8393/Sometimes the tunnels suck

Sometimes the tunnels suck
Date of Scene:	18 July 2019
Location:	Unknown
Synopsis:	Damian meets Selene while undercover, and underground!
Cast of Characters:	Robin (Wayne), Selene (Underworld)

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Robin (Wayne) has posed:
Damian had only been in his disquise for a day, and he had already fought some turtles, ran into two psycho ladies, and been attacked by some random guy for looking like a villian. So he realized quickly that this is why people like him went underground, and decided to bring up a map of Gotham in his HUD that would lead him where he is standing now.

Underground though he can still feel the vibrations of the stadium above him as someone must be playing today, he stands in perfect dark not wanting to bring any attention to himself. He wears the standard League of Assassins garb from head to toe of black leather over padded armor that includes a black cloak that goes over his back with the hood on his head on top. Covering his whole face is a simple white mask with a scowl on it, though that is how it is on the outside. Inside of the mask Damian had a map HUD on one side, motion detector on the other, and from where he looks light flickered through spectrums so he could see in the dark.

On his waist he had a sword, and on his back a Bow though right now he had neither out instead holding a metal bar almost large as he is tall. Since the tunnels were wide enough to have the water flow down the middle under a grate he did not have to worry about it getting stuck. Currently he was crouched going over his map listening, and watching for any movement as he plotted his way through the tunnels as not to get lost down here moving carelessly.

Selene (Underworld) has posed:
Selene, flanked by a trio of Death Dealers, has no need for HUD. She's been in these tunnels before. The werewolf the four have cornered is begging, pleading. "I...I....don't kill me. I'll tell you everything" the young man, in transit authority garb stutters. Selene's got him at gunpoint. Both of her signature pistols in fact, and the air down here is stale. "Why leave you alive?" Selene asks. "Your friends ran away and hid. Cowards" she says coldly. "You should die but tell me what I'd like to know first. Where are your friends. Where are you hiding out down here?" she asks. She's not making a secret of being down here. But four gun toting Death Dealers, one werewolf....and tunnels. It sounds like the setup to a horrible joke. Selene narrows her gaze. "Start. Talking" she hisses, the words hissed between clenched teeth as the wolf pulls out a phone and hands it over. "You get reception down here?" the Death Dealer trailing them says, as Selene hands it off to the one that spoke. "You're good with phones. Run through it. Or get our servants and tech people to" Selene says, the werewolf speaking rapidly. Names, a subway station, how his group, a mini pack of three is structured....and crucially, where they're heading. Which is by chance, taking a side tunnel heading toward the assassin. Selene's got her bike...the tunnel's big enough and it rors to life. The scream of the engine as she guns it, slowing just enough to make the turn to the side tunnel. The side tunnel opens out into a maintainence tunnel, and Selene's speeding up now, closing the gap to the wolves who are running. Werewolves. Selene on her bike. She's got the light on, not hiding she's here. Plus she's screaming in Hungarian. english is not easy to scream when she's in a blind rage. Like. Now.

Robin (Wayne) has posed:
Damian see's them first, or at least the blip of them as they turn to run his way and frowns to himself. They were big whatever they were, and he knew bad thing were in this tunnel it was Gotham after all though he waited standing up slowly he put the end of the staff to the ground he waited for them to come to him. Once he could see them even in the green haze of everything it was hard not to see werewolves, and two of them running right at him, they had already cought his smell if not seen him through the dark only thinking it a human, but not only that a human child blocking their exit.

He doesn't even have a gun, not to mention a special one like Selene has so they try the brute force way jumping at the small kid maybe out of desperation to get through as he did put himself right in their way to get out. This ends up being a mistake, as the claws come down they find nothing but air, as the boy moved quietly to the point where they could not hear him, only his heart and things that gave him away as he was only human. What they did find were some very unforgiving iron pole strikes. Damian was in an unforgiving mood, and they were werewolves which he has read regenerated quickly. So his strikes have bone breaking force as he swings down trying to break hands, or in this case claws to remove their first formable weapon jumping back to give them room as he can see this wasn't going to stop them.

Damian was patient, and knew they were really fast so he had to out move them keeping out of range doing fierce strikes to critical locations until he came up with a plan how to put them down, or get out of here. Either way it was going to take some thinking. He still had a flash-bang if he needed it, but he held onto that for now as he only had one, and did not want to waste it. He stands looking at them waiting for their next strike he says only one thing. "Go back, there is no path for you here.." his eyes narrowing as he thought about how this was an exit, and realizing he couldn't just run and let them out into the population.

Selene (Underworld) has posed:
Selene watches and climbs off her bike. Guns in hand, she pulls the trigger twice. Six bullets zip through the air. If Selene was kind, she'd kill. But no. She's out to torture these wolves. Make them suffer. Selene watches the bullets find leg. The howl of rage is music to her ears, as she nods. The three Death Dealers detatch and move down the tunnel, two on each side, one holding the middle. Selene,'s got punched by a werewolf....or....rather would have if she didn't do gymnastics that'd make Olympic athletes sick with envy. Leaping up, twisting in the air and seeming to pivot off the wolf's head, she brings her arm down in a move that's straight out of wrestling, the wolf going down....hard. Selene's got her gun to the wolf's temple. Then she pulls it back. She's not done fighting yet. This'd be too easy for her to just....kill the werewolf. Besides, the other one is.....around. Actually the second one was trying to circle behind Selene. Key word. Was....mostly since Selene's whirled, one gun aimed at each wolf. "You move. You're deadh" she hisses through clenched fangs. Then she hears it. Footsteps. Vampiress. As if the fangs weren't a hint. Crap. She's just got in the middle of a vampire/lycan fight. Again...though this time, she isn't outsidde a bar. Still....the vampires are, oddly enough, urban explorers or something, they got maps, flashlights. "Who are you?" Selene snaps.

"We're spelunkers" one of the vamps replies. "You....spelunk in tunnels?" Selene asks. One of the vampires looks to the wolves. "Jeez. What'd we walk into?" the group choruses as Selene waits. Her eyes flick over the group, then she turns a little, taking in each werwolf. The one that'd been trying to get behind her moves. Selene fires but misses, striking a vampire instead. This...just got interesting in a 'this will make the DBC' way.

Robin (Wayne) has posed:
They are after him after his claw thing but until they regrow they are snapping at him as he jumps spinning that iron pipe breaking teeth, and it is going well though the regeneration kicks in as Damian hears the loud bike noises in the hallway. Damian is away waiting for their charge again as the bullets go off hitting them. The boy crouches with his staff spinning infront of him it looks like he thought you were going to be shooting at him as he saw the gun, and one might think how hard it would be to shoot around the swinging staff. Thankfully that doesn't happen, as he is not her target though he would be obviously human, or at least everything would point to human as he eyes you in the dark turning away from the light of the bike down the tunnel.

The boy looks doubtfully at the group with guns, and some with obvious fangs lie to him, and just sighs, "I am.." he stops as one of them shoots the vampires, and he hauls back launching the pole like a javelin at what seems to be at one of the vampires. It isn't of course it is at the wolve that moved, he saw where he was going and knew these creatures were faster then him so throws it at where he is going other then where he is at.

Of course it is only at his strength while good for a human, was only human though if it hits would be in the face area, and no-one liked having a metal pole to the face, but after he throws it he moves away drawing a blade as the two vamps might be ready for a fight since one is now shot, and the human just threw a metal pipe at one. He was crouched and ready to move, his other hand behind him as what they didn't know with a flashbang in it, and the blade pointed out forward.

"I am Demon of the LoA.. I am here on Ras al 'Ghul's orders directly, come at me and I will end you." he states calmly waiting for them to decide to make their move. He wasn't sure how to kill vamps, but he assumed if you cut heads off everything died. He didn't want to as they seem to be on his side, but they were not spelunkers, and he would not let them get near him.

Selene (Underworld) has posed:
The pole caught the wolf right under the nose. Selene looks amused. "Good throw" she says as the vampire group charges the wolves. They got silver knives and chains. The wolves shift with a roar to their wolf forms, and claws, teeth and jaws come out to fight. While they're fighting, Selene takes the chance to question the stranger. "You're here on orders and you're a demonn?"

Good question. Selene's naturally cautious. Selene thoughh watches, spinning on a heel to shoot at a wolf that's not even trying to dodge it. Selene however, shakes her head. "I'm here to help the city's crime rate" she says

Or, more accurately. Corvinus lycans crime rate. Since....in her book them existing is a capital crime.

Robin (Wayne) has posed:
The person with the mask looks at them for a moment deciding if he should put his weapon away with vampires so close. Of course some might call him paranoid, but he had delt with people with high amounts of speed he knew that being prepaired for what is coming is usually the only way to avoid it. Also the vamps he had ran into had not talked to him before, or lied they were more intrested in sinking their multiple teeth into him, so he lowers the blade, a little though he watches them on guard even if they are taking down the wolf.

He eyes Selene, "My name is demon, I am human, I am surprised they could not tell?" he adds slowly in a testing voice, as they had lied to him before maybe she was again, "Though if your trying to fix the crime rate you are going to need to take more down then that." pointing at the lycan on the ground. This was Gotham, and he actually did help the crime rate never seeing her or her friends before.

He sighs, "How about you start with the truth, why are you, and your Vamp friends here hunting werewolves in Gotham sewers. I know what they are.. I don't care." he holds up a hand, "If you had been active in Gotham you would of been spotted maybe not by the people, but by the capes, and listening to you that is not a Gotham accent." he points out just two of the major issues. The wolf is most likely almost if not already done, so Damian is getting a bit worried as now there will be three of them he eyes them. "For now you just stay right infront of me.." he says as if he gets surrounded it is over.

Selene (Underworld) has posed:
Selene's voice is a purr, a low purr. "No, I am from Europe. I was following these wolves to learn where they are" she says simply lowering her guns, good faith gesture and all that. Her eyes though linger on the mask, then shift to the wolves and group of vampires. They're fighting is keeping them occupied, so Selene can carry on talking...and watching everything around them.

Robin (Wayne) has posed:
Daian nods slowly to her, and lowers his blade a bit, he still eyes her. "That explains some of the differences, mainly the not just going straight for the neck for example." he shook his head, "Above aint got no problems with Vamps though, they were all removed, keep that in mind if you want to go above ground to cause trouble." it was kind of true, though different vamps, and much less organized of course, not to mention small numbers. He is human after all, and knew what vamps ate, and in all cases he had seen it killed and revived the person as a brainless hungry one of them so he had a bit of a negative look on them compaired to where Selene was at.

He eyes her then adds, "If I lower this blade you and your friends aren't going to have me for lunch are you?" he asks curious in what she would say to it. Either way it would tell him more about them in what they said since he was learning about them as much as he was conversing with her. "I have no intrest in becoming one of those." he nods to the vamps attacking the werewolf.

Selene (Underworld) has posed:
"You think I'd convert you?" Selene asks. "Mmm. No?B?" she says nodding to her Death Dealers to keep the fight away from them. Apparently they got the memo. "Oh no. No" Selene says, voice rich with a dozen European acents, all eastern or central.    
"I am not like those you describe, no. What you saw with the wolves is....unfortunately, a war coming to the country you call America" she says, accent thickening on 'America'. She nods. "Vampire is a filthy term, so is lycan, yes?" Selene asks, fishing for information. She wants to know what this guy's stance is. Meantime.....the vampires are actually getting the upper hand, before claws seperate blood from body. A spray of claret impressively reaches the roof. Selene watches, watching the vampires go after the wolves again. "That fight will not end, will it?" she asks....sounding a little bored.

Robin (Wayne) has posed:
Damian simply nods, though seems to nod again when she says no he does seem to relax a little he quietly watchs, and after she mentions the others again he speaks in a flat tone. "They are more interested in causing pain then to be efficent. Their training seems lax." he notes as he knows the League or his father would never alow him to fight in such a messy manner. He does watch it impassivly as he watches them detacted from the situation as it is not issues. He looks at her, "You seem better.. though it is hard to tell with such crude weapons like a gun."

He shakes his head at her, "You don't try to drink blood from anyone you meet, you don't want to try to turn others into va... whatever you wish to call yourselves, organized as they seem to be following orders so I am going to assume there is some organization out there that is pointing them." he shakes his head at that thought as it ment there were a lot more out there. "I don't know if those Europeans were better or worst off then we are with ours." and falls to silence thinking about it.

Finally his stance is a stance from somewhere in the middle eastern area that was used by master duelers of course it is one of those lost arts as many where but this boy seemed to pick it up, and is using it as it is ment for quick percise strikes that disable, or in human cases kill.

Selene (Underworld) has posed:
"No blood drinking" Selene says gently, "None at all. My group got other methods of surviving" she adds with a knowing look, pulling a vial out. "Well....this isn't really blood. It's synthetic. But it works." she says watching him with a smile. Albeit a fanged smile,sliding the blood vial back into her trenchcoat and staying quiet, listening. "No, the wolves....their training is...." she says, swearing in Hungarian. Still though she looks pleased that the wolves are losing, a light in her eyes as she switches back to English. She's definitely a woman of many talents....and languages too. "So" Selene says, "Why are you down here. I don't think you're fghting vampires or wrewolvess on a daily and nightly basis, yes?"

Robin (Wayne) has posed:
Damian looks at her, and nods thinking about it he looks at the vial, he pays attention closly to their solution. Ah synthetic welcome to the future it seems, at least it wasn't coming from Gothamites so it is hardly his concern though wierd. He listens to her talk about the others fighting nodding to himself, "You can see they live in luxery.." he notes, reading them up as he is also part a detective. "While they lounge other train, but they are mighty who could stand against them." he turns to look at her, "Am I wrong?". It explained their fine outfits, but slopy style as they have learned, though how they approached the wolf was obviously as if they were superiour. He glances at her, "If those wolves figure out what they are doing your going to have trouble." as obviously right now it was more animal then man.

He shrugs, he shouldn't be helping them considering, though he stops and thinks about her question. He answers slowly, "Lets just say I do what I must to keep Gotham in a profitable situation." it was kind of close though he really didn't care for profit personally. The League would, as far as he knows since it is kind of an act though he was part of the League he wasn't here under orders, though he kept Gotham to a point where it found balance in the chaos. It was the best he could do, as no-one was going to stop the crazy above ground.

Outside it might look like the mask is just staring at her unblinking, but inside is just quiet as Damian actually adds, "Actually, forget what I said before.. I wouldn't go above ground right now anyway. Wolves are better."

Selene (Underworld) has posed:
Selene shakes her head aht the 'wovles are better' remark. She does though step back and keep her guns lowered. She though nods."They are luxury and slow and sloppy. They have no idea how to fight" Selene says looking over at the wolves. "Look at their clothing. How slow they are. They think, oh I'm a lycan. I wil win" Selene sighs and steps toward the fight for a pace or two, then turns to watch Damian. "So. Why do you say not to go above ground?"

Robin (Wayne) has posed:
Damian doesn't respond and just looks at her not failing for her bait, he mearly nods "If that is what you believe I said." nothing more nothing less as he lets this wierd woman believe what she would about him. He eyes her carefully, and doesn't answer her question though. He thinks about how to answer this as the way she said it he wondered if she had been above ground here, or at least in a while. He quietly goes through his options letting the sound of the fight be the only sound.

Finally he responds, "Nothing, and everythings.. It depends on why you are there, and what you are looking for." deciding to go a little vague, as he backs up from her too moving back away from the three. "Definetly not something to be taken lightly, nor in some sake of personal curiosity."

Selene (Underworld) has posed:
Selene nods, looking amused at his words. Or....it's hard to read her emotions really, or her face. Still she's definitely listening, honestly, she's listening, and....she's absolutely taking each word at face value. Still....Selene's a vampire at heart, honestly. She's in a war with the lycans, but....hey this guy makes good points. "Well" she says quietly, looking up and down the tunnels. "Well" she says with a nod. "If you're saying there's scary things up above us....you can lead the way and I'll walk over your corpse if you run into any" Selene says with a nod, looking amused. She then turns on her heel to leave. She retreives her bike, and wheels it lining it up like some gory bowling alley, and nods again.

Robin (Wayne) has posed:
Damian shakes his head, and doesn't answer what is up there as he was afraid she was one of those. Of course she was one of those challenge people so is glad he didn't make something up. He looks at her, and nods. "I see so you are the kind to charge in when they feel there is a challenge. Perhaps I was wrong, and those two were... better trained" and gives her a nod. He takes a step away as she gets on her bike incase she decides to exit the direction he is, but as she spins around his free hand blurs.

As she spins he tosses a two small black tracker at her back, and at the back of bike she is on before grabing his weapon mid-air again the motion an old trick he learned long ago. Sure she might get out of his distance down here, but perhaps it would show their general direction before she figures it out. If there is a pack of them down here he should find out sooner then later.