[Open Log]

[devwocean]

Who: Orphaner Dualscar and the good citizens of Vatheon
Where: Anywhere around the city or island
When: Generally towards the latter half of the curse week
Status: OPEN
Style: Starting in prose, but I'll follow your lead

Dualscar wasn't sure what made him put the very special purple mask on, but once he had done so, he slowly found that he had begun to seek high places throughout the island. When he stood above the city, his cape blowing in the wind that inexplicably flowed through the bubble, he felt he could see good and evil below.

And as he watched the movements of the city, understood their ebb and flow, he grew to realize that he needed to seek out the cesspools of evil, festering in the city, to protect the innocent citizens just trying to make a living in this bubble under the sea. He had been chosen, somehow. He was the only one who could, and with great power, came great responsibility.

So Dualscar decided:

He would fight crime.

Comments

[terribubbly]

[ What is he even doing up there?

Feferi isn't sure, but she does wave up at him when she sees him. ]

[fundemetal]

Leo had put on the hat, curious how it would affect him. That and it just was really cool. It looked like some sort of fluorescent Cthulhu!Darth Vader. And Leo had a bit of a preoccupation with making things sound like Darth Vader, so he of course outfitted himself with a voice changing device before putting it on.

So it should come to no one's surprise that Leo found himself lurking around in the shadows, acting like a fishy sith lord.

[devwocean]

[Ah, the Princess. He sees her waving and swings himself off the building. His cape flares as he jumps from surface to surface, making his way down in a pretty dangerous manner, until he finally lands dramatically right in front of her, his body braced on both feet and one hand and his other one holding his cape out so it flutters just right.

He straightens]

Princess, is evverythin' all right?

[devwocean]

The sounds of heavy breathing are obviously a herald of Dark Things. Especially when they come from shadows. Dualscar stalks the obvious minion of darkness, stepping across a rooftop to try to surprise the thug from above.

[fundemetal]

It's hard to hear things over his own Darth Vader-esque heavy breathing, so Leo continued to stalk around the shadows completely unaware of the heroic fish troll tailing him.

He spotted a local locking up shop for the evening and accosted her. "Step away from the door, woman." Every other word punctuated with a scratchy breath. Why was he even doing this? It wasn't like Leo at all to be a bad guy, but he felt compelled by the dark forces inherent in the hat.

[devwocean]

Aha, so Dualscar's assumption was born out by the evil-doer's actions. Before he could escalate, the masked avenger leaps down between the frightened woman and the man in the tentacled hat.

"Shop's closed," he says, folding his arms and glowering at the other man. "Come back tomorroww."

[fundemetal]

Backing down was not an option. Leo reached into his tool belt to pull out his trusty lightsaber. Of course, he didn't actually own one of those so what came out instead was a flashlight. He pushed the button sending a beam of bright and not at all dangerous light in the masked man's face. Of course, Leo fully believed it was a lightaber.

"This weapon of mine says otherwise, vigilante."

[onlyasign]

Sufferer isn't too sure about cesspools (or if they even have any in Vatheon), but he has a remarkable amount of patience for when Dualscar is acting weird, and gamely climbs after him so he can sit next to him while the seadweller stands on rooftops and lets his cape billow dramatically. Really, Sufferer is almost convinced this is just an excuse for Dualscar to pose and show off his cape.

"So what are we doing up here, exactly?"

[devwocean]

Dualscar puts his hands up, curling them into fists and giving the criminal a haughty look. "I may be a vvigilante, but at least I ain't a scum suckin' lamprey. Put that light cylindar awway before I make you regret not doin' it."

[devwocean]

Gosh, no. It just happens to be that if he stands in just this way at this angle, his cape blows out just so. And that happens to be the exact best way to view the city from this particular building.

"Wwe're lookin' for justice," Dualscar intones. "Ain't none to find in this dark city, though. Wwe'll probably havve to go ahead an make some."

[fundemetal]

"I'd like to see you try." Leo shifted his grip on the flashlight, ready to slice his foe in half with it's beam.

[onlyasign]

"I don't know, it looks pretty peaceful down there to me." Sufferer looks over the edge of the building, his expression doubtful. "I think if we tried to make any justice, we'd just get everyone upset."

[devwocean]

Dualscar isn't exactly sure what the flashlight will do, but he does know that he's not proficient with fistkind. He just put his fists up to threaten the criminal.

When it fails to work, he pulls out Ahab's Crosshairs and points it straight at Leo. "Put your fuckin' hands up, criminal."

[devwocean]

"Wwhat are you talkin' about? Look...look there!" He points at a couple walking hand in hand down the street. "Any moment noww they'll probably be accosted by thugs."

[fundemetal]

Leo put his hands up and dropped the flashlight when the very deadly weapon was pointed at him. This guy definitely wasn't messing around. The glass shattered as it hit the ground and the flashlight rolled down the alley out of sight. Well, there went a perfectly good light saber.

[onlyasign]

"Okay, if any thugs bother them, we'll go intervene, but for right now, everything looks pretty happy." Honestly, he doesn't know what Dualscar is worried about. He waves to the couple walking below them. Maybe if they look up and see Dualscar's cape billowing all dramatically, he'll be happy and they can come down off the roof.

[devwocean]

Dualscar grins at his victory, then scowls with dismay. "Wwell, you didn't givve me much of a fight. Wwhat a fuckin' disappointment. Wwhat kind a vvillain are you, anywway? You evven broke your wweapon."

[devwocean]

"Hmm." Dualscar can't disagree, entirely. He sees the couple look up and wave and then point at him with what he interprets as awe and appreciation. Look at how Dualscar is protecting the city!

"Wwell, I'vve got to keep wwatch. But if you don't think it's wworth it, you're wwelcome to go home," he says archly. "I don't blame you. It's a cross I'm basically burdened to bear alone."

[onlyasign]

Yes, Dualscar is doing a very good job protecting the city, and Sufferer is sure those people are deeply grateful.

"No, I'll stay up here with you. Two pairs of eyes are better than one." He also doesn't want Dualscar getting bored and wandering off to get into shenanigans, but he doesn't say that.

[fundemetal]

"That wasn't my real weapon," Leo said. Using his fire powers, he created a fireball in one palm and aimed it toward the vigilante, but didn't release it.

[devwocean]

Dualscar's eyes widen, then his grin is back, and he takes aim again. "You really think a little candle flame is goin' to defeat me?"

[fundemetal]

"How about something bigger, then?" Leo made the fireball larger, to about the size of a basketball.

[devwocean]

It was pretty clear the villain wasn't going to back down. Without waiting to see just how big the ball of flame could become, Dualscar pulled the trigger.

He did aim a little to the side. The blast from Ahab's Crosshairs was a full foot across, a huge laser - this was dialed down considerably from full power. But it would be possible for Leo to dodge it. It wasn't heroic to kill people.

The shop was likely to be less fortunate.

[fundemetal]

As Leo dodged the blast, he flung his fireball in the vigilante's direction. However, his aim was off in the rush and it whizzed past him and left a big scorch mark on the outside of one of the buildings.

[devwocean]

Now the building Leo was going to rob is now mostly a smoking ruin, with most of the inventory destroyed, and the building across the street is scorched by a fireball. Overall, the villain has done less damage, but Dualscar is bringing his gun around to point at Leo again.

"You about to stand dowwn yet?" he snarls.

[fundemetal]

"Think again." Leo ducks into the ruined shop and heads toward the till. If there's any money there, he's gonna get it assuming the vigilante doesn't follow him in.

[devwocean]

What a foolish assumption.

"Hey, get back here!" Dualscar hurries after him.

[fundemetal]

Of course it is, but he's got a bit of a head start.

"Nope. Gotta catch me first."

He ducks behind the till and reaches up. All he has to do is touch the register and it pops open.