12115/A Spider finds an Octopus

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A Spider finds an Octopus
Date of Scene: 03 September 2020
Location: A New York Storefront
Synopsis: Spider-Man meets Doctor Octopus... and finds out the Good Doctor can do more than Science Projects
Cast of Characters: Doctor Octopus, Spider-Man




Doctor Octopus has posed:
Whether or not Spider-Man knew about or understood the ungoing war in New Yorks underworld had never mattered to Otto. 'Heroes' would be heroes, poking their noses into business they didn't understand. Otto had been more interested in hit and runs for the last while, so he never really stuck around long enough to be /caught/ by the vigilantes of the city.

Tonight though, a store robbery had gone wrong, with the Octoboys staying much longer than planned as they tried to find their target. Foot ninjas had done some serious delaying, and Otto himself had had to come in and fight them off so his people could get away... with only half the items they needed.

Night time vigilantes might be coming soon, and it's around the time that Spider-Man finds the group that they're already halfway down an alleyway, heading to a sewer manhole to get out of sight.

Doctor Octopus himself was traversing the alleyway halfway up on two tentacles, as he kept overwatch for any pursuing Foot clan.

Spider-Man has posed:
Higher up on one of the skyscrapers, Peter's texting his Aunt May, telling her he'll probably miss dinner at his old home tomorrow, but will 'deffo catch up Saturday'. Sure, that happens sometimes. He's also got a police scanner, built into his mask, whispering sweet nothings of crime in his ear. It's a slow night, apparently, but there is reports of a store being robbed by a gang. He slides his phone away and just leaps off the building, freefalling a bit before flicking his wrists and firing a web, begining a familar swinging motion.

He dips down as he nears the store, hanging from a web to peer in the front door that looks a bit worse for wear. He spies the owner, gives him a thumbs up, before following the trail, hopping building to building. He's no master detective, but locates the place where the scuffle with the foot happened and frowns. "Curiouser and curiouser," he says, then adds "I should probably stop talking to myself. He continues along till he spies the groups going down that manhole. He knows most robbers tend to avoid that place so this does make him curious, so he lets them head down a little ways before he slinks down as well, deciding to follow them to at least a spot where he has a better chance to get the drop on them.

Doctor Octopus has posed:
Of course, most gangs don't have a Doctor Octopus to shield them from the dangers down below... and they're not counting on Spider-Man to be above, waiting in ambush.

"Hurry. They may come out any moment." Otto grumbles as he turns his back on the manhole cover that the majority of the Octoboys were just about to enter one at a time, even as his tentacles kept him going toward it.

Spider-Man has posed:
Well, well, well, thinks Spidey. A stray Octopus, no wonder they don't mind the sewers. He does something he's not super-use to doing, he thinks just a few moments. They've robbed a place, Weird guy with metal arms is involved somehow, and they fought... someone, he's not sure on that. That's the inventory, but he decides that he probably needs to just get the moolah back and, in the process, toss himself into mortal peril. Again.

Spidey takes a second to make sure he's got enough fluid in the ol' shooters, and then as the last two go to go down, he does the standard web and pull the baddies up into the darkness, leaving them stuck to the side of a building. At the same time, he says "Don't you think it's a bit cliche to have a evil secret lair in the sewers? Did they not have any obvious islands shaped like skulls available?"

Doctor Octopus has posed:
There's a loud sneer as he hears the sudden sound of his men screaming into the night as Spider-Man picks them out of nowhere. "This has nothing to do with you, arachnid." Otto turns around on his tentacles moving up to Spidey's eye level, but not attacking. Yet.

"I have no quarrel with you. Leave us be so I can fight my real enemy." Two tentacles come up then, snapping pincers as if to intimidate. "Unless you want to turn this block into a mess of collateral damage because you were /stubborn/."

Spider-Man has posed:
"Your enemies are the owner of Stop-N-Save?" Spider-man quips back. "That's harsh, did you get back incorrect change or something?" He hops back, having attached a web to the lamppost he was perched on and hangs upside-down. "Just give back what you took and maybe we can talk this out a bit," he says. Keep them talking, always hope there, right?

Doctor Octopus has posed:
"I had heard about your mouth." Otto grunts, those two tentacles moving up to try and pull the two Octoboys out of their cocoons.

Time to see if the spider cares more about Otto... or the minions.

Spider-Man has posed:
It's sort of both. He swings himself back just a bit to flip onto a wall. Mid-flip, he fires a couple webs up to try and stick the tentacles to the walls next to the thugs they're trying to save. "Whoa there, no getting handsy on the first date," he says. He narrows his eyes a bit, trying to figure out this guy's game, and to keep an eye on the extra arms. "Though I'm touched you've heard of me. Always nice to meet a fan."

Doctor Octopus has posed:
"If you think I'm a fan, you don't know me very well." Otto growls, the two tentacles exerting tons of force, just ripping off the WALL ITSELF, with all the collateral damager that entails, before he starts to swing both tentacles -webbed up bricks and all- at Spider-Man.

Meanwhile, he lowers himself to the ground to release his other two tentacles from the walls so he can use /those/ to try to peel his Octoboys from the cocoons they're trapped in.

"If you don't like hands, how about /bricks/."

Spider-Man has posed:
In his defense, he wasn't sure how strong those extra arms were. This isn't one of his more fun experiments, he decides, and tries to go about it differently. He launches off the wall again, doing a light spiral to only just dodge a brickflinging tentacle, he fires his webs again, this time he aims for the eyes. Its one of his favorite tricks, afterall. "Well, I mean this is our first date, there's plenty of time to get to know each other."

Doctor Octopus has posed:
"I have no interest in getting to know you, bug." Otto sneers, before one tentacle comes up and simply /tears/ the webbing from his goggles.

Well, that didn't work.

"I *do* have interest in squashing you so I can get on with the real work." Otto grunts as he brings down one tentacle to brace against the walls and floor... and the other three tentacles begin a coordinated three pincer attack... and they're a LOT more coordinated than Spider-Man is likely used to from most people he's met.

This Doctor Octopus fellow is clearly very good with those tentacles.

Spider-Man has posed:
"Aww, but I'm a really nice guy," he replies doing another flip, "We'd probably get along super great, be besties." He is taken a bit by surprise, his spider sense only alerting him a few moments as to what's happening. He manages to adjust course by webbing the ground and giving a tug so instead of tearing him open, it just opens a gash in his suit along one shoulder. Spidey does wince a bit, that's not normal, and sticks to a wall, going just a little quieter as he shoots webs that miss the Octopod Physician, or seems too. He instead yanks and the manhole cover he webbed on the other side of the doctor comes flying forward.

Doctor Octopus has posed:
It's a coordinated attack... which means that the psychopathic doctor isn't paying as much attention to what's behind him as he should be... which means the manhole cover does it's work and actually managed to get Otto unbalanced for a few seconds, before that tentacle that was bracing him starts to get him stabilized.

It does give Spidey a lull in the attack though, with just enough breathing room to actually get somewhere.

Of course, that also means that said manhole cover is available as a weapon.

With the coordinated attack faltering, Otto changes up tactics... and his tentacles start moving towards various objects in the alleyway, including a dumpster...

Spider-Man has posed:
Spidey, having bought a few moments to think, and pushing off the thought that he's going to have to sew this costume back up, starts trying to figure this out a bit more. If this crazy strong guy starts chucking heavy objects someone will get hurt. He prioritizes stopping the objects before they hit something, and tries again to distract or maybe actually get through. "Why do you need to rob these people who barely scrape by? You clearly have built these arms that would benefit society. Just, you know, get a few patents." He fires a web at the dumpster, though its not a strong one, easilly torn. "Let's just put down the dumpster, and return the money, and we can stop all this crazy fighting." This is Web-Head being sneaky, though, the front of the web delivered a small device to the back of the dumpster, he hopes unnoticed.

Doctor Octopus has posed:
If he noticed it, he doesn't acknowledge it. Instead, he growls as he backs away just a bit as he considers, just like Spider-Man.

Spider-Man was clearly an opponent he couldn't brute force... and Otto was clearly clever enough to keep up with Spider.

It's really the first time Otto has had an opponent he had to size up.

"Society cared nothing for me! I owe this world /NOTHING/!" Otto sneers as his arms retract just a bit... almost daring Spider-Man to make a move. Otto is clearly waiting. "The only master I serve is Science. You're hardly third rate!"

Spider-Man has posed:
"Hey, Third Rate? I'll have you know I won the regional science fair twice in a row." Spidey retorts. He's pretty sure this guy's lost it, and now it's less about fighting a criminal and more a this-guy-needs-help sort of thing. "I don't suppose that impressed you enough to surrender?" He flicks his hand again, this time firing a glob of web at the manhole to cover it up. It's not enough to stop him, probably, but it will definitely slow an escape to rejoin the un-webbed up henchmen.

Doctor Octopus has posed:
"You know nothing about the world, if you think that means anything at all." Otto coldly shoots back, before all four tentacles suddenly go to the ground and he 'leaps' up into the air, towards the larger rooftop, and begins to 'runs' across it on his tentacles, trying to get 'around' Spider-Man towardss the manhole.

Spider-Man has posed:
There's just a brief moment where Spidey wants to say something along the lines of 'It's a joke!' as this guy is taking him way too much at face value. It was three times in a row. But then, the good Doctor goes up on the building and Alien-Walks around super fast. He leaps into action, though more backwards, so Doc cold probably get to the gummed up sewer exit pretty easy, but Spidey mid-flip, webs a trash can and tosses it at the good doctor, figuring he'll have to slow down at least a little to catch it.

Doctor Octopus has posed:
He, in fact, doesn't need to slow down much. Instead, three of his tentacles continue to move forward, though at a slightly reduced speed, as one of those tentacles comes up and /catches/ the trash can... before he tosses it right BACK at Spider-man.

Otto in fact tosses it just at the right angle to aim for a random bystander who was just walking by when they heard the sounds of fighting starting up... but with no visual for it.

Spider-Man has posed:
Well, that didn't work well. Spidey ducks the can as it comes flying back but realizes his mistake. He turns quickly, taking a few rapid steps before firing a web that fans out between a couple buildings, stopping the can. The unfortunate side effect is, his back is now to the good doctor.

Doctor Octopus has posed:
Which Otto capitalizes on a bit. going to the edge of the rooftop, one tentacles braces against it, before the other three snake down and begin to grab a car and a fire hydrant, chucking both at Spider-Mans back directly, before he leaps down from the rooftop, intending to land next to the manhole and clear it up while Spider-Man is dealing with the consequences of that.

Spider-Man has posed:
"C'mon, buster, run for it," Spidey tells the nearly injured bystandard before his Spider-senses start screaming. He is taken by as much of a surprise as he can be, the warning only momentary. Eyes now fully off of Doc Ock, and he's mostly running on instinct. He flips back just enough, flicking a twin of the previous small device onto the front of the car. This time, it sets off with a soft Pop sound and webbing fires every direction. It slows and eventually stops the car, suspended in air. Unfortunatly, it doesn't stop the hydrant, which ends up doing a glancing blow against his shoulder. He rolls with it so it doesn't break anything, but he's going to feel it for a few days at the very least. The momentum causes him to roll a few feet back where he comes to his feet slowly, with great effort, the injured arm hanging limply at his side.

Doctor Octopus has posed:
The distraction in full swing, two tentacles are brought up, and /SLAM/ down into the webbing with full force, likely breaking a bit of the street at the same time.

With a glance behind him to Spider-Man, Otto gives the web-head a two fingered salute, before his tentacles deliver him down through the hole.

Spider-Man has posed:
Spidey has to swallow the urge to yell "Yeah, you better run," because his shoulder is reminding him there's bravado and stupidity. The cards weren't his for tonight, but no one else was hurt. He looks up at suspended car and thinks someone's going to have a bad morning, then starts to weakly crawl the building and disappear into the darkness.