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by **Idran1701** » Wed Mar 09, 2011 6:24 pm

Sam frowns, shaking his head. "Nuh uh. Ellastic wouldn't rob a bank, that's gotta be someone else! Maybe it's fake or somethin'! Someone made it up so Ellastic'd get in trouble, someone that doesn't like Ellastic! Superheroes don't do stuff like that!"

by **Besyanteo** » Wed Mar 09, 2011 8:03 pm

Enzo doesn't react at first. After a moment he looks at Rivendare.

"Have you had time to check and see if the video has been tampered with?"

by **Shinigori V2** » Wed Mar 09, 2011 8:04 pm

"It's not." Rivendare says. "This was taken from OUR server, they were using a D-52 security system."

by **Besyanteo** » Wed Mar 09, 2011 8:10 pm

Enzo paused for a moment, looking confused.

"Even so, I could make a fake video on one of D-52's systems if I wanted to. Or anyone like me. I wouldn't even need access through normal security channels to the storage medium so long as I was close by to it. I could bypass physical security and erase the data logs of having done it with some effort, too, so long as I wasn't seen by a person on my way to the server. May I have a look at the file?"

He knew that his statement that he could look anyway, with or without permission, and that was true. He could look at the video data whether Rivendare wanted him to or not. He wouldn't do it if Rivendare told him not to, though.

by **BrainWalker** » Wed Mar 09, 2011 10:54 pm

((ooc: Please pardon the super-talky post. Wasn't in an expository mood tonight, I guess.))

"Open and shut my ass." Max retorted, arguably belatedly. "Evidence is only part of a case. What about motive? What possible reason could a superhero have to rob a bank? Heroing don't pay the bills, but doesn't she have loads of sponsors and licensing deals and stuff? She can't be hurting for money. Isn't it far more likely that some evil douche would want to try to frame her than it is that a world-renowned superhero would suddenly turn rogue and risk her fame and freedom for money she doesn't even need?"

"And even if she did go rogue, does anyone seriously believe she'd be so amateur about it? How is it that the one camera you fail to scramble is the one right at the freakin' entrance? And why didn't she even try to hide her identity?"

Max folds his arms. "There's way too many unanswered questions for this to be 'open and shut'."

"Also, I'd say Ellastic is the only person in the world we know of with her powers. I think it was only recently that Wunderkind were discovered, right? Isn't it possible there's someone else with similar powers that we didn't know about because they were doing illegal things and didn't want us to know about them? And we only know now because they finally slipped up? Or maybe it's not even a slip-up. Just throwing it out there, but if I were an evil stretchy dude and I wanted to take Ellastic down while making mad cash moneys, framing her for bank robbery seems like a no-brainer."

by **Kelne** » Thu Mar 10, 2011 4:33 am

"It looks like a set-up alright," Emily said, "The problem is we have to prove it. I mean, other hypothetical people who can do that stuff aren't going to cut any ice with the courts, so if Ellastic's the only suspect, she has to stay put until the trial at least. So we have to figure out who did do it and bring them in with plenty of evidence." Emily was, frankly, raring to go. They couldn't just let people push around their fellow superheroes like this. Besides, who knew what Ellastic's nefarious enemies might get up to while she was out of commission?

by **NebulaQueen** » Thu Mar 10, 2011 11:08 pm

"...what does Ellastic have to say?" Silvie asked. "Has anyone talked to her about it yet? I don't think she did it or anything, but she might know something. Like if somebody has it in for her!"

by **Shinigori V2** » Thu Mar 10, 2011 11:09 pm

"No comment yet." Rivendare says. "Maybe you guys should go talk to her."

by **Idran1701** » Fri Mar 11, 2011 10:12 am

"Is she okay? Did you put her in jail?" Wringing his hands, Sam stammers a bit; if Ellastic was in jail, all the bad guys she caught could beat her up and stuff, like when it happened to the Bowman in the comics!

by **Shinigori V2** » Fri Mar 11, 2011 4:38 pm

"They have her in a cell on the third floor." Rivendare says. "No one else is there, don't worry."

by **Idran1701** » Fri Mar 11, 2011 5:07 pm

Nodding, Sam darts out of the room for the third floor, heading for Ellastic's cell without a single word.

Of course, he doesn't know where exactly that cell is yet, but he doesn't quite realize that just yet.

by **Shinigori V2** » Fri Mar 11, 2011 5:40 pm

Mission: 10- Stretching the Truth
Location: Deck City- The Deck, Holding Cells, third floor.
December 27th, 3756
1:00 PM.

The Wunderkind rush down to the holding cells, presumably to talk to Ellastic about what she's being held for.

As they run, though, they hear...A girl shouting. "We want the truth! The press has a right to know! The truth will come out!"

As they approach, they can see a girl parading back and forth in front of two very nervous looking guards manning a security door. The guards look between each other, very clearly wanting to do SOMETHING about the protesting girl, but... Apparently she's still in one of the public areas of the building.

The girl just continues to march. She's wearing a light jacket over a white shirt and grey sweatpants...Probably not caring too much about appearances. She's got shoulder length hair, just a touch longer than...Ellastics. It's brown, the same shade as...Ellastics. She's just a few inches taller than Ellastic, and as a voice pretty similar to Ellastic. She continues to shout at the guards, demanding to be let through.

One thing is for sure, though-

This girl is absolutely, 100% NOT Ellastic. That would be ridiculous.

by **Kelne** » Fri Mar 11, 2011 11:03 pm

Well, this was ever so slightly suspicious. Freedom of the press or not, this girl had shown up pretty close on the heels of Ellastic's arrest. Emily didn't think anyone would've gone around publicising what was bound to end up as a seriously embarrassing incident in the end. One way to find out what this intrepid (and pretty young, come to think of it) reporter knew.

Emily headed over to the security glass herself, though she refrained from opening the doors, "I completely agree," she said, "No sense trying to bury the truth. It'll come out in the end."

by **Shinigori V2** » Sat Mar 12, 2011 6:46 pm

"The area beyond the door is, er, restricted." One of the guards says. "No one gets through until we've finished primary interrogation."

"Yeah, right." The girl says, turning to the Wunderkind. "Can you believe this crap? They don't want us to know they tried to hold ELLASTIC in a normal cell and she slipped right out in order to prove her innocence!"

by **Idran1701** » Sat Mar 12, 2011 9:34 pm

Sam looks at the plucky girl reporter that definitely isn't Ellastic, glancing between her and the room the guards are guarding. "She is? Are you sure? Well...um..." Is that a good thing? She definitely didn't do it, she was supposed to stay there until she got let out! And leaving makes things look more suspicious maybe, and they might have to send people out to track her down and that could be bad! But if anyone can prove she didn't do it, it's Ellastic! If she even really did escape, of course.

He looks back to the guards, a but nervously. "Um...Mr. Rivendare said we're s'posed to go in and talk to her. So...um...if Ellastic is still inside, you needa let us in. Is she?"

by **Shinigori V2** » Sat Mar 12, 2011 9:40 pm

"Yeah, well." the guard begins, "Volgar AND Shintaro say NOBODY goes in."

"You lost her, just admit it!" Plucky Girl reporter says. One can only assume she's got a fedora with a 'press' band somewhere at home.

by **Besyanteo** » Sun Mar 13, 2011 1:24 pm

What? Horse-... plop. Rivendare said they could. Forget what the other Aces had to say about it! He wasn't going to do this without the permission of the others, though...

Hey guys, want me to remotely open the door and we can just walk on through? I think we can force past these two without actually hurting them.

by **Kelne** » Sun Mar 13, 2011 11:30 pm

We could just hack into the security cameras, Emily suggested, There's gotta be one watching the cell, right? suiting actions to words, she set about doing just that.

by **ChristianC** » Tue Mar 15, 2011 1:35 pm

Alexis had been silent for most of the time, weakly returning the hugs her siblings had offered her, but had spent the rest of the day in the background, listening to Rivendare and holding onto her left arm with her right hand, looking rather dejected. When they went to Ellastic's sell, she gave the reporter an odd look before glancing over at Emily.

Should we really, you guys? ...Haven't we... um... never... never mind...

by **BrainWalker** » Tue Mar 15, 2011 4:58 pm

That's a good idea, Emmy.

While Emily works that angle, Max stands sternly in front of the reporter girl. What's her deal, anyway? Local news never finds out about stuff THIS fast, and even if they did, how would they have sent someone out here so quickly? Besides, she's a little underdressed, not to mention a little underage, for professional reporting.

Whatever. Max will play along for now.

With arms crossed, Max addresses the intruder. "How did you find out about this, anyway? This literally just happened. If you're with the press, where are your credentials? What agency are you with? Aren't you a little young to be a professional newshound?" On the word 'young,' Max pokes the girl in the upper chest, partly to keep up the facade of aggression but mostly to check if she shares Ellastic's elasticity as well as several of her more mundane traits.

by **Idran1701** » Tue Mar 15, 2011 6:14 pm

Um...okay... Sam isn't entirely sure about this, but they would know better than he would. Sam stands back for now, slightly frowning, and just waiting to see how things play out from here.

by **Shinigori V2** » Tue Mar 15, 2011 7:25 pm

"My name's Elly Broughleo-" The girl says- "Junior reporter for Penthwit's school for girls, and elected president of the OFFICIAL Ellastic Fanclub, thank you very much!"

She glares at Max's attempted poke, batting his arm away before it connects. "Watch the hands, buddy."

by **NebulaQueen** » Tue Mar 15, 2011 10:31 pm

I'm with Emily she told the others quickly. We can bust in after that, okay? But first, lets find out what she knows....nicely, okay? Or I can be the nice one and Max can keep on being a jerk. It'll be like an episode of M, M, & O!

"Whoa, you guys have a fanclub for her?" Silvie grinned widely as she walked up to Elly and Max , and asked, "So you're pretty on top of Ellastic stuff, huh?"

by **Shinigori V2** » Tue Mar 15, 2011 10:55 pm

Elly puts her hand on her hips...This pose seems familiar.

"Heck yeah I'm on top of it! I'm the editor in chief of the newsletter!"

by **NebulaQueen** » Tue Mar 15, 2011 10:57 pm

Of course it would be familiar! As the president of an Ellastic fan club, it would be natural that Elly would mimic her classic poses. In fact, Silvie was a little impressed by her dedication.

"So, is that how you found out about the escape? I mean, anyone who knows anything about Ellastic would know that no mere prison can hold her."

...and now Silvie was speaking like a comic book narrator. How fitting.

by **Shinigori V2** » Tue Mar 15, 2011 11:01 pm

"Yep! As soon as her CheapCheep stream updated, I was all over this!" Elly grins widely. Wow, what great teeth.

by **NebulaQueen** » Tue Mar 15, 2011 11:12 pm

So the normal news is on this , too she said. Do one of you guys wanna check it out?

"And what'd it say?" she asked.

by **Shinigori V2** » Tue Mar 15, 2011 11:19 pm

Finally, Emmy gets through the cameras security and...

...The holding cell is empty. Completely empty.

"Said she was falsely accused and told all TRUE BELIEVERS to keep an eye on it."

by **NebulaQueen** » Wed Mar 16, 2011 11:36 am

"And did she say anything else?"

by **Besyanteo** » Wed Mar 16, 2011 8:22 pm

I'll get on the local news. One moment.

He tried to not let his eyes unfocus as he checked the local news feeds for The Deck, the capital of The Empire, and anything else that might have a reason to be big on Ellastic. While he was at it, he went ahead and checked CheapCheep for tweets by Ellastic. While that wouldn't be out of place today, famous people making big declarations via a social networking service and such, it seemed a little... fast. Not that he could think of a possible alternate way for Elly to have learned about things and show up here. ... In D-52. In an area secured from the public. While they're all-

Guys, this civilian is looking at us in our combat bodies and not even blinking in the middle of D-52. Does... Does that bug anyone else?

by **Shinigori V2** » Wed Mar 16, 2011 8:51 pm

"Umm...Excelsior. Whatever that means." Elly says. "...Hey, are you guys here for the con, or what? Nice costumes."

Enzo finds...There's nothing on the normal news, or Com-News. The only thing is, indeed, Ellastic's CheapCheep has been...Cheeped.

by **Besyanteo** » Wed Mar 16, 2011 9:19 pm

Enzo relaxed a bit. Assuming they were cosplaying was better than some of the things she could have suggested.

The Media hasn't picked up on this yet. it's still just Ellastic's CheapCheep. She's fast, apparently. Or the mainstream media isn't following Ellastic very closely today.

by **Shinigori V2** » Wed Mar 16, 2011 9:56 pm

"Never seen costumes like this though. Who're you guys supposed to be? Hardly anyone does briefs on the outside anymore, other than Ellastic with her winter suit. Now THAT is a classic look!"

by **Idran1701** » Thu Mar 17, 2011 1:51 pm

"Um...we're...not really anyone in particular. We're just wearin' costumes!" Sam grins briefly, before glancing back to the cell door. "...Um...so d'you know why Ellastic escaped? Won't that just get her in more trouble? She didn't really do anything, so she wouldn't go to prison anyway, right?"

by **Shinigori V2** » Thu Mar 17, 2011 1:52 pm

"Well, c'mon, they put her in a normal holding cell." Elly says. "That's just asking for it."

by **Kelne** » Thu Mar 17, 2011 10:12 pm

"Well, yeah," Emily said, "But if the fake strikes again, how will anyone prove it wasn't Ellastic? Since nobody'd be able to prove where she was at the time." Of course, the fake likely wouldn't strike at all as long as they thought Ellastic was in custody. After all, the point was to incriminate her.

by **Shinigori V2** » Thu Mar 17, 2011 10:43 pm

"And when the fake strikes again, Ellastic will be there to stop her!" Elly says, throwing a few punches at the air.

by **ChristianC** » Fri Mar 18, 2011 11:22 am

"B...Butut... if Ellastic is i-i-innocent, wouldn't it be bad if she g-got out... be-before they c-could prove she wuh-was?" Alexis was observing her boots very closely.

"I m...mean, since then she'd be h-h-hunted, by... the police... 'cause she b-broke out..."

by **NebulaQueen** » Fri Mar 18, 2011 9:17 pm

"Nah, she'll probably be in her secret identity," she said. "Unless the cops know that, she'll be fine! Anyway, we-"

Her eyes lit up with realization all of a sudden, and she turned very dramatically towards Elly. "You!" she shouted. "How many Ellastic comics do you have?!"

by **Shinigori V2** » Fri Mar 18, 2011 9:26 pm

"ALL off them. Including the rare misprint of 27, the team up with the Chrome Entrepreneur!" Elly smirks.

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