Superheroes of the Trust Game Thread III

[Victim]

"If the towers are so important, why don't we just go look at one without going to a hostile country halfway across the world and doing secret agent stuff? We could just go to Mexico and probably have the blessings of a lot of people there, instead of pissing everyone off."

Hope coughed. "Guys, remember the last time we went 'undercover' with the same back-story? They knew who we were before we even got in the door." she looked at each of them.


"Otaku also has the resources to ferret out our identities even in disguise. Not to mention, he's working for Barrington and I can safely say he also has his own sources of information, ranging from the mundane to the supernatural to the magical." she said, wanting to at least let them in on the realities of what they were doing. Which... When you looked at it closely, it wasn't exactly 'heroic'. They were committing acts of sabotauge. And the country they were invading wasn't gonna be too happy about it.

"Whatever we do, we gotta be careful, far more careful than we have been. This isn't just some super-hero fight when we put the bad-guys away. We're going into a soveriegn country with the intention of smashing some of their resources to hell and gone. This... This is real. This is war, not a game." she said seriously. "And we really, really don't want to be caught." she said, nodding in agreement with Black's earlier statement.

"Whatever our cover is, it's going to have to be perfect. As nearly perfect as we can manage." she added.

"I remember it working pretty well until it became clear we weren't actually going to buy anything from them because we didn't have the money. And the I remember you telling them everything," Star returns. "I don't think that's how to maintain a cover ID."

"We're not going to be walking up to their factory and inviting them to inspect all of our documents. We just need stuff that puts us in the same city."

"If their superbases are too well defended, aren't we just going to slowly lose anyway since we can't actually tough their main resources? They haven't had much trouble attacking bases..."

 

[kirinke]

"If the towers are so important, why don't we just go look at one without going to a hostile country halfway across the world and doing secret agent stuff? We could just go to Mexico and probably have the blessings of a lot of people there, instead of pissing everyone off."



"I remember it working pretty well until it became clear we weren't actually going to buy anything from them because we didn't have the money. And the I remember you telling them everything," Star returns. "I don't think that's how to maintain a cover ID."

"We're not going to be walking up to their factory and inviting them to inspect all of our documents. We just need stuff that puts us in the same city."

"If their superbases are too well defended, aren't we just going to slowly lose anyway since we can't actually tough their main resources? They haven't had much trouble attacking bases..."

"Sweety, they already had their heavy hitters in place. They had no intention of letting us leave alive. They already knew."

 

[Victim]

"Sweety, they already had their heavy hitters in place. They had no intention of letting us leave alive. They already knew."

"Or they're just cautious about making illegal, multi-million dollar deals. They've probably considered the possibility of their clients screwing them before you brought it up," Megan says. "If they knew from the beginning, they would have brought us into a trapped room instead of trying to trick us into one after we arrived."

"And those guys weren't the heavy hitters." Sweetie? What a bitch.

 

[Elric]

"Sweety, they already had their heavy hitters in place. They had no intention of letting us leave alive. They already knew."

Nitro's memory is surprisingly good. "I don't think so, Hope. You told them more or less everything, and the next thing Gunner (going by Jonasson) said was to try to get us to a different location. They had never brought it up before. It was a good thing I saw through what he was trying to do, or we might all be dead. Instead of rationalizing all of your mistakes after the fact, how about you acknowledge previous mistakes and stop making so many of them? You don't have to be an FBI agent to understand that."

"Ahh, we aren't really interested in your facility so much." Hope said quietly, truthfully. "What we are interested in is whatever Mr. Barrington has ordered from you. The list of parts and specs sounds truly spectacular." she said and rattled off a partial list of what he has had stolen for the Foundry. "If you could give us that information instead, we might be willing to finalize a deal with you." she looked at the man shrewdly.

"I would think that if Mr. Barrington succeeds in whatever he is trying to do, his first priority will be to elliminate any would be.... rivals as it were. And anyone who could build such weapons as you are rumored to build would be the first on his list. It's only logical." she smiled lightly.

"In my experience, supervillians do not make for the best of playmates and it is always wise to hedge one's bets when they are concerned." she leaned forward, looking earnest.

"After all, telling us what he is building will not cost you anything. If nothing else, you will eliminate a potential threat to your future business dealings, one way or another."

Jonasson says:

"I appreciate your concern, but we can take care of ourselves. However, we still may be willing to sell you some information like that. However, you are best talking to the man who was in charge of that sale. I'll have him meet you in a room with the proper terminals. Come with me."

Nitro, Nightweaver, and Viridian think he's full of it.

 

[kirinke]

Nitro's memory is surprisingly good. "I don't think so, Hope. You told them more or less everything, and the next thing Gunner (going by Jonasson) said was to try to get us to a different location. They had never brought it up before. It was a good thing I saw through what he was trying to do, or we might all be dead. Instead of rationalizing all of your mistakes after the fact, how about you acknowledge previous mistakes and stop making so many of them? You don't have to be an FBI agent to understand that."

Hope nods, acknowleging that. "It wasn't my best moment. Hell, I probably shouldn't even have gone, especially after just finding out that Faust was still alive." she scowled at that, the wind around her smelling of autumn suddenly before clearing up. "And I know I should have sought out treatment for my ah problems long before I joined with the Trust." she shook her head, remembering how she had come so close to doing the unforgivable.

 

[Victim]

Star sits up straight, eyes narrowed. "Why would that have helped?" she asks bitterly. Her voice becomes mocking "You just say 'Oh! But I'm in therapy now! That stuff before doesn't count.'"

 

[kirinke]

Star sits up straight, eyes narrowed. "Why would that have helped?" she asks bitterly. Her voice becomes mocking "You just say 'Oh! But I'm in therapy now! That stuff before doesn't count.'"

Her fingers shook slightly as she gripped the water bottle. "What happened before.... With Faust. I was experiencing what his victims experienced. Do you have any idea what that's like? Any clue on how that would affect someone?" she said tiredly. "That's why seeking therapy earlier would have helped. Would have maybe helped me cope better. I dunno." she looked away. "It... what happened still counts. And I've still got a long road ahead of me." she said distantly in a way that would give anyone with any experience in people who have had traumatic experiences, clues on just how badly it did affect her.

Her eyes turned back to Star. "Remember what I showed you with the spider demon? Now imagine that, happening day after day for a month or more." she asked quietly. "That'll give you some slim idea of what it was like."

 

[DM_Matt]

"Did I say that?" Hope counters, her own voice tired. "Why do we keep doing this Star? I know I've screwed up. It still counts, it's still there. Stewing over it doesn't help either." she raked her fingers through her hair.

"Lookit, because of what happened.... Well let's just say my judgement was clouded then. I'm getting better, but... It's going to be a very long road."

She looked at the girl. "And attacking me at every opportunity doesn't help either." she remarked. "Nobody is at their best when they are on the defensive."

Her fingers shook slightly. "What happened before.... With Faust. I was experiencing what his victims experienced. Do you have any idea what that's like? Any clue on how that would affect someone? I doubt it." she said tiredly. "That's why seeking therapy earlier would have helped. Would have maybe helped me cope better. I dunno."

"Cool it, guys," White says. "We have a problem to solve, world to save, etc. We just need to figure out how. ?

Black adds "Its not that those other places are unconquerable. Its just that we cant do so yet. Dr. O's place has his own androids, Barrington's forces, and a huge Chinese military contingent around it. It may require an army or a nuke to take out. The Lighthouse will be a challenge, but we can learn how to take it. Barrington did. Regarding Mexico, it is a thought. We are very worried about Barrington's efforts in Mexico and Cuba. He may be trying to establish staging grounds to hit the USA directly. However, we can't start raiding Barrington's towers until we know more about them -- and we that base has all the details we'll need...including possible info as to their actual expansion plans."

 

[kirinke]

"Cool it, guys," White says. "We have a problem to solve, world to save, etc. We just need to figure out how. ?

Black adds "Its not that those other places are unconquerable. Its just that we cant do so yet. Dr. O's place has his own androids, Barrington's forces, and a huge Chinese military contingent around it. It may require an army or a nuke to take out. The Lighthouse will be a challenge, but we can learn how to take it. Barrington did. Regarding Mexico, it is a thought. We are very worried about Barrington's efforts in Mexico and Cuba. He may be trying to establish staging grounds to hit the USA directly. However, we can't start raiding Barrington's towers until we know more about them -- and we that base has all the details we'll need...including possible info as to their actual expansion plans."

"No choice then," Hope remarked. "Well, let's keep this simple instead of convoluted. I think.... I think that the tourist angle might be better suited for us. The chinese wouldn't have a reason to closely look at a bunch of tourists the way they would with potential investors."

 

[Elric]

Her fingers shook slightly as she gripped the water bottle. "What happened before.... With Faust. I was experiencing what his victims experienced. Do you have any idea what that's like? Any clue on how that would affect someone?" she said tiredly.

Nitro thinks to himself. Worse than your horoscope being off? [As must have been the case when Ares somehow managed to knock me out, though I never bothered to look at the newspaper that day afterwards to make sure]. Impossible!