8724/Fusion Blues: A Foot Raid

Fusion Blues: A Foot Raid
Date of Scene:	18 November 2021
Location:	Location
Synopsis:	No description
Cast of Characters:	Shredder, Otto Octavius

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Shredder has posed:
    The Foot has been expanding. More warehouses are under their control lately, and some of them are even legitimate ones. It's hard to keep track for anyone in the organization, let alone anyone out of it. The particular one they've recently taken control of is a legitimate one. It's one most people wouldn't take much note of, but an alien device has recently entered it.

    Yesterday's theft was a success, and so tonight, Shredder's scientists are currently working on deciphering it in a lab that's been constructed in this particular warehouse. It's a good place to build a lab, since circuits, cables, and other components to create testing equipment pass through frequently. Up on the roof, a sole Foot ninja is perched, watching the area. It isn't a highly contested space at the moment, so at least on the exterior, there isn't a lot of defense.

Otto Octavius has posed:
The sound of metal pounding through brick is the first sign the Foot ninja has of anything. It's over the side of the building. The far side.

Shredder has posed:
    The young shinobi turns, looking around as he draws his ninja-to. He raises from his perch, and starts sprinting in the direction of the sound, far more silently than the pounding on the opposite side of the warehouse.

Otto Octavius has posed:
One metallic tentacle. Two. Three. Within moments, Otto Octavius is in plain view on the rooftop, with his last tentacle coming up behind him.

No sooner than he's within sight though, two tentacles latch out, grabbing and /tearing/ up a portion of the roof, before throwing the piece with such force at the ninja that it would no doubt send him cannoning away if it hits.

Shredder has posed:
    The ninja's stunned by the sight. He certainly wasn't expecting that. He backpedals, sliding to his rear as he tries to stop along the sheet metal roof, and raises his blade to protect himself as he slides under the thrown metal. It strikes him in the hand and blade, the sword clattering away as he comes to a stop in front of Octavius.

    He looks up helplessly, and curls into a ball, anticipating an attack that would come next. Not nearly as trained as some ninjas might be.

    Below in the warehouse, the activity definitely sparks attention, as Karai stands talking with one of the scientists about her observations. Several more Foot are inside, the interior security a bit heavier. They aren't plentiful, though, only a team of four joining her. Everyone else? They are workers or scientists.

Otto Octavius has posed:
It's fast, immediate. The sheer speed of the tentacle probably takes the ninja by surprise as he tries to curl up into a ball. The pincer grabs him by the leg, then drags him over near Otto... and up, effortlessly.

Three tentacles support his weight as one holds the ninja in the air. Those below can easily hear the metallic tentacles 'walking' over the roof.

Otto isn't being subtle. At all.

"What's in there?!" Otto sneers at the man, his goggles only masking the malice from his eyes... not from the eyebrows.

Shredder has posed:
    Karai looks up, and signals the team of ninjas within. The Foot soldiers file out, moving to the corners of the building as she looks at the damaged roof. She draws her own pair of blades, and rushes to the second level by way of vaulting up the supply crates in the warehouse, landing on the catwalk as she makes her way to the damaged portion of the roof.

    "I-it's a warehouse!" the voice is probably a teen, not even fully grown. "Please don't kill me!" he begs. Not the most helpful of information, but it seems to be more because of his state of panic than because he's actively resisting.

Otto Octavius has posed:
Useless and uninformative. He'll just have to go down himself.

He casually brings the tentacle over the side, holding the ninja in the air. Tossing him over would be a waste. He might prove useful as a hostage.

With that, Otto begins walking over the rooftop, trying to find a skywindow he can just break through...

Shredder has posed:
    The ninja tries to pull himself up, clutching onto the tentacle as he's carried about. He isn't trying to free himself, though, it seems he's more concerned that he might fall as he holds onto it for dear life.
    Outside, though, two of the four ninjas appear, scaling the roof outside the building just as Otto makes it to a sky window that could give access. All that work climbing, and they probably are just too late.

Otto Octavius has posed:
The ninja being held is suddenly tossed across the roof with enough force to go to the other side of the rooftop... and stops just before the edge intentionally. The tentacle, now freed, slams down through the window as the three other tentacles suddenly flow down inside.

Within moments, Otto is 'walking' along the ceiling of the warehouse, surveying inside.

Shredder has posed:
    The ninja slides to a stop near the edge, just as his ally gets to the top. Three ninjas are now on the roof to help him while the last still scales a bit slower. They are all just too slow, though, as their long journey up has ended with catching a sight of Otto disappearing inside the warehouse.

    "Interesting tech," comes Karai's voice as she stands on the catwalk on the second level. "But you're using on the wrong place. This is the property of the Foot Clan," she says. "And you're trespassing." The Japanese girl is young, hardly a formidable presence. It's possible she isn't even old enough to vote. But she has the attitude as if she runs the show as she stands without fear, her blades drawn.

Otto Octavius has posed:
"I wasn't asking permission, little girl." Otto replies, two tentacles moving over to the catwalk she's on. One pincer moves to the wall mounting. The other to the bottom portion of the railing where it connects to the 'floor' of the catwalk... and Otto /pulls/ rapidly starting to tear it apart.

The two tentacles remaining keep 'walking' along the rooftop, keeping Otto moving even as the other two turn Karai's walking space into so much slag with a metallic /screech/.

Shredder has posed:
    A smug half grin crosses the girl's face. "Yeah, that's why it's trespassing." As Otto grabs the catwalk, she leaps into action to vault from the destruction, seeking to bypass all of the tentacles as her jump comes very precisely in the direction of Otto's body primarily. After all, he looks pretty human. Her foot snaps out with a well practiced kick, aimed for the intruder's diaphram.

Otto Octavius has posed:
Of course, that's what they all think: They think they can just go right for Otto, but those tentacles?

Those tentacles are MUCH faster than most people are, and one of them retracts rapidly and move in front of Otto as a shield. A shield Karai is directly kicking at.

The other tentacle comes in from the side. If she tries to use that tentacle as leverage, the other will punish her for it.

Shredder has posed:
    As her kick turns into a landing, Karai's attentiveness does catch the incoming second attack as she plants against the metal appendage. She snaps her attention to the second tentacle, conscious of how many are required to keep him aloft. He has only a two point security on his hold now. She vaults straight up and toward one of the two that are attached to the ceiling, and thrusts her ninja-to at the joint of the grip, hoping to force it to release. Of course, it means she needs leverage, and so she has to leap onto that same tentacle she hopes to destabilize, and hopes to force him to crash.

Otto Octavius has posed:
Of course, it's a bit like trying to wedge an anvil off the roof with just a crowbar, using her sword like that. The pincer doesn't even achknowledge the force she's using.

"Cute, and clever." He sneers at her from below, "but not enough for Doctor Octopus, little girl."

The tentacle meant to shield him suddenly goes rod straight and starts to thrust right toward her, with deadly intent.

Shredder has posed:
    Karai clenches her teeth as the sword thrust is completely ineffective. New information gained at least. She looks down to see a third tentacle snap up toward her, and she desperate tries to lunge out of the way by swinging around the tentacle she holds.

    She's almost fast enough. Her steel shinguard rings as the tentacle strikes it, changing her trajectory enough that she loses both grip and orientation, falling from her position and losing one of her two blades as it falls away. She herself topples downward, a frantic hand snatching out to catch the coat that Otto wears to keep herself from falling all the way to the ground.

    It's just then that two of the ninjas appear in the hole above, one with a quarterstaff, the other with a kuri-sama. The one with the kuri-sama sees his boss in trouble, and wastes no time flinging the chain out to try to catch the fourth tentacle, completely unaware of just how powerful they are.

Otto Octavius has posed:
Karai is ignored for the moment, the two free tentacles idling briefly, before the chain is flung for it.

Otto gives a smug smirk... then suddenly /pulls/ with the tentacle, to yank the ninja off the roof, directly down into the warehouse.

All the while, Otto is 'walking' along the rooftop over to the device that was brought in the other day... the other free tentacle moving to try to wrap around Karai as she pulls at his overcoat, to try to pull her off of him.

Shredder has posed:
    The Foot soldier tries to pull back against the tentacle, which was a mistake, and he comes flying straight down into the warehouse with a scream. He lands on his feet, though from such a height the pop of bones can make it certain that he just broke both legs.

    Karai takes her second blade as the tentacle comes across, and slashes down at Otto's back, unaware that it's protected under that coat. The blade cuts through the coat, but is prevented from being any damage to his back by the presence of the harness. Of course, if the blade gets all the way down, he might have to worry about what happens below the harness as she drops to ghe floor of the warehouse below and between two towers of material crates.

Otto Octavius has posed:
That could have actually /hurt/. Both tentacles come up behind himself, and using their 'eyes' as a guide, Otto moves to grab Karai off of him... and doesn't stop.

She'll either have to be trapped by those tentacles, or leap off, because those tentacles are far more agile than a human is.

On the bright side for her, he's just above the device and has stopped 'walking' across the roof of the warehouse now...

Shredder has posed:
    Karai's arm is caught as she drops, and she tries futily to break the grip through maneuvers that she has well practiced. Only this isn't a human hand that's holding her. She grunts and pulls a smoke pellet from her pouch, chunking it at Otto to give him something else to focus on as the second ninja throws his quarterstaff like a spear to try to distract him. That ninja doesn't seem confident in wanting to leap down into the fray. Not after seeing what happened to his ally.