injus_society (injus_society) wrote in dc_nextgen,
@ 2012-05-24 22:57:00

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So they say being a bat means no childhood...
Those little bats could apparently be annoying. Or at least that's what her sometimes teammate Dollface had been complaining about since said vigilantes had decided to make some seriously frustrating dents in her operations. So when Lyta had been asked to deal with them to keep the little bats out of Dollface's hair she'd taken up the offer eagerly. After all, there hadn't been much to do recently and it was a good deal. Throw a few do gooders for a loop and get a long weekend in Gotham, a fashion center and a truly wonderful place to be pampered, all expenses paid in return? Well she was far more than a mere mortal and she certainly deserved to be treated as such, no reason not to do this.

Her first night in Gotham and Lyta decides to target a bank. Not that she needed the money for this trip but no reason she couldn't benefit while getting the attention of certain Gothamites. A giant hole has been burnt into the safe door and money is shuffling out on its own and packing itself neatly into a giant box she has set out.

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injus_society
2012-05-28 03:40 pm UTC (link)

That certainly doesn't take long. The sounds of her furniture minions being attacked brings Lyta out to where all the commotion is. As Huntress's baton takes out another one of the chairs, Lyta appears in a swirl of magic.

"Took you long enough to get here. You're no amazons but you'll do for some fun." With that she sends out bolts of chaos magic near each of them. The one by Huntress hits the floor tiles which then start shooting themselves towards her. The floor tiles hit nearby Robin move out of the way and what looks like tree roots come out and try to grab him.

"You simply don't understand. I am more than a mere mortal unlike you. You stand no chance against me, this is like my evening stroll," she grins wickedly.

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	crossbow_bat 2012-05-29 12:22 am UTC (link)
	Huntress used the baton to bat away as many of the tiles as she could, but a few got past and slammed into her. Kevlar protected her, but she still felt the impact of each one. She dropped her guard for a moment to throw a batarang at the woman. Tiles kept hitting her. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

cantkeepmeout
2012-05-29 12:27 am UTC (link)

Robin can't beat away the roots fast enough as they grab onto him and drag him to the ground, even the acid capsules he's using on them only slow them down slightly. As the roots grab onto his legs and start snaking up to his shoulders to pull him down, he sends an exploding batarang at this magic menace.

Trees attacking him and magic. This couldn't get much worse.

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injus_society
2012-05-29 12:31 am UTC (link)

She can't help but laugh, these little bats had no chance against her. Couldn't they see that? She sends the batarangs coming at her off course, where they embed themselves in a wall and desk, one of which is blown to bits.

"I guess I need to make the message more clear. Fighting you, to me, is like fighting children. In fact...let's make that obvious!" With that, she sends bolts of magic at both her opponents.

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	crossbow_bat 2012-05-29 12:46 am UTC (link)
	The magic slammed into Maria and she doubled over as pain coursed through her. She fell to her knees and wrapped her arms around herself as her body started to transform. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	cantkeepmeout 2012-05-29 12:48 am UTC (link)
	The roots keeping him in place even as he struggled meant he was hit full on with the magic. He grits his teeth from the pain as his body begins to be affected. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	injus_society 2012-05-29 12:52 am UTC (link)
	Her laughter rings through the air as she makes the remaining money fly into the box. "Well this was fun. Night boys and girls," Lyta smirks as she disappears with a whirl of magic with all the bank money. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	crossbow_bat 2012-05-29 01:07 am UTC (link)
	"I hate magic," Maria growled through clenched teeth. She was still doubled over and in pain. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	cantkeepmeout 2012-05-29 01:15 am UTC (link)
	At least when that magic lady (that was too nice a term for her) left she'd taken those damn roots too. That didn't make this better. "It's this sort of thing that's the reason we hate magic so much," he manages to hiss. He felt odd, like his body was shrinking into itself. Was he getting smaller? (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	crossbow_bat 2012-05-29 02:19 am UTC (link)
	The pain started to lessen and Maria uncurled and looked around. Why did the world look larger? Why were her clothes really loose and did her hand look smaller? "What just happened?" she asked. She didn't even sound like herself. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	cantkeepmeout 2012-05-29 02:20 am UTC (link)
	"Hell if I know," comes a very grumpy sounding voice not far from her. He's sitting but his clothes are pooling about him and his mask, now comically too big, is slipping off. "When I get my hands on her..." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	crossbow_bat 2012-05-29 02:28 am UTC (link)
	Maria looked at Thomas and blinked. "Um...we have a big, or should I say a small problem?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

cantkeepmeout
2012-05-29 02:33 am UTC (link)

Little Thomas huffs, clearly very annoyed. "It's always something like this with magic. And when you object to using this sort of thing for quick fixes all of a sudden you're the bad guy. Well this sort of nonsense is why I hate magic. Stupid." It then degenerates into grumbling, which oddly fits his now younger look.

He finally tries standing up, which doesn't work too well given that a minute ago he'd been over six feet tall and now he was...rather small. "I guess we have to get back to the cave first."

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	crossbow_bat 2012-05-29 02:35 am UTC (link)
	Maria put her hands on her hips. "Just how do you think we should do that? We're too small for my bike." She sighed dramatically. "Time to call Bruce." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	cantkeepmeout 2012-05-29 02:37 am UTC (link)
	"...we could send a signal for the batmobile and drive it home." Or use autopilot, but he'd be damned if some magic lady was going to make him so useless. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	crossbow_bat 2012-05-29 02:41 am UTC (link)
	Maria shook her head. "We'd never hear the end of it from Bruce." She pulled out her cell phone and called Bruce's private number. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	cantkeepmeout 2012-05-29 02:44 am UTC (link)
	"It's not like we'll hear the end about this whole situation anyway," he mutters under his breath and crosses his arms. Autopilot was a perfectly valid way of getting home! The problem would've been getting into the car in these oversized uniforms... (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	crossbow_bat 2012-05-29 02:53 am UTC (link)
	"Bruce will be here in ten minutes," she said as she hung up the phone. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

cantkeepmeout
2012-05-29 02:57 am UTC (link)

"And we're going to get the lecture about never underestimating magic and how dangerous it is and blah blah blah." He frowns and looks down at his feet. His armoured boots usually went up to the knee, now they pretty much went all the way up his legs. How was he going to walk anywhere?

"And how are we going to move about in these? They're waaay too big. Or at least mine is."

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	crossbow_bat 2012-05-29 03:09 am UTC (link)
	"We don't move," she said. "Bruce'll bring us clothes that fit." Maria sighed and sat down on the floor. "Talk about embarrassing." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	cantkeepmeout 2012-05-29 03:13 am UTC (link)
	"I'm so glad Dick isn't around to see this, he'd call me Shorty all over again," he sighs. "Yes, we got our asses handed to us by some sorceress in our own city and now we can't even walk in our uniforms. The only thing we can hope is that we're cute enough that the old man will cut us some slack." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	crossbow_bat 2012-05-29 03:23 am UTC (link)
	"He won't be too hard on us. He hates magic too." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	cantkeepmeout 2012-05-29 03:27 am UTC (link)
	"Yeah but I should've been able to do something. I screwed up again," he berates himself, and tries to kick a nearby potted plant. But the giant boot and cape put him off balance and he lands with a thud on his butt. "I. Hate. Magic." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	crossbow_bat 2012-05-30 01:15 am UTC (link)
	Maria had to chuckle at Thomas landing on his ass. "Join the club," she said. "I think it's genetic that the bat clan hates magic." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	cantkeepmeout 2012-05-30 01:21 am UTC (link)
	He flushes from embarassment and decides to sit in place and wrap his cape around himself, hoping that it might make him look less silly. "Experiences like this don't the impression of magic either. I hope he comes soon." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)