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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Calinon" data-source="post: 1351560" data-attributes="member: 13737">InitiativesJackal 29 (1); Speed Demon 29 (2); Loki 26; Metal Mistress 23; Amazon 16; Empath 15 (1); Multibrain 15 (2); Cosmo 14, Stealer 12; Tara 11 (1); Carl 6; Dara 2; Police 1 (just to be simple) Near the RestaurantVince's taunt seems to barely register to Jackal as he rushes up.  He remains focussed on his first target, eyes glowing red, frothing at the mouth.  Everyone else is pretty much rushing over as well as Empath, with eerie calm, steps right up in front of Jackal, reaches up and touches the side of his beastial face.  She says nothing but Jackal starts to slump forward a bit, eventually leaning heavily against her.  "Mon mot!  You are a heavy one," Empath says as he slowly transforms back to human form.  She releases her mental hold over Jackal and he slumps to the ground, shoulders shaking, clothes torn to shreds by his transformation. Kevin concentrates and teleports to his texan double.  The double grumbles and Kevin actually feels resistance to his teleportation, but it manages to succeed.  He turns and fires at the cannon wieldling duplicate, missing badly.  His duplicate turns on him.  "I knew you were nothin' but trouble!  Well screw you!  I'll be the original now!"  He fires, striking Kevin in the chest.  Kevin screams and flies back into a pillar as the ray burns into and starts passing through his chest. Kevin misses with an 8.  His double turns and hits with a 15.  Kevin fails his save with an 11.  Hero point used to re-roll and it becomes a 12.  Kevin slams into a nearby pillar, taking a lethal hit, becoming disabled and is pinned by the cannon as it continues to burn into him. With Jackal not a threat, Vincent turns instead to the double, charging at him and delivering another Mach One Punch.  He slams the double in the head, and it spins around as it collapses to the ground.  Kevin groans as his head snaps to the side as well.  The beam ceases and the double bleeds quietly on the ground from the mouth, then vanishes. Vincent hits with a 19.  Kevin's double fails his save with an 8 and is disabled.  Kevin suffers the damage as well, getting knocked out and suffering a stun hit. Empath taps her EPIC symbol on her chest.  A moment later, you hear Trailblazer say over the radio, "News just came on, Angel.  Need help?" "Oui, mon ami," she responds simply as she kneels down next to Cosmo. A rush of wind carries dust and a bit of rubble past you as Trailblazer slides to a halt near the food court.  "Got here as fast as I could, partners.  The others had to go to Hawaii; sudden eruption of the volcano there.  You want to handle the press and folks, or me, Angel?" A beep goes off and Empath looks at her pager.  "It seems there is further trouble at the Theatre.  Can you," she starts, and Trailblazer is gone. Martin Raynes is approaching, shouting at Empath loudly.  "Where's my wife!?  You EPIC morons botched everthing!" he screams into her face. "All of you, make sure not to move Cosmo or Kevin, but get the rest of the students into the restaurant.  And find the manager.  I am curious to know what he has to say," Empath instructs. "Are you even listening to me, you bi..." Empath suddenly slams the edge of her hand into Martin Raynes' throat, eliciting a gasping gurgle from the man as he clutches his throat.  She grabs him by the coat and hurls him face first into a nearby wall.  He collapses to the ground. "No, not really," she says.  "Carl, if he tries to leave, break his legs.  I need to handle the police and press before I can question this fool.  Someone help Jackal,"she says, looking at the now sobbing teen sympathetically. She heads off to the food court to head off the SWAT team as the rest of the EPIC students in the area file past her and towards the restaurant, giving little gasps or shrieks as they pass the horribly wounded thugs, Cosmo and Kevin.  Everyone except Loki is with you, as he is still tending to the thug with the severed hand. TheatreTrailblazer suddenly appears between you and the cameraman.  "Good job, boys!" he exclaims.  "Damn bugger surely would have detonated the bomb if you hadn't stopped him!  I sure hope there isn't a secondary trigger somewhere in the theatres," he adds.   People scream and run, someone pulls the fire escape, the other theatres can be heard emptying out fire exits.  Trailblazer seems to shimmer a moment, and John feels something pressed covertly into his hands, and it appears to be several holo recording chips and some sort of video feed cord from a camera.  "Get rid of 'em, kid," Trailblazer whispers to John with a grin. Trailblazer uses inuendo to get you all to go along with his story and succeeds along with apparently taking chips and cords from cameras sneakily. "Sorry, you'll have to wait outside while I search for other explosive devices," Trailblazer says to the reporters, shoving them out the theatre doors.  He brings in the medics and a pair of cops, then locks the theatre doors.  The medics start checking on Split. "All of you," Trailblazer says to the other EPIC students.  "Back into the theatre for now.  Stay out of the way.  Alright, what the hell happened, partners?" he asks you three before the police can start with their own questions. Condition SummaryMultibrain: 2S, 1HP usedStealer: 6L, 1S, Disabled, Knocked Out, 3HP used (Owned!)Murphy: 3S, 2VP usedVincent: 1HP usedJackal: 2HP usedStraightjacket: 1L, 1HPSpeed Demon: 2HPTara: 2HPMetal Mistress: 1HPCosmo: 2L, 1HP, KOEmpath: 1L, 1HP</blockquote>

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