Groundwork? What's Groundwork?

by **Nailah Weaver** » Wed May 04, 2016 3:04 pm

After having spend way too much time circling the skies above London Nailah finally returned to the school without having caught another glimpse of the blonde maniac. Instead of going to bed though, she headed straight for the Point and now she's hunched over one of the computers in the central area, trying to find any kind of information on Hazard in the X-Men's list of known mutants.

((open))

by **Narrator** » Wed May 04, 2016 3:32 pm

There are no entries in the database on mutants or even empowered humans calling themselves Hazard.

by **Nailah Weaver** » Wed May 04, 2016 4:29 pm

She groans and tries to widen the search by looking up people with pyrokinetic powers that might fit the description. This was way easier just asking her power to put her on the right track, but anytime she's tried it refused to offer any kind of guidance.

((still open))

by **Narrator** » Wed May 04, 2016 9:50 pm

A different terminal popped up a message.

Code: Select all: >>Having troubles?

by **Narrator** » Thu May 05, 2016 1:45 am

There are no pyrokinetics matching Hazard's description either. Could he be newly active or just newly insane?

(Two. Two narrators. Ah ah ah.)

by **Nailah Weaver** » Thu May 05, 2016 2:36 am

Nailah blinks at the message on the terminal and slides over with the chair.

Code: Select all: Guess so. Who is this?

by **Narrator** » Thu May 05, 2016 3:48 am

Code: Select all: >>Your friendly neighborhood goop-boy. Need a hand?

by **Nailah Weaver** » Thu May 05, 2016 4:18 am

Code: Select all: Goop boy? Oh. Will! Yeah, I guess. Where are you?

by **Will Stanton** » Thu May 05, 2016 4:24 am

Code: Select all: >>Right here, of course. Just surfing the web.

by **Nailah Weaver** » Thu May 05, 2016 4:25 am

Code: Select all: What, like in the computer?

by **Will Stanton** » Thu May 05, 2016 4:32 am

Code: Select all: >>Nah, I [i]am[/i] the computer. Neat trick, aye?

by **Nailah Weaver** » Thu May 05, 2016 4:36 am

"Whoa, what? How does that work?" she asks out loud, then looks contemplative for a moment before starting to type that out on the computer in case Will didn't hear.

by **Will Stanton** » Thu May 05, 2016 4:38 am

Code: Select all: >>It's really rather technical and boring, when you think about it. I mean, you have wings! How does THAT work.

by **Nailah Weaver** » Thu May 05, 2016 5:19 am

"I dunno. Like a bird's I guess."

by **Will Stanton** » Thu May 05, 2016 5:21 am

Code: Select all: >>Aaaahh, so you're a bird. Well, that makes sense, then.

by **Nailah Weaver** » Thu May 05, 2016 5:38 am

"I'm not a scientist. I got wings and I fly." she shrugs. "Are you gonna help me or not?" she goes on, a little irritated by having gotten her butt kicked and being adrift in a sea of uncertainty.

by **Will Stanton** » Thu May 05, 2016 5:39 am

Code: Select all: Sure thing

An eight-bit version of Will appeared on the screen, sliding aside the text prompt.

Code: Select all: It looks like you're trying to stop a criminal. Need some help?

by **Nailah Weaver** » Thu May 05, 2016 5:41 am

Nailah lets out a faintly amused groan. "Seriously? Okay, fine, yeah, I'm trying to find a guy who wrecked a clothing store tonight."

by **Will Stanton** » Thu May 05, 2016 5:41 am

Code: Select all: Got any leads so far?

by **Nailah Weaver** » Thu May 05, 2016 5:43 am

"No. He was a blonde guy with fire powers. They were kinda unreliable though. And he kept talking as if he knew me."

by **Will Stanton** » Thu May 05, 2016 5:45 am

Code: Select all: Oof. Not much to go on. Any other possible crimes he committed?

by **Nailah Weaver** » Thu May 05, 2016 2:20 pm

"Probably, but none that I know of. He was babbling some kind of nonsense about spokes and being nothing? He seemed really deranged and all I know is that he calls himself Hazard. Man, I wish I was better at drawing so I could at least make some kinda police sketch thingie. Do you have some kinda face-building program on there?"

by **Will Stanton** » Thu May 05, 2016 6:17 pm

Code: Select all: Betcha we can download one. 'Spokes', huh? What do you think that could mean?

by **Nailah Weaver** » Thu May 05, 2016 6:38 pm

"I have no idea. Probably just insane rambling? So, how do we download a program like that?" she asks and almost as if it had been waiting her power almost bursts in with the first step towards that, her fingers moving almost automatically as she navigates to some obscure website hosting a program that's usually reserved for the police and similar institutions. "Uhm, nevermind, I got it." she grins vaguely. "Can you run this?"

by **Will Stanton** » Thu May 05, 2016 6:41 pm

Code: Select all: I'm sure I can figure it out; let's see what we can piece together.

The old program fired to life--turns out, most police forces weren't using the latest-and-greatest equipment, sassafrassa budget cuts, but it was good enough for government work.

by **Nailah Weaver** » Thu May 05, 2016 7:11 pm

"Okay, so... Blonde hair, kinda all wild and average length..." she says, starting to work on the program. "Angularish face? Is that what it's called? Thin lips and... eyes kinda... eye-like? Bit more gaunt cheeks, I guess? Hrmm. I think that's close. I dunno if the nose is right." she says, continuing to futz with the image some but having more or less settled on a look.

by **Will Stanton** » Thu May 05, 2016 7:18 pm

Code: Select all: Eye like is a [i]wonderful[/i] description there. It's both 100% accurate and probably not helpful at all

Will joked.

The screen had started with a picture of Will, because of course it did, and it altered and shifted as Nailah toggled options and swapped features.

by **Nailah Weaver** » Thu May 05, 2016 7:34 pm

"Hey, this is hard. I only saw him for maybe a minute or two and half of that time he was swinging knives and flames at me. But there. Can we, like, run this through a database or something to try and find a match?"

by **Will Stanton** » Thu May 05, 2016 7:35 pm

Code: Select all: Yeah, I'll let my buddies know about it, and we'll see if we get a match. It's too bad you didn't get a fingerprint or some DNA or something, but ah well.

by **Nailah Weaver** » Thu May 05, 2016 7:38 pm

"Things were kind of on fire, but I'll keep that in mind for the future. Who are your buddies?" she adds after a moment.

by **Will Stanton** » Thu May 05, 2016 7:41 pm

Code: Select all: There's a satellite orbiting us. Chill guy. With enough connections, we might be able to see if this guy's popped up anywhere. London's swarming with cameras, after all.

by **Nailah Weaver** » Thu May 05, 2016 7:54 pm

"Ooh, that's a good idea! You can do that?"

by **Will Stanton** » Thu May 05, 2016 7:58 pm

Code: Select all: Well, we won't know 'till I've tried, right? I mean, it's technically illegal, but, you know. Friends in high places.

by **Nailah Weaver** » Thu May 05, 2016 8:52 pm

"Well, it's for a good cause, yeah? I wouldn't want that guy to hurt anybody..."

by **Will Stanton** » Thu May 05, 2016 8:55 pm

Code: Select all: Exactly, right? Any lead we can get helps. We'll just have to wait and see what comes back.

by **Nailah Weaver** » Thu May 05, 2016 9:20 pm

"You already send it off? Dang you're good."

by **Will Stanton** » Thu May 05, 2016 10:11 pm

Code: Select all: Well, it's transmitting. Now we play the waiting game.

by **Narrator** » Fri May 06, 2016 12:21 am

Facial recognition does its Orwellian work and uncovers footage of a small spree of chaos leading to the area of her encounter. Hazard, in what looks like a straight jacket with some video-blurred text on the back, robbing a well-dressed couple at knifepoint. Hazard again, caught as a fast moving blur stealing shoes from a store. Yet again, this time shattering the window of a white sedan with a telekinetic wave and driving off after hot-wiring it. Next, Hazard shattering the clothing store window followed soon by the unidentifiable winged figure of Nailah. Finally, the maniac exits the burning store and vanishes into an alley.

by **Nailah Weaver** » Fri May 06, 2016 1:09 am

"Dangit! He was right there and I missed him slipping away!" Nailah almost bangs her fist on the console but stops herself short. "And what is it with that guy's powers? They're all over the place!"

by **Will Stanton** » Fri May 06, 2016 1:27 am

Code: Select all: Maybe they're context-dependent?

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