EPIC M&M: Issue 2 (IC)

[buzzard]

"Hmm..." X12 scratches his chin. "I'm going to use the facilities," X12 whispers to his buddy. I'm not trying to make my motives unknown (hint, hint... ).

X12 sneaks out of the theater. I'll try and follow the pair, even if my buddy doesn't come with.

"Yeah, good idea, that was a damn big pop." Whispers John as he follows X12 out of the theatre.

buzzard

 

[Deva]

"My brother screwed up. He won't do it again. If you had a twin brother or sister, you wouldn't question my motives," Carl says, eerily emotionless again. "Looks like we'll have to do some night work. You two need to get some real clothes; suitlike. Jackets and pants. Skirts won't do when we have to break some heads or get loose of the cops. I'll handle the rest of the gear."

The mention of breaking heads make Raisa's stomach churn. She'd been a troublemaker at home - various breaking and entering and vandalism charges, one count of narcotics posession - but nothing violent. She had been one of those girls that would threaten to hurt you and you would believe, she never actually ever had to cary through with any of those threats before. The idea of actually causing someone physical harm... and the cops? Her probation officer will have her hide if she gets caught.

Raisa dismisses the very briefly held notion of telling one of the instructors and steels herself now that she has committed to helping Carl. "We'll get the clothes." She stands from her chair, picking up the few small purchases she had made earlier that night. "We'll talk about the when and where when we get back to the school. Coming Michelle?"

As she walks past Carl she puts a comforting hand on his shoulder, the expression on her face soft and full of concern. "We'll get your brother out of this."

 

[Dalamar]

Johan nods.
"I think I have an inkling on what you're thinking, but since you have voiced yourself first, you can go on and explain it to the lady.
And there's no need for monetary payment, I have a sponsor that is quite generous."

 

[Mule]

Give your friend this and have him kick Matthew's ass. He needs to go down. Maybe then he'll just go away and leave us all alone." She gives Randall a small patch that looks like it would attach to skin. "Stick it on the back of his neck, like Matt has, see?"

"Um, thanks. But, I don't think my friend needs his brain affected anymore than it already is," Randall says with a smile. "What is that stuff? Where did you get it?"

 

[Mimic]

Raisa dismisses the very briefly held notion of telling one of the instructors and steels herself now that she has committed to helping Carl. "We'll get the clothes." She stands from her chair, picking up the few small purchases she had made earlier that night. "We'll talk about the when and where when we get back to the school. Coming Michelle?"

As she walks past Carl she puts a comforting hand on his shoulder, the expression on her face soft and full of concern. "We'll get your brother out of this."

"What? Yea, coming." Michelle will stand and pick up her things and follow Raisa, a look of concern and uncertainty is on her face.

 

[Calinon]

Randall and Vince

"Um, thanks. But, I don't think my friend needs his brain affected anymore than it already is," Randall says with a smile. "What is that stuff? Where did you get it?"

"It's P12. Pentium 12? It's one of those computer chip things. 'Spose to stimulate brain activity and make you real smart and quick thinking. Some kid made it last year at another school and plans leaked out and we all started making them. Just a chip and a crystal battery. Teachers always check now to make sure we aren't wearing them in class," she says with a grin. "I use it so my homework only takes a few minutes, not hours."

Johan and Kevin
"Great! Come with me back to the restaurant then," she says as she leads you both towards the restaurant.

 

[Elementor]

Randall and Vince

Vince sits down. The headgear looks wierd where he orients the ocular devices, kinda of ruining the need for the illusions. Nobody really seems surprised. As soon as the game starts, it's moving faster than the eye can see. It's over in less than thirty seconds.

Final score: Vince 123,550.

Kid: 987,500.

"What the!!??? How is that even possible? Lets go again!"

 

[Mule]

'Spose to stimulate brain activity and make you real smart and quick thinking.

"Hmmm, sounds too good to be true," Randall thinks to himself, "but what the hey."

"Sounds cool, let me try it," Randall takes the patch and applies it to the back of his neck. He then walks over to the game that Vince and Matthew are playing. "Now that you've had a warmup, care for a real challenge?"

OOC: Vince hasn't heard Randall's conversation with the girl I take it?

 

[Elementor]

"Hmmm, sounds too good to be true," Randall thinks to himself, "but what the hey."

"Sounds cool, let me try it," Randall takes the patch and applies it to the back of his neck. He then walks over to the game that Vince and Matthew are playing. "Now that you've had a warmup, care for a real challenge?"

OOC: Vince hasn't heard Randall's conversation with the girl I take it?

"Go for it man. But something super fishy is going on."

ooc: It says your conversation with her took place during the game so there is no way Vince would know what you have discussed.

 

[Calinon]

Randall and Vince

"What the!!??? How is that even possible? Lets go again!"

They play again. This time it's closer, but Vince still gets owned by over 300,000 points. It's like you are moving in slow motion.

"Guess you mutants are just too slow," Matthew says with a smirk. "Get lost. I need someone with skill. Maybe a trained monkey or something."

"Sounds cool, let me try it," Randall takes the patch and applies it to the back of his neck. He then walks over to the game that Vince and Matthew are playing. "Now that you've had a warmup, care for a real challenge?"

"Hah, sure, if you got a hundred bucks to play. I've already wasted my time with the brain-dead goat-boy."

About 30 kids watching the event gather together quickly and come up with the money for you. The girl who gave Randall the patch hands holds it. Matthew looks suspicious.

"Gonna chicken out now?" she says, holding the money in her fist.

"I'll deal with you after. Let's go mutie," Matthew sneers at Randall.

Randall feels... wierd. It's kind of like a supreme sugar rush right in his brain. He attaches his headset and the game starts. The action moves faster than anyone but Vince can see and appears evenly matched. Randall is sweating profusely though, while Matthew seems at relative ease.

Randall
You see things much more clearly. You can react with insane speed mentally and perceive what Matthew is going to do about half the time before he even does it!

Back in the room

Suddenly the points swing in favor of Matthew and it looks to Vince like Randalls space fighter has slowed down. Randall notices it too, in fact his whole game seems sluggish and he can't figure out why. Vince looks around and notices some things aren't right. Randall also notices things aren't right when something starts tickling the back of his neck.

Vince gets a successful spot check and his 19 succeeds against all three things he sees. Randall gets a successful opposed roll versus someone trying to pilfer his patch.

He sees smoke starting to rise up out of the base of the game; probably not a good sign. A thin kid has snuck up behind Randall and is sneakily doing something to the back of his neck. Matthew has something in his hand he's playing with and it looks like some sort of electric gadget. Little sparks, barely noticeable with the game action going on, seem to be drawing power out of Randall's headset into the gadget! And oh crap, Randall's attention is diverted by the game, and Vince has no illusion. A few kids are staring, but most are just paying attention to the game.

Kids are cheering on Randall. Randall's game keeps slowing down.