11380/Jungle Delinquents

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Jungle Delinquents
Date of Scene: 24 April 2020
Location: South Channel Island, Nantwich
Synopsis: Ivy encounters juvenile delinquents in her playground. Heroes and an unexpected ally arrive.
Cast of Characters: Poison Ivy, Oracle, Cheetah, White Fox




Poison Ivy has posed:
It's a warm, sunny day in South Channel Island, a place that flows with greenery, perhaps too much in some peoples' opinions, but nonetheless a beautiful place that draws all sorts of wild animals here. A soft and gentle breeze rustles through lush green trees as wild deer roam freely, feeding peacefully on the abundant pastures..

And then there are the delinquents, a group of ne'er do well teens who sneaked out of school and got themselves drunk, crashing through the place like the owned it, shouting and laughing and yelling, and hurling beer cans all over the place.

Oh yeah, and they have bottles of spray paint out too, noisily shaking their cans as they pause by a particular tree and start spraying it messily, defacing it carelessly. One of them tosses a still burning cigarette from his mouth to the ground, not even botherin to crush it..

Oracle has posed:
There's more rustling as the unintentionally brilliantly camoflagued Batgirl is here, too creeping through the gardeens. The drunks aren't hard to follow or find. Batgirl's quiet by comparison, just the whole Batgirl thing going on...as she's about ready to get them to quit being so loud.

Cue her tapping on her wrist computer, and watching her surroundings like she expectts a garden snake or cat or something to leap out at her. Babs is on alert. Oh, This is something she's not okay with. Not when she knows just /where/ she is and whose garden she's in. There'll be no picnic today or tonight then

Cheetah has posed:
Well this is just PERFECT. It smells, it's hot, there are bugs everywhere, and the whole place is surrounded by water. Wonderful. Just wonderful. Cheetah has only just landed on this fetid pile of misery and already hates the place.

From the relatively barren shoreline she eyes the green 'uplands' with utter disgust before stomping angrily toward them. She enters the green curtain of vegetation unceremoniously by swatting an errant branch away from her face. Thus far, stealth is not the order of the day. Let's just get this over with, shall we?

White Fox has posed:
What does the NIS do in Gotham? Technically, she shouldn't be active there, because... you know the US is a sovreign nation and not affiliated with South Korea in this way and nobody gave White Fox a license to do policework there. But that doesn't stop any of Gothams vigilantes, and in fact, as the files said, the GCPD was utterly useless without these vigilantes! So White Fox didn't even bother to call the service there as she spotted some idiots starting to vandalize the trees on the South Channel Island she had went to take some time off. Instead, she is quick to change her dress by dropping the suit and putting it into the suitcase, tossing the wig into it too and putting on the white mask. It's a rather quick change, and hiding the case, she looked for where the troublemakers might have gone...

Poison Ivy has posed:
Okaaay, so this isn't the African Savannah or the Brazilian Rainforest, people. Nope nope, just a nice little (slightly overgrown) wilderness park/island in the middle of the city. Soo, no, there are no actual big predators lurking about, other than small snakes, the occasional coyote. Oh yeah, and did that giant vine just move? Right there, by the discarded cigarette?

"Uhhh...Guys? I think....Gaaaah!" the cigarette guy yelps as the large vine wraps around his ankle and yanks him off his feet, pulling him into the air, hanging upside down. "Heeeelp!" as two of his buddies move to help him, more vines wrap around their legs and arms, pulling them into the sky as well, wrapping tightly around their necks. Perhaps too tight for comfort.

Deadly sharp thorns point at their widenned eyes and necks. And that's when the green skinned woman dressed in little more than a green, leafy bathing suit steps out from seemingly nowhere, sighing and clicking her tongue at the delinquents.

"Told you to leave me well enough alone, and you still come back, again and again like insects.." she snarls, barely containing her anger.

Oracle has posed:
The whistle of a grappling hook going through the air, the zip of the line uncoiling as Batgirl swings herself off the ground and swings a few times. She retrieves a smoke pellet and throws it, moving in the smoke again and lands with a thud. Fine. Grappling hooks? Maybe. Now. How to deal with these vines?#-1 ARGUMENT OUT OF RANGERHmm....Babs has quite a few ideas. Oh and there's the crunch crunch swatting away branches...Babs is caught between vines and....whatever's coming through the grass and trees and such and vines and....and....things

Cheetah has posed:
Cheetah tramps through the underbrush as the bucolic sounds and smells of Ivy's private Eden assault her senses. Why was this Dr. Isley so important that Cheetah's handlers sent her out here to make contact? The answer, of course, would be obvious to anyone not actively avoiding all manner of current affairs that occur outside the narrow confines of either the gossip columns or the fashion industry. Dr. Isley is Poison Ivy: supervillain extraordinaire.

The relatively distant sound of screaming reaches Cheetah's pointed ears followed closely by the SNAP/BANG of Batgirl's smoke pellet. "...Now what?" She stands still, ears twitching this way and that.

White Fox has posed:
Ami Han speeds her feet from the spot she hid the suit to the karfuffle, running in with one of the fleeing ones. Which gets her to react almost instantly, reaching for the guy's neck and grabbing his shirt at the neck, lifting him up off the ground. "And what again are you doing there?"

Poison Ivy has posed:
One of the fleeing teens gasps as Ami grabs him by the neck, wriggling to get free. "H-hey! Whaddaya doin'? The REAL monster's back there, and she's got my friends! Help them!" his friend frowns at Ami, nodding, trying to look innocent. "Hey lady, we were just going for a nice walk.." he carefully hides the can of spray paint behind his back. This woman doesn't look like someone he wants to mess with.

Ivy meanwhile, frowns a little as a smoke pellet goes up, obscuring her vision. "who's there?" eyes narrow, trying to see in the smoke, and those vines holding the three teens tighten all the more. "Surrender, if you dont want to see these delinquents get hurt.."

She smirks a little, "If you think their lives are worth saving, that is.."

Oracle has posed:
Arm goes back.

Arm comes sideways.

RBatarang gets slung into the smoke cloudd. Ivy talking makes it easyish to aim for her voice. See. Ivy being all quiet would have helped her. Nah. Ivy had to open her mouth and give Batgirl an easy target to aim at...

Babs has a second batarang ready and throws it, like the first, towards Ivy's voice. See. Babs is done playing around, and she's just got here. Oy.

Cheetah has posed:
The cacophony continues. Instinct takes over and Cheetah slowly and silently dissolves into the surrounding forest. Her orange hue doesn't exactly blend in with the verdant surroundings so she travels low to the ground, picking her way through on all fours toward the apparent center of activity. There's too much close growth here for her to employ much in the way of super speed but she'll be at 'ground zero' very soon.

White Fox has posed:
White fox glares at the guy she captured, pointing to the way they came. "Then get your ass off of this island and if you *ever* do something dumb like this again, then I will make sure a rather illtempered bat catches you, breaks your wrist and drops you off in Arkham." she threatens, even if that threat is actually hollow. No, she wants them to better themselves in fear of the Batman, even as he might not do so at all.

Only when they are gone she'd close in.

Poison Ivy has posed:
The two teens peers at Ami and nod wordlessly. "Sure, we'll behave ourselves, sorry Ma'am!" they nod, eyes widenned in fear, and they don't hesitate to turn tail and run...Very very fast!

Meanwhile, Ivy peers around in the smoke, clearly startled and a bit anxious as this is definitely not good for her little plants. The smoke starts to slowly clear just a bit..But then a batarang flies through the air, hitting her in her arm. She shrieks, clutching at her blood streaked arm but then the motion is enough of a distraction to loosen her grip on at least two of the victims.

"Foolish girl! Who threw that? Show yourself? Or he dies!" she tightens the vines on the third guy, even as the first two are starting to flee. Yes, Ivy is angry now, very, very angry!

Oracle has posed:
That comment earns a grappling hook zipping through the air. And a batarang again. This one thrown underarm. Babs is not happy with this and she gets a tear gass pellet, throwing it towards Ivy and the delinquents. Plan? Grab kids. Run away. Come back sans kids to beat up Ivy and stick her in Arkham. Ah yeah that hero complexx...

Cheetah has posed:
Now on top of the action, Cheetah slinks noiselessly up the thick bole of a tree. She's still relatively well hidden by the foliage but not as well as when she was on the ground. Her green eyes peer down at the festivities below. Random loser trussed up by a rather demonic looking vine: check. Jane of the jungle clutching a nasty gash in her arm: check. Girl dressed up like a bat swooping through the air?

An evil leer sweeps over Cheetah's face. 'Jane' looks a lot like Professor Isley, though the choice in wardrobe is somewhat eccentric. That fact alone would suffice to align Cheetah's interests with hers. But the presence of Batgirl is the icing on the cake. She's never had a direct run-in with the Bat family but their activities have been working counter to her own aims for some time -- to say nothing about their involvement with Wonder Woman. So, what's one less bat in the grand scheme of things?

Cheetah waits for Batgirl to swoop by. As the grappling line approaches the limit of its arc and as Batgirl's back is to her, Cheetah leaps from her hiding place with a deafening snarl. The plan? Off Batgirl. Put her in a shallow grave. Send a severed digit to GCPD to be delivered to Batman.

Not in the plan? Tear gas and the imminent arrival of Korean do-gooder. Drat.

White Fox has posed:
The closing in Ami glares at the fleeing guys, but they are not something to worry about now. No, instead her eye are focussed at the fight. Could the black one handle the green? Wait... something more was there in the cloud of gas... her nose picks up something, her eyes seeking where the origin might be. Something musky... feline? Yes, feline! Where was that feline...

Her eyes seek, and finally she redirects her movement. Towards the spots on glorious sand fur that belong to Cheetah. "Hey Kitty, that's between the bat and the plant lady."

Poison Ivy has posed:
A few things happen. The tear gas pellet causes Ivy to double over, coughing, eyes teary. The batarang? Slices through the vine holding the last delinquent, causing the teen to fall to the ground on his butt, yelping as he scrambles to his feet with a bruised groaan. "C'mon!" his friends help him up and they flee the scene.

Ivy snarls, peering through the teargas towards Batgirl and sneers. "Stupid bats. Why won't they leave me alone! Now I'm really mad!" She calls out to a large tree which creaks and groans, its massive branches reaching out towards batgirl, attempting to swat her like a giant mosquito into the ground if she can.

Glancing around, she spies an Ami once the smoke clears a bit. "What, another one?" with a sigh, she attempts to summon the aid of another tree close to the fox woman, which also groans to life, swinging several massive branches at her as well. "And you stay out of this!"

She's vaguely aware of a Cheetah woman who seems to be aiding her and she is offered a slight smile and is left alone.

Oracle has posed:
Babs throws herself backwards and rolls away. If she can hopefully put Chee between herself and the tree...then....sure why nott?

Kicking herself mentally, she digs in her gear for....hmm, let's see....she didn't bring weedkiller. She did though bring more smoke. See. One smoke pellet, grapple upwards, another smoke pellet aimed between Ivy and the tree.

Cheetah has posed:
The nerve of Batgirl! Cheetah lands on the soft ground not far from Ivy in the heart of the newly formed smoke cloud. So much for severed digits and shallow graves. She peers through the fog. For once, the natural environment is of assistance as the lack of air pollution allows her to hone in on Batgirl's scent almost immediately.

Before she can do anything with this new information the sound of Ami's voice brings her 'round. Another one? Is this an isolated island or some kind of resort for weirdos?

White Fox has posed:
White Fox' interception of the Cheetah makes her smile a tiny bit, her fingers flicking out claws as she confronts her. Even if it was a wild cat, she'd unsterstand. And would be understood. "I said, you fight me, Kittycat."

A moment she lets it sink in, waiting for the reaction, making herself ready to defend and brawl with her.

Poison Ivy has posed:
Poison Ivy frowns, shaking her head. "Stupid, meddling bat..." she just rolls her eyes as fox girl tries to fight 'fair' but she's more than happy to focus on batgirl. Glancing at Cheetah, she grins and winks at her. "How about we show these girls how it's done right?" and with that, she focuses primarily on batgirl.

This time she is ready for the smoke pellet, and one of her plants wraps around her, protecting her from the blinding smoke, branches whipping out to clear the air as she strides towards batgirl. "You little brat..Take this!" she opens her hand and blows, releasing some poisonous spores towards the girl. Okay, they're not deadly, but they're probably pretty painful and rash-forming at the least.

Oracle has posed:
Babs is in her full Batgirl costume, so...the spores hit her costume. Arg" She falls from the tree with a thud. Fffffff.....

Mean. Mean!Totally mean.!

Cheetah has posed:
Cheetah spares a glance for Ivy before returning her attention to Ami. Yep. That's Dr. Isley all right. You'd think Cheetah's handlers would have given her a heads up about all of this (Note: They did give Cheetah a heads up about all of this. She wasn't paying attention. Those tweets wouldn't tweet themselves.)

Crouching not far from Ivy, Cheetah eyes her surroundings quickly. The immediate area is a small clearing. There's not a lot of room to be had but, then, Cheetah doesn't need that much: she can accelerate near instantaneously if necessary.

Ami's challenge prompts a mocking sneer. And those claws? Adorable. "Well aren't you thunder in a tea cup?" Cheetah's fine English accent cuts through the din. She raises a hand from the sod and, as she does so, her own long, dark talons slide out from within their fleshy sheathes.

White Fox has posed:
The White Fox chuckes as Cheetah draws herself, ready to fight back, but not doing the first step. It's a staredown. "Am I or are you?" she asks teasing, calculating. IS she just buying time?

Poison Ivy has posed:
Poison Ivy frowns, not having counted on Bab's tough armour. "Dumb girl, that was just round one..Next time's for real...!" But she's still bleeding from her wound, and that cigarette already started to catch on fire. Her eyes widen, staggering back into the shadows. "My poor babies..!" She does her best to stamp out the fire and glances at Cheetah.

"This is pointless..Let us leave!" Bringing her finger to her lips, she breathes out a bigger cloud of poisonous spores to both cover their escape and hopefully slow down the heroes. Hey, batgirl might have armour but does she have a facemask to protect her from the poisonous cloud?

Ivy doesn't bother to check over her shoulder to see if it worked. The cloud dust enough should hopefully cover them as she flees with Cheetah..