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GTM Deluxe: Caped Combat
<i>A young woman with brown hair down to her shoulders waving in the wind would step into the building, not even glancing around and still knowing its contents all too well. Well... She knows the currently unstaffed juice bar with several stools, a small room off to the side with a couch and a few seats. But then over in a corner of the room, past the large fighting ring with some kind of mystic runes inscribed it, presumably to keep damage from spilling out, there's a computer console? Hmm, that she has to examine personally rather than leaving to the bugs that currently float about absently through the building. Upon closer looking she'd realize it seems to be some kind of VR fighting set up, which is clearly new to this place since last she's come here. Unexpected, but might be useful. A good chance to use her more brutal tactics without risking lasting harm to anyone she doesn't want to give lifelong issues.</i> &quot;Huh, cool... Tinkertech maybe? Then again, it's simple enough I mostly understand how to use it so probably not. And I haven't exactly seen any Tinkers around here anyway...&quot; <i>She'd trail off into her own thoughts, eyes focused upon the console even as she looks around the entire building at once. Not to mention the backyard and near the entrance outside. There's a fly on every wall after all.</i>
Tokyo Streets: Shibuya Scramble
<i>[i]In the morning light of Tokyo, various people wander through the large clearing as buildings tower above. So many people that one could barely make any of them out, all likely going to work and school and whatnot.</i> &quot;Gah, this place is way too busy. What are we even doing here huh?&quot; <i>A young woman in the crowd would mutter to herself, making her way through it with shocking ease as various small insects flit about ahead of her. After a while, she'd come to a somewhat quiet, darkened bit of the area.</i> &quot;Hmm, looking for someone who seems worth our time? Not a bad idea, but I'm not so sure about them being around here... Oh well, not like we've got anything better to do either.&quot; <i>She'd shrug to herself, watching various points in the crossing through the insects floating around. After all, maybe Termite has a point. There <b>are</b> plenty of people here, so perhaps someone interesting will stumble by via sheer chance.</i>
Under Night In-GYM!
<b>Somewhere in the dark shadows of a rundown part of Tokyo, a building that's all too well kept for the area sits. A sign above it reading &quot;GYM&quot; as a woman in a suit of insect-like armor wanders through the front door, face covered by a mask with lenses akin to the eyes of a bug as she flips on the lights and gazes around the empty room. </b> &quot;Huh, here I was hoping the place would be filled... Oh well, guess it is a bit earlier than usual. Kinda feels like it's been ignored for a bit though, could just be me.&quot; <b>She'd shrug and keep on walking, it's clean surely... But something just feels like it's been empty for some reason, regardless, however, anyone walking by would notice the door opened, the lights on, and the sign outside flicking to life. Skitter herself on the other hand simply reaches down to her waist and pulls a baton off it, walking toward a training dummy and beginning to slam her weapon into it. Her movement's fairly practiced, yet one familiar with such things might note a bit of stiffness and perhaps a bit slower than she should be. As if she'd prefer not to rely on physical combat most times.</b>
Mikage Sun Mall
<i> A young girl in a black shirt and a pair of jeans wanders down a street, she'd look around absently for a moment before spotting... Oh, a mall, she's not the biggest fan, but with nothing better to do Taylor would go inside regardless.</i> &quot;Haven't been anywhere like this for a while, not since landing here in Tokyo...&quot; <i> She looks around the building, finding a rather large cherry blossom tree at the center... Hmm, a few butterflies swarming around there, hidden in the leaves to most. She'd shake her head and stop focusing on her power, instead looking across the street at a closed off building with a sign reading &quot;Tatsuya's Armory&quot;, too bad that's not open, she should drop in later. Beyond that, she'd find the various normal shops any mall has, along with some place that oddly stands out called a Peace Dinner... And a chained up blue door in a back alley she can't help being drawn to, there's something odd here but it's clearly not open for her. With that, Taylor simply walks over to a wishing fountain and takes a seat on the edge, absently humming to herself and feeling out the various insects around her with her powers.</i> &quot;Huh, wonder if it's always so quiet around this place? No Brockton Bay, that's for sure.&quot;
GYM: Heads Will Roll!
<i> A young woman in black armor and a mask with yellow tinted bug-eye lenses walks up to a building, below the mask there's a determined look on her face as she goes through the doors... Only to find it empty, no locked door, but for some reason the whole place is empty.</i> &quot;Well, I guess there's nobody around right now? Hmm, that's fine then, I can just mess around some and pass the time for now.&quot; <i> She'd never properly examined the place last time, but it seems very large. Takes up most of the street it's on really, there's various training dummies and workout equipment around, and oddly there seem to be more fire extinguishers than needed... Must be the fireballs? Beyond that, there appears to be an unmanned drink bar over in a corner, and a door on the back wall leading out to a yard. That said and done, Taylor would prop the back door open with a chair and focus... As she does so, a large swarm of various flying bugs rushes in through the door, along with some more crawling along the ground as well. They absently perform flips and rolls in the air, even some flies picking up the grounded ones and carrying them as the girl leans on a wall and stares at the front door. Watching and waiting, hopefully, she'll get someone to practice against.</i>
GYM: Don't Think Twice
<i>Taylor lights up for a moment, dragging Izumi off to a sparring ring as the swarm hovers above both of them. She'd stop pulling and walk to the opposite side of Izumi, looking over at the other girl with a grin on her face.</i> &quot;Okay, I haven't been in a bunch of Cape fights or anything so uh you probably don't need to go all out, but let's do our best anyways! I wanna see what people around here can do... That said, you can go ahead and start!&quot; <i>The girl assumes a fighting stance, stun baton crackling with electrical light as she eyes Izumi carefully. Beyond that obvious move, however, a few gnats would break off of Taylor's swarm, 5 total all aiming to land on the other girl's clothing and keep track of her... No need to just say she can use them as a form of sight, right?</i>
GYM: Don't Think Twice
<i>For a moment Taylor closes her eyes, focusing as she searches for... Ah! Suddenly a swarm of various bugs would begin flying through the doors of GYM, just about... 500? She's not counting that closely, but it serves as a showing.</i> &quot;Kinda a lame power I know, but I can control insects... So um, I've kinda been looking to practice, if that's alright?&quot; <i>The girl rubs the back of her head for a moment, averting her eyes and digging through her backpack to find a simple stun baton inside it. It's nothing fancy, but it'll do for a simple sparring match, besides her swarm is meant to do most of the work.</i>
GYM: Don't Think Twice
&quot;Yup! I can see through them too, it's a pretty neat trick to have honestly... Hmm, maybe I shouldn't explain but uh it's fine I guess!&quot; <i>Despite not having attacked head on up to now, suddenly the girl surges forward with Izumi away from her blades. She's taking a risk with this, but her swarm splits up into a few groups, one heading right for Izumi's face to try and blind her, another is aiming to bite into the hand holding that card and get it away. Finally, some would rush at her back and begin biting away, Taylor herself charges forward and aims to slam the stun baton into her foe's chest, finishing it off by sending her left leg out to try and trip the other girl up before quickly aiming to back away some as her swarm flies up to the ceiling.</i> &quot;My power isn't just controlling masses of bugs, it's sensing through them and being able to multitask well enough to control these guys well! I can control each and every one of them on an individual basis while fighting myself... Honestly, it's enough to spook me a bit sometimes, but I can't deny how helpful my powers are when I think a bit!&quot;
GYM: Don't Think Twice
<i>Taylor rolls forward, Izumi's blade slashing into her shoulder as she dashes ahead in order to evade most of the blow. Mover power too, what the hell kinda grabbag is this girl? Either way, there's a bit of a cut in her right shoulder at this point...</i> &quot;Damn, next time I come here I really need to wear my costume! Spidersilk is really tough ya know, that stuff would be neat to have right about now with the swords and all.&quot; <i>Yet again a cloud of bugs takes shape before breaking off, this time they'd head for Izumi's ears and starting biting into those. Not enough to do damage, but it should freak the other girl out. Taylor's true goal however is to rush forward and slam her stun baton into her foe's sword hand, electrical energy rushing through it as she brings the weapon down. Hopefully the impact and jolt cause Izumi to drop her weapon, at which point Taylor would try to grab hold and toss the blade behind her.</i> &quot;Being close isn't my favored place, but I do know a bit about fighting! It'd be stupid to think that I'll never have to protect myself from people who get past my bugs! I mean, some people back home can teleport and crap too so this isn't that shocking.&quot;
GYM: Don't Think Twice
<i>The wind is... Annoying, her bugs are pretty damned helpless against it and till they die down Taylor's forced to just have them try to hide up in the rafters. The girl herself, however, isn't so easily stopped, and given how close she is to Izumi with that grab attempt sending wind at her would be a poor idea unless the other girl wishes to hit herself too. In short, the grabbing and slamming her knee into Izumi's back isn't stopped, but for now, the bugs aren't a threat.</i> &quot;Fighting huh? Well, I do need to get better clearly, and as for my costume... It's just best to wear, some spider silk's crazy strong. Don't know if mine will stop a bullet, but it's at least enough to slow one down.&quot;
GYM: Don't Think Twice
&quot;Magic? Isn't that... Nah, this isn't Earth Bet, can't assume that every dimension out there is the same as my home, hell Aleph doesn't even have any kinda powers so I guess magic isn't that shocking in another unknown Earth!&quot; <i>The girl takes Izumi dropping her weapon as a chance to try and jab her baton toward the girl's chest and then quickly send her left fist slamming toward the girl's face. Her wasps on the other hand simply keep rushing toward her, as usual, Taylor's bugs couldn't care less for their safety.</i> &quot;So magic is a thing here... Huh, I may want to learn more about that myself. Back home it was all superpowers, which while Capes can do things that might as well be magic, there's always a tiny bit of logic to it somewhere.&quot;
GYM: Don't Think Twice
<i>The girl shrugs and calls her swarm out, the bugs flying away as her control over them fades away and she returns the stun baton to her backpack once more.</i> &quot;Getting mistaken for evil... Yeah, that happened to me my first time out actually, got it sorted out by the end of the night but apparently swarming gangsters with masses of bugs is scary or something.&quot; <i>Taylor rubs at her left shoulder and arm, those cuts still hurt a bit... What she wouldn't give for healing powers right now, but these will have to do.</i> &quot;Anyways, yeah I don't see a point in keeping it up myself. Hmm, maybe I need to get a ranged weapon of some kind, or... Well, I'll think about it later but for now, I'll see ya around Izumi.&quot; <i>With a wave to her &quot;foe&quot; the girl departs, wandering out of GYM and wondering where the hell to go next... Hmm, could always look around for some petty crime to bust, or very pointedly not think about going to school, that's always a good time. Either way, she's long gone after a while having walked in a random direction without much thought.</i>
GYM: Don't Think Twice
&quot;Dang... What kinda Cape are you? Usually, powers aren't this broad, unless you're something else entirely!?&quot; <i>Despite being bad with people, the girl sounds far more comfortable and cheerful dealing with fights and superpowers. Sadly the initial wasp attack is cut to ribbons by Izumi's blades... Hmm, what to do? Blinding, force the girl to move into her own attacks. A large swarm of about 200 mixed incests would rush toward Izumi, aiming to cover the girl and begin stinging and biting at her. Taylor herself is nearby at this point, she'd wait outside of the swords with her baton ready, standing to the left side and sending her swarm from the other direction to hopefully force her foe out toward herself.</i> &quot;I have to admit, with powers like mine all I can really do is keep tabs on people unless I start getting kinda brutal! I uh, don't aim to be a walking horror show, it's just... Ya know, bugs are spooky. I used to be scared of them too actually!&quot;
GYM: Don't Think Twice
<i>Taylor runs, being near an unknown Cape with powers she has only very vague ideas about us a foolish move. Even more so given she has a near limitless supply of minions to toss at people. Once again a cloud of bugs covers the girl and masks her movements, it'd spread out over her and cover about 15 feet. By the time they're gone Taylor would still be rushing away from her foe.</i> &quot;Ya know, it's a stupid move for a Master to get up close! Even more so when they have no clue what they're doing, I blame it on the fact that all my good attacks involve hitting someone or poisoning them a lot, and since you aren't trying to kill me the second is ruled out!&quot; <i>Instead of getting near, she'd attempt to cover Izumi's entire body in bugs. Crawling and bitting and stinging all along the girl without even a hint of care for their own lives. All told it's a few hundred of the damn things. Taylor herself would simply be observing through them and staying in motion, clearly hoping to evade a possible ranged attack by making herself an annoying target.</i>
GYM: Don't Think Twice
&quot;Don't worry about it, I'd have just assumed they were some kinda Master power anyways, constructs of varying forms aren't that absurd for Earth Bet... Long story short, we've known there are other dimensions out there for a while so I try to take things in stride, never thought I'd see one though.&quot; <i>For some reason she's not really liking that card, instead, she'd have her bugs start rushing for the thing and aim to grab hold of Izumi from behind, assuming the girl success she'd knee Izumi a few times before trying to toss her down to the ground, fighting fair isn't really her strong suit after all.</i> &quot;Honestly, I only got these powers a few months ago. I've been out in costume all of five times before ending up here, so I can't really call myself experienced, you?&quot;

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