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It was becoming increasingly rarer for any sort of super fight to happen around the Undercity's most heavily defensive fortified settlement. And when it did happen it was usually underwhelming these days. Mostly just punks trying to make a name for themselves with too inflated an ego. It was even more pathetic when some angry teen calling themselves Crimson Doom messes up a few shops, calls Aegis out, and when the confrontation finally happens the kids blaster power lasers don't even damage Alex's armored suit. which isn't even tinker tech. [color=deepskyblue][b]"You know its a wonder how anyone gets the bright idea that they can muscle in here, any better then all the previous attempts."[/b][/color] Alex remarked casually, taking a seat on the edge of one of Shieldtown's taller buildings.

[b][color=8dc73f]"Something Something maybe ill be the one that gets lucky and beats the Rogue of Shieldtown."[/color][/b] Dean's voice remarked over the comm's network. [b][color=8dc73f]"Though saying that these guys have bright ideas to begin with is an insult to people who do think."
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[b][color=deepskyblue]"So not you?"[/color][/b] Alex snorted as a stream of profanity assaulted his ears before regarding the overly edgy red and black idiot he was currently holding over the side of the building. [b][color=deepskyblue]"You gonna stop being an idiot?"[/color][/b] the wannabe villain nodded vigorously that they almost lost what remained of their half broken helmet that covered their identity. [b][color=deepskyblue]"Cool."[/color][/b] Alex pushed himself off the edge as if it were the most normal thing to do, landing on a sudden platform of blue light before making a hole in the ground. The teen villain for their part didn't scream but was shaking like a leaf in autumn. They were then flipped about and set down on the ground, Alex kept a hand on their shoulder though. 

[b][color=deepskyblue]"Your going to go and apologize to the people who's shops who made a mess of, help them clean up, and get the hell out of my town. Clear?"[/color][/b]

There was an audible gulping sound followed by more nodding. 

[b][color=deepskyblue]"Good. And tell whatever friends or other gangs you know to stop messing with us. Now git."[/color][/b] Alex shoved them along and turned to go another way. wasn't really necessarily to make sure they did as they were told. People either knew better or got most of their bones broken. That or Wolf sniped the poor son of a bitch in both kneecaps if she was feeling nice. Nothing a dumb kid deserved though. Hell, the Town's defenders and hunters alone did a good job of keeping the peace these days. Maybe . . . a chance to stop? kinda hard to drop the call to action when you leave such a big impression. There were still other matters to address in the meantime.
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"Right, so before little Timmy's first OC decided to throw a tantrum. I was confirming that we got the final headcount for the meeting. unfortunately Demon Mask is making an appearance so prepare to be mildly annoyed."[/b][/color]

[b][color=deepskyblue]"Oh Whatever will I do? Anything else of note?"[/color][/b] Despite the sarcasm Alex was met with a uncomfortable silence for about a minute which Dean broke before he had the chance to ask what was wrong. 

[b][color=8dc73f]" . . . We got the last call on casualties from the Scream incident. No big names, but we lost four Rogues. Should probably pay respects at the meeting."[/color][/b]

More helmets and masks for the wall. Always hit hard when they lost someone. Didn't help that a lot of powered individuals tented to get snatched up by gangs or the roving bandit clans pretty quick. It felt like there were less heroic types in the collective as the years went by. Kind of a heavy reminder why Alex was still doing this in the first place. There really weren't many else. 
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"I'm gonna finish patrol then head back. keep me posted as usual."[/color]
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Switching off his comm-link, Dean let out a breath. Glad he had kept the lack of feedback from the infamous local cyber ninja. Enough stuff to worry about besides a lone wolf full-borg. The fact that there was ANOTHER damn Templar down in the Undercity was enough to spike the blood pressure. Dean was supposed to just be the guy in the chair. Thing's were supposed to be easy, [i]less stress inducing.[/i] He wanted to bang his head against the wall for a bit but wasn't resigns to having a headache for the rest of the day. not when he had MORE to do. Part of him felt the urge to say the forbidden words, but not wanting to tempt fate, opted to simply think them to himself.

[i]Could this get any worse?[/i]

He could feel Golem staring at him incredulously. Okay. Maybe even that was too much. He could count the amount of mages he knew that would slap him upside the head for tempting fate like that on one hand . . . even though all the mages he DID know could also be counted on one hand, Family not included. It was going to be one of those weeks.