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Post by Adminenkainen on Jul 14, 2022 18:16:01 GMT
Captain Desmo and Hour-Man (and Hawkgirl) Appleton City Flatiron District Bentley House 1:55 am (hour of power ends at 2:53 am)
Hour-Man closed the distance with the crossbowman at blinding speed, grabbed the crossbow, and the wood splintered in his fist, rendering the weapon useless.
The ex-crossbowman was astonished and exclaimed something (possibly a curse) in another language. But it barely slowed him down as he dropped the crossbow and drew a big serrated knife. The man displayed his prowess with the knife, forcing Hour-Man reflexively into a defensive posture despite his nigh-invulnerable skin. And perhaps that was just as well, for there was a slickness on the surface of the blade that suggested it might be poisoned.
Meanwhile, Hawkgirl emerged into the narrow hallway, behind Hour-Man.
Captain Desmo punched George Bentley - not a knockout punch, but still satisfying.
Back in the hallway, Hour-Man kept dodging the knife, while trying to find a way to break it without possibly poisoning himself.
"I can swap out with you if you need me to," Hawkgirl volunteered. "Oh, never mind." She was at the top of the stairs, so she was the first to hear voices again at the bottom of the stairs.
Captain Desmo emerged into the corridor and heard voices down below too.
"What's going on up there?"
"A break-in? On the third floor?"
"Get up there and find out!"
((I'll map this if I need to, but you are in a 5' wide north-south hallway, with Hour-Man north of the stairs, Hawkgirl in front of the stairs, and Captain Desmo south of the stairs. CD will be able to attack diagonally, but only once someone climbs high enough in the stairwell next turn to be visible.))
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Post by dtspurrier on Jul 14, 2022 19:24:57 GMT
Hourman activates his get tough power and then punches the highly trained thug
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Post by Tim_Fox1002 on Jul 15, 2022 13:10:50 GMT
Captain Desmo gets ready to whack anyone coming up the stairs.
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Post by Adminenkainen on Jul 15, 2022 15:43:16 GMT
Captain Desmo and Hour-Man (and Hawkgirl) Appleton City Flatiron District Bentley House 1:57 am (hour of power ends at 2:53 am)
Hour-Man's punch was loaded with power and, even though the highly trained thug tried to roll with it, it still resulted in a moderately wounding jaw injury and made the man see stars for a moment ((and did 5 points of damage)).
The highly trained thug did not drop his weapon, but kept swinging it at Hour-Man. Dodging was difficult in the narrow confines of the hallway, so Hour-Man would often get in close and block the man's forearm with his own arm instead of directly coming into contact with the knife.
Towards the end of four long minutes of the two combatants feinting, blocking, and dodging each other, with Hour-Man having landed only that one blow, the thug got in his lucky strike. The blade found a still-pregnable spot in Hour-Man's skin and sank in ((for 6 damage, but 3 are subtracted from the Get Tough bonus first)). Despite all that swinging it, the blade was likely still envenomed when it sank in and no doubt accounted for some of its sting ((saving throw failed, so more impact to follow..)).
Meanwhile, the first hoodlum came up the stairs to find out what the racket was and was surprised to see Hawkgirl and Captain Desmo waiting for him. Practically simultaneously, Hawkgirl struck the hoodlum with the flat of her blade, he struck her in the shoulder with a truncheon, and Captain Desmo gave him a good whack with his fist. The hoodlum fell backwards down the stairs from the two blows, apparently already unconscious, but Hawkgirl had a light shoulder wound as well ((3 damage to her)).
The second hoodlum coming up the stairs had to climb over the first one. He saw Hawkgirl and Captain Desmo, figured out what had happened to the first guy, and tried to bolt back downstairs.
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Post by dtspurrier on Jul 15, 2022 20:05:17 GMT
Hourman tries to shake off the poison and activates his race the train to see if his speed can wear off the poison. He then continues to attack the asian thug
( question even though he failed the save, Hourman is an android which has a 45% chance to not be effected by poison was that rolled too?)
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Post by Tim_Fox1002 on Jul 16, 2022 6:49:52 GMT
Desmo tries to jump down on top of the escaping hoodlum to tackle him and hopefully knock him own.
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Post by Adminenkainen on Jul 17, 2022 16:32:38 GMT
Captain Desmo and Hour-Man (and Hawkgirl) Appleton City Flatiron District Bentley House 1:59 am (hour of power ends at 2:53 am)
The would-be assassin's knife found another still-vulnerable point, stabbing Hour-Man ((6 more damage!))
Hour-Man felt like he was slowing down, maybe a little sluggish, but he still connected and his punch ((for 5 dmg)) seriously hurting his foe. It even forced him to drop his knife.
The no-longer-wanting-to-be-an-assassin blanched at his shrinking odds and backed away, but Hour-Man's speed - even sluggish - was great enough to keep him from escaping into the open doorway to the northeast. Panicking and turning to the window, Hour-Man got in one more attempt to punch the man in the back of the head, but missed as the man crashed through the window, willing to take his chances with the plunge to the ground rather than risk capture here.
It was a gamble that didn't pay off - the assassin landed poorly and lay there on the ground, looking like he had broken his leg.
Meanwhile, Captain Desmo hurled himself like a living missile weapon down the stairwell, but missed. As he picked himself up, he took off down the stairs and caught up to the fleeing hoodlum on the second floor.
"C'mon, Mae, grab your mink and let's go! Not you again!" the man said, seeing Captain Demo's arrival. They were in a lounge, with a couch and a loveseat and a coffee table between them. Mae was putting her mink wrap around her shoulders while the hoodlum grabbed the room's floor lamp and prepared to swing it like a weapon.
Captain Desmo ducked and dodged the lamp, but found it hard to get in close enough to land a punch.
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Post by dtspurrier on Jul 17, 2022 22:47:31 GMT
hourman activates his super tough skin and using his chemistry knowledge tries to quickly checks the bathroom for something to counteract the poison
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Post by Tim_Fox1002 on Jul 18, 2022 14:48:59 GMT
(OOC: Was Desmo's gun taken by the police earlier? I'm sorry I can't recall...) Desmo pulled out his gun and fired at the hoodlum. (If doesn't have it...) Desmo grabbed the lamp and tried to yank it from the hoodlum's hands and hit him with it.
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Post by Adminenkainen on Jul 18, 2022 18:45:21 GMT
Captain Desmo and Hour-Man (and Hawkgirl) Appleton City Flatiron District Bentley House 2:00 am (hour of power ends at 2:53 am)
((There would be no over-the-counter antibiotic creams at this time.))
Hour-Man ran back to the master bedroom's bathroom and washed the cut with soap and water. Then he pressed a wet washcloth into the wound, hoping to soak up the poison. He still felt...dulled and sluggish, but no worse than during the fight.
Meanwhile, on the floor below, Captain Desmo produced his gun (he still had it since leaving the police station) and took a shot - BANG - but the lamp knocked his hand aside and he missed by an inch. The hoodlum didn't like his odds of gun vs. lamp and backed away towards an open doorway, but the moll in the room had other plans.
She produced a derringer from her purse and pointed it at Captain Desmo, "Drop that gun if ya know what's good for ya!" she said.
Captain Desmo and the pretty moll were in a standoff for long seconds, during which the hoodlum cowardly broke for the exit, or at least to use it for cover.
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Post by Tim_Fox1002 on Jul 19, 2022 6:20:13 GMT
"I hate to do this to a Dame but..." Desmo shot at the girl's legs, in hopes that that would knock her down, and ran at her to disarm her, taking a chance that his bullet proof vest might help if she fired back, hopefully.
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Post by dtspurrier on Jul 20, 2022 23:26:45 GMT
Hour-man says to hawkgirl, " the china thug escaped out the window. His leg is hurt but your flight should catch him. I am going to help Desmo." Hourman runs down the stairs
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Post by Adminenkainen on Jul 21, 2022 16:56:23 GMT
Captain Desmo and Hour-Man (and Hawkgirl) Appleton City Flatiron District Bentley House 2:02 am (hour of power ends at 2:53 am)
Like Han, Captain Desmo shot first. Because he was being careful to aim for her leg, and she had rather slender legs, he wound up missing by an inch. That was still better than she did, for her shot missed Captain Desmo by three inches, away from his right shoulder.
"Mae, c'mon!" barked the hoodlum from the neighboring room.
Mae backed towards the same doorway, in a fighting withdrawal, and the two exchanged gunfire again. Mae missed again, just as badly, but Captain Desmo managed to wing her in the leg this time. She fell to the floor, disabled, and her gun went flying under the couch.
Meanwhile, Hour-Man emerged from the master bathroom, still clutching the washcloth to his wound. Hawkgirl was actually nowhere to be seen, so he called for her, heard nothing, and started down the stairs, but he found the first hoodlum Captain Desmo had knocked down had only been stunned and was back on his feet. The hoodlum had drawn a pistol and was sneaking down the stairs, with his back to Hour-Man. Hour-Man jumped down behind him and punched him in the back of the head, knocking the man out again.
((There is one cowardly hoodlum left, presumedly trapped on the second floor with them.))
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Post by dtspurrier on Jul 21, 2022 23:42:30 GMT
Hourman tries to find the Captain and calls for Hawkgirl. He tries to find the front door to make sure the china man did not escape
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Post by Tim_Fox1002 on Jul 22, 2022 13:52:50 GMT
Captain Desmo ran forward and grabbed the other gun, and said to the woman, "Sorry you're on the wrong side of the law. Now you better tie that dead mink around your leg to stop the bleeding while I hunt your bo." Desmo then approached the door cautiously where the hood escaped with a gun in both hands ready to fire at the smallest sign of trouble.
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