The "SAVE THE ORPHANS" Charity Ball ; part 4/4

[jokerish.livejournal.com]

[time has been given for everyone to de-cape, de-cowl, tattle on their friends... and now, it's time for the punchline to this little joke of his.

the lights in the room once more dim, and the spotlight on stage sets the attention to Mistah J - he grins victoriously, something gleeful and manic in his eyes as he steps aside, letting a projector screen fall from the ceiling behind him.]

You're all so kind, Paradisa... but some of you are a little too... late in your lives to offer the recompense these poor orphans deserve. You'd know all about that, wouldn't you...

Brucey Bruce?

[his eyes fixate on Mr. Wayne, and he opens his arms, gesturing Bruce on stage. after a moment's consternation, Bruce reluctantly agrees - looking badass despite his cane and carrying that Batman-esque hard set of his jaw.

once he reaches the Joker's side, Mr. J flings an arm all buddy-buddy over his shoulders.]

Thattaboy, Brucey.

Now, how about we introduce ParaDIsa to Gotham's most notorious orphan and his menagerie of failures?

[the spotlight dims; the Joker turns, guiding Bruce to do the same as the projector reel begins playing. there is a crudely drawn stick figure version of each of the batkids - one for each of them. Damian, Dick, Steph, Cass - etc, all the way to Batman himself. Drawn by Harley. In lipstick.

there are a few photos - all various failures the batlings have orchestrated in their lives (in his canon; he just makes up random shit for the rest of them it's tl;dr don't make me write this).]

But the biggest failure of all, Batman... is also the best joke you've ever inadvertently told. The passing of one Bruce Wayne... the inheritance of Gotham's most notorious orphan, from you...

[he snaps his fingers; the goonies around the room abruptly begin firing into the crowd - they're missing, purposely, scaring people as they begin to usher them back out towards the doors, some holding children hostage as they direct everyone to LEAVE THE PREMISES if they aren't with the VIP party - the Bat family.

I REPEAT: GET OUT UNLESS YOU AREN'T WITH THE BATFAMILY, OR WE'LL KILL KIDS.

meanwhile, a familiar face is making his way out from the curtains...]

...Damian... Wayne.

[ooc: MINUTE TO SET UP THREADS OKAY GO

reply here with fleeing outside the comedy club. THERE WILL BE "PEOPLE" (player characters) firing toxin into the crowd as people leave; those who are getting FATALLY or NON-FATALLY gassed can start posting as much in the appropriate thread below. ENJOY.

P.S - you can just reply to the post if you're fleeing for your life or otherwise outside of the club!]

Comments

[balancethebooks.livejournal.com]

[why yes, yes they are. in fact, just to make that even more apparent, have a shot hit the ground, just near enough to your feet to look like a near miss, Yuan. there's a pop, like firecrackers, and then a cloud of gas billowing up off the rooftop toward you and Cloud and Sora. have fun with that, kids.]

[cloakand_danger]

[It's instinctive, when confronted with something unexpected, to take a quick breath.

This is an extremely bad idea.

Cue coughing and choking...turning to laughter?]

[save-the-souls.livejournal.com]

[He's nearby when it hits and he stumbles back a bit hurting and laughing from the gas, but his Innocence immediately kicks into purifying mode as it does with any fatal toxin and it's not long before he's attempting to shoot ribbons out in the direction that the shot came from]

1/2

[berefts.livejournal.com]

[oh no you didn't--]

2/2

[berefts.livejournal.com]

[from within Diabound's invisibility Yaya summons up the Phoenix's power and turned her whole gd arm into a weapon so she can pretty much BITCHSLAP YOUR TENDRIL-THINGIES, ALLEN; so it looks like they're bouncing right off an invisible barrier]

[--and then addressed solemnly and quietly to Bakura,]

Thief King, move us quickly.

[rasenhadou.livejournal.com]

[she'll get a smirk in response, and he's keeping his voice quiet, directed to both Yaya and the Accountant]

Hold on.

[because Diabound is flying down and phasing through a nearby building, just in case. He'll phase upwards and stop about fifteen feet about that building's roof, still holding the three of them]

[save-the-souls.livejournal.com]

Eh? [Once they seem to bounce off nothing, he pulls back his ribbons]

Whoever we're facing is invisible! Can anyone think of a way to evade that?

[balancethebooks.livejournal.com]

[HOLY THE CRAP WHAT THE HELL, you didn't say anything about GOING THROUGH THINGS. He gets a deathgrip on his .45 and briefcase, since he doesn't want to drop them, until they've stopped moving. then he shoots Bakura a 'WHAT THE HELL KIND OF WARNING WAS THAT' look for a millisecond, before taking a few more shots into the crowd. they've moved far enough to buy a little more time before he needs to start worrying about the "heroes" again]

[azarath.livejournal.com]

[Sadly for you guys, this "hero" can sense your emotions. SO SHE KNOWS WHERE YOU ARE. Except for you, Yaya. You freak.]

Azarath Matrion ZINTHOS!

[And that giant ass hunk of building in dark energy? Yeah, heading right for you.]

[balancethebooks.livejournal.com]

[shit. crouches down, keeping his center of balance low. it's ... pretty much all he can do against a giant chunk of building while standing on a flying invisible thing. but, hey, he got a fair amount of shots off, he's just got to LIVE long enough to get paid]

1/??

[rasenhadou.livejournal.com]

[oh, giant chunk of building? It's coming at them fast, and Diabound is dropping down so Bakura, the Accountant and Yaya are out of its way, but he's not quite fast enough to avoid it entirely.

Which isn't a problem, because Diabound can just phase through i-]

[rasenhadou.livejournal.com]

[WAIT SHIT IT ISN'T JUST BLACK BECAUSE IT'S DARK OUT-]

done

[rasenhadou.livejournal.com]

[That hunk of building is nailing Diabound square in the eye, which means Bakura's feeling like someone just smashed a gigantic damn rock in his eye]

-!! F - fuck!

[a hand is flying up to his now temporarily blinded eye, as Diabound, still camouflaged, reels back in surprise]

[balancethebooks.livejournal.com]

SHIT...!

[grabs a hold of ... SOMETHING on Diabound, he's not entirely sure what, and holds on for dear life, gun in one hand and the handle of the briefcase of ammo looped around his wrist. it's wrenched backward from the whiplash of Diabound's recoil, and it'll probably be a little sprained, since that case ain't heavy, but at the moment he doesn't really care. not dying is a little more important]

[save-the-souls.livejournal.com]

[Yeah he watches that display, he doesn't know who sent that but once he sees the dark stuff collide with SOMETHING and hears the shouting so he's not going to hesitate in trying to shoot some crown shaped projectiles - hoping to knock whatever it up there out of the sky]

1/4...I think

[berefts.livejournal.com]

[Yaya stumbles just a bit at the reeling, but she grabs onto Diabound's invisible form to steady herself so when Allen shoots those projectiles at them and sees Sora's spell start, she gets a good hard look and realizes that there's no point in letting Bakura take more damage; the only way to block them all is to unleash the phoenix, which means no more cammo for her]

[givingchase.livejournal.com]

[Okay. Gas stuff is not good. Gas stuff is definitely not good. Sora takes a quick hop back and points his keyblade at the gas cloud not the Cloud cloud and yells] Wind! [Immediately, an Aero picks up, creating a whirlwind around them]

[firsttsurugi.livejournal.com]

[have a Cloud leaping back with you! swinging his blade, a firey blue aura surrounding it, as Sora casted off Aero, Cloud swung the blade down, a mighty gust of wind complimenting the whirlwind spell to keep the gas back]

[cloakand_danger]

[Fresh air! Boy is Yuan glad to have companions with wind powers. The laughing gradually subsides as the air around him clears, and he coughs a few more times to clear his throat.]

Everyone...all right?

[givingchase.livejournal.com]

Y-yeah, but what the heck was that? [He's looking around, wondering where that shot came from.] HEY! Whoever you are! Get out here and fight us if you've got a spine!

[rasenhadou.livejournal.com]

[HAS TO HOLD BACK HIS LAUGHTER, THANKS SORA. Oh, you're definitely a special kid]

[givingchase.livejournal.com]

[NO YOU HAVE FOILED HIS CUNNING PLAN

LAUGH YOU TOOL LAUGH]

[firsttsurugi.livejournal.com]

I'm getting impatient...

[don't tempt him. because he will do it. he'll make shit go down. SAY SOMETHING PRETTY PLEASE?]

[cloakand_danger]

We don't have to see them to hurt them, in any case. [Yuan's tone is almost casual, directed at Cloud and Sora rather than their unseen foes, though deliberately loud enough to be overheard. Why give these people the respect of speaking directly to them?]

[givingchase.livejournal.com]

[... If only Mushu was here. Or Stitch. Sora never remembered actually wanting Stitch around so bad. But... he could improvise. He grinned.] Just so you guys know... I don't have to aim Thundaga. It works on its own.