[quote=@Tatterdemalion] POTENTIAL 4 @SARAHPHIM: This sucks. @SARAHPHIM: Sit tight, Dommy, I’m coming. “I had a meeting, you know,” Sara groans as she pulls herself up the fangirl like ivy creeping up a trellis, ignoring her scandalized squeaking. She can handle having a half-concussed superheroine clinging to her for balance. “Was gonna sign on to an awesome clothing line. But everything’s got to be an [i]ordeal[/i] these days.” The unwritten contract between @SARAHPHIM and her fans is that she will be there to save them. Witcherphim can beat her for all she cares, she just needs to be there for Dominus first. She tosses a glitter bomb through the broken window and scampers madly for the back, her sword and cloak melting away, the biotech stuffed in one of the shallow pockets on her suit. The fan will probably follow her, but no way she’s as fast as Sara at a dead sprint. The helicopter’s spiraling down towards the ground, and Dominus needs more time to get the pilot out so they can both eject before their firey doom. You work with the tools you have: Sara begins juggling the helicopter with hardlight blasts, keeping it at a level altitude while also shaking Dominus and company around in there like pinballs. If there’s anyone who could escape in those conditions, it’s Dominus. [[b]7[/b] on Defense. Exposing self to danger (hot) in order to take Influence on Dominus.] [/quote] Dominus is the last one out of the helicopter. She's also the one that you happen to catch in a perfect princess carry and make her go from supervillain to blushing and stuttering as her brain is forced to confront the reality of things being Just Like Her Fanfictions. But you're trapped. The burning helicopter is trapping you in. Witcherphim and Sarampire are coming at you and there's nowhere to go. This feels like a final stand moment. But then there's that fan walking out into the space between the two sides, trying to look confident. You're just getting ready to throw everything behind shielding her from the incoming barrage of destruction when lights explode so brightly that you - and all the cameras - are blinded. Angel-IKA: oh my god Locker: can we get an instant playblack there Ferraphim1tp: dominusblush.gif Locker: i mean of the important part Bode: Is the stream down for anyone else? Angel-IKA: Dominus!! What's happening? Dominus: OH GOD UM I HAVE NO IDEA Locker: dominus stop being a gay disaster i need u here [quote=@Phoe]"How can you just stand there and let this happen, Commander? What happened to our AEGIS?!" she shouts at the top of her longs, voice trembling with the effort, "Don't you dare tell me this is just business! Don't you [i]dare![/i] A real merger would have me in contract negotiations upstairs, in a room with sunlight and cameras! You're standing in a fucking basement watching her threaten me with my team's lives to force me in line! She doesn't care about AEGIS! She doesn't care about anything! She's gonna turn our organization into the god damn mafia and [i]you're letting her do it![/i]" Hot adrenaline-fueled tears streak down her face. She reaches out, even though she's standing too far away. "It doesn't have to be like this! We can... she's right there! We can end this right now! If AEGIS means anything at all, we [i]have[/i] to!" [No, You Move: [b]11[/b]. Live up to Errant's standard or mark a condition. Errant takes Influence] [/quote] Victoria calmly lifts up her helmet and puts it on. There's a whine of armour systems energizing. She turns coldly to look at Warren. Immediately Agents Buddy and Bargain spring into action. They circle him like raptors, their patter still seeming lighthearted but their sunglasses nothing but mirrors. "Of course AEGIS means something!" "Security, continuity, safety, defense!" "We're just expanding is all." "Broadening our reach." "Bringing the world into alignment." "And making a profit on the side!" "What could be better?" "Well, I can think of a few things." "Like a raise?" "Like a scholarship for your son?" "Like a company car?" "Like not having to uproot your entire life and turn your back on everything you've ever worked to build?" "We know that times are hard." "I think there's some room in the budget." "For our most valuable assets." Commander Warren gave an exhausted sigh. He looked old. And then, with the cyberboosted reflexes of an ancient gunslinger, his multi-pistol is in his hand, spiraling through the ammunition options as eye-bendingly fast as a spinning revolver, and settling to put an E/M round directly into Victoria's centre mass. She hits the wall armour shorting out for a second - but already you can hear the scream of the reboot process starting. "GO!" he shouts. In the next second he's on the ground in an arm-lock from Agent Bargain. Agent Buddy points. Both your and his uniforms turn criminal red. You see the all-user alert go out before the system locks you out of your own comlog. And... your limbs keep working. [i]That[/i] you weren't expecting. Did they genuinely think putting a shutdown code in was too big a risk? Did someone lie to Buddy about the code? Or is it some product of Queen Ourania's blessing that makes these arms [i]yours[/i] and not [i]theirs[/i]? Whichever it is the guy is not expecting to be hit right in his mirrorshades. [quote=@Balmas]"Wow, that is so much more badass than watching an Aristeia game," Victor admits. "I mean, I got a hot tip that Dominus was plotting something. Is that what you're talking about? Be polite, I haven't met your friends before. I'm." Crap. In hiding. Recognized. Double crap. "Bill," he finishes, poorly. "Bill Ding, at your service." Suave, dork. He grins nervously, and dangles his hand limply in their direction. Don't leave him hanging, man.[/quote] Locker gives you a look that implies he has zero time for this. Luckily the robohelmet girl highs your five, changing her helmet to :D "Getting Angelica kidnapped by Dominus would resolve two of my problems," said Locker immediately starting to move. "It'd stop her getting kidnapped by the Spiral Corps goons who are being sent to grab her to force an Athena Macrotech/AEGIS merger. And it'd resolve the insufferable will-they-won't-they thing that they've got going," he glanced out through the window suspiciously. "Ferraphim1tp did some digging into the Spiral guys with that data you got her. They're supervillains from AEGIS' cells pacified by the zombification drug that Sabrem used. And they want Angelica."