Loki's Rule ~ An Literate Avenger's Roleplay

leafpelt • 12 January 2013 at 2:59 AM

Frost glared at them and said through clenched teeth in a chilly tone, "Cut. It. Out." Truthfully, Aykay's confession shocked her but she kept going.

"Aykay," she asserted. "I doubt I need a miracle worker, since I'm yapping here, but we do need to get Pyra out. " She hoped her tone was clear.

She turned to Ray. " Obviously we have to get everyone out." She huffed, made a split decision, and faced everyone.

"How about we'll stay here, and Ray and Aizel head up and stop wasting time?" she asked impatiently. "If you don't want to go, Aykay, you don't have to. But we need to decide now. Everyone's going to bl-bore to death at this rate. " Resigned, she sat down again, messing with her clip again. They were so disorganized.

jupiter_hollow • 12 January 2013 at 6:12 AM

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"SHUT UP!"
Aizel barked out, regardless on the decibels her voice produced, echoing along the hallway, and beyond it, surely. She pursed her lips, eyes squinted in the anger, previously replaced by guilt, which had now melted back to fury.
"No-one is going anywhere." her voice was steadier now, but no less threatening. "You remember what happens when we split up? People get lost, get hurt, die... I have to admit one thing, Aykay has the only right point here. Nowhere is safe." she glanced at the white tiger sitting not far away, angered at the group's indecision. "Only place safe enough is in a group. So I'm not going anywhere..."
She crossed both arms in front of her chest, eyeing Ray with a frown, eyebrows knit in anger. And again, once again, he planned on bailing. Leave the injured behind and take her with him for protection. Typical. She could figure out on her own his main priority wasn't Margot or Aaron. But then again, in her opinion, he'd never gotten those straight.
"...you're not going anywhere either. Our main priority is not going up, it is not finding Aaron, because before we so much as climb those stairs, she will bleed to death. We'd come back to a corpse." she took a moment to glance at Pyra, that she'd set down and left to bleed on the cold concrete. The girl's lips had turned bluish, from cold or from loss of blood, she didn't know, but guessed it wasn't supposed to happen. "Pyra is /dying/! She's going cold while we're talking about our PRIORITIES! Now, you can all do what you want, for all I care. The point was sticking with the group, protecting it, if anyone forgot. All you're doing is trying to prove each other wrong, instead of actually finding a solution. We can go up together." she crouched next to Pyra in the mean time, taking hold of the girl's shoulders and propping her up on her own shoulder, inspecting the chest wound. "I know protecting ourselves is hard enough, much less protecting the injured, but if we're all armed properly, we'd manage."

asi • 12 January 2013 at 7:07 AM

Of course nowhere was safe in Loki's world for rebels like them. That was for granted. But look at where they were right now, the middle of Stark Tower! The base of Loki's enemies, now a prison for them! Surely they were prepared for breakouts such as this; honestly, Ray was surprised the place wasn't swamped with Chitauri already. Anywhere was safer than here.
Yes, he had a reason for wanting to go up, other than wanting to help Margot and the emotional value the tower held for him. More than anything he wanted to run up those steps. Ray felt that by running might be able to ease the tension which had been building up on him for god knows how long. He wasn't sure why he felt that, only that the pressure was so high, he could be nearing breaking point.
And Aizel wanted to tie him down here? When he knew nothing about injuries or healing, was of no use at all to Pyra? He'd had no idea that she was DYING. And he was meant to sit and pray, or what?!
Nothing was more important than human life.... Was it?
He remembered that his adoptive parents had always said that life was expendable, the important thing was the mission at hand. No, that was a lie. Ray would never leave someone behind...
And yet these people were so infuriating! Why couldn't they do as they were told for once? It was ridiculous, laughable really, the idea of these people taking on Loki. They were... A liability to his mission, he realized. Yet he still couldn't bring himself to leave...
"..." Ray glowered at Aizel. Why did she seem to hate him so much, anyway? Maybe she even wanted him gone!
He leaned against the wall, feeling huge relief in it's reassuring coldness, and took a deep breath.
Calm. He ought not to let him emotions run away with him like that. Well, fine. If Aizel wanted to take over, he'd let her. Any suggestions he had would obviously get shot down right away. There wasn't anything he could do here, so that was that. He would do nothing.

dada_dragon • 12 January 2013 at 1:01 PM

Aykay got up and walked around the cell. Sensing freedom, all but the girl with Aizel had run out the door, but what good was that? There were machines out there, and even if those people managed to escape, they'd be hunted down.

Then again, she had managed to escape, hadn't she? It had been dumb luck more than anything, but that was all these people had left anyways, so maybe they'd get lucky...

In the corner of the cell was a tray loaded with what was left of the dinner that had been given them. Obviously the rations hadn't improved much since she'd run away, but she was so hungry...

She shifted back to her human form and was about to shovel it into her mouth when she remembered the others. Timidly, she grabbed the tray and walked back over, keeping her eyes lowered, ashamed of her earlier outburst.

"I found this in the cell. It's not much, but..." she trailed off, not needing to say more.

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jupiter_hollow • 12 January 2013 at 1:18 PM

Satisfied from the lack of objections facing her plan, Aizel returned her full attention to Pyra. From what she knew about human anatomy, the wound was distinguishable. The knife had struck above Pyra's heart, right next to her left lung, embedded between her first and second rib on the left. The weapon hadn't affected any vital organs but the chest area it had pierced was full of arteries and airways, most of which were most probably ripped. The girl's chest struggled to rise and she was already drenched in blood, as every inhale brought a river of red liqiud trickling down her side.
"I need a bandage. Or something that works as one!" she called out, alarmed, straight forwardly sticking two fingers under Pyra's collarbone and blocking half of the wound. The bleeding was both internal and external. Her ribcage was flooding with blood, as was the floor.
A sudden thing she became aware of was the temperature Pyra now had... The girl's skin was freezing. Aizel recalled her fire-related powers with a certain confusion. A fire wielder wasn't supposed to be this cold.

leafpelt • 12 January 2013 at 9:41 PM

Frost ripped out one last strip on her dress. At this rate, she was going to run out of cloth. "Here," she quietly said. With a heaving sigh, she stood up and limped over to Aizel. She handed her the piece and turned to the others.

At Aykay, she lied, "You three share it. I'm not hungry." She WAS hungry, but everything made her lose her appetite.

She coolly gazed at Ray. "You really want to head up. But just prioritize for a moment. If you want, you're welcome to commit suicide by going up stairs yourself. But from what I've seen, you seem like someone who wants to stay alive, go do what ever you think is right." She rubbed the temples of her head and turned back to Pyra.

Gently, she pushed two fingers against the back of Pyra's neck, then to her hand. She let go and frowned slightly. "Pulse is still pumping," she murmured, her voice revealing a negative result. She slowly bent Pyra's head back, just a little bit, so that it was tilted just a bit. (Godmod?)

To let the others know that she wasn't trying to murder anyone, she announced in a muted voice, "I'm trying to let her breathe better."

She leaned on her good leg while splaying her bad leg to the side, trying to keep it straight. Wiping the blood from her arm and leg on her dress, she kept a worried gaze on Pyra, but her face blank.

dada_dragon • 13 January 2013 at 1:46 PM

Aykay watched as the others took care of Pyra. She had never learned how to treat wounds or anything like that. All she could do was watch.

She set out deviding the slop into three. At first, she had wanted to argue with Frost about eating but then had remembered her time imprisoned when those who were injured as she was tried to eat and couldn't manage to keep anything down. The memory of the smell alone was enough to dissuade her.

She offered Ray his portion first, knowing that Aizel was busy.

"Here." She said, holding out the tray, then feeling guilty about yelling earlier, she added, "sorry."

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silver_winged • 13 January 2013 at 6:19 PM

@bunnyshadow @skylark Sorry guys, I have finals this week and I've had almost zero time to roleplay.


Margot held eye contact with Sylvia. Her posture was stiffer than a board; every muscle in her body was tensed, ready to fight to the death or run for the hills. So, when Stark bellowed, "NO!" she nearly jumped out of her skin. The device flew from her hands and behind her head as she drew her arms back toward her body. It landed with a loud clatter on the floor, several feet down the hallway. She didn't have time to trace it, however. Sylvia's fireball had dashed over her forearm, burning a patch off both her jacket and her skin.

From the sheer pain Margot felt her knees begin to buckle. She quickly tried to right herself, trying to calm the raging storm of thoughts flashing through her mind. That was too close, she realized bitterly. It was dumb luck and nothing else that had prevented the fireball from blazing a hole right through her chest. She also realized that they were in over their heads. Every second they wasted only endangered the others, and the likelihood that they were going to walk away from this hostage situation was unbearably small.

"Get that out of here," Stark demanded, thrashing against Sylvia's hold. "Get that out NOW. I did not send that out just for it to end up back in here!" He hurled his weight forward, trying to take both himself and Sylvia to the bars of the cage.
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spiral • 13 January 2013 at 6:20 PM

Margot glanced at Stark and then back over to the camcorder. Granted she hadn't watched the whole thing, but what exactly could have been on there? The way Sylvia had been striking him, Margot was astounded by the level of resistance he was putting up, including trying to throw her against the iron bars of the cage. Her eyes lit up. The electricity idea was still in play.

From her half-crouch, it wasn't difficult to feign a collapse forward. She let herself come crashing to her knees, gripping a hand around a bar of the cage for support. All she needed was for Sylvia to touch it--just a little . . .

leafpelt • 13 January 2013 at 9:21 PM

After packing up everything, and counting their rations, Jake led Zoe towards Stark Tower. They had a good amount left, especially when she insisted on keeping her supermodel-thinness. "Come on," she had urged. "Besides, it'll save us a lot of food so that we'll never starve." He sighed. She was so funny and adorable at times.

As they came close to the sight of Stark Tower, Jake pointed and whispered, "Look! There." It seemed to have lost it's old glory, but a tower was a tower all the same. He found a small entrance and crept in.

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Zoe followed Jake in. "It's not that well-kept, is it?" she commented to him as she surveyed the building. There were signs of clashing and people escaping. "Hmm," she murmured quietly. "I wonder if...there are people in here." She walked around, then saw stairs. Excitement bubbling over her, she stomped up. Out of the corner of her eye, she saw Jake wince. "Oh, come on. I'm sure people who free prisoners can't be that bad, or bad at all." She paced ahead, fast leaving Jake to catch up with her.

dada_dragon • 13 January 2013 at 9:34 PM

Aykay turned her head to the side. She thought she heard voices. It wasn't the machines, but Loki had human troops as well. It was coming from downstairs.

It wasn't as though she had superhuman hearing outside her tiger form, she just was used to using her sense of hearing more than the average human...

"Do you hear that?" She asked the others. She sniffed the air before remembering she was in her human form. Sometime she got her two forms mixed up.

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leafpelt • 13 January 2013 at 9:41 PM

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Frost turned to Aykay. She tipped her head to the side to listen more carefully. Sure enough, there were footsteps.

"Yeah," she quietly replied. She listened again. "Two, maybe three people? I think we can handle them if the need arises." Bored, she started to throw daggers at the walls. It didn't damage her dagger, and after a moment, it came back to her anyways.

"What do you think?" she asked finally.

dada_dragon • 13 January 2013 at 9:55 PM

Aykay shifted to her tiger form and sniffed the air. She could smell them but the smell confused her.

It was two people. One smelled of odd human-made chemicles while the other smelled like... maybe like the forest? Like plants anyhow.

Aykay tilted her head in confusion. They didn't smell dangerous. She didn't smell any telltale signs of heavy weaponry on them. It was not making any sense at all... if they were just ordinary humans, how did they get in here?

She turned to Frost and made a quiet growling noise. Whatever was down there, it made no sense to her.

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bunnyshadow • 13 January 2013 at 10:00 PM

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Sylvia's lips lifted up in glee as the fireball burned the girl's forearm. The device had flown several feet into the hallway, and now lay there unguarded. The demi-god grunted as Stark thrashed around in her arms. She knew herself that he could still have enough strength to harm her. As the man lunged forward, she had a split-second to decide what to do.

Sylvia could teleport into the hallway, and get the device. But if she did that, Stark would be left unguarded. The humans could just break the bars to get to him. Then again, she would be free of being thrown against the bars, that was coming closer every moment. The second option was for her to absorb the impact of hitting the bars. She would still be able to keep Stark hostage, all she had to do was to give him a few more wounds to keep him busy. If the humans were to be able to get him out, they would at least have to carry him.

She could also just kill the man, take the device and leave, but she didn't know if her father wanted Stark alive or not. Her eyes flitted back to the collapsed girl, before moving to glare at the man causing them to hurtle at the bars. To much could go wrong in here if she stayed. One last option occured to her, but there was no more time to think. Just as she seemed to hit the bars, she dissolved. Nothing was left behind save for an tiny black moth that fluttered around the room, before landing itself high up on the wall.

leafpelt • 13 January 2013 at 10:05 PM

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Zoe bounded up to one of the levels...and saw a really strange sight. There were a group of many girls, a tiger, and one guy. The guy had really messy black hair with blue eyes. He looked about Jake's age, maybe younger. There was another girl, definitely 13, lying pale and bluish, practically close to death. Next to her was a girl with black hair and brownish eyes, tending to the injured one. Aside, there was a white tiger, a little dirty, but white nevertheless. She was growling to... "ALEXIS!" she squealed. That girl with black hair and the coolest icy-blue eyes...that had to be her. She saw her flinch and grinned.

asi • 13 January 2013 at 10:19 PM

Ray pointedly ignored Aykay. He hadn't eaten in ages, but since he wasn't even sure what that stuff was supposed to be, he didn't find it remotely appetizing.
Oh, yes, Icecube. Their priority was definitely to sit around here in a friendship circle and eat crappy prison food! They may as well just chain themselves to the walls for the Chitauri. While half of them who knew nothing to help Pyro were gathering dust, Margot could be fighting for her and Aaron's lives.
Idly, he picked up a stone and started playing naughts and crosses against himself on the wall, as if to illustrate exactly how unproductive they were being. He listened to the exchange between Aykay and Frost about others down below, but it was probably just some freed prisoners still milling around. He was too fed-up to care.
In fact the only reason he wasn't going up those stairs right now was because of what Freezer had said. It really annoyed him, that she thought he wasn't thinking. Yeah, he was thinking... All the worst possible scenarios which could be taking place up there were running non-stop through his head. It annoyed him that she thought he couldn't take care of himself, and it annoyed him that she knew how much he wanted to go up. He supposed that much was obvious. Hey, wasn't that the only reason he had agreed to tag along?
But what annoyed him the MOST was what she said about him looking like someone who wanted to stay alive. Now wasn't that ironic? He rolled his eyes at that.

dada_dragon • 14 January 2013 at 12:35 AM

Aykay growled in surprise. Alexis? Who was...

One look at Frost's face told her that was her real name. She really shouldn't have been surprised. Even 'Aykay' was a fake name... But Alexis wasn't that bad of a name...

Aykay approached the girl slowly and sniffed her. She was the one who smelled like plants. She then approached the boy and sniffed him too. She sneezed as soon as she did. He was definitely the one who smelled like chemicals.

She returned to where the others were and made a dismissive chuffing noise. She was satisfied.

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silver_winged • 14 January 2013 at 1:00 AM

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Margot stared dead ahead. Sylvia came crashing forward, heading straight for the bars. Margot clenched her hand around the bar of the cage, gritting her teeth together in tortured impatience. Just as she was about to hit, Sylvia vanished into thin air. Margot pulled away from the cage, both shocked and confused. Her eyes flitted over the room for a moment before she stood up and switched on her transmitter.

"Evacuate now," she commanded in a slightly shaky voice as she dashed out into the hallway. "We've found Stark. Sylvia's location is unknown. We'll meet you all outside as soon as possible." Hastily, she scooped up the camcorder and deposited it in her satchel in exchange for the screwdriver. With no time to lose, she proceeded to viciously gouge at the lock on the cage.

In a last ditch effort to stall Sylvia, somehow Stark found himself on the floor for the umpteenth time that day. With a grumble, he scrambled to his feet. It would have been reassuring for the chubby kid to pry apart the bars of his cage like the strands of a Twizzler, but again it seemed he was relying on a funereal-eyed girl and whatever she happened to have in her purse.

For that matter, where the hell had she gotten his camera? It was supposed to go straight to Romanoff, and most importantly AWAY from Loki. If the three of them managed to get out of there alive, that was the first thing on his priority list.

dada_dragon • 14 January 2013 at 1:19 AM

Aykay heard Margot's voice over the transmitter, which Frost still had. Her tiger ears did come in handy. She transformed back into her human form.

"Evacuation orders." she said. "They have Stark, but the machi... Sylvia's location is unknown, which means we have to be careful."

It felt strange to call her Sylvia. The prisoners only ever called her 'The Machine Master' or (in the case of the more audacious ones) 'Witch Lady', so those were the names Aykay had known. It had to be her though. Who else could it be?

"I don't like it." she admitted. "If her location is unknown, they could be in serious danger. Margot can't handle her on her own and..." she hesitated before continuing. "I doubt that Aaron will be much help to her."

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bunnyshadow • 14 January 2013 at 9:46 PM

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The moth fluttered it's wings, as if ready to take flight. It was pitch black, with dark green dots curving around it's sharp wings. Gold tipped both it's antennae, and it's 6 limbs as well. The insect's antennae twitched for a split- second, before it fluttered off the wall.

The moth hovered in front of Margot's face for a few seconds, following her as she dashed towards the camcorder and picked it up. Once Margot began to gouge at the lock of the cage, the insect flew over to Stark just as he stood up.

It fluttered around the man's face, before landing on one of the bars of the cell. The insect crawled up the metal bar, before coming to a stop, gold antennae twitching. It flattened it's wings against the metal bar, before folding them back together. For a long time, it remained there, flattening and folding it's wings, before it stopped and froze in it's current position.

leafpelt • 15 January 2013 at 12:25 AM

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Jake caught up to Zoe, barely breathing. She had screamed-Alexis? He walked up and quickly scanned the sight of the situation and his eyes widened. "Seriously?" he whistled out. "Frost?" he asked, using her nickname. When Zoe backed up to him, he quickly hugged her. "Don't worry. You're obviously safe. "

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Zoe quickly backed up to where Jake was as the white tiger started sniffing them. "Umm...nice tiger?" Then, as if she-Zoe knew it was a girl because she turned into one-was done surveying them, she turned away. She turned back to Ale-Fro-her. "Hmm...you need to get a makeover."

"So," she asked awkwardly. "How's life been?" As she looked around again, she saw the unconscious girl. Walking over with her usual poise, she asked the girl who was tending to the injured girl, "I think I can help. May I?"

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Frost buried her head in her arms with a groan. Struggling to keep calm, she barely managed to keep her voice from shaking. "Zoe. Jake." It wasn't a question. "Then, she realized what Zoe screeched.

"[yeep] you. Just [yeep] you. Don't use my real name." She continued in a rapid stream, now like a steam train, while observing them. "Let's see...life's been terrible, I'm guessing you and Jake are together, I just met these people not too long ago, and....makeover. Makeover. Seriously, you would think that you would have your priorities straight." She stared a little coolly at them. "The only reason that I'm not questioning you guys is because no one can scream that high and no one but Zoe can be such a failure at figuring out what's important. " She paused, and composed herself one more time. She was ranting. "...Oh yeah. DON'T. CALL. ME. ALEXIS. You guys should know what I prefer."

To Aykay, she added, her voice strained, "This really isn't a good time to leave," gesturing to Pyra. Frost didn't look at either Jake or Zoe.

dada_dragon • 15 January 2013 at 1:18 AM

Aykay nodded. Frost was right.

"Seeing as Ray and I aren't much help with Pyra, maybe..." she hesitated, knowing she could cause yet another argument. She also wasn't too sure how she felt about what she was suggesting. "Maybe we could go help Margot and Aaron get Stark out... Then we would have Aaron to heal Pyra, and we could all get out together..."

-Except Fang.- the voice reminded her. -You left him behind.-

Aykay closed her eyes against the voice's taunts. That was the last thing she needed. Doubt. Margot might have said that Sylvia had disappeared, but... she couldn't have gone far...

"They need our help now. They could be in more danger than Pyra. Ray's got the muscle, and I know this tower better than anyone." She looked to Ray for support.

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leafpelt • 15 January 2013 at 1:36 AM

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Zoe cut in. "Umm...I don't mean to be rude, but maybe I could help? "I do know a little bit about healing, if I do say so myself." She kept her voice soft and melodic. She glanced at Jake, who nodded encouragingly and gave a warm smile. As she turned to talk, she noticed that Ale-Frost had been wounded..and was still bleeding. Frowning, she opened her pack. Bandages, and one of many healing balms....she took out a small jar made with her own experimenting. It was one of the best ones.

She knew that Frost's rant was because of everything surprising her too much, and her lost of temper. " I know that you're mad at us...but here." She handed the jar and bandages to Frost. A peace offering, she thought quietly.

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Frost heard Zoe talk...and she sighed. Taking the jar and bandages, she started wrapping herself up, applying a little bit of the cream. Instantaneously, her wounds stopped bleeding so much, and it didn't burn. As she was wrapping her bandages, she muttered, "Thanks. This is pretty good stuff, but if you're going to help someone, help Pyra, ok?"

She handed the jar back, and turned to Aykay again. "We should go up and get them out, but the question is whether to stay in this tower afterwards. It's pretty safe compared to other places I've been. "

asi • 15 January 2013 at 2:17 AM

Ray felt like bashing his head against the wall. He settled for the milder facepalm.
Oh, now they got evac orders, right? Wasn't the whole point that they couldn't, because of Pyra? He'd been trying to get them all out for ages. And now Aykay was resubmitting his own plan, at the stupidest time possible. The enemy- (Sylvia, again, here? He found that weird, not expecting to run into her for the third time so soon...)- had now disappeared, and now the Tigress thought it a bright idea to split up? Margot and Wonderboy were in no more danger than they had been facing off with Sylvia, in fact, less, as now there was a chance the so-called demi-god was now coming to pick a fight with them instead. Or, if he wanted to think positively, leaving them all alone. Or perhaps offering drinks. Maybe she had coffee? Who knows.
He finished the game with an X, making three in a row and a win for the crosses.

dada_dragon • 15 January 2013 at 5:55 AM

Aykay made one last plea for her case.

"There's no way Sylvia left them alone, not if they're with Stark. She's waiting in hiding." She said quietly. "She's going to ambush them. I doubt she gives two hoots about Stark, but her dad does, so she can't risk them getting away. That's why we need to help them."

Saying her name made it easier. Sylvia wasn't a scary name. Was that a trace of her old self she felt now? The Aykay who had wanted to take down Loki's empire, singlehandedly if necessary? She had thought that they'd tortured that Aykay right out of her...

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jupiter_hollow • 15 January 2013 at 3:28 PM

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Sorry dudes, been off and on. Won't be on the rest of the week, so I'm giving this a head start and leaving most to you. Sorry I sorta confused things ^^"
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By the time she bothered looking up and acknowledging all the voices she'd muted, a pair of unknown strangers loomed above, asking to help and Aykay had fished out a plan to (AGAIN!!! AGH) split up. Similar to Ray, she felt like giving herself another concussion (and maybe hitting the newly arrived duo with the Chitauri cane).
"I'm done." she announced to the unknown raven head, raising an eyebrow lightly. Well, they sure seemed to consider it natural for a bunch of war-raged strangers (in Stark tower, may I add) like themselves to trust them a mere minute after they'd met... Well, pretty much pointless in general.
She recalled something about an evacation (evacut... evacuation? Agh, she was never good with remembering words) that Aykay announced. They had orders to get out of that floor and frankly, that was the best option for the moment.
The current plan, however, was... dumb.
"I don't think we should split up." she started her last lecture anew. "Bad idea. And jumping out heroically without knowing if chitauri or a bloody homicidal demigod waits around the corner is suicidal. I'll deal with Pyra if you're worried about being slowed down - I'll carry her. The point is getting her and all of us up there as well. Wasting time to go up and bring Aaron down might turn out crucial." she was fiddling with the makeshift cloth bandages on Pyra's collarbone. She'd tied the lenin over her shoulder to make a tight knot and block the wound. She hoped it would work for the time being.
"I agree though, you two should go first as scouts. And you..." she glanced sideways at the newbies, then looked at Frost. "Friends?"

silver_winged • 15 January 2013 at 10:27 PM

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Sweat was beginning to form on her brow as Margot stabbed down at the lock again and again. Finally, with a screech of metal, the lock busted and popped open. She staggered back, gasped and then lifted the lock from the cage. With a sharp sideways motion she hurled it into the wall hard enough to cause a substantial dent. [yeep] thing deserved it.

Stark didn't move from his spot. The two of them locked eyes. Then, Margot gripped the door of the cage firmly and swung it outward. It smashed into place with a bitter clang. Following the door with her eyes, she noticed a black blot clinging to one of the bars. It looked like a bug. "Yuck," she muttered to herself, making sure her electric glove was on. Then she swatted at it, intending to smash it against the bar of the cage and zap it simultaneously.

While she had done that, Stark had taken his first steps out of the cage. He surveyed the room warily, as if he expected Loki to pop out at any moment. Margot turned to face him. "We've got Stark," she reported into the active transmitter. "Heading down to meet you now. What's the fastest way out of here?" Her last statement was directed forward.

"Probably out the parking garage," Stark replied. His voice was just barely audible over the device. "There's a service elevator."

Margot nodded once and stepped through the doorway and back into the hall. After checking that it was clear, she motioned for the other two to follow. She'd keep the transmitter on just in case the others needed anything.

"Left here," Stark piped up from behind her. He was looking at one of the doors. Margot pushed through it, cleared the corners, and then entered another hallway.

leafpelt • 15 January 2013 at 11:01 PM

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Frost stared for a moment, then replied, "Yeah. They're supposed to be dead, but...I don't know how they survived..."she shrugged resignedly. With a hint of exasperation, she added, " And...if those two are a little too trusting to you...it's true. They're hopeless at being tough. "


She paused, unsure which decision she should make. "I think that staying here, and a couple of us going up is the best," she began. She stood up, and surprisingly, nothing hurt. Curiously, she added weight on her leg. It was numb. She glared at Zoe, but was also grateful.

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Zoe flinched at Frost's glare. She busied herself by pretending to look at the jar and see if she gave the right one. How was she supposed to know that she put too much of the numbing effect in?

"Jake," she called out. "Do you have anything useful we could give to them?" She gestured airily while staring at the jar intently.

bunnyshadow • 15 January 2013 at 11:58 PM

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The moth bounced off the bar, avoiding Margot's hand. It flew up to the ceiling, and fluttered after Margot, Aaron, and Stark as they walked past. The insect kept enough distance from the 3 as to not be noticed, but also stayed close enough so that it couldn't lose sight of the group. Gold antennae twitching, it quietly landed on Stark's shoulder. After a bit of crawling around, it seemed satisfied with it's position, and scrunched itself up, not wanting to be seen.

dada_dragon • 16 January 2013 at 12:57 AM

Aykay snatched the transmitter from Frost and turned it on.

"Margot, you need to be careful. I know what she's like. She's still nearby. She's hiding." She said. "She would never have left knowing you have Stark. Be on your guard. She could be anywhere. She can teleport."

She handed Frost the transmitter. Margot didn't need to know they weren't leaving.

She transformed into her tiger form and roared. She was drowning herself in the tiger's confidence again.

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