Eklispe — Roleplayer Guild

Regus had just entered the main vault when everything turned white. Which was very bad. First off, it meant he was as visible as, well a black spot on a clean canvas. Second, it meant a cape had shown up, that one color guy and worse yet, capes rarely traveled alone. Chromatic? Was that it? He'd busted several of the smaller gang operations before and Regus didn't know much about him other than that he had a flair for the dramatic and used colors. Whatever, he should be able to get out of here before anyone caught him. Regus began stuffing wads of pure white bills into his bag, as much as he could reasonably fit, a little more actually. No time to zip the bag, Regus ran straight to the back wall and applied his power. He waited a few moments for the feeling of control to spread throughout the wall. Weaken the edges of a block of it, feel it detach from the surrounding walls, then make the middle less solid, but still solid. Then he shoved as hard as he could. A block of the steel and brick, about the size of a large door, was shoved out into the street, sliding across the pavement, road, and crashing into a car.

The ride was relatively smooth, and Blackout spent most of it smiling to himself. It probably was more then a bit creepy. Regardless, he was mentally preparing himself, wondering who he'd fight, if anyone. The main plan was obvious; Asisst and help escape, but Blackout knew it was more then that. He wanted to hurt them, the Wards, the Protectorate, anyone who he could just. . . Make feel his pain. Waves upon waves of euphoria washed over him as he thought more and more about it. On the outside he was just fidgeting, playing with his knife and grinning widely, though it'd be hard to see that through his helmet. 

Blackout blinked in surprise as a small display lit up the helmet, and jumped a little, quickly exploring it. "How long has it been able to do this? Is this Tinkerfab?" He mumbled, looking at everything it displayed. At the top right was a small signal bar which showed four bars. A small circular loading bar was next to that, and at the bottom left it said "Searching. . ." in small gray print. Suddenly a quite beep of confirmation played making Blackout jump even more then the first. He probably looked crazy, but that wasn't deceiving. He was more then a little bit off kilter. In his ear he heard a static filled radio signal which said, directly into his ears, "PRT officials are on their way, Wards are already on scene. Set up an ambush, this isn't just a bank robbery, it's a statement. We're going to make the Protecterate fear us. Blackout, you've arrived." as he listened, he slowly put the pieces together. He now had radio contract with who he assumed to be The Boss.

At the last word, spoken by The Boss the van stopped, and Blackout jumped up, and pushed his way out of the van. He opened the doors quickly, and a little ways behind them a large block of steel, brick was pushed, hard, into a car, almost completely destroying it. "Shit. Serephina, our backup is here," He said to the girl behind him, the grin still stuck to his face. It then came to his attention that the entire bank was stark white.

Regus was panting a little, partly from exertion and partly from adrenaline. He ran out the hole he had created and saw a large black van pull up and someone jump out. Either it was the FBI or the Boss, though given that the one guy that jumped out didn't have a heavy duty rifle or containment foam and wasn't charging him, it was the latter. Regus ran over, lugging the heavy bag, several of the color-less bills spilling out on the way, and tossed it into the van. "What's the plan?" He hoped there was a plan. There better be a plan.

Serephina jumped out of the back of the van not sure whether to feel scared, excited, or both. Odette was once again nestled into the bigger pouch of her backpack and let out a small, high pitched sound at the new noises, smells, and people around her. This whole scene around her was quite a sight and now she decided to feel excited. She had obviously committed small crimes before but she had never been involved or knew anyone who had robbed a bank before.  "So exactly what is going on here and how am I going to help? How CAN I help? I'm literally just a cape with a cat. . ."  She fingered her small knife in the waist of her pants and realized that she would probably need a WAY better weapon if she was going to get anywhere with these people. These people were obviously criminals that were doing this for one reason or another she just wasn't sure if she wanted to be a part of it yet. 

Maybe she would take part in this mission and decide from there. She kind of liked being on her own but at the same time, she loved having a system of comradery and friends among her. The guy that had just done the majority of this bank robbery was clearly not stable and may be quite dangerous so she may want to keep her distance from him. But Blackout didn't seem much better. If she sat there and thought about it anymore, she would probably begin to question why she was putting herself in this much danger then chicken out and activate her invisibility to flee with Odette in her arms, go back to Blackout's warehouse, steal his things and never be seen again.  But this could be fun if she did things right and she may even get thousands of dollars out of it.

She then caught a glimpse of the dollar bills and lost all hope for this mission when she saw that they were completely blank. Nothing on them. She didn't know if the others knew this or not but in the real world, blank pieces of paper couldn't get you anything. In all reality, these people and this mission was looking more and more unstable and pointless by the minute. She turned and said to Blackout,  "So what are we even doing this for? There's nothing on these bills. We can't do anything with them!"  

Blackout seemed surprised by her sudden hostility."It wears off, silly," He said smiling widely, "They'll return to normal soon enough, but for now-" He cracked his gloved knuckles "-we beat the shit out of some wards. You," He pointed at the new kid, his grin widening, "Can you give me some sort of disguised cover? I need to get close to use my power. I'm Blackout by the way." As he spoke he started walking back towards the bank, his grin growing wider as his plan started to come to fruition in his head.

Blackout? Like the Blackout? He was here with Blackout and the plan was to fight the wards? Regus had signed up for a bank robbery, not a brawl. However he had a feeling that 'no' wasn't really an answer in this case. It tended not to be in the case of big money like this. Regus had been a bit worried about the whole blank bills thing, but if they were going to change back that was fine. How was he supposed to do disguised cover again? His power wasn't really that subtle. Uh, he could harden his clothes but that would limit movement. He could reach his power through anything he was affecting, so he could give Blackout something he was controlling and activate his power reactivately? Regus snatched a small rock off the ground and tossed it at Blackout, the rock clung to his clothing like it was glued on. "Got your cover." he said simply and cautiously started after Blackout. As long as he was fast enough he should be able to block practically anything short of concentrated gun fire. Maybe. Regus hadn't gotten into a fight since he'd triggered so he wasn't sure the extent that he could harden something as basic as clothes. Of course it would've been far better if they had just left without fighting, but Regus was willing to do a lot of things for a million dollars.

Serephina trailed behind the two slowly trying to think of what she could do to help this seemingly unorganized process. Odette padded alongside her quietly. She wondered if she could use her powers as a distraction when the wards came. Maybe she could carry some money and disappear to a location she was told to head towards. That could be VERY helpful with multiple trips.
 
She then began to wonder what this guy who had robbed the bank was all about. What was his deal? He had acted like Blackout was some sort of celebrity when they showed up but then chucked a rock at his head out of nowhere? There must have been some reason but she didn't quite understand what it could be. This guy must have had some issues no one knew about, but then that's the backstory of most capes in general.

 "So what am I exactly needed here for? You told me the Boss was going to use me for something but never told me what. You're lucky I came in the first place. But then again, I need the money. So whatever you need me to do, I'll gladly help as long as we have a plan. I'm not comfortable going into a dangerous situation like this with no sort of escape plans or backups."  She said to Blackout, who seemed to not be paying attention to her at all. He seemed to be completely lost in his own world and not even considering the situation around him in present time. Odette mewed up at her softly, wanting to be picked up.  "Come here."  she said with a smile and waited for Blackout's response slowly stroking Odette's soft grey fur.

Blackout glanced down at the rock looking very confused. "No, cover. Ya know. . . Something to hide behind, so I can surprise the Wards. Since I can stop them from using their powers. They probably aren't well trained in close quarters combat. Also stay away from me if you wanna use your powers. We're gonna try and isolate them, then incapacitate them within-" The voice in his head said ten minutes "-Ten minutes!" As he spoke he pulled out his handgun, loading a magazine into it. "Oh you, Ms. Angel, three things. One, I want you to sneak around the building and get behind them. Two, stab them in the hip if you get the chance. Three, stay quite the entire time, don't stop being invisible till one of them is unable to fight. Don't kill, yet." He explained, testing his sights, and waiting for Regus to do something productive.

Regus frowned under his mask, did he want like, a wall? Cause he'd asked for something disguised and he couldn't disguise a wall really. His eyes went to the now loaded gun, dang Blackout was playing for keeps, even if he'd told Angel not to kill anyone, the key word was yet. Regus gripped the road and took a deep breath. Detach, lighten, solid but less solid. Regus rose upwards, a good section of the road coming with him, about four people long and two people tall. Regus wasn't good at measurements. "Will this do?" He asked roughly, hefting the section of road like it was made of cardboard. Some of the edges piratically dripped off, like they had been melted. If Blackout'd wanted a wall to hide behind he should've just asked. Hopefully when Blackout did... his thing, the chunk of road didn't go back to normal, or else that could get very bad very fast. 

"Definitely!" Blackout said, grinning widely, and looking like a kid in a candy store. He walked behind it, and signaled for Regus to join him, then signaled the driver in the van. He spoke into the mic on his helmet saying, seemingly to himself, "Leave when the Wards appear, driver. Circle the block, and come back when I say so." After he finished talking, he turned to Regus and quickly said, "Radio silence when my power is active, otherwise you will just confuse yourself. I'll give a pretty distinct signal when it's about to activate."

 "Angel girl? Should have known you would take advantage of a name like that Mr. Broken Telephone Wire. Considering we're working together for now, I don't care if you insult me but when we aren't, you should probably watch your step."  The impending battle being so close at hand, Serephina commanded Odette to jump into her backpack and zipped it shut completely. She had used her knife to tear holes in the sides to act as air holes a while ago. She would be completely fine in there. If something happened to her cat, she didn't know what she would do.
 
She planned to activate her power as soon as the van left and stay invisible as the wards came by her and then attack as they passed. Her knife was not very strong but the rust on the blade would act as an even more devestating factor in the stabbing. Although she didn't understand why she was not being ordered to KILL them, Blackout was the one giving orders right now and she wasn't going to go against them if she wanted her money. She leaned against the wall Regus had made and spoke to Odette quietly. Her adrenaline had begun to build as she waited and she happily said to Odette,  "By the time this is over, you will have all the wet food you could ever eat okay? We won't have to worry about a thing."  A smirk spread across her face.

Regus, Blackout, and Serephina meet up outside the bank and are ready to fight the wards.

Vuduin's head swiveled to view this new avatar. She was rather extravagant, her dress made it abundantly clear what avatar she was. Though did not know much about Hoopa, he did know the pokemon was something of a trickster and tended to use hoops. Frankly her overly optimistic view of the avatars and pessimistic view of the world was annoying. "I don't know about any one else but I'm no hero. I haven't been blessed and I certainly don't have the power to save the world." Vuduin then turned away from the girl and took a long drink of his water and began carefully cutting steak. Free food was half the reason he came here anyway, and he'd be darned if some crazy physic avatar ruined it for him.

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