1686/Stealing The Train

Stealing The Train
Date of Scene:	01 July 2016
Location:	Pikarigaoka - Clover Street - South
Synopsis:	It takes a WHOLE LOT to earn hazard pay at WPS. This one pretty much qualifies.
Cast of Characters:	Hannah Sharpe, Haruna Kurosawa, Mikoto Nakajima, Sayaka Miki

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Hannah Sharpe has posed:
There are a few things you /don't/ do in Mitakihara, Tokyo. The first is try to muscle in on Eclipse's territory by making youma for criminal activities. The second is stealing a bunch of Device Parts and various other magical goodies, and try to transport them on a train of all things with said youma aboard.

The speeding bullet train is already well on its way. The actual train station was oddly empty, thanks to these criminals and the magic of the youma knocking out a majority of the workers. It's an obvious entry point for would-be thieves. Hannah's brazen, not stupid, and so she goes for another angle.

Everyone with her has been piled into a WPS chopper, riding high over the skyline. Thankfully she has money, so there's no aircraft there to shoot them down. Viktor gives a big grin in the pilot's seat, as Miss White turns to her employees.

"Right! We get down there, punch our way in, destroy all of the youma on board, and steal everything! There's no humans on board, so let loose! Ready everybody?"

Then, with a laugh, Miss White leaps out of the chopper's side, wind buffeting her before she makes a three-point landing on the roof of the train.

"Barrier deployed!' Comes her Device. Time and Space are shunted off in a large, emerald-tinted bubble. Wind constantly flows as the train keeps running in place, an infinite track to move on, yet in reality not moving an inch.

Miss White then leaps down, smashing her way feet first through a window into the first car.

Inside, strange white-skinned youma with twisted, long limbs and mushroom-like heads turn in confusion. Some are wearing 20's suits and sipping dark energy martinis, some dancing with female-shrooms.

"Party's over, kids! DIE!"

One of them, wielding a magical BAR, aims at Hannah, only to get a kick in the face that rockets it through a window, to splatter on the train tracks and kick up black, oily blood!

When the others arrive, gun-toting youma freaks, and a few baseball bats are aimed their way!

Haruna Kurosawa has posed:
Cure Gull is able to jump out of a chopper effortlessly. She's recharged and amused and quite happy after a ball not too long ago. Her wings lets her float down to the roof like a parachute and she lands gracefully as an angel. She winces because of all the wind, holding a hand in front of her. "W--wow!" she says.

She never thought she'd be on top of a speeding bullet train, but here she is! She grins and follows Hannah in, with a swing and a flip and landing on her feet after the barrier goes off.

She blinks a bit. "Huh." she says. "What's with the swing ear get up?" she asks. "This here a speakeasy!?" a pause. "Are any of you humphrey bogart!?"

"No?"

"Awwww."

Then Hannah punches one out a window and now there's more wind current.

She grins and motions her hand forward as she throws out a gust of wind.

"Come on jerkbags." she says, as she prepares to dodge bullets or bats.

Mikoto Nakajima has posed:
Hagane simply takes flight from the edge of the chopper door, her blade in hand as she leaps out into the air.

Climbing atop a train is something she'd relegated to old movies and anime. It's certainly an unusual place to wind up. Fortunately it isn't long before she slips down and into the train car.

"I what?"

The sight she sees is quite the unusual one indeed, and she stays there for a vital few moments staring at it.

("Protection!")

Fortunately Carnwennan is paying more attention to what's going on, and deflects the shots fired her way. Hagane shakes her head as the spell-circle fills her vision.

"Right, alright. This is a stick-up!"

Hannah Sharpe has posed:
"Swing never dies! Even if the people doing it d...yah!"

Miss White seems a little distracted herself, judging by how she barely ducks past a baseball bat that smacks against a wall and splinters! Some of it goes right up against Hannah, only a quick shield stopping her from getting a horrible splinter in the arm!

"Rude!" Miss White takes the time to grab the guy by the throat, and then fling him right into the full service bar. Next thing, a little magic, and a lighter.

It all goes up in flames, torching three of the swing-ee's.

"Ahhh, back off ya lugs! We'll fill ya fulla lead!" Comes one of the youma, aiming his gigantic gun. There's a literal sheet of bullets heading the three magical girl's way. One of the flapper youma tosses a knife, and Hannah has no choice but let it slide into her thigh, thanks to all that gunfire in the air.

"Augh! That's my best barrier jacket, jerk!" Cue that knife being hucked with much Device Aiming, right into the thing's forehead.

A similar flapper youma comes for Mikoto, trying to slice away at her neck from behind! A tinier version of the youma slinks spider-like from under the floor, cutting a hole through it and grabbing for Gull's ankle to try to drag her down with him!

Haruna Kurosawa has posed:
Cure Gull woahs!? Gunfire! She swings her hand in the air and an array of seafoam green feathers flapp out in front of her as chaff. She manages to block the bullets, little feathers blowing into sparks of green as she gets ready to throw herself forward-- her wings forming to fly down the main aisle of the train car....

When A spider-like youma tries to grab her down under the floor. She frowns quite hard.

"Shit...."

Then her wings start blasting hardcore. She's trying to drag the youma up with her instead-- those wings glowing bright seafoam green--- at this hard- they seem more solid than they usually are. They look kinda like seagull wings. But no one's really surprised about that.

Mikoto Nakajima has posed:
Hagane's shield flares brighter as it deflects dozens of bullets, the holo-runes spinning quicker as the amount of power in it increases. "Well, they've got one thing right. Swing is pretty darn hot!"

She grins widely as she waves her sword in a quick arc, slicing through youma as she twists around behind the shield. She laughs, bright and bell-like, as she lifts her blade to block the flapper. "Ooooh! A duel? Alright! You're on!" She starts fencing with it, thrusting and parrying with quick flourishes.

"That's it! Come on now!" She grins and starts pressing the youma, trying to force it back, pushing towards the end of the car.

Sayaka Miki has posed:
Sayaka hasn't assisted WPS in a while, what with the power conserving issue and all. However, right now, Miss White might be her only hope of finding more grief seeds, and so she volunteered to join them on this mission today, regardless of how weird it was. What exactly was on this train, stolen magical arttefacts? And where were they going with them? Some youma overlord?

    Whatever the case, Saya knew she had to stop them no matter what..Heck, maybe there might be something there that could help out the Puella too.

    Leaping from a chopper's no big deal for a henshined Puella, heck, she's leaped from rooftops plenty of times. She lands effortlessly on the rooftop of the train, running along the edge until she finds a window and then she swings down, kicking it in, determined to catch em by surprise, with guns - or rather swords, blazing.

    Well, of course there's gunfire, inspite of her attempts at elements of surprise. And suddenly Syaka whips her swords around, spinning them at blinding speed to deflect as many of the bullets as she can. Fortunately what few nick her skin barely scratch her as her wounds heal almost instantly.

    "Alright, my turn!" and she leaps towards them, sending all seven of her swords flying in various directions to slice at the youma. With no humans present, she can go all out!

Hannah Sharpe has posed:
The short little jerk is /strong/, if not bright. He tugs, tugs, tuuuuugs, but the force of Gull wind power and wings wins out! Soon he's flailing around, but then he draws a knife, ready to stab!

Which is exactly when one Miss Sayaka Miki makes an entrance, sending the little jerk flying through the other window. Thank goodness for the barrier, or the train would be an awful ride right now!

Hagane helps out too, and the duel commences! Knife and sword clash, slash trading for slash, but eventually Hagane's might overwhelms the youma! It falls to pieces, head rolling over to the bar.

The flapper youma gives a sob, and manages to suck down one last martini before turning todark magic slag.

"Sayaka! Glad you could join us after all! HOw ya holding up, kiddo?" There's only about two gun wielders left in this car thanks to Sayaka rolling in and slicing some apart or otherwise pinning most to the car for a swift coup de grace. Miss White teleports over, punches a hole in one's chest, before snapping the neck of the last youma.

"In we go! Forward, to great justice and prosperity!" Yes, she's still feeling the effects of Swordsman White Chan.

Kicking open the next two train doors, Miss White pauses, only to frown. It's a relatively small car. The youma here? Skeletons. Skeletons with glowing eyes attached to wooden wheels with spikes that instantly spin, and comes blazing down towards the group! Miss White launches forward, straightpunching one, and the two clash in sparks and magic and screaming.

Three more are headed for our heroes, ready to mow them down if they're not swift or strong enough to meet them head on! Even Hannah's having a time, slowly getting pushed back even as the bonewheel youma's spikes and bone and wood are being ground away into nothing.

Haruna Kurosawa has posed:
Cure Gull is glad Miss White still feels revved up from the dance. She herself, is using those happy feelings to give her an edge. She grins as she jumps up in and gets into a 'come at me, bro' pose when---

"Okay so."

"First it was mushroom gangsters and now it's eketons with wooden spike wheels WHAT THE HELL. Whoever owns this damn train has an identity crisis or is a massive FUCKING NERD!" she yells on ahead down the train line as she screams out and throws a massive spinning bladed feather forward as she backs from the wheel spinning youma.

Mikoto Nakajima has posed:
The duel just serves to get Hagane's heart rate up, her attention fixed on the situation. She's enjoying it thoroughly, enough so that when her opponent falls, she pauses to raise her blade in salute while the youma takes its last drink.

Then, her foe dispatched, she follows White into the next car. And chaos ensues. "Skeletons?" she mutters, shaking her head, then quickly lifts her blade to parry a flying spike-wheel. "Talk about weird." She gives the blade a twist to try to cut through the spokes of the wheel.

It's been a while since she's seen Sayaka, and they didn't have much time to chat in the chopper ... but there isn't much time for it now, either. "Duck!" is about all she has time for, as a spray of light-darts rips into a skeleton-wheel heading for the Puella's side.

Sayaka Miki has posed:
    Sayaka pauses in the action long enough to grin and wave to Miss White and the others. "Miss White. Good to see you again! Looks like most of the gang's all here....But I hope our efforts aren't in vain. I'm dying to see what's on this train!"

    She follows after the others once the first car is cleared, and balks at the sight of skeletons. "Really? These guys are soooo creepy.." Not like she's scared or anything. With a cocky smirk, she leaps to the side, barely getting grazed by a spike or two before darting out of danger. She quickly counters, attempting to hurl a couple more swords at the nearest skeleton wheel driver. No use trying to attack the wheel as long as those guys are at the helm.

Hannah Sharpe has posed:
Gull's bladed feather wars with those spikes and wheel! Slowly, the two grind together, only for the blade to win out! The thing is cut in half, only to roll right into the one that Hannah's punching. She wisely backs up into a roll, getting scraped along the leg through a quick shield. Riiiiip! Right through the side door.

"Nerds. Bunch of DnD playing nerds!" She agrees with the others.

Miko has the same idea, and light-darts too kick away at the spinning wheel, only for Sayaka's blades to finish it off, falling into a heap of skeleton and wheel!

Miss White sighs with a bloodthirsty grin.

"Hey, this is almost getting fun!"

The next few cars are uneventful, until finally they reach the storage car! A kick down the solid door, and the group is confronted with tons of boxes, all swimming in magic. Miss White grins. "Here's the loot! Now let me get Viktor on the phone and..."

ROARRRRRR!

From the conductor's car, a massive gorilla-like youma wiht a conductor's hat holds a red-hot poker in one hand, and a gigantic shotgun in the other. He's already aiming a massive blast at Miss White! KABLAM!

Miss White is sent tumbling, shattering through three shields, and landing on her knees in a skid.

"...Not bad! Alright, kids, take care of the big jerk, while I get these things loaded!"

She kicks a hole in the wall, and one can see the WPS chopper lowering down. She starts hucking boxes upwards, caught by some of her own youma.

Haruna Kurosawa has posed:
Cure Gull nods and jumps in front of Miss White, because cover-gull! She's gonna cover her while she does her job. "Get it done, White-chan~" she sings out as she raises her hands. "I'll take care of Crappy Kong here." she says.

"Hey Sayaka~" she sings out. "Glad you could make it!" she says.

She grins and summons up a green energy Katana "Gullll Blade~" she calls out.

"...I barely know how to use this thing, yeaaaah!" she calls out as she leaps forward- shotgun be damned--- she's ready to swing that sword into that beast!

Mikoto Nakajima has posed:
Hagane laughs, warm and merry, as she starts forming more and more of her trademark light-darts, rebuilding her usual swarm. She's been neglecting it of late, it would seem.

"Well, this is going to be fun," she says, and a wave of her blade sends a series of darts towards the big lug. The little lights circle around its head, zig-zagging, trying to distract and confuse it until they suddenly zip up and then back down to slam into it!

With the creature hopefully distracted, the girl rushes in, engaging it close with her blade. "I'll give you some lessons later, Gull-chan!" she yells as she twists under a shotgun blast, only for the barrel to slam into her back and hurl her into a stack of boxes.

Sayaka Miki has posed:
    Sayaka continues slashing through skeletons, almost disaappointed when they are cut through so quickly between everyone. "Awww, that's all?" she smirks at Miss White. "In response to your other question, I'm holding up as well as can be. Y'know Kyou-chan, she'd go down sooner than let me lose it.." she smirks, of course if she has anything to do with that, she's sure to find a way to save Kyouko first.

    "Forgive me if I'm not at top speed today. Gotta conserve energy and all.." Well, she's not particularly pacing herself either, but these youma arent particularly difficult it seems...

    Of course that all changes when they go through the last few uneventful cars, only to face off against a giant gorilla youma! Who looks considerably tougher than the last several youma they'd fought previously! Again, Sayaka has to remind herself to conserve her strength. Which is particularly hard for the often rash girl.

    And Miss White's heading for the loot, so Sayaka pulls out her swords and rushes at the ape youma, aiming for a direct forward slash at his head. Might as well make it quick - go in for a single deadly strike, cut off the head if she can...Not that it'll be so easy of course!

Hannah Sharpe has posed:
Gull and Mikoto swing in! The direct strike from Gull and Miko end up distracting the creature, it's poker cut to bits but then it slams down the barrel of the shotgun!

She thumbs up to the two girls, and even helps up Miko when she's sent through the boxes! There's a device part on Miko's head. Hannah pockets it.

"Get back in there Hagane!"

Hannah laughs. "Yeah, don't push yourself! All three of you got this!"

Those direct strikes hit the creature straight on, but those blades scrape across skin and metal-like bone! It leaves two horrible cuts, blood running down its face, the creature blinded as the combined strike of all three magical girls send it right back into the conductor's car!

That shotgun is aimed, and randomly fired in all directions! Hannah gets blasted in the side, and retaliates with wind! This makes that shotgun go low, and fire off! Right at the connector between the loot car and conductor's car! More blasts hit the magnetic tracks, and the now de-engine'd stack of cars threatens to derail!

Miss White looks on in utter horror, but she throws herself up, and raises her hands to start charging a massive teleport spell.

"Change in plans! We're stealing the entire train!" Wait, what!?

"Breaks! I need breaks kids! Do whatever you can to slow this hunk of metal down, I need a minute!" Sparks fly even as the conductor's train goes off the rails, and the rest threatening to follow suit!

Haruna Kurosawa has posed:
Cure Gull blinks, the train's derailing!? Oh crap! OH CRAP! THEY'RE ON IT!

"Crap um...."

She hops through a window and then she does her 'beam of light flying' thing ahead- which is MUCH faster than a bullet train. The beam of light turns in a wide arc then comes slamming down in front of the cars as it pushes against it with a blast of green light impacting like a barrier of some sort--- she's trying to force it to slow down with a greater opposite force.

She's probably going to sleep for an entire day after this one though. Keeping that form up is tiring!

Mikoto Nakajima has posed:
Hagane straightens, still smiling. It's been a while since she had a good, challenging fight! She gets in close with the monster, stabbing it repeatedly with her blade, pushing it back.. and then Hannah's wind catches it as she ducks under the shotgun blast once more!

Belkan curses fly as the train itself starts to be dismembered, and she lets out a series of mana-helixes to push the conductor-car further away, to prevent the beast from returning.

"Well, that's going to be interesting." The swarm of light-darts she's been building up flit about her head, starting to twist into the hook-chain she uses for binding spells. "Right, right. This is going to be ... okay, no, this is not going to be fun. This is going to hurt. A lot."

A flick of her blade, and the chain lashes out to either side from the front of the car. Clumps of darts at each end widen out to form anchors that drag through the dirt beside the speeding car, leaving deep trenches behind as they drain off speed.

"You'd better be spot-on with that 'port, White-chan! We slam into the wall I'm adding my dental bill to your fee!"

Sayaka Miki has posed:
    Sayaka's eyes widen as all hell breaks loose. "Wait, what? Isn't that risky?" she's unaware of Miss White's magical limits, however, teleporting the entire train? Still, she has her orders and she leaps outside, peering at the loot cars, doing her best to dodge and roll and duck out of the way of stray bullets.

    While Gull uses magic to create a barrier, and Mikoto uses a giant anchor, Sayaka summons a series of swords, hurling them at the train's wheels, spiking out of the ground like a long barriered pike fence, trying to hold the train back in combination with the other two attacks.

    "I'll do my best..." She grits her teeth, feeling her power waning a bit..

Hannah Sharpe has posed:
"I'll get you a knew, comfy bed if you pull it off, Gull!" Screams out Hannah. Her Device and body flares with magic. Thankfully, she knows exactly where to plop this pile of metal. The force of a flying gull and her wind kick up even more sparks, soon added to by Miko's anchor-chains! Even against all that, the speeding line of cars is still going pretty fast!

"Who do you think I am, Hagane!?" Grrrr! Her magic flares up in pure annoyance. It turns to a grin.

"Never know until we try, right? YOLO!"

And then, Sayaka does the smart thing. Swords slam into wheels, creating effectively new brakes, and it all finally comes together. Slowly, the train is down to a slow rolling stop, just as Hannah finishes her spell.

Dimensional Transfer!

FWOOMPT!

Suddenly, the group is in a warehouse, where the train finally slows down to gently boop it's trainyy snootle against the wall harmlessly. It's /just/ big enough to house the entire train.

"HAH! See? We're good! Good job everybody." Wobble wobble thud back into the boxes.

"...God I'm going to need a long hot shower and some coffee after that one. Screw packing up, I'm summoning the interns."

Mission Accomplished!