2020.01.18 The Cosmic Bowl

2020.01.18 The Cosmic Bowl
The Broadway Knights (and Alessio) take down some Wyrm ridden gangbangers at the local bowling alley.
IC Date	January 18, 2020
Players	Rian Chayse Jasper Konstantin Alessio
Location	The Cosmic Bowl, somewhere near Broadway and Beach streets.
Spheres	Garou Gaian Broadway Knights

Lost in the background of all that has been going on among the Silver Fang tribe the last few weeks; Kostya has been answering the challenge to become Fostern. After challenging the Theurge Dominic, Kostya was contacted by the spirit, 'Johnny Law' who challenged him with dealing with a local gang who had been operating in the pack's new territory. The gang, who we will call 'The Dragones' was known for their brutal gang initiations where members would commit a robbery and then murder all the witnesses, regardless of whether they got what they wanted. Using ragabash tactics and the help of his partner, Chorniy, Kostya has been setting each member up to get arrested by the police or to experience 'accidents' with their cars and other machines. Safe houses have been raided, cars filled with guns or drugs suddenly ran red lights right in front of police cars or were involved in traffic accidents, etc.

Now, Kostya has approached his pack and the eternal Adren Alessio to finish off the leaders of the gang and and the stragglers who have avoided arrest.

Only one property belonging to the gang remains, an old rundown bowling alley called 'Cosmic Bowl' on the edge of the pack's territory. Their goal, take down the rest of the gang and clean them out of the territory without breaking the veil.

Chayse likes bowling. Who am I kidding? The slord pretty boy has never picked up a bowling ball in his life. He's kinda curious, though. "I never saw a bowling alley as a gang hangout," he muses as the team sits in his SUV in the bowling alley parking lot.

Rian makes sure he's cocked, locked, and ready to rock, readjusting his shoulder holster and ensuring his pockets are filled with hot and cold running death. "Alright, you're the leader Kostya, what's your orders?" Pack alpha, sure, but his bro's got a job to do and Rian's just fine with handing over all the reins so he can do his best and not get his ideas interrupted by an idiot Ahroun! Also, also, Alessio is totally not forgotten here, he offers a fist bump to his fellow full moon, but they can do the greater bulk of the get to know you game in a bit.

Jasper is absolutely not ready to rock. The poor space case probably thinks they're here to go bowling, because instead of Heeley's, he's bought bowling shoes, and looks at Kostya, blinking twice.

Fist bumps? It earns Rian a 'look' from the surly Ahroun that, since he came into the SUV, has been very quiet. He came ready for war, though. He brought his bag, and in that bag he had his usual set of Desert Eagles. Both of those are currently resting within his jacket in their holsters. He also has a balaklava on his head, but its not pulled down yet; it looks more like a beanie for now. He also had with him a tried and true hardware-store bought sledgehammer, attached with a strap. For close encounters. To someone like Jasper, it was probably just normal Ahroun behaviour, what with the bowling get-up. Alessio says, "Yeah, I am curious to see what you have up your sleeve, kid." he grins at Konstantin.

Not like they are going to go after these guys in broad daylight, so yeah, it's in the middle of the night and the place is closed for the night. Honestly, their probably all sitting in Chorniy while they discuss plans of how to deal with things. Kostya lets Chorniy handle driving duties while they talk, "Coolcoolcool, well from what I can figure out they use this place to launder money through. No way it manages to stay open and make bank as old school as it is. I've been in a few times during the day, nothing fancy like the new places with the digital scoreboards and shit." He looks back to Rian and Alessio, "Intel says they are all in tonight, so we can get them all at once. Other than sneaking in, I don't really have any tactics in mind, that's why I brought two ahroun."

FIST BUMPS, MOTHER FUCKER. Just gonna leave a bro hangin like that, you suck, Alessio. Just join up with a pack and not even bump. Psh. Talk about friends, man. "How do you wanna handle entry? Split up or just flood in?" Rian asks, attention fully on Kostya though he does take a sec here and there to see the building itself, trying to build a mental map of things and work out their possible obstacles.

The conversation around him warbles around the resident Risk Manager as he checks the heavy pistol he was gifted for Christmas. The seriousness of what they are about to do isn't lost on the Judge, his thoughts racing as he watches out the window. Jasper's wide-eyed reflection gets his attention and he studies it for a moment before turning around in his seat and facing his lil bro. He dips a hand in his pocket and opens his palm to their spiritual guide to reveal a single red jelly bean, which he offers to Jasper.

"Between me and Chorniy, I can get us in easy. The locks and alarms aren't that advanced," Kostya points out, "The biggest problem is the number of ins and outs. Besides the main entrance, there's are a couple of emergency exits and then one rear exit that leads to the area behind the lanes. Chorniy says their up in the front area where the pool tables are, in the game room. I figure we can go in through the rear and get them pinned in there. If we can get the exits blocked before we go in, we can keep them trapped in there with us."

"Once they are trapped, what is the plan?" Jasper asks. He has his own pistol with him, but he doesn't figure (maybe) that they're just going to slaughter them all.

Alessio looks at Rian, nodding once before he returns his eyes to Kostya, "Both tactics have their strengths and downsides." he says, "Split up and you run the risk of someone seeing your group getting into position. You'll also weaken individuals in case they have a lot of firepower waiting or rush an exit." he grunts, "Rushing in, though? Flooding the place? Great for shock tactics. Take them by surprise, overwhelm them. Send them scattering in panic. But you leave the exits open and risk losing some." He chimes in even though Kostya layed out his thoughts, "But that there is as good a plan as any." he pauses, "Getting the exits blocked should not be a problem. I can easily warp the metal of the doors to something a little less friendly to being opened."

"Can't Chorniy block one of the doors..." Chayse pauses and then looks back at the Adren Glasswalker. "That, too," he decides with a blink. He turns to Jasper and explains the candy piece he just offered him, "It's hot. Like, literally," he says. "If you get in a bind and need to do some damage, bro, pop it in your mouth and bite. Apparently, it makes you a firebreather."

If it helps, Rian does just assume they're going to slaughter them all. He nods his agreement to the pros and cons, but doesn't add, he's just here to follow orders and do his thing. "Block exits, be ready to gat all up in a homie's back door." Yes, that was meant to sound suggestive, but also he's just solidifying stuff in his brain parts.

"We take them down," Kostya says unapologetically. "These guys are the worst of the worse of them. Between them they have a pretty high body count. The dumber, lower ranked guys who were just following orders are out of the way, arrested. These guys..." he trails off. "Let's keep it simple then. Alessio, if you can frag the emergency exits, I'll have Chorniy cover the front exit in case they try and go out that way. We'll go in from the back all quiet and pin them in. We can worry about how to make it look for the police when we're gone. Sound good?"

Jasper takes the bean, hesitantly, and puts it in his ear bud case (which looks like a Cup O' Noodle container). "Okay," he says. "Slaughter." Then to Chayse, "I will replace it. Thanks."

Alessio gives a quick nod to this, "I can head to the exit right away. Prepare it. No one will notice me. I'll just be another random guy walking past the building." he lifts his right arm up. On that arm, he has two bracelets. One in leather with metal studs, another a bit more plain. He taps it, as if it had some special significance, "That way I can come back and join the storming of the castle."

Chayse's gaze slides to Rian a moment and his brow lofts, but then he just resets his brain with a shake of his head and sighs. "OK, keep it simple. We got this," he nods. Is he convincing everyone else - Or himself?

Jasper is badly sneaking in, along with the others, while Alessio takes care of the other exits for them. His hood is up, and two rodents are in the Umbra, following them.

Rian can do basic, he's a basic Chad as it is, but he DOES have a bit of a hard time being unnoticeable. It's just a thing he cant help, he even has a specialty specifically about being noticeable. But he does what he can, he may not be able to disappear but he can just act like A Dude. Knives unsnapped and ready for grabbing behind his back, he meanders around the bowling alley with his head down a bit and his hands in his pockets. While he walks, he has a little internal pep talk with himself, reaching out to spiritually high five one of his tattoos and get himself unreasonably jacked up with adrenaline, steeling his insides against the terrors of toxins and convincing himself 'hey if you break a leg, you'll be okay for a sec'.

Chayse slides out of the SUV not long after Alessio has disappeared around the corner. He makes a mental head count of the others, and follows along bringing up the rear. He tugs his hood up closer to his eyes and pats the holster around his shoulders, not entirely comforted by its alien presence on his body. He tilts his head from side to side, focusing that latent agitation into something useful as his form begins to morph and grow, large and powerful hands slide beneath his hoodie to rest his fingers on his firearm as he gets closer to that side door.

Alessio slips out of the van, carrying his sportsbag with him. The bag only has one item in it; his sledgehammer. He does not want to be seen carrying that out openly. He's just a guy with a bag. He gives a nod to the others before he starts to walk away from the SUV, heading for the bowlingalley with the intent of getting to the back. The man belongs on the streets, making a good show of just being another dude heading somewhere; the sort of person you never look twice at. Reaching the corner of the building and heading around it, being somewhat out of sight, he finally lifts a hand up to pull the balaklava down. His footsteps stops. He turns totally silent. Its as if he is not there. Fur spouts inside his clothing before it turns a slight sheen of chrome; armor. Reaching the side exits to the bowling alley, he comes to a stop. He reaches one hand up and places it on the door itself, to ten stare hard at it. His fist clenches, arm holding out a bit in threat. Then, suddenly, the hinges of the door creak a bit.. then turn, twist and warp before turning into something completely unrecognisable from what they were before. Once done, he reaches into the bag and pulls out the sledgehammer. He begins to jog along the wall and around the corner to get to the group; his footfalls none existent. He's simply.. silent.

Kostya pulls his bat out from under the seat of the car they are in and takes the time to shift into glabro while Alessio goes to take out the doors. Reminding the others to stay out of sight, he takes off ahead of them, turning into a blur as he goes around the corner, making use of the gifts the Chameleon spirit he has been carrying around on his head has taught him. He loops around to the back of the building and while he waits for the others, uses open seal on the back door to open their entry point nice and quietly.

As everyone makes their way around the building, no one seems to be the wise to their arrival - at least that they are aware of. Exits blocked and back door open, everyone gathers around back. Kostya holds the door while everyone else goes in where they are met with the hum of the machines that run the bowling alley lanes. The hum is low, as the lanes are shut down for the night. Most of the lights that usually light up the pins are out and all but one of the ball machines aren't running. It's dark and dim and cramped in here for those in their glabro forms.

Rian becomes an uncomfortably hot Neanderthal.

When they reach Kostya, and get in through the door, Jasper slips his light pistol from the front pocket of his sweatshirt, pale fingers of both hands curling around it. No glabro form for him, and he hangs back, behind the others.

Alessio hangs the sledgehammer around his shoulder in the strap he has attached to it. Once they pile in through the door, he reaches into his jacket to pull out both of his guns. He still does not make a single sound. No breathing. No rustling of clothing. No sound of his shoes hitting the floor. He's .. just .. silent. He looks around, but he does not take the lead; this is The Kids show after all! Also? He seems to hang back a bit to be nearer Jasper, for some reason.

While they wait on everyone to get in place, Chayse continues to gather his resolve. His eyes land one the pins and he reaches down to grab one, weighing its solidness in his fingers as he withdraws his pistol with the other hand.

When they're in posish and ready to get in, rian slips his knives out and into his hands. He's looking to Kostya as their alpha on this one, but he's still definitely assuming the position of Meat Shield for the pack, taking point but trying to be lead. If that makes any kind of sense. It does to Rian, 'be the guy that gets stabbed first' just works for him? Any how, eyes open!

<Broadway Knights> Konstantin says, "The game room is against the same wall that the door we're approaching is on. If we stick to the wall, we should be able to scoot right down to the door."

Rian speaks through the pack link, but also gives a tap-tap to Alessio and attempts to sign to him as well. To the pack, ~Two men ahead, haven't seen us, the far lane with the couple of little lights, look down at ground level and you should see their shoes.~ About 60 to 80 feet from the door that leads out into the main area. To Alessio, he makes two fingers, points towards where he sees the men, points at his eyes and then his shoes and to the men. Two that way, see their shoes.

<Broadway Knights> Jasper says, "There is something in here, in the Umbra. Molly is worried but wants to attack it, and Roy is pulling back."

<Broadway Knights> Chayse says, "Can Molly determine if it's just Bane Activity, or worse? We should definitely hit both sides, clean this place up when we're done."

Kostya nods to Rian and answers in the pack link. ~I can try and use Blue of the Milky to close on them fast without them seeing me.~ In hand sign he points to his bat and then at Alessio and tries to sign that they could bumrush them. He shrugs. The Ahroun know the tactics.

<Broadway Knights> Jasper says, "No, only Weaver." <Broadway Knights> Jasper says, "I mean, she cannot sense Banes in particular, just Weaver spirits."

Jasper has previously been...if not casual, than with that sense of spacey fascination he has for things. Now, however, he's turned tense, and his grip on the gun tightens, enough his trigger finger doesn't get more itchy.

Alessio simply nods once to this, but makes no move to holster a gun to instead switch to the sledgehammer. He keeps to his guns. He gives Jasper a look a few moments to then move ahead towards Kostya. He does not say anything, however he gives a quick nod to the other Garou to signal he is ready.

Chayse nods, as well. Looking back to Jasper a moment, and then to Rian as he bobs his head to the two pairs of shoes the Alpha's just spotted. ~Can we take them out quietly? Slit their throats?~ The Slord asks across their link.

Rian nods to Kostya, pointing to him and then to the men, and then looks to Alessio with a questioning look and a gesture at Kostya, 'you wanna go with him?' After all, he looks game to use that hammer! Rian thinks to his crew ~We should wait here quietly and back them up if things don't stay quiet.~ He just doesn't want to ruin Konstantin's fun mostly. What, killing people is fun, shaddup.

Jasper nods in agreement to Rian, uncertain of his ability to stealth kill from up close, so he continues to be backup with his pistol, just in case.

Kostya and Alessio take off out of the door headed straight for the two dudes who are talking. They are turned to the side but their attention is immediately drawn to the dark shape of Alessio - a black Dark Knight in a black mask coming right at them. They shout in spanish and go to draw weapons. They don't see Kostya until he has closed the distance but they sure aren't surprised. WHOOPS!

<Broadway Knights> Rian says, "Rian commentary while Kostya and Alessio kill some dudes: Did I tell you guys I got poisoned yesterday? Just a little bit though."

<Broadway Knights> Jasper says, "By a spider?"

<Broadway Knights> Chayse says, "POISONED? What the...? How...? OhFuckHereWeGo!"

Alessio is spotted! So he does not even wait with getting close enough. Without making a side, without breaking his stride, he lifts both is arms up and takes aim at the guy. He squeezes the triggers on his guns. There is nothing. No sound. Total silence. There are a muzzle flash from each gun though, and something powerful strikes the man. It is only then that something is heard. The sound of bullets connecting with a body, with flesh.

Somewhere, in the back of Chayse's head, he hears his coach's whistle and he leaps into action, making a wild sprint for the Gameroom Door, gun in one hand and bowling pin in the other. His feet slide him on his heel to pyt his back against the wall directly next to the door, shoulders pressed back as he waits - Pin now drawn back, cocked and ready - For the second pool soul to come through that door.

Kostya is a blur as he makes a bee line for the gangbanger to the right while shots zip past him to the left. In his glabro form he chokes up on his fetish bat like Jose Conseco on steroids and clocks the gangbanger right across the side of the head. Despite this gangbanger looking thick necked as all get out, his head still caves in as the force of the bat hits him right in the soft spot of the melon.

Meanwhile, Alessio's silence *poppop* puts two in the chest of the banger on the left which staggers his back, ripping his bowling shirt open to reveal an unnatural carapace armor underneath. Still on his feet he draws his weapon just as Jasper's shot takes him in the face. There is a moment when there is just a body with no head standing there holding a gun and then both gangbangers go down to the ground.

Their shouts had their effect though, as Chayse and Rian run along the wall to the game room, the game room doors bust open and the rest of the gangbangers come pouring out of the game room bearing an assortment of high powers semi-auto weapons and/or pool sticks.

Alessio turns around, hearing the sound from the double doors. Seeing the men spill out of the doors as Rian and Chayse engage them, the Adren sees a need for more bodies at the group; just so the two does not get swamped. He breaks into a run, just silently charging them with both guns held aloft. A silent, dark clad dangerous thing with guns and a murder in his eyes. Good thing they can't see all the chromed up fur he sports!

The first man races out of the door, and Chayse lets him past. He had a hot date at the other end of Rian's blades, afterall. It was the second guy that Chayse had eyes for. Quickly, Chayse flicks out with the bowling pin nd connects with the dude's face, breaking some bones as he does. Blood sprays across the Philodox's face, as he fully steps out, just as his Alpha slides his blade into another bad guy, and stands above the man. The bloodied pin still clasped in his right hand, Chayse aims his gun down at the writhing man.....

Jasper shifts himself so he does not hit the others, instead focusing on taking out the guys with the firearms, and letting the melee folks focus on the ones with the pool cues. There's the BANG from his pistol, not silenced, that rings throughout the alley, his own ears ringing from the shots. Then, the look of Rage can be seen in his eyes, as he prepares for another shot--

As the horde of angry gangbangers come out of the game room get jumped, they quickly turn their attention on their attackers. Three of them tank their shirts open and reveal tattoos depicting the Dragon Wyrm Totem! The tats run up their necks, which begin to glow a sickly green and start to spew green fire all over Rian and Chayse. The fire is wild and unfocused however, and only manages to singe the ginger headed Silver Fang and does nothing against the Shadow Lord's Luna's Armor. It's a very dramatic affect though as the three seem to disappear into the flames for a moment, only to be left standing when they pass, their clothes a little singed but little else.

Gangbanger number 4 takes a gut shot from Jasper's shot and he drops his gun as he clutches his side and falls to the ground. Number 5 pulls up his Uzi to spread death from afar at Jasper, Kostya and the charging Alessio but... a well timed bowling ball knocks his hand aside and the snack area gets sprayed by uzi fire. Popcorn goes flying everywhere as the popcorn machine it shredded and boxes of skittles and hot tamales litter the floor.

Jasper finishes off Uzi man, a look of extreme interest on his as he's about to get shot, before the guy's bullets go wild. Maybe he's avenging the pop corn.

Ha HA! Take THA- NOOOOO! Fuck, Rian is on fire! EVIL fire! Ginger doo singed and smoking, Rian manages to keep his Ahroun anger about that in check and not lose it. He's still mad though, and stands up knives first, taking one in the throat and quickly finishing him off while the other proceeds to gush. It's okay though, as a model and a warrior, Rian's used to people gushing all over him.

Alessio should most likely have turned on the one spewing green fire all over the Silver Fang. But the Silver Fang is still standing! And he likes Shadow Lords more! Not that he would ever admit to that. There is also the part where he susses up the situation real quick. Who is the one least damaged? Its about thinning the enemy lines and so without giving it a second though, the Glass Walker turns to the gangmember facing the Shadow Lord. He still does not make a sound, he simply reaches out to press the metal of his gun against the mans neck. Electricity to make Emperor Palpatine proud suddenly crackles along the barrel of the gun and shoots into the head of the gangmember. Its not a little, either. Its enough to fry him completely, turning his head into charcoal.

OK, when Chayse mentioned fire breathing to his packmate earlier, this is NOT what he had in mind. He's pretty sure he smells roasted Ginger amid being wafted with the foulest dragon's breath he's ever imagined. His head swivels to the source of the green flames and, seeing as how Alessio's taken care of business for him -Hey thanks, bro!- He steps over the body and stalks near the one that just lit his Alpha up. Not cool, dude! There's a bit of a crazy look in the Philodox's eye as he lifts the Bowling pin above his head and brings it down with a savage ~CrAcK~ across the dragon's skull... Again, and again. When the sound resembles more a soft ripe fruit than a skull, he proceeds to shove the pin into his mouth. Put a cork innit, bud!

<Broadway Knights> Jasper says, "Roy and Molly have fallen back. Dragon-like spirits are being released into the Umbra as these people die. She says they look putrid and disgusting."

Kostya grabs up a bowling ball with the biggest finger holes he can find for his fat glabro fingers. He walks up to the last banger on his knees who is coughing and sputtering from his throat like he is trying to get some flame going of his own. He holds up the ball, takes aim, takes one, two and then three steps and swings the ball up and under the guys chin, snapping his head back and breaking his jaw. "Stttiiii - RIKE!" Kostya shouts as the banger dies. He drop the ball from his fingers onto the bangers stomach.

Rian stays ready for a minute, juuuuust making sure no one else is about to burst in or is like priming a bazooka or something. He is not getting in the way of Chayse and his expressing with that bowling pin, and backs up to avoid TOO much spatter from bowling shots or BBQed Banger. Once it seems clear that they're good, he offers, "I've got some talens unless someone wants to heal. Ow, fuck that stings.." After we cleanse we should go through their stuff, see if they've got anything interesting about who they might get on with that might also need some extra holes."

Rian also belatedly winces at Pack Chat and asks Jasper, "Are they fleeing or waiting?"

It might seem, at first, as if Alessio was indeed Ritual'd up. Rite of Silence. Everything he did with no sound held the hallmarks of that rite. But as he takes a breath after realising all enemies are dead, he finally speaks. The silence ends. But there is no cacophony of sounds that one would normally get with the Rite, "Were these all of them? We need to check the entire building." both of his guns get holstered. "The dragon banes are fleeing away," Jasper says, pausing a moment to get word from Molly, before going to heal Rian up, or whoever else needs it.

Kostya does a quick scan of the game room and then starts counting bodies. "Looks like we got them all. Chorniy confirms the number he counted. Lots of drugs and weapons and shit in the game room though. Surprised there were no chicks with them. The again, maybe they BBQed and ate them. Fuck, wasn't expecting them to be spitting fire. Sorry dudes, the must have leveled up."

Alessio shakes his head, "Thats why you never go into any situation expecting only human opposition. Always expect something more. Usually, there is." he nods once to Jasper, "Did good, kid. Thats a damned powerful gun you have there." he grunts to the Theurge, "If you all take care of the bodies and the cleansing, I will go through the building. Gather up their weapons and make sure the drugs are disposed of." he pauses, "Unless you had other plans for them?" he eyes the Pack.

"I doubt it," Kostya says, "Rian likes that natural high and I don't think Merlin needs drugs to alter his consciousness. What do you think Chayse?"

His frustrations seemingly worked out for now, Chayse turns back to his group and dabs some blood from the corner of his eye. "I think Doubletap would know best about how to handle street drugs," he says, calmly. His eyes move over Jasper, Kostya and Rian - Another mental accounting of his packmates before offering Alessio a hand. "Doubletap 'Rhya," he says, "good to see you again, sir. Thanks for helping us keep our neighborhood cleaned up."

After Jasper heals up Rian, he tilts his head at mention of drugs, and smiles quietly at the compliment to that light pistol he carries. "I can upgrade one of yours, if you want me to," he offers Alessio. "The drugs are probably tainted."

Alessio gives a quick nod to Jasper, "No doubt. I will do a quick Cleanse on the lot before I burn it. Just to make sure no residual taint leaves with the smoke and remains in the ashes." he pauses, "What sort of upgrade?" he wonders, "Fetish? Or something technological?"

"Technological. So you can put a spirit in, after," Jasper says, and then goes to clean up!