The Crystal continues forward towards the terrorists, his intentions clear. He laughs, well what appears to be a laugh, as the crytalline behemoth marches towards the hole.
Looking at the agent, "Stay behind me, I'll be cover" The Crystal says as he passes by.
Gym
As the terrorists charge towards the hole, a large table flies in from the library, slamming hard into the hole in front of them. Turning, they open up on the Crystal man, their bullets pinging harmlessly off him.
The Agent, meanwhile, takes his advice and gets behind the Crystal, sticking his gun around him "FREEZE Or I'll let HIM deal with you." He shouts at the terrorists, who look back and forth between each other and the crystal man, clearly scared. At that point, they hear a gunshot from the library, followed by shouting. Then the building begins to shake. "Oh #$%@!"
Library
With a quick dissapearing act, Nightshift manages to get the drop on his opponent, his bullet catching 'A-bomb' in the leg. As he shoots, Nightshift sees a table fly across the room to cover the hole. His attention is diverted back to his target, however, when A-bomb swings towards him, limping in pain. "I not let you American have him like you have take my sister!" He holds both of his hands before him, palms together, and starts shouting as the building beginning to shake.
City
Bob and Rob zoom across the city, zipping towards the high school.
I need to know what Bob/Rob are doing when the get to the high school. Do they run right in? stop for a second to survey? adress the press?
ALso, to those in the library/gym - you CAN hear the shouting from the adjacent rooms, there's only a few dozen feet (And a large table thanks to Cassandra) between the two groups.
Roy drops from the sky and slumps to the ground amidst the trees. "Ow. Ow. Ow. What the hell man?" He takes a deep breath and regains a bit of composure. Ok. I'm gonna need to rethink things. I had to fly past those news choppers to get here, what if one had followed me? And how did I get hurt so badly? Urgh. Ok, first things first. Get home without being seen and rest.
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"Congratulations. You just invented 'negligent regicide.'" - Schlock Mercenary
A-bomb swings towards him, limping in pain. "I not let you American have him like you have take my sister!" He holds both of his hands before him, palms together, and starts shouting as the building beginning to shake.
NOT what he was expecting.
Could really use a flamethrower brigade right about now. Failing that... "Here, CATCH!" Three bundled sticks of dynamite sail through the air and roll to a stop next to A-bomb's left foot. TICK goes the attached timer.
actions
Standard=set C4 trigger to 45 seconds (8 rounds).
Move= Toss it. It's not technically a targetted toss, just so A-bomb can see it and knows (both of them) are within the area of effect right now (combination of Drop an Item and Manipulate an Object?). Could have teleported and dropped it just so, I guess, but it's more dramatic this way.
If tha's not agreeable, then go with the "teleport and free action drop it at his feet" move instead, please.
EDIT= Forgot the stat block:
HERO POINTS: 1 used, 1 left (for real this time
HEALTH: Healthy
DEFENSE bonus: 20 [10 + 3Base + 7Shield power] ---> FLATFOOTED 11
TOUGH 10 [0Base + 3con + 7Costume power]
FORT 3 [0Base + 3con]
REF 7 [4Base + 3dex] (Area effect = no dam on succ save)
WILL 10 [8Base + 2Wis]
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Gym
As the terrorists charge towards the hole, a large table flies in from the library, slamming hard into the hole in front of them. Turning, they open up on the Crystal man, their bullets pinging harmlessly off him.
The Agent, meanwhile, takes his advice and gets behind the Crystal, sticking his gun around him "FREEZE Or I'll let HIM deal with you." He shouts at the terrorists, who look back and forth between each other and the crystal man, clearly scared. At that point, they hear a gunshot from the library, followed by shouting. Then the building begins to shake. "Oh #$%@!"
The Crystal looks up to see if the roof is caving in, if so, he yells "Get out, Now!" to Cassandra and the agent, while continuing to be a shield for their retreat.
If it's not caving in, he will rush forward, The Crystal's head down as he tries to slam his shoulder into the target, putting all his massive weight behind the attack.
As the building shakes and there's a scream from not far off, Cassandra remembers something from just a few moments ago. The kid who'd crashed out the library wall. He'd said something about that one terrorist creating explosions out of nothing.
Oh no.
She let the table drop back to the floor, uncovering the hole in the wall. Through it she could see the terrorist, holding his hands close to one another and shouting as if in pain. Meanwhile the buildings shook and hostages ran away and cops and bystanders and reporters crowded around...none of them knew how close they might be to extinction.
The giant ruby man rushes towards him, but there's no TIME. Some other guy throws something at him, but if any of that fails, then he's in position to start killing. They needed a contingency plan.
A sick feeling wells up in Cassandra's gut when she realizes what she has to do.
The explosive terrorist feels the air around him seeming to stiffen and become rubbery, though he can still breathe. Invisible bonds seem to be forming all around him, keeping him from moving his arms as Cass reaches out to try to grasp hold of him...and then with an unexpected burst of urgency tries to hurl him straight up with all the strength at her command!
(OOC - Using TK to try to throw 'A-bomb' straight up through a roof and as far far away as she can.)
Metro High -Interior-
Robert and Bob enter the school, a brief flash and wind outside the only indication of their passing. As they finally slow down, they can feel the building shaking around them, and shouting coming from up ahead. Then two masked men come running out of a doorway screaming in sheer terror and looking back behind them.
-Gym/Library-
Cassandra rushes over to the hole, letting the table drop as everybody looks into the next room.
Seeing that the building isn't quite collapsing yet, the Crystal rams one of the terrorists, sending him flying into a wall to collapse unconscious on the floor. The remaining two terrorists break for the hallway, exiting the gym.
Nightshift looks through the new hole and sees a woman concentrating on A-Bomb. A moment later, the super-terrorists hits the ceiling like a rocket, shattering through it as the library begins to collapse.
"Where's the kid?" The agent shouts to Nightshift, looking up at the hole, then glancing down at the C4, his eyes going wide "What the.." He looks up and is about to say something else when his radio goes off. "This is team 2 to base, we are entering the school."
ooc
Sorry for the delay, got sick yesterday.
Shayuri - Just researched Tk & Throwing. Your TK is perception so no attack roll is required, but you do need an opposed grapple check. Grapple checks: Cassandra; A-bomb (1d20+13=31, 1d20+7=13)
Hmm.. i think beating him by 18 should be enough. . You can throw him up to 2500 feet (half a mile). Since you want to throw him straight up, that's half distance.
Roof Toughness DC 25 (1d20+5=11) hmm.. I'll give it a -1 for the shaking causing structural damage, and POOF a-bomb is airborne.
Nightshift looks through the new hole and sees [the green-eyed reporter he spotted before] concentrating on A-Bomb. A moment later, the super-terrorists hits the ceiling like a rocket, shattering through it as the library begins to collapse.
Oh.
"Thank you, miss," blinks Nightshift.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Jemal
"Where's the kid?" The agent shouts to Nightshift, looking up at the hole, then glancing down at the C4, his eyes going wide "What the.." He looks up and is about to say something else when his radio goes off. "This is team 2 to base, we are entering the school."
Brought back to the present, Rawling springs off his bookcase, blur/streaking to a crouching position next to the dynamite. "The kid flew off." The electric cap comes out willingly enough, dusted with clay-y nitroglycerine. "Is he... likely to come back down any time soon?" A pointed look towards what's left of the ceiling.
<Response Cassandra?>
There's a human mountain of red crystals moving back there, to the apparent indifference of either one!
<OOC> If anyone starts to enter the collapsing library, Nightshift will warn them away with a "Stay back! It's getting dangerous in here."
Actions
Move=teleport to dynamite
Standard= Take 10 on disarming his own bomb = 18.
Nota: C4 is the plasticine-like military explosive that can be molded and shaped. I figure Nighshift has a very limited supply of that one. What he's shifted-in here is three cylindrical cartridges of Orica brand Powerfrac(tm) dynamite, a construction/mining grade explosive that's much more readily available. He's got a few WWII and pineaple grenades in his arsenal as well. Mechanically, they all work the same.
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Binder Fred, blasting off again?
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For her part, Cassandra is staring up, aghast, at the hole in the ceiling that the terrorist has flown out through. Her mouth dangles open for a second, then she starts repeating, "Oh my god..." in a horrified tone.
"Oh my god...what did I DO? Oh my god! I didn't..."
She looks at Nightshift, not really seeing him but registering that he's talking to her.
"I didn't mean to do that! I just wanted to get him up and out...maybe hold him up away from the school! I didn't...I can't even see him anymore! I lost him! He's going to fall all the way back down, and I don't even know WHERE! Oh my god, I'm a murderer..."
She puts her hands to her temples and turns to lean her forehead against the gym wall next to the hole to the library.
"You can worry about that later, for now we gotta get out of here, unless you want the feds or another of those government agencies to be poking and prodding you" The Crystal says, moving close to the woman, keeping himself between her and the agent, eyeing the latter warily.
<ooc> don't know how it works to interrupt your own actions, but here goes:
"Or," contradicts the helmet-wearing man by the bomb -- except he's no longer there. He's quick-marched his way to the reporter's side while the crystal man was speaking and is now laying a hand on her shoulder. She feels warmth radiating out from the contact point before her vision streaks with black. Then -
Then they're both out in the open, three feet off the ground -- which happens to be a library roof in this case. Nightshift comes to a stop after a very passable roll, though he *is* breathing quite hard and doesn't get up right away. "Catch him!"
Modified actions for this round
Move=Move to Cassandra's side
Move= Use extra effort to teleport them both up on the roof through the hole Cassandra made. If there's a skylight or the like, teleport to the edge of that instead.
After the "how high can Kid Super throw somebody" discussion, I figure A-Bomb is still in the air... for quite a while too if Cassandra went for the whole half mile. If Nighshifts's actions take more than a round as described (i.e. the initial teleport to the bomb still occurs or something), assume he'll complete the roof teleport next round.
7 rounds to bomb explosion.
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Binder Fred, catching fly balls with the kids.
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"Woah!" Bobby says as Robert lurches to a stop and drops him off. Getting his bearings, Bob sees the two masked men running this way, and says "Hey fellas, aren'cha a li'l old fer school? Well, ne'er mind, yer dismissed."
As he talks, Bob focuses his will, and a crackling red field of energy, almost appearing electrical, encases him. He stretches out his arms towards the masked men, palms forward, and his energy field flickers as he sends a pair of crackling red bolts at the terrorists. Bob steps closer to the terrorists as he launches the force-bolts, though launching them halts his forward movement for a second.
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Rolled initiative of 12, fooey. Second roll is my attack of 17 to hit (Split Attack uses one roll versus all targets). 1d20+10=12, 1d20+12=17
Free action activation of his Psychokinetic Shield (Impervious Force Field 11). Standard action activation of his Psychokinetic Bolt (Blast 8, using its Split Attack to divide it among two targets at Blast 4. Range increment 40 feet with the Split Attack, and I have Precise Shot 2 if it matters.
Moving forward 30 feet with Move-By Action as I blast, or at least moving far enough to reach the terrorists if they're closer. If I only have a standard action this round, then I'll only take a 5-foot step instead of a move action.
*snerk* The good news is we saved the life of a psychotic, brother obsessed, superpowered terrorist.
Psychotic? This is the brother who was apparently against hostage-taking and was trying to prevent "anybody getting hurt" (before Kid Super tossed his brother into a wall, of course). None of the two appear particularly insane to me, but -eh- YMMV.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Andor
The bad news is we blew up the school.
What ever happened to "so much problem with your character heroically shooting them in the foot"?
Metro High -Roof-
The two appear on the roof of the school in time to see the terrorist falling. he appears unconscious.
As Cassandra prepares to attempt catching him, they hear a shout from the library below "Hey guys, you forget something?"
-Hallway-
Bobby channels his energy into a bolt which zaps the two terrorists, dropping them both. As he turns to Robert grinning, however, he sees a trio of men in suits standing 50' down the hallway, the lead one removing his glasses and grinning "Well well.. fancy luck that, I was hoping to bag some freaks today."
-Gym- "Look, Big Red, there's a half dozen agents coming in, this is no time to get over-protective unless you want to end up getting someone killed." The agent steps around Crystal "Look this guy can tele... Where the hell did they go?" the Crystal glances back and the two of them notice that Cassandra and Nightshift are gone. As the agent looks around for them, the two hear a crackling of energy from the hallway, followed by shouts of pain.
"What the hell? Damit, no choice..." The man closes his eyes for a second and when he opens them, the Crystal sees they are glowing green. "Three on the roof; two in the hallway; you, me, and two others in the gym here.. can't sense any others nearby." He squeezes his eyes again and the glow dissapears. "Did you come with some kinda team or something? I've never sensed this many powers in the same place before."
He calls up through the hole "Hey Guys, you forget something?"
ooc
No these men in the hallway are not the same agents from the comic store, though they're dressed the same (Which is to say Agent-wear and guns/Tazers)
Also, everybody - please refrain from OOC only comments in the IC thread.
The Crystal will sigh, and odd sound coming from such a large, crystalline creature, at the agents words, thinking "Why'd you have to go and be the hero? Shoulda left the scum for the feds, now they're going to pull and prod my like they've done with those aliens down in Area 51".
After the agent reveals his powers, The Crystal speaks "I do not know these individuals. I arrived to stop criminals, I have been gifted this power and intended to use it to help innocents."
<Delay action till Cassandra catches him, please. Then:
"Good work! Be right back," he tells green-eyes with a reassuring pat on the leg (he's still kneeling at this point). He then forces his way to a standing position, gathers speed and *leaps back down the hole*...
Three meters off the ground Rawling blurs and reappears between the other two, facing the agent : "You and your partner have your own way out?"
<Response agent?>
A look back and up, way up : the thing is HUGE, twelve feet if he's an inch! Mitch swallows... "You?"
<Response The Crystal?>
Actions
Standard=set a To Me Teleport trigger on Cassandra, who may experience another bout of warmth or equivalent if she's not too distracted.
Move= Teleport back down into the library
HERO POINTS: 1 used, 1 left
HEALTH: Fatigued
DEFENSE bonus: 20 [10 + 3Base + 7Shield power] ---> FLATFOOTED 11
TOUGH 10 [0Base + 3con + 7Costume power]
FORT 3 [0Base + 3con]
REF 7 [4Base + 3dex] (Area effect = no dam on succ save)
WILL 10 [8Base + 2Wis]
OOC
Quote:
Originally Posted by Jemal
"Look this guy can tele... Where the hell did they go?"
LOL. Funny.
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Bob mutters "Uh-oh......we'd better split!" He focuses again for a second, and his crackling red field flashes, a burst of energy propelling him at high speed. With that, he runs through the halls to find where the masked men (terrorists! he thinks) ran from, probably finding the gym after a quick run around the halls they came from.
"Hey, where're the other terrorists? Who're you?" the red, white, and blue-costumed stranger says when he arrives in the gym. His costume looks hastily donned, and it's obvious that he's wearing another set of clothes underneath. He looks around and just sees a few different people, who don't exactly look like terrorists. "......Are you them?" he questions warily. 'That guy looks funny......' he thinks, looking at The Crystal. His crackling aura remains active, like tiny arcs of red-hued lightning playing across his body.
action
Using Psychokinetic Surge (Speed 1) to move at 10 MPH.
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. You can throw him up to 2500 feet (half a mile). Since you want to throw him straight up, that's half distance.
Linear Mode
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