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Moderator (avengers__mod) wrote in avengers_logs,
@ 2020-01-15 12:12:00

Entry tags:

-complete, -gamewide plot, bobbi morse, bruce banner, carol danvers, christine palmer, hope van dyne, jane foster, natasha romanoff, peter parker, phil coulson, rhodey, sam wilson, sif, stephen strange, t'challa, thor odinson, tony stark

open thread: When Kaiju Attack
Who: ~~Open.~~ CLOSED (2/2 @ 11 PM Pacific).
What: The Avengers tackle an attack on the city, on three fronts.
When: One weekday afternoon, mid-January.
Where: various locations.

CURRENT TEAMS & AGENTS: HERE.

Threading Timeline: 1/15/2020 to 2/2/2020 (threads will be frozen at 11 PM, Pacific). This event takes place over the course of one day, depicting only one moment in time. That means that other logs can be posted at any time after this and mention clean up efforts.

Plot Summary, Map, and Size Comparison: HERE.

Notes: Monsters are NPCs but you can mention monster actions/reaction/descriptions in your tags to get a hit in. Also, it's ok to post things set after the monster attack or mention it happening in network posts or logs! Clean up operations will be ongoing the day after the attack and it will take weeks to clean up the mess. A news post toward the end of the month will address that as an ongoing situation.

Team Threads: To help with communication, we'll try something new. If anyone needs to post a plan or change of plans to their teammates, or to say something to another team, you can communicate in your own team thread by putting "message to ____" in the subject line of each post, filling in the blank with a name or team number. That way, someone else knows to look there and can reply with a brief message!

If anyone playing a team member gets RL busy, it's ok to excuse your character to go save a civilian. Just make sure that there are other teammates there capable of taking down the creatures!

S.H.I.E.L.D. agents: Those stationed in each area have the option to interact in either Team Threads or Civilian Threads. They're the only baseline humans that can move through both threads freely. You can have them get caught in the crossfire, or describe what they're doing around each location to help out. Since agents have the same communication device, they can "message to ____" other agents or a nearby Avengers team.

Civilians Thread: It's optional to submit any short narratives here. Because this is a game-wide plot, it counts toward Activity Check!

Civilians (baseline humans) do not have a comm device, only cellphones. They can thread things in the Civilian portion. These threads can happen simultaneously with what's happening in the team fights. That means if something happens in a team thread, you can incorporate that into your thread if they are in the nearby vicinity.

Since it's imperative monsters are stopped ASAP, Avengers can't drop what they're doing to go off and thread with civilians. They have a city and people to save. However, if a fight seems 99% handled, a team member can excuse themselves to assist civilian characters, OR they can interact in this thread directly after a fight is finished.

Have fun!

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Team One

avengers__mod
2020-01-16 10:13 am UTC (link)

The Hudson River Park at Pier 25 was unnaturally quiet as a dark shape swam in a serpentine motion through the water. It neared the shore, browned water parting with a mighty splash. The mutated alligator hauled half of its massive body onto dry land, the yellowed reptilian eyes looking around for new prey to snap up.

When its jaws parted, it exposed several rows of jagged teeth, and a foul smell quickly permeated the area. It was noxious enough to make any exposed person's eyes water and lungs burn, having been pumped full of countless chemical cocktails and testing. Its mouth was wide open, thoroughly gassing out the area. Finally, it looked ready to turn and disappear back into the water in search of a boat to snap up, or people further upriver that hadn't heeded warnings to stay away.

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message to Team One

the_iron_man
2020-01-17 09:56 am UTC (link)

Tony didn't care if it rattled windows, he hit the afterburners to get there as fast as he could, sure that Rhodey was hot on his tail. As he flew, Friday was monitoring and reading out updates on the network, helping him reply to posts and arrange the Team roster. It wasn't long until he brought the suit to an abrupt halt, hovering in midair above a monster that was taking up a significant length of the pier it was laying on.

"Friday, scan that thing," he asked and watched as the HUD readout lit up with information. It was nearly sixty feet, and Friday's readout identified it as being more massive than the fossils of Sarcosuchus imperator. There was a lot of bite force there, all contained in an alligator that looked to weigh several tonnes. That meant it was going to be like trying to take down a highly aggressive whale. One with toxic breath. Literally, not figuratively.

The very air felt like it rumbled as the monster began to move, trying to turn and push itself off the pier and back into the water. It wouldn't be great if it swam further upstream toward a more populated area, with buildings even closer to the waterfront. To the south was Rockefeller Park. Maybe he could lure it there, where they could try to get it on dry land and not have to be slowed down with a fight it in the water the whole time.

It was worth a shot.

That's what Tony did. He swooped down and aimed a shot right at its nose.

The first blast of a repulsor caught it off guard, it's tail splashing angrily in the water, jaws nearly snapping shut on him. The more he made it angry, the better chance they had of keeping it from leaving. Once Rhodey and the kid got there, they would be able to give Bruce time to change and wrestle a giant gator.

He unloaded one shoulder compartment of mini-missiles as he flew along one side of the thrashing animal. Before the tail could hit him, he shot up suddenly and hovered above its height capability, which was a good idea, since it tried to rear up and bite him.

"Ok, you guys," he told his team over the comm, "I got a plan. Going to try to get it off this pier and move it to Rockefeller Park. Friday, send everyone those coordinates. If we can get it to stick around, it'd be a good staging area for Hulk to smash it. Rhodey, you're my wingman. Spiderling, slow it down by aiming at the legs and mouth. Bobbi, keep the area clear. And it'd be a good idea to avoid it breathing or drooling on anyone. It'd be like making out with a Komodo dragon."

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themachineroxx
2020-01-20 08:17 pm UTC (link)

Rhodey moved into position, ready with the big gun in case it was needed once they got the monster further away from civilians. "On it, Tony.

"How come we always get these ugly mofos?" The stench from the gator-creature's breath reached where he was, though his suit kept him from the smell and damaging acids, and he winced just at the sight of it. "Gonna need to wash our suits after this. Looks like you already got its attention--do you want to switch off or just make sure it doesn't have you for lunch?"

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thespiderling
2020-01-21 05:34 am UTC (link)

As soon as Peter's transport reached the area where Tony and Rhodey were, he swung down towards the chaos, herding a few straggling civilians out of the way first. As much his memories of Thanos' host of creatures had gotten him used to the idea of monsters being very much real, the sight of the giant alligator thrashing in the water was still startling.

"This thing's like right out of that movie, you know? Lake Placid?" Peter leapt out to web the gator's lower jaw, yanking down hard as he used that leverage to skim across the water. He landed back on southern part of the pier, hoping to draw it's attention so they could keep leading it towards the park. "I might be able to web its mouth shut." There was no telling how long his webbing would hold up, but targeting its ability to spew toxicity seemed like a good - if maybe risky - bet. "Think I should try?"

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	themachineroxx 2020-01-21 05:20 pm UTC (link)
	"Do it." Rhodey's voice came over the comms. "You need to get closer? One of us can come down and you can catch a ride." Shutting the thing's mouth was the best way to protect the civilians and that was a high priority. Plus the ride would mean that Peter could get down to the park quicker and prepare anything he needed to do there. (Replies frozen) (Parent) (Thread)

the_iron_man
2020-01-22 12:25 am UTC (link)

"I don't know, but they are ugly. At least things are consistent, and the kid is still spewing movie references during fights," said Tony, who knew what movie that was. "Still nowhere near as b-movie as Sharknado was."

The mega-gator began thrashing, the colossal tail colliding with Tony, knocking the air out of him and sending him flying back over the river. The stabilizers kicked in automatically, bringing him to a mid-air hover. It was then that Friday chimed in, "That tensile strength won't hold. The size differential from a normal alligator is three-hundred-and-sixty-one-point-five percent. The average bite strength of a normal alligator at two-thousand-nine-hundred-and-eighty PSI scaled up by that percent would be...."

"Shit," Tony said, which covered the math in his head. He said over the comm, "Careful rewebbing if it snaa-!"

The gator strained to open its mouth, powerful jaw muscles snapping the webbing like silly string. It kept its mouth wide open afterward, as though it knew better than to get webbed with a fully closed mouth a second time.

"...-aps," Tony finished in a much smaller voice. "You're going to need to web its entire face for that to work."

The mega-gator let out an angry rumble that rippled the surface of the water and began to rush at Spider-man and War Machine with snapping jaws. It was clear that the gator was not only raging angry but now it meant to get revenge by having them for lunch. Tony zipped forward and began firing repulsor blasts at it from the opposite direction, hoping to get its attention. It didn't work. The focus was on his best friend and teenage protege.

"Park. Head south, further to the park and away from the water," Tony blurted out in a rush, still firing at it without effect. He silently hoped that being away from water would slow it down and that Bruce wasn't having trouble going green right now. He wasn't about to bother Bruce by checking in over the comm, in case it was distracting. Bruce and Bobbi heard everything anyway.

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thespiderling
2020-01-22 02:05 am UTC (link)

The warning tingle up the base of Peter's neck told him what Tony's quick calculations soon revealed - the webbing wasn't strong enough. "Crap," Peter said, throwing another web aimed towards the monster's eye if only to slow it down for the split second he needed to get out of the way. The gas made his eyes water even though his suit. "Please don't eat me please don't eat me."

Peter swung in a zig-zag pattern to give the alligator some confusion on where it should attack. He continued to lead it south while tossing back rounds of taser webbing, keeping it irritated and fixated where he and Rhodey were headed. He was at a disadvantage, though, with a lack of heightened skyscrapers and buildings to propel himself speedily from. "Hey Mr. Rhodes sir? That ride sounds good right about now."

Peter latched on as soon as Rhodey was close enough, ready to defend them both if the gator in pursuit got dangerously close.

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