10303/City Fall: For the Masses

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City Fall: For the Masses
Date of Scene: 03 December 2019
Location: Jackson Heights, Queens
Synopsis: The Turtle Team and the Shadow find out about the Foot's next play.
Cast of Characters: Shredder, Donatello, Pippi, Shadow, Alopex, Leonardo
Tinyplot: City Fall


Shredder has posed:
    Queens isn't usually the place people think about when crime is the topic. That's what makes it a good location for crime. The Foot have come and gone as they see fit through most of NYC lately, and so it hasn't been hard to find operations connected to them. One of them seems to have Karai's oversight. presently, which might give it a little higher priority. Some sort of distribution that is supposed to go throughout the city. What that distribution is, exactly, is a mystery. Naturally, drugs are most commonly the assumption.

    While the actual product is unknown as of yet, the location seems to have become slipped, whether through enforcers or other gangs in the area. Something to do with Oroku Industries. Given their involvement both with robotics and genetic research, that leaves a lot of possibilities, and The storage facility is right here in Queens. An industrial park. Not a closed one, but one that is wide open for business. A glass factory.

    Box trucks roll in, and the place seems to be rather present with workers. Average looking people who don't even seem to have weapons. Go figure that. Most are rather dustily dressed, and the evening hours seem to be taking their toll on them as a few head out to their cars in the parking lot, while the evening shift comes on for the night.

Donatello has posed:
Evening in Queens... Donatello rests on a rooftop near to the factory with trucks being brought in, a pair of binoculars on a swing mount fastened to his head with a few stretch bands. The Purp Turp hunkers, mouth pulled into a hard frown as he tries to get numbers of vehicles and personnel, looking to see how they move - who carries themselves at a low ready as opposed to working.

Who're the predators hiding among the sheep.

Pippi has posed:
    Pippi had accompaneid Donatello out on patrol this evening, her nose was to the wind, trying to pick up on the different scents She was staying low herslef, test gauntlets against her hands as she gives a slight huff of breath, her ears drawing up as she glances around, her hood pulled down for now, her shaggy, curling 'hair' standing up a bit.

    "Think they're Foot?" she inquires in a little voice.

Shadow has posed:
    The Foot's control of the gangs of New York that have sworn to the Shredder is firm, but there is one downside to hiring local talent as well. For one, while the local talent may know the lay of the land... They are also Known. And not even the Shredder has been able to pinpoint every informer, even if he'd known what to look for -- because the Shadow's network of agents is, in its own way, almost as good at blending in unnoticed as any onmitsu.

    Within hours of the first time the local gangs were informed of the location, word of it reached an agent, who reported it on... And now the Shadow Knows...

    This area of Queens isn't so run-down that traffic is completely unknown, and although Karai probably should have remembered a certain earlier incident, a lone cab passing nearby as it plies its trade is not something her sentries consider noteworthy, not even when it pauses briefly at the next intersection before turning away.

    ... Of course, if they'd been able to see the way the shadows moved underneath the streetlight, they might have been more concerned. But they didn't, so they aren't.

Karai might not even blame them for the oversight, afterwards.

Alopex has posed:
    Two's fine, three's a party, and that's why Alopex was out on the multi-mutant patrol. It was a nice change of pace from the vigil she'd been keeping on Winterfall. She had been taking up the rear, just for protection's sake, so when she catches up to the others and takes note of Donnie's scowl and Pippi's question, the fox decides to have a look herself. "Trouble?"

Shredder has posed:
    The people on the grounds do indeed seem to be regular factory workers, however, a closer inspection of the site might indicate that the rooftops have other inhabitants. Including the one that the turtle team has just taken to, though the current path of patrol has yet to come across the intruders. Two simple Foot soldiers upon each roof, a total of six of them. In the terms of superheroes, almost no defense, but they would likely be very effective against any gang resistance.
    A black Lincoln pulls up to the factory, and out of the car's back seat steps Karai. She isn't armed to the teeth the way she normally is, though the black outfit she wears hugs her body in a way that looks ready for action. She even...carries a purse? It looks like she just came from a rather formal event, her hair tied up in a bun rather than falling around her neck as it normally does.

    She's not the only one, though, as the other back door of the car opens. It's Kitsune. The regal air about her is unmistakable, the woman in traditional Japanese robes steps in pace with her younger counterpart, chopsticks in her hair that put her in a different century all together. There's someone who doesn't come out in public frequently.

    Meanwhile, below, The Shadow seems unnoticed, the darkening adjustments in the light so scarcely visible that it is mostly undetected.

Leonardo has posed:
Sometimes, patrols consist of more than just two or three. Leonardo has been nearby, but taking on more of a forward scout role in checking out the complex. Chilly as the winter weather is, especially in the wake of a snowstorm recently, some areas can be slippery but it's nothing they haven't dealt with before.

"They have Foot atop multiple roofs," he says, showing up silently nearby as he crouches to keep a low profile. How does he always do that? It's a ninja thing. "But, look." The katanas are still at his back, so he gestures toward the fancy vehicle that comes to a stop, most notably who gets out of it. Karai, he immediately recognizes. "Funny. She is trying to look normal." Kitsune..he may not have seen before. Someone else has, though. At least, her attire stands out. "Hmm."

Donatello has posed:
"Yeah Pip, word is they're working out of here..." Donnie keeps watching in his goggles, flipping to a low light mode so as not to be blinded by full night vision. "I don't know how quiet you've gotten, but we may need to sneak up close - and then go for a puppy punch eh?" Donnie grin as he observes, tongue poking from the corner of his mouth.

"What the?" he points and hands Pip another pair of binocs, "Do you see that shadow down there? Someone else looks like their peeping." the voice of Alopex making him motion with one hand towards his belt, "Binocs... look the way I'm looking." It's easier, and he comes prepared.

"Yeah I see her... She looks weird out of armor, bro..."

Pippi has posed:
    Pippi's ears perk up, and her tail gives a slight wag. "Isn't there always?" she asks the Fox, and then turns back "Aah, don't answer that one, Pex." Pippi states, and she turns her nose back to the wind. Glass manufacture smelled weird in the first place, but it was the black car that caught her attention next. Her eyes narrowed a moment, her ears pricking forward again as she sees two figures get out. She can't tell who they are, but she feels the pressure building. "I can hardly hear myself walk." she replies, her ears pricing forwards and giving a wiggle, but she's not one-hundred percent sure.

    Should be interesting.

Shadow has posed:
    Of all the people present and observing, the Shadow might be the /least/ trained in the formal arts of the Onmitsu; after all, one needs significantly less in the way of formal stealth training when one simply isn't seen unless one wishes to be seen. It does mean, however, that the Turtles go unnoticed, as the arriving limo draws the Shadow's full attention. Karai is easily recognized, even if she wore a battle outfit the last time she was encountered, but the woman she escorts is not. The way that even Karai obviously defers to her, however, makes it more than clear she's worth the Shadow's undivided attention.

    In the back of her head, Natasha the wealthy socialite quietly categorizes the style and fashion period of the outfit and comes up with more questions than answers. For now, she follows, with slightly more caution than usual - her earlier encounters with the Foot have made her more than aware that her abilities are not an infallible cornucopia...

Alopex has posed:
    Preparedness is something the fox is well aware of, and it's why she's at the edge of the roof, peering down, with her own scopes a few moments after confirmation. "Mm," she could have answered, but decides not to, especially after Pip retracts the question. She recognizes people, faces, "This ... is a lot of high ranking people, especially the regal looking one." No name is given, but Kitsune is unmistakable.

    There's even Foot on other rooftops? "That confirms the importance of this place. If they're keeping tabs up here, they're on the look out for competition, and probably us. We do not want to be spotted by their patrols. They'll radio in and then we're going to have a lot harder time dealing with, ... well everything."

Shredder has posed:
    The whispering caught the attention of the patrol on their same roof, the two Foot ninjas moving in quietly to see who has perched on their patrol.They creep up on the four upon the roof, and one of them gives little click on a device that alerts the others. Maybe just enough of a sound that they are detected before they leap upon them, one with sais and the other with a katana.

    Down below, the roof seems to have additional activity as the Foot upon them start to move about, looking down from their dark vantage points. They know there are visitors, but they aren't clear regarding the whereabouts, scanning the grounds around them.

Pippi has posed:
    Click?
    Pippi's ears draw up at the sound of a footfall, the sensitive ears on the canine flicking backwards as she pauses, then twists, turning on the ball of one foot as she lowers herself into position, without having to warn the others, and the pitbull cross mutant bares her teeth and makes her approach.

    She leaps up, springing off an AC unit and, ripping off one of the grills on it, attempts to knock over the katana-bearing Foot!

Leonardo has posed:
Leonardo turns just after Pippi reacts to the sound. Did they not check the very roof they were on? Are they slipping? No matter now, and Leo lets out a low curse with them having been found. There may need to be a talk about this later, but right now the Foot patrol, while no real challenge for the group of them, present a larger problem: they've sent the alert out.

"Time to move, guys." He leaps into action but Pippi's already starting to look for her own way of dropping the one with the single sword. He instead turns to face the one with the sais. Yeah, he's dealt with someone using those weapons a few times before. "Don't get caught out in the open," he tells the others, advancing to feint with an attack that intentionally gets one katana caught up by a sai, just so he can throw a headbutt at the Foot Clan member from close proximity.

Donatello has posed:
"Alopex, with me." Donnie pulls out a climbing claw and throws it to hook the edge of the roof down the way while a line connects it to the tech workshop he calls a belt. Giving her enough time to decide if she's going to hop on his back as he motions before he takes off at a low run, dipping over the edge to use the line itself to keep him up as he sprints sideways along the building, leaping to go to the next and cling to the few handholds available to him.

From there he watches, waits, flipping his snoopers back down until he gets the word.

Alopex has posed:
    Click? Pippi's reaction, "We're made!" the fox calls out before turning, looking, and drawing out a pair of kama she's started carrying in recent weeks. Can't take the Shard out every day, can she? Nope.

    With blue brother and pup dealing with the patrol, the fox gives a nod toward Donnie and moves to follow. "You two be careful!" she calls back before.. well she didn't expect a ride but whatever! She'll do as the techie wants. "Get going!"

Shredder has posed:
    The grill of the AC cracks across the ninja's face, and he spills backward, sliding down a few feet on the sheet metal roof. The second takes a headbutt to the face, falling back flatly unconscious as Leo dispatches him with ease.

    Down below, Karai and Kitsune seem uninterrupted by any alert, as they stroll purposefully and directly to one of the doors in the factory at ground level, opening the heavy opaque portal. Karai holds the door for Kitsune, and gives a quick glance around her for alertness before entering herself.

Shadow has posed:
    The scuffle on the rooftop gets the Shadow's attention, but only briefly. Whatever is going on inside is more important.

    Of course, /getting/ inside is not as easily done; this Karai is made of sterner stuff than most of her servants, and she might become aware of something affecting her if a too direct attempt is made to alter her perceptions. But a building this size has more than one entrance -- and the others aren't guarded nearly as well...

    Of course, most of the sentries have noticed the scuffle, and while most of them are disciplined enough to remember to mind their own areas of surveillance rather than gawk at the fight, it /is/ distracting.

Distracting enough that one Jounin's mind fails to register the brief click of the door behind him opening and closing.

Leonardo has posed:
"That was almost too easy," Leonardo says to Pippi, beckoning for her to follow. "Donnie and Alopex are dealing with another pair of guards. We need to take down the last set. Let's go." He maintains that low profile, expecting the remaining ones to be ready for them as he goes into motion and makes for the next building. But, if they're pushovers like the first two.. "Once we're done, we need to get inside and see what's going on."

Pippi has posed:
    "Right." Pippi states, aping Leonardo's movements, keeping low. Easy being shorter than him! She keeps on high alert, her hackles raised slightly as she goes about tailing Leo along the building, easily keeping up with his movements, listening in case Alopex gives the whistle.

Donatello has posed:
As they come up and around to the next roof, Donnie twists and kicks off, swinging up on the line before hitting the release to send himself and Alopex flying, hissing out, "Spring board and go, I'll get the other one!" even as he swings his legs to put himself into a tight spin, and throws his collapsible staff with intentions for it to spring open in the face of one of the foot soldiers.

Alopex has posed:
     Good idea! With Donnie lunging upward, Alopex does the same from his shell which sets the fox toward some rather lofty heights. Thiniking the same as the others: Get rid of the guards, Alopex's angle of descent has her coming down on another hapless foot soldier that may not understand a very universal principle. There are more directions then left, right, and behind. Why do humans so rarely look up when spooked?! Or when it's too late. Example: Alopex's dropping in, feet first. Will he see her? Will he only do so only to be struck? Will he actually dodge?! She seems confident he's not going to..

Shredder has posed:
    There are other doors, of course, as any factory would have several. They are mostly locked from the outside, but only by simple traditional locks for those who are able to pick such things. They are largely unguarded as well. Above Don and Alopex are able to decidedly pick off the two respective Foot as the fox comes sailing back down onto the poor Foot soldier, driving her to the ground, a snap heard as she decidedly just broke some ribs from the impact. Like all Foot soldiers, she makes no noise from the pain, though she tries to reach for her kunai to fight back even though she has little hope of doing much before she's knocked out.
    Her counterpart spins about as he watches the impact of his partner, only to have the lights go out as the staff strikes him.

    Inside, it's much warmer, given that it is a factory that works in glass. Karai and Kitsune make their way across a mid level catwalk toward a series of trucks with several boxes sitting nearby to be loaded. They step back down the catwalk to the loading dock, and kitsune takes a nearby box and opens it, looking inside.

Leonardo has posed:
Having caught a glimpse of movement leading inside while headed to the next building over, Leonardo says to Pippi, "They moved in. We need to get there, too." This leads to a quick taking down of the other two Foot lookouts, making the area surrounding the factory a little safer for unimpeded movement. Really, they're no match for the turtle and the dog.

With their way now clear, the blue-banded one descends to ground level and takes note of the way Karai and Kitsune entered. With a hand signal, he motions for Pippi to stick close as he heads around the side, finding a locked door. He puts an ear to it, but only for a cursory check. Seconds later, the lock is falling to the ground courtesy of a precise strike with one of his katanas - who needs a lockpick? - and the door itself is opened just wide enough for them to enter.

Pippi has posed:
    Pippi tags along, following Leonardo's lead. She's pulled her hood up to hide some of her more notable details, though the steel bar wrapped around the two other Foot guards would deliver just what was accompanying Leonardo this day.

    She stays close, a quiet shadow to his side, her ears drawing up, listening, checking behind them as Leonardo breaches the factory, her nose giving a slight wrinkle, tongue sticking out a little. Industrial smells were not good smells.

Donatello has posed:
Following suit with the downing of their patrol, Donnie's staff is retrieved and he kneels down on the roof, rooting around in his kit for a line launcher. "Risking some sky lining, but it'll be quick..." putting a scope to one eye before the *CHUFF* of compressed air launches the barbed harpoon across the distance, downward from the roof to the ground near the base of the factory to give the Purp Turp and the Fox a zipline to get in quick, and hopefully unseen while quiet.

Alopex has posed:
    Seems like Alopex appreciates just how much gear Donnie is carrying along. The zipline especially gets her attention, "Okay, consider this me asking for one of those for Christmas," she quips before heading down the line after the tech turtle to head inside.

Shadow has posed:
    The bright flares from furnaces in the dim lighting creates sharp contrasts and deep shadows -- in other words, an environment perfectly suited to Natasha's gifts. Once inside, she makes her way through the forges and manufacturing benches to a position near the catwalk where Karai and the as yet unidentified woman are standing, close enough to overhear...

Shredder has posed:
    As Leo and Pippi break and enter, there is a definite metal ping that rings through the door. Inside, though, the noise is fairly significant enough that people inside most likely couldn't hear it. People outside might be another story.
    The heat is a stark contrast to the cool night air outside as molten glass is structured into form, filling into small figures that stop and start as the golden fluid fills them, and then moves to the cooling area. Chess pieces. Those pieces are going into glass chess sets, some set up to be frosted, others clear.

    "They are slightly behind schedule," Karai says, "I am told an issue with one of the units slowed their production." She pulls a wooden box, opening the latch to reveal a finished product lined with felt. Maybe a set worth about $20. Kitsune reaches in, pulling out the frosted queen. She pauses, arching one brow, and turning around to scan the equipment. As if she heard something, or was tapped on the shoulder. Without looking back, she replaces the piece. "We have company," she says. "Something...in the shadows."

    Outside, as Donatello and Alopex's zipline is put in place, four more ninjas alight the roof across from them, looking down at the intruders. One with a pair of nunchaku leaps from the roof, using his weapon to grapple the zip line, coming down after the last group that is intent on entering, while the other three rush to the nearest roof access ladder.

Shadow has posed:
    ... Now /that/ is interesting. Very few people indeed are capable of detecting the Shadow's presence when she doesn't want to be seen. This woman is clearly more than she seems - not that she needed the additional confirmation.

    Of course, if she truly is detected in here, things just got significantly more risky. Natasha silently draws her guns even as she shifts positions, headed for a better vantage point from which to either fight or retreat as the situation requires.

Leonardo has posed:
Leonardo again motions for Pippi to follow, finger up to his mouth before he gestures in the direction of a few crates stacked to one side near said door of entry. The boost in temperature is almost overwhelming at first, almost literally like stepping from the freezer to the furnace with no warming up period, but he wills any of the body's complaints away.

Brows squint at what's being made here. Chess pieces? Surely there's something more to it than this. The Foot couldn't just be mass-marketing a slightly more fancy version of the game for what amounts to pocket change, could they? He looks momentarily confused to Pippi, then crouches at the mention of company and shadows. His katanas are out, and he is prepared.

Donatello has posed:
Seeing the tension bob in the zip-line, Donnie turns to see the Soldier coming their way, "Totes, Alopex. Top of the list eh?" checking speed, height, and distance (he doesn't want to kill anyone) the tall turtle pulls a small knife from his belt and slashes at the line in the hopes of fraying and cutting it, to send the man falling, "Little help and we'll boogie in eh?"

Alopex has posed:
    Company? Hmph! "I guess they want one too? GET YOUR OWN!" The fox barks out before catching sight of what Don's about to do. It gets the fox to drop off the line a little early, but that gives her time to steel herself in case any of the soldiers are able to brace themselves for the sudden drop of the line. The techie gets a nod to his question, "Super easy, barely an inconvenience."

Pippi has posed:
    Pippi follows behind. She shifts her weight, trying to sort thorugh all the smells. Melting silica for the glass, she knew what glass smelled like, and the addition of the heat was making everything more noticiable. Scent carries better in heat and moisture, after all, and her tail curls slightly, looking back to Leo in an equally confused look, and then she begins to snuff about, drawing around the back of him to try and pick up on unusual smells, trying to be mindful of the dust that can build up.... wouldn't do to sneeze and give them completely away!

Shredder has posed:
    The Japanese woman continues to scan. "Interesting..." she says, and turns her head before her eyes back to Karai. "These will do quite nicely. I will place the spell on them shortly and then we will ship them to Gotham. Notify me when the rest of the shipment is ready. Send these to the storage facility."

    "Yes, grandmother," Karai says with a bow. The woman certainly doesn't seem old enough to be her grandmother, her appearance in the mid thirties. Oddly enough, she does not seem to detect the turtle and dog that are skulking about, or at least she isn't showing any signs of it as she simply folds her hands back into her pockets.

    Outside, the first Foot finds himself falling a little earlier than anticipated, and he lands hard. That's probably a broken leg. He grips his leg, body language sharing what his facial expression must be beneath the mask while two of the others manage to land after sliding down the ladder, the third sliding down it behind them.

Leonardo has posed:
Leonardo makes room for Pippi, but what he's hearing confirms his suspicions that there's something much more dark and dastardly going on here. Spells? Gotham? A storage facility was mentioned, but...he hesitates. They could step out and break the whole thing up, but it might not get them very far.

In that moment, he makes a quick decision, turning to Pippi, voice hushed and low. "Fall back outside. We do not engage tonight." Meanwhile, he's on the comms the Turtle Crew has as he cautiously sneaks back out the way they came, hopefully without anyone having come to check the door yet. <<They're making chess pieces and putting spells on them, talking about sending them to Gotham City. They're going to take these to a storage facility. They need to be followed and we need to let someone in Gotham know. Let's get out of here before we're made.>>

Part of this goes against the urge to stop the Foot when the chance is there, but part of being a proper ninja is subterfuge, secrecy, and in this case, keeping an eye on the greater prize. Now is not the time to risk the chance at doing greater damage to the Foot later.

Pippi has posed:
    Pippi detects nothing by smell that was unusual, and her ears were distracted, listening for more Foot, but the talk of magic spells and Gotham has her give just the quietest growl, drawing her fingers up, her lip curling back a sshe goes to break the whole thing up -- but Leo's voice makes her stop, she gives a huff of breath through her nose, and gives a nod, turning to follow the Leader, giving a soft huff in the direction of Karai and her grandmother as she follows Leo out of the building, her tail stiffened in aggression.

    Just what *were* they doing?

Shadow has posed:
    More magic. Shrouded within the power that clouds minds, the Shadow scowls, recalling the gambit with the Coins. Somehow, she suspects that these won't be nearly so benign; a quick mental note to have her agents within Gotham, as well as the Birds, on the lookout for these chess sets and retrieve one for analysis, and she withdraws, making her way to the nearest exit...

Donatello has posed:
Fall back? "Maaan..." Donnie grumbles as he taps the mute on the piece affixed over his 'ears'. "Ok, guess we're making tracks eh? Don't let them know folks are inside." whispered before he re-opens his line, <<"We'll make it look like we're solo. It'll be a little grumpy out here so you can be unnoticed">>

And with that Donnie starts running, slapping a button on his belt to summon the Stealth Bike. "It's gonna get cozy on the bike, hope you don't mind snuggling!" laughing as he attempts to clothesline a foot soldier on his way towards the street while the bike comes rolling in, out of stealth mode so it can be heard.

Alopex has posed:
    Hmm. Fall back is the order? It's a little surprising considering the number of them present, but she'll go with it. Leo usually had good reasons, good instincts, so she'll trust him here. Magic? .. That surprises her. "Since.. when..?" she trails to herself before Donnie's question and the approaching bike shake her out of it. "Eh? Oh. Right. It's fine if we can beat feet and not have to worry about these guys." Don settles one down, and a quick thrusted fist to the gut, followed by a sweep, should settle the other, before she goes and stands over the one with the hurt leg. "Reconsider your life. I did," she offers in a stern tone before moving to follow purple.

Shredder has posed:
    The papers in the office don't have Gotham as a destination, contrary to the claims of Kitsune. They have a warehouse connected to StockGen listed here in NYC, so either that shows the truth of the matter, or else there was a further deception going on.

    Kitsune's gaze shifts as Leo whispers to Pippi, her eye falling on the blue banded turtle. She doesn't say anything. She doesn't declare their presence and demand them to be apprehended or killed. She just...looks at him, and then turns back away, a disturbingly sly smile on her face.

    Outside, the poor Foot soldier takes the clothesline, and Alopex makes quick work to knock the others back enough that they don't have opportunity to follow. Regarding what is at work here? Well, that's something that still has yet to be discovered, no doubt it will be another chapter.