EVENT: SPACE PIRATES ▒ APRIL 20-21

[ataraxites]

CHARACTERS: Ensemble production!
LOCATION: Anywhere.
WARNINGS: Pirates, violence, etc.
SUMMARY: Brief encounters, finding ransacked/damaged areas, making your way to the oxygen gardens.
NOTES: Open to all!

The ship has been invaded by pirates. They're noisy on the network, but you haven't seen any, not in person. Though if you go far enough things start to make themselves apparent. Kitchens have been ransacked. Pieces of the walls are torn out, media libraries overturned. Maybe you should get your valuables together and find somewhere safe to hole up...

Comments

[inebriety]

Luckily for Bela, Tony doesn't hear her footsteps and ignorantly continues on his way. His eyes are mostly focused on a ghost no one else but he can see, watching Anthony for any clues as to what lies ahead. The boy has his face screwed up in concentration as he works at balancing the AI and processing what they see at the same time.

When he reaches an area where the lights are brighter than the rest, he silently orders a wasp to blast it, slipping the area into darkness. The hum of something being charged and then the tinkling of glass gives him away. For someone close, it's an obvious sign that he's armed.

[onsilksheets]

The sudden noise startles Bela but she doesn't make a sound, fearing that it would drawn unnecessary attention to herself while everything was going on around her. What if it was a pirate? Or a group of them? She was armed but she knew that she didn't stand much of a chance against several of them. Still, the sound was worth checking out so Bela picks up the pace and moves just as quietly as before, eyes peeled for anything suspicious looking.

It isn't long until she comes across a dark hallway and Bela has to hug the walls so that she wouldn't trip over something. Strange how the lights were out in this one and not the others that she had been walking down previously; maybe that's what the sound was-someone shooting the light out but why? Bela creeps down the hall against the walls, stopping short when she heard glass crunching underneath her feet. Just a few feet ahead of that, Bela thought she could make out someone in the gloom.

But she doesn't say anything, she just follows.

[inebriety]

Anthony's eyes widen and he points down towards where Bela is. "There's someone there." There's no need for him to whisper (no one else can hear him), but he does so anyway. Tony slowly nods and inches his way back the way he came, one hand up to send a silent signal to follow. The wasps silently prepare for combat.

Tony doesn't know if this person or group know that he's there, but he considers it likely that they do. He knew his limitations too well to think otherwise. He shifts into a fighting stance, his hand to hand combat skills may have been the weakest out of all the Ultimates, but they were the weakest in a group of superpowered humans.

[onsilksheets]

Alarm bells go off in her head when she notices the figure coming towards her and Bela's first instinct is to aim her gun at them, ready to shoot if they attacked; she wouldn't hesitate in putting them down and quickly. While she was no fighter, she was a very good shot.

She breathes out, then inhales slowly in order to calm herself and focus on the task at hand. Panicking wouldn't do Bela any favours but she would be lying if she said that she wasn't scared. Bela didn't want to die nor get injured, not like she did back near the genetics lab with the manticores and rats; getting shot in the stomach was something that she didn't want to relive.

[inebriety]

Tony glances at Anthony as he advances until the boy nods. Right, this was the moment of truth. He takes a moment to steel himself before stepping forward. Lights flare on as the wasps turn on their torches and they have their stingers pointed at the figure.

"Freeze!"

[onsilksheets]

She's almost blinded by the sudden light, lifting an arm to shield her eyes as she tries to work out what the hell was going on. Her gun is still in front of her but Bela doesn't move from her spot, standing her ground.

"I'm not a pirate!" Bela shouts back in response.

[inebriety]

Tony nearly swears and raises both his hands, signalling to pull back.

"Bela?"

The lights dim and Tony still remains standing with his hands up, just in case. Reflexes might mean making sudden movements was a very bad idea and a lot could happen with a perceived opening before they realised what was going on.

[onsilksheets]

"Tony." The relief was evident in her tone. "Yeah, it's she."

Bela blinks until her eyes adjust to the gloom and now she can see him properly, hands held up in front of him. She slowly lowers her gun but she is still on guard ahould anything ambush them from out of nowhere.

"What the hell are those things?"

[inebriety]

Tony on the other hand, relaxes completely. He's not the brains behind this so it's not like his focus is needed here. He rubs a hand over his face tiredly before he speaks. "Wasps. They're a souvenir from home. What are you doing skulking around? I could have shot you."

[onsilksheets]

"I'm investigating, not skulking. The pirates could be just about anywhere by now and I'd like to know." Clint would be pissed if he had managed to shoot her. "Well, we can stick together, back each other up. With your wasps."