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Pippi	Today in Brooklyn it was a balmy, overcast 65 degrees, gray clouds rolling overhead with a whisper of rain. The crumbling brownstones and apartment complexes of Mutant Town dourly stare out to the streets as all manner of people wander by, from the obviously afflicted with mutation to those who can hide it a bit easier.     And above the streets, running along rooftops wearing a dark-colored longsleeve shirt nd absolutely reveling in the cooler weather, wearing the hood to try and hide her ears a bit, was Pippi, ears up, nose alert, listening for the sounds of trouble on the streets as she hums, hopping over alley ways and skidding around rooftop air conditioners and vents as she goes. Nothing like a good morning run to really wake up the senses, after all!
Doctor Octopus	Also; the sounds of tearing brick and mortar and screams of bystanders. That's the sounds coming from below Pippy as she begins to run by a pharmacy, at least... and it isn't a normal thief, either. Whoever is doing it seems to have some form of super-strength from the souns of it, with the ease in which metals and brick are tearing apart.
Pippi	A super-strong adversary robbing a bunch of people? In Mutant Town?     It's more likely than you think!     Pippi skids to a stop, pulling her hood down and canting her head a moment, zeroing in on the sounds -- and she turns, she drops down the nearest alleyway, rebounding off walls and skidding along the pavement, and books it for the sounds of those in need of help, her eyes going wide as she comes to the pharmacy, and readies herself for a fight, the green on her gauntlets stark contrast to the vibrant magenta of her curly poodle-fluff hair , the pitbull-like mutant bares her teeth.
Doctor Octopus	When Pippi arrives in the alleyway, she's greeted by the vision of a man in a brown overcoat and safety goggles... with four metallic steel grey tentacles coming from his back. One of those tentacles is braced against the alleyway floor, while the other three are systematically 'burrowing' into the wall next to him. By burrow, we mean tearing it apart with precision. Of course, by the time Pippi is in sight, those tentacles stop, and the safety goggled man looks in her direction. He stares, saying nothing. Perhaps he is evaluating the situation?
Pippi	Pippi sort of stares at the goggled man, and her head tilts. One ear draws up, then flicks.     "Oh man, my brother would have an absolute field day with those and would probably be asking you tons a' questions about those... but I'm kinda dumb." she states, and her ears draw back, her head lowering slightly as she regards Doc Ock, brilliant Otto.     "... I don't suppose if I ask really, really nicely, you'll stop?" she inquires, and she taps the mits of her gauntlets against one another in test. There's a metallic 'thud' when she does so.
Doctor Octopus	"They're neurally linked appendages originally designed for hazardous environments." Otto answers, "That is, before they were fused to my spine." A beat, "and no, I require the chemicals within this building for my work, and none of the suppliers in this city have what I need. The supplies are strictly regulated." He turns to regard Pippi, her reflection easily seen in those goggles, "You wouldn't happen to be one of the Foots pets, would you?"
Pippi	"And I thought Amazon delivered everything!" Pippi wisecracks, though she tries to store away what Otto stated, lot of big words there --- appendages. Neutrally.     But the question of if she was associated with the foot made her eyes narrow, and she bares her teeth again.     "No way. The Foot have their own, I don't work with them!" she replies to the begoggled m an, edging herself over to the side a little bit, guarded. The hackles on the back of her neck are raised now, and she seems ready for a fight.
Doctor Octopus	"Then we are allies, of a sort. I am Doctor Octopus. Otto Octavius to those who care for such things. I'm working on understanding their mutagenic humans so I can reverse the process." The tentacles retract then, back into the harness, and almost disappear excepting the pincers, as he starts to walk around Pippi, "If I were to hazard a guess, you are an animal form exposed to the same mutations?"
Pippi	At least he stopped digging through the wall. Mission somewhat accomplished?     Pippi's ears draw up, and she keeps her eyes and attention on Octavius as he begins to circle around her... but... reverse the process on humans?     Her ears draw up as she takes a step back, keeping her gaze on Ock.     As he circles her, he could note that she has a tail, which is bristled. She's digitigrade, and she's wearing protective, armored gauntlets -- but the rest of her doesn't have much in the way of protection. Her left ear has a tattoo inside, with a triangle, a dash, and 447.     "Reverse the process, huh? What makes you think you can do that?" she asks, though she's more guarded.
Doctor Octopus	"I am Doctor Octopus, nothing is beyond my reach if I put my mind to it, and I am an expert in my fields." There's a confidence to his tone, at least. Would some call it arrogance? Possibly. But he certainly doesn't lack for esteem. "I've already taken data on the matter from their labs. Now I need chemicals and time to decrypt their data."
Pippi	She's going to have to meet with Gwen and tell her about this -- or does she know? Donatello? She hitches a breath, and gives a little growl.     "So stealin' from a Mutant Town pharmacy is means justified by your ends, huh?" she states, and she braces herself. "Hate to ask you to do this -- but why don't you pick on someone your own size rather than that helpless wall there?"
Doctor Octopus	"This is the closest source for my needs. So yes." Otto states, matter of factly. One pincer comes around from behind his back, and snaps a couple times near her. Otto himself doesn't move a muscle. "Are you going to try to stop me?"
Pippi	Pippi gives a little bit of a growl.     "You're going to hurt the people who are already down and out for research -- so yeah, I think I've gotta at least try." she states, breathing out as she stretches her fingers.     "Which is kinda a shame, 'cause I k now folks who'd get along just fine with you!" she adds, and she goes to move first, turning and attempting to deliver a punch to that snapping pincer with her gauntlet, testing its strength a litle bit, expecting a solid CLANG as metal hits metal!
Doctor Octopus	The pince doesn't move much from it's place. There's just a loud CLANG from the gauntlet. If nothing else, those tentacles seem fairly robust. "Have it your way. I could have reverse your condition, possibly." Otto growls, all four tentacles suddenly moving at a speed that Pippiy would likely not predict, as all four try for her limbs. They're VERY mobile, and VERY strong. It's quite possible he might manage to contain her with the tentacles.
Pippi	"Ah, that'd probably be bad for me." the canine replies, and Otto reaches out with his limbs. He's mobile and strong, but she's agile and also... strong...     The tentacles reach out and try for her limbs, and she gets a bit of a running start, jumping forward and away from the tentacles, but closer to Otto before she turns, grabbing a handy trash can (who doesn't have those in the alley, after all?) and she SLINGS the full can at Ock!     "Hey! I asked NICELY for you to stop even!"
Doctor Octopus	"Find me an alternate source of the chemicals I need, and I will gladly leave!" Otto all but yells at her, one tentacle suddenly leaving the chase for Pippi to grab it... and redirect it with a pincer right back towards Pippi! If nothing else, those tentacles are surprisingly agile... and it's obvious Otto knows how to use them.
Pippi	Pippi gets hit with the trashcan, and ends up hitting the wall, and buried in trash. There's a soft groan from it, but she errupts shaking off a banana peel from her head as she recovers, and faces down Ock as she tries to come up with a Plan B.     "I dunno! /You're/ the smart one, you come up with something that doesn't hurt other mutants!" she snarls, and reaches to grab one of those tentacles and, bracing herself, attempts to pull it - and Otto! -- closer to try and slam HIM into the wall, her claws scrabbling against the pavement beneath them dully.
Doctor Octopus	It's actually quite easy to grab for a tentacle and try to use it as leverage against Doctor Octopus, and he slipped off his feet as Pippi does. The problem? The problem is those other tentacles. They can act as counterweights against such things, and two tentacles immediately shoot into the brick wall and grab for leverage, doing just that. What was supposed to be a well placed slam, turns into a tug of war as one tentacle works against two. The remaining one comes up and tries to grab Pippi by the legs as she's busy, trying to pull her off her feet to unbalance her even as Otto himself dangles in the air. "LET GO OF ME, PLEBIAN!" Otto snarls.
Pippi	That wasn't quite as well thought out as she wanted it to be, and as she tugs, and pulls, and whips about as she attempts to anchor herelf better -- but the tentacle comes and tries to pull her off her feet! She gives a small cry of alarm -- though she's holding tight to the tentacle in her arms a sshe's pulled, and she growls out:     "LET ME GO, YOU FOURTH-GRADE SCIENCE FAIR FAILURE!"
Doctor Octopus	"Gladly." She's probably going to wish she didn't say that. Two tentacles braces on the ground, and the one holding Pippi suddenly turns around, the one Pippi is grabbing doing the same to grip one of her arms, and Otto tries to FLING Pippi across the street, over the buildings. If it doesn't work the first time? Try, try again. The force of the gesture will almost certainly keep her busy at least, if not able to be tossed.
Pippi	The first one doesn't go, Pippi's holding on tightly, but she does slip -- the second flailing gesture sees the dog flung, high up in the air, tumbling through the sky as she gives a nervous little 'yip!' of alarm -- it's not normal for her to be flung so far, and she's tumbling though the sky when she hits a pidgeon coop on the roof of another ceiling, crashing through the wood and wire and ending up freeing a cloud of gently cooing in protest rock doves.     And Pippi's stunned, for the moment, blinking in pain.
Doctor Octopus	That probably bought him a minute or two. He needs to be quick for this to work. With that done, Otto turns back around, braces a tentacle against the ground again, and once more the sounds of tearing can be heard as Otto tries to finish the job of precisely burrowing through the wall into the storage area. There's a reason he isn't trying the front door, after all. He'll be done in about thirty seconds. He just needs a crate, and those tentacles can grab everything he needs quickly.
Pippi	A minute or five, really. Pippi needs a moment to recover, to get her barings and -- teeteringly -- she tries to make her way back to the pharmacy, leaping with not-quite-as-much-gusto as she was before, and she drop back down in the alley, and knowing those pharmacies tend to have cameras she reaches into her pack, and pulls out a smoke pellet, and she gives it a toss before she goes in.     The smoke is irritating, acrid, could make you cough, if you're not used to it, and he goes in to check around, and see if the Doctor is still In.
Doctor Octopus	He's inside the storage room by the time Pippi is back, so only gets caught on the outskirts of the cloud. His safety goggles keep it out of his eyes... but one of his sleeves comes up to his mouth and nose and begins to filter, even as the tentacles collect the chemicals into a crate. Within moments, Doctor Octopus is going back through the cloud on those tentacles, the cloud itself parting easily as he practically shoots out of the wall like a bullet, and the three tentacles begin to dig into the wall as his fourth keeps the crate steady. Seems Otto is retreating, and heading to the roof with the goods.
Pippi	"H-hey! HEY!" Pippi barks out, and she proves she is far more brawn than brains, and as the smoke clears, Pippi errupts out of it as well, her teeth bared, looking a bit worse for wear, and she goes to grasp onto Otto.     Well, he did say those things were fused to his spine, so all Pip has to do to 'even the odds' as far as limbs go was to interrupt their connection, right?     So pippi attepts to get onto Otto's back, trying to forcibly 'koala' the genius supervillain!
Doctor Octopus	When you can get past those tentacles, it is actually very easy to grab onto the Doctor himself. Otto himself is very mortal. Frail, even. So, there isn't much he can do to stop her when all of his tentacles are busy with other tasks. Still, he can use two tentacles to climb this wall, leaving one to work on pulling Pippi from himself. "Almost as annoying as a mosquito that doesn't know when to buzz away!" Otto growls. As it is, Otto continues to climb with Pippi on his back, but one pincer continually tries to pull her free. Presumably for another toss.
Pippi	Pippi is trying her hardest to hold onto to Doc Ock, grasping onto his clothing as she nearly takes a tumble off him. "I'm worse than a mosquito!" she calls out, turning, batting away the tentacle attempting to dislodge her. "I'm just full of one liners!" she exclaims, and then, closing her hand into a fist, she turns back and with all her strength attempts to crush the tentacle holding the box secure at its source, as close to Otto's bck as she can!
Doctor Octopus	@emit The harness itself is actually concealed underneath the brown overcoat, making precise visual identification fairly difficult. Still, it doesn't take much identification to grab the base of that tentacle and PULL. It's around this time that Otto stops climbing, and using one tentacle to brace against the side of the wall, brings a second tentacle into the mix, trying to wrap it around her torso to toss her back down to street level. "Maybe a gnat." Otto sneers back.
Pippi	Pippi seems to be 104-per-cent-done with the comparrisons to insects. She keeps her legs against Otto, her eyes narrowed, her teeth bared as she growls audiably. She bristles, and she loops one arm around the tentacle in question as Otto sneers at her. The tentacle wraps around her torso, and she snaps at it with her teeth.     And she braces herself. She tries to remove that tentacle again.     "Stop It With THe Insect Insults!"
Doctor Octopus	If grabbing isn't working, perhaps sheer kinetic force will work. The tentacle with the crate is sent up to the top of the roof of the building, placed... and then Otto /jumps/ off the side of the wall, directly against the opposite wall or rooftop. If she won't be tossed, maybe she can be squished, even as she ineffectively tries to pull the tentacle again. She can feel a /bit/ of give, but those things are titanium alloy and designed for most environments. They're not going to pop off from a few seconds of pulling, even with her strength. "Or perhaps a flea!" Otto continues to prod.
Pippi	Pippi gives a cry out as they hit the wall, and she growls, turning, attempting to snap at Otto's shoulder -- but she's winded, the break knocked outta her, and she releases her death-grip on the tentacles and his waist before dropping down, weakly flailing, into a dumpster.     The dumpster closes with a loud WHACK!     And it doesn't move.