Why...? that.... man.... that officer still chased her even here? It was just food, why the determination?
The hooded girl dashed through the darkly lit streets, moon shining above her, a sack thrust over her shoulder. She hadn't paid... well of course she hadn't you coudn't pay if you had no funds.
There was nowhere for her to duck into, she may be agile but that didn't do much good if your pursuier failed to lose sight of you. She... did she have no choice here? it.... it was nothing more than food.
"Get away!"
Sarah shouted in warning, she didn't want to hurt the man.... after all he was only doing his job, on the other hand... she had to eat... slowly a flare of energy began to form in the young girls right hand, slowly increasing in size until in fit firmly in her.
"Sorry......"
Sarah hurled the flare about a foot in front of her pursuior the resulting explosion causing small bits of debris and quite a bit of dust to rise into his face, likely blinding the poor guy for a while, Sarah then dashed down a small alleyway and just kept up her pace, Why did that man have to chase her? It was nothing but food!
It was a slow night and it wasn't Cat's turn. The entirety of procurement community was taking a break as they waited to see how everything turned out. Right now the Heroes it looked like were running in circles and the last Cat had heard was there was a rather large betting pool in her favor. Cat grinned as she teleported into an ally dressed in her street clothes. Anne yawned and started walking. It was weird as heck being considered Alphy's sister, it wasn't really something she liked to think about. It was also hilarious that he was on the case. This was fun.
Anne completely distracted by the resent events and organizing them between Cat and herself that she walked toward and was plowed over by another girl. As she stood up she saw the police officer round the corner and her thief instincts kicked in. The girl was clearly the one being chased, probably for what was in the sack. Welp it didn't matter at the moment never leave a fellow thief behind. Anne grabbed the girls arm and the bag and pulled her to her feet. "Trust me and run!" Cat dragged her down the alleyway and to the right and down another alley and up and down several buildings. Cat took them through the area without hitting a dead in. Cat knew the city like a differential equation, and she was second only to the titans...maybe on knowledge of the city.
"H-Hi sorry about that, you looked like you could use a hand. I'm Anne." Stands up after catching breath and offers bag back She had taken them half way across town so the cop, the had lost him after the third turn, but now he wouldn't be able to find them. "Again sorry about that." Cat had learned her lesson picking up stranglers from Aura, ALWAYS give them an out. Crazy nut case, but to be fair she hadn't done a very good job of making a good impression.
There were plenty of moments where it was just a wrong time, wrong place sort of scenario. That was tonight in a nutshell. Robin had been working a lead in the south side of the city. There had to be some sort of pattern to these robberies. It was impossible that this was unorganized crime. The Titan leader hadn't exactly gone off on his own, his teammates knew where he was, and someone was usually fairly close.
That was, of course, until he totally veered off track.
Robin had been taking the high road, literally, as he moved across rooftops to avoid arousing undue suspicion on how far he was with this new lead. The young hero gave pause when he saw someone race past underneath him who looked incredibly suspicious. At this moment he couldn't tell their gender, just thatchy were slight, and had a hood drawn up over their heads. The sack slung over their shoulder, and the police officer chasing them was probably the more alarming part.
At then the figure shot explosives.
The Boy Wonder looked surprised, almost leaping down to get involved in the action, but then the perpetrator ran away again. Robin dashed along the rooftops following from above. Then, suddenly, it was two people he was following instead of one. The Teenage Thunderbolt frowned deeply but continued to follow that two figures through the city. The one was obviously dangerous. The other knew his city about as well as he did. Curious.
They stopped about halfway through town, probably to catch their breath. Robin hadn't had any trouble following them, and now that they had paused in their flight he slipped down to the ground to confront them. Melting out of the shadows in a very Batman-esque way the Boy Wonder narrowed his eyes at what he now realized was a pair of girls.
"Why were you running from that cop?" he made no mention of the explosives. Yet.
Thoughts ran through her head as she was dragged along by this woman, she didn't know so why was she helping her? She knew no one in this city so it defently wasn't soneone hired or even just sent to help her, not even a possibility.
Did this girl simply want to help? Or did she want want something? and moreover why was sarah herself just allowing herself to be dragged along like this?
When they did finally stop Sarah was offered her bag, a senitment she quickly returned by grabbing and holding it firmly at her side.
"I... it's ok... I guess I did... guy was being pretty persitent..... My names Mana"She wasn't about to give her real namr out, not with her parents likely on the hunt.
A chill ran down her spine as a figure appeared from ths darkness of the alleyway, the first thing it did was ask questions, and the first thing she did was worry, would she lose her megal tonight? after all that work... would she go hungry tonighr?
"I... I just needed something to eat.. but that stupid officer refused to let me go... what? do you wanna take it back to? I.. don't understand why... All it is is food" Sarah stepped back a few steps, glad her face was hidden by her hood, she didn't want ether her apprant rescur or her new pursuer to see the look in her face, sure she was used to this, she could blow them away and move on but... that was just like a command from her parents... she didn't want a path like that... But she didn't want to starve ether, She wasn't even in the wrong here!
"But.... it's food I need.."
Sarah said rather coldly, a single, small flare forming in her hand, she did not desire a fight... but there were precious few directions to run in an alleyway... so really she could only hope the masked man was as opposed to a rumble as she was.
Anne grinned at Mana, "Pleasure to meet you. And no worries, running from the police is nothing new. I'm normally more than willing to help out." Anne was about to say more when she saw Mana stiffen. She turned and looked at who and dropped in. She cursed under her breath of all the luck. Well this was a very unfortunate and unanticipated twist. She had the unfortunate luck of running into the local boywonder with out her mask on so her powers were out, she was going to have to talk her way out of this one. Anne stepped into a place to see both of them so she could hear them talk.
The thief frowned as she watched Mana go through her though process at first she seemed sad, then she took a step back hiding her face in her hood. Catastor couldn't "hear" her anymore but she understood perfectly what the fire in her hand was saying. Cat suddenly found herself running through calculations, this...had very high odds of ending very badly. "Mana...relax, I'm sure Robin isn't going to make you give the food back. I'm sure he understands that people need to eat." Cat looked around trying to think, she could use her power but she would wait to see what Robin did. He was the hero it was his job to fix this kind of mess. At the moment was the lowly civilian but, if it came down to it she was better off exposed than dead.
Robin's attention snapped to the first girl to speak. It was the one in the hoodie, the one that had thrown explosives at a police officer. The boy's frown was severe as he moved forward in a way that mimicked Batman nearly perfectly...had either of the girls ever been to Gotham and run into it's Dark Knight.
The girl was explaining how she had stolen food that she needed to eat. Robin's expression shifted slightly to something a tiny bit less stern. He was still in “Batman mode” however, “There are other ways to get food then by stealing,” he told the girls. There are food pantries, and soup kitchens. You can't just take what you need, and you certainly can't attack police officers.”
Next would be a fabulous moment of misunderstanding. “I need you to come with me,” he ordered. The plan was to go make sure that the police officer was okay, stress it was all a misunderstanding, and then show the girls all the aid places that could help them if they were hungry, homeless, or runaways. Normally he would have offered metahumans a position on the Titans, to turn them to good, but if she was already prone to violence he didn't want her anywhere near his team. However, the gravel of his voice, and the sternness of his facial expression made his intentions seem a lot more sinister.
Relax? Anne wanted her to relax? That was impossible! Here she sat on the edge of trouble, on the edge of not only starving, but also dragging someone else down with her... She COUDN'T relax! Relaxing could mean death, if not by lack of food then by her current aggressor but... that wasn't the hero's roll right? But then maybe he wasn't a hero... that's defently not what he was feeling like to Sarah.
The boy's words made little since to her, she had never heard of a soup kitchen and how could she have a food pantry when she had no home to begin with? She certantly wasn't going back to mom and dad for that, no way.
He said she coudn't attack police officers... But she hadn't! The aim of her shot should have resulted in no less than the projection of debris to deter her pureser.... right?
"But... I didn't I just ..... wanted him to stop chasing me...."
Under her hood Mana's eyes would widen at the masked mans request. He wanted the pair to go with him... and from his expression Sarah knew it could only mean one thing, he was going to take her away... and not only her but... the other girl to? No.... that was wrong... Anne was innocent!
She couldn't adhere to Anne's request, relaxing could only mean trouble! The flair in Sarah's hand began to become steadily bigger, as she now held it in front of her. Her arms were visibly shaking, a frightened face hidden under her hood.
Losing freedom mean't losing food... it mean't she could starve....
But worst of all it put her in one convent spot for her parents to retrieve her.
"N... no please.... just go away... I don't... I don't want to hurt you..."
By this point most of her body was shivering in fear, this couldn't happen... not now, please not now!
"A...Anne is innocent"
She added at the end if this went downhill, if she had to run again she didn't want Anne brought down with her.... Anne had done nothing more than help her, how was that bad? This whole thing made no sense to her.... Why were people so persistent over such a petty thing?
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Well the largest problem with not being able to hear is one has to go solely off bodily ques, and as it stood Robin was not giving off good vibes. Mana was not giving off any better signals. The fire in her hand had suddenly got a whole lot hotter. Anne stepped back, putting her right hand behind her back, mentally she teleported her knife to her hand. At the moment she was wondering if she crazy, but then her family was always just a tab bit off kilter. "Why don't we all just take a deep breath and RUN!"
Without a moments hesitation she twisted and threw the knife at the boy wonder before turning around and taking off running. She grabbed Mana's shirt and pulled her. "Make a really big flare and blow up some debris!" She focused on the trash cans across the street, the moment she dragged her companion around the corner she teleported the cans right behind them setting up a tripping hazard for anyone coming around the blind corner. She started working out more subtle things she could do. She really wished that she had her mask and could just put them out, but that really wasn't an option. Unless. "Mana split up, it will be okay. I promise."
Anne let go of Mena and turned the other way. Anne glanced back and silently hoped that Robin went after Mana, if he followed her this going to be along night if he went after Mana, well then this was her chance to get into costume and save both their butts. Dang Alphy was rubbing off on her. Regardless she wasn't leave Mana in this mess.
Robin narrowed his eyes as the girl's hand began to glow. She was creating one of her explosives. He would have to be on alert to make sure it didn't hit him. The girl was saying how she didn't want to hurt him, which was great, that was his goal too: nobody getting hurt. She was also saying that her friend, Anne, was innocent.
The Boy Wonder's masked gaze slid over to Anne. Her face was vaguely familiar, as though he had met her one snowy evening when he was pretending to be somebody else (and possibly dressed as a penguin), but he didn't get the time to contemplate it. She was saying something, but at the moment her words seemed a lot less important then the knife currently careening towards him. Robin flipped out of the way of the projectile, landing with a grunt as the knife clattered and skid behind him.
They were running from him, and the Boy Wonder was quick to chase. He followed the girl with the hood, because her explosives were more dangerous to the city itself then the others knives were. An explosion could level a building, and he had no idea of her power levels. It seemed even the city was working against him. Trash cans sprang up out of nowhere as he turned a corner. The young leader had no choice but to barrel through them. They fell with a clank and a rattle as he sailed past them, before landing at a skid and picking up the pace again.
“Freeze!” he shouted after Mana, pulling a freeze disk from his belt and launching it at her feet in puntastic fashion.
Mana was glad the porcupine haired teen was chasing her, she did trust Anne of course.... but part of her wished she was just abandoning her, that way she could be safe..... and away from this trouble Mana had caused.
The two ran back and forth. It was like a game of tag, and spikes was it. The shout of 'freeze' made her turn to face her chaser, the projectile he fired... she had only one defense quick enough.
Make a big flare
She remembered what Anne said, and so fired her large flare at the disk, causing both to explode in a sorta of icy boom..... it would have been beautiful to see if her immediate life wasn't in danger!
"Back off!"
She shouted in desperation, the man was persitant but Mana desired no pain for him. She didnt want any of them to be hurt, not because of her actions..... THAT was wrong, all she wanted was for this guy to go away, so why wouldn't he?
"Why? Whats the point.... it's just food"
She could have understood if she had been attacking people our commiting a major bank robbery or something but.... she hadn't all she wanted was something to curb her hunger, it wasn't like she just took stuff all the time for fun! Only.... when she had to.
"Just...... leave me alone, it's no big deal..."
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Anne took another few turns before deciding it was safe to use her powers for real. With a thought she was standing on top a building dressed in costume, her claw on her hand and cloak billowing around her. She started "jumping" from building to building looking for her new friend and the boy wonder. She didn't have to look too hard seeing the flair of ice and fire go up.
The master thief crouched on the emergency stair well over head. She frowned for a guy that said he wanted to help he wasn't being very good at being approachable. Mana was scared. "HEY! Bird brain, back off," Catastor teleported down to the ground in a spot to see their faces again. "Can't you see you're making everything worse stupid. Beside's isn't there some old lady that needs help crossing the street you can help or maybe a cat stuck in a tree you can rescue?" Catastor grinned at Robin wickedly. She softened her face a bit as she talked to Mana.
"Mana, I'm a friend of Anne's she sent me to come and get you. Don't worry I'm not going to let the song bird here take you." Catastor turned back to Robin her body and mind ready for action. She already a mental lock on Robin and Mana she could teleport ether of them with a thought. "So how about we make this easy red bird, you let me and my friend go and you can go back to catching real criminals. Or you can play the worst game of Cat and Mouse you have ever played and lose, spectacular. I promise you, you will lose. So let's make this easy 'Kay?"
There was an explosion of fire and ice. Robin watched as his disk exploded with one of her flares, the brightness causing his shadow to dance behind him as though it were at a rave. The girl was shouting at him to back off, but Robin wasn't the sort of person to take orders from a criminal...unless he was being blackmailed or something. He frowned, advancing, as she explained that it was just food and she didn't understand why he was chasing her even after she'd run from him.
“If you didn't do anything wrong-” the teenager said, his voice raising in annoyance, “then why are you running?”
It would be then that someone would just appear besides the explosives girl. It was a different person, or at least that was what the costume proclaimed. She pretty much just shouted at him the exact same thing the other girl did. Apparently it was difficult for villains to find lines anymore. He had already pulled out a trio of exploding disks, which sat between his curling gloved fingers.
“I don't lose.” he informed them both, and with that, he attacked. The three disks were flung, exploding simultaneously around his targets, and Robin flung himself into the smoke and burning embers, pulling his bo-staff from his belt and retracting it as he did so. It slide through the smoke, a knife through butter, as he smashed down at the area they'd been standing moments ago.
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The roleplay takes place after the series end of the original Teen Titans animated show, but does not include the movie Trouble in Tokyo. Since then Robin has been on something of a recruiting spree, and many new young heroes have found themselves a home in Jump City as well as Titan Tower.
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