[Bradley, has hopped up to a high enough part of the tower. This looks like it would be fatal for a human, right? Now he's dangling this tourist right over the edge.
You know! For fun!]
Better show up quick! Or this fucker's gonna lose his life.
[ (britt voice) "becks stop being stubborn i have a cyoa to run".
well. the police are here, and apparently there's a ambulance on the way? hope that guy gets fined for wasting the emergency service's time because that is exactly what they are doing.
he huffs a sharp breath out of his nose and forces himself up onto his feet again. slowly, slowly, and like it's all in agony -- because it is. ]
Fine, you petty asshole. But believe me when I say you're going to regret messing around with my head.
[ suddenly he is not so valid anymore. but it's fine? it's fine. it's not the first time someone's messed with his mind and manipulated him and he got to fuck them over too so.
[so here's the thing! he agreed entirely to get rid of the pain and the Bad Feelings, but that does not actually mean he's interested in the offer he was given, or invested in listening to hawkmoth. so he's poofing once again into a shadow near where bradley is holding this poor tourist out over the ledge, frowning deeply at him.]
[ He's so glad got Rupert tbh. Not so hot on the Crow thing, he even glances over at him with a tad of pity. What can he say, he ended up bending first after. As for the panic. ]
Nooo what don't call the cops just call the first two things...
[ Nooo, not the authorities again. He's just shuffling a bit closer to the tower, he is ready to scale this shit to escape if he must. ]
Seriously, don't come any closer or I'll, uh, I'll punch it.
[the tourist takes a pic of himself dangling, posts it on snapchat, and captions it with OH SHIT GUYS THEY'RE THREATENING MY LIFE FOLLOW ME ON YOUT*BE
a fall from this height would most certainly be fatal for this idiot, who still seems amused and not actually scared for his life.
a light mask appears over crow's face again.]
Oh? So we have a deal? [crow will be overcome by shadows and begin to transform! the onlookers shriek with terror. his pain and bad vibes vanish immediately.] You know what to do. Lure out the wielders of the Miraculouses, take them, and bring them to me!
[anyway, the cops are not heeding any of these warnings. aikawa and crow are closest to them, so they rush them. officer raincomrpix is at the front with handcuffs at the ready.]
There will be no punching! Stop in the name of the law!!
[meanwhile, up at the tower with bradley and rupert...
there are two figures in the distance! they're approaching at a rapid clip. one of them is sporting a mouse-themed superhero outfit, a pink-and-grey mask, and has silver hair done up into two buns to look like mouse ears. the other is in an elegant-looking turtle-themed superhero outfit, and has piercing blue eyes and long white hair.]
[ well, good news everyone, crow looks like this now. (anna voice) even his abs have abs. you're welcome.
he's also still stubborn, still spiteful, but still sneaky enough to... not openly confirm or deny what it is he's planning on doing. which for the moment is
not being within grabbing distance of the police and those handcuffs. so! away he goes. good luck aikawa, he's leaving you to it. ]
... [ re: bradley: ] What is he even trying to pull? The guy looks like a total moron.
[ anyway! the tower seems like a good bet so... off he goes. good luck rupert, aikawa. ]
[muttered to crow and aikawa, not that they can hear him from up here:]
Cool, you guys just do whatever while I handle this, thanks.
[i, eli, understand that aikawa and crow are valid.
to the (presumed) heroes who just showed up, he gives a little wave! to hopefully convey that he is on their side here. and since he now has cool supervillain levels of strength despite his twink stature, he's just going to try to pull bradley away from the edge while not hurting this poor social media fanatic. the pcs are fightingggg.]
[ He is absolutely not. However, he is also just about to fend off these frickin' cops, so make of that what you will. (Rattles tin) the married gays are fiiiightiiiing!!! ]
Guh -- ! Sorry, but I've got no real intention of heading off to jail, so...!
[ And then he just starts -- scaling up the tower. See ya officer Raincomrpix? How do you say that name I'm in tears. But Aikawa was always pretty agile and good at this kind of stuff, and now with the superpower boost, it's absolutely insane. He is just scaling feet of it in one jump. ]
Wow, I could get used to this. [ Which, internally he tacks on a 'I'm not going to, but'. Right, he has some kind of dumb role to play here, and while hanging off of a part of it, waves down at the cops. ]
Come try to get me if you can! [ Wait, he has to give them a motivation. ] ...Or I'll start taking this tower down bar by bar from... the top!
[ Really ridiculous method of supervillainy? Yes. Stalling for time? Also yes. ]
[well! both of the costumed heroes give bradley a deadeyed stare at that and dart forward, intending to grab for the hapless dude, and unfortunately miss rupert's little wave. the social media fanatic is wriggling a bit to try and get a better angle for his selfie. there's the sound of fabric ripping!
that's the back of his shirt. haha. it's starting to rip. if anyone tries to catch him, roll a d20.
the police yell indignantly as crow and aikawa bail. officer raincomprix says something about how their rap sheet is getting longer and they better watch out!! this is disrespect of an officer of the law!! etc, etc.
crow's progress up the tower is impeded by the sudden appearance of... a portal? a white-haired girl in a rabbit costume with piercing blue eyes appears out of it, blocking his path, and points an umbrella at him.]
Don't move!
[meanwhile, aikawa is just straight up tackled mid-"villainspeech" by a purple-skinned, horned person in a monkey-themed costume. this is definitely not someone you recognize. he's wearing a mask! magic means it's impossible to tell who this purple skinned person is. i'm sorry. i don't make this canon's shitty rules.]
[ sprays bradley like he's a bad kitty. which he is. ]
[ anyway. crow just gives this bunny-girl the most unimpressed look he can from behind his mask. ]
Question for you -- if this guy is constantly trying to steal, what is it, Miraculous-somethings? Which I'm assuming you have something to do with given what he keeps nagging us to do?
Why are you here, exactly?
[ like. ma'am, you've rocked up to a theft where you're the intended target? are you ok? ]
[as soon as bradley sets this tourist down on the ledge, rupert is going to hurriedly tug him back so he's further from the edge, ignoring bradley as he does so! if you still need to roll a d20 for this please shove me. anyways, he's trying to wave one of the heroes over to come get this person.]
[ So he says, about to climb higher, when something else comes at him. ]
Waugh -- !
[ He is now grappling with a monkey on the Eiffel Tower. You know how shit just... happens? He's gripping the metal bars of the tower with his hands, so if he must, he will start to fend him off with his... weird, hoof-like feet accoutrements. Don't worry about it. ]
O-oi! Who the hell are you, quit it or we might both fall!
[bradley's hapless tourist is wriggling around still! as he gets set down and as rupert tries to tug him back, a few things happen:
first, he elbows rupert in the face in his confusion.
second, the elegant turtle hero darts forward, undoing a shield that was forming the shell on her back and yeeting it to knock rupert back, because it looks like he's trying to kidnap the poor guy again.
third, that shield strikes rupert in the eye. the edge of it is very sharp. that eye is a lost cause now but i'm not going into detail to spare you eye gore trauma. enjoy your eyepatch later, buddy.
fourth, the mouse hero ... vanishes, narrowly dodging bradley's attempted power swipe! huh? where'd he go?
also, the rabbit girl just fixes crow with the most unamused look ever and gestures at the panicking civilians down below. hello, they can't just leave them there? she then tries to smack him with her umbrella.
meanwhile, the purple monkey says something in an infernal-sounding language and tries to wrestle aikawa. surely this won't go badly at all. roll a d20, lowe.]
And Bradley's used to working with people. This could actually go so much worse.
He surveys the absolute shitshow that is going down right now and just... takes the shield. This is his now, right? Just a little bloody from the eye and all.]
Better get Bird t' take a look at that later. It ain't an arm.
[He tosses the shield at the turtle man, but he's not aiming for accuracy. Just to get him somewhere he can aim at him and steal. For fun.]
[ well he'd be super worried about rupert -- and is super worried about rupert? but some kinnie is swinging an umbrella at him so he has to slash at it with his saber? hello?
get out of his way? ]
You ever think of just yelling at them to clear out of the area where all the crap's going down, or nah?
Now I need you to move, one of your asshole friends just took out my buddy's eye. [ he's gonna just straight up try and knock that umbrella out of her hands. ]
[that's all he has a chance to say before the shield slams into his eye and then he just?? shrieks?? please hold. he's useless and i'm making dinner, he will contribute something later maybe.]
[ Poor Rupes. Sorry guys, he's not of help because he has some eldritch monkeyman trying to get at him. I sent this in chat too but for record here, he rolled 17. Since his arms are kind of occupied right now, he is going to attempt a maneuver of wrapping his legs around him and bonking the monkey hero into the side of the tower to at least get him to let go, so he can hopefully put some space between them. ]
I have no idea what you're saying! Actually you sound way more evil than I do, are you sure you're a superhero?!
anyway, bradley takes the shield, and as he's hauling it up he may notice a very tiny mouse hero running toward him? like. on the shield. also, he'll feel something down at his feet. there are two very tiny mouse heroes scaling his legs! huh.
the turtle hero, meanwhile, looks a little surprised at just what her shield did, but then she's rushing in to pull the civilian to safety. sorry, rupert, you're akumatized, her priority is getting the civilian down from this tower. goodbye, she's carrying them away.
No. That injury will be taken care of when we free you all from Hawkmoth's influence - I cannot and will not stand aside.
[the umbrella is magic, idk what to tell you. she parries the saber.
meanwhile, the monkey hero, who rolled a 20, wraps his legs around aikawa and just clings to him for dear life. he goes bonk, but he also doesn't let go - so his weight will just drag aikawa down when they fall.]
[I'm sorry to all of us because his cat instincts take over and he attempts to catch the mouse. He has fully forgotten what else he was here for. Bradley wants to play trap the Riku. I mean, mysterious silver haired stranger.]
[ oh my god. he literally just closes his eyes for a moment. rupert is shrieking. magic umbrella girl is lecturing him. i hope she stabs him. ]
He’s still feeling it now— which is really all I care about right now? And, c’mon. I told the guy to take a hike. Do I look like I’m kowtowing to his every word?
[ he is glancing over at rupert because the boy LOST AN EYE and he’s concerned please stab him i am asking so nicely ]
[thanks for your concern crow!! he will appreciate it later. for now he's just poofing down to a shadow on the ground, though, holding a hand over his (insert description of injury here i'm not going to make it gross) eye. good luck with your boss fights everyone.]
[ Jesus. Okay, yeah, Aikawa's main priority is going to be that they don't both fall off high off this tower and you know, die via broken spine or shattered skull or something, so given the monkey doesn't let go -- he is going to precariously try to make his way down instead, though not to the ground. It's covered in cops down there! ]
Can you -- please let go! [ Getting a good grip on a bar and shoving Monkeymauk Bananaleaf on the head. Like, by the horns, even. How does he not recognise him yet, it's a mystery. He glances away briefly back to where he can hear screaming. He didn't see Rupert's eye get slashed, what the hell is going on over there? ]
You alright?! [ They're not, but you know. He's looking out. ]
[riku does not seem at all amused by this game of cat and mouse? what the heckie. he and his clones dart around, trying to flank him. even though they're tiny they each have the strength of a full sized riku? so, uh, enjoy the tiny punches and kicks that hurt hurt like full sized ones!
rabbit iris dead-eyes crow, gestures at his akumatized form, and just. attempts to impale him with her umbrella. roll a d20 to dodge, crow.
turtle iris yells -]
Shellter!
[- and a green energy shield forms around rupert. he is trapped.
monkey molly does not let go. ping pong on the eiffel tower they go! they land on one of the viewing platforms. some tourists shriek and run away. roll a d20 to escape the grapple.]
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You know! For fun!]
Better show up quick! Or this fucker's gonna lose his life.
Ain't all that super if somebody dies.
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well. the police are here, and apparently there's a ambulance on the way? hope that guy gets fined for wasting the emergency service's time because that is exactly what they are doing.
he huffs a sharp breath out of his nose and forces himself up onto his feet again. slowly, slowly, and like it's all in agony -- because it is. ]
Fine, you petty asshole. But believe me when I say you're going to regret messing around with my head.
[ suddenly he is not so valid anymore. but it's fine? it's fine. it's not the first time someone's messed with his mind and manipulated him and he got to fuck them over too so.
everyone has a great time. ]
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Dude, put him down. [...actually:] On the ledge.
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Nooo what don't call the cops just call the first two things...
[ Nooo, not the authorities again. He's just shuffling a bit closer to the tower, he is ready to scale this shit to escape if he must. ]
Seriously, don't come any closer or I'll, uh, I'll punch it.
[ Kill him. ]
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a fall from this height would most certainly be fatal for this idiot, who still seems amused and not actually scared for his life.
a light mask appears over crow's face again.]
Oh? So we have a deal? [crow will be overcome by shadows and begin to transform! the onlookers shriek with terror. his pain and bad vibes vanish immediately.] You know what to do. Lure out the wielders of the Miraculouses, take them, and bring them to me!
[anyway, the cops are not heeding any of these warnings. aikawa and crow are closest to them, so they rush them. officer raincomrpix is at the front with handcuffs at the ready.]
There will be no punching! Stop in the name of the law!!
[meanwhile, up at the tower with bradley and rupert...
there are two figures in the distance! they're approaching at a rapid clip. one of them is sporting a mouse-themed superhero outfit, a pink-and-grey mask, and has silver hair done up into two buns to look like mouse ears. the other is in an elegant-looking turtle-themed superhero outfit, and has piercing blue eyes and long white hair.]
Put that guy down!
And do it safely!
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Bradley CONTINUES TO DANGLE THIS DUDE. His grip is great, so this kid is only going to drop when he thinks the heroes are close enough to catch him. ]
If yer so worried, better come up here and stop me.
What kinda hero trusts a villain like that, hm?
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he's also still stubborn, still spiteful, but still sneaky enough to... not openly confirm or deny what it is he's planning on doing. which for the moment is
not being within grabbing distance of the police and those handcuffs. so! away he goes. good luck aikawa, he's leaving you to it. ]
... [ re: bradley: ] What is he even trying to pull? The guy looks like a total moron.
[ anyway! the tower seems like a good bet so... off he goes. good luck rupert, aikawa. ]
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Cool, you guys just do whatever while I handle this, thanks.
[i, eli, understand that aikawa and crow are valid.
to the (presumed) heroes who just showed up, he gives a little wave! to hopefully convey that he is on their side here. and since he now has cool supervillain levels of strength despite his twink stature, he's just going to try to pull bradley away from the edge while not hurting this poor social media fanatic. the pcs are fightingggg.]
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Guh -- ! Sorry, but I've got no real intention of heading off to jail, so...!
[ And then he just starts -- scaling up the tower. See ya officer Raincomrpix? How do you say that name I'm in tears. But Aikawa was always pretty agile and good at this kind of stuff, and now with the superpower boost, it's absolutely insane. He is just scaling feet of it in one jump. ]
Wow, I could get used to this. [ Which, internally he tacks on a 'I'm not going to, but'. Right, he has some kind of dumb role to play here, and while hanging off of a part of it, waves down at the cops. ]
Come try to get me if you can! [ Wait, he has to give them a motivation. ] ...Or I'll start taking this tower down bar by bar from... the top!
[ Really ridiculous method of supervillainy? Yes. Stalling for time? Also yes. ]
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that's the back of his shirt. haha. it's starting to rip. if anyone tries to catch him, roll a d20.
the police yell indignantly as crow and aikawa bail. officer raincomprix says something about how their rap sheet is getting longer and they better watch out!! this is disrespect of an officer of the law!! etc, etc.
crow's progress up the tower is impeded by the sudden appearance of... a portal? a white-haired girl in a rabbit costume with piercing blue eyes appears out of it, blocking his path, and points an umbrella at him.]
Don't move!
[meanwhile, aikawa is just straight up tackled mid-"villainspeech" by a purple-skinned, horned person in a monkey-themed costume. this is definitely not someone you recognize. he's wearing a mask! magic means it's impossible to tell who this purple skinned person is. i'm sorry. i don't make this canon's shitty rules.]
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And now that he can aim well enough, he attempts to steal the mouse powers. It's the cat in him. ]
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[ anyway. crow just gives this bunny-girl the most unimpressed look he can from behind his mask. ]
Question for you -- if this guy is constantly trying to steal, what is it, Miraculous-somethings? Which I'm assuming you have something to do with given what he keeps nagging us to do?
Why are you here, exactly?
[ like. ma'am, you've rocked up to a theft where you're the intended target? are you ok? ]
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[ So he says, about to climb higher, when something else comes at him. ]
Waugh -- !
[ He is now grappling with a monkey on the Eiffel Tower. You know how shit just... happens? He's gripping the metal bars of the tower with his hands, so if he must, he will start to fend him off with his... weird, hoof-like feet accoutrements. Don't worry about it. ]
O-oi! Who the hell are you, quit it or we might both fall!
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first, he elbows rupert in the face in his confusion.
second, the elegant turtle hero darts forward, undoing a shield that was forming the shell on her back and yeeting it to knock rupert back, because it looks like he's trying to kidnap the poor guy again.
third, that shield strikes rupert in the eye. the edge of it is very sharp. that eye is a lost cause now but i'm not going into detail to spare you eye gore trauma. enjoy your eyepatch later, buddy.
fourth, the mouse hero ... vanishes, narrowly dodging bradley's attempted power swipe! huh? where'd he go?
also, the rabbit girl just fixes crow with the most unamused look ever and gestures at the panicking civilians down below. hello, they can't just leave them there? she then tries to smack him with her umbrella.
meanwhile, the purple monkey says something in an infernal-sounding language and tries to wrestle aikawa. surely this won't go badly at all. roll a d20, lowe.]
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And Bradley's used to working with people. This could actually go so much worse.
He surveys the absolute shitshow that is going down right now and just... takes the shield. This is his now, right? Just a little bloody from the eye and all.]
Better get Bird t' take a look at that later. It ain't an arm.
[He tosses the shield at the turtle man, but he's not aiming for accuracy. Just to get him somewhere he can aim at him and steal. For fun.]
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get out of his way? ]
You ever think of just yelling at them to clear out of the area where all the crap's going down, or nah?
Now I need you to move, one of your asshole friends just took out my buddy's eye. [ he's gonna just straight up try and knock that umbrella out of her hands. ]
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[that's all he has a chance to say before the shield slams into his eye and then he just?? shrieks?? please hold. he's useless and i'm making dinner, he will contribute something later maybe.]
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I have no idea what you're saying! Actually you sound way more evil than I do, are you sure you're a superhero?!
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anyway, bradley takes the shield, and as he's hauling it up he may notice a very tiny mouse hero running toward him? like. on the shield. also, he'll feel something down at his feet. there are two very tiny mouse heroes scaling his legs! huh.
the turtle hero, meanwhile, looks a little surprised at just what her shield did, but then she's rushing in to pull the civilian to safety. sorry, rupert, you're akumatized, her priority is getting the civilian down from this tower. goodbye, she's carrying them away.
the rabbit hero fixes crow with a stare.]
No. That injury will be taken care of when we free you all from Hawkmoth's influence - I cannot and will not stand aside.
[the umbrella is magic, idk what to tell you. she parries the saber.
meanwhile, the monkey hero, who rolled a 20, wraps his legs around aikawa and just clings to him for dear life. he goes bonk, but he also doesn't let go - so his weight will just drag aikawa down when they fall.]
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He’s still feeling it now— which is really all I care about right now? And, c’mon. I told the guy to take a hike. Do I look like I’m kowtowing to his every word?
[ he is glancing over at rupert because the boy LOST AN EYE and he’s concerned please stab him i am asking so nicely ]
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Can you -- please let go! [ Getting a good grip on a bar and shoving Monkeymauk Bananaleaf on the head. Like, by the horns, even. How does he not recognise him yet, it's a mystery. He glances away briefly back to where he can hear screaming. He didn't see Rupert's eye get slashed, what the hell is going on over there? ]
You alright?! [ They're not, but you know. He's looking out. ]
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rabbit iris dead-eyes crow, gestures at his akumatized form, and just. attempts to impale him with her umbrella. roll a d20 to dodge, crow.
turtle iris yells -]
Shellter!
[- and a green energy shield forms around rupert. he is trapped.
monkey molly does not let go. ping pong on the eiffel tower they go! they land on one of the viewing platforms. some tourists shriek and run away. roll a d20 to escape the grapple.]
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