Post by Renekin Skywalker on Nov 2, 2009 20:52:36 GMT -5
WCTV News:
News Caster1: "... The Mayor's office is still saying very little about the explosion in the Labrynth two days ago. The blue-flamed explosion, which drew the Centurions and fire department into the Labrynth for the first time in many months - unhassled none-the-less - resulted in an unknown deah toll. Human rights groups have been pressuring the city to bring more emergency services into the area to improve policing, using this as another example of the need. Some are even comparing it to a kind of Bloody Monday..."
Ethel Gantz, People First, in a park with the Labrynth far in the background: "This is just another example of vigilante superhero crime. When will the city recognize that these "superheroes" in the city are causing more problems than they solve? How many innocent people died in that explosion? How many innocent people continue to die until these monsters are taken off the street and locked up in Grammercy Island like they should be?..."
News Caster1: "Though, there may be a lead as to who is responsible."
Random person on the street: "Some guy in a flashy red and black leotard walked into my store a week ago, asked me about the Labrynth, since the store's just a couple streets over, you know?... weird questions, like how to get places, then just... well... he bought a bag of chips and... a magazine, then left. And now, a week later, we have this."
Reporter at mic: "Do you think he was trying to take control of the Labrynth for himself?"
Person: "You know, I don't think he had the sense to. I think he was there to help out... But then this happens, you know? I know the superheroes mean well, but you can't just blow out a building."
News Caster1: "We will of course continue to follow this series of events as they develop... Well, this is certainly playing out with an interesting series of events. "
News Caster2: "Certainly looks that way. It appears we may even have a new face on the superperson scene."
News Caster1: "... The Mayor's office is still saying very little about the explosion in the Labrynth two days ago. The blue-flamed explosion, which drew the Centurions and fire department into the Labrynth for the first time in many months - unhassled none-the-less - resulted in an unknown deah toll. Human rights groups have been pressuring the city to bring more emergency services into the area to improve policing, using this as another example of the need. Some are even comparing it to a kind of Bloody Monday..."
Ethel Gantz, People First, in a park with the Labrynth far in the background: "This is just another example of vigilante superhero crime. When will the city recognize that these "superheroes" in the city are causing more problems than they solve? How many innocent people died in that explosion? How many innocent people continue to die until these monsters are taken off the street and locked up in Grammercy Island like they should be?..."
News Caster1: "Though, there may be a lead as to who is responsible."
Random person on the street: "Some guy in a flashy red and black leotard walked into my store a week ago, asked me about the Labrynth, since the store's just a couple streets over, you know?... weird questions, like how to get places, then just... well... he bought a bag of chips and... a magazine, then left. And now, a week later, we have this."
Reporter at mic: "Do you think he was trying to take control of the Labrynth for himself?"
Person: "You know, I don't think he had the sense to. I think he was there to help out... But then this happens, you know? I know the superheroes mean well, but you can't just blow out a building."
News Caster1: "We will of course continue to follow this series of events as they develop... Well, this is certainly playing out with an interesting series of events. "
News Caster2: "Certainly looks that way. It appears we may even have a new face on the superperson scene."
Mintoaur's turf, the Labrynth, was a very different place, after only a few days, from what it had become in the last few years. The Labrynth, formerly an acropilis, formerly a beacon to human ingenuity, and more recently, the most crime-ridden place in the city that even the Centurions didn't venture in. that changed in the space of an hour. No more than a few days ago (for time reference), a huge explosion had rocked the city, all but vabourising the two highest floors of the building (where the Minotaur was said to live). In that time, the fire department, the police and the Centurions had been in and out. Unmolested.
Now, Erabus found himself on the city side of the barricades. The make-shift barricades gangsters had used to keep the cops out were reinforced to keep everyone in. Followed by a police line facing the labrynth. Followed by second a police line facing the other way, followed by new fences keeping people out. The acropolis was surrounded. But it didn't stop there. People in the slum of the Labrynth realised the barricades existed. They had been trying to break free, to get out of their world, like rats in a sinking ship. Gangsters were now realizing they were trapped and were taking it out on the cops and barricades. Several gun battles have already taken place. Every Cavelier and Centurion and even the independents were helping cops in every corner.
It was madness mixed with a human rights disaster mixed with a mess of the victims' own making.
The Labrynth is 40 feet away, with the space between the fence and the acropolis fast-becoming a no-man's land. Erabus was among the crowd on the century station side (sightseers, protesters running the spectrum from "help them" to "nuke them"). Holding a sign was optional.
