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Quick question: did any city in California get hit by the Hounds' satellite attack?


No. Two heroes (Arachne and Slipstream) have taken out a Hound base in Pacific Point (a city in Southern California).
When does Hound NOT tease?
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Thats not really a difference to those who are dead.


Well, I didn't want to give the impression that we're throwing around nukes in this game.

At least not yet.

jk
Not quite nuked. More like blasted with a laser.

Aubrey Adkins | Kensei | Emily Prichert

I laid out the now depowered metahuman right next to the other two individuals, whom Pinup, Kensei, and I had defeated earlier that evening. It took some effort from the three of us, but we finally had subdued the burrowing superhuman and removed the Hound’s berserker device from him. While we were busy with the metahuman, the Pacific Point police department had already evacuated the remaining civilians, who had not made their escape at the onset of the commotion, from the 5th Street Promenade.

“You two should go now,” Kensei once again reiterated his opinion, which he stated prior to the third enraged metahuman had appeared. However, Pinup in response placed her hands on her hips and threw some sass back at the samurai.

“Really? Even after we proved our worth by helping you out? What nerve.”

“Maybe he’s right,” I interjected. Although I did not want to undermine my friend’s position, I also had to speak up. I could swallow my pride, like a professional athlete, who plays through a concussion, even though his couch should pull him out of the game, but that probably would not be the right call. “I’m not feeling 100 percent. Even though we go through this one, what if I’m a liability in the next fight?”

“You should really listen to your friend,” Kensei recommended to Pinup. “The threat seems to be neutralized here.”

“If that’s what you want, then we better figure out a way to ditch the paparazzi,” Pinup finally admitted after caving to my and Kensei’s suggestions.

“I’ll handle that,” Kensei muttered before retrieving three, small pellets from within his tunic. He then hurled the tiny spheres against the ground. A large plumb cloud arose from the spot where the pellets had impacted against the ground, shrouding the three of us in a chalky haze. At first, I thought that the smokescreen was so thick that I couldn’t see my hand a few inches in front of my face. However, once the cloud started to disperse, I still couldn’t see my hands, as if they were invisible.

“This will provide you with approximately 10 minutes of invisibility. Use it wisely,” Kensei’s disembodied voice warned Pinup and me. After that, neither of us heard another word from him. I guess he was already making his own escape, too. While I stood there, vainly looking where the samurai had dashed off to, I suddenly sensed something starting to reach towards me. I instinctively sidestepped in the opposite direction. However, just after I took a few steps, it dawned on me. The only other person, who could have been around me, was Pinup.

“You know, you could have just said something.”

“I know,” Pinup answered back, “But this is such a weird sensation. It’s like wandering in the dark, but in board daylight.”

“What are you doing?” I snapped at her when I felt two hands press up against my spider abdomen.

“I just thought it would be easier if you gave me a ride since we live, well, you know.”

“I am not a horse!” I argued in vain as I felt Pinup crawl up onto the back of my cephalothorax.

“At this rate, if you don’t get going, you’ll be giving the media a money shot whenever this invisibility powder stuff wears off.”

“Fine—” I grumbled. I was, however, relieved that her arms were wrapped around my waist. Thank God I didn’t have to tell her to keep her hands low.

With Pinup in tow, I dashed towards a nearby shop building and scaled up its side. Once we were on top of the building, I started to hop from rooftop to rooftop. After the first block or so, everything became a blur. It was the same thing over and over again, except for the few times when I had to scale down to the street level whenever there was not a nearby rooftop within jumping distance. About halfway through our journey, the invisibility that Kensei had given the two of us had warn off, but by that time it was already starting to get dark enough that it would not have mattered.

“Why are we stopping?” Pinup asked when I halted about over a block away from our apartments.

“While it’s getting late, it is not dark enough for me to sneak into my apartment without someone spotting a giant spider-woman.”

I then reached down and deactivated my power nullifier. At once, my costume and my arachnid physiology melted away, leaving me with my ‘normal’ human body and the clothes I had been wearing before the attack on the 5th Street Promenade.

“God, that’s so convenient. Wish I had one of those.”

“You have no idea how much time it saves taking off and putting on clothes while I look all spidery.”

“So, are we going to talk about this?”

“Yes. ” I answered back, while standing in front of the fire escape. “But maybe some other time. It has been a long day.”

“I’ll look forward to it.”

I started to climb onto the fire escape and head down. However, I stopped when I noticed that Pinup was not following me.

“Coming?”

“Probably not the best idea for you strolling across the street with a superhero. Kind of defeats the purpose of changing a block away.”

“Good point. I guess I’ll see you tomorrow?”

I then walked down the fire escape and through the alley way until I reached the nearby street. After a short trek to the Viera apartment complex, I was finally back within the safety of my home. The first thing I did once inside was to throw myself on my bed. It had been a long day. Yet I knew that I was not going to sleep well tonight. Not from the destruction I had seen. Sure, most of the craziness that happened this evening would give the average person nightmares for months, and I’m not saying that my superhero career gives me immunity to these horrors. In fact, some nights, I can only fall to sleep after my spider sense has been calm for several hours. But I was not afraid of physical fears. I’m afraid that I’ll see the same things I saw in my living nightmare.
I was thinking that some of the high ranking leader of the Hounds would appear at each of the locations mentioned by IK in my post so everyone can have some action before the conclusion. The "big bad" would be where IK is going.

I was also thinking that @nitemare shape's characters would go together, if he want them to. I don't want to force him to collab with 4-5 groups at a single time. Just my 2 cents.

Christopher Arthur III

Although not everyone had arrived yet, most of the heroes, who had gathered at Sherman Square and had not gone with Icon to neutralize the Hounds’ satellite, were present. Since time was of the essence, the rest of the heroes would just have to follow along once they have arrived. If they were to dawdle too long, the ringleaders of the Hounds would surely slip through their fingers, allowing them to continue their crusade again everyone who was not a pure human.

One of the ‘heroes’ approached Iron Knight. She was wearing a mask and googles over her face, although her fizzy blonde hair was still exposed. Chris recognized that this girl was one of the newcomers, who was not present with the heroes he had assembled three months ago to deal with Doctor Diplodoc and his mutagenic domes.

Still here willing to help, Iron Knight. Let us be the unpredictable element here, point us at what needs to be broken and we can guarantee it. My powers let me manipulate matter down to its core elements,” The girl explained to Chris. “I can literally make holes in their defenses or walls.

Lady Hex disintegrated their weapons and Pantheon took on a mech barehanded. We can operate non-lethally. Right, Pantheon?” The girl tried to make a case for herself and her friends.

As Concerned Citizens, we just need one chance Richie Rich.

“We need all the bodies that we can muster,” Chris began his response, “But we also need team players. If you can follow orders and work as a part of a team, then welcome aboard. Otherwise, you guys better go home to Quidditch practice and leave this to the professionals.”

During the Pax Metahumana crisis, crashing through the front door of the villains’ base turned out to have been the correct strategy, since the doctor behind the domes had no intent of escaping. However, in this situation, such a strategy might prove ineffective. The leaders behind the Hounds were without a doubt making their escape. They would not stay put when they planned to reduce Lost Haven to cinders. By the time the heroes would have searched the entire base, the ringleaders might gain just enough time to make their escape. The heroes needed a way to cut the leadership off without having to stumble through what possiblely could be a labyrinth of a secret base.

Fortune, however, was on the heroes’ side that night. The Hounds, whom Chris had knocked out with tranquilizer darts, possessed gear that was connected to the Hounds’ base. With a little brute force applied to these systems, Chris had access to the schematics of the base, along with the likely escape routes. This was the break that the heroes needed. This had to end tonight.

“We’re going to need to cover three additional escape routes,” Chris explained to the gathered heroes. “First, there’s a supposedly abandoned repair garage about a block inland. Everyone who’s mobile enough to cover that distance in a short time should go with Slipstream. The Hounds also have an airlift on one of these rooftops nearby. Flyers and those who want to accompany us should follow me. There’s also an underwater dockyard just sixty yards down this waterfront. So, whoever stays behind needs to either unearth that facility or guard the exit here. Any questions?”
I hope people have posts in the work for bringing their characters to the Hounds' Lost Haven base. We don't want IK and Vigilante soloing the final boss.

Also, has everyone who is planning to go with Icon to take out the satellite discussed the plan of attack with @nitemare shape?

Christopher Arthur III

“Let’s go,” Lyger told Iron Knight after the cat-themed hero had confirmed the position of the Hound’s base located just outside of Lost Haven.

“Don’t have to tell me twice,” Chris answered back. Before he took to the skies, Chris turned to give a few final orders to the remaining heroes. Although Chris knew the exact coordinates of the base, he needed a way to let the others know how to get there.

“We’ll be heading westward to Carver. For those who can’t fly, I’m going to make sure the traffic lights don’t slow you down.”

While Chris talked, his armor projected a large street map of Lost Haven on the street pavement. A red dot appeared on the map, symbolizing their starting point at Sherman Square. A red line then began to run through the streets of Lost Haven until it arrived at their destination on the eastern waterfront of Carver. He gave the heroes a few moments to review the route map so that they would at least have an idea where they were heading.

“Now that we know where we’re going, let’s roll out.”

Chris then soared up into the air above Sherman Square. Once he knew that everyone was ready, Chris, hoping the others would follow his lead, jetted off towards the Hound’s base. The flight did not take Chris’ armor long to reach its destination. His computers led Chris to what appeared to have been a run down, abandoned building on the waterfront. The moisture from the river had eroded the external of the building, thereby making it look all the more devoid of life. Yet from the location data intercepted by the Archangel armor and the energy output readings reported by Lyger, this had to be the place.

The armored hero lucked out, since a handful of Hound goons, who were trying to evacuate the facility, stumbled out the front door. These men were taken off guard when they saw Iron Knight landing nearby. But it did not take them long to unleash a volley of lead at the hero. Nevertheless, this was all in vain, as the bullet just bounced off the hero’s armor, like the droplets of rain off a car’s windshield.

One of the Hounds happened to have brought with him an RPG, just for a situation such as this. The man aimed the weapon and Iron Knight and launched its projectile. However, Chris’ computer systems alerted him to the danger and allowed him to side step the missile. Turning, Chris shot down the RPG rocket out of the sky, so as to reduce any potential collateral damage. After that was taken care of, Chris returned his attention to the Hounds.

“My turn,” Chris told these human supremists while his armor’s tracking systems were locking on to the men. In an instance, Chris fired several low-dosage tranquilizer shots at the Hounds, one for each man. Once they hit the floor, Chris rushed forward and restrained these dangerous men with some cable stored in his armor.

Now that Chris had dealt with this first wave of the welcoming party, he turned to the heroes who had followed along and arrived at the entrance of the Hound’s main base.

“This is it. Let’s finish this.”
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