Curtains#2 - It Came From Below!

[Keia]

Professor Fate: Unhurt, Hero Pts 4

Thurnman Biological Sciences Building
CC State University, Coast City
Apr 17
23:18

Fate checks the label - "Elevator B Call". Another blinking light on the console indicates that the building's emergency lighting has been turned on. "Looks like someone's stuck in one of the elevators," he explains to the others.

"I'll take care of the elevator, Granite, you get up to the roof with anyone else you find," Fate replied. With that said, Professor Fate flew off toward the elevators, intangibly. Once there, he flew into the shaft looking for the car locations.

 

[Mimic]

Granite: Healthy 4hp

Watch your back Fate. Granite tells the man as he leaves with the woman.

Granite heads towards the stairs and directs anyone he meets towards the roof.

 

[Radiant]

With machines to play with Jorgi calms down visibly. Even with something as simple as light.

"Seefriends.You'restillabletohelpeveniftheystuffedyouuphere."


He smiles softly as his gaze wanders over the rows of old trash. He's quite sure that this builduing won't survive but he still feels good, giving the machines one last moment of life instead of letting them rot here forever.
And then he realizes that one moment of usefullness and helping others is indeed better than ages spend doing nothing.
Then he at last turns back to the others his eyes are filled with pure blaring energy and his hair moves softly as bursts of power jolt through his body.

"Juststaycloseguys."

More lights flare up to iluminate their path to the roof.

"Nogiantfunguscanstopmypowers."

Then he reaches the door to the roof ligthing flashes between his fingertips as he prepares for the worst.

 

[Rybaer]

Thurman Biological Sciences Building
CC State University, Coast City
Apr 17
23:18

First floor...

Intangible, Fate leads the way down the hall toward the lobby where the elevators and stairs await. Like headlights in fog, the heavy dust lit by emergency lights makes for poor visibility.

At the end of the hall, Fate pauses when he realizes what caused the crash and the dust - it was not the building collapsing inward, but rather a large section of floor being destroyed from below. Rubble is strewn about, making footing treacherous.

Granite and Mai arrive right behind Fate and likewise survey the destruction. Through the swirling clouds of dust, a figure can be seen climbing through the rubble and toward the stairs about thirty feet away. The figure is clearly human, but huge - perhaps between seven and eight feet tall.

*****

Thirteenth floor...

The two students gasp as Jorgi's eyes light up with crackling electricity. Even Dr. Linderman and Andrew, who knew him to be a metahuman, are slightly taken aback.

With arcs of electricity powering the lights a short distance ahead and behind him, Jorgi leads everyone to the far stair to the roof. At the top of the stairs Lawrence again dispenses with the crude lock in short order and flings it open.

City light reflected off the low cloud deck illuminates the rooftop more than adequately. It is a large, open space with several dozen ventilation units and even a satellite dish staggered haphazardly about.

Lawrence spots thick tendrils of fungus wrapping themselves over the lip of the roof. It appears to still be growing and covering the building, but now at a slower pace. One particular patch catches his eye as it begins to shake. Nearly two dozen large sewer rats come spilling out of the organic mass and start dashing across the roof toward the door. Even from this distance, their eyes have an eerie greenish glow.

"Hey," one of the students calls out from further down the stairs. "There are some more people back at the other stairs. They can't see a thing and need you to go back and turn the lights on."

 

[Keia]

Professor Fate: Unhurt, Hero Pts 4

Thurman Biological Sciences Building
CC State University, Coast City
Apr 17
23:18

Through the swirling clouds of dust, a figure can be seen climbing through the rubble and toward the stairs about thirty feet away. The figure is clearly human, but huge - perhaps between seven and eight feet tall.

Professor Fate leaned close to Granite and said lowly, "It's times like this that I sometimes question being a hero."

Fate smirked, then said, "Keep her safe, I'll try and talk with giant man, here and draw him toward me. If you can - get around him and up with the others to safety. If not, well . . . ."

Fate rose intangibly into the air, activating his flying ability with a single word and gesture. Then he added quietly, "From my mind to yours," and activated telepathy.

He spoke to the creature (both in its head and aloud), "Excuse me, office hours are closed now - is there something I can help you with?"

 

[Mimic]

Thurman Biological Sciences Building
CC State University, Coast City
Apr 17
23:18

Professor Fate leaned close to Granite and said lowly, "It's times like this that I sometimes question being a hero."

Hero nothing, I usually get paid for doing this sort of thing. I don't think we have the time for this sort of thing, just blast it and lets go.

Granite will hang back as Fate attempts to talk to whatever it is, shielding the woman with his body. If you see an opening run for the stairs, keep going don't stop for anything. He tells her in a low voice.

This is bad, our forces are split and we don't even know what we are up against. He thinks to himself

 

[Velmont]

"Jorgi's help them. Lead the other opn the roof and try to get them on the other roof. You can fly I think. I'll try to take care of those rats. swarm vs. swarm!"

On that, Lawrence starts to turn balck and fall aprts into small spiders. The swarm rush on the rats, and attack the first he can when in reach

OOC:
10 feets reach
normal attack at STR+2 on a rat.

 

[Rybaer]

Thurman Biological Sciences Building
CC State Campus, Coast City
Apr 17
23:19

First floor lobby...

Fate speaks and tries to telepathically transmit his message to the figure across the room. He feels the telepathy make contact with an intelligent mind, but the contact is almost instantly lost - as if the target reflexively and forcibly resisted it. (Will save DC18, successful)

The figure pauses and turns to face Fate. While the dust obscures his appearance, his eyes are an unmistakable glowing green.

"If hours are closed, then I must be trespassing," he says in a deep, raspy voice. "I would discourage you from trying to stop me, however. My business is my own and you can only help by staying out of my way."

*****

Rooftop...

Lawrence dissociates into a swarm of spiders and moves to intercept the swarm of fungal rats. The two swarms collide in a chaotic dance too fast for an outside observer to follow.

Tarentula's spiders bite numerous rats but find that it's ineffectual against their toughened, fibrous hides. The rats bite back in return, but are unable to get any clean attacks against Tarentula's greater speed. (T's attack roll 9+7=16, hit; unable to penetrate Protection. Rat's attack roll 15, miss)

While neither swarm seems to make any headway, Tarentula's efforts do at least slow down the rats by providing a distraction.

 

[Keia]

Thurman Biological Sciences Building
CC State Campus, Coast City
Apr 17
23:19

"If hours are closed, then I must be trespassing," he says in a deep, raspy voice. "I would discourage you from trying to stop me, however. My business is my own and you can only help by staying out of my way."

"There are innocent people here that you can allow to go free," Fate countered. "Is there someone or something you are looking for here?"

Fate murmured, "Protection . . . from within and and without."

OOC: Immunity (Cold, Disease, Heat, Poison, Pressure, Radiation, Starvation, Suffocation)

 

[Radiant]

Jorgi Vadiaslav

"Ohit'ssogreattobeahero.

Jorgi lauches the lightning bold he held ready at the advancing rats and turns back to get the people that got left behind.