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Post by scallop on Sept 4, 2024 1:56:58 GMT
New York City.
The epicenter of innovation, the city that never sleeps, the global city of finance. How it had earned so many titles was beyond Beck's reasonable interest in the city's history. Love it or hate it, none could deny the importance of New York City, it had earned its place on the global stage, and it didn't look like it was anywhere close to giving up the glitz and glamour it had earned. In a way, the spirirt of the city was contagious, as within Quentin Beck, a similar flame raged furiously.
And at the heart of the heart, lay the most prolific shrine to media and consumption known to man. Times Square. Beck had always admired the sheer sheen of commercialism that resonated around this sector of NYC, this ever glowing, nonstop spectacle, one he was very keen to recreate, create his very own multimedia complex that would enthrall the masses. In a way, it represented what had torn him asunder, the misdeeds of his beloved industry that had turned him into a joke. A joke that festered, that learned, a joke that surpassed those expectations. And gone further and further until he had become the very thing he sought to bring to life.
Mysterio.
And so, it would be at Times Square, where this eye-catching spectacle would be carried out. With heart, gusto, direction and cohesion. A brand new masterpiece was about to be born. And himself, the creator. As it turned out, the connections to these street looming monitors were more heavily secured than one might think, but the detail behind those access points, well, underpaid and not committed to their bosses it seemed.
Seven Screens, all at once, turned to the multicoloured loss of signal display that had become synonymous with failure, panic and confusion. And quite the confusion it was breeding, a veritable swarm of gawkers had begun to form, a shoal of fish, ripe for the taking.
Screen One - shaky camera footage, showcasing the rubble of a bank, within it electricty buzing, the hum of lightning all too familiar to some of NYC. Electro entered centre shot, and the shot froze.
"Spider-Man!"
The shot continued, showing SPider-Man eterring the frame.
Screen 2, began displaying Hydro-Man, engaged in a foray with the webbed menace.
"The magnificent hero of New York City, once fought a group known as the indomitable, Sinister Six!"
Screen 3 began suddenly, smash cutting to an extreme close up, Bushmaster's grinning face, before the camera panned out to reveal he had been webbed up by the arachnid.
"The Sinister Six were broguth together with one goal, squash the Spider!"
Screen 4 assisted the message, showing the wonderful Magpie, in a dutch angle shot, suddenly freezing as the shadow of the web swinging vigilante ap[eared across her face.
"They lacked focus, cohesion, a true clear purpose. Thematically dull and unclear, their goals and actions became a jumbled mess, and thus, they were axed."
Screen 5 showed a scrambling Tinkerer, clearly bad mouthing the camera pointed towards them.
"But the Six were never just a group, but an idea, an idea that was never allowed its true flourish, its true birth! The webbed defender of New York has once again and again fought off all threats to the city, but never forget, he could not defeat the Six in full. In spirt. For one remains, one who will see this dream to its true fruition. And show you all, the good people of the City, just how far a hero can fall!"
Screen 6, showed a much older version of Mysertio's suit, the colors didn't pop, the helmet was remarkably foam looking despite its glasses composition. Surrounded by smoke, in the center of the Square, the screen showcased the helmeted figure floating slowly before the screen before. BAM. Mysterio lowered himself down with security wire, encased in his own mirror foundation, rendering him totally invisible. As the screen showed the figure rushing towards the screen. Beck sprayed a perfume, negating the effects of the makeup as he burst forth. To many, as the cut succeeded, it would appear he had burst from the screen himsel. Now floating before them, feet secretly placed upon two drones.
"The Sinister Six! Is reborn my fellows!" The bellow sounded out from the various speakers that had been hacked. Mysterio gazed upon the confusion, the people fleeing the scene, barreling over walls and cars just to be safe. Oh, how wrong they were.
"You gaze now upon Mysterio! Weep at my glory my adoring audience! This is no test, simply, working out a formula." He slowly began to move, before swooping down into the crowd, still appearing as if he was floating normally.
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Post by lvsphinx on Sept 5, 2024 0:23:47 GMT
Finally, some action.
Dimitry had been at Times Square for a couple of hours, mostly people watching. Local New Yorkers had told him that there was nothing to do at Time Square, and they were mostly right. There were some stores for shopping, some restaurants, but little else to do other than lose one's self in the frantic spectacle of the place. Dimitry could see where the (semi-performative) hatred of the place came from for New Yorkers. Most of the people in the entire plaza were tourists, with streets performers here and there, and Dimitry could see how the frenetic pace of activity of the place could add an edge to one's mood. For the uninitiated, Times Square was sometimes too many people, too much activity, too much noise, all at once.
Not for Dimitry, however. Dimitry rather liked the brisk pace of New York City. He was in the world-famous metropolis moonlighting for the Russian mafia, on break from his usual mercenary work, which gave him a convenient opportunity to engage in one of his favorite hobbies: trophy hunting. And thanks to Project Tundra, his preferred prey was now capes.
As Mysterio made his grand entrance, Dimitry stood up and walked over to the edge of the crowd forming around Mysterio's spectacle, adjusting the pistol tucked under his belt as he walked. His gaze flicked from screen to screen, a smile crossing his lips.
The Sinister Six. Dimitry had read about them extensively when he did his research on Spider-Man. Spider-Man was near the top of Dimitry's Christmas list when it came to targets, and Dimitry had been entertaining ideas of reaching out to some of the Sinister Six's former members to lend his help in taking down the famous wall-crawler. Mysterio appearing where Dimitry was spending his time was even better. If Mysterio did something remotely villainous, a superhero was sure to show up and try to put a stop to him, and then Dimitry could unwind and be what a "villain" really was. For now, however, Dimitry simply stood at the edge of the crowd, attentive to their surroundings as he watched Mysterio float above them.
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Post by BijuuGuy on Sept 19, 2024 19:49:18 GMT
Surprise! The Big Apple's resident web-head was on patrol again. Well, sort of. He had had business back at Horizon Labs, but because the research him and Max were conducting took a while, Peter used the occasion as an excuse to get some hero work in. The city was as lively as ever, leading him to stop a few small crimes here and there. It was going to be a chill day. And just as he thought that, in the middle of texting MJ, deciding what to eat later, his comms buzzed to life with reports from Times Square. sighThe Parker luck strikes again. Not that Pete was too mad at that, in all honesty. His Spidey work had been middling lately, leaving him wondering if the baddies were on vacation or something. He scolded himself at wishing these things to come true, before he sheathed his phone and took between the skyscrapers. Effortless as always, Spider-Man reached the Square in no time at all. The ensuing image was one of pizzazz or the pretense of one, anyway. It took him exactly half a second to realize who was behind it. All the bluster and trying to paint over failures as some necessary stage in a grand plan was Mysterio through and through. Well, time to put another magician out of business. Again.
"Quentiiiiiiin! It's so gosh darn cute that you miss your friends! I know a really cozy prison where you all can hang out."
Peter had stopped on the side of a building, his eyes squarely on Mysterio as he loudly declared his arrival. Not even a moment after finishing his quips, Peter launched himself towards Quentin, initially face first, but with a swift roll, his feet were now on a direct collision course with the fishbowl.
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Post by scallop on Sept 20, 2024 5:45:10 GMT
Well Well Well..
It appeared that he already had at least one masked maniac RSVP, but it was the guest of honor, not the new blood he had been hoping for. Not to put the webbed warrior down, after all, this was what this whole little show was about. Beating Spider-Man. If he couldn't put up a solo fight alone, then why bother putting together a team that would inevitably, oust him. No, this was the prime time to prove that sure, he was the antagonist, but unlike the others on screen.
He was no one and done wonder.
Spider-Man would find this out with his dropkick, a well placed blow that even Quentin would have to agree would be perfect for a little action set piece like this. But he was, after all, a special effects wizard. The sound of crunching and snapping, would likely at first make the poor spider believe that he misjudged the strength and had ruptured Mysterio's body. However, the splinters and wood exploding from the outfit would make it clear, that this was just a decoy. The real Beck was enjoying the view from above.
"Impressive, Spider-Man! I knew you couldn't resist the spotlight! I should bill you, after all! Consider it, a free show reel!" Came his booming voice over the hijacked speaker systems, reverberating through times square. He was currently, engulfed in his mirror aspect makeup, allowing him to escape the naked eye as he hovered gently down past Spider-Man, watching the dummy crumble.
As the dummy crumbled, however, a bright FLASH not unlike that of a camera would blast from it, towards the wall crawler's face, it was in actual fact a low impact flashbang. But where was the pizazz in that? His fishbowl head scanned the crowd, watching for any try-outs, if not, then this would be a disappointing turnout.
Luckily, he had his holo-cubes to keep the Spider busy. From behind Peter, he would hover behind three holograms of himself, all floating within a cloud of green smoke, lightning flashing between them as they gently hovered towards the creep, Beck's laughter still persisting.
"But, I'll have to reject the offer! After all, those riff raff are behind me now! I'm currently on a little, recruitment drive!" The three holograms before him began to step forward, step behind each other, shuffling them like a deck of cards as he lightly palmed the holocubes within his hand.
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Post by lvsphinx on Sept 20, 2024 6:29:02 GMT
While Dimitry wasn't the first to spot Spider-Man, hearing someone call out the hero's name from the crowd was enough for Dimitry's gaze to quickly pick out where the web-slinger was among the buildings. While Spider-Man quipped, Dimitry swiftly and smoothly drew his pistol from his belt as he had done a thousand times before. He immediately took aim, and let his eye and arm quickly trace the beeline path Spider-Man took towards Mysterio. Dimitri arched a brow and smiled when it looked like the web-slinger had kicked through his enemy, but from his research, he wasn't surprised by the use of a decoy, keeping his aim trained on the hero.
Once Spider-Man would land on a surface, whether it would be the ground, a wall, or another decoy-BANG-BANG-BANG-Dimitry would instantly fire three rounds at Spider-Man's torso, ignoring Mysterio's voice booming over Times Square as he spoke. The confusion of the scattering and panicking crowd seemed to keep any police officer around busy for now, and hopefully, Spider-Man would be too distracted by Mysterio's words and illusions to notice the source of the bullets.
Looking like any other pedestrian, and not in his combat gear at all (though he was still wearing his repulsor boots and gloves), Dimitry would quickly move to a stopped vehicle, duck and hide behind it, and then-BANG-BANG-BANG-quickly fire another three bullets at the hero's torso, not caring whether they struck the back or front. If anyone were watching him, Dimitry would look like another random gunman. Actually, today, he was, and that made him chuckle. Looking like this was the point, that any average person could be a threat to a hero.
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Post by BijuuGuy on Sept 30, 2024 19:54:47 GMT
Peter was intimately familiar with Mysterio's panache, not to mention him being one of the more annoying rogues to fight. He hated illusions. It often put Peter's spider-sense into overdrive. Everything seemed to be a danger, though he had trained it to be more manageable over the years. So it wasn't a particular surprise when his initial kick hit, only to reveal a decoy. The bright light followed a moment later, disorienting him enough to fling him forward and through the dummy. Refocusing his eyes as quickly as he could, Peter almost collided with a lamp post. But what was a little pole compared to a man with superhuman agility? Employing his best pole-dancing routine, the spider grabbed the post with both hands, swinging himself around it and coming to a stop on its side, leaning on it. He was about to offer a really good (it would've been so funny, I swear) quip, when-- A tingle, followed by a trio of bullets rushing at him. The webhead quickly boosted himself off of the post, throwing a web at one of the nearby screens to swing himself up in the air and in the general direction of Mysterio and his holograms. He didn't get too far, however, as three more bullets were fired. Mid-air dodging was one of his skills as well, go figure. Though one of the bullets ever so slightly grazed his suit. It didn't leave a noticeable mark, but it was enough for Peter to realize that this wasn't Quentin.
Before he started to lose altitude, Peter wanted to make sure that his old enemy wouldn't be just standing idly by. Unsheathing an orb in the blink of an eye, Peter shot it towards the holograms. Once near them, the bomb would detonate, releasing a flurry of webs, aimed to trap whatever they caught. But he wasn't done yet, now focusing on this new arrival. Though not before getting a word in as he was performing his next maneuver.
"Too bad the turnout looks pretty dire, Q!"
Shooting two webs at two closest buildings, Spider-Man performed a seemingly improbable feat of slingshotting himself mid-air towards the vehicle Dimitry was hiding behind. A combination of his keen senses and suit's tracking abilities, he noticed the trajectory of the bullets. Someone else wanted his attention? Well by golly they were going to get it!
"Most baddies take me to dinner first before trying to kill me! Is chivalry dead?!"
The drop-kick would hit the vehicle right in the side. If Dimitry was behind it still, the impact would prove... painful. Peter jumped off the car as he hit it, gaining enough momentum to shoot several webs onto it, stopping it from crashing into anything or anyone. Having stopped the possible makeshift missile, Peter landed on the ground, gaining a semblance of his surroundings. Well, he knew them anyway, but didn't hurt to look around for a moment. As he waited, he just couldn't keep his mouth shut.
"You know, if I had a dollar every time someone good with guns showed up, I could afford one of those venti mocha lattes."
It wasn't aimed at anyone in particular, but loud enough for both parties to hear. His "joke" was followed by a theatrical sigh, to make it land even better.
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