2003-04-11

Contamination, Part 1
Infection
<SypherSK> ::iiiiis puttering about the MBI, busying himself with paperwork and trying not to worry over just why his CyberKat half wanted to have a little chat with Protocol::
<Dr_Viper> ::Dun, dun, DUN! That creepy music means it’s time to go to Dr. Viper’s house, boys and girls! You DON’T want to be his neighbor::
<LizStormcrow> ::is on the city outskirts, driving back with her friend Bexa from a short visit home::
<Dr_Viper> ::cackles fiendishly, like he does every other hour of every day:: Hehehehehehehahahahahaaa!
<Bexa> ::is a collie/golden retriever cross, tall and lean, with jaw-length brown hair. Is driving::
<SypherSK> ((<Viper> ::enters his home, singing to himself:: Hello, Boysss and Girlssss… ::takes off his labcoat and hangs it up neatly, a shriek is heard from the canned audience because he’s now “naked” in cartoon terms:: Er… ::puts the coat back on quickly:: There, it’ssss okay! ::pause:: WAIT! I don’t wear pantssss anyway! What’sssss it matter?!))
<Dr_Viper> ::the half kat, halt snake, and possibly half plant evil biochemist paces in front of his worktable of various bubbling concoctions in beakers, flasks, and retorts, as a former ‘friend’ of his once said, he’s got everything a mad scientist needs right here for his evil plots::
<CaseySK> (((half kat, half snake, and half plant? He’s overflowing)))
<LizStormcrow> ((<Viper> ::is now Viper 1.5, the advanced version!::))
<Dr_Viper> ::sitting nearby, the half kat, half mushroom monster knwon to everyone except Viper himself as ‘Fungusface,’ watches its creator as he paces, stroking that gigantic chin of his – Viper, not Fungusface. Fungusface HAS no chin::
<CaseySK> ((::puttering around MBI throwing fireballs at things::))
<SypherSK> ::finally completes the paperwork, sighs… both in contentment at completing the job and at having nothing more to occupy himself with::
<CaseySK> ((::dies liz::))
<SypherSK> ((::DIES Liz::))
<Bexa> It really is nice of ye to let me come back with you, Stormcrow. You really think you can let me meet law enforcement officials?
<SypherSK> ::heads to the breakroom… maybe to find Casey?::
<Dr_Viper> ::he suddenly stops, those pupilless yellow eyes widening and lighting up as his wide mouth curls into a hideous, wicked sneer. Yessiree, he’s had a brainstorm, and it is pouring!::
<CaseySK> ::walks by wherever Sy is working on stuff and peeks in the door:: Hi there Sy.
<SypherSK> Hey. ::was just walking out:: What’re you up to?
<Dr_Viper> Of coursssse! Why didn’t I think of it before?! The Megakat Dam!
<LizStormcrow> I can’t promise it, but I told you about the MBI. They seem nice enough.
<CaseySK> ::shrug:: Not much. Just…hangin?
<Fungusface> Errrr…? ::blinks stupidly::
<SypherSK> ((<Fungusface> ::knows that look, produces an umbrella and offers it to Viper:: <Viper> Thank you. ::takes and holds it up to ward off the storm over his head… then gets zapped as lightning strikes the umbrella::))
<Dr_Viper> You fool! Don’t you ssssee?! It’sss ssso painfully obvioussss!~
<LizStormcrow> ((<Viper> ::has his own personal raincloud, mopes at his Gloomy Place::))
<SypherSK> Hangin’ huh… You haven’t set anything on fire, have you?
<Dr_Viper> That’sss the city water sssupply! If I were to taint it with my mutagen chemicalsss….eh heh heh heh heh! Anyone who took a sssip of cool, refreshing water would inssstantly be changed forever!
<SypherSK> ((<Casey> No. <Htargcm> ::runs by in a flaming labcoat, screaming, “Put me out!”::))
<Bexa> Remind me how to get there again?
<LizStormcrow> It’s on the corner of Paw and Main.
<SypherSK> ((Er… trenchcoat, not labcoat. Musta been thinking about Viper… O.O… But, Casey’s nowhere near *him*!))
<CaseySK> Nothing but the target in the gym…::grins::
<Fungusface> ::still doesn’t understand…this is a being who only understands simple commands like ‘Go here,” or Eat that.”::
<SypherSK> ::grins back:: That’s good to know.
<CaseySK> Heheheh…well…I’d hate to have to pay the MBI’s repair bill…I mean we get so many of them. ::sarcastic voice and laugh::
<Dr_Viper> ::goes over to his worktable, giggling, as he begins to mix a buncha chemicals together in a pseudo-scientific fashion like always::
<Bexa> ::looks around at the various signs as they drive into the city:: MegaKat City, MegaKat Tower, MegaKat Bank . . . everything is kat-centered. ::feels a little uncomfortable::
<SypherSK> Eh heh… The Director seems to be surprisingly good at finding funds for that sort of thing… Good thing too… The insurance company is threatening to drop us again.
<CaseySK> ::shakes head:: Seems like we have construction teams here every other week rebuilding the place… ::not so sarcastic and funny face::
<SypherSK> Unfortunately.
<Dr_Viper> ::after some work, he has a flask of some cool purple-looking liquid:: Ahhh….at lassst…the time hasss come to put my brand new Viper Mutagen Three Ssssixty NINE to ussse!
<LizStormcrow> ((<The Director> ::is actually a supervillain worse than all the rest, funds the MBI so they’ll eliminate his rivals!::))
<SypherSK> ((::DEAD!::))
<Bexa> Are there any canines at all in this city?
<Dr_Viper> One dossse should be enough to infect the entire ressssevoir… ::sticks a cork in the flask and stuffs it into the pocket of his lab coat:: Now then, let’sss go. I want to hurry. And for once, no ssstopping for sssnacksss!
<LizStormcrow> I didn’t see any while I was here. Only one vulpine. ::pets his arm:: Don’t worry, you’ll fit in.
<Fungusface> ::whines…usually gets to eat some random guards or muggers or innocent katizens while out on the job::
<SypherSK> ((<Bexa> But… What if… What if I can’t fight the urge and chase someone up a tree?! <Liz> Oh, they see so much here, that’d count as normal.))
<CaseySK> So…what’s up? Anything to get accomplished today?
<Bexa> ::keeps on driving:: I just hope we don’t encounter anything *too* out of the ordinary in the big city.
<Dr_Viper> ::Leaving the gigantic, twisted tree that he calls home, Viper makes his way through the swamp and into the sewer system beneath the city, the mushroom-kat monster close behind::
<LizStormcrow> ((::DEAD!::))
<SypherSK> Well, I’ve gotten through the paperwork, doublechecked Crazy Joe’s cell… Not much to do until Protocol or someone else makes a move.
<Dr_Viper> Now then….let me sssee if I even remember which the dam isss…
<CaseySK> Oh…wonderful. Don’t you just love the waiting? ::runs a hand thru his hair, pushing hairs that have popped out back in to his braid. They immediately pop back out::
<Dr_Viper> Blassst…I only know the way to Megakat Biochemical Labsss…I HATE usssing the ssssewer…
<LizStormcrow> Here’s the MBI. ::points:: There’s a parking garage over there. Nice comfy one.
<CaseySK> Wanna go to the gym and lob fireballs/energy balls/whatever at the targets?
<CaseySK> ::laugh:
<SypherSK> ::chuckles:: Well, I can watch you. I’m can’t right now unless I want to be setting off the arrays.
<Dr_Viper> ::Decides to pop a random kathole lid to see where he is::
<Bexa> ::raises an eyebrow at “comfy”, but says nothing. Parks the car, and he and LS head back down the street on foot::
<CaseySK> ::smacks forehead:: Oh yeah…pardon. I forgot.
<CaseySK> Guess since I’m not a Ckat…I don’t have to think about it.
<Dr_Viper> ::And for the sake of moving things along he pops a kathole nearby the MBI building::
<SypherSK> ::grin:: S’okay. ::is reminded of his worries about his other half tho’::
<Bexa> ::suddenly stops. Sniffs the air, and shivers::
<Dr_Viper> Hmmm….thisss could take forever! ::Growls down at Fungusface:: I TOLD you we should have gone left, but nnnnoooooo!
<Fungusface> ::wants to say “YOU wanted to go RIGHT!” but of course can’t talk::
<Bexa> Why do I smell reptile? We’re in the city!
<SypherSK> ((<Viper> ::comes into the MBI and asks Kaeru for directions:: <Kaeru> Yes, you just take a right on Main and you can’t miss it! Oh! Your friend is eating my computer… Thank heavens. It’s the devil. Here… ::holds up the keyboard:: Dessert?))
<LizStormcrow> ((::DIES::))
<Dr_Viper> ((::DIES::))
<CaseySK> ((::dies::))
<LizStormcrow> ::arches brow:: What are you talking about?
<Dr_Viper> ::Hisses in annoyance and slips back down the kathole, and in being distracted by his anger he leaves the lid open::
<Bexa> ::ignores, races down the street:: This could be useful for my novel!
<CaseySK> ((who’s bexa?))
<Bexa> ::just catches a glimpse of a green tail disappearing into the kathole::
<CaseySK> Anything else we can get accomplished? It’s no fun lobbing fireballs around alone.
<Dr_Viper> Come on! We’ll go to Megakat Biochemical! From there I’ll be able to get my bearingsss ssso we can get to the dam in ssstyle! ::Marches off down the sewer tunnel::
<SypherSK> ((<Bexa> ::dives down the manhole and comes up, dragging part of Fungusface:: Liz! Get my camera! This’ll look great in my scrapbook! Oh, the ideas it gives me! ))
<LizStormcrow> ((Bexa is Robert Bexorn, a canine writer who LS is friends with))
<CaseySK> ((oooh Okies))
<Fungusface> ::Grunts and….well, he cam’t walk…oozes after? Whatever. Follows Viper::
<LizStormcrow> ((::DIES at Symun::))
<Bexa> ::is crouched down at the kathole, sniffing::
<LizStormcrow> ::catches up:: Bexa, what was that about?! You’re the one who wanted to go to the MBI, and you’re looking in the sewers?!
<Dr_Viper> ::Sneezes, the sound of course carrying through the echoey tunnel along with most of what he says:: Firssst thing we do after thisss isss sssteal one of thossse portable heatersss for the lab…I think I’m getting a cold!
<SypherSK> ::starts to say something, then blinks, turning to look out a front window where he can see the two figures bending over a manhole::
<Bexa> ::looks up:: I saw something go down in here. It had a reptilian scent, and there was another smell like growing mushrooms::
<Bexa> ::ears prick:: There! I just heard it again!
<Dr_Viper> Aaa-chooo! >_<
<CaseySK> ::follows Sy’s perplexed look:: ::raises an eyebrow at the two poking in the opened manhole::
<Dr_Viper> ::So, tra-la-la, heads for MK Biochem::
<SypherSK> Wonder what on earth they’re doing looking in there… ::assumes this is either a sidewalk manhole or a very empty street::
<Bexa> That’s odd, there’s someone talking down there. Something about a portable heater and a lab.
<Dr_Viper> ::There, he pops the kathole lid.:: Ah-ha, familiar territory at lassst!
<Dr_Viper> ((Will let you guys catch up lol))
<LizStormcrow> ::didn’t hear:: Bexa, please tell me you haven’t been eating the potpourri again.
<Bexa> ::growls and tugs her whiskers:: Didn’t ye learn not to tease your elders, kitten?
<SypherSK> ((<Viper> ::shows himself to the MK Biochem guards, sticking out his tongue and making faces at them, spends a good half hour popping out of different manholes, enjoying their freaked out reactions::))
<Dr_Viper> ((::DEAD::))
<LizStormcrow> ((::DIES::))
<Dr_Viper> ((<Garth> Not HIM again…. <Fox> ::bites nails in terror:: <Deemer> ::too engrossed in the latest issue of Playkat to notice anything amiss::))
<CaseySK> ((::so dead::))
<Dr_Viper> ((::Hopes somebody remembers those 3::))
<SypherSK> ((::DEAD!:: <Fungusface> ::eager whine:: <Viper> No, of courssse you can’t eat them! I’m having much more fun tormenting them!))
<LizStormcrow> ((I do!))
<Dr_Viper> ((<Garth and Fox> ::twirling their rifles, a la Hoof and Mouth:: <Viper> Ssssss! <Garth> Whatwasthat?! Whatwasthat?! ::his rifle flies and smacks Fox in the face::))
<LizStormcrow> ::rubs her injured muzzle:: Uh, let’s go inside now. Peace?
<SypherSK> ((::DEAD at Viper!::))
<LizStormcrow> ((::dead::))
<Bexa> ::nods eagerly:: Let’s! I very much want to meet these kats ye’ve spoken of.
<LizStormcrow> ::so both head up toward the front door::
<Dr_Viper> ::Hey! What about me?! You have to follow and thwart me!::
<SypherSK> ((Well, actually, it could be interesting if he wasn’t thwarted immediately and actually did mess up the water supply… Tho’ got me how we’d “un-mess it up.”))
<Dr_Viper> ((Ooooh…))
<LizStormcrow> ::rings the bell::
<SypherSK> ::cocks his head at the bell and, excusing himself from Casey, goes to the front door and opens it:: Hello… ::sees Liz:: Oh, Stormcrow, it’s you. Who’s your friend?
<Dr_Viper> ::Is able to get his bearings from this location:: The park issss that way….Enforcer Headquartersss isss over there…. ::Mutters to himself:: Then the dam mussst be THAT way!
<LizStormcrow> Hello, Lt. Greypaw. This is Robert Bexorn, my friend from back home.
<SypherSK> A pleasure to meet you, Mr. Bexorn. ::offers a hand::
<Bexa> ::extends a paw:: Pleased to meet you, Lt. Greypaw.
<Dr_Viper> Mwahahahaha! Sssoon, Megakat City with me miiiine! ::Pops back down the hole and makes his way to the dam through the sewers::
<SypherSK> ::shakes::
<SypherSK> So, what brings the two of you here?
<Dr_Viper> ::Emerging from the kathole, Viper grins at the pleasantness of the warm desert air as he scales a ladder to the top of the dam::
<LizStormcrow> ::looks around:: Stormcrow’s told me a lot about your organization. You see, I’m doing research on urban law enforcement.
<SypherSK> ((<Viper> ::again pauses for pokey other muns and basks on a nice rock in the sun for a couple hours, still finds no one coming to thwart him:: Ssssomehow thisss makesss it lesss ssssatisfying….))
<Dr_Viper> ((LOL))
<LizStormcrow> ((::dies::))
<SypherSK> Ah, I see. ::motions for them to come in:: So, what exactly is it you were hoping we could help you with?
<Dr_Viper> ((<Zyme> ::Overheard Viper walking out of the building; follows him tot he dam, beats him up, and drops him off at the MBI::
<LizStormcrow> ((::dead:: <Zyme> ::is the city’s newest vigilante, Science-Kat!::))
<SypherSK> ((::DEAD!:: <Zyme> ::has been studying martial arts heavily since Purvis attacked him in the stairwell those years ago::))
<Dr_Viper> ::Doo-dee-doo, finds himself standing on the top of the dam, looking over the vast expanse that is Megakat City’s water supply, and grins evilly…yet again::
<Bexa> If I could just observe, maybe talk to some people. Everything is of value. I’m from a small town, and this is a new envirnoment.
<SypherSK> ::nods:: Well, you’re more than welcome to observe… and interview any agents that aren’t engaged in anything pressing. ((In fact, none of them are doing anything but slacking, go make them do something constructive.))
<Dr_Viper> Oh, how I ssso enjoy thessse quiet momentsss before I enact my plansss….the calm before the sssstorm. *Takes the flask from his pocket, pops the cork, and with all the wicked laughter he can muster, pours the brew into the water::
<Bexa> ::nods:: Thank you very much, Lieutenant. ::pulls out a notebook and pencil, eagerly wanders off::
<Mutagen> ::Quickly spreads through the water like ink, blending with it::
<SypherSK> ((<Sy> ::later finds Bexa talking animatedly with the raccoon… in its language!:: ))
<LizStormcrow> ((::dead::))
<SypherSK> ::looks to Stormcrow:: So, that’s where you got to.
<LizStormcrow> Yes. I got worried about my mother, and I needed supplies, so I went back to Cymricke City for awhile.
<Dr_Viper> ::Finally just tosses the whole thing in:: Now, my work isss done. All that remainsss isss for thossse foolsss in the city to get thirsssty…
<SypherSK> ::nods:: I’d wondered where you disappeared to.
<LizStormcrow> Practiced some more magic, too, though it’s still a risky business.
<SypherSK> ((<Shrapnel> ::ends up being the only one safe in the city, never *ever* drinks water… or any liquid, lives exclusively off energy::))
<SypherSK> Risky business?
<LizStormcrow> Did anything happen in the last ((::insert time period here::))?
<SypherSK> Er… Some trouble with those devices the Enforcers have set up and Protocol… It’s a long story.
<Dr_Viper> ((And crap…I think I’m gonna go, too….sooooo tired…))
<SypherSK> ((Awww… Kies, Kooshie. G’nights!))
<LizStormcrow> ((oh no! Goodnight, Koosh!))
<Dr_Viper> ((Night!))
*** Dr_Viper has quit IRC (Exit: )
<LizStormcrow> ((<chars> ::drag Kooshmun back and tie him to his chair, forcefeeding him coffee::))
<SypherSK> ((Wait… Was that coffee made with the tainted water?!))
<LizStormcrow> ((Uh-oh, could be!))
<SypherSK> ((The horror!))
<LizStormcrow> ((but we’ve lost the villain! What now?))
<SypherSK> ((Well, he did taint the water… Any mutated citizen could potentially become a villain….))
*** Dark_Kat has joined #mbi_sk
<LizStormcrow> ((and right on cue . . .))
<Dark_Kat> ((Heyas all, sorry I’m late))
*** Dark_Kat is now known as _Matt_
<SypherSK> ((Hey, Matt!))
<SypherSK> ((::dies LS:: Yeah, Viper just left and DK came in!))
<LizStormcrow> ((For once, we are grateful for Matt’s evil presence!))
<SypherSK> ::so, was just saying that all that’s happened is a long, long story::
<LizStormcrow> ::nods:: Is it a good story? ::thinks Bexa might want to hear::
<Bexa> ::meanwhile has wandered into the kitchen, taking notes on the layout and looking for agents to talk to::
<SypherSK> I don’t know about “good”… The Enforcers are more determined than ever to deal with the “CyberKat threat”… and now Protocol’s on the loose.
<LizStormcrow> ::gulps at the bit about Protocol:: Oh no.
<SypherSK> ((<Bexa> ::has been attempting to converse with Lamb:: <Lamb> I… Baaaaa… And, then baaabaaa… And… <Bexa> ::frowns in bewilderment, a kat that baas like a sheep and apparently speaks a native sheep dialect!::))
<Dr_Konway> :: looks at his list of contacts on his networked enforcer computer, pulls it up with some degree of emergency, and find the number :: Ah, there it is. :: picks up phone and dials the MBI number ::
<LizStormcrow> ((::DEAD!::))
<SypherSK> ::turns as the phone rings:: Er… Excuse me. ::picks it up:: MegaKat Bureau of Investigation. Lt. Greypaw speaking. ((We have your socks. What’ll you pay for them?))
<Dr_Konway> ((<Agent Redshirt> Why yes, I am a very valued member of this agency. :: abruptly errupts into flames and then turns to ashes :: <Bexa> O_O <Sy> Don’t worry about it, we got more of them ))
<LizStormcrow> ((::dies::))
<Bexa> ::takes notes on the kitchen:: They seem very fond of donuts. ::counts empty boxes::
<SypherSK> ((::DEADDEAD!:: <2nd Agent Redshirt> ::appears in the doorway just then with a report:: <Bexa> ::STARE:: <Sy> As I said… <Bexa> Is he something like a phoenix? ::staring:: <Sy> More like an endless series of clones, but whatever definition puts your mind at ease.))
<Dr_Konway> This is Doctor Konway at the Enforcer forensics department. We’ve recently recieved a certain piece of evidence that your agency also has a portion of.
<LizStormcrow> ((::diesagain::))
<SypherSK> ::can probably guess but asks anyways:: What would that be, Dr. Konway?
<Dr_Konway> This strange mineral. It’s like nothing on the periodic table. Should stand out like a sore thumb.
<LizStormcrow> ::listens intently::
<SypherSK> ::sighs audibly:: Yes, we did have a sample. Unfortunately, our lab techs couldn’t make anything of it and it was stolen before we could do further research into the matter.
<Dr_Konway> Stolen? :: leans forward in his chair :: That’s not good.
<LizStormcrow> ::eyes widen slightly. Whispers to self:: Stolen . . . ?
<SypherSK> No. ::runs a hand through his hair:: Have you discovered anything that makes this theft a top priority? ::already knows it is, but is curious to see if Konway has learned anything he hasn’t::
<Dr_Konway> I would recomend making it so. I’ve got nothing confirmed yet, but when I described the mineral to a few of my collegues, one in particular, a Professor Hackle, theorized something about Dark Matter. I’m no physicist, but what I do know is that isn’t very good.
<SypherSK> ::soft groan:: I’ll put everyone here on alert then. ::can only wonder what it’ll do to Prot, whether bad for her or bad for everyone… or both::
<Dr_Konway> But anyway, the reason I initially called was to warn of something that I’ve observed.
<SypherSK> ::blinks:: What would that be?
<SypherSK> ((<Konway> ::camera pulls back to show him surrounded by mutated labtechs:: Don’t drink the coffee.))
<LizStormcrow> ((::dead::))
<Dr_Konway> The rock emits moderate levels of radiation, some weird variety that exists higher on the continuum than gamma rays. We’ve already had a few cases of radiation poisoning within the Commando ranks after dealing with that weird creature…say, you don’t think those two things could be related? The mineral and that strange super-powered creature I mean.
<SypherSK> I was to understand that our sample of the mineral was found in the wake of the first creature’s destruction. Implying it was a part of it.
<Dr_Konway> :: looks at his notes :: Ah yes. Well, that would make perfect sense than, wouldn’t it? Well anyway, the rock itself only emits relatively low levels of this radiation. Only through extended long term contact would it prove harmful. As for the creature itself, it also emited low levels of this radiation, but that radiation level spiked during its conforntation with the Enforcers.
<Dr_Konway> Hence why some are in medical care.
<SypherSK> ::blinks:: Was there any particular time during the confrontation at which it spiked or just when it was fighting?
<LizStormcrow> ::is starting to feel uncomfortable, listening to this:: Maybe I should have stayed home . . .
<Bexa> ::snitches a donut while he’s writing::
<Dr_Konway> I can’t really say for sure. All I know is that it didn’t last for very long, because if it did then there’d be more sick Enforcers.
<SypherSK> ::nods to himself:: Alright. Thank you for telling me. I’ll be sure to inform the agents who were on the scene to report to the hospital if they experience any strange symptoms… ::cocks his head, thinking:: And… Is there any way to track this radiation?
<LizStormcrow> ::starts to play with a tiny ball of fire to cheer herself::
<Dr_Konway> That’s the problem. It’s at a higher rate of decay, which indicates a highly unstable isotope. It’d definetely wreak havoc with a geiger counter if you got relatively close to it, but due to its high rate of decay, the emitted radiation doesn’t go very far.
<SypherSK> ((<LS> ::sets papers on the desktop on fire:: <Sy> ::continues the conversation amid him and LS flailing and beating at the flaming papers::))
<Dr_Konway> That’s probably the most mind boggling part, because the only elements that I know of that can do that only have a half-life of about 15 seconds, yet this mineral is obviously lasting for a lot longer.
<LizStormcrow> ((::dies::))
<SypherSK> Hmm… Strange… Any idea of how long it might last?
<Dr_Konway> By all logic it shouldn’t be lasting at all. Perhaps you should contact someone who specializes in theoretical physics and quantum mechanics. Most of it is way over my head, but aparently, we’re seeing it in action.
<SypherSK> Alright. I’ll see what I can do about recovering our sample before it causes anymore injures. Thanks for letting me know, Doctor.
<Dr_Konway> ((<Dark Kat> :: dusts off his Ph D ::))
<LizStormcrow> ::emerses her hand in fire (it doesn’t burn her because she’s producing it) and tries to divide it into rainbow colors. Fails::
<Dr_Konway> Not a problem, Lieutenant. :: hangs up ::
<SypherSK> ::hangs up with a sigh:: Okay… Things are getting worse…
<LizStormcrow> Oh no.
<Bexa> ::has meanwhile eaten two more donuts and is heading toward the gym, scribbling like mad::
<SypherSK> Yeah… Protocol’s the one with our sample… unfortunately. I’m not sure if the radiation can hurt her in her current state or not, but she sure can hurt anyone she meets… either by blasting, brute strength, or just her presence if she gets riled up.
<Tad_Mouser> :: appearing on a TV that someone just happened to have left on :: This is Tad Mouser, Kat’s Eye News. Despite some strange occurences that happened on Alkatraz Island, all order has been restored. All prisoners were accounted for, including infamou criminal mastermind Dark Kat.
<SypherSK> ::hearing Dark Kat’s name, looks to the TV:: <He didn’t break out? Hmm… Or did he?>
<Bexa> ::ears perk up at mention of “criminal mastermind”, darts to the TV:: Who is this “Dark Kat”?
<Tad_Mouser> The strange entity that had attacked both Megakat Power and City Hall earlier in the week made an appearance on Alkatraz Island, with aparent violent intentions. No word on a motive, but the situation was eventually resolved <Clip> :: showing Enforcer choppers blowing up Prot’s escape boat ::
<Bexa> My gods . . . ::scribbles frantically:: I must look into this!
<SypherSK> ::watches the TV, yes, I’m assuming there’s one in the office too::
<LizStormcrow> Is this Protocol’s doing?
<Tad_Mouser> What are these strange beings? Why have they been attacking so sporadically? Where did they come from? We’ll be doing our best to bring you the answers to these questiosn and more as this scenerio plays out. Until then, this is Tad Mouser, Kat’s Eye News.
<SypherSK> Yeah….
<SypherSK> And, she’s hardly as out of the picture as Mr. Mouser seems to think she is…
<LizStormcrow> ::feels nervous::
<SypherSK> ::massages his temples::
<LizStormcrow> ((<LS> I left my pineapple shield at home! I’m completely vulnerable if she attack with fresh fruit!))
<SypherSK> ((::DEADDEAD!:: <Prot> Yes! ::lofting a kiwi:: With my enhanced strength I can now defeat that little pyro in a foodfight!))
<LizStormcrow> ((::dies!::))
<Tad_Mouser> ((::snorks::))
<LizStormcrow> I’m wondering if I shouldn’t have stayed in Cymricke City, with this trouble.
<SypherSK> ((<Prot> ::flings the kiwi at LS as hard as she can:: <Kiwi> ::moves so fast it catches fire:: <LS> ::stares in horror… then blinks as the kiwi sails right over her head:: Well… You still can’t aim.. <Prot> ::snarls! flings an entire salad bar::))
<LizStormcrow> ((::DEADDEAD!::))
<SypherSK> Eh heh…
<LizStormcrow> I’d like to help any way I can, but I seem to mess up whenever I try that.
<SypherSK> Hey, you’ve done no worse than we have on occassion. But, I don’t want to drag you into this.
<LizStormcrow> It’s my choice.
<SypherSK> ::wry grin:: Just don’t want anyone thinking we’re grabbing bystanders off the streets and pressing them into service.
<LizStormcrow> ::smiles:: I understand.
<LizStormcrow> ::paw starts to glow, and she tries to trace fire-patterns in the air::
<SypherSK> ((<Sy> ::then pauses, hearing Agent Booger:: <Booger> So, there I was, holding up my sign by the overpass like always, when the Captain showed up and said, “Hey, pal, you want a job where you can eat donuts?”))
<LizStormcrow> ((::DEAD!::))
<SypherSK> ((Hmm… Should we start any trouble with that tainted water?))
<Tad_Mouser> ((I no mind, unless if Koosh has something special planned))
<SypherSK> ((It was actually just a fall-back sort of plot since neither you nor Annu were here to continue the Dark Matter thing. I don’t think he had any particular plans beyond making some trouble.))
*** Tad_Mouser is now known as Dr_Viper
<Dr_Viper> :: yes, is such an evil villain he is. Managed to escape those inferal Enforcers and is back on the streets, and has just finished doing whatever it was that he did ::
<SypherSK> ((He was at the dam with Fungusface.))
<SypherSK> Well… Thinking it to death won’t help anyone. ::stands:: Care for a donut? ::to LS::
<SypherSK> ((<Viper> ::has been having such a long and involved cackling session, finally falls over into the tainted water in a dead faint::))
<LizStormcrow> ::stops her fire-trick:: Sure.
<LizStormcrow> ((::dies::))
<SypherSK> ::leads the way to the kitchenette and digs out some donuts::
<Dr_Viper> :: cackles evily, with that slithery lissssp ::Thosssse foolsssss won’t know what hit them.
<Dam> :: gets the stuff in it, and gradually begins to fliter into the general water supply ::
<Dr_Viper> ((filter, not fliter ))
<SypherSK> ((<Mutagen> ::forms into butterfly shapes and flitters into the water supply:: <Viper> NOOooooo!!!!!!!! My plansss are becoming an epissssode of Rainbow Brite again!))
<LizStormcrow> ((could never figure out; is the dam hydroelectric or for water? They say one thing, but it looks like the other.))
<LizStormcrow> ((::dies::))
<SypherSK> ((I assumed from the dialogue concerning Shard turning the water to crystal that the MegaKat dam created a lake that was used for the water supply. Couldn’t it serve for both? Doesn’t the Hoover Dam provide hydroelectric power and water?))
<Dr_Viper> ((::nods:: It does ))
<LizStormcrow> ((I guess ::doesn’t know very much about this beyond what each one does::))
<SypherSK> ::gets himself a donut and offers one to LS::
<Dr_Viper> Now, let’sssss retreat to a location where we can bessssst view the situation <Fungus-Face> :: gurgles and makes general monster noises as it follows its mastah ::
<LizStormcrow> Thanks. ::takes it::
<SypherSK> ::ponders, checks the clock:: Hmm… Time to take Crazy Joe his lunch….
<LizStormcrow> Who?
<SypherSK> Crazy Joe. He tried to blow up a poodle show. ::likes to put it that way, is amused by the rhyme::
<SypherSK> ((<LS> ::thinks he’s reciting really weird nursery rhymes::))
<LizStormcrow> O_o okaaay . . .
<SypherSK> We’re hoping to get him admitted to an asylum… Oh, I hope… ::fixes ravioli for Joe:
<MKC_Waterworks> <Klaxon> :: goes off ::
<Technician> Whoa! We’ve got a contamination in the water suply! :: goes to shut of some valves ::
<Other Technician> Did you get it in time?
<Technician> I’m afraid not. The water supply still made its way into…:: looks at chart :: Sector 3-Z.
<Other Tech> :: sighs :: Call the Mayor’s Office.
<Manx> ::is not in his office, is out on the gre… er… I mean, is out, positively green with some stomach illness, of course::
<Bexa> ::wanders in, still scribbling down notes:: Oh, Stormcrow, ye won’t believe how much I’ve found!
<SypherSK> ::looks up at Bexa, hopes he didn’t talk with any of the goofballs too much::
<Hard_Drive> :: ignores all the gunshots and sirens that are going on outside of his crapshack as he sits at his computer, looking up misc. stuff. :: Those stupid tracking arrays. Now I can’t get around! :: not inna happy mood as he turns up his sound system that’s playing a high-tempo beat to block out all the noise in his ghetto neighborhood ::
<Bexa> Though the Bureau was remarkable empty. Is this normal?
<SypherSK> We’re in a rare quiet moment and, after weeks on alert, many of the agents are on vacation. Or at least are away but on call.
<Bexa> ::writes something down::
<Hard_Drive> :: as the noise outside continues to grow increasingly loud, begins to get angrier. Gets up and leans his head out the window :: Will you all just SHUT U- *ducks back inside* :: ducks just as a bottle is thrown at his window, which shatters ::
<SypherSK> ((<Hard Drive> ::lives near the Manges:: Well, at least there’s no high-powered laserfire… Not like the last time Molly kicked Mac out of the house…))
<LizStormcrow> ((::lol::))
<Hard_Drive> :: ponders using his surge coat, as he puts it on and prepares to go outside…when he remembers about the arrays :: Blast those Enforcers! I can’t even go outside to disperse these annoyances. :: slumps into his chair ::
<SypherSK> ((<HD> ::then realizes the weaponry he has! starts stuffing all his empty cans of Jolt with his dirty socks, lighting the sock hanging out the end and throwing them like bombs out the window:: Take this! ::as the fumes off his socks ignite and explode::))
<Hard_Drive> :: begins to try and think of other ways to stop the noise…when it abruptly ceases. Quirks an eyebrow at this :: What’s going on now? :: stands up again, and risks another look outside his window ::
<Phone at City Hall> ::keeps ringing in Manx’ office with Callie out in a meeting, having been promised by Manx he’d stay put and assured he could at least answer the phone… and the secretary is really, really engrossed in her phone convo on another line::
<Hard_Drive> :: looks out, and sees…nothing? ::
<Street> :: is devoid of anyone, some misc. garbage blows by in the evenin’ breeze ::
<SypherSK> ((<HD> ::eyes wide:: Wishes do come true!))
<Bexa> Stormcrow, do ye think ye could show me around? Ye know this place better than I.
<LizStormcrow> Sure. Lt. Greypaw, is that all right?
<SypherSK> ::nods:: Feel free.
<LizStormcrow> All right then. ::follows Bexa out::