Interlude 4.b: Sisters (4 Days After the Battle)
Lily
She woke up from her nap slowly. She blinked the sleep from her eyes and froze when she found her fingers dancing across her throat. With a frown, she firmly pulled her hand away and shifted herself into a seated position on the couch. Touching her throat had become a recent and unwelcome habit of hers. She generally didn't realize she was doing it until it was already done. Fingers subconsciously worrying away at a deadly bomb that was no longer there.
A quick glance at the surprisingly spacious apartment revealed that Hisako had yet to return from wherever she'd been. A part of Lily wondered how her sister came across this apartment.
Another, more realistic part of her rationalized that said apartment was firmly in what was formerly ABB territory and that she probably didn't want to know what happened to the original owners. She preferred to think that Lung had given her sister the apartment as part of her membership into the Azn Bad Boys. Still, she hadn't asked her sister directly for fear of the answer. Of being proven right.
Doing her best to banish such dark thoughts, she looked around the room again, pausing as her eyes alighted on the throwing daggers sitting on the coffee table, newly polished and gleaming in the artificial light, lying next to the borrowed mask of her rescuer.
That's right.
Lily hadn't had a chance to return them to their rightful owner in the chaos following Lung's death. She'd felt bad about running from the other heroes, especially her rescuer. But, she hadn't been willing to lose her sister so quickly after she'd found her. Hisako was still a criminal, no matter if she'd been coerced into the act. And Lily knew that Bakuda and Lung weren't the only tallies on her sister's body count.
A guilty part of her wondered what someone with an outside perspective would think of her. Of course Lily knew the murder was wrong. No matter who it was really. And she also knew how dangerous Hisako could be, how she wouldn't have hesitated to cut down anyone in her way to her revenge on Lung and the ABB.
But…
Hisako was still Lily's sister. And in the end, as far as she was concerned, a few doubts and guilty feelings here and there were ultimately a small price to pay.
Her eyes tracked back to the knives on the table. She really should find a time to get those back to her rescuer. And to properly thank her of course.
Jiraiya.
A strange name for a girl with strange powers.
She'd recognized the name of course. Lily wasn't as knowledgeable about her heritage as Hisako, but she was hardly ignorant either, and she could admit that her rescuer's cape name fit her and her powers to a T.
The taller girl had been kind though. Despite what Lily suspected were a natural awkwardness and the danger of the situation. Idly, she wondered what the other cape thought of her sister.
Lily came up with a blank as she realized how little she'd knew about the other cape. She hadn't recognized the hero when she'd first saw her and helped her deal with the bomb strapped to her throat. Lily was generally pretty knowledgeable about the capes in the Bay. And capes in general really. She could hardly help the interest after she'd gotten her own powers.
Either Jiraiya had been pretty small time before rescuing her or she was much newer than her abilities and actions suggested.
She felt a rising determination triumph over her lazing about as she found herself suddenly determined to learn more about the capes who'd rescued her.
Hopping off the couch, she padded over to the computer and logged onto the PHO.
Deciding to look up her second rescuer first and the one she was personally less interested in, Lily was surprised to discover that Tattletale was, in fact, a villain. She was further surprised to find out that's basically all anyone really knew about the girl. No one even knew her power. Just a lot of vague speculation and a description of her costume.
Lily, of course, knew that Tattletale was a thinker after meeting the other girl, the way she'd sussed out one of Lily's deepest secrets so easily had been pretty noteworthy, as well as worrying. She was impressed that Tattletale had managed to keep a lid on it for so long. She was apparently a member of a relatively new crew that specialized in B&E's and escapes. The Undersiders.
Something about that name niggled at her. It sounded familiar. Where had she heard it before?
Clicking onto the PHO page for their villain team, Lily choked at the list of their known exploits. One, in particular, struck a chord with her.
They were the ones crazy enough to rob the Ruby Dreams Casino?!
One of her rescuers had been part of a team that had robbed Lung?
Lily had gotten the impression of a certain amount of arrogance from the other girl in their brief meetings but she hadn't seemed stupid or suicidal to her.
She frowned as she looked through the web page.
Apparently, the Undersiders hadn't been seen doing anything major since that last robbery. Or anything at all really. Given their last target, the speculation as to their fates was predictably rather grim.
Tattletale at least survived obviously. Lily wondered what happened to the rest of her team and what led her to help a hero rescue a kidnapped girl from the ABB.
Still, she wasn't certain how to feel about one of her rescuers being a villain.
Her thoughts drifted back to her sister.
What was it people said about stones and glass houses?
Deciding to just be thankful for the help and hope that the other girl was doing okay, Lily decided to look up her other rescuer, the one she was truly interested in.
The Toad Summoner.
The taller cape had been amazing that night. The way she'd remained calm and in control, never hesitating with her decisions, just doing what had to be done. Her fighting skills were nothing to laugh at either. Lily had recognized that easily enough, having been trained herself by Hisako who was something of a prodigy when it came to combat.
Lily wanted to know more about her.
A few clicks to navigate away from the Brockton Bay villains section over to the heroes side, mousing over, she clicked to the independent capes.
Lily found her rescuer easily enough.
Jiraiya had clearly made something of a name for herself while Lily had been busy being held captive. Her profile was the number 6 most popular of the independent capes in Brockton Bay, behind only Revenant, Parian, and a few of members of New Wave.
Feeling a strange sense of anticipation, she clicked onto the stickied post made for the Jiraiya's first known heroic act.
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Topic: A New Hero in the Bay
In: Boards Places America Brockton Bay Discussion
Chilldrizzle (Original Poster)
Posted On Apr 12th 2011:
Hey all, it looks like we got a new cape on the scene and it's a hero for a change. Will wonders never cease?
What we know so far -
Empire made a move on Parian today downtown. Due to the recent boost of ABB cape power? Either way, Rune, Alabaster, and Hookwolf of all people were in the area. I was in the area to see her show. The sudden Nazi intrusion was not appreciated.
Ignoring the dick move of going after a Rogue in the first place, they threatened us to keep her compliant.
It was looking a little scary for a bit when a girl riding a giant frog jumped from a nearby building to save the day.
...
Yeah, my response too. But, as a native Broktonite, I quickly got over that and ignoring all caution and common sense I did my best to take in the chaos.
It almost got out of hand at the end there but our very own Clockblocker and Vista swooped in with the last minute save Desu Ex style.
What I know -
-Our new cape is a girl, fairly tall but clearly Wards age so keep it appropriate.
-The toad is a projection or something, not a case 53. She made more.
-The 2nd frog she called was huge, able to wrestle it out with Hookwolf!
-The first frog had blaster abilities of some sort it shot from its mouth and a big ass knife. It managed to take out Rune with some sorta sticky liquid.
-Our new frog girl has got some mad fighting skills. She took on Alabaster in a scary af knife fight.
-Not a brute, caught a nasty slash from Alabaster on her arm.
A little touch and go for a while but at the end of the day the score is - Frog Girl and Wards - 1, Empire Nazi Assholes - 0.
Hookwolf, Rune, Alabaster, and about a dozen garden variety thugs were being loaded up in PRT vehicles by the time I left.
Talk about a debut.
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►Randumb (Cape Groupie)
Replied On Apr 12th 2011:
About time we got a new hero in this shithole! I was this close to running for the hills if the ABB or Empire got yet another new psycho with powers.
Hookwolf captured?! WTF!
Frog girl ftw
►D33pPurple
Replied On Apr 12th 2011:
Frog creation? That's gotta be the weirdest Master power out there right?
►UndercoverDad (Verified PRT Agent)
Replied On Apr 12th 2011:
D33pPurple look up Mysterious Stranger sometime. Powers get... strange.
On the topic though, it's always good to see new capes turn hero for a change We can always use a little more help.
That said, I'm not sure how I feel about someone so young going up against someone like Hookwolf.
►notaZOMBIE
Replied On Apr 12th 2011:
UndercoverDad agreed, no way the Empire takes this lying down. Hope our new hero manages to stay safe.
►SilentSc0pe
Replied On Apr 12th 2011:
I was there too! Managed to get some video of the fight.
Careful though, the fight with frog girl and Alabaster gets pretty brutal.
[Video Link]
►suburban samurai (not a real samurai)
Replied On Apr 13th 2011:
Hooooooooooly shit! I didn't know I was scared of frogs until just now.
►notabiologist
Replied On Apr 13th 2011:
suburban samurai judging by the skin and leg shape I think it's a toad.
Anyone else see how fast the smaller one used his knife to deflect Rune's attack? And that water blast? Those projections are no joke.
►Sheldor (Unverified Conqueror )
Replied On Apr 13th 2011:
Definitely a brute and mover rating for those projections. Blaster for the smaller one as well.
Side note, I think I've replayed Rune getting knocked out like 10 times now. Always does the old Jewish heart proud to see Nazi's get what they deserve.
►sid3step
Replied On Apr 13th 2011:
Yeah the projections are cool and all, but what about that knife fight? Holy shit that was crazy.
Parian with the save as well! Our new hero's career almost ended as quick as it started.
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►n0t_Crazy (Tinfoil Hat)
Replied On Apr 13th 2011:
Is our "hero's" mask distinctly ABB colors with what looks like Japanese on the front.
That was a pretty brutal way to take out Alabaster also. Are we sure she's a hero?
►The_Rational_1
Replied On Apr 13th 2011:
n0t_Crazy ... most appropriate tag I've seen in a while
►firey-discord (Wiki Warrior)
Replied On Apr 13th 2011:
n0t_Crazy fuck out of here with that shit. no ABB member would charge 3 empire capes, including fucking hookwolf of all people just to save some white cape.
Speaking of her mask, it's about the only decent part of her costume aside from her weapon huh? She must be brand new.
Anyone able to translate what her mask says?
And are we sure about that no brute rating? She took a nasty hit to the guy from that big ass knife of Alabaster's and kept going
►Ultraman (Kyushu Survivor)
Replied On Apr 13th 2011:
firey-discord it says Oil. As for what that means, I couldn't say. It looks like the mesh she's wearing might be some sort of armor as well to answer your brute theory.
►AverageAlexandros (Cape Husband)
Replied On Apr 13th 2011:
I hope she's okay. That's a hell of a thing for your first night out. That cut looked nasty as well.
Glad to see more heroes, this city really needs them.
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Topic: A New Hero in the Bay
In: Boards Places America Brockton Bay Discussion
► littlebit (Activist)
Posted On Apr 15th 2011:
inspiredPr0ze all I'm saying is that fight was pretty intense. I'm not dismissing what she did. I just think that she should join the wards before there's any retaliation. How much can frogs really help once Kaiser brings all of his heavies out?
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►Sassafrass
Replied On Apr 15th 2011:
Hey XxVoid_CowboyxXyou still alive mate? A new cape in your town and a female at that? Thought you'd be all over this. Where've you been lately?
►White Fairy (Veteran Member)
Replied On Apr 15th 2011:
Sassafrass Personally I've been enjoying the peace and quiet.
amatuer_eye Those pictures you uploaded from the fight are amazing! You do good work. Try to be more careful next time though!
That frog in the armor is absolutely massive. It must be over 12 feet easy. And to be able to hold off Hookwolf... the new girl is no joke.
►Fr33zeFram3
Replied On Apr 15th 2011:
sassafrass the fuck you calling him in here for? just enjoy the temporary reprieve. he was probably banned again
anyone notice the thing she did with her hands before the big frog came out? what's up with that?
►Parian (Verified Cape) (Rogue)
Replied On Apr 15th 2011:
I won't betray her trust by giving out too many details, but, I can tell you all that the new cape's name is Jiraiya and that she's definitely a hero and I'm very grateful that she arrived when she did.
Also, they're toads not frogs.
►Clockblocker (Verified Cape) (Wards ENE)
Replied On Apr 15th 2011:
Seconded on the toads not frog thing! They do not like being called frogs!
Some of them can talk and express just how much they hate it in fact. You've been warned!
►Vista (Verified Cape) (Wards ENE)
Replied On Apr 15th 2011:
Clockblocker you're amazing, even with toads you can put your foot in your mouth
Jiraiya seems really nice! It's great to have another female hero. Girl power!
The smaller toad is called Gamakichi and the big guy's name is Gama.
►80s_Style (Born in the 90s)
Replied On Apr 15th 2011:
Clockblocker Vista Great job helping out the newbie! I'm sure a lot of people will rest easier with 3 less Empire capes to worry about.
►All Might (Veteran Member) (Verified Cape) (Symbol of Peace)
Replied On Apr 15th 2011:
What a cool kid! She really went Plus Ultra!
►internal_supression
Replied On Apr 15th 2011:
Clockblocker Vista her toads have names and can talk?! what exactly are we dealing with here?
►Rocksteady (Moderator)
Replied On Apr 15th 2011:
Hey guys, I'm locking this thread.
Please take all further discussion and speculation regarding the cape Jiraiya to [Here].
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Lily rubbed her eyes as she arched her back, groaning in satisfaction. She leaned back in her chair as she took in what she'd just learned.
Okay, on the one hand, she knew that Jiraiya must have been a certain amount of crazy to be acting so openly against Lung, but to start a fight with Hookwolf on her first time out? They'd tried sending him to the Birdcage twice for a reason; the man was an unrepentant murderer. And his power was nothing to joke about either. Not just Hookwolf either, two other Empire capes and assorted thugs.
Who the hell was Jiraiya?
Lily shook her head incredulously. If her guess was right, the other girl was around her age or slightly younger. What kind of… kid! Just decided to do something like that?
It was so stupid!
Lily shook her hand again, hand rubbing at her bare throat.
It was also a little inspiring.
A thought began tickling at the back of her mind as she thought about the Toad cape. Putting it off for now, she moused over to the link the mod provided and moved on to Jiraiya's page.
Topic: Jiraiya
In: Boards Places America Brockton Bay Heroes (Public Board)
Miraclemic (Original Poster) (Resigned Brocktonite)
Posted On Apr 14th 2011:
The Discussion Thread for Brockton Bay's favorite toad summoner. Sources confirmed she's under age so remember kids, follow the rules.
(Post will update as new information comes in)
What we know so far -
-Master class cape that summons toads (don't call them frogs) with various abilities
-Jiraiya herself has shown skill in the use of parkour, traps, hand to hand combat, and blade fighting. Whether these skills are a part of her power or her own natural ability is unknown
-Her toads have shown a variety of abilities, most commonly are some variety of brute, mover, and blaster abilities.
-Unconfirmed reports of her eyes changing color to a yellow with a horizontal bar iris similar to a toad, if true, the implications are unknown.
-Shown strong heroic tendencies
Known Toads (Updated as new info discovered)
Gamakichi - 6ft, reddish/orange. Low mover, brute, and blaster. Seen using wind, and water blast, some sort of sticky binding attack, and a sword. Might be able to enhance his swords cutting edge. Smokes.
Gama - ~15ft, green with armor. low mover, high brute. Can't speak english.
Gamatatsu - 6ft, yellow. low mover, brute, blaster. Wind blasts. Rumored to be the brother of Gamakichi. Likes candy.
Unkown female toad - big ribbon, lipstick. Used water blasts. Injured by Lung, still alive?
Various small to normal sized toads. Abilities unknown.
Edit - Confirmed by both Clockblocker and Miss Militia, her toads are living creatures, not projections. She apparently spends some sort of limited internal energy to bring them in and maintain them. Speculating further at the unusual openness about this part of her power, I'm assuming she did this to assuage any fears that she's not like similar masters such as Nilbog or Blasto.
Edit the second - The reddish-orange toad with the knife and smoking problem she's most commonly seen with is apparently named Gamakichi.
Edit the third - Rated a Master 6
That's what we know of her abilities as of now. Thanks everyone who added what they knew, I edited accordingly. As always feel free to speculate further.
Don't be fooled by the short time she's been around, the new kid hasn't slowed down since her crazy debut. Hopefully, she's a bit more careful in the future before she makes too many powerful enemies.
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►Bagrat (The Guy in the Know) (Veteran Member)
Replied On Apr 14th 2011:
Dug around and tapped a few sources. They big yellow toad is apparently the candy fiend. Apparently he (it?) might be related to the orange one. They can apparently combine their abilities to enhance their blaster powers. Rumor is that their enhanced attack is what happened to that ABB stash that got hit a little bit after the Empire fight.
►The_Radical_One (Unverified Author)
Replied On Apr 14th 2011:
Powers sure do get strange huh? Anyone else wanna see the face of the PRT guy who has to give ratings about toad powers?
Still, always good to see another hero around ig
► Azn_Kung-fu
Replied On Apr 14th 2011:
Anyone see the moves Jiraiya's doing? She might be pretty good at those Ninja Warrior challenges.
Also, what kind of master learns to move like that?
►Minion#2 (Unverified Super-Villain Minion)
Replied On Apr 14th 2011:
Something something shipping, by the dread powers invested in me i summon XxVoid_CowboyxX bless this thread with your obnoxious presence.
Also i wonder what would happen if she did summon a frog? Would they kill each other?
► SpicyPineappl3
Replied On Apr 14th 2011:
Minion#2 I heard if you say his name 3 times in front of the mirror at night he appears to fill your home with shitposts
Seriously though, did he finally get perma'd? Haven't seen him around in forever.
Azn_Kung-fu agreed, master and some sort of combat thinker maybe?
Was anyone around for when she fought all those ABB capes? Heard there was another newbie in the area too and Aegis for some reason? Anyone confirm that samurai wannabe finally got caught?
►Raptoronline1 (Unverified Dino)
Replied On Apr 14th 2011:
*grumbles* Someone managed to make Toads (Not Frogs see?) before Dinos? What is this world coming to? Otherwise gj Jiraiya keep up the good work, I hope too see more of you!
►BombHands
Replied On Apr 14th 2011:
Slight derail, sorry, but... what's with all the weird tags? Dino? Resigned Brocktonite? I've been seeing even weirder ones lately too. They don't usually just give those out randomly.
►StudyH4rd
Replied On Apr 14th 2011:
BombHands That software tinker, Code Monkey, hacked the PHO again. Just enjoy it, they'll have it fixed in under a week once Tin-Mother gets around to kicking his ass again.
►Automatonation
Replied On Apr 14th 2011:
All I know, is that if a 12ish foot tall amphibian wants to be called a toad, not a frog, I'll agree to it.
Wouldn't want him to be unhoppy.
What does Gamakichi mean, anyway? sounds japanese, and my Searchle Fu is weak.
►Aristo-TTL
Replied On Apr 14th 2011:
So. Since Parian apparently knows the new cape... superpowered team-up? Because I would pay to see a giant teddybear giving the Empire a Fastball Special (pre-cape comics thing. Look it up).
►Azn_Kung-fu
Replied On Apr 14th 2011:
Aristo-TTL Can't tell from the angle of the video, but doesn't it seem like the toads and her are kinda moving the same? I mean, besides all the swords and random blaster powers. Lots of dodging and then moving in close inside the reach of whoever she's facing.
Makes you wonder if she's going to pick up more and maybe get some blaster powers later.
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►Drop_Bear
Replied On Apr 18th 2011:
why doesn't anyone ever summon bears?
►Cyber_Brawler
Replied On Apr 18th 2011:
Drop_Bear Cause Bears are dangerous enough, last thing we need is a Bear master on the level of Hellhound.
I heard she has been seen Riding that Gamakichi. Sounds like it'd be fun, Toad Surfing anyone?
►Drop_Bear
Replied On Apr 18th 2011:
Cyber_Brawler There is no such thing as dangerous enough. I will settle for nothing less than 50 story tall Bears that breath fire.
►Raptoronline1 (Unverified Dino)
Replied On Apr 18th 2011:
Drop_Bear We could combine ideas and have dinos riding bears! Or Bears riding dinos, either or lol.
►ShillyShally (Verified PRT Agent) (Unverified Smart Ass)
Replied On Apr 18th 2011:
I interrupt your daily thread derail with breaking news. Fresh off the press, the current official rankings for our new hero courtesy of the PRT
Master 6 With a variable Blaster/Mover/Brute ranking depending on the toad she's using.
Due to the special nature of her power, and the current unknown limit to her creatures, this rating is to be considered temporary.
Post on my fellow nerds.
►Thatdude
Replied On Apr 18th 2011:
ShillayShally That's an impressive Master ranking with a slew of maybe minor ones depending on the Toad I guess. More so when she hasn't run out of Toads probably. I wonder if she has any Endbringer sized ones?
►AllYourBase (Verified Idiot)
Replied On Apr 19th 2011:
Don't even joke about that.
Drop_Bear chill with the bear shit dude
►The_most_Fabulous (Fashionista in Training)
Replied On Apr 20th 2011:
Damn... that new costume. Somebody decided to get a little upgrade before kicking in some ABB faces huh?
►Shirogame
Replied On Apr 20th 2011:
Agreed The_most_Fabulous its freaking awesome
And her new Cape Verification photo is awesome. Sitting on her toad in the new duds while he sharpens his sword and makes smoking look cool.
Bad Ass
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►Intra
Replied On Apr 20th 2011:
Looks like she kept the Kanji you guys noticed from her old mask too. Really confused as to why it says Oil though.
►Unluckiest_man_alive (Confirmed Unluckiest)
Replied On Apr 20th 2011:
So as is usual for me I got caught up in an ABB mugging after an actual normal month for me. I was saved however by Jiraiya and someone I hadn't seen before, a guy in a white Lab Coat and goggles covering his face. Had a weird setup on his back that seemed to make balls? He threw one at the group and had them coughing and crying. Toad girl went in and cleaned up real quick. After making sure I was alright they headed out to stop more crime.
It was a short but awesome encounter, also it seems that Jiraiya is teaming up with someone. With him and Parian maybe we have the start of a new Independent Hero Group in the Bay? It's been needed for a long time.
►BetaVersion
Replied On Apr 20th 2011:
Unluckiest_man_alive Parian's a rogue though
►AllYourBase (Verified Idiot)
Replied On Apr 20th 2011:
I saw that new cape. Kinda reminded me of the Medic from that Aleph game Team Fortress 2.
►Aristo-TTL
Replied On Apr20th 2011:
Unluckiest_Man_Alive: A lab coat? Probably a Tinker then. Better watch his back if that's true. Non-Protectorate Tinkers have a shelf-life usually measured in weeks unless they can get help. Less if they decide to go rouge or hero. Good thing he's got the Gallant Jiraiya on his side.
AllYourBase: Never heard of it. Uber and Leet kinda ruined gaming for me. I mostly go for the Aleph movie imports these days.
ThatDude: Would it really matter if she did have an endbringer size toad? Last I checked Endbringers are bullshit beyond bullshit. I mean, I seriously wouldn't complain if she managed to pull something like that off but honestly I can't imagine what a giant toad could do that Lung didn't already try.
Speaking of Lung: anybody know what his impression of Jiraiya is? I can't imagine he's too happy at a non-Asian using Asian references.
►Thatdude
Replied On Apr 20th 2011:
AllYourBase I wasn't even joking just wondering what her limits are to that. Maybe her powers grows as she does and eventually she can summon a Toad Army if that's more to your liking.
Aristo-TTL Considering Lung held off Levi all on his own for hours it would be a great deal of help. Lung never actively helped in Endbringer fights after that and could of been a massive help in past fights. A Toad that large and powerful would be extremely helpful in fights.
►Sugar_enthusiast
Replied On Apr 22nd 2011:
Sooooooo much WTF lol. Here have some pics of Jiraiya and Gamakichi casually buying like 5 pounds of candy in full costume like it's no big deal.
[Picture 1] [Picture 2] [Picture 3] [Picture 4]
She looks kinda worried maybe? Candy is apparently serious shit to her, add it to her main info page lol.
► SkyHigh
Replied On Apr 22nd 2011:
Sugar_enthusiast That's a lot of candy. Giant bag of candy as treats for giant toads? Or is she doing a supply run for her tinker buddy? A gizmo that uses sugar as fuel or he uses the candy as raw materials to brew up stuff like his coughing gas?
►Aristo-TTL
Replied On Apr 22nd 2011:
Sugar_enthusiast: I just... what? Damn. Now I'm no exercise nut, but I'm pretty sure carboloading doesn't work that way. Her dentist bill must be toad-ally insane.
[USER=8464] Thatdude[/USER]: *looks at empty place on the map where Kyushu used to be* 'Great deal of help.' Right. I think we could all do with a bit less of that kind of help. Somehow I can't imagine having a Kaiju wrestling match in the middle of a city would be good for the local economy.
►Thatdude
Replied On Apr 22nd 2011:
Aristo-TTL If they aren't focusing on the rest of the capes and instead on the potentially very large Toad in their face, casualties should go down quite a bit hopefully. And ya the city could get pretty messed up, but I consider it worth it if more people come out alive.
Anywho she seems to be a great new Hero to have here and she has been making good waves all around. Hope she takes care to stay safe herself when saving out butts because outside the Toads she seems to be a Normie considering past fights.
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►Sukoshi (Verified Scouting Toad) (Unverified King)
Replied On Apr 25th 2011:
Jiraiya's the best! She uses us smaller toads much more than the last two summoners did. She knows it's not just about flashy jutsu!
Like right now, we're playing a trick on that stupid samurai guy she keeps beating up. It's gonna be awesome.
►SimplySam
Replied On Apr 25th 2011:
Sukoshi uhhh... what's with your tags dude?
► MachSp33d
Replied On Apr 25th 2011:
SimplySam Trolls gonna troll? RP got outta hand? Because otherwise I got nothing
Anyone else think Parian might have had a hand in our formerly costume challenged hero after the big save?
SkyHigh He's definitely a Tinker then? That's cool, and another hero as well! Gotta be karma paying us back for all of these new ABB capes.
►Aegis (Wards ENE) (Verified Cape)
Replied On Apr 25th 2011:
The new tinker's name is Chemist. [Here] is his thread.
►Sikan
Replied On Apr 25th 2011:
Quote (►Azn_Kung-fu - Anyone see the moves Jiraiya's doing? She might be pretty good at those Ninja Warrior challenges. Also, what kind of master learns to move like that?)
sorry for late reply but...
Azn_Kung-Fu: Interesting you should say that, considering the [source] of her cape name. Bit ballsy doing it in the same town as Lung BTW, he might take being compared to a giant snake personally. OTOH there aren't many heroic toad figures to base a name on.
And what kind of master cape learns CQC? The smart kind that also wears body armor so the first mook that manages to sneak by her minions doesn't take her out with a bat the back of the head or a knife to the kidney. Remember, the first rule of fighting a Master is to target them, not their minions. Seems Jiraiya knows that too, and decided not to make it easy for anyone trying that route. Not really a martial artist, anyone who is care to look and decide if that is simply good training, or something more?
most Fabulous: I don't know, maybe she yanked a rogue fashion designer out of peril most dire ` Parian has a rep for staying as far away from parahumans fights as she can. But I don't think anyone is going to begrudge her making a few costumes (remember, spares!) for Jiraiya after the solid she did Parian with the Empire.
BTW, where was the Protectorate in that? I mean Clock and Vista were close enough (which is rather an elastic term for Brockton's cutest and scariest Shaker) to pull the BDH at the end. Where were the Protectorate Heroes when the Empire made this move?
Sugar Enthusiast
Would you tell a Toad the size of a small truck, at least, no if he got a sudden sweet tongue?
►Aristo-TTL
Replied On Apr 25th 2011:
ThatDude: Well, yeah. Any fight where more people live to see the end of it is a win, but the term Pyrrhic Victory exists for a reason.
Sukoshi: Hail oh great amphibian monarch! Pray tell, how have thee gained access to our digital playground?
►Khepri (Unverified Heroic Spirit)
Replied On Apr 25th 2011:
Sukoshi Hey, if you're really one of her toads, welcome to the thread. Make sure you find some way to post this "prank" of yours, yeah?
►Automatonation
Replied On Apr 25th 2011:
Wait, smaller toads? All we've seen are really big toads. Does that mean that Jiraiya has even more flexibility than just hitting things really hard with mysteriously acrobatic amphibians?
Also, Jutsu? Doesn't that mean method or technique?
Are you toads teaching Jiraiya how to do your kung fu?
That's cool.
Teach me too?
►Drop_Bear
Replied On Apr 25th 2011:
Her Toads have flexible enough fingers to type with? Opposable thumbs would be an advantage over bears, I guess. Of course, I should have known powers would have to add a lot to toads to make them something worth summoning instead of bears. Giant(Size changing?) Magical Ninja Toads with Opposable Thumbs. I guess, if I squint, that would be cooler then summoning bears. Maybe.
►Maudegonne
Replied On Apr 25th 2011:
Drop_Bear: Not sure if they have flexible fingers. You could, in theory, type with your knuckles or elbows too. Just gotta tilt it the right way and hope you're not using a touchpad or something with stupidly small keys.
Sukoshi: Hope you don't mind my asking but do you guys have a thing about samurai?
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►Tin-Mother (Global Moderator)
Replied On Apr 25th 2011:
Drop_Bear Please keep all further speculation on bear capes and bear armies and their theoretical superiority to toads to the Power Fantasy thread. You're verging on derail. Let's keep on topic people, the focus for this thread is about the Hero cape Jiraiya.
... I can't believe I just had to write that.
►Drop_Bear
Replied On Apr 25th 2011:
Tin_Mother But what if the summoned bears were made of tin! Or mothers. I'm not picky, I'll bribe you with either to let me keep rambling.
►Tin-Mother (Global Moderator)
Replied On Apr 25th 2011:
Final warning, please redirect all bear talk to [Here]
►Ursa Aurora (Protectorate Cape) (Verified Cape)
Replied On Apr 25th 2011:
Drop_Bear I feel so forgotten right now. Seriously! People need to check their facts!
Also best of luck to you Jiraiya More animal based heroes are always welcome.
►20_SidedRevolution (Verified Nerd)
Replied On Apr 25th 2011:
uhhh guys... [Link] Sukoshi is currently streaming himself playing Frogger online from a cellphone...
►SimplySam
Replied On Apr 25th 2011:
i can't stop watching... he's pretty good huh? where is he anyway? the background kinda looks like a warehouse maybe? and is that a crown on his head? how is doing this? is this real life?
... so many questions
►20_SidedRevolution (Verified Nerd)
Replied On Apr 25th 2011:
SimplySam Chemist set it up apparently going by the stream description. Apparently, the little guy bribed Gamakichi into making him do it. Dunno where he is though.
►RetroFusion
Replied On Apr 25th 2011:
Oh shit, he's gonna get a new high score! man... i've never been so invested in a game before
► EasilyManipulated
Replied On Apr 25th 2011:
Holy shit! Was that Bushido!?
►Clockblocker (Verified Cape) (Wards ENE)
Replied On Apr 25th 2011:
No... that was Bakuda getting curb stomped by Glory Girl.
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► Amphibian_enthusiast
Replied On Apr 25th 2011:
Awwwhhh ... the stream cut out.
Glory Girl better kick the crap out of Bushido, he made Sukoshi lose the high score!
ClockBlocker do you have any idea what's happening?
►Thatdude
Replied On Apr 25th 2011:
Neat.
►Maudegonne
Replied On Apr 25th 2011:
Not sure if my earlier comments about fingers being unnecessary for using keypads are proven or discredited.
...
Also not sure if I should be envious or embarrassed that a toad, sapient or not, being so dang better with that game.
►Aristo-TTL
Replied On Apr 25th 2011:
Automatonation: Would make sense I guess. From what she said, she has a certain amount of energy she can use to call these guys from wherever she's getting them. Definitely more cost efficient to summon the handgun equivalents rather than the autoturrets. Pound for pound she could probably summon a few thousand regular sized toads easy for the same cost as one of the bigger ones, of which we know she can call on at least two at a time. And hell, given that her toads seem to have a long enough duration to go on a full patrol and engage in a full on war with some of the Empire's and ABB's heaviest hitters without returning to their 'home,' for all we know the little ones might be able to remain for an effectively indefinite period. Especially if her energy pools recharge over time. She could be preparing a literally biblical flood of teenage mutant ninja turtles toads to scout out the city, and no one would ever even suspect. How often do you stop to count the number of toads near the sidewalk? Out of curiousity: does she have an upper limit on how many Toads she can have on hand at any given time, or is it entirely related to how much energy she's used?
I for one welcome our new amphibious overlady.
Edit1: Whoa. I'm way behind on this Thread. Also, Sukoshi may have just re-interested me in gaming. Way to go little dude.
Edit2: Uh. Whoops. Sorry everyone, didn't mean to cause trouble.
User received an infraction for this post: Speculation is all well and good, but please refrain from posting comments which may cause unwarranted panic.
►Aloha
Replied On Apr 14th 2011:
what the fuck is happening x.x
►TotallyHip (and Cool)
Replied On Apr 25th 2011:
I hella agree with you yo... wtf.
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Lily stared at the screen as though the words would suddenly change to something that made sense.
What the actual hell?
Candy raids and internet celebrity toads…
She found herself convinced of a few things after skimming through her profile. One, Jiraiya was clearly a pretty versatile cape. Powerful and skilled, especially for such a new hero.
She also discovered that Jiraiya ending up in the middle of a gang war was not an outlier for the other girl. She apparently had a bit of a habit of finding danger. Lily was satisfied that her first impression hadn't been wrong. Jiraiya was a hero worthy of admiration.
The other thing Lily had discovered was that her power was even weirder than she'd first thought.
Still in a state of mild disbelief, she dove back into the site. Maybe they'd saved the video of the toad's stream. She wouldn't mind seeing Bushido get punched in the face a few times.
Hisako
A vague sense of satisfaction mingled with her anticipation as she made her way back to her new apartment. Oni Lee was proving to be as slippery to find as she'd expected him to be, but his efforts to rally the remaining members of the ABB meant that a certain amount of visibility was required of him. Soon, she'd be able to find him and finish him.
No doubt he'd be prepared for her. Hisako had made no secret of the fact that she would make the entirety of the ABB pay for taking Lily and threatening her sister's life in order to keep her in line. It would be a fight as well. His martial skills and the ease with which his powers let him get past her animals meant that he proposed a more direct threat to her than even Lung had, distracted as he'd been when she'd killed him.
Hisako could feel her lip quirk upwards slightly as she momentarily let herself imagine the coming confrontation. The thought of fighting a strong opponent never failed to send a sort of warmth and anticipation through her body, addicting almost in how different it was from the almost detached aloofness that was her default state.
Hisako smoothed out her features and focused on more important matters as she approached her current residence. It had been important to her that she find a suitable place for Lily to live after her sister had been stuck in a single room for so long as a hostage.
Her new apartment was spacious and rent controlled. The apartment was a short trip to the water if one were so inclined. It was located in a rather beautiful area near The Lord Street Market in the docks. The apartment was nestled deep into what had formerly been ABB territory, it was more than satisfactory.
The previous tenant hadn't wanted to vacate of course. In fact, he'd objected rather angrily to the idea, but death tended to make such things largely irrelevant in Hisako's experience.
The fact that the man in question had been a high ranking Lieutenant in for the ABB largely in charge of the prostitution rings meant that Hisako hadn't had a reason to bother going through the motions and play nice as she generally did for the sake of Lily.
An hour of relatively monotonous information gathering and a quick bit of mercy later, and Hisako had a new and finely furnished apartment for herself and sister to stay in. Hisako had never understood the ABB members who had enjoyed torture. It seemed so… boring to her even if she understood the practicality of it enough to employ it when needed. She much preferred fighting able opponents.
Entering the apartment quietly so as to not awaken her sister if she was still asleep. Hisako bent down and quickly unlaced her boots. Stepping out of the clunky footwear she paused to examine herself in a mirror.
A slight tick in her facial expression that could have been a frown appeared at the sight of dried blood on the shell of her ear that had escaped her careful cleansing when she'd changed out of her costume before returning home.
Careful not to disturb her sister who seemed to be awake and using the computer, Hisako slipped into the kitchen and quickly wet a washcloth to clean off the remaining evidence of her afternoon's activities.
Lily was neither stupid nor ignorant. She also understood Hisako better than anyone else. Hisako knew that her sister had likely guessed that she wasn't yet done with the ABB.
There could only be one response to what they'd done to them in Hisako's mind.
However, just because Lily likely knew or guessed what she was up too didn't mean that she had to throw that fact into her little sister's face. Lily wasn't like her, she wasn't as ambivalent to the idea of death and killing as Hisako was. Hisako didn't really understand why. But she knew it was true, and that was enough for Hisako to be as discrete as she could be with her extracurricular activities.
Her ablutions done, Hisako walked over to the living room where her sister was absorbed in the glowing computer monitor in front of her. As always recently, the sight of her sister eased an almost imperceptible tension that seemed to follow her around when they spent too much time apart.
Lily, absorbed in her reading, didn't notice as Hisako walked behind her, looking at what the other girl was reading.
"Jiraiya?"
Something that Hisako identified as amusement warmed her slightly as Lily reacted violently to the surprise of her voice.
Jumping and hitting her knee on the computer desk, her little sister swore violently, clutching at the injured limb as she sent a glare towards Hisako.
"Language," Hisako said blankly.
Lily snorted at that as she finally released her leg with a final muttered curse.
"Keep making jokes like that and people won't believe that you don't really get emotions and social cues," Lily said sourly.
Hisako quirked her lips into a little smile for her sister, feeling a little pleased that she'd done it correctly.
"And make some noise while you walk will you? I'm going to put a freaking bell on you," Lily continued to complain. "You're like a freaking cat."
Murmuring the in the affirmative to her sister as she continued her complaints, Hisako read over her shoulders curiously.
She'd only come across the hero twice. Once in the middle of a fight while her former gang made a move on the chemical tinker. And the second, when the toad hero had returned her sister to her.
Hisako didn't know much about the relatively new hero aside from the fact that she had a decent enough skill when it came to fighting. Nothing compared to herself of course, but Hisako could recognize when someone had only recently started training.
The toad of hers, on the other hand, had been quite skilled with his blade. She couldn't remember the last time someone had met her so equally in a fight. True she'd had to make thorough use of her animal constructs in order to mitigate the toad's speed and strength advantage, as well as his unique biology, but it had still been a close fight, near evenly matched when it came to their blades.
She wouldn't mind fighting him again if she got the chance.
Hisako had already decided to retreat rather than fight though should the young hero try to interfere as the dealt her punishment to the ABB. It was a small price to pay for the return of Lily.
"I thought I'd try to learn a little about her," Lily said once she'd noticed where Hisako's attention had drifted to. "You know, since she saved me and all."
"And what did you learn?" Hisako asked, straightening out and looking down at Lily.
"She's impressive," Lily said in answer, "possibly crazy though."
Hisako hummed in response.
"She fought Hookwolf on her first day out," Lily said in response.
The sisters settled into a comfortable silence, Hisako contemplating the red-jacketed hero and enjoying her sister's company in her own way while Lily shifted restlessly.
Hisako narrowed her eyes and made sure her face remained in the typical for her neutral when Lily raised her hand and rubbed absent-mindedly at her throat.
Hisako knew that she didn't generally understand people very well. Things like tone of voice, posture, the way people spoke and its relation to how they felt generally escaped her. This didn't really bother her. She didn't have much use for most people anyway.
However, there was an exception to any rule, and in her case, that exception was named Lily. She understood her sister on a profound level. To such a degree that she'd previously believed herself incapable of when her little sister first started her serious attempts at deepening their relationship. Hisako understood Lily.
As such, Hisako knew that her sister rubbing at her throat when uncomfortable or worried was a new habit of hers. Meant to reassure herself that there was no longer a bomb strapped to a throat that threatened to end her in some terrible manner, put in place by a delusional, arrogant tinker.
It made her want to stab someone.
Lily thought she was being sneaky when she'd gathered up her turtlenecks, scarves, necklaces, and basically anything she owned that touched her throat and gave it to good will.
She should have known better.
Of course Hisako had noticed.
"I think I want to be a hero."
The sudden statement blurted out by her little sister took Hisako's mind from the path of stabbing someone to something far more pressing.
"Oh?"
Lily shifted awkwardly at the tepid response.
"Yeah," she said a little awkwardly, "I don't think I can deal with it anymore. Just doing nothing, hiding my power and pretending I can't help while people are trapped in situations like I was, or worse."
Hisako just stared in response, not saying anything and wondering why the room suddenly seemed smaller. The air stifled and stale.
"So uhh… what do you think? Lily asked worriedly, the silence having taken its toll on her.
"Is it because of Jiraiya?" Hisako asked, idly rethinking her plans to avoid confrontation with the younger cape.
"No," her sister denied hastily, perhaps guessing the path of her sister's thoughts. "Not really," she continued in a more normal tone. "I mean, I'm grateful of course, but, I just don't want anyone to feel like I did I guess. And I don't want to feel so helpless ever again," she ended strongly.
"You know I won't stop you," Hisako responded finally, reluctant and truthful all in one.
She would hardly confine her sister or restrict her choices after violently murdering the last people who had dared to do the same.
The irony that emotions, often so tenuous and confusing for Hisako, rarely felt and usually only distantly then, rose up almost fiercely during this conversation. She didn't need her sister's help this time to discern that they were all largely negative.
She enjoyed them all the same. If only because it was something different.
"Maybe you could join me? Be a hero too?"
Lily's voice was hopeful even as they both knew it was impossible.
"I killed people," Hisako responded. "I don't regret it either," she said, saying what they both knew to be true.
"But you can't help it," Lily responded quickly, as if it were a defense.
"Even if I wanted to do it and the agreed to accept me rather than jail me, they wouldn't let me stay in Brockton Bay."
"I could go with you," Lily argued, "there are rumors that they've accepted villains before!"
"My power is too distinct for a simple re-branding," Hisako replied evenly. "But it doesn't matter. Because I refuse to work for people who would use my relationship with you to control me once more."
"They wouldn't do that," Lily protested. "They're heroes!"
Hisako watched her sister carefully, and wondered, how could someone so smart, be so naive, so trusting.
She supposed she shouldn't complain about this part of her sister. It was likely that part of her that led to them being as close as they were now. Most people wouldn't have tried with someone like Hisako, sister or not.
Still, it was that same aspect of her sister that threatened to harm her.
"I won't stop you from being a hero," Hisako said. "But don't be blind either. Hero or not, they are still people. People that answer to other people and so on and so forth. The world is not as kind as you believe it to be."
Nor as you deserve Hisako thought, watching her sister struggle to accept the truth.
"But," she added, in an attempt to ease her sister's troubled mind, "Just because I cannot be a hero with you, doesn't mean I have to remain a villain."
The surprised yet eager expression on her sister's face told her that she'd said the right thing.
"I wouldn't fight you anyways," Hisako said, moving to her bedroom.
She needed to think.
"I won't let them take me out of Brockton," her sister promised at her back. "If they try to make me go to a new city, then I'll just do it on my own," Lily promised fiercely.
Hisako nodded in acknowledgment, something settling in her at her sister's promise as she closed the door shut behind her.
Relief possibly.
It was always so hard to tell.
Her thoughts whirled around her sister's words and the implications that would have for their lives.
Oni Lee would still have to die of course. There was no other option as far as she was concerned.
But after that…
Well, killing gang members wasn't the only way to extract her revenge on the ABB she thought, thinking about the information about the prostitution rings the weeping, bleeding wretch that was formerly a high ranking ABB Lieutenant and owner of an apartment far too good for him had told her in a bid to end his agony.
She couldn't be a hero like Lily wanted her to be. Didn't really want to be. But, as her mind turned over possibility after possibility on how best to take advantage of the information she'd tortured out of the Lieutenant on the ABB's prolific sex trade, she thought she might be able to do vigilante just fine.
"It might be interesting," she mused aloud, her fickle interest piquing at the thoughts running through her head, "something new."
Her lips quirked up in anticipation.
She wondered what Lily would think.
Lily
"Fuck."
She ran her hand through her hair as she stared at the closed door to Hisako's bedroom.
Was it selfish of her to want this?
She knew her sister needed her. She knew because Lily needed her just as much. The depended on each other, especially now after finally getting out from the ABB and being together again.
Hisako needed her to help with the emotional stuff and the day to day while she depended on her older sister's strength and presence.
Part of her felt like she could be facing down Leviathan with Eidolon at her side and a part of her would still rather it be Hisako.
They would be okay.
She wasn't actually leaving the city or anything. And it's not like she would cut off all contact with her sister or anything.
It still sucked.
Sighing she turned back to the computer rubbing her throat absentmindedly.
She needed to do this though.
Desperate to take her mind off of things, she quickly backed out of Jiraiya's page and navigated her way to the news section about Brockton Bay. She might as well figure out what people knew of what was going on in the city. Hell, Lily had been there at the end of the fight with Lung and still felt like she knew less than some of the random netizens on the PHO having only been rescued earlier that evening.
Lily sent one last look towards Hisako's room. Shaking her head she clicked on the link to find out what she could learn.
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Topic: Gang War Rocks the Bay
In: Boards News America Brockton Bay
Inquiring Mind (Original Poster) (Amateur Blogger)
Posted On Apr 25th 2011:
Big stuff going on in Brockton! A huge gang war between the Empire 88 and the Azn Bad Boys has kicked off. For those unfamiliar, they're the two heaviest gangs in the city and represent white supremacists and Asians respectively.
Rumor is that it's bad enough that the local villains and independents held a meet and declared a truce until this disaster dies down.
This seems to have started when the Empire started throwing their weight around in reaction to the recent acquisition of a few new capes by the ABB.
Lung (ABB leader and the only man to solo an endbringer) responded to that by hitting the E88 himself. Those familiar with him will know he rarely takes matters into his own hands so he caught the E88 by surprise.
Kaiser, leader of the Empire responded to this by using his power to... crucify some ABB members.
After that they started attacking each other pretty regularly. Things kept going like this for a bit until the ABB finally upped the ante. Bakuda, one of their new tinkers (a bomb or explosive tinker, not sure) bombed the city. Casualties were in the low 30s and injuries reached triple digits. Some of the victims are still suffering strange and horrifying effects from her exotic tinker bombs.
After that, the city declared an official State of Emergency and called in the National Guard.
I'll link a few relevant articles and information about what's been going on. Please keep in mind what I mentioned above, there is a high amount of violence and in some cases, death. You've been warned.
[Link 1] [Link 2] [Link 3] [Link 4] [Link 5]
Edit 4/25 - Word is out that there is a MASSIVE cape fight going on. Confirmed cape sightings include Fenja, Menja, Hookwolf, Cricket, Oni Lee, Crusader, Purity, The Painted Lady, Lung, Armsmaster, Miss Militia, Assault, Battery, Jiraiya, Spray, Pray, Revenant, Skidmark, Squealer, Leet, Uber, New Wave, Krieg, Rune, and possibly more.
Edit 2 4/25 - The fighting has died down. Known captures include Cricket, Krieg, Menja, and Crusader.
Edit 3 4/25 - Word is spreading that Bakuda and Lung have both been killed by The Painted Lady! The State of Emergency is sitll in effect.
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►definitelyODD
Replied On Apr 25th 2011:
Is this what they call the end of days?
►Ekul
Replied On Apr 25th 2011:
Jesus fucking christ! That's gotta be nearly every cape in the damn city! What the hell is going on in the Bay!?
►L33t (Verified Cape) (Gaming Enthusiast)
Replied On Apr 25th 2011:
Holy shit have I got something for you guys. As a member of the little Alliance in Brockton who've gotten sick of this gang war bullshit, I knew that there was something going down tonight.
And so I thought to myself, L33t, what better time to test the tracking on your new hover camera?
And that little thought gives you this beauty. The fight with Lung in 1080p HD.
Even managed to catch a bit of a 3 way b/w the ABB, Empire, and Protectorate as well. You may now worship me.
[Link]
►Chrome
Replied On Apr 25th 2011:
L33t ughh did you have to have the link play the video from your shitty website?
Holy fuck though. This was going on in the whole city?!
►zer0_cool
Replied On Apr 25th 2011:
L33t What the hell dude, how about a NSFW warning? That was freaking gross.
Did you guys see how big he was? He must've been even bigger than Leviathan... and his face... ugh. The whole thing was nightmare fuel
►Bruce Lao
Replied On Apr 25th 2011:
no way... i didn't think anything could touch Lung...
►Morgan Sinister
Replied On Apr 25th 2011:
fuck Brockton Bay seriously. i feel like i just experienced an endgringer attack
►WitlessWunder
Replied On Apr 25th 2011:
damn... that's one way to hand in your resignation letter i guess. Hisako is bruta
►Dragonninja (Unverified Dragon) (Certified Ninja)
Replied On Apr 25th 2011:
I wonder... did anyone else spot the girl wearing one of Jiraiya's masks? You know, standing next to The Painted Lady, as Lung was charging? Who's she? Anybody know?
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►Khepri (Unverified Heroic Spirit)
Replied On Apr 25th 2011:
It's about fucking time Lung was killed! The only Endbringer fight he ever participated in was against Leviathan and then he promptly did jackshit(Well, besides becoming a gang leader/murder-boss) afterwards. Why the fuck he wasn't just flat out killed years ago, I just don't know. And thank fuck Bakuda is dead. Normal bombs is bad. Tinker bombs are worse.
Now, the(first) big question is what exactly is Oni-Lee gonna do now? He was certainly no leader, plus he doesn't have the sheer firepower of Lung to both hold together the ABB and hold off the E88.
And then there's the E88. With this, they've practically became top dog overnight(Unless the Merchants managed to step up enough to stymie them somehow-not likely). So now they can run the smaller gangs outta town and consolidate their hold on BB.
On the other hand... outside gangs might wanna come in to fill the void
Tl;dr: It's a clusterfuck that just keeps on growing people!
►Aristo-TTL
Replied On Apr 25th 2011:
...shit. On the one hand, we're now down one rage dragon. On the other, the Painted Lady just turned ione of her projections into the Siberian 2.0 thanks to the mystery girl. Speaking of: I'm really hoping that the chick wearing Jiraiya's spare mask is on the hero's side, because otherwise we're all fucked. Unfortunately, judging by how touchy-feely she's getting with the Painted Lady I'm not sure how willing I am to bet on that.
In other news, did anyone else see the lady toad get taken down by Lung? — At least I'm assuming it's a lady, it had a bow and makeup so that's usually a pretty good indicator. (inb4 SJW outrage) — Fucking brutal. Hope she's okay. Looks like Gamakichi didn't take that too well either. His girlfriend (toadfriend? mate? female companion of a toad persuasion) maybe?
Also, holy hell. Did Chemist just attack Hookwolf with a rust bomb?! Does this mean the whole time our resident razorpuppy's biggest weakness was high humidity? lol. Looks like it didn't do Kaiser any favors either, judging by the TKO from Lung after he got hit by it. Who wants to bet Dragon outfits the entire BB PRT with that stuff by this time next week? Could be the next containment foam right here. At least if you happen to have any metal based powers. (No offense meant Weld. You're good people.) Or shields. Or guns. Or armor. Or zippers/buttons/bra straps. Hell, this stuff might be the (almost) all-purpose anti-Tinker weapon we've all been waiting for.
Khepri: I'm still not sure he's actually dead. Not until they cremate the body. Anything less and I'm positive that he'll recover eventually. Dude took on Leviathan solo and lived to tell the tale, as far as I'm concerned he's immortal until proven otherwise. I'm right there with you on the Bakuda hype train though. Fuck that bitch. Put my twelve year old cousin in the hospital with some kind of pain bomb. Doctors said it lit up every nerve in his body at the same time. Hope she rots in the deepest pits of hell until the last sun's light flickers and dies.
The Merchants might have actually stepped up their game though. Near the end there, they did some kind of hit and run with on one of Squealer's trucks. Fucking tinkers. Hope Chemist's rust bombs go into circulation sooner than later. Not really enough to stand against the E88 though. I'm not happy about the would-be Third Reich suddenly climbing to the top of the heap right next door.
Oni-Lee is still a threat though, even if he's never shown any leadership skills. As long as he doesn't lose the Tinker grenades he still has, he's basically got unlimited resupply. This shit isn't over yet. Hopefully without Lung, Bushido or the Painted Lady backing him up though the Protectorate can finally do something about the kamikaze bastard. Doesn't he have a kill order yet? And if he doesn't, why the fuck not?
As for me: I'm currently thinking about a vacation to anywhere that isn't Brockton Bay.
►walking_on_sunshine (whoa oh) (Verified Optimist)
Replied On Apr 25th 2011:
Jeez you guys are a happy lot hey? How about the fact that the ABB's basically done for, Kaiser looked like he might have been heavily injured (and with Othala in lock up he'll stay that way for a while), a few Empire capes were captured, and we no longer have to fear the invincible fire brute.
Maybe the heroes can finally start pushing back the tide?
►Ragdoll (Verified Cape)
Replied On Apr 25th 2011:
Not to egg on walking_on_sunshine's and his/her little bubble of improbability, but apparently, Glory Girl dropped off Bushido in lock up before helping out with Lung and Crusader. So that's one less ABB cape to deal with as well.
►Aristo-TTL
Replied On Apr 25th 2011:
walking_on_sunshine: Hey, I never said I wasn't happy. But living in Brockton Bay, you either learn to anticipate the ups and down so you can roll with the tide or you get washed away. This isn't over by a long shot, but for the first time in over a decade we've got a real shot at cleaning up the streets I call home. If that means putting up with the would-be successor to Hitler and his little SS group as the top dogs for a bit longer, I can deal with that. My folks were around during the March when the S9 last paid us a visit, I lost an aunt to the Teeth before I was old enough to count, and I grew up at the tail end of Lustrum's crusade. I've stuck it out so far, I ain't giving up now that it looks like the end might finally be in sight.
►Khepri (Unverified Heroic Spirit)
Replied On Apr 25th 2011:
Aristo-TTL, well, uh, from what I've seen from the links, Armsy managed to hit Lung with some kind of anti-regen tinker tranq thing and the Painted Lady took out like, Lung's entire mid-section/upper chest area. So it's possible that with the anti-regen helping out, then if you were to take out most of the body's organs and shit like the Painted Lady did (She either took out his stomach and kidneys and intestines or his heart and *heh* lungs in one shot somehow), that you could kill Lung. Too much damage to heal with little to no regeneration available equals one dead dragon/criminal.
walking_on_sunshine (whoa oh) (Verified Optimist), remember, Kaiser has Gesellschaft ties, might be a little bit of Nazi rain on your parade if any of those German fucks come state side
►Azn_Kung-fu
Replied On Apr 25th 2011:
Wow... The Painted Lady really knows how to use that sword of hers. And wow, does she know how to look good while doing it... her tattoos especially make her movements almost hypnotic.
That said, she really turned pretty fast and teamed up with Jiraiya and the new girl in a mask. The new girl doesn't really look like a cape (just has a mask, and one of Jiraiya's at that)... even though she has to be mixed up in all of this. However, all of them know how to move - did you see how fast they got from one wartorn area to another? They went from Lung, to Bakuda+The Painted Lady, back to Lung really fast.
That being said, Jiraiya really needs to learn what needs to be dodged. I mean, she's run headlong into steam, explosions, and now dragon fire. I bet her tailor is not happy with her right now. (Still hoping for an introduction to the tailor so that I could get something ordered).
But that finale... The Painted Lady really has been holding back.
►Raptoronline1 (Unverified Dino)
Replied On Apr 25th 2011:
Azn_Kung-fu It's a good chance the person making the clothes is Parian. When Jiraiya rescued her the costume that our friendly toad master was wearing wasn't particularly good. After that? Whole 'nother matter. When Chemist teamed up with Jiraiya he was probably introduced to Parian to get better duds.
Parian *points up* Any chance I'm right?
►SkyHigh
Replied On Apr 25th 2011:
Whoa whoa whoa. the Painted Lady killed Lung? I thought The Painted Lady was an ABB cape, which would make Lung her boss. Then she suddenly turns on the gang for no apparent reason, slicing open Bakuda's throat then taking out Lung with an armor-piercing tiger. Could she be making a takeover play? Something like her saying "I killed Lung, I am stronger than he was. Obey me or join him" to the remaining ABB membership? Given how brutal a lot of gangs are, I'm surprised this sorta Klingon Promotion thing doesn't happen more often. Or was The Painted Lady mastered? Watching the video, it was like a switch flipped. One second she's supporting Bakuda in combat against the Nazis, then she suddenly pivots and severs Bakuda's jugular. Could the (assumed?) cape in civvies and a borrowed mask be a Master who took control of The Painted Lady to use her as a weapon? Note that she was also present when The Painted Lady's tiger killed Lung, so she could've been maintaining her control over The Painted Lady. Depending on how often the Master effect has to be refreshed I wouldn't want to be in the vicinity of The Painted Lady when she comes out of it
►theBig_scoop (Freelance Journalist)
Replied On Apr 25th 2011:
Might have a lead on the mystery girl borrowing the mask. Got word from a buddy down at the presinct, apparently 4 ABB gangers heard The Lady was running wild and turned themselves in.
Guess they didn't wanna get Lung'd.
Anyway, word is the girl might be the Lady's little sister. ABB have been holding her hostage in exchange for the elder sister's services. Still chasing down a few sources, but if it's true and Jiraiya rescued her, then it might explain the Lady's rampage.
►quikstryke
Replied On Apr 27th 2011:
... Lung'd
From the Dragon of Kyushu to a derogatory verb. How the mighty fall.
He's now a meme...
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► SkyHigh
Replied On Apr 25th 2011:
theBig_scoop ... my theory was less depressing
man, if that's true though, that's messed up
►Drop_Bear
Replied On Apr 25th 2011:
think the little sis might have been the behind the tiger thing? maybe she's a cape too
►TheCountofMontePesto (Verified Thinker) (Unverified Messiah)
Replied On Apr 26th 2011:
I can give a bit of added clarity [here] that the Painted Lady and our friendly neighbourhood jiraya cosplayer knew each other prior to this whole mess. My sources indicate the Dear Lady May have been acting for the ABB under duress, if so then I suspect that we may have just seen the end of a Hostage situation. And if that's true then I can gleefully approve of the Painted Lady's heel face turn, you do not want threaten a Capes family and live to tell the tale. And if you do act so foolishly you definitely don't want to have it admitted you strapped a bomb to a persons neck. Fuck Bakuda and may she burn for Ten Thousand millennia in whatever hell exists.
►Brocktonite03 (Veteran Member)
Replied On Apr 25th 2011:
That's completely fucked up. Doesn't surprise me though ganger trash.
►skoolgrl (Dedicated Troll)
Replied On Apr 25th 2011:
lolol omg wtf actually Assault.
Who the fuck just casually trips a hulked out Lung looney tunes style? Gahaha.
Must've watched that 20 times now.
Side note. Never realized he could be such a badass. Lung's arm am I right?
Shame about Revenant though.
►Razroar
Replied On Apr 25th 2011:
skoolgrl power of a Striker 7 ig
agreed on Rev though, he went out like a fucking boss
►resident_apathy
Replied On Apr 25th 2011:
Razroar ehhh. he'll be back in like a week.
►SkyHigh
Replied On Apr 25th 2011:
schoolgirl Who casually trips Lung Loony Tunes style? Assault does, yo!
As to Revenant ::bad Austrian accent:: He'll be back.
►1080pSkeptic
Replied On Apr 25th 2011:
SkyHigh No way, those rumors about him are true? Man, Brockton Bay is nuts. I think I'll keep viewing your fair city through the safety of the PHO.
►MDJ
Replied On Apr 25th 2011:
Bakuda's dead? Ding-dong, the witch is dead!
Seriously. Me and my firehall were first responders to one of her fucking bombs. There was a family there. Mother, father, two girls. You could tell who was who easily, despite the fact that they'd all been turned into glass.
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►JonnyBoi
Replied On Apr 26th 2011:
MDJ i heard some people are still alive after some weird shit from my paramedic friend. Time stop, flesh fusing together, weird painful growths etc...
The point im trying to make is... Hisako/Painted Lady might be my new favorite cape
►SkyHigh
Replied On Apr 26th 2011:
JonnyBoi Umm, I know she killed a really nasty psycho bomb tinker with a sadistic streak that makes the Marquis de Sade look like Mr. Rogers, but you DO realize that The Painted Lady is a villain, right? A cape enforcer for the ABB for.. how long now?
►JonnyBoi
Replied On Apr 26th 2011:
SkyHigh what ABB? there's hardly anything left aside from Oni Lee. What's to say Hisako won't finish the job?
Sides, if that stuff about her sister is actually true... it absolves a lot in my eyes
A man can dream.
►MDJ
Replied On Apr 26th 2011:
JonnyBoi I wouldn't know. I stopped following the coverage of her attacks after the glass bomb. One nightmare is enough.
SkyHigh I don't give a flying fuck that she was a villain. If goddammed Jack Slash slit that monster's throat I'd have smiled and shaken his hand. Those glass statues? You could still see their expressions. The bomb must have beeped or something before it went off, because the father just looked confused, but I could see that the mother had time to realize what was coming.
►MeatShield (Verified PRT Agent)
Replied On Apr 26th 2011:
I can confirm that Bakuda's workshop has been seized and her tools and bombs are on their way to a secure area. Word is that a few tinkers are being called into to see what they can figure out about her tech in an effort to help out her surviving victims. Rumor is that Dragon might get involved in the effort, but I cannot confirm that last part with any accuracy.
►Vandalgyon
Replied On Apr 26th 2011:
I'm frickin glad the Bay has survived this. Pictures or HD vids just don't do it justice, you had to be there to comprehend it. Hell, that's not even it either, some things you just can't cope with without some time passing. I'm still shaken up.
Lung was a terror constant to some of us, most don't really have realized yet that he's gone for good now. At least that's what it's like for me.
I was there (my luck happens to be bad like that), right at ground zero. Ok, not exactly, since I wasn't squished, but out on the street, easily in the property damage range. Deperately trying to find my sister. I found out later she was alright and worried sick over me, because she got back home well before me.
I'm not ashamed to admit I would have shat my pants then and there when Lung went Kaiju, if I hadn't already vomited up everything I had in me beforehand when I stumbled over one of Bakudan's recent victims, still in the process of melting. And I mean the stumbling literally. When I was released from hospital and they gave me back my shoes and clothing, there were still some bits of that woman's face on the soles and I really lost my shit then and there when I realized that. The clean-up crews and hospitals are the unsung heroes of all of these nightmare episodes and never get enough credit btw, I can only imagine how much nightmare fuel they get to see.
I've never believed in hell (after days like this in the bay it's hard to imagine there's any worse place), but I hope it exists and that psycho Bakudan burns for eternity in some lake made of all that chemical shit she ever tinkered up.
But I digress, let me tell you how I survived what would have been certain death or worse by one of Bakudan's explosions. I was certain I'd die that very second when I suddenly felt something grab me around my hip and pull me back. It was a tongue. One of Jiraiya's toads grabbed me and just pulled me into its mouth until the worst of the explosion went off and got me two corners further away before spitting me out unceremoniously and jumping, again, quite literally, back into the fray.
I know, pics or it didn't happen, but let me tell you, the last thing you think about while sitting in a toad's mouth is making a selfie. But after browsing this thread, who knows, maybe one of the toads will verify my story in here.
Thanks to Jiraiya and thanks to all the toads out there watching over us in the bay. Because we desperately needed them.
►Food4Thoughtless
Replied On Apr 26th 2011:
Vandalgyon My first thought was 'Ewww, you got swallowed by a giant toad'. My second thought was that pulling you into his mouth to protect you from an explosion is heroism on the same level as jumping on a grenade.
So, uh, thanks for that moment of cognitive dissonance?
►Cyber_Brawler (Verified Bum)
Replied On Apr 27th 2011:
Good lord was it insane. I was taking cover on the other side of town and you could hear the roars and explosions over there!
Lung is down, now what about the E88 ad the Disgusting Merchants?
► HeavyTreble
Replied On Apr 27th 2011:
did anyone see the toad carving up lung like a freaking turkey? what the heck did he do to his knife?
metal. as. fuck.
►RollingAcorn
Replied On Apr 27th 2011:
Agreed, toads are my new spirit animal. So awesome.
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►HelloNurse
Replied On Apr 27th 2011:
The huge toad took a nasty hit from Lung. Gotta suck being the strongest guy on the team when you're duking it out with Lung. Hope he's okay.
►ComboBreaker
Replied On Apr 27th 2011:
Has the PRT/Protectorate given an official response to all of this yet?
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It was just as awful as Lily had thought it would be. She'd put off looking into the details for a few days. She hadn't been quite willing to look and fully appreciate the scope what had happened that night until now. It wasn't all bad news of course. The ABB gone and some Empire capes captured.
But the cost had been very high.
Lily clenched her hand into a fist as she thought about what they'd said of Bakuda's victims. To think that something that psychotic freak had made had been on her for so long. She kept her hand balled up tightly, refusing the itch to check her throat once more and make sure it was still bare. She eased her hand out of the fist when it started to ache.
At least they were trying to help the survivors of her madness. And if Dragon of all people was really aiding the efforts, then Lily was sure they'd be able to figure something out. She wasn't known as the world's greatest tinker for nothing.
The thought of the other tinkers examining and experimenting on Bakuda's bombs sent a vindictive thrill through her. She just knew that the arrogant bomb tinker would have absolutely despised the thought of 'inferior' tinkers meddling with her genius.
Lily smiled as she indulged in imagining just what that bitch's face would look like as Dragon casually unlocked the secrets of her prized creations.
She wasn't sorry her sister had killed her. She didn't feel bad at all that such an awful woman was no longer in this world. Just as she didn't regret imbuing her sister's tiger with her power to let her kill Lung.
In the eyes of the law, she was sure that she would have been seen as Lung's killer just as much as Hisako was. And yet, as she thought of her imprisonment, the fear and uncertainty, never knowing what would happen to her next or if Hisako was still alive, Lily knew that she'd make the same choice again in a heartbeat.
It probably wasn't a very heroic thought.
A sigh rattled her body as she exited out of the site and shut the computer down. Even though she'd only recently slept, the thoughts of that night and the talk with her sister had left her feeling adrift and worried about the future.
She supposed she should go to bed for real this time. There wasn't any use in staying up and worrying about things that she couldn't change.
Lily stretched deeply as she got up from the computer chair. Sleeping on the couch earlier had done her no favors.
Flicking off the lights in the living room, she shuffled off to her room next to Hisako's. Pausing at her sister's door, she whispered a soft goodnight before heading into her own room.
She was exhausted.
Just one of those days she guessed, flopping gracelessly onto her bed, dead to the world soon after.
AN - Things I learned... I hate making PHO threads. 3 different threads... i hate my life. apologies if there are any mess ups in the format.
Also, I hope I was able to strike the right tonal balance with the two sisters. Especially Hisako. It was a bit awkward to write her when she interacts with Lily. Because on the one hand, she's still the same as she ever was. Doesn't really get/understand emotions, no problem with killing (as shown by her casual thoughts of the murder/torture of the ABB apartment guy), ppl confuse her, most things are boring to her etc.. however, at the same time, Lily/Flechette is a big honking exception to her psyche in pretty much every way possible. So it felt a little jarring to try to mesh those two ideas as I was forced to in this chapter since they interacted with each other so much here. Hopefully it worked out for you all.
Let me know what you guys think yeah? Thanks for reading.