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Sian glances at it occasionally, but winces harder and continues limping along. Her left arm twitches occasionally as she avoids drawing her pistol and giving the game away before it's ready. She's going to wait until she's sure she can get a shot off and it won't be able to avoid her chosen weapon.
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Black Abyss Milk Factory

"Hey, I'm here to beat the snot out of Raven. If you have a problem with that, let me know now. Otherwise you're gonna wanna sit tight here or in the front. Like I said, I didn't get all the zombies out front so running out might not be the best idea unless you're real sneaky." Mina turns to continue into the factory from there. She's going to be blunt because she has no idea if these are hostages or Raven's employees who locked themselves in. Also she isn't really equipped to escort a group of people around while fighting zombies.

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Mina shrugs.
"Well, I had to have a plan with money as tight as it was. Now that it isn't...well I don't have to worry about it so much if we drop to Plan B or Plan C, But it didn't really affect the initial idea, to be honest."
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[Black Abyss Milk Factory]

No one seems to have a problem with beating up Raven, but they're a bit more concerned about how the way isn't clear. They finally speak up when Mina turns to go, stepping forward to the middle of the room. "Wait, don't leave u-"

The hostage gets cut off by a shrill laugh, echoing from within the room, a recorded copy of a signature phrase. "Nyahahaha! Nyahahaha! Nyahahaha!" Suddenly a section of the far wall of the room slides down to reveal a previously hidden alcove. Within are three miniature ballistic devices. Their buckets are painted black and white as are the small round bombs contained within. It's easy to tell they're bombs with the unnecessary led device helpfully counting down from 0:03. At least if they can be read as they fling through the air when said bombs are flung into the room at the hostages by the devices which definitively MOOOOO when they fire.

The deadly cowtapults strike.
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Wow that is not a lot of time! Without time to do anything elegant (not that Mina has any idea how to disarm bombs she's an archaeology student who punches things) Mina plants a hoof down and throws out her hands, using Sai to send another gust of wind down-range. The hostages might get knocked over but hopefully the projectiles will at least get sent back to their point of origin and not pulp everyone.
Might still give them all tinnitus though.
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Keeper wrote: Feb 05, 2023 1:37 am Mina's Place

Mina shrugs.
"Well, I had to have a plan with money as tight as it was. Now that it isn't...well I don't have to worry about it so much if we drop to Plan B or Plan C, But it didn't really affect the initial idea, to be honest."
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"And so you've been using the free time and resources to do good in the world. Good for you; most people aren't that selfless," Emily nods, approving.
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Morty wrote: Feb 03, 2023 7:50 pm [Groundtown]

The goblins begin circling the creature and Sian when they see it. They're silent and wary as they stick to nooks and crannies that hide them, their readied weapons making no noise. Ready to strike as soon as the time is right.
Earl of Purple wrote: Feb 04, 2023 2:03 pm Groundtown

Sian glances at it occasionally, but winces harder and continues limping along. Her left arm twitches occasionally as she avoids drawing her pistol and giving the game away before it's ready. She's going to wait until she's sure she can get a shot off and it won't be able to avoid her chosen weapon.
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To be clear neither the goblins or Sian will see the creature, just an abnormal shadow lurking around. It's source is hidden.
It takes time and the goblins will sometimes notice that the shadow has escaped their circle, thought not in a way that it escaped it more like they couldn't track it for a moment.

Then for a few moments all might notice a strange dark presence. Not like an evil monster, but something that makes the whole area go darker while it's around. If any goblin is still looking from a higher building it will see purple tentacles appear two streets away from sian. The tentacles grab something from the street and sling it at Sian. a bunch of small stones fly at Sians position, most will miss but if some will hit unless she avoids him. They aren't deadly but they will hurt.
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[Black Abyss Milk Factory]

The bombs are blown back before they blow up, their small size working against them in the face of the wind! A piece of shrapnel escapes however, and grazes Greg's leg. It's not that bad since it didn't embed itself into him or hit any arteries, but he does complain loudly. Which also isn't that bad since it's hard to hear him over the ringing anyways. The hostages lives are saved!

[Black Abyss Milk Factory Control Room]

"ARRRRGGHHH!!" Raven shouts with undue frustration, smashing the monitor with her umbrella. "The cowtapults should have worked! It's not FAIR! She didn't have wind powers last time!!" At least two out of those four people should be dead right now!

Raven trembles a bit with her rage, the small catgirl's ears folded back as her face gets red. But instead of more destruction, she lets out a long breath and straightens her gothic lolita dress as she regains her composure. It wasn't over yet and Raven had one last hostage still. "It's fine. It's fine. Doesn't matter. It'll take a lot more than hot air for her to get past the final surprise I created just for her. It's time to go greet our guest." The evil empress twirls dramatically as she moves to leave the backstage control area in order to take center stage once more on the catwalks overlooking the chemical vats.
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Of course Raven would know all about the capabilities of various quantities of hot air.

Rose lags a bit before following the empress out, double-timing her steps so that she'll catch up with Raven at about the halfway point on the catwalk. "Raven, wait."

If the catgirl complies, Rose will stop just a bit short of her, making a show of being out of breath and distressed. "Maybe we should call this one off." She says between gasps. "If she's picked up new powers, we don't actually know what we're walking into. Maybe it'd be better to retreat for now and focus on fact-finding. Set up another encounter for later, when we're better informed."
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[Groundtown]

The goblins have no way to stop the rocks, but they do spring into action. Two of them throw bright flares in the direction the rock came from, hoping to illuminate the area. Olvisin, using her cybernetic arms, has another trick. She throws a balloon full of paint. She hopes that the paint will splash anything that hides there, making it easier to track.
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Black Abyss Milk Factory

Mina pulls some bandages out of a pouch hidden in her costume and does her best with her very limited first aid skills to help bandage the hostage's leg.
She gives them a wave but can't really hear much so she does go to try to move back into the other hallway assuming there isn't any obvious way past the cow-tapults...

Mina's Place

Mina's ears blush a little at the praise though it's rather hard to see.
"Well. You know. It's the right thing to do and all. But ah, well. Why do you do what you do? Any particular reason?"
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[Black Abyss Milk Factory Control Room]

Raven pauses for a bit, not under the impression they had been kissing long enough to become winded, tilting her head at Rose's desperate gasps. "Please. I prepared for her, but this isn't about her. You would have me walk away and let Tempest foil my Perfect Rainbow Milk Love Potion Skyside Takeover Plan: Title Pending without a fight?! Never! I've come too far to back down now! This Empress will not be COWED!" Raven clenches her hand before sweeping it to one side dramatically. Raven turns to continue to the catwalks, her tail purposefully and playfully flicking Rose in the face as she does.

[Black Abyss Milk Factory]

The cowtapults are just in a small hidden alcove so there isn't anything really behind them. Greg is grateful though all the hostages wish Tempest wouldn't leave them. Their pleas fall on deaf ears, though the explosions weren't that large or deafening, so it's really just a moment of convenience for Tempest.

Going back leads Tempest to the factory door proper which easy enough to enter, finally leading the minotaur to the factory floor. Giant vats of chemicals and milk processing equipment rise up ominously, casting deep shadows. Lines of metaphorical and literal (mecha)zombies operate the packaging lines and the quality assurance section is completely barren. A human alchemist wrapped in chains dangles precariously over one of these vats, filled with rainbow colored love chemicals.

Not terribly far from Dorota, on the other side of the warehouse from the entrance Tempest steps through, a catgirl, dark in soul and dress, steps to the center of attention from atop the catwalks. Turning towards Tempest and smugly smirking down at the superhero. "I suppose I should give you credit for making it this far. But it's over now... I have the high ground." Raven says, leveling the tip of her umbrella menacingly towards Tempest, balancing it upon her other arm like one would a gun.
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Sian can't avoid the pelting stones, and yelps as she's struck. She pulls her hand from her pocket and reveals the... weapon she's holding in it. It's a dazzler; a non-lethal pistol-shaped device consisting of a very powerful electric light extending into the infrared spectrum. Against humans, all it does is temporary blindness and disorientation. Against a beast made of shadow... Well, it may prove more effective.
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[Black Abyss Milk Factory]

For now, Dorota can do little but wiggle as she sees... a minotaur come in. The heroine Raven is battling, she presumes. She still has her rust extract with her, but it's not going to work on the rope. She just has to bide her time.
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Keeper wrote: Feb 09, 2023 5:41 am Mina's Place

Mina's ears blush a little at the praise though it's rather hard to see.
"Well. You know. It's the right thing to do and all. But ah, well. Why do you do what you do? Any particular reason?"
[Mina's Place]

Emily considers how to approach stating it for a moment. Hmm... he's not in the Nexus, so his secret identity isn't really an issue. Not that he was particularly careful about it in the past anyways. She nods to herself, then reaches into a pouch on her belt, underneath the red waist cape she wears, "My dad. Rescued me when I was a kid, adopted me, and then I convinced him to train me so that I could do what he did."

The picture she withdraws from the pouch is of a man with an absolutely magnificent set of facial hair, immaculately kept in the Friendly Mutton Chops style, with everything from the nose up covered by a blue cowl that links down into his bodysuit, with much of his body concealed by a nice red cloak - exactly the same color as the cape Emily wears around her waist.

"It's the kind of thing you pay forward."
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Black Abyss Milk Factory

Mina points Sai at Raven, a smirk on her face as sparks fly between his prongs.
"Raven, don't you know? A high-up spot is the last place you want to be when there's lighting about." Her expression hardens into a scowl.
"This whole thing has been really racist, you know. If I get an apology and the hostage gets released in the next minute this won't end with my hoof and your face having a high-speed meeting."

Mina's Place

"Aw, that's cute." Mina is imagining Emily as a four-foot-tall toddler.
"My dad was...not around. But Mom always tried her best. It's nice to have people in your life." Mina's mom is a little too proud to move here. It would mean selling her Inside business, which despite not really being necessary means too much to her. Also, she would get bored just living here in skyside.
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[Black Abyss Milk Factory]

"No, it's not about her. It's about you. We're no longer certain what she's capable of, and I don't want you to get hurt because you didn't know when to back off."

...Rose wants to say.

But it's pretty clear the empress's mind is already made up.

And, hey, if this does end with her being torn apart by an angry minotauress... well, then Rose will have wasted a lot of effort, but at least the world will be a little bit safer, right? Other than the sunk cost, why should she care about Raven's safety?

...

She wishes she knew the answer to that question. It seems relevant, since she can't seem to get her pulse back down as she follows Raven out to the catwalk.
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[Mina's Place]

"Connection and empathy is what makes us who we are," Emily agrees, "I'd probably be some kind of spiteful monster if not for it."
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[Black Abyss Milk Factory]

If conquering the world didn't come with some level of uncertainty, everyone would do it!

Raven sneers down at the meddlesome hero. "Oh read the room. It's thematic. Where do you think all this milk came from, Santa Claus? Get over yourself." The catgirl says, deciding to assist Tempest with the process by unloading a trio of speeding umbrella rifle bullets with almost comical levels of kickback.
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Black Abyss Milk Factory

Mina makes an unflattering noise as she ducks behind the nearest vat.
"That's a load from a wannabe crook calling herself Empress!" Mina retorts, popping out to fire a quick bolt of lightning from Sai at Raven and then running back around the vat, hoping to use her jumping ability to get around to another side of the walkway Raven is on.

Mina's Place

"Well, speaking of that. You...have a place, right? Because you're welcome to stay the night if you have to. There's not always much money in the cape business. I'm not a great cook but I have hot water and a tub that would fit you."
There's also the small problem that Mina is mostly herbivorous, which does limit what she keeps her pantry stocked with.
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[Mina's Place]

"... Actually, if it's alright with you, I love to cook," Emily responds, scaly brows rising, "I wouldn't mind staying at a decent place instead of a motel that's too small for me for the night, and I can pay you back by cooking our meals while I'm staying here."
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[Black Abyss Milk Factory]

Rose watches the encounter and frowns as Mina comes out swinging. At this stage, she's not sure Raven has nearly as many defenses as would be necessary to avoid becoming a perforated cat rug if Mina doesn't have compunctions against killing. It might behoove her to ensure that Tempest is distracted and working to get Raven out of the way, not kill her.

Fortunately, she's got a system rigged to make that a relatively simple task.

"Temper, Tempest." Rose taunts, pointing up at the alchemist dangling over the vat of chemicals. "Don't you have better things to do than insult my mistress?"

As soon as the words are out of her mouth, one discreet button press is all it takes to activate the crane, slowly lowering Dorota toward what was likely to be a contender for the worst bath of her life.

There. That's two different distractions. If nothing else, plenty of opportunity for Raven to get a cheap shot in.
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[Black Abyss Milk Factory]

Raven's umbrella pops open with a flourishing spin that deflects the lightning into the ceiling, creating a hole as it crashes loudly and sends debris falling on some helpless mecha-zombie line worker. Raven had been caught off guard by Mina's lightning capabilities in their first encounter, but has since upgraded. Raven holds out her finger and waggles it back and forth with a tsk tsk.

Mina's probably too preoccupied to notice anyone's taunts as a large form emerges from the shadows, jumping in time to intercept Mina's jump and attempting to bodily knock her to the ground with a weighty slam.

"I noticed you and your boyfriend don't seem to be on speaking terms anymore... so I made you new one!!" Landing on the ground once more with a thud that shakes the environs is a lumbering 8 foot tall mecha-zombie minotaur. It's hard to tell that it's a zombie honestly, there doesn't seem to be existent injuries or decay that would give it away as such, but the various mechanical enhancements around the face give it away. Presumably there are more mechanical enhancements across the rest of its body, but that's almost entirely covered up by a thick suit of armor. In its hands is an intimidating metal kanabo. The minotaur raises its head and lets out an aggressive mecha-zombie war moan.

Raven uses her middle finger and thumb to snap and her music starts to play throughout the warehouse. Her smug, shrill voice rings out, practically purring. "Say hello to my trump card and the ultimate instrument of your demise... BEEFCAKE!!! Nyahahaha, Nyahahahaha, NYAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAA!!!!!"
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Mina is knocked away, bumping her back hard on the ground though manages to get back up as gracefully as a 500+ pound cowperson possibly can.
Mina's shoulders sag a bit at the big reveal though. "That joke would have hurt more if I had ever had one of those in the first place." Mina is too caught up in the fight and mild horror at the number of murder victims but a less empathetic person would likely note that Raven cruelly took one of the people Mina might have had a shot with off the market.

”Hm. The Kanabo is a nice touch. Missing the rest of the oni look. Still, three on one, truly unfair.” A beat. ”Fine, one and a half.” She’s trying to figure out a way around the zombie while she talks. Raven seems the type to let her talk.

She starts with something simple: a feint left and then a quick jab from the right at the zombie’s face. Better aim there with the armor everywhere else.

Mina's Place

Mina smiles, happy at the proposal.
"Yeah, sure. Just know that I'm mostly herbivorous. Just a little fish sometimes. So that does kinda matter. Also Sai is kind of the spirit of the whole place as long as he's here. He's too....Sai to be a creep about it. But he is just kind of around. Just warning."
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[Mina's Place]

"Eh, that's fine. Just means I won't try my hand at singing," Emily says, amused. She has a horribly scratchy contralto voice, so no matter how she learns to sing it's probable she'd never be a particularly appealing singer, "I can do vegan meals, no worries there. Wanna show me where the kitchen is?"
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[Black Abyss Milk Factory]

"Hey! Was that a short joke?" Rose demands, somewhat playfully, hands on her hips. "I'd expect better from you, lady. You're supposed to be the good guy, after all. Words can hurt, you know." She looks up and over to Dorota for confirmation. "Right? We're all aware of that? I'm not the crazy one here, right?"

Ignoring the boiling love potion and several other elements in the context of this conversation, of course. Rose is quietly hoping this might actually still be a useful exchange; highlighting for Raven, again, that the heroes don't always need to be heroic, and the villains don't always need to be villainous, and in fact can trade places every now and then. That lesson seems to have diminished in its significance the more Black Abyss logistics have fallen to her and Acquis; Raven gets the benefit of them not being pointlessly cruel, but it's not really as visible to her these days as it otherwise would be. At least Rose doesn't think it is.

...It's sort of a tenuous connection in this case, granted. But she'll take what she can get.
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[Black Abyss Milk Factory]

Dorota is currently struggling against her bonds. She knows Rose told her she'll have an escape route, but in her current situation it's hard not to worry she might have lied or something might go wrong. On the plus side, Raven has no reason to doubt her hostage act, if only because it's not really an act.

"You're fucking crazy, you know that?" she yells at Rose in response.
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Halae wrote: Feb 16, 2023 9:55 am [Mina's Place]

"Eh, that's fine. Just means I won't try my hand at singing," Emily says, amused. She has a horribly scratchy contralto voice, so no matter how she learns to sing it's probable she'd never be a particularly appealing singer, "I can do vegan meals, no worries there. Wanna show me where the kitchen is?"
Mina's Place

Mina gets up, stretching her legs.
"Well, I can do dairy even if...you can probably guess." Goat cheese is nice.
Mina leads Emily to a large kitchen. It's not incredibly complex, nor does it have anything particularly high-tech. But it does have everything you'd need and with enough room for people of their size to get around.
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[Black Abyss Milk Factory]

"Wait, what really?" Raven is flabbergasted for a moment, then rubs the back of her head. "Wow. I mean... wow. I'm sorry to hear that. That's... pretty terrible," the evil empress says, her voice filled with nothing but pity and sympathy for Tempest. "Well after I kill and upgrade you, I'll be sure to hook you up with some cute undead guys. Or girls. Whatever you're interested in, you know?" It's a genuine offer from the normally maniacal evil genius.

Tempest's target is the right idea and Beefcake's a little slow on the block, showing that his face is indeed vulnerable but also still quite hardy. A mixture of bone and metal take Tempest's blow, unhinging some of his jaw so it dangles unnervingly. His counter is heavy though, bringing his weapon to bear upon Tempest's chest with a surprising speed, more interested in connecting with a powerful strike than with aiming for any particular part.

Raven leans in towards Rose and stage whispers in an effort to soothe her girlfriend after a perceived short joke. "I think she was just talking about you being my better half and me being the all encompassing, all important one and that adds up to one and a half. It's fuzzy math for sure, but it still-Hey!" Raven's eyes narrow at Dorota. "I'm not crazy, but even if I was, Death Flower is damn good at fucking so just... be a good hostage and stick to screaming for help!"
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[Mina's Place]

"Heh, yeah," Emily immediately starts moving about the kitchen, familiarizing herself with where everything else. After a moment, she starts digging things out, "How do you feel about cheese enchiladas?"
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Black Abyss Milk Factory

"I was talking about my sai, you-" Mina is interrupted by a swing at her chest that almost certainly would shatter all of her ribs if it connected. In fact as she launches herself to the side Mina can practically see her life flashing before her eyes as the heavy metal club swings just inches from her.

She jumps, this time aiming an axe-kick down towards the zombie's head, hoping that her metal shoe does more damage than her fist did.

Mina's Place

"Assuming the cheese I've got will melt properly. I can't remember which kind I bought." Was it the soft stuff or the rest? Mina sometimes can't get all the non-bovine cheeses straight. She's actually not great with cheeses in general. She and her mom always used to get the cheap fake stuff...
"You have any food issues?" She's not sure if having a mutation that makes you big and scaly comes with allergies.
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