The RMU - Avengers Assemble!

[Relique du Madde]

"If Richards isn't courageous enough to be in charge of this, it might be possible he might be part of the scheme or that he either is being set up. It might help to know what organizations are involved in the plot and who is able to pull off a synchronized assault." Delta paused before initiating a new batch of queries.


Querying:
Which criminals organizations/costumed criminals were known to be involved in the synchronized attacks attributed to 'King of Villains'.
Which costumed criminals are capable of pulling off synchronized attacks.

OOC: Apparently, she closed the browser window and have to reconnect before running the query..

 

[Voda Vosa]

"Search for HYDRA, or The Hand. I would postulate myself, but I've crossed to the other side, dear." Mandarin says with a winning smile.

 

[jkason]

Kai "Power" Pak

"I think it's pretty early to be casting any kind of aspersions," Pak says, glancing to Valeria and the door Avatar exited through. "Until we have more info that would point us in a specific direction, I think we'll just be sabotaging ourselves making baseless guesses."

 

[Voda Vosa]

Mandarin looks briefly at Power Pak, then glances again at the female sentinel. "Search for Richards as well. Perhaps there's some valuable information about him."

 

[Shayuri]

"Richards has the background to be a 'king of villains,'" Valeria muses, "And if the attacks were being carried out by robots or mind-controlled cyborgs or something like that, he'd be high on my list."

"But he's never been able to keep large groups of people working together for long. He's intelligent, but he's not a 'people person.' Coordinating attacks by all these villains...I just don't see it. Not to mention, where did all these super-villains come from in the first place?"

She opened her PDA and started looking up reports of the 'King of Villains' attacks, seeing if the perpetrators had been identified, and if they had previous records before hooking up ith KoV.

 

[DistractingFlare]

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Bullseye's Holding Cell
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Gambit's manipulation doesn't seem to affect Bullseye, but the assassin seems to appreciate the politeness. With a friendly disposition, he replies:

"Thanks for the kind words, Mister. You know, it's not always easy, being a killer-for-hire. Considering your accent, I'd guess you would be from Louisiana. Cajun blood? That would mean your wife is probably Lady Belladonna. Which would make you the mutant known as Gambit. Pleased to meet you. They call me Bullseye. And the facilities are fine, but I'm a bit cold. Any chance I could get some fresh clothes?"

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Briefing Room
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Mandarin's inspection of the computer yields little interesting information. It's a standard high-end consumer PC, hooked up to a wireless internet connection. There are a few password-encoded documents on the hard drive, but the actual database seems to be stored off-site.

Delta Sentinel's search yields a large batch of files that list some of the locations of the supervillain attacks, but no suspects.

[sblock=Supervillain Attacks]
INCIDENT: LATVERIAN CAPITOL (BOMBING)

INCIDENT: NEW ORLEANS LEVEE (TIDAL ATTACK)

INCIDENT: EMPIRE STATE BUILDING (THEFT?)

INCIDENT: MOUNT FUJI (VOLCANIC ERUPTION)

INCIDENT: LONDON, BIG BEN (DEMOLITION)

INCIDENT: WAKANDAN VIBRANIUM MINES (THEFT)

INCIDENT: 12 GORGES DAM (SABOTAGE)

INCIDENT: LAS VEGAS (CASINO ROBBERY)[/sblock]

The file on Reed Richards is equally disappointing.

[sblock=Reed Richards]Notorious enemy of Dr. Victor Von Doom, Richards was formerly married to Von Doom's wife, Susan (nee Storm). Reed Richards has one child, Franklin Richards, whereabouts unknown. Top scientists (including notable activist Bruce Banner) conclude that Reed Richards has avoided Von Doom's reprisal by exiling himself from time.

Professor Charles Xavier, chairman of the Committee for Mutant Understanding (and founder of the X-Men, a mutant-rights fringe group), however, has a different opinion. "Reed Richards, possibly the most brilliant mind humanity has ever produced, as been forced into hiding by the villainous machinations of Victor Von Doom. Von Doom is a maniacal lunatic, just waiting for a chance to strike at us with everything he's got! Now that Richards is out of the way, it's only a matter of time."[/sblock]

 

[Velmont]

"If you like stripe, I am sure it would be easy to find something for you." tells Gambit. He turns toward Avatar. "Can you go look for that? And nothing in metal on the suit. Only Cotton. I've heard rumor about Bullseye being able to use anything he has underhand as a weapon. Bring some chicken and noodle soup in a paper cup."

Gambit then sits in front of Bullseye. "I see my reputation have exceeded New Orleans border, or maybe you have already worked in New Orleans." He then look back at the door, to look if Avatar have complied with his request.

[SBLOCK=OOC]Gambit continue to try to pierce Bullseye mind. Still DC: 19...

Edit: Well, Gambit's luck suck.[/SBLOCK]

 

[Relique du Madde]

"I found something interesting. It appears that the chaos caused during the attacks may have been used as a diversion because Wakandia's Vibranium Mines and a Los Vegas casino were robbed during the assault. Also, though unconfirmed, the Empire State Building might have been robbed as part of the attacks."

Delta begins to query more info about Wakandia Vibratium Mines, Los Vegas Casino and Empire State Building Heists.

 

[Insight]

"If you like stripe, I am sure it would be easy to find something for you." tells Gambit. He turns toward Avatar. "Can you go look for that? And nothing in metal on the suit. Only Cotton. I've heard rumor about Bullseye being able to use anything he has underhand as a weapon. Bring some chicken and noodle soup in a paper cup."

Feeling pretty useless in this situation, Avatar has little choice but to comply. He wanders the halls, looking for any sort of uniform, jumpsuit, or whatever that seems harmless enough. He looks for a cafeteria and tries to find some food for the captive.

When he has what he seeks, Avatar returns to the interrogation room. Avatar takes one step inside and turns on his force field at full power, just in case. Avatar wordlessly sets down the clothing and food (if any was to be had) and leaves the room.

 

[DistractingFlare]

Bullseye graciously accepts the new clothes and the cup of soup, which he drinks rapidly. The steam from the cup signifies that the soup is quite hot, but he drinks it as if he's been starving to death.

After he's finished the soup, he nods to Gambit. Yeah, I've worked N'awlins (he pronounces it with a Cajun drawl). Got to meet your girl, too. She's a beauty, if you don't my saying so. Never got to see her in action, but I hear she's good. Not as good as me, of course, but not very many are. So how about this, Gambit? If you just let me walk out of here, I'll quit my villainous ways, forfeit the bounty on Murdock, and I'll just go home."

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Delta's search results indicate that a massive deposit of vibranium ore was stolen from the Wakandan mine. The President of Wakanda, T'Challa (aka Black Panther) is conducting a private, secretive investigation.

About $100,000,000 was stolen from a pair of associated casinos in Las Vegas, both owned by billionaire industrialist Tony Stark.

Federal contacts confirmed a theft from the Empire State Building in New York, but could not allude to the identity of the victim or the nature of the stolen artifact - just that it was "of immense value to a private collector." The building was severely damaged in the attack, and is currently in the reconstruction process. Rand Industries has been contracted to oversee the repairs.