New Generation Legacy, Issue 1: Back to School

Food Court

Nick gets a closer look at Layla. She's breathing, though it's fairly shallow. From what he can tell with her lying on her back, the wound to the back of her head looks pretty bad. And even if she wasn't knocked out from the blow to her head, she'd certainly have passed out from the pain her badly broken arm would be causing her. Unfortunately for the person underneath the debris, it's not movable without first moving Layla, and he's not sure of the extent of her injuries; moving her could make things worse.

Naeema whimpers slightly as John assists her, but does little else. Yoshi slowly hobbles away from the wall. "Yeah...I'm...I'm okay." Looking at him, he may be better off than many of the people here, but he's hardly okay.

The explosion looks as though it was centrally located. Though windows were blown out and a couple support pillars are damaged, the integrity of the large room seems fairly intact.

Jerry steps out of a shadow near the entrance to the food court. People and debris lie everywhere.

There are a number of people still alive and with varying degrees of injury.


The Girls

"Quoi? You are going out there? Are you crazy?" Josee asks, bewildered. "We all need to get out of here, now!"

"You think that was for us?" Stacy asks, also worried. "Omigod, you think the others got hurt? We need to make sure everyone is okay..." She pauses and considers what's going on. "Fine. We'll go, just be really careful, okay?"


Raph & Manjit

Raph continues to look behind her impatiently as she takes Manjit to the back of the store. The man that had come to assist the group before approaches them. He looks a bit surprised at the way Raph looks, but offers, "The store has a shipping entrance in the back. Come with me, I'll get you outside."

Raph glances at the man and nods. "Take her out there," she says. "Stay calm, okay Manjit?"

Manjit nods and watches as Raph leaps in the air to fly back after the boys. She follows the man to the back, making sure to stay clear of him. He opens the back door for her, and she walks into the back storage area of the store. "Which way?" she asks, looking in different directions for the way out.

"Don't worry, we'll get you out of here," he responds from behind her, as reaches around her to smother a cloth to her face.

"Noooo...." It starts as a scream and drops to nothing as she falls unconscious.

Just as quickly, the man steps back, shaking, letting her fall to the floor. "What the he...aaaagh!" he screams as he, too, falls to the floor.

Raph, meanwhile flies out into hall. She stops suddenly in midair as a realization comes to her. "****," she mumbles. She quickly spots Cody on the floor, scans everyone around him to make sure he's safe and flies back into the store, landing in front of the door to the storage. On the other side she finds both Manjit and her guide lying on the floor. The man is nearly a shriveled husk. She also notices a plant on the nearby shipper's desk begin to yellow and shrivel up. "Uh oh." She looks back at Manjit and then down at herself. Not feeling any different, she nods. "Thought so." Still, she hesitates as she bends over to check the girl's pulse. "Alright, you're okay, but I can't leave you here..." She picks her up and flies to the door leading outside.


Emmet

Emmet finds a nearby camera. The tap is quick and easy, but it looks as though the system has been physically disabled. It looks as though the entire secruity system is down.


Cody

Cody spots Raph just as she's flying back into the store as Jerry disappears. The crowd is starting to thin as people disperse and moving around is a bit easier.

Clover will be at the food court next round.
 

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Any sign of anybody buried under, or just pinned under, debris?

A few. There were more than 70 people in the food court at the time (including the students and mall employees), but the tables and chairs that make up the majority of the debris made better shrapnel than pinning material. There are a few underneath blown back debris along the outside perimeter of the room.
 



Whoever caused the explosion also must have disabled the security system. This is troubling, as it suggests a higher level of sophistication and planning than I had initially assumed. And it completely rules out the idea that this explosion was some kind of accident.

Emmet pulls his cell phone out of his pocket with his other hand as he glances around, then checks his signal. Not that an operating mobile actually matters, since I have yet to exchange contact information with my peers. Still, whoever is behind this attack may have disabled them as well. On the other hand, the obvious method for triggering a bomb in the mall would be to dump a bag into one of the many trash cans, then detonate it via remote signal, like a radio or a cell/satellite phone.

Am I going to be able to do anything at the site of the explosion other than endanger myself needlessly or get in the way?
Emmet frowns and freezes in the midst of all of the action, watching Cody move forwards towards the explosion. He glances backwards at the sporting goods store, then jogs back towards it.

I can at least try to do something useful.
 

Init: Yoshi (28)(stag/dis), Nick (18)[1 bruise, 1 inj, 0 HP], Trilly (17), John (16)[1 bruise, 1 inj, 0 HP; 28 STR], Raph (15), Baddies (14), Clover (8)(1 bruised/ 1 inj, 0 HP), Layla (8)(unc/dying), Jerry (6)[1 bruise, 1 inj, 0 HP), Emmet (6), Cody (4)

Nick appears just outside with Layla. His attention focused back on the destruction (failed Notice check), he fails to notice a woman outside watching the exit. She points an odd looking gun at him and fires a concentrated laser blast. It hits him square, but his dense body isn't damaged.

Attack on Nick: Tough (11, rerolled 14, result 21), unhurt


Inside, people carrying similar guns come out of the stores situated a few bays down from the food court, two in each of the two halls leading from the court. The two in the hallway no one is in move up to the entrance of the food court, looking for movement. One of the other two notices Jerry standing at the other food court entrance and fires at him. He's hit in the leg, causing a nasty and painful burn. The second sees Clover quickly moving down the hall and fires at her. The blast finds it's mark and hits her shoulder with searing pain.

Jerry doesn't see his attackers (7 Notice), Clover does (20 Notice).
Attack on Jerry: Hit, Tough roll 4, reroll another 4, result 17, 1 bruised/ 1 inj
Attack on Clover: Hit, Tough roll 10, reroll 14, result 16, 1 bruised/ 1 inj


Yoshi stumbles forward clutching his chest with his left arm, his left eye nearly swollen shut. He does still manage to see the two attackers enter the ruined room. "Holy ****! We have company!" he manages to say, but he doesn't look like he can do much about it.

Nick, Trilly, John up
 
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Trilly comes loping up behind Clover, her body distorting and distending in a bizarre manner as she does what she can to move though, around and over the fleeing crowd.

She spots the gunman who takes a shot at Clover and moves to 'introduce' herself. Her hand literally blows up to cartoon like dimensions as she moves up to her. Her hand lashes out from nearly 12 feet as she brings it down on the gunman.

OOC: Strike fer the nice backstabbing gunwielder. :D
Strike Power: +2 (Mighty) with a Melee of +6
 

(Use the HP to reroll toughness save, not good, I think my first 4 pp are going into the protection power to replace the equipment :p)
 

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