Epic M&M: Issue 3 (IC)

[Deva]

"I'm like, right here! Hello?" Dara says angrily, pouting. At least I'm not talking to my invisible dad. I didn't do anything wrong! Lemme go! Please... she pleads. This isn't fun any more. You're all being mean to me.

To Raisa only she projects, I didn't mean to! I won't do it again! Just lemme go! I don't wanna go to the doctor! Just... can't we go to the gym and dance instead? Or we could go make Sanjay's uniform! I don't want to let Empath in my head. I don't want you mad at me!

"Now leggo, or so help me god I'll turn you inside out," she growls in perfect Portugese. (too lazy to go to the translator)

Raisa stops and positions herself so Dara gets a good look at what she did to Carl. "Fun?" As she speaks, her voice is soft and soothing. "Look at him, Dara. Do you think this was fun for him? No matter what he did, he didn't deserve this. You've got to know that this isn't in you to do something like this, not you. But it is in me, you saw that, you know what happened last night."

She turns around to look at Dara in the eyes, worry and regret etched in her features. "Think about it Dara. When did you learn Portuguese? When did you start threatening people? Something's wrong and I'm worried you might sense something in me that'll make you hurt someone else again. And you don't want that, do you?"

Without another spoken word, she continues to the infirmary. I'm sorry you had to go so deep to help me, my friend. I'm not mad at you, I could never be mad at you for helping me like you did. This isn't your fault. This is mine, all mine, and I'll make it better.

 

[Calinon]

The Pool
Vincent manages to struggle to his feet, grabbing Jun Po and pulling her back. His action draws her attention to the hairy menace now only feet away. She pulls free of Vincent and he hobbles along the wall, trailing blood.

Well, hp to avoid going to dying. Half move action along the wall. Anything else moves you to dying. You actually surprised me; didn't expect you to run

Jun Po is shaking, whether from fear or exhaustion or anger, you can't be sure. Her hands glow bright white as she pushes her body beyond its natural limits. She takes one step and double punches Jackal in the chest with all her might, letting out a scream of pure anger as she does so. The impact creates a small shockwave ripple through the air, and Jackal slides backwards ten feet, his claws digging into the tile to stop him. He gasps, the breath driven from him.

Extra effort used to boost strike. Power attack. Accurate attack. Rapid strike. Hero point to ignore fatigue. Jackal makes one save, failing the other, taking 1L and is stunned.

Loki leaps for the cord, yanking it from the wall. He rolls to his feet and throws an exploding ball of light at Jackal. The light gathers in his eyes, blinding him. Stunned from Jun Po's attack, Jackal stumbles about blindly, roaring. You hear the power re-activate now that the cord no longer is drawing power, and the lights come up.

Pull the plug. Hit with a 21. Jackal fails his reflex save with an 11.

Neutron gives a burst of speed, covering the thirty feet of distance to Jackal and slamming full force into him! The sound of ringing metal fills the room as the two collide, Jackal staggering forward towards Jun Po again and Neutron shaking the cobwebs out of his head.

Ram is a hit with a 20, with +3 added to damage. Jackal fails his save with a 17 taking 1S. Neutron gets a 19 damage save himself, taking no damage.

Cosmo charges forward, leaping onto Jackal's back, putting his arm around his neck. Somehow, he manages to clamp his arms around Jackal's neck, effecting a choke hold. Jackal's roars are cut short as he stumbles about.

Grapple check successful. 24 for Jackal, 26 for Cosmo.

X12 points the gun at Jackal, firing a round. The shot flares just wide, striking the wall and disappating. "Misses result in punishment, Directives!" your commander shouts, as your wristbands give out excrutiating electrical shocks. Do not miss again, or the charge is doubled! You blink the memory away, and find yourself clutching your wrist, the gun clattering to the tile floor. You aren't hurt.

Mendez fires off a shot, a dart flying from his barrel with a PFFT and sticking into Jackal's thigh. What effect it has you do not know.

Jackal's has spittle coming from the side of his mouth from the choke hold, something he quickly remedies by yanking Cosmo free and tossing him over his shoulder. Cosmo lands hard, rolling to his feet and coming up quickly. With his eyes still blinded, Jackal sniffs the air left and right, finding Jun Po by scent alone, swinging at her again. She catches his her hands, stopping the blow completely. Her every muscle tenses.

Jackal uses a hero point to shake off the stun. He breaks the grapple and attacks Jun Po, missing with a 24. He fails to shake off the dazzle.

How she does it, you aren't sure, but she uses his momentum and swings him off his feet, driving his entire body into the wall behind her. He hits face first, going half a foot into the concrete. Amazingly, he pries himself out, staggering back a step, eyes somewhat glazed as he turns, wobbling.

She throws him (attack) with power attack at full, with extra effort to give her additional strength. HP used to counter fatigue. Jackal fails his save and is nearly knocked out (stunned).

Condition: Vincent (2S, 2L, disabled, 2HP used), Jun Po (2L, 2HP used), Jackal (stunned, 2L, regenerated 2L, 3S, regenerated disabled condition, 2VP used)

Initiatives: Jackal 29, Vincent 28, Jun Po 27, Loki 25, Neutron 21, Cosmo 20, X12 18, Mendez 15

Vince is up, but anyone who wants to do something can. Jackal is nearly done. I highly doubt he gets another turn.

Dara, we aren't going to hurt you, we are trying to help you. Please don't make this any harder for any of us.

"You don't know anything. You just got here. And nobody can do nothing 'till the EPIC guys return anyway. What you going to do? Trap me in the infirmary for god knows how many days? Now lemme go!"

No matter what he did, he didn't deserve this. You've got to know that this isn't in you to do something like this, not you. But it is in me, you saw that, you know what happened last night

"He did deserve it! You wanted to do worse! You said... you said," she said, looking at the others and clamming up. You... I know what we... you said to him, she says only to Raisa.

When did you learn Portuguese? When did you start threatening people? Something's wrong and I'm worried you might sense something in me that'll make you hurt someone else again.
I'm sorry you had to go so deep to help me, my friend. I'm not mad at you, I could never be mad at you for helping me like you did. This isn't your fault. This is mine, all mine, and I'll make it better.

I was speaking Chinese, she says to Raisa alone. And I won't hurt anyone else, I promise. Just let me go back to my room and you guys can go help the others with whatever they're doing. You don't want me around any way. I don't need anything made better. I'll be just fine on my own. Nothing you can do anyway.

 

[Elementor]

You actually surprised me; didn't expect you to run

ooc: It was supposed to be me getting her to safty, not me running.

"Gotta...go...help..." Vince tries to leap back into the fray and flaps his wings to get back to Jackal. The effect is a sad flopping to the ground. Looking over his shoulder to see what happened Vince notices his wing torn off for the first time. "OH GEEZUS!!!!"

Powers: Effectively doing nothing.

 

[Mordane76]

"I apologize, commander, it will not happen again," X12 says, crouching to pick up the stun pistol. Steely-eyed, he starts towards the toppled Jackal, pistol poised as if to gangland Jackal.

OOC: Readied action: if Jackal begins to make take any sort of action, I shoot him.

 

[Mule]

The effect is a sad flopping to the ground.

Randall will run to help Vincent. He will try to drag him as far away from Jackal as he can. HP spent to boost strength, as I'm sure Randall will need it to move Vince.

 

[Mimic]

"You don't know anything. You just got here. And nobody can do nothing 'till the EPIC guys return anyway. What you going to do? Trap me in the infirmary for god knows how many days? Now lemme go!"

"You yourself said you attacked Carl and although I don't know everything yet," Michelle glances over at Raisa giving her a 'we-have-got-to-talk' look, "it is obvious that something is wrong. Grandma should be able to help you just as easily as Empath, we aren't trapping you there, we will stay with you. ok?"

 

[Calinon]

ooc: It was supposed to be me getting her to safty, not me running.

"Gotta...go...help..." Vince tries to leap back into the fray and flaps his wings to get back to Jackal. The effect is a sad flopping to the ground. Looking over his shoulder to see what happened Vince notices his wing torn off for the first time. "OH GEEZUS!!!!"

OOC: Yup, I know. Disabled means no strenuous actions, including powers, movement, etc. While it limits you to a half action, I would have let you do something like get up and attack jackal, or get up and move away. I didn't expect you to try to do so many things, so I let you do the most you could. Jun Po isn't nearly as hurt as you; she wouldn't have let you do that anyway.

Shock didn't let you notice the wing as soon as Jun Po, even with all around sight. Very realistic reaction though. I'm fine, I'm fine, OH MY GOD MY ARM IS GONE!

Randall will run to help Vincent. He will try to drag him as far away from Jackal as he can. HP spent to boost strength, as I'm sure Randall will need it to move Vince.

Randal runs up, slipping on the blood a bit as he gets to Vince, pulling him away from the teetering behemoth. Vince is still pumping blood out of his back.

No need for HP spendage. I doubt Vince will resist and you can drag pretty good.

"I apologize, commander, it will not happen again," X12 says, crouching to pick up the stun pistol. Steely-eyed, he starts towards the toppled Jackal, pistol poised as if to gangland Jackal.

You see Jackal's ribs, formerly slightly caved in, reform as he stands there, wobbling. It's only a matter of time before he's fully healed. You look down the range at Captain Majors. She's suspended from her wrists by chains and shackles hanging from the ceiling, her feet inches off the floor. "Three shots. Miss and you will replace her as the target." You aim, turning the gun sideways as is your habit, and squeeze off three shots. The energy pulses hit her in the chest each time and her head falls to her chest. "Excellent," a voice says approvingly.

"You got him, son. You got him," Mendez says. His hand is on the gun, pushing it down to point at the floor. Jackal lies unconscious, his form rapidly slipping back to human. Mendez takes the gun from you, and you hear it power down as he does so. You can't help but wonder what you just did.

"Now X!" Mendez shouts, breaking you out of your brief revery. You look over to see Vincent lying on his chest, Loki trying to stem the flow of blood from the gaping wound caused by his missing wing. "Focus, kid, and do what you do best!"

Cosmo is quite literally kneeling on the back of Jackal's neck, keeping his full weight on him. Sanjay is working on making chains out of nothingness, fastening them to the ground over the boy with his powers in a powerful snare. Mendez walks up and shoots three darts into Jackal, then whispers, "Someone get towels and a robe from the locker area, quick," as he takes his suit jacket off and drapes it over Jun Po to cover her, trying to comfort her and examine her wounds. She has collapsed against the wall, staring at Vincent, shivering with tears rolling down her cheeks. Like Vincent, a growing pool of blood is around her.

The pool is eerily quiet, with only the sound of Sanjay's powers apparent. Vince's lost wing lays at poolside.

"You yourself said you attacked Carl and although I don't know everything yet," Michelle glances over at Raisa giving her a 'we-have-got-to-talk' look, "it is obvious that something is wrong. Grandma should be able to help you just as easily as Empath, we aren't trapping you there, we will stay with you. ok?"

"Gramndma and Ms. Desrochers are both empathic, not telepathic. They can't do anything but make us feel good about ourselves." And I can see you want to have some super-secret meeting with Raisa. I'm not dumb.

The lights come up again. As if on cue, Grandmother appears with a poof, Pooky alongside her. "Thank goodness I found you," she says. Pooky barks rapidly. "I know dear, I know. I need you all to head to the war room why is Carl on your shoulder Raisa?"

"Keeping away from Dara," Carl says weakly.

"All of you, get to the War Room. The NYPD has requested assitance and everyone else is busy. There's been an attack on the freeway. Michelle, I need you to get Anna, Rebound and Johan from the workshop. Dara dear, I have a special job for you. I need you to help Pooky and I make sure nobody goes to the pool," she says without explanation.

"I can do that!" Dara exclaims suddenly cheerful. "Hey, you did something to my brain!"

"Yes, yes I did," Grandmother replies.

"Oh," Dara says. "Ok!" She gives John a big hug and wiggles free, bounding out of the room.

"Go now, children," Grandmother orders as she and pooky vanish in a puff of smoke.

On the Freeway
OOC: Hah, thought I forgot you! No such luck, mister!

Kevin sits bored in his car. His cab driver never shuts up. As you look down the freeway, you see smoke rising and two police helicopters appear on the horizon. When they get over the freeway (it's not a suspended freeway, it's on the ground), they drop officers down lines to the ground. You hear sirens as police cars whip by on the other side of the freeway and in the emergency lanes.

The cabby picks up his radio. "Base, what's up on the I-75?"

"Some sort of mutant attack the police scanner says," comes back to him over the radio. "Hey, you there?"

"Yeah, can just see smoke and the police guys dropping from choppers."

"Well, you're gonna see more! The cops just called for EPIC support!"

 

[Mordane76]

X12 blinks, and looks around quickly, sizing up the situation."Loki, Detective Mendez, please move Jun Po closer to Vince -- I will try to heal them both. Once you've moved them, one of you please call for a medical team," X12 says, as he starts pulling off his gloves.

"I can't guarantee I can heal this wing, Vince, but I will try. I would prefer to try a surgical re-attachment, but I suspect the pool-area chemicals may already have damaged the severed wing severely. I need you to remain calm," X12 says.

"Cosmo, as soon as your brother is secured, please fetch some towels and blankets -- keep Jun Po and Vince lying down, elevate their feet with the towels, and keep them warm with the blankets until medical staff arrive; we need to prevent shock."

 

[Mimic]

"We are still going to have that talk." Michelle tells Raisa as she flashes her a smile before flying away.

Michelle will head directly for the workshop and will locate Anna, Rebound and Johan.

Grandmother told me to locate you guys and to tell you to get to the war room like yesterday, something about an attack on the freeway and the NYPD needs help fast. Time to play hero again.

With that Michelle will fly back toward the war room as quickly at possible.

 

[Deva]

The lights come up again. As if on cue, Grandmother appears with a poof, Pooky alongside her. "Thank goodness I found you," she says. Pooky barks rapidly. "I know dear, I know. I need you all to head to the war room why is Carl on your shoulder Raisa?"

"Keeping away from Dara," Carl says weakly.

With a roll of her eyes, Raisa drops her shoulder and lets Carl fall to the floor. "Next time someone comes at you with a frying pan, duck." She hurries off toward the war room.