[video] Wild Tiger's comm

[wild_roar]

[the video snaps on to an EXTREME CLOSEUP of Wild Tiger, visor raised, his expression teetering between a stupid grin and a rather proud, heroic look.]

Good evening, City, and welcome to a special edition of HeroTV, just for you!

[wow he’s never done that before. It feels great. He pulls back so he can aim the video at the important part of the scene: the back of an office chair. Spidey’s leaning on the smooth leather top.]

We bring you this little bit of breaking news...

...as some of you may remember, Tiger and I’ve been keeping our ears to the ground looking for the guy who sold laser weapons to Phantasm -- or those crazy kids pretending to be Phantasm, anyway.

[Spidey steps back enough that he can spin the chair around to reveal...

One David Xanatos, webbed into the seat.]

Ladies and gents, someone’s been a naughty, naughty boy.

[Xanatos himself is obviously annoyed by this, but manages to keep a relatively neutral tone.]

Patronizing me? I expected something a bit more mature, Spider-Man.

I’d pretend to be offended, but honestly, have even you met me?

Guys, come on. [he wants some camera time, too] We did our homework and found someone who could tell us where they got the weapons. Turns out it’s this guy.

To the best of my knowledge, there isn’t anything illegal about selling weapons to private citizens. [even though they may not have been the most legal of channels...it’s a good thing he’s keeping up that poker face.]

Oi, did you even do background checks on those guys? Considering they shot at us?!

Next time, I’ll make sure the checks are more thorough

Background che -- background checks?! [Unimpressed Spidey is unimpressed.] Hello, lasers.

Yeah, lasers! And that’s why we’re bringing you in, for weapons violations all over the place. [not that he’s an expert. That’s for the lawyers. He peers into the camera again] Can you believe this guy? Thugs pretending to be part of Phantasm get his weapons and he doesn’t even care.

Yeah, it’s almost like he’s an evil mastermind selling laser guns or something.

[Now THAT gets a small chuckle.] Evil mastermind? A bit too cliche, don’t you think? I’m a businessman, nothing more.

Yeah, and that’d be the standard evil mastermind alibi right there.

The police are on their way, so you can tell it to them when they get here. [a wink for the camera. Cliche lines are so smoooth] Never let anybody say heroes don’t do anything useful around here.

[he taps his finger to his visor] ...Wild Tiger, over and out!



[ooc: oops! right! greenish is Wild Tiger, red is Spider-man, and blue is Xanatos. Just in case!]

Comments

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[incywincyhero]

[Spidey brushes his hands off.] Well, that's one badly needed tally for the 'win' column this week, eh?

yesss

[wild_roar]

Yeah, you got that right. [hands on hips] I just hope this cuts off the traffic so no more of those laser guns get into the wrong hands.

[heal_or_execute]

David?

[Mordin blinks upward. Then his eyes narrow.]

Requesting further clarification. More details. Responsible for trafficking superior weapons tech to vigilantes?

[incywincyhero]

[Argh. It's always so awkward talking to Mordin like this.]

Yep. Remember when we got mobbed by local vigilantes with lasers a while back? He's the one who sold them the tech.

[heal_or_execute]

Not even attempting to deny it. Disappointing.

[Mordin's face says it's a lot more than disappointing.]

dated a few hours after the post goes up!

[hastheedge]

If you have any questions, feel free to ask them personally.

i just realized i missed a golden opportunity for this icon

[incywincyhero]

Don't think you can PR your way out of this.

[heal_or_execute]

[Accusing finger point!]

Very first conversation with you. Was concerned after learning what business you were in. Destabilizing effects of advanced weapons on local culture- disastrous! Thought you were smarter.

Would like to know reason. Phantasm resources limited- couldn't have been motivated by money.

permavideo; huntress comm

[amiga]

Nice work, fellows.

[wild_roar]

[oho, look who it is]

Thanks, Huntress. At least this time we didn't have to go through a laser gun battle to get to him!

permavideo; huntress comm

[incywincyhero]

Thanks, lady with the rad mask.

[Beat.] Just how much spirit gum do you go through in a week, just out of professional curiosity?

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[gandere]

... Huh, for a manzai routine, this is pretty boring. Three boke, but no tsukkomi? I'm not sure I really understand unless-[ Aha. ]-I get it.

This is an impersonation of The Three Stooges.

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[wild_roar]

What? No! This is an actual arrest! On screen!

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[incywincyhero]

Uh, only speaking for myself here, but you know I only understood half of that, right?

'Course, half is enough to tell that you're very, very confused...

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[hastheedge]

If that's the case, then which of us is which Stooge?

[because he is REALLY interested in hearing this logic.]

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[shipper]

You leave him alone! [HISSSSSSS

guess who is young, completely unaware of anything remotely resembling human gun laws, and very upset about her friend being manhandled like that? THIS GIRL

good luck with that, heroes]

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[wild_roar]

[awww how cute. I mean...]

Is this guy a friend of yours? He's done some bad things, you know.

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[backatthehotel]

[Oh. Oh my.]

Mr. Xanatos. [And Pink's a good actor, sure, but not good enough to keep from sounding entertained.]

Really?

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[incywincyhero]

Yep. [Popping the 'p.'] Thought the network would want the heads up.

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[glowsferatu]

[ she's really only spoken in depth with one of these people, and it's the guy with the equine hairstyle. her response isn't an impressed one. ]

So this undertaking didn't qualify as irresponsible, then?

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[wild_roar]

No ma'am! It was a proper investigation.

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[hastheedge]

On the contrary, the only truly irresponsible thing was I didn't plan on getting caught.

[voice] how did i miss this???

[wisecracked]

...Bossman? What the hell even?

voice

[hastheedge]

I'll explain later.

voice;

[incywincyhero]

Oooh. Awkward.