Just Your Typical Evening Robbery Spectacle ((Open to Street Level-types))

[ngm_mojoverse]

Primetime punched his fist into his palm. He knew what he and his team needed to do while Propsmaster did his thing. New York City had cameras all over, so this wouldn't be that hard. He stepped out onto the sidewalk, shoving some of the pedestrians out of the way. He didn't care about the yelled protests.

The masked man saw a taxi driving down the street in front of him. He opened up a teleportation disk right under it. The other end of the disk opened above a parked car with a brunette walking toward it. She looked kinda cute, but it looked like that's where a little distracting anarchy could start.

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[symkarian_princess]

This whole dating thing meant Nika needed to go out and get something more impressive before the next one. Or at least something her date hadn't seen her in before. The Symkarian had arms loaded with bags as she headed toward the car she had borrowed from the embassy.

It had been one of the unmarked ones Mother had supplied for use. Had been because a running taxi came slamming down on top of it.

[guardian_devil]

One minute, Mags Murdock had been sitting in the back of a taxi, hastily texting her father while heading to meet him for an early dinner. He had work, she had schoolwork, and she also had a present for him.

But that got sidetracked. Because while her taxi had merrily been on its way - the driver singing along to some Hindi film tune that Mags was certain was ripped off from a popular top forty hit from the late 90s - it had suddenly been waylaid.

On top of another car.

Her shock at the surprise teleportation caused the present she'd bought for her father to spontaneously combust.

"Hey!"

[symkarian_princess]

This could be a reason Mother was not based in New York anymore. Nika staggered back away from the pancaked, borrowed car and turned around. She glanced up and down the street to figure out who did this...

... and if they had a bounty on their head worth capturing them for.

She guessed the man in the brightly colored costume who was ... posing would be the culprit. Nika hoped there was a bounty on his head as she dropped her bags and reached for her telescoping batons.

[guardian_devil]

Mags quickly reached into her crossbody bag and pulled out the simple black domino mask she wore as part of her Acrobat costume. That, along with her leather jacket, would have to do as a makeshift costume for her. There was trouble afoot. At least, that's what the brightly coloured costumed person suggested.

She smiled. Acrobat didn't get to do a lot of solo missions. This would be nice.

She leaped out of the taxi cab, small flames flickering to life at her fingertips.

"Sorry about the car," Mags said, rightly assuming that the car was Nika's. "Though I promise, this wasn't me."

[symkarian_princess]

Nika glanced over her shoulder at the masked hero hopping out of the taxi. Well, that seemed helpfully convenient. Also, something that seemed likely to only happen in New York.

"It was likely him," Nika commented with a flip of her wrists. The batons extended out and locked into place. If he had picked any other person's car, she could have ignored it. "Shall we?"

[guardian_devil]

Mags looked at the batons and grinned brightly. "See, this? This is why I love New York." She paused then. "Well, this, and Magnolia's cupcakes." She nodded. "I'll follow your lead." Because, again, she hadn't been much with the solo-ing, and this woman here clearly knew what was what.

[molecana]

Speaking of cupcakes, a woman in a dress that might not have been quite so short on someone that wasn't pushing seven feet tall came from around the corner, an example of said baked confection in one hand, and a full caf quad double trenta bucket six-pump peppermint pomegranate upside down non-fat latte in the other.

"Cool."

Her eyes sparkled. Gina did so appreciate crushed metal.

[ngm_mojoverse]

"Batons. Now, I'm intrigued," Primetime noted before he caught sight of the massive woman in the small-for-her-dress. He blinked at Gina of the cupcake and coffee-like thing.

"I may need back-up." It was said to no one visible, but he hoped his teammates got the message.

Then he teleported to stand six inches in front of Nika. He attempted to poke at one of her metal sticks. "Please tell me you know how to use these."

[symkarian_princess]

The mercenary took stock of people around her. Masked girl with fiery finger tips, annoyed Symkarian with her combat batons, ... and a big woman with a cupcake and drink? Wait.

Nika didn't really have time to blink at Gina's presence because she suddenly had a teleporting Pirate of Penzance very close to her. She made a surprised squawking sound (that she would deny until the day she died) and batted at his poking hand with the closest stick.

Though she tried stepping back and to the side to give the girl with fire a chance to do something.

[molecana]

Gina blinked back at the short guy, and sipped her bucket of caffeinated sugar. She wished she had some popcorn. The only thing better than a good car crushin' was a fight.

[guardian_devil]

Mags quirked up an eyebrow at the drink-guzzling gamazon. Alright then. Baton Woman. Acrobat. And Diabetes-in-a-Cup.

"Look. I know how sometimes there's a hero-to-hero misunderstanding when costumed people who aren't familiar with one another meet up in public. I just want to make sure, before I thoroughly kick your butt with the help of my two sisters-in-arms here - you aren't a hero, right?" She raised a hand, warm fire merrily crackling over her five fingertips. "Because if not, I don't mind warming up before your back-up gets here."

[ngm_mojoverse]

Some of Primetime's back-up arrived flying over the top of the building he had been beside. Ingenue hovered in the air as she took stock of the scene below her. The people running away from the fight weren't a concern. Primetime had two small females Ingenue assumed the brute could take care of.

The large woman watching and drinking a large bucket of something could possibly be an issue. Ingenue guesses she should keep that one busy so Propsmaster could continue to work uninterrupted.

Ingenue sent a Wind Blast to knock Gina down the street.

Meanwhile, Primetime got his knuckles rapped for being amused by little sticks. He shook the slightly sore hand before quickly trying to grab Nika by the throat. He hoped that would answer Acrobat's question.

[guardian_devil]

"Right. Violence, then." She snapped the hand forward, her eyes flicking up to Ingenue before settling back on Primetime. The five flames flew off her fingers, settling into the shape of a devil's head before going to burn Primetime. With her mind, she also gave him a little telekinetic push. "I was really hoping that we could avoid this, too."

[symkarian_princess]

Nika brought up her other baton to smack his wrist as she dodged his grab. She felt his fingertips just brush the skin on her neck.

[molecana]

The gust of wind was powerful enough to knock Gina off her feet and several feet backwards into a wall. Brick dust rained down on her head, sizzling and popping as her body changed to metal. She stood up, almost a foot taller and about a thousand pounds heavier.

"I was mindin' my own business, just watchin' the fun, and you hadda come along, and what did you do?"

Moving surprisingly fast for someone her size, she charged forward, grabbed the taxi that Primetime had teleported, and hurled it at Ingenue.

"YOU MADE ME SPILL MY COFFEE!"

[ngm_mojoverse]

Luckily, Ingenue had the speed while aloft to move herself across the block and out of the way of the flung car. "Gaffer, we have a scene stealer."

She hovered there, trying to figure out what to do with the giant metal woman across the street in the mean time.

Primetime was very distracted from trying to get Baton Girl by a flaming devil coming at him. He got a little burnt and shoved before teleporting to directly behind Acrobat. He swung a fist toward her back, aiming for a kidney punch.

[guardian_devil]

Mags' eyes widened in surprise behind her mask. Her bag was still in that taxi!

Her train of thought was interrupted by the sound of a channel changing.

Sure, Mags might not have come with her full Acrobat costume, but she'd brought her teachers with her. Psylocke. Rachel Grey. Kitty Pryde. Her father, Daredevil. Her senses were on complete alert, and she could suss out the sound of a teleportation when she needed to.

She whirled around and blocked the punch, smiling smugly, before lashing out with a kick of her own.

"Bad programming, gruesome. Try changing the channel again."

[symkarian_princess]

Nika had a giant, metal woman charge right past her. That was not something that happened every day. Though seeing a taxi tossed like a football was. It was a good thing she grew up around Fin.

She let out a quick breath when she no longer had a... Nika had to pause. Hands like those were very familiar. And the sound of a television channel changing.

"Mojoworlders?"

[molecana]

"I ain't stole nothin' yet! I PAID for that coffee!"

Gina ripped a street light from the sidewalk. She'd seen her Hulk-a Hulk-a burnin' love do this trick in a Youtube video. After downloading it and watching it several (thousand) times... in slow motion... she figured she could pull it off, too.

Holding the street light in one hand, she leapt at the side of a nearby building, sinking her other hand and her toes into the bricks. She clambered up to Ingenue's level, then jumped out, swinging the street light like a fly swatter at the annoying little gnat.

[ngm_mojoverse]

Gaffer came skidding around the corner and blinked. Primetime seemed okay, but Ingenue had a giant metal woman coming after her with a light pole. Across the street and too far away for Gaffer's adjusted power-set to work. "Need her closer."

That jumping swing would have splattered Ingenue like a bug... had she stayed in place. She had no desire to be canceled. Particularly if it meant that fuzzy harlot got her Aiden away free and clear. Though gawking at what the woman was doing made her a little slow on the getting away. The light pole clipped Ingenue and sent her spinning to the sidewalk back across the street.

Primetime grinned at being attacked. Two on one? Suited him just fine. He shifted his stance to let the counterattack come at him. Until he stepped out and tried to grab Acrobat's leg. He wanted to use her own momentum to try to toss her into Nika.

[guardian_devil]

"Hey!" Mags snapped. "No touching!" She battered Primetime with a flurry of telekinetic punches. "Hands off!"

[symkarian_princess]

Nika mentally noted she needed to call her niece and nephew about these Mojoworlders. But that would be later.

She moved forward with her batons and went for the back of Primetime's knees. Anything to throw him off-balance even as he tried to smack her with a hero.

[molecana]

Gina landed in the middle of the street with a thundering thud. She stepped out of the foot sized craters, and took out after Ingenue, still waving her improvised fly swatter.

"I was lookin' forward to that coffee, and the cupcake too!"

If one were to look closely, there was a little bit of frosting on her metal nose and chest.

[ngm_mojoverse]

When Gina got within 10 feet of Gaffer, the redhead concentrated to try to shut down the metal woman's powers. She couldn't naturally swing around that light pole naturally. Right?

Ingenue dodged as best she could while trying to keep Gina in Gaffer's radius of effect.

Primetime winced at the repeated blows. They distracted him enough from his objective that he did not move in time to avoid Nika's attack. He stumbled sideways to get out from between the two battling young ladies.

[guardian_devil]

"Two against one," Mags said, refreshing her attack with a few well-placed firebolts. "No waiting. I'd throw in the towel now."