9280/Window Shopping

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Window Shopping
Date of Scene: 21 September 2019
Location: New Utrecht, Brooklyn
Synopsis: Alek's window shopping in Brooklyn gets interrupted with Hammerhead's Goons and the Bastards of Charon begin shaking down a Pawn Store Owner for protection money -- luckily, mutant canine Pippi steps in -- and ends up taking away an unfortunate injury as a token of appreciation!
Cast of Characters: Smart Alek, Pippi, Hammerhead




Smart Alek has posed:
Alek is walking along, his hand seems to be occassionally touching the wall along side as he goes along, he talks to himself, "Brick 1931" and then as he gets to the next store front, "Concrete 1963 Bakery." he pauses a moment and looks into the window there, and he smiles, as he drools a bit at the sight of freshly baked pastries.

Pippi has posed:
    Up above, Pippi was enjoying a night of 'loose patrol'. Nearby, likely one of the Brothers or a watchful Alopex was minding where Pippi was running, but the mutant canine had her own patrol today. The fur atop her head is in a wavy sort of mohawk look, though short, everything else shorn down beneath a black sweatshirt and jeans as she hopped accross an alleyway accompanied by the soft scrabbling sound of claws against concrete, brick, and rolled tar roofing.

Smart Alek has posed:
Alek is not paying much attention to the shirling moleculars of air and the sound waves that richochets against his skin. Alek's paying more attention to the wavering chemicals in the air of the freshly cooked bread. "Ahh.." He notices the impurities in the water and air and even the cleaning products used in the stove, it's still a great smell.
    He digs into his pockets and pulls out a few dollar bills... he hmms a bit, maybe it'll be enough.

Hammerhead has posed:
At a nearby pawn shop, the sounds of yelling and crashing could be heard from the inside. Suddenly, a violent crashing sound is heard and a hefty man in a tank top flies out a window. As the store owner struggles to get up, 6 figures emerge from the store. Three of them are wearing something familiar to Pippi by now, pinstripped suits. The other three are dressed in black shirts and pants, with holes and tears covering them. The most disturbing part however, was their faces, which were covered in black and white facepaint.
    
     The lead gangster, one of the men wearing a suit, walks up to the owner and says," Ya should've given Hammerhead his dues Chin, now we gotta teach you a lesson. Birch, get over here." One of the goth-looking men walks up with a grunt and the leader just snaps his fingers and points at Chin. The goth just nodded and bend down, pulling out a pocket knife and picking up the man's hand. He then says to him in a erriely monotone voice," This. Will. Hurt." He then plunges the knife into Chin's hand, who starts to scream like a banshee. The goth just stares at the man emtionlessly and takes the knife out and prepares to stab him again.

Pippi has posed:
    Oooh. Baking bread. That's a good smell, and it catches Pippi's attention as she shifts her route, her nose twitching. She draws up above Alek, a bit accross the street as her ears draw up in curiosity. She turns her nose up, catching all the smells of the city, catching the rattling of change in pockets, the bit of trash smell hanging in the air from a ripe alley way --

    And then the crash of glass. Her attention's pulled elsewhere, Crashing glass.

    She hops an alleyway, putting herself above and between Alek and the Pinstripes, her eyes going wide as she sees the suit.

    Hammerhead, apparently, sent his regards -- but it was the flash of the knife that caught her attention. She growled, and her eyes narrowed, her ears drawing back as she pulled the hood over her head -- and decended in a rush, hopping off an overhead and going to tackle the head Goth, to hit him with a shoulder and a snarl.

     -- at least keep the attention held on her. The kid up the street just wants a snack!

Smart Alek has posed:
The sounds of the city, the smells, and the noises cover alot of what might be happening nearby to Alek... but he does catch a few of the sounds that come from the pawn shop. He glances towards it... but he instead quickly heads into the bakery and closes the door quickly behind him..
    The employees and customers inside hear the door quickly slam shut and see Alek holding it shut from inside and staring out towards the Pawn Shop...

    The employee behind the counter comments, "Sir, you okay? You alright?"

Hammerhead has posed:
The head Goth goes flying off of Chin and slams into the wall with a grunt, his head tilted back, a sure sign of unconciousness. The pinstriped-suit wearing leader turns to Pippi and says," I don't know how ya did that pipsqueak. But, why don't ya run along before i hurt ya?" He then cracks his knuckles threateningly as the other suited gangsters chuckled. The goth Pippi's rammed into however, had a completley different idea. To anyone who was watchings surprise and horror, the Goth got up Dracula style from the ground and got back on his feet, seemingly unscathed from the incident. The, with his eyes wide open, he uses the same pocket-knife he used to stab Chin and cuts a thin cut into his forehead, like a pro-wrestler. As the blood runs down his face, the man looks at Pippi with wide-eyes with no emotion on his face. He then starts to stalk towards her, knife. The other two Goth's follow, with one picking up a shard of glass the other grabbing a baseball bat from inside the store.

Pippi has posed:
    Pippi keeps herself squarely between the gangers and Chin, taking a couple steps forward. She's a little 5' nothing. She's got odd hang to her jeans, and her whole body is tense and shaking.

    "Why don't /you/ run along before you get hurt?" ippi sounds back, and she draws her fists. Her eyes are narrowed. Her fingers curl, and she exhales. Her tail stuffens. The fur on the back of her neck rises up as she curls her lips back and exposes her teeth. All of those pointy canine teeth.

    Glass. Bats. A knife. One guy's bleeding (and that metallic tang of blood travels through her nose to her mouth, and she wrinkles the scarred skin on her muzzle in disgust at the smell).

    "Only warning."

Smart Alek has posed:
Alek leans on the glass but gets out of the direct line of the door so people can make their way through... he closes his eyes and begins a brief conversation with the wifi in the area... he gets hold of a random security camera that's closer to the action of the pawn shop... it may or may not have a good view of the wierdness but it's better then being there in person. Alek likes to watch just not to be... present.

Hammerhead has posed:
The Pinstriped-suit wearing gangsters just laughed again at Pippi's threat as the leader pulled out a gun and shot it near Pippi's feet while saying," This is your last warning kid! Beat it or else!" Meanwhile, the two other goths take pieces of glass and, follwing their leader, cut their forheads open and let the blood run down their faces. The one with the glass shard looks at Pippi with a psychotic look on his face as he raises the now bloody looking glass shard and laughs psychotically as he suddenly charges at her.

Pippi has posed:
    Pippi gives a jump at the gunshot, her ears flicking back, her tail curling slightly -- but still... more honorable to fight and fail than simply leave Chin to fend for himself. 'Sides, surely someone's paying attention to the pup!

    Still, she's at least somewhat prepared for an actual fight. Kid's off the street. People are outta there, and the 'kid'looks around at the freaks cutting their faces and makes a disturbed little noise before the first guy charges her.

    She ducks low, and draws one arm out to try and hook behind his knee and send him up in the air -- looking to simply flip him over!

    "What's the matter? Not getting the blue guy so you're pickin' on shopkeepers now?"

Smart Alek has posed:
Alek gets a sort of shadowed version of the whole fight from an alleyway security webcam..."Ooh God, They are crazy." says the man in the bakery staring into the ether as others look on. The person manning the register whispers to her fellow employee, "should we call the police." Alek chimes in, "Yeah, somethings happening over there... The Pawn Shop alleyway.. bad stuff."

    One of them raises an eyebrow, "Sure kid..."

Alek grumbles and his eyes glow slightly and the display on the cash register suddenly flickers and shows the live feed from the web cam.

Hammerhead has posed:
The Goth goes flying onto his back with a grunt as the pinstripped-suit wearing leader sneers at Pippi. He then says to her," Nah, this ain't due to McCoy. This bastard here stiffied Hammerhead on his "protection" plan, we was just teachin him a lesson. If you insist on protecting this freeloader, we are happy to oblige. Suddenly, one of the suited gangsters pulls out a blackjack and charges at Pippi. Meanwhile, the Goth she just flipped over gets up and lets out another psychotic laugh as he charges at her again, piece of glass raised, his hand obviously bleeding.

Pippi has posed:
    Pippi has never taken on more than one.

    ... in practice...

    ...alone.

    "Ugh. Just your luck you run into me again!" Pippi cheerily replies, and she ducks low agai below the Blackjack weilding thug, bringing one arm up, keeping the other low as she tries to get him to her back and just carelessly toss him at the goth with the glass!

    "... you guys are kinda creepy, y'know? Have you ever considred becoming mimes? They're scary too!" she states, though the smell of blood is fairly unnerving. She never liked it.

Smart Alek has posed:
Alek doesn't even wait for the bakery folks to make the phone call.. The bakery phone dials 911. Alek runs over as it's answered by the operator, "There is something bad happening in New Utrecht, at the Pawn Shop at ****. Come quickly, they are beating up a man and girl. I can't do anything..."

Hammerhead has posed:
The two men coldided with each other with a grunt and fell onto the ground unconcious. The lead gangster just snarls as another suited thug puts on brass knuckles and tries to punch Pippi in the face. Meanwhile, the second goth rushes at Pippi and swings the baseball bat at her while saying," Bash. Skull. Open."

Pippi has posed:
    "I /PROMISE/ you that is a bad idea!" Pippi growls, her ears turning back, lips curling into a snarl as she spots the brass kuckles. She's all bracing for the blow from him before she hears the skid of aluminum in a hand, and she turns to bring her arms up as she turns, defends, and then strikes out. Half strength. The arms that can lift three tons without a sweat are tensed as she brings a right hook for the goth's side!

    "Down!"

Hammerhead has posed:
The second Goth goes flying and hits the side of the building with a horrific crack, knocking him out. The man with the brass knuckles lmmediatley turns and runs down the street, fleeing from the battle. The lead gangster immeidiatley pulls out out his pistol and starts to shoot at Pippi. Meanwhile, the final Goth licks his own blood off his knife and runs at Pippi emtionlessly and stabs at her.

Pippi has posed:
    Pippi was decently sure someone was supposed ot be her backup. She was decently sure she was going to get an earful from Alopex and Leonardo upon return to the lair.

    .. she was also decently sure that the guy shooting at her was getting pretty irked by some dog beating up his guys. She gives a leap, and as the shooting begins she goes to run, her eyes going wide as she feels the knife sink in, past the cloth of her sweatshirt, biting into her arm as she halts, and turns, and with he rbody hopped up on adreniline and fear she wheels about and tries to smash the Goth's face with a bared fist!

    "STOP!" she calls out, her voice losing the grindy edgey tone and turning shrill with pian.

Hammerhead has posed:
The final Goth goes flying due to the punch, nose bleeding and all. He slams into a street pole with a violent bang so hard that it makes the pole shake. The Goth tries to get up again but sucumbs to the pain and collapses, finally unconcious. The final goon now looks at the obviosly hurt Pippi with fear in his eyes before throwing his pistol at her face and running away, trying to get away from her.

Pippi has posed:
    CLONK.

    Pippi gets a gun to the face. She takes a step back, her arms windmilling a moment before she flops down to her butt on the sidewalk.

    Ow. Ow ow ow ow ow...." she mutters, and rubs at her nose a moment as the goon gets away, and she yells back "YEAH! GO TELL YOUR FRIENDS!" in an attempt to sound tough -- but it's hard to sound tough when you're kinda nursing a stab wound and a gun to your face.

    "Uuugh." she mutters, and she shake sher head, looking around to all the goons and bastards before she mutters:

    "... Pex is going to kill me."

    And she turns to stumble towards the nearest sewer grate, covering the wound in her shoulder with one hand.