"Let's go back and get Penguin." Heading bac to the rooftop to see if he's still there; if no, are my handcuffs there?
((I gave it a 50%/50% chance to escape, and he did))
*Your handcuffs are still there, the penguin is not, but he left his umbrella in his hasty escape*
*Cass picks it up carefully, having been briefed on what it can do*
*She looks inside and sees a craftman's label*
"This is not mass produced."
*She seems to be getting better with the tech things, knowing the difference between hand crafted and assembly line created things*
"Not too suprising. At any rate, let's get back in the warehouse and see if they left anything in their haste; by now, they're probably long gone. Let's try to get in and out before the police arrive." We'll bring the umbrella along, and I'll hit up Bruce to make sure he knows we're bringing it.
*The warehouse is a mixmatch of metal machinery and a bio tech lab, you see the areas and materials used to build the robots, and you also see test tubes of failed genetic experiments, twisted in hideous poses. There is one empty tube, and the liquid inside is still wet.*
Ok, in my experience the utility belt has some kind of video surveillance device, so I will record all I see in here for Bruce's perusal. Is there anything else here of interest that may have been hastily left? If I've got some kind of specimen collector in my utility belt I'd also like to et a sample of that liquid from the empty tube.
((99 on having a video surveillance device, too high in tech for 1939 to have it, best you can do is make a drawing or dictate into a recording microphone))
*You gather a sample of the liquid from the empty tube, heading back to the batcave?*
I'll go ahead and dictate what I see straight to Bruce from right here so that he can tell me to probe deepr at something if he wants me to. My art skills make three year olds laugh. (((It's a shame I don't have Eria with me)))
*He takes it in, but he says it's likely to be an experiment, the batcomputer will need to look into it further*
Can I get your bras and abls? They're buried somewhere in this thread and I don't feel like digging for them right now =P it occurred to me that you might have them somewhere on hand))
Wrong thread batman :P
I guess we're done here. Back to the Batcave with my specimen.
((15 GE Roll))
*You make it back to the Batcave with no problems and Bruce puts the sample in to be analyzed, 6 hours later you get a report*
*Bruce rattles off a list of chemicals, amino acids and proteins, and he says, well looks like a creature with 23 separate types of DNA spliced into it, it will take the batcomputer about a day to deconstruct all the strands and try to see whose it is. This is start of the art biotech, more advanced than many of our other researches in Wayne Industries.*
*You are given your leave for 24 hours, you can choose to do what you will*
I'll do Cass ;)
*Bruce sighs, and you two have a nice vacation 10 GE roll, your able to go a long time and get some sleep*
*When you get up Bruce hands you a list of names*
"Dracula, Sun Tzu, Ghangis Khan, Montezuma, Alexander the Great, Ivan the Terrible, Hannible, Nero, Attila The Hun, several animal species, probably for certain abilities, but the final three are disturbing: Lex Luthor, Flash and Joker."
*Bruce is concerned*
"We didn't have most of those, which means the Dr has been busy, we had the Flash's due to us having to cure him from running himself a part at the seams, Lex, and Joker, for trying to find out what makes a villian. The others, not from us."
This is a concern. "Dracula? As in, Vlad the Impaler? .. Or as in the vampire who flies around at night and drinks the blood of innocent virgins?"
*Bruce smiles*
"His name was Vlad the Impaler, no one really knows if he was a vampire or not."
*Cass says with a wry smile*
"Well if he did, he had good taste."
*Actions*
Well, we're going to see if there are any recent horrible crimes on record and if there are any in progress, and if not we'll take to the city and hope to find this new supervillain.
((GE roll of 21 says no to both action and horrible crimes on record and on finding anything on patrol))
*You go out on patrol, it's quiet, not so much as one street thug to thrash*
*Cass remarks*
"Maybe we broke em all?"
*Next move?*
I answer Cass, "No way.. something is strange about this. I guess part of it could be residual from Jason killing all the crime bosses, but even that couldn't have shut down the little guys this long." I'll get on the comm with Bruce to see if anything's come up on his end.
*Bruce gets on the Comm*
"This is strange, there is no crime, at all. I mean sure there is a kid stealing from the corner store, but no organized crime, no robberies, no violent crime. I don't like this, at all. I don't want to suggest this, but perhaps you two should go undercover and see what is going on. This might be one mission Batman can't do, but your "Bruces" can do."
*he smiles*
Alright.. undercover it is... back to the mansion, change clothes, leave on foot to go to the seediest bar in town, go in, order a whiskey sour, and look for the shadiest, roughest looking character in the joint. The bouncer would probably be the roughest looking, but I doubt the shadiest.
*Cass sighs and leaves to start to get ready and Bruce tosses her a ring*
*Bruce says*
"I have a friend, she and I are close, I told her about your unique situation, and she made this for you, it's a minor ring, it obscures some of your pigment, should let you lay off the makeup, put it on, and say Obfuscate, It's a pretty diamond ring, probably valueable fits her right middle finger, with a Obscure Pigment M8@1, activation device."
*she puts it on and the makeup she is wearing does wear after awhile, and she says the word, and she looks pink*
*Cass smiles*
"Well that takes an hour of the preparation out of the 2 it takes me to get ready in the morning. Thanks Bruce"
*gives him a kiss on the cheek*
*she goes into her closet and picks out a short leather dress with 5 inch stiletto heals, halter top and lots of chains and spiked jewelery*
*Cass grins*
"I'm ready to be the bad girl now."
As for me, I'm the closest thing I can find to this: loose-fitting clothes of a non-descript nature that appear somewhat worn and that will neither get in the way of fighting nor belie that I am wearing them for that purpose. I compliment Cass on her appearance.
*she smiles and pinches your cheek*
"Your a sweetheart, but tonight we are going to have to be bad."
*she smiles back at you as her hips sway back and forth in that tight skirt, that makes you can't help but look, as she heads to the garage to pick a normal enough car to take into that part of town*
*Bruce remarks*
"She reminds me of Selina in so many ways."
I'm concerned about taking a registered vehicle; if we can be raced back to Wayne, our cover will be blown.
*she holds off and comes back*
"What options do we have?"
*Bruce says*
"I do have two motercycles unlicenced, was planning on giving them the Batman treatment."
*Cass brightens*
"Glad I wore panties then." *as she grins*
Motorcycle sounds good then. Off to the Bloody Bucket. Actually, whatever the name of the seediest bar in town is.
*You are heading to the Festering Boil, a hive of scum and villainy*
((GE roll 14))
*You make it there, it's busy, but not as busy as you think it should be, you get looks eying you up, she gets leering looks wondering if she is worth trying to take you out, it's a very unsettling feeling, normally you are the wolf, and they are the prey, but you are out of uniform, and you realize the uniform makes you hunter to them, and fearless to you. You notice Cass feels the same way with body language and tensing, but she is also more used to being evil, so it goes away quickly, and she steps to the bar.*
"So which of you fine young gentleman are going to buy this she demon a drink?"
*You see 10 men fight to get the bartenders attention, and climbing over each other to do so, one goes to place his hand on her breast, she grabs him by the hand and throws him into the brick wall on the other side of the bar, the bricks giving off dust and a sound as he hits it and slides down, not dead, but definatly broken ribs*
*she grins and licks her lips*
"I didn't say Simon says."
*You remark she is picking up on cultural references real quickly, listening to the radio and books*
*The rest of the bar is in a state of panic and elation, and she has the bartender walk the drinks over to a table that two guys vacate that you two sit at, you have your choice of beer, mixed drinks or a straight drink. She chooses a Long Island Ice Tea looking one. If the intention was to make you look like bad asses, mission accomplished*
I'll keep my quiet, cool demeanor throughout, and order my whiskey sour. I'm looking around for the baddest mother (expletive) in the place -- other than myself, that is.
((GE roll 12))
*You see a guy in here about 6'6" wearing motercycle leathers, forearms covered in tattoos, Long hair, neat goatee, probably 300, muscular, hard to say without him moving how agile, or much stamina he has. He does have the look of a man who would put someone through a concrete wall for getting on his bad side*
I'll stand up and walk over to him, and say to him, "Normally, prison rules say I've got to () you up, but I'd rather not have to do that. What's a new guy in town have to do to get some real work around here?"
((Persuasion Roll 20, with bonus made it, his Willpower 36 failed))
"What kind of work you talking about, the bat cleans up the worst, and the rest are being trained? Hard to find a decent gig anymore between the two."
I smirk, "Trained. I would like to join in this training, to prove my worth to those who are in need of my services. The bat means nothing to me; he's old, and from what I hear barely cleans up the rabble, whereas I'm only interested in the jobs worth my time. If he crosses my path, I'll put him in retirement permanently."
*He looks you up and down*
((27 persuasion you, 12 willpower him))
"Nope something doesn't quite add up, a little too much bravado, when the Bat has everyone in town scared."
I laugh. "Do I look scared? Or did you want to do this the hard way after all?"
*He looks you up and down and gets into some weird boxing stance you've never seen*
*He doesn't seem like a chump*
((Martial Arts Style, 02))
No, I really didn't think he did, but I'm going to get ready with Mitzu Frenzy, Muscle Blocking, steal initiative, Following Finger, and go ahead and unload on him.
*You get into style, cannot get muscle blocking to work, your steal initiative is week, and is restolen, You follow him and throw a punch it hits, and it feels like it hits iron, his style reminds you of one of the popular fighting games, and he is slower than your style, you hit him three times, but he shifts his muscles in response, and then it's his turn, he let you go first, he misses wildly with the first it would have taken your head off, he then does another punch to your ribs, it lifts you off your feet and puts you on the floor*
*He got max roll for a hit, and his style is a +30 damage, you took 11, ribs are busted, he seems content to leave it at that, he's well trained by someone, you see a tattoo, you recognize from the movie Legionnaire, that makes sense now, French Foreign Legion trained*
*He looks you up and down*
"Well you do have spunk, and would have destroyed a lesser man, maybe I got a contact."
((Yeah not getting the muscle blocking and he got his killed you that fight))
Studying his face; I will have my vengeance some day. I'll force myself up to my feet, hunched slightly with the pain, and say to him in a strained voice, "Well, you know how it is; you win some, you lose some." Time to go nurse my drink for a few minutes, then leave. Cass can definitely drive.
*He flips you a card with a name*
*Cass is feeling fine, having finished the drinks on the table*
"She crashes into you as you get up to walk out, it hurt, but you are both walking out."
*Cass utters*
"Ish don't think, I chud drive, maybe I should healz u."
*Should be interesting*