Scene #5053: We Are Number One but it's a Scene

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Gudako Ordria	SLOUCHCOUNTY, THE QUILT. A small, very rural kingdom, very much still stuck in medieval days, with most of its resources condensed into a single small city of the same name. People are dressed simply, and there's basically no police or armed guard presence. It's a peaceful place, and that makes what's been going on particularily frustrating. The League has been trying to acquire a collection of spellbooks and rare reagents from the city's museum, sending negotiator after negotiator. The price has kept going up, and up! Why steal what you can trivially buy, and that way avoid the Paladins getting on anyone's back? The city hasn't wanted to part with its treasures, though. And then this guy showed up and started beating up League officials being sent to talk the mayor out of his lunacy. Once,t wice, the incident repeated until someone higher up said, we're tired, send muscle. YOU are that muscle. The Warpgate is located in the town square, which is conveniently where both the museum and town hall are. 'COME SEE OUR COLLECTION OF RARE MAGICKS' says a banner. So what are you here for? Well, to beat a vigilante up. Officials figure that's going to knock sense into the mayor and show the League, 1. will not accept what befell its diplomats, 2. no seriously those things shouldn't be in a museum, they're dangerous, you're one bored kid away from summoning something nasty or god knows what. But Gudako believes in OPTIMIZING. You are not just going to beat a vigilante up, you're going to send a message the League has countless people each more powerful than the next. And so here we are in the TOWN SQUARE, as the sun slowly starts setting. Gudako's Servants are invisible, hovering around her, easy to detect if you try. Her instructions: have fun with this. "So! Chances are the guy causing us trouble already knows we're here. But if he's not, who wants to knock on the front door and let them know we are? Oh, oh. Right! Kill, spare, I guess it doesn't matter! So you know, you do what you feel comfortable doing here. This guy's tough, he can probably take it all in the face though. Then when we're sure the message's gone across we'll see if they still don't want to sell us the goods and go from there."
Ashurel Cloudbank	Ashurel is here. She's wearing jeans, a t-shirt, high-top sneakers, and a cabby-hat. The t-shirt has the phrase 'Black Magic Woman' bedazzled across the front of it. She's got a messenger bag over her shoulders and a book is floating next to her. She seems fairly relaxed about the whole thing. "I wish you'd let me know this was the objective. I would have called up Fighter and told him to get over here." Chances are she doesn't remember the Fighter's actual name, so just calls him that for the sake of it, "Taking things to the face is much more his job than mine. Still, I suppose I could lend my hand to this."
Medusa Gorgon	If it's a medieval place, then it should be easy to deal with this for the most part. If they do not wish to share their books and resources with the League, then the League will have to resort to more drastic measures... which can be a fun thing. Medusa Gorgon seems rather calm as she follows Gudako and the others to the square, glancing around at the buildings, reading the banner that advertises the museum... "Quite a quaint little place..." she comments, resting her arms over her chest. "A place where I'm pretty certain that they have indeed noticed any newcomers early on." There are probably old hags looking out of the windows, spying on anything that happens for their daily chatter and gossip. It doesn't matter whether this person is tough or not, because honestly... they aren't pushovers, now are they? Ashurel earns a soft chuckle, and the witch rolls her head lazily towards her shoulder. "I do not mind taking a punch to the face if you wish to fight from a distance, dear."
Lima Ultimos	Lima Ultimos is here, and is very noticeable. Because he is in a pirate ship, flying above the town square. The Coma Navaja and its sailors move a bit away so that they're not blocking the sun from the lovely League members, as Lima Ultimos shouts down below. "Yarr! If need be, I be able to drop me ship on him! Also shoot cannons. If they be really not wanting to negotiate, we be showing them what we got, right?"
Rhapsody	So a small rural town, in a less advanced medieval time period, has some artifacts and probably doesn't realize how dangerous they are? Well, that's a problem. A problem that really should get fixed before some local gets hold of it and, well, it was already mentioned how bad it could turn out. As a result, Rhapsody has also headed out to see if she could offer a hand or sword. Hearing over the radio that other diplomats had gotten forcefully ejected was worrying. Still, even with knowing diplomacy previously had failed, she was willing to make one last effort at reasoning with the vigilante before resorting to 'steel diplomacy'. Upon arrival, she approaches the other League members, settling in next to Medusa since, well, it was rather likely that the Guildmaster would be seeing the nurse tomorrow for a different sort of event. She almost suggests her plan for the night, bites the lower half of her muzzle a moment, then decides to just keep it to herself. Everyone had their own ideas. She wanted to see what everyone else had up their sleeves.
Comrade Crush	Why yes, Comrade Crush is that muscle. He is all of that muscle. Forever. And of course, Crush is here, standing behind and to one side of Gudako. Medusa in particular receives a bright, beaming smile when she arrives. "Comrade Gorgon! Wahahaha, is wonderful to be working with you again! If I am doing my job right, you should not be needing to take any punches. Is what Crush is built for!" But Gudako has posited a plan. It is a simple plan. It is a plan to which the colossal commie is quite uniquely suited! "I am volunteering for this task, comrade Ordria. I will make very certain he is being aware." He reaches out and gives Gudako a great big pat on the head (but not a hard one!), and then lumbers forward, striding with great, big, thudding steps across the square to the museum door. Right up to it, in fact. And then he lifts up his arm as if to make a perfectly ordinary, hey-neighbor knock. His knuckles go right through the door. The door probably comes off its hinges. "HELLO, SLOUCHCOUNTY MUSEUM! IS LEAGUE CALLING! ARE YOU PERHAPS HAVING NUMBER OF EXCEPTIONALLY VIOLENT VIGILANTE?!"
Neva Fernandez	"Soooo... The plan is to beat up the guy who beat up are dudes? Okay..." Neva Fernandez kinda was half paying attention to the whole thing, at the time simply playing a card game, but she thinks she has it down. She slides a deck of gards into her Cardslinger Guantlet, just in case, and strides alongside Rhapsody, "Soooo, this'll be fun, I guess."
Raine Arland	"Uhhhhhh....." And here is Raine Arland. Not sure why he's here, but he's here nonetheless. Something about stopping someone or something or another. It's all muddy. Gudako is weird. Her servants are equally weird. They're not here right no- Oh, wait no, they're here. Nevermind. Moving along. "....Ooookaaaaaaay, so we just gotta... do the thing. Yeah?" He rubs the side of his head, a mildly exasperated look on his face. And then he crosses his arms. "Right then. Let's do the thing.
Gudako Ordria	"Oh, don't worry, we're just going to take turns until he goes down. We need to make a point! Killing him would probably just get the Paladins on our back, because that's murder! If we just beat him up that's self-defense!" Gudako tells Ashurel, with her usual 8D face. They might not be able to avoid Paladin attention anyway, but hey. Comrade Crush knocks on the door, and with this they can begin. The doors come right off as the massive supersoldier just walks through, and it isn't long before a voice calls out "HALT!" and makes itself visible. It is a man in goofy blue clothes. He has a hockey mask, a soccer uniform, football pauldrons, a cricket mallet, a baseball glove on his other hand, heavy ski boots, elbow and knee pads-- really, this guy should be called Sports Man, but his shirt clearly reads 'INVINCIBLE MAN', and he leaps to stand between Crush (now in the museum) and the rest of the group. This is not the best position he could have picked. "Didn't you get the message?! We don't want anything to do with your League or your progress! Those artifacts belong in a museum to be admired by all!" That's terribly dangerous and irresponsible, but sure, why not. Of all the people here it's a coinflip whether Rhapsody or Ashurel are the ones best placed to know you don't leave magical artifacts where anyone can put their hands on them. But Rhapsody's the best to know it usually results in explosions! Gudako would grin, but she's always grinning. "Okay~? So who wants to go first? Step right up! You get thirty seconds of playtime before you have to let someone else go. Make it snazzy!" That also means Lima can do whatever he wants, just don't nuke the museum.
Ashurel Cloudbank	"I only have one trick for tonight," Ashurel says as she flips through her book. She smiles at Medusa, "Don't worry about me, though. If I don't want him to go anywhere, I'll be sure to make that happen myself. Observe." She smiles and then draws a spell out of the book with her fingers, "I'm sorry, Mister Curator. These artifacts are far too dangerous to be kept in public spectacle. They should be taken by those who will safely research and apply them. Unfortunately, that is not you." Then she clenches her hand and the spell erupts. She throws it skyward and it flashes in the air. The magical energy swirls and swishes. CAGE OF FORCE Insert Metamagic: Friendly Fire Insert Magic: Widen When she swipes her hand down, a cage has been constructed. It's made of PURE FORCE and borderline indestructable. It's also not affecting her allies, meaning people can enter or exit it as they please. "Have fun, everyone."
Comrade Crush	Comrade Crush watches Invincible Man with growing amusement; is he cutting off his own escape on /purpose/? Couldn't be. The cage comes down, though, and the commie chortles quietly. "Comrade, if you are thinking is going to be as easy as beating up diplomats, you are in for unpleasant surprise. We are here to be demonstrating why is bad idea to beat up diplomats." His eyes sweep briefly to Gudako. "I am letting someone else take first turn," Crush declares, crossing his immense arms over his similarly-scaled chest. "Would not be fair to others if I am going first!"
Medusa Gorgon	Rhapsody earns a soft smile from the witch, who inclines her head in a nod of greeting. "I'm looking forward to working with new faces... it's always a breath of fresh air," she comments amiably. Of course she seems just as pleased as Crush greets her with such enthusiasm. "Comrade... it's a pleasure, indeed. And do feel free, dear... just don't assume I am fragile, hmm~?" She is anything but. The other League members, whether Medusa has worked with them before or not, do get inspected by the witch, though she remains quiet for now as they plot their plan. Aggravating the Paladins might be fun another time, but no... not today. The arrival of the man does make the witch arch an eyebrow. This man... stands between the League and these magical resources that should be rightfully theirs? For now she watches as Ashurel creates the cage, a look of interest in her golden eyes. "Interesting..." It should serve them well though in teaching this man a lesson. Though she does look at her fellow League members. "If nobody else minds... then I guess I can go first." With that the blonde woman steps forward, her bare feet treading carefully into the cage as she studies the man. The bracelets on her right wrist jingle as she gestures towards him, a warm smile spreading across her lips as her eyes squint a bit. "Go ahead, dear."
Lima Ultimos	Lima Ultimos' pirate ship waits in the air. He's not taking his turn just yet, mainly because using the pirate ship first is overkill. "Good luck, aaaaye!"
Gudako Ordria	Ashurel provides a THUNDERDOME, which Gudako admires with an ooooh~. She experimentally pokes around the limits of it, while everyone is debating and setting themselves up. She forgot to bring popcorn, perhaps the worst crime to date. Medusa volunteers to go first. Invincible Man turns away from Comrade Crush, evidently annoyed he's being taken for granted. "You're... not all going to fight me? Really? HA! It's your funeral, then! I let those paper pushers have it easy, if you're soldiers, I won't have to hold back!" He seems to have no qualms about hitting a woman. His cricket mallet flares a bright blue, and a badminton birdie (did you know a birdie is also known as a shuttlecock? what a word) appears in his baseball mitt. He throws it up, and smashes a service towards Medusa! It might be tiny but it has the force of a wreckingball.
Medusa Gorgon	"It would be less amusing if we all were to fight you at once," Medusa ways with a wave of her hand. They have some honour, after all. It's probably better that the sports man has no second thoughts about hitting a woman, otherwise things might not go so well. For him. At first Medusa stands still, her gaze instantly turning to the cricket mallet... and huh, this guy uses some sort of magic, is that it? Even as he throws it up, Medusa stands still. At least moments before he smashes the birdie. "Vector Plate." Several black arrows appear in the cage, including one underneath Medusa. It throws her to the side, even as the birdie flies by her shoulder, but avoiding the witch. As she's thrown to the side Medusa hits another arrow, one that sends her directly towards the man as she aims a roundhouse kick towards his left arm.
Ashurel Cloudbank	Ashurel reaches into her messenger bag of holding and pulls out an unpopped bag of popcorn. She then flicks her hands and casts a Level-0 Spark onto the bag, the heat causing it to begin emitting loud popping noises before puffing up. She eventually tears open the bag and blows at it while she watches Medusa use her unique Vector Plate powers to begin throwing cross-ups and kicks at her opponent, "Wow. That's a pretty neat power." She remarks through a handful of snack.
Raine Arland	Raine just stands back and whistles a little bit in appreciation. "Well hey. That guy's not just some loon in sports gear after all." He notes aloud, quirking a brow at that shot. "Huh..." And then Medusa uses a bunch of...arrows? Whatever those things are, they affect her own bodily movement and then she's sailing right for INVINCIBLE MAN with a kick. "...That's actually kinda cool. Wish I could do something like that."
Gudako Ordria	The birdie goes flying, past Medusa and then past the ones behind her. Gudako takes a careful sidestep to avoid the metaphorical cannonball, not to be confused with the literal cannonballs Lima is likely to field later. She whistles at Medusa's trick, pondering how useful those arrows could be if set up in advance. Could you make an entire maze out of them? Note to self, have it attempted. Somewhere, Giovanni sneezes, and his lawyers ready a lawsuit for idea theft, and they're not sure why yet. Invincible Man fares not quite as well, as he's kicked aside like a ragdoll. To his credit, Medusa can tell she did not break his arm. He may in fact be as tough as he claims, but he isn't immovable. When he rises, he grunts, looking at the group. "Amusing? You think this is a show? I'll teach you a lesson!" Not in trickery, though. Invincible Man's baseball mitt shimmers again, producing a bowling ball. He swings it along the ground, and it multiplies, sending a shower of shimmering blue spheres towards the entire group (except Crush, who is behind him). Gudako snaps her fingers in response. "Time! Mister Arland, you're up, deal with that and hit him back~."
Medusa Gorgon	Even as the man stumbles from the force of Medusa's kick, strengthened by the velocity generated by her Vector Plates, the witch arches an eyebrow in appraisal. "Hmmm. I guess you're not a mundane then..." A weak human would have ended up with a broken arm.. But no, he's not unbeatable. It would be tempting to go for another strike, but no, he seems to unleash bowling balls instead. So Medusa throws her arms up as she prepares her defence. "Steam Vector!" A myriad of black lines, or rather, tiny black arrows with elongated tails rise from the ground around Medusa, whirling about her as they deflect the attack of the shimmering blue spheres. Once the attack stops however, Medusa nods at Gudako's comment that it's somebody else's turn. "Very well." With that she kicks off, heading out of the cage to stand next to the others. "He's strong, but not strong enough." This won't be hard.
Comrade Crush	Crush watches quietly, arms still folded over his chest; the fact that the man survives Medusa's kick without broken bones prompts the supersoldier to quirk an eyebrow, silently intrigued. But he stays where he is for now. It's someone else's turn!
Raine Arland	"Uh." "What?" Raine starts dumbly at Gudako's sudden call for a switch. "...Ah crap." He wasn't ready! And now there was a whole wave of blue balls rolling towards them. .....There was a better way to put that, wasn't there? Nevermind. "Ahhhh, fine. Fragarach!" He calls out as he steps into the cage, swinging his arm out to conjure a spiked black sword. From behind him, the air distorts as a presence shimmers into existence, white magic particles whirling together to form a ghostly figure of a tailed woman in white. "Do the thing." Raine states, lifting his weapon to indicate it as he casually watches that shower of sphere's heading right for his general direction. The figure, Fragarach, rolls her eyes but spreads her sleeved arms and weaves a spell. In response, the black clad man's weapon starts to shimmer a bright blue. "Alright then. Let's get to work." The blade is twirled, then held in reverse. Abruptly, he stabs it into the floor, and immediately following, several pillars of water blast upward, engulfing the approaching orbs. Then there's a flash, as that water suddenly turns to ice, freezing everything oncoming in place. "....Yeaaaaah, that might have bit an issue if that actually landed." Raine muses, tapping an ice floe with the tip of his sword. Then he smirks. "Buuuuut, we can't have that. So! I think it's my turn?" That smirk turns into a grin as the swordsman takes a stance, blade held back and ready. The shimmering blue aura over the weapon intensifies, and then he slashes forward. "Special delivery!" All of that ice shatters, and then flies forward, in multiple large chunks, forming a shower of frosty debris in counter that sails in Invincible Man's general direction in a rough, inaccurate manner.
Rhapsody	It begins! This was the first time Rhapsody had seen Medusa in action, and the woman does not disapoint. The guildmaster also takes note of the abilities this 'Invincible Man' has. Sports themed, it would seem. The velocity of the shuttlecock, the multiplying bowling balls, it made the dragon curious about what else he hadn't yet used. At the switch, Rhapsody gives an approving nod to Medusa before turning back to see what Raine would do. Ice and ice splinters, not bad, not bad at all! It actually sets the dragon thinking about their turn and what they would do in there... other than try to reason with the guy for about half a second before probably getting attacked.
Gudako Ordria	Ice halts the bowling balls, and that's good news for people's faces. Gudako helps herself to some of Ashurel's popcorn, so she can properly admire the handiwork. "Niiiice! Knew we could count on you, mister Arland~." There was no doubt at all. Nevermind the fact her Servants seemed to hover in a more defensive position now. The follow-up sends countless shards of ice towards the vigilante, who proceeds to start whacking his way through. The cricket mallet is seeing very good use here, but after breaking a dozen of those huge ice shards, the mallet breaks! And then he's hit, several times. He seems to avoid getting pierced or cut, a testament to his 'invincibility', but he flies and hits the ground like anyone else, and seems exhausted when he rises, needing to catch his breath. "You think you're so tough! But I'm shouldering the mayor's desires, and he was crystal clear you weren't getting the exhibits!" He taps his ski boots together, and they form a surfboard under him. Rather than water, he begins surfing on waves of... blue energy score cards? It does look like hundreds of score cards. It functionally lets him fly, and he makes a wide arc, trying to splash the entire area with the cards, which spread like a wave. Gudako snaps her fingers again. "Mister Arland, time! Quick, someone else step up! It's minus five points if the group has to react to an attack!"
Lima Ultimos	Medusa's kick was pretty good, but sadly didn't break his arm. But those arrows, those were cool tricks! As was that thing with the water and the ice from Raine! But now they're being informed they're being scored, and the enemy is attacking via flight. Time to show him who is the captain of the sky (and all other terrains, but irrelevant.) "I am Lima Ultimos, captain of the Coma Navaja! Ye be asking for a challenge with that trick!" The Coma Navaja, the rotted undead pirate ship it is, turns to point cannons at the Vigilante and his attacks. Lima Ultimos waits five seconds to make sure that everyone else can get out of range. And then, he shouts. "NOW!" At his call, cannons begin roaring to life, firing their spheres of molten steel straight at Sports Dude and his attacks. "YARRR!" And for good measure, Lima Ultimos ends his thirty seconds by flying the ship straight into Sports Man and attempting to clip him.
Ashurel Cloudbank	"Oh woooow," Ashurel says as she watches people cycle in their attacks and defenses. Raine intercepting the attacks was pretty fancy. And his counter to their maneuver was also truly awesome. Ashurel claps her hands together several times. "Oh wow! He's a pirate! Look at him go!" She hops up and down excitedly, "GET HIM MISTER PIRATE!" She shouts, cheering her fellow League members on.
Medusa Gorgon	"Why, are we getting scored and graded now?" Medusa asks with wry amusement, though she does react when the cards splash towards them like a wave. Waving her arm in front of her, Medusa summons forth one of her snake familiars as the tattoo on her right arm glows, coming to life as it slithers out from her skin and grows in size, enough for Medusa to jump onto its head as she too takes to the air. And if somebody should need help then the snake familiar won't hesitate to pick them up by the mouth and lift them up before Lima's cannons can get to them.
Raine Arland	"Oh uh... Well." Raine steps back, and Fragarach disperses into nothing, that is to say, she goes incorporeal as her part in this ridiculousness is finished. "So...he's flying." Yep. That man is flying. Flying and tossing out a crapton of cards! Well... Leave that to the dude with the pirate ship, yeah? Good plan.
Comrade Crush	Crush's method of getting out of the line of fire is simple - he just jumps. When a man who can lift twenty tons overhead jumps, it is not a small jump.
Gudako Ordria	Lima opens fire, and repeated impacts from the cannonballs eventually knock Invincible Man right off his surfboard, the surge of energy cards halting. Gudako has long since ducked out of the way herself, carried by Caster, whose body materializes as she jumps away with her master in tow, princess carry style. The fox knows what she wants. The repeated explosions from the cannons also do a good job scattering the cards and breaking the wave, preventing the attack from reaching most of the group. Invincible Man rises, only to be knocked back by Lima Ultimos' ship. The impact doesn't seem to break a single bone, continuing to testify of the man's toughness, but by the gods he's getting easier and easier to hurl around. He's headed straight for Crush this time! He figures, he may as well use the momentum. He breaks his fall, by kicking the ground to hurl himself up, and up, and further up, as high as the cage will let him. A basketball (ball?) appears in his hands, and then he rockets down towards the supersoldier, declaring: "INVINCIBLE DUUUUUNK!" That ball is glowing like a blue sun. Gudako eehs, entertained. "Mister Ultimos, time! Who's next? Is mister Crush going to have to defend himself or does someone want to step in~?"
Comrade Crush	It's just as Comrade Crush is coming down from his jump - in an impact that shatters the ground beneath him - that the hero ascends into the air, and draws on the mighty power of sports to wind up a huge attack... one that finally focuses upon the massive Marxist directly. It would be a wonderful time to unleash some kind of tremendous counterattack, but... Invincible Man descends. Crush stares. Invincible Man plummets straight towards him. Crush uncrosses his arms. But in the very instant before impact- Crush grins. It's not a nice grin. The blast is predictable. Bright, glowing, a rush of wind, a small concussive shockwave. A billowing, rising plume of dust and debris. The breeze is just enough to ensure that it clears quickly, wisps of smoke and dust drifting away on the air... to uncover a singed, battered-looking Crush, his armor scorched and even slightly melted in the parts closest to the point of impact. Which happens to be his face. He's still grinning. And, as it so happens, clutching Invincible Man by the wrist with his left arm. "Comrade, comrade, comrade. This sport, this... 'basketball'. Is /boring/! Why not try real physical contest? Strength! Skill! Endurance, speed! Perhaps something like... /BOXING/." There's nothing fancy to Comrade Crush's attack on Invincible Man. He'd have to purge his armor for that. No no, this fine gentleman gets something simple. Something classic. Something Crush can do with just his right hand while using his left to hold on to his opponent. This fine gentleman gets a ten-ton punch straight to the chest.
Gudako Ordria	"What ARE you," Invincible Man asks, perhaps pulling out of a trope book, before Crush punches him in the stomach and sends him far, far into the sky. Or at least, high enough to crash into the ceiling of the cage, and immediatly drop back down, smashing into the ground where he'd made his first appearance, before the whole group. Gudako applauds, laughing and entertained, from her perch on Caster. But something interesting happens when Invincible Man rises again. One, he's panting, that's not new. He's beyond exhausted. No, what's interesting is point two: his mask has broken off from the impact. It's funny, because Ashurel guesses it, perhaps by accident or inattention, but the fact is she kind of called it. That man is no sports champion, he's the museum's curator. No doubt his face was in one or two files you all got given before showing up, but just to clarify, Gudako oooohs. "Mister curator! Well, that changes things quite a bit. ... ah, could it be... the reason you want to hold onto all those books is..." 8D Invincible Man (or, as he is exposed, curator Magnus Eving) spits, clutching his INVINCIBLE MAN insignia. "Because they're mine to use, yes! Like every other artifact in the museum. I wasn't BORN a superhero, you know?" Gudako hums, pondering. "Well! What do you guys think? He's still standing, and now we can be sure they won't just turn those things over. Does our last volunteer want a turn in the ring~?" She turns towards Rhapsody, but the vote on what to do is open otherwise.
Medusa Gorgon	So... they have been fighting the curator himself, is that so? Medusa leans forward where she's standing on her snake familiar's head, and the creature hisses warningly at the man. "So you're just being greedy, is that so...?" the serpentine woman muses. "What a hypocrite~" Though with most of them haven gotten a turn it wouldn't do to not give Rhapsody a chance, right? Looking towards the guild master, Medusa sits down on the snake's head, getting comfortable. "Go ahead, dear. Show him that we are far more suited to look after the museum pieces that he is... why let them gather dust when they can be of some actual use?"
Comrade Crush	"I am /SHINING STAR/ of /SOVIET STRENGTH/," Crush replies. As Invincible Man comes back down... The Shining Star of Soviet Strength curls his arms, one upward, one downward, dropping into one deep, powerful /flex/, followed by a second. He releases that pose, however, when it becomes clear just who they're dealing with, though. "Wahahaha... WAHAHAHAHAHAHA! So at heart of superhero is nothing but attention-seeking greedmonger. Is wonderful, better than Crush could have expected!" He claps his hands together in mock appreciation. "Is why you are never getting drunk on power, comrade. You are making mistakes. Mistakes like 'beating up diplomat'. Is petty behavior for hero... and now you are seeing where it is getting you, da?"
Rhapsody	A sigh drifts up from the Guildmaster before she slips inside the Thunderdome to have a little 'talk' with the curator. "You know how -easy- it'd be for someone to just sneak in after hours and take your precious books, right? You're in a world that is far, far more complicated and has far, far more insane things then our League and the diplomats we sent to negotiate with you. We wanted to make sure that these tomes wouldn't fall into the wrong hands. So that some idiot with no idea how to handle magic.." she pauses, glaring at the man as if to emphasize just who she's talking about, "...wouldn't use what you have for something that could end up not only destroying your precious little museum, but the countryside. So, that being said. You have two choices. You hand over what you have, and maybe I'll give you a little trade from my own home, so that we -know- you won't blow up everything nearby... Orrrrr..." she draws a spellblade and points it at the man. "You take option 2, And end up with nothing. Cause one way or another. We -are- leaving with the books and components. Last chance, bucko. Make your choice."
Ashurel Cloudbank	"I vote we show the poor guy some mercy~. We can take away all his abused and misused toys and then he won't have his fancy powers any more!" Ashurel says, wagging her finger. "IN FACT! Now that I know all that's powering you is magic? Weeeeeell~." Ashurel opens up her tome and flicks through it, "I guess, while I can't fight, I can do a little something to fix this situation, Mister ~Invincible Man~." She picks a spell up and readies it in her hand, "This is a Mage's Disjunction. You should take her deal. You don't want to know what this does."
Gudako Ordria	'Greedmonger'. 'Drunk on power'. Magnus spits again, looking annoyed, until Rhapsody steps forward. He frowns, but falls silent for a moment. She wasn't wrong, he is 'some idiot with idea how to handle magic'. But he's been using it for good! Isn't that fine? His eyes glance up at the dragon's blade, then back to the ground. He sighs, lowering his hands, finding another good reason to do so at the threat. He doesn't know what Ashurel's spell does, but he doesn't want to find out, she's right. "Fine. I accept. I'll settle for anything you have that'll keep the museum open. Magical exhibits dragged me out of poverty, I'd like the museum not to have to close over losing its stars." As long as he has that insignia it's not like he'll have to give up his powers either. He's not happy, but this beats the second option by far. "I'll handle the mayor if he gets upset."
Comrade Crush	Thud. Thud. Thud. That is the sound of communist bootfalls. Yes, the sound itself is communist. Shut up. Step by step, Crush approaches, until he stands directly behind Magnus. "Comrade..." Down he leans, reaching out with a single, massive hand... To rest on the curator's shoulder. "...perhaps is time to open exhibit on new kind of magic. How are you liking the sound... of Muscle Wizardry?"
Medusa Gorgon	So they're doing a trade...? "Well, I might have some old medical equipment I don't use anymore..." Medusa says. "Or perhaps some old depleted items that shouldn't pose any danger..." she shrugs. Heck, it's old junk that she would have tossed out anyway, so why not?
Gudako Ordria	Magnus raises a brow, curious. That seems to strike his interest. "If you call that strength of yours magic, then I think it'll do nicely. Medical equipment, that'd be new too... tell you lot what, let's go inside, I'll brew some coffee and we can talk more privately before people start flooding the square looking to know what happened."
Lima Ultimos	What happened to Lima Ultimos after his attack? He forgot to stop. Therefore, he's still flying through the sky after that impact, and has forgotten to turn around. He should be back in a few hours. Hopefully. Or maybe days.