barton

.|.OG.Hawkeye.|.
::SHEILD Agent::
::Archer|Marksman|Spy|Cool Guy::
The City is falling, we're fighting an army of robots, and I have a bow and arrow. None of this makes sense.
.|.Marvel.Utopia.|.
says to -|| Guns . N . Rosie ||-:

“First of all, cut it with that boomer shit. Second of all, I’m hoping he fucked off with the rest of his buddies that are still standing. Not to mention I’m…”

He trailed off, keeping his bow aimed at the ground even if an arrow was at the ready. Clint shook his head and if she vocalized her opinion on how to divert an ass-chewing he’d agree with her. So going the way of the armored mace-swinger was not optimal. It was going back the way they came to snag a drugged hopeful. That was Rosie’s doing, not Clint’s.

-|| Guns . N . Rosie ||-
-Rosalyn Diaz-
|Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.|
Marvel Utopia : ReVo
Should we shoot them?

-[in a restaurant/cafe]-

says to .|.Avenging.Archer.|. Cl: *she grins as you get all worked up over being called a boomer... it's fun to goad you over it, but hopefully you know she doesn't mean it. After all, Captain America is older than you and look at him! So you shouldn't feel so distressed about your age. Plus, you were still pretty hot if you asked her. *G* They rode the elevator back up (wow, it still works, that's some comic book luck right there) to the top floor* You're..... what? *ding! elevator doors open and let's just say we're in luck and all the alive and conscious Hand members did indeed fuck back off to where ever they come from because it is getting sort of late. But we can nab an unconscious one, as long as you carry him back to the shuttle. *G*

[RazzleDazzle]

(04/01/21 : 21:14:25)
=||Heart of the Dragon||=

Daniel Rand
/Rand Corporation\
|| I R O N F I S T ||
-I hold back the storm when nothing else can-
Marvel Utopia || Imaginechat

-[on top one of the towering rooftops]-

says to ..:: Luck Be A Lady ::..: *Danny was out here, at work in uniform tonight. He perched on the edge of a rooftop, peering down to the alleys and streets below. He Didn't exactly crouch back in the shadows, he -was- garbed in bright yellow and green after all. He crouched, contemplating, meditating as he focused his Chi and reached out on the wind tonight. After the Hand had made their move, he had begun to feel the stress building. Like a ticking clock, starting to tick ever faster. He knew something big was coming, but after listening to the crazy Hand general, he now had a dark foreboding something very bad, very destructive, and potentially very unavoidable was coming soon. And if he didn't get back what the Hand, and then you , had stolen, he wasn't going to be able to stop it*


☆ (04/01/21 : 21:20:28)
..:: Luck Be A Lady ::..

The Black Cat
: Felicia Hardy :
~bad luck makes for good stories~

-[in a restaurant/cafe]-

says to =||Heart of the Dragon||: after the disastrous dinner with Danny Rand, she decided to lay low for a bit - which meant no jobs and no dates. Boo! What other fun was there to be had in life? But she had a decision to make - would she turn this gem over to her employer and wash her hands of this business? Or would she keep it until she could figure out what was so important about it? Dressed in her Black Cat attire, she sat on the ledge of a rooftop, the wind whipping her white hair around her. In her hands she held the artifact, staring down at it as she turned it so it glinted in the moonlight*

(04/01/21 : 21:43:11)
=||Heart of the Dragon||=

Daniel Rand
/Rand Corporation\
|| I R O N F I S T ||
-I hold back the storm when nothing else can-
Marvel Utopia || Imaginechat

-[on top one of the towering rooftops]-

says to ..:: Luck Be A Lady ::..: *Reaching out into the night with is chi, he caught the wavelength. The unmistakable vibe the thing gave off. He leapt into motion. Flip, jump, dive, roll, roll, spring roll across the night cloaked rooftops. Quick as an hare, straight as an arrow, quiet as a showflake. He appeared behind you as you sat, peering down at it* You really shouldn't be carrying that around with you. I've already had like...a billion assholes try to kill me for that this month.

(04/01/21 : 21:47:56)
|[-Man Without Fear-]|

DareDevil
Marvel Utopia : REVO
..it is better to be feared than loved if you cannot be both..

-[on top one of the towering rooftops]-

says to =||Heart of the Dragon||: He had stepped from the shadows... maybe it should go to a museum...

☆ (04/01/21 : 21:50:58)
..:: Luck Be A Lady ::..

The Black Cat
: Felicia Hardy :
~bad luck makes for good stories~

-[on top one of the towering rooftops]-

says to =||Heart of the Dragon||: the small hairs on the back of her neck rose moments before you made you appearance, but it was warning enough so that by the time you landed behind her and spoke, she had tucked the gem away somewhere* Hello again to you too, Mr. Dragon Pajamas. *with a grin, Black Cat leapt up to stand on the ledge - which gave her the advantage of height, but also gave her room to maneuver should you try to take it from her. Daredevil's appearance, however, caught her by surprise - though she didn't show it. Instead, Black Cat along the ledge with unnatural grace and balance* Oh my, how embarassing. I did not realize I had double-booked date night.

(04/01/21 : 21:57:03)
=||Heart of the Dragon||=

Daniel Rand
/Rand Corporation\
|| I R O N F I S T ||
-I hold back the storm when nothing else can-
Marvel Utopia || Imaginechat

-[on top one of the towering rooftops]-

says to ..:: Luck Be A Lady ::..: *He just treats Daredevil's sudden appearance as normal, he was used to far stranger things suddenly emerging from the dark. Danny laughs and waves a hand Daredevil's way with a curt negative gesture* No. Noooo no no no. Look, you guys have no idea what that thing is, how important it is. You need to give it back to me and I...I don't know, need to get those SHIELD agents who showed up the other night to take it into custody or something. Every second it remains here this city is in danger. I need to get it back where it belongs* He looks from one of you to the other* or do you -want- to have a hundred red robbed ninja guys gang you ever night? Because that thing is how you get a hundred red robbed ninja guys ganging you every night.

(04/01/21 : 22:02:45)
|[-Man Without Fear-]|

DareDevil
Marvel Utopia : REVO
..it is better to be feared than loved if you cannot be both..

-[on top one of the towering rooftops]-

says to =||Heart of the Dragon||: He knew he had surprised the Black Cat as her heart beat gace her away...she wasn't expecting him that was for sure but he kept quiet. Personally he seen no reason to bother with a petty cat thief....He had been tracking down King Pin's where bout's before everything turned topsy turvy... you say we have no idea what it is and if what you say is true then why not explain to us what it really is and why so many people are after it...better yet if SHIELD is involved god only knows what can or will happen to us or them or this city and quite frankly I've grown to love this city...

(04/01/21 : 22:09:45)
..:: Luck Be A Lady ::..

The Black Cat
: Felicia Hardy :
~bad luck makes for good stories~

-[on top one of the towering rooftops]-

says to =||Heart of the Dragon||: The problem is...if I give it to you, I can't give it to anyone else and then my reputation will be ruined. *she took a few steps along the ledge then twirled and took a few steps in the other direction, balancing on one foot with her other leg popped up and her hands clasped against her chest, fluttering her lashes cutely at you both* Do you WANT to ruin my reputation, Mr. Dragon PJs? *she looks sorrowfully over to Daredevil, as if expecting him to back her up on this*G*

(04/01/21 : 22:16:47)
.|.Avenging.Archer.|.
Clinton Clint Barton

.|.OG.Hawkeye.|.
::SHEILD Agent::
::Archer|Marksman|Spy|Cool Guy::
The City is falling, we’re fighting an army of robots, and I have a bow and arrow. None of this makes sense.
.|.Marvel.Utopia.|.
:

Like an old spy movie, Clint would come walking out of the shadows of that rooftop. Daredevil likely sensed him well before he arrived but he was quiet and there didn’t seem to be any weapons drawn, though they were present. Coming out from behind a smoke stack for what was likely the laundry room, Clint put his hand upon the brick and lifted a gloved finger to draw his tactical glasses down the bridge of his nose.

“Did someone say…. SHIELD?”

His weight pressed against it, the brick gave and Clint stumbled, catching himself quickly but the shame was there as he stood up straight and pushed those purple tinted shades up his nose, the same ones that went along with the purple panels on an otherwise black tactical uniform. His vest almost resembled the fletching of an arrow. Clearing his throat, he put his hands on his hips as if nothing happened.

(04/01/21 : 22:27:17)
=||Heart of the Dragon||=

Daniel Rand
/Rand Corporation\
|| I R O N F I S T ||
-I hold back the storm when nothing else can-
Marvel Utopia || Imaginechat

-[on top one of the towering rooftops]-

says to ..:: Luck Be A Lady ::..: *He sighs and rubs his face a moment, looking like a exhausted teacher trying to keep their patience with some difficult kids. He thought his options over. He knew he could take you if he had to, you were quick and nimble but only knew like, one or two martial arts if that (hehe). He wasn't sure about mr.-all-in-red. He had done pretty well against the Hand the other night, but still. And now the Fuzz shows up, as Hawkeye wanders in. And Danny really didn't want to start busting up SHIELD agents and getting that whole org on his tail on top of everything else. He tried not to go out of his way to beat people up and make enemies when he could avoid it. He was good at making enemies without trying at all. But on the other hand...explaining things to people tended to be difficult as well. What the hell, he decided to give it a shot. He shrugged and held his hands up, pausing as if trying to find the right place to start** ok, look...you guys all seem like reall stand up folks, ThiefCat, slightly spooky RedGuy and Arrow Cop. So let me try to level with you, because, and again I cannot stress this enough, this city is in mortal danger and other forces are after that gem besides me. And they WILL find it. so...*He holds his hands out a moment, then just spits it out*,* I am the Iron Fist. The Immortal weapon of the mystical city of K'un Lun. This gem was stolen by the Hand, sort of, from this mystical city in the Himalayan mountains. It MUST be returned as soon as possible. I've spent days tracking it back to NYC. If the bad guys get their hands on it again, and complete whatever evil thing they needed it for, we will likely all die. Painfully and slowly, if they live up to their usual standards. *He points at Black Cat, the gem she has stashed somewhere* and if you REALLY want to know , don't blame me if this sounds insane, you asked THAT, is a dragon egg. Part of one. Sort of...it's complicated. *he pauses here, pretty sure the class will have some questions*


(04/01/21 : 22:35:11)
|[-Man Without Fear-]|

DareDevil
Marvel Utopia : REVO
..it is better to be feared than loved if you cannot be both..

-[on top one of the towering rooftops]-

says to .|.Avening.Archher.|. Cl: <> He had turned in your direction once he had heard you were coming but judging by your heart beat...you seemed normal....he decided once more not to say anything to the others...he was just here to observe and to figure out why the hand was here in NYC...you couldn't tell but he arched a brow when you slightly stumbled leaning against the bricks...he wondered if you were trying to impress the lady or you were just naturally goofy...either way he sighed...he know of SHIELD...he certainly had no issues with them but he didn't want to become a government lackey wither...still though he nods to you...

Dragon: he nods so you have to get this gem back or else basically the city itself is done for? What happens when you/if you can get it back? he did watch the cat move along the edge of the roof... she is a thief and doesn't want you to have it right?

(04/01/21 : 22:44:59)
..:: Luck Be A Lady ::..

The Black Cat
: Felicia Hardy :
~bad luck makes for good stories~

-[on top one of the towering rooftops]-

says to =||Heart of the Dragon||: (DD and OG Hawkeye)...oh, apparently she TRIPLE-booked date night and didn't realize. Unless SHIELD guy was DD's date. No judgment here! Her attention momentarily diverted, Black Cat grinned widely at Hawkeye's entrance - HE, she likes. Even if he is The Law. She leaps nimbly down from the ledge now that a third party has arrived, standing with the moon behind her, one hand on the generous swell of her hip, listening as you "mansplain" things to her. Then DD outs her to The Man - she looks at Hawkeye and gives a brilliant smile, hissing from the corner of her mouth* Ix-nay on the ief-thay. *giving Hawkeye a cute little wave with her other hand to distract him from DD calling her a thief, she then turns her attention to Iron Fist, stalking around him slowly in a circle* This little ol' thing is a dragon egg? *the gem has reappeared in her hand as she came full circle, holding it up for examination* Well Iron Fist, my name is Khaleesi. *hehe GoT reference! Did they have HBO in the mystical city of K'un Lun?* But if I don't deliver this "egg," it might as well be Ned Stark. *she draws a line across her throat with a finger*

(04/01/21 : 22:51:50)
.|.Avenging.Archer.|.
Clinton Clint Barton

.|.OG.Hawkeye.|.
::SHEILD Agent::
::Archer|Marksman|Spy|Cool Guy::
The City is falling, we’re fighting an army of robots, and I have a bow and arrow. None of this makes sense.
.|.Marvel.Utopia.|.
:

Arrow Cop? He thought, shifting onto his lead leg, keeping his hands at his sides like a gunslinger ready for the draw.

“…A bit derivative…”

Clint managed to mumble, looking towards the man in all red and his tactical glasses, top of the line SHIELD issue and Stark tech exclusives, were scanning the individual and trying to gleam anything from SHIELD databases as they spoke. Unlikely he would get a ping but it didn’t hurt to catalogue the fellow. The same went for the Black Cat and the Iron Fist. Iron Fist had done the damage of giving them all nicknames, leaving him without much need for it except to maybe come up with better ones…but in time. It could wait. The woman in a skin tight black outfit lept around with acrobatic skill and she put herself immediately on the watch list, though not for why he would for well… other reasons. No, her smile just made his trigger finger itch. He didn’t want to fight any of them. Clint wanted to figure out what was going on, not bring any of them in but it didn’t mean he trusted them, either. Too much deep rooted paranoia for that. Didn’t mean he couln’t have a sense of humor, humility or shitkicker confidence. But the whole egg thing was throwing him through a loop and he tried to piece everything together. The best he came up with was a question…

“You got a Doomsday clock on that egg, Drago? Like the absolutely, positively has to go back in the proverbial fridge? A timeline might inspire a sense of urgency.”

(04/01/21 : 23:15:37)
=||Heart of the Dragon||=

Daniel Rand
/Rand Corporation\
|| I R O N F I S T ||
-I hold back the storm when nothing else can-
Marvel Utopia || Imaginechat

-[on top one of the towering rooftops]-

says to ..:: Luck Be A Lady ::..: *He watches you move around carefully, standing still in the middle of this impromptu meeting of the Hand-smashing squad. As you saunter around and hold it up to admire it, he squeezes a fist shut. His hand begins to glow, heat up. In response, the gem in your hand likewise begins to glow...grow warmer. It grows in size to fill your hand. Inside the smooth gem surface a black form grows. Small, a reptilian silhouette. It kind of...slithers inside the gem in your hand for a moment. This...should never leave the city of K'un Lun. As far as I know, it never has. Not in thousands of years. We don't know how the Hand did it. They seem to have...help from some new force I haven't identified yet. I get that back to K'un Lun, the city disappears from this plane of existence for another decade and all goes well. However, if the Hand and whoever is helping them gets a hold of that, does whatever bad-mojo thing they have in mind, I don't know if I can hold back the damage that may come. I don't think anything will be able to. *He looks over to Clint and his timeline question* This thing should have been back yesterday. There's this tradition, every century or so K'un Lun and the 6 other cities of heaven have a special tournament where I and the other immortal weapons fight. Think of it as mystical city baseball opening day. Real big deal. The window for this merging is very precise. If the dragon and its power is not back within the city soon, the merging may take place for the first time since the dark ages of pre-history when demons and monsters ruled, according to legend. *And who has super sense? anyone?? Because NINJAS are nigh. The Hand doing their thing, starting to appear all around us in the shadows, scaling the building and drawing nearer. And the air starts to grow more statically charged, a shift in the normal spring evening air as a strange energy grows*

(04/01/21 : 23:39:24)
..:: Luck Be A Lady ::..

The Black Cat
: Felicia Hardy :
~bad luck makes for good stories~
says to =||Heart of the Dragon||: ninjas already took out Daredevil!! (just kidding, he says he has to go). The gem reacted to your chi, growing warmer and larger in her hand, a dark slithery thing at its heart... and then NINJAS. She felt the change in the atmosphere, the static electricity causing the furry decorations of her costume to stick up. That cinched it for her - you could have this thing back and take the ninjas with you* You've convinced me - YOU can be the Mother of Dragons. *she tossed the dragon egg up in the air, hoping you were swift enough to catch it. And while you were distracted, she ran past you, away from the roof's perimeter and any ninjas that might appear. As she drew close to Arrow Cop, she gave him a saucy wink then flicked her wrist. A thin cable with a small grappling hook shot out from the white furry fringe of her sleeve, arcing through the night and gripping the taller rooftop of an adjacent building. * I'd love to stay and chat, but I'm late for a date. *tries to zip away before NINJAs get her*

(04/01/21 : 23:51:28)
.|.Avenging.Archer.|.
Clinton Clint Barton

.|.OG.Hawkeye.|.
::SHEILD Agent::
::Archer|Marksman|Spy|Cool Guy::
The City is falling, we’re fighting an army of robots, and I have a bow and arrow. None of this makes sense.
.|.Marvel.Utopia.|.
:

They could color Clint impressed when Iron Fist clenched his….well, fist, and it glowed something fierce and unearthly. More for that sweet SHIELD film roll, baby. And then of course the egg as it grew in Felicia’s hand, like out of some fantasy novel with a strange dragon silhouette within. Beautiful, yet terrifying. Every day, this world was expounding something new upon them….Clint could hardly keep up. The Devil in Red seemed to slip from the scene for some untold reason, maybe giving them a foreboding sign, before he felt the hair on the back of his neck, along his arms stand up and he, rather casually, reached up to his utility belt (yes, a utility belt) and pulled something off… a flick of his wrist and his bow extended, while an arrow was pulled from its quiver and notched into the string, looking towards the Cat and making a kissy face at her as she ran for the hills, leaving him alone with the man in green and yellow pajamas. In the agent’s mind, Felicia wasn’t half wrong about his clothing assessment.

“And here I was hoping for just a nice chat in the moonlight. I’m startin’ to think it’s me, honestly….”

His body tensed before he shifted feet, turning to deliver a spinning back kick that caught one ninja in his sternum before Clint raised a wrist and flexed his fist, a small arrow shooting out to catch his would be assailant in the face. Then he turned his whole body and brought up the bow, free arm quickly and reflexively wrapping fore and middle finger around the string, above and below the nock. He pulled back and released as easily as breathing and the arrow sailed over the first ninja’s shoulder towards another behind it, and he was readying another shot while he moved to find cover out of reflex.

(04/02/21 : 00:04:23)
=||Heart of the Dragon||=

Daniel Rand
/Rand Corporation\
|| I R O N F I S T ||
-I hold back the storm when nothing else can-
Marvel Utopia || Imaginechat

-[on top one of the towering rooftops]-

says to ..:: Luck Be A Lady ::..: *Ninjas pop up all over and do their best to scrap with the assembled roof lurkers. Danny for his part focused on the Gem. Reaching up for it as you tossed it...but before it came close enough it was intercepted by a tendril of lighting. Snagged and whipped away out of Danny's reach. Hovering above us was Nobu, the general of the Hand, his body crackling with lightning. He had 8 arms of electricity moving around him, one now holding the gem as he floated above, out of reach. He laughed and yelled down to the rooftop through the growing wind -"You are all too late! The sliver of the power of K'un Lun is mine, along with portions stolen from each of the other heavenly cities. My Master's power will no longer be denied! You will witness the return of the forgotten ancient EIGHTH city of heaven! Damned to the darkness long ago by your ancestors, the ancestors of man. Vengeance shall be theirs. With this final piece of power my Master will open the mystical portals, but not just to the 7 cities of heaven...but to ALL CREATION! For the prize of this tournament is no simple victory of honor amongst the cities. By the laws of all space and time, by the ancient binding edicts of the elder gods. Prepare yourselves for the coming trials! Though you are doomed, I hope you decide to die on your feet to give my Master good sport, and not run like curs." And lightning lightning , smash crackle pop. He is enveloped in an impenetrable energy field and zips off like a shooting star to finish whatever weird bad guy spell they are brewing. Leaving his ninjas behind to die without a care, for he has many. And soon when the portals open, he will have many, far superior warriors to challenge you with.*

(04/02/21 : 00:14:45)
..:: Luck Be A Lady ::..

The Black Cat
: Felicia Hardy :
~bad luck makes for good stories~

-[on top one of the towering rooftops]-

says to =||Heart of the Dragon||: she ALMOST got away but as she was whooshing through the air in her dramatic escape, ninjas started ziplining down her cable, coming for her. She gripped it with both hands and swung her feet upward, hitting them in the chest as they slid down, knocking them off her cable. It stopped reeling it, causing her to swing down against the side of the neighboring building. She slammed against it and dropped to a ledge just below her as Electric Avenue Head Ninja made his appearance. She tsked when he retrieved the dragon egg instead of Iron Fist. So close but you were too slow! That's bad luck right there*G* Scampers away while she can*

[RazzleDazzle]

(04/03/21 : 21:08:41)
=||Heart of the Dragon||=

Daniel Rand
/Rand Corporation\
|| I R O N F I S T ||
-I hold back the storm when nothing else can-
Marvel Utopia || Imaginechat

-[in Central Park]-

says to ALL: *Central Park: the place to be on this idyllic spring evening. The cold winter in the past, the promise of warm passionate summer ahead. Rebirth and growth abounding in the park. However the reveries of the frolicking citizens are disturbed this night as an energy disturbance appeared in the center of the park. A crackle of electricity spreads from nearby power sources, being sucked into the middle of the park and forming a growing sphere of energy. The ball of light pulses, growing slowly as it leeches more and more power from the surrounding streets of the big city. People begin to cry out, grab loved ones, start to stampede for the park exits and notify authorities of the growing anomaly*

*And not to far away, Iron Fist stands on a dark rooftop, catching sight of the flash. He sighs, grinding his teeth. Not knowing exactly what this is...but knowing it isnt good. And a cold dagger stabbing to deep in his stomach tells him it is related to his ongoing problem with the dragon egg, and his home city, the mystical K'un Lun, one of the 7 capital cities of heaven. He stares across the rooftops at the flash growing in the park a ways off, clenching fists*


(04/03/21 : 21:24:37)
.: Your X-Girlfriend :.

Alison Blaire
The Dazzler : X-Men
And rise through the night, you and I
We will fight to shine together...bright forever

-[in Central Park]-

says to I N C A N D E S C E N T : another rather springlike afternoon had found Ali out in Central Park, rollerskating again. But, as luck would have it, so were you - with your newly purchased pair of skates (??). As they spent some time going over the basics of skating, afternoon had turned to early evening and VOILA! Central Park transforms from a lovely family-friendly place in the midst of NYC to a mystical transdimensional vortex anomaly. They should have called it quits earlier, she knew it! *G*

(04/03/21 : 21:28:24)
..:: Luck Be A Lady ::..

The Black Cat
: Felicia Hardy :
~bad luck makes for good stories~

-[on top one of the towering rooftops]-

says to =||Heart of the Dragon||: and finally.... Black Cat hangs about on a rooftop, musing over the events of the past few days. Maybe it was time to head out of town for a few days, let this whole ninja furor die down. Now that she didn't have the dragon gem, surely they'd leave her alone. Hawaii would be nice... hell, even South Dakota would be preferable to staying in the City with apparently a ninja bounty on her head. Several blocks away, the sky starts to glow, catching her attention. Already she can hear the sirens of emergency vehicles. Curiosity being a particular weakness, she decides to check it out, leaping from her perch to a neighboring rooftop*

(04/03/21 : 21:34:06)
I N C A N D E S C E N T

S T A R D U S T
...
xx MARVEL UTOPIA xx

-[in Central Park]-

says to .: Your X-Girlfriend :. : It was her day off today so she obviously spent time in her condo getting some work done! It is not like it was a lot but it would mean she would have less to do after this holiday. People actually believe in an anthropomorphic leporid prancing around with a basket of organic vessel containing a chocolate zygote..consumption again. Anyway, you called her and invited her out to go rollerskating again and she has her own pair now! Istrypso got these nice gold ones from a store she found with red laces and yes, all afternoon she practiced with you expressing joy and interest. Anyone looking at us would see we clearly are friends. Eventually she would hear something and look in the direction of the anomaly still hidden from sight as we have not reached that area yet, but she turns and is headed that way. We would see it soon enough and stop..

(04/03/21 : 21:45:03)
=||Heart of the Dragon||=

Daniel Rand
/Rand Corporation\
|| I R O N F I S T ||
-I hold back the storm when nothing else can-
Marvel Utopia || Imaginechat

-[in Central Park]-

says to ALL: *The energy sphere in the middle of the park grows larger and larger. Visible above the trees now, rising up into the air to be more and more noticeable. Most people were smart enough to try to run, but some tourists were always wanting to linger , take pics. Was this one of those super hero things they always saw on the news happening in the big city? Would they get to see that adorable Captain America? For those not scared into running away by the growing pulsing energy orb, extra encouragement arrive. NINJAS! Though these looked a bit different than the usual fodder that had been troubling the city of late. Not the usual simple red robbed HAND clan warriors, these Ninjas wore heavier armor, big gnarly spikes on their shoulder pads along with a twisted evil metal face mask/helmet that gave them a demonic appearance. Bits of armor fastened to parts of their bodies, all with a vaguely ancient Chinese fashion vibe to it. They held pole arms and swords, and soon began to chase anyone they found away from the center of the park. Soon they clashed with police officers who were running to investigate the disturbance. Gunshots from the police answered by swift slashes severing hands, arms, heads. The ninja wave pushing out from the middle of the park at the energy disturbance, establishing a perimeter and pushing out to start and try to clear the entire park for nefarious purpose.

(04/03/21 : 21:47:41)
=||Heart of the Dragon||=

Daniel Rand
/Rand Corporation\
|| I R O N F I S T ||
-I hold back the storm when nothing else can-
Marvel Utopia || Imaginechat

-[in Central Park]-

says to ..:: Luck Be A Lady ::..: *And Danny happened to find you on a shared rooftop, your GOOD luck, hehe. He came up behind you after landing, rolling across the rooftop to join you. He heard the sirens, gun shots and yells of pain down in the park. He looked over at you* Look, I'm just saying...you may need to treat me to dinner after all this is over to make this up to me Cat*He spares a wink, then leaps quickly off the rooftop, running through alleys to get to the boarder of the park. Scaling the wall nimbly, flipping into the park to join the fray. This was what he was trained for...what he was made for. Weapon of K'un Lun, created to fight bad mojo ninja dudes like this!*

(04/03/21 : 21:52:39)
.: Your X-Girlfriend :.

Alison Blaire
The Dazzler : X-Men
And rise through the night, you and I
We will fight to shine together...bright forever

-[in Central Park]-

says to I N C A N D E S C E N T : wait, you want to go TOWARD the glowing orb that's suddenly appeared in Central Park? What, are you crazy? Ali takes off skating the opposite way until she realizes that you aren't following her and she turns to see you heading toward your DOOM.~ Wait - Istrypso, what are you, like, doing? ~oh, right...you were new here and probably didn't realize that NYC was a hotspot of weird and dangerous shit. She takes off after you, drawing up alongside you just as NINJAS appear, rushing toward them. SEE? Hotspot of weirdness. She grabs your hand and whirls around on one wheel, turning you with her~ Time to go.....

(04/03/21 : 22:01:03)
I N C A N D E S C E N T

S T A R D U S T
...
xx MARVEL UTOPIA xx

-[in Central Park]-

says to .: Your X-Girlfriend :. : This was expected. Something dangerous is happening and yes she should run but that is not what she will do. Istrypso has never run from anything in her life and she can hear people scrambling to get away but some are too stupid to leave, they seem fascinated by the orb. The strange soldiers appear and still she shows no sign that she is afraid. Her hand holds yours and at first, she is being wheeled away but she is not skating with you. "Stop. You can stop." It is obvious you will not and she knows that you are likely going to discover she is not human. You may not want to be her friend anymore. "Alison.." She says your name so beautifully with that strange accent and she positions her skates to a stop and holds your hand so you don't go flying. You won't be able to move her. "Those people are going to die. I have to go back."

(04/03/21 : 22:05:49)
..:: Luck Be A Lady ::..

The Black Cat
: Felicia Hardy :
~bad luck makes for good stories~

-[on top one of the towering rooftops]-

says to =||Heart of the Dragon||: *she's startled by your appearance, her attention having been caught by the shenanigans down in Central Park... but just as soon as you're here, you're gone. She shakes her head as you disappear into the Park. Only crazy people would be going TOWARD that insanity. BUT, she's also not about to buy ANYONE dinner, let alone Dragon PJs. She likes to go to places with dress codes. With a sigh, Black Cat leaps from the rooftop, dropping down on to an awning and using it like a trampoline, projecting herself off it and over the wide avenue, into the trees of Central Park... running along a limb then swinging down and kicking two ninjas in the face as they run after an elderly couple who had been enjoying an evening constitutional. Somersaulting to land nimbly on the ground she calls over to you* How about a wager - who takes out the most ninjas? Loser pays for dinner. *she flicks her wrist and sharp darts fly from her claws, embedding themselves in the faces of two other ninjas rushing toward you* That's four for me, none for you. *G*

(04/03/21 : 22:14:02)
.: Your X-Girlfriend :.

Alison Blaire
The Dazzler : X-Men
And rise through the night, you and I
We will fight to shine together...bright forever

-[in Central Park]-

says to I N C A N D E S C E N T : you dig your toestop into the ground and Ali gets yanked back suddenly, stumbling. But she catches herself before losing her balance...she is completely still for a moment, looking ahead - in the direction of safety and then she sighs, her shoulders slumping a bit. Ali turns toward you and gives a resigned smile~ Alright, but if I die I am SOOO going to haunt you. Let's go. ~what? You thought she'd let you go off fighting WHATEVER THE HECK by yourself? For all she knows, you don't even have any powers, just a misplaced sense of heroism. But let's do this thing... and guess what? Not a moment too soon because NINJAS are behind you!~

(04/03/21 : 22:19:08)
=||Heart of the Dragon||=

Daniel Rand
/Rand Corporation\
|| I R O N F I S T ||
-I hold back the storm when nothing else can-
Marvel Utopia || Imaginechat

-[in Central Park]-

says to ALL: *The dark warrior force spread out, more appearing behind the first wave. They push the citizens back further, making them rush toward the exits. The black armored warriors engage the first line of law enforcement that try to stop them quickly, but otherwise seem to mostly harass regular citizens to make them run for the exits. As they push out they don't let anything slow their expansion away from the sphere, ready to combat anyone who wont move with their blades and deadly martial skill. Each a deadly assassin well trained in the ways of hand to hand combat and death. In the middle of the park the energy sphere grew to a certain size...then started to pulse and crackle more loudly. It sends bolts streaking out, striking out first to the southwestern corner at the Columbus Circle . The energy burns into the gates, running along the walls from the corner spreading out to each side. Sealing off that entrance*

(04/03/21 : 22:27:01)
=||Heart of the Dragon||=

Daniel Rand
/Rand Corporation\
|| I R O N F I S T ||
-I hold back the storm when nothing else can-
Marvel Utopia || Imaginechat

-[in Central Park]-

says to ..:: Luck Be A Lady ::..: *He looks over your way, watching you kick your way through the pair. He hopped to get some time to get more familiar with your physical skills. And your karate too! He turned to business, running into the next wave of them. He moved faster than you had seen him move before. His green and yellow body deftly danced between the swords and staffs of the dark warriors. He crashed his palm through the adams apple of one with a fluid Rising Crane Punch, carrying the motion of the movement to deliver a devastating Drunken Donkey Hoof to the chest of the next with his heel. Then a whole group of them appeared and Danny leapt into the air, fist suddenly flaring like a spotlight. He lands in the middle of the group, punching the ground hard enough to produce a small tremor and a bright flashing shockwave which sent the bunch of them sprawling, dazed. He stood up again, fist going dark again* I'll count that as one, just so you can keep up *He grins, nods his head toward the center. Running down the path to get deeper into the park, covering ground as quick as he could*

(04/03/21 : 22:30:05)
I N C A N D E S C E N T

S T A R D U S T
...
xx MARVEL UTOPIA xx

-[in Central Park]-

says to .: Your X-Girlfriend :. : She does not see herself as a hero, the word never crosses her mind but she is not about to ignore this and pretend it is not happening. But you are doing what any friend would, either talk her out of it or since you can't, go with her. Already, she is removing her skates and setting them aside. No boots today but she is dressed under her long spring coat. You agree to go with her and she grasps your hands looking you in the eyes with her dark ones that are usually gentle but now are piercing. "It will be alright." She knows she cannot hide from you anymore and she can hear them coming from behind. Winking, she reaches into her coat and you see a glimpse of something shiny beneath it and she pulls out a tiara and fits it on her brow. There is not way she could appear 'normal' with these ninjas, a human could not penetrate their heavy armour. Sighing, she drops her coat and turns around just as the first one raises their weapon to hit her. This all happens in seconds with alien grace. Her hand raises to grasp the wrist of the attacker and she throws him right into a tree several feet away and kicks another one sending him tumbling off, strikes another and he goes flying, blocks an attack for her head, it is hard to keep track but all of them are down in seconds. The sphere is growing and she doesn't know what it is but she will try to find out. The alien walks into the fray and will try to protect those still left here but she needs to know what that thing is so she looses this tether from her side but keeps you in sight cause she is not going to allow you to get killed.

(04/03/21 : 22:39:22)
.: Your X-Girlfriend :.

Alison Blaire
The Dazzler : X-Men
And rise through the night, you and I
We will fight to shine together...bright forever

-[in Central Park]-

says to I N C A N D E S C E N T : awwww yis, lady's got moves! And damn, you're a princess too? That is just classy right there. Ali gapes at you a bit as you move into action, knocking ninjas out of the way left and right as you head for the glowing orb that's devouring Central Park... After a moment, she closes her mouth and gives a shrug, skating after you... hey, Kitty wanted her to be more kickass, like Limbo Alison. Maybe this is her chance! She zooms along down the path, two ninjas approaching. Pointing her fingers like guns, Ali lets off two bright beams of light, lasers slicing through their armor and leaving them bleeding behind her as she skates past them, hot on your trail~

(04/03/21 : 22:45:10)

Talk Shit Get Snikt
Laura Kinney
I believe in life. I believe. I...fight.
I bleed. For others. To keep them...alive. I live...I live, so others will live. I believe.
MU

-[on one of the many streets or sidewalks]-

says to ALL: Is out and about on the streets since I was able to get away from the X-ers. I needed to get back to rescuing the kids, but I knew it seemed difficult to happen at this point, whoever got to them was going to have to suffer greatly, but I still hadnt given up hope in getting them back, it was just going to have to take some strategy beyond just rushing head first in and ripping through everyone unfortunately.

(04/03/21 : 22:58:27)
=||Heart of the Dragon||=

Daniel Rand
/Rand Corporation\
|| I R O N F I S T ||
-I hold back the storm when nothing else can-
Marvel Utopia || Imaginechat

-[in Central Park]-

says to ALL: *The large energy sphere in the center of the park blasts out another tendril of energy, connecting to the south eastern corner of the park. The energies running along the border of the park, sealing off the southern border in a wall of impenetrable energy. The energy barrier starts to spread up the west and east side borders slowly toward the north. The warrior captured in the tether of honestness grunts, feeling the magic course through his defenses. He snarls out a reply - "That is the portal that shall link your pathetic world to the great empire of the 8th Capital City of Heaven. The Dark Emperor comes...and you are already too late to stop him!"- As the various heroes draw nearer to the center where the giant glowing sphere pulses and it becomes obvious the ninja warrior foot soldiers are not a strong deterrent ...the ground quakes. And then erupts, as 10 ft tall troll soldiers in similar ancient chinese armor rise from the ground. Each holding a huge heavy mace. They roar, and swing their heavy deadly weapons at The daz, the stardust, the fist and the cat noir and whoever else was daring enough to encroach too closely to that which they would die to protect! raaawr!*

(04/03/21 : 22:47:52)
I N C A N D E S C E N T

S T A R D U S T
...
xx MARVEL UTOPIA xx

-[in Central Park]-

says to .: Your X-Girlfriend :. : The alien sees the bright light coming from you and the damage it does, it makes her smile a little, seems you have a secret too. But no time for that, she moves fast and more ninjas are thrown crashing and burning while at the same time, some officers get some relief and can regroup. Her tether glowing like the stars whirls about her knocking and throwing ninjas down, she makes sure you are near and this is not even the extent of what Istrypso is capable of. Her tether wraps about one of the solders and she pulls him towards her. "What is that?" Verity's Tether will compel him to tell the truth if he knows it. He likely is not strong enough in the mind to resist so he will either tell her what that thing is or he will tell her he doesn't know. She points at the orb indicating she wants to know about that. She also keeps an eye out in case she has to defend herself, you or a citizen.

(04/03/21 : 23:11:24)
..:: Luck Be A Lady ::..

The Black Cat
: Felicia Hardy :
~bad luck makes for good stories~

-[in Central Park]-

says to =||Heart of the Dragon||: she made a face and stuck her tongue out at you as you raced off. Show off! She forgot you had mystical glowing fist powers... that was an unfair advantage and she might have to cough up for dinner after all. Black Cat leaped back up into the trees, preferring to use them to leap from limb to limb instead of covering ground ON the ground. Now she has the advantage of being unseen by those on the ground, as well as the element of surprise, should she choose to drop out of the trees unannounced... which she does as soon as you are confronted with another group of them. She drops out of the trees behind them, her cable whipping around and wrapping around one's neck. She gives it a yank and pulls him off his feet. Black Cat disarms him while he's laying on the ground and slashes at his chest, then ducks as another one sends a sai flying at her. She run toward him, the sword slicing through the air*

(04/03/21 : 23:16:26)
.: Your X-Girlfriend :.

Alison Blaire
The Dazzler : X-Men
And rise through the night, you and I
We will fight to shine together...bright forever

-[in Central Park]-

says to I N C A N D E S C E N T : (okay, sorry, I lost a whole post because of the stupid trackpad on my laptop.*L*) ~she races up to you as you lasso a guy - the area clear for the moment, but she stands guard, covering your back until he can answer... all he answers is, "It's the arena. For the tournament." ~Ali looks over her shoulder for a moment at that, brows perking a bit. A tournament? Will they need performers? She once bested the Enchantress in a song-battle, hehe~

(04/03/21 : 23:21:52)
=||Heart of the Dragon||=

Daniel Rand
/Rand Corporation\
|| I R O N F I S T ||
-I hold back the storm when nothing else can-
Marvel Utopia || Imaginechat

-[in Central Park]-

says to ..:: Luck Be A Lady ::..: *He charges ahead when the ground rumbles, the troll looking armored 10ft tall monster soldiers burst from the earth. He takes a step back a moment* Whew. Uh..ok...You keep these regular sized guys busy, I'll see what I can do about...that*His fists flare up again, glowing brightly to the elbow as one of the giant troll soldiers comes lumbering toward us. Danny flashes his hands to draw its attention away from you. The huge heavy mace swings down at him, and he leaps up to PUNCH it. A blinding flash of light erupts outward, a shockwave that shakes the tree branches around us. When the light dims Danny lands on the other side of the troll, the Mace shattered, and its arm broken at the elbow, hanging at a sickening weird angle*

(04/03/21 : 23:25:20)
|[-Man Without Fear-]|

DareDevil
Marvel Utopia

-[in Central Park]-

says to ALL: He was upset...well that was an understatement...he was pissed and quite rightfully so...he was running through the park the ninjas where on the move and there were plenty of them...he leaped over a bench and it had a been awhile since he had worked his body out like this...he wasn't pushing it to the limit but some of his muscles were getting stiff...he muttered to himself about exercising more...he skidded to a stop as more of the ninjas appeared in front of him...he reached out and grabbed one pulling him forward he falls forward letting his left leg extend out and placed on the ninjas chest he flips him over onto his back...hearing the thud he is back onto his feet when he grabs the baton and extending it forward crashing into one opponents face...once more he dashes forward and grabs onto a low hanging branch and swinging his feet ot forward he kicks one guy in the chest...hoping down he looked around is it really to much to ask for an off night? I mean I was gonna order some Faz Bear pizza maybe wash it down with a little Codigo...

(04/03/21 : 23:27:16)
I N C A N D E S C E N T

S T A R D U S T
...
xx MARVEL UTOPIA xx

-[in Central Park]-

says to .: Your X-Girlfriend :. : [Aww man, I would be so mad. Sure it was an epic post!] It would be impossible for the soldier to escape and she looks to the sky while he speaks of his 'Dark Emperor' with reverence and intending on scaring Istrypso with his words. "So that is what an Emperor does from your world? Send his cannon fodder?" With a flick of her wrist, he is released from the tether...and half of his body. Twisting, she returns the tether to her side and draws her sword and shield (amazing how she hid this shit under her coat huh?). What tournament? No time to think, they have trolls. Leaping into the air and forward, she smashes her knees into the faces of two trolls and lands behind them slashing the backs of their knees. She does not know how to close the portal and it grows exponentially -- she is sure no troll or soldier knows how to close it, we would have to get to the source which is...inside. "Come on Alison!" Moving quickly and striking any troll in our way sending them flying she gets close to the portal and for now tries to stop anything from coming out. She even throws a troll back through as hard as she can which would do terrible damage on the other side.


(04/03/21 : 23:34:59)
=||Heart of the Dragon||=

Daniel Rand
/Rand Corporation\
|| I R O N F I S T ||
-I hold back the storm when nothing else can-
Marvel Utopia || Imaginechat

-[in Central Park]-

says to ALL: *The portal continues to loom large, glowing, pulsing. It flashes out a tendril to the north east...north west corners of the park. The energy field around the park connected , completely surrounding the entirety of the large Central Park. Its warriors, ninja and troll, armored and bladed assassins battle the powerful and skilled warriors who greet them in this new dimension. They had expected nothing less, and welcome the challenge. But they know it will be short lived. For they were simply sent ahead to clear as much rabble from the area as possible before the boarder field to be completed. The sphere did not react to trolls tossed back, or any other weapons launched within it. The warriors continued to battle a moment longer with all their fury. Then, the sphere pulsed, changing color a dark malevolent red...and then the warriors ceased pressing any attacks. Moving back, waiting for something....*

(04/03/21 : 23:39:49)

.:Sorcerer Supreme::...
-Dr. Stephen Strange-

-[in Central Park]-

says to ALL: *High above another portal opened, this one more of a wink in space from which the Sorcerer Supreme emerged. He hovered high in the sky, majestic cape fluttering in the high night air. He looked down, and saw the large rectangle of Central Park directly below, border glowing with the energy field. And there in the middle, like an angry bloodshot eye was the Sphere. He sighed, closing his eyes a moment as he muttered a dark curse. Then, gathering his will, he swooped downward. Flying toward his Sanctum. As he flew he raised a hand and summoned a spell which shattered and reformed space itself. Teleporting all the earthly beings still fighting in Central Park out, depositing them on the street outside his Sanctum. The heroes would find themselves suddenly moved, one moment facing ninjas and trolls and glowing angry spheres of doom, the next moment standing on a city street, with the floating figure of the goateed wizard in the long flowing crimson cape and fancy neck jewelry before them*

☆ (04/03/21 : 23:39:50)
.: Your X-Girlfriend :.

Alison Blaire
The Dazzler : X-Men
And rise through the night, you and I
We will fight to shine together...bright forever

-[in Central Park]-

says to I N C A N D E S C E N T : you are officially crazy, but for some reason, Ali follows along after you... though she does roll to a stop when the sphere changes to a scary red color, she sees trolls charging toward them suddenly turn and fall back... there's an ominous hush that descends over the park as well, not even street sounds like sirens or honking horns can be heard. ~ So, like, I have a baaaaad feeling about this. ~the whole park seems to be holding its breath, so Ali does too~

(04/03/21 : 23:45:36)
..:: Luck Be A Lady ::..

The Black Cat
: Felicia Hardy :
~bad luck makes for good stories~

-[at a private residence]-

says to =||Heart of the Dragon||: she was mid-leap when she was teleported, which has the comedic effect of causing her to wink back into being outside of the Sanctum Sanctorum without an evil warrior to kick, which causes her to stumble as she lands, crashing into your chest, oof!*G*~

(04/03/21 : 23:45:55)
I N C A N D E S C E N T

S T A R D U S T
...
xx MARVEL UTOPIA xx

-[on one of the many streets or sidewalks]-

says to .: Your X-Girlfriend :. : Her hair blows in the breeze of this portal and she has her sword at ready along with her shield making sure you are protected as well and ... things change, the portal is threatening crimson and the small army stops its attack. A hush falls over Central Park like a shroud, like the grave, even the trees stop rustling. "Courage Ali.." Istrypso is a natural leader and a good one too, she will keep you going even when you don't think you can. Her lips stiffen and her eyes stare into the crimson abyss and ... we are on the street. How...the alien looks at you and then sees the caped figure up above. He is not front the portal... "Who is that.."

(04/03/21 : 23:47:10)
|[-Man Without Fear-]|

DareDevil
Marvel Utopia

-[in Central Park]-

says to ..:: Luck Be A Lady ::..: He looked over to you and Fisty...he sighed why? Why is it that when there is trouble you two are around?

☆ (04/03/21 : 23:48:13)
=||Heart of the Dragon||=

Daniel Rand
/Rand Corporation\
|| I R O N F I S T ||
-I hold back the storm when nothing else can-
Marvel Utopia || Imaginechat

-[in Central Park]-

says to ..:: Luck Be A Lady ::..: *Well hell, now he owes the good doctor a favor! He catches you, spinning with you once as he takes a full 360 view of our new surroundings to find the threat. Instead only finding The Sorcerer hovering above us. Danny knew him, or of him. The Sorcerer was known in K'un Lun, an occasional visitor. He puts you down at his side, staying close he looks up at Strange, the cold stab of fear that had been in his belly for days now coming to full aching throb. This was it, he knew what was coming, he had failed in preventing it...

(04/03/21 : 23:49:15)
.: Your X-Girlfriend :.

Alison Blaire
The Dazzler : X-Men
And rise through the night, you and I
We will fight to shine together...bright forever

-[at a private residence]-

says to I N C A N D E S C E N T : she's been teleported before (I'm pretty sure Kurt's teleported her at least once!), so while surprising, she assumes that's what has happened... Ali pops back into existence, skates clattering on the sidewalk until she regains her balance. She follows your gaze up, eyes lighting on Dr. Strange. Her eyes widen and she shrugs in response - is it Batman? He wears a cape. ~

(04/04/21 : 00:04:55)

.:Sorcerer Supreme::...
-Dr. Stephen Strange-

-[in Central Park]-

says to ALL: *He hovers above the street to gather the attention of everyone below. Raising his hands as his the signature burning wards of power appear circling around his wrists. His voice and image appears around the world, visible to various heroes and other beings of power he wishes to hear his pronouncements * My deepest apologies friends...but you cannot prevail against what has been summoned in Central Park tonight. I do not doubt your valor, courage or strength. Rather you cannot prevail, because the highest powers of fate and destiny have decreed you cannot. Central Park is no longer in control of this city, this country, or even the dominion of this real of existence. It is now neutral territory. One of the many battle grounds...of the great celestial tournament of the 7 Capital Cities of Heaven. Those of you who know Iron Fist may know of this tournament *He nods to Iron Fist, so everyone can know who to blame later* But this tournament is unlike the others. Indeed unlike any tournament to take place in thousands of years. For this tournament will be the first in many millennia to include the long forsaken, forgotten 8th City. A dark and wicked place I had thought long sealed off, disconnected from all other realms, unable to work their dark magics any longer. I...was wrong *He hovers there, arms out, summoning images around the street as his wrist wards glow and spark. You see a gathering, a counsel. The Living Tribunal. Infinity, Eternity, giant humanoid figures containing all the power of the universe. With them stood Strange himself...kings and emperors of other powerful magical realms. And also present at the great counsel, a large wicked looking armored emperor, commander of the 8th city which had somehow broken free of its banishment. Using some foul magic, some trick, some secret alliance, they had broken free and demanded the universal forces enact long forgotten rules of the original tournament. A tournament no longer between the 7 peaceful cities to determine rank. Instead the rules of original primeval tourmament...to the victor goes dominion over all other realms*...I failed, I was unable to stop the old laws being put into place again. The old laws that bind forces far powerful than mine. As such...I must abide by the rules. The Tournament will take place according to the ancient rules, the bloody wicked rules from the days of the wicked Elder Gods....but though I am bound by the rules, all is not lost. For I still have power here in this realm. I have been appointed Steward of this plane, and will ensure the forces of evil abide by the rules, just as you must. I will protect you where I can. For you, heroes of earth, are our only hope. The only chance for our realm to avoid utter damnation and conquest from the forsaken 8th City!

(04/04/21 : 00:19:50)
..:: Luck Be A Lady ::..

The Black Cat
: Felicia Hardy :
~bad luck makes for good stories~

-[at a private residence]-

says to |[-Man Without Fear-]| D: oh look, the devil of Hell's kitchen is here too... she looks over with a grin* I could say the same for you. *then Strange starts speaking and Black Cat lapses into silence, given Iron Fist a "look" when he is mentioned. And here he tried to blame HER for stealing the dragon gem.

(04/04/21 : 00:21:59)
I N C A N D E S C E N T

S T A R D U S T
...
xx MARVEL UTOPIA xx

-[on one of the many streets or sidewalks]-

says to .:Sorcerer Supreme::...-: She stands there listening to you but she does not know who you are or what this tournament is about but that 8th City is a major threat that must be contained or removed. If that display in the park is any indicator of what will happen...she looks at the images and Iron Fist, then to her friend Alison. This world is flawed, its inhabitants selfish and arrogant, wasteful. But they also have courage and they try. Istrypso steps forward. "How can I help?" She doesn't speak for the others.

☆ (04/04/21 : 00:24:10)
=||Heart of the Dragon||=

Daniel Rand
/Rand Corporation\
|| I R O N F I S T ||
-I hold back the storm when nothing else can-
Marvel Utopia || Imaginechat

-[in Central Park]-

says to ..:: Luck Be A Lady ::..: *Hey, if you hadn't have STOLEN the thing after I almost had it back, these guys probably wouldn't have had the power to pull of this celestial jail break revolution and get the tournament rules all changed up and put us all in mortal peril! You're lucky you're so hot and easily forgiven! But he just stands there, listening, looking up at Strange. His fists were clenched, glowing dimly. He knew what this would take. He was one of the Immortal Weapons after all, this was the kind of shit he was born for. But he was less hopeful of success than he would like. K'un Lun had hidden much from him, he was working in the dark here almost as much as the rest of you. He would fight, but he also wanted answers from his people. We all needed to know more so we could fight this thing with open eyes*

(04/04/21 : 00:36:06)

.:Sorcerer Supreme::...
-Dr. Stephen Strange-

-[in Central Park]-

says to ALL: *"How can I help", the question made his heart heavy even as it stung his eyes with pride. He had faith in the power of mankind, the champions of this planet. And faith was all he had now, all his vaunted power as the Sorcerer Supreme near worthless now as larger powers had taken over, bound his hands as to what he could and could not do to stop the coming darkness. The Sorceror Supreme could not save earth, this realm ... but he trusted it's people could with the mettle of their hearts and souls.* You can fight. Central park cannot be attacked, it is now a portal linking us to the other realms involved in the tournament. Any attempt to attack the portal will result in penalties on our realm. Once the Tournament begins no warrior from another realm may attack or harm you in any way outside of sanctioned combat. Any attempt to harm another warrior outside the tournament matches will result in penalties. Once the Tournament begins Champions will be chosen from each realm, and brought to hand to hand combat. You may find yourself in the arena in central park, or one of many other strange battlefields chosen by the forces above to test your skills. Once a match has begun no outside force is allowed to intercede or help the combatants. Violation of these rules will result in...penalties. And I say to you, my people of earth, these penalties may be severe. *He waves his hands again, summoning images of strange and wonderous warriors pulled from realms far and wide. Men and creatures of all types and sizes who may be appointed champions to compete, battle fields of all types from fighting rings, arenas, underwater, on distant fantastic planets* The realm of the victorious Champion will gain a boon from the Living Tribunal himself, the universal force of justice and balance. If the forsaken 8th City's champions are victorious...they will surely gain power over us all, and this planet will fall beneath the shadow of their demonic rule. Thus...you must fight. And you must win. Though you may fight alone...together you will prove stronger than they believe. Together you can defeat them. I believe you must, for there is no other hope.*He flourished his hand, the images snuffing out. He floats up higher, preparing to leave* Rest now champions of earth. For soon you will be called to battle, for the fate of all you that is good and bright in the universe. All that you love will rely on your courage and skill in the fights to come. I will return to you, in your time of need. May all the gods be with us, my Champions*Annnd woooosh. He flies off to attend to other emergency matters on earth before sunrise finds the Tournament in full swing*

[RazzleDazzle]

(04/09/21 : 22:16:08)
=||Heart of the Dragon||=

Daniel Rand
/Rand Corporation\
|| I R O N F I S T ||
-I hold back the storm when nothing else can-
Marvel Utopia

-[at a Tournament Battle Arena]-

says to ..:: Luck Be A Lady ::..: *He was in the central park, the arena territory now. Moving with the crowds of strange people pulled from all different realms. He walked to size up possible competition, to get a feel of the people and the other wordly place. He walked among them to reach out with his chi, to try and accustom himself to them...and reaching out, seeking something else. He had thoughts about this whole situation, this bastardized tournament that now threatened our world. He was angry that certain parties had caused this, and that others he had thought his friends and family had kept things from him, important things that he should have known so he could have fought this. He was here also to be seen, he knew one of them would find him eventually*

(04/09/21 : 22:41:03)
..:: Luck Be A Lady ::..

The Black Cat
: Felicia Hardy :
~bad luck makes for good stories~

-[at a Tournament Battle Arena]-

says to =||Heart of the Dragon||: skulking about, mingling with others in this fancy interdimensional vortex arena... she blends right in with her black leather catsuit, tufts of white fur at her wrists and along the backs of her thighs. The mane of white hair lost among the many different hair hues, or elaborate headdresses, or antlers - whatever. Black Cat is also sizing up the competition, so to speak, just not for fighting purposes. It was more of a "surely with all these aliens and extradimensional beings around, there's something worthy to steal." It would be a new experience for her, stealing from aliens. *G*

(04/09/21 : 22:58:46)
=||Heart of the Dragon||=

Daniel Rand
/Rand Corporation\
|| I R O N F I S T ||
-I hold back the storm when nothing else can-
Marvel Utopia

-[at a Tournament Battle Arena]-

says to ..:: Luck Be A Lady ::..: *He spotted you in the crowd, the by now familiar black cat suit, and uh...other...notable features burned into his very male brain. He intertwines paths with yours to intercept you in the crowd. Fortunate that he has nothing for you to pick pocket or otherwise steal on his person while he is in the svelte styling kung fu pajamas. * Hey there kitty, imagine running into you again. At least you're cuter than my last three stalkers *He nods for you to walk a certain direction with the crowd, not wanting to stand still too long and give eavesdroppers an overly easy job of listening in* Actually I could use your help. This place, the arena. I'm betting it's hiding more layers, there's got to be an entrance somewhere to the protected quarters. Where the "dignitaries" to this kind of thing are hiding out, doing business behind the scenes, if you want to think of it that way. The leader of my city K'un Lun should be there, and I really want a word. You're good at breaking in places you shouldn't be....*He looks over at you, raising an enticing eyebrow, trying to hook you* Probably all kinds of crazy riches and cosmic shit to steal. Like the Genie's cave in Aladdin, god, gems, silver surfboards, the works. ...I think...-* And then he was interrupted, his body suddenly flashing, then sort of fading rapidly in and out of view. He groaned* Great timing guys, really gr-*And poof! he was gone. Summoned to a match as the arena lights up with showy flashes of lightning. The fighting floor projecting a hologram of the world Danny ends up on to face their champion...the various aliens in central park moving excitedly at the commotion*

(04/09/21 : 23:11:40)
..:: Luck Be A Lady ::..

The Black Cat
: Felicia Hardy :
~bad luck makes for good stories~

-[at a Tournament Battle Arena]-

says to =||Heart of the Dragon||: Oh, Iron Fist, you really knew how to sweet talk a lady. She was unsurprised by your appearance - after all, Dr. Strange had intimated that you were part of this whole shindig. Cat turned and walked in the direction you led, sauntering a bit (ok a bit MORE) now that she had you as an audience* Dragon PJs, you had me at "places you shouldn't be." *a grin curled her lips, turning to look at you with a certain gleam in her eye. Sure, the haul might be fantastic, but for Black Cat, it was the thrill of the act that lured her in. Curiosity, one could say. And yes, she knew you were really called "The Immortal Iron Fist" but she likes Dragon PJs. Before you could elaborate, you disappeared on her and she sighed, giving the nearby onlookers a shrug* At least he didn't stand me up completely. *she winked at the passers-by before turning to head toward the battle arena itself. She hoped you wouldn't get thrashed too easily... it would embarass her!*

(04/09/21 : 23:15:15)
=||Heart of the Dragon||=

Daniel Rand
/Rand Corporation\
|| I R O N F I S T ||
-I hold back the storm when nothing else can-
Marvel Utopia

-[at a Tournament Battle Arena]-

says to ..:: Luck Be A Lady ::..: *A tall dark figure in a hooded cloak detaches from the crowd behind you and Iron Fist after he disappears. The figure follows after you, carefully, inconspicuously until you settle on a spot in the arena. He works his way closer....cloooooser behind you. Oh no, is he going to garrote you? Stab you in the back? Take creepy pics of your ass for some pervy reddit thread "hot asses in the freaky kombat arena part 3" ?*

(04/09/21 : 23:21:48)
..:: Luck Be A Lady ::..

The Black Cat
: Felicia Hardy :
~bad luck makes for good stories~

-[at a Tournament Battle Arena]-

says to =||Heart of the Dragon||: *good luck trying the first two options, but she wouldn't mind if it was number three. She'd even pose just to make sure it was looking its best*G* She waited until you were close enough to hear her, then spoke up unconcernedly and without even looking over at you* A cat has nine lives, you know...*so if you were attempting to try something nefarious, she'd just come back and hurt you*

(04/09/21 : 23:34:16)
=||Heart of the Dragon||=

Daniel Rand
/Rand Corporation\
|| I R O N F I S T ||
-I hold back the storm when nothing else can-
Marvel Utopia

-[at a Tournament Battle Arena]-

says to ..:: Luck Be A Lady ::..: *The tall figure stands behind you, nodding as he speaks in a deep, rather soothing slow deep voice* For three he plays, for three he strays, and for the last three he stays, I believe is the legend. And what a place to play indeed my dear. Have you come to battle the fiercest warriors of the many realms? What will you do if summoned to defend your people? *He made no move to threaten, just probing with his words. He acted like someone who already knew you, was past introductions or awkwardness*

(04/09/21 : 23:46:10)
..:: Luck Be A Lady ::..

The Black Cat
: Felicia Hardy :
~bad luck makes for good stories~

-[at a Tournament Battle Arena]-

says to =||Heart of the Dragon||: I'm a lover, not a fighter. *she had only a fraction of her usual flirtatious tone though, and she did not look behind her to see who was talking. Instead she watched Iron Fist in the arena below, puzzling over the enigmatic was you began this conversation. She smirked when Iron Fist booped the other's nose, then finally looked at you* Do I know you? *she didn't - that's her polite way of telling you to GTFO*

(04/09/21 : 23:55:10)
=||Heart of the Dragon||=

Daniel Rand
/Rand Corporation\
|| I R O N F I S T ||
-I hold back the storm when nothing else can-
Marvel Utopia

-[at a Tournament Battle Arena]-

says to ..:: Luck Be A Lady ::..: No, not yet child. But him *He waved a finger briefly at Iron Fist in the fight * He knows me. And I believe you know him. A lover, as you say, perhaps? *A smile on his lips and in his words as he stood behind you. Watching the fight with interest as well. Watching Danny play with the opponent, drag things out for show. He knew Danny didn't want to reveal his true power, skill or technique so early on against such a basic opponent. Wise to keep his skill from the eyes of more dangerous opponents who await, though the Danny he remembered would scarce have been able to keep his cool and patience for this long. He was pleased to see some things can change*

(04/10/21 : 00:08:07)
..:: Luck Be A Lady ::..

The Black Cat
: Felicia Hardy :
~bad luck makes for good stories~

-[at a Tournament Battle Arena]-

says to =||Heart of the Dragon||: Not YET...*emphasis on the YET part, wigglebrows. At least now she knows you aren't stalking her, you're here for Dragon PJs. He definitely had some interesting acquaintances...the Hand, Dr. Strange, random stranger in a crowd* Would you like me to get you his autograph or something? *attention diverted as the crowd cheers and jeers - some rooting for Iron Fist, the others rooting for Bonesaw. She winces as he is thrown against the thingamajigs. That looked like it hurt! And smiles when he delivers his own attack - he didn't seem too hurt after all.

(04/10/21 : 00:19:34)
=||Heart of the Dragon||=

Daniel Rand
/Rand Corporation\
|| I R O N F I S T ||
-I hold back the storm when nothing else can-
Marvel Utopia

-[at a Tournament Battle Arena]-

says to ..:: Luck Be A Lady ::..: *The figure smiles again, even managing a light chuckle** No, that will not be necessary. However, if you could pass him some information, I would be in your debt * He watched as Iron Fist got cocky, the opponent landed a true blow and send him flying into the crowd. Ah, that was the Danny he knew well* There are things the Iron Fist must be told. Things he has long been kept ignorant of. Truths of the 7th city from which his power hails...and the other heavenly cities as well. There is a great darkness at the heart of this tournament, and I pray the truth may provide the Iron Fist, and you, a better chance to succeed. Only by knowing the truth of the ancient sins that lead to this wicked tournament, can you hope to do what is good and honorable, to set things to right once more *His hand emerges from his cloak, a rolled up bit of parchment with a fancy silk band and a wax seal* Take this, share it with him. It will lead you to the place you must go to begin the quest for truth. Tell him the Thunderer has faith in the Iron Fist now and always.

(04/10/21 : 00:30:54)
..:: Luck Be A Lady ::..

The Black Cat
: Felicia Hardy :
~bad luck makes for good stories~

-[at a Tournament Battle Arena]-

says to =||Heart of the Dragon||: *she did not exactly care for how she kept getting lumped into this "good and honorable" business and making assumptions she would be going on any "quests for truth"... that's not exactly Black Cat's cup of tea. She forgot herself for a moment and gasped, standing as Iron Fist is thrown out of the ring and into the crowd. She rises up on tiptoes to try to see him, then remembers she's being aloof here and turns to you before she sits down* Fine, but you'll owe me one. *you did say you would be in her debt. She holds out a hand for the roll of parchment and once you hand it over, Cat gives you a cheeky grin, sloooooooowly sliding it down between her breasts, where it will be safe* Thunderer, hmmm? Do they call you that because you can make the bed shake, KABOOM? *G*

(04/10/21 : 00:47:05)
=||Heart of the Dragon||=

Daniel Rand
/Rand Corporation\
|| I R O N F I S T ||
-I hold back the storm when nothing else can-
Marvel Utopia

-[at a Tournament Battle Arena]-

says to ..:: Luck Be A Lady ::..: *The voice did not answer, for he had vanished suddenly. A ghost in the wind, wooosh! Batman style while you were talking! hehe*

[RazzleDazzle]

(04/23/21 : 21:35:20)
=||Heart of the Dragon||=

Daniel Rand
/Rand Corporation\
|| I R O N F I S T ||
-I hold back the storm when nothing else can-
Marvel Utopia || Revochat

-[at a Tournament Battle Arena]-

says to ALL: **Danny was watching, though there was not much to watch. The fight was over within seconds. He saw the artistic purity of the old mans movement, his technique, skill. For the first time Danny was perturbed. He was the Iron Fist. The immortal weapon. He was made for tournaments like this. He had bested every opponent he had faced in his life, he was master of every fighting style known to K'un Lun. But what had just happened,...was like nothing he had ever seen. He needed to hone himself. He needed to be more focused. He needed...well help, probably. This was getting more dangerous by the day*

(04/23/21 : 21:47:07)
..:: Luck Be A Lady ::..

The Black Cat
: Felicia Hardy :
~bad luck makes for good stories~
says to =||Heart of the Dragon||: stalks you....waits until the "fight" is over before she suddenly appears at your side with all the stealth of her namesake. The crowd noises die down a bit, so you can easily hear her when she speaks up out of the blue* I met your boyfriend the other night. *how sad, a name like The Thunderer and all he wanted to do was talk about you. It was a real blow to her self-esteem.*

(04/23/21 : 21:50:59)
=||Heart of the Dragon||=

Daniel Rand
/Rand Corporation\
|| I R O N F I S T ||
-I hold back the storm when nothing else can-
Marvel Utopia || Revochat

-[at a Tournament Battle Arena]-

says to ..:: Luck Be A Lady ::..: *He raised an eyebrow, looking over at you as you appear* Luke? Look, we had a thing back in college but it was purely experimental I swear! * Who would you know that he knew? He looked at you from behind his mask, trying not to get distracted by your, uh, attributes, again. The tournament was growing grim, the early opening acts dying out now, the real professionals starting to make their marks as things heated up. He was glad you were here...that you hadn't run off and disappeared. He couldn't, this was his destiny. But you weren't bound, you could run...but here you were. He was oddly grateful for that*

(04/23/21 : 21:58:37)
..:: Luck Be A Lady ::..

The Black Cat
: Felicia Hardy :
~bad luck makes for good stories~

-[at a Tournament Battle Arena]-

says to =||Heart of the Dragon||: *her brow rose and lips curled into a smirk at you protestation* Well, he used his made-up name: The Thunderer! *her voice deepened as she said the name, fingers doing air quotes* He told me you were ignorant, but said I should give this to you...*fingers lingered on the zipper at her breasts, inching it down marginally....then slid a scroll from safekeeping between her breasts and held it out for you*

(04/23/21 : 22:08:55)
=||Heart of the Dragon||=

Daniel Rand
/Rand Corporation\
|| I R O N F I S T ||
-I hold back the storm when nothing else can-
Marvel Utopia || Revochat

-[at a Tournament Battle Arena]-

says to ..:: Luck Be A Lady ::..: *He nearly leapt out of his skin when you said the name. Unconsciously standing a bit straighter, into a proper trained kung fu resting pose as if he was being judged right now by his old trainer* Ah. No that's his name. Or it has been for a few hundred years that I know of at least. So, he's here. Probably with the Emperor of K'un Lun, as head of one of the Heavenly Cities I knew they would be here somewhere. Been trying to find them without being too obvious about it but haven't had much luck *He grins, taking the paper and saluting you with it* But then luck seems to be your game huh Kitty. So...coming along? *He looks over the paper, reading the little cyphered map left for him to figure out.*

(04/23/21 : 22:15:19)
..:: Luck Be A Lady ::..

The Black Cat
: Felicia Hardy :
~bad luck makes for good stories~

-[at a Tournament Battle Arena]-

says to =||Heart of the Dragon||: she looks none too pleased at the prospect of whatever adventure you are about to embark on. By the ominous way your boyfriend/mentor talked, it hardly sounded fun at all. Black Cat leaned against a concrete column, pretending to think it over.* I suppose. If only to keep you out of trouble. *she sighed and reluctantly pushed off the column, moving close to you to peer at the scroll as well - though she knew what was on it, she had it memorized and had drawn a fair likeness of it to keep. Just in case.* But fair warning, I'm no hero.

(04/23/21 : 22:28:58)
=||Heart of the Dragon||=

Daniel Rand
/Rand Corporation\
|| I R O N F I S T ||
-I hold back the storm when nothing else can-
Marvel Utopia || Revochat

-[at a Tournament Battle Arena]-

says to ..:: Luck Be A Lady ::..: It's ok. I need some rogues around to make me look good. Come on. *He leads the way, moving through the odd twisted city that had taken over central park through weird mystic energies. Going down alleys, sideways, seemingly retracing steps. You would swear he had circled back, gone up and down the same alley twice...but somehow it looked different when we made a second trip down. Finally he found a iron door set back in a thick stone wall. He motioned for you to hang back a moment...his hand and forearm flaring up with his power. Placing his palm to the door. After a moment the door returned the glow, then a lock slammed open...the door creeeeeaaaaking as it pushed inward. Inside a stone stairway that wound down and down and down to darkness. He went first, fists providing light. Leading us down and down...finally to a larger room in the catacombs below. At the end of the bare stone room stood a man, very muscled, arms on display in a sleeveless shirt, a cowl not unlike Iron Fist had, and a huge ass sword strapped to his back

(04/23/21 : 22:43:32)
..:: Luck Be A Lady ::..

The Black Cat
: Felicia Hardy :
~bad luck makes for good stories~

-[at a Tournament Battle Arena]-

says to =||Heart of the Dragon||: she trailed right behind you with a feline grace, stalking confidently no matter how twisted and confusing the route was. The door's creaking was an foreboding welcome to the beginning of their adventure. Silently, she descended the dark stairwell and into the larger room... spying your friend on the other side. She crept up to right behind you, her body brushing against yours as she leaned in to whisper* If you wanted a threesome, you could have just asked. *flashes a grin across the room to your friend, giving him a cutesy wave*

(04/23/21 : 22:51:18)

THE THUNDERER

-[at a Tournament Battle Arena]-

says to ..:: Luck Be A Lady ::..: *Since I like having someone to talk to, another character appears! The large man stood with a smile, a smile crossing his broad face as his keen hearing caught your whisper* Somehow beautiful women keep mistaking my pupil here for a man. I will never understand how, such a weak kneed sprig of a dog-fart he is *The big muscled man nods to both, a hand motioning you closer* You've come this far, come, speak with me. There are things you must know if the worlds are to have a chance at peace in place of this eternal warfare. *He looks to Iron Fist expectantly, like a parent silently reminding a child of their manners*

(04/23/21 : 22:54:21)
=||Heart of the Dragon||=

Daniel Rand
/Rand Corporation\
|| I R O N F I S T ||
-I hold back the storm when nothing else can-
Marvel Utopia || Revochat

-[at a Tournament Battle Arena]-

says to ..:: Luck Be A Lady ::..: *Ah, this guy! Always busting balls. Great. Perfect, this should make him look real good in front of you. Iron First moves forward, catching the look from the Thunderer and clears his throat* Uh, Master Thunderer, this is the Black Cat. She has been...a help in my recent encounters with the hand *See, he leaves out that YOU CAUSED ALL THIS, just so you wouldn't get in trouble!* Cat, this is The Thunderer, immortal war master of K'un Lun, First City of Heaven, my trainer and mentor when I was younger.

(04/23/21 : 23:07:57)
..:: Luck Be A Lady ::..

The Black Cat
: Felicia Hardy :
~bad luck makes for good stories~

-[at a Tournament Battle Arena]-

says to THE THUNDERER: Charmed. *she doesn't offer to shake your hand or anything. In fact, she doesn't even move when Iron Fist steps closer, preferring to remain aloof. She does look interested when Iron Fist introduces you as his mentor however.* I'm just here because he promised me riches. *G*

(04/23/21 : 23:21:21)
.|.Avenging.Archer.|.
Clinton Clint Barton

.|.OG.Hawkeye.|.
::SHEILD Agent::
::Archer|Marksman|Spy|Cool Guy::
The City is falling, we’re fighting an army of robots, and I have a bow and arrow. None of this makes sense.
.|.Marvel.Utopia.|.
says to ..:: Luck Be A Lady ::..:

Danny and Felicia had invited Clint along, and he’d followed, covering the rear and being super cool, silent spy guy. Or something like that. Half the time he was still trying to make heads or tails of all this. Sometimes it was better to just keep quiet and drink in the super ancient, impeccable architecture of some foreign dimension while you wait for your next title defense in the name of the Earth with… a bow and arrow. If he somehow made it out of this alive, he’d consider….. not switching it up. He’d have that shit engraved on his tombstone. If he helped defend the world from doom with a bow and arrow, he couldn’t exactly retire that gimmick, could he? Eventually they were somewhere much more important and speaking to someone who, in Clint’s mind, inspired insubordination. Clint was fine not being introduced, instead still taking in his surroundings, his shaded shooting glasses scanning for…. Well, anything. The lab rats at SHIELD would possibly have a field day with the footage….

(04/23/21 : 23:29:05)

THE THUNDERER

-[at a Tournament Battle Arena]-

says to ..:: Luck Be A Lady ::..: *He smiles with a nod as you remain aloof, and to the others of your little band of ninja-punchers* Apologies for the clandestine meeting, but the Emperor of my city cannot know I am meeting with you. This is forbidden and it is surely my death to meet with you now to give you these truths. For not only K'un Lun, but all of the 7 Heavenly Cities seek to contain, hide, bury these truths from you and all the worlds. What do you know of this 8th City. This Forsaken, Forgotten empire that has emerged from the void to cause this tournament that threatens all the realms? *He crosses his big arms, making them bulge all the bigger. His hard gaze moves from one person to the next* A wicked place, filled with demons, assassins, fiends and betrayers. A realm of disease and fire, locked away beyond the void by the forces of good and light for the betterment of all. *His gaze measured each present, surveying them with his keen sensei trainer sense. A good group. A strong, skilled group. Perhaps Strange had done his work competently enough they may have a chance. * A legend which sounds proper. Which makes clear the battle line....and I tell you, a lie. A lie used for eons, a convenient constructed reality which makes it all the easier to allow soldiers to dehumanize the foe, hate the enemy, to justify the dark deeds done. I must tell you now children, the truth behind the lies. The truth of this 8th City and its Dark Emperor which has wrought this Tournament upon us. And I pray somehow, this truth will direct you to victory, for I believe it to be our only chance.

☆ (04/23/21 : 23:32:01)
=||Heart of the Dragon||=

Daniel Rand
/Rand Corporation\
|| I R O N F I S T ||
-I hold back the storm when nothing else can-
Marvel Utopia || Revochat

-[at a Tournament Battle Arena]-

says to ..:: Luck Be A Lady ::..: *Iron Fist stood still, fists at his side. He had been troubled by this 8th city since the Hand started dropping their veiled words to us when they had fought us, and then seized the gem used to open the portal. He had been a student in K'un Lun for near a decade, and had never heard a single word about any 8th city, or any force that could cause this type of chaos and destruction. He hoped now his old Master would provide the easy answers, show him the way to victory as he had so many times before. He had been trained to listen to the Thunderer carefully, and so remained quiet to absorb the lesson*

☆ (04/23/21 : 23:35:10)
..:: Luck Be A Lady ::..

The Black Cat
: Felicia Hardy :
~bad luck makes for good stories~

-[at a Tournament Battle Arena]-

says to THE THUNDERER: for once, Black Cat was quiet as well - no witty repartee, no sexy innuendos. She hadn't even known there were seven celestial cities and now there's an eighth one, which somehow puts all of existence in danger? She looked over to Hawkeye, to see if he is following this as well. Maybe she should have stayed back at the tournament - it's been fun, flirting with Dragon PJs and fighting the Hand... and all this sounds less and less fun to her.

(04/23/21 : 23:37:20)
.|.Avenging.Archer.|.
Clinton Clint Barton

.|.OG.Hawkeye.|.
::SHEILD Agent::
::Archer|Marksman|Spy|Cool Guy::
The City is falling, we’re fighting an army of robots, and I have a bow and arrow. None of this makes sense.
.|.Marvel.Utopia.|.

-[at a Tournament Battle Arena]-

says to ALL:

The muscle-bound master known as The Thunderer was good at commanding the room, which coupled with the way Danny spoke about him made him out to be something of a drill instructor instead of a Master Miyagi type, though Clint was about to toss the guy into Kreese territory before the talk of intrigue and subterfuge started. This entire thing had had HawkGuy’s curiosity and not much else because it was a little out there for him… but now it had his attention. Lies, deceipt, smoke and mirrors, all in the name of war? Well, that was his bread and butter. Clint took a step closer, then another, moving to the other side of Felicia. He was subtly making his way in, or trying, to show he was interested in this. He just hoped the follow through on the explanation was worth the anticipation. The shades were pushed up into that short cropped blonde hair and he crossed his arms, just giving a glance towards Iron Fist and black Cat.

(04/23/21 : 23:54:54)

THE THUNDERER

-[at a Tournament Battle Arena]-

says to ..:: Luck Be A Lady ::..: Imagine a society founded on a series of unjust lies. Lies which like a virus should not exist in a healthy society, but which like a cancer begin to grow out of systems which soon exist only to propagate themselves until the system is consumed. The lie that some beings had value, and others did not. The lie that attributed worth to wealth and the crimes done to obtain that wealth. The lie that violence redeems and cleanses.

*He waved a hand, summoning some smoke with visions dancing within to better demonstrate. A sort of antiquated looking illustrations from his ancient training in illusions. Simple prehistoric looking villages, people, creatures. Villages which grew on mountains, plains, upon the backs of great hulking creatures, and in dark underground caverns*

Long ago, at the dawn of all things, the 8 cities existed together. There were few wars, and life was simple. Each realm of existence has it's unique characteristics, but the 8th city was somewhat more unique than the others. It harbored a great primal magic that infused it's citizens. They remained a primitive people, but peaceful, non-threatening. They simply existed in their natural state, content. But the other 7 cities...soon came to know progress. the great march of civilization. Technology. Wealth. As such things begin to grow, temptation can beguile the heart of man. Greed was born for the first time. Soon progress was not enough, the 7 Cities wanted more...and they coveted their simple neighbor. The 8th city birthed magic that no other city did. The citizens were creatures of all shapes and sizes. Men who looked like animals, winged people, sprites, goblins, each as different than the residents of the other 7 cities as night was to day. And soon the people of the 7 Cities turned their lust to the magic and natural power of the 8th

*He summoned images of fire, weapons...the birth of war as the people invaded the 8th realm. Slaying swaths of creatures, harnessing the magic at the core of the realm. Branding the oddly shaped creatures monsters, terrors...Demons. Fire and blood flowed across the 8th realm as the other realms plundered it. Raping its citizens to steal the magic from their blood and bones, from their very souls *

The people of the 7 realms soon came to think the only people who were people were people who looked and thought like them. And so they grew the lie. The lie that the 8th Realm was a dark place, a hell. It's peoples disfigured wretches, the lie that birthed the image of demons in the minds of men forever more afterward. And to protect this lie, to consolidate their power, to cement their wealth...they sealed off the 8th Realm beyond the void where they would be forever silenced, while still siphoning off the magic, the power, the spirit of the place and its people to power their own realms. To use the stolen magic for their own plunder. And so for millions of years, great empires have risen, on the backs of this lie, this stolen power of these forgotten people of the dawn. This is the truth behind the lie. This is the truth behind the tournament. The 8th City is not a wicked hell force come to consume us. It has broken free, and convinced the cosmic tribunal to allow the tournament not for conquest or domination. But for justice, ...may the many spirits help us...for revenge.

(04/24/21 : 00:02:40)
=||Heart of the Dragon||=

Daniel Rand
/Rand Corporation\
|| I R O N F I S T ||
-I hold back the storm when nothing else can-
Marvel Utopia || Revochat

-[at a Tournament Battle Arena]-

says to ..:: Luck Be A Lady ::..: *Danny listens with a growing look of shock on his face. Nearly speechless by the time The Thunderer finishes* This...this isn't possible! I was taught all the history of K'un Lun and the other cities! I was trained to be their weapon! I know the history of the Iron Fists! None of this has ever been told to me! K'un Lun is a good realm, a place of peace and justice! I exist with this power to protect and defend! This...it can't be possible!

☆ (04/24/21 : 00:03:48)
..:: Luck Be A Lady ::..

The Black Cat
: Felicia Hardy :
~bad luck makes for good stories~

-[at a Tournament Battle Arena]-

says to =||Heart of the Dragon||: despite herself, Black Cat was drawn in by The Thunderer's story, the illusions he created. She was indignant on their behalf, she knew what it was like when someone exerted domination over you, when someone took away your free will. Her eyes flashed angrily as she looked from The Thunderer to you - you both were complicit, inhabitants of the First City of Heaven. Black Cat addressed The Thunderer as she took a step toward Clint -- away from you* And do you not deserve that? Justice and revenge?

(04/24/21 : 00:14:39)
.|.Avenging.Archer.|.
Clinton Clint Barton

.|.OG.Hawkeye.|.
::SHEILD Agent::
::Archer|Marksman|Spy|Cool Guy::
The City is falling, we’re fighting an army of robots, and I have a bow and arrow. None of this makes sense.
.|.Marvel.Utopia.|.
:

“What’s that saying about victors writing the history books?”

He wouldn’t paraphrase it, but simply bringing it up was enough to get the point across. The 8th realm had been beaten, battered, raped and then shunned, and now its citizens wanted revenge. This was a common story that was made uncommon by war mongers and the men they ruled over. If what the Thunderer was saying was true, it put a new spin on this tournament. It made the stakes higher. It also was going to obviously rattle the current Iron Fist. The illusions were great, and it all had Clint pushing his glasses back on to grab more data, more footage. The job offered times to nerd out…. but the images the Thunderer conjured were just that, and it did not mean it was true. The world was too cruel and chaotic for it not to be…. But Barton was always keeping his peripherals open for the double cross, or the triple cross. Hell, something had gotten Felicia riled up as well.

“They want revenge, and they’re entitled to it. But if we let them have it…. Yadda yadda yaddda, we all die? So even if we’re the good guys, we’re the bad guys?”

(04/24/21 : 00:22:34)

THE THUNDERER

-[at a Tournament Battle Arena]-

says to ..:: Luck Be A Lady ::..: *He nods his head slowly toward you.* Perhaps they do. You see why my Emperor would not be pleased to find me speaking with you now. But as your ally states, revenge results in more blood, the deaths of more innocents. *He crossed his big arms again, standing there like an unmovable pillar, as much hewn from rock as the walls of the room itself* However, nor do I think peace can be found simply by besting their champions and winning the tournament for our realm. You must find a better way, a deeper justice. A way to make right what was done to the 8th realm, and save all the others from total destruction. You are all brave, you are all skilled warriors. These things will serve you well. But your wisdom, heart, and charity will be needed for true victory. Doctor Strange has placed his faith in you, I have placed my truth with you. We both do what we can in the courts of the heavens above to protect you from darker machinations going on in this tournament. It is now to you, save your world...save the world of your enemies. Save all, or none *he looks to Iron Fist who is seething with disbelief, disillusionment, and provides one further bit of truth as he prepares to leave* The citizens of the 8th realm were each strong with natural magics. They were creatures of all sorts, goblins, fae, krakens, harpies...Dragons. And not all of them were locked away beyond the void. Search your heart, my pupil. *And then foosh! NINJA VANISH! and not like batman when you look away and he cheats, The Thunderer does it right before your eyes like a real baller*

(04/24/21 : 00:26:38)
=||Heart of the Dragon||=

Daniel Rand
/Rand Corporation\
|| I R O N F I S T ||
-I hold back the storm when nothing else can-
Marvel Utopia || Revochat

-[at a Tournament Battle Arena]-

says to ..:: Luck Be A Lady ::..: *Danny was worked up enough to nearly want to take a swing at his old teacher, as badly as that usually went. He took a step forward as he sensed the Thunderer was about to make his escape. Then he was stopped cold by the last words. His eyes widened. Not all were locked away beyond the void, he had said. Danny whispers**...but they were locked away...*His fists clench, glowing...coursing with the power of Shou-Lao, the dragon imprisoned beneath K'un Lun*

(04/24/21 : 00:41:46)
..:: Luck Be A Lady ::..

The Black Cat
: Felicia Hardy :
~bad luck makes for good stories~

-[at a Tournament Battle Arena]-

says to =||Heart of the Dragon||: see?! you were complicit, whether you knew or not. She felt a fleeting sympathy for you, as obviously this was a rather hard blow to your fragile male ego... but she looked at The Thunderer with a new respect - he wasn't advocating a senseless violence, a return to the status quo. That was a bit of hope, usually the "in charge" types would do anything to keep whatever power they had. She turns away from you - toward Clint, a fellow Earthling.* What do you say? Shall we help rewrite the history books with the true story? *maybe being a hero wouldn't be so bad, just this once.

(04/24/21 : 00:50:18)
.|.Avenging.Archer.|.
Clinton Clint Barton

.|.OG.Hawkeye.|.
::SHEILD Agent::
::Archer|Marksman|Spy|Cool Guy::
The City is falling, we’re fighting an army of robots, and I have a bow and arrow. None of this makes sense.
.|.Marvel.Utopia.|.
:

Agent Barton can’t say he was expecting it to end quite like that. He’d give a solid 10 on the scorecard for the ninjitsu outing, though he was going over the words of departure just like Danny was; however, he didn’t have any base of reference for them. It was just the inside of a fortune cookie, insensitive as that may have been. Otherwise, The Thunderer had turned him around. Compassion was a strong tool, though he wasn’t sure when to pool it out… luckily the Iron Fist seemed to be on to something. Clint snapped his fingers,

“Whoa there, Criss Angel. Mind letting us know what you and Copperfield there are onto? You got the Wardrobe to Narnia around here?”

Turning to Felicia as she posed that question to him, he would shrug before nodding, looking over his gear.

“Yeah…. I mean, yeah. It’s the right thing to do…”

He looked away from her, towards Danny to see what he had to say. He wanted the peaceful route, sure. To not rewrite history, but to amend its pages. Justice needed to be served in the present as well as the past. But the soldier in Clint told him that if it came down to it… saving his realm came first. Undoing a wrong that cataclysmic seemed like a tall order that would have to be a secondary objective. Though he’d keep the optimistic face going.

[RazzleDazzle]

(05/08/21 : 22:34:01)
In the Land of the Blind

||Nick Fury||
/[Director of S.H.I.E.L.D.]\
Marvel Utopia Council

-[in the skies over the city]-

says to -|| Guns . N . Rosie ||-: *A specially fitted mini-carrier was approaching NYC from the Atlantic. The majority of functions automated or by remote, as the entire mini-carrier was rigged with the special weapon the brains at SHIELD had cooked up. Just the strike team was aboard, lined up above decks ready to deploy. Nick was there with them, all battle armored up, his favorite giant super rifle in hand, and battle-cigar smoldering** Alright men. The eggheads claim to have created countermeasures to the dimensional rift currently occupying American soil in Central Park. This carrier needs to attain air space above the target area so a specially calibrated energy beam can be fired down into the portal, which will disperse the enemy energy and return the land to our control. There's no stealthing this one. We expect heavy enemy resistance. Our job is to keep the skies and ground clear until this hunk of hi tech weaponry can get in position and deploy the blast *Nick spat out the cigar, slapped down the face shield of his battle helmet and moved toward a sky cycle. There were flying battle cars, skycycles, hover platforms, all kinds of fun stuff for man to man air to ground combat to deploy the squad from the deck* Everyone mount up. Prepare to engage!

(05/08/21 : 22:57:48)
-|| Guns . N . Rosie ||-

-Rosalyn Diaz-
|Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.|
Marvel Utopia : ReVo
Should we shoot them?

-[in the skies over the city]-

says to In the Land of the Blind: woo! Now this was her idea of an action-packed Saturday night! *G* She responded affirmatively to Director Fury's orders, hopping on her own skycycle and preparing to engage, as commanded! She's had enough of these motherfucking ninjas on this motherfucking plane (plane as in dimensional plane of existence, not as in an airplane. It's a pun!)

(05/08/21 : 23:01:49)
..:::CAPTAIN AMERICA:::..


Steve Rogers
Avenger
-Marvel Utopia-

-[in the skies over the city]-

says to -|| Guns . N . Rosie ||-: The good Captain prepares like the others, but he’s the first to take off. His shield is propped similarly as he once did on his motorcycle way back when, he misses that bike.

(05/08/21 : 23:18:10)
In the Land of the Blind

||Nick Fury||
/[Director of S.H.I.E.L.D.]\
Marvel Utopia Council

-[in the skies over the city]-

says to -|| Guns . N . Rosie ||-: *The carrier continued on its course behind you as everyone abandoned ship, zipping off into the sky. Slowly moving toward the city, the target Central Park. As the teams split up on different routes into the city, the first signs of defenses rose from the pulsing glow of the Central Park portal orb. A cloud of flying defenders rose. Men and women with leathery wings, swooping up like giant bats into the air. Their screeches echoed out toward the incoming Avengers/SHEILD crew. They carried tridents in their hands, the front line swooping forth to meet the sky cycles screeched a loud piercing screech and thrust the tridents forward, energy blasts erupting to crackle forth like lightning toward the human assault team!*

(05/08/21 : 23:35:25)
-|| Guns . N . Rosie ||-

-Rosalyn Diaz-
|Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.|
Marvel Utopia : ReVo
Should we shoot them?

-[in the skies over the city]-

says to ..:::CAPTAIN AMERICA:::.: she takes off soon after you - she's part of your squad after all. As the batpeople rose up to defend the portal and arena, she pulled a gun and began firing back, yanking on the control so the skycycle dodges bluish energy blasts as they are unleashed

(05/08/21 : 23:46:17)
In the Land of the Blind

||Nick Fury||
/[Director of S.H.I.E.L.D.]\
Marvel Utopia Council

-[in the skies over the city]-

says to -|| Guns . N . Rosie ||-: *Bang bang! Smash smash! The flying things weren't particularly resilient, having to be light and nimble to fly, bullets put a few down, cycle rams smashed them to pulp. Some SHIELD agents get hit with the trident blasts, but just leap from vehicles and start gliding down to the ground in their flying suits . Some landing just outside the park, others just inside. They pull weapons and get to work. The sky still swirling with the energy blasting winged vampire creatures hungry for your blood. On the ground the more heavily armored ninja soldiers with their mystical blades rush to smash and slash at the grounded agents trying to advance and clear the eastern perimeter of the park. The goal to push all enemy defenders back and back , past the glowing portal orb in the middle so the carrier will have unhindered sky control above when it arrives*

(05/09/21 : 00:02:17)
-|| Guns . N . Rosie ||-

-Rosalyn Diaz-
|Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.|
Marvel Utopia : ReVo
Should we shoot them?

-[in the skies over the city]-

says to ..:::CAPTAIN AMERICA:::.: the goal is to clear the airspace mostly, so while some agents drop to the ground when their transports were trashed by energy blasts, Rosie will remain on hers as long as possible, weaving through the air in a pattern that made it hard to target her, pulling another gun once the first is emptied and firing at the vampire-esque enemy. A creature screeches at her and surges forward, grabbing the handlebars of the cycle and with unnatural strength jerks it back and forth, trying to dislodge Rosie. Thighs clamp the metal body of the cycle and she hangs on with one hand, like riding a mechanical bull, yee haw! With her free hand, she punches the vampire creature, feeling its nose break and crunch beneath her fist.

(05/09/21 : 00:06:25)
..:::CAPTAIN AMERICA:::..


Steve Rogers
Avenger
-Marvel Utopia-

-[in the skies over the city]-

says to In the Land of the Blind: His bike is one that gets hit while he was dislodging his creature. He plucks the shield and bails off the bike to head for the ground. Luckily, he was low enough that he used the shield to take most of the impact. As soon as he made it to his feet, two ninjas were heading his way. He’ll leave the agents and Rosie to take care of the sky, he’ll concentrate on helping push back. The first attack is met by the shiels, the second tries to move around it to get a better angle but gets a boot to the stomach for his troubles.

(05/09/21 : 00:14:28)
In the Land of the Blind

||Nick Fury||
/[Director of S.H.I.E.L.D.]\
Marvel Utopia Council

-[in the skies over the city]-

says to -|| Guns . N . Rosie ||-: *Behind the advanced troop wave, the mini-carrier starts to come into view. Flying in over the buildings , approaching the outermost perimeter of the park. The sky is thinned out a bit now, but some flyers still swoop around, screeching their blood chilling echo cries. Swooping toward Rosie, trying to take out the talented gunner like a swarm of flying rats scrambling aboard the skycyle. On the ground the ninja soldiers hack and slash and kick and flip. Cap and the SHIELD soldiers making a dent, guns and supersoldier punches pushing the forces back slowly. Then in the middle of the park, up on a platform near the pulsing portal orb, a large form appears. An eight armed giant of a human shaped creature, standing on two legs. It raised its arms and bellowed, stomped hard enough to shake the ground a bit. Standing near 10 ft tall. It looked up at the incoming carrier...and its mouth began to glow with fiiiiirrrrreee*

(05/09/21 : 00:40:40)
In the Land of the Blind

||Nick Fury||
/[Director of S.H.I.E.L.D.]\
Marvel Utopia Council

-[at a Tournament Battle Arena]-

says to ..:::CAPTAIN AMERICA:::.: *The giant was taking a deep breath, his huge chest swelling up, eight muscled arms flexing as he prepared the fire breath. He was just about to blast it up at the incoming carrier when DING, a fucking shield hit him square in the face. The huge man creature stumbled back, dazed, face bleeding, nose broken. The fire belched out of him, off target. It flamed to the left, burning up trees and buildings and a few bystanders in a orange eruption of heat and death. The creature shook his head and turned toward you. Grooowling. Flexing those 8 arms...and started running at you. Charging like a huge muscled bull. He was a champion of a thousand battles! He would pull your head from your body, and pick his teeth with your spine! rawr!*


(05/09/21 : 00:47:00)
..:::CAPTAIN AMERICA:::..


Steve Rogers
Avenger
-Marvel Utopia-

-[in Central Park]-

says to In the Land of the Blind: He catches the shield on the rebound as the creature heads his way. “Well that got his attention.” The other agents gave him room, keeping their focus on the ninjas and lets Cap handle this guy. Fun times. The good Captain starts charging forward, the shield gripped by his right hand once more. As he approaches, he sends it flying once more, but instead of flat, he sends it perpendicular to the ground so that the edge bounces off a rock and heads upward toward the creature’s chin.


☆ (05/09/21 : 00:51:47)
In the Land of the Blind

||Nick Fury||
/[Director of S.H.I.E.L.D.]\
Marvel Utopia Council

-[at a Tournament Battle Arena]-

says to ..:::CAPTAIN AMERICA:::.: *The eight huge arms cross up in front of him, providing a formidable meat shield to block your toss. It rips flesh from a forearm but the creature doesn't seem to mind. Charging at you. Then it starts throwing punches, kind of his specialty. Left arm 3 punch, then right arm 1 punch, followed by left arm 2 jab, right arm 3 punch, left arm 1 punch, right arm smack. His main disadvange was that you were so small, it was hard to punch down at you. Still it came, just trying to get a hand on you to punch, or grab and lift you up.

Above the minicarrier was now in the park air space. It was moving closer to above the portal orb. From below you could see the weapon aperture opening in the belly of the carrier. A bright blue light inside as the dimensional disruptor ray was powering up. Almost there!


(05/09/21 : 00:58:47)
..:::CAPTAIN AMERICA:::..


Steve Rogers
Avenger
-Marvel Utopia-

-[in Central Park]-

says to In the Land of the Blind: The shield bounces off and comes back. It wasn’t quite at the angle he had hoped, but was good enough that he catches it with his right hand and just manages to slip his left arm in the straps to block one of the punches. The right-hand punch is met with his open fist to stop it. The shield is blocking the left arms so the right arm smack catches him, sending him flying. He rolls with the landing and comes back up on his feet. His right-hand lifts to wipe the drops off blood from his lips with the back of his gloved hand as he glares at the creature. “Is that all you got? I can do this all day.”


☆ (05/09/21 : 01:05:03)
In the Land of the Blind

||Nick Fury||
/[Director of S.H.I.E.L.D.]\
Marvel Utopia Council

-[at a Tournament Battle Arena]-

says to ..:::CAPTAIN AMERICA:::.: *Giant multi-armed monster doesnt like sassy talk! He roars and beats his chest with multiple fists. Growing more and more enraged. Swiping blindly at you, punching, wanting to crush your puny skulll!

Above the mini-carrier was in position at last. The light flashed from the weapon...and a huge blue beam sizzled down, striking the portal orb in the middle of the park. A big explosion as energy flashes out in a shockwave. The park shudders...and silence, darkness. The portal was...gone?*


(05/09/21 : 01:12:58)
..:::CAPTAIN AMERICA:::..


Steve Rogers
Avenger
-Marvel Utopia-

-[in Central Park]-

says to In the Land of the Blind: He dodges and rolls away from the swipes and punches, making it difficult for the creature to land anything, hopefully getting it angrier and angrier. When the shockwave hits, he tumbles with it like everyone else. As soon as he stops, he struggles to his feet. He’s not sure how the creature handled the impact, but he needs to be prepared in case it recovered before anyone else.

(05/09/21 : 01:21:56)
In the Land of the Blind

||Nick Fury||
/[Director of S.H.I.E.L.D.]\
Marvel Utopia Council

-[at a Tournament Battle Arena]-

says to ..:::CAPTAIN AMERICA:::.: *The creature was more concerned with the portal exploding out and vanishing. It forgot about you, roaring as it ran back to where the portal had been. Fists raised to the heavens as it bellowed angrily. Vamprire creatures swooped in the air, coming back to the area. They screeched madly as they swooped in a frenzy above. Then a moment later, another flash...multiple flashes. Lighting striking all over. STriking in the air, into the minicarrier, multiple bolts impacting, tearing it open. The vehicle explodes, crashing to the park. Then the portal orb re-ignites, burning bright once more as the park returns to the otherworld arena. The 8 armed monster cheers, joined by the creatures in the air. Then a giant apparition appears in the sky. A three faced golden man with a purple cowl. The living tribunal, his voice echoing out over the city, the world- The rules of the tournament have been violated! Combat is restricted to sanctioned matches. No attack upon the arena, this sacred land marked out by the judges of this tournament, can be abided! Earth, this dimension has violated the sacred universal rules of the tournament, and will be vanquished! *Then, because its late and Im too lazy for another window. Doctor Strange appeared in the sky, unleashing a blast of energy to get the attention of the vision of the giant celestial judge in the sky. Doctor Strange Yells out* As protector of earth and representative of this dimension in the tournament I lodge objection! The 8th city has violated the rules as well, just this night (a few nights ago in rp) my champions were attacked by assassins outside of the bounds of the tournament! This is expressly forbidden. Earth cannot be punished, vanquished, as another realm broke the rules as well in an attempt to gain advantage and win through unscrupulous actions instead of through strength and skill as the tournament demands!* The air is quiet, the giant god in the sky seems to contemplate this additional complication. The fate of the world hangs in the balance...*

[RazzleDazzle]

(05/01/21 : 21:58:46)
I N C A N D E S C E N T

S T A R D U S T
WHEN DARKNESS IS AT ITS DARKEST A STAR SHINES THE BRIGHTEST
xx MARVEL UTOPIA xx

-[on one of the many streets or sidewalks]-

says to ALL: You know, being an alien doesn't mean you don't do normal things like pick up groceries. You have to blend in and she does so fairly well, doesn't draw attention save for a nice compliment here and there. We also make friends and she has one. America has its downside but people are just trying to make a living and survive. Trying to have some sort of normalcy and find time for family. All of that can be taken if this tournament is lost and no one even knows the danger they are in. Leaving the store, she carries her stuff and heads for home.

(05/01/21 : 22:06:51)
=||Heart of the Dragon||=

Daniel Rand
/Rand Corporation\
|| I R O N F I S T ||
-I hold back the storm when nothing else can-
Marvel Utopia || Revochat

-[on one of the many streets or sidewalks]-

says to ..:: Luck Be A Lady ::..: *Danny was moving with you through the city, leaving the tournament arena for the first night since it had appeared. Moving through rooftops, they down to the dark alleys to move swiftly with you, he was filling you in as we went* We need to get to K'un Lun, I need to see the dragon imprisoned beneath the city. He may be our best chance of ending this. The fastest way to get there is a portal, in Chinatown* He lead on, cutting across a street, through another alley, then swiftly moving out of the alley to the next street. He was trying to fill you in on the lore of the dragon and was half turned to talk to you, not paying enough attention to the exit of the alleyway. And so he accidentally ran into Stardust carrying her groceries. And surprised when he ran into the slender looking woman, that HE bounced off her like he ran into a brick wall and falls back on the ground, while she probably barely budges. Hmm, she's a mutie! Quick burn her! hehe*

(05/01/21 : 22:12:50)
..:: Luck Be A Lady ::..

The Black Cat
: Felicia Hardy :
~bad luck makes for good stories~
says to =||Heart of the Dragon||: of course the portal was in Chinatown, that was very stereotypical and probably racist...but she'll overlook it because A. she's not Chinese and B. she's never seen a dragon before. Sounds fun! She saw what was about to happen and with lightning quick reflexes, Cat was able to step out of the way as you ran into a pedestrian and ricocheted back - saving herself from being knocked to the ground as well when you go down. The groceries aren't as lucky as she is though and Cat manages to catch the bread as it flips up into the air. She hands it back to the poor lady with a flourish, then turns and looks down at you, a smirk playing over her lips* Dragons aren't very good with spatial awareness, are they? *she extends a black-gloved hand, with a bit of white fluff at her wrist to help you back up*

(05/01/21 : 22:17:50)
I N C A N D E S C E N T

S T A R D U S T
WHEN DARKNESS IS AT ITS DARKEST A STAR SHINES THE BRIGHTEST
xx MARVEL UTOPIA xx

-[on one of the many streets or sidewalks]-

says to =||Heart of the Dragon||: This will be the second time this has happened to her. Bumping into someone. And yeah it would be like hitting a wall. Stardust is tall and willowy but doesn't look strikingly intimidating, she is lovely though. She passes the alleyway and your timing is perfect...or not. You hit her and this time you are not on skates and she cannot brace you, so you fall down. The woman does not even drop her bags, the food is jostled but nothing spills except for bread which your leather clad friend hands to her. This keeping her identity secret is getting harder. But she remembers seeing you and your friend at the tournament. Gently taking the bread, she of course offers apologies. "Please excuse me, I'm so sorry.." Your friend seems really amused right now.

(05/01/21 : 22:26:44)
=||Heart of the Dragon||=

Daniel Rand
/Rand Corporation\
|| I R O N F I S T ||
-I hold back the storm when nothing else can-
Marvel Utopia || Revochat

-[on one of the many streets or sidewalks]-

says to I N C A N D E S C E N T : *He bounds back up, straightening , trying to recover his dignity. The timing - was- perfect, the black cat's luck powers at work? Hmm. He was about to offer a quick reply and keeping moving, but then recognized you. The striking classic greek goddess like beauty, yea! You were that woman with the Dazzler, when central park was under attack!* Hey, it's you! The power lady who helped us smash those warriors and trolls and try to save central park! We didn't get properly introduced before. I'm Iron Fist. You were quite the fighter! Actually...*He was about to say something further, when his body suddenly tensed. His eyes developed a distant stare, head tilting a bit as if he was listening to some unheard note in the air. His head turned slowly...looking back down the alley he had come out of. The end of it cloaked in darkness now. His fists clenched at his sides as he eased slowly into a fighting stance. His gaze, ear still seeming to search for something, seeming to forget you and Cat for a moment...*

☆ (05/01/21 : 22:26:54)

M A N S L A U G H T E R-
Evil Kombatant

-[on one of the many streets or sidewalks]-

says to I N C A N D E S C E N T : *Behind Iron Fist and the Black Cat, about 50 feet further down the street, a small ball of energy formed suddenly, hovering in the air. Energy crackled around it , growing and growing as it sucked energy from nearby streetlamps, traffic lights. Then with a flash a hole was burned into the street 3 ft deep. And in it stood a very large man, holding a very, very large gun in his hand. Guess who he is here for?*

(05/01/21 : 22:35:28)
..:: Luck Be A Lady ::..

The Black Cat
: Felicia Hardy :
~bad luck makes for good stories~

-[on one of the many streets or sidewalks]-

says to =||Heart of the Dragon||: *not her, that's for sure! Luckily they ran into Ms. Ironsides here, she and Iron Fist can probably take him. Probably. Black Cat was sizing you up as Fisty introduced himself --a little TOO friendly? - but whirled around as he turned and focused on something behind them in the alley. Thinking quickly, Cat snatches the groceries from your hands, hugging them with one arm. A thin cable shoots from the wrist on her other hand up into the sky, tangling around the rail of a fire escape. It takes her with it, her lithe form shooting up and away. Don't worry, she's not leaving tho - she'll secure your groceries up here...plus she'll have an advantage up here. Black Cat is light on her feet with superhuman reflexes, something Mr. Hole in the Ground doesn't look to be.

(05/01/21 : 22:43:19)
I N C A N D E S C E N T

S T A R D U S T
WHEN DARKNESS IS AT ITS DARKEST A STAR SHINES THE BRIGHTEST
xx MARVEL UTOPIA xx

-[on one of the many streets or sidewalks]-

says to M A N S L A U G H T E R-: Yes Iron Fist should recognize her, she is hard to forget. He starts going on about her fighting skill and he has not even see the full scope as to what she is capable of, but she would never say that, instead she nods acknowledging he was right about who she is and then she smiles softly and introduces herself, her voice soft and warm, accent strange. "Nice to meet you I am Istrypso.." Her dark eyes turn to Black Cat to hear her name but she will not at this moment. Suddenly, Iron Fist has this look on his features and her head tilts, she doesn't know what he is doing, but it looks like...

Well there is her answer, this huge man appears out of some dimension right behind Black Cat and Iron Fist and he looks like he would like to introduce himself too! He looks threatening and he is not from around here much like her but then Black Cat snatches her groceries away and secures them in the fire escape and...stays up there? The large man is looking at her! She sighs unbuttoning her long coat. "You cannot fight me here, it is against the rules."

(05/01/21 : 22:52:26)

....C H O P S T I X......
Evil Kombatant

-[in an alley]-

says to =||Heart of the Dragon||: *From the dark alley another form arrives. By all appearances an old, grey, short man. But he moves like lightning, flowing smoothly to close the distance between him and Iron fist. His arms flash out with fluid perfect motions, shining metal chopsticks in his hands slashing toward Iron Fists face with the deadliest of expert skill. The big man wasn't the only assassin violating the rules tonight*

☆ (05/01/21 : 22:52:30)
=||Heart of the Dragon||=

Daniel Rand
/Rand Corporation\
|| I R O N F I S T ||
-I hold back the storm when nothing else can-
Marvel Utopia || Revochat

-[on one of the many streets or sidewalks]-

says to I N C A N D E S C E N T : *Iron Fist didn't move when the big guy with the massive gun appeared in a flash down the street behind him. He was still staring as if in a trance down the dark alley. The clenched fists began to glow faintly. His chi was picking up very bad vibes, the big man sure, but...something else. Then the old man appeared, and only his lifetime of extreme ninja training saved Danny's life. He dodged back just in time, chopsticks swooping just past his face, missing the eye the old man had nearly plucked out. Iron fist bursts into motion, planting a foot in the old mans stomach, rolling onto his back and kicking the man across the street. He quickly flips back to his feet and runs at the old man. The two joined in close quarters combat with fists and feet flying, keeping him away from you and cat*

☆ (05/01/21 : 22:52:32)

M A N S L A U G H T E R-
Evil Kombatant

-[on one of the many streets or sidewalks]-

says to I N C A N D E S C E N T : *The giant man took a step up out of the smoldering hole his teleportation had burned into the street. Back up on street level, looking even bigger. Holding the huge gun in one hand, he shoved it forward, a loud ca-chunk as it loaded* Matters are being handled differently now. *The dead stare glares at you, eye flashing red. He would gladly kill every biological sentient lifeform for free, tournament sanction or not, so consider tonight on the house. He pulls the trigger and the huge gun sends off a series of rocket propelled grenades. They careen through the air, two flying up toward cat, 3 more fizzling long smoke trails as they swoop in toward you, detonating once they get within a few feet to pepper the area with shrapnel*

☆ (05/01/21 : 23:11:20)
I N C A N D E S C E N T

S T A R D U S T
WHEN DARKNESS IS AT ITS DARKEST A STAR SHINES THE BRIGHTEST
xx MARVEL UTOPIA xx

-[on one of the many streets or sidewalks]-

says to M A N S L A U G H T E R-: Istrypso sees the old man at the corner of her eye but Iron Fist is taking care of that. She has no sword or shield, she was not expecting this to happen but that does not mean she is helpless, that shrapnel won't do anything to her but it will hurt Black Cat. "Is that so, have you no honor? Leave now." This is a fight but you still have to honor the rules, who decided that honor is meaningless. Perhaps that world is afraid and wants to take advantage. She has her armor under her coat though, she was not -that- unprepared, you won't be interested in her skirt though. Istrypso can move fast and graceful and all of this occurs in less than 15 seconds. This is absurd! The arena is safe, people would not be harmed. You fire your weapon sending the grenades at her at Black Cat. Moving, she zips forward and grabs a large metal garbage bin hurling it at you hopefully slowing the grenades and hitting you square in the upper body. Then she leaps upward and to the fire escape in front of Cat and swings her arm hitting them both with her gauntlet covered wrists and covers Black Cat to protect her from the shrapnel. Rising up, she readies for another attack. "Go back now!"

(05/01/21 : 23:13:11)
=||Heart of the Dragon||=

Daniel Rand
/Rand Corporation\
|| I R O N F I S T ||
-I hold back the storm when nothing else can-
Marvel Utopia || Revochat

-[on one of the many streets or sidewalks]-

says to I N C A N D E S C E N T : *Indeed he is handling that! Just assume Iron Fist and the old man are somewhere over there, engaging in amazing, mind blowing Matrix level kung fu for the next little while. Danny doing all he can to keep the super assassin from skinning him alive, but at least keeping the deadly old man away from his allies. He is the Iron Fist after all. This is supposed to be his job!*

☆ (05/01/21 : 23:19:24)

M A N S L A U G H T E R-
Evil Kombatant

-[on one of the many streets or sidewalks]-

says to I N C A N D E S C E N T : Honor is illogical. Futile. Meaningless *The big man takes slow steps closer, in the time honored slow-serial-killer strut. The gun loads again and he starts firing a stream of armor piercing high caliber super rounds at up at you. Tracers light the air every few bullets as the automatic stream spews the big wicked bullets out in a hail storm of death* Rules no longer apply. You will be exterminated. You, him, her. Tonight we come for all the greatest champions. With your blood filling the streets none will remain to challenge in the tournament. Victory will be assured *He clicks a button, the stream of bullets chasing you turn to alternating plasma blasts that burn through concrete and brick wherever they hit, honing in closer and closer to you even as you move and dodge. He does not voice the rest of his thoughts. After the tournament is won...then he will continue killing. Until all weak fleshy human type life is gone, removed from the earth and all the stars*

(05/01/21 : 23:43:47)
I N C A N D E S C E N T

S T A R D U S T
WHEN DARKNESS IS AT ITS DARKEST A STAR SHINES THE BRIGHTEST
xx MARVEL UTOPIA xx

-[in an alley]-

says to M A N S L A U G H T E R-: You are some sort of cybernetic organism. You only have one purpose and she vaguely wonders who created you. But she will not ask, she hears all you have to say, your threats and confidence that you will have victory. The bin should have damaged you with how hard she threw it, she should have thrown it harder. Then again it might be like throwing a tin can at you. Istrypso has to not only defeat you or make you flee, she also has to make sure you do not leave this alley. Make sure your arsenal does not leave this alley. There are millions of people out here. You don't care about that but she does. "Miss, get out of here now!" She shouts at Black Cat to leave just as the bullets start and she can block them but these are not ordinary bullets. Her gauntlets are strong enough, she is fast enough but she has to get to you and physically take you down. The alien does not have any weapons on her except one. Yelling as the bullets keep coming, she moves and dodges gracefully and at one point she is on one knee grunting, her eyes focused on you. It is difficult to track her movements and she is managing to prevent any stray bullets from hitting outside this alley or Black Cat. She wouldn't want that woman hurt. Enough of this. Istrypso stretches one arm out toward you and the other behind her. Then brings her wrists together clashing the gauntlets sending a wave of searing energy right at you and your bullets in a bright flash of..well starlight. It will burn and tear, send you flying back. If you were most anything else, this would kill you. She has to disarm you and she immediately comes at you and will be in front of you before you know it. You never fought anything like her before and likely never will again. to be fair, she has never encountered anything like you before, her world had little to no technology, you are something amazing, too bad you are on the wrong side of things. She is airborne a moment and if she gets in front of you, she will hurl you further back into the alley. "Last chance."

☆ (05/01/21 : 23:54:46)
..:: Luck Be A Lady ::..

The Black Cat
: Felicia Hardy :
~bad luck makes for good stories~

-[on one of the many streets or sidewalks]-

says to I N C A N D E S C E N T : Get out of here? Who do you think you were talking to? This is the most fun she's had on a Saturday in ages. Plasma blasts pepper the immediate vicinity and Black Cat heeds your to get out of here advice long enough to evade the deadly blasts. You may think she's gone for good, but she's only launched herself across the alleyway, landing on the opposite rooftop to regroup. With his attention diverted to you, it gives Cat a chance to come from behind. On the rooftop she finds a discarded piece of rebar from a recent construction project. Hefting it one hand, Black Cat uses her grappling cable once more, sending it back across the alley again. Then she leaps off the rooftop with perform form and grace, one hand clutching the end of her grappling cable as she swings down, the other gripping the thick rebar. Her downward speed picks up and she brings her arm back to line up a shot - using her force and momentum to put more ompf in her attack - aiming to crack Manslaughter's head in two with the rebar as she swings past him. Keep him distracted!*

(05/02/21 : 00:00:08)

M A N S L A U G H T E R-
Evil Kombatant

-[on one of the many streets or sidewalks]-

says to I N C A N D E S C E N T : *The wave hits him full, the large form making no move to try and dodge. He is blasted back, skidding along the road on his back from the blast wave. You come rushing in and he gets back on his feet, looking much changed. Your energy blast had burned the skin from his face, revealing the gleaming metal skull of death. Baleful red eyes smoldering brightly. The shirt burned from his chest, revealing more of the metallic body under the fake camouflaged skin. The skull, composed of a metal alloy never before seen on this planet, gleamed in the starlight sparkle of your power. His visual systems cleared of the interference just in time to track you coming in hot, airborne. His highly advanced mechanical body moved at above-human speed as well. Bracing back, then using the set to spring up, his large heavy fist flashing upward as he delivers a classic Ryu-esq flying uppercut to meet you as you come down at him. The fist packing unearthly power behind it, he too was from beyond earth, beyond the stars of this galaxy. His punch could liquify humans, make dust of brick walls. He sought data as to your fortitude, how much force would be required to hurt, break , and ultimately liquify you. The black cat swept by at the last second, her bar cracking off his gleaming super metal head, causing another fritz, glitch in his head-mounted targeting systems just as he was launching the mighty punch up at you.

(05/02/21 : 00:20:27)
I N C A N D E S C E N T

S T A R D U S T
WHEN DARKNESS IS AT ITS DARKEST A STAR SHINES THE BRIGHTEST
xx MARVEL UTOPIA xx

-[in an alley]-

says to M A N S L A U G H T E R-: Of course you made no move to defend yourself, you had no idea what was going to happen. Just like she has no idea what you are capable of yet. She can see the lady in leather black is still here and she hopes the woman does not get hurt but Kitty has abilities of her own doesn't she? Istrypso is not here for glory or prestige, she is here to protect the world from the likes of you and Black Cat has a right to do the same so the alien will not tell her to leave again. She will accept help gracefully and defeat you. She is not afraid of you but she does not underestimate you -- even though you lack instinct or heart. Your flesh and clothing sear but you are not dead or grievously injured, whomever created you was far advanced than most things here she would think, but technology is not her forte. Anyway, she comes at you and you hit her just as she takes hold of you to throw. You have speed identical to her own and she failed to anticipate that, you should not have been able to stop her -- she underestimated you without meaning it. So your huge fist connects with her jaw and chin sending her into the air again and crashing into a wall sending pieces of brick and dust every which way. But there is a problem. Black Cat hit you at just the right time glitching you so you come with her too because she manages to grab the wrist coming for her face. You get pulled and then thrown with her into the wall next to her as she swings you. Momentum. Grunting, she looks at you shaking her head, you are very...very strong. She could feel that with your fist and when she touched you. Swinging her leg, she aims for your face trying to cave it in and leaps to her feet. Another vicious kick to your chest to cave that in as well. You feel no pain, you feel no fear, nor the cold hand of death, you will just shut off.

(05/02/21 : 00:33:30)
..:: Luck Be A Lady ::..

The Black Cat
: Felicia Hardy :
~bad luck makes for good stories~

-[on one of the many streets or sidewalks]-

says to I N C A N D E S C E N T : Cats always land on their feet, and so does Black Cat. She drops lightly to the ground after crunching Manslaughter's head, dancing around your attack to keep from being in the way as you toss him around nearly like a sack of potatoes. She still has the rebar clutched in one hand, which she uses to deliver a series of hits or jabs at Manslaughter's glitching head in between your tosses and kicks. If she can get in close enough while he's down, she could probably use her steel claws to rip through his chest and tear out whatever makes him work.

(05/02/21 : 00:46:07)

M A N S L A U G H T E R-
Evil Kombatant

-[in an alley]-

says to ALL: *Thudding into the wall hard, crunching a man sized indent into the brick as he is slammed in to it hard, his metal body not giving way so the brick cracks and breaks. His head is first kicked, then whamed! again with the bar. The head does disfigure, metal warping, bent out of shape. Then the mighty kick at his chest goes straight through! Burrying your leg up to the knee through his chest, into the wall behind. Something new happens then. The body quickly starts to knit itself back together. His fantastically advanced systems rebuilding the injuries. The head unbending, creaking back to its proper shape. The chest was healing up around the leg, sealing it in to hold Starlady on just one leg. Liquid metal filling the scratches the cats claws dug into his form. The big fist grabs Starlady's throat, squeezing hard with the machine vice grip. Then a pinch and burn of microscopic robotic bits probing at the skin, seeking entry into the leg to gain access to blood, cells, DNA. To begin assimilation of this powerful humanoid body, to turn her to the side of the coming android invasion!. But his systems continued to glitch. Some core command was off, programing misaligned, re-routed, signals deadending, unable to execute proper directives. The Black Cat's pesky luck probability manipulation power slowing his proper reconstruction of his form, the hostile takeover of your biological unit. Leaning in , face to face with her, twitching* Tt-t-t-terminat-t-t-tion is im-m-minent. You will be on-n-ne with usssss.....

(05/02/21 : 01:05:50)
I N C A N D E S C E N T

S T A R D U S T
WHEN DARKNESS IS AT ITS DARKEST A STAR SHINES THE BRIGHTEST
xx MARVEL UTOPIA xx

-[in an alley]-

says to M A N S L A U G H T E R-: Black Cat is agile and graceful, clever too. Aim for the head, it causes the cybernetic organism to malfunction just like biological one. Her kick to your face is an open invitation for Black Cat to continue hitting you there while her foot passes through your body like it was cardboard. But Istrypso still does not know what you are and what you can do fully, she knows nothing about you except you are strong and fast, methodical and hyper focused, hard to kill. She is about to find out more, she can literally see your wires and lights and metal stitching back together right before her very eyes! She does not know that you could assimilate another organism to your likeness. You hold her throat and she sneers at you, dark eyes piercing and staring. You try to speak as she yanks her foot out of your chest cavity probably causing damage that you just repaired, you will not stop. Not ever, not until she and Black Cat are dead, not until the whole world is assimilated into a huge sphere of metal and whatever else you are made of. You tell her exactly what you plan to do and she yells in your face, rips your hand from her throat and pulls Black Cat behind her and does it again with her wrists and gauntlets, this time right in your face, it should blast you into oblivion and with the leather clad woman, she should emerge victorious. "You are terminated."

☆ (05/02/21 : 01:08:15)

M A N S L A U G H T E R-
Evil Kombatant
: *Is BLASTED! Boom! Head explodes, everything stops. Game over!*

☆ (05/02/21 : 01:08:19)
=||Heart of the Dragon||=

Daniel Rand
/Rand Corporation\
|| I R O N F I S T ||
-I hold back the storm when nothing else can-
Marvel Utopia || Revochat

-[in an alley]-

says to ..:: Luck Be A Lady ::..: *Iron Fist came stumbling over to join the both of you after the big boom. He was limping , his body bleeding in a a few dozen different places from small wounds inflicted by the master of a thousand cuts. But the old man was currently laying still, his face planted through a glass window down the street. When he finally lay still and dropped the chopstics they made some weird noises, like people screaming, being released from long torment. Danny was going to have nightmares about that for a while! He leans against the alley wall, looking over at you as he catches his breath* They've either gotten bold or desperate, attacking outside the rules of the tournament. We need to get to K'un lun now if we are going to have a chance to stop this insanity. They're sure to send more assassins after us any moment. We're almost there, a few more blocks!

[RazzleDazzle]

(05/15/21 : 22:19:30)
=||Heart of the Dragon||=

Daniel Rand
/Rand Corporation\
|| I R O N F I S T ||
-I hold back the storm when nothing else can-
Marvel Utopia || Revochat

-[somewhere on the continent of Asia]-

says to ..:: Luck Be A Lady ::..: *Through assassins, super cyborgs, ninjas, and that little detour through the coven of cannibal mountain goblins, we at last arrived in the part of Asia, in the correct mountain range, outside the correct mystic city! The portal depositing us in a small barely-village in the snowy mountains, a short hike upward deeper into the seemingly endless expanse of solitude and empty cold country, the grand and beautiful city of K'un lun spread out before us. An amazing sight, the grand and ancient architecture fills the valley. Iron Fist stands in the snow looking at the city that lay before us* * Ok, so, what we need is on the other side of the city, in the great cavern...I suppose we could make our way around the city, in the mountain, then gain entry from the other side. But that will take days *If only we were both super ninjas, or at least highly skilled stealthy (and hot) cat burglar types. Hmm.*

☆ (05/15/21 : 22:24:21)
..:: Luck Be A Lady ::..

The Black Cat
: Felicia Hardy :
~bad luck makes for good stories~

-[somewhere on the continent of Asia]-

says to =||Heart of the Dragon||: you should have warned her it would be so cold and then she would have worn her extremely tight and incredibly lowcut catsuit that has slightly more white fur at the cuffs and ankles. She was freezing! Wrapping her arms around herself, she chatters* D-d-daysss is t-t-oo lon-n-n-g. *does time work the same here in K'un Lun as on Earth? If days were passing here, were the same amount of days passing there? Things on Earth were escalating quickly; they might not have days. And also, she didn't want to be stuck in the freezing snowy mountains for days, to be honest.*

(05/15/21 : 22:41:18)
=||Heart of the Dragon||=

Daniel Rand
/Rand Corporation\
|| I R O N F I S T ||
-I hold back the storm when nothing else can-
Marvel Utopia || Revochat

-[somewhere on the continent of Asia]-

says to ..:: Luck Be A Lady ::..: *Well there wasn't a whole bunch of time for details as we fled all the super assassins! Besides, can't -everyone- regulate their body heat by focusing their chi? He stood closer, sharing his warmth as we looked the city over. The warm goodness of his burning chi, and manly man body helped warm you slightly* Yeah, too long. The tournament is going to shit fast. Let's go, do our best to stay out of sight. Remember, the Thunderer warned us in secret for a reason. The emperor will do anything he can to stop us from doing what we came here to do. We need to avoid the city guard at all costs *He nods, then leads the way down to the city. Fortunately he had lots of youthful experience sneaking in and out, so getting into the city was simple. Then a careful stealthy sneak took some time for us to work out ways through shadow, alleys, rooftops, tunnels, winding our way through the ancient city, past the Emperor's castle, and to the great cavern beyond. He keeps looking back, keeping an eye on you. Then he drops from a wall, landing with his foot to the back of the head of one guard stationed at the back gate of the Castle, facing the expanse of rocky terrain leading to the great cavern. Leaving the other guard for you.* So...if we live through the world ending terror of the next few minutes/hours/days, I was thinking, you should definitely ask me out for dinner and drinks.

(05/15/21 : 22:57:09)
..:: Luck Be A Lady ::..

The Black Cat
: Felicia Hardy :
~bad luck makes for good stories~

-[somewhere on the continent of Asia]-

says to =||Heart of the Dragon||: at least her black catsuit helped her blend into the shadows, despite the white tufts that accented it - unlike your lurid green and yellow clown outfit*G* You didn't have to look back to check on her - she was nimble and fast. Case in point, they were lightly running along the ridge line of a building when you looked back to her... and she was nowhere in sight. But when you looked forward again, she had somehow gotten past you and was waiting at the end. She followed you again, her form mimicking yours almost exactly as she dropped from the wall, her foot meeting the other guard's head. He drops and she rolls forward before rising, leaving him crumpled unconsciously behind her. Black Cat flicks her white hair over her shoulder, brushing some dust off the neckline of her catsuit* I was thinking we could skip dinner and drinks and just go straight to my place.

(05/15/21 : 23:13:49)
=||Heart of the Dragon||=

Daniel Rand
/Rand Corporation\
|| I R O N F I S T ||
-I hold back the storm when nothing else can-
Marvel Utopia || Revochat

-[somewhere on the continent of Asia]-

says to ..:: Luck Be A Lady ::..: Hmm. See, here my plan was to get you to use some of your ill gotten riches on me. I've never wooed a rich girl before. A girl rich from thieving, yes, but aren't all the ultra rich thieving from someone? *He smirked, more amused at teasing you for being rich from stealing crap like dragon egg shards, while still hiding from you he was one of NYC's wealthiest. He started to cross the rocky ground where the city ended, an expanse of barren earth where nothing grew, snow did not fall. Just rock, leading to a large cavern opening in the mountain that towered above. The warmth of the cavern grew as we came closer to the entrance. A glowering light emanating from within* * And to just go straight to your lair? Seems unsafe, you'd have your way with me (which would be super fun, I've no doubt), but then likely poison me and I'd never be seen again. What a loss for the world *He pauses at the cave opening, clearly hesitant to enter, much preferring to linger and flirt with you as long as possible*

(05/15/21 : 23:25:50)
..:: Luck Be A Lady ::..

The Black Cat
: Felicia Hardy :
~bad luck makes for good stories~

-[somewhere on the continent of Asia]-

says to =||Heart of the Dragon||: Unlike the ultra-rich, who prey on the poor, I'm more of a Robin Hood type. Steal from the rich, give to the poor...*what? She was poorer than her marks anyway. *G* She crossed the barren earth right behind you (allowing you to cross first, just in case there were booby-traps). She peered into the dark cave, drawn to a warm pulsing light from deep inside. Cat rolled her eyes at your last remark, taking the first few steps in before you -- glancing over her shoulder with an amused expression* Oh yes, I'm sure tens of people will mourn the loss of Dragon PJs. *had anyone outside of K'un Lun even heard of you? She grinned, taking another step deeper into the cave - almost taunting you in your hesitancy. *

(05/15/21 : 23:26:46)
.|.Avenging.Archer.|.
Clinton Clint Barton

.|.OG.Hawkeye.|.
::SHEILD Agent::
::Archer|Marksman|Spy|Cool Guy::
The City is falling, we’re fighting an army of robots, and I have a bow and arrow. None of this makes sense.
.|.Marvel.Utopia.|.
says to =||Heart of the Dragon||:

“Not to interrupt or anything, but what do you guys think? Keep the weapons out on this one or should I stroll in with the bow just in case this dinosaur gets….you know what? That’s a dumb question.”

He set the bow and quiver down neatly, crackling his knuckles and looking towards the Iron Fist, then the Black Cat, and the cave entrance. Trick arrows weren’t gonna work against…. Some sort of mystical dragon. And he wasn’t going to try and piss it off, either.

(05/15/21 : 23:45:59)
=||Heart of the Dragon||=

Daniel Rand
/Rand Corporation\
|| I R O N F I S T ||
-I hold back the storm when nothing else can-
Marvel Utopia || Revochat

-[somewhere on the continent of Asia]-

says to ..:: Luck Be A Lady ::..: *He takes a breath, then follows you in, moving carefully into the cave with you (and now hawkman!*)* Ok, so this is going to sound like a lot. But here we go, ...the dragon rests in this cave. Every generation an Iron Fist must battle the dragon to prove themselves. If the chosen warrior is able to best the dragon, they continue on further into the cave. There lies...well... the dragon's heart. The proven warrior plunges his fists into the giant heart of the dragon to be granted the powers of the iron fist. Wizards of K'un Lun removed it from the dragons body and bound it in its cradle millennia ago. *Now, with what the Thunderer had told us, we knew that those Wizards were not subduing a great beast as the legends told, but enslaving a great creature from a magical realm, leeching its natural power to grow the might of their own city and champion to gain dominance over the heavens. Sure, plunging your fists into a living creatures separated/stolen heart SOUNDED bad, now, but Danny had never had cause to question it before* One of us must get to the heart, remove it from the cradle to free it from the spell. The Dragon is used to one warrior at a time, I think one or two of us can slip by. And he's likely going to be pretty pissed at me , in particular *Moving deeeeeper down into the cavern the heat grew thicker and thicker, the growing orange light pulsing as the cavern grew bigger and bigger. Then in the darkness beyond, a rumble, a growl. Two large glowing eyes appeared in the deep shadow. A hissssssss*

(05/15/21 : 23:54:00)
.|.Avenging.Archer.|.
Clinton Clint Barton

.|.OG.Hawkeye.|.
::SHEILD Agent::
::Archer|Marksman|Spy|Cool Guy::
The City is falling, we’re fighting an army of robots, and I have a bow and arrow. None of this makes sense.
.|.Marvel.Utopia.|.
says to =||Heart of the Dragon||:

The story was fantastical, but he had to accept it at this point. He had to accept most what he was told. It still went down with a grain of salt but he wasn’t grimacing much anymore. The world was weirder, stranger, crazier. His mouth still hung open for a moment before he nodded and paused when Danny laid out the basics of the plan. He ran.

Of course, he came back. With the bow in hand, quiver on his back, He seemed to be fidgeting around with arrow heads and placements, glancing around as they travelled deeper, the heat getting to the point he swore his sweat was evaporating.

“So… you’re bait. We’re the switch?”

☆ (05/15/21 : 23:55:35)
..:: Luck Be A Lady ::..

The Black Cat
: Felicia Hardy :
~bad luck makes for good stories~

-[somewhere on the continent of Asia]-

says to .|.Avenging.Archer.|. Cl: the more Iron Fist talks, the more she thinks you and she might be the only sane people caught up in this whole thing... which is saying alot, to be honest. They're all crazy, Dragon PJs, Thunderer, this whole realm and all the other Capital Cities of Heaven. Cat nudges you with her elbow, whispering* Do you want to go after the dragon or its heart? I can't believe that's a real sentence. *the rumble echoed around them and she took a step back as glowing eyes appeared - now he's done it, he's woken the dragon*G*

(05/16/21 : 00:01:50)
=||Heart of the Dragon||=

Daniel Rand
/Rand Corporation\
|| I R O N F I S T ||
-I hold back the storm when nothing else can-
Marvel Utopia || Revochat

-[somewhere on the continent of Asia]-

says to ..:: Luck Be A Lady ::..: *He nods to Clint's words, it seems the best plan. Before he could say more the hiss turned into a screeching roar. The eyes glowered brighter, and a huge mouth opened and blasted fire at us. Iron First raised his glowing fists and seemed to absorb the blow, though it staggered him back a few feet, making him grunt in pain. The beast leapt into the air. It was huge, but slender. A long serpentine dragon form, not the bulky big King Arthur type dragon. This was a dragon of dark green, glimmering metallic scales along it's slender elongated form. Its large body coiled around like a cobra as it flew in the air. It came closer snapping, claws slashing, the long titan body uncoiling as it snapped its long backend/tail like a whip at you. All the while it screeched and wailed with the torment and rage of the ages boiling within its soul*

(05/16/21 : 00:18:37)
.|.Avenging.Archer.|.
Clinton Clint Barton

.|.OG.Hawkeye.|.
::SHEILD Agent::
::Archer|Marksman|Spy|Cool Guy::
The City is falling, we’re fighting an army of robots, and I have a bow and arrow. None of this makes sense.
.|.Marvel.Utopia.|.
:

“Don’t forget that it’s to save the world from the rest of the Heavenly cities. I don’t think I’ve uttered much lately that wouldn’t get me a second look in the psyche ward.”

Though it wasn’t much of an answer as to what their plan of attack was. Though he appreciated Iron Fist’s willingness to be the bait and take that dragon on by himself, he did consider whether he would need some help, or whether Felicia would… And then the dragon showed itself. That blast of fire rocked Danny, but he was still standing. The dragon was showing what it was about and capable of and Clint nocked an arrow.

“You’re the thief. He said this thing is used to fighting one challenger at a time…. “

(05/16/21 : 00:26:04)
..:: Luck Be A Lady ::..

The Black Cat
: Felicia Hardy :
~bad luck makes for good stories~

-[somewhere on the continent of Asia]-

says to ALL: oh suuuuuuuuure, the MEN get to go fight a dragon and she's stuck doing women's work, because it's "safer." Black Cat harumphed as Hawkeye left her to play with the dragon. With a toss of her head, she stalked away from the boys - and the dragon they were distracting. Once its attention was focused on them, Cat dropped into stealthy mode, sneaking to the side of the cavern - outside of the glowing light the dragon emanates, her dark form disappearing into the black shadows as she tries to creep around the dragon and find its heart, surely hidden deeper into the cavern, the dragon guarding it. Creep, creep, creep*

(05/16/21 : 00:37:25)
=||Heart of the Dragon||=

Daniel Rand
/Rand Corporation\
|| I R O N F I S T ||
-I hold back the storm when nothing else can-
Marvel Utopia || Revochat

-[somewhere on the continent of Asia]-

says to ..:: Luck Be A Lady ::..: *Danny would be glad to pawn the dragon off on you. Fighting this freaking monster had been a nightmare, and he had been told very specifically it was a nightmare he only had to face once in his life to prove himself. Now he was here , again, trying not to get eaten. It just wasn't fair! The dragon moves about in its quick manner. Coiling and darting forward like a snake striking. Trying to bite and tail slash all three of the assembled invaders at first. The cave quaked mightily, rocks skittering down the walls, stalactites cracking and falling from above to crash noisily around us. Once you got off to it's side it did seem to lose track of you, screeching and blasting more fire at Ironfist/clint. Iron Fist punched at the fire, knocking some of it back as his power, his chi bent the dragonfire and formed balls of it to fling back at the towering angry lizard god. He tried to spread out from Clint, to let Clint get some shots off while he distracted. Leaving a good defense behind, he ran at the dragon, yelling, arms glowing, leaping to punch the long scaled body. The dragon snapped down with great speed, catching one of the glowing arms in its fangs. Lifting Danny by the arm to slam him against the cave ceiling.

The heart was indeed behind the dragon, down the cave, though not terribly far. A large pulsing blood red orb of flesh. It lay atop a slender pedestal that rose from the floor about 5 feet, cradling the large bloody heart. The heart itself was quite large, half the size of a man*

(05/16/21 : 01:15:19)
..:: Luck Be A Lady ::..

The Black Cat
: Felicia Hardy :
~bad luck makes for good stories~

-[somewhere on the continent of Asia]-

says to =||Heart of the Dragon||: it's huge! She has no idea why she was expecting it to be regular human-sized, but she was so its size threw her off-guard a moment... and made her wish Hawkeye had come along with her... his arms, big and strong from holding up the patriarchy, could help her lift this behemoth. now, what was it she had to do -- remove it from its cradle? The pedestal was nearly as tall as she was...how was she going to accomplish that? Black Cat creeps around the base of the pedestal, sizing up the situation. She gives it an experimental shove, unsurprised when it barely moves...but maybe with some leverage? A flick of her wrist and grapping wire shoots out, wrapping around the base of the pedestal... she secures it, yanking the rest of the wire free of the hidden compartment in her suit, tossing it up and over a convenient rocky outcropping. Wrapping the free end around her hands, she gives it a yank....the pedestal makes a teeny tiny almost imperceptible budge. She needs to build up some momentum here first.

(05/16/21 : 01:26:15)
.|.Avenging.Archer.|.
Clinton Clint Barton

.|.OG.Hawkeye.|.
::SHEILD Agent::
::Archer|Marksman|Spy|Cool Guy::
The City is falling, we’re fighting an army of robots, and I have a bow and arrow. None of this makes sense.
.|.Marvel.Utopia.|.
:

Clint was flanking the creature, trailing the room where he could and moving opposite Iron Fist. He was steadily unleashing arrows. Some were flash bangs that were to explode near and away the dragon to give Black Cat a lead towards the heart and help Iron Fist. Some were explosives, and others were just regular arrows at the dragon’s underbelly. It was just a pot shot, really. No telling that was the soft spot to pierce. But it couldn’t hurt to try! But none had worked at that point and soon the magical monster was grasping Iron Fist and slamming him into stone. Pulling another arrow, he held it back a few beats before releasing it, and the arrowhead would expode at the dragon’s back. He looked around frantically for Black Cat, shouting out,

“What do you need?!”

(05/16/21 : 01:33:09)
..:: Luck Be A Lady ::..

The Black Cat
: Felicia Hardy :
~bad luck makes for good stories~

-[somewhere on the continent of Asia]-

says to .|.Avenging.Archer.|. Cl: *she didn't look back to see what was going on - by the sound of Hawkeye's voice, it was not too good... she only hopes they can remain uneaten for like five more seconds. Employing her feline grace, Cat quickly scales the side of the cavern - hardly an impossible feat, considering the rocky nature of the cave until she's gained some height. Wrapping the cable firmly around her hands, she leaps away from the wall, her form swinging down through the air... the weight and momentum of her body tugs at the grappling wire, and and she swings past the pedestal, it pulls tight... she feels the resistance in the wire... she sees the pedestal start to wobble... her feet come into contact with the opposite wall and she shoves off, swinging back as she drops lower and lower... the pedestal wobbling more,then finally tilting too far in one direction so it topples over, spilling the heart to the cavern floor -free from its magical bonds... and causing Black Cat to drop unceremoniously to the floor. Luckily, cats always land on their feet. *G*

(05/16/21 : 01:47:19)
=||Heart of the Dragon||=

Daniel Rand
/Rand Corporation\
|| I R O N F I S T ||
-I hold back the storm when nothing else can-
Marvel Utopia || Revochat

-[somewhere on the continent of Asia]-

says to ..:: Luck Be A Lady ::..: *Iron Fist got gnawed on, chewed, slammed into the ceiling. He had bested the dragon before, but this time he wasn't fighting to defeat it, to kill it. He focused his chi to defense, to strengthen his body, his mettle to take the pain and rage of the dragon to buy time. You free it's heart for the first time in long endless ages. The magic crackles around the broken pedestal, the big pulsing globulous heart rolls a bit forward leaving a bloody trail. A big red pulsing bolder squishing along the cave floor. The last arrow exploding at the Dragons back, just behind it's skull to send it coiling in pain and rage, grinding its long serpent body noisily along the cave wall as it carved out more stone, sending rock shards flying everywhere in it's blind rage. It sensed something had changed, but it's pain and anger were too great. Iron Fist stumbled free, leaping, falling, tumbling toward the heart. Years ago he had plunged his fists deep into the heart to gain his power...to steal it, drag it from the essence of the dragon. Now he knelt before the heart, summoning his chi...the power he and countless other Iron Fists had taken by the decree of the city of K'un Lun. Danny focused a moment as the dragon raged, drawing nearer behind him. Whispering* I am sorry...for everything. *And then his glowing fist punched to the heart , unleashing his power into it. Trying to make the chi flow...to return what was stolen. Freeing the heart from bondage. Ending the line of mortal champions who had used the power of the Dragon for themselves. Ending the string of Iron Fists. Ending the age old lies of the city that had hidden what had been done to the dragon, to the magical people, to the forgotten city. A hard shockwave blasted out of the heart. A bright orange fire flashed out, burning through the humans present. Iron Fist Slumped over...the dragon wailed as the fire hit it. But not the wail of rage and bloodlust. A wail of pain, but of old longing at last fulfilled. The dragon leapt to the heart. The large heart, burning brightly aflame, rose into the air...and entered the chest of the dragon in a bright rejoining of spirit to flesh, of magic to soul. The dragon flew quickly out of the cave, whole for the first time in long millennia. A strange after pulse of energy burned through the humans present. Iron Fist lay quiet, unmoving.

[RazzleDazzle]

(05/21/21 : 22:46:38)
=||Heart of the Dragon||=

Daniel Rand
/Rand Corporation\
|| I R O N F I S T ||
-I hold back the storm when nothing else can-
Marvel Utopia || Revochat

-[somewhere on the continent of Asia]-

says to ..:: Luck Be A Lady ::..: *So anyway, yes! I appeared to be dead. After summoning his amassed Chi and charging it back into the freed dragon heart, the dragon had seemed to leech Danny dry. The dragon flew off, free of the cave for the first time in many millennia. Danny lay unmoving, unbreathing, cold and lifeless. Now you and the squad were left in the enchanted cave, with a hostile mystical city just outside that would be none too eager to help you, and your guide who brought you here dead of apparent Dragon vampire suck. What WILL You do?!?*

(05/21/21 : 23:07:49)
..:: Luck Be A Lady ::..

The Black Cat
: Felicia Hardy :
~bad luck makes for good stories~

-[somewhere on the continent of Asia]-

says to =||Heart of the Dragon||: it took several moments for what exactly had happened to sink in... but once the dragon was freed and the cave grew dark and still, Black Cat gasped aloud and ran over to your prone form, dropping to her knees beside it. She hadn't known you for long at all, you had terrible fashion sense, and you were ultimately responsible for this whole mess... but you couldn't just DIE! That was unprofessional. Black Cat quickly began CPR...her lips pressed against yours as she breathed into you, her hands doing chest compressions before she repeated the breathing part* Dammit, Dragon PJs, don't die and leave me in this frozen hell.

(05/21/21 : 23:22:54)
=||Heart of the Dragon||=

Daniel Rand
/Rand Corporation\
|| I R O N F I S T ||
-I hold back the storm when nothing else can-
Marvel Utopia || Revochat

-[somewhere on the continent of Asia]-

says to ..:: Luck Be A Lady ::..: *Nothing. Just cold, lifeless, dead. D-E-D. Like he had been dead for hours. No CPR, the touch of your bewitching lips, the heave of your ample bosom against his prone form raised any response. The cold grew in the cave, with the dragon gone the broiling heat was leeching away to the high mountain cold. Then something did happen. Was it your luck power turning chance? Maybe the lingering heave of that bosom was working after all...heave it a bit closer one more time! His fists began to glow, faintly. His chest still did not move with breath, his heart did not yet beat. At the entrance of the cave the dragon had returned. Slithering closer. It was a thing much changed. It was sleeker now, glimmering with fresh flashing scales. The beast that had attacked you before now looked a mangy, bedraggled version of this beautiful, proud creature. It did not attack, but kept its distance. Hissing over at you* You are one of them.....like him? A slaver? *It nods angrily at the dead Iron Fist. Then looked at you and your crew of ninja/bow buddies, whoever may be along for the ride still** wicked, nasty things, the many worlds should thank me for devouring you, and your kin.

(05/21/21 : 23:33:29)
..:: Luck Be A Lady ::..

The Black Cat
: Felicia Hardy :
~bad luck makes for good stories~

-[somewhere on the continent of Asia]-

says to =||Heart of the Dragon||: she barely had time to register the faint glow emanating from your fists before the dragon's hiss filled the cave. She turned toward him, standing protectively over your body* He didn't know. He was lied to, manipulated. *her hands on her hips, Black Cat tossed a lock of white hair over her shoulder, facing the dragon defiantly. You may have been annoying, but you weren't wicked or nasty.* In fact, when he discovered the truth, he came straight here to change it. He sacrificed himself just to free you. *glancing down at your lifeless form, her eyes softening somewhat* The many worlds are full of wicked, nasty things....but he wasn't one of them.

(05/21/21 : 23:48:45)
=||Heart of the Dragon||=

Daniel Rand
/Rand Corporation\
|| I R O N F I S T ||
-I hold back the storm when nothing else can-
Marvel Utopia || Revochat

-[somewhere on the continent of Asia]-

says to ..:: Luck Be A Lady ::..: *The dragon continued to slither ever closer, moving like jade quicksilver along the walls and ceiling of the cave. Refreshed from its voyage in the world outside. It's dragon magic having allowed it to move, explore, experience the world through quickened time perception, time folds, magical reality bending spells. The dragon had absorbed a near year of life, by it's perspective, since it had fled the cave mere moments ago by human perspective. It knew your words were true, though it was still hard to accept them, to act on them. Long had been its unjust imprisonment, and difficult it was to trust any who had a hand in it. But you were right, those who had imprisoned the dragon were long dead. Those who knew the truth and kept it imprisoned for their own gain were not here, but far off in their high castles, or dignitaries at the tournament. You, these men, this iron fist, were not its enemy right now. It hisssssed, warming the cave again quickly* Hrrrm. I would very much like to devour him, crunch his bones to satisfy an eons long itch. But there is a greater enemy. I have seen it, in my travels. This world is not truly wicked, but it is ruled by wicked men. And my realm....the 8th city...is much the same. We were once a land of beauty, conquered, raped, used for the wealth of others. But now a dark power rules my lost homeland...and his wickendess is no more just, simply for our want of revenge. *The dragon slithered reaaaaaaaaaaal close, slowly, carefully. Laying its bit head on Iron Fists body, looking directly at you with glowing eyes* The dark emperor of the 8th City must not rule. But I will not allow my City to fall back into the dark void and be exploited again. You...do not want your world to perish either, I believe. If you will give me your vow you will fight not for power, or fortune, or dominance of the other realms....but for justice...then by combining our might, we may just be able to end the tournament before the end of fire and death consumes all...*Its eyes burn, looking deeep into your soul to sense your truth. Then it breathes...and Iron Fist starts to glow all over. It breathes again...and its magical breath wafts over you...hawkeye...daredevil if he's ever around? A fog surrounding and encompassing you. Making your body tingle, your senses heighten and your blood pump with fire*

[RazzleDazzle]

(05/22/21 : 21:58:27)

[Sorcerer Supreme]

-[in space]-

says to ALL: *The heavens broiled in a state of anger and tumult. Far above the plane of the minds of men, cosmic powers clashed disagreement and indignity. The celestial representatives of the forsaken 8th Heavenly City had come to the Living Tribunal to demand the tournament be ended with them as victors, for the forces of earth had broken the sacred rules, attacked the arena itself. They pled to the highest power to deliver unto the 8th Heavenly City the spoils of victory, they had more victorious champions than any other realm before earth had sought to cheat. Doctor Strange, celestial representative of earth and its realm of reality, intervened. Summoning vast universal powers to clash against the other realms to make his voice heard, gain the attention of the Living Tribunal, he plead the case of earth. The 8th City had also broken the rules, sending the deadliest of assassins against his Champions outside of the tournament, seeking to kill his finest warriors so that earth would have no ability to fight the tournament. The demon representatives of the 8th City attacked. Strange summoned all of his eldritch might to hold them off. The heavens flared and quaked. The skies above the earth and a million other planets grew thick with unnatural black clouds, wicked lightning. The skies and stars shook with the rage of titans arguing far above.



(05/22/21 : 22:17:51)

[Sorcerer Supreme]

-[in space]-

says to ALL: *The fight rages, starfire spreading through the chambers of the cosmic kingdoms of the high powers. The good doctor does all he can to stand against the forces who seek to destroy and consume. Even his vast powers soon start to wane, though he struggles on, determined to fight as hard as the champions of earth have been fighting to save their world. Finally the Living Tribunal rises, clashing his great scepter down and separating the factions fighting below his titan form like squalling kittens. The fighting ends, the universal judge raises his scepter indicating he has pondered the rules of the celestial tournament, the infractions from multiple sides...and stands ready to deliver his judgment...the celestial representatives of each realm hold still, silent, no breath drawn.

(05/22/21 : 22:33:51)

[Sorcerer Supreme]

-[in space]-

says to ALL: *The Living Tribunal stands with his scepter raised for a long while. The assembled celestial powers wait, not daring to disturb the universal avatar of power. Then the dark eyes spark blue, and the thundering words echo out over the heavens* Many factions have violated the sacret rules. Victory can not be claimed by any faction. By the ancient pact forged eons past, the binding oaths of the tournament agreed to by all parties at the dawn of the ancient cities, there is but one resolution. *Silence again. The towering titan of the golden figure that was the Living Tribunal raised the scepter higher. Then slammed it to the ground, causing the heavens to quake. A shockwave of the blue mystic energy shooting out across the cosmos. Clouds sparked on a million worlds again, lighting crackling all over earth and other realms. The voice booms* A battle royal. All against all. No rules, no matches. Simply combat...whosoever can defeat the final champion, will lay claim to victory of the celestial tournament...LET...LOOSE...THE DESTROYER!

[RazzleDazzle]

(05/29/21 : 21:15:21)
In the Land of the Blind

||Nick Fury||
/[Director of S.H.I.E.L.D.]\
Marvel Utopia Council

-[on the Helicarrier]-

says to ALL: *Everything had gone to shit real fast. The Alien fuckbags who had imposed this insane death tournament on the city had done something, Nick had no intel on what exactly, that had made everything to to hell in a handbasket at warp speed. The city was a brawl, a broiling cauldron of chaos as warriors, assassins from a thousand different worlds all fought desperately for dominance. The rules imposed by these strange gods on this tournament had melted away into the either, leaving only the purest anarchy. Nick was hard at work, directing the vast resources of SHIELD all over to mitigate damage, take down as many threats as possible, lend aid to the defenders of the city and of earth. Every agent he had was on the streets or in the air. Three carriers, including his big behemoth flagship were in NYC airspace launching agents and raining down fire from the skies. Suddenly alarms flared brightly, loud klaxons sounded a very urgent warning. Sensors were picking up something new. A technician yelled out readings, something massive coming in from the Atlantic, fast. Nick asked, ship, aircraft? No, bigger, the technician couldn't put a shape to it. But it was huge, and energy readings were going wild. Suddenly from off the coast a massive crackling energy sparked out in the fog. Then from the sparks a massive column of crackling energy spewed forth into the city. The long column of bright energy seared right through the flagship, splitting in in two in a fiery explosion seen for miles around. The carrier came down into the water, Nick and crew abandoning ship with as much order as they could. Scrambling for hover bikes, emergency jetpack lifeboats, whatever spy shit they had for a scenario of a carrier going down. The battle reached a new pitch. Aside from the thousands of fighters in the streets killing each other, something new had arrived. Dispatched by the gods themselves, the ultimate authorities of the tournament. The final challenger.


(05/29/21 : 21:22:40)
- - -ex - - machina- - -

G. A. L.


...spiral architect...

Marvel Utopia @ ReVo


-[on the Helicarrier]-

says to ALL: *so he hadn't been sleeping well anyway, his nights still plagued with dreams from the arena....he'd been in a rare spell of slumber when he's jarred awake by the warning alarm...he's barely able to gather himself up when the whole world seems to explode, and for a second he's not quite sure if this is real or just another dream...he's thrown violently around as the ship crashes and it's only due to the virtue of the safety systems that he doesn't sustain any serious injuries....staggering on the uneven footing, he follows the throngs of evacuees with only by dint of some deeply-buried survival instinct as opposed to conscious thought or training*


(05/29/21 : 21:22:50)

|THE DESTROYER|

-[under the sea]-

says to ALL: *Emerging from the depths of the Atlantic, a truly massive form rose into the dark sky. Waves rising around in a angry tumult of motion, the huge form rocking the very ocean. From the creatures mouth the energy sparked, then spewed in the massive column of energy that felled the mighty carrier in one explosive breath. The creature reared up, head thrown back as it unleashed a wild, primal shriek that froze the blood and terrified the minds mortal kin. It was the Destroyer, the weapon of the gods, sent to destroy the unworthy. The sacred rules of the tournament had been violated , now the little mortal things would have no easy, orderly end to this cosmic test. Judgment now rested not on honor, cunning, skill in the tournament. Only death remained, if the Destroyer had its way, no victors. Only destruction and the dead*

(05/29/21 : 21:30:40)
I N C A N D E S C E N T

S T A R D U S T
WHEN DARKNESS IS AT ITS DARKEST A STAR SHINES THE BRIGHTEST
xx MARVEL UTOPIA xx

-[on top one of the towering rooftops]-

says to ALL: Istrypso has been atop this building for hours. 'The Destroyer is coming' they said. 'It will cover the land with our bones' they said. The wind is gentle in her hair and she never thought she would have to put on her golden angel armor even though she was told long ago she would need it. Head lowered, she knows it is coming, she can feel it and many people are going to die today. The city is in chaos and she already defeated several enemies on her way here. Is it enough? Stardust knows we will win, we have to for the sake of the earth. This is her home now and she must protect and defend it. Her sword is sharp and her shield is ready. Raising her head looking to the ocean, she sees it coming and closes her eyes upon hearing its mighty roar that shakes the heavens. Her gentle features tighten a deep wrinkle forming between her eyes and she leaps from the tall building and takes flight in a streak of gold.

(05/29/21 : 21:31:35)
-|| Guns . N . Rosie ||-

-Rosalyn Diaz-
|Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.|
Marvel Utopia : ReVo
Should we shoot them?
says to - - -ex - - machina- - -: she comes up beside you as you are stumbling along, grabbing your upper arm* Garber, you ok? Come on, this way...*there were monsters, we were going to need the whole team. Your protestations (should there be any) fell on deaf ears as she steered you through the press of other agents and personnel to the transport pod that was "theirs" - meaning their team. Hmm, seems they were first ones to arrive*

(05/29/21 : 21:35:43)
=||Heart of the Dragon||=

Daniel Rand
/Rand Corporation\
|| I R O N F I S T ||
-I hold back the storm when nothing else can-
Marvel Utopia || Revochat

-[on top one of the towering rooftops]-

says to ..:: Luck Be A Lady ::..: *Warping back into town with you and the gang, courtesy of our new dragon friend. Finding ourselves deposited on a rooftop for a good view of the city. Smoke rising from various quarters from fires burning due to the fighting chaos. The sky ablaze with the burning, collapsing, slowly falling hellicarrier. He stood next to you, returned to live, arms brightly glowing with the new infusion of dragon chi power, a halo to his whole form really. Iron Fist looked around, then out into the water where the behemoth creature sloshed through the harbor, moving to the city. * See...and you thought they might be in trouble without us! Things...seem...uh....yeah.


(05/29/21 : 21:36:39)
- - -ex - - machina- - -

G. A. L.


...spiral architect...

Marvel Utopia @ ReVo


-[is somewhere unknown]-

says to -|| Guns . N . Rosie ||-: Rosie! *it may be the first time he says your first name without hesitating or stumbling over it....he offers no protestation or resistance at all actually, letting you direct him to the correct transport pod* What-- *he's interrupted by another terrific explosion somewhere nearby, and winces* ....what's going on??

(05/29/21 : 21:41:10)

|THE DESTROYER|

-[at a pier]-

says to ALL: *The huge creatures gets bigger...and bigger as he comes ashore. Crashing up onto land, the depths of the harbor no longer hiding its full size. The thing was massive, taller than the empire state building, it dominated the skyline of NYC, towering over the buildings. It warehouses at the docs underfoot without even noticing. Huge tail swinging, smashing another larger building. It reared up with the loud shriek again and unleashed another blast from its mouth. The bright crackling energy flame lanced out, ripping up a swath of destruction in a straight line through the city. Carving a latrine of blood and guts of living beings caught in the path. Various tournament fighters turned to fight the beast, and were quickly crushed, as it began to move into the city, knocking buildings aside with barely a thought.

☆ (05/29/21 : 21:43:30)

+Nightcrawler+
=Token Team Cool Dude=
Marvel Utopia Council

-[on one of the many streets or sidewalks]-

says to ALL: *Teleports around town amid the wild crazy battle. Rescuing bystanders from the carnage of the unchecked fight, from the destruction of the rampaging super monster. Doing his best to get people out of the malestorm of the city out to safety, just so no one can say the X-men don't help out when shit hits the fan!*

☆ (05/29/21 : 21:44:45)
..:: Luck Be A Lady ::..

The Black Cat
: Felicia Hardy :
~bad luck makes for good stories~

-[on top one of the towering rooftops]-

says to =||Heart of the Dragon||: she stands beside you, her long white hair blown about by the wind. Arms crossed over her chest as she surveys the scene, the same golden halo of dragon chi power emanating from her as well. Black Cat looked over at you, then beyond to Hawkeye who is probably standing on the other side of you and also infused with dragon chi power even though he's not made an initial post yet.* Yes, this all looks well in hand, you're right.


(05/29/21 : 21:49:48)
|[-The Man Without Fear-]|

DareDevil
Marvel Utopia : REVO
..it is better to be feared than loved if you cannot be both..

-[on top one of the towering rooftops]-

says to ALL: He merely stood and looked out as he could feel the increase in power

☆ (05/29/21 : 21:50:06)
I N C A N D E S C E N T

S T A R D U S T
WHEN DARKNESS IS AT ITS DARKEST A STAR SHINES THE BRIGHTEST
xx MARVEL UTOPIA xx

-[on top one of the towering rooftops]-

says to ALL: The city should have been evacuated, but how was anyone to know this would happen? There was little warning and the alien cannot pay attention to that, she knows there are heroes down there risking their lives. Istrypso does not have a team to lead, no one to flank her, she will go on her own and survey what teams there are and help them. Ali is her only friend here and hopefully she is somewhere safe. Likely she is down there too trying to get the people out of here before the Destroyer incinerates them. She flies in a way that the colossus won't notice her, won't care about her. Already, the army is here and trying to set up a barrier to keep the creature out but she knows that won't work. She spots Felicia and Daniel. They would see something gold drop out of the sky and land behind them.

(05/29/21 : 21:50:24)
-- tomorrow's - dream --

M A G N E T O
- Erik Lensherr -

No man chooses evil because it is evil; he only mistakes it for happiness, the good that he seeks.
- Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin

| The Brotherhood |
Marvel Utopia @ ReVo

-[on top one of the towering rooftops]-

says to ALL: *the utter carnage draws Erik from his other plans outside of town....he quickly flies to the city proper, hovering above the skyline to better assess the threat - planetwide destruction is one of those unifying things that bridges any other conflicts....he doesn't immediately engage the monstrosity, instead using his powers to deflect rubble from innocent bystanders, shoring up buildings to prevent one collapse from leading to a domino-like effect....he does this all while keeping the bulk of his attention on the monster, trying to work up a plan of attack on something that large*

☆ (05/29/21 : 21:52:03)
-|| Guns . N . Rosie ||-

-Rosalyn Diaz-
|Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.|
Marvel Utopia : ReVo
Should we shoot them?
says to - - -ex - - machina- - -: The sky is falling? *well, more like THEY were falling, right out of the sky. It isn't actually the first time this has happened, but maybe it's YOUR first time and that's why you seem so skittish. Once inside, she releases your upper arm and turns to the console, keying in coordinates... while Cap and the others arrives. Except for Hawkeye who has been CONSPICUOUSLY absent lately. Probably got in with a bad crowd or an undercover job went wrong. *G* The helicarrier gives another lurch as it careens out of control, throwing her against you* Oof. *While she is disentangling herself from you, one of the others actually guides the pod away from the failing helicarrier. She watches it fall into the ocean from a window. Dammit, she left her favorite gun in her underwear drawer. Sigh*

(05/29/21 : 21:58:22)
.: Your X-Girlfriend :.

Alison Blaire
The Dazzler : X-Men
And rise through the night, you and I
We will fight to shine together...bright forever

-[in an apartment]-

says to ALL: is spending Saturday night working on a new song. She is deep into the process, so she isn't really paying attention to her phone... and she is wearing headphones, so she can't hear any sounds of destruction that may be happening outside. Hums along, bobbing her head from side to side as she plays back what she's done so far~ *G*


(05/29/21 : 21:59:38)
- - -ex - - machina- - -

G. A. L.


...spiral architect...

Marvel Utopia @ ReVo


-[is somewhere unknown]-

says to -|| Guns . N . Rosie ||-: *it's his first time for...a lot of things, it would seem....that would certainly explain the sense of shell-shock he's got....at least it makes him rather compliant....he stumbles and moving more with instinct rather than skill, tries to catch you somewhat as you fall onto him....unfortunately he's not able to appreciate it - but fortunately his mind is otherwise occupied so he doesn't just immediately blush himself into oblivion* Are you okay?? *hopefully you didn't break something in the fall*

05/29/21 : 22:04:53)
=||Heart of the Dragon||=

Daniel Rand
/Rand Corporation\
|| I R O N F I S T ||
-I hold back the storm when nothing else can-
Marvel Utopia || Revochat
says to ..:: Luck Be A Lady ::..: *Hey the Daredevil lives too! Then the tall hot golden lady drops down behind us. Well alright, we got a posse going now! Since Stardust last saw us (saving us from angry android deathbot!) we had leveled up, gained the blessing of Shou Loa the immortal dragon in our mystical city quest. So to catch her up, you, me, daredevil and Hawkeye are all kind of glowy, infused with super energy after being bathed in the powerful dragon chi jizz. Shou Loa had sent us back here to fight this final battle, impossible as it may seem. Iron Fist nodded to Stardust, then out at the giant behemoth creature currently crashing in from the coast, smashing it's way deeper into town spreading atomic fire and destruction* That's the endgame. We take big boy there down, I think this all ends. So...who wants to take the first swing at jumbo there? *Iron Fist clenches his fists, glowing brighter than they ever had before, star-bright in white flames. Shou Lao had sent us ahead, promising she would follow. Whether we would still be a alive by the time Shou Lao returned to help us was now up to us*

(05/29/21 : 22:10:46)

|THE DESTROYER|

-[at the YesterDaze Diner]- (Poor Elyna, her diner is pancaked!)

says to ALL: *The behemoth moved further inland. Leaving the docs, moving into the city now. Each step causing a mini earthquake that shook the earth. Its mouth was glimering with the energy crackle as it was building up another destructive blast of breath. In the meantime in simply crushed beneath its feet. Arm lashing out as he neared the first of the taller buildings, swiping down to smash, splinter large midsized skyscrapers into debris that flew out over the town and rained down further destruction and death. Buildings crashing into each other, domino of destruction but for the interventions of the master of magnetism. The beast crushed some random diner underfoot. It stopped again. Its huge shoulders pumping, head craning back again as it shrieked once more. The energy bubbling up from within again as another deadly breath built and built within the monster....*

(05/29/21 : 22:18:52)
-- tomorrow's - dream --

M A G N E T O
- Erik Lensherr -

No man chooses evil because it is evil; he only mistakes it for happiness, the good that he seeks.
- Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin

| The Brotherhood |
Marvel Utopia @ ReVo

-[on top one of the towering rooftops]-

says to |THE DESTROYER|: *there's no shortage of metallic rubble available to him....he starts to gather it up in a swirling vortex around himself, like the rings of Saturn....he sees the beast rearing its head back for another blast and starts to consolidate the metal together into a single shape, slightly concave....he presses the metal together, crushing its atoms in ways not found in nature, creating an alloy much denser than iron, moreso even than the hull of the Helicarrier....if he can time it right, it may be able to absorb at least some of that ferocious atomic breath....he starts to sink lower to the ground as the energy and concentration in the task at hand distracts him from maintaining a consistent altitude...most of his previous efforts also cease as he continues to gather material, adding to the growing disc hovering nearby...he stretches out with his senses to be as ready as he can to let it fly*

(05/29/21 : 22:24:23)
..:: Luck Be A Lady ::..

The Black Cat
: Felicia Hardy :
~bad luck makes for good stories~

-[on top one of the towering rooftops]-

says to =||Heart of the Dragon||: Black Cat looks in horror at the destruction being wrought by the Destroyer... oh hell no! Not Yesterdaze!! This was her city and she's not going to let it go out like this. Black Cat glances over at you with a little grin -- you can almost SEE what she's thinking -- or maybe you can't because the first thing she does is grab the chest of your dragon PJs and give you a sudden and resounding kiss. Then she pulls away, taking a few backwards steps to the edge of the rooftop* That's in case we don't live through this. But if we do... there's more where that came from. *she gives you a saucy wink then dives off the side of the rooftop, a cable shooting from her wrist to help her swing down to street level, running toward the Destroyer...her hands glow brighter and brighter - giant glowing claws unsheathing from her fingertips*

(05/29/21 : 22:26:33)
I N C A N D E S C E N T

S T A R D U S T
WHEN DARKNESS IS AT ITS DARKEST A STAR SHINES THE BRIGHTEST
xx MARVEL UTOPIA xx

-[on top one of the towering rooftops]-

says to =||Heart of the Dragon||: "Who is this 'Godzilla'"? Obviously the alien does not know the awesomeness that is Gojira, so she does not understand what Daredevil is talking about. No matter, she looks to Daniel and nods. This is either the end of something or the beginning. Dark eyes look to the beast that rose from the depths glad we are going to work together. Shou Lao blessed us, blessed her even though she is not of this world, solar system, galaxy. "I will." Istrypso takes the first move and steps forward. She is not afraid, not nervous, she is determined to not only defeat the Destroyer, but to work as a team with her new friends. Today is the day she really is going to be exposed to everyone, they will see exactly what she is capable of and hopefully she doesn't get treated differently. "Watch me, I will give you an opening to attack." Running forward and past you both, she launches herself into the air, the wings on her armour spreading. Sparks crackle and fall from the wings blowing behind her. She is flying fast enough so the creature cannot recognize the threat but not so fast her friends cannot see what she is doing. The alien stays just out of the creature's peripheral vision and she can see a man and metal down below. She does not know Magneto. The creature is preparing for another blast of atomic power and Daniel and Felicia see Istrypso move behind the Destroyer and pull on those things on his head hard causing him to look up. She is strong enough to do this and hopefully the blast goes into the air and...the throat is exposed giving everyone a target to attack....but she can't hold this forever, the Destroyer is going to be very angry.....

(05/29/21 : 22:30:38)
-|| Guns . N . Rosie ||-

-Rosalyn Diaz-
|Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.|
Marvel Utopia : ReVo
Should we shoot them?

-[on one of the many streets or sidewalks]-

says to - - -ex - - machina- - -: Sure...*the pod sets down a few blocks from the main path of destruction, but there's still utter pandemonium. Once on the ground, the team separates -- the superpowers get to go off and fight (even Jan, small as she is!*G*), while the others are in charge of clearing the areas and helping civilians. She takes off running one way while the others go the other way. There's a family running ahead of her, but the young daughter trips... so Rosie grabs her up and hands her off to the dad, who puts her up on his shoulders and off they go. She turns to see which way you went*

(05/29/21 : 22:33:26)
.|.Avenging.Archer.|.
Clinton Clint Barton

.|.OG.Hawkeye.|.
::SHEILD Agent::
::Archer|Marksman|Spy|Cool Guy::
The City is falling, we’re fighting an army of robots, and I have a bow and arrow. None of this makes sense.
.|.Marvel.Utopia.|.
:

Clint stood on the other side of Danny Rand, sporting the brand new Iron Fist 2.0 from Rand Industries/Extradimensional sorcery. Limited models avaible. Clint surveyed the carnage of the city, one hand rising to click on his Stark Tech shooting glasses, the shades giving him a video read out and a HUD showing communication with any close, viable SHIELD helicarriers—including the one falling. No signal. It caused his free hand to grip into a fist that was forced to open up as a golden bow formed in his grasp, an arrow notched already. A steady breath was taken and it dissipated, his head shaking before he glanced around.

“Is it like… against my chi, or karma or whatever to really want to use these powers just to WRECK house?”

(05/29/21 : 22:41:43)
- - -ex - - machina- - -

G. A. L.


...spiral architect...

Marvel Utopia @ ReVo


-[on one of the many streets or sidewalks]-

says to -|| Guns . N . Rosie ||-: *if you think that hanging around Cap is rubbing off on him, you're going to be sorely disappointed....he can barely keep up with your running on his very best day, and this is definitely not his best day....since Cap is probably heading toward the front lines, and you're the only other one he knows well, he is running to keep up with you - he does stop to help an old man get out of the middle of the street where all the debris is falling, and then a NYPD officer takes over, leading the man to a subway station where they're starting to gather for some semblance of safety....his eyes meet yours for a moment, wild and not all that different from those of the pedestrians that he's supposed to be helping, but he's trying to keep it together, and for the moment he is*

(05/29/21 : 22:44:20)
=||Heart of the Dragon||=

Daniel Rand
/Rand Corporation\
|| I R O N F I S T ||
-I hold back the storm when nothing else can-
Marvel Utopia || Revochat

-[on one of the many streets or sidewalks]-

says to ..:: Luck Be A Lady ::..: *He was taken rather by surprise. For once he -wasn't- making sophomoric jokes or comments or innuendo at you. He was somewhat depressed with all the recent dragon-truths uncovered about the dark shameful history of his powers, his people. And now faced with this cosmic destroyer laying waste to his city. You pulled him in and his eyes were wide at first, before he instinctively returned the kiss as a deeper reflexive attraction to you took over. Then you were off, and he had to grin. You tore off, and Stardust fucking blasted into the air like an avenging golden angel. Shit, did we know she could do that? That looked great! He ran after you, each step pumping the hot dragon blood faster through his system. The glow spreading from his fists to his whole body, muscles burning with the powerful chi. The Destroyer began blasting the comic death breath down into the city again, tearing toward us. Deflected at first by Magneto's magnanimous interference as the mutant apparently took pity on us poor canon fodder! Then Stardust swept up and started riding the giant monster's head like a wild bull. The crackling energy breath flashing through the sky, up into the stars as she jerks it's head back to redirect it , catching it by surprise a moment. Iron Fist ran at amped up speed behind you. As you flashed your glowing claws and we came in closer he had a wild idea. He came up behind you and with his enhanced dragon chi charged strength he lifted you to place your feet on his shoulder, then his glowing power fist under your feet and he LAUCHED you up, flinging you with the new power, high high high up over the buildings, catapulting you right at the creatures throat as Stardust exposes it as long as she can.

☆ (05/29/21 : 22:49:10)

|THE DESTROYER|

-[on one of the many streets or sidewalks]-

says to ALL: *The Destroyer let loose the blast of cosmic doom to rip up another long avenue of carnage through the heart of the city. Perplexed to find the breath absorbed, diverted by unknown magnetic force. Then its huge head was wrassled, snapped back as the breath blasted up into the stairs. The eyes flared with rage. Howling its wild piercing shriek that shattered windows for blocks around. How could such a little gnat have power enough to jerk its head! It grew enraged, with it's head still pulled back, neck exposed, the huge tail came up in a whip. Crashing through one nearby building, collapsing it, and aiming to swat up at its head to crush the gnat that was Stardust with a mighty godlike blow from the tail that could fell skyscrapers, quake the earth, smash legions in one swipe! raaaaawr! /anger!*

(05/29/21 : 22:49:55)
.: Your X-Girlfriend :.

Alison Blaire
The Dazzler : X-Men
And rise through the night, you and I
We will fight to shine together...bright forever

-[in an apartment]-

says to ALL: she's tapping her foot on the floor as she plays back the next piece... blinking in surprise when the floor rummmmbles beneath her toes. Oh, shit, is her subwoofer really turned that loud? Her downstairs neighbors are going to complain again. She reaches over and turns the dial down a bit*G*

☆ (05/29/21 : 22:54:01)
-|| Guns . N . Rosie ||-

-Rosalyn Diaz-
|Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.|
Marvel Utopia : ReVo
Should we shoot them?

-[on one of the many streets or sidewalks]-

says to - - -ex - - machina- - -: *uh oh, she's seen that look before. Rosie stops and turns back to you, grabbing you by the shoulders* Hey, you ok? *dumb question, but you'll be no use to anyone if you are having heart attacks about giant alien dinosaurs attacking the city. She gives you a little shake and grins* Just think of it this way... the street is much safer than the helicarrier was. *see? You're progressing! Maybe she should send you down to one of those subway stations to suss out the situation, and then you'll progress to a new safety level.*

(05/29/21 : 22:57:32)
..:: Luck Be A Lady ::..

The Black Cat
: Felicia Hardy :
~bad luck makes for good stories~

-[on top one of the towering rooftops]-

says to |THE DESTROYER|: Iron Fist comes up behind her and lifts her up, launching her through the air... her giant glowing claws meeting the softer mottled hide of your throat. She flinches as green goo spews out, chi-claws ripping deep gouges in your skin as she falls back down toward the ground, the burning chi-claws slicing hide like a hot knife through butter.



(05/29/21 : 23:00:08)
- - -ex - - machina- - -

G. A. L.


...spiral architect...

Marvel Utopia @ ReVo


-[on one of the many streets or sidewalks]-

says to -|| Guns . N . Rosie ||-: *yeah, dumb question...he gives himself a little shake, then nods shakily* I'm....yes. *it's a lie, and he knows it, and he knows you can tell too....he sucks in a few short breaths and gives another, shorter nod as you explain the relative advantage of being on terra firma compared to a cartwheeling ball of fire* I....what.... What should I do? *this whole "team hero" thing is so completely alien to him, he has no idea what is even done in this type of scenario....but he can take direction at least*

(05/29/21 : 23:06:08)
|[-The Man Without Fear-]|

DareDevil
Marvel Utopia : REVO
..it is better to be feared than loved if you cannot be both..

-[on one of the many streets or sidewalks]-

says to |THE DESTROYER|: He had followed cat and Fist off of the rooftop and with the chi flowing around him he uses his cane/baton to move down a zip-line...making his way toward you he descends downwards and tries to stab the cane into your eye...

☆ (05/29/21 : 23:06:33)
I N C A N D E S C E N T

S T A R D U S T
WHEN DARKNESS IS AT ITS DARKEST A STAR SHINES THE BRIGHTEST
xx MARVEL UTOPIA xx

-[on top one of the towering rooftops]-

says to |THE DESTROYER|: Stardust is much stronger than she looks! There are things she can do that Daniel and Felicia don't know about, things that Ali doesn't know. It is not as though she would announce her capabilities, her powers don't make her who she is. Her actions tell you, her words tell you. Istrypso didn't come here to be a hero and be seen, she just wants to be where she is needed and right now? That is here. She holds on tight using her feet at leverage planting them in the your neck, she pulls as hard as she can gritting her teeth hoping a strike to the throat comes soon because you are not going to just let her do this to you! The problem here is that she cannot see in front of you, she has to hope that the others see the opening and take it fast. Just as Felicia strikes, you strike too with your mighty tail crashing into her forcing her off you and careening through the air. The impact is like nothing she has ever felt and she grunts while tumbling through the air. She cannot regain control yet, but she reaches for her lasso, Verity's Tether. Tonight she is not looking for the truth from you, just to restrain you. So far, we are keeping you here. The lasso lashes out just as her body crashes into a nearby skyscraper, glass from several floors exploding outward and falling to the ground like a hard rain. The lasso likely went around your powerful forearm so..she probably will be pulled out of the opening we created. For now, she crashes through several desks and rolls to her feet. Stardust pulls the tether hard trying to pull you off balance, drag you, at least hold you in place. She moves her hands along the rope to get closer and doesn't America have a freakin' airforce? Navy? Well hear come the planes.

(05/29/21 : 23:10:13)
.|.Avenging.Archer.|.
Clinton Clint Barton

.|.OG.Hawkeye.|.
::SHEILD Agent::
::Archer|Marksman|Spy|Cool Guy::
The City is falling, we’re fighting an army of robots, and I have a bow and arrow. None of this makes sense.
.|.Marvel.Utopia.|.
says to |THE DESTROYER|:

It didn’t matter, apparently. It was time to wreck house because the other team was doing exactly that. The other two bounded off, Stardust was opening the first major can of whoop ass and Clint felt his hand burning hot with that glowing arrow. Another breath, a moment of self actualization, visualing his vision board and he actually uttered,

“There is no spoon, this is the Matrix and you can dodge bullets…. And… atomic dragon breath.”

The bow was lifted and aimed, fingers plucking the crackling hot string and drawing back at an arrow which materialized, shooting it towards a building and it pulled him through the air as it latched on, letting him soar. And this was how he traveled.

But when he was given a chance, as the big Gila monster smashed through more skyscrapers, he took aim at what might equate to an underbelly, and drew back on the bow, steadying his aim until the arrow was blindingly bright before he released it, letting it soar like a rocket.

(05/29/21 : 23:18:45)
-|| Guns . N . Rosie ||-

-Rosalyn Diaz-
|Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.|
Marvel Utopia : ReVo
Should we shoot them?

-[on one of the many streets or sidewalks]-

says to - - -ex - - machina- - -: Clean up on aisle three. *she clapped your shoulder once with a smile before turning and gesturing to the now-empty street with her other hand* Help civilians. *it wasn't the most exciting aspect, but a very important one. There will be lots of destruction tonight -- they can hope to keep the death to a minimum tho.*

(05/29/21 : 23:22:59)

|THE DESTROYER|

-[on one of the many streets or sidewalks]-

says to ALL: *The Destroyer was building up another blast of the cosmic death ray deep within its chest. The boiling rage filling its body with raw burning power from your jerking its head around. Then the cat swooped up with her CAT SCRATCH FEVER! super attack. An expanse of throat is torn open, unleashing a spurt of blood that spewed out like a firehose, spraying the street below. Then the blinding arrow of HEAVENLY HAWK STRIKE (CA-CAW!) blasts into the massive body, ripping it open further. A body that was a weapon of the elder gods. A body that was a force of destruction from the primordial days of the universe. A body that was neigh impenetrable to mortal powers and weapons of all kinds. But now it bled. It gaped, it felt pain! These mortals had stolen some kind of power of the ancient ones! All the more reason to crush them and devour this world! The destroyer raged. Blind with pure animalistic destructive hunger now. It stomped, crashing buildings, tearing up the streets in a quake that shook the city. A lasso snagged the huge arm, and he did indeed swing in blind destructive rage. Through the connection Stardust could read the beasts pure destructive purpose. No deeper truth to it, just destruction, death, and end to all who face it. It was held in place a moment, but its size, the sheer massive weight of the ancient titan drug Stardust forward. It was determined to crash through more buildings even as it bled freely. Blasting out another mouthful of cosmic death rays to set another quadrant of the city ablazzzzze! The energy leaked from the gash in the throat, down the underbelly, leaking out even after the breath blast ended. Blood and the atomic energy flooding down to the street to melt and burn as the beast seemed to wane a bit, grow a bit unsteady in its smashings!*


(05/29/21 : 23:29:06)
- - -ex - - machina- - -

G. A. L.


...spiral architect...

Marvel Utopia @ ReVo


-[on one of the many streets or sidewalks]-

says to -|| Guns . N . Rosie ||-: *whoa whoa whoa, you already had him hooked with "not exciting", you don't have to keep selling it...he's had enough excitement to fill a lifetime or two....later, perhaps, he'll wonder what it makes him, if he's not a "civilian"....but tonight he gives another nod* OK. I....I'll try.... *he turns in a small circle, looking a bit lost....then he hears a man shouting, looking for his wife in the rubble of a partially-collapsed building...she's alive, but in the darkness he can't see what to move to get to her....suddenly out of nowhere, he realizes he's got a flashlight in the HC, in with some of the tools he has...he dashes over, his right hand moving almost instinctively, and he has a flashlight which he holds up to help the man see through the darkness....before long, he's burning through the stores of things he has in his pocket dimension...men, women, and children displaced from sleep or in showers are given shirts or shoes if needed....he's fishing out a length of rope to a cop who needs it to secure a door, etc....all these things he ferreted away in there as he bounced from state to state, looking for his parents and picking up odds and ends from the paramilitary and survival groups they used to roll with, stuff they said he should have "just in case"...now it's paying off*

☆ (05/29/21 : 23:29:51)
=||Heart of the Dragon||=

Daniel Rand
/Rand Corporation\
|| I R O N F I S T ||
-I hold back the storm when nothing else can-
Marvel Utopia || Revochat

-[on one of the many streets or sidewalks]-

says to ..:: Luck Be A Lady ::..: *Danny watched the attacks from you, Hawkeye, Daredevil strike home, draw blood. The beast was so large, so much of it to hack apart even as we could manage to harm it. Instead of moving quickly to attack again he instead stood still. Drawing a deep, steadying breath. He focused his chi inward, concentrating. He had experience with using his chi powers for more than just punching. The past years as Iron Fist he had learned to heal, to track, and other uses for the chi. Now, infused with the extra dragon boost he tried something new. Shou Lao sent us a head to face the destroyer while she returned to the 8th city to face the dark warlord who had taken control of the forgotten heavenly city, the evil power who had caused this whole celestial tournament in an attempt to gain dominance over all the realms. Danny watched the giant beast looming over us fight on and instead of going his usual route of "Punch stuff!" he instead meditated. Focusing his chi for a more subtle, important use. See, real character growth here! He's learning to use his mind, not just his ultra studly body*

(05/29/21 : 23:36:13)
I N C A N D E S C E N T

S T A R D U S T
WHEN DARKNESS IS AT ITS DARKEST A STAR SHINES THE BRIGHTEST
xx MARVEL UTOPIA xx

-[on top one of the towering rooftops]-

says to ALL: Stardust is not about to give up and she pulls and you do as well dragging her along the freshly waxed floor towards the edge of the building. The skyscraper is about your height and she went in through the upper floors. The truth is there for her to see, you will not stop, you have no remorse, she couldn't help you if she wanted to. You are pure destruction and annihilation, nothing else. You pull her off the ledge and the metal wings open once again -- it is not like she needs them, she can fly on her own. Falling, she releases your arm. Her piercing eyes are entirely focused on you, your fires reflected in their dark pools. The tether lashes out again, this time around your neck sinking into the wounds made by the others, making your eye bleed more with the pressure a moment but soon, the blood flow will be cut off. Now in flight, Stardust pulls yelling, exhaling all the air from her lungs, the tether getting tighter around your throat. She does not know of you require oxygen to survive, so she will continue to pull until you do something to stop her. She shouts down below -- as if anyone would hear her, she don't have -that- particular gift! "Hurry!! NOW!!" Let the beast have it! This is the chance she was trying to give the heroes and her friends..

(05/29/21 : 23:43:21)
.|.Avenging.Archer.|.
Clinton Clint Barton

.|.OG.Hawkeye.|.
::SHEILD Agent::
::Archer|Marksman|Spy|Cool Guy::
The City is falling, we’re fighting an army of robots, and I have a bow and arrow. None of this makes sense.
.|.Marvel.Utopia.|.
says to |THE DESTROYER|:

Clint did the fist pull of victory when he saw his metaphysical bow hit and add to the collective damage everyone was laying upon that rampaging monster. Hawkeye was quick to keep moving, letting the grappling bows take him over distances he otherwise never would have been able to cover (and he was available for rides if anyone was having trouble!); and when he was able he let loose blasts that would catch debris, or the splashes of atomic/acidic blood, vaporizing such things before they hit the streets below. It felt like a losing battle and he did what came naturally to him: he searched for the high ground. Shooting for an Osborn Corp. tower under construction, the skyscraper hulking and just out of the creature’s trajectory. Standing on the scaffolding, he took aim at the creature’s skull and called his shot.

“Headshot.”

Another rocket like arrow soared.


(05/29/21 : 23:43:36)
|[-The Man Without Fear-]|

DareDevil
Marvel Utopia : REVO
..it is better to be feared than loved if you cannot be both..

-[on one of the many streets or sidewalks]-

says to |THE DESTROYER|: He had struck one of your eyes as the blood spilled forth...nasty....disgusting...he managed to somehow bounce off your body...maybe it was the chi protecting him but he manages to bring his knees to his chest...curling into a ball as he tries to slow his fall...he extends his legs outwards and attempts a somersault to land on hs feet...he looks up trying to get a picture through his sonar vision...


(05/29/21 : 23:50:10)

|THE DESTROYER|

-[on one of the many streets or sidewalks]-

says to I N C A N D E S C E N T : *The massive thick neck snagged as the magic lasso extended to Husky size to strangle the monster where Black Cat had opened the throat. Cinching tight , ripping the throat open wider and wider as more blood spilled, giving Daredevil quite the sonar picture of just olympic pool amounts of blood splashing down to the street below. The neck being crushed in as you pull, then the flaming super arrow of the gods comes flashing in once more. Dead accurate, headshot indeed. The explosion of the super chi enhanced arrow blasted the behemoths neck and head and completed the tear of the cat claws, your lasso. The whole head came off with a loud sickening rip of the scaly hide that echoed across the city. A whole new biblical flood of blood comes splashing down to the streets below. The massive head pops off, flying toward you. The creature was still a moment. Then it wavered...crashing against a building to its side for support.....then it went down to one knee. ....finally it began to tip over forward....


But then...SMASH! The big hand smashes to the street below to stead it, down on one knee, hand braced to the ground. And from the gory mess of the huge throat a shriek is heard once more...then another, slightly different pitched shriek. And the big thick blunt head that was, is replaced as two long serpentine dragon heads slither out, slick with birthing goo, snapping up at the air, tongues lashing out with lightning into the air as they taste the night. The heads developing, growing fast. Still not yet able to see, focus, but soon...

(05/29/21 : 23:59:07)
=||Heart of the Dragon||=

Daniel Rand
/Rand Corporation\
|| I R O N F I S T ||
-I hold back the storm when nothing else can-
Marvel Utopia || Revochat

-[on one of the many streets or sidewalks]-

says to ..:: Luck Be A Lady ::..: *Danny got splashed with blood as the head came off the beast. But he didn't see it almost fall, or the new more powerful heads sprouting. He was deep in his chi trance. The light of his power was growing into white bright tendrils that flowed from his body into the surrounding area. He was reaching out into the ether. Reaching out to one which he shared a deep physical, spiritual connection. In these recent days of the tournament he had learned of the sins and injustices that were behind this connection he had been blessed with, behind his powers. With the help of his friends, these warriors who stood bravely with him against the darkness he had made amends, and hoped...had begun to forge a better future free of the sins of the past. Assuming he lived past the next few minutes. The warriors of earth had stood against the Destroyer, brought it to its knees. They had made it bleed more than any other opponent it had faced in its long existence. We had held the line. Danny reached out with his chi...for help.

(05/30/21 : 00:02:12)
.|.Avenging.Archer.|.
Clinton Clint Barton

.|.OG.Hawkeye.|.
::SHEILD Agent::
::Archer|Marksman|Spy|Cool Guy::
The City is falling, we’re fighting an army of robots, and I have a bow and arrow. None of this makes sense.
.|.Marvel.Utopia.|.
says to |THE DESTROYER|:

More arrows rained down like he was the Persians letting loose upon Leonidas to minimize the damage of this fatality, until he was standing, panding, beaded with sweat alogn his brow and arms, the bow dissipating for the time being and he removed his glasses to wipe his brow. Clint watched the monster as it began to crumble and then… the shriek. Hydra situation. Mythical, not SpyCraft. He was now Hercules. Or Apollo. What hero had the bow…? Glasses back on, he spoke.

“Ffffffuuuck. Okay, my bad! But I’m calling an Audible!”

Any football fans? Maybe? He shot himself down to the monster, dropping himself off as close as possible to between it’s legs and he took aim again—this time, a real, super charged shot straight up the other end.

(05/30/21 : 00:03:13)
I N C A N D E S C E N T

S T A R D U S T
WHEN DARKNESS IS AT ITS DARKEST A STAR SHINES THE BRIGHTEST
xx MARVEL UTOPIA xx

-[on top one of the towering rooftops]-

says to |THE DESTROYER|: She pulls with strength and might feeling your throat gave and the tether going through bone and tissue, through the spinal cord nestled inside. Blood like the Amazon river courses out through the gaping wound in your neck, minus a head. The tether is returned to her and she replaces it at her side having no idea that you are not finished. You are still moving, but that is to be expected, you're dying but your body doesn't know that yet. Stardust backs up and your head with the force of her pull, comes barreling toward her. She meets it allowing it to hit her and she eases it down making sure it doesn't hit anyone. Once she is on the ground with your head, you drop and people scramble to get out of the way. But then...THEN you brace yourself on the pavement! Her head tilts and she draws her sword as a precaution.

Still having no idea, she watches waiting for you to fall, but you don't. Through the chasm in your neck, two new heads begin to develop. Istrypso stands there staring at you and utters.. "Oh fffuck.." She heard that naughty word during her time here in the city. Who wouldn't, that word is used a million times a day!! Rushing forward, she cries out raising her sword and jumping up and toward you, twisting her body for more force and brings that sword down severing both of those heads before either one of them can open an eye, breathe through a nostril. Then she lands next you your body and uses her bracelets raising her arms and bringing them together sending a wave of energy -- along with that chi she was given hopefully cauterizing the wound so you can't grow another set of heads.


(05/30/21 : 00:07:12)
|[-The Man Without Fear-]|

DareDevil
Marvel Utopia : REVO
..it is better to be feared than loved if you cannot be both..

-[on one of the many streets or sidewalks]-

says to |THE DESTROYER|: He raced forward while you were still on your knee....the cane in hand as he pushed the button on the side and the two blades popped forward on the sides he aims for your stomach...slashing outat your gut hoping to do some damage...

(05/30/21 : 00:14:21)

|THE DESTROYER|

-[on one of the many streets or sidewalks]-

says to ALL: *The budding heads grew rapidly, clear they would be bigger than the previous head. Then more of the flaming chi arrows rain down, stunting the growth, burning them back down, cutting open wounds as the twin snake heads hissed and snarled. The twin mouths blindly lanced out the energy blasts that sliced through the city. The rain of arrows robbed it of sight, balance. Then the super sword slashes through with its mighty force, once more severing the heads. When the bracelets clash together and ring out loudly, the sound seems to shatter the heavens

Up above in the sky a massive portal tears open in unison with the bracelet-blast. From the portal hundreds of forms begin streaming through into the night sky, flying out over the city, down to the streets, covering rooftops. Then very very large form emerges. Another dragon, this one long and slender. A serpentine body so long it takes moments for the entire body to slither out of the portal and swipe through the air, descending down toward the Destroyer. It was the form of the reborn Shou Lao, the ancient dragon behind the power of the Immortal Iron fist. She who had given these heroes her chi, part of her soul so they could battle the destroyer. She who had returned to the forgotten 8th City of Heaven...and was apparently successful at slaying the evil warlord who had started this tournament madness. Now she was here, with the combined armies of all 8 Heavenly Cities, of all the realms who had taken part in the great tournament...and they came as one, under one banner, under a new peace. The large dragon form hovered in the air and let out a shriek, a blast of her own energy breath lancing down to the prone form of the Destroyer. The breath mixed with magics, energy, weapons of all kinds of the other creatures and warriors who had come through the portal, blasting into the Destroyer. He vanished, returned once more to the abyss of the elder gods. The large form of Shou Lao landed , carefully on the ground, bowing to the warriors of earth, speaking softly in their minds* Thank you , for holding the Destroyer. The realms have agreed to a peace, the tournament will be disbanded, each realm to remain free. If. If you, the warriors of earth...agree to join our peace. Agree, as slayers of the Destroyer...not to seek domination over the other realms... but to grant each their freedom, and live as friends and allies among the heavens at long last. What say you, warriors of earth?

(05/30/21 : 00:22:41)
I N C A N D E S C E N T

S T A R D U S T
WHEN DARKNESS IS AT ITS DARKEST A STAR SHINES THE BRIGHTEST
xx MARVEL UTOPIA xx

-[on one of the many streets or sidewalks]-

says to ALL: For about a second, she is confused as her bracelets are powerful, but not powerful enough to open gateways between worlds! The Great Dragon appears and Stardust immediately backs up to allow Shou Lao room and to offer respect to her. When the dragon bows, she lowers her head and does not raise it until Shou Lao does so first. All the worlds together in one place, she cannot help but smile, it is done, there will be peace for now. She is quiet as we are addressed and a question is asked of us and Istrypso will not speak for the others as everyone has a decision to make. For her the answer is part of her already. Stepping forward, she speaks quietly, out loud. "I agree and promise Shou Lao." She need not say more than that. She smiles up at the creature and waits to hear what the others say.

(05/30/21 : 00:25:49)
=||Heart of the Dragon||=

Daniel Rand
/Rand Corporation\
|| I R O N F I S T ||
-I hold back the storm when nothing else can-
Marvel Utopia || Revochat

-[on one of the many streets or sidewalks]-

says to I N C A N D E S C E N T : *Huzzah! Danny had been able to use the Chi to reach out and contact Shou, he was overjoyed when she came, with the new army of the Heavenly Cities in tow to end the tournament at last. He smiled as you answered, nodding proudly. He looked forward to working with you, cat, the devil and Hawkman in the coming days. Proven warriors of solid mettle he thought he could trust. Though this battle of the heavens was ended, he knew the common struggles of man would soon give us plenty to fight once earth returned to its charming regular antics. But for now, he had a bright outlook on the future. He was no longer alone, an immortal weapon forged to wage war for his mystical city. Now he was part of something more, joined with the rest of you in the wider world*

(05/30/21 : 00:28:54)
.|.Avenging.Archer.|.
Clinton Clint Barton

.|.OG.Hawkeye.|.
::SHEILD Agent::
::Archer|Marksman|Spy|Cool Guy::
The City is falling, we’re fighting an army of robots, and I have a bow and arrow. None of this makes sense.
.|.Marvel.Utopia.|.
says to ALL:

This was all so fantastical, mystical and majestical that even up to this point it could have broken Clint’s mind when Shou Lao levied upon them the stakes of the situation, the paths laid ahead, and as benevolent as that serpentine goddess seemed, she laid heavy upon peace and coexistence…. Which always inspired a bit of suspicion, at least a healthy amount.

“I say grant their freedom. But can you guarantee they won’t try to dominate us again? Will they help us if we need it later on….?”