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quirbles

on smoke break, bother somebody else
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M.I.R.A. TerminOS version 0.62b
Secure Distribution - Mid-Atlantic Bureau A3
TerminOS kernel 40406 [build 40406 OEM 8eXD]
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SITE-WIDE NOTICE: PASSWORD ROTATIONS IN EFFECT AT 1500 HRS.
CURRENT CLEARANCE LEVEL: RED-9
CURRENT AGENCY-WIDE STATUS: BLUE

FETCHING INCIDENT INFORMATION . . .

INCIDENT ID: I-212259078-ACX-D
LOCATION: PACIFIC OCEAN - UNITED STATES TERRITORY - CALIFORNIA COAST
INCIDENT STATUS: ACTIVE
INCIDENT DESCRIPTION: HIJACKING, PIRACY, HYDROKINETIC

THREAT-STAKE ASSESSMENT: RED-3

FETCHING DISPATCHED AGENT LIST . . .

[ COMPILING ]




"CAPSIZED"
OCEANIA CRUISES VESSEL #4309 - CALIFORNIA COAST, PACIFIC OCEAN - 1340 HRS


Yeah, we've got an incident on a cruiseline... no, the Los Angeles Premiere Team is out at the San Andreas Fault, right now, dealing with something that has a higher threat-stake rating... VTOLs are grounded, right now. Do we need-- alright. Alright.

Agent Singularity, you have been instructed to respond to the Incident-In-Progress off the coast of California. GPS coordinates have been updated to your communicator; you'll have backup on standby if you need it, but consider this your chance to prove yourself. I'm Jerry-- your Lead Analyst. They got me working out of an In-N-Out right now, since this incident is fresh, so if you hear background noise... that's why.

Clear day out. Was a good day for a cruise, all things considered-- but for Oceania Cruises #4309, it was anything but.

The mayday came in approximately 10 minutes ago. Coast Guard passed it off to us, but they got boats on standby should you need it; given the incident's factor-related, though, we have operational jurisdiction. Phone footage we pulled off some kid's TikTok live was showing hydrokinetic activity-- extreme rogue waves, whirlpools, whole nine yards. No reported casualties, according to the ship's command room, so we're redlight on lethal. Get down there, find out what's causing all this shit, and call it a day. Yeah? I'm gonna finish this burger while you're en-route, man. Lemme know if any shit goes down.

 

”LET’S GOOO!”

High over the Californian coast trailed a blue light that stretched far into the horizon. Elliot McCoy or, as he would finally be known to the world today, Singularity, flew as fast as he could to the mission sight, already feeling his blood surge with excitement.

Part of it was nervous energy. People’s lives were at risk, not just the people on board but his own. One thing MIRA hammered into his head during the last few months was how unpredictable dealing with metahumans could be. The uncertainty worried him but he tried to put it out of his mind. As of fifteen minutes ago, he was in charge of making sure everybody on that yacht made it home in one piece. The thought alone was sobering.

”This is Singularity!” He spoke into his comms device, not realizing the identification wasn’t necessary. He was speaking directly to his own handler. ”Less than a mile out! I can see the yacht from here!”

Less than a mile and counting down. Once Singularity was on the scene, he would fly around the deck of the yacht to try and get an accurate account of the scene.
 


Mmk, kid. Ground rules? No screaming in my earpiece while I'm working with you. I'm going to go deaf by the time we're finished with the IIP.

The yacht would be visible from a ways off; it was a relatively clear day, which made it all the more suspicious that there were suddenly rogue waves smashing into the side of the ship; ideally, a vessel of this size wouldn't capsize, but with the sudden shift in the currents, it was creating more than a bit of panic-- as evidenced by the multitude of patrons sprinting around the deck, trying to make it to safety. A decent amount of bystanders had already made it below deck, but given the clear day outside, a lot of folk had been topside.

"ARE YOU THE ONE CAUSING-- THIS?" An older woman yelled at Singularity as he landed. "HELP US! STOP THIS!"

Ignore the screaming civvies-- stay on task. Don't say anything they can take out of context, either. Had a guy do that during a routine save in San Fran. And-- don't say your name when you're talking with me, this is a solo mission. I know who you are.

A particularly large wave slammed into the side of the ship-- rocking it to the side, and sending Singularity off balance, if he wasn't prepared for the impact. A few people stumbled and fell; water sprayed in a heavy mist along the deck, soaking a few patrons that were near the railings.

"HELP-- SOMEBODY-- HELP!"

A distant cry from up ahead, cutting through the clamor of voices-- along with a few screams. A man was hanging over the edge of the railing, holding on with one hand-- dangling over the side of the rocking ship, with a roiling whirlpool of sorts opening up over two hundred feet beneath him. A hell of a fall.

Not to mention the bubbling cauldron of water that frothed along the side of the ship-- until it suddenly broke into a veritable geyser, water and misted brine spraying hundreds of feet into the air... and leaving a silhouetted figure to fall from the heavens, landing onto the top of the deck with a thundering crack of a body striking the tiled ground. A splintering crater collapsed under the figure-- the landing quite rough, it seemed, as he rolled a good twenty feet along the deck and came to a stop.

"Nnff-- fffucking... rrh."

A few people stopped and stared, a moment. The figure pushed itself to its feet-- a man, judging by the frame, and clad in a sort of submarine, armored outfit. A helm hid his identity from view, somewhat styled after an old-fashioned diver's outfit-- tubes running along the back not to a tank of oxygen, but a near-transparent tank of water.

"CITIZENS OF LOS ANGELES--" He barked out, giving a short cough. "I'VE COME TO FUCKING-- KILL YOU. IF YOU DON'T GIVE ME YOUR MONEY. I'LL SINK THIS SHIP! WALLETS, NOW!"

He looked expectantly at the group of patrons that had stopped and stared-- a circle of individuals retaining their distance, and apprehensively looking towards one another.

Seems like that's your man. T-01 logged; wait 'til he says his name, and I can try to--

"NOW, YOU PRICKS! I AM MAELSTROM, TERROR OF THE SEVEN SEAS, AND I WILL SEND YOU ALL TO YOUR WATERY GRAVES IF YOU DON'T FUCKING DO WHAT I SAY!"

-- yeah. See? They always say their names. Can't help it. Sit tight, maybe throw him around a bit, I'll see what I can find on 'im. Remember training. Do not hit civilians, please, love of God, man. Just want to reiterate.

 
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A sheepish smile spread behind Singularity’s mask at the light chastising. He unconsciously tried to save face by not replying and instead devoting his attention to the scene at hand. He wasn’t too knowledgeable on boats but he took the lack of a visible hole or capsizing vessel as a good sign. The small crowd of civilians on the top deck? Less so. He flew down to meet them.

”H-” He got the concept of a letter out before a woman began yelling at him. It caught him more off-guard than it should have and he found himself hesitating again at Jerry’s words.

”Alright, I guess I-” Singularity had not been ready for the large wave and stumbled backwards. He avoided completely falling over by kicking his foot back and accidentally sending it through the deck of the ship. He cringed a little at the sight but had his attention ripped away by the screams of a man about to fall overboard.

”Hold on!” Without wasting another second, he flew across the ship and grabbed the man by the back of his shirt. He hoisted him up slowly, not wanting to harm him or rip his clothing by accident, before setting him down in the middle of the ship.

”You’re safe now-” The ocean suddenly exploded beside him. If it weren’t for the mortal danger everyone was in, he would have been annoyed at being interrupted for a third time. Instead, he was filled with concern. And fear.

This is real.

There was a supervillain in front of him. An actual one that was spouting off threats and demands. Whatever Maelstrom was saying wasn’t as important as the conviction they carried. He found himself subconsciously stepping forward to shield the people behind him.

Remember your training

”Hey, Mail Storm!” Blue light glowed ominously around his fists. ”Do us both a favor and give up. Things don’t have to get worse for you than they already are.”
 


Mail Storm seemed to stare at Singularity for a moment, awkwardly maintaining unseen eyecontact as a rogue wave sprayed atop the deck once more.

"... how are you here? I just-- I just started this thing, like, fifteen minutes ago. And you're already--" He scoffed. "Look, it's Maelstrom. Strom. A-hole. Whatever, let's-- just-- just fuck it."

He rose his arm-- what amounted to a cannon pointed in Singularity's direction. The tank on his back gurgled-- then fired.

A pressurized spray that would amount to a particularly cruel fire-hose would strike towards the Juror's chest-- pushing Maelstrom back along the deck a bit, boots squeaking along the sodden wood as he stood his ground-- and dug his heels in. A few people-- the man Singularity had saved, among them-- screamed and retreated back along the side of the ship, trying to find any way to get inside as the fight commenced.

"WHAT'S YOUR NAME, THEN? SO I CAN ADD ANOTHER NOTCH UNDER MY DIVING BELT!"

Probably a hydrokinetic. Or he's got hydraulic equipment on. The analyst muttered, chewing a moment on-mic. Y'know, if I had to wager a guess. He sighed, alongside the sound of a keyboard being tapped. Mechanical. The microphone somehow picked it up obnoxiously well. You're redlight on lethal, so-- I dunno, knock him out or something. Maybe he only breathes water. More typing. Wait, no, his file says he's baseline. Yeah, equipment, then-- take that out.

 
”Dude, chill out. I didn’t hear your name because of the…waves…” Singularity’s words trailed off into nothing as he processed a cannon being leveled at him. Months of instinct caused him to raise his arms to block the impending attack. As the stream of water jettisoned towards him, he created a small well of gravity centered on himself, pulling as much as the water towards him.

What he forgot to do was actually slow it down.

A pained yell escaped him, garbled by his helmet and likely drowned out by the violent sound of the water-cannon. Stinging echoes pulsed throughout his body as he completely tuned out whatever it was Maelstrom was saying.

”Ow…” The word was a whisper lost in the noise of everything going on. Singularity grit his teeth and forced his arms down. The first movements of it hurt but the adrenaline now coursing through his body helped mask the rest of it.

”I’m going to detain you now.” He spoke through gritted teeth and suddenly launched off the deck of the ship. He flew towards Maelstrom, forming a gravity well to both cause him to stumble backwards and to help ensure Singularity didn't flatten him by accident. Once he got near, he would slow down and try to grab him and fly them both into the sky and away from the yacht.
 

Maelstrom gave his attempt at a bellowing laugh-- a hollow, metallic sound, given the copper-hat diving gear. The cannon gave a soft hiss of equalizing pressure as he stepped forward, adjusting a ring on the side of his arm with a series of ratcheting clicks; the water in his tank upon his back gurgled, then began to roil in an aggressive froth.

"More where that came from." Maelstrom spat, helm tilting somewhat. "This is your final... oh-- SHIT--"

He turned to dive to the side as Singularity kicked off of the deck-- only to practically fall over himself. The tackle connected, and in a moment, the pair were thrown skyward, with Maelstrom letting out a panicked scream as they were launched off of the cruise-ship and out onto the open ocean, the roiling waves growing into distant splatterings of white and green-blue as their elevation steadily increased.

Maelstrom pressed his cannon against Singularity's face-- but paused, after looking down.

"PUT ME DOWN, OR-- I'LL SCALD YOUR FUCKIN' FACE OFF!" He screamed out, holding onto Singularity with as iron a grip as he could muster. "FUCK-- FUCKING PUT ME-- PUT ME DOWN! SHIT, SHIT-- !"
 
Maelstrom wouldn’t have to worry much about grabbing onto Singularity to stop himself from falling. The Cosmic Voyager was doing everything in his power to keep the villain from falling to his death by way of superhuman strength and gravitational attraction. Though he wasn’t worried about not being able to carry Maelstrom, Singularity was worried that the man would somehow break grapple between them and inadvertently kill himself.

”Calm down! I said CALM DOWN!” Singularity yelled, stopping his flight now over a thousand feet in the air. ”IF YOU SHOOT ME AND I DROP YOU, THEN YOU WOULD DIE!”

With his free hand, he gestured towards the ocean below.

”Listen. You were trying to rob that yacht. No point of denying it. You didn’t actually kill anyone as far as I know..." He trailed off, hoping his handler would confirm or deny that in the brief pause provided. Regardless of the answer, he'd keep going.

"...so right now you're looking at attempted robbery and…maybe vandalism? Those two together aren’t sending you to jail for more than a few years. Power your suit down and surrender. Do that now and you’ll get off a lot lighter than trying to kill a Juror and a boat full of innocent people.”
 
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"AAAUGH FF-FUCK FUCK FUCK-- FUCK YOU--"

Jesus Christ, you're scaring him, kid. The voice in his ear stated rather nonchalantly, mid-chew. He's flightier than a nun caught sneakin' hooch. Now, me personally, I wouldn't have brought him a thousand feet up in the air, but I guess it sends a message.

Maelstrom seemed to struggle in Singularity's grasp a moment longer, but stopped once he understood just how high up he was-- turning his helmet slowly to face the Juror as his explanation continued. For a moment, it seemed like he was caught in the midst of serious deliberation, however anonymizing the features of his diving helm were.

"And take my chances with MIRA? I'm not going back. N-nah," He eventually stated. His cannon hissed. "I'd live."

The cannon fired-- a concentrated jet slamming into Singularity's chest, which steadily tore upwards like a saw-blade until it struck his helm. In a moment, Maelstrom was forced down and away, flipping over himself as the force of his cannon sent him spiraling like a damaged fighter jet. The only thing louder than the rush of water was the guy's screams as he plummeted towards the California coast.

Oh-- you were right. No casualties, from what I saw, The handler stated. Which means you're gonna have to keep him from killing himself, by the way. I'm driving over to the beach, good luck.
 
It felt like a blade had cut across him.

Maelstrom’s revelation that he had once been in MIRA’s custody was not surprising but it still shocked Singularity for another reason. It felt like the kind of thing his handler should have told him. That small pause had been enough to give Maelstrom the opening he needed to veer his cannon up and fire.

”AGH!” His scream was instant, startlement and pain mixing into one as he threw Maelstrom away from him. A thin line near the bottom of his vision indicated that his helmet had sustained a bit of damage. His suit fared a lot worse, having a notable tear on the outer layer.

It took him a few seconds to get himself under control. He was still breathing, still alive. More than Maelstrom would be if he were to land against the tides. With gritted teeth, Singularity plunged down towards the villain faster than before, narrowly avoiding getting hit by the streams of water jettisoning out of Maelstrom’s cannon.

Once he was within a few dozen feet, Singularity reached out and shifted the flow of gravity. Maelstrom’s descent would slow until he was halted entirely in mid-air. Assuming he didn’t have some other trick up his sleeve, Singularity would slow his descent and resume a grapple, this time with the intent of crushing the cannon without maiming Maelstrom.
 

Maelstrom fired off rogue pulses of water towards the encroaching Singularity, though his tanks notably ran out of ammunition precisely at the moment he felt gravity... shift.

"The ff--FUCK-- NNH!"

The FLI's weighted armor and equipment actively fought against the force Singularity was generating-- a conscious effort maintained on the Juror's part to keep him suspended, though that hardly mattered once the pair collided mid-air. With his cannon out of water, Maelstrom was functionally a sitting duck-- which made crushing the metal rather easy. The man let out a yell of anger, cocking his fist back and punching Singularity in the face.

"I'm not going back to fuckin' JAIL, MAN!" He roared out, the thrashings more akin to an unruly child than anything directly threatening. "How the ffuck did you-- even do that-- !"

He'll calm down on the way back to the coast. Bring 'im to the coordinates I marked on your visor. An augmented-reality overlay signaled the general location of the drop-off point. Did good today, kid! Minus the part where you almost pancaked him on the Pacific. But, hey. Who's keeping count? A pause, at that. Shit, I should've actually been keeping count, for the-- assessment. Knew I was forgetting something, God damn...
 
”Wait, so you escaped jail-” Singularity didn’t bother dodging the punch Maelstrom threw out and rightfully so as he didn’t so much as stutter at the impact. ”-and then decided to do this again?”

The question was entirely rhetorical and more an expression of surprise.

”Are you real?”

There wasn’t much more that Singularity wanted to tell the collateral-damage-happy lunatic with a water cannon so he kept his responses to any potential ramblings down to a series of polite yet to the point responses like “Yep”, “Mhm”, or “Wow”. All the mental energy he saved by doing so went to making sure Maelstrom didn’t fall to his death or try to escape…which, in this case, was synonymous.

”Hey J-Man, I’m approaching the coastline!” Singularity shouted, making a straight line for the drop off point. Once close enough, he would begin to descend, slowly, until eventually landing as gently as he could.
 
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