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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Rybaer" data-source="post: 1523962" data-attributes="member: 118">SE Stairwell, Hightower Convention CenterApril 1621:21Thomas watches as Lawrence dissolves into a swarm of spiders that climbs the stairs at an amazing speed.  In spite of knowing the kid's power ahead of time, seeing it is still disturbing.Thomas makes his own transformation and begins bounding up the stairs, one platform at a time, not quite keeping pace with the spider swarm.  Tarentula, as he has begun to refer to himself when in this state, easily crawls under the door of the third floor.  Granite slams through it moments later.They run down a hallway and through a door identifying it as the kitchen.  A few brave cooks who are still in the room cower behind counters when the two burst in.  To the right is another door that has bits of shiny metal oozing from the cracks, effectively sealing it.A loud boom rattles from beyond that door.*****The Hightower Convention Center Ballroom, Downtown, Coast CityApril 1621:21Jorgi waits a moment longer to be sure the carpeting is soaked in a path from the Pestilence guy to the armored ones.  Digging deep within himself, he unleashes the strongest bolt of lightning possible, discharging it into the water path.The ballroom reverberates with the concussion of the blast and white hot electricity courses across the floor.  Pestilence takes a diving roll off the stage, but gets zapped in the process.  The sword wielder seems largely unfazed, but his unarmed companion takes a good jolt and lays flat on his back for a moment.  (Damage Saves vs 24:  Pestilence 8, villain point to reroll 20 [hit]; Swordsman 26 [okay]; Unarmed 15 [hit, stunned])Initiatives:Jorgi 19Pestilence 18Centipede 17Tarentula 14Unarmed 11Granite 10Swordsman 9(ooc - Jorgi is flying and has both energy and force fields activated.)*****Parking structure, Hightower Convention CenterApril 1621:21Leon drives back down to level three as instructed while Steven hurriedly transforms himself into his alter ego Professor Fate.  By the time the limo pulls into its spot, he's already turned insubstantial and floated through the bottom of the car.  He flies back up through the stairwell and finds the two others no longer where he left them on the first basement level.  A dull thud echoes through the concrete structure - something upstairs just made a lot of noise, enough to be heard over the buzzing of the fire alarm.  Still insubstantial, he flies straight up through the stairs and arrives in an access hallway that feeds into the kitchen a short distance ahead in one direction and into the public area outside the ballroom in the other.  The kitchen route seems like the most direct way back.(ooc - the Professor will be only one round behind the others.)</blockquote>

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