Epic M&M: Issue 3 (IC)

[Calinon]

The Pool

Seeing Jackal and his current attire sends Vince into action. Kicking in the superspeed, he bursts out of the pool and starts flapping his wings steadily to hover above the ground on the far side of the pool away from Jackal.

With an expression that rapidly shifts from fear to a more teasing tone Vince blurts out, "Dude!! You have to seriously chill out!! What are you doing coming in here like that? I mean the whole complex is going to reek of wet dog smell."

Powers: Superspeed is definately in effect and I am SO going to run away if Jackal comes after me.

Jackal is quicker than your reaction, tossing the end of the extension cord into the pool as you start out. There is a sudden burst of electricty and you splash back down into the water, muscles convulsing. There is a audible shutdown of power as the break blows, and the whole room drops into darkness. Jackal starts stalking towards you as you get out and start flapping around slowly.

"Time to teach you the price of indescretion," he growls, his features starting to change. His skin stretches and bones pop, and you know it's only a matter of moments before he's fully changed. "Wet dog? No. I'm thinking eviscerated goat smell."

Vincent touches down and bursts toward the entrance, slipping a bit on the wet floor. He hits the door and pulls on it, and it doesn't open. "Nowhere to run now," you hear behind you in the tight confines of the hall. You can see Jun Po through the door, running down the hall towards you. You think to yourself that her robe isn't well designed for running. You turn to face Jackal and notice his hands are in fists, and his claws aren't out. Hopefully that bodes well for you.

Initiatives: Jackal 29, Vincent 28, Jun Po 27 (great googly moogly, that's some high initiatives). Vince has Super Speed up and took one stun damage from the shock.

Mess Hall

"Well I guess that means breakfast is over."

"Boy, you should probably stop her before she hurts that big fellow," your father says. "That means now, boy!" he shouts when you don't move fast enough for your liking, kicking you in the butt to get you moving.

Dara is on top of Carl, hitting him repeatedly with a large, but thankfully cool, skillet. It's making a lovely Pang! Pang! Pang! sound.

Dara is broadcasting loudly. Stupid! I aughta scramble your eggs for good! PANG! Raisa might be scared to, but not me, buster! PANG! That's right you wuss, you cover up! PANG!

John casually reaches over the broken buffet table and lifts Dara off.

Ooo, I can fly now! Wee! Wait, I can't fly! Something's got me! Oh my god ,I'm going to get eaten alive! Oh, it's John. "Hi John! Can you set me down, I'm not quite done yet," she says, taking several swings at Carl but missing since she's a good deal in the air. She settles for throwing the skillet at Carl. It rings off his forehead just as he's getting up, and he goes back down. "Hah! Never mind. Got him anyway." Ooo, Apples she broadcasts, grabbing for an apple from the broken buffet table. Her sundress is riding up something fierce.

"Son, that's it's not polite to be peeking up a ladies dress," scolds your father. "Right her at least."

"What's going on? Dara?"

"Come on, I'm starved. Lets hurry before all the good stuff is taken."

Michelle and Tara are coming down the hall when they hear the sounds of a fight and a loud pang pang pang! They burst into the Mess Hall just as Sanjay does, to see Straightjacket's extended arms wrapped around Dara's waist, holding her sort of half-upside down as she's reaching for an apple on the snack bar, her skirt riding upwards rapildy. John seems to be trying to right her but Dara is adamantly committed to getting that apple.

Sanjay's question is pretty much the one on everyone's mind, and it's quickly echoed by the other students.

"Lower me down a bit, stretchy, I can... nearly...get... my... apple..." Dara says, oblivious to her dresses status. Dara gets her apple and John finally rights her, much to the vocal sadness of the boys present, just as Raisa bursts in. There's a whole lot of bursting going on around here.

"I beat up a big stupid jerk, that's what's going on," she says to Sanjay. "I may not look like much boyo, but gimme a skillet and I'll knock you into next week!" she says, rubbing her thumb against her nose and shadowboxing at John like some prize fighter.

Unable to hide the smirk curling her lips at the situation she pushes her way to Dara and gently grabs the girl's arm. "Calm down Dara, he's so totally not worth the effort." She looks down at Carl, expressionless and no emotion in her voice. "He's got to deal with it, so let him deal. He doesn't need or want anyone's help."

She gives Dara a little tug. "Come on, I could use your advice on that thing I need to take care of."

"I dunno, I think he needs to go a few more rounds," Dara says, turning around in Straightjacket's grasp to glower at Carl who's head is just appearing over the buffet table. She takes a big bite of her apple, then whips it at him, smacking him in his already bruised and swelling forhead. He collapses, banging his chin on the table and disappearing behind it again. "Right in the kisser!" she shouts.

"He'll think twice before messing with me again! Um... I mean you again, Raisa. Yeah. He'll think twice before messing with you again! Boy, we showed him."

"Can't really go anywhere. Someone seems quite attached," she says, turning around again and batting her eyes at John. "Not that I mind really," she says with a grin, grabbing his arm and spinning around, wrapping herself up and getting closer and closer to John. Weeeee! I'm getting dizzy!

"Always were a ladies man, just like your old man!" John's father encourages him.

"What the hell is going on here!" a voice shouts as Titan appears in the room. He manages to look bewildered and angry all at once. Just then, the power goes out.

The War Room

"But I have to know -- and I wouldn't want them to think less of me because of something I was, X12 thinks, hoping that whomever has given the warning will hear the answer.

"If you'd like to assist me, whomever you are, and are willing to keep whatever we find confidential, then I'd be more than happy to have a friend to guide me."

Nobody answers you. As you look around, you realize all three older men are looking at you, waiting for an answer to some question.

Kevin
Your cabbie makes nearly non-stop small talk until he enters the packed freeway. "Damn, must be an accident ahead. Ah well, nothin' we can do 'bout it now. So what sort of things can you and your buddies do?"

 

[Mordane76]

"Forgive me, my thoughts were elsewhere," X12 says. "I didn't hear your question."

 

[Calinon]

"Forgive me, my thoughts were elsewhere," X12 says. "I didn't hear your question."

"And here I thought I'd be the inattentive one, what with no sleep in over 24 hours," Thunder says.

"98% of my body is currently composed of caffeine," Mendez says.

"I don't sleep," Merlin adds.

"I said, do you have any idea of why these robots you kids keep running into won't take a blood sample from you, or why Miss Majors seems to know so much about you?"

You get a brief and painful image of a strange operating room. You are strapped to the metal bed, which is suspended at a nearly upright position. There are two guards in the room, and one woman shackled to the roof with chains. One of the guards shoots her several times, and she is dragged over to you, and you are forced to touch her and heal her wounds. As she turns, her hair starts to move from her face and you see...

"X?" Thunder says, shaking you. "What's up, you zoned out kiddo. Focus, son. We're trying to answer some important questions here."

 

[Mimic]

Monetarily stunned at the scene before her, Michelle gives Tara a bewildered look, "and to think, I gave up the army for this."

"I'll distract Dara you get Carl to the infirmary." She tells Tara as she walks over to where Dara, John and Raisa are, her forcefield flicking to life around her. ( ooc: look at what she did to Carl )

"Sure, gone for a night and you start the party without me." She says jokingly trying to get Dara's attention, while giving Raisa a "what-the-hell?" look.

"What the hell is going on here!" a voice shouts as Titan appears in the room. He manages to look bewildered and angry all at once. Just then, the power goes out.

"What now?"

 

[buzzard]

"Whoa there girl! Howzabout you let the man stand up before you beat him with more fruit" and turning to the side he continues whispering "Geez, Dad lay off"

buzzard

 

[Deva]

"He'll think twice before messing with me again! Um... I mean you again, Raisa. Yeah. He'll think twice before messing with you again! Boy, we showed him."

Totally and utterly impressed at the petite girl's tenacity, Raisa just stares. Menina represada! Remind me never to get on your bad side!

She catches Michelle's glance as she and Tara enter and just shrugs in response to the question platered on her face. It was pretty much plastered on everyone's face that had seen the altercation, even Carl's the last time he tried to get up before Dara pelted him with the apple.

"You can let her go now, John, she won't go after him again. Will you Dara?" It is more of a statement than a question, and Raisa still holds onto Dara's arm just incase. Seriamente, mél, you need to chill before you get into trouble!

Raisa hears Titan shout and cringes, and then the lights went out. "Damn, this can't be good."

 

[Mordane76]

"I'm.... I'm sorry. I'm not sure I can do this right now," X12 says, shaking his head. "I don't have the answers you want... not readily available, at least. I need to talk to someone -- a psychic, preferably an expert in penetrating into repressed memory or accessing coma patients.

"I keep seeing images -- recollections. I think Miss Majors and I were part of a covert team of some sort, but I'm not sure; the memories mean little to me, other than I know they're mine. I don't have any temporal or spatial frame of reference, at least not in anything I've remembered so far.

"I hope you'll understand that I don't necessarily feel comfortable asking someone here at EPIC to do enter my mind. I don't know who I was -- I could have been someone very unlike who I am now. If Captain Majors is any indicator of the kind of work we might have done, I fear I wasn't a very nice person before."

 

[Agamon]

"I beat up a big stupid jerk, that's what's going on," she says to Sanjay. "I may not look like much boyo, but gimme a skillet and I'll knock you into next week!" she says, rubbing her thumb against her nose and shadowboxing at John like some prize fighter.

"I dunno, I think he needs to go a few more rounds," Dara says, turning around in Straightjacket's grasp to glower at Carl who's head is just appearing over the buffet table. She takes a big bite of her apple, then whips it at him, smacking him in his already bruised and swelling forhead. He collapses, banging his chin on the table and disappearing behind it again. "Right in the kisser!" she shouts.

"He'll think twice before messing with me again! Um... I mean you again, Raisa. Yeah. He'll think twice before messing with you again! Boy, we showed him."

"Can't really go anywhere. Someone seems quite attached," she says, turning around again and batting her eyes at John. "Not that I mind really," she says with a grin, grabbing his arm and spinning around, wrapping herself up and getting closer and closer to John. Weeeee! I'm getting dizzy!

Sanjay can't help but snicker. "Whoa, what did he do, yikes." He watches her goof around with the apple and John and shakes his head. "Just a wee bit mentally unst...I didn't just think that..."

"What the hell is going on here!" a voice shouts as Titan appears in the room. He manages to look bewildered and angry all at once. Just then, the power goes out.

"Geez, what a circus," he mumbles to himself. "I like it," he adds with a grin. "Hey, Randall, a little light so we can at least see the homicidal maniacs coming to kill us?"

 

[Mule]

Dara is broadcasting loudly. "Stupid! I aughta scramble your eggs for good! PANG! Raisa might be scared to, but not me, buster! PANG! That's right you wuss, you cover up! PANG!

Randall can't help but smile at the ridiculous sight of the diminutive girl smacking the hulking Carl around with a skillet. He bursts into outright laughter when she rings the pan off Carl's head when John lifts her off.

"Hey, Randall, a little light so we can at least see the homicidal maniacs coming to kill us?"

"Sure thing boss." Randall will light up the room as best he can.

OOC: Geez, my i-net connection is down a day and a half and I have to spend a half hour reading to catch up on the story!

 

[Elementor]

The Pool
Jackal is quicker than your reaction, tossing the end of the extension cord into the pool as you start out. There is a sudden burst of electricty and you splash back down into the water, muscles convulsing. There is a audible shutdown of power as the break blows, and the whole room drops into darkness. Jackal starts stalking towards you as you get out and start flapping around slowly.

"Time to teach you the price of indescretion," he growls, his features starting to change. His skin stretches and bones pop, and you know it's only a matter of moments before he's fully changed. "Wet dog? No. I'm thinking eviscerated goat smell."

Vincent touches down and bursts toward the entrance, slipping a bit on the wet floor. He hits the door and pulls on it, and it doesn't open. "Nowhere to run now," you hear behind you in the tight confines of the hall. You can see Jun Po through the door, running down the hall towards you. You think to yourself that her robe isn't well designed for running. You turn to face Jackal and notice his hands are in fists, and his claws aren't out. Hopefully that bodes well for you.

"Blah blah blah, learn how to take a complement ya mutt. I cant believe you tried to electrocute me!!?? Oooo Jun Po's coming. She's looking mighty fine in that robe too!" Seeing Jackal transform for the first time kinda freaks Vince out too, "DAAA-MN!! That looks painful! You sure you dont just want a nap after that? Ok if you are sure you want to do this. I hope you can see in the dark as well as I can." Vince is ready to use his Mach One Punch (since it is stun damage) and then dash across the water to the other side of the pool to make Jackal keep chasing him.