Operation: Dark Night

[alertcommando]

Ukraine, Europe, January 17th, 1962.

Classified Location near the Polish border.

Local time 21:35h.

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Re: Team One - Diversion

[ever_lovin]

"Okay, I'm thinkin' you can ice that hill that leads to the main bunker there. Then, when we're ready, I'll run as fast as I can and jump on it ta come crashin' into their party. They won't hear anything coming so it should be a complete surprise. Right before I make the slide though I want to take out at least a few of those power lines. Can you make some ice boulders without taxin' yerself?"

Re: Team One - Diversion

[bringer_of_fun]

"I can do that."

Bobby raises an eyebrow at the boulder comment.

"Please. You're insulting me, here. You want to throw them, or do you want me to block something with them?"

Re: Team One - Diversion

[ever_lovin]

"Sorry, sorry," Ben says making a placating gesture. "I'll be throwing 'em. Those lines are gonna be tricky to see in this light. But if ya can manage something about the size of VW bug..."

That wouldn't be a challenge in Ben's voice would it?

[OOC:Sorry to replost; fixing several typos...]

Re: Team One - Diversion

[bringer_of_fun]

That earns a smirk, and a moment later, there is a VW bug made of ice between them.

Re: Team One - Diversion

[ever_lovin]

Ben claps softly and then checks his watch. "Show time," he says and bends to pick up the ice bug. He checks his stance, eyes the power lines and then heaves the ice bug back and throws.

"Do you think they actually have those in this world?" Ben muses as he watches the sculpture arc silently throw the night air.

Re: Team One - Diversion

[bringer_of_fun]

"They do, now."

He makes another one, but doesn't bother with much detail, if it's just going to be smashed. He expects some commotion to start, any moment.

[alertcommando]

A question for the ages... or for checking later.

The mass of ice hits the cables squarely, stretching them, forcing them to the limits and straining the nearby towers.

For a moment, it almost looks like the power lines might resist, then the cables all touch each other: megawatt short circuit, red-hot heat, metal sizzling, in contact with ice, ice melts into water, water boils into steam.

Have you ever seen power cables actually explode, sending ice, water, steam and bits of metal everywhere, and also whipping madly as the tension shifts, threatening to fry anything or anyone in range?

Now you did.

Cue for panic an chaos in 3, 2, 1...

[ever_lovin]

Who needs subtle at this point right?

Ben reaches for the next ice car and throws it at the largest cluster of the half-track vehicles to add a little more chaos to the evening.

"Okay, slide time?" he says to Bobby with a inviting wave of his arm.

[bringer_of_fun]

"You've got it, big guy!"

He makes an extra hard, extra wide slide to accommodate Ben's weight.

"Just hold onto my shoulders and let your feet slide while the ice does all the work. When we get down there, I'll go right, you go left, and we'll trash as much stuff as possible."