9604/rooftop turf war

rooftop turf war
Date of Scene:	13 January 2022
Location:	M-town Rooftops
Synopsis:	Some jobbers die, little casual workplace chat.
Cast of Characters:	Chizue Nakamura, Monet St. Croix, Peter Parker

---

Chizue Nakamura has posed:
    M-town was a lot of things, and if we're being fair "Quiet and safe" were not amongst the adjectives usually close at hand when M-town does come up. This week though had been downright idyllic all things considered, until the sun went down and Ninjas came out to play. Twenty or so clad in a mixture of dark red and black, circling around each other like alley cats. A ninja turf war put on by amateurs of course, which most would likely ignore entirely if it weren't for how sloppy these punks actually were.

    They might have fought quietly enough on their rooftop arenas, but you kick a dude off a ten story ledge and people are going to notice when he finally hits the pavement. This is New York afterall, people unfortunately -know- what a body sounds like when it hits here, but that's not enough to break up the scuffle because of course it isnt.

    It is enough to get Owari's attention, to summon her down from her lofty cell towers to study the beef in silence before descending into the fray silently. "Always amateur hour with you kids."Comes that distinctive electronic growl, as a Ninja off on the periphery rises into the air as he frantically claws after his throat. "But now it is time, for the end."

Monet St. Croix has posed:
Monet St. Croix is currently making her way through Mutant Town late at night. While the area has not been formally evacuated, it has been used as a staging ground at other times. And there are some mutants also who have left as well given the threat and Genosha opening it's shores. So she's at least been around more to help keep an eye on things, also as well in case some of the angels go in this direction.
    So she's flying along through the air, light reflecting off her when she hears the sound of bodies slamming about and.. In pajamas? No, wait, cotton cloth and..
    Then she's just flat out staring over at them. "You have got to be kidding me."

Peter Parker has posed:
And just like that, a blur of red-and-blue zips over Monet's head. WAY up and over, to be exact.
Spider-Man had gotten the word from one of his informants, a working girl who get free of her pimp (with the help of Spidey) and found "proper work" (in a call-girl outfit, but why pick nits?) and dropped the dime for the fight in Spidey's lap. He REALLY would have preferred some snuggle time with Kara, but NOOOO...people are about to kill each other and he can't just look away.

So, he announces his presence by webbing one ninja to the roof and landing next to him.

"Of COURSE you realize THIS MEANS WAR..." he says in a passable Bugs Bunny Voice.

Chizue Nakamura has posed:
    She doesn't look real, because she's not supposed to. A blur of color and shape indistinct, like something scribbled with fat sharp edged markers and brilliant neon paint pens. Even when she gets moving, hurtling forward amongst the crowd of dour black and maroon clad fellows, it's easy to take her lightly. Until the screams start, that is. A blade sliced in half and the man holding it bisected clearly falling onto the rooftop, true shouts of alarm going out finally. Owari is an efficient predator it seems however, going pitch black one moment and then erupting in a flurry of light and color the next. Combined with Spidey's position, well Owari seems entirely content to sweep a rough fourty five around their left flank and heard the poor Ninjas (who are still tusslin mind) into the corner of just one rooftop.

    Owari slows with a huff, her outfit lighting up only in the roughest of outlines as that polygonal Tanuki mask erupts into seemingly every single color there is all at once. "Come now Spidey I've this well in hand, no need to hang around. This is more my gig than yours, after all right?"

Monet St. Croix has posed:
This is.. More people in pajamas. There's a hovering up and over in the air of Monet St. Croix, as sh would evaluate.. "The famous Spider-Man and.. Whatever you are." A finger jabbed over at Owari. Then as the blood would start to flow she would narrow her eyes.
    "Mutant Town is not a place for this. You ahve spilt blood here. You are not wlecome." She's not particularly bothering to threaten them to 'take it elsewhere'. They've already sullied the area.
    They seem to be novices and.. M goes to try and focus and blast away with her mind. At best she's only moderately skilled and low powered as a telepath so she can't take over thier minds, she can't overwhelm them.> But hopefully she can at least hit them with emotion. So as wide a dispersal as she can't she's trying to hit the ninjas if at all possible to whatever degree with a sense of disorientation. Not necessarily fear. Disorientation. Dizziness. Uneasiness. Queasiness.

Peter Parker has posed:
Spider-Man whirls around to kick one in the midsection, webbing him into a cocoon, then attaching a webline so that when he rolls off, he hangs like a pinata.

"Sorry, Owari...but sometimes, I just gotta poke my nose in!" He spins to grab another's arm, flipping him over and webbing him up as he spins in midair. Chizue can see that his ninjitsu training is...well, mutating slightly. Becoming something more suited to Spidey's abilities.

Chizue Nakamura has posed:
    "It's an exceptionally irritating facet of your personality, which I am continually being reminded of. Spidey."Owari at least does slow to a halt, giving that transparent sword of hers a shake to clense the blood from it before swiveling her masked gaze up towards Monet.

    "You know it occurs me everyone in New York is -very- concerned where bloodshed occurs, not on these rooftops or those rooftops. It's always blame the exterminator with you people, yet nobody does anything to contain the outbreak."And casually with a snap of the fingers and a roll of her blade, she throws that sword back into it's scabbard. "And whom are you, to keep your feet unsullied with bloodshed?"

Monet St. Croix has posed:
Monet St. Croix would just hover in air while moving to backup Spider-Ma nif need be. His skillset better suited to this than her own. So her making a light nod of her head to the other hero to acknowledge letting him take point ever-so-mangaminously. "I am M." how did she manage to get in that sentence just how much -better- she was than anyone else? Practice, practice, practice.
    "We would all prefer no bloodshed, so when the circumstances occur for it we work to stop it where we are present or can get access to."

Peter Parker has posed:
Spider-Man might stop his not-quite-frenzied series of attacks, counter-attacks, and take-downs to gaze upon Monet, smile admiringly. Maybe ven genuflect.

Enh, he'll genuflect later, he's a little BUSY right now.
"Do you hear me...admonish you (hup!)...about how you (Low Bridge!)...handle things?" He finishes this statement by webbing up one ninja and slamming him into another, catching them both in the sticky web and sticking them to the roof. "No...but I AM going to solve problems the best way I know how..."
Without looking away from Chizue, he straight-punched a ninja coming in for the attack, knocking him cold. "Because that's the way I roll, Owari."

Chizue Nakamura has posed:
    "You guys are killing me here."casually sidestepping a full bore charge, only to casually half turn and whip a slender shuriken into the base of the poor boy's skull. If only he knew how to wear that headband correctly, but what can you do. "Everyone's all "Dont kill the brainwashed murderers making light of your religion" but then again I have to say I don't really feel the genuine support on the prevention side of things."

    Owari's suit flashing dark as another dashes in close, only to end up with a ziptie pulled taught round his throat and a knee kicked out. "You know honestly the best way to stop this all is to make a few dozen examples, you make it very clear and then they can't recruit more dumb idiots."

Monet St. Croix has posed:
Monet St. Croix would go to move to start to quick over, being backup for the other two and holding back her strength here. THe point is minimize casualties, not cripple them. So she's just flying in and quickly darting along, going to try and quickly punch or go for a rapid blow if at all possible on her targets. Moving to try and quickly drop one or two down with her fists and then back out of range, trying to if all possible 'bait' some into chasing her to get them away from the rest of the melee and to hopefully help make it so that the other two aren't at risk of being mobbed!

Peter Parker has posed:
"Maybe, Owari." PUNCH, web, hang like a Christmas ornament. "But MY enemies know I'm not going to kill them, and that changes their mindset."
Spider-Man somersaults to his left, webbing a ninja's feet to the roof. "Ya see, people are more willing to surrender if you offer more than just the fast-tracked death-penalty. And it's not like I have a clan to back me up for the heavy hitters, sooo...YIKE!"
Spidey does a Matrix-Neo Leanback, his upper body parallel to the roof as a sword swings over him. Never even looked in that direction and he knew it was coming.

Chizue Nakamura has posed:
    "Claiming the name is a contract, you dont get to back out of that. It's not like anyone gets tricked into it, it's not like they're going to pay your way to college for four years of Ninja service."And a casual twist as she dodges a punch, grabs the poor lad's wrist and promptly breaks his elbow before rolling him foreward, and ok he might survive that kick to the head. Hard to say really.

    One hand pointing casually up towards Monet "And do you see what I have to deal with down here? Ninja on Ninja warfare, and he thinks these guys just need a night in jail to clear their minds?"And a pivot back towards Spidey. "This soft touch is what empowers these idiots to try the henchman game on, because they all think they're gonna run into you and it wont be so bad."

Monet St. Croix has posed:
Monet St. Croix would float casually up in the air, "I'm sure. There are a great many ninja. They are endless and legion. If they are then they clearly have horrid recruiting and training standards." The group seem to her like children as far as their training. But she's cautious. She's going to grab one of them up by the neck and then going to fling them along to the ground, letting them roll several meters. "Quiet, the adults are talking." This spoken dismissively.

"There should be some sort of minimal stnadards. This is pathetic. There should be someone to receive complaints on the matter."

Peter Parker has posed:
Spidey shook his head as he webs two ninjas and yanks them together, their heads knocking together as he webs them up. "Sooner or later, the little fish...lead to bigger fish...lead to bigger fish."

There seems to be a lull in the activity. Apparently they were running out of ninja. Or the remaining ninja might be running out.
"I do things this way because I'm not a killer, Owari. You may be, but I'm not. And if it takes them out of the fight and makes them easier to deal with, then I don't see the problem. Besides, you can't interrogate the dead."

He looked to Monet, then tilted his head. "Excuse my manners, but who are you?"

Chizue Nakamura has posed:
    Snaps her fingers and points to Monet "See thats the problem! These guys are all fakes, all of them. You can't be ninja without being born to one of the clans, and the Emperor alone determines which clans there are. All these guys are fakes, stealing the name and exploiting our good reputation for their own nefarious plans. There are maybe two other -actual- Ninja outside Japan right now besides me, the rest are all fakes trying to rep the name. None of these guys have the proper tattoos, the proper philosophical and religious understanding, the right sort of poisoned teeth."Owari casually kicks a lopped off arm up into her gloved hand, peeling the sleeve down to expose the lily white un-inked flesh. "You have any idea how absolutely irritating it is to have a legacy your ancestors spent thousands of years building, co-opted by some American tryhards who don't even speak Japanese?"

    Owari has, long since given up trying to make Spider man see her flavor of "reason" but that doesn't stop her from casually logging that arm towards him. Nobody said she was mature.

Monet St. Croix has posed:
Monet St. Croix would just go to float upwards, "And I'm sure that there are plenty of ninja that would say the hierarchal system is used for repressive purposes and that it is fraudlent, and would deny any who claimed it of any status or standing. Or there are different styles and traditions which state they do not require the approval of ane xternal sovereign authority, or feel that it usurps thier own tradition to self rule."
    Then the woman from Northern Africa would note, calmly, "While I cannot speak on that specific matter, I am -quite- familiar with equivalencies." This met by a light punch given to another - moreso with intent to hopefully keep them down if she could.
    "And I am M. I already identified myself." Keeping her tone neutral wiht just a hint of irritation. Why wasn't he -listening-?

Peter Parker has posed:
"Sorry, M. Was a bit distracted. But I guess you could probably see that already. So, guess James Bond was busy tonight?"

He looked back to Owari. "Do you know who sent these yutzes, Owari? Or did SOLDIER OF FORTUNE go online and there's some website were you can hire cheap assassins?"

Chizue Nakamura has posed:
    "Oh this was a turf war."Nodding casually as she uses her sheathed sword to poke at a dead body. "See the lack of any B&E gear, but most importantly notice how they all only had knives and swords? Nobody wants to carry around a spear or a pole axe, but they're easily the best weapons available to guys at this skill level. If this was an op, they'd have issued them out anyway."Theres a little shrug at that.

    "She does at least snag a cellphone from one of the downed fellows, bypassing encryption at the blink of an eye and delving deep. "Yeah these guys belong about, six blocks west of here normally. They saw the hand tooling around, up to god knows what and went after them. Typical stupid thug shit."

Monet St. Croix has posed:
Parker would be given a flat but annoyed look over by M and then her attention back to Owari, "That menas they're easily dealt with. And that you probably saved their lives because the Hand would have taken this as an offense and probably slaughtered them all for it anyways." not that she necessarily knows much and that could be entirely inaccurate, but it did sound to her like what would happen from the Hand.

Peter Parker has posed:
Spidey isn't saying anything, but the recording software plugin is taking all of this in and filling out a few new entries in the database.

"Well, the cops will be here in five minutes. I took the liberty of calling them after webbing Tweedledum and Tweedledumber together over there. So collect what info that you can. I'm sure the NYPD's Gang Unit is going to want to document this testament to idiocy." He chuckles wryly. "After the laughter THESE guys are going to have to endure, getting killed might seem preferable to them. Maybe they'll cut some deals and name names so they don't have to live with the shame."

Chizue Nakamura has posed:
    "A ninja's life is short, harsh and violent. Then again why not?"Casually flipping a pair of discarded nun-chucks towards M. "What are you tryna get out of this life alive or something?"And with a snap of the fingers, well Owari becomes all but transparent. "See you around spidey, -M-.."And with that?

    Well Owari steps ouff the building's edge and, just sort of vanishes into the night. It's a ninja thing, of course.

Monet St. Croix has posed:
Monet St. Croix would look over in irritation. "I find these theatrics tedious." The fight is over and the authorities are coming. T he ninja situation wil lbe dealt with by the locals. The location where Owari was moments before and then went over the side of the building is given an annoyed look before Monet would go to fly off.

Peter Parker has posed:
Spider-Man looks to Owari disappearing, then turns around to see Monet fly off.

"Yeah, I'll just...collect some more evidence before the cops come." He shook his head. "Well...good night, Mistah 007, wherevah you are..."

Not a bad Jimmy Durante voice, either.