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metalogs2022-07-13 07:49 pm
thelastlaugh) wrote in metalogs2022-07-13 07:49 pm
Aw shit, get your towels ready it's about to go down
Who: Tim Drake - mostdangerousbird, The Joker - thelastlaugh, and everyone else joining in.
What: Joker Plot Wrap Up
When: July 4
Where: Lake Michigan/Chicago
Content Warnings: The usual Joker jerkishness, near drowning
The Joker had left some hints as to what he was doing, but then he always left a few. He's not like the Riddler, compulsively trying to get caught.
But the Bat can't show up to play unless he has directions to the party.
In Gotham, a situation like this, the Joker would want the Bat to have to choose between a Robin and a city to save.
Still, the group figured it out in time to actually try and save both.
But they'll have to work fast.
mostdangerousbird, The Joker - thelastlaugh, and everyone else joining in. What: Joker Plot Wrap Up
When: July 4
Where: Lake Michigan/Chicago
Content Warnings: The usual Joker jerkishness, near drowning
The Joker had left some hints as to what he was doing, but then he always left a few. He's not like the Riddler, compulsively trying to get caught.
But the Bat can't show up to play unless he has directions to the party.
In Gotham, a situation like this, the Joker would want the Bat to have to choose between a Robin and a city to save.
Still, the group figured it out in time to actually try and save both.
But they'll have to work fast.
Fist = 1, Reason = 0
Well, the inspiration behind her plan aside, she didn't know how much time she had... so she'll be acting now!! ]
HAAAAAAHHH...!!
[ There's not a lot of warning for anybody around the area as Hibiki stops just short of the water and jumps forward, thrusters firing off and propelling her forward at the maximum speed she can manage over the water... with the pistons on her legs firing off periodically to keep her above the water as she shoots toward the boat... singing the whole way.
Eventually, she starts to approach the boat, and once she's close enough... takes a deep breath and dives directly into the water.
By all means, this is where the plan becomes less of a good idea... as her song is immediately cut off due to the inability to sing underwater, and she can feel her gear's output immediately drop, but...! ]
I still have... THE SONG IN MY HEART!!
[ Her gauntlets shift and change shape, turning into a form of underwater propulsion that allows her to shoot through the water until she's directly below the boat. Her gauntlets morph even further, and then...
The entire boat is suddenly sent flying into the air as an enormous tornado bursts out of the surface of the water, carrying the entire ship with it.
It doesn't go up high enough, though... it is an entire ship, and there's only so much that Hibiki can do from underwater, but... ]
EVEN SO...!!
[ There's a flash of golden light as Hibiki, clad in her Amalgam Gear, bursts out of the water. ]
Can you feel the racing? (burnin’!)
Of my heart (burnin’!) of my soul (burnin’!)
Within this song…!
Somebody without any honor, in the way they fight, cannot protect life
(Live now, live now)
[ The thrusters on each giant fist fires up, propelling Hibiki into the air toward the ship until she collides with it, the fists opening up to grasp the bottom part of the ship, and... ]
Still I’ve not (blazin’!) taken hold (blazin’!)
Of the truth (blazin’!) answer me...!
Does the heart that beats within me, shine just like the sun
Where is the truth I had sought? WHEN CAN I HEAR MY SONG...!?
[ The fists detatch from Hibiki's gear, the thrusters firing up at maximum strength while Hibiki starts to fall back down to the water below... but she's done what she needed to do. The fists fly independantly and will start to push and carry the ship as far up as possible, and get it as high up as possible.
Oh, and Hibiki is falling towards the water... but she'll be fine. ]
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[Traps trigger, chemical reactions fizzle to life, and the two explosive devices on board go off. But the speed that the boat sails into the air is astronomically fast.]
[One second it's sailing towards the city and the Coast Guard flotilla heading towards it, trying to intercept if necessary, planning to be the last defense if the heroes fail. They might die out there on the water but if they can disarm or detonate it early, the city will suffer less damage.]
[Death is likely but this is what they signed up for.]
[But seeing the movement of the ship in the distance, two of the Guardsmen stop their work on the deck and stare out at the sky over the water.]
["What the French toast?" says one of them, trying to stick to her substitute cuss words, the one she learned to maintain proper Coast Guard bearing.]
[Another, much saltier and more experienced, farther away from boot camp, says "Fuuuuuuck" in a voice hushed with awe, her eyes wide as they trail upward, tracking the boat's rapid trajectory.]
T[The boat shoots up over the clouds and then explodes, a bright star over the water. The shockwave indents the water below but not so much that it causes a tsunami. It rips flags off poles, and rattles windows on Navy pier, cracking a few, but there's no more damage than that. The Coast Guard boats are setd slightly out of control by the current but none of them capsize. They quickly right themselves after.]
[Flaming, smoking debris rains out over the water but despite being hurled with considerable force, the explosion is high enough up that wind resistance slows the fragments down by the time they reach the waves. None of them reach the Coast Guard boats or the coastline, though Hibiki may need to get clear fast.]
[It turns out Navy Pier got some fireworks after all. Just not the ones the citizens of the city or the Joker expected.]
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BOOM!!
[ So the answer to that is a resounding no apparently. She yelps as the shockwave flings her even faster toward the water below, and for any normal person, a fall from this height at this speed at water would be fatal.
Fortunately, Hibiki is not a normal person... and the two fists responsible for carrying the ship into the air are largely unscathed, now rocketing back down towards Hibiki. They reach her just before she's about to hit the water, burst into golden light, and form a transparent glowing barrier around her right as she collides with the water.
Well, she's not clear, that's for sure... but with the reversion of her Amalgam to it's Coccoon stage, she's at the very least safe, as any debris simply hits the barrier and leaves Hibiki unscathed as she resurfaces and floats on the water.
Okay, now she can rest. ]
Haaaah...
[ She'll just... float here. Hopefully at some point after this the Coast Guard will come and fish her out of the water. Either that or she'll just have to head back on her own once she's caught her breath. ]
Ah... ahaha...! Hahh...
[ Still, with how well this went, she can't help but let out an elated laugh. ]