11247/The queen of harpies.

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The queen of harpies.
Date of Scene: 26 March 2020
Location: Long Island City, Queens
Synopsis: Harpies, again, decided to appear at one of the waterfront parks in the Queens area. Fortunately, Kitty and Punisher were there with Poseidon to save some lives.
Cast of Characters: Poseidon, Punisher, Shadowcat




Poseidon has posed:
"You barely talk to me! You come back home at the strangest times? I am starting to think you have a lover!" "dear, please, this is, not the place to discuss about such things..."
The couple is walking, at a respectful distance but still making it obvious they're together, along one of the smaller paths of one of the waterfront parks. "Of course, and when will we talk about this? I saw you growing distant during the last weeks, you know? I see it clear as daylight, and we must do something about it! So we either talk or the first thing you'll do when coming at home is packing your suitcase!" "harpy!" "what, what did you call me?" "no no, there!" and the man is pointing at a low branch of a nearby tree. On it, with the lower body of a giant black bird and the upper body of a scandalously naked woman, sits a creature that has no right to be in this world.
On the bright side, there's no blood yet on the quite sharp claws of the harpy. On the bad side, she's spreading her wings, and swooping down on the couple, followed by two of her sisters, coming from nearby branches.

Punisher has posed:
The term 'no rest for the wicked' has become the bane of the Punisher's existence. The Punisher has been fighting the war for years, now.... with no end in sight. He knew going in he'd be spending the rest of his life fighting it, but there's always something to deal with.

This morning, the Punisher has been on stakeout for the last few years on a gang he suspects is affiliated with the Foot clan... and was just on his way back to one of his safehouses when the Harpies were spotted. "The fuck is that?" Punisher grates out in question from the drivers seat, his partner in the passenger seat. "If I'm going by classic fantasy... harpies?" Microchip replies, already activating the Battle Vans systems to go into standby. "They're just sittin' in a-ok, that looks aggressive."

The Battle Van skids to a halt as Punisher brings it out of the flow of traffic, and Punisher grabs the M4A1 from the rack, along with his gear web, and opens the driver seat, he's just barely around the door when he aims for the group.

If the harpies seem like they're about to attack, he's got a clear shot right for their heads.

Shadowcat has posed:
Oh great. Three harpies, a couple, a mutant and the battle van. Apparently, New York today is on the weird end of things. Kitty just wants to go home, relax, and clear her head. Instead, no. She's dealing with students first, then harpies. Wonderful. She'll take a nice sit down with her problem students over a trio of harpies. Though huh....she was helping with costumes, but...

No these are not costumes, she guesses. Her head's down and she's tapping away at a laptop. HacktiKitty is at it again. Well, not strickty 'hacKitty' currently...

Even computer geniuses need to catch up on email. Which is what Kitty's doing. Sure, she hacked the wifi her laptop's using (People need better security), but...

Those harpies are bugging her. Putting the laptop away, Kitty stands. Hooray for small pocket size computers. Oh if the harpies want to drag her away from her pocket laptop, fine...

Kitty can tangle with them. Lockheed isn't happy with Kitty getting up and lets her know his displeasure....even if he appears as a cat today.

Kitty and Lockheed are so done with those three harpies.....okay, check that, a dozen.

Kitty is not pleased. Great. Where's Logan when she could use his clawed help? Where's any of the X-Men too come to think of it...?

Poseidon has posed:
The harpies are completely ignoring Kitty, right now they're, indeed, heading straight for that couple of innocent people that was arguing a moment ago, and now are hand in hand pressed against a tree, their expressions showing pure fear!
The sad thing is that it takes three bloodthirsty birdwomen to reconcile a couple. On the bright side, however, the harpies are out in the open, so easy pickings for whoever has a firearm available. On the not so bright side, some sounds that could be squawks come from nearby branches, and the harpies, hidden in the foliage, are definitely more than three. In fact there's at least a dozen, now flying in circles above the park!

Punisher has posed:
*BANG BANG BANG*

The round of gunfire is easily heard throughout the block as the Punisher fires at the Harpies, laning precision shots at their wings as he tries to ground them.

Punisher has questions, and they're going to answer him.

Shadowcat has posed:
Kitty's swinging....or rather, phasing into the fight.Either grab the humans, or....no, no, she's got an idea that's wild and out there.

So she's phasing her way toward the nearest harpy. Plan? Simple. Phase with them into the ground as fast as possible. It's like, well, she's phased. Harpy isn't. Harpy goes thud.

At least that's the idea on her mind. Time to try it...

So, phasing to the nearest Harpy...Kitty makes a lunge for them. Hopefully, she connects. If so, time to go all the way down as fast as Kitty is able to. Time to use the winged creature to dig a hole, skull first...

Kitty's also not about to keep Lockheed on a leash, if the little guy wants to helpp out, good. But if Punisher takes a shot, Kitty will have a nice word with him...

Poseidon has posed:
It's surely not difficult for Kitty to grab a harpy and turn it into her personal digger, the maintenance crew that'll have to fix the ground will be thankful! The other two harpies are likewise grounded, wings rather useless, but now at least a group of six is flying at high speeds towards the Punisher, the couple for now forgotten by the ancient creatures that are converging, en masse, on the man.
Another group of six, apparently, is converging towards another man, and to be precise a tall man dressed in scaled green armor, with a golden cloak, white long hair, and a spear that appears to be made frfrom ice that stabs and pierces all the birdwomen that come close enough. But, judging from the flapping of wings, the shrieks, and the umpleasant other sounds coming from all around, there's many more harpies coming from all around the park.

Punisher has posed:
Converging on one of the best sharpshooters in the world with a fully automatic weapon? That's a terrible idea, as the Harpies are about to find out.

As they come in on him, the Punisher flicks the fire mode with a thumb... before he begins to unload the M4A1 at the group coming in.

5.56 rounds fill the air as the Punisher starts aiming for headshots.

Shadowcat has posed:
Looking to both the harpies (the grounded ones at least), Kitty folds her arms and is right back into the middle of things phasing....again. Oh she's an angry Katherine right now. Oh, wonderful. Even more harpies.

"Harpies. Did anyone tell you to sit down and tell me what's troubling you?" Kitty asks....then decides fine. Help's needed...

So she's keeping an eye on the guy with the ice spear. Hey he's fending them off so Kitty phases over and sets her feet by him.

"Figured you could use some help" she calls over the clatter of bullets...and watches...all the while keeping her eyes on the flying things. One got used to dig a hole. The others? Hmm, Kitty has many, many ways to deal with them...many many ways. Not everything is solved with phasing. Just quite a few things.

Poseidon has posed:
Poseidon is ducking right now under a swooping harpy, just to plunge his spear into its unprotected belly. Turning, the butt of the spear finds the side of a second harpy's head, and completing the turn the spear stabs yet a third. Apparently a fourth harpy manages to claw Poseidon's chest, claws that of course bounce of his skin, and the unfortunate creature is sent flying away with a backhand from the god of the seas!
"nicely done with that one..." the god says towards Kitty referring to the once upon a time harpy that was used as a drill. "but it's better if you see if there's undefended humans around, I can take care of myself..." and as if proving that point, his left hand leaves the spear, points at a group of approaching harpies, and fries them with a bolt of lightning!
Meanwile, the unfortunate ones that decided to attack the Punisher fall like raindrops, well, ok, feathered bloody and screaming teardrops, leaving the man temporarily free from attackers! Apparently harpies don't like the sound of automated firearms

Punisher has posed:
It takes a moment for the Punisher to reload, placing the spent magazine in a utility pouch on his gear web. Then, he looks inside to the Battle Van, "Normally, I'd say I can handle this, but I get the impression these things are just scared and angry. Might be able to drive them off with selective takedowns." Punisher moves into the driver cabin and into the back of the Battle Van now, moving to open the roof hatch.

"Get us moving around the park, Micro. I'll snipe any stragglers that make a move fit civilians or us." Microchip is already in the drivers seat as Punisher speaks, and they're already off by the time the hatch is nearly opened. "Sure thing, Frank."

While the Harpies are around, the Punisher is gonna be taking out those who get too aggressive.

Shadowcat has posed:
Kitty's definitely getting on the whole 'find the couple' idea. See, she's moving and moving as fast as her legs, not phasing, can carry her. Since when people with what seems suspiciously like magic tells her to do something, Kitty's doing it. Better that than deal with magic...

Watching the harpies, Kitty's moving and running with her eyes lockd on the couple. Time to get them out of here!

Poseidon has posed:
Poseidon is moving faster and faster, his spear finding always a new harpy to bury in, his lightning bolts obliterating rows of flying birdwomen, and at a certain moment, harpies stop to come or, at least, slow down their approach quite a bit. They gather, up in the sky in a large cloud, and slowly, but steadily, start to fly away.
The spear melts into drops of water in Poseidon's hand, as he walks, stepping on the dead bodies of several harpies, towards where the couple that Kitty just rescued once stood, peering at the branches to seek signs of harpies, the ones that didn't escape the Punisher's bullets at least! Turns out there's almost none.

Shadowcat has posed:
Kitty turns to watch Poseidon and nods. "Thanks" she says with a nod. With that she surveys the dead harpies too (and she doesn't look pleased, with that though she turns to leave. Job done. Harpies beaten back.

Poseidon has posed:
Poseidon simply nods, towards Kitty and the bodies, that he simply banishes with a bit of magic. Moving towards the hole caused by the harpydrill he fixes that as well.
"stay safe..." he states towards Kitty before she leaves, and that done and said, he too vanishes, teleporting away in his throneroom. Today, like last time, he was unable to determine the source of the harpies, but sooner or later, he'll find the nest! And destroy it.