1461/AWftF: The Third Dragon Ball

AWftF: The Third Dragon Ball
Date of Scene:	31 January 2015
Location:	Earth-4555 <DBZ>
Synopsis:	The three-star Dragon Ball is found among the art collection of a wealthy executive. When the Confederacy moves in to claim it, the Union gets involved, and what was supposed to be a quiet theft gets messy...
Cast of Characters:	Maya, 37, 38, 83, 114, Fuki, 323, 522, 644
Tinyplot:	A Wish for the Future

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Serori (37) has posed:
Orange Star City. 3:00 AM. The starlit sky is clear, though the lack of any moon might look strange to anyone holding expectations as to what an 'Earth' should look like at night.

It's not a very large city, but the architecture is unique. Several of the taller buildings are cylindrical rather than square or rectangular, and the lighting isn't as intense as it could be (aside from the requisite street- and stop-lights, anyway), meaning the light pollution is minimal. Advertisements show up in the form of billboards and video screens, though the latter are all dark at this hour, leaving only a few stationary women with big smiles and lovely figures to draw the eye.

A silent vessel slides through the night air like an eel through deep waters. Designed for stealth, the craft features quiet engines, a matte black hull meant to confound radar systems, and a distinct absence of running lights. It skims to a hovering halt above one of the taller buildings. Not long after, a hatch opens, and Serori drops out to alight on the gravel-strewn rooftop.

"That's just the easy part," she mutters, then prods at the bracer she's wearing on her left arm. A holographic figure appears above it. He's human, male, and draped in robes reminiscent of the Roman era. "Are you ready?"

The figure bows. "I am, Colonel."

"Good. Let's get started."

Genghis Rex (114) has posed:
Genghis Rex and Terrible Dactyl stand on the bridge. Rex eyes the city, knownig that *his* style of leading my need to take a back seat tonight.

"Dactyl, I am giving you a full deployment (12) of Legion to command. Keep to the air and await the Colonel's instructions."

Dactyl nods, "A wise move. Barring an unforseen circumstances, we should be able to get in and out without much incident.? Just keep your barking to a minimum so my radio doesn't give us away."

Rex glowers at Dactyl.

Gaius Van Baelsar (522) has posed:
The Legatus has actually taken the confederate craft over his own. Very simple reason, this was stealth and his ship was not stealthy. If anything the Dreadnought was big, obvious, and held a 'please target me' sign.

Though he could also have taken Yari with him, his new Centurion recruit-- he would have. It be interesting to see how she would handle stealth operations along side the Confederates, but being she is new-- and how she reacted to some members of the Confederates at the Citadel.

She require a bit more time before taking on such high priority missions.

Once the Legatus did step off, his metal boots landed down with surprising silence. The black armor with the crimson red lather-like material almost seem to blend in with the darkness and his void lens reflected no light in them at all.

Though when alert notification goes out, he can only reach for his gunblade and keep the tip of it pointed to the ground. He would follow Serori's orders-- whatever they may be.

Though in some silent amusement---
--Its like old days all over again for him.

Dracula Vlad Tepes (83) has posed:
    Dracula isn't here himself today, even despite the night that's settled on Earth. This is a situation that may require a bit more finesse than he can carry out in person, and for that reason, another one of his followers has been sent with Serori.

    A swirling gust of rose petals rolls out from the hatch after Serori exits, twirling in the air and storming in the space beside Serori. After a few scant moments, the torrent disperses, and the demoness Succubus floats just a few inches above the rooftop with wings lightly stretched and her arms folded over her chest.

    Her golden, predatory eyes cant aside to Serori as the rose petals steadily dissolve away around her. "So, how exactly would you like us to approach this, Colonel?"

Vanessa Selby (323) has posed:
Despite being a fox-woman, Vanessa isn't really known for stealth so she takes the confederate craft as well. Plus, she's all for the easiest way to get somewhere. She lets out a yawn as she exits the vehicle, no one should be expected to get up this early. Still she wants to get her hands on at least one of the Dragon Balls for leverage. "Let's get this over with, so I can go back to sleep." She waits patiently for further instructions.

Fuki has posed:
    Night time operations were Fuki's favorite. Her black armor, the night sky and darkened areas and her own little stealth capabilities, she enjoyed being a sneaky little spysassin. Upon arrival, the Fubuki drops from the aircraft, the black wings of her armor spreading out as she flies down to land near Serori and the rest of the crew. "I'll take the ventilation system. It'll be easier for me and less risky."

    Fuki looks up towards Serori then the rest, and with a slight nod, she takes off, heading for one of the ventilation shafts, blinking out of radar view as she turns her stealth functions on. "Let me know when you're ready for me to dive in."

Genghis Rex (114) has posed:
Terrible Dactyl waits for a closeby tower to come within range of the Confederate cruiser, and disembarks, circling, then landing silently. From the same opening, 12 saurian shadows leaps through the windy void, one at a time, setting down on the same tower. A slight "click" and a door is opened. some of the shadows disappear inside, but most drop ropes and repel silently down the side of the tower, spreading out all along the rooftops of Orange Star City

It's all very TMNT, but with dinosaurs.

Noble Six (38) has posed:
    Word of a Confederate ship being spotted was good enough for Noble Six to want to deploy to try to stop them, or at the very least delay their objective. No stealth ships available for her, so she's instead opted to take a ride in a Ghosthawk. A stealth helicopter, which glides almost silently through the night. Normally these things could deliver a whole squad to an objective, but the SPARTAN's armor and gear means she's going solo.

    The helo slides through the night until it comes to a hover over a nearby rooftop. Not the one the Confederates are landing on, thankfully. That would make for a really awkward deployment. Noble Six drops onto the rooftop with her equipment and quickly makes her way to the edge of the roof, setting up her sniper rifle and drawing a bead on the target building through the night scope. Now it's just a matter of picking her shots.

    The helo swoops off, intent on finding somewhere nearby to stand down until she calls for an evac.

Serori (37) has posed:
The ventilation system has an easy access point; all Serori needs to do is remove the outside grating, which is a pretty trivial feat for someone possessing the strength of a saiyan. Fuki's way ahead will be relatively clear for quite a few floors, though navigating the complex system could prove challenging. Adapa will offer advice if it's sought.

The two rooftop doors -- unlocked thanks to Adapa's access to the security system -- open into two separate stairwells. There are cameras in the stairwells which will need to be avoided or otherwise managed; however, the real risks don't present themselves until someone tries to enter any of the lower levels.

Mostly.

At the sound of the helicopter, Serori turns her head. She watches the helicopter pause, and squints through the darkness to see if it dropped anything or anyone off, but it's hard to tell for sure -- at this range, her eyesight's not /that/ sharp in low light.

At the street level, the lobby is dark and silent. Getting in through the main doors might require some technical know-how, or at least caution, but it's not going to be /that/ hard to breach...if you can avoid the attentions of the security duo working the front desk. It might be better to look for another way inside.

Maya has posed:
Maya had also arrived on the site there were issues with the dragon balls being hunted by the Confederates, is she there to Ruin's Serori's day and plans or is it a case she ahs some idea of what the sayain might be wishing for? There's a saying from Earth. Be careful what you wish for you may just get it after all. Either way Maya's taken a moment to cloak her visable presence and attempt to move in on the buoldin it's time to do what she can to hopefully slow down and distract the conferderates.

Serori (37) has posed:
Using cloaking tech is cheating! Maya's got an easy way in, at least, if she can figure out the locked doors. And the security guards. Can she manage some kind of distraction?

Fuki has posed:
    With the access point opened, Fuki takes a dive into the system, the Shinki's eyes lighting up the way in the dark tunnel. Software wise she opens something for a data transmission as she makes her way amongst the tunnel system, "Mapping system engaged. Now... to find this item for the boss." she slips her mask on, the light from her eyes peircing the masks eyes as she takes in her surroundings. Making a left here then a right then a down. "Mmm. Logically, the item should be in the most secure location of the building..."

    A tiny flash of light is emitted from the Shinki's left hand, a few shuriken in her hand to help with getting past the fans. "Just temporarily. Stick this in, move then take the shuriken out. Should be simple." a pause, "Maybe I should have watched more Jane Bond..."

Vanessa Selby (323) has posed:
Vanessa takes door number two and makes her down the stairs carefully as possible. She tries to stay out of view of the cameras, she's not sure if icing them over would set off the alarms so she plays it safe. The best that can be said is that she manages to not trip down the stairs as she forced to get in some awkward positions. Her tails certainly don't help since she has to try and keep them concealed as well.

Serori (37) has posed:
Fuki proceeds ahead. The ventilation systems are clear from obstruction, aside from those fans, but it's a dizzying maze, and her progress is relatively slow. Another problem? After the first floor down, she passes by an intake grate, and her light shines through its slats.

From outside the vent, she'll dimly hear: "Huh?"

Followed by approaching, curious footsteps...

Neva Fernandez (644) has posed:
    In the middle of all the espionage and the warring factions scrambling for the super-rare wish-granting artifacts, everyone trying to be sneaky in getting into the building and trying to race to the Dragon Ball, a wild-card inserts itself into the mix, quite literally the most accidental way it could.

    By just appearing with a flash of magic, blue, red, white, black and green, Neva Fernandez materializes inside the building, somewhere in the middle-ish of it all. The red-haired girl blinks and reaches her hands out, hmming a little as she looks around. "Hmm... Maybe I shouldn't have taken that left walk at Albuquerque... This isn't Tamriel, this is an office building!" She grumbles and looks out the nearby window out into the city. "Hmm.. Yep. Definitely a city.... Weird though..." She waves a hand about and draws some blue mana mana out of the air. "Mana's pretty thick for a city..."

    She hmms and looks around, "Well, let's see if there's anything here... Might be something fun..." She smirks and uses that drawn blue mana to cast one of her Cantrips. Specifically she summons a Blistercoil Weird out of the blue, and grins, "Hey Bob! We're doing some Breaking and Entering! Or... We already did... Still, let's look around!" With that, she starts strolling through the offices, followed by the tall striding Weird, who just quietly shakes his head.

Dracula Vlad Tepes (83) has posed:
    It seems things have become a little more complicated. With that alert of their presence now sent out, the Confederates will have to move quickly and effectively. Fortunately, Succubus isn't the type to act too brashly.

    Again, she vanishes into that swirling storm of rose petals, but this time they waft down along the stairwell that the others will be proceeding to. In this state, Succubus rolls on ahead of the group, gracefully fluttering out of view of the cameras and searching for any human guards who may be present on the way.

    While her allies would be spared the effects of her particular abilities, whatever guards she runs into would not. She continues flying along as that light collection of rose petals, but any guards she comes into the sight of would be treated to something different. An alluring scent of flowers, a soft, beckoning call only heard by their ears, the faint glimpse of a feminine form among the dancing petals, and a little help from a burst of irresistible magic to give them particular tunnel vision. Like a pied piper among a horde of rats, Succubus weaves and dances to lead the guards away from her allies and down alternate pathways or other rooms.

Genghis Rex (114) has posed:
3 shadowy Velociraptors break off from the main group and leap from rooftop to rooftop, keeping to the darkest areas and not raising so much as a clatter.

The rest of Legion flood into the building behind Vanessa.

One of the 3 makes its way to the helicopter, staring up at the hovering copter, and takes in a deep smell of the air.

Low humidity, it's about 58 degrees, oil and grease from the inner workings of the copter mixes in with the scent, but there is something else

The lead raptor looks to his two cohorts and motions to them to a nearby rooftop. They seem to have caught Nobel Six's scent.

Gaius Van Baelsar (522) has posed:
Gaius said he take up the rear, but with the two possibly going two different ways. It be hard to say which rear he should take up. Though thanks to the map update, he has an idea where halls may intersect and including where trouble /could/ be.

Though when the AI gives the suggestion to follow Vanessa, he'll take it. Though it looks like Rex's own group has the ability to deactivate security and that is something he'll gladly take. Not that he can't avoid, but timing cameras can always be tricky.

Including if you are unsure what their blind point is.

Though he watches as Vanessa attempt to go in before the Legion groups goes to disable the camera and hrms softly. He'll give the woman credit for at least being gutsy enough to move ahead, but far as he is concerned-- safety first in these forms of operations. Guts later when your found.

Though once the Legion moves, that is when Gaius moves, following up in the rear as he said he would. keeping his steps careful and even if a camera is not disabled in the sense of either off-line or shown false images, he makes sure to still avoid detection by watching the radius.

His Gunblade though returns to his backside as he moves, knowing fully well that not only would shots grab attention, but the blade would be-- overkill for such a mission.

Fuki has posed:
    Flying around the tunnels do eliminate the noise that walking would, the light shining inside that dark tunnel, the Shinki passes by the grate, pausing a moment as the footsteps and the word catches the Shinki's attention. Soon, the lights dissapear from the Shinki as she tries to find a tunnel to duck back into. "Mmmph, I can't be spotted this soon, this would put a stain on my model." she looks around, the light picking up once more before she ducks down another tunnel and turns it off, pausing here for the moment.

Serori (37) has posed:
Vanessa proceeds down the second stairwell. It's a fire escape, so it's fairly spacious, and the steps are even. Avoiding the cameras involves patience and contortion, but it can be done, so long as she's cautious. Now all she needs to do is make it down the eight flights. Fortunately, she's well-supported by Genghis Rex's LEGION, who moves ahead to disable any cameras as the group descends.

There's a loud CREAK below -- someone's opened a door.

Enter Succubus. A flowing cloud of rose petals drifts past Vanessa, and teases the guardsman back out of the stairwell he's just entered. The door creaks again, then snaps shut, the noise echoing above the quiet footsteps of the intruders.

Unfortunately, /disabling/ the cameras outright quickly alerts the front desk security team to something going wrong. The guy with the coffee cup nudges the other guard beside him, and points out a few fuzzy displays. "Hey, what do you think this is all about? Another technical problem?"

"Dunno. I'll radio up. Jim, this is Rupert. Something's going on with the cameras in the fire escape again. Can you take a look?"

'Jim' is a bit occupied by dreams of beautiful women; he doesn't answer. Rupert frowns and calls up again. "Jim? Yo, you there, man?" A disgusted sigh heaves up from him. He stands up. "Hey, Brian, go check up with Jim, see if he's wasting time on the shitter again." He asides to the other desk guard, "Goddammit, I -- "

"WHOA, WHAT THE HELL IS -- what was that?!" The guard is pointing at the monitors, where Neva's just arrived in a burst of explosive color.

A shrill alarm starts up as he slams his fist down on a Big Red Button.

At least MAYA gets lots of help breaking into the building!

Serori (37) has posed:
Oh, by the way?

There's a big sign in the lobby Maya will notice.

SATAN ENTERPRISES.

The title -- and a familiar grinning motif -- is repeated throughout the building in various ways.

Serori (37) has posed:
SOMEWHERE, IN A RESIDENTIAL SUITE...

Mister Satan sits up in bed and bellows in a fearful response to the building's alarm system. A nightcap's long tail dangles in front of his face. He is wearing a man's nightgown, because why wouldn't he.

He leaps out of bed, and reaches for a robe, just as two of his security members burst into his bedroom. "Mister Satan! The building has been infiltrated!"

"I knew it!" Mister Satan cries. "I knew my status would lead to this! Assassins! Quickly, release the dogs! And get all teams responding to the threat! My life can't end like this! Have the police been called?!"

"Sir, your daughter's already preparing her unit for action! The police will be here in a matter of minutes!" Security Guy Twelve salutes, while Security Guy Seventeen goes out to relay Mister Satan's orders.

Maya has posed:
Maya is using magic but the effect is the smae she notices the locked door, and the guard she can't take any direct hostile actiona s that would break the spell however she's got other ideas that shouldn't break them as she moves to attmept something simple but standar she finds a bit of refuage an old can but as she does this things go on inside that get the guards attention she's going to use this chance to haul area and get inside.

Gaius Van Baelsar (522) has posed:
As soon has the alarms go off, stealth goes right out the window and the AI confirms it wasn't them. The Legatus quickly moves ahead and looks over to Vanessa, "This way, just watch yourself." He tells her with a still calm voice-- even if his heart was now racing. He was emotionally /excited/. It was thrilling and he kind of forgotten how much /fun/ this kind of crap was.

The Black Wolf will lead the way, unless Vanessa argues with him, making sure she is right behind him-- along with the rest of the group. He uses the HUD map given to him to find shortcuts and ways around that are not the obvious directions. Though he does /try/ to avoid doors-- but if there is an office that interconnects, he will try to make use of it.

The key will be not being still detected and not drawing attention away from whatever has the Guards already on alert.

Vanessa Selby (323) has posed:
Well, so much for stealth. Vanessa cringes and her ears fold over a bit as she hears the alarm go off. Well, at least she's not going to have to be subtle anymore, but her ears are going to be sore for a while after this. She has no problem with Gaius taking the lead, but she does her best to try and keep up with them. She's still wondering what set off the alarms, she was trying to be careful.

Serori (37) has posed:
So, Fuki's gone completely unnoticed now that chaos has broken out; however, she'll be one of the first to hear the distant barking of dogs. Many dogs. Their WOOFS and HOWLS and YIPS echo dimly through the ventilation shafts.

Neva Fernandez (644) has posed:
    The Alarms go off, and that's Neva's cue to skidaddle! She goes wide eyed as she looks around, "Wait, wait! I can't 'walk with that noise! Oh this is gonna suck!" She looks to Bob and tells her loyal Blistercoil weird, "Come on, Bob! We need to find a spot to hide!" She then spins around sprints through the hall, Bob stomping after her, and the pair make their way to an elevator. "Elevator! Yes!" She pushes the button to take her up, and just PUSH PUSH PUSH PUSHES that button. "Come on, Come on! Stupid Elevators!"

Fuki has posed:
    Fuki nods, the indicator on her map and the light goes back on. Speed is of the essence now, she can't wait for the guard to leave so lights turn back on and off she goes, left... right... down then up then down further. "Mmm, c'mon map, show me the goods please." She rotates her map some, looking for the blip and the general floor it's on. Then the dogs barking, "Well crap. At least this means I'm in the clear."

    A quick radio warning to her allies and the Shinki is off once more, picking up her flying pace to speed through those tunnels. "C'mon... where are you. Gimme the exit at least nearby!" She continues to rotate the map in the window that pops up, keeping an eye on her location, the target and any new mappings that happen while she works her way.

Dracula Vlad Tepes (83) has posed:
    Poor Jim. Lost in dreams of wonder and pretty women for probably the entire night, tucked away in a little room to the side. Succubus can't really afford to linger around him, in any case: she manifests by the guard just long enough to project a pair of identical clones of herself to linger by him. Somewhere between exact copies and projected images, capable of using Succubus's own abilities, but frail enough to dissolve with a single hit. If another guard comes by, they'll just have to work their magic on him before he turns aggressive.

    Succubus herself blows a kiss to her clones, then slips back out to the stairwell where Vanessa and Gaius are. "Sorry," she croons when she meets them, "just had to take care of a little pest. Shall we proceed?"

    Again, she dissolves into fluttering petals and continues down the path, idly dancing among Gaius and Vanessa as they search for the way to go next. She'll be ready to rush ahead again and dazzle any more guards that show up, though, if all of them haven't been distracted by Neva's timely appearance.

Serori (37) has posed:
Vanessa, Gaius, Succubus, and their Legion accompaniment hasten down the fire escape stairwell to the nineteenth floor. Once the door's lock is confirmed as popped -- "Proceed ahead!" Adapa adds across the radio -- Gaius is able to kick it open all bad-ass-like, and to lead the way in search of the Dragon Ball.

NOBLE SIX will see several infrared figures flashing past the office windows, several of which are obviously saurian in shape, one of which is trailing foxy tails...of course, the three velociraptors approaching on the rooftop might be too much of a distraction to enable a clear shot. Then again, she's a SPARTAN, capable of crazy feats and unmatched marksmanship, so maybe she can do it anyway?

On the Satan Enterprises rooftop, Serori paces, uneasy.

Serori (37) has posed:
Maya's able to infiltrate the building and to proceed to the elevators. If she's smart, she'll use her magic cloaking field to join a squadron of security officers proceeding up in pursuit of Neva.

Maya IS smart, so let's assume she's doing this. It's a tight fit, and she'll have to hold her breath for fear of being discovered, but the security team is so focused on tracking Neva's location (and on following the other cameras being disabled) that they're not paying too much attention to the fact that there's someone hiding in the elevator with them. She goes unnoticed, and is left alone as the guards pile out onto the fifteenth floor.

Of course, JUST as they emerge, Neva's getting onto the other elevator. It goes up about one and a half flights before stopping. The elevator's been disabled; she'll need to escape!

Gaius Van Baelsar (522) has posed:
Gaius does indeed kick open that door like badass-- cause they are moving and he doesn't like to be slowed down when the operation calls for it. Given the alarms are already blaring, who is going to notice a door being kicked in.

Also safe way to be sure the damn thing doesn't lock them in here either.

Once moving into the room, Gaius motions for everyone to stay down low, but yep, to keep moving. One never knows if a Guard may be roaming around and not paying attention to the alarms. Though he does give a nod to the Succubus, trusting the demonic woman to know what she needs to do-- which is simply scout ahead of the group and be sure things are pretty clear.

Maya has posed:
Maya has some experiance sneaking into to places so she is avoiding the elevators at this point she's able to hold her breath for quite a bit thanks to the oxgen cell she got installed some years ago as part of combo with a toxin filter. After she'd been gassed by a certain old fed resarcher and had woke up in a dunk tank as another speices. Ya she's learned her oleson there she keeps moving in trying to get some idea of just where the ball might be but she's doing her darnest to keep stealthy for now. She's unaware of Neva at this point, and can't really help her even if she had the need but this is one of Mr. Satan's holdingds she doubts the guards would finish someone off and be more conerned with taking them alive after all. Neva should be fine , right?

Noble Six (38) has posed:
    She wishes she'd had a bit of time to set up a better defensive position on the roof. No time to think about it now, though. Noble Six abandons the sniper rifle and instead grabs something out of one of the crates on the roof she brought down from the helicopter. She fires the zipline at the SATAN ENTERPRISES building and when she feels it catch, hooks it to the edge of the roof of her own building.

    Leaping out into the open air, she tosses two grenades back at the roof she had been on, then grabs the zipline with her left hand, riding it across the gap between buildings. She's headed down, not towards the roof, but to one of the lower floors. She fires a couple of shots from her handgun into the window, and then releases the cable, letting herself sail through the plate glass, land and roll. So much for stealth and subtlety.

Neva Fernandez (644) has posed:
    Neva slips into the elevator with Bob just in time to avoid getting caught by the guards, and sighs in relief when the door closes and the lift moves up, "Okay... Breath... I can 'Walk out now---" Then it stalls, and Neva goes wide eyed, "What?!" She reaches ofer to the buttons to the other floors, pushing ALL OF THEM to try to make it work, to no avail.

    "Nonononono! I don't wanna be stuck in an elavator! This is how people get Claustrophobia! Gotta get out!" She shakes her head and then looks up, before grinning, "BOB! Punch out of the cieling hatch!"

    Bob just glances at Neva, before nodding and swings its fist up, driving it into the cieling, and pops the hatch off! Neva grins and pumps a fist, "Yes! Come on Bob, gimme a boost!" The Weird lowers its hand and hoists Neva up and out of the elevator, before climbing itself out after her. Neva sides a bit and says, "Okay, we need to get to a floor that's... Not this one or near this one... Let's try finding some sort of residential suite, or something, I dunno... It'll be pretty high up, but probably closer to the roof, we can just bail out there."

    Bob stares at Neva for a moment, before looking at the elevator door for the next floor and just shoves it open with its blobby strength. Neva blinks before saying, "Or we can just go there... Good call Bob!" With that, she boosts herself offf of Bob to get into the Seventeenth Floor.

Fuki has posed:
    Fuki gives a nod to nothing in particular, making turns here and there before finding that marked grate. A few swift lasers blasts and it gives up its hold on the roof. "Welp, here we go." diving down into the newly made hole, her wings flare out and the thrusters kick on in earnest, blasting her forth to meet up with the rest of the party. It doesn't take too long to get up there, moving to land on the Legatus' shoulder, her laser rifle out and ready. "I'm here."

    Fuki takes a look around, giving a light nod, "Point and I'll find." she states, "Or point and I shoot, either way."

Genghis Rex (114) has posed:
The Raptors leap out onto the rooftop and spot Noble Six just as she ziplines off the roof. The lead raptor darts his head down as a small pineapple shaped object rolls against his feet. He emits a small shrill squeal of warning, then drops down onto the grenade. The other two raptor's are gone in a flash, that flash being the lead raptor exploding in a flash of raptor parts and shrapnel. The second grenade explodes, but the rooftop is now empty.

The two remaining Raptors explode (not literally) across the rooftops, heading for the Satan building.

Inside, the rest of Legion follows after the other infiltrators, however, one stops as it hears cables bouncing inside a nearby elevator shaft. It clicks it's tongue and 2 more Raptors come over to meet it. It clacks a claw against the Elevator door and snorts. The two helpers place their foreclaws on the doors and begin prying them open to see what all the noise is from inside.

Vanessa Selby (323) has posed:
Of course the shots that Noble Six fired have to go somewhere. Vanessa hears the gunfire even if she's not quite sure where it came from and feels the bullet hit one of her tails. She cringes in pain as she slows down a bit and grabs it. They really need to find the Dragon Ball fast and get out of here.

Serori (37) has posed:
The nineteenth floor is a veritable shrine to executive wealth. The main hallway circles past deluxe conference room after deluxe conference room. Cameras dot the ceiling here and there, their red-lit indicators and slow rotation indicating they're fully active, but these are easy enough to slip past thanks to the continued efforts of the Legion velociraptors and Adapa's more heavy-handed interference. As the hallway progresses, it opens up into a wide lounge featuring plush leather couches, a beautiful chestnut bar (complete with taps and an excessive drink selection), a small catering kitchen (behind its own swinging doors), tables, bar stools, and various expensive paintings, sculptures, and other such things flaunting the sheer wealth of Satan Enterprises. Mister Satan's own mug is featured in a number of these portraits, because he's a very vain man.

Crouched just beyond the lounge is a waiting security team armed with tranquilizer rifles, riot shields, and at least a dozen dogs in bullet-proof vests. Every dog is a shiba inu. Every dog looks VERY SERIOUS.

The dogs lunge forward in a single destructive pack the second ANY Confederate shows himself (or herself).

MEANWHILE -- the investigative Legion discover the busted-open elevator car. Two floors down, one of the elevator doors is forced open. If they care to pursue Neva, they'll have a relatively easy time jumping down the cables and swinging onto the seventeenth floor behind her.

Meanwhile, on the seventeenth floor, Mister Satan is being hurried into a panic room (for his own safety, and the safety of the 'assassins', of course). Neva will see this happening. Six security guards clustered around Mister Satan, Mister Satan's bare ankles, his night cap flopping around, his frantic shouting -- "THERE! THERE! STOP THE ASSASSIN!"

A spray of tranquilizer darts flies at Neva, and at Bob.

Also, two more Security Doges rush toward them, barking madly.

MEANWHILE -- there's a crash of shattering glass in one of the conference rooms to Gaius's right. Vanessa will also see the sight of Noble Six bursting onto the scene, though that's mostly thanks to the fact that her tail gets zinged by one of the bullets Six uses to ease her entry.

Maya's going to similarly waltz into the middle of the action. Her emergence from a nearby stairwell puts her just to side the of the security squadron fending off the Confederates.

Beyond them? A pillar surrounded by a field of lasers. A glass case.

A Dragon Ball.

Serori (37) has posed:
OUTSIDE --

Blue and red lights flash down the city streets accompanied by the wailing of police car sirens. A young woman leans out the lead car's window, shouting through a loud speaker to her police unit: "Hurry! Satan Enterprises is under attack!"

Neva Fernandez (644) has posed:
    Neva goes wide eyed as she sees the bunch of guards and the rich geezer, blinking for a moment before goiing wide eyed as they open fire. Before she can react, Bob puts himself right in Front of his planeswalker, and takes the full brunt of the trquilizer shots.

    Neva goes wide eyed as Bob gets shot up, and shakes her head, "Bob's chump blocking, you'll be fine... Just act..." She closes her eyes for a moment and reaches out into the air, grabbing much of the mana thick energies out of this world, and pulls a nice stack of Blue Mana, about six of them... And steps out in of Cover in order to throw her hands out and rapidly sling her spells.

    Rather than any damaging spells, though, below Mr. Satan's bodyguards are openings into the Void, which would grab onto each one of them and try to yank them through out of reality.

    Neva's eyes glow blue with Magic as she does this, before they go back to regular blue, and Neva points at Mr. Satan, "YOU! You're going to get me out of here."

Gaius Van Baelsar (522) has posed:
Fuki comes down on Gaius' shoulder and as they move-- it becomes very obvious that things are now going to get extremely hairy when they start to look around. Then add the fact Noble Six arrives-- along with Maya.

The Legatus quickly looks about the area and then gives out the marching orders to everyone here. Smokescreens are to go down quickly. Lights out and for some of the Legion to go deal with Maya. Meanwhile for Fuki and Vanessa to try and get the Dragonball, while the Succubus handles the men and the dogs.

As for him, he turns his attention directly at Noble Six having faced her before-- so long ago. The Rookery-- wasn't it? Yes. That was the place.

The Female Spartan may find a blue plasma bolt going her way if she wasn't quick enough. "Noble Six." Gaius voice says calmly to her. "Good to see you again."

Serori (37) has posed:
What few lights were active on the nineteenth floor abruptly switch off.

Maya, Noble Six, Gaius, Fuki, Vanessa, Succubus, and several Legion operatives are plunged into near-total darkness. Small headlamps on the security team's helmets still provide some lighting. Mostly, the lights reveal where they're standing.

Vanessa Selby (323) has posed:
If having her tail shot isn't bad enough, there's also dogs present which makes her a bit heistant to get close. She might be able to freeze the lasers but that only solves one problem. Hearing Fuki's idea she decides it's worth a shot at least. She grabs the shinki with her free hand off Gaius's shoulder and tosses her at the Dragonball.

Genghis Rex (114) has posed:
A raptor sees Neva disappear onto the 17th floor and all three leap for the cables holding the elevator up. THey slide down the greasy cables , then dart into the now open door of the 17th floor. Hey Neva, you now have 3 Velociraptors in combat gear standing behind you. *wave*

The remaining Raptors follow Giaus' orders and heard toward the oncoming Security Doges. The lead raptor stops and places a claw to its chin and looks quizzically at the Shiba Inus, as if philosophizing about the nature of the battle to come.

"Wouldn't it be ironic, to die in the living room?"

The other raptors begin rolling smoke grenades at the Doges.

Dracula Vlad Tepes (83) has posed:
    The door opens, and Succubus immediately rushes out in a flurry of rose petals in the darkness. Their scent wafts over the guards, and Succubus's magic strikes in a much more aggressive fashion. Oh, it's still sweet and seductive and permeating their senses with her irresistable beauty, but this time it's not only alluring, but desperate. She presents herself to them as such a wonderful, delicate creature, and it just so happens she finds herself under attack right now! And, even better, she could promise so /much/ if she were only protected! How could any mortal resist protecting someone like her?

    Her goading seductions are directed to point the guards at the /true/ monsters here: obviously, Noble Six and, if she should make her presence known, Maya. Of course, Gaius, Vanessa, Fuki, and the raptors are her allies, just more protectors to ensure that her grace and beauty can continue to bless the world around her. Whether the guards resist her powerfully influential wiles to /that/ extent, however, depends on how easily malleable they are in this situation.

Fuki has posed:
    Fuki smirks a bit, an idea forming in her programs as she lets that known on the radio. "Pick me up and throw me at the dragonball." which, the foxgirl does! Internally, Fuki's going 'Wheeeee!' at the launch, but the Shinkis' face betrays what fun she's having, stoically flying towards the laser-guarded Dragonball. Though with the lights off, the only brightness in the room are the lasers. Her wings spread out, trying to cover as much surface area as possible so she can tackle the ball out of the defense grid and, hopefully without too much injury, get the ball out and away!

Serori (37) has posed:
Mister Satan's bodyguards are sucked out to the Void, those poor guys. The Security Doges -- yipping and growling as they're picked up off the ground -- are similarly handled, leaving Mister Satan standing all by his lonesome. For a moment, he looks horrified -- just a guy in his nightgown and robe suddenly thrust into Very Concerning Circumstances -- but then he straightens up, and thrusts his finger toward Neva in a condemning manner.

His laughter booms out just before he launches into his speech. "YOU! You have crossed the line by invading my home! I, World Champion Mister Satan, shall teach you the error of your ways! Young lady -- turn back now, before you -- gh -- wha -- are those -- d-d-d-DINOSAURS?!"

That's right -- Legion's appeared right behind Neva, swinging in from the elevator shaft.

Mister Satan has a change of heart. He points to the nearest doorway. "THERE! Quickly! To the stairwell!"

Neva Fernandez (644) has posed:
    At first Neva is annoyed at the old man's reaction to her, as she replies, "Home invading? I am literally just TRYING TO LEAVE! What is wrong with you, you dumb geezer---" She blinks and looks over her shoulder to see the Raptors, before going wide eyed, "Oh god, don't tell me this is the Jurrasic Park world..."

    When Mr. Satan mentions the escape route, she nods and she channels two more blobs of Mana, and casts quick spells, summoning TWO Blistercoil weirds! "BOB! BOB the Second! Stall them! We're on the run! Sorry!" With that, she turns and sprints for the stairs, "MOVE IT, OLD TIMER MOVE MOVE!"

    She doesn't even stop for the 18th floor, seeing the door shut, she just sprints for the next open floor... On the 19th floor.

Serori (37) has posed:
Smoke floods the darkened nineteenth floor, further obscuring the place. The security guards -- confounded on all levels -- completely miss the little shinki zooming right over their heads. Fuki passes through the laser grid. Though her wings are sheared off in a shower of sparks, she makes direct contact with the Dragon Ball, which is knocked off its pedestal, through the laser grid, and onto the floor. Fuki will go tumbling onto the floor with it, and possibly take additional damage from the laser grid.

MEANWHILE, Succubus breaks several manly hearts with her terrible plight. The security guards not only start looking around for Noble Six, they start pushing amongst one another for the right to be closest to Succubus. Fortunately, the Security Doges are not fooled by smoke screens and pretty ladies. Their sharp noses lead them unerringly to the real threats. Succubus will have several chompy teeth coming for her rear, and Vanessa will find herself pursued by a team of four Security Doges who know what it is to hunt foxes.

Legion, too, will be pursued by the Security Doges, who work like a wolf pack to try and disable their philosophical squadron.

Gaius no doubt has his hands full with Noble Six, but he'll have to be careful.

Serori (37) has posed:
Mister Satan and Neva emerge on the nineteenth floor, stepping into smoky clouds and chaos. Succubus's charms immediately attract Mister Satan's attentions, even though he's only half-aware of where she is and what she is, but Neva's likely immune to such things.

"Oh, who is /this/ lovely woman..." Mister Satan all but swoons.

Fuki has posed:
    Sailing over the heads of security guards, the Shinki gives a grin under that mask, the sparks fly as soon as the wings hit the laser grid and a TINK as she rams right into the Dragonball. She clings tightly to it and rolls with it, more sparks as she twists the ball away while falling, a leg sheared off with the laser grid. "MIne mine mine!" She hops up and holds the ball, looking around a bit.. with a start, she tries to fire up her thrusters but with a kzzzt, they short out, the damage from those lasers nicked her flight pack too. "Well... crap. Vanessa, pick me up, I've got the ball!"

Vanessa Selby (323) has posed:
Vanessa doing her best to avoid the dogs as she grabs Fuki and the Dragonball off the floor. She can't believe she actually has one. Of course that doesn't change the fact she still has dogs chasing her and she's a rather tempting target. There's only one way she's going to be fast enough to avoid them. A sled made of ice begins to form on the ground and the fox girl uses her legs to push off. "Hang on tight, Fuki!"

Genghis Rex (114) has posed:
Three Raptors are suddenly faced with 2 Bobs. They hiss and roar at their new targets, skulking forward, then lunging heedlessly into tooth to face combat with the Weirds; claws tearing, teeth snapping and not a single bit philosophy from any of them, Maybe there is more luck with the other Raptors?

Above, the Doge VS Philosiraptor fight wages on. The small dogs gather around the Raptors, yapping, biting and snarling. The raptors, while well training in hiding and shadows and assasinating poeple in their sleep, seem quit vexed at being over-run by a herd of ankle biters.

"If you spill a clenaing product, do you make a mess?"

One raptor slaps the other, "Shut up, idiotops, that doesn't make any sense! OW! OW! OW!"

The combined cuteness and viciousness of the Doge army isn't quite enough to kill the raptors, but it keeps them hopping up and down and impotently swatting at the piles of fur.

"ACHOOOO!" one of the raptors sneezes. Suddenly they are all sneezing violently. Cue wackiness.

Maya has posed:
Maya's not yet revealed her self to the feds directly but there are ways of detecting her after all the succubus is noted and Maya's eyes narrow a bit. She does't have much love for real ones or wanna be cyborg ones. This was going to get messy and the feds had Fuki along which mean she had a good shot at getting the ball. She could make a spell strike on the pair going for the ball but that would open her up. She also gets the demon is muddling the guards

Maya meanwhile is going to stalk Fuki and Vanessa as she now moves to inmtercept them and that's when her cloak drops. Maya's also got a card in hand and just what is it? Why fire a burst of flame is focued right at Vanessa and Fuki! However Maya'a also exposed hed self to other action now.

Neva Fernandez (644) has posed:
    Neva goes wide as she sprints into the floor where all the action is, and when she sees Succubus there's brief moment where she can feel her heart getting tugged, but she quickly shakes her head and reaches to her gauntlet to activate the Counter-spell function of the Izzet Charm. "Right! None of that! I'm just getting out of here..."

    She looks about and just ducks into the smoke, just trying to get herself out of the heck out of dodge... Of course, going through the dark and the smoke and the what the hell is going on here, she runs into the path of Vanessa, because she has no idea where she's going.

    And then FIRE!! "OH GOD!!" She throws out her other Gauntlet, and activates the SECOND Izzet Charm's counter-spell function! "No Fire!"

Noble Six (38) has posed:
    Her arrival was quite the shock, or at laest you would think it would be. It seems that several people who she has managed to upset over the years have been all gathered in one place. How convenient for her. As soon as the lights go down, her VISR kicks on, lighting the area back with a mixture of low-light vision and augmented reality.

    She takes the shot from Gaius in the side, though this manages to make her shields flare, but not drop. Turning towards him, she rises back up to her feet, "It has been a while, huh? Don't suppose I can convince you and the other Confederates to leave." She already knows the answer to that, and that's the reason she's firing a pair of shots off at Gaius from within the smoke and darkness.

    Any guards who get close enough to Noble Six, due to Succubus' influence, will have to be disabled non-lethally. Six is an expert at hand to hand combat, so it shouldn't be too hard to take them out, it's just a matter of doing it in a way that will not kill them.

Dracula Vlad Tepes (83) has posed:
    The rose petals finally resolve into the form of Succubus fluttering just above the floor, a certain self-satisfied smirk curling her lips at the effectiveness of her magic. Ah, but it can't last long. As powerful as her demonic wiles may be, they still have certain limits against things that simply don't care about beautiful women. Like dogs.

    Dogs that try to bite at her rear. Succubus gives a surprised yelp as she notices one /just/ in time to flutter back and out of the way. Annoyance slips into her features as she begins to ready more offensive magics...and then Mister Satan himself comes in.

    Well. He may not be quite as heart-stoppingly attractive as some of his fans may make him out to be, but when has that stopped Succubus from getting her way? Immediately she takes on the persona of a poor, frightened woman again, crying out her terrified desperation as she flies to Satan and wraps her arms around him. Interposing Satan between herself and the dogs, all while making sure to offer gentle caresses and continue pouring out her mind-altering magic, she croons and pleads. "Oh, please, help me! There, there-" She points a long-nailed finger at Noble Six, then Maya. "These /monsters/ broke in to attack you, and me, too! These people came to help, but...oh, /please/ you must do something!"

Vanessa Selby (323) has posed:
Of course there's not much room to steer the ice sled in the office. Vanessa and Fuki don't get too far before crashing into Neva. If that's not bad enough they still have the dogs close behind and Maya's fire blast. Needless to say, Vanessa loses her grip on Fuki and the Dragonball in the chaos. It takes her moment to realize what just happens as she feels around her for the Shinki and Dragon Ball.

Gaius Van Baelsar (522) has posed:
Gaius moves to duck out of the way of the shots that come his way. One of the bullets clips his pauldron as he moves for cover. He then swings back up to his feet, his Gunblade coming into hand as he aims the sights down at Noble Six.

The only reason he can even find the Spartan is perhaps the same way she can see him. Though in truth, her is probably a bit more able then his own, but who is comparing note really? "You are correct," He then opens fire as he goes to move position. Taking notice as Neva runs through the smoke. "And I am sure you know why we are here-- to stop all of you." Playing into the Succubus' own words.

He then takes another shot to try and make sure to keep Noble Six locked up.
5rIn His mind, beyond Mister Satan-- she is the next largest threat here.

Serori (37) has posed:
Mister Satan wades blindly into the fray. Goaded by Succubus's charms, he starts punching Security Doges, who, in a very confused manner, turn on him -- because what else can they do? After some pained yelping and yipping, two Doges latch onto Mister Satan's arms, and hang on growling as The Champ continues through his martial arts routine. He's strong enough not to mind their weight, but it does look kind of dumb. Eventually, the Champ goes down in a pile of dogs, all of whom seem more concerned with loving him into submission with licks and wagging tails.

"No! Curs! You will release me -- I must go to her! I must keep her safe!"

The Security Team is having similar issues. Unable to really handle the smoke and dark (despite being 'the world's best'), they -- influenced by Succubus's magic -- have taken to firing tranq darts wildly into the action. Three of the guards are taken out by their own fellows. Another two go down fist-fighting. The last one chases wildly after Maya, only to go down a moment later as a fiery blast streaks through the scene.

One of the tranq darts strikes Mister Satan just as he stands up from the literal dogpile.

He goes down again.

Genghis Rex (114) has posed:
Meanwhile, outside, Terrible Dactyl decides that he needs to do something fun, since all of the others are inside the building. As the local authority figures race toward the Satan Building, he flits over to Noble Six's hovering helicopter and plants a half dozen sticky bombs on it's underside, before gliding away and catching a nearby perch.

BOOM

The Helicopter explodes and falls down onto the now busy streets of Orange Star City. Police cars slam o their breaks and into each other and front of the firy blockade.

Dactyl nods, "That should buy a few moments ..."

Inside, the Legion Raptors are either distracted by Dogs or Bobs, but wait, there ARE 2 other Raptors that Noble Six failed to kill, who scaled the side of the building using her zipline and are now deep inside, looking for something to kill.

Neva Fernandez (644) has posed:
    "Do not want! Do not want!" Neva screams out, as she just goes back down into ducking into the smoke and darkness. She didn't realize that she had knocked tue Dragonball out of Vanessa's grip, and may very well accidentally grab it as she crawls out, trying to get out of there!

Fuki has posed:
    Fuki is holding tight onto the Dragon Ball even after she's knocked from the sled from Neva's tackle! A quick flash and a kick from her good leg sends a shuriken flying at Neva's hand. "Get away from me, not Master!" as she starts flying backwards and bouncing before skidding to a stop, emergency pings sent to all Confederate radios are sent out, indicating the Shinki's and ball's position to her allies. "I'm over here, come get me!" she cries out over the radio, pulling a rifle out to hold with the ball.

Dracula Vlad Tepes (83) has posed:
    The testosterone-fueled chaos Succubus inspires is the perfect opening for her to deal with more /important/ things. Her crooning and praising immediately cease, replaced with a more irritable expression as she instead flies over the room to the location of Fuki's pinging, swoops down, and tries to simply snatch up the Dragon Ball and Fuki alike in her grasp.

    Poor Satan will have to deal with puppy love and tranquilizers himself, abandoned by the grace of feminine love.

Serori (37) has posed:
The smoke screen is starting to clear! The chaos is beginning to take visible shape.

Genghis Rex (114) has posed:
All 11 Raptor's lift their heads, blank stares crossing their snouts.

They speak in creepy unison, "Target Aquired. We are LEGION."

They all turn from their current quarry and begin converging on Fuki's location, going around, over, or through anything that stands in their way.

The two closest raptors are the ones that accosted Noble Six. They step through the smoke, picking up on the faintest of scents identified as Fuki.

Noble Six (38) has posed:
    The shot that comes in at Noble Six strikes her dead center, but she is sure the rate of fire from Gaius' weapon is slow enough that she can pull this off. She rushes straight at him, lowering her shoulder as she goes.

    The plan is pretty straight forward. She's going to tackle him and drive him backwards, through that window that's behind him. She doesn't know if he can survive a fall from this height, but she's pretty sure she can. Plus it's one less Confederate trying to get the Dragon Ball, so that's what's important right now. She just hopes Maya can get it and get out.

Neva Fernandez (644) has posed:
    Neva actually has her hand on the Dragonball for about a second, and blinks as she holds onto it briefly, "What the heck---AAAOW!!!" She shrieks when suddenly Shuriken, and inadvertantly flings the ball across the room! "Screw this!" When the smoke clears up, she sees the Stairs and just makes a scramble for the stairway. "I'm gone! I'm so gone!!"
    She sucks in a breath and draws some magic as she runs up to the roof, before leaping into the air....

    And VWOOOOOOOSH! She Planeswalks away.

Maya has posed:
Maya sees as eerything goes to heck on a handbackset here dogs, enthralled allies and more as she soon dines the Succubus minions are now going after her there's cringe of horror as she taken one down but she can't stop now hte downed guard gets a rtapidly thrown healing crystal which should keep them alive but for now she turns her attention upon the baall and makes a full out dive for it, she'll get physical id she needs to to keep them from it! Also man she really does not like things like the Succubus but at least she's still a level of clas shigher than the wannabe Maya knew once.

Gaius Van Baelsar (522) has posed:
The Legatus lowers his weapon only to see Noble Six going right in for him. She impacts into his center of mass before he can actually move and is thrown out the window. Yet-- he isn't going to let her simply get away with this as he makes sure he holds onto her to see that she too, goes right out the bloody damn window.

Serori may hear the glass actually shattering, though with the others so busy-- they may not see it. Which is fine, because like Noble Six-- Gaius sees this as one less Union there. One whom has the speed on their side.

As they fall, Gaius goes to shove Noble Six away, using that force to bring him toward the other building near by. He extends out his hand and tries to slow down his descent in such a manner. However his metallic fingers can't grip for long, causing him to lose his finger holding with his back slamming into the garbage bin below and then bounced into the alley.

He lays there for a moment before he actually coughs. His HUD flickering, with warning alerts. Thankfully no ceruleum was leaking out from the damage on his back from the impact, but didn't stop the Magitek Core from trying to malfunction from the sheer force. Yet he is alive, for now, and slowly rolling up to his feet.

Also to get a good idea where Noble Six is and if /she/ is still alive- he hopes she is.

She is a fine warrior.

Serori (37) has posed:
The Dragon Ball goes soaring through the air, trailing poor, legless Fuki. Its flight seems to play out in slow motion.

Succubus's fingertips brush past it.

Maya's grasp is next to fall just short.

Then, charging through the smoke, claws extended --

A velociraptor.

Fuki and the Dragon Ball come to an abrupt halt in the velociraptor's grasp.

"Who the...anyone get the number of the...truck...that I hit?" Mister Satan is making a slow, wobbly recovery.

Genghis Rex (114) has posed:
The two raptors leap blindly for where they assume Fuki is located. The smoke and confusion going on around the Dragonball cause them to bump and crash into one another. Fuki's scent is definitely around here. They claw desperately through the chaos, one Raptor goes down as a security dog sweeps its leg out from under it, but it quickly pops back up, ignoring the yapping at it's feet.

Fuki feels something sharp and wet wrap around her, it's definitely a mouth.

The Raptor darts its head around wickedly, while the second gets into a defensive position nearby it. They charge for the shattered window where Giaus and Noble Six fell out and the Raptor with Fuki suddenly LEAPS out the window while the other slides to a stop to block anyone from following.

Fukiraptor sails through the air and as it topples head over tail. flings the spit-covered mass of Fuki and the Dragonball upwards, and into the waiting claws of Terrible Dactyl.

The Raptor, its purpose fulfilled, slams into the pavement below, becoming a dino-splatter.

Terrible Dactyl chortles, "Hah! Eww ... ummm, but Hah anyway!"

He radios the Confederates, "I have it, headed back to the carrier!"

Fuki has posed:
    The flight through the air, the ball holding shinki gets grazed by Succubus.. Maya's fingers almost get it, she twists slowly around and... *Thunk* the ball lands inot the hands of a velociraptor while she ends up in the maw of one. Vanessa was right, she'll need more than paint for this one. As she's launched up with the Ball once more and into the claws of Terrible. "I'm glad I don't get phobias like that.." she mutters, closing her eyes with a heavy sigh. "We got it, we got it...! Now... get us out of here... and find some disenfectant... I feel so dirty right now..."

Maya has posed:
Maya almost makes it in her mad dash but she's a moment too late, she feels the ball for half a second but she's unable to get a grip and the feds get it. There's not much she can do at this point as while she's getting up, the feds are making off with their prize, she's not about to leave she's going to stay and do what she can for Mr. Satan and his people.

Dracula Vlad Tepes (83) has posed:
    So close! Succubus curses under her breath as she feels the ball slipping just past her fingertips, and tries to bank around to snatch it again-

    Oh, there. One of her allies has it. Looks like the job's done, then!

    For all her honeyed words, Succubus isn't really one to care for her allies. With the Dragon Ball in their hands, Succubus shifts her flight toward a window, bringing her wings in close against her, and essentially /drilling/ through the glass to find herself outside again. The demoness' flight then brings her back up to the carrier, to retreat with the rest of the Confederates.

    Assuming they get out alright on their own, at least. They can manage that, right?

Vanessa Selby (323) has posed:
Vanessa's still reaching for the ball when it leaves her grasp. It looks like it landed well out of reach. She's upset about the whole matter but sticking around likely wouldn't be a good idea. She certainly doesn't want those dogs after her again. She's stumbling a bit as she makes her way back to the craft. The crash and having her tail shot has thrown her balance off a bit. "Ugh, it's still too early to be up." She's going to sleep this off, it was like a bad dream.

Genghis Rex (114) has posed:
Somewhere in Dinoheaven, a Velociraptor appears, "If guns don't kill people, poeple kill people, then, do Toasters Toast Toast or does Toast Toast Toast?" Somebody pulls a lever and the Raptor falls through the clouds and a small plume of flame arises.

Serori (37) has posed:
The smoke on the nineteenth floor is cleared, leaving behind the following sights:

Ruined furniture. Napping (but blissful) security guards. A confused and wobbly Mister Satan. The Security Doge pack gathered around him in an attentive, loving circle, tails wagging, tongues out. Artwork on the floor. The Dragon Ball, gone.

This is the scene the police squadron bursts onto, Videl leading the way. She hurries to Mister Satan -- "Papa! Are you okay?" -- but once assured of his safety, will work with Maya and any other Union forces to straighten out the chaos.

The transport craft will dip down to collect Gaius as requested, before it swiftly departs the city and makes for the nearest warp gate.

Serori rides back to the Citadel with Fuki and the Dragon Ball neatly settled in her lap.

Noble Six (38) has posed:
    Noble Six is still alive, though the armor lock system has gone and engaged itself. She'll need a few minutes to reboot the armor systems so she can get back up and running. She knows she has at least one broken rib judging by that stinging sensation of biofoam.

    One the armor boots back up and her visor comes back on, she determines that she's laying inside of what had been a police car with several upset looking cops around her, yelling things and aiming guns.

Genghis Rex (114) has posed:
Terrible Dactyl lands on the carrier, handing off Fuki and the Ball to Serori and wiping his hands off. He glances at Fuki, "Oh, I thought I hear the Ball chattering at me. Sorry about that."

"I'm going to go wash up ..."

The remaining Raptors begin heading for whatever exit they can find.

Gaius Van Baelsar (522) has posed:
Gaius has to avoid a falling dino--who is now a splat on the ground and looks back over once he spots were Noble six has gone. "..till next time.." he says softly, giving her an actual Garlean salute, though painful it was.

Not a great sign, given he is sure that he will have bruised muscles, probably a few broken ribs, and some fractures. In truth-- the suit is what is keeping him going right now.

Once the transport flies in low, he activates the teleport sphere and with a flicker of blue flames, he goes from the ground to the Transport, almost falling down to his knee, with the other hand resting on his raised knee.

He looks up at Serori to spot the Dragonball and just-- remains silent for the rest of the trip back. Probably find a place to sit and pretty much seem like a offline robot.