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Tweak says, "everyone loves an underdog."

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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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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wontlikemeangry
2020-01-22 06:39 pm UTC (link)

It had been a long time since Bruce let out his alter ego. This was the kind of thing Hulk was built for though and no matter his hesitation, he had to do it. As soon as he arrived at the park where the others had herded the beast, he took off his glasses, handed them to Bobbi before she went to contain the civilians, and took a deep breath.

Moments later, Hulk roared and ran towards the battle, making sure not to run over any of the fragile humans who were flying around.

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the_iron_man
2020-01-23 09:36 am UTC (link)

The mega-gator was at a disadvantage on land but moving into the center of the park when everyone heard Hulk's voice. Tony nearly let out a whoo~hoo, knowing that it meant Bobbi was on the scene, clearing the place out, and Bruce was successful. Half of their battle was over already.

That roar was nearly enough to tear the monster's attention away from the tasty spider morsel it was snapping at. Not entirely though, since it kept missing as Rhodey dangled Peter like a fishing lure.

Tony was firing still but mostly to throw up enough interference that the monster wouldn't see what was coming. Luckily, it seemed a good enough gambit. The creature thrashed in place, slamming its tail down into the grass and trying to rear up to reach further, exposing its throat and upper chest.

"Ok, keep it in place," Tony said to the team, "Not-so-Jolly Green, incoming!"

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	themachineroxx 2020-01-25 05:42 am UTC (link)
	Rhodey was doing his best to keep Peter out of snapping range though it was sometimes a little hard to judge the bounceability of the webbing holding Peter attached to his suit. "On it," he told Tony, adding for Peter's benefit, "We're gonna keep circling, hang in there!" (Replies frozen) (Parent) (Thread)

thespiderling
2020-01-26 04:14 pm UTC (link)

"I'm doing good!" Peter called up to Rhodey. Okay, so maybe it was a little terrifying to be dangling by a string with a furious kaiju knockoff on their tail, but the hastily hatched plan seemed to be working. Peter followed Tony's lead and fed into keeping the gator's attention with more targeted taser webs. As long as they could keep it from being tempted into the areas with more civilians till Bruce did his thing, the effort looked like it'd have a payoff.

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wontlikemeangry
2020-01-29 12:17 am UTC (link)

Hulk didn't waste any time and immediately leaped into the fray, throwing his entire body at the gator, his large hands going what passed for a neck as he wrestled the creature to the ground, putting his full weight on top of it so it couldn't move. The thing fought, thrashing about and trying to get out from under him, but was unsuccessful. After a short tussle, Hulk managed to snap the neck and roared in triumph.

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biology_degree
2020-01-29 01:16 am UTC (link)

Bobbi had been busy getting civilians to safer ground. It was something like being a traffic cop but at high speed. Fighting these things was a little out of her pay grade. Everyone was better of with her out from underfoot while protecting the norms.

Now that the fight was over there was one more thing to take care of. Bobbi had read the files. Watched the tapes. She knew what had been done before. Still, the thought of what she was about to attempt made her gulp a little.

She approached cautiously, her eyes locked on her target: Hulk. Please let this work.

"Hey, big guy," she said loud enough to be heard above the noise, yet as gently as possible. "Sun's getting real low." She held her hand up, palm toward him.

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	themachineroxx 2020-01-29 01:50 am UTC (link)
	Once Rhodey had seen Hulk take the kaiju down, he stopped dangling Peter overhead and moved to get him to safety. "Where should I drop you?" he asked Peter. There was still clean-up to be done and people to get to safety, and Rhodey was ready to help, as he knew Peter was. (Replies frozen) (Parent) (Thread)

message to all teams

the_iron_man
2020-01-31 10:47 pm UTC (link)

"I'll hang back and give a shout out if I need any help," Tony told Rhodey and Peter. With a few eye gestures and a thought, he opened up the menus, so Veronica was primed and ready to drop on Bruce if a rampage started. He had a promise to keep, a personal request from Bruce, and he couldn't leave until he was sure that Hulk wasn't going to go on a rampage.

Bobbi was smart, and she probably had this covered. He wouldn't put it past her to review files. Maybe she even talked to Nat about it, since it seemed like Bruce and Nat had parted ways. But Hulk was unpredictable, and this wasn't a situation where the two halves were working together simultaneously. A few Stark drones swooped in to begin taking tissue samples, which was a good step to take before the military inevitably stepped in and covered everything up. While they did that, Tony meant to keep a watchful eye on the pair as Bobbi tried to talk Hulk down and Bruce back into being Bruce.

The last thing they needed was Hulk smashing Bobbi and then rampaging back into the city. It would only add fuel to Ross' fire.

While he waited, Tony opened the comm channel to update each team, "Team one's monster has bit the dust. Once the baddies are down we can help out with rescue ops, and Damage Control can start mopping up."

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wontlikemeangry
2020-02-01 07:53 pm UTC (link)

When Bobbi approached, Hulk looked down at her quizzically. He and Bruce not be fully integrated like back in the other universe, but they were doing better at the coexisting thing, so he had a vague notion who she was and that she was important to Banner.

He lifted his large hand to hers, giving her a smile as he did, and within moments, began to shrink, leaving a very naked Bruce standing in front of her.

"Uh, you have my pants, right?" he said, moving his hands in front of him so he didn't inadvertently flash anyone.

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biology_degree
2020-02-02 09:07 pm UTC (link)

While she had, in fact, seen video files of Bruce's transformation to and from Hulk, it was entirely different to see in person. It really didn't look like it was any fun. Her heart just about broke until...

...she gave him a wicked grin for his question. "Yeah," she said as she patted a small duffel bag looped over her shoulder and across her chest. "Doesn't mean I'm going to give them to you. I kinda like the view."

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