1247/Bouncy Air Jewelery Thief Scare

Bouncy Air Jewelery Thief Scare
Date of Scene:	19 April 2020
Location:	Downtown - New Troy
Synopsis:	A wind powered Gentleman and his gang blow it when a couple of passing show goers work with a pair of superheroes to take the wind out of their jewelry heist.
Cast of Characters:	Naomi McDuffie, Michael Hannigan, Stephen Strange, Kyani Kohanna

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Naomi McDuffie has posed:
The alarm has gone off at the Tiffany's. A group of people has rushed in, demanded jewelry and they are already starting to fill bags. Each seems to carry a weapon and be filling bags even as one man stands before the entrance, sucking in a sharp breath and idly adjusting his gloves. He looks back, "Hurry up, gentlemen. Do you try to be civilized about this. These people are just trying to do their jobs just as you are trying to do yours."

"You got it boss!" One of the henchmen calls out, "You just keep doin' what you do and we'll do what we do."

The man at the door looks over and he flicks his hand out and the man who spoke to him winces and gasps. He grasps at his throat and then at his face and looks scared as he is lifted off the ground, "I'm sorry. Were you giving me instructions?" The man, wearing a top hat, a classic suit and tie, minus the jacket walks toward him.

"N...no..." He gasps out and then drops and breathes heavily and then frowns before shaking his head, "No...no boss. Just...you...we'll get it done!" And he rushes off to the far end of the room.

The Suited man chuckles and nods before turning his gaze back toward the entrance, "Hurry it up then. Police may arrive any moment...and heroes, too. Always heroes."

Michael Hannigan has posed:
Oh what interesting turn of events it is. Wade had secured several tickets to one of the symphonic concerts going on at the Music Hall and well, things have happened so now Mike has some tickets at the last second.

And so, a rather nicely dressed Mike emerges from a cab, smiling at the prospect of having a nice leisurely afternoon of music. Being it's not an evening show, his attire is not AS high end. But the bearded musician's shirt does have a collar at least. "This makes for a nice break, doesn't it?"

Stephen Strange has posed:
    "Nice break. If you insist." Stephen says towards Mike, looking from the musician up towards the symphony hall and takes in a deep breath of remorse as he seems to consider all the shows he missed or the shows he wasted time at. "You know I don't get out much any more, right?" Stephen says with a second sigh in Mike's direction before a commotion causes him to look over his shoulder towards the jewelry store.

    "You must be in the mood to do some heroics instead of sitting and being an idle elite, yes?" Stephen asks rhetorically towards Mike as he turns away, the sport coat flapping in the breeze and the motion of him turning to saunter towards the store.

Kyani Kohanna has posed:
    Kyani had a delivery for the manager, it was a gift being sent to them. IT doesn't take long at all for Kyani to make to the Tiffany's and he sees taht there is someone sitting outside in front of the building. "What's going on?" he asks more to himself than to anyone else. He takes a moment to study things before he walks across to the man in front of the door, "Hello, I have delivery."

Naomi McDuffie has posed:
THe suited man standing before the door, idly adjusts his tie and looks over briefly as he spots what appears to be someone heading his direction. He then blinks and looks over at Kyani who appears before him and he gestures lightly with a hand, "Be gone, simpleton. I have not the time nor the patience to deal with someone who can clearly see that we aren't open." He then looks over to the other two before looking back to Kyani, "What is it the kids are saying?" He then flicks his hands, "Bounce?" And then Kyani will feel like the very air in front of him has become a trampoline that he just hit...and now it is hitting back as the air attempts to throw Kyani back and away.

Meanwhile, well up above the scene, Naomi flies left and right, trying to get a better hang of quicker turns. She finally comes to a stop about a block from the jewlry store, hearing the alarm going off and then blinking a few more times, "Crap, better get into action."

Michael Hannigan has posed:
Nick chuckles as Strange mentions not getting out much anymore to which he nods, closing the taxi door now that Strange is out of the car, "Which is all the more reason why I invite-"

He pauses his speaking as he sees Strange already moving away. Not towards the concert hall but instead torwards the jewelry store.

It's around that point he processes what's going on. "Well, I was looking forward to some music." He replies back, tone a bit sad at the loss of his planned afternoon activity but turn away from the concert he does, following after the good Doctor in the process. "But I guess that's for another time. I'll take the back."

He turns, stepping into an alleyway nearest the jewelry store, disappearing into the shadows to- well, quite literally disappear.

Stephen Strange has posed:
    "No no no... dangit. I don't want to go into the front... I can still get shot." Strange sighs to himself as Mike has already slipped away. Strange then rolls his head to the side and pops his neck, while he steps towards the Tiffany's front door.

    Reaching his scarred hands up to his bowtie to make sure it's straight as he can get it despite his injuries, Stephen steps into the store and puts on an act, not a great one but an act. "You aren't the usual host." Stephen says as he steps up to the man with the top hat and the debonaire suave to his mannerisms. "I need a gem and I need it as soon as possible." The former socialite has that part still in him so it slips out rather easily as he demands what he feels is his. Service and respect.

Kyani Kohanna has posed:
    While the so called sophisticated man is talking, everything around him slows to a crawl and as he looks inside of the store, he sees that it's being robbed. As the man begins using his powers, Kyani focuses back on him, and feels the push begins. Lightning crackles slightly in his eyes and just a blink of an eye Kyani side steps and throws an elbow towards the mans head, not knwoing that he's met anyone who's faster than him. Still for Kyani everything is moving very slow, as he does this he notices a man walking up to speak to the man he's talking to. "Sorry." he says.
    

Naomi McDuffie has posed:
Sure enough, Kyani is much faster than the man...but he's not faster than the air around the man. It's instinct for this man. When the attack comes, the air attempts to wrap around the attack. Sure, the elbow is far faster than a typical one so the man sorta gets hit. Hit by a cushioned version of the attack and he staggers to the side. His top hat falls off and hits the ground and he sucks in a breath sharply, "Rude." He states and then just like that, a literaly whirlwind whips up around him. A rather sudden tornado that pushes out suddenly toward both Kyani and Strange.

"I do apologize." THe man states to Strange, "I understand the inconvenience of my actions but as you can see, I am dealing with a rather rowdy customer and as such you will have to come another day."

And that is when Naomi races in. The flash of light announces her arrival as hse attempts to race in and grab the man who just created the whirlwind only for her to hit a barrier, push...push...puuuussshh into it and...then she goes flying backwards and into a nearby car flailing.

"AAAaAaaahHH oof!" The girl calls out as she hits the car and blinks slowly, "Ok..." She states in confusion.

"Make that customers. I do apologize for any damage to your outfit. Bill the store."

Meanwhile, inside, the men are gathering up every jewel they can find, two of them doing teh job while the third keeps a gun trained on the staff in the back.

Michael Hannigan has posed:
Approaching the back way, the now phantasm'd musician pauses just briefly at the back door before simply stepping through. Giving a cautious glance about, he quietly walks over to the man with the gun. He glances down to the firearm. Grabbing the top of it, he puts some of his power into the weapon, making it vanish from the man's hands.

Stephen Strange has posed:
    Stephen lifts his hand and with barely a spell at his finger tips, the wizard remainds standing against the torrent of wind and fury. "I do not believe you know who I am. Sir." Stephen says, snapping his hand to his side should the winds die down from the sudden tornado. Stephen's hair barely flutters in the winds. "If I have to explain myself and my lucrative position of this establishment, you may as well find yourself out of work sooner than you anticipate." Stephen, the upper class man who's actually lived the life has no time for this, but it is amusing in no small part.

Kyani Kohanna has posed:
    Whoa, now this is new. Kyani hasn't fought anyone with powers before, still he isn't stupid and as the torrent of wind burst outwards towards him and Stephen. Kyani doens't know who Stephen is, but he wasn't able to stand there as the wind started to blast towards him. Kyani quickly runs from the wind, and as he does so he angles his way towards teh door, he was going to do what he could to get inside. The man who had a top hat on is still in teh door way, but Kyani aims for that entrance, hoping to use his speed if need be to knock the man into Tiffanys and not knock over Stephen Strange.

    Kyani has trained with his speed for a year and has learned some techniques to get through tough places and now he has a new obsticale and he will get inside to help the peoople. White lightning streaks along hsi body and behind him as he moves in nothing but a blur trying to get inside.

Naomi McDuffie has posed:
"Now, you just sit tight and we'll...the hell?!" The man holding a gun on the hostages blinks when his gun vanishes. He grabs at the air where it was and steps back, "Hey! Hey!" He calls out to another guy and points, "My gun, it is gone. It just vanished."

The hostages with their arms up all start to blink but before any of them can do anything, the other man trains his gun on them, "Hey, which o' you did that! Speak!" He calls out and cocks his gun threateningly, "I'm gonna give you to the count of three!"

Outside, the man blinks slowly at Stephen and then tilts his head, "Now, that was not normal. I will say sir that I do not think you a normal customer at all..." And then the commotion inside and he turns to look inside, the top hat on the ground simply flowing up from the ground to his head. He then blinks as he feels the wind shift and looks bakc to see Kyani rush him. He slams into the door, cushioned by air and once more his top hat flies off. He grumbles as he is knocked back and then sighs, "Boys!" He calls out, "We are done here, take what you can."

And then with a gust of wind he stands up, a puppet drawn on strings to his feet. He brushes off and hten aims his hand toward Kyani and Kyani will feel like the air around his boyd is simply vanishing, no air to breath rather suddenly. And the man keeps the hand trained on him.

Meanwhile, outside, Naomi pushes up and then floats over carefully to land on her feet and run to the door, "What's the situation?" She calls to Strange and looks inside, already training her hands on the store entrance.

Michael Hannigan has posed:
Shaking his unseen head, Mike checks to make sure the safety is on the gun as he walks over to the new one making the threat. He steps behind him.

"That would be me." He states calmly, ready to smack the guy in the face with the gun he's already acquired should the man turn around.

Stephen Strange has posed:
    "I am not normal. I'm the one you should be focusing on if you wish to leave here unharmed." Stephen lies, bluffs and even cheats as he watches him attack at Kyani. This sparks a nerve in Stephen and he stomps one foot forward, lashing out with a chop of his hand in a horizontal slash, several meters away from the Top Hatted man.

    "Let. Him. Go." Stephen snarls and demands as his own action seemed showy, should have repurcussions following suit in time as the hat should be cut and the top half of the top hat should fall off and to the ground.

    Only a few seconds. A human can only handle a few seconds without air, and Stephen will act once more to save Kyani if the man doesn't obey. Then Naomi shows up.

    "Bad guy. Hostages. Guns." Stephen tries to use as few words as possible.

Kyani Kohanna has posed:
    Kyani wasn't expecting his air to go away, like who ever really expects to stop breathing. Not Kyani anyways, but now that it's happening to him and it happens quickly and now Kyani is gasping for air. He can't run, that takes air, and right now Kyani drops to his knees. His hands reaches for his throat and he watches everything around him, and he can't help anyone, he can't even help himself.

Naomi McDuffie has posed:
There's a proud smirk on the face of the man who has finally stopped Kyani. Normally he'd finish Kyani off and then leave but even as he uses his free hand to direct his hat back to his head, it cuts in half and flies to the side. He loses focus and Kyani will find himself free to breath and move again. The man frowns and looks to the either side where his hat is and then he looks at Strange.

"Perhaps you were right about focusing on..." He then looks over in time to sense Mike knock out one of his men. That man whipping around to face Mike only to get a gun butt to the face. Then the other guy stares in disbelieve.

"Yo, boss...uh...we got trouble." Goon 3 states simply and then the man in the suit sighs.

"Obviously you dolt." He then whips his hand out and attempts to literaly slam the air between himself and Strange right into Strange and that is when a blast of pure energy goes toward him and he has to raise up his other hand to block it only to be slid back.

Outside, Naomi smirks and gives the man inside an up nod before she starts to float up to the window she just broke with that blast, "Sup."

"Of all the nerve..." The formerlly tophatted man says.

Michael Hannigan has posed:
As the man falls to the ground and the gun he's holding is no longer being aimed at the group. It too vanishes from view.

The quiet intruder sets his eyes upon the only goon he hasn't disarmed yet. Mike approaches slowly, pausing long enough to pass one of the acquired guns through the wall to set it in between the framework. Or to be bisected by the metal of the framework. He doesn't really care at the moment. Right now he just wants all the weapons accounted for.

Stephen Strange has posed:
    Stephen yelps as he gets shoved back away from the man in the Small Hat, and smashes into a parked car in front of the jewelry store.

    "GAH!" Stephen screams out as he at least saved himself from most of the brunt of the hit with a shield spell that was reactionary and enough to prevent him from snapping in half like the surgeon he is, was.

    Stephen coughs as he steps forward from the car and starts to slowly rise off the ground, hands at his sides as he does so. His sports coat flapping about in mage wind that the Sorcerer Supreme is summoning. "I gave you the chance to leave peacefully and you refused me. This assault on the innocents will be tollerated by myself no more." And as Stephen speaks a mouth opens in the floor, large, vile and disgusting as the bottom of the floor opens hidden dull pointed teeth opening wide and a volley of violent tongues lash out from the groundworks to wrap around the invaders feet and ankles and should they get close enough, hands arms and torsos will be ensared.

Kyani Kohanna has posed:
    He's able to breath and it takes Kyani a few moments to regain his breathing and as he does the dark skinned speedster coughs a few times and as he is able to suck down some air, he is grateful. Now he's pissed and it takes him a moment to get to his feet and as he does, he takes a moment to survery his surroundings. Making sure he sees everything he needs to and as he does he sees others here to help, now with Top-Hatter facing off with Stephen Stranger, Kyani uses this too help Strange and he quickly rushes in towards the Top-Hatter, this time his speed increases making it hard to perdict where he is. Kyani throws a lightning enhanced punch towards the Top Hatters face looking to knock him out an shock the shit out of him.

Naomi McDuffie has posed:
The three guys that aren't anything other than hired thugs get dragged right down into the mouths that Dr. Strange has created. The powered gentlemen raises up and uses wind to keep the grasping appendages at bay.

"What is this?! This makes no sense." He glares toward Stephen and is about to use something to attack Stephen only to blink and get hit in the face by Kyani. He gasps as he is hit and flails in the air only to fall into the mouth. He screams out, closing his eyes, waiting for certain death.

Is this the end for our gentleman crimnal?! Is this it?! All that planning! All that plotting! To be eaten by...by...

As he opens his eyes, he can see he is in a cell with a power dampening field in the downtown police station. He blinks several times and then slams a fist into the ground, "Dammit!"

Meanwhile, back at the Tiffany's. Naomi stares and shakes her haed, "Not seen anything like that before."

Michael Hannigan has posed:
About ready to strike the third and final thug, the unseen figure instead ends up jumping back to avoid the thing that opens up inside the shop. "HOLY HELL!"

Watching as the figures are made quick work of, Mike sighs, picking up the remaining firearms and shoving them into the wall as well. He starts to make his way out of the store, giving a wide berth around the creatures Strange summoned.

Stephen Strange has posed:
    The Mouth slowly folds back into the fanciest tile floor you've ever seen as Stephen closes his spells and stands upon his loafered feet and pops his head the other way, looking rather annoyed at the whole situation. A look is given to Kyani and then to Naomi with a sharp nod before he looks into the store.

    "If we hurry Mike, we can still make the concert."

Kyani Kohanna has posed:
    Kyani blinks a few times as he sees what happens with the Top-Hatter. He looks to Stephen, "Thanks for the help." he says as he looks to the older man. Kyani then walks into Tiffanys to check on the people there, "Is everyone ok?" he asks all of the customers. He looks around at the other hero's here, he doesn't recognizes Naomi if she is dressed as a hero, "Is everyone ok?"

Naomi McDuffie has posed:
A smile is given to Strange and Mike before she waves a hand, "Hey, great job. Umm, thanks for the help." She then looks over at Kyani and then nods her head, "Yeah, I'm fine. Great job back there." She nods her head, "I'm N." She nods her head to him, "You're pretty fast." She nods her head, "Incredibly fast really." She nods her head before she nods her head, "Who are you?"

Michael Hannigan has posed:
"Got it!" The now appearing, nicely dressed, but not as much as Strange, Mike chipperly replies at the doorway right into the ears of those near the doorway. It seems the weird floor mouth is forgotten now.

Mike pauses realizing the proximity. "Oh. Sorry."

Stepping around him, he glances back to Strange, "We can let the police know where the guns are later. No one's going to reach them in the meantime."

There's a pause as the musician looks to the other two. "Thanks guys. Would love to chat but we're running late."

Looking to Strange he gives a nod before heading towards the concert hall.

Stephen Strange has posed:
    "Nonsense, you two are the real heroes. I and my associate were just passing by on our way to the symphony house." Strange says with a motion of his scarred hand up towards the grand building just next door. "No fuss. Nothing worth mentioning." Stephen says, motioning for Mike to join him and partake in life. That is unless the musician would rather be famous and take the credit for saving a few people from some super villain. "Who is playing here again? I don't much follow music any more."

Kyani Kohanna has posed:
    Kyani smiles to N, "THanks, my name is Kyani." he says to the masked hero. He rubs the back of his head a little bit. A sigh escapes him as he doesn't see teh bad guys, but oh, are they dead? Kyani doesn't know, when Mike speaks to them, "No we all helped out." he says to him. "Hey, thanks for the help there. I couldn't breath and I thought was done." he says to Stephen Strange, "Thanks again." he looks around and to the customers if they are still here just wanting to make sure they're ok.

Naomi McDuffie has posed:
A grin and Naomi nods her head to the pair that are apparently continuing their date, "Hey...those guys are..." She then looks and thinks of the mouths and then decides she doesn't really wanna know. THey're fine. Right? She then looks to Kyani, "Cool, Kyani. Nice to meet you. I gotta get going but...don't be a stranger. Also...if you're gonna do stuff like this." She chuckles, "Might want to work on the look. Baggy shorts and a sleeveless top isn't really...super hero gear." She winks before lifting off and giving a salute, "See ya!" She then turns and flies back off into the sky.

Kyani Kohanna has posed:
    "Well N, this was fun, but I'm just starting to get into this heroing thing." Kyani doesn't have any gear, "Sorry what you see is what you get." he tells her. "I don't have anyone backing me or anything to help, so I do what I can." he smiles. WHen the two other men leave to continue their date, he smirks a little bit, he didn't know who they were. "Yeah, nice meeting you N. HOpefully we run into one another."