Let's Get This Ball Rollin' [Sternbild] -OPEN-

[thecurtain]

"Bonjour, Heroes!" Agnes Joubert's voice, not bothering to cover up excitement with urgency, blips from each hero's communicator. All throughout Sternbild, television screens broadcast what currently only looks like an impressive collection of concrete dust. Briefly, a head of red hair can be seen within the cloud of demolition. "There's a bank robbery going on in South Silver. The robber is causing a lot of destruction and innocent civilians are in danger. There may be a NEXT involved. I want two or three of you over there to check it out." The voice's tone changes subtly, a cloying sweet syrup dripping into the heroes' ears. "There's potential for a lot of points to rack up here! Get going!"

[Conway]

The red headed criminal is having himself quite the good time. When he can be seen amongst the clouding debris he appears to be more interested in the destruction then robbery. If he's a NEXT the low visibility may make it hard to figure out his power, but there is a flash of silver and the sound of metal striking whenever the structure takes damage.

[tyska]

"Mn?" Barnaby quirks a perfectly arched brow at the call bracelet. South Silver was close; he'd have to cut this one short.

"Ah, it seems we must be interrupted," A soft tilt of the head and an apologetic smile didn't fail him, assuaging his young interviewer's disappointment, "A rain check, perhaps?"


He found himself lacking his elder counter-part as he suited up, but with an opportunity to be first on the scene, there wasn't time to wait. Tiger would have to learn how to make his own entrances. Like that'll happen.

Bandai's trademark bike roared up a side-street near to the crime. He paused to check cloud movement, using the wind's direction to his advantage to be sure he'd have the edge of the dustcloud as cover for a short time. Two fingers pressed towards the computer center at his temple, he briefly analyzed the scene to get a better grasp of the criminal's movements and the stability of the surrounding structures.

[Conway]

Though the bank and immediately surrounding building have taken a lot of surface damage, they remain structurally sound for the moment. Anything with concrete covering in particular has been smashed helping keep up the cloud of cover.

Unfortunately for our baddy, he's forgotten cover for him works just as well as cover for heroes and he's for the moment unaware of Bunny's approach.

[thecurtain]

"It looks like Barnaby is first on the scene!" HeroTV's announcer exclaims as the camera moves in, striving to get a glimpse of the newest Hero in action. "That'll net him some points! Now let's see if we can get any closer to the scene!"

The network's aircraft, buzzing high overhead, makes its way slowly and carefully closer, its metallic engine whirring on overdrive to keep that subtle balance between too far and too close.

[tyska]

They always forget to look up, He banks on it as he suddenly takes to the air in one of his trademark leaps, activating his Hundred Power.

Barnaby makes sure his leap gets him high enough to break out of the drifting dust cloud- he needed to get in a good camera shot, after all- he plunges back down into it, concealed until he's a mere few feet above the culprit to hopefully deliver a knock out strike with his right leg.

[Conway]

There's barely a moment for him to even realize what's about to happen, head whipping up to look just before the strike hits him and he's hurtled away into the dust.
But the kick didn't actually make contact...not really. There was resistance. the kick hit something but it was almost like it was cushioned, something pushed back and armor never actually touched the culprit.
Not that the cushioning did him to much good. He lay sprawled some yards away, cursing in an Irish accent while he hauls him self off the ground.

[tyska]

His features flinched, brow briefly furrowed at the sensation. Some kind of shield?

But when making the first move, there was no time for hesitation. He darts after him even as his target is barely hitting the ground, a speed blur of neon pink.

Barnaby tries to snatch the man's upper arm- if it was a shield the other man needed to activate, he could try to beat his reflexes with speed. If not, perhaps it had a wait period between uses. Whatever the circumstance, it was time for testing.

[thecurtain]

With the culprit distracted, the air begins to clear of debris, and as Barnaby's deflected, the camera zooms in. On the screen, viewers can just barely make out the image of the armored Hero and the dust-cloaked robber as they seem to ricochet off each other.

"What's this? The culprit has managed to avoid Barnaby's attack somehow!" calls the announcer from within the aircraft high above. "Looks like he'll need to come up with a new strategy!"

Agnes clenches a fist against the control panel, her large eyes staring into the screen before her intently. "Hello?" she says into her communicator, addressing the absent Heroes. "Are you all going to let Barnaby take all the glory or are you going to get out here?"

[Conway]

Panic hits him when something closes on his arm.
"NO!"
He tries to scramble back and the force comes again trying to repel Barnaby. The bulk of the force is on his armor as if the protective gear itself is trying to pull him away from the criminal, but with his Hundred Power activated who knows how much good it'll do.

Although the dust cloud will need time ti settle, it seems Bunny's pursuit of the suspect has also halted what damage was being done to the surrounding buildings.

[gryfeathr]

Dust swirls and drifts close to the ground, sweeping out of the way like curtains falling before an unfolding dramatic score. It's the perfect setting for Barnaby to out wit a criminal and steal every point possible.

Which means its a perfect moment for the crumbling wall near the two of them to come crashing down and WILD TIGER to come to a skidding halt spraying them both with shrapnel through the dust.

"Oi, who cares about the glory?" he shouts vaguely at the air, and mostly into his microphone. He waved a hand at the dust, vaguely glad he could breathe if not see. "I'm here, I'm here, where the hell is this guy?"

[tyska]

The hell? It was a strange sensation, to feel his armor almost moving separately from himself. Rather than wrap his mechanical hand around the culprits arm, he pushes downwards, pinning it to the floor. It was easier to resist the sensation with brute force that way without worrying about crushing his arm in his grip. At least he knew the force wasn't consistent.

"You're late, Oji-san. Over here." Barnaby snapped at the trundling thunder that was Tiger's excuse for an entrance.

"Use your cables to keep him tied." He couldn't be sure what the crook's affect on his suit was, and there was no need to cause unnecessary damages.

[Conway]

All at once the resistance on Bunny's suit stops, but the suspect is still struggling. With his free hand he reached out toward Tiger, power activated once again but this time the force is pulling. If all goes well Tiger won't have the time to brace himself from being thrown by his own suit, straight into Bunny.

[thecurtain]

"Hard to tell, but it looks like this extra destruction was caused by Wild Tiger making it onto the scene!" exclaims the voice from the TVs. Meanwhile, their camera crew is cursing up a storm. All this dust is going to be seriously bad for ratings.

"Maybe with this team on the case, the criminal will be too busy to make a mess and we'll be able to see what's going on!"

[gryfeathr]

"Late?!" He flung up a hand, the other on his hip. "I'm still here, now where is--"

And then things started pulling, and caught off guard, there went his balance. "Wua--"

He stumbled to catch himself, and suddenly he was flying. "Wua--WuaaaaAAGH."

Right into Barnaby.