Board Thread:Role Plays/@comment-5999656-20150907231134/@comment-5999656-20150922045154

Fen was having some difficulties trying to convince the police officers now on the scene that they should remain outside the building.

"Pardon us, miss, but please let us do our job," the one closest to her said. Trying not to let her nervousness show, she explained how the situation inside was potentially extremely volatile and that the entrance of dozens of fully armed officers could easily turn the standoff into a miniature war zone. "There are already multiple trained officials within the building, some of which are professional Huntsmen and Huntresses," Fen told them. "I don't mean any offense, but judging by your uniforms I don't think any of you are trained in talking down armed suspects. Right now there are some people who need your help outside." Fen saw the group of liberated civilians, some of whom were wounded by stray bullets moving towards her location.

"I'll give you ten minutes," the officer said gruffly, as behind him more police cars pulled up and he moved to take care of the injured. Fen nodded before turning around and padding back into the mall. ''I exaggerated a bit, since I honestly have no idea who my temporary allies are working for, but it'll pass. ''Instead of moving towards the unprotected centre, she turned left down a hallway littered with unconscious - or she hoped they were just unconscious - thugs. She figured that if she could make it to the control room it might be possible for her to send commands to her friends once she had access to the camera feeds.

Automne turned to face the woman who had suddenly materialized behind her. "They're faunus, turning the lights off won't do anyth-" Her sentence was cut short by a blinding explosion which burst out from underneath her. Having had no warning to prepare herself, the grenade temporarily blinded her eyesight, which had automatically adjusted to the brief darkness before the flashbang had sounded out.

What the legit fu- was the only thought she could muster for a few seconds. By the time the flashing colors in her eyes had started to fade, numerous gunshots shattered the glass out from underneath her. Apparently the brightness of the explosion had revealed her silhouette on her perch, and the adversaries had taken this chance to remove her from higher ground, which they did successfully.

Platinum trained her weapon, now in sniper function, onto the lead Faunus. She was also concerned that Anastasia's weapon might not be suitable for this task, especially since they were located a decent distance from the mob who stood right in front of innocents, most likely without unlocked Aura.

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The gang leader had unsheathed and shielded his eyes with his wide sword the moment he saw the canister fly into the air. Some of his teammates hadn't been so quick, but cheap tricks were nothing new to someone as battle-hardened as him. He slipped the microphone back in front of his mouth as he resumed speaking.

"Nice try, but it'll take more than light and loud noises to stop us. Cuz ya know who we are? The White Fang are ants compared to us. We're the new animals in town. Studying in Beacon trained us well." He grinned maliciously at this reference to their former life as Huntsmen and Huntresses. 'But since ya'll are in such a hurry, I'll tell you what we need. Bring us all the money in this building, and we'll leave you and the humans here untouched. I'll give you... five minutes. Take any longer and we'll kill one person here for each ten seconds you're late." Dragonhood awaits, he thought pleasurably. Once everything was gathered, they promised, he and his family would have all the support and backing they would need to make it big.

(Too bad there are already multiple factions involved in this supposedly minor scuffle. Flagg and Black Order battalion, correct? :P)