Town Hall, Saturday, December 19, 2020 [Morning into Afternoon]

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Fandom, at this point, was a bit of a disaster. The chocolate lava, flowing since Wednesday, had spilled out of its rivers and frozen to the already icy cobblestones. The sugar icicles had gotten longer and more dangerous to unwary pedestrians, the marzipan boulders were deadly when they picked up speed coming down the stairs, and the choking fairy lights had teamed up with the sharkicanes to drag people into snowdrifts--now up to shoulder height--forever.

The inflatables that hadn't been knifed, shot, or blasted to pieces yesterday were out roaming again, fruitcakes were still lying in wait to crush toes and bark shins, and the less said about the terrifying new reindeer and their mesmerizing red noses, the better.

The island needed a few heroes right now to buy time for the science team holed up inside Town Hall. Fortunately, it had a lot to choose from.

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Avengers, Assemble!

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And other, non Avengers, too. Protect Town Hall from all of the weirdness because surely nothing else will be added, right?

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[betterthanaplan]

Yeah, Duke was just going to very firmly not mention the reindeer and their mesmerizing red noses.

Shut up.

He was, however, going to show up loaded to bear (ha!) with a shot gun, a pistol, a few small explosives, and an ax. He had some pent up frustration to take out on some things.

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[thatwaslucky]

Rey arrived with her lightsaber at her belt, a blaster strapped to her leg, and she was still trying to pull a dead tangle of lights off the end of her staff from an encounter on the way here.

Because you know what this day needed? Untangling Christmas lights on top of everything.

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[betterthanaplan]

Duke hadn’t spoken to Rey in . . . awhile. But he also wasn’t the sort to just stand around when someone was dealing with something.

“You, uh. Need a hand with that?”

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[magnusrushesin]

"The real thing I wanna know here, is will we get loot for this?" Magnus asked. Because he was a murder hobo sometimes.

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[superjoanjett]

"I'm getting paid in booze," Jessica offered.

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[hatesparadise]

Danny had been attacked by an inflatable reindeer this week. And that was on top of an impromptu trip to Afghanistan. It was safe to say that he wasn't in the best mood for any of this. But he was armed there to keep people safe.

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[grenadesandohana]

Steve had strapped his broken arm up on the outside of his ridiculous completely badass puffy coat and was carrying one gun and wearing another...few.

The exact number was classified, okay.

"Duck!" he yelled at Danny before a icicle fell on him.

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[defenderofdesmoines]

Starlight arrived a little more out of breath than she would have liked (damn angels), but she was here, with her hair curled and her makeup done because...well, you had your pre-combat rituals, she had hers. She'd also swapped her uniform for a fresh one, as the outfit she'd been running around in the past few days was pretty splattered with...chocolate and marzipan and God only knew what else by now.

She had her arms crossed around herself, trying to seem confident even as she was running through a stream of mental prayers. (She had a few pre-combat rituals, okay?)

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[superjoanjett]

Jessica did not want to be here. She would have been back in her apartment drinking bottom shelf whiskey but no someone had to come along and drag her to the townhall.

"You're totally getting snow shoved down your costume," Jessica muttered to Annie.

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[knife_bender]

Diego was there, in his usual black tactical outfit however there might have been a little more knives than usual. The cut on his cheek from the angel was slowly healing but he had the feeling that it wasn't going to be the only mark on him after this was all said and done.

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[defenderofdesmoines]

Starlight was doing her best to seem confident and like she wasn't brimming with nervous energy as she wandered over to stand next to Diego, but she was doing a pretty bad job of it. This had all been fun and cute on Wednesday, but at this point they were days into this and it just kept escalating.

"You ready for this?" she asked him quietly, bumping a shoulder against one of his and going for playful in spite of how worried she clearly was. The cut on his cheek was not what she'd consider a good omen, and it just reminded her that he could get hurt.

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[sparkinyou]

And in a space no one was standing there was a blip and suddenly a Spider-Man standing there.

"Hey everyone!" Miles said cheerfully. "Figured you could use the help of your friendly island resident Spider-Man."

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[so_hawkward]

By this point, Clint had kind of gotten used to some of the fighty types being young, but the blipping in out of nowhere still caught him off guard. "Geez kid. You should try that scare tactic on the inflatables, maybe it'll make them pop."

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[1000yearstoolate]

She should have known that letting Amaya take her second gun apart during a week like this was a bad idea. At least Seivarden had her best one, and she had armour, and an emergency medkit - one that was actually useful, unlike those here - with her. And a knife, for those lights. She felt she was as prepared as she could be.

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[somethingwithturquoise]

Look. Summer knew that with what everyone else on this island could bring to the table in situations like this, she didn't have much. She had a ship and some blasters and a pretty hefty dose of sarcastic wit and banter, but she wasn't going to let her lack of superpowers or even formal training stop her from letting this be her moment to shine maybe a little bit while they were all here.

Whistling a little to herself as she double-checked her several various space guns, portal gun for emergency exits, the mop handle she'd converted into a pointed staff, her make-up and hair real quick, before this really started to go down...

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[heroic_jawline]

Steve trotted over in full Captain America uniform, shield already kind of smelling like marzipan. "Road that way is blocked by boulders," he said, pointing north.

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[firstofitskind]

Look, there wasn’t a lot to do on the island with regards to his supposed actual job, so in a weird way Liam kind of looked forward to these inevitable semi-regular showdowns.

It was just nice to feel useful.

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[notallbluemonks]

Beau showed up, staff slung across her back, pouch of throwing stars at her belt, and... still showing off her abs despite the weather. Hey, at least her dope new fleece lined pirate coat looked cool!

... literally, because it was hanging open and she'd torn the sleeves off. Look, you couldn't tell her what to do. Even if she was still covered in snow because the sharkicanes had gotten her again.

Scanning the room quickly confirmed what she'd also expected: Yasha wasn't here, because she never willingly gravitated toward crowds of people.

"I'm gonna get my friend on the way, rope her in on this," she said, loudly but to no one in particular. "This shit is totally her jam."

Other Weirdness is Added

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The entire island rocked from a earthquake centered around the Rocky Bits. The marzipan boulders crashed into walls and through windows as the rock candy icicles showered down from the eaves in a deadly rain. The aftershocks seemed weirdly rhythmic...almost like footsteps...and massive bear, multiple stories tall and holding a bottle of off-brand soda rises from the Rocky Bits and begins to march on the school, accompanied by many smaller bears.

So this is all very terrible.

[For reactions and strategizing]

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[weirderthanthou]

"What the fuck."

Jesse had been in the middle of this for a while now. She was allowed that loud, exasperated what the fuck.

Especially when she stepped out of the building and saw the fucking bear.

"I don't know about you guys," she said, drawing the Service Weapon from its holster. The various segments of the gun moved in her hands like a living thing, clicking into a new formation. "But I am so fucking ready to beat something up."

(frozen) LIVE PLAY FIGHTY FIGHTY

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NOTHING GOES HERE IT'S FOR SATURDAY.

Big Finish!

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The smaller bears have been defeated, the weather machine had been taken out, and so there was only one small, tiny little problem to fix: the giant, rampaging polar bear.

So...anyone have any ideas?

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[weirderthanthou]

"I think we're getting to it!" Jesse hollered from several feet up in the air, a large marzipan boulder hovering next to her under the force of her powers. "Everybody on the giant-ass bear!"

OOC

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So the pings don't fall out. Also ping down here if you want a bear to play against, otherwise, mod at will!