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***Question: What do you do when you have three inter-related stories to tell that will all help to bring about the conclusion to a current story arc?
Answer: Build a story tower... of course!
So, without further ado. Here is the conclusion to "League of Heroes: Ascent: Jail Break".
League of Heroes: Ascent
Episode 1: Jail Break - Part 4
Exterior - The burning New Brickton prison:
“Your ten minutes are up…” Detective Garnet muttered to himself.
“Excuse me sir?” responded a young officer.
“Oh, nothing Williams. I was just talking to myself.” Detective Garnet paced uncomfortably and looked up at the burning prison. “Is the perimeter secure Williams?”
“Yes. Nothing is getting in or out of there with out us knowing,” the young officer motioned to the burning building and shouted over the din of sirens as more fire trucks slid into the prison yard. “Should we try to get some officers in there to restore some order to this chaos?”
“Let’s hold the line here a little longer, and give those firefighters some time to do what they do best.”
Garnet didn’t finish the rest of that sentence, but he silently thought to himself, “Well, you’ve just bought yourself five more minutes Cloak. You’d better make it count.”
Interior - Solitary confinement a.k.a. “Desolation Row”:
The Crimson Cloak had spent the last ten minutes fighting his way through unbearable heat, wicked flames, and the chaos of a hundred savage prisoners who suddenly had their life term commuted by an unexpected explosion. The men who were held in “Desolation Row” were the worst of the worst. They were career criminals with hands as bloody red as the cape worn by the Crimson Cloak. They would not hesitate to tear the hero limb from limb with their bare hands if given but one chance at him.
The Cloak had already dispatched a dozen roving gangs on his way down to solitary. His costume was stained with blood, charred from the flames, and torn from combat. Yet he still strode with an inhuman air of calm down the dimly lit corridor. These thugs, this human refuse, would not deter him from his prize. He needed answers, and the man to give him those answers lived right here in “Desolation Row”.
The Cloak knocked a would be attacker out cold with his staff, and stood before the cell of the Thin Man. The door to his cell had already been torn from its hinges, and hung limply to the side. The soft glow of the fluorescent light draped the Thin Man in a sickly hue as he cowered on his bunk. The Cloak stepped into the cell.
“Go away! Leave me alone!” shouted the slim prisoner as he scooted back as far as he could. The cold stone wall behind him an instant reminder that he was trapped.
“Shut up, and tell me what I need to know Thin Man.” the Cloak leaned in the fluorescent lights glowing ominously on his red goggles.
“Ah… Ahhhh… Abbb… About what?”
“This explosion!” The Cloak reached out and grabbed the whimpering man and hauled him up of his by his collar. “You know everything Thin Man. You are New Brickton’s resident stool pigeon, so don‘t hold back on me now.”
“Ahh… ye… ye… yesss… Of course n… no… notttt. Not for you kah… kah… Cloak!” The Thin Man’s feet dangled as the Cloak pressed him forcibly against the wall.
“TALK!”
“Wah… wah… well, yah… yah… you s-s-see. I’m not re… re… really privy t-t-to the pah… pah.. plan.” The Thin Man squirmed and avoided the steely glare of the Cloak.
“WHO WAS BEHIND THE EXPLOSION!!!” Crimson Cloak bellowed in a harsh and gravely voice, losing all patients with the small man who he held limply before him.
“It… it… it was the sk… sk… SKULL! Okay?!? This is juh… juh… just pah… pah… part of his puh… puh… plan. It g-g-goes SOOOO much deeper.
“I figured as much, now tell me something I don’t know. Who caused the explosion?” The Cloak lifted the squirming man up so that his head touched the buzzing fluorescent light.
“Duh… duh… doc… doctor... Doctor Toxin! L-l-listen! Th-th-that’s all I know!”
“Better watch your back Thin Man.” The Crimson Cloak threw the prisoner back onto his bunk like a rag doll, and strode out of the cell slamming the broken door behind him.
Interior - Tunnel system below the prison:
Sam Sterling was drenched in sweat, he was beaten and bruised, and now he was on the retreat. His fight against Firebug and Barricade had not gone well at all. With his gleaming shield and his mechanized armor, he was able to hold out against their combined might, however the structure around them had not fared so well and soon collapsed around them.
When Sam came to, he was three levels down and there was no sign of Firebug or Barricade. Though, he soon found his mentor, Captain Electron, broken and beaten to unconsciousness. William Watts lay in a heap against the cold cement floor. His mask had been torn away and he was left for dead by his attackers.
Sam regained his composure, the servos and actuators in his suit helping him to upright himself, and he got to his feet. His HUD in his helmet blared multiple warnings. Slowly, he made his way over to Watts and gathered the fallen hero into his arms.
“Sir? Are you awake? Are you even still alive?” Sam felt like weeping as he tried to check for a pulse. He had let down his mentor. He had promised him that he would be there when he needed him, but he had failed and now William Watts had paid the ultimate price.
“You’d know that if you’d look at your HUD… geez…” A weak voice groaned up at Sam.
“You’re alive!” Sam blushed, embarrassed that he forgot about all of the tech that was crammed into his suit. Suddenly alarms went off in his helmet… warning of an impending explosion.
Silver Sentry got to his feet and dashed away as quickly as he could, cradling Watts in his arms he could feel the heat of the explosion before he heard it. Flames burst through the subterranean corridor as the two heroes made their narrow escape.
… It all began with an explosion… Now it was time to rise from the flames.
Pyrrhocoris apterus - Gendarme ou Pyrrhocore - The Firebug - FRANCE - Occitanie
Curée sur les restes d'une cétoine
Le nom gendarme vient du fait que les couleurs et motifs rappellent les habits rouge et noir des gendarmes à partir de la fin du xviie siècle. C'est pour les mêmes raisons que le pyrrhocore est également appelé Soldat ou Suisse
L'accouplement a lieu principalement au début du printemps et dure fréquemment entre 12 heures et 7 jours, ce qui est probablement un moyen pour les mâles d'empêcher la compétition avec d'autres mâles.
The firebug is a common insect of the family Pyrrhocoridae, about 1 cm. long. Firebugs generally mate in April and May. Their diet consists primarily of seeds from lime trees and mallows.
They can be seen in tandem formation when mating which can take from 12 hours up to 7 days. The long period of copulating is probably used by the males as a form of ejaculate-guarding under high competition with other males.
Latin name: Pyrrhocoris apterus
Polish name: Kowal bezskrzydły
A little collection of six-legged things, all from one patch of a few square metres of rough grass on the Polden Ridge, close to Walton Hill car park.
At first I thought this was a firebug, but on closer inspection it's another red-and-black bug. Surprisingly for something so distinctive, it doesn't seem to have a common name.
Explored 2014/09/04 :-)
The firebug, Pyrrhocoris apterus, is a common insect of the family Pyrrhocoridae. Easily recognizable due to its striking red and black colouration, it is distributed throughout the Palaearctic from the Atlantic coast of Europe to northwest China. It has also been reported from the USA, Central America and India. It has been reported as recently expanding its distribution northwards into mainland UK. They are frequently observed to form aggregations, especially as immature forms, with from tens to perhaps a hundred individuals.(wiki)
Aussi appelé "Gendarme".
1ère photo d'une série de 3.
Also call "firebug"First. photo of three.
DSLR : Canon EOS 200D Lense : Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 STM Software : Darktable2.4.4
Focal :50 Aperture :F8 Speed :1/200s ISO :100 Flash :ON
Reverse lense + homemade extention tube.
Objectif inversé + tube d'extension maison
Second : flic.kr/p/2fjq7ae
Third : flic.kr/p/2ffnCYQ
I made the basic 3d in Open Blocks, the new open source version of the Blocks VR 3d modeling application Blocks from Google, then used Nevercenter Silo and Milo for basic lighting and camera, then Vizcom for the render, finished in Photoshop.
(Pyrrhocoris apterus Linnaeus, 1758).
My first attemp to shots with my new Canon MP-E 65mm at magnification about 3,5x. - - Primo tentativo di scatti con il mio nuovo Canon MP-E 65mm ad ingrandimento di circa 3,5X.
Focus Stacking 5 Shots
The firebug, Pyrrhocoris apterus, is a common insect of the family Pyrrhocoridae. Easily recognizable due to its striking red and black coloration, it is distributed throughout the Palaearctic from the Atlantic coast of Europe to northwest China. It has also been reported from the USA, Central America and India. It has been reported as recently expanding its distribution northwards into mainland UK. They are frequently observed to form aggregations, especially as immature forms, with from tens to perhaps a hundred individuals.
Firebugs generally mate in April and May. Their diet consists primarily of seeds from lime trees and mallows. They can often be found in groups near the base of lime tree trunks, on the sunny side.
They can be seen in tandem formation when mating which can take from 12 hours up to 7 days. The long period of copulating is probably used by the males as a form of ejaculate-guarding under high competition with other males.
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Firebug
Pyrrhocoris apterus (aka).jpg
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Family: Pyrrhocoridae
Genus: Pyrrhocoris
Species: P. apterus
Binomial name
Pyrrhocoris apterus (Linnaeus, 1758)
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www.projectnoah.org/spottings/184552569#
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s363 Fa11 2279 Fa Fauna Europe Beskrilni opančar
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www.inaturalist.org/observations/18357123
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Pyrrhocoris apterus, European Firebug, Vatrena stjenica, Beskrilni opančar, 4333 Fa, Merag, Cres, Croatia, 27.IX.2015., 2015 S 2519 MerKukci_02,
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7.V.2019. Zagreb Botanički vrt
www.inaturalist.org/observations/28454668
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Petite Camargue, Rheininsel, 19. Oktober 2022
Rote-Liste-Kategorie D: Ungefährdet
Aktuelle Bestandssituation: häufig
www.deutschlands-natur.de/tierarten/wanzen/pyrrhocoris-ap...
Spuk Geschichten / Heft-Reihe
> Arsat der Magier von Venedig / Der Feuerteufel vom Samarbad
(art: Jésus Peña)
> Der Mahner aus dem falschen Grab (art: Frank Bolle)
Reprints from Grimm's Ghost Stories (Western, 1972 series) #29 (March 1976)
> Der Fluch von Braddley-Manor (art: Mike Roy)
Reprints from The Twilight Zone (Western, 1962 series) #90 (April 1979)
Bastei-Verlag / Deutschland 1989
ex libris MTP
A mixed fighter flight. Led by LL-826 Dragonfly, with LL-827 Firebug at the rear and two braces of LL-128s for good measure. All craft on impellers only to maintain such a tight group!
Insects are also start to wake up after Winter :)
The firebug is a common insect of the family Pyrrhocoridae, about 1 cm. long. Firebugs generally mate in April and May. Their diet consists primarily of seeds from lime trees and mallows.
They can be seen in tandem formation when mating which can take from 12 hours up to 7 days. The long period of copulating is probably used by the males as a form of ejaculate-guarding under high competition with other males.
Latin name: Pyrrhocoris apterus
Polish name: Kowal bezskrzydły
Dights Falls, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pyrrhocoridae [European firebug]
The Firebug may be small and only lightly armored, but what it lacks in bulk, it more than makes up for with it's agility and namesake nasty surprise once it gets up close.
The "Firebug" flamecaster weapon (which is just marketing cooking up fancy new names for a flamethrower) is an exellent choice for area denial or urban combat situations.
Also frame pilots dislike getting their frames set on fire.
About a month back, I was asked by Mac Makeup artist Mev Apple to photograph some models for her portfolio. Organising this was a long process, with location, models etc. We shot the photos upstairs in Firebug in Leicester and made a mini set from a sofa and some cheap wallpaper. Cheers to Ailise for helping me out for the day