1969/Do The Hustle

Do The Hustle
Date of Scene:	22 September 2017
Location:	New York City
Synopsis:	Hypno Hustler entrances the crowd at a concert. Can the heroes prevail?
Cast of Characters:	Black Ranger (Taylor), 360, She-Hulk, Crusader, Kaelyn Silverleaf, Invisible Woman, Harley Quinn, Wasp (van Dyne), Red Ranger, Yellow Ranger

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Black Ranger (Taylor) has posed:
"Alright, all you hip cats and foxy mamas, welcome back to DANCIN' WITH THE SUPERS! I'm your host that loves toast, Sly Winkle! And I just wanna' say: BA-BOOM!"

The greatest host in the history of hosts grins as the live crowd is panned across. The judges are seated at their table on the makeshift stage, which is huge, considering that this is happening in Midtown Manhattan. Before long, Sly Winkle is back on the microphone.

"So before we get to the Dancin' Supers, I want to thank each and every one of you for coming out here to make this LIVE SHOW as amazing as it's going to be. We've got special guests and musical guests coming out our yoohoos and there's nothing but good times and partying that's coming down the pipeline tonight. And even you, yes you guys at home, you're gonna' be a part of this too. So let's not waste anymore time! And get on with the opening number! BA-BOOM!"

The camera drones weave in and out as they film the ramp leading to the huge stage that's keeping the crowd and fans at bay. Especially with the retired superheroes and their dance partners rushing out in pairs to dance to the opening number of this season's Dancin' With The Supers. Pair by pair the Seven Dance Couples rush out onto the stage... to no music?! What?!

Sly pops back up into one of the cameras. "Oh! I almost forgot. We've got a special treat for you guys tonight. I present to you... PENTATOOOOONIIIIIIIIIX!!!!"

But of course the crowd goes insane as a giant speaker on the stage falls to pieces to reveal the Acapella Hotness and their chosen track: https://youtu.be/OglS3Q0Zxik

Cue the fireworks! Cue the backup dancers! Cue everything! IT'S PARTY TIIIIIIME!!

Oh and for the record, there's like Dancing With The Supers staff running around with t-shirts and merchandise and glasses and headphones and all kinds of stuff. There's food all over the place. Nothing is charged and everything's for free. There's a huge screen and a bunch of other mini-screens littered all over the place, as well as speakers out the wazoo. Even some of the drones flying around have speakers and screens on them. And yes, everything's free. This is how big television promotes and gets bigger ratings.

There's security too. A lot of it. Because it's Times Freakin' Square.

Sussa Paka (360) has posed:
Sussa is there in costume, not that anyone is going to know this version of Spider-Girl from Eve, but figures it is appropriate for the location. She has been sighted once of twice, but probably is not well enough known to be invited to dance. She is wearing a green costume with a mask, with a red spider-web pattern from the neck to the upper chest and a red spider symbol. Her hair is currently restrained to knee length, no point in having it entangle or trip anyone. Sussa wonders if they invite audiance members to dance too.

She-Hulk has posed:
    In the midst of the crowd stand a pair of ladies who might be familiar although they are doing their best not to be noticed. Unfortunately for She-Hulk, she stands taller than most of the people in the crowd so she kind of stands out. Oh, the green thing doesn't help with blending. If Sue wanted them to blend in, she should've told the green giantess not to scream at the top of her lungs with the appearance of Pentatonix like a giant fangirl. Nor should she let her begin dancing around in place, arms up in the air as she embraces the party atmosphere.
    "C'mon, Sue! Dance with me!" She grabs the other woman's hands to try to drag her into the celebration.

Crusader has posed:
Busting a move is none other than old but not old Bjorn Artturson. As Crusader he wasn't very well known, and as Bjorn even more so. Sides this seemed a good time to have fun without needing to be serious! Course he always kept an eye open for trouble...it is a habit that is hard to break. None the less he was dressed as usual in a plain tight fitting blue t-shirt, jeans and metal boots and leather bracers...he almost seemed like a viking!

And as Pentatonix begins singing, the man gets dancing even more with others in the crowd. He was even waving his hands in the air like he don't care with a group of partiers! "WhooooooaaaaaHooooooooo" he cheers out happily his voice booming

Kaelyn Silverleaf has posed:
She'd never been to a party like this! And there's superheroes too! The curvy ginger known as Kaelyn is now mingling with everyone, and having seen all the suits and costumes has decided to wear her witche's hat, and she is carrying a thin willow staff, seemingly woven together from many willow stems yet oddly solid. The twining vines as it were swell out and wrap around a large smooth spherical crystal in its top. Again it's another mystery how it's been placed there as it seems the staff litterally grew around the crystal.

Kae grins widely as she mingles, the redhead having pulled her hair back and tied and braided it with what appears to be leather, there's also the occasional tastle off the leather, this having another small shiny crystal hanging from it. There's about 5 in all. The oddest thing about the girl though, is nobody really bumps directly into her, at least not any of the normal crowd, she weaves her way between folks, people simply moving just slightly before she slides past, then an unconcious step backward by the person and Kae is by. Oh yah, time to get some free food, and while in New York! Kae's heading directly toward one of the buffet tables.

Invisible Woman has posed:
    "AAAAAACK!" Susan yelps as She-hulk kinda drags her onto a dance area....like she can really stop the jolly green giant from dragging her there. She knew Jen meant well, but this just embarassed her to no. "Come on Jen!" She says as she stumbles forward and rams right into Jen....and holds herself up. She does begin to dance.....reservedly as Jen seems to be grabbing attention as the Giant Green Fan-girl of Pentatonix. And...Sue has no idea who Pentatonix IS!

Harley Quinn has posed:
Harley Quinn is, well, as close to 'in civvies' as Gotham's clown princess of crime gets. A compromise, considering that she was flat-out insistant on coming to see the live show. In Harley's case it means the petite blonde is at least not wearing her white-face, but her brief sequined dress is patterned in black and red diamonds. Fishnets, white heeled boots, the ends of her ponytails dyed their trademark colors and a far too incandenscent smile.

The pair of Joy Boys that are shadowing her probably don't help with the whole 'stealth' thing, but the way she sashays through the crowd with her too wide eyes on the stage she, at least, is probably not planning on breaking out the Smilex and a mallet... for now.

Wasp (van Dyne) has posed:
    If one is paying close attention, it is noticeable that the performers that are not in costume (and even a few who are) all seem to be sporting similar tastes in ensembles. That is because it is most certainly intended. Those with a more fashion-esque mindset might even recognize the clothing to be from one particular, high end studio. That...would be JVD. Three letters that represent one person uniquely qualified to provide fashionable designs for a super-themed television show.

    Janet Van Dyne. Otherwise known publicly as the high flying Wasp.

    Janet herself does not seem to be in the actual dancing competition itself. However, with her formal gown and her name brand highly visible, she is fairly hard to pass over. So what if the fashions were provided for free. Due to the large production, any exposure is good exposure. And if there is one thing Jan knows what to do, it's how to be seen.

Black Ranger (Taylor) has posed:
"Oh. My. Zord."

Zack Taylor's probably looking like he's in the middle of shock because he can't even believe what is happening right now. First of all, he's a huge fan of Dancin' With The Supers. Also, there's something to be said about being on a road trip with his friends. And then? /THEN/?! FREAKIN' PENTATONIX?! IS THIS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW?!

Zack actually stumbles a moment when the masterful group is announced and start singing and it's taking all of his energy at this point to stay on his feet. Even though he's still slightly bopping his head around to their vocal beats. "Guys. We're not dead, right? Like, I'm not dreamin' this, am I?" Zack asks this question as he leans onto his friends for actual support. He's going to pass out. Too much awesome is happening at one time.

Sussa Paka (360) has posed:
Actually Sussa has no idea who the musicians are or what they are playing...the music she knows is rather different. Still, she can learn the beat and join the dance fairly easily, all she needs is a dance partner. She looks around for a tall muscular man who is currently not with a dance partner.

Red Ranger has posed:
Of all the places that Jason Scott thought he would find himself mere weeks before school starts, New York City, USA, was /not/ one of them. Sure, he's been here before in the past, attending international Martial Art's Tournements, but he never had done much else. No realy touristy stuff. No seeing the sights. No concerts, thats to be sure.

He stands beside his best friends, fingers stuffed in his ears, and wincing a bit. It's not the band that bothers him, it's how loud the MC was.. and the crowd around him. "Lets do something /different/ you said!" he yells to be overheard. "You won free tickets to Dancing with the Super's, You said! You got your passport, right, You said?" he acks as some girls beside them bounce off of him.

"The only thing thats dead is my hearing! And my feet! We walked around town ALL DAY! We were almost MUGGED in harlem? And You find this /relaxing?" he then pauses.. "And Who the heck is that? Rockapella? I thought they were older.." Yeah, he's a bit beind the times, like he was trapped in the 90's.

Kaelyn Silverleaf has posed:
Kae is still minglig, and moving toward where there might be food, the redhead's path taking her close by possibly the civies clothed power rangers, maybe not.. As she moves by she pauses and looks up at the band now playing on stange curiously.... "Yup Rock Occapella I think.." she mutters, maybe loud enough to be heard as she listens to the band play for a bit... She glances around again, and begins to wind her way through the crowd some more, her green eyes studying folks as she listens to the music, now her path probably making her go near the 'disguised' Harley on her way to the table that has the cake on it....

Crusader has posed:
Bjorn keeps on dancing to the rythem of the beats. As he looks around he notices Janet in a gown - he isn't too surprised considering that girl is a hero and a fashion designer, really who could be better? And he even recognizes Sussa from one of the few times she has been spotted (as he likes to keep track of such things).

Bjorn spins fast on his heel and stops on a dime, not afraid to be out of rythem. He notices She-Hulk from the fighting ring and even waves to her and her apparent shy friend! And he can't help but chuckle at some of the younger teens reactions.

One of the folks he dosn't recognize those was Harley - never seen the girl without her face paint, but she was none the less a very beutiful girl in his eyes. None the less he keeps on dancing like there is no tommorow

Yellow Ranger has posed:
Trini's not a big fan of stuff like this. So many people, a music show she knows nothing about, in a city she's not very used to. Her eyes are focused mainly on figuring out who the superheroes on stage are, as the teenager glances at Zack, holding him up. She's only here because he asked and it seemed atleast mildly interesting. "You're not dead /yet/, relax. If you get in that crowd, you'll probably be torn apart, though."

Trini paces in the position, a glance towards Jason. "To be fair, I don't think that mugger knew what he was getting into. Relax a bit, Jason. We can sneak away while Zack's musically comatose and grab some food or something." A glance at the catering. "None of this stuff has enough grease. Feels too fancy for me."

Black Ranger (Taylor) has posed:
When Pentatonix wraps up, the Dancers and the Supers escape off to the sides of the stage where they can get some drinks and prepare for their performances later. Which sends our host back into the mix. "Man. Are they good or what? I mean, they are good. That's for sure. But are they as good as our next act? Only time will tell! And that's one thing we don't have a lot of these days." Sly takes up a semi-residence on a stool at the side of the stage. "But there was a time when we weren't all in a rush. A time when we all took a moment to just kick back and enjoy music, right? A time when music was all we had. Well, I'm going to take you all back to that time. A time of..." Sly grins right into his camera drone. "AFROS AND BELLBOTTOMS!!!"

The cue for the next musical act kicks in and there's an explosion on stage. One that rocks the outside house and sends smoke all over the place. Enough to cover up the entrance of the fully equipped and oh so hip 70's Cover Band: AFROS AND BELLBOTTOMS!!

One soul brother struts right up to the microphone in the center of the stage, while the rest of his band gets into position. He's got his guitar slung across him, almost like a weapon. And he's got the coolest and out-of-sight goggleshades on known to man. Not to mention his signature afro with disco ball pick peeking out the top of it. He grabs the microphone and leans into it.

"Ladies and Gentlemen! My name is Antoine Delsoin!" He doesn't pause for the applause he's pretty sure he's going to get. Even if people haven't heard of him before. It's still polite. "And before we get started tonight, I want everybody to know that this here's gonna' be ONE. MOTHER. FUNKIN'. JAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAM!"

As if that's the cue, this band kicks in and so does he, as hops back for the music to get going.

FUNK ATTACK: https://youtu.be/Is665CtmBUc

As the band gets down with their bad selves, the screens and speakers roar to life with the music and the strobe-light styled visuals that flash rapidly. There's even some laser light show that's swirling around like mad to keep the effects of tonight's jam going on. Oh if it wasn't a party before. It's damn sure a party now!

GET FUNKY EVERYBODY!

GET FUNKY LIKE YOU NEVER HAVE.

... and never will again.

Sussa Paka (360) has posed:
Sussa spots a likely prospect, tall muscular, brown eyes, black hair, and no visible partner. Sussa sidles up to Jason and says, "Hey big boy, do you know how to show a lady a good time?"

Harley Quinn has posed:
Harley Quinn enjoys Dancing With The Supers, it's... well, a not-so-guilty pleasure. She beelines in the direction of the sea of people dancing before the stage with a delighted kind of smile, not so accidentally sliding past Kaelyn with an impish grin to put a little distance between her and her watchers. A little wiggle as she passes through a crowd, and then? Explosions. I mean, who doesn't love explosions?! Certainly not the slight blond given the delighted squeal she gives. She throws her hands up and bounces on her heels a couple of times, slipping like a minnow into the dancing crowd.

Granted, the poor guy that almost manages to elbow her out of sheer bad luck has his foot stomped on with a stiletto with an entirely too bright smile but the woman in red and black has no intention of letting someone get between her and the dance floor.

She-Hulk has posed:
    Shulkie spots Bjorn, since he's kind of hard to miss, and gives a huge wave in his direction then hooks her hand to call him to join them if he likes. Her attention then goes back to her partner, one Susan Storm-Richards. She spins around in a circle then tries to get Sue to spin under her arm, realizing that she is likely going to have to ply the woman with copious amounts of alcohol to get her to loosen up. With the 70s style jam taking place, she makes sure to do a few Saturday Night Fever moves before switching into The Bump with anyone that'll participate. The green giantess has a huge smile on her face and is laughing just from sheer joy. If there is one thing she likes, it's a good party and giving into her more hedonistic urges.

Invisible Woman has posed:
    Yes, it's going to take a lot of alcohol to get Susan Storm-Richards to loosen up. Believe it or not, Susan is having a good time, but she's doesn't get into it like Jennifer does. Of course, the more Jen acts out, the....smaller Sue feels.

Then Jen hip bumps her

Sue staggers a couple of steps before she braces herself against an invisible wall. Then she walks over and nudges Jen...like it'll do any good. "Jen! Be careful!" She's red faced, but well.....

Crusader has posed:
Bjorn didn't need two inventations! Good thing about being an 'old man' means he may know a few 70's moves and what not. He actually begins to do The Hussle through the crowd as if it was second nature!
    "Hello Emerald Beuty and friend, Bjorn glad to see you doing the dancing!" and needless to say he starts doing The Bump with Shulkie! The man was both heavy and strong enough to take it despite his appearance. He even intermixes it with The Funky Chicken!

Wasp (van Dyne) has posed:
    Laser lights have the (completely planned) effect of reflecting off of the individual beads sewn into Janet's gown. The black gown alights in color, making the fashionista essentially a walking disco ball. There is a bright smile upon Jan's face as she isn't afraid to shake a little tailfeather. But, only a little. A girl has to keep up appearances, you know.

    With her status, Janet does find herself closer to the stage than the usual non-participants. It gives her opportunity to look over the crowd, just to get a gauge as to how many are present. Of course, Jan isn't too concerned about the crowd. After all, she saw the army of security guards as they were setting up.

Black Ranger (Taylor) has posed:
Zack looks at Trini and Jason and then immediately throws his arms around both of them. It's a hug. A thankful hug. Whether they want it or not. "You guys are the best. Thanks for comin' with me." It's one of those rare moments when Zack decides to let down his crazy walls and shows some actual love.

He can't help himself in the next moment, though, because he's feeling the funk. Too much. It's just too much funk. "I can't sit still anymore. I gotta' dance. I gotta' jam. I'll be back after this song. Promise." And Zack releases his friends to dive into the fray that is the DANCE STREET. There's too many people and too much room for it to be just a dance floor. IT'S A DANCE FUNKIN' STREET.

And Zack is diving right into the middle of it. To, you guessed it, DANCE.

Red Ranger has posed:
Jason Scott gahs as Zack brings them into the hug and then drops his hands and stuffs them into his pockets, rolling his eyes as Zack then jumps into thw fray.. and is again being jostled by other attendees.. For a young man with the grace and poise of an olympic-level martial artist, he doesn't seem to be dodging his 'attackers' very well. "I don't think that mugger knew his OWN name.." he tells Trini. "We should try that Pizza place.. You know, the one from that show on the cooking channel? Authentic New York Pizza.. I hear it's the water that makes it Authentic.. And since Zack is now ging to be torn apart, that leaves more for us!" he tells her.. He tips on his toes, Trying to see if he recognizes anyone, which he desn't becuse he's not that inclined.. And as the 60's seem to magically appear on stage. "Funk... There is something ELSE that should be dead!" he says, rolling his eyes, as he turns and litterly bumps into the saturesque and red headed Sussa.

Wow. The half-native teen blinks once, looking startled, his cheeks darkening ever so slightly. "E-Excuse me?" he asks, looking like a deer caught in the headlights. You know, slightly scared? "I... I..." He quickly shoots a look over his shoudler at Trini. Yah, some 'Fearless Leader' he is, right?

Kaelyn Silverleaf has posed:
As Harley brushes by Kae, Kae's well rammed into by Harley's escort, the girl falling and landing rather heavily on her backside... Yay for padding... She frowns and moves to get to a knee and stares a the two escorts who are now blaming her for tripping them up. Kae then wiggles a finger to get firs tone then the other to come close to her before making a 'suggestion' to first one, then the other, and motioning to a reporter that had, in the past made fun of her Occult store and gave her a bad review, not that it really did anything to her business, but it did bother her... She mentiones first to one, then the other "There's the one you are supposed to guard. I think you should do so with military like precision and carry your self like soldiers, don't you?" she whispers to them, grinning a bit as their eyes glaze over briefly, they blink, first one then the other and well, move to stand on either side of the reporter type who -was- trying to write something about this party, probably negative.

Kae then takes a deep breath and exhails, the girl, really not quite recognizing Harley first hand, slides beside the dancing blond and whispers again, her voice somehow carrying "Your buddies are over here.. Might wanna get em when yer done here." she says, giving a smile, as those green eyes twinkle a bit, and she makes her way to the food table finally. She glances around and well, gets her self some pizza first... "This is what I get for going all day without food..." she mutters as she gets a few slices of a New York style stuffed' pizza... "Love these things." she mutters and gets a few garlic knots too.

Sussa Paka (360) has posed:
Sussa says, "Come on, this is a dance party, so Let's Dance!" OK, so the boy seems a bit shy, but Sussa thinks she can work with that. Of course, it will take a moment to figure out the dances, everything she know is a thousand years out of date...into the future.

Yellow Ranger has posed:
Another band. Funk? Trini listens for a second, before moving back to the conversation between her friends. She takes the hug silently, before pulling away, and then glances at the stage and then Zack as he is taken over by the magic. "We'll forever remember you, Zack Taylor, RIP 8/22/2025." A nod to Jason, as the dark-haired teenager steps over. "Sounds good. Let's get on our way th-". Oh, oh no, there's something way better.

As Sussa asks Jason to dance, Trini smiles softly. "Oh, this is Jason. He's shy, but really wants to dance with you. You're totally his type." A small snicker, as Trini starts to step back away from Jason, saluting him. "Good luck! I'm going to get some pizza." No betrayal more fine.

Though instead of getting pizza...Trini is trying to move to get a better look at the stage, probably from some sort of vantage point. Studying heroes is important. Potential allies...potential enemies. All of those need to be known.

Harley Quinn has posed:
Poor Kaelyn, Harley's hardly offended when her Joy Boys are sent off to go make some poor reporter nervous. In fact the blue-eyed blond is delighted enough to lean over and give Kaelyn a delighted kiss on the cheek,"Thanks!" she calls, not stopping the other woman from heading off to get food but taking advantage after a brief, calculating look in the direction of the boys to shimmy further into the crowd, past Sue and Shulkie and Bjorn by sheer coincidence.

Kaelyn Silverleaf has posed:
Before she can leave, Kae is of course kissed.. Kae blinks and shrugs "Welcome..." She mutters, somehow the voice carries, and now well, the Pizza! Of course she has a couple slices of double-decker pie. The redhead tips her cap back letting it hang by the chin-string and finds a table to sit at.. She grins as she glances up at the stage and continues to listen to funk now, her foot tapping while she nibbles on a piece of double decker delli and lactade extract of hoof mammaled starch disk! Kae's soon a few bites in as she looks up and studies the heroes who are having fun right now, grinning a bit as she watches the giant She-Hulk.

Black Ranger (Taylor) has posed:
The FUNK is so compelling. So good. So hypnotic. It's crazy, right? It's just so hard to not listen or not watch or just FEEL. FUNK is just like that. FUNK is the kind of music that gets under the skin and into the soul. FUNK is what makes people want to get down with their bad selves.

And this particular FUNK seems to be making that entire Dancin' With The Supers staff and the NYPD present start taking things from the crowd as opposed to handing them out or protecting them. It's real subtle the way the oversized 'Crook' bags are pulled out and opened up for the jewelry, wallets, cash, phones, tablets, valuables of those that have gathered to enjoy such delicious musical stylings.

It would seem that this particular brand of FUNK is a little more crime-filled. Like an evil donut. Get it?

FUNK ATTACK: https://youtu.be/T0ZGNGBNIL8

The music just continues because the Baddest Band in the Land doesn't seem to be stopping to talk between the tracks. It's all about getting this crowd to part with their belongings to the beat of the song. It's weird the way the music combines with the lights and the screens and everything to make it so it's almost like nobody even knows they are giving up more than just the FUNK.

Antoine wails away on his guitar, making sure that his riffs reach the minds of those that may not be paying attention to the rest of his show. "Come on, you jive turkeys. Give up the goods." His voice sounds so smooth and so hypnotic coming off that microphone like that. Backed by that HYPNO GUITAR. "It's time to pay tribute to the Hypno Hustler..." That's right. He's naming himself. He ain't got time to wait for the newspapers to do it.

Somewhere off to the side, even Sly Winkle's giving up ring after ring after ring... all the while dancing (horribly) to this FUNKY SOUND.

Red Ranger has posed:
Jason Scott gives Trini a hurt look, as she fobs him off on Sussa despite his shyness, or maybe /IN/ spite of it... -Traitor- he mouths as she grins back at him and walks away, before he looks back to Sussa. "Y-Yeah.. Jason. Th-thats me." he says, cheeks still flushed as Sussa encourages him to dance...

Now he is no Zack, thats for sure.. He isn't a trained dancer in any way shape or form even if some people consider martial arts, or even gymnastica, a kind of dance.. So he ad libs it, trying to 'groove' if you will, matching Sussa as best he can. And it's not a bad job, either.. Somehow gracefully fluid /and/ stilted at the same time..

Sussa Paka (360) has posed:
Sussa suddenly stops and grabs at her head, there is feedback from her Telepathic Ear-plug, it is giving her a headache...but she suddenly notices that people are placing valuables into large bags. Somehow, she does not think that is normal behavior at these events. She assumes the telepathic ear-plug trying to translate some kind of subliminal command is responsible for the feedback. Well, it also seems to defend her from the control...so it is time to do something. Sussa lets her hair down, and uses it to grab the guitar and wraps his mouth in a strand of hair to silence him.

Crusader has posed:
Bjorn still dancing and groving around SHulkie and Susan gives a friendly wave to Kaelyne. The man so entranced in the dancing, even hands over his wallet to one of the men with a sack. Along with even a sword like object....where the heck did he even pull that from? In also goes his phone as he keeps on dancing.

Black Ranger (Taylor) has posed:
Zack is gone. Lost in the wave of hypnotic FUNK because there's just too much FUNK to not be compelled by the noice and the lights and the pure FUNK. He doesn't even realize he's taking off his jewelry and putting it into a bag. He hasn't got to the more important parts of his stuff yet but he's got a lot of accessories.

Those that Communicator and that Power Morpher are pretty damn shiny. Even if they are hidden at the moment.

He doesn't even know who he's dancing with either. But they sure are getting FUNKY.

She-Hulk has posed:
    "Sorry, Sue," Shulkie says as the other woman has to catch herself from a particularly rough bump. Then Bjorn joins in and she doesn't have to worry about knocking her partner off her feet. She still is making sure that Sue is with them, enjoying the music and partying, but she keeps from knocking the smaller woman for a loop again. As the bags come around, she pulls her cell phone out of a pocket and throws it into the bag automatically, thinking nothing of it as the hypnotic music does what is is meant to. That's the only thing of value she brought with her at least.

Yellow Ranger has posed:
As the music goes on, Trini starts tapping her foot. Starts moving to dance. At first, she pays it no mind, as she starts putting stuff into bags. Her phone, her wallet, her wrist commu- wait. It's right as she moves to put it in the bag that she realizes something's up, snapping herself out of the dancing momentarily enough to step back and put it back on, sending a beep to Jason and Zack. A flurry of beeps, actually, trying to drown out the funk (and use it to drown out the funk around her, as well). Sprinting into a dash, Trini searches for a bathroom, or...it's New York, so there has to be a phone booth - and ducks inside. There's a brief message to the Command Center over her beeping, as she pulls out her Power Morpher and her Power Coin. "It's morphing time."

"Sabretooth Tiger!"

In a flash of yellow light, armor begins to build over Trini as she places the Power Morpher and Coin onto her waist. It starts from the waist and spreads outwards, soon covering down to her feet and up to her neck, before a helmet manifests, fastening on tightly. With a kick, the phone booth door is forced open, as the Yellow Ranger appears. She leaps upwards, landing on a lamp post, as she shouts over the funk, setting her inbuilt communicator to constantly beep at her, no matter how annoying it is. "Hypno Hustler, really? Alliteration doesn't make a name /good/, you know. Show's over, pack up the band and get back on the party bus, because it has a new destination: prison."

And with a leap, the Yellow Ranger's moving for a kick at the loudspeaker, trying to smash it. Property destruction is a good thing if it helps people, right?

Invisible Woman has posed:
    Sue is enjoying the music as well, but she hasn't brought anything with her of value. Shiny, however, she has a pair of rather shiny GLASS earrings that she tosses into the bag. And she doesn't think anything of it.....at least....not at the moment.

Harley Quinn has posed:
Harley Quinn's grooving along, and when the bags start coming around she actually starts to take off her necklace... but there's a couple of issues. One; you don't survive in Gotham's underworld without being whammied more than once, and two; Harley doesn't give away her shinies. It's the latter thing that has her pausing. Wait. Something is wrong here. The necklace sliding through her fingers as her brain so helpfully nudges her about just what is wrong with that. But there's shouting about tigers somewhere and a lady with enviable hair ahead and the little blond snaps too as her precious necklace cha-chings into the bag. Oh that can't be good.

"HEY!" what's small, blonde, irate... and violent? The guy with the bag really isn't given the opportunity to step away before she launches herself at him because... her /necklace/ damnit! How dare someone try to rob /her/?!

Red Ranger has posed:
Jason Scott feels loose rigth now.. The more he listens, the looser his movement gets. He sways and grooves with his paertner, actually starting to enjoy himself.. This band ain't half bad! And he is dancing with a pretty woman too! Dang, he owes Zack an apology....

He is about to hand his wallet over to a passing collector as Sussa grabs her head and he blinks. "Are you okay, Miss?" he asks, because no he ddn't get her name.. Then staggers back as her hair.. does what her hair does! "Holy CRAP!" he stammers.. and being startled by the display of power, plus the beeping communicator, breaks him from the trance.. "Dangit!" he growls, and pushes away from Hair-Moving Sussa towards where trini sent her signal from. "Sorry!" he calls back to his partner.. And holds his writs com to his lips. "Trini, whats going on?" he asks, not knowing she has changed yet.

Kaelyn Silverleaf has posed:
Kae absentmindedly hands over a few bracelets, then a few other things to the guy with the bag, it's an empty one as evidently this fellow started with her. Bracets, a few rings, both her earrings and even her hat go into the bag, along with her backpack? Soon Kae's even dropped her phone in and a tablet... Then as the man walks off, one of the rings, a tiny hematite black band suddenly pops back onto the woman's finger... There's more crackles, pops and snaps, sounding much like a bottle rocket skittering across the ground as the rest of just suddenly kind of materialzing back onto the woman, exactly as it was before she handed it over to him..

The man makes a few steps and pauses, staring at the bag as it's suddenly empty again. He returns and Kae again absentmindedly hands everything over, including the ring and hat... The man stares down at the bag absently and he moves off again.. There's more hissing cracklin gand the sound of a bottle rocket and a few sparks and flashes as everything dematerializes from the bag and reappears on Kae again, in about the same amount of time. Kae is staring ahead and munching on pizza.. This time the fellow collects items from another person...

Aaand then another fellow comes by and holds out a bag. Kae idly takes her stuff off again, drops it in the bag, and the guy moves off into the crowd. Before Kae takes another bite of pizza it's all back... Kae has soon finished her first slice of Pizza and she begins to work on the second... A 3rd fellow walks by, and well, Kae rinse washes and repeates. Evidently one particular magical item is beginning to get a little angry as it begins to glow red....

Black Ranger (Taylor) has posed:
The Hypno Hustler is pretty good at what he does. Not to mention that he's got the Baddest Band in the Land watching his back. Snatching that guitar of his is not as easy as it may seem. There's a blast of COLD that shoots onto the stage from off stage as one of those Supers that people Dance with extends his hand. An ice wall is erected to protect the Hypno Hustler courtesy of CHILL FACTOR.

"Switch!"

The Hypno Hustler can see that not everyone's going to be under his spell so he's changing up the game. Putting a little direction into his FUNK! Antoine moonwalks away from the ice shield to get himself back with his band and under their protection. One by one those Dancin' Supers dance back onto the stage to form a Soul Train Line of Protection for the stage.

FUNK ATTACK: https://youtu.be/6QIw1BQIvT4

Meanwhile, thanks to the new hypnotic cover that's being played, the crowd begins to turn on Sussa. She is, after all, a Bad Mamma Jamma. Just as fine as she can be. So she's going to have to be dealt with. She's too fine! SHE'S TOO FUNKY FOR HERSELF. SO GET HER.

Back at the stage, there's a Sabertooth-Ranger Thing that's attacking the loudspeaker but there's hope for the Hypno Hustler at this point! Those Dancing Supers are on his side thanks to his FUNKTASTICNESS. And this time it's SUBWOOFER that takes offense to someone trying to stop the music. She growls and in the middle of doing the running man, she turns up the soundwaves bumping from the loudspeaker to see if those boosted tunes don't blow back the Power Ranger. Away from the speakers and away from that sexy, sexy, SEXAY Hypno Hustler.

What, Antoine puts a little extra in his hypnosis, okay?

The poor dude that had the unfortunate pleasure of being near Harley Quinn when she realized what madness was going on? Well, he's catching one seriously crazed clown beatdown. And he's not even fighting back. He's just holding the bag open the entire time he's getting Harley'd.

Somewhere on the stage, Sly Winkle's taking off his shoes. They were expensive as well. They go into the bag nearby as well.

Wasp (van Dyne) has posed:
    One thing about evening gowns. They are lousy items to store anything in. Janet Van Dyne finds herself lacking any serious valuables to separate herself from. However, she does have a pair of silver earrings...and her hands are drifting towards her earlobes as the music starts to get to her.

    That is, until the sudden assault of hair upon the lead singer happens. And, honestly, when you see someone doing an awfully good Medusa impression, then hypnoic suggestion tends to go by the wayside. The hands drop down, as Janet tilts her head in confusion. It is only then that she sees the large bags out and about on the dance floor. Bags that most certainly clash with Janet's delicate sensibilities. She can't have that! Why, they don't match with anything! It seems that the petite female just simply cannot stand for poor taste.

Sussa Paka (360) has posed:
Sussa is surrounded by hypnotically controlled drones. Well, the very first trick Sussa learned was how to immobilize a crowd. She extends her hair and wraps up and immobilizes EVERYONE in range. Of course, that is only those within about fourty-five feet, so in a crowd this big there are plenty left...but anyone moving in to attack physically is easily added to Spider-girl's hair net.

Crusader has posed:
Unfortantly, Bjorn unsual nature makes mental effects fairly effective. Despite the thrashing Harley giving, the attack Spider Girl does...the appearing ice wall, and even the appearance of an armored yellow figure, Bjorn does not snap out of the hypnotic trance. He was as much a drone as any of the supers on the stage - especially as he kept up the funk!

Kaelyn Silverleaf has posed:
As another fellow comes by to take her stuff, and what with things starting to get violent up on stage, that bracelet's glow is getting a bit brighter. This time as a man goes to take Kae's backpack there is a little a little glow inside the backpack. He goes to look inside and a cat-sized beutifully created clockwork dragon leaps out and tries to wrap its wings around his face. Think facehugger by clockwork. The little brass and silver scaled, geared dragon, complete with fine spinning key in its back goes so far as to attempt to bite the fellow on top of his head, not that it can fit its mouth around it, still an ear works too!

Next a clockwork owl comes out of the same backpack and promptly lands on the bracelet that's now glowing... There's a brief flicker and the table and well of course pizza is blown away by a ward suddenly exploding into place around the readhead, her hair flapping around at the sudden breeze.. Naturally none of this completely bothers Kae, however as she goes to bite into pizza she gets her finger, as the pizza is no longer there... Suddnely she's jumping back flailing her hand around and hopping some. The clockwork owl falls off her wrist and lands on her foot now making her howl and hop around on one foot before tripping over the chair and flopping unceremoneously into the ward, which well, has the affect of bouncing Kae the other way and she faceplants in the spot the table was. Needless to say, Kae is now completely awake. She glances at the clockwork owl now, that's currently walking up to Kae.. Kae blinks and well flails some more as the owl pinches her on the nose with an angry hoot... The Owl then goes back into Kae's backpack.

Black Ranger (Taylor) has posed:
Poor Zack loves music too much to actually pay attention to the fact that things are beeping. He hears it but he /wants/ to hear the music more. This would've happened even before he was entranced the way he is. He doesn't give up his Power Morpher or his Communicator, though, as he doesn't see them as valuables. They are more akin to part of who he is and so they don't even register in his mind to give them up.

The bond is strong with this one.

However, while he can clearly see the Yellow Ranger up on the stage and stuff, he can't really /see/ her. He's still grooving to the tunes that just get more and more funky.

She-Hulk has posed:
The mind control works just fine on gamma irradiated beings apparently. Perhaps Hulk would be safe with his unending rage. But She-Hulk is another matter. Her mind is always her own when she transforms. She finds herself turning, trying to spot the figure with the hair who is trying to interrupt the concert. How dare she try to mess up such a good party! Without realizing it's not her own choice, Shulkie heads in the direction of Sussa. She strides that direction, pushing her way through the crowd without knocking anyone off their feet. It'll take a few moments before she will get in range of the hair though.

Harley Quinn has posed:
The poor guy is probably just another drone, but well, it doesn't particularly matter to Harley at least. Doesn't matter that he's not resisting, he has her necklace. And it's /special/. Mistah J gave it to her. Stepping further back behind the barrier doesn't really change things because she's now In A Mood and entirely prepared to scrabble up onto the metal fencing to launch herself after the poor guy. She didn't bring the mallet, or her guns, but that doesn't stop her from clawing at his face and ears, trying to pull the poor guy down to her level so she can claim the bag... and well, possibly inflict a little gratuitous violence on the way. Trying to steal from her /and ruining the funk/... it's unforgiveable.

Red Ranger has posed:
Jason is a leader for many reasons and one of them is not just making decisive choices but also making tactical assesments. Now that his head is mostly clear of Da Funk he can see what is going on and peice together the problem. It's not like they havn't battled a sonically hypnotising Foe before, right? And he can see where this could go badly. Hypnotised supers against un-hypnotised supers.. amongst a crowd of UN-SUPERS! Oh no, this could go so very very bad. As he watches some supers, their names mostly ubnknown to him, trying to fight back, he can feel the influence trying to ebb back into his own subconcious as he ducks behind a pillar near the edge of the dance floor. Panting. "Can't let this go.. any further.. Need to help.. Trini... Zack" he says, gritting his teeth...Cue the /internal/ soundtrack.

An electric Guitar power chord blares in Jason's mind, washing away that hypnotic funk as he turns on his heel and reaches behind himself, staring ahead as if at some imaginary camera. His hand then whips out from behind his back, a device clenched in his fingers and in his other hand a coin appears, which he presses it into a slot on the front of the device and thrusts it forward.

"It's Morphin' time!"

The moment the words leave his lips a beam of red tinged light flares upwards from the ground, swallowing the teenager. It pulsates to the quickening rythym of the unheard 90's metal riffs as strands of energy swirl around him, cocooning him in a red human-shaped grid-frame of Power, with a capital P.

"Tyrannosaurus!" he calls out and shards of crystallized energy erupt upwards and start filling in the vertices and faces of the Morphing Grid(Tm) framework wrapped around him, filling it in like an out of date low-res polygon-rendered computer game.  It Builds up from his feet, forming white boots, a red armoured jumpsuit with a white and black zigzag across the torso, gloves... and finally an open-faced full-head helmet with a vague dinosaur-like motif.  He lashes out to the side and a strange pistol forms, in the same digital Tron-like fashion as his uniform...

The semi-imaginary theme music in his head builds to a crescendo.. There is a momentary, almost psychic /ROAR/ ,that washes out from him in a wave and a translucent aura shaped like a Tyrannosaur flares around him. And in that flash of crimson light and sound the helmet's faceplate closes, revealing a black visor, and where once stood a teenager with attitude now crouches the Red Power Ranger in a martial stance, holding the pistol at ready.  The helmet now protecting him from the hypnotic assault.

And then The Red Ranger is running back into the crowd, easily dodging around dancers.. Because Zack is in there... because that is the direction of the stage where the band is playing..

Yellow Ranger has posed:
There's a beep from Trini as she's leaping, towards Jason. <"It's fighting time. Let's go."> As the Yellow Ranger moves to kick into theloudspeaker, though, a superhero is forcing it to knock her back, and into the cold hard ground. Trini's armor cracks slightly, as she forces herself back up, staring at the Subwoofer. "Hey, I heard about that time you saved an aquarium. Well...I'm gonna drop the bass here harder than you did then." It's a terrible joke. But Trini's in a one-liner mood, as she leaps into the air again, and this time, is moving for Subwoofer, attempting to grab her by the wrist. "Sorry for this. I hope you'll understand, though I'm not paying your hospital bills."

And then, Trini moves to throw /Subwoofer/ at the loudspeaker. It'll be fine! She's a hero!

Wasp (van Dyne) has posed:
    One thing about Janet that people might not know is that she isn't the flighty socialite people see on television. Well....she *is* flighty, but there is so much more to her! Like, her intuition and deductive reasoning skills. After the gross affront that are the ugly bags snaps her from her funk-like trance, that mind kicks into high gear. What started this whole mess in the first place? Blue eyes shift to the lengthening locks of hair and, more precisely, to where they are attacking. And....seeing how the crowd reacted when the Hustler started doing his thing, it doesn't take much to figure out where the source of the issue is. "Right..."

    Within a blink of an eye, Janet seems to disappear. First she was there, then she wasn't. No fancy light shows or shouting of extinct species into the crowd. Just *Poof!* and gone. Those with sharp eyes might see a fluttering speck that, when the lasers strike it just right, seems to reflect like a firefly. Those with sharper eyes will see that it is a miniaturized Janet, hovering with insect-like wings emerging from her back. From this tiny speak emerges twin lances of a yellow light...most definitely a bio-electric blast of some kind.

    And just where are those blasts headed? One...towards the guitar. And the other, towards the microphone. Should they hit, it is probably going to cause some nasty feedback...and probably more than a few headaches in return.

Crusader has posed:
You... can't...stop...THE FUNK!!!!!

Perhaps it was the hypnotic music, that made him feel the need to jump into action...who can say. But regardless Bjorn is suddenly joining the battle on the other side of things$r$rAs the Yellow Ranger goes to throw SUB-WOOFER - Bjorn leaps up and piorettes(Because YOLO) momentarily before bringing his arms out to try and catch SUBWOOFER before he hits the SPeaker letting out that sweet sweet FUNK

Invisible Woman has posed:
    And as she's wrapped by the hair as well, Sue puts her own shield up to break free......which nullifies the mind control music. She blinks a couple of times, shakes her head.....rubs her eyes....then puts a shield around She-hulk.....not that she can stop She-hulk from rampaging, but she CAN stop the mind control.......the headache, however...is another problem.

Kaelyn Silverleaf has posed:
Kae takes a brief moment to settle her self, and the curvy redhead hops to her feet now, the girl standing inside the ward still as she glances around. Her left wrist glows, or more importantly one of the gems glow as she whispers a few words, a spell simply to shroud her self from cameras. It does nothing for those strong enough of mind to look directly at her, but it might should be enough to maybe make her 'somebody else's problem' for most that look at her, Ie they'll generally look past her rather than directly at the mage, but again, this only works on the mindless masses.. Stronger wills it won't help at all.

Kae glances down and drops her ward now, the girl now prepared to resist the music rather than just be caught by supprise. She rubs her nose as she glances around, tugging that hat back up and the drawstring. She walks toward the crazyness, her hands down near her sides, elbows bent, and hands slightly away as she holds them out palm up. A glow emits from each palm of her hand as it seems ghostly runes begin rizing from her palms while she glances at the wall of ice and her lips move, only a bare whisper of a strange foreign language can be heard as she stares at the wall of ice then looks around her, and of course to the heroes. She then glances back at the wall and seems to finish talking as she now points a finger at the wall, the runes circling around her wrist now turning faintly white as a ghostly, barely visible bolt leaps from that finger and flies at the icewall as she mutters audibly "Sublimate."

Black Ranger (Taylor) has posed:
The Clockwork Owl gets a mouthful of Ear because it's easy to do that when the Drone is completely focused on making sure that he just collects things. He doesn't fight back, though he does feel the pain. He's just too tranced to do much about it. He goes down, still holding the bag out, but also in excruciating pain. He's even screaming... on beat.

The Drone that gets snatched down by the Harliest of Quinns doesn't have a method of defense. The Hypno Hustler is definitely not about to waste his defenses on the drones. This was supposed to be one FUNKIN' easy snatch and grab. But things that were not accounted for are making that hard. LIKE INSANE BLONDE PEOPLE. Harley should find it fairly easy to get her necklace back.

"Boss? This is gettin' crazier than we planned."
"Yeah, Antoine. This is not my kinda' funk."
"Funkin' A, man. We gotta' get outta' here."

The Baddest Band in the Land (aka the Mercy Killers) realize exactly what they've gotten themselves into and while they are still playing, they know it's time to make like some trees and get outta' here.

"You suckas ain't neva' lied, you dig? Let's make a little war. Make a little chaos. And get down tonight!"

That must be a cue that Antoine uses often because in the next moment the song is switching to something a bit more telling. A bit more useful? A bit more...

FUNK FU: https://youtu.be/sKxcDT1G0MQ

As they get to playing that, there's a subliminal effect that has those drones trying to get out of the way and take the bags off to the side where the AFROS AND BELLBOTTOMS TOUR BUS OF FUNK is waiting. However, even they may find it hard to do that because the new hypnotic track is aimed to make things so much more violent out here. The Dancin' Supers (they might as well make a super team at this point) are leaping off the stage and into the crowd. The crowd, of course, being sent into a MARTIAL ARTS MOVIE FRENZY as they all just start to turn on each other. Anyone. Everyone. All The Ones become targets for someone else.

Even Sly Winkle is fighting, well, he's fighting himself. Don't ask. He's a special case. But he's wrapping his mic cord around his own neck and pulling.

SUBWOOFER is ready to rock and roll because she's been out of the game for a while. "Listen up, Mello Yello. I've been at this a long time. And I'm going to mop the floor with you for trying to stop my groove. You don't know anything about this music! You don't get it! You're too busy on that damn Photogram posting self-iiiiiiiiIIIEIIEEEEEIIEEEES!" Subwoofer has a tendency to talk too much. Which makes her easy to grab and throw into the giant speaker that crumples beneath her superhero body. Also? It puts a severe dent in the music that flowing. More people are probably going to wake up now. Of course, she's not exactly out cold. But she is in pain. The Bjorn beneath her, though, might need a little help. Subwoofer groans in pain. She's not moving though. Not without some help.

FUNKY FEEDBACK sends the Hypno Hustler backwards and crashing into the drums. Antoine hits the stage on his butt and looks up. "Hey! That ain't in my set! That's a low down and dirty game somebody's playin'!" He watches both his guitar and his microphone spark. Which probably even waking up a few more people.

Luckily, those Dancin' Supers (the Six that are left) are still around to help cover his escape.

CHILL FACTOR and his ice powers are in the mix. REMIX and her power absorption energy blasts are in the mix. FREESTYLE and his dance fu are in the mix. SLIP 'N SLYDE and their dual teleportation antics are in the mix. GROUNDHOG and his tremor shaking are in the mix. It's... total. nonstop. chaos.

Sussa Paka (360) has posed:
The problem with immobilizing large numbers of people is that you are pretty much immobile yourself, at least if it is living hair you are immobilizing with. Sussa has all she can do keeping everyong she is holding from attacking each other. Hopefully others have more freedom of action.

Harley Quinn has posed:
Harley Quinn doesn't stop hitting until the poor drone is unconscious and bleeding. He might not have been fighting back, but he did manage to upset her perfectly lovely night of dancing with the supers. Darn it. There's a kick for good measure as she huffs, looking around at the chaos with an entirely too delighted grin. But... she has what she wanted, plus some. After all, why not take the opportunity to loot when someone else was nice enough to collect it for her? Like a demented Santa Claus, she grabs the bag and swings it up onto her shoulder, snagging a baton from the downed security drone before she starts whistling off in the direction of her obliviously entranced Joy Boys, swinging the baton casually. As long as they don't get in her way, the clown princess is totally comfortable with taking the loot and sashaying off to leave other people to deal with the chaos.

Red Ranger has posed:
The Red Ranger weaves in and out of people with an almost reptilian finesse, ducking under the arms of people who are still caught up in the music's funkadelic entrancement. Excuse me.. Coming through. Soory! he apologizes in that most Canadian of ways (hence the spelling), though his voice is masked by the helmets scrambler. He doesnt wanna hurt anyone, after all. He just wants to derail this Soul train from Hell!

>> Be careful, Trini. Were surrounded by a WHOLE bunch of /real/ superheroes... We dont need Casualties.. And Zack is in tehre somewhere still!<< he coms her and then lets out a WHOOPS and slides to his knees under a roundhouse kick from some C-Lister martial artist slash b-grade movie star who hasnt had a hit in a decade or more. He quickly tucks into a roll, then up to his feet, spinning to bring his hands up and catch a second kick. Hey, I know you! he says, pushing the foot down as the guy lashes out with a few punches. The Red Ranger blocks and parries each blow with ease.

I loved Flaming Fists of the Furious! as he catches one punch and he twists and throws the guy over his shoulder and into the floor before he delivers a precise punch to the guys head, knocking him out with precision. Guess I wont get an autograph now, huh?

And now the crowd is starting to GO WILD! The Red Ranger is being SWAMPED by civilians like they were a wave of flesh, deflecting them as best he can, pushing them away from each other, but there are too many. Maybe...

He lets out an ooof as, distracted, as freestyle Kicks him from behind. Re Ranger rolls, and comes up, turning to face the fighter.. And side steps an ice blast from Chill Factor as well as they pass. So not cool! he grouses and snaps a shot from his pistol at Chillfactor, then quickly flicks his wrist, flipping the blaster into power dagger mode and defends a blow from Freestyle. Nuh uh! This is NOT how you Bring Tha Noize! he says and leaps into the fray... the two martial artists becoming blurry in a flurry of almost impossible attacks and counter attacks.

>>ZACK! WHERE ARE YOU!<<<

She-Hulk has posed:
With the sudden release of the mind control thanks to Sue's invisible wall around her, Shulkie blinks in confusion a few times and shakes her head. When she realizes what has happened, her eyes flare a bright green that may have something to do with gamma radiation but more likely have everything to do with being ticked off. "GIVE ME BACK MY PHONE!"
    Even as the mob around her is going nuts, she spots the man who took her phone in the first place. "Stay safe in this mess, Sue. I'm getting our stuff back!" And with that she is moving through the crowd which parts before her like water. They may have other ideas but they get gently pushed to the side--which is a real difficult thing to do when she's mad--so that she can make a beeline for the man with the sack. "Gimme that!" Thankfully it wasn't the one Harley absconded with.

Crusader has posed:
Bjorn is knocked into the ground with Subwoofer. He blinks slowly. Good lord that Yellow Tiger can throw hard. But none the less he gets up with Subwoofer in his arms. And well...he Karate chops her enough to knock her out - courtesy of Kung Fu fighting!

But more than that as the speaker and other equipment begin to get damaged thanks to a Little old Wasp! He cracks his neck and and jumps into action

Mainly he begins begins to seperate people who are fighting and may actually hurt each other - even as other jump on him, and kick punch him (which ends up hurting them instead of himself - perks of being a moving wall). Though it made it harder and harder to move

Eventually he is covered in a pile of frenzied people. The pile of folks is suddenly lights up from within - and everyone ontop of Bjorn twitches as the smell of ozone and burnt hair fills the air. It only /KNOCKED/ the people out without causing too much harm...a strange liquid puddle flows out from beneath them and reforms into Crusader.

He looks around...and goes for the stage - specificly the man is charging towards CHILL FACTOR to try and take him down.

Black Ranger (Taylor) has posed:
Zack is... in and out of hypnosis. It's crazy. He wants to feel the funk so much but he can also hear his friends. It comes through on his communicator as well as everywhere else. It's just... it's a lot. Maybe he's just so connected to them that he can't really not hear them. He can't have his friends be in trouble and him not help.

Friendship beats Hypnosis.

"... ugh. ow." Zack drops to one knee in the middle of this chaos. Which keeps him from getting hit for a moment. "Guys?" Zack's on his communicator now. "Not sure what happened but I can't morph. Not right now. Too many eyes." Zack looks up and around at everyone that's going to down on each other. He can see Red and he can see Yellow and he smiles. "I'm on crowd control. Take these assholes down."

That said, Zack is back up to his feet and dancing to his own beat. "Alright, guys, I got some fancy footwork for you. Watch and learn." And with a spin move that'd make Michael Jackson do a double take, Zack is back into the crowd to separate and knock people back out of hypnosis!

Invisible Woman has posed:
    "Right, Jen." Sue says as she turns around.........and looks for some of the 'supers' that were able to hypnotize her and her friend. She focuses on remix and......encases her in an invisible bubble. It's hard for her to absorb energy, when none is directed against her.

Yellow Ranger has posed:
As Subwoofer takes out the loudspeaker, violently, the Yellow Ranger checks to see that she's still alive and will be fine, before eying over the stage. Her first action is to run up to Sly, rip his microphone cable from his hand, and smack him gently in the face. "Snap out of it and get the hell out of here, now." If he refuses, she'll smack him harder so that he can take a nice nap. And then, it's time to deal with supers.

The music makes her want to fight, even as she's trying to beep it past. Well, good thing she wanted to fight anyways. The Power Daggers, a pair of yellow daggers, are summoned into Trini's hands, as she dashes for Antoine's position, using her martial arts against GROUNDHOG to try and stab him in a non-lethal pressure point, before attempting to push him to the ground. "Hey, Hypno Hooligan! You have some stuff that doesn't belong to you. So stop, get on the floor, and walk the-"

"Sabretooth Tiger." The dagger is swiped to try and block Antoine's direct path of escape with a wave of energy, forcing him to derail his path.

Kaelyn Silverleaf has posed:
As the ice wall suddenly seems to 'explode' into a cool mist, Kae glances at the supers being controlled, staring a bit as she looks to ice guy, he's the one that stands out the most, upon finding him, she holds out her other hand, dropping her first, this time she holds her palm up and the runes around her wrist swirl as a trio of ghostly bolts blast out from Kae and all arc, toward the fellow, each taking a slightly different before striking the fellow solidly, each place the bolt strikes it shrouds the fellow in well magic, eventually he's paralized top to bottom as Kae slaps the fellow in a kind of magic stasis for now... At least he can't hear the music.

Speaking of which. Kae's voice can be heard whispering quietly, pretty much everywhere as more runes leap from her hands and begin to form a 7 sided star directly in front of her. Suddenly the star spins mist falling from the bottom section and pooling around the redhead before. The star spins faster, then suddenly locks in place as all 7 sides light up... She's not really aiming for the anything on the stage at this point, instead she's hoping to get the bus the crooks came in on and are trying to load their loot onto... Another star spins into existance over each wheel, well just outside of it, and then slidesover the wheel. Next to Kae the 7 sided star splits into 4 and takes up 4 points around her and well there's now a wheel, still attached to an axle kind of poking through each star. Kae grins a bit and snaps her fingers and the star dissapears, leaving well all the wheels which fall to the ground.. Now she had the idea of having it just appear net to her, but one kind of bounces and ends up rolling over her toe... Kae yelps and hops up and down grabbing her foot and muttering "There went that cool affect."

Red Ranger has posed:
Relief washes through Jason as he hears Zacks voice through the com. >>Oh thank God! We were worried for a moment<< he comms back, as he blocks a few of Freestyles rather eclectic attacks. The baddy laughs at the crazy kid in the costume and looses a snap kick at The Red Rangers helmet, but a white glove deflects it and the accompanying red arm slips around the limb, holding Freestyle in the Red Rangers. Hey! I aint in this for the Kicks and Giggles Jason warns him, then with his free hand lands one, two, three quick punches to Freestyles solar plexus before lifting and then pushing him into the floor.

Freestyle WHEEZES but still tries to kick at the Red Ranger from his almost prone position. Jason steps over the sweep from the ground and drops to deliver one of his own powerful.. One last time to the gut...The blows pushes the dude along the floor towards the doors like a racing curling stone, hopefully to take out a running Antione whom Trini is trying to stop.

>>Hey Trini! SWEEP! SWEEP!<<

Heh, curling jargon!

Black Ranger (Taylor) has posed:
She-Hulk gets the easy snatch back and the dude that loses the sack just keeps on heading towards the TOUR BUS OF FUNK. His hypnotic suggestion is deep.

Chill Factor is not a very good hero. He's too cold. And when he sees that somebody is rushing him he does the smartest thing he can think of at the moment and that's launch goodness, gracious, great balls of ice in the direction of the Crusader. If they hit, Crusader may get a little deep freeze. But with each ball thrown there's a scream of terror from the Chill Factor. Who may or may not be afraid of his own powers. That or he's freakin' terrified of the MAGIC TRAP he's just got caught in. "Oh god oh god oh god oh GOD!"

The other Supah Suckahs aren't faring too well.
    Subwoofer is down and out with no room for Beverly Hills.
    Remix is standing in the middle of a crowd of dancers karate chopping the bubble she's trapped and totally mime-ing in. It's pretty frickin' hilarious, actually. Somebody should get it on video.
    Freestyle vs the Red Ranger is pretty much a kung fu flick but Freestyle seems to waver every time he catches a punch or a kick to his body.
    Groundhog takes a very long time to charge up his powers. It's one of those deals where there's so much rumbling beneath the street that it's going to be a doozy when it actually hits. He even looks a little Anime-ish. "LLlllllllllet's get ready to RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR--" Groundhog catches a dagger to the neck. "... ble?" WHAM. Groundhog goes face first into the ground and the rumbling stops.
    Slip 'N Slyde? They're just teleporting randomly around, popping in, punching or kicking someone at random, then teleporting somewhere else. Repeat.

Harley Quinn has the luxury of having beat down the dumbest of the drones. Because if she looks in her sack, she'll find the Keys to the Tour Bus of Funk. They jingled. They were valuable. They went into the bag. Oops?

The Hypnotist of Hustling is leading the band towards the side of the stage where they end up smacking into each other when he puts the brakes on because of POWER ENERGY blocking his path. "OH LAWD JESUS! MAMA NOOOOOOO!" The Baddest Band in the Land turns and tries to head another direction. But thanks to icy explosions? There's a lot of slippery slopes so they all go down into a pile on the stage. Not a good look. "You jive coolies! Get up! We gotta' reebok outta' here, you dig?! DO YOU DIG?!" It's a scramble to get up because they all still got their instruments on. Damn Fools.

Which is why Antoine rolls out from underneath them to get away himself. "Scatter, fools!" He doesn't get three steps before he's Freestyled down and right off the stage, landing afro-first into the remaining loudspeaker. His afro pick flying out of his hair and stabbing through the plug that's been pumping out all this funk. The power goes out immediately and Antoine slumps in pain and defeat.

Slip 'N Slyde pop back in on the stage, look around, look at each other, "Uh." "Um." They are obviously no longer under the spell. "Sorry!"

Sly sits up at the side of the stage and looks like he's seen better lifetimes. "... ugh. I think we need to go to commercial."

Harley Quinn has posed:
Harley Quinn smacks the first of the Joy Boy's in the arm, then stomps on the foot of the other one to get their attention. Tour bus keys. While normally that would be like... opportunity for the best kind of hijinx and insanity, right now there's just... too many capes around, and she is under orders not to get arrested, so she decides it's best to slink off before someone recognizes her and she gets a free trip to the station.

Sussa Paka (360) has posed:
Once she is reasonably sure everyone is back to normal, Sussa retracts her hair and checks to see if all the bad guys are down and out. She says, "Thank you all, I could not have handled this alone." She vaguely recalls most of the others from her ancient history classes.

Crusader has posed:
Crusader dodges left and right to avoid the initial blast from CHILL FACTOR. He jumps up to avoid one more...but that was his mistake. Crusader is hit with one of those blast and he instantly freezes solid becomming encased in ice. The statue seems to hang in the air momentarily...

And than it comes crashing down almost hitting the skittering Baddest Band in the Land - but none the less ends up putting quite a dent in the stage itself.

Kaelyn Silverleaf has posed:
Kae blinks and now glances toward the cold fellow, when she realizes everyone's free of the hypnosis, she waves a hand in his general direction, dispelling the affect of the spells she wholloped him in the first place. Her path carries her up near the Rangers, and she ummms, glancing from one to the other, she smiles now "Everything allright?" asks the girl, who looks like she really hasn't done much of anything, there's no more runes glowing around her hands, though maybe a couple of her bracelets have a very slight glow to them. She then peers around and sighs "I really want pizza now." she says, muttering as she glances from Red to Yellow curiously, then her eyes travel to Bjorn and Sussa... She calls to them, her voice able to carry quite well "Y'all allrigh? Nobody really hurt?" asks the Ginger-witch...

Red Ranger has posed:
With Freestyle out of the way, Jason turns and is about to fend off what he expects to be another horde of hypnotised funksters... But everyone seems to be coming to their senses so the Red Ranger's martial kata relaxes and he sighs, loudly. "This is why I never go to any school dances..." he mutters, then looks to trini and gives her a thumbs up... And starts scanning (literally, withthe markone eyeball) to see if anyone is injured.. and stops to stare at Kae. "Pizza? You want Pizza after all of this?" he asks.. then his stomach growls and he is VERY happy he is wearing his Helmet right now, to hide the blush.

>>Guys, we need to beet feet as soon as possible, probably.. Well, at least Trini and I will.. We can't change back with all these people around..<< he comms his friends, then looks around at everyonee else. >>Hey, is that She-Hulk?<< he comms.. because apparently she is the only person here who stands out to him. Well, that and..

He looks at Susa for a sec, and quiickly turns around... >>Yeeeeep... Might be time to leave...<<

Crusader has posed:
Crusader can't exactly hear Kaelyn from inside the block of ice. The block actually hops a bit but is unable to get out of the self made crator. Everytime he ends up a bit higher...he just slips back down. Well at least he was alive. This may be slightly....embaressing to say the least. The statue shakes and chunks fall off...but thats about the extent of it

Black Ranger (Taylor) has posed:
"Got you loud and clear." Zack's talking into his communicator. "I'll meet you guys back at the van. I..." Zack looks up and over towards the stage where the Dancers that are normally with the Supers are. "... got some autographs to get first. And like six hundred selfies. Save me a slice!" And with that, Zack is hopping over the railing and rushing the stage.

Meanwhile... Sirens.

Kaelyn Silverleaf has posed:
Kae blinks at Jason and tilts her head "But, I was eating this really good stuffed pizza and all, and I think one of those drones took it, or it went foop in all the crazynesss..." She glances now at Crusader curiously, the girl turning to walk toward Crusader and his block of ice "Umm I'll get him out of his block..." She glances at the fellow and smiles before grinning a bit... "I'll get you out of there Mr Popsicle...

Kae taps her beltbuckle and suddenly what looks like a single handed warhammer appears in her hand, complete with the spike on the back side. She grins at him and calls to him, and yes somehow her voice carries "Grit yoru teeth!" she calls out, and she brings her hand back to swing said hammer, the head having a faint glow to it, before the girl brings the hammer forward. Of course at first it makes exactly what one might think of a hammer doing when hitting a solid block of ice, ther'es a crack, and a tiny blemish appears where the hammer hit, but for those watching close they'll see a brief dull flash, kind of like the flash of a camera, but many many many times duller.. Kae then reaches out and pokes the ice as she says simply "Break." Suddenly cracks spider between where her finger touched and where she hit it with the hammer, then those cracks spider all the way around the block, before the ice explodes outward in a shower of snow!!! "I like winter." Kae mutters as she sees the miniature snow storm swirl around her, and of course Crusader.... Boy is this girl easily distracted!

Crusader has posed:
ANd Crusader was temperarily shattered into pieces. Well luckily the now cubified pieces of Crusader land ontop of each other and within moments...they all melt into a puddle of metallic goo. The goo reforms into Crusader and he cracks his neck "...Thank you Little Girl" he rubs his neck stiffly. Getting frozen is not fun. Hearing the sirens....Crusader seems to fade away (more accurately become invisible) and quietly leaves the scene...though he dosn't stray to far in case help is needed