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Topic: Skidmark Arrested?
In: Boards ► Places ► America ► Brockton Bay
Pineapple Pizza (Original Poster)
Posted on January 8, 2011:
Walking to work around dawn and PRT were swarming one of my usual shortcuts. Didn't get in their way, but the convo I heard in passing made it sound like Skidmark got picked up last night, but I didn't see any mention of it in main. Any info?
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► Morgan Sinister
Replied on January 8, 2011:
Who?
► ZDN1995
Replied on January 8, 2011:
lol
yeah skidmark is one of the merchants. buncha wannabe druglords too shitty for 88 and too not-asian for abb. skidmark is the cape in charge. or well he was lmao
► Lost_Scot
Replied on January 8, 2011:
Just out of curiosity, are all your keys for capitalizing letters broken, or just your brain?
► Pair_Of_Kings
Replied on January 8, 2011:
Wait, a villain cape got booked and the PRT isn't already taking credit? I smell a new hero on the prowl!
► XxVoid_CowboyxX
Replied on January 8, 2011:
[Removed by moderator. Speculating on cape identities is dangerous territory, even when it's just an hypothetical cape.]
► Brocktonite03
Replied on January 8, 2011:
I second the mod statement, but also I wouldn't exactly worry. I don't think even Nazis would take VC very seriously. Yeah buddy I totally believe you. The cape nobody knows if they even exist yet or not totally saved your Canadian girlfriend from her mean high school bullies.
► FlippinMad
Replied on January 8, 2011:
VoidCowboy being a high schooler makes a lot of things make way more sense :p
► Bagrat (The Guy In The Know) (Veteran Member)
Replied on January 9, 2011:
This cape is anything but hypothetical.
Skidmark is the only cape that got taken in last night, but that's just on the PRT side of things. Skidmark had five guys with him that also got booked, for starters, and all of them were cuffed with zipties by the time officers got on scene. My contacts tell me it's the same story over and over most of the night:
BBPD gets a cold call. Caller tells dispatch their location, which squad car is closest to their location, and how many criminals have been apprehended.
The squad car in question, which yes was always indeed the closest, pulls up to find a handful of people, one to three at a time, all knocked unconscious and cuffed with zipties.
Every single one of them had their phone unlocked and waiting, and their wallets completely emptied of cash.
There was no sign of who had called this in to the station, except for how the calls always traced back to one of the phones left at the scene.
There's thirty-four more people in BBPD lockup than there would've been, all of whom have mild hypothermia symptoms and splitting headaches. A bit over half of them have a list of priors, but the rest are either first-timers or just in the wrong place at the wrong time. It doesn't look like whoever was doing this had it in for any particular gang - ABB, merchants, skinheads, they're all in the mix.
► Pair_Of_Kings
Replied on January 9, 2011:
If you hear a phone ringing, it's because I fucking called it!
Now time to see if OP edits their thread title before Bagrat can make a New Cape speculation thread that's up to his standards lol
► 5ph3r1c4l
Replied on January 9, 2011:
There's this construction site near the docks with a big tall crane that's been parked there forever. Some dude was just hanging out on top of the crane right around the time I went to bed. He wasn't there when I woke up, but I can't imagine someone just sitting on the edge of a crane looking liek they're ready to jump who isn't a cape or in the news today for a much worse reason.
Before you ask, no I didn't get a good look at them. I could see someone was up there, but it was high up and far away and pretty dark, so I've got no further details.
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► Thunderbird1954
Replied on January 11, 2011:
Been looking for a thread about a new cape cuz I almost thought I imagined them. Haven't seen any other reference here in the BB section to a new cape, so I'll put it here. Got up early Monday morning and was enjoying the sunrise when I saw someone running over the rooftops wearing a full suit and top hat. Only saw em for about a second or two, and was still waking up.
► FlippinMad
Replied on January 13, 2011:
A suit, huh? Sounds like mister hero is dressing to impress!
► Spookfish
Replied on January 13, 2011:
I know it's tempting but we should probably hold off on too much speculation before we've got a PRT statement or at the very least a picture of this supposed new guy. I know the standard in journalism is wait 'til you've got three sources to confirm something, but two forumites who swear they saw someone weird in the distance and the dark while they were tired, and VoidCowboy's bully-revenge fantasy, probably don't qualify as trustworthy sources.
No offense meant to 5ph3r1c4l and Thunderbird for grouping them in with VC, just calling it like I see it.
► Lost_Scot
Replied on January 13, 2011:
Yeah, may as well wait for something substantial to grab before we go jumping to conclusions.
► XxVoid_CowboyxX
Replied on January 13, 2011:
Full suit and tophat? Holy shit they're doing Tuxedo Mask! Is it just a power coincidence and they took inspiration? I hope so, TM had healing powers, more healing is always good! Plus reading objects is pretty easy to abuse.
► ZDN1995
Replied on January 13, 2011:
lol thx for demonstrating scot's point void
► Lo A Quest
Replied on January 15, 2011:
I doubt anybody's going to believe me because I was so dumbfounded I didn't get any footage, but fuck it, I can't keep this to myself.
Was getting some noodles at one of the Thai places that's open all night. Yeah I can imagine who else is getting food there late at night, but it's delish af and I never get hassled as long as I don't make trouble. And in walks that new cape. Full tuxedo, top hat, masquerade mask, and an actual fucking cape draped over her shoulder. Yeah based on the lipstick and tone of voice, new guy is a gal.
She walks up to a group of guys all sitting together. I've been giving them space because when you see a whole group of dudes with matching neck tattoos...well, there's your sign. She walks up without a care in the world and, I shit you not, tells them she's the local wallet inspector, and needs to make sure their wallets are up to code. Every single one of those dudes fetched their wallets or moneyclips and handed them over for inspection while I watched on in awe.
She looked them over, made note of their information on her phone, informed them they had some severe fines to pay, and then took every single dollar from all their wallets to pay the fines. They grumbled about it, but none of them actually did anything to stop her from leaving with their money. I could see at least two of them were carrying firearms.
► Reave (Verified PRT Agent)
Replied on January 15, 2011:
Journalistic standards came up earlier in the thread, and are now relevant once more. The PRT has multiple sources corroborating the existence of this individual. They are wanted for questioning regarding a number of incidents over the past two weeks. If you see them, do not approach. They are purported by multiple sources to be a human-affecting Master/Stranger. If you have information you believe would be helpful to our investigation, please contact the PRT ENE's non-emergency line. Thank you for your cooperation.
► Spookfish
Replied on January 15, 2011:
LAQ did your wallet pass inspection, or are you broke too?
EDIT: ...oh dear. This just got a lot less funny.
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The bell rang, and Madison flinched. She closed the forum while waiting for her heart to calm back down. In one sense, her mind was running a million miles an hour, and in another sense she was feeling quite zen, kinda just drifting through life at the moment.
Sophia had told them Monday - well, Monday before last, really - to back off of Hebert completely for a little while. Normally Emma was the one calling the shots where Taylor was concerned, but Madison had long since learned that when Sophia reached a certain level of intensity, the only move was to agree with whatever she said. She figured it was probably just because the locker was big enough it might bring real attention to them, and it was best to lay low until the teachers got bored looking for who might've done it. And then Sophia hadn't come to school for three days. Despite a lack of oversight, Madison had made sure to give Taylor plenty of room. She'd even made sure all the little hanger-ons that followed Emma like ducklings got the message too. Some had needed more convincing than others, but they could all see the risk in pushing too hard right now.
When Sophia came back...she'd been tired. Looked tired, like she hadn't slept the whole time she was gone. She zeroed in on Mads and Emma and dragged them off for a private chat. Every word had seemed like a joke at the time - a cruel joke, one that any minute the track star would break character and laugh and call her a baby for believing so hard.
Sophia had gone to the PRT on Monday, told them everything. Madison hadn't been able to follow the girl's train of thought, not really, but Sophia was convinced. Based on what she said, the guy she saw in the office the day of the locker was a cape, which was why there wasn't another blood trail leading away yet. He'd been trying to manipulate Sophia into thinking he was Taylor. Why Sophia, and not the other two? A hypothetical power limit, combined with Sophia being Shadow Stalker, of the Wards. That, at least, Sophia had been able to prove to Madison's satisfaction. Sophia had gone to the PRT because she needed to know how much she'd been affected, and they needed to know who's face the cape was hiding behind, before he prevented her from ever being able to tell them ever again.
Madison watched as Taylor walked in - a far more casual, confident walk then she'd ever seen in the other girl. She could admit it was possible some super-scary cape had killed Taylor and stolen her identity. But Occam's razor suggested a more simple explanation, one Sophia seemed incapable of even considering: that the super-scary cape, the one PHO had nicknamed Nice Gal...was just Taylor. Taylor, who they spent more than a year abusing at every opportunity for shits and giggles. Taylor, who had ripped her locker open from the inside, and walked away without anybody in the administration able to think she might've been involved. Taylor, who was looking right at her and waving.
Madison waved back, a zen smile masking her terror perfectly. Had Taylor already gotten to her, and that's why she wasn't freaking out? Or was it because when the brakes fail and you're barreling downhill towards a pile of lit dynamite, screaming your head off doesn't do anything but stress your vocal cords? Either way, it was time for class, and there was no point worrying about it now.