Superheroes of the Trust Game Thread II

[kirinke]

"I thought he didn't have the nuke proofing technology yet - if he does than today was pretty pointless." Star says. "Are you sure you didn't confuse the towers he's been dropping with the special one linked to the drill? We already knew it supposed to absorb nuclear weapon attacks, and we've mentioned the possibility that some kind of portal device is going to be the payload."

"Those simulations would be pretty horrible if you think it actually happening in a crowded area. I can see why you'd freak out about it, especially with the complications from your injuries and the ensueing confusion. Maybe you should head back to the infirmary."



"Maybe that's what he was doing before he started this whole mess."

"No... Not that." Hope shook her head. "It... was real. I felt it, saw it. I. You saw what happened, the blood.." she looked down at herself, remembering the pain. "The first time I ever had a post-cognitive vision. I went into cardiac arrest. This is real, it's going to happen, we have to stop it," she said quietly, firmly, hugging herself, trying to fight back the terrible images. "Please, believe me. Remember how it felt when I showed you what the spider demon did to his victims? Compound that by a factor of a million plus. That's what's going to happen if we don't stop this from happening," she bit her lip.

"It's not just one tower. It's all of them. Every single last one has the payload and the shields. Every single one is in a populated area. If his enemies started to attack the towers, then the fallout would reach the populance. Instant fuel. That's what he wants!"

 

[Jemal]

Jack shot a sharp glance at Blue when he corrected himself on what to call 'Cincinatus'.. Giving into the tyrants desires like that only gave him more power.

"Regardless of where or how Barrington is getting the tech, we need to come up with a way to neutralize it.. or at least to downplay the advantage it gives them. Now, I didn't get a chance to scan all of them, but I downloaded some specs from the mech I took over, and here's the scans of Battle bunny, Control Freak, and Killer bee, as well as Recordings of the battle. I also managed to get a scan of the Mystery Super.. just in case.
Jack uploaded the info for Blue and thought for a moment. "Do we have access to Daedlus' tech database? That would be a bit more we'd know about what they can do."

[sblock=ooc] I believe those were the 3 Optic was in the same room with.. If I'm wrong somebody please correct me. I'm not sure if just being able to 'see' someone is good enough to scan them, so I limited it to those I was in close range of.
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[Victim]

"In a lot of stories, people who try to prevent visions from coming true end up making them true. Like when we go to warn the Mystery Super that Barrington wants her technology, lead his forces there, so we end up bringing about the exact thing we were warning them about."

"Besides, it's dumb to attack the towers. They're obviously going to be really tough even without the radiation absorbers and nano turbines. But what are they sitting on? Dirt? Rock? Concrete? Much more fragile stuff, even they is a lot of it. Blow away the supporting ground, tip them over, and haul them off."

"Why don't you explain exactly what you saw. Don't tell me your interpretations or explanations." You turn everything into mystical BS. I don't even think you've seen the towers he's dropped so far in person, so you're full of sh-! there too. And I think we're pretty sure right now that the stuff so far can't have the nuke proofing.

 

[kirinke]

Hope shivered, calming down a little. "You're right in a way, but that's sort of a catch twenty two. Do nothing and the bad-thing happens. Do something and worse might happen or then again it might not," she looked at the girl. "Free choice is always a persnicity thing, but given the alternative, I don't see how we can't not use this,"

"I saw an image of a missile coming down from the upper atmosphere. It has an American flag on it. Its nosecone pops off, and ten missiles burst off. Behind it I saw two more do the same. I saw the smaller missiles spread out a bit, but it feels wrong..... off. They should be more accurate. Most of them go off around a giant tower. It looks like the one in Barrington's plans. I see flashes of people being vaporized. Lots of people, because the tower is in a populated area. It isn't destroyed. Energy swirls around the tower as it seems to absorb some of what hit it. It seems that the souls of the dead are being drawn to it too." she paused, leaning back against the chair, closing her eyes. "Then the image shifts radically, plunging downwards into the earth. Deep down, into lave. Demons and monsters crawling upwards. Then a presence of unimaginable evil. An image -- a glimpse more like. Horns. Fire." her eyes opened, they are white again briefly, as she relives that vision, before fading to her normal blue.

"He is planning on calling something powerful. He hopes to control it. But he will fail," she said softly. "We must stop him before he does,"

 

[Victim]

"There's no time stamp or other information to indicate when your 'vision' is supposed to occur so any information in it isn't automatically going to be accurate right now."

"If it matched the plans that we have, it's not necessarily like the towers that were dropped recently - I don't know if anyone has done any scans on those or something."

"Only one tower was in the vision, so it doesn't say anything about how widespread the anti nuke defenses are. I also didn't hear any to suggest multiple payloads."

"So way to invent facts to fit with your biases and fears," Star concludes acidly. "Considering the gap between your conclusions and what you remember seeing, you probably also did a nice fill in the blanks routine between what your remember and what if anything you actually saw. A law enforcement person like yourself probably knows eyewitnesses: ask 5 people what happened, and you probably get at least 5 versions."

Star sighs and stands up, checking the time on her phone. I don't want to be here, dealing with this crap. "I think I'm just about done for the day..." she says, throwing a glance back towards Apollo.

 

[kirinke]

Hope feels a surge of anger at Star's sarcastic comment and battles it down. Anger didn't do much at this point. "True enough," she rubbed the bridge of her nose. "I've never had a future vision before, this... I dunno. It was... Frightening. I've never been so terrified of something in my life," she said quietly.

"Wren said that whatever Barrington was planning would tip the cosmic balance to evil." she looked at the other superhero. "I don't think we'll ever like each other Star. But.... We have to work together in order to stop Barrington. I've made mistakes and I've done things I'm not proud of and will regret for the rest of my life. Whatever I've done to you, I'm sorry." she said quietly as she got up.

"Don't let your own biases trip you up either," she added. "Barrington will use them against you as certainly as he will use mine against me,"

 

[Elric]

"Don't let your own biases trip you up either," she added. "Barrington will use them against you as certainly as he will use mine against me,"

Nitro chimes in. "You know, if Barrington does send me a bevy of hot wrestler babes, I think life will be pretty good.

I don't think anything major will be happening in regards to this 'mystical vision' tomorrow, though. But Vi's funeral is going to happen, and we're going to need a press conference. What does everyone think about combining the two?"

(From earlier)

"We're planning to hold Thess's funeral soon, anyway, right? Why don't we just hold a press conference at the funeral and do a few press releases in the meantime to increase anticipation? We're not going to get a better moment to make our case against Barrington- I mean Cinci-douchbag- than the funeral of someone killed by his terrorist thugs."

 

[kirinke]

Nitro chimes in. "You know, if Barrington does send me a bevy of hot wrestler babes, I think life will be pretty good.

I don't think anything major will be happening in regards to this 'mystical vision' tomorrow, though. But Vi's funeral is going to happen, and we're going to need a press conference. What does everyone think about combining the two?"

(From earlier)

"That would be a bad idea. Barrington's a media hound, we don't want to be seen as the same. I dunno about you, but I don't want to be dealing with the media vultures while I help bury a friend." she smiled at Nitro, but it was sad. "Having the conference after would be well enough I think."

 

[Elric]

"That would be a bad idea. Barrington's a media hound, we don't want to be seen as the same. I dunno about you, but I don't want to be dealing with the media vultures while I help bury a friend." she smiled at Nitro, but it was sad. "Having the conference after would be well enough I think."

"I didn't mean hold a press conference in the middle of the service- after the service is fine. The alternative is holding the press conference sooner than that. The funeral might be a long time to wait given how fast everything has happened. But I think we can increase anticipation with a few good leaks- it's something WWE has a lot of practice at."

 

[DM_Matt]

"I didn't mean hold a press conference in the middle of the service- after the service is fine. The alternative is holding the press conference sooner than that. The funeral might be a long time to wait given how fast everything has happened. But I think we can increase anticipation with a few good leaks- it's something WWE has a lot of practice at."

Ms. White appears in a shimmer of blue light. "Hey all! So I've been looking into funeral arrangements, and talked to Thess' parents...getting the Catholic Church to bury a witch in a public service is not as easy as you might think...actually, when you put it that way, it is about as non-easy as you might think. But anyway, between her father's connections and their hatred of Barrington, I've managed to arrange it for the day after tomorrow at 1pm at St. George's Cathedral. You guys will have to give some great eulogies. Its basically your best opportunity to plead our cause."