14147/Who's got the ball

Who's got the ball
Date of Scene:	15 February 2023
Location:	Spyscape Museum
Synopsis:	Karai steals an Nth metal device from a museum, Belinda mistakes her for someone else, and she draws the attention of Hawkman and Hawkwoman in the process.
Cast of Characters:	Shredder, Belinda Gutierrez, Shayera Thal, Joseph Gardner

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Shredder has posed:
    The Spyscape Museum may be popular for many tourists and teenagers, but it's also informative. The location is filled with puzzles for the kids to go testing their skills. The dark lit zones have lie detecting tests, cryptic messages, laser mazes and more.

    It's also a place where Karai, posing as an average teenager herself in a cream colored sweater and black leggings, has come to assess some of her own personal recruits.

    There is a real task, though. The laser maze has a series of buttons, and while normally they simply give the test results, there are a few special buttons that access a delivery of a special chemical compound that's been dropped by a chemical engineer. It's not harmful, but it has some particular uses regarding alien metals.

Belinda Gutierrez has posed:
"I still think it would an incredible place for Laser Tag!" the young lady, Belinda Gutierrez, exclaims vehemently to a local classmate who (unfortunately) is well-within earshot and trying desperately not to be. "Sure, espionage things are important, and necessary, but-- the reflective surfaces. The emitters!" She crosses her arms, suddenly distracted by the odd-looking, old-timey block devices nearby, safely ensconced in glass.

Enigma.

"...wow," she murmurs, voice suddenly hushed, thoughtful.

Shayera Thal has posed:
Shayera Thal is here on a more personal issue. She had heard that a particular artifact of alien origin was being kept her, something related to Thanagar and with having met Hawk man and Hawk Girl last night she kind of wants to see it and authenticate it.

It is hard not to miss Shayera to as she walks into the museum with her wings on display, not like she can hide it. She has left her helmet back at base cause she saw no need of it. Walking up to the desk jockey she smiles and introduce herself. "Hell I am Shayera Thal, I am here to discuss with the director about the artifact he wanted me to look over." Of course the person behind the desk starts to go through the appointment list to see if Shayera was on it leading her to lean on the desk and look around rather bored.

Shredder has posed:
    Karai looks rather un-noticable. She's not hiding, she's just not remarkable looking. The small Japanese young woman's ears are drawn by Belinda's noise, but her focus is spent mostly on assessing the genin students. That changes when she hears the voice of Shayera and the comment on an artifact. Is it of value? She turns and looks not to Shayera, but to the door, catching sight of her as she turns her head, then back again. This artifact could be interesting if an ambassador from another world is interested in it.

    The students slap the buttons in order, disabling lasers and climbinb over other lasers. They make it to the end. A success from the outside view, but not in their other mission, they haven't recovered the compound that they were sent for. One young man stops at the end, and starts counting the number of buttons up toward the top of the wall, as if trying to identify the one he wants.

Belinda Gutierrez has posed:
Belinda mercifully lets her companion 'sneak' away, a quiet, rueful smile as she stares at the Enigma machines a moment longer. "They really do like old typewri--" She pauses, glancing about with a blink, a huff. "How rude," she grumbles, shaking her head as she turns back to the laser game/test/array. Then-- woman with wings!

"..those can't be real...!" Bel breathes, attention torn away from the laser grid. She grimaces to herself, brushing her face, her eyes. Too many scents, too much contained-- and the bleach the janitor used last night, still faintly burning the senses!

Shayera Thal has posed:
Shayera Thal doesn't really expect there to be trouble so she is willing to indulge the lady as she then stops and checks. "Shayera....Shayera...Shayera..." Hawk Woman just rolls her eyes, how many people in this city hav....She is reminded of the little video that has hit social media about the three Hawk people taking down Intergang and just shakes her head. Finally the secretary stop and says, "Ah here you are ma'am! Right this way."

"Finally." Says Shayera as she falls in behind the person, walking with her to the bathroom where they store they store some of the artifacts. She pass by Belinda and she gets a very good look at the hawk like wings that adorn her backside and that large war mace she carries on her hip. The pair stop at the door and the secretary scans her card and begins escorting Shayera to meet the director.

Shredder has posed:
    Karai follows after Shayera as she follows toward the store of artifacts. She acts as if she's going to the bathroom, following the winged woman and giving Belinda a glance as she passes. A few odd scents might be present. sharpening oil, that which is used to sharpen knives can be detected. She doesn't look the sort for pocket knives at a glance, and the scent of incense, probably less surprising. And...something else, it's chemical in nature, and only very faint. Her noisiness could be a help to Karai, it gives someone to pay attention to instead of her.

    On the wall, the young man reaches up, fourth from the top button, two more taps on the one next, and then tap one higher. A small door clicks open, and the young man retrieves a small square bottle.

Belinda Gutierrez has posed:
Belinda remembers (after a moment) to exhale, breathing anew as her heart quivers. "..totally real," she murmurs, staring at Hawkwoman as she moves with the assistant to the back areas. Curiosity sharpens instinct keenly; instinctively, she takes a qwuick breat---and sneezes into her elbow. Mrrrfle!

"..stupid bleach..." she mutters with a sniffle, rubbing her nose as she takes a small vapor inhaler from her pocket. Soothing miserable senses as she inhales gratefully, momentary clearing-- that sudden new rush of scents, the comical and usual and blech and--

Incense. Exotic, tingly. So faint as to be almost beneath even Belinda's keen nose.

"Ms. Saeko?" she whispers quietly, eyes wider as she runs her glance around the exhibit room, heart racing. Seeing is believing, but for her -- scent is everything. And the low thrum of the hall and the people hide the faint *click* as her eyes race to Winged Wonder, Secretary Beauraucrat, and...

Oriental. Exotic. Source. She steps forward, following with half-timid steps before her mouths sets. Follow!

Shayera Thal has posed:
Shayera follows the secretary, she stops by the directors office and knocks. A old man with full beard and slightly bald head looks out through a pair of spectacles and says, "Ah Shayera! Thank you for coming...We got a odd item and I was wondering if you could help me." He steps out and then dismisses the secretary and begins to walk. As both Shayera and the Professor exchange pleasantries they seem to be unaware of people shadowing them. What trouble could happen at a museum!?

They stop at one of the stations in the area as he takes out what looks to be a icon of Horus, it is a eagle sitting on top of a sphere about the size of a magic eight ball with some odd harving in it. "We recovered this recently, it does not correspond to anything on our periodic table and we thought you could have a look." Shayera stares at it for a moment and then picks it up and turns it over. "Well the eagle was added to the sphere..." She says before she thinks for a moment and then take her war mace out and 'taps' it sending a faint charge through it. Doesn't damage it but once that is done she hold it out and then drops it. Of course at the professor gasp cause you just dropped it but then he stop as the sphere floats there as if gravity has no hold over the thing at all.

"Its Nth metal alight." Says Shayera.

Shredder has posed:
    Karai continues a fairly ordinary progression, focused on Shayera, she doesn't even notice that she herself has a tail. As Shayera enters the room, Karai suddenly crouches very low, sliding into a duck walk as she glides into the office behind them. Her hand tucks into the bottom of her sweater, and she pulls a small black pellete which she tucks between two fingers at the base, allowing her to maintain both ahnds free while holding the small item.

Belinda Gutierrez has posed:
The opportunites for silence are few and far between, especially in the city and not the wilderness. Silence, stealthiness-- stalking! From keen curiosity to delightful game-- Belinda slides close to Karai, careful quietude undone by the soft scuffle of boot on the polished museum floor, the creak of leather footwear.

"..Ms. Saeko?" comes the hesitant whisper, a breathy query for the ninja 'teenager's' ears alone. Glancing up, biting back a gasp. Ancient Egyptian Floaty Things! And winged woman. And-- bite down sound! No squeaking.

Shayera Thal has posed:
Shayera takes the little charged sphere and sits it on the table. "Hawk Man or Hawk Girl might be able to give you more details on this. I was no scientist and this technology is pretty old." Still the sphere is big enough if someone was to melt it down it might make a rather nice weapon or some devious device. Who knows what the sphere does too.

The director nods their head and kind of examines it closely. "A Nth metal artifact, amazing."

Shredder has posed:
    Karai's listening when she hears Belinda's voice. Her eyes bug out, and she turns her head to see her new companion. The young woman is at a loss for words, not that she would use any right now, she doesn't want to alert Shayera or the director to her presence.

    The word 'Nth Metal' snaps her attention back, and she shoves her hand out to Belinda's mouth to cover it. The scent of the small pellet is very close, the Zinc in the mixture a distinct esmell up against her nose.

Belinda Gutierrez has posed:
Belinda's whisper is cut off by Karai's quick gesture; her own eyes bug out in turn, and the 'mmphle!' is quiet, managed-- and so close, the smell of much is stronger-- and the faint taste and metallic tang of zinc is impossible to ignore! The girl glares at Karai, but stays silent. Keen now to listen, eavesdrop, curious-- floaty thing!

....and the utter question of the situation in her eyes. But for later!

Shayera Thal has posed:
Shayera Thal is going to have to default to Hawk Man on this one, he knows more about this than she does. She reaches into her little pocket and produces the little communicator she has been the three people bearing wings like she does and hits it. "Hawk Man, this is Shayera. The museum has stumbled across a artifact that is made of nth metal and dates back to Egypt. I figure you could take a look at it seeing how this is your field of study." She sends the address to him and then tucks it back in the pocket. "You got any files on this?"

Ever the helpful man he nods. "Yes please the files are this way." The object is left all alone now as they begin to go to the file room to get write up on the weird device.

Joseph Gardner has posed:
Hawkman has arrived, as Dr. Joseph Gardner. His power suit in this case is a blue pinstriped suit that accents his height and frame. Dr. Gardner wears a couple days growth of stubble -much like Hawkman did yesterday. His contacts spoke of this device and he decided he'd pay a social call on the director. He could examine the artifact and make a deal for it. In fact his briefcase held several objets d'art from the Khufu Dynasty that would make a fine trade. Khufu's memories came in handy when you did field work. Simple. He'd just acquire the device for Hawkman.

And Hawk Woman was here already. Dr. Gardner's breath catches a little on seeing her. She's got that kind of charisma. In fact, checking Thanagaian cultural norms now... yes, she's beautiful by Thanagarian standards too.

Shredder has posed:
    Karai, seeming to be satisfied by this stranger's silence, looks back as the other two make for the file room. Aren't these supposed to be spy people? She isn't going to waste any time, She moves forward, leaving Belinda behind and making her way to the desk, clamping her other hand over the sphere and making her way back for the door she came in through. She motions Belinda to follow her, as if she was part of her entourage even though she has no idea who this young lady is. It's time to make an immediate exit before anyone knows what is happening.

Belinda Gutierrez has posed:
Belinda's eyes widen at-- stealing? From the museum? She hesitates only a heartbeat before falling in alongside Karai, biting her lip at least until the duo passes the doorway from the back storerooms to the outer halls.

"Are you loca?" she hisses quietly, teeth clenched. "There are cameras, everywhere! And the guards at the front door! And that--" She gestures absently. "--that thing, it was floating in the air not a minute ago! A UFO thing! It could be turning your insides into guacamole as we speak!"

Shayera Thal has posed:
When Shayera hears someone yelling, she pauses and turns her head in the direction they came from. "Did you hear that?" Yay Joseph would be in the perfect position to see Karai sneaking off with something if he is coming in with that annoying secretary. And he would see Shayera coming back around to investigate who is yelling too.

Taking one look at Belinda and then the desk noting the Icon of Horus is gone then back to Belinda she draws the obvious conclusion. She did! She reaches down and unclasps her war mace and then points it. "Alright. Hand over the sphere I don't want to start a fight in here." Yeah too many priceless artifact they could damage.

Joseph Gardner has posed:
Dr. Joseph Gardner reaches out to Karai, almost touching and gets a look of concentration. Shayera would probably notice it. She might even feel a current through her own Nth metal gear as Gardner's concealed belt is activated and an invisible current reaches out to activate the Sphere of Horus and lift the sneak thief into the air. It seems the best way to prevent violence to Gardner and fun too. Besides, it's alien tech. Alien tech always does weird stuff.

Shredder has posed:
    Karai is more than happy to let Belinda take the heat as she exits the office. She doesn't know who that girl is in the first place. She suddenly feels the sphere in her hand lift against her hold, and she pulls down upon it. When it is able to lift her, she releases and turns around to look for a source of the strange activity. Joseph's attention is clear, and she narrows her eyes. So much for making it out quietly. It's time for that pellet. There's a fling of her hand, the small black pellet she had wedged between her fingers pops against the ground. This one is just a smoke bomb, and the smell of the zinc oxide fills the air as the dim lighting goes black. In the next motion she pulls that heavy sweater off over her head and throws it at his face. If someone could see her, they'd see that the leggings are now revealed to be part of form fitting matte black suit, harnessed with kunai and several small pouches.

Belinda Gutierrez has posed:
Belinda runs face-first into a blast of metallic smelling smoke, a sneeze followed by hot coughing-- stinging nostrils, drawing another sneeze! The Orb goes soaring for the ceiling, now lacking any weight to hold it back. Sight is utterly shot by the swirling cloud of black smoke/powder/ *something*-- but hearing manages, and that scent.

She growls in husky anger, quivering as she curls her fingerrs. Glance back, glance at the door-- tugging hoody over her head, she breaks into a run for the Better Part of Valor.

"Saeko!" she hisses again, frustrated as he tries to find the shadowy ninja in the smoke cloud. Where---?!

Shayera Thal has posed:
The activation of Nth metal nearby causes Shayera to forget about Belinda momentarily, she glances around curiously before she decides she might want protection. Activating her wing harness a metal starts to come out along her back as interlocking plates move to over her wings giving them that armored look one sees. She grips her war mace tighter and locks eyes on Belinda again.

Then the madness starts, as Belinda makes a break for it she takes off running after her only to stop when she see that cloud of smoke starting to expand and obscure vision. Well shit, without the Hawk Helm she can't see through that, but she does have one thing to her advantage. She raises her wings and then gives them two powerful beats trying to use the wing of them to disperse the smoke. She is unaware of what is going on right now so the floating orb, the weird slamming on the door, the ninja stripe tease all obscured by this bloody smoke.

Joseph Gardner has posed:
Dr. Joseph Gardner ahs. that's one way to clear the air. As for the sweater, well he exposed the thief... s tospeak as the air cleas he flings the sweater back at the little murder minx. Let the on duty Hawkperson handle the rest.

Shredder has posed:
    As the good doctor's concentration is broken, Karai reaches out to catch the sphere as it flies back down. The sweater is wrapped around the sphere as she moves down the hallway, not wasting any more time. She leaves Belinda behind, giving no heed to whatever trouble she may have caused the poor kid whose only crime was mistaking Karai's identity for someone else. She pulls a couple smoke pellets this time as she sprints for the exit, throwing them across the main museum floor. Nothing like smoke to cause a panic.

    In the main area, her students see her sprinting out, and look at each other with a little confusion. Upon seeing her spray the ground with smoke pellets, they at least get the idea that it's time to go. The three teenagers burst after her, one taking a moment to pull the fire alarm. Because that's what teenagers do when they want to cause a distraction.

Belinda Gutierrez has posed:
The fire alarm sounds out, erupting like an unholy blazon overhead. Emergency lights flash on, tiny neon indicators illuminating, lighting up evacuation pathways across the floor. Smoke billows from the thrown pellets, and confusion heightens-- though most of those gathered (the student part, at least), exit in orderly fashion, with only the occasional screaming, hooting, hollaring delinquents roughhousing all the way outside.

And Belinda, narrowing her eyes as... as...

"Te *tengo*!" she breathes, an entirely mirthless grin on her features. She sniffs the air again, shivering with a grimace at the scents of the city-- and the scent of Karai, finally and unmistakably caught! A last glance around as she tightens her hood over her head; she grimnaces again, sighing quietlky. "..So much trouble now..." she moans, whimpers-- stealing out with the other evacuees to the front of the building, vanishing with a quick step.

*Hunt*!

Shayera Thal has posed:
The smoke clears just in time to see someone sprinting away she tenses her jaw. She notices both Karai and Belinda sneaking away and then looks between them and then decide the one throwing smoke bombs is more dangerous. And seeing how this museum is full of expensive shit she doesn't want to just fly around damaging things. So she begins to spring after the girl. She has a rather powerful stride and is able to keep pace with Karai. Well up until a smoke bomb causes her to slow down and let out a frustrated growl. Once more her wings open and begin to beat to clear away the smoke once more. Those nasty little compounds she has mixed in the smoke however irrates her enhanced senses causing her eyes to water and giving her a headache. As the smoke clears around the woman she tries to find Karai before she vanishes.

Joseph Gardner has posed:
Dr. Joseph Gardner takes advantage of the confusion to slip away. In a moment his briefcase is hidden behind some crates. Then his wings deploy shredding a fine suit. He couldn't wear his helmet but he slips an amber cowl over his scalp and upper face. His mace was left behind but he draws an Nth metal dagger from its sheathe on his thigh. Then the Hawkman flies out the window scanning for the thief exiting the building. Wings spread as he slowly circles -seeking his quarry.

Yeah, Shayera Thal will realize who he is for sure. Who was that guy in the blue suit? Oh Dr. Gardner... he's an odd bird.

Shredder has posed:
    Karai's flight is not without thought. She knows she's been marked, but her students have not. The Upper East Side's clean streets aren't accustomed to as many ninjas as someplace like Hell's Kitchen, and the walking about people are more sparse. She rounds a corner, taking the sphere out and grabbing the youth who took the compound by the arm as the other three join her, clearly unaware that they are about to run into their chuunin. "Eric, take this home," she says. "Wait for us there, you two," she points at the teen girl and another teen boy, "Stick with me, keep them off me as long as you can."

    She then takes the sweater, rolling it up into a ball and making herself the bait to give the impression that she's still the one carrying the item, and continues her sprint. She doesn't know that Belinda can track her, she does expect an airborne tail, though, but only one.

Shayera Thal has posed:
The door open and instantly Hawk Woman does what she normally does and takes flight. WIth a few steady beats of her wing the anti gravity of the belt kicks in and she hovers above the crowd of people, those sharp green eyes scanning the crowd before falling on the woman with the bundled up sweater. With a few wing beats she propel herself forward as without gravities cling she is able to achieve remarkable speeds. However she has to keep it under a certain speed because of that little like water eyes and high winds. She begin to go into the infamous dive of her as her wings guide her in close and then at the last second beats and puts on a burst of speed as those nth metal wings attempt to swoop by and slash at her thigh to knock her off course.

Belinda Gutierrez has posed:
Tracking, hunting is hard... So much harder in a city than in a forest, or in the desrt, badlands-- so many distractions! And the weaker 'human' nose does not give justice. Belionda snarls in frustration, eyes flashing with cross--

A chance glance up. Wings!

With a whimper, Belinda slinks back into alley and alcove and shadow. A breath of frustration-- "I am not going to be blamed for this!" she vows, nodding grimly. Find a dark place, a quiet place. Near chosen scent. Then... patience, wait. Nightfall.

And then the truest hunt begins.

Joseph Gardner has posed:
Hawkman sees the crowd around Karai and guesses the hand off hapened. Pretty good for a rookie. he just grabs the wrong student. The student seems older than she should be and heavier, carrying muscle and given the trouble Karai caused, Gardner is not taking chances. "One wrong move and I will knock your brains out," he says. He has her by the belt in one hand, His dagger is in the other pommel down. Pommel is where we get the verb 'pummel'. Pommels are great for making people cooperate. So is the other end but let's not put that out there.

Yet.

She will recognize him and... he isn't bothered. He wants to tell her everything and hear about Thanagar and fly with her and Kendra. And the hawks.

Shredder has posed:
    Karai is busy sprinting, and while she anticipated Shayera overtaking her, she didn't expect it quite that fast. She feels the cut of the wings and goes down, rolling awkwardly at first, but finishing it gracefully into a three point stance, her hair flinging in front of her face as she looks up at the winged woman.

    The second of the two students, a dark haired high school kid makes it almost seem like they are a bunch of teenage delinquents. As Hawkman catches him, he does very little to offer a fight, throwing his hands out and revealing that he has nothing that they are looking for. Karai certainly has skills, but as this one is cornered, he seems to just immediately surrender. "Sorry, I'm sorry!" he pleads, a look of terror on his face. Just a scared kid who is clearly in over his head.
    The third, a girl of Native American descent, stops by Karai, who hands her the rolled up sweater. "Go," Karai commands, pulling two kunai from her vest, red tassles hanging from them as she looks back up at the hero. The girl looks at the hero, looks at the wadded up sweater, and hesitates for a moment before running, nearly getting hit by a car as she crosses the street.

    Eric, the third, the one with the real goods, stayed where he was when Karai and the others ran, so that he is not a clear affiliate, just as his training taught him. He turns around, walking back around the corner that they just came from as he tries to get as much dissassociated distance from the scene as he can with as little alarm as possible.

Shayera Thal has posed:
Shayera turns on a dime and then lands in a three point stance with her mace raised in one hand, she rises up and looks at the people and takes their measure very quickly. Karai is obviously a warrior, that much is certain from the looks of her the other two, she doesn't know much about but assumes they are either -GOOD- fakers or raw recruits. As the hand off occurs she watches and then glances up to note Hawk Man in the sky. Hopefully he can deal with her and she is about to advance on Karai when the car nearly hits the kid. That is her big bright glowing weak spot is when something happens to a child so she instantly shoots forward and leaves herself wide open as she tries to get the kid out of the dangerous traffic. "LOOK OUT!!" She cries.

Joseph Gardner has posed:
Hawkman stops suddenly and says, "Oh I'm very sorry... this is a case of mistaken identity. I'll just drop you off, no harm, no foul. Terribly sorry." He deposits the youth and shoots skyward... and hovers on a roof juuust out of sight. A couple sparrows come ti him and depart. Then a grouchy crow. The birds seem to listen a moment before taking off, Finally after a few moments a magnificent peregrine falcon comes and perches on his forearm. Ahh!

<<Wheet follow that one. The youth. do not harm the others I ordered please... when they return to their nest, send the crow or a sparrow to report, feathered friend. Sure... I can get you a squirrel or the equivalent. Wheet>>

Then he hears thee screech of brakes and the skreech of Shayera from below.

Shredder has posed:
    Karai is a kunoichi. There are things you can win and things you can't. She's not afraid to use any underhanded tactics to create things that let her win, including taking advantage of a more noble person's desire to even help her own student.
    With her injured leg, she can't very well be as lethal as she might be normally with this advantage, but kunais are thrown weapons as much as they are melee. She throws the right hand kunai, red tassle furiously flying behind it as it moves like a dart toward Shayera's exposed side.

    The girl with the sweater pivots around the car that managed to stop short of her, though she is thrown off balance and goes tumbling shoulder first into the light pole in the grassy median of the street. A metallic ring that it causes says that she hit it pretty hard, and lands in the grass. Ouch. She tries to recover, holding her arm and looking behind her to see if the winged woman is still pursuing her.

    The deposited youth looks up, heart racing as Hawkman takes off, and he pulls his phone out of his pocket once he's no longer the center of attention, and starts calling someone.

    

    Eric, the one with the sphere, keeps walking, past the crowd filing out of Spyscape, and making his way toward the subway entrance past it.

Joseph Gardner has posed:
Hawkman doesn't know exactly how fast he is. Shayera and Kendra are faster. But this is more a matter of acceleration. He might be the team sprinter. The falcon sees the vehicle barreling down and has a moment to say, <<Wheet! Fuck! Wheet!>> Hawkman is gone and speeding for the two to get them out of the way. He sees the girl stumble around the car. Tries to pull up before he slams into the Thanagarian, never spotting the dagger flying at her. Casting his shadow over Shayera a moment. He is unprotected, unable to shield. Maybe the dagger struck her already and it is all for nothing.

Shayera Thal has posed:
ThunkThunk as both kunai hit home on in the side. The hit causes a sharp hit of paint to surge through her body as it throws off her balance and causes her to hit the ground and skid into a wall, causing several spider web like cracks to appear in it and her eyes to slowly glaze over. She looks down at the blood on her side and the two kunai neatly buried in it. Yeah may have four time the endurance of a normal human but that still (CENSORED FOR CHILDREN) hurts! Plus the blow to the head didn't help either. She notes the design and shape of the kunai and doesn't remove it. Not yet, that would cause her to bleed badly. She instead decide to lay there and play the don't lose consciousness game from a headblow. She reaches down and take out her communicator. <<Hawk Man you are going to have to handle this one>> She then hits the medical alert button and just wait for pick up.

Joseph Gardner has posed:
Hawkman forgets the ninjas as he sees Shayera Thal smash into the wall. H sees the blood on her side and the daggers. His first thought is for her. You can bleed to death faster than you can die of asphyxiation. He runs over t0 guard her and render aid. Too slow. Too gods-damned slow. He feels around on his costume for for some cloth. Anything but encounters armor or leather. Oh of course.

Hawkman kneels beside Shayera and tears his emergency cowl off. He gingerly applies the cloth to the wound to slow the bleeding. "You'll be all right. Stay awake... my name is Joseph by the way." He whispers the last sentence.

Shredder has posed:
    This is a truly good moment to escape. Karai doesn't need complete victory, she has a task to accomplish. She pushes up by force, blood streaking down her leggings, and makes her way further down the street, forcing her leg to obey against the pain as she limps into a jog. She certainly would have a disadvantage against Hawkman to begin with, and would have very little chance in combat against him now.

    The girl who ran into the lightpole looks a little shocked at the impact, and seemingly frightened about the event, just starts running, holding her shoulder and the wadded up sweater.

    Eric reaches the subway station, heading down the steps to his path into the miasma of the New York trainways.