4610/Footsoldiers and Green Rings.

Footsoldiers and Green Rings.
Date of Scene:	05 July 2018
Location:	NYC China Town
Synopsis:	June sucks up her pride to enlist Drake and Jessica Cruz to bail her friends out. They oblige.
Cast of Characters:	Slipstream, Green Lantern (Cruz), June Connor

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Slipstream has posed:
It's late at night in New York City and Drake is currently in his room on the third floor of his apartment complex owned by Blizzard. Most of his team is gone during the break in the League, with himself no where else to go. He is currently on his computer, settled in his battle station as he plays a round of Arcade in Overwatch, looking to gather up lootboxes. He has the Mic off, not bothering to chat with his fellow combatants. Dressed in a pair of sleep shorts and a simple white shirt, he looks like he is in wind down mode.

Green Lantern (Cruz) has posed:
Jessica Cruz is wearing similar. She's just wearing a blue tank-top and jean shorts, leaning back on a chair, watching Drake play. She is being quiet, just deciding to watch you for now. Not interrupting. She is wanting to share this part of her boyfriend's life after all.

Slipstream has posed:
After unlocking the ninth lootbox, Drake leans back into his green chair, sliding the headset off to his shoulders. He gives a glance over at her for a few moments. ".. I know this is pretty boring. Um... sorry, I should be paying attention to you. I'm not even streaming. I don't know why I'm even on."

Green Lantern (Cruz) has posed:
Jessica Cruz smiles faintly. "It's what you do," she states. "Even when not doing my... other job... sometimes I just go hover over the ocean to watch the waves. It's calming. I do have some anxiety about crowds... I sometimes just need time to... relax." She smiles faintly. "You can always turn that off for now...?"

Slipstream has posed:
"Yeah, I can turn it off. It's not very relaxing for me. Just keeps me wired up." That and the five Red Bull cans on his desk he has been working through the last couple of hours. Drake gives a long stretch of his body, then ambles over to the bed to flop down on the edge of it. "I guess we can rent a movie or something if you want."

Green Lantern (Cruz) has posed:
Jessica Cruz smiles. "I'll go get some burgers," she states. "Be back shortly. Find something cool to watch!" she calls as she steps out of the apartment to go to the closest Big Belly Burger.

Slipstream has posed:
"Oh. Okay!" Drake says as he shifts on the bed, plucking up the remote to turn on the large TV on the wall. He starts to flick through the channels, letting out a long sigh as he surfs the guide. ".. No... no..... hell no ... no.." He trails off as he rubs the back of his neck.

June Connor has posed:
    The window opens. It's...well, it's a ninja, it might be June. She's wearing the black uniform tonight, though, sliding silently into the room. "Drake," she says plainly, announcing herself. She's armed tonight. "I need your help." There's a phrase she's certainly never said before.

Slipstream has posed:
".. No... No... No.. holy shit, I have two thousand channels and they all suck." Drake says as he lobs the remote on to the bed. Sighing, he rises up, then blinks in surprise as he looks over to the window as June climbs through it. "What's going on?" He asks warily. "You okay?"

Green Lantern (Cruz) has posed:
Jessica Cruz is currently in line at Big Belly Burger, unaware of Drake's intruder. She is just ordering two burgers with sides of fries. She is humming happily as she plans on being back shortly.

June Connor has posed:
    "No, vietnamese mob and I just had a run-in," she says. "I have two friends that didn't make it out." She pulls her shozuko hood back, and then lowers the mask. "I can't really go into the details, but they plan to video the executions and send them back to the Foot. I'm too far away to get help from home."

Slipstream has posed:
Rubbing the back of his neck, Drake lets out a soft sigh. He chews on his bottom lip and says, "So you want me to go in there and get them out?" He asks as he looks over to his closet, then heads over to it as he peels out of his shirt to reveal his leanly muscled frame to fish out a black shirt, followed by a black pair of joggers. "How much time do you think we have?"

June Connor has posed:
    "I dunno," June answers. "Minutes?" They are just down the street. I wouldn't ask you, but...I'm in a spot." She avoids making eye contact while she talks, a look of frustration that communicates she doesn't want to be asking at all.

Slipstream has posed:
Sliding his shirt on, Drake shucks his shorts off, then tugs his joggers on over his boxers. He reaches down to tug his shoes on, then snatches up his phone to text Jessica: 'Ninja needs my help to save two lives from other ninjas. Just follow the screams or gunshots.'. He touches the top of Snowball on the head. "Wake up, beautiful." The robot gives a yawn, then floats upwards after a small chime that sounds much like the Windows 95 startup.

Green Lantern (Cruz) has posed:
Jessica Cruz opens the door and walks in with the bag of food - then stares at the ninja. "What's going on?" she asks, staring between June, Snowball, and Drake. (She didn't get the text in the elevator.) She paces back and forth, staring at June. "What... are... you... doing here?" she finally asks.

June Connor has posed:
    "Thanks, I-" She spins, taking a ready stance as she hears Jessica's voice behind her. "Oh, shit," she mutters. She glances nervously back at Drake, and then to Jessica. "This isn't what it looks like," she tries to reassure, what with her dressed in her shinobi shozoku and armed with a katana, she expects it doesn't look good at all.

Slipstream has posed:
"I just texted you. Couple of her friends are about to be executed and I'm gonna pull them out, followed by regretting it the rest of the night as June and I eventually get into an argument about it." Drake says as he gives Snowball a fist bump. "You want to come with and fuck up a Vietnamese mob? There's nothing on TV."

Green Lantern (Cruz) has posed:
Jessica Cruz shrugs. "Why should we help her? She's part of a nefarious group herself, isn't she?" she asks, arms crossed. "I mean, she's dressed in the uniform of a Foot Clan ninja..." She sighs softly. "You sure about this, Drake?"

June Connor has posed:
    June glances back and forth, "Find, if you don't want to help, I won't make you. I gotta think of something," she is not in the mood to argue, and she doesn't have the time for it either. She turns, not spending another moment, and makes her way to the window.

Slipstream has posed:
"She's also my friend, Jess. A lot has .. happened over the last few months." Drake gives his shoelace a tie as he heads after her. "And I can't sit by while people get executed. You in or out?" He says as he glances over to her with a weak smile.

Green Lantern (Cruz) has posed:
Jessica Cruz sighs softly. "Fine. I will trust your judgemnt, sweetie." With that, a bright green flare erupts around her as Jessica dons her uniform. She then states, "Lead the way. I'd suggest we hurry." She nods slowly, deciding to trust Drake's judgment.

June Connor has posed:
    June countenance softens for a moment, and she nods, "Thank you," she says briefly. "This way." She slips out the window, leaping across the alleyway, landing on the wall and sliding down, then valuting off the side to land on the ground. She doesn't look behind, but darts out and down the street, running as quickly as she can toward a vietnamese restaurant down the street.

Slipstream has posed:
Climbing out the window himself, Drake takes in a deep breath of the cool, New York breeze, then leaps out as well, giving a few blinks so that he can land properly. As she takes off, he follows, moving swiftly across the street with a narrow of the eyes.

Green Lantern (Cruz) has posed:
Jessica Cruz nods as she starts to follow June, putting a tracking construct 'bug' on her so she won't lose her, still bemused by this whole 'help a former foe' thing, but decides that Drake wouldn't ask if he wasn't serious.

June Connor has posed:
    Considering that she has no power ring, nor the ability to blink forward, June is exceptionally fast. Her feet barely touch the ground as she makes her way down the street. So engaged in a full sprint that she cannot turn the corner when she reaches it she leaps up, planting both feet against the brick wall and launching herself down the alley.
    Presently she reaches the back of the restaurant, a shuriken snapping out of her sash and toward the face of the guard who stands outside. The mobster flinches, his hand coming up and catching the blade. He yelps in pain only to immediately be struck by the lithe ninja's full weight as she grabs him by the head and uses her weight to swing him around, head first into the brick wall. She finishes the move in a three point landing. "They are in here," she whispers. "At least ten. Armed. I can't take them by myself."

Slipstream has posed:
"You sure you can't take them by yourself?" Drake asks as he blinks next to her in thin air. "I mean, you kinda rub it in my face alllll the time about how you bananas in pajamas are super amazing at kicking everyone's ass." Giving her a wry grin, he tip sa wink, then pushes forward through the door, immediately blinking out of sight with the motion to take the position of scout.

Green Lantern (Cruz) has posed:
Jessica Cruz goes to land by June, eyebrow raised. "I'm not the subtle type," she muses softly as she does tone down the glow of her unfiorm as much as possible. She is ready to see what's inside, her ring glowing brighter as she prepares to unleash various constructs.

June Connor has posed:
    June gives an unamused glare at Drake. Indeed, there are two others who have been unmasked in one side room of the restaurant, and there are a number of armed men in the room. "I don't need subtle," she says to Jessica, "I need decisive."
    Drake might see that there is one man who seems to be the lead, pistol whipping one of the captured ninjas. the ninja is a latin american kid, perhaps June's age. A syrupy string of blood hangs from his mouth, his face beaten badly.
    "You are going to die," the man with the gun says. "But you can decide whether it is fast or slow," he explains. "Who sent you?"

Slipstream has posed:
The pistol whipping gunmen finds himself flipping end over end as Drake blurs into him with a quick couple of jumps, giving him a shoulder toss to the ground as his hands wrench one of the arms back to disarm him of his weapon. "Cheers luv! Th' calvary's here!" He crows out as he fires the gun into the air two times. Bang, Bang! "Avengers, assemble!" He gives a playful shout before he looks to blur his way towards the next gunman and sends a speedy uppercut into a chin.

Green Lantern (Cruz) has posed:
Jessica Cruz puts bubbles of green light around the two captives as Drake attacks them with melee, nodding in satisfaction, flashing the Green Lantern logo all around. "This ends now," she states simply as she brings the bubbles to her.

June Connor has posed:
    The interrogator finds himself knocked out cold from the impact, and the collection of men all pull their own pistols. They begin firing on Drake at once, shots ringing out through the room. The bubbles of protection give Jess attention as well, and half of them split their attention, turning to fire upon Jess furiously.
    June does her part, but as the least powerful of the trio, she only has opportunity to take one, which at least brings the number down to seven now.

Slipstream has posed:
As he blinks in and out quickly through his speed vortex, Drake slams his speed induced fist into the face of the gunmen and combatants. "Green Lantern, can you finish this quickly for us?" He asks as he blinks out behind another man, kicking him in the back of the knee as he throws an arm about his throat to drop him to the ground quickly.

Green Lantern (Cruz) has posed:
Jessica Cruz nods. "Of course. By the way, you need to come up with a codename." She then yelps as she has to put shields up to guard against gunfire. She creates vines around all the hostiles to bind their legs and trying to get their arms - but she has to go slow for all the gunfire she's taking is making this difficult to concentrate.

June Connor has posed:
    Two of the men take off running as they see the vines forming around their allies, bursting for the front door. June throws another shuriken, catching one of them in the back. He stumbles forward, reaching for the sharp object that offended him, trying to grasp at the injury which he can't reach. June is once again right behind the shuriken, a flying kick being delivered to the man's back, smashing him face first into the wall.
    Though they are slower, the vines of the lantern and Drake's speed equal a pretty sound and easy win, given their skill and power imbalance.

Slipstream has posed:
"I have one, eesh. You never pay attention to me." Drake teases Jessica as he slams his fist into one more guy to knock him down as the battle winds to an end. "It's Slipstream." He rubs his knuckles, then gives it a shaking out as he gives a glance about. "Okay, let's free your friend, call the cops on these scrubs and go back to my place for icecream and snuggles." He looks to the tied up guy. "Sorry bro, uh ... not you though."

Green Lantern (Cruz) has posed:
Jessica Cruz raises an eyebrow. "Ice cream and snuggles sound good..." She trails off. "Wait, she's coming too?" she asks, eyebrow raised, gesturing to June. "Well - I suppose that's alright." She looks at June. "So... mission accomplished? I think my presence was a bit of overkill..."

June Connor has posed:
    June looks over the situation, now in hand. She cautiously looks at Jessica, then back to Drake. "My peoplle didn't die, I don't call that overkill. It's efficient. About the whole calling the cops. That...might be a problem," she admits. "See, this is their property. We were the attackers." Maybe she didn't give all the details. "We should probably just leave and skip that part." She doesn't comment on snuggles. She moves toward the two bloodied allies, seeking to untie them.

Slipstream has posed:
"I'm sure the weapons they have are not legal and they will get in trouble for it. They also had someone kidnapped and tied to a chair. We can say we rescued the person and they ran off while we handled the thugs. She's a Lantern and I'm an Avenger. Pretty sure they will be cool." Drake says with a grin as he stretches himself out and then heads to the door. "I'll just make the call and tell them to pick them up, we don't need to be here."

Green Lantern (Cruz) has posed:
Jessica Cruz nods. "In a way, I am a cop. Just... not of this jurisdiction. Or... of Earth." She shrugs. "It's complicated." She nods as she goes outside, just to get some fresh air. All those people around - it's not putting her in a good mindspace. She hates crowds.

June Connor has posed:
    June nods behind her shozoku, keeping it firmly in place. "I think I should probably go with them," she says, putting a hand on one of the ninja's shoulders using a tone far meeker than her normal demeanor. "Thanks, both of you. I know that I put you on the spot. I really owe you."

Slipstream has posed:
"Soooo you're not coming over for ice cream after climbing through my window again?" Drake asks with a grin as he heads for the entrance and steps out into the fresh air. "That's fine, we'll just eat all the blueberry swirl ourselves then."

Green Lantern (Cruz) has posed:
Jessica Cruz smiles. "Blueberry's one of my favorites - it gives me hope for the future." She nods. "Next time - just try calling us instead of your usual 'breaking and entering' schtick, please?"

June Connor has posed:
    June nods, "Okay," she says, glancing at her fellow ninjas and hoping that they are not lucid enough to know what is being said. She doesn't like it being mentioned that she has repeatedly gone through his window. "Yeah, I'll call next time," she agrees. "Have fun with your blueberry future."

Slipstream has posed:
"You don't gotta call. I like you coming through the window. It means my team asks less questions." Drake says with a grin to her, then gives Jessica a poke on the hip with his finger. "Take care then. You know where to find me."