+ It's All About Balance +

[vitaelamorte]

Who: Everyone!
Where: Mansion + Grounds
When: May 11-14
Rating: Will likely have violence and death; use content warnings at your discretion.
Summary: Someone or something is looking for Infinity Stones in Wonderland.
The Story:

This will be your main log for fighting aliens, reacting to the Snap, and any fall out. The top level for days 1 & 2 are up now, and the top levels for the Snap and the aftermath will go up late on the 12th. Hopefully, the reason for this will make sense once they’re posted!

Feel free to refer to the plotting post for more details!

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Steve Rogers | OTA

[captain_america]

[ After addressing the network he gets right down to business. Steve will be on the front lines for the duration of the fight- benefits of super soldier serum. He might pause to get someone injured to safety but his main goal is to take down as many Outriders as he can to prevent them from hurting anyone else.

If you ever wanted to see Captain America fight, here is your chance. Shield and all. ]

[captain_marvel]

[And hovering over him at some point will be Carol, blasting down Outriders from above and ... well, making a little dent. But not a huge one.

This isn't working.]

There has to be a better way to approach this.

[captain_america]

[ He glances up, taking out and Outrider as it charges for him.

Back home they had Thor to turn the tide, it didn't look like he would be portaling in here though. ]

We need something that will take a lot of them out at once. Picking them off one at a time isn't going to work.

[captain_marvel]

[Carol could take out a lot of them if they managed to line all of them up in a row, but the way these creatures are moving, there doesn't really seem to be a pattern to them - they just seem to fill in whatever gaps are made available.

She pauses just long enough to take out another pair that are coming at them, before her eyes go to the ships.]

What about the ships?

[captain_america]

[ He looms up at her, even as he’s punching an alien in the face. ]

The ships? What did you have in mind?

[captain_marvel]

What if we take them out? It'll at least stem the flood if nothing else. Then we only have to deal with the aliens already on the ground.

[It's an idea, if nothing else.]

I could do it.

[captain_america]

[ It doesn't take him long to assess. He nods. ]

Do it.

[captain_marvel]

[She grins and off she goes, shooting up into the sky. Eventually she changes course, pointing herself like a missile towards her end target and just ... flies through the ship itself, colliding with a bang and shooting out the other side.]

[thesamurai]

[ There's a reason Michonne's as paranoid as she is, keeps her katana on her all the time. As soon as shit hit the fan she went out with her sword, no hesitation.

She doesn't even realize it when she winds up next to Steve, killing an Outrider coming from just behind his left side. ]

I have your back!

[ She yells it over the sheer noise of so much fighting and chaos. ]

[captain_america]

[ Steve turns his head long enough to see Michonne at his back before his attention is caught and he's plowing his shield into another outrider. ]

Thanks!

[ He calls it back to her, spinning to punch another in the face before moving fluidly to stop another one from flanking her. ]

On your left.

[thesamurai]

[ Michonne manages to shoot Steve what passes for a smirk in the thick of battle. But then she's fighting side by side with him, both of them working to take out the Outriders.

She can hear someone in the distance, shouting for help, but to get over the hoard of aliens she'll need a boost. She's still trying to figure it out, looking at her options, trying to decide if she can cut her way through in time. ]

[captain_america]

[ Steve heads it too, benefits of super Solider hearing, and he’s also looking around for an opening. He’s taking out another outrider with his shield before he spins, facing Michonne. He has an idea. ]

Want a boost?

[ He holds the shield out but low. Low enough for her to get a leg up if she wants to. ]

[thesamurai]

I like your thought process.

[ As soon as he's in position, Michonne runs, then jumps on his shield. He's so solid that it truly is like getting hurled through the air after jumping on a spring. Katana over her head, she sails right over the hoard and comes down the other side, slashing, killing. Grabbing the person in need of assistance, she tells them to run to the caves. With everything happening and the focus on the mansion, she hopes that's the safest bet.

Then, she's turning back into the fray, cutting herself a path and swiping off the head of an alien just behind Steve. ]

Don't worry, I got your back.

[outstandingbalance]

[Natasha has seen Steve fight before, naturally, and she's sure she'll see it again. She doesn't stay at his side for the attack, going where she can, where she's needed.

She'll find herself at his side at times, both going where they're needed, where the fighting is thickest, the most demanding.]

How are we looking?

[captain_america]

[ At this point his breathing is labored and he’s entirely over these Outriders but he knows he can’t stop, so he just powers on swinging with his fist and with his shield.

It’s also easier when he and Nat find each other in battle again, they are like a well oiled machine, and he knows she will have his six. ]

The same as always.

[ he quips, the reference rolling off his tongue before he can think about it. ]

[outstandingbalance]

[Natasha doesn't quite crack a smile. She's too tired and too worn thin. There is a comfort in his reply though.]

That bad, huh? We'll have to work on that.

[beatupgrass]

[And here's Rocket just blasting away, until he ends up back to back (approximately) to Steve to keep the outriders from flanking him.] You know, we gotta stop meeting like this.

[captain_america]

[ It’s good to see Rocket- now that he knows who he is. ]

Like this? Last time you rode in on the god of thunder.

[ What he wouldn’t give for Thor to show up right now and start electrocuting the never ending swarm of Outriders. ]

[beatupgrass]

[Rocket can concur.] I miss that frickin' pirate angel.

[He grumbles this as he slams an outrider with the barrel of his overlarge gun and then takes half its face off when it tries to lunge again.] Any sign of that purple crapsack? We still don't know who's after the stones.

[captain_america]

[ pirate angel makes him crack a smile, just a small one, but a needed one. ] Can't say I wouldn't be glad to see him right now.

[ He shakes his head, surveying the battlefield. ]

Not that I've seen or heard. His lieutenants aren't here either. It wouldn't surprise me if all we did was fight these pains in the ass for two days.

[beatupgrass]

I mean, that's pretty on brand for Wonderland. Come to the end of the weekend and it's just "Oh hey there weren't any Stones at all. Hope y'all had fun."

[He wrinkles his nose in distaste, teeth bared in a snarl.] I just got a bad feelin' is all. Might just be 'cause this is the last thing I remember.

[captain_america]

[ If only they were that lucky. ]

[ swell, that gives him an idea of when Rocket is from at least. ] I just got back from this- well about a month out from this.

( OOC: how much does he want to know?)

[beatupgrass]

[Rocket's fur bristles.] So you know about the dusting thing.

[He was trying to be generous but ultimately that's what it comes down to- this ends in a lot of people just vanishing into thin air because of a fingersnap.]

(ooc: you can tell him whatever steve's comfortable with!)

[captain_america]

[ A nod. ]

Yeah. I know. We also tried to fix it- Thanos destroyed the stones before we could get to him.

[ So there’s no fixing it. It’s done (as far as he knows at this point). ]

[mandrakes]

[Regis, for one, would not know Captain America from Adam. He does appreciate the advance warning, however, and the young man's fighting ability when the two of them happen to cross paths.

At several points during this 'adventure', he has shed the more dignified shell that he presents to the world and become a beast of claws and teeth, but he appears a person who should not be outside of safety at the moment.

That is, until he faces down a charging Outrider, waiting until the last moment to turn into a shifting cloud of smoke that lifts him up to reform and drop five eight-inch claws into the back of the creature's neck. The blood he's covered in is most assuredly not his own.]

I do hope I'm not intruding.