liebe_krieg: (Default)
The Major ([personal profile] liebe_krieg) wrote in [community profile] capeandcowl2011-08-08 09:24 pm

TO MY SURPRISE, ONE HUNDRED STORIES HIGH

[Hello City, it’s your evening newscast. Blond and improbably handsome news anchor Bart Clinton is wrapping up the latest information on the anti-Vulcanus riots in the City and Boston, footage of burning buildings and cars repeating in the background interspersed with blurry phone-camera shots of Import heroes stemming the damage.]

[But what’s this? Suddenly they cut to a rotating helicopter shot of a burning building that’s not in the City or Boston... or in North America for that matter. It looks big, like an industrial complex complete with attached research and development structures. And man, that thing is really burning.]


This just in, a terrorist attack in Majr has left a recently-constructed StarkTech factory there ablaze. There is no word on casualties yet, but we have confirmed that most of the complex was empty at the time of the attack thanks to a surprise employee banquet thrown by Tony Stark himself. Still, the factory is completely aflame, and it seems likely the damage will be catastrophic.

[The video cuts to a shot of several Majr StarkTech employees standing in front of the flaming ruin of their recently-constructed workplace, looking simultaneously crushed and aware of how lucky they are not to have been inside]

Sources report that Majr authorities are already looking for a suspect, described as a loud American in a white suit, possibly an Import. There is no word yet on a possible motive for the attack, but experts have raised concerns about Majr’s internal stability in recent years.

We’ll bring you more on this story as it develops.

[One more shot of the flaming StarkTech factory, and then it’s time for commercials. Hey, did you know your love life is entirely dependent on using the right kind of razor to shave?]
hackeralastair: (shock)

[personal profile] hackeralastair 2011-08-09 01:29 am (UTC)(link)
Oh.....shit!


I was just there!
hacktivist: (every fresh contusion)

[personal profile] hacktivist 2011-08-09 01:51 am (UTC)(link)
[hot damn somebody else shares his favorite hobby...]

...Oh.
shotyoudeadbang: (smoking gun)

Voice Private Encrypted

[personal profile] shotyoudeadbang 2011-08-09 08:30 am (UTC)(link)
This your doing?
hacktivist: (in the decompression chamber)

Voice Private Encrypted

[personal profile] hacktivist 2011-08-10 02:57 am (UTC)(link)
Not this time. [beat, he's not even gonna lie] But I did think about it.
shotyoudeadbang: (headset)

Voice Private Encrypted

[personal profile] shotyoudeadbang 2011-08-10 06:49 am (UTC)(link)
Thinkin' ain't a crime yet.

Any ideas? We gonna get any blowback from this?
hacktivist: (All systems go out on the floor)

Voice Private Encrypted

[personal profile] hacktivist 2011-08-11 06:21 pm (UTC)(link)
Mr. Stark is aware of my innocence, for a change - and doesn't know about our collective, I believe.

I am interested in who did do this, if you'd look into it?
shotyoudeadbang: (dark tilt)

Voice Private Encrypted

[personal profile] shotyoudeadbang 2011-08-12 03:13 am (UTC)(link)
What collective is that again?

And I'm not a detective.
hacktivist: (it is the best idea ever)

Voice Private Encrypted

[personal profile] hacktivist 2011-08-14 07:01 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, I haven't told you yet. Hm.

Just ask a few questions? I don't expect results.
shotyoudeadbang: (shadow head)

Voice Private Encrypted

[personal profile] shotyoudeadbang 2011-08-16 10:11 am (UTC)(link)
Keepin' secrets from me, Ghost?
hacktivist: (back in my day we had to draw binary)

Voice Private Encrypted

[personal profile] hacktivist 2011-08-17 05:46 am (UTC)(link)
Sensitive issues. Not for the Network. Prying ears.

We can talk in person if I've piqued your curiosity.
shotyoudeadbang: (scratching head)

Voice Private Encrypted

[personal profile] shotyoudeadbang 2011-08-17 08:47 am (UTC)(link)
'Collective.'

It ain't some kinda weird sex cult, is it? I don't wanna know you that well.
hacktivist: (fiction addiction and tacit conspiracy)

Voice Private Encrypted

[personal profile] hacktivist 2011-08-19 03:50 am (UTC)(link)
Heheh... no. Not exactly.

But you may change your mind if you meet Karla.
shotyoudeadbang: (headset)

Voice Private Encrypted

[personal profile] shotyoudeadbang 2011-08-19 08:02 am (UTC)(link)
I mighta met her already.

What's her deal?
hacktivist: (back in my day we had to draw binary)

Voice Private Encrypted

[personal profile] hacktivist 2011-08-17 05:46 am (UTC)(link)
Sensitive issues. Not for the Network. Prying ears.

We can talk in person if I've piqued your curiosity.
shotyoudeadbang: (scratching head)

Voice Private Encrypted

[personal profile] shotyoudeadbang 2011-08-17 08:47 am (UTC)(link)
'Collective.'

It ain't some kinda weird sex cult, is it? I don't wanna know you that well.
hacktivist: (fiction addiction and tacit conspiracy)

Voice Private Encrypted

[personal profile] hacktivist 2011-08-19 03:50 am (UTC)(link)
Heheh... no. Not exactly.

But you may change your mind if you meet Karla.
shotyoudeadbang: (headset)

Voice Private Encrypted

[personal profile] shotyoudeadbang 2011-08-19 08:02 am (UTC)(link)
I mighta met her already.

What's her deal?
hellionated: (facewaitwhat)

[personal profile] hellionated 2011-08-09 02:11 am (UTC)(link)
Awesome. Just when I thought it was gonna get calm around here.
liverletdie: (2 Girls one WHAT?)

[personal profile] liverletdie 2011-08-09 02:12 am (UTC)(link)
[Today is a day that Tony Stark hates his life 8|]
hackeralastair: (I don't like the sound of that)

[personal profile] hackeralastair 2011-08-09 02:19 am (UTC)(link)
[vigorously texting to find out first-hand information]
liverletdie: (Determined)

Text

[personal profile] liverletdie 2011-08-09 02:58 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah. It was hit. Looks like I need to up the security.
hackeralastair: (profile normal)

Text

[personal profile] hackeralastair 2011-08-09 03:05 am (UTC)(link)
Everybody's all right, though?
liverletdie: (Ah shit)

Text

[personal profile] liverletdie 2011-08-09 03:29 am (UTC)(link)
Yes, everyone is okay.
hackeralastair: (lurking)

Text

[personal profile] hackeralastair 2011-08-09 03:34 am (UTC)(link)
ok good.

Anything you want me to do from here?
liverletdie: (Extremis | Seriously guys)

Text

[personal profile] liverletdie 2011-08-09 03:49 am (UTC)(link)
No, I think I'm on top of things.
hackeralastair: (cornerface)

Text

[personal profile] hackeralastair 2011-08-09 03:54 am (UTC)(link)
As usual.

think I'm going to go get a beer to calm my nerves.
incywincyhero: (peter: blinds)

voice message;

[personal profile] incywincyhero 2011-08-09 02:54 am (UTC)(link)
Tony ... [A long breath.] I'm really sorry. I hope not too many people were hurt. Is there anything I can do?
liverletdie: (I am tired of this emp bullshit)

TEXT LIKE...RIGHT AFTER...

[personal profile] liverletdie 2011-08-09 03:00 am (UTC)(link)
Thanks, Pete. Some rent-a-cops were injured, but it was pretty much vacant. The biggest hit is the projects, though they were backed up.
incywincyhero: (peter: thoughtful)

voice;

[personal profile] incywincyhero 2011-08-10 08:16 pm (UTC)(link)
[Sharp breath of sympathy, but moving on briskly.]

Any ideas who's behind it?
hacktivist: (Time to negotiate)

text; private

[personal profile] hacktivist 2011-08-09 03:39 am (UTC)(link)
that wasnt me.
Edited 2011-08-09 03:39 (UTC)
liverletdie: (I'm a billionaire playboy)

text; private

[personal profile] liverletdie 2011-08-09 03:51 am (UTC)(link)
Playing the innocent card already?

I know your style, Ghost. This most certainly wasn't you.
hacktivist: (there were 1s and 0s everywhere)

text; private

[personal profile] hacktivist 2011-08-11 09:49 pm (UTC)(link)
im touched.

i thought the finer points went largely unnoticed by you.

it was obviously insured...?
klutziness: homette @ LJ (Fright ♣ It's okay I'm a girl.)

texting always

[personal profile] klutziness 2011-08-09 04:09 am (UTC)(link)
this sucks
liverletdie: (I didn't order backyard tentacles 9!)

Text

[personal profile] liverletdie 2011-08-09 11:44 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, but we'll fix it. Being a part of a large corporation means sometimes we have to deal with unfortunate situations.
klutziness: homette @ LJ (Legs ♣ Can't touch this.)

[personal profile] klutziness 2011-08-09 05:35 pm (UTC)(link)
what do you want me to do?
liverletdie: (Determined)

text;

[personal profile] liverletdie 2011-08-09 11:44 am (UTC)(link)
I could. You moved into your office yet?