[b]Black![/b]

"The Mandate of Heaven is lost when the Emperor can no longer control the rivers," said Black, nodding like she agreed with everything he said. "And it is the dragons of the rivers who decide when they will no longer be controlled."

[b]Pink![/b]

Power draw is the problem. There's not enough battery power to do what she needs. She doesn't have the power to fight a helicopter.

More importantly, she doesn't have the right [i]kind [/i]of power.

[i]Crystal's Kiss[/i] is a classy lady. A lady like that you can't offer the potato chips of an industrial wall socket, and she regrets having to feed her that already. Pink felt the buck, felt the shift, felt herself almost lose control for a moment there. She needs to do better by her girl.

Brown pulls up by the marina. Pink leaps over the side onto the dock, cable spool in hand, and sprints at full speed down the dock.

Power draw is the problem. [i]Crystal's Kiss[/i] barely tolerated the batteries, they were just to shoot down the warning shots and get her to the restaurant. The problem is there isn't a wall socket in the [i]world [/i]capable of charging an industrial laser to fire multiple times at high power. The only place where you'd find something like that is... well, in the docks of Zeus, where oligarchs were unwilling to wait an hour to charge their high tech electric yachts, and had ultra high powered energy flows installed.

No hazard tape. No secure locks. Those would quite spoil the view, wouldn't they?

Pink makes it before the helicopter draws into position, slamming the extension cord into place and slamming down the breaker. Brown aims at the sky - and the lady steps out to dance.

[Athletics 5/8, High Society 0/1, 4+6 [b]10[/b]]