1951/Street Level Defense Club Love!

Street Level Defense Club Love!
Date of Scene:	12 August 2017
Location:	New Lots, Brooklyn
Synopsis:	What starts as an investigation into why gallon jugs of water are flying off roofs ends in saving a LGBTQIA meeting from bigoted marauders.
Cast of Characters:	Breath, Hawkeye (Bishop), 1261

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Breath has posed:
Seldon Street is a somewhat busy-ish commercial street in the neighborhood, nothing terribly special and domininated by pawn shops, small restaurants that might not survive their first encounter with a health inspector, and short-lived strip mall type development. Behind it is a maze of alleys, parking lots, and run down nothing between it and some run down buildings on the next street over. One of the unlabeled strip mall storefronts looks mildly active inside. Everything looks.. fairly quiet at the moment. Then a milk jug full of water goes sailing off the back of the building, bouncing off the edge of the roof, and hits the pavement with a splash.

Probably nobody was paying attention. It was BEHIND the building after all.

Hawkeye (Bishop) has posed:
Someone noticed. There was a dark-haired woman in that alley, dressed in casual stuff: jeans and a "I Am Not Daredevil" t-shirt, a good-sized pack slung on her back. She dodges the jug and the water. "Hey!" and she peers up the side of the building. "What's going on up there?"

Alexander Dubois (1261) has posed:
In that small maze of alleys, is a young kid. Why? Who knows? He's probably just homeless anyway. Nobody cares about a hobo anyway, no matter how young. Alexander has hidden himself here in this maze of alleys so the police won't hassle him. Can't have kids on the street, right? He's had to avoid getting tossed into the foster system before. Best way to do that is to just not be where the cops are.

Anyway, when stuff starts flying off of roofs, that's usually something to go look at. Particularly when one gets doused by the contents because one was also behind the building. Alexander groans, "Aw man...!" And then he shakes as much water off of him as he can. "What the actual hell...?" He's heading that way too, though more quietly, looking for fire escapes up the building the jug came off of.

Breath has posed:
The building lacks fire escapes because it isn't tall enough, but there is a dumpster, and a crate on top of the dumpster, and a windowframe, and a pipe, and.. yeah, it wouldn't be THAT hard to get up there the way those things are arranged. Looks like some of those things were rearranged earlier by somebody else with a similar idea, actually.

There is not an immediate answer from on the roof.

Hawkeye (Bishop) has posed:
Kate looks for a way up too. "Could be someone in trouble up there." and she starts to make her way - jumping up on a dumpster, pulling down a fire escape ladder and starting the climb.

Breath has posed:
Breath is on one side of the roof. On the other side of the roof is a makeshift socker net looking contraption made out of a couple of old pallets, and some scattered lumber, and some random jugs and things. She looks between the pile of junk and the edge of the roof a bit, with mild annoyance and a "Wait, what just happenned, anyways?" look on her face, obviously not really sure who just got hit by the jug that apparently just went sideways. "...Greeeeat. I hope that didn't hit somebody I actually *like*.."

Alexander Dubois (1261) has posed:
Alexander nods to Kate's words. "I hope not," he replies. However, he starts climbing up the 'path', if it can be called that, that's been laid out. Probably the same one the person on the roof took. This is gonna take him a while, since he's no hero or gymnastics major -- he's just a normal kid. Well, Being dead aside.

Breath has posed:
Breath puts that last pose there. Oh, there is also a heavy eyelet screwed into the wall near the end of the climbing path with a knotted rope tied to it, but the rope is pulled up.

Hawkeye (Bishop) has posed:
Kate peers over the edge to look for danger before pulling herself up the rest of the way. "Are... is everything ok?" She swings her legs over and sits on the roof-edge, facing in. "Hi." she greets Lyssa. A look behind her to see if the boy is alright. "Gonna make it?" she asks, smiling.

Alexander Dubois (1261) has posed:
There's a bit of flailing that meets Kate's question, which probably looks rather comical from the perspective of already being up on the roof. "Yeah!" Strained-sounding and taut, but he's hanging on. Eventually yes, he will make it up onto the roof, though not without a lot of legflailing. He kind of drags himself up over the edge, though. Then breathes a sigh of relief when he's up there.

Breath has posed:
Breath uhms.. "Yeah, I just.." She gestures vaguely at the pile about fourty feet away, "Knocked something down, and it hit a board, and that came around, and hit the pile of bottles, and... I hope I didn't hit anybody.. sorry?" She? looks sheepishly around.

Hawkeye (Bishop) has posed:
Kate smiles. "Not me, but it did make me curious. I'm Kate. Kate Bishop. Nice to meet you." She looks around. "What're doing up here? Practicing? Are you a soccer player? Where's the ball?"

Alexander Dubois (1261) has posed:
"Well, you did kinda douse me," Alexander replies. "No big deal, though. Everything OK up here?" he asks, finally standing up and dusting himself off. And sure enough, yeah, he's slightly damp still. Though he seems not to be too upset by it. And since Kate's introduced herself, he offers, "I'm Alexander. Hi." A wave and a smile.

Breath has posed:
Breath uhms, and waves sheepishly. She's in a clunky costume thingy, yes. "I'm... I don't have a very good name to call myself really. Everything I tried sounds kind of.. eeh." She gestures at the mess. "I'm just waiting here because they get out of their meeting in awhile and I worry that somebody is giong to do something awful. I mean, they probably won't. But I wasn't sure what else to do. One of the guys said he thought somebody followed him." She shrugs a bit helplessly. "I wasn't expecting to make a mess though."

Hawkeye (Bishop) has posed:
Kate shakes her head. "Noone's going to do anything awful. She says, sounding quite sure of it. "I won't let them." She listens, though. "It's alright. Messes happen."

Alexander Dubois (1261) has posed:
Alexander winces a bit. "Well, they probably know you're up here now," he notes. But he's probably missed a few things, because he asks, "Who's supposed to be getting out of their meeting soon?"

Breath has posed:
Breath ohs, "This is the closest LGBT center. So they have some meetings here and stuff. They try to stay pretty quiet. Today isn't a meeting I would even usually go to... but like I said, one of the guys I know called and said he thought somebody might be following him. So you know, just to be safe. It's not like they have anybody else to call up. But it's a long meeting, so I get bored, you know?"

Hawkeye (Bishop) has posed:
"Yeah? Is that what's downstairs?" Kate asks. "I wonder if they need anything? I should go down later and offer to get them somethings they need, or maybe a check or something."

Alexander Dubois (1261) has posed:
Alexander blinks. Then he seems to understand. "Oh! Oh right. You were acting as security, kind of," he surmises. "Yeah, I get you." He nods to Kate. "Might be a good idea. 'Cause it's not like they can just call the cops. Even without the..." He hesitates, then decides on, "...Circumstances involved, cops can't really do anything until somebody actually DOES something, and by then it's usually too late."

Breath has posed:
Breath nods. "Yeah, you totally get that. One of the police who is on patrol around here this time of day here is really nice, but the other one, you know. If we call, things are just going to get ten times worse. Total coin flip which one we get. We already complained, but.. you know. So I just come and hang out when I have time. And practice a bit, not like I have any nifty equipment or anything."

Hawkeye (Bishop) has posed:
Kate is dressed in civvies. "Hmm. That sucks." She nods to Alexander. "Maybe they could use a security system or something? That might help. WOrth a shot, at least."

Alexander Dubois (1261) has posed:
Alexander nods. "Read: people are stupid," he says, meaning the 'other' policeman. "Just don't get why people can't just NOT be dicks to each other, even if they don't happen to agree with their life choices." The mention of a security system gets a nod. "That'll help when they're here, though it doesn't do much when they're on the way. And I think that was part of the problem."

Breath has posed:
Breath makes a small face. "Not a choice, actually. I wouldn't wish this on my worst enemy. But... yeah. They wanted to put in cameras, but then they had to replace a window instead because somebody threw a brick through it., and that broke the budget. Uhm... So do you usually climb up on roofs and talk to low rent capes?"

Hawkeye (Bishop) has posed:
Kate laughs gently. "I just wanted to see what was going on up here, to make sure noone was in trouble or hurt or anything. I mean, there could be an old lady up here having a stroke or something. I didn't know." She nods, though. "Maybe I can help them with their budget or something. Dad's accountant will be happy for the tax writeoff."

Alexander Dubois (1261) has posed:
"Bleh," Alexander notes, expressing his distaste with the situation pretty clearly. "Yeah, like I said. I don't get why people can't just not be dicks to each other. Unfortunately I can't help with that... I'm uh, not exactly in the best financial shape myself." Putting it mildly. Though he nods to Kate's answer. "Yeah, we were concerned there was something going on up here that someone needd help with. Didn't mean to bother you." He smiles anyway.

Breath has posed:
Breath whews, "Okay. Yeah, that would be really nice. You aren't bothering me at all. I don't talk to a lot of people like this." She glances off the edge at the front of the building, just to check on things. "I don't actually know anybody else that has any sort of anything weird with them like that. It's not like I can walk up to some big superhero group and ask for a job or anything."

Hawkeye (Bishop) has posed:
"Why not?" Kate asks. "All they can do it turn you down. Besides, it's probably better to try and join a group than to get voluntold to join some kind of government team or something."

Alexander Dubois (1261) has posed:
Alexander nods to Kate's words. "Got a point, yeah. Though most of those groups, they're not really overtly recruiting. But hey, just because you aren't Superman doesn't mean nobody wants you." Notably, he hasn't mentioned his own weirdness.

Breath has posed:
Breath umms, "Because, you know. Indestructible-man who also flies and shoots lasers out his nose! The girl who flies, throws tanks for distancy and accuracy and bounces bullets off her boobs! The guy who can stop bullets with his mind while eating a sandwich from half a mile away! And that freak over there that thinks they're a girl that does a Big Bad Wolf impression. I'm soooo underqualified. Does that car look it's stopping?" She picks up a short chunk of half inch pipe off of the edge of the roof at the noise of accelerating junker car.

Hawkeye (Bishop) has posed:
Kate stands to go peer over the side, where Lyssa is looking. "I don't know."

Alexander Dubois (1261) has posed:
Alexander snickers at the 'bouncing bullets off her boobs'. Because he's a teenager, of course he does. "Not all powers are created equal," he notes. He winces as Breath tosses the pipe. "Careful," he cautions. "Don't want to hit anybody. That'd probably not be great for someone's head to get whacked with."

Breath has posed:
Breath hmmms... "That's not stopping." She frowns and takes a deep breath, causing an actual roaring noise and a bit of wind, then hunkers down a bit as the car smashes out the new barred windows. "..Uuugh!" The driver, some college age woman, jumps out and pulls out a phone.

Hawkeye (Bishop) has posed:
"Hey!" Kate calls down. "I saw that!" She starts to try to find a way to scramble down to the street on that facing. "You're gonna pay for that!"

Breath has posed:
The building is one story. The front is barred windows, now broken up. You could step down to the bars then jump about 9 feet down to the ground. There is also a rope, not knotted on this side, attached to the roof on the front side - it is pulled up and lying on the roof. The junker car drove in the parking lot and accelerated, then rammed into the storefront. That broke through the blacked out windows and the bars. The driver (female, early 20's), got out, got out a phone, reason for phone not posed yet.

Hawkeye (Bishop) has posed:
Kate puts her legs over the edge, then lets herself slide down to a windowsill, then drops and rolls as she hits the ground - immediately popping back up. "What're you DOING?!" she asks. "Is everyone in the car alright?" A look through the building windows. "Everyone alright in there?"

Breath has posed:
The woman holds the phone in front of her and steps to try to reach through the window to take pictures of the people inside the building. The passenger, also female and early 20's, jumps out and also grabs a phone and a can of pepper spray. "What are YOU doing? We're trying to protect people from these pervs!"

Breath grinds her teeth. "WHAT. No cameras!" She grabs the edge of the roof and blows at the girl closer to the window, hard enough to make a loud jet engine style roar, kick up a sizable cloud of dust, and knock her over onto the ground, sending her rolling a few yards.

Hawkeye (Bishop) has posed:
"Homophobic bitch!" Kate growls. "Drop the spray or I'll beat your ass." the dark-haired woman barks. "Just surrender until the police get here." she reaches in her pocket and produces a plastic zip tie. "I'm serious."

Breath has posed:
The second woman reaches and snaps a random picture at the window, then starts running away!

Breath makes an exasperated noise and starts scrambling down the roof. "UUUugh!"

The first woman starts trying to crawl to her feet, grabbing blindly at her phone.

Hawkeye (Bishop) has posed:
Kate doesn't bother to chase the other woman, but she vaults over the car to try and grab the driver. She's just going to take her down and zip-tie her hands.

Alexander Dubois (1261) has posed:
Alexander's taken some time making his way down from the roof, but he's down on the ground now. Currently he's staying back, close to the building, to guard it against any intrusions by either of these people. Though at noting the second woman running away, he frowns. Can't let her get away with that photo. She'll just bring more people next time.

An unearthly groan echoes up from the ground underneath his feet, and a tendril of a greenish smoke zips after the fleeing woman. It's not aiming for her. It's aiming for her phone. That's ectoplasm, and it can screw up electronics.

Breath has posed:
The driver is still trying to get up, not combat trained at all, and is taken down pretty effortlessly. Her phone is lying open next to her with a picture still on the screen.

The passenger races down the sidewalk, not noticing as the phone flashes and blinks unhealthy colors for an electronic device and goes dark.

Breath steps over and, um.. um... everything looks pretty taken care of for now? "...Damn it! We JUST replaced that window! Awwwh! Hey, are you guys okay?"

Hawkeye (Bishop) has posed:
Kate tries to open the car's driver side door and then zip tie the captured woman to the door frame through an open window, then closes the door again. "That should hold her until the cops get here." She doesn't touch the phone. "Ok. I'm outta here." and she gives the people inside and the people scrambling down frm the roof a wave.

Alexander Dubois (1261) has posed:
Alexander nods. "I'm fine," he assures Breath. "Sorry I couldn't get down in time to help out much with the physical side of things. I think I took care of Miss Thang over there, though." He tips his chin back at the fleeing woman. "What about you guys?" He nods to Kate. "Might be a good idea, yeah," he notes. "Be careful!" He doesn't have a reason to look in the car, hopefully Breath does.

He does have a reason to scram though! He looks at Breath. "I really don't want to be here when the cops get here. I'm a runaway, and I don't want to get in trouble. But check things out before they get here; she might have a picture too." He smiles. "Take care."

Breath has posed:
Breath nods, "No problem. Gimme a sec and I'm getting out of here too." She looks in the car briefly, then takes a couple steps to kick the phone toward the street, then blows at it to give it an extra boost into the street to get smashed by traffic and a curb. "'Kay. Let's get out of here. They can handle it from here, I can check back later."