Characters: Lian Harper, Kid Devil, Kitten, Open Setting: Midday at the Jump City Anthropology Museum Previous Threads: Sometime after both Lian and Kid Devil's inclusion into the Titans Plot Summary: Lian meets Kid Devil while attempting to stop Kitten from stealing precious artwork and struggles between her desires to maintain her cover and to change the future for the better.
Sophistication is SO in right now. Everyone was moving into the whole hipster ‘too-cool-for-school’ image now, and of course, there is no one more hip than Kitten Walker, so of course she HAD to be on the front end of this fashion movement. First step, dump her stupid boyfriend Fang. Leather and Punk was so last year. Next step, hook up with an emotional, temperamental intellectual who wears berets and drinks black coffee, and knows all the huge alternative bands months before they strike it big.
Kitten’s particular eyes were set on one ‘Bartholomew’. Oh, even his NAME was perfect. Nothing says ‘hurt soul’ like a name like Bartholomew. As she understood it, Bartholomew was into modern art that meant something. Talking about class struggle, the human condition, and cultural appropriation, whatever the heck all those things were. Kitten at least knew she’d struggled in class before, so she understood at least that much. She’d just have to focus on that part when she brought the schmooze on to win this boy into her clutches.
Of course, she also needed the physical evidence, which is what brought her to the Jump City Anthropology Museum, or as the cool people called it, JCAM. She had zero idea on what the difference between modern art and classical art was, (It really all just kind of looks the same, doesn’t it?) so she was gonna let the museum figure that out for her. All SHE had to do was just rob the place dry, and claim all these things as her own purchases for Barty. He’d think she was the most shattered soul that EVER did grace Jump City.
You don’t just rob a museum though. Given her failures in the past of dealing with the stupid awful wretched Teen Titans, she politely (that is to say screamed slightly less loudly than usual) asked her father, Killer Moth to provide her with a brand new armada of his moth soldiers. He insisted they were experimental and needed time to mature still, but oh, that got Kitten REAL mad. Who KNOWS when the hipster movement would peak and she’d be left in the dust?! She needed to throne herself hipster queen NOW!
So she took a bunch of prototype soldiers with her to the Anthro Museum. These new moths could communicate with each other seamlessly with calls and screeches ranging in all sort of meanings. They also were mounted with laser weaponry, hypnotic vision, and a plethora of other abilities that… moths really shouldn’t have. Wherein lies the whole ‘prototype’ thing. A couple of these guys were a little… genetically unstable. Sometimes they just kind of did things on their own for no reason.
So far they’d been working great though. They quickly subdued the entire museum security and now Kitten was here grabbing piece after precious piece of culturally relevant artwork. It was only a matter of time before the Titans showed up to ruin the fun though. She was ready for them though. Her cue was dropped when she heard one of the moth sentries screech from outside. It was show time. Stashing the artwork she’d managed to grab so far, she made her way to the entrance. ” You think you can stand in the way of my date Teen Titans? Daddy suped up his army with a REAL special treat this time just for Robbie-Poo!”
Lian really had to admit, the villains of this time were... Interesting. Then again, motivations were different in her time. They were in a war; a war without bad guys and good guys. Just two sides of the same coin. Back in these times, morality was a much cleaner cut. If you robbed and terrorized, you were a villain, and if you stopped the villains, you were a hero. But this... This was a whole other roller coaster ride. Some girl, who according to police reports looked like some bratty high school cheerleader, was using a swarm of moths to rob an art museum. All the while yelling obsessively about how she was going to impress some charming fellow by the name of 'Bartholomew' with her educated tastes.
She'd managed to intercept the 911 Call on her communicator and given her proximity, she quickly hopped a couple blocks over to take care of the situation. Of course, it sounded a lot less intimidating over the police radar, although really just as bizarre as it did looking at it. There were A LOT of moths, and they were not ordinary moths either. Some mutagen was almost certainly plugged into these poor guys. They reminded Lian a lot of one of the villains she face in her time. What was her name... Something really dumb and obvious like... Oh yeah! Killer Moth. She was a real psychopath. What was with moths anyway? They're so adorable most of the time, why would you want to infect them and make them look all... well, gross?
It didn't matter. Lian had taken down Killer Moth with the help of her best friend M'ari in the future, this wannabe teenager would be a piece of cake. Upon arriving, Lian immediately took notice of the moths outside the building patrolling along with the civilians wrapped up in webbing. With a couple quick fire arrows shot in succession, Lian had the sentries taken out before they could even alert the queen of her presence. Working diligently, she severed the webs holding the hostages and sent them on their way, making sure to tell them to keep quiet. She was just about the free the last one, when all of a sudden, a piercing wail rang out.
Lian slammed her hands over her ears instinctively and turned to the source, seeing that one of the moth sentries had managed to stay conscious and send out an alert. So much for subtlety. Lian nocked a couple explosive arrows in preparation as she heard the buzz of the swarm heading right for her. "You think you can stand in the way of my date Teen Titans? Daddy suped up his army with a REAL special treat this time just for Robbie-Poo!" came the shrill voice. A voice that disturbed Lian. Not because of it's absolute annoyingness but because... she recognized it. As their queen stepped out with her moth thugs in tow, Lian's eyes went wide and her jaw dropped.
"Oh sweet Jason Todd, that's Killer Moth as a teenager,"
It was show time at last the demon teen thought as he flew over the rooftops of Jump City. For the most part patrolling had been slow since his arrival to the city and he been looking for an outlet. Thankfully this came in the form of a Museum heist by a Killer Moth? He wasn't even sure if had heard the name right over the com that he was using to pick up the police reports. What villain fight though is to use a moth to strike fear into people? Then again he wasn't much better being 17 and still calling himself Kid Devil.
As he flew closer he weighs the options briefly before heading in. Since he was a rank one Titan meaning he wasn't supported to act on his own, but he also knew another Titan had already moved in and he couldn't just stand back and not help. It was also time he made himself knew to the city that the devil that been spotted is a good guy. Taking a deep breathe Eddie folded his arms back tightening his wings as he divebombs through the window of the Museum going into a roll on the second-floor landing overlooking the event below it. Rolling to a stop Eddie quickly hopped over the railing and landing a few meters away from Red Arrow.
"Yo! Pick your jaw up off the floor. It just a few overgrown moths!" He said before turning back toward the blonde. "You know we aren't support to be going off on your own at rank one." As if he was one to talk, but moment to worry about would be later. So this was Killer Moth? She looked more that that girl you know in high school that made out being Homecoming Queen was the greatest thing in the world. But he also learned long ago not to take the enemy at face values. It was a good way to get yourself hurt. "I don't know who this Robbie-Poo is, but your goer have to cancel your date." With that, he would ignite flames around his hands as his eyes grew bright yellow. "But on the bright side I orange is the new black for villains."
Last Edit: Oct 23, 2015 16:03:46 GMT -6 by Kid Devil
Who were these losers? Kitten had never seen heroes that looked as dumb as these two jokers. Was she not WORTH the full undivided attention of the Teen Titan's worthwhile members? Had she been delegated to B-Villain?! Oh, this was rich. After her very almost-successful attempts at blowing up Titans Tower, spawning a moth army across the city, trying to find herself, (that was a difficult phase we don't talk about anymore) and SUCCESSFULLY robbing a jewelry store, they were going to toss her on the malevolent backburner?! Kitten was mad, and you better believe these two baby Titans were gonna get the brunt of that anger.
"Robbie-Poo for your information is an ACTUAL Titan unlike yourself, you Halloween store reject! I know he's out there simply just WAITING to come blazing in to see me," she responded to Kid Devil's confusion, as the moths around her armed their laser mounts in response to the flames. "He obviously, being his typical overly sensitive self, is letting you get a couple kicks in before the true battle begins so you can feel like you're included," she added, crossing her arms with a huff and flipping her hair.
"Of course, I can't let him do that, as much as I admire him. Bartholomew is my love now, and he is just going to have to accept that. Now, I have a date in an hour, so we're done. Destory them Moth Spawn!" Kitten commanded, sending the moth swarm into full gear. They burst from the building's door, quite possibly hundreds of them in the air all with loaded weaponry. In a flurry, they opened fire onto Kid Devil and Red Arrow. In the cover, three moths covered in armor took their place on Kitten's shoulders and sternum, protecting her from the errant lasers and any projectiles heading her direction. With that, she moved back into the museum to finish her work.
With a sudden call to action, Lian snapped out of her daze. Apart from the brief sighting she had of her father, she really hadn't run into anyone else she had known in the future, though 'knowing' is hardly the best way of describing Lian and Killer Moth's relationship. She was a terrible villain in the future, she's almost certainly a terrible villain now. She quickly returned pressure to her nocked arrows, and prepared for combat. With a primed exploding arrow ready to be unleased she glanced at Kid Devil. "Subclause 37.7 Quandary 2; In the event of immediate danger to lives of individuals, a ranked one Titan may perform minimal engagement to alleviate the danger so long as a full alert has been placed within the Titans network and further assistance is on the way. I was just releasing the hostages, she came after me," Lian excused herself, not having been the first time she took advantage of that subset.
With that, she released an arrow, blowing a cluster of moths to the ground in a twitching heap. She really did not want to listen to a THING Kitten was saying. All it did was remind Lian of how... deformed the girl became in the future. Lian didn't know if it was some late onset genetics since evidently her dad was a moth, or if some terrible bit of experimentation turned her that way, but she would never have been able to walk around in public with the bizarre features she had in her adulthood. How she is now, you wouldn't even know she had a humanoid moth scientist for a father.
She did kind of wonder who "Robbie-Poo" was. Her best guess was Uncle Richard; Mar'i's dad. He evidently led the Teen Titans in this era under the name Robin. She'd always known him as Nightwing though, so it was odd to even think about him using a different name or even a different outfit than the cool black and aquamarine he had. As she fired an arrow through one of the moth's laser cannons, she wondered if he was in that mullet phase her dad had said he had. The 2000's were a weird time for fashion. "Red'n'Hot, would you mind taking care of some of this webbing? I'm sure your matchstick fingers will do nicely for such a thing," Lian added, getting really frustrated with how her fingers were sticking together so much.
The masked boy had fashioned a zipline out of a GrappleArrow round, and made his descent towards the museum's upper landing where Kitten had escaped into the entrance.
She was 100% not asking Speedy for help, but Kiddy was preoccupied with veritable swarms of their adversaries over yonder. When he tried to divert their attention through various challenges and trick-arrows, they hadn't taken the bait. His element would be an advantage; Speed figured the guy coudl take care of himself. It wasn't looking like they'd let up soon enough for Kid to free up her valuable resources so they could turn the tides in this numbers game.
"I thought you'd never ask, Red'N'Hotter~."
The voice came in loud and clear over the AU Harper's T.Comm. at first, then he passed her a HeatArrow on his way past, the tip glowing like a hot coal and thrice as potent.
"Left all my De-Gooper in my other belt, but how's this? Pretend you're toasting your fingers 'round the campfire. These guys have the campy singing down," he mused, dispatching another few screeching moth-guards that were actually paying attention to them and not bogging down their flaming friend back there.
The East Titan took a steady stance, and fired off ExplosivArrows two or three at a time as the two cranked down the number dial on Kitten's menacing moth army.
He landed on the left ledge of the museum entrance's elaborate staircasing, and called in to the pilfering pettythief prowling around in there.
"Oi! Robbie-poo made sure to tell me to tell you, not to wait up, Purr-loiner. Hands up and off the merchandise." The masked ginger could already hear her backlash about him stealing Robin's look or some nonsense. He steeled himself, shooting a NetArrow Kitten's direction, as well as a contingency set of two PunchArrows in case she dodged. It wasn't nice to treat girls rough, or within his personal code of conduct..but she was Kitten.
"She needs some sense smacked back into her, and after, she'll probably land on her feet or something," One could almost hear him smiling the comment over the communicator.
Speedy had caught a glimpse of a crimson archer zipping about town lately. It hadn't been too hard to pick her uncanny, flowing gingerosity out from the
Today was the first time he could see her more clearly, facial obscurity understandably notwithstanding, and so far he liked what he'd seen.
So much so that he was willing to let the copycat gear and colour-scheme go.
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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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