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?

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]

(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]

"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."

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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!"

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[firstofitskind]

The real question was, how would this make Jesse feel about generic soda versus branded?

"... I hope that hasn't been on the island the whole time," Liam said, drawing his own weapon without taking his eyes off the bear. "Because if so, that's embarrassing."

Pun completely unintentional.

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[grenadesandohana]

"I definitely blame Calvin," Steve said, aiming his gun with the arm that wasn't still in a splint.

Because he was a self-sacrificing idiot that way.

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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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[hatesparadise]

"I swear to god," Danny grumbled, knowing that trying to yank Steve out of here wasn't gonna happen. So, instead, he made sure to just cover his injured side.

But he wasn't happy about it.

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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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[magnusrushesin]

"OH MY GOD, YESSSSSS!"

Yeah, you introduced giant bears. Magnus was down for this.

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[betterthanaplan]

Yeah, Duke was just going to shoot Magnus a Look for that one.

“Whelp. Glad I packed the explosives.”

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[thatwaslucky]

"I've got it. It's hooked right here," she said, working the wire over that but of metal before glancing up. "You look prepared."

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[betterthanaplan]

“I am very excited to not be in a volcano right now,” Duke said with a shrug. “Also I’ve been attacked by way too many things this week not to go around armed to the teeth.”

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[heroic_jawline]

Steve, using the kind of tactical instincts that gave Tony nightmares, grabbed what was left of a marzipan-crushed rickshaw and threw it over his head and right at the bear's teeth, two stories up.

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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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[imafuturist]

Yeah, you couldn't see the eye-twitch because of the helmet, but it was there. Oh, it was there.

"This is a new one," Tony had to admit, testing out a repulsor beam on it to follow up the rickshaw projectile.

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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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[weirderthanthou]

"Right," Jesse said. She glanced back at everyone. "It's heading towards the school," she called, "So let's stop it before it gets there, all right?"

And because there wasn't any feasible way she was going to get out of this without using her powers anyway, she leaped up to the roof, and then into the air, gliding towards the caves.

And the giant fucking bear.

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[defenderofdesmoines]

"What the actual hell?" Starlight stared up at the giant bear, eyes glowing bright. And then Jesse started flying, and that was pretty new.

Whatever. There wasn't time for what-the-hell-ing - she held both hands out in front of her, drawing power into herself as she ran towards the giant bear.

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[thatwaslucky]

"You okay, though?" Rey checked, because of course she did.